Fair Trade

Fair Trade

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Directed by:	Michael Dreher
Written by:	Michael Dreher
Starring:	Judith Engel, Barnaby Metschurat, Mohamed Oumai
Country:	Germany
Created:	2006
Runtime:	15 min.
Also Listed In:	AFI FEST - Converted California Independent Film Festival 2008
Member:	micheldreher

Average rating: 5 by 1 users

Film Description:

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Filmmaker Blog
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Synopsis

The shortest distance and at the same time the most obvious gap between the so-called Third World Countries and Europe is the Straits of Gibraltar. 'Fair Trade' is one of the many stories that happen there every day.

Forms: Feature, Short
Genres: Drama
Niches: African, Islamic, Third World, Women, Student, Children

Screenings & Events

Award Ceremony: Babelsberger Medienpreis
OTHER
Awards: Best German Graduation Film
Potsdam, Germany
July 2006

First Steps Award
OTHER
Awards: Best Short Film
Berlin, Germany
August 2006

27th Cinematographers Film Festvial
Film Festival
Awards: Best Short Film
Bitola, Macedonia
September 2006

Short Film Festival
Film Festival
Tangier, Morocco
September 2006

Hofer Filmtage
Film Festival
Hof, Germany
October 2006

Award Ceremony "Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis" - THE German Shortfilm Award
OTHER
Awards: Golden Lola for best german Short 2006
Berlin, Germany
November 2006

Kurzfilmwoche
Film Festival
Awards: Bresele-Award for a political engaged film
Regensburg, Germany
November 2006

Festival of Film School
Film Festival
Awards: Best German Film
Munich, Germany
November 2006

Festival of Film School
Film Festival
Awards: Best Screenplay
Munich, Germany
November 2006

Exground Festival
Film Festival
Awards: Audience Award
Wiesbaden, Germany
November 2006

Shortsfest Aspen
Film Festival
Awards: Best Drama; Youth Jury Prize
Aspen, U S A
April 2007

Cannes Film Festival
Film Festival
Cannes, France
May 2007

Cast & Crew

Production

Karim Debbagh (Producer), Michael Dreher (Director, Producer)

Writing

Michael Dreher (Writer)

Performance

Barnaby Metschurat (Lead Actor), Judith Engel (Lead Actor), Mohamed Oumai (Lead Actor)

Camera

Ian Blumers (Cinematographer/DP)

Post Production

Wolfgang Weigl (Picture Editor)

Music

Philipp F. Kölmel (Original Music/Composer)

Representation

Michael Dreher (Agent)

Academic

Margot Freissinger (School Administrator)

Trailer for Fair Trade Nov 03, 2006 01:09PM

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Mohamed Oumai

Judith Engel

Fair Trade

Barnaby Metschurat

Ratings

stefanie

5 Stars

What an amazing short film. Well done and beautifully shot, it told a story would break anyone's heart. Unfortunately, it appears to be not an all too uncommon occurrence. I cannot give this short enough praise.

1 Comments about Fair Trade

PumeloFestival
Jan 15, 2008 08:43AM

We are impressed with your film. We organise 3 major film festivals in India. We wish to screen your film at 1 of our international film festivals. There are no submission fees payable for your film. Kindly visit http://www.pumelo.com. Final submission date - 31st January.

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