Doc Market - Thessaloniki Documentary Festival

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10th THESSALONIKI
DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL
IMAGES OF THE 21st CENTURY
7-16 MARCH 2008
10th Thessaloniki
International
Doc Market
10-15 March 2008
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General information
Venue:
Electra Palace Hotel
Opening hours:
10:00 - 20:00
Happy hour:
17:00 - 18:00, at Excelsior Lounge, Electra Palace Hotel
Reservations:
Video booths can be booked for a maximum
of four consecutive hours.
Please show up on time otherwise your reservation
will be cancelled.
Reservations should be made one day in advance.
Please note
• When asking for a DVD, please refer to the documentary by its ref. number and
not by its title.
• A maximum of four (4) DVDs can be borrowed each time.
• Please make sure that the correct DVD is in the correct box.
• Please return the DVDs when finished.
• You are kindly requested to register your evaluation for each film you have
watched.
• You are kindly requested to leave the video booth the way you found it.
• Smoking is not allowed at the DocMarket’s facilities.
Documentaries Participating
Indexes
Index of Directors 494
Index of Sales Companies 500
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A
25
B
55
C
85
D
121
E
135
F
151
G
171
H
187
I
209
J
229
K
243
L
247
M
265
N
313
O
323
P
341
Q
367
R
369
S
381
T
431
U
457
V
465
W
471
Y
487
Z
491
Thessaloniki
International
Doc Market
[email protected]
Head of Doc Market:Yianna Sarri
Doc Market Advisor: Myrto Rigopoulou
Coordinator: Laurien ten Houten
Assistants: Chryssa Koussela,Tina Sideris
DocVideotheque: Irini Arvanitidou
Sales Manager, ERT:Yannis Kollias
Sales Assistant Manager, ERT: ZefiTsoukala, Nikoleta Karra
Design-Cover Design: Andreas Remountis
Images of the 21st centur y
10th THESSALONIKI DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL
Artistic Director: Dimitri Eipides
Thessaloniki:
10 Aristotelous Sq.,Thessaloniki 546 23, Greece
Τ. +30 2310 378 400 F. +30 2310 285 759
Athens:
9 Alexandras Ave., Athens 114 73, Greece
Τ. +30 210 870 6000 F. +30 210 644 8143
[email protected]
www.filmfestival.gr
We are happy to welcome you to the 10th edition
of the Thessaloniki International Doc Market.
TheThessaloniki International Doc Market is evolving into an important international market and a major meeting place for film professionals. In the last ten years it has managed
to quadruple its size and put itself on the map of the international documentary film industry.
This year we celebrate the 10 years of the festival and we are organizing the DocMarket
in a new larger space at Electra Palace.We would like also to note that we are very pleased
with the collaboration with the Media Program of the European Union.
The 2008 Doc Market welcomes a large number of TV buyers, distributors, commissioning editors and international festival representatives.While attending theThessaloniki International Documentary Festival they will have the opportunity to watch documentaries
in our theatres and Doc Market facilities and meet with producers, directors and sales
agents.
The DocMarket catalogue includes 480 titles, approximately 130 of which have been selected for the 10thTDF program. In our selection we have included productions from various countries, representing different topics, views and approaches of the world. We
believe we have achieved a fine balance between independent as well as larger scale productions in order to highlight all aspects of contemporary documentary filmmaking.
We are confident that the 10thThessaloniki International Doc Market will give many of its
films the opportunity to find their place on television and movie screens all over the world.
Happy viewing!
Dimitri Eipides
Artistic Director
280
GREECE
Category: Creative Documentaries
Festival Participation
3 WEDDINGS
Angeliki Aristomenopoulou
Therapis is marrying Aneta in Giannitsa. Panayotis is marrying Kyriaki οn Nisyros. Şabidin
is marrying Çiğdem in Drosero, Xanthi. A reality show of Greek society, treated with sensitivity and a sense of humor...
Running time: 75’
Year of production: 2007
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
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Onos Productions
Chronis Pechlivanidis
Iraklidon 18
Athens 11851, Greece
T. +30 210 34 17 228
F. +30 210 34 17 228
[email protected]
1 0 t h Th e s s a l o n i k i D o c u m e n t a r y Fe s t i va l
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GREECE
Category: Science & Knowledge
THE 10 COMMANDMENTS
Irina Boiko
This film is neither religious nor didactic. TheTen Commandments are not approached according to their religious meaning, but as a unit of rules widely accepted around the world.
From the day we are born we learn to live with rules. Some of these are imposed on us,
some of them we impose on ourselves. How much do we need them? How much do we
obey them, and how often do we break them? How do we justify ourselves?
How and where do we try and find support for our actions? How do we determine our
path and survive in this chaotic world with its fluid and subjective rules?
This documentary tries to explore all this, following its“heroes”discreetly, living moments
of their lives with them, without taking sides, allowing the viewer to come to his/her own
conclusion.
