Nefta Football Club (2018)

Directed by

Yves Piat

Genre

comedy film

Country

France

Runtime

17 min

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 62 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two brothers find a donkey wandering with bags of drugs near their village in Tunisia. They try to return the donkey to its owner while getting caught up in trouble with local drug traffickers.

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What happens

Nefta Football Club is a 2018 live action short film directed by French director Yves Piat. It has been selected and awarded at several film festivals including Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Palm Springs International Film Festival as well as Aspen Shortsfest, where it won the Oscar Qualifying Jury Award for Comedy. In January 2020 it was nominated for the 2020 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film and the 2020 César Award for Best Short Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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