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JO & KESSY: ARTISTS WITH DISABILITIES (2019, France)
Short Documentary, Artists, Disability
Running Time: 17 min
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Director: Nwaye Zar Che Soe
Writer: Nwaye Zar Che Soe
Producer: Benjamin Lemaitre
Cast: Jo Swing, Kessy Mac Queen
Logline: Two French artists with disabilities who have passionate dreams in Music but they never met before.
Synopsis: Jo Swing is an accordionist, native from Lyon and Kessy Mac Queen is a singer, native from the Caribbean islands. Although they are living in the technological era, it makes them face difficulties in somehow getting into an inclusive society because of the old-fashioned concepts.
Notable Screenings & Awards: Official Selection @ SHORT To The Point – Județul Brașov, Romania, March 2020, Finalist @ Locked In Film Festival (A Film Festival In Quarantine), Copenhagen, Denmark, March 2020, Official Selection @ The Lift-Off Sessions – Lift-Off Global Network, Pinewood Studios, United Kingdom, April 2020, Winner @ Best Short Competition – Award of Merit (Documentary Short) – La Jolla, United States, April 2020, Winner @ White Unicorn International Film Festival – Student Film (Any Length) – Kolkata, West Bengal, India, April 2020, Official Selection @ First-Time Filmmaker Section, Lift-Off Global Network, Pinewood Studios, United Kingdom, April 2020, The In-House Grindhouse @ Art School Dropouts – New Jersey, United States June 2020, International Documentary Short Film Award @ 4° Portoviejo Film Festival – Ecuador, June 2020, Official Selection @ Rolling Ideas – Short Film Channel, Romania, August 2021, Official Selection @ Short Film Factory – Bucharest, Romania, February 2021, Official Selection @ Art Without Limit International Film Festival – Prishtine, Kosovo, September 2020, Official Selection @ Ontario International Film Festival – Canada, October 2020, Official Selection @ Libélula Dorada International Short Film Festival – Horacio Blanco Fombona Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional 10514, Dominican Republic, July 2021, Official Selection @ Screen Power Film Festival – London, United Kingdom, October 2020, Official Selection @ TAKT Film Festival – Serbia, September 2020, Official Selection @ Ciudad del Este Independent Film Festival – Paraguay, September 2020.
