Nobody Dies Here


Nobody Dies Here ' is a 2016 French documentary short film directed by Simon Panay. The film has been presented as World Premiere to the 20th Rhode Island International Film Festival where it won the First Jury Prize for Best Documentary.
The film talks about an illegal Gold Mine in North Benin.

Plot

Perma Gold Mine, Benin. Some dream to find something, others realized there was nothing to be found. Some dig relentlessly hoping to become rich, others died in the process. And a few of them say that here, nobody dies.

Awards

  • "First Jury Prize, Best Documentary", 20th Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival 2016"Best International Documentary", 33th Vues D'Afrique Montreal 2017"Special Jury Award", "Francophony Award", "Special Jury Mention, University Jury", 17th Un Poing C'est Court, Festival de Vaulx-en-Velin 2017"Jury Prize", Festival International du Film de Tanger 2016"Best International Documentary", "Audience Award", 16th Festival Lumières D'Afrique 2016"Best International Documentary", "Giura Ristretta Award", Medal of Honor of the Italian Parliament", 12th Sardinia Film Festival 2017
  • "Best International Documentary", 14th In The Palace International Film Festival 2017
  • "Jury Award",, 7th FINI, Festival Internacional de la Imagen 2017
  • "Best Documentary", MAFICI, Festival Internacional de Cine de Puerto Madryn 2016
  • "Special Jury Mention", 19th FICMEC, Festival de Cine Medioambiental de Canarias 2017
  • "Best Documentary", 12th SoCal Film Festival 2017
  • "Jury Prize" 12th Baghdad International Film Festival 2016
  • "Special Jury Mention", Festival du Film Documentaire de Saint-Louis du Sénégal 2016"Best Documentary", Wolves Independent International Film Festival 2016
  • "Jury Prize", Longleaf Film Festival 2017"Grand Jury Prize", "Best Director", "Best Editing", "Best Original Music", "Best Photography", London Independent Film Awards 2017"Best Documentary", Snake Alley Festival of Film 2017"Best Documentary", Kraljevski Film Festival 2016"Best Documentary", Hoosierdance International Film Festival 2017"Best Documentary", 5th Cluj Shorts International Short Film Festival 2017"Second Jury Prize", Carnegie Mellon Short Film Competition 2017"Vision Award", Mount Vernon Film Festival 2016"First Jury Prize", ForadCamp, Cinema and Nature Festival 2016"Susy Award, Special Jury Mention", Terra Di Tutti Film Festival 2016
  • "Special Jury Mention", Ferrara Film Festival 2016"Special Jury Mention", 6th Tlachana Fest 2017"Jury Prize", 8th Certamen Internacional de Cortometrajes Roberto Di Chiara 2016"Special Jury Mention", 14th International Ethno Film Festival The Heart of Slavonia 2017"Special Jury Mention", Short of the Year 2016"Best Documentary", 8th Short To The Point 2016"Award of Excellence", The Impact DOCS Awards 2017"Best Documentary", Cosmic Film Festival 2017"Best Documentary Short Film", Atlas Awards 2017"Best Documentary", RiverReel International Film Festival 2017"Best Documentary Short Film", Maracay International Film Festival 2017"Special Jury Mention", Falcon International Film Festival"Best Editing", Real Time Film Festival 2017"Best Documentary", "Best Human Rights Film", "Audience Award", Open Window International Film Challenge 2017"Best Extra Long Short", Berlin Flash Film Festival 2017"Best Film", "Best Documentary", 12 Months Film Festival 2017"Third Jury Prize", C&C Festival 2017

Nominations

"Best Foreign Documentary", China Academy Award of Documentary Film CAADF 2016"Best Documentary", 8th Prince of Prestige Academy Award 2017"Best Documentary", "Best Photography", The Alhambra Theatre Film Festival 2017"Best Documentary", "Best African Film", 8th World Music and Independent Film Festival 2017"Best Documentary" The Brightside Tavern Shorts Fest 2017