Running time: 55’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation ERT SA
Yannis Kolias or ZefiTsoukala
432 Messoghion Ave., Aghia Paraskevi
15342, Athens Greece
T. +30 210 607 5711-12
F. +30 210 607 5715
[email protected], [email protected]
www.ert.gr
2008 Thessaloniki Doc Market Guide
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100
BELARUS
Category: Human Interest & Social Issues
11 COINS
Volha Dashuk
A short documentary about a man who has worked abroad and returns to his birthplace
after 40 years. He visits the places and people from his childhood. His most important
mission is to bury eleven coins in the land of his forefathers.
Running time: 20’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
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National Film Studio“Belarus”
AlenaYurkevich
Nezavisimosti ave. 98
220114 Minsk, Belarus
T. +375 17 2671481
F. +375 17 2671481
[email protected]
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GREECE
Category: Discoveries, Nature & Wildlife
49 WORDS FOR SNOW
Yorgos Avgeropoulos
The planet is suffering from a high fever and its thermometer can be found in Greenland.
In this vast land of ice which is now melting at a great speed (248 cubic kilometers of
snow lost each year), what we hear on the news and read about in the newspapers make
up the everyday life of its few inhabitants.The Inuit, better known to us as Eskimos, watch
helplessly as their life changes dramatically and their Arctic culture receives what is probably the worst blow in its centuries-long, frozen history. Traditionally hunters and fishermen, they watch as their prey disappears and their movements become more and
more dangerous due to the fragile ice and the unexpected weather changes.The creators
of this penetrating documentary spent weeks in isolated communities in Greenland, recording the life of the native Inuit. They also present new climate research results, more
pessimistic than ever, while uncovering the new and unfortunate“el Dorado”for oil companies who are preparing to drill for black gold in the planet’s most vulnerable area.
Running time: 64’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Small Planet
Anastasia Skoubri
69, Doiranis St., Kallithea
Athens 176 72, Greece
T. +30 210 951 52 95
F. +30 210 951 52 94
[email protected]
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473
POLAND
52 PERCENT
Rafal Skalski
Alla very much wants to become a ballet dancer. This is yet another attempt by her to
gain admittance to the famous Russian Waganowa Ballet Academy in Saint Petersburg.
Entrance exams are extremely difficult for her. Alla needs extra practice to lengthen her
legs, since her proportions are not correct. 52% is the ideal ratio of legs to height.
Running time: 20’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
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Krakow Film Foundation
Agnieszka Janowska & KatarzynaWilk
Morawskiego 5 p.434
Krakow 30-102, Poland
T. +48 122 946 945
F. +48 122 946 945
[email protected]
[email protected]
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ITALY-FRANCE
ABC COLOMBIA
Enrica Colusso
ABC Colombia is an intimate portrait of a small rural community in a part of Colombia entirely controlled by paramilitary forces, rendered through the eyes of the children who
grow up there, and are often forced to make very difficult choices. The documentary follows the young protagonists in this problematic situation through an entire school year,
exploring some of the realities that nurture and perpetuate the violence in Colombia.
Running time: 52’, 75’, 88’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
GA&A Productions
Gioia Avvantaggiato
Piazza Martiri di Belfiore 2
00195 Rome, Italy
T. +39 06 3613480
F. +39 06 3614042
[email protected]
www.gaea.it
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523
SPAIN
Category: History & Politics
ABOUT HOME
Anna Giralt Gris
A frank, inside look at a Palestinian refugee camp. For the first time, a reporter and cameraman live with Palestinians in Beirut’s biggest refugee camp, showing what it means to
live as a refugee for over half a century.Through the daily lives of a refugee family, we see
their hopes and fears.
While this year marks the 60th anniversary of the creation of Israel, the right of return for
Palestinian refugees continues to be one of the thorniest points in the peace negotiations
to end the Arab-Israeli conflict. After more than half a century, poverty, anger, violence,
war, resistance and readily-available arms make the country a powder keg. After more
than half a century of conflict, Palestine is more divided than ever and the situation of the
Palestinian refugees in Lebanon is worsening.They live in a no man’s land; they’re citizens
neither of Palestine nor Lebanon. They are just refugees protected by the United Nations
Agency for Palestinian Refugees.
Rejected by Lebanese society, they have no rights to health care or education and are
barred from the most qualified professions.
About Home shows firsthand the refugees’fight for survival in an atmosphere of hate, violence and arms.
Running time: 68’& 55’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
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TV3-Televisió De Catalunya SA
Oriol Baquer
c/ de laTV3 s/n
Sant Joan Despí 08970, Spain
T. +34 93 499 93 33
F. +34 93 473 15 63
[email protected]
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A
AUSTRIA-LUxEMBOURG
Category: Ecology & Current Affairs
ABOUT WATER:
PEOPLE AND YELLOW CANS
Udo Maurer
About Water tells the three-part story of the element of water and its significance to
human existence in three different parts of the world. A seemingly mundane‘given’– so
often taken for granted – thus becomes a gripping and forthright tale of daily struggle and
survival. From the floods and inundations in the Bangladeshi Brahmaputra delta via the
once flourishing fishing port and harbor town of Aralsk on the Aral Sea (now landlocked
in the barren Kazach steppe), to the daily each-man-for-himself battle over a few jerrycans of clean water in Kibera, Nairobi’s biggest slum. About Water is a documentary
Lehrstück about a major theme: It’s an insistent attempt to throw some questions, doubts
and ideas at our views on water, which most of us take for granted and hardly ever challenge.
