Bernadette (short film)

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Movie
Original title Bernadette
Country of production United Kingdom
original language English
Publishing year 2008
length 37:10 minutes
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Director Duncan Campbell
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Bernadette is a British short film by Duncan Campbell from the year 2008 . In Germany, the film premiered on May 4, 2009 at the International Short Film Festival in Oberhausen .

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A portrait of the Northern Irish political activist Bernadette Devlin is being reconstructed from historical television recordings in the context of the Northern Ireland conflict.

Reviews

“Bernadette Devlin's extraordinary political persuasion is captured on television footage from the barricaded Northern Irish town of Derry and Bloody Sunday on January 30, 1972. Devlin's sentence for her attack on the UK Home Secretary in Parliament is an expression of her role as a radical activist. Duncan Campbell frames Bernadette's story with uncomfortable 'blank spots' that reflect the dissolution of its parameters as the divided land slowly becomes a divided self. "

- Jury of the international competition 2009 : kurzfilmtage.de

“This film is the fascinating portrait of a young woman whose political activism was very influential during the Northern Irish conflict and Bloody Sunday. With the help of news and archive material, the film captures the universal truth of political engagement, and the possibilities and difficulties of life afterwards. "

- Jury of FIPRESCI 2009 : kurzfilmtage.de

Awards

International Film Festival Rotterdam

  • Short Tiger (ex aequo)

Images Festival

  • Best International on Screen Video Award

Courtisane Video, Kortfilm en Nieuwe Media

  • Courtisane International Winner

IndieLisboa

  • Special Mention (ex aequo)

International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2009

Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival - Curta Cinema

  • Best Documentary

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "ARTE Prize for a European short film, endowed with EUR 2,500"
  2. ↑ "International Film Critics' Prize (FIPRESCI Prize)"

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