Private Project

FANTASSÚT / Rain on the borders

11,000 refugees have been stranded for months in the Idomeni refugee camp on the Greek/Macedonian border. This short documentary is a glimpse of their lives in a forgotten twilight zone, as they wait for the European borders to open.
Directed by Federica Foglia - Produced by Deepa Mehta

Award Winner for Best Film - MbFilmFest -Sao Paulo - Brazil
Special Mention Documentary Jury - Gulf of Naples Film Festival
Mediterranean Prize at Nettuno Tracce Cinematografiche Film Fest
Official Selection CAMERIMAGE - Bydgoszcz - Poland
Official Selection Human Rights Watch Film Festival
Official Selection Reykjavik International Film Festival - Iceland
Official Selection Vancouver International Film Festival - Canada
Official Selection Hamilton Film Festival - Canada
Official Selection Barcelona Planet Film Festival - Spain
Official Selection Big Sky Documentary Festival - US
Official Selection JustFilm Festival - Canada
Official Selection 20th Zoom Zblizenia Film Festival - Poland
Official Selection OIFF Turin CineFest - Italy
Official Selection Eve Film Festival - Canada
Official Selection Social Justice and Human Rights Film Festival - USA
Official Selection Festival Internazionale del Documentario Premio Marcellino De Biaggis - Italy
Official Selection MyART film festival - Cosenza, Italy
Official Selection Gulf of Naples Film Festival, Italy
Official Selection Tracce Cinematografiche - Italy
Official Selection Future of Film Showcase - Canada
Official Selection Ischia Film Festival - Italy
Official Selection Social World Film Fest - Vico Equense- Italy
Official Selection Visioni Corte - Italy

  • Federica Foglia
    Director
    Exit/Entrance or Trasumanar
  • Deepa Mehta
    Producer
    Water, Earth, Fire, Midnight Children, Heaven on Earth...
  • David Hamilton
    Producer
    Water, Earth, Fire, Midnight Children, Heaven on Earth...
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    FANTASSUT
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Genres:
    SOCIAL JUSTICE, HUMAN RIGHTS
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    July 15, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    1,700 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Greece
  • Language:
    Arabic, Kurdish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.66
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Reykjavik International Film Festival
    Reykjavik
    Iceland
    October 7, 2016
    European Premiere
  • Vancouver International Film Festival
    Vancouver
    Canada
    September 30, 2016
    Canadian Premiere
  • Camerimage international festival of cinematography
    Bydgosccz
    Poland
    November 15, 2016
    Polish Premiere
  • Hamilton Film Festival
    Hamilton
    Canada
    November 12, 2016
    Ontario Premiere
  • Mob Film Fest
    São Paulo
    Brazil
    December 7, 2016
    Latin American Premiere
    Best Film
  • Barcelona Planet Film Festival
    Barcelona
    Spain
  • Big Sky Documentary Festival
    Montana
    United States
    February 20, 2017
    US Premiere
  • JustFilm Festival Vancouver
    Vancouver
    Canada
    March 30, 2017
  • International Film Festival ZOOM - ZBLIŻENIA
    ZBLIŻENIA
    Poland
    February 21, 2017
  • OIFF Turin CineFest
    Turin
    Italy
    February 1, 2017
  • Human Rights Watch Film Festival
    Toronto
    Canada
    March 31, 2017
    Toronto Premiere
  • Eve Film Festival
    Ottawa
    Canada
    March 17, 2017
    Ottawa Premiere
  • Social Justice and Human Rights Film Festival
    Carroll College - Montana
    United States
    April 4, 2017
  • Festival Internazionale del Documentario premio Marcellino De Biaggis
    Taranto
    Italy
    May 4, 2017
  • MyArt Film Festival
    Cosenza
    Italy
    April 28, 2017
  • Tracce Cinematografiche
    Nettuno
    Italy
    June 21, 2017
  • Gulf of Naples Film Festival
    Napoli
    Italy
    May 18, 2017
  • Future of Film Showcase
    Toronto
    Canada
    May 3, 2017
  • Ischia Film Festival
    Ischia
    Italy
    June 26, 2017
Director Biography - Federica Foglia

Federica Foglia is a transnational filmmaker, director of photography, editor and writer. She holds a BA in Multimedia Languages and Computer Skills for humanities: History of Art, Theatre, and Cinema from the University of Naples L'Orientale and is currently attending York University to complete an MFA in Film and Video.

Her two first short films Exit/Entrance (2015) and Fantassút (2016) have screened and won awards at film festivals around the world, from Poland to Brazil, including the Toronto International Film Festival, Camerimage, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, SCAD Savannah Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, Raindance, and the Human Rights Watch Film Festival.

Her latest short Mix,Wildflower seeds (2017) had its world premiere at the Anthology Film Archives - New York.

In addition to filmmaking, her poems have been published by Giulio Perrone Editore.

She has recently received the RBC Arts Access Fund Award for newcomer artists in Canada and the Premio Mediterraneo in Italy for her short documentary Fantassút.

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