Running time: 83’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
PaulThiltges Distibutions
PaulThiltges
45, bd. Pierre Frieden
1543, Luxembourg, Luxemburg
T. +352 250 3931
[email protected]
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372
ITALY, FRANCE, DENMARK, SWITZERLAND
Category: Art, Music & Culture
ADAM’S PEARS
Guido Chiesa
Early morning, a procession of people in the street: they’re protesting because industrialists, unions and the French government have decided to modify their unemployment
subsidies. An old problem, a familiar sight.
Their shouts awaken a funny little man who inhabits the cartoon that functions as the film’s running thread. He goes to the window and concludes that people resemble a procession of clouds. Like clouds, they can bring problems or solutions. Like clouds, they
appear and then disappear... but they always come back.
It’s a poetic consideration, rather eccentric. But for our character, it becomes a challenge
of both the intellect and imagination: can we establish a precise, scientific analogy between clouds and social movements?
Thus begins a journey that, starting from apparently familiar areas (the weather and politics), ends up venturing into territories that have rarely been explored. Subjects that seem
separate and distant at first, are in fact similar and closely linked: clouds and social movements, drops of vapor and people, bad weather and important social issues.
Running time: 90’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
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Orione Cinematografica
Giovanni Saulini
Via delVelodromo 15
Rome 00179, Italy
T. +39 06 454 76101
F. +39 06 454 76101
[email protected]
210
A
GREECE
THE AGE OF FIRE – DISTANT RELATIVE
Zahos Samoladas
The Age of Fire is a documentary series focused on Greek prehistory. Aided by digital technology and with the guidance of leading geologists, paleontologists and anthropologists,
we go back in time to witness life and terrestrial evolution in this part of planet Earth that
we call Greece. Distant Relative is the pilot episode of the series, focused on human evolution and the oldest traces of human appearance in the SE Balkans. Guided by anthropologist Dr Aris Poulianos we seek evidence of archaic humans and get an inside look at
the daily life of the Archanthropus of Petralona .
Dr Aris Poulianos excavated the Petralona cave with remarkable results. His research led
him to date his findings at 700,000 years of age. One of the most important discoveries
was the traces of fire that were examined and dated to be a million of years old.These, according to Dr Poulianos, are the oldest traces of fire on earth. But the discovery doesn’t stop
here. A few kilometers from Petralona, the anthropologist Dr Poulianos made another discovery: fragments of bones and fossils of an erect early human that he named Homo Erectus Trilliensis. These fossils were dated between 3,000,000 and 11,000,000 years old. As
Dr Poulianos claims:“These are our ancestors, the forefathers of human kind”.
Running time: 64’
Contact Person:
Zahos Samoladas
22 Analipseos St.
Thessaloniki, Greece
T. +30 2310 222 247
F. +30 2310 222 247
[email protected]
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243
GREECE
Category: Sports & Human Interest
ALEx
Alexandre Papanicolaou, Emilie Yannoukou
Alex is 25 years old. He was left a quadriplegic after a diving accident four years ago. Since
then, he has been swimming competitively. In order to transform his handicap into an
opportunity he is participating in the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games. In the swimmingpool, Maria, his coach, is training him harder and harder. She is anxious, and all this pressure makes her very emotional when unexpected situations occur, but she wants to believe
in a medal. Alex, on the other hand, is more self-controlled and pragmatic. His family and
friends are strongly united around him. Will he win the medal that everyone is hoping
for?
Running time: 60’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
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Persona Production
Alexandre Papanikolaou
21 Rue Carpeaux
Paris 75018, France
T. +33 1 42 23 17 39
F. +33 9 57 20 32 13
[email protected]
354
A
JAPAN
ALL ABOUT BEIJING: EPISODE 1 DINING
xie Jingzhi
With the 2008 Olympic Games approaching, the city of Beijing is attracting more world
attention than ever before. The capital of this major nation is a rich blend of 3,000 years
of history and the appeal of a China that is rapidly modernizing.
Yet for foreigners, Beijing is a city both far and near. Its true charms have not been sufficiently introduced to the rest of the world. This series, comprised of six 26-minute programs, takes viewers on a thorough exploration of Beijing, featuring dining, culture,
shopping, nightlife and the morning after, leisure, looking at both the modern and the
old. Interspersed with the latest travel information, All about Beijing shows the changing
and the unchanging Beijing, the new juxtaposed with the old. Made by a Beijng-based
production company, the programs include local sights unfamiliar to the foreign viewer
and profiles of people living in contemporary Beijing.
Running time: 6 x 26’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
MICO – Media International Corporation
Akemi Kikuchi
NR Bldg. 3rd Floor, 5-5 Kamiyama-cho, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 150-0047, Japan
T. +81 3 3468 6984
F. +81 3 3466 9530
[email protected]
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215
GREECE
ALL ABOUT MEDEA
Andreas Thomopoulos
A dramatized theatrical documentary on Euripides’ tragedy Medea, first presented in
Athens in 431 BC. Using the main plot scenes of Euripides’play and following the mythological (historical for some) events through illustrated narration, the film explores Medea’s
passion for Jason that led to the killing of their two children as well as the murder of Kreon,
the king of Corinth, and his daughter Glauce, Jason’s new wife.This timeless story of jealousy and revenge, of a woman betrayed by her husband, is an adventure inside Medea’s
mind.This adventure is criminal, yes, yet characterised by strength and dignity as well.
