SIMA Awards published an interview with filmmaker Frederik Subei about the making of Transit Zone. An interesting read! Here is the link to the article.
Winner Gold Jury Price Award at Social Justice Film Festival
Great news! Transit Zone has won the Gold Jury Price Award at the Social Justice Film Festival in the US! In the name of the whole crew we would like to thank the festival and the Jury for the honour. More info and other winners can be found here.
Award Nomination at IDA Documentary Awards
Wow! Transit Zone was nominated for an award at the prestigeous IDA documentary awards in LA in the US. The film was nominated in the category David L.Wolper Student Documentary. A massive achievement! Visit the website for more details and other nominations...
Three Months At Calais
I had the honour to be interviewed by the Bruxelle Bondy Blog ahead of the Festival des Libertes in Belgium. So if you can understand some French then here you go!
8 Must See Films about the Refugee Experience
Transit Zone was featured by the I-D magazine as one of 8 recommended films to watch about the refugee crisis. Have a look here what other films are in the list.
Doc Supper in London
Transit Zone will be shown at Doc Supper in London on 13th of October including a Q&A with the filmmaker. Doc Supper is a friendly get together of filmmakers and people interested in documentary. They published an interesting article ahead of the event called 'What I have learned in the Transit Zone'. You can read it here.
Student Academy Awards
Some fantastic news! Transit Zone made it into the semi-final stage of the Student Academy Awards in the category Best Foreign Documentary film! Unfortunately it didn't progress any further but still a great success to make it that far for the Student Oscars. Screen Academy Scotland covered it on their website.
XpoNorth Festival
Transit Zone was part of the XpoNorth Festival in Inverness which is a major event for the creative industries in Scotland. Director Frederik Subei was interviewed for the XpoNorth Live coverage. You can watch the interview here...
The Ferret Magazine: I survived war in Syria, but almost died in Europe
The Ferret magazine, an independent and investigative online magazine in Scotland, featured another short film by filmmaker Frederik Subei about a Syrian refugee in Calais. The film includes some very disturbing footage when the refugees get trapped in a tanker truck while trying to cross the border to the UK. You can read the full article here. And below you can watch the short film...
Edinburgh College of Art
Transit Zone was produced by Frederik Subei as the graduation film for his 1 year studies at Edinburgh College of Art in MA Film Directing (Documentary). The university published two articles, one about the screening at the CCA in Glasgow and the exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art and another article featuring all the films by current and former students at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Interview at BBC Radio Scotland
Film director Frederik Subei was invited to BBC Radio Scotland for an interview to talk about his experience at the jungle in Calais. You can listen to the interview at the link below.
Visions du Reel Festival
Transit Zone received a Jury Special Mention at Visions du Reel in Switzerland in April 2016! Click on this link to see all award winners 2016. Director Frederik Subei was also interviewed on camera by Le Bloc Documentaire which you can read here, in case you speak French.
Screen Academy Scotland
Transit Zone has been featured at the Screen Academy website after the film has been accepted to the Glasgow Short Film Festival 2016. Read the full article here.
Social Impact Media Awards 2016
