Hazo mena – Les hommes du bois rouge

An immersion among three young workers in Madagascar. Worn by the sounds and the rhythm of their gestures, by their words and songs, this film is a tribute to their extraordinary skills. It also invites us to reflect on what from craftsman made them, in fact, exploited workers. From red eucalyptus trunks slaughtering by ax, to wood transport to the city gates by raft, we penetrate the heart of a subsistence economy sector, reflection of a system in which, each man, woman and child is ready to take on any task for only pennies…

Special screening at Comptoir Du Doc – Rennes 2012
30th International Film Festival Jean Rouch – Paris 2011
International Documentary Festival – Filmer à Tout Prix – Bruxelles 2011
Rencontres cinéma-nature – Dompierre 2010
(Prize for best environemental film)
Territoires en Images – Paris 2010
(Prize for best documentary film)
Special screening at La 25ème Image – Pau 2012
Göttingen International Ethnographic Film Festival – 2010
International Festival of African Film – La Réunion 2009
International Film Festival Les Ecrans Documentaires – Arceuil 2009
Days of Ethnographic Cinéma – Moscou 2009
International Film Festival Henri Langlois – Poitier 2009
International Ethnographic Film Festival – Belgrade 2009
International Short Film Meeting El Sur – Paris 2009
International Documentary Film Festival Corsica.Doc – Ajaccio 2009
Pre-premiere at the Quai Branly Museum – Paris 2009

Rencontres cinéma-nature – Dompierre 2010
(Prize for best environemental film)
Territoires en Images – Paris 2010
(Prize for best documentary film)

Duration : 52’11’’
Aspect Ratio : 4/3 – Color
Sound : Stereo
Language : Malgasy, English and French subtitles
Screening format : DVCAM, BetacamSP, Digital Betacam
Director: Federico Varrasso
Image : Federico Varrasso
Son : Stephan Filbeen / Federico Varrasso
Mixage : Alexis Durand
Montage : Federico Varrasso
Production : acta films / Federico Varrasso
Diffusion : Laterit production, ADAV, Visual Exchange