BINTA Y LA GRAN IDEA / BINTA AND THE GREAT IDEA Javier Fesser (Senegal/Spain, 2004, 30 min)
Short, Children, World
Plays in KIDS’ SHORTS; Sunday, Oct. 7, 2:45 p.m., Student
Union Theatre
The 2007 Academy Award nominee and the Best Short Subject at the
2006 EFF is back by popular demand! Binta is a seven-year-old girl
who lives in a charming village in southern Senegal. She admires
her father, a humble fisherman. He’s concerned about the develop.m.ent
of mankind and has an idea to help. Take this journey through the
heart of Senegal as Binta’s father takes his idea from the
local municipality, to the county government and on to the President
of Senegal!
Festivals: The Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences; Chicago International Children Film Festival
(Best Film by an Emerging Director); Festival Panafricain du Cinema
(Burkina Faso); Malmo International Children and Young People’s
Film Festival (Sweden); Palm Beach Int’l Film Festival (Best
Short Film); Melbourne Int’l Children’s Film Festival;
Newport Int’l Film Festival; Palm Springs Int’l Film
Festival; New Orleans; San Francisco World; Woodstock (Best Short
Film); Golden Lion; Swaziland (Best Film); Leeds Int’l Film
Festival.
