Faraway roots
2002
I travelled across Mauritania to find a tree that I can see from my window in Belgium. Not a mythical tree, but a tree like any that might be found anywhere. Along the way, I met men and women who shared their perceptions and their quests with me, thereby revealing, in their own indirect way, part of their view of the world and their existence. For some, my tree was a sign of the spirits, of the invisible, or a call from the Light. For others, was it the symbol of a history, a culture, or the end of an era? For others still, it was a tree that one only sees when one is lost…
Credits
Director: Pierre-Yves Vandeweerd
Cinematography: Philippe Guilbert, Philippe Jadot
Sound: Jean-Luc Fichefet
Sound editing: Jean-Luc Fichefet
Editing: Philippe Boucq
Production
Cobra Films
Co-production
RTBF (Carré Noir) / Gsara (Brussels) / Wallonie Image Production / Ateliers du Laziri
With the support of
French Community of Belgium / CNC-Procirep/Angoa (Paris) / DGCD (Belgian Development Cooperation) / Media (EEC) / Province of Namur
Reviews
Racines lointaines_Africultures.pdf
Awards
First prize at RECIDAK during the
Dakar Film Festival 2002
Screenings
RTBF (Belgium), Forum Cinéma.
Theatrical releases: Dakar, Thiès, Tambacounda,
Cinéma des cinéastes (Paris)
Festival(s)
Sainte Livrade Film Festival 2003, FESPACO (Burkina Faso),
Vues d’Afrique (Canada), Munich (Germany), Gentilly (France)
Paris Documentary Film Festival (France),
2006 Lussas Documentary Film Festival (France),
Rencontres cinéma du réel (Paris) 2007 Manosque (France)