Using a modern theater group consisting of young actors, a studio stage, a narrator and
the actual sites of ancient Corinth, this tragedy by Euripides is re-enacted in a way that can
be easily followed and understood by the general public both inside as well as outside
Greece.
Running time: 62’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
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Studio ALFA SA
Dimitris Evangelopoulos
10-12 Stoudiou Street, Maroussi
T. +30 210 613 29 06
F. +30 210 613 29 06
[email protected]
524
A
SPAIN
ALL OF ME
Sergi Agustí & Bernat Aragonés & Alfonso Par
Freetown, Sierra Leone. Amadou, Sidike, and Patrick were still children when their limbs
were amputated by roving gangs during the country’s recent civil war. Many of the victims
are orphans.
The documentary shows how a UN sports program helped the victims overcome their
appalling injuries. The country now has teams of amputee footballers and the national
squad played in a special World Cup in Brazil. But the report is not just about sports. The
characters talk frankly about their terrifying experiences, and about their lives, hopes and
dreams.
Running time: 52’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Oriol Baquer
c/ de laTV3 s/n
T. +34 93 499 93 33
F. +34 93 473 15 63
[email protected]
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570
FRANCE - AUSTRALIA
Category: Current Affairs
ALL THAT GLITTERS
Robert Nugent
All That Glitters is an elegiac portrait of the changes about brought by the mine, and of the
universal human desire for a better life. How do local people respond to the opportunities and economic divisions the mine creates? How do the local jobseekers and expatriate staff understand one another? Conflict over the mine’s presence is escalating.The gold
will be dug from the ground, but at what cost?
Running time: 52’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
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Doc & Co
Cristina Moya
13 Rue Portefoin
Paris 75020, France
T. +33 1 4277 5687
F. +33 1 4277 5636
[email protected]
103
A
GERMANY
ALONE IN FOUR WALLS
Alexandra Westmeier
Adolescent boys struggle to grow up in a home for juvenile delinquents in rural Russia,
where life behind bars may be better than the release to freedom. Filmmaker Alexandra
Westmeier provides an intimate glimpse at a society from the inside out, where boys
under the age of 14 are held for crimes ranging from theft to rape to multiple murders.
They receive food and clothing.They go to school and engage in sports. For the first time
in their young lives they no longer have to fight for their daily existence; they can simply
be what they are – children. Like many of the boys here, Tolya, a murderer, recounts his
crimes with unnerving nonchalance. Nonetheless, moments come through in each boy’s
speech or mannerisms that reveal the child within the criminal. A 13-year-old newcomer
is not even allowed to say good-bye to his mother. He fights back tears that somehow reflect the sorrows of all his comrades. Austere, yet undeniably powerful, this heart-wrenching film becomes a poignant ode to a lost generation of Russian youth.
Running time: 85’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Linger On Filmproduction
InigoWestmeier
Roennestrasse 8
14057 Berlin, Germany
T. +49 30 81614253
[email protected]
www.lingeron.com
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564
ISRAEL
THE ALPHA DIARIES
Yaniv Bermann
An unprecedented, groundbreaking and voyeuristic look into military reserve life in Israel,
this film was shot over a 5-year period in director and reserve soldierYaniv Berman’s life.
A soldier in the Israeli army reserves, Alpha Company, Berman had unparalleled access
and filmed the soldiers as they went about their military service day and night. Crossing
over to the Palestinian border, the camera remarkably captured every movement of the
soldiers from the frenetic night-time house arrests to the quiet moments of self reflection
and despair. Capturing the humiliation of both the Palestinians who are subject to the
house arrests as well as the Israeli soldiers who had to carry them out, this documentary
is the unique story of those who drop their normal lives every 30 days in the year and,
dressed in the olive green uniform, perform the toughest, most unsettling tasks, in the
heart of an urban Palestinian town. The camera penetrates the steely barriers of the military barracks and gains fresh insight into the views of the soldiers who speak frankly and
uncompromisingly on a range of issues, including the occupation, the conflict and the
Army. A sensitive exploration of the conflict done first hand from an individual caught in
the midst of the action, Berman’s film leaves us with no doubt that war leaves scars and
victims on both sides of the camp.
Running time: 65’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
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Smiley Documentary Film Distribution &World Sales
Diana Kluge
2/1 College Hill, Freemans Bay
Auckland 1011, New Zealand
T. +64 9 309 26 13
F. +64 9 309 40 84
[email protected]
551
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ITALY
ALREADY DEAD –
BRUNO AGAINST THE MAFIA
Alberto Coletta
Bruno Piazzese, the owner of an Irish Pub in Sicily, is a victim of Mafia extortion. He decided to speak out publicly against his tormentors and to denounce the Mafia’s bosses
and blackmailers.He will be a marked man for the rest of his days. The Mafia has burned
down his pub three times.