Official Selections

  • - 20th Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival
  • - 33ème Vues D'Afrique
  • - 17ème Un Poing C'est Court, Festival de Vaulx-en-Velin
  • - 48th Nashville Film Festival OSCAR Qualifying
  • - 14th Big Sky Documentary Film Festival OSCAR Qualifying
  • - 17th Off Courts Trouville
  • - Aesthetica Short Film Festival BAFTA Qualifying
  • - 17th Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote GOYA Qualifying
  • - 18th International Short Film Festival of Torrelavega GOYA Qualifying
  • - 33rd Französische Filmtage
  • - 36th Minneapolis St Paul International Film Festival
  • - 12ème Festival Paris Courts Devant
  • - FIDBA, Festival Internacional de Cine Documental de Buenos Aires
  • - 25th Festival de Cine de Madrid PNR GOYA Qualifying
  • - 6th Carmarthen Bay Film Festival BAFTA CYMRU Qualifying
  • - 23ème FEMI, Festival International du Cinéma de Guadeloupe
  • - Oaxaca Film Festival
  • - 19th FICA, Festival International de Cinema e Video Ambiental
  • - 18th Lucania Film Festival
  • - 14th CinemadaMare Film Festival
  • - Boston French Film Festival
  • - Bosphorus International Film Festival
  • - 22ème Festival International du Film Nancy-Lorraine
  • - 10th We The Peoples Film Festival
  • - Festival Internazionale Del Cinema Documentario Marcellino De Baggis
  • - 10th Psarokokalo, Athens International Short Film Festival
  • - 20th OFF Cinema Festival
  • - 21st FESTIFIL, Festival la Fila de Cortometrajes
  • - 45th Festival of Nations
  • - 18th Mediteran Film Festival
  • - 26th Muestra Internacional de Cine de Palencia
  • - 17th Festival Internacional de Cine de Derechos Humanos FICDH
  • - 11th River Film Festival
  • - 8th Cinéma Sous Les Etoiles
  • - 6th PUFF Film Festival Hong-Kong
  • - 13ème Festival L'ici Et L'ailleurs
  • - 17th International Izmir Short Film Festival
  • - 24th OpenEyes Filmfest
  • - 11th MOSCA – Mostra Audiovisual de Cambuquira
  • - 19th Spokane International Film Festival
  • - 15th MIDEC Muestra Internacional de Cortometrajes de la Laguna
  • - 15th Riverside International Film Festival
  • - 19th Ismailia International Film Festival
  • - 8ème Festival Périples et Cie
  • - 23rd Twin Rivers Media Film Festival
  • - 8th Cordoba International Film Festival
  • - 6th Prokuplje Short Film Festival
  • - 6th Capital City Film Festival
  • - 13th KO & Digital, Festival Internacional de Cine Solidario
  • - Festival International du Film de Tanger
  • - 16ème Festival Lumières D'Afrique
  • - 12th Sardinia Film Festival
  • - 14th In The Palace International Film Festival
  • - 7th FINI, Festival Internacional de la Imagen
  • - MAFICI, Festival Internacional de Cine de Puerto Madryn
  • - 19th FICMEC, Festival de Cine Medioambiental de Canarias
  • - 12th SoCal Film Festival
  • - 12th Baghdad International Film Festival
  • - Festival du Film Documentaire de Saint-Louis du Sénégal
  • - Wolves Independent International Film Festival
  • - Longleaf Film Festival
  • - London Independent Film Awards
  • - Snake Alley Festival of Film
  • - Kraljevski Film Festival
  • - Hoosierdance International Film Festival
  • - 5th Cluj Shorts International Short Film Festival
  • - Carnegie Mellon Short Film Competition
  • - Mount Vernon Film Festival
  • - ForadCamp, Cinema and Nature Festival
  • - Terra Di Tutti Film Festival
  • - Ferrara Film Festival
  • - 6th Tlachana Fest
