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'Out of Bounds' (also known as 'Hors les murs') is a 2005 French documentary film directed by Alexandre Leborgne and Pierre Barougier.

Subject matter



Founded by the American colonial administration in 1904, The Iwahig prison on the island of Palawan in the Philippines is an open air penal colony covering 38,000 hectares of jungle and coastland.

After a probationary period, long-term prisoners are allowed to become farmers, fishermen or wardens, as the prison is self-supporting and self-managed.

The lifers families organise their own community existence. Alejandro will soon be released. As mayor of the 2,300 prisoners, he acts as an experienced mentor for various inmates, such as Toting the fisherman or Rodrigo, a domestic that rebels against his boss, a violent warden. In the prison court, Alejandro acts as the prisoners lawyer, since he knows about everything that is going on. When he is finally released, he starts life all over again with his reconquered rights and a feeling of dignity.

Awards



* Grand Prix in 2006 at the EBS International Documentary Festival held by the national public television of Korea, EBS.http://www.eidf.org/2006/fall_en/sub/board.htm?table=news_en&mode=read&no=52&curPage=1&col=&str=&rnum=49

* Second prize at the Milano Film Festival in 2006

* Prix special du jury - Festival International du Film d'Environnement de Paris 2006http://www.festivalenvironnement.com/historique-et-archives/archives/palmares/palmares-2006/index.html

It was nominated for the French selection of Cinma du Rel in 2006 and was selected in the following festivals:

*Hot Docs 06 (Canada)

*Visions du Rel film festival, Nyon, Switzerland

*Festival Documenta Madrid (Spain)

*Festival du film Insulaire de lle de Groix (France)http://www.filminsulaire.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=23&Itemid=25

*Les Escales Documentaires de La Rochelle (France)

*Reykjavk International Film Festival (Iceland)

*Taiwan International Documentary Festival 2006. (Taiwan)

*Internationales Film Festival Frankfurt (Germany)

*Docsur, Tenerife (Spain)http://www.miradasdoc.com/2006/html/secc656.asp

*Dokufest, Prizren (Kosovo)

*Roma Independent Film FestivalRome

*Nordic Anthropological Film Association Festival, Bergen (Norway)

See also



* EBS International Documentary Festival

* Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm

References




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