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''Sud'' (English: ''South'') is a 71-minute 1999 Belgian-Finnish-French English-language independent documentary art film directed by Chantal Akerman.


Reception

The film, which premiered at the
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(where it was nominated for the
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Award) and was released on DVD in 2016 as part of a boxset also containing '' D’Est'' (1993), '' De l’autre côté'' (2002), and '' Down There'' (2006), examines the effect of the dragging death of
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on the residents in
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.Rapord, Nicolas. Financed by Institut national de l’audiovisuel,
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, RTBF, and the Ministry of Transport and Communications’s
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, produced by , and edited by Claire Atherton, it was also shown at the 2000
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, at the 2000 International Film Festival Rotterdam, at the 2000
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, at the 2001 (where it won the Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Award – Special Mention), at the 2006 Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema, at the 2011
Vienna International Film Festival The Vienna International Film Festival, or Viennale, is a film festival taking place every October since 1960 in Vienna, Austria. The average number of visitors is about 75,000. Traditional cinema venues are ''Gartenbaukino'', ''Urania'', ''Metro ...
, and at the 2018
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.


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* * * {{Chantal Akerman 1999 documentary films 1999 independent films 1999 films Belgian documentary films Belgian independent films Documentary films about crime in the United States Films about murder Films directed by Chantal Akerman Films set in Alabama Films set in Atlanta Films set in Texas Films shot in Alabama Films shot in Atlanta Films shot in Texas Finnish documentary films French documentary films French independent films 1990s English-language films 1990s French films