  • - 8th Certamen Internacional de Cortometrajes Roberto Di Chiara
  • - 14th International Ethno Film Festival The Heart of Slavonia
  • - Short of the Year
  • - 8th Short To The Point
  • - The Impact DOCS Awards
  • - Cosmic Film Festival
  • - Atlas Awards
  • - RiverReel International Film Festival
  • - Maracay International Film Festival
  • - Falcon International Film Festival
  • - Real Time Film Festival
  • - Open Window International Film Challenge
  • - Berlin Flash Film Festival
  • - 12 Months Film Festival
  • - C&C Festival
  • - China Academy Awards
  • - 8th Prince of Prestige Academy Award
  • - The Alhambra Theatre Film Festival
  • - 8th World Music and Independent Film Festival
  • - The Brightside Tavern Shorts Fest
  • - Mostremp, Cinema Rural Al Pallars
  • - Les Rencontres Documentaires de Koudougou
  • - TAFF, The African Film Festival
  • - 9th FreeNetWorld International Film Festival
  • - 14th World Film Festival
  • - FICCVELO, Festival de Cine Carlos Velo
  • - Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Medellin – FICME
  • - 9th Trenton Film Festival
  • - Viva Film Festival
  • - Earth Day Film Festival
  • - 7th Irvine International Film Festival
  • - FINDECOIN, Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes
  • - Muestra Internacional de Cine Independiente Oftalmica
  • - Festival Internacional de Cine de Los Derechos Humanos de Bolivia – El Séptimo Ojo Es Tuyo
  • - Festival Internacional de Cine "FICNOVA"
  • - 14th Fear No Film Festival
  • - 12th Bay Street Film Festival
  • - 6th The Workers Unite Film Festival
  • - 5th AegeanDocs International Documentary Film Festival
  • - Muestra de Cine Documental Central-Doc/TLX
  • - Festival de Cine de Ituzaingó
  • - Emerge Film Festival of Maine
  • - Crossing The Screen
  • - Glass City Film Festival
  • - Solidando Film Festival
  • - 6th The People's Film Festival
  • - Biosegura Cine, Medio Ambiente y Mundo Rural
  • - 10th Columbia Gorge International Film Festival
  • - Salon International de la Luz
  • - Rural FilmFest
  • - Miraj International Film Festival
  • - Festimal de Ojo, Festival de Cine Etnografico
  • - Afro Film Festival « Ananse »
  • - Festival Espacio Enter
  • - Festival Internacional de Cine de Querétaro
  • - Annual Los Angeles International Culture Film Festival
  • - Festival Internacional de Cine de la Universidad de Baja California
  • - 8th The WE Film Festival
  • - Tegenstroom
  • - Bucharest Shortscut
  • - Paphos International Film Festival
  • - Synimatica Short Film Festival
  • - EG3 Paris Film Festival
  • - Door Kinetic Arts Festival
  • - DFK New Wave
  • - Hobnobben Film Festival
  • - One Country One Film
  • - North Carolina Film Award
  • - Mid Tenn Film Fest
  • - High Peak Independent Film Festival
  • - 18th Fine Cut
  • - Through My Eyes
  • - Indie Film Depot
  • - Arete Film Festival
  • - FECIP, Festival de Cine de Portoviejo
  • - PickurFlick Indie Film Festival
  • - The Quarantine Film Festival
  • - Believe in Your Dreams, Arkansas Film Festival
  • - Howling Wolf International Film Festival
  • - RAI Film Festival
  • - Cinema Grand Prix
  • - Motion For Pictures

Production

Director and Producer: Simon Panay
Chief Operator: Nicolas Canton
Sound Operator: Daniel Audry
Music Composer: Philippe Fivet

Distribution

USA and Canada: 7th Art Releasing
Worldwide: Adastra Films
Festival Distribution: Promofest