Nobody Dies Here Last updated September 29, 2025 2016 French documentary short film
Nobody Dies Here Ici, Personne Ne Meurt) [ 1] is a 2016 French documentary short film directed by Simon Panay. The film has been presented as World Premiere to the 20th Rhode Island International Film Festival [ 2] where it won the First Jury Prize for Best Documentary. [ 3]
The film talks about an illegal Gold Mine in North Benin .
Plot Perma Gold Mine, Benin . Some dream to find something, others realized there was nothing to be found. Some dig relentlessly hoping to become rich, others died in the process. And a few of them say that here, nobody dies.
Awards "First Jury Prize, Best Documentary", [ 4] 20th Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival 2016 "Best International Documentary", [ 5] 33th Vues D'Afrique Montreal 2017"Special Jury Award", "Francophony Award", "Special Jury Mention, University Jury" , [ 6] 17th Un Poing C'est Court, Festival de Vaulx-en-Velin 2017"Jury Prize" , [ 7] Festival International du Film de Tanger [ 8] 2016"Best International Documentary", "Audience Award" , [ 9] 16th Festival Lumières D'Afrique 2016"Best International Documentary", "Giura Ristretta Award", Medal of Honor of the Italian Parliament" , [ 10] 12th Sardinia Film Festival 2017"Best International Documentary ", [ 11] 14th In The Palace International Film Festival 2017 "Jury Award ", [ 12] (Documentary Competition), 7th FINI, Festival Internacional de la Imagen [ 13] 2017 "Best Documentary ", [ 14] MAFICI, Festival Internacional de Cine de Puerto Madryn [ 15] 2016 "Special Jury Mention ",[ citation needed ] [ 16] 2017 "Best Documentary", 12th SoCal Film Festival [ 17] 2017 "Jury Prize " (Documentary Competition) 12th Baghdad International Film Festival [ 18] 2016 "Special Jury Mention ", [ 19] Festival du Film Documentaire de Saint-Louis du Sénégal 2016 "Best Documentary" , Wolves Independent International Film Festival [ 20] 2016"Jury Prize ", [ 21] Longleaf Film Festival 2017 "Grand Jury Prize", "Best Director", "Best Editing", "Best Original Music", "Best Photography ", [ 22] London Independent Film Awards 2017"Best Documentary" , Snake Alley Festival of Film [ 23] 2017"Best Documentary" , Kraljevski Film Festival [ 24] 2016"Best Documentary" , Hoosierdance International Film Festival [ 25] 2017"Best Documentary" , 5th Cluj Shorts International Short Film Festival [ 26] 2017"Second Jury Prize" , Carnegie Mellon Short Film Competition [ 27] 2017"Vision Award" , Mount Vernon Film Festival [ 28] 2016"First Jury Prize" ,[ citation needed ] "Susy Award, Special Jury Mention" , [ 29] Terra Di Tutti Film Festival 2016"Special Jury Mention ", [ 30] Ferrara Film Festival 2016 "Special Jury Mention" , 6th Tlachana Fest [ 31] 2017"Jury Prize" , 8th Certamen Internacional de Cortometrajes Roberto Di Chiara [ 32] 2016"Special Jury Mention" , 14th International Ethno Film Festival The Heart of Slavonia [ 33] 2017"Special Jury Mention" , Short of the Year [ 34] 2016"Best Documentary" , [ 35] 8th Short To The Point 2016"Award of Excellence" , [ 36] The Impact DOCS Awards 2017"Best Documentary" , [ 37] Cosmic Film Festival 2017"Best Documentary Short Film ", [ 38] Atlas Awards 2017"Best Documentary" , [ 39] RiverReel International Film Festival 2017"Best Documentary Short Film", [ 40] Maracay International Film Festival 2017"Special Jury Mention" , [ 41] Falcon International Film Festival"Best Editing" , [ 42] Real Time Film Festival 2017"Best Documentary", "Best Human Rights Film", "Audience Award" , [ 43] Open Window International Film Challenge 2017"Best Extra Long Short" , [ 44] Berlin Flash Film Festival 2017"Best Film", "Best Documentary" , [ 45] 12 Months Film Festival 2017"Third Jury Prize" , [ 46] C&C Festival 2017Nominations "Best Foreign Documentary" , China Academy Award of Documentary Film CAADF 2016"Best Documentary" , [ 47] 8th Prince of Prestige Academy Award 