''For the Best and for the Onion'' (french: Pour le meilleur et pour l'oignon) is a 2008 Nigerien

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...

about onion farmers in

Galmi Galmi, Niger, is a village of about 8,000–10,000 residents. It is located east of Niamey on the east–west highway between Birnin Konni Birni-N'Konni (also Birnin-Konni or shortened to Konni/Bkonni) is a town in the Tahoua Region of Niger, ...

, Niger, written and directed by Sani Elhadj Magori.

Synopsis

Filmed in the director's hometown over the course of a single growing season, the film follows how the price of onions affects the lives of two young villagers who wish to wed, while the father of the would-be bride, Yaro, struggles to make enough from his crop to be able to offer his daughter a fitting marriage.

Awards and festivals

* 2008, Prix Jean Rouch, Forum Africain du Film Documentaire de Niamey * 2009, International Jury Prize and Prix du jury jeunes lycéen, Festival international de films sur la ruralité de Ville-sur-Yron (France) * 2009, Africa Movie Academy Awards, Best Documentary Feature * 2009, Terra di Tutti Film Festival (Italy), Best Foreign Film Award * 2010, Pan African Film & Arts Festival (Los Angeles), Best Short Documentary *

2010 Cannes Film Festival The 63rd Cannes Film Festival was held from 12 to 23 May 2010, in Cannes, France. The Cannes Film Festival, hailed as being one of the most recognized and prestigious film festivals worldwide, was founded in 1946. It consists of having films scr ...

, Selected to Cinémas du monde section

References

External links

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