Zaho Zay
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Zaho Zay
Synopsis
A young woman works as a guard in a hopelessly overcrowded prison in Madagascar. She passes the time daydreaming about her father, a murderer who abandoned her as a child after killing his own brother. In her imagination, her father becomes a mythical killer, wandering the countryside and rolling enchanted dice to decide the fate of his victims. Secretly, she yearns for the day he might turn up amongst the prisoners. When a new inmate arrives claiming to know her father, the young woman’s fantasies begin to turn to nightmares.
Length: 78 min
Format: RED 8K
Ratio: 2:1
Language: French, Malagasy
Country / Year
Austria, France, Madagascar / 2020
Production
Subobscura Films AT
Tomsa Films FR
Katrafay Film MG
Cast
Eugène Ranaïvojaona
Eva Ranaïvojaona
Nabiha Akkari
Crew
Writers, Directors
Maéva Ranaïvojaona, Georg Tiller
Narration written by
Raharimanana
Producers
Thomas Lambert
Maéva Ranaïvojaona
Georg Tiller
Cinematography
Georg Tiller
Editor
Barbara Bossuet
Music, Sound Design
André Fèvre
Sound Recording
Térence Meunier
Herimandresy Randriambololona
Film Festivals
FID Marseille
dok Leipzig
Jihlava FF
Viennale
Torino FF
cph:dox
HotDocs Toronto
ficunam
FIDOCS
thishumanworld
Split FF
Festival de Cine Africano Tarifa-Tánger
Diagonale FF
SanFranciso Doc FF
Awards
Renaud Victor & Special Jury Mention — Int. Competition FIDMarseille
Erste MehrWertpreis — Viennale
Special Jury Mention — Festival de Cine Africano Tarifa-Tánger