2017"Best Documentary", "Best Photography" , [ 48] The Alhambra Theatre Film Festival 2017"Best Documentary", "Best African Film" , 8th World Music and Independent Film Festival 2017"Best Documentary" The Brightside Tavern Shorts Fest 2017Official Selections - 20th Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival (Rhode Island, USA, August 2016) (Oscar Qualifying) - 33ème Vues D'Afrique (Montreal, Canada, April 2017) - 17ème Un Poing C'est Court, Festival de Vaulx-en-Velin (Vaulx-en-Velin, France, January 2017) - 48th Nashville Film Festival (Nashville, USA, April 2017) OSCAR Qualifying - 14th Big Sky Documentary Film Festival (Missoula, Montana, USA, February 2017) OSCAR Qualifying - 17th Off Courts Trouville (Trouville, France, September 2016) - Aesthetica Short Film Festival (York, UK, November 2016) BAFTA Qualifying - 17th Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote (Lanzarote, Spain, April 2017) GOYA Qualifying - 18th International Short Film Festival of Torrelavega (Spain, May 2017) GOYA Qualifying - 33rd Französische Filmtage (Tübingen, Stuttgart, Germany, November 2016) - 36th Minneapolis St Paul International Film Festival (Minneapolis, USA, April 2016) - 12ème Festival Paris Courts Devant (Paris, France, December 2016) - FIDBA, Festival Internacional de Cine Documental de Buenos Aires (Argentina, August 2016) - 25th Festival de Cine de Madrid PNR (Madrid, Spain, October 2016) GOYA Qualifying - 6th Carmarthen Bay Film Festival (Llanelli, Wales, May 2017) BAFTA CYMRU Qualifying - 23ème FEMI, Festival International du Cinéma de Guadeloupe (Guadeloupe, France, January 2017) - Oaxaca Film Festival (Oaxaca, Mexico, October 2016) - 19th FICA, Festival International de Cinema e Video Ambiental (Goias, Brazil, June 2017) - 18th Lucania Film Festival (Pisticci, Italy, August 2017) - 14th CinemadaMare Film Festival (Roma, Italy, June–September 2017) - Boston French Film Festival (Boston, USA, March 2017) - Bosphorus International Film Festival (Istanbul, Turkey, November 2016) - 22ème Festival International du Film Nancy-Lorraine (Nancy, France, September 2016) - 10th We The Peoples Film Festival (London, UK, November 2016) - Festival Internazionale Del Cinema Documentario Marcellino De Baggis (Taranto, Italy, May 2017) - 10th Psarokokalo, Athens International Short Film Festival (Athens, Greece, October 2016) - 20th OFF Cinema Festival (Poznan, Poland, November 2016) - 21st FESTIFIL, Festival la Fila de Cortometrajes (Valladolid, Spain, May 2017) - 45th Festival of Nations (Lenzig, Austria, June 2017) - 18th Mediteran Film Festival (Široki Brijeg, Bosnia, August 2017) - 26th Muestra Internacional de Cine de Palencia (Palencia, Spain, February 2017) - 17th Festival Internacional de Cine de Derechos Humanos FICDH (Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 2017) - 11th River Film Festival (Padova, Italy, June 2017) - 8th Cinéma Sous Les Etoiles (Montréal, Canada, July 2017) - 6th PUFF Film Festival Hong-Kong (Hong-Kong, China, June 2017) - 13ème Festival L'ici Et L'ailleurs (Saint-Martin-en-Bresse, France, April 2017) - 17th International Izmir Short Film Festival (Izmir, Turkey, November 2016) - 24th OpenEyes Filmfest (Marburg, Germany, July 2017) - 11th MOSCA – Mostra Audiovisual de Cambuquira (Cambuquira, Brazil, July 2017) - 19th Spokane International Film Festival (Spokane, Washington, USA, January 2017) - 15th MIDEC Muestra Internacional de Cortometrajes de la Laguna (La Laguna, Spain, June 2017) - 15th Riverside International Film Festival (Riverside, California, USA, April 2017) - 19th Ismailia International Film Festival (Ismailia, Egypt, April 2017) - 8ème Festival Périples et Cie (Mâcon, France, November 2016) - 23rd Twin Rivers Media Film Festival (Asheville, New York State, February 2017) - 8th Cordoba International Film Festival (Cordoba, Spain, August 2017) - 6th Prokuplje Short Film Festival (Prokuplje, Serbia, May 