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HARBOR

(2018, live action short film, 24 min)

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.

Sélections
& Distinctions

✶ Prix du meilleur projet de film - 25e Festival Côté Court Pantin

✶ Prix des scolaires - 30e Festival européen du court-métrage de Brest

✶ 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

✶ Special Award - 23rd Religion Today Film Festival

✶ Best Drama Short - Changing Face Sydney International Film Festival

✶ Best Actress - Changing Face Sydney International Film Festival

· 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

· Un poing c'est court - Sélection officielle

· Visionaries Film Festival - Official Selection

· Working Title Film Festival - Official Competition

· Curt’Arruda Film Festival - "Mostra de Cinema"

· Courts-Bouillon - Sélection officielle

· Rolan IFF for Children and Youth - Official Selection

· Changing Face IFF - Official Competition

· El Paso Film Festival - Official Competition

· Scénart' en court - Film d'ouverture

· Soho London Independent Film Festival - Official Competition

· Arlington International Film Festival

· Tetova International Film Festival - Panorama

· Tallgrass Film Festival - Official Selection

· Hobnobben Film Festival - Official Selection

· Short Film Drive In Fouesnant - Sélection officielle

· 13th Islantilla Cineforum - Official competition

· EuropeNow Film Festival - Official competition

· Rangkarmi International Short Film Festival - Official competition

· Buzeau International Film Festival - Official competition

· Neuquen International Film Festival - FECINEU - Official competition

· Lublin Film Festival - Official competition

· ASTI Film Festival - Official Competition

· Zeitgeist Film Festival - Official Selection

· Festival Combat - Compétition

· Cannes Film Awards - Official Competition

· Rural Film Festival - Official Competition

· Santorini Film Festival - Best short film competition

· Festival Générama (Auray) - Sélection officielle

· Festival Karned' Voyage - Sélection officielle

· 31e Festival Côté Court Pantin - Séance spéciale

Broadcasted on

· Sundance TV

· HBO Europe

· France 2

· Ciné+

· Disney +

· Shot TV

· Danish Film Institute

· CVS Mediatheque

· Kanopy (Educational & Public Library)

· La Caravane Ensorcellée (Reims)

· French theaters CinéMA35

· Cinéma et citoyenneté" by Unis-Cité

· "Déjà Demain" @ mk2 Odéon - Agence du court métrage

· Cinéma Apollo (Pontault-Combault)

· DVD "Best-of courts métrages Bretagne 2018" (Zoom Bretagne)

· Replike Center Romania

· Fête du court-métrage de Trébeurden

· Journée du Goncourt du lycéen

· Cleveland State University

Reviews

✶✶✶✶✶

Extremely gripping and emotional!

- Just Celibrity Magazine

✶✶✶✶✶

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

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Director Paul Marques Duarte forces a change of perspective.

- Eye For Film

✶✶✶✶✶

Marie Bunel's performance is big, emotional.

- Eye For Film

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An excellently produced and acted short film.

- Vulture Hound

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