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
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
International Premiere | Official Selection Competition [2021]
Festival qualifier for an Oscar at the Academy Awards and the European Film Awards.
Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival (USA)
Cinematography Award | Official Selection Competition [2022]
Thin Line International Documentary Film Festival (USA)
Asia Premiere | Official Selection Competition [2022]
Festival qualifier for an Oscar at the Academy Awards and the European Film Awards.
ShortsShorts Film Festival (Japan)
Official Selection Competition [2022]
Fugaz Film Festival (Spain)
Official Selection Competition [2022]
Festival qualifier for an Oscar at the Academy Awards and the European Film Awards.
OFF. Odense International Film Festival (Denmark)
Official Selection Competition [2023]
Zsigmond Vilmos International Film Festival
Official Selection Competition [2023]
Festival qualifier for a Goya Awards.
Festival de Cine de Almunia (Spain)
Official Selection Competition.
Candidate for the 37th Goya Awards [2023]
Premios Goya (Spain) ︎