2017) - 6th Capital City Film Festival (Washington, USA, April 2017) - 13th KO & Digital, Festival Internacional de Cine Solidario (Barcelona, Spain, December 2016) - Festival International du Film de Tanger (Tanger, Morocco, September 2016) - 16ème Festival Lumières D'Afrique (Besançon, France, November 2016) - 12th Sardinia Film Festival (Alghero, Italy, June 2017) - 14th In The Palace International Film Festival (Sofia, Bulgaria, December 2016) - 7th FINI, Festival Internacional de la Imagen (Pachuca, Mexico, May 2017) - MAFICI, Festival Internacional de Cine de Puerto Madryn (Puerto Madryn, Argentina, November 2016) - 19th FICMEC, Festival de Cine Medioambiental de Canarias (Tenerife, Spain, May 2017) - 12th SoCal Film Festival (Huntington Beach, California , USA, February 2017) - 12th Baghdad International Film Festival (Baghdad, Iraq, December 2016) - Festival du Film Documentaire de Saint-Louis du Sénégal (Saint-Louis, Senegal, December 2016) - Wolves Independent International Film Festival (Utena, Lituania, December 2016) - Longleaf Film Festival (Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, May 2017) - London Independent Film Awards (London, UK, February 2017) - Snake Alley Festival of Film (Burlington, Vermont, USA, June 2017) - Kraljevski Film Festival (Kralijevo, Serbia, September 2016) - Hoosierdance International Film Festival (Kokomo, Indiana, USA, June 2017) - 5th Cluj Shorts International Short Film Festival (Cluj Napoca, Romania, April 2017) - Carnegie Mellon Short Film Competition (Pittsburgh, USA, March 2017) - Mount Vernon Film Festival (New York, USA, October 2016) - ForadCamp, Cinema and Nature Festival (Barcelona, Spain, October 2016) - Terra Di Tutti Film Festival (Bologna, Italy, October 2016) - Ferrara Film Festival (Ferrara, Italy, March 2016) - 6th Tlachana Fest (Tlachana, Mexico, April 2017) - 8th Certamen Internacional de Cortometrajes Roberto Di Chiara (Florencio Varela, Argentina, November 2016) - 14th International Ethno Film Festival The Heart of Slavonia (Äakovo, Croatia, June 2017) - Short of the Year (Madrid, Spain, May 2016) - 8th Short To The Point (Bucharest, Romania, December 2016) - The Impact DOCS Awards (La Jolla, California, USA, January 2017) - Cosmic Film Festival (Orlando, Florida, USA, February 2017) - Atlas Awards (Boston, USA, January 2017) - RiverReel International Film Festival (Cincinnati, Ohio, March 2017) - Maracay International Film Festival (Maracay, Venezuela, May 2017) - Falcon International Film Festival (London, UK, April 2017) - Real Time Film Festival (Lagos, Nigeria, June 2017) - Open Window International Film Challenge (Chennai, India, March 2017) - Berlin Flash Film Festival (Berlin, Germany, June 2017) - 12 Months Film Festival (Cluj, Romania, June 2017) - C&C Festival (Matulji, Croatia, July 2017) - China Academy Awards (Beijing, China, December 2016) - 8th Prince of Prestige Academy Award (Winter Park, USA, July 2017) - The Alhambra Theatre Film Festival (Evansville, Indiana, USA, April 2017) - 8th World Music and Independent Film Festival (Jeffersonton, Virginia, USA, July 2017) - The Brightside Tavern Shorts Fest (Jersey City, USA, March 2017) - Mostremp, Cinema Rural Al Pallars (Tremp, Spain, August 2016) - Les Rencontres Documentaires de Koudougou (Koudougou, Burkina-Faso, April 2017) - TAFF, The African Film Festival (Dallas, USA, July 2017) - 9th FreeNetWorld International Film Festival (Nis, Serbia, December 2016) - 14th World Film Festival (Tartu, Estonia, March 2017) - FICCVELO, Festival de Cine Carlos Velo (La Corogne, Spain, December 2016) - Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Medellin – FICME (Medellin, Colombia, November 2016) - 9th Trenton Film Festival (Trenton, New Jersey, USA, March 2017) - Viva Film Festival (Sarajevo, Bosnie, September 2017) - Earth Day Film Festival (San Francisco, California, USA, April 2017) - 7th Irvine