THE LONG DISTANCE
Documentary / 90min / 2015
A farmer woman from Kenya and a shepherd boy want to run their way out of poverty. Their hope is to be able to join highly paid marathons in Europe with the help of a German athletics manager. A journey into presumed luck unexpectedly leads to the limits of human capacity. How much can hope make you endure pain in the fight against your own body? A thickly woven network of dependencies emerges, in which there is no decision free of consequences for another.
AWARDS AND FESTIVALS:
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Caligari Advancement Award 2013
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Filmfestival Haifa, Docu-Village international Mentorship Program, Israel
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No Fear Award 2015
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First Steps Award 2015 nominated for best documentary
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11. Zurich Filmfestival 2015, Swiss
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Nominated for the Baden-Württembergischer Film Prize
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Film Festival Max-Ophüls-Preis 2016, Saarbrücken
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International Documentary Film Festival DokFest Munich, 2016
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One World Human Rights Documentary Film Festival 2016, Prague
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Beijing International Film Festival 2016, China, Nominated as Best Feature Documentary
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Documentary Film Festival One World Slovakia 2016, Bratislava
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Festival International de Cinema Ecrans Noir 2016, Cameroon
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Docs MX, Festival Internacional de Cine de la Ciudad de México 2016
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Zimbabwe International Film Festival 2016
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16th Escales Documentaires - International Festival of Documentary, La Rochelle, France
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13th East Silver Market 2016
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14th International Short & Independent Film Festival Dhakar, Bangladesh
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Nomination für ‘Golden Kapok Award’, Guangzhou International Doc Film Festival, China
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Filmfestival Les Escales documentaires de Libreville 2016, Gabon
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16th WATCH DOCS International Filmfestival, Warsaw/Poland
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18th Madurai Film Festival 2016, Madurai/India
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6th Colortape International Film Festival, Australia
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ONE Country ONE Film International Festival, Le Mans/France
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North Carolina Film Award 2016, Raleigh/USA
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International Film Festival of the Caribbean Sea, Nueva Esparta/Venezuela
INFO
Documentary
2017 / 90 Min / Kenya, Germany, Austria
Television: ZDF
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Würrtemberg
Funding: Caligari Preis
Distributor: A&O Medien
Team
Written and Directed by Daniel Andreas Sager
Cinematographer: Daniel Sager, Carina Neubohn, Julia Höhnemann
Editor: Nadine Müller
Sound Engeneer: Frank Schubert
Music: Hannah von Hübbenett
Producer: Simon Riedl
Comissioning Editor: Burkhard Althoff
Press
DIE ZEIT (DE) about THE LONG DISTANCE (11/2015)
"It is remarkable that director Daniel Sager managed to capture such private conflict scenes."
OutNow (CH) about THE LONG DISTANCE (11/2015)
"The Long Distance is a soulful documentary that perfectly conveys the tremendous pressure of people who have to live in precarious conditions. The director Daniel Andreas Sager is always aware that there are always two sides to a story and illuminates them with great sensitivity. The film grabs you and makes you think."
der Standart about the shooting of THE LONG DISTANCE (04/2014)
Hessische Niedersächsische Allgemeine (DE) (04/2014)
Interview with Daniel Sager about THE LONG DISTANCE