HARBOR
HARBOR (2018, live action short film, 24 min)
With Marie Bunel, Ali Marhyar, Victor Bonnel et N'Tarila Kouka
Produced by Blue Hour Films - Distributed by Salaud Morisset
Written by Blandine Jet, in collaboration with Paul Marques Duarte
Directed by Paul Marques Duarte
Synopsis :
A tense night of raised pulses on a ferry to England: Adèle, an English teacher, is hiding a 15 year old migrant among her students on board.
Awards and selections :
✶ Best film project award - 25e Festival Côté Court Pantin
✶ Students' Choice Award - 30e Brest European Short Film Festival
✶ Best short of the month - Gold Movie Awards
✶ Honorable Jury Mention - Indian World Film Festival
✶ FilmSlam! Award - 43rd CIFF Cleveland International Film Festival
✶ Best Short Film - WoFF International Film Festival Glasgow
✶ Best Short - Unica Korea International Film Festival
✶ Best Narrative Short - Vegas Movie Awards
✶ Founder's Award - North Carolina Film Award
✶ Best Film - ASA International Humanitarian Film Festival
✶ Best Short Film - ASA International Humanitarian Film Festival
✶ Best Narrative Short Film - Moscow Shorts
- 19e Rencontres Off-courts Trouville - Sélection officielle
- 30e Festival du court-métrage de Brest - Compétition Bretagne
- 28th Flickerfest Sydney - International Competition
- Festival international du court de Clermont-Ferrand - Sélection Adami
- Festival Travelling - Panorama Courts à l'Ouest
- European Independent Film Festival - International Competition
- 43rd CIFF Cleveland International Film Festival - Official selection
- 20th Newport Beach Film Festival - International Competition
- 19e Courtivore Rouen - Compétition officielle
- 40th Celtic Media Festival - International Competition
- Détours en Cinécourt - Sélection officielle
- Rencontres Cinémaginaire - Compétition officielle
- Le court nous tient - Compétition officielle
- New York City Short Film Festival - International Competition
- Festival des seconds rôles d'Audierne - Compétition officielle
- SIFF Shangai International Film Festival - International Competition
- 24e Festival International de Contis - Compétition officielle
- Lighthouse International Film Festival - International Competition
- WoFF International Film Festival Glasgow - International Competition
- Visioni Corte International Film Festival - International Competition
- 12th MOSCA Mostra Audiovisual de Cambuquira - International Competition
- 12th MOSCA Mostra Audiovisual de Cambuquira - Itinerant programme
- Edmonton International Film Festival - International Competition
- Atlantic International Film Festival - FIN Kids Festival Tour
- Oaxaca Film Festival - International Competition
- Festival de Courts Métrages de la Côte Bleue - Compétition française
- Sidewalk Film Festival - International Competition
- Raindance Film Festival - International Competition
- Aesthetica Short Film Festival - International Competition
- GLIFF Great Lakes International Film Fest - International Competition
- Tulipoff International Film Fest - International Competition
- Unica korea International Film Festival - International Competition
- Festival Films Courts Dinan - Compétition officielle
- International Film Festival Manhattan - International Competition
- Wicked Wales - International Competition
- Richard Harris International Film Festival - International Competition
- NFFTY Seattle - International Competition
- LYF Festival du film jeune de Lyon - Film d'ouverture
- Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival - International Competition
- CINEMARE Int'l Ocean Film Festival - Official selection
- Education Film Festival (CEMEA) - Compétition officielle
- CATACUMBA Film Festival - International Competition
- 49th ALCINE Festival de Alcalá de Henares - International Competition
- ASA International Humanitarian Film Festival - International Competition
- 28th St. Louis International Film Fest - International Competition
- Festival Tous Courts d'Aix En Provence - Séance spéciale
- Dhaka International Film Festival - International Competition
- Souq Film Festival - International Competition
- Festival International du Film d'Education - Compétition française
- International Usak Winged Seahorse Film Festival - Official selection
- Petit Plan Greece - International Competition
- Nepal International Film Festival - International Competition
- Moscow Shorts Awards - Official selection
- North Carolina Film Award - Official selection
- Muestra Internacional de Cine de Palencia - International Competition
- Festival Scen'art en Court de Rennes - Séance spéciale
- Cap Spartel Film Festival - International competition
- Festival épris de courts Valenton - Compétition officielle
- BIKY - Busan International Kids and Youth Film Festival - Official Selection
- Psarokokalo International Short Film Festival - Official Selection
- Indy Film Festival - Official Competition
- Skyline Indie Film Festival - Official Selection
- Religion Today: Int. Fest. of Cinema and Religion - Official Selection
- Visionaries Film Festival - Official Selection
- Working Title Film Festival - Official Competition
- Festival Curt'Arruda - Official Selection
- Courts-Bouillon - Sélection officielle
- Rolan IFF for Children and Youth - Official Selection
- Changing Face IFF - Official Competition
- El Paso Film Festival - Official Competition
- Soho London Independent Film Festival - Official Competition
Broadcasted on :
- Sundance TV
- HBO Europe
- France 2 (national TV)
- Shot TV
- Danish Film Institute
- CVS Mediatheque
- Kanopy (Educational & Public Library)
- La Caravane Ensorcellée (Reims)
- Réseau CinéMA35
- Cinéma et citoyenneté" par Unis-Cité
- "Déjà Demain" au mk2 Odéon - Agence du court métrage
- Cinéma Apollo (Pontault-Combault)
- Édité en DVD "Best-of courts métrages Bretagne 2018" (Zoom Bretagne)
- Replike Center Romania
Critics and reviews :
✶✶✶✶✶
Extremely gripping and emotional!
- Just Celibrity Magazine
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One of the most complex and moving works on the refugee crisis.
- World Socialist
✶✶✶✶✶
N'Tarila Kouka and Marie Bunel forge an on a screen chemistry.
- Montreal Arts Magazine
✶✶✶✶
Director Paul Marques Duarte forces a change of perspective.
- Eye For Film
✶✶✶✶✶
Marie Bunel's performance is big, emotional.
- Eye For Film
✶✶✶
An excellently produced and acted short film.
- Vulture Hound
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