Selection Competition ︎ Candidate for the 37th Goya Awards SP | Feb 11st 2023 | 



Synopsis


Sierra Leone is the second poorest country in the world. After overcoming one of the toughest and bloodiest civil wars, in 2014 they had to face one of the most devastating epidemics in living memory, Ebola.

The consequences of those horrors ended up extinguishing the spark of development and plunging the population into total darkness in which they have been living since 1992. The lack of stable light supply is a major constraint for the development of medical work, directly affecting the life expectancy of Sierra Leone people.

The images obtained are part of the reality encountered after the hospital wardens in the Koinadugu district.

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Technical Data  Original title: The road bad and the place dark
Country of Production: Spain
Production Year: 2021 
Length: 23:00
Genre: Documentary
Screen: 1.66
Color: Color
Sound Format: Stereo
Shooting Place: Sierra Leone
Production Co.: The Kids Are Right, Lobo Content, Company3
Original Language: English & Spanish
Subtitles: English & Spanish

Awards & Grants



Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival (USA) ︎
International Premiere | Official Selection Competition [2021]
Festival qualifier for an Oscar at the Academy Awards and the European Film Awards.
Thin Line International Documentary Film Festival (USA) ︎
Cinematography Award | Official Selection Competition [2022]
ShortsShorts Film Festival (Japan) ︎
Asia Premiere | Official Selection Competition [2022]
Festival qualifier for an Oscar at the Academy Awards and the European Film Awards.
Fugaz Film Festival (Spain)
Official Selection Competition [2022]
OFF. Odense International Film Festival (Denmark) ︎
Official Selection Competition [2022]
Festival qualifier for an Oscar at the Academy Awards and the European Film Awards.
Zsigmond Vilmos International Film Festival (Poland)
Official Selection Competition [2022]
FECISO (Spain)
Official Selection Competition [2022]
FESCIGU (Spain) [2022] ︎
Official Selection Competition [2022]
Festival qualifier for a Goya Awards.
Shorts México – Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de México (Mexico) [2022] ︎
Best Ibero-American Documentary Short Film Award | Official Selection Competition [2022]
Menorca Doc Fest (España / Spain)
Official Selection Competition [2022]
Terra di Tutti Film Festival (Italy)
Official Selection Competition [2022]
Atlántica Documenta (Spain)
Official Selection Competition [2022]
Festival de Cine de Almunia (Spain) ︎
Official Selection Competition [2023]
Festival qualifier for a Goya Awards.
Bafta Student Awards (UK / USA) ︎
Official Selection Competition | Finalist for best Documentary Award [2023]
Premios Goya (Spain) ︎
Official Selection Competition | Candidate for the 37th Goya Awards [2023]