Synopsis
In the Philippines, women get deployed abroad to work as domestic workers or nannies. In order to do so, they frequently leave their own children behind before throwing themselves into the unknown. In one of the many local filipino training centers dedicated to domestic work, a group of trainees are getting ready to face both homesickness and the possible abuses lying ahead. During role playing exercises, they alternatively play both the roles of the employee and that of the employers. Bordering on fiction, OVERSEAS brings to light the question of modern servitude in our globalized world, while emphasizing these women’s determination, their sisterhood, and the strategies they find to face the ordeals that awaits them in the near future.
Produced by
Les Films de l’œil sauvage (France)
Iota Production (Belgium)
In coproduction with
CBA (France)
Michigan (Belgium)
Clin d’œil Film (Belgium)
Be TV (Belgium)
Canvas (Belgium)
With the support of
CNC - Fonds d’Aide à l’Innovation Audiovisuelle, Fonds de Soutien Audiovisuel
Région Sud
Région Ile-de-France
PROCIREP – ANGOA
Image/Mouvement (CNAP)
Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
Flanders Audiovisual Fund
Direction Générale Coopération et Développement
International sales
Cat & Docs
Festivals and awards
Locarno
IDFA
BFI London
Message to Man
Busan IFF
FIFF Namur
FIPADoc
HotDocs
Filmer le Travail
Camden
Hampton IFF
RIDM
Vilnius IFF
Minsk IFF
IndieLisboa
HK Asian FF
Lux Film Fest
Dok Fest Munchen
HRAFF
This Human World
One World International Film
CPH:DOX
DocPoint Helsinki
Thessaloniki Documentary FF
DocAviv
Ambulante
Ljubljana Doc FF
Punto de Vista Documentary Film - Prix du Public
Cinemasia Film Festival
Femspectives
MoMA Docfortnight
Patois International New Orleans Human Rights FF
Sarasota Film Festival
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Innsbruck IFF
Docville / Fonk
Sofia DocuMental
Cinéma sous les étoiles
DOXA Documentary FF - Prix du long-métrage documentaire
KDocs FF
Zagreb Festival of Tolerance
Panorama du Film Européen (Le Caire)
Bimovie Woman FF
Southern Lights
Terre de femmes – FrauenWelten FF
Verzio FF
Carbonia FF
Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries
Cinemalaya FF
Camerimage IFF
One World Romania
SevDocFilmFest
Beldocs International Feature Documentary
Objectifs
One World Slovakia
DocsBarcelona - Prix Amnesty International Catalunya
Cinéma CityClub
Women Make Waves FF
Beykoz Kundura
Flatpack Festival
Hebden Brudge FF
Docudays UA
Denver FF
Hamptons IFF - Prix du long-métrage documentaire
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Warsaw Film Festival - Prix du Documentaire
Premiers Plans - Prix de la mise en scène
Atlanta film festival - Meilleur long-métrage documentaire
Etoile de la Scam 2020
FIFDH de Genève - Prix du Jury jeune
Tempo Documentary Festival - Mention honorable
Grand Bivouac - Prix Découverte Groupama
FIFIGroix - Île d’Or