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Switzerland has just passed the most restrictive asylum law in all of Europe. This documentary film respectfully directs our attention to a reception centre for asylum-seekers. At this austere transit facility, 200 men, women and children wait after a journey - sometimes taken at the risk of their lives - until the government decides their fate. At close range the film shows the daily sorting process and, with emotion and humour, gives us an unorthodox look at the critical issues that face Europe today regarding the flux of migration and selective immigration as a curtailment measure.
A film by Fernand Melgar
Switzerland / France, August 2008, Documentary, 100 min
Directed by: Fernand Melgar
Written by: Fernand Melgar
World Premiere: August 2008
Original Version: French (english/german subtitles), colour, 35mm, 100 min.
Production: Climage, Radio Télévision Suisse, ARTE, RSI Radiotelevisione Svizzera, SRG SSR
Producer: Fernand Melgar
Cinematography: Camille Cottagnoud
Editing: Karine Sudan
Location Sound Mix: Marc von Stürler
Sound Editing: Alexander Miesch
Rerecording Sound Mix: Denis Séchaud
Distribution Switzerland: Look Now!
TV-Rights Israel: YES
TV-Rights Netherlands: VPRO-Televisie
TV-Rights Finland: YLE télévision- Finnish Broadcasting Company
World Sales:
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DIFFUSION TV
SF DRS le 5 avril à 22h.
"Un chef d'oeuvre d'une humanité rare."
Thierry Jobin, Le Temps
"La Forteresse n'est pas juste un document poignant: c'est un veritable oeuvre d'art."
Antoine Duplan, L'Hebdo
Awards
Shanghai, Shanghai Television Festival, Silver Magnolia Award for Best Documentary 2010
Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema, Mention of the Human Right Competition's Jury 2009
Gilching, Fünf Seen Filmfestival, Horizonte Filmpreis 2009
Yamagata, Yamagata Int. Documentary Film Festival, Award of Excellence 2009
Firenze, Festival dei Popoli, Premio del Pubblico 2008
Locarno, Festival del film Locarno, Goldener Leopard Cinéastes du présent C.P. Company 2008
Montréal, RIDM Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal, Grand Prix Caméra-Stylo 2008
Teheran, Iran International Documentary Film Festival, Grand Prix 2008
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Eben hat die Schweiz das restriktivste Asylgesetz in ganz Europa eingeführt. Respektvoll richtet der Dokumentarfilm den Blick auf eine Empfangsstelle für Asylsuchende. An diesem nüchternen Ort des Transits warten 200 Frauen, Männer und Kinder nach einer Reise, die oft unter Lebensgefahr erfolgte, bis der Staat über ihr Schicksal entscheidet. Aus nächster Nähe schildert der Film dieses tägliche Aussortieren von Menschen und gewährt uns, untermalt mit Emotion und Humor, einen ungewohnten Blick auf die heute in Europa entscheidende Frage der Migrationsflüsse und der selektiven Immigration zu deren Einschränkung.
Switzerland has just passed the most restrictive asylum law in all of Europe. This documentary film respectfully directs our attention to a reception centre for asylum-seekers. At this austere transit facility, 200 men, women and children wait after a journey - sometimes taken at the risk of their lives - until the government decides their fate. At close range the film shows the daily sorting process and, with emotion and humour, gives us an unorthodox look at the critical issues that face Europe today regarding the flux of migration and selective immigration as a curtailment measure.
Directed by Fernand Melgar, Switzerland / France, August 2008, Documentary, 100 min
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