Today, Bruno is one of the symbols of the legal fight against the Mafia’s power.
We followed Bruno, who is guarded 24/7 by a police escort, until the fourth opening of
his Irish pub.
“You’re already dead,” is the written threat Bruno received from the Mafia.
Running time: 52’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
EIE
Paolo Pallavidino
C.soVittorio Emanuele II, 108
Turin 10121, Italy
T. +39 339 139 21 37
[email protected]
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497
FINLAND
ALWAYS DECENT
Katja Pällijeff
1970s Ostrobothnia inWestern Finland: Elvis dies, my parents divorce and a new concept
is introduced in school math: set theory. Based entirely on archival material, Always Decent is an autobiographical documentary about a child’s confusion about the facts of life.
Its supporting themes include fear of difference, shame, guilt, and the longing for something that has gone.
Running time: 20’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
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University of Art and Design Helsinki
SaaraToivanen
School of Motion Picture,Television and
Production Design
Hämeentie 135 C
Helsinki FIN – 00560, Finland
T. +358 50 331 77 54
F. +358 9 634 303
[email protected]
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ICELAND - PHILIPPINES
Category: Docudrama
THE AMAZING TRUTH ABOUT
QUEEN RAQUELA
Olaf de Fleur Johannesson
Raquela is a transsexual – or“ladyboy” – from the Philippines who dreams of escaping
the streets of Cebu City for a fairytale life in Paris. In order to make her dreams come true,
she turns from prostitution to the more lucrative business of Internet porn. Her success as
a porn star brings new friends, including Valerie, a ladyboy in Iceland, and Michael, the
owner of the website Raquela works for.Valerie helps Raquela get as far as Iceland. From
there, Michael offers her a rendez-vous in Paris.Will Paris be everything she dreamed of?
And will Michael turn out to be her Prince Charming?
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Deckert Distribution
Heino Deckert
Marienplatz 1
Leipzig 04103, Germany
T. +49 341 215 66 38
F. +49 341 215 66 39
[email protected]
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522
SPAIN
THE AMERICAN
Lluís Jené
In 1951, the American magazine Life published a 10-page report on the Spanish village
of Deleitosa. American readers had discovered the grinding poverty of rural Spain following the Civil War. More than 50 years later, we discovered that the publication of those
photographs sparked off a chain of events which had a surprising impact on the lives of
some of the villagers.
Running time: 52’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
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Oriol Baquer
c/ de laTV3 s/n
T. +34 93 499 93 33
F. +34 93 473 15 63
[email protected]
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GREECE
Category: Art & Culture
AMOS OZ: GREAT WRITERS
OF CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE
Stelios Charalambopoulos
A documentary portrait of the famous Israeli writer Amos Oz, his life and work, shot in Israel and Greece.
Running time: 52’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Periplus
Thanos Lambropoulos
176, Aristotelous St.
T. +30 210 867 04 78
F. +30 210 867 78 28
[email protected]
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518
GREECE
Category: Lifestyles
ANASTENARIDES:
THE FLAME OF COAL WALKERS
Ioannis Koutouzis
Is God someone like Father Christmas or an entity insistently and passionately seeking to
settle inside us and partake of our actions ?
This is the question coal walkers, those mystics that can be compared to Whirling
Dervishes or Hindu yogis, are essentially asking themselves.
The film describes the ceremony which spans over three days, enthralling to participants
and viewers alike, who converge in great numbers in order to attend.
The dancing, the music, persistent and repetitive, the icons, all contribute to a catharsis
which is the purpose of these festivities.
At the end, the protagonists and the spectators, replete with feelings of relief and serenity, take their leave already anticipating their next appointment when they will have the
opportunity once again to prove their faith.
Running time: 13’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
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Creation
Marie-Josee Aiassa
L’Archipel, 7, rue de la citadelle
Parthenay 79200, France
T. +33 5 4963 5539
[email protected]
487
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USA
ANNIE LEIBOVITZ:
LIFE THROUGH A LENS
Barbara Leibovitz
Annie Leibovitz has produced some of the most iconic images of the last 30 years and is,
literally, our most influential woman photographer. She has shot the rich and famous, the
profound and powerful, the exceptional and notorious. Her camera has documented the
horrors of war – most recently in Sarajevo and Rwanda. Masterful at exposing her photographic subjects, Annie’s own life has been private and protected. In this film, she made
the decision to bare her artistic process, her personal journey and her delicate balancing
of fame and family to the camera – a camera that is being vigilantly pointed by a filmmaker who is her younger sister. From her hectic studio to her idyllic farm, we will experience Annie’s current work and the creation of her latest retrospective book; we will face
her losses as well as her grand successes.
Running time: 90’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Fortissimo Films
Catherine Le Clef
Van Diemenstraat 100
Amsterdam 1013 CN,The Netherlands
T. +31 20 627 32 15
F. +31 20 626 11 55
[email protected]
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GREECE
THE ARCHELON BUBBLE
Lefteris Fylaktos
Every year, volunteers from all over the world join the Archelon camps in order to monitor and protect the decreasing population of the caretta-caretta sea turtle in Greece.
