FICNOVA 3 AWARD WINNERS (2016)
These are the films AWARDED by the international selection team of the 3rd International Film Festival of Active Nonviolence 2016 with the “Stelae” of this edition, in its four different sections.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS SECTION
El Carnaval del Buen Pastor
2016. Colombia. 8:29 min
Dir: Laly Malagón
UNI5TV – Universidad del Norte
Centro Penitenciario del Buen Pastor – Barranquilla
Carnival of the good sheperd, tells the story of Silvia, a woman who has lived and enjoyed Carnival in all its splendour for 15 years, playing the role of La Diabla and continues to do so even though she is behind bars.
GENERAL SHORT FILMS SECTION
Kandia
2015. Italia – Burkina Faso. 14 min
Directed by Jean Hamado Tiemtore
In the Bambara language, in Burkina Faso, the term Kandia, composed of the words Kan (voice) and Dia (beauty), means the good voice, but also the beauty that the voice produces. In the heart of Lecce, in Puglia, a choir of voices singing their own humanity. They sing in Italian, Tamil, Swahili… An example of integration and encounter between peoples.
GENERAL MEDIUM-LENGTH FILMS SECTION
BALKAN BLUES: Stories from Mostar
2016. Italia. 35 min
Dir. Lucio de Candia
Balkans Blues aims to demonstrate that, in a period when violent religious radicalism is used for unclear and dangerous ends, the universal language of music and art can promote peace, tolerance and social harmony.
GENERAL FEATURE FILMS SECTION
Fugir de L’oblit
2016. España. 90 min
Dir. Abel Moreno Pradas
At 90 years of age, Pitu walks fast, as if he were on the run. This anonymous old man probably got used to it years ago: running away from Franco’s regime, from the refugee camp in Algiers, from the Vichy government’s labour camps, from the massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane, from the Nazi concentration camps.
Honourable Mentions (out of competition)
Silo. Un camino espiritual
2016. España. 90 min
Dir. Abel Moreno Pradas
In 1969, in Argentina, Mario Rodriguez Cobos, SILO, launched a movement for non-violence in response to the growing violence in the world and the dictatorships in Latin America. Through a young woman, we will travel to different countries to listen to the testimonies of people who were inspired by Silo.
Silo
Argentina. 99 min
Dir: Leandro Bartoletti
In the midst of social and political upheaval… a voice rises in the mountains with a message of peace and non-violence. His voice was silenced, his words were denounced. This humble thinker has touched the lives of millions of people around the world. How is it that he remains the best kept secret in the Andes?
Más allá de la Venganza
2016. España- Alemania. 75 min
Álvaro Orús & Luz Jahnen
Beyond Revenge” is a novel treatment of the archaic yet burning issue of revenge, linking the personal with the social and historical.