By the thousands, the Moroccan fishermen of Esaouiria, Safi and Agadir exile themselvs in Dakhla in the South in the Sahara to try to get a good catch, which proves to be truly challenging.


Original title : Les damnés de la mer


FESTIVALS / AWARDS

Festival International de la télévision de Monte Carlo
* Prince Rainier III Special Prize (Prix Spécial Prince Rainier III)


2009 | Roma Independent Film Festival
* Official selection

2009 | 15th VISIONS DU REEL | NYON, Suisse | April 23rd-29th 2009 | http://www.visionsdureel.ch/en/prize-winners/2009.html
* Selected in the main competition
* Audience-Award of the City of Nyon, CHF 10'000
"Impressed by the film's construction, the quality of its images and the subtlety of its editing, the Audience Jury (ergio Antrilli, Martine Bovon-Dumoulin, Jacob Lachat) has decided to award its prize to The Damned of the Sea by Jawad Rhalib-a film that, addressing the basic issues of globalisation, reveals the different strata of enslavement: economic, political and cultural."

2009 | 21st edition of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam - IDFA
* Selected


2009 | In International Panafrican Film Festival - Cannes | CANNES, France
* Award of best documentary

2009 | 15th International Environmental Film Festival ENVIROFILM 2009 - Slovaquia.
* Award of best documentary