“National Diploma” – International Festivals and award
Dieudo Hamadi’s film National Diploma (Examen d’état), International Competition, Scam International Award and Potemkine Award Cinéma du réel 2014, was programmed at the following film festivals: CPH: DOX (Danmark, November 2014), Festival International du Film d’Amiens (France, November 2014), Festival des cinémas d’Afrique du pays d’art (France, November 2014), Festival des nouveaux cinémas documentaires (France, November 2014), RIDM, Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal (Quebec – Canada, November 2014), Abu Dhabi Film Festival (United Arab Emirates, October – November 2014), DokLeipzig Festival (Germany, October – November 2014), Ânûû-rû âboro, Festival international du cinéma des peuples, New Caledonia (France, October 2014), BFI London film Festival (England, October 2014), Taiwan international documentary film festival (Taiwan, October 2014), Toronto International Film festival (Canada, September 2014), Festival Cinémas d’Afrique, Lausanne (Switzerland, August 2014), Etats Généraux du Film Documentaire de Lussas (France, August 2014), Encounters, South African International Documentary Festival, Cape Town (South Africa, June 2014), Ciné Droit Libre Festival, Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso, June 2014) and Festival du film de Lasalle (France, May 2014).
It received the Jury Special Award at the Festival international du film francophone de Namur (Belgium, October 2014), and the Grand Prix FIDADOC at the Agadir International Documentary film festival (Morocco, April 28 – May 4 2014).