“A lucid portrait of mental illness, one projected with humor and joy on every memory we cherish.” – The New York Times

I’M NOT FROM HERE

DIR. MAITE ALBERDI, GIEDRĖ ŽICKYTĖ  |  2016 |  CL, LT

Josebe (88) lives in a retirement home in Chile. She thinks she has only just arrived from the Basque Country, and every day must learn, again and again, that she’s been in that home for over a year – and in Chile for 70 years.

CREDITS

DIRECTORS

Maite Alberdi

Giedrė Žickytė

PRODUCER

Maite Alberdi, Micromundo Producciones (CL)

CO-PRODUCER

Giedrė Žickytė, Moonmakers (LT)

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Pablo Valdes

EDITOR

Juan Eduardo Murillo

WITH THE SUPPORT OF

Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes

Fondo de Fomento Audiovisual

Lithuanian Film Center

Danish Film Institute

AWARDS

European Film Academy Nomination for the Best European Short Film 2016

Visions du Réel (Switzerland) – Winner of the Sesterce D’or Goblet

DocumentaMadrid (Spain) – Audience Award

Sheffield Doc/Fest (UK) – Best International Short Film

Krakow International Film Festival (Poland) – Best European Short Film

Huesca International Film Festival (Spain) – Winner of the José Manuel Porquet Special Award

Concorto Film Festival (Italy) – Premio Speciale della Giuria

Budapest International Documentary Festival (Hungary) – Best Short Film Award

IFF Message to Man (Russia) – Best Documentary Short Film Award

Rukapillan Festival (Chile) – Best Short Film Award

Camerimage International Film Festival (Poland) – Golden Frog Grand Prix

Doc en Courts (France) – Grand Prix 2017

Go Short (Netherlands) – Best short documentary

Docudays Kyiv (Ukraine) – Grand Prix

Vienna Short Film Award (Austria) – Best Female Director

Lithuanian Film Academy “Silver Crane” award for the Best Co-production Film

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