SHOULD THE WIND DROP

Nora Martirosyan

france armenia belgium 2020 100 min

International auditor Alain has arrived to appraise the airport of a small self-proclaimed republic in the Caucasus in order to greenlight its eventual reopening. Through Edgar, a local boy running a make-shift business in the airport, Alain will put everything at risk to help this isolated territory to open up.

• About the film

  French title si le vent tombe

  armenian title Երբ որ քամին հանդարտվի

  Directed by Nora Martirosyan

  Screenplay Nora Martirosyan Emmanuelle Pagano Oliver Torres Guillaume Andre

  Cast Gregoire Colin Hayk Bakhryan

  Music Pierre Yves Cruaud

  Cinematography Simon Roca

  Editing Nora Martirosyan Yorgos Lamprinos

  Production Companies Sister Productions Kwassa Films Aneva Production

• Festivals & Awards

  Cannes Film Festival
  2020 | Official Selection — Cannes 2020 Label / First Feature

  ACID Cannes
  2020 | ACID Cannes — Hors les Murs

  Toronto International Film Festival
  2020 | Industry Selects

  Festival du Film Francophone d’Angoulême
  2020 | Official Competition — Premier Rendez-Vous

  Namur International Francophone Film Festival (FIFF)
  2020 | Official Competition
  Special Mention of the Jury

  AFI FEST
  2020 | New Auteurs

  Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival
  2020 | Opening Film

  Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF)
  2020 | First Features Competition
  Special Jury Prize #2 — Nora Martirosyan, Emmanuelle Pagano, Olivier Torres & Guillaume André

  Thessaloniki International Film Festival
  2020 | Meet the Neighbors Competition
  Silver Alexander — Special Jury Award

  Tokyo FILMeX
  2020 | Official Competition

  CINEMANIA Francophone Film Festival
  2020 | Faces of the Francophonie Competition
  TV5 Visages de la Francophonie Prize — Special Jury Mention

  Cinémed – Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival
  2020 | Competition

  Sarlat Film Festival
  2020 | Competition

  FIFIB – Bordeaux International Independent Film Festival
  2020 | Official Selection — Out of Competition

  Festival International du Film des Résistances
  2020 | Official Selection

  Festival du Film d’Histoire de Pessac
  2020 | Official Selection

  FIFAM – Amiens International Film Festival
  2020 | Out of Competition

  Arras Film Festival
  2020 | Out of Competition

  Festival Indépendance(s) et Création – Auch
  2020 | Official Selection

  Hainan Island International Film Festival
  2020 | Asian Spectrum

  GoEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film
  2021 | Competition

  IFI French Film Festival – Dublin
  2021 | Official Selection

  OHLALÀ! – Barcelona
  2021 | Official Selection

  Febiofest – Prague International Film Festival
  2021 | Eastern Delights

  Jerusalem Film Festival
  2021 | Panorama — French Cinema

  FIFDH – International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights, Geneva
  2021 | Fiction Competition
  Special Mention — International Fiction Jury

  Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in New York
  2021 | Official Selection

  Pune International Film Festival
  2021 | World Competition
  Prabhat Best International Film

  Premiers Plans d’Angers
  2021 | Avant-Première

  SPYFLIX Festival
  2021 | Official Competition
  Best Narrative Feature

  Francofilm – Festival du Film Francophone de Rome
  2022 | Official Selection
  Grand Prix du Jury

  Prix Louis-Delluc
  2020
  Nomination — Best First Film