Slaves

Copyright: Story AB
- We were abducted my mother, father, sister and me. Then they killed my parents and separated me from my sister. I was five, Abouk tells us in a low voice. I stayed with one of the men who kidnapped us and took care of his goats. Slaves is about Abouk nine, and Machiek fifteen. Like thousands of other children they were taken by government sponsored militia in Sudan and used as slaves. They were later liberated by an organisation headed by James Aguer. Slaves is based on an interview made in 2003 and is the second film in a series of animated documentaries with and about children in difficult situations by David Aronowitsch and Hanna Heilborn, and with design by Mats Johansson/Acne Jr.
Original title
Slavar
Director/s
Cast & Credits
Art direction, characters design: Mats Johansson, Acne Jr.
Visual style: Magnus Östergren, Degaussian
Lead-animator: Nicolas Hu
Animators: Nicolas Maurice, Benoit Galland, Mathilde Le Moal, Gilles Brinkhuizen
Background animation: Isak Gjertsen
3D models: Hubert Seunave, Maria Avramova, Christer Hägglund
Stills background:Kim Naylor
Sound: Peter Albrechtsen, Lydrummet
Producers: David Aronowitsch, Hanna Heilborn
Produced by: Story in co-production with Medieoperatørene AS/Øyvind Rostad, Pausefilm/Anna-Maria Kantarius & Louise Køster with support from Sveriges Television (SVT)/Ulla Nilsson, Swedish Film Institute/Hjalmar Palmgren & Anne-Marie Söhrman Fermelin, Nordic Film & TV Fund/Eva Færevaag, YLE/Saari Volanen, Norwegian Film Fund/Peter Bøe, Danish Film Institute/Miriam Nørgaard, The Foundation for the Culture of the Future, The Olof Palme Memorial Fund, Konstnärsnämnden
Cast: Abuk, Machiek, James Aguer Alic, Charles Deng Majok Kwal, Hanna Heilborn, David Aronowitsch
Screening details
35mm
1:1.85
Colour
15 min
Swedish, English and Dinka with English subtitles
Awards
Silver Cub Award, Best Short Documentary IDFA 2008
Special Mention, Generation 14 plus at Berlinale 2009
Best Short Animation at Cinequest, San José 2009
STHLMDOC Award at Tempo Documentary Festival 2009
Festivals
2009
Festival of Film Animation
Animateka - International Animation Film Festival
Sottodiciotto Film Festival
Tallinn animated dreams
International Environmental Film Festival Paris
Worldwide Short Film Festival Tour
Cinemania - World Film Panorama
Aarhus Filmfestival
ALCINE
Leeds International Film Festival
Sheffield Doc/Fest
interfilm Berlin
One World Slovakia
FEMMINA International Film Festival
ArtFutura
International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film
Wiesbaden International Weekend of Animation
Cinessonne European Film Festival
Hamptons International Film Festival
Perspektive -Human Rights Film Festival
Carrousel International Festival of Rimouski
Capalbio Cinema International Short Film Festival
BUSTER - Copenhagen International Film Festival For Children and Youth
KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival
International Best of Short Films Festival
TriContinental Film Festival
Animanima International Animation Festival
Fantoche International Animation Film Festival
Festival Internacional de Cine "Nueva Mirada"
Brisbane International Film Festival
Melbourne International Film Festival
ERA New Horizons Film Festival
Seoul International Youth Film Festival
Encounters South African International Documentary Festival
Edinburgh International Film Festival
Worldwide Short Film Festival
The Norwegian Short Film Festival, Grimstad
Annecy Animated Film Festival
DOCUMENTARIST – Istanbul Documentary Days
Seoul Human Rights Film Festival
DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Vancouver
Planete Doc Review, Warsaw
Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film
Visions du Reel
San Francisco International Film Festival
IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival
Viewfinders - International Film Festival for Youth
Nashville Film Festival
It's All True - International Documentary Film Festival
Movies that Matter Festival, Nederländerna
Hong Kong Independent Short Film & Video Awards
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
One World - International Human Rights Documentary Films Festival
Minimalen Short Film Festival
True/False Film Festival
Cinequest Film Festival
ZagrebDox
Berlin International Film Festival
2008
IDFA - International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Nordisk Panorama Malmö
Production company
Story AB
Web site
www.story.se