My Paper Life

Vida Dena

Vida Dena’s feature documentary debut is an intimate and subtly expansive portrait of a Syrian family living in a house in Brussels that seldom leaves the confines of its four pink walls. Dena’s film focuses on the two eldest daughters, Hala and Rima, and the family’s growing collection of drawings and dreams. As their colourful sketches come alive, the young women recall their journey and their home, their plans to study and to marry, and what other possibilities they hope this new life might have in store.

TRAILER

with

  • Durée : 80 minutes
  • Genre : Documentaire de création
  • Année de production : 2022
  • Image & son : Vida Dena
  • Montage : Lenka Fillnerova, Frédéric Fichefet, Sophie Vercruysse
  • Musique : Noma Omran
  • Produit par : Hanne Phlypo (Clin d'œil films) et Eugénie Michel Villette (Les Films du Bilboquet)
  • Distribué par : Tangente Distribution

partenership

  • Vosges TV
  • Cat&Docs
  • Wild Heart Productions
  • Atelier Graphoui
  • CBA - Centre De L'audiovisuel A Bruxelles
  • Shelter Prod
  • Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF)
  • Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government
  • Creative Europe Media of the European Union
  • DGD Belgian Development Cooperation
  • CNC
  • Pictanovo in partnership with the CNC
  • SCAM

news

  • Theater released January 24, 2024
  • AVANT-PREMIÈRE • Cinéma Le Méliès en partenariat avec La Cimade et la Ligue des droits de l'Homme à l'occasion de la journée internationale des migrant.es • 18 décembre 2023, 20h30

projections and selections in Festivals

  • PROJECTION • Comptoir du Doc, Dol-de-Bretagne, 14 novembre 2023
  • VISIONS DU RÉEL • Compétition internationale • Dimanche 10 avril, 16:00 - Grande Salle & Lundi 11 avril 2022, 11:00 - Usine à Gaz 2
  • MILLENIUM INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL • 2022
  • SHEFFIELD DOC FEST • 2022
  • SALINA DOC FEST • 2022
  • FESTIVAL DEI POPOLI • 2022
  • IDFA BEST OF FEST • 2022
  • Middle East NOW FESTIVAL • 2022

awards

  • PRIX INTERRELIGIEUX • Compétition Internationale de Visions du Réel • Nyon, avril 2022
  • “In this dazzling first film, Vida Dena successfully enhances the fantasy of the world dreamed by these children on the threshold of a new life, through animation. This rare achievement brings together her talents as an artist, storyteller and director, put to music by Noma Omran, the illustrious exiled Syrian singer and composer.” Aurélien Marsais, Visions du Réel