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Reste debout
Aïssata Ouarma
International Competition Short Film 2021
Documentary Film
Burkina Faso,
South Africa
2021
38 minutes
French
Subtitles: 
English

The opening scene shows the anger: It’s about rape. The observing documentary by Aïssata Ouarma is more composed, though, focused on dealing with the trauma and the attempts to come to terms with it through art. The heavily pregnant Mariam attends a theatre education workshop. The camera follows her and her empathetic trainer in moments of mental and physical exertion designed to free her soul – and that of her unborn child – for good.

Borjana Gaković

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Director
Aïssata Ouarma
Script
Aïssata Ouarma
Cinematographer
Abdul Aziz Diallo, Barou Ouédraogo
Editor
Djibril Sanogo, Ernest Kabore
Producer
Don Edkins, Tiny Mungwe
Co-Producer
Sékou Traoré
Sound
Issiaka Diallo
Score
Féïçale Diara
World Sales
Bérénice Hahn