Small Country: An African Childhood Explained

Small Country: An African Childhood
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Director:	Éric Barbier
Screenplay:	Éric Barbier
Producer:	Éric Jehelmann Philippe Rousselet Jérôme Salle
Starring:	Jean-Paul Rouve Isabelle Kabano Djibril Vancoppenolle Dayla De Medina Veronika Varga
Cinematography:	Antoine Sanier
Editing:	Jennifer Augé
Music:	Renaud Barbier
Studio:	Jerico Films Super 8 Production Pathé Films France 2 Cinéma Scope Pictures Petit Pays Film
Distributor:	Pathé Distribution
Runtime:	111 minutes
Country:	France Belgium
Language:	French, Kirundi and Swahili
Gross:	$2.6 million^[1]

Small Country: An African Childhood is a 2020 film written and directed by Éric Barbier.^[2] It is a co-production between France and Belgium. It is an adaptation of Gaël Faye's 2016 novel Small Country.^[3] It was theatrically released in France on 28 August 2020.^[4]

Plot

The film tells the story of Gabriel, a happy 10 year old living with his French entrepreneur father and Rwandan mother in a expatriate neighborhood in Burundi. As the 1993 tensions in Rwanda starts, his family and innocence is threatened.^[5]

Awards

• César Awards 2021, Nominee: Best Adapted Screenplay^{[6] [7]}
• Lumiere Awards 2021, Nominee: Best Male Revelation
• Barcelona International Short Film Festival: Best movie and actress awards ^[8]

Festivals

• 25th Alliance Française French Film Festival
• Chicago International Film Festival^[9]
• Italian Contemporary Film Festival^[10]
• Fribourg International Film Festival 2020^[11]

Notes and References

1. 9665968. Small Country: An African Childhood (2020). 20 March 2023.
2. Web site: Small Country: An African Childhood (2019) . 3 August 2022 . en.unifrance.org . en.
3. Web site: Review: Small Country: An African Childhood. Lemercier. Fabien. 27 August 2020. Cineuropa. 20 March 2023.
4. News: 27 August 2020. Le Petit Pays de Gaël Faye voit grand au cinéma. Le Figaro. fr. AFP. 20 March 2023.
5. Web site: Small Country: An African Childhood. Institut français du Royaume-Uni. 20 March 2023.
6. Web site: Szalai . Georg . 10 February 2021 . France's Cesar Awards Nominations Unveiled . 2 August 2022 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
7. Web site: 16 February 2021 . 'Petit Pays' director nominated for The Cesar Awards . 2 August 2022 . The New Times Rwanda . en.
8. Web site: 27 April 2021 . Gael Faye's petit pays scoops two global awards . 2 August 2022 . The New Times Rwanda . en.
9. Web site: Riffenburg . Charles . Small Country: An African Childhood . 3 August 2022 . Cinema Chicago . en-US.
10. Web site: Small Country: An African Childhood . 3 August 2022 . ICFF - Lavazza IncluCity . en-US.
11. Web site: Petit Pays Festival International de Films de Fribourg . 3 August 2022 . www.fiff.ch . en.