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RETENTION
A short film by Thomas Kruithof

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Synopsis

Mathilde works in a Detention Center, where she helps illegal immigrants exercise their rights. Comes Yuri, an undocumented Ukrainian. Mathilde is going to do everything she can to save Yuri from deportation. But time is running out ...

Technical Sheet

Genre: Psychological Drama

Directed by: Thomas Kruithof (2012)

Written by: Thomas Kruithof and Alice Bougenot

Starring: Anne Azoulay, Miglen Mirtchev, and Fouad Aouni

Producers: Thibault Gast and Matthias Weber (24 25 Films)

N.P. Novack (The Makers Entertainment)

 

Awards

Peace & Love Film Festival: Best Short Film Award

Selections

Brussels Short Film Festival

French Cinema Today in Kazakhstan

Mediterranean Festival of New Directors in Larissa

French Spring in Ukraine

French Cinema Today in Russia

French Film Festival in the Czech Republic

Istanbul International Short Film Festival

Berlin International Short Film Festival (Interfilm)

Groningen Ciné Premières Festival

Tübingen | Stuttgart International French Film Festival

Sapporo International Short Film Festival and Market

Grenoble Open-Air Short Film Festival

Yokohama French Film Festival

Troia International Film Festival

Unifrance Short Film Prize

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