La Fille du Rail (the railroad girl)

Synopsis

Alima, is one of the only two women railroad conductors in West Africa. As she crosses Mali in her locomotive, a woman in a man's world, we discover her singular personality. Back in Bamako, she thinks about getting married.

Credits

Directors: Eva Sehet (class of 2014) and Maxime Caperan (class of 2013)<br>Screenplay: Eva Sehet (class of 2014) and Maxime Caperan (class of 2013)<br>Cinematography: Eva Sehet (class of 2014)<br>Camera:  Eva Sehet (class of 2014)<br>Sound engineering: Maxime Caperan (class of 2013)<br>Film editing: Alexandre Donot (class of 2012)<br>Sound editing: Olivier Voisin (class of 2014)<br>Sound mix: Paul Jousselin (class of 2012)

Runtime: 28’44’’
Genre: Documentary
Shooting format: HD (F5)
Screening format: DCP, 1.66, color, 5.1

Awards and selections

• Prize for Best Short Documentary, 2014 Docs Afrique(s) festival, Paris, France
• Prize for Best Documentary, 2014 SKENA UP International Students Film and Theatre Festival Priština, Kosovo
• Youth Jury Award, 2014 Festival des Nouveaux Cinémas Documentaires, Paris, France
• Selection: International Documentary Competition, 2015 CinéRail Festival , Festival International Trains & Cinéma de Paris, France
• Selection: International Short Film Competition, 2015 Ânûû-rû  Âboro Film Festival, Pwêêdi Wiimîâ, New Caledonia, France
• Selection: Short Film Program, French Film Festival 2015, Richmond, Virginia, USA
• Selection: Short Film Competition, 2015 Quintessence Festival, Festival International du Film de Ouidah, Benin
• Selection Regards d’Afrique program, 2015 Festival du Court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand, France
• Selection: Short Film Competition, 2014 Docs Afrique(s) festival, Paris, France
• Selection: International Competition, 2014 SKENA UP International Students Film and Theatre Festival Priština, Kosovo
• Selection: 2014 Résonances Festival, Rencontres du cinéma citoyen de Bobigny, France
• Selection: Documentary Program, Le Monde comme il va (HC), 2014 Festival international du film d’Amiens, France
• Selection: Competition, 2014 Traces de Vies Documentary Film festival, Clermont-Ferrand / Vic-Le-Comte, France
• Selection: Competition Short Films/Student Films (Youth Jury), 2014 Festival des Nouveaux Cinémas Documentaires, Paris, France
• Selection: Short Documentary program, 2014 Zimbabwe International Film Festival, Harare, Zimbabwe