We Could Be Heroes

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We Could Be Heroes
We Could Be Heroes official poster.jpg
Directed by Hind Bensari
Written byHind Bensari
Produced byBullitt Films
Starring Azeddine Nouiri
CinematographySofie Steenberger
Edited byLilia Sellami
Music byTin Soheili
Production
company
Cinetele Films
Release date
  • 2 May 2018 (2018-05-02)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryMorocco
LanguageArabic

We Could Be Heroes is a 2018 Moroccan documentary sport film directed by Hind Bensari and produced by Habib Attia and Vibeke Vogel for Bullitt Films. [1] The film focused on the life of Azeddine Nouiri, the Paralympic shot put champion, who overcame his physical challenges to be selected to 2016 Rio Paralympic Games along with his childhood friend Youssef. [2]

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The film premiered on 2 May 2018 at the Scotiabank Theatre. [3] The film received positive reviews and won several awards at international film festivals. [4] [5]

The film won the Best International Feature Documentary award at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. [6] The film won Grand Prix at the Tangier National Film Festival. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "475: Break the Silence". Indiegogo. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "We Could Be Heroes". DFI. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Hot Docs 2018: Our Review of 'We Could Be Heroes'". intheseats. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "We Could Be Heroes 2018 Directed by Hind Bensari". letterboxd. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "We Could Be Heroes". hotdocs. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  6. ↑ Norman Wilner, "Hot Docs 2018: A Little Wisdom, Transformer among award winners". Now , May 5, 2018.
  7. ↑ "We could be Heroes says Hind Bensari". Next Century Foundation. Retrieved 8 October 2020.


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