MARS, OMAN
Directed by Vanessa del Campo, 2019
Main Info
Creative short documentary, Belgium
Synopsis
An old Bedouin riding his camel can’t believe his eyes: a woman dressed in a big, compact armour and a bizarre helmet is studying an insignificant rock. Astronauts in the desert of Oman... Or is it Mars?
Bedouins, spaceships, desertships, two young Omani girls passionate about space and a lost director reflecting about life in this Universe and the relation between nomadism, exploration, colonialism and freedom.
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Screening
Mars, Oman is now available on VOD:
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Dalton.be - Belgium - go to platform
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Credits
A film by Vanessa del Campo
Produced by Emmy Oost for Cassette for timescapes
Screenplay by Miquel Sureda & Vanessa del Campo
Photography by Vanessa del Campo
Editing by Vanessa del Campo & Karel de Cock
Sound Asma Albadi, Anna Novell & Miquel Sureda
Sound Design and Mix by Julián Díaz-Peñalver Arias
With the support of the Creative Europe Programme - MEDIA of the European Union & LUCA - School of arts
Awards
IDFA Talent Award at Visions du Réel 2019
Sangalli Award, The Gaze of the Other Festival dei Popoli 2019
Best International Short Film at MiradasDoc 2020
Award for Best Editing & Best Short Film by the Senior Jury at Aguilar Film Festival 2020 (ES)
Selections
Visions du Réel 2019 (CH) Opening Scenes section
Mooov Festival 2019 (BE) Short Film Competition
Krakow Film Festival 2019 (PL) Short Film Competition
International Debut Documentary Film Festival Rudnik 2019 (RUS) Competition program
DokuFest 2019 (XK) Int'l Short Dox Competition
Festival dei Popoli 2019 (IT) Official competition - international selection
Riga International Filmfestival 2019 (LT) Short Riga International Competition
Breedbeeld Kortfilmfestival 2019 (BE)
IDFA 2019 (NL) Best of Fests
Bogota Short Film Festival 2019 (CO)
Festival Mon Premier Film Documentaire 2019 (TN)
Vilnius International Short Film Festival 2020 (LIT) hosted by Creative Europe Desk Lithuania MEDIA Office
MiradasDoc 2020 (ES) Short film competition
El Festival Internacional de Cine La Picasa (FICiLP) 2020 (AR)
Filmfest Sundsvall 2020 (SE) International Short Film Competition
Go Short -– International Short Film Festival Nijmegen 2020 (NL) Go Short Student Competition
Vienna Shorts 2020 (CH) International competition fiction & documentary
ShorTS International Film Festival 2020 (IT) Section: Maremetraggio
IceDocs 2020 (IS)
Moscow International Documentary Film Festival DOKer 2020 (RU)
Netzhaut Ton Film Festival! 2020 (AT)
Directed by Women 2020 (ES)
VIA XIV -Verin International Short Film Festival (ES)
Festival Internacional de Cine Corto de Cali 2020 (CO)
Cinema de Artistas 2020 (AR)
Barcelona Independent FF - L'Alternativa 2020 (ES) National competition
32º Aguilar Film Festival 2020 (ES) Official selection