Regardless of age and nationality, the volunteers offer their free time to perform what we
cannot.They wake up early in the morning, walk the beaches at night, live in a camp with
no electricity and maintain a remarkable community, which is bound by their love towards the environment.
Archelon is the sea turtle protection society of Greece.
Running time: 30’
Sales Contact:
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Lefteris Fylaktos
Zoothohou Pigis 41A
T. +30 694 418 23 22
[email protected]
[email protected]
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ARGENTINA: THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE
Montse Armengou & Lluís Montserrat
Argentina’s political missing, presumed dead, have now reached 30,001. The last one to
join the list is Julio López, the first person to disappear since the restoration of democracy.
Julio was a key witness in last year’s trial of Miguel Etchecolatz, one of the military regime’s
cruellest torturers. Julio had been dragged off in 1976, but he survived to tell the tale.This
time, it looks like he is gone for good. Police officers who collaborated with the military
repression may be behind Julio’s latest disappearance. It may be a message to others thinking of testifying.
At long last, the annulment of the Amnesty Laws that pardoned thousands for crimes
committed under the dictatorship is beginning to bear fruit. But while Miguel Etchecolatz,
a Buenos Aires police chief, was sentenced to life imprisonment for genocide, one of the
key prosecution witnesses in his case, Julio López, is missing.
A year after Julio vanished, human rights organizations have taken to the streets, demanding news of the victim’s fate.
The Amnesty Laws tried to confer life-long immunity to the dictatorship’s henchmen. But
now the wheels of justice are grinding once again.
Running time: 60’
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JAPAN
ART MUSEUMS OF THE WORLD IV:
EPISODE 7. UFFIZI GALLERY –
RECORDING THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
Keiko Shuto
NHK’s Art Museums of the World series showcases art masterpieces displayed in museums around the world in high-definition. It also depicts some of the little-known
human dramas behind the artwork involving their creators and collectors. Part IV of this
series presents 12 museums, such as the Frick Collection, the Louvre, the Uffizi Gallery
and Basel’s Kunstmuseum.
Running time: 26’
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Akemi Kikuchi
T. +81 3 3468 6984
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GREECE
ARTS AND LETTERS IN PAROS
Yannis Tritsibidas
Through this six-hour series of portraits of artists and scholars, we tell the recent history
of Paros, both social and cultural.The one-hour segment shown here presents portraits of
American painter Michael Brady, Greek painterYannis Dendrinos, composer Georges Zikas
and Irish photographer Brian Quinn.
Running time: 52’
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USA
Category: Human Interest & Art, Music & Culture
AS SEEN THROUGH THESE EYES
Hilary Helstein
Poet Maya Angelou writes:“I know why the caged bird sings”. So does director Hilary Helstein, who has traveled the world over the past decade, compiling interviews with survivors who have given us something that history couldn’t: a journal of the Holocaust as
seen through the eyes of the artist, through the eyes of people who, by the very act of
creating, rebelled and risked their lives by doing what they were forbidden to do. As Maya
Angelou narrates this powerful documentary, she reveals the story of a brave group of
people who fought Hitler with the only weapons they had: charcoal, pencil stubs, shreds
of paper and memories etched in their minds. These artists took their fate into their own
hands to make a compelling statement about the human spirit, enduring against unimaginable odds.
Running time: 70’
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Menemsha Films
Neil Friedman
213 Rose Avenue, 2nd floor
Venice, CA 90291, USA
T. +1 310 4521775
F. +1 310 4523740
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www.menemshafilms.com
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ISRAEL
ASHKENAZ
Rachel Lea Jones
Ashkenazim – Jews of European origin – are Israel’s “white folks.” And like most white
folks in a multicultural society, they see themselves as the social norm and don’t think of
themselves in racial or ethnic terms because, by now,“aren’t we all Israeli?”After all,Yiddish has been replaced with Hebrew, exile with occupation, the shtetl with the settlement, and old-fashioned irony with post-modern cynicism. But the paradox of whiteness
in Israel is that Ashkenazim aren’t exactly“white folks”historically. A story that begins in
the Rhineland and ends in the Holy Land (or is it the other way around?), Ashkenaz looks
at whiteness in Israel and wonders: How did the“Others”of Europe become the“Europe”
of the others?
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Philippa Kowarsky
18 Levontin Street
Tel Aviv 65112, Israel
T. +972 3 566 4129
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ICELAND
AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson, Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon
This documentary tells a contemporary story about a shameful past, about lives scarred
by violence and neglect. Dark secrets came to light in late 2006 and turned Icelandic society on its head.The revelations of the next few weeks were shocking:Young boys beaten
and raped and systematically humiliated while in the care of the state, at a home for behaviorally disturbed children in the community of Breidavik, on Iceland’s eastern coast.
The small island nation faced hard questions as the victims’ voices were finally heard after
decades of silence. The film takes a quiet approach with intimate οn-camera narratives
from the subjects themselves, interwoven with archival material (including extensive
footage from Breidavik in the 1950s and 1960s) and stunning imagery from Iceland’s remoteWestfjords region.
