“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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