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WEREE  2024 | 15min | Documentary


Having fled the Liberian Civil War, renowned self-taught artist
Johnson Weree is seeking asylum in the Netherlands where he lives undocumented and without a fixed address.
Haunted by the horrors of his past, he draws bright-coloured otherworldly portraits, whilst longing for a brighter future.
Credits

Director / Producer:  Tal Amiran
Cinematography:  Tal Amiran
Editing: Tal Amiran
Sound Design: Michael F. Bates AMPS
Music: Martin Mahieu
Colourist: Chris Shaw
Sound Design Consultant: Rick Blything
Artwork Photography: Marcel Koppen
English, English subtitles.
Official selections

Mammoth Lakes Film Festival
Sidewalk Film Festival
PÖFF Shorts Black Nights Film Festival
Brooklyn Film Festival
HollyShorts London
Newport Beach Film Festival
Sedona International Film Festival
St. Louis International Film Festival
Tacoma Film Festival
Lunenburg Doc Fest
Crested Butte Film Festival
Eastern Oregon Film Festival
San Francisco Short Film Festival Presented by SF IndieFest
Sole Luna Doc Film Festival
American Documentary Film Festival (AmDocs)
McMinnville Short Film Festival
Regina International Film Festival
River Film Festival
Sunderland Shorts Film Festival
Fine Arts Film Festival
Montreal International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA)
AVIFF le festival du film d’artiste
African Diaspora Cinema Festival
Snake Alley Festival of Film
The Shortest Nights
Newburyport Documentary Film Festival
DokuBaku International Documentary Film Festival
Shorts Mexic
International Film Festival The Hague
Pori Film Festival
Yellowstone International Film Festival
Rencontres du film d'art St Gaudens
Girona Film Festival
Festival internacional Signos da Noite
Seattle Black Film Festival
Asolo Art Film Festival
Fargo Film Festival
Positively Different Short Film Festival
Gorinchem International Film Festival
Montreal International Festival of Films on Art - FIFA










Awards

Newport Beach Film Festival, 2024 - Audience Award: Best Art, Architecture + Design short
San Francisco Short Film Festival Presented by SF IndieFest, 2024 - Audience Award: Best Foreign Documentary
African Diaspora Cinema Festival, 2024 - Best Short Documentary
Shorts Mexico, 2024 - Honorable Mention
The Fine Arts Film Festival, 2024 - Impact Award
Sunderland Shorts Film Festival, 2024 - Honorable Mention