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Lionhearted

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First Name : Ricarda

Last Name : Saleh

Birth Date : 1991-04-28

Gender : Female

Email : contact@ricardasaleh.com

Phone : +4915775439741

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City : Hamburg

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Country : Germany

Tracking Number : 1178

Project Title : Lionhearted

Project Title OLan : Löwenherz

Synopsis : Rida is 8 years old. The extroverted girl fled with her family from Pakistan to Europe. Now she lives in Hotel City Plaza, a self-organised refugee shelter in Athens.Rida is playful and witty. At the same time she seems mature and far older than a young child. She tells us about her journey, the difficulties on the escape and the dark past overshadowed by the Taliban. The Hotel City Plaza was built for the Greek Olympics in Athens in 2004 after which it was empty for many years. In April 2016 a solidarity group occupied the empty hotel and created a shelter for refugees. Over 400 people live there including 180 children. The shelter is self-organised. The inhabitants participate in the daily organisation of the shelter in kitchen, cleaning or security shifts.We follow Rida in her day-to-day life in Hotel City Plaza. Through the voice over we learn details about the escape. Rida explains how her family entered Turkey by foot, how she experienced living in a camp arriving in Greece. She tells us about her nightmare, in which she remembers crossing the Medieval Sea and her fear of drowning.

Synopsis OLan : Die 8-jährige Rida lebt "im besten Hotel der Welt". Im Hotel City Plaza in Athen gibt es zwar keinen Roomservice dafür aber Raum für Hoffnung, eigene Entfaltung und Zusammenhalt. Mitten im Angelpunkt der europäischen Flüchtlingskrise befindet sich in Athen eine selbstorganisierte Flüchtlingsunterkunft, ein besetztes Hausprojekt in dem Familien aus unterschiedlichen Ländern ein neues Zuhause gefunden haben.In dem VR Film erlebt der Zuschauer den Alltag im Hotel City Plaza. Er erfährt über die Wünsche und Ängste des jungen Mädchens, die endlosen Einfallsreichtum, Witz und Courage ausstrahlt. Auch die Kameraperspektive geht auf die Ebene des Mädchens und der Zuschauer bekommt einen intensiven persönlichen Eindruck zur Flüchtlingskrise durch die Perspektive eines Kindes. Ein wiederkehrender Albtraum von Rida wird in einer aufwändigen CGI Animation dargestellt. Trotz der schweren Thematik des Traumas gelingt es dem Film der kindlichen Leichtigkeit gerecht zu werden.

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Duration : 00:12:10

Countryof Origin : Germany

Language : English, Urdu

Trailer URL : https://youtu.be/epf--b4RE_A

Countryof Filming : Greece

Project Website : https://lionhearted360.weebly.com/

Twitter : https://twitter.com/ricardasaleh

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Project Type : Animation, Documentary, Short, Student, Virtual Reality, Web / New Media

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Student Project : Yes

Completion Date : 2017-10-30

Production Budget : 3000 EUR

Shooting Format : 360° camera setup ( 10 go pros)

Aspect Ratio : 360°

Film Color : Color

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First Time Filmmaker : No

Directors : Ricarda Saleh

Writers : Ricarda Saleh

Producers : Malte Stehr

Key Cast : Rida

Other Credits : Director of Photography: Michael Throne; Sound design & 360° Mix: Marcus Fass; Editing: Elena Schmidt; Animation CG: Enzio Probs; Lead TD: Mahmoud Hisham; Compositing: Jörg Schmidt

Submitter Statement : In Lionhearted the viewer can experience Rida´s world and immediate surroundings through 360°. It is an intimate piece and helps to understand the refugee crisis from a child's point of view.

Submitter Biography : Ricarda Saleh is a German-Bolivian filmmaker. In 2017 she graduated from Filmacademy Baden-Württemberg with the 360° / VR documentary Lionhearted. The piece was shot at a self-organised refugee shelter in Athens and approaches the refugee crisis of the perspective of the 8-year-old Pakistani girl Rida.Her second VR film Paris Terror - The Hostages from the Hyper Cacher remembers the traumatic event of an anti-Semitic attack in Paris in January 2015. With special sensitiveness the story of three survivors is told. An abstract black and white 3D/2D animation-mix approaches the re-enactment in a respectful manner. The piece was published in several languages. For the German language version the renowned News Programme Tagesschau published the VR documentary.Ricarda also works in the field of UX/Interactive and Photography. Her work was shown at several exhibitions and festivals worldwide. For her work at the interactive film FiveMinutes.gs she was honoured with a Webby Award Nomination and the FAW Best Website of the Year Award.

Submission Date : 2019-03-10

Submission Status : In Consideration

Judging Status : Not Selected

Submission Deadlines : Extended Deadline

Submission Categories : Animation

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Submission Link : https://filmfreeway.com/submissions/11857091

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Submission ID : 11857091

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