Fifty years ago, the entire Creole population of the Chagos Islands was expelled by the British authorities. This secret operation took place to facilitate the leasing of the main island, Diego Garcia, to the US government so that it could build one of its largest and most secretive military bases overseas.
As the military lease is about to expire, Chagossian exiles are attempting to recover their home in the middle of the Indian Ocean from Great Britain. The charismatic woman leading their fight in the UK is Sabrina Jean. Through unrelenting activism, including the exile community's improbable participation in the World Football Cup for Stateless People, she strives to keep the flame of hope alive in her community with one single goal: to return home. But as the elders disappear and memory fades, time is running out.
starring
Sabrina Jean, Serge Aristide, Thomas Docherty, Alan Duncan, Lorenzo Isau, Ghislain Jean, Serge Jean-Louis, Andrew Rosindell, Henry Smith, Emily Thornberry, Evelyna Bancoult Veerabadren, David Vine
a film by Olivier MAGIS
Belgium / France, 2019, Documentary, 1h14, Portrait / Society
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Original Title (French): UN AUTRE PARADIS
World-wide Title (English title): ANOTHER PARADISE
France (TV title): LES OUBLIÉS DE SA MAJESTÉ
Finland (Swedish title): Ett förlorat paradis
Country: Belgium, France
Filming locations (excerpt): The Chagos Archipelago (United Kingdom)
Duration: 52 min & 82 min
Year: 2019
Original version: Creole, French and English
Available versions: French version Dutch version English version
CAST
Sabrina Jean... Self, chair of the Chagos Refugee Group's UK branch
Serge Aristide... Self, Sabrina Jean's father
Thomas Docherty... Self
Alan Duncan... Self
Lorenzo Isau... Self, Chagos Island Football Association (as Loren)
Ghislain Jean... Self
Serge Jean-Louis... Self (as Boulay)
Andrew Rosindell... Self
Henry Smith... Self, British Conservative MP
Emily Thornberry... Self
Evelyna Bancoult Veerabadren... Self (as Evelyna)
David Vine... Self, author of book'Island of Shame'
PRODUCER
Hanne Phlypo (Clin D'oeil Films)
Antoine Vermeesch (Clin D'oeil Films)
COPRODUCERS
Isabel de la Serna (Playtime Films),
Karim Aitouna (Haut les Mains productions)
Thomas Micoulet (Haut les Mains productions)
DIRECTOR
Olivier Magis
Directors of photography
Jonathan Wannyn
Joachim Philippe
Cinematography by
Benjamin Colaux
Olivier Magis
Joachim Philippe
Thomas Schira
Jonathan Wannyn
Sebastien Wielemans
sound engineer
Thibaut Darscotte
Music by
James Blackshaw
Film Editing by
Sophie Reiter
Marie-Hélène Mora
Re-recording mixer
Thomas Besson
Mastering and deliverables
Niels Christensen
Assistant editor
Olivia Degrez
Outreach campaign strategist
Ben Kempas
Special thanks
Matthieu Frances
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Clin D'oeil Films (Brussel, Belgium)
PARTNERS
Playtime Films
Caviar Films
Haut Les Mains Productions
RTBF (Belgium, TV)
VRT/ Canvas
YLE (Finland, TV)
Wallonie Image Productions
Centre du cinéma de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF)
Creative Europe
CNC
Région Rhône-Alpes
France O
Lyon Capitale TV
WORLD SALES
Andana Films (France)
LINKS
www.clindoeilfilms.be/portfolio-item/anotherparadise/
http://hautlesmainsproductions.fr/index.php/films/
www.andanafilms.com/catalogueFiche.php?idFiche=1267&req3=un%20autre%20paradis
Filming Locations
Crawley, England, UK
Chagos Archipelago
Washington DC
Abkhazia, Georgia
London, England, UK (The Houses of Parliament)
FESTIVALS
- Sheffield Doc/Fest (2019, Sheffield, UK)
- Bergen International Film Festival (2019, Norway)
- Quinzaine du cinéma francophone à Paris (2019, Paris, France)
- HumanDOC International Festival of Documentary Films (2019, Warsow, Poland)
- Traces de vies (2019, Clermont-Ferrand, France)
- Noida International Film Festival (2020, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India)
- One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival (2020, Prague, Czech Republic)
- MiradasDoc (2020, Tenerife, Canary Islands)
- Sole Luna Doc Film Festival (2020, Palermo, Italy)
- International Human Rights Film Festival (2020, Berlin, Germany)
- Terra di Tutti Film Festival (2020, Bologna, Italy)
- Chichester International Film Festival (2021, Chichester, UK)
- Beyond Borders, Castellorizo island (2021, Greece)
- Toronto Black Film Festival (2021, Online, Canada)