International Film Festival (Irvine, California, January 2017) - FINDECOIN, Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes (Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela, February 2017) - Muestra Internacional de Cine Independiente Oftalmica (Veracruz, Mexico, November 2016) - Festival Internacional de Cine de Los Derechos Humanos de Bolivia – El Séptimo Ojo Es Tuyo (Sucre, Bolivia, August 2017) - Festival Internacional de Cine "FICNOVA" (Madrid, Spain, October 2016) - 14th Fear No Film Festival (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, June 2017) - 12th Bay Street Film Festival (Thunder Bay, Canada, September 2017) - 6th The Workers Unite Film Festival (New York, USA, May 2017) - 5th AegeanDocs International Documentary Film Festival (Mytilene, Greece, October 2017) - Muestra de Cine Documental Central-Doc/TLX (Tlaxcala, Mexico, November 2016) - Festival de Cine de Ituzaingó (Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 2017) - Emerge Film Festival of Maine (Auburn, Maine, USA, April 2017) - Crossing The Screen (Eastbourne, UK, November 2016) - Glass City Film Festival (Toledo, Ohio, USA, May 2017) - Solidando Film Festival (Cagliari, Italy, December 2016) - 6th The People's Film Festival (Harlem, New York, USA, June 2017) - Biosegura Cine, Medio Ambiente y Mundo Rural (Jaen, Spain, June 2017) - 10th Columbia Gorge International Film Festival (Venice, California, September 2017) - Salon International de la Luz (Bogota, Colombia, May 2017) - Rural FilmFest (Ciudad Real, Spain, August 2017) - Miraj International Film Festival (Miraj, India, February 2017) - Festimal de Ojo, Festival de Cine Etnografico (Quito, Ecuador, September 2016) - Afro Film Festival « Ananse » (Calle, Colombia, September 2016) - Festival Espacio Enter (Tenerife, Spain, December 2016) - Festival Internacional de Cine de Querétaro (Querétaro, Mexico, July 2017) - Annual Los Angeles International Culture Film Festival (Los Angeles, USA, April 2017) - Festival Internacional de Cine de la Universidad de Baja California (Colonia Nueva, Mexico, October) - 8th The WE Film Festival (Maastricht, Netherland, May 2017) - Tegenstroom (Ijzendijke, Netherland, December 2016) - Bucharest Shortscut (Bucharest, Romania, October 2016) - Paphos International Film Festival (Paphos, Cyprus, June 2017) - Synimatica Short Film Festival (Meridan, USA, July 2017) - EG3 Paris Film Festival (Fontenay-aux-Roses, France, June 2018) - Door Kinetic Arts Festival (Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin, USA, June 2017) - DFK New Wave (Kolkata, India, March 2017) - Hobnobben Film Festival (Waine, Indiana, June 2017) - One Country One Film (Le Mans, France, July 2017) - North Carolina Film Award (Raleigh, USA, July 2017) - Mid Tenn Film Fest (Smyrna, Tennessee, USA, July 2017) - High Peak Independent Film Festival (New Mills, UK, July 2017) - 18th Fine Cut (USA, June 2017) - Through My Eyes (Los Angeles, USA, March 2018) - Indie Film Depot (USA, March 2017) - Arete Film Festival (Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA, May 2017) - FECIP, Festival de Cine de Portoviejo (Portoviejo, Ecuador, June 2017) - PickurFlick Indie Film Festival (Aryana, India, March 2017) - The Quarantine Film Festival (Varna, Bulgaria, July 2017) - Believe in Your Dreams, Arkansas Film Festival (Arkansas, USA, December 2017) - Howling Wolf International Film Festival (Glasgow, Scotland, September 2017) - RAI Film Festival (Bristol, UK, April 2017) - Cinema Grand Prix (Jawa Barat, Indonesia, January 2017) - Motion For Pictures (Cary, North Carolina, USA, April 2017) Production Director and Producer: Simon Panay
Chief Operator: Nicolas Canton
Sound Operator: Daniel Audry
Music Composer: Philippe Fivet
Distribution USA and Canada: 7th Art Releasing [ 49]
Worldwide: Adastra Films [ 50]
Festival Distribution: Promofest [ 51]
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