The Winners
2016 ALTER-CINÉ GRANT WINNERS
In 2016, the Alter-Ciné Foundation received 95 documentary submissions from 40 countries.
Sushmit Ghosh and Rintu Thomas, recipients of a 10,000$ Alter-Ciné Foundation grant
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| Indian filmmakers Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh received a 10,000$ award for their project Writing with Fire. |
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
In a cluttered news landscape dominated by men, emerges India's only newspaper run by Dalit women. Armed with smartphones, Chief Reporter Meera and her journalists break traditions, be it on the frontlines of India's biggest issues or within the confines of their homes, redefining what it means to be powerful.
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Marwa Zein, recipient of a 5,000$ Alter-Ciné Foundation grant.
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| Sudanese filmmaker Marwa Zein was awarded a 5,000$ grant for her film Off Khartoum Sides. |
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
When it’s illegal for women to smoke or drink, as it is in Sudan’s capital Khartoum, or walk around in public without wearing a hijab, can soccer be the way to a better future? And for women from minority tribes and with little education, how can they even contemplate being part of the beautiful game? Sudan is beset by regional wars and constant social and economic crises. Nevertheless, Sarah, Henda and Gaddal form the backbone of Sudan’s only women’s team, and training hard is their strategy for a better future. Fending off harassment and discrimination, they dare to dream big.
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Dieudo Hamadi, recipient of a 5,000$ Alter-Ciné Foundation grant.
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| A $5,000 grant was awarded to a Congolese filmmaker, Dieudo Hamadi, for his project Kinshasa Makambo. |
RÉSUMÉ DU PROJET
Christian, Ben and Jean-Marie are fighting for political change of power and free elections in their country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. But the incumbent President refuses to relinquish power. How can the course of events be changed? Must they join forces with the historical opposition leader and his powerful party? Is dialogue still possible or must they resign themselves to a popular uprising and the risk of a blood bath? « Kinshasa Makambo » immerses us in the combat these three activists are engaged in, a combat that neither bullets, nor prison, nor exile seem able to stop.
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Andrey S. Diarra, recipient of a 5,000$ Alter-Ciné Foundation grant.
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Andrey S. Diarra, a Malian filmmaker, received a $5,000 award for his project Renaissance.
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION
All the scientific and literary achievements, by generations of learned African scholars in Timbuktu, have been preserved in manuscripts that have been transmitted from generation to generation since the 11th century. Written in Arabic and African languages, they are little known, badly preserved and in danger of disappearing. The film recounts the history of Mali and the continent through translations of the contents of these manuscripts, including treaties, documents addressing good governance, medical treatises, and what might be the first ever Declaration of Human Rights, written in 1236.
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