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The Ball of Wool (La Pelote de laine), by Fatma-Zohra Zamoum. France, 2005, 14 min, 35mm, NY Premiere
In a working-class housing project, a young immigrant mother is kept locked in her apartment because her husband fears she might get “lost” in the unfamiliar city. She strikes up a friendship with her neighbor, and they exchange small gifts and photographs from balcony to balcony. A tribute to the life-affirming ingenuity and wit of women trapped in adversity.
Shorts 1, Sat, Nov 10, 2:00 P.M.
This screening is sponsored by:
Filmmaker's Biography
Born in 1967 in Bordj-Ménaïel, Algeria, Fatma-Zohra Zamoum arrived in Paris in 1988. Since then, she has pursued painting, fiction and cinema. She writes and finances her own short films and currently teaches art history in university.
Festivals and Awards
- Festival International Cinéma Méditerranéen Montpellier (Cinemed), 2005
- Festival International de Films de Femmes, Créteil, France, 2006
- Larissa Mediterranean Festival of New Filmmakers, Greece, Silver Horse, 2006
- Vues d’Afrique, Montreal, Mention of the Jury, 2006
- Festival Côté Court, Pantin, France, 2006
- Faites des Courts, Brie-Comte-Robert, France, Special Mention IRIS, 2006
- Festival du Court Metrage Altkirch, France, Second Prize, 2006
- Festival International de Contis, France, 2006
- Seoul International Film Festival, 2006
- Festróia, Tróia, Portugal, 2006
- Africa in the Picture, Amsterdam, 2006
- Biennale des Cinémas Arabes, Paris, 2006
- Biennale des Cinémas Arabes, Marseille, 2006
- Festival du Film Court, Jeumont, France, 1st Jupiter, 2006
- Festival du Cinéma Francophone, Moncton, Canada, 2006
- Festival du Court Metrage de la Guérinière, Caen, France, 2006
- Ciné-jeune de l’Aisne, Saint-Quentin, France, 2006
- Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, Belgium, 2006
- French Women’s Film Festival, Dublin, Ireland, 2006
- Curtocircuito, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2006
- 4 Film Festival, Bozano, Italy, 2006
- Festival du Film de Sarlat, France, AGF Prize, 2006
- Carthage Film Festival, Silver Tanit, 2006
- Festival du Film Court Francophone de Vaulx-en-Velin, France, Press and Young Jury Awards, 2007
- Kanema Festival Internacional do Cinemas Africanos, Lisbon, 2007
- Milano Film Festival, two awards, 2007
- French Film Festival, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Public Award, 2007
- Twin Cities Arab Film Festival, Minneapolis–St. Paul, 2007
- Lunel Festival, France, 2007
- Festival de Cine Africano, Tarifa, Spain,Young Jury Award, 2007
- Ciné Sud, St-George, France, Jury Award, 2007
- Afrique Taille XL Festival des Cinémas Africains, Brussels, 2007
- Festival du Film de Valenciennes, France, Best Actress, 2007
- Festival Panafricain de Ouagadougou (Fespaco), Burkina Faso, two awards, 2007
- International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2007
- Miroirs d’Afrique, Marseille, 2007
- International Short Film Festival Mas Sorrer, Barcelona, 2007
- Festival International du Film d’Afrique et des Îles, Le Port, Réunion, 2007
- Festival Francés de Acapulco, Mexico, 2007
- Ismailia Festival for Documentary Films, Egypt, 2007
- Alicante Festival, Spain, 2007
- Arab Film Festival, Brussels, 2007
- Lumières d’Afrique, Besançon, France, 2007
Credits
Cast: Fadila Belkebla, Mohammed Ourdache, Sofiane Ahsis, Louise Danel, Gil Morand, Didier Morvan
Writer: Fatma-Zohra Zamoum
Producer: Cathy Coopman
Cinematographer: Jacques Boumendil
Editor: Guillaume Paqueville
Sound: Pierric Guennegan
Music: Franck Sforza
Print Source
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