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Eva Weber
UK 2012 47'
⚬ Human Interest ⚬ Society
Every day during exam season, as the sun sets over Conakry, Guinea, hundreds of school children begin a nightly pilgrimage to the airport, petrol stations and wealthy parts of the city, searching for light. This evocative documentary tells the story of these children’s inspiring struggle for education in the face of the country’s own fight for change.
Director | Eva Weber |
Producers | Claire Neate James, Kat Mansoor |
Executive Producer | Nicola Doring |
Production Companies | HSI London, Animal Monday, Odd Girl Out Productions |
Cinematography | Mattias Nyberg |
Editors | Emiliano Battista, Eva Weber |
Music | Florencia di Concilio |
Best Short Documentary Award | International Environmental Film Festival 2013 |
Jury Award | Al Jazeera International Documentary Film Festival 2013 |
IDFA 2012 |
FIFE 2013 |
Movies That Matter 2013 |
Full Frame 2013 |
Al Jazeera IDFF 2013 |
DOXA 2013 |
CinemAmbiente Environmental FF 2013 |
| Runtime | 47' |
| Spoken Languages | French, English |
| Production Countries | UK |
Originally from Germany, Eva Weber is a London-based filmmaker working in both documentary and fiction. Her multi-award-winning films have screened at numerous international film festivals, amongst others, at Sundance, Edinburgh, SXSW, BFI London Film Festival, and Telluride. Her films have also been broadcast on UK and international television, and shown at art exhibitons and museums. Her film THE SOLITARY LIFE OF CRANES was described as “one of the most absorbing documentaries of the year” by The Observer newspaper in the UK. Eva is currently developing a number of feature projects, including the fiction/documentary hybrid GHOST WIVES.