Running time: 94’
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Kogull Filmworks
Hrönn Kristinsdóttir
Reykjabyggo 40
270, Mosfelsbaer, Iceland
T. +354 660 7666
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www.breidavik.com
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AUSTRIA
ATTWENGER ADVENTURE
Markus Kaiser-Muhkecker
This charming and often hilarious documentary follows the unlikely career of Attwenger,
the world’s only Alpine folk-punk band. For 17 years the band has been on the road, combining accordion, mantra vocals and local dialect with thrash drums and extreme energy.
The first Austrian band to combine traditional music with contemporary elements, they
have had an enormous influence on local punk, independent rock and hip-hop cultures.
Emerging as leaders in the world music scene due to a series of high profile collaborations, this defiantly provincial band managed to affirm the validity of local music and set
an inspiring example of how to avoid the conventional channels of the music business.
Running time: 90’
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Markus Kaiser-Muhlecker
Gerersdorf 1
Kematen/Krems 4531, Austria
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FRANCE
AUROVILLE: THE CITY
THE EARTH NEEDS
Guillaume Estivie
Man has always dreamed of building a better world, of inventing another way of living
through which he could free himself from racism, religion, politics, pollution and above all,
money. But are there any people left who still believe in this unrealistic dream? The answer can be found in Auroville, South East India. Men and women came here from around
the world at the end of the 60s to embrace this experience. Today there are 1,800 Aurovillans from 40 different countries, hoping to achieve the unthinkable.They believe that
today’s utopia is tomorrow’s reality
Running time: 57’
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Injam Production
Paco Fernandez
5 Passage Saint Antoine
Paris 75011, France
T. +33 1 4923 8730
F. +33 1 4923 0525
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ARMENIA
Category: Arts, Music, & Culture
AUTUMN OF THE MAGICIAN
Ruben Gevorgyants & Vaheh Gevorgyants
Tonino is a poet, a scriptwriter, a writer, a painter, a sculptor, a playwright, an architect, a
journalist, a builder, a patron of the arts, a teacher, a metalworker, an inventor, a public figure, an agronomist, a gardener, a chemist, and all together a brave man. Moreover, he is
also a football and saxophone player. He should have been born during the Renaissance.
Because of the diversity and the high level of his work, we could compare him to Leonardo
daVinci, except we know that Leonardo never played football, nor did he write film scripts.
I share this opinion. It is quite possible thatTonino could be the last leaf on the tree of the
Italian Renaissance.
Running time: 52’
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Sharm Holding Ltd
Isabella Manassarian
18Vardanants St.
Yerevan 0010, Armenia
T. +37 41 056 55 57
F. +37 41 052 79 71
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BELGIUM
Category: Human Interest & Social Issues & Art, Music & Culture
AWAITING FOR MEN
Katy Lena Ndiaye
Oualata, a red city on the far edge of the Sahara desert. In this haven, a frail rampart
against the sand, three women practice traditional painting, decorating the walls of the
city. In a society apparently dominated by tradition, religion and men, these women unreservedly express themselves. They comment freely on the relationship between men
and women.
Running time: 96’
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Neon Rouge Production
Aurélien Bodinaux
3 Petite rue des Secours
1030 Brussels, Belgium
T. +32 2 219 35 75
F. +32 2 219 35 55
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TURKEY
BAA BAA BLACK GIRL
Gül Büyükbeşe Muyan
The Ottomans accepted the existence of slavery everywhere they left and everywhere
they went as a social norm and adapted it to their own life, then used slave labor in many
different fields throughout their entire history. Slavery was legal in the Ottoman Empire
since the time it was founded until the end of the 19th century and the slave trade continued until the collapse of the empire. During those times, thousands of enslaved people were transferred to the big cities of the empire each year. They were bought, used as
slave labor, freed and integrated into the free society.
Although slavery in the Ottoman Empire has been the topic of a series of studies made by
Turkish and foreign scholars, the issue was always limited to this confined field. Then
Mustafa Olpak, a 52-year old marble worker from Ayvalık wrote the story of three generations of his own family.
The documentary Baa Baa Black Girl is based on Mustafa Olpak’s story, covering three
generations of his family that started in Africa, went on to Crete and İstanbul and ended
up in İzmir.
Running time: 46’
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Fuat Kale
Turan Gunes Bulvari Or-An
Ankara 06109,Turkey
T. +90 312 490 76 59
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CYPRUS
BACCHANALS IN MODERN TIMES
Vangelis Tremopoulos
The Bacchanals first took organized form in ancient Greece more than 3000 years ago. Apparently associated with horned animals, serpents and beastly predators, the rituals are
dedicated to Dionysus – the jolly god of merriment and wine.
Amazingly, these ceremonies have survived the passage of time and are still celebrated in
Greece today! Bacchanals in Modern Times has masterfully captured the spirit of these rituals which still commemorate the onset of spring, fertility and gaiety with plentiful of
wine, bright costumes, folk dances and traditional music.
Running time: 50’
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Exoptron Ltd
Spiros Gavalas
Dimosthenous 10, Megaro Gianni-Maria Suite 205
Larnaca 6058, Cyprus
T. +30 693 668 83 96
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GREECE
BACKSTAGE: HOUSE BY THE SEA
Lefteris xanthopoulos
The author Elias Papadimitrakopoulos, a short story writer par excellence hailing from the
town of Pyrgos in the Peloponnese, has been living, together with his wife Niovi and their
fifty cats, on a breathtakingly beautiful farm that they created themselves on the island of
Paros, by the sea. Papadimitrakopoulos, who worked as a military doctor, developed great
friendships and professional affinities with writers and poets such as Elias Petropoulos,
Takis Sinopoulos,Yorgis Pavlopoulos, Nikos Kahtitsis and Alexandros Kotzias.
Running time: 53’
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GREECE
BACKSTAGE: MANOS HADJIDAKIS –
18 MOVING IMAGES
Lakis Papastathis
The film consists of footage spanning thirty years (1960-1990) of the life and work of
Manos Hadjidakis. Film and television footage – some of it well known, some of it never
before shown – of interviews, studio recordings, concerts, stage rehearsals, and everyday
scenes.These amateur and professional moving images reveal something of the integrity
of the man and the greatness of his work. His comments –pithy and succinct – often
sound like a manifesto of intellectual responsibility or as moral injunctions for younger
Greek artists. Appearing with Hadjidakis are Nikos Gatsos, Melina Mercouri, Nana Mouskouri, Flery Dandonaki,Vasso Papantoniou, NenaVenetsanou and MinosVolanakis.
Running time: 51’
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Category: Arts, Music & Culture
BACKSTAGE: ROVIROS MANTHOULIS:
THE MAN WITH THE CAMERA
Costas Mahairas
Roviros (Robert) Manthoulis’voyage in cinema began in 1957. For 50 years he shot films
all over the world; 130 films, most of which were documentaries. He finds himself exiled
to France in 1967 after the screening of his film Face to Face which is banned by the Junta,
and remains there.
He says: “I once asked Edgar Morin [who with Jean Rouch shot Chronicle of a Summer],
what is cinéma-vérité? Morin had called their movement Cinéma-Vérité and answered
‘It is the cinema that searches for that which hides behind what is seen.’ In other words,
it doesn’t reproduce but rather ‘transcribes’ life, it searches for the background and its hidden roots.”
Thirty-two years after the fall of the junta in 1975, Roviros Manthoulis talks about cinema,
television and the documentary.
Running time: 55’
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GREECE
BACKSTAGE: SHORT DREAMS
(1960-1967)
Nikos Stamboulopoulos & Maria Halkou
In an era of dramatic sociopolitical upheaval, as well as a cultural flowering, a new generation of Greek directors tries to break away from the compromises of commercial production and to articulate its own cinematic language. In the time period following the
founding of theWeek of Greek Cinema (1960), and before the coming of the Junta (1967),
short films recorded and commented on their troubled era, at the same time signaling
the great turn of Greek cinema towards artistic expression.
The documentary Short Dreams (1060–1967) brings back to life the hopes of the young
artists, their explorations of narrative style and subject matter, their unorthodox production methods, the different and sometimes contradictory tendencies, the development of
collectives and political conscience, the role played by the Thessaloniki Film Festival and
film clubs, the interference of censorship. The rare audiovisual material from the films
themselves is completed by interviews with the stars of an unknown side of the history
of Greek cinema.
Running time: 52’
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T. +30 210 607 5711-12
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GREECE
THE BALKANS: THE DAY AFTER
Zinon D. Ramos
The major powers, each acting in its own interest in the past, endeavored to both economically and geopolitically control the Balkans, an area peopled by different nationalities, languages, religions, customs and traditions.
Today, with globalization and under the New Order in the sensitive area of the Balkans
(Pax Americana), with the Albanian demands for the independence of Kosovo, war is
about to erupt once more, starting a general inferno in Southeastern Europe, with results
that are impossible to foresee.
A new cold war between Russia and the United States can now be seen on the horizon.
Running time: 59’
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Zinon D. Ramos
Mitr. Kallidou 67
Thessaloniki 551 31, Greece
T. + 30 2310 433 440
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FRANCE
BALLERINA
Bertrand Normand
Russia is par excellence the land of the Ballerina.This film follows the destinies of five female dancers of the Kirov Ballet in Saint-Petersburg.Their lives weave together to tell the
story of the Russian Ballerina of our time, from her beginnings as a child in dance school
to the peak of her glory on the world stages. In this intimate gaze at the lives, the courage,
the disappointments and triumphs of these women, this film unveils the vitality and
uniqueness of the Russian Ballerina today.We come to understand her lasting allure as we
begin the 21st century. Ballerina, as old as Russian history, as new as today.
Running time: 77’
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Wide Management
Loïc Magneron
40 rue Sainte-Anne, 3ème étage, code 2863
Paris 75002, France
T. +33 1 53 95 04 64
F. +33 1 53 95 04 65
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SPAIN
THE BATTLE OF GUADALAJARA
Verónica Vigil & José María Almela
The Battle of Guadalajara which took place between the 8th and 23rd of March 1937 was
one of the Spanish Civil War’s most important moments. It represented Franco’s troops’
last big effort to enter Madrid before the end of the war. It became famous around the
world thanks to stories published by Ernest Hemingway and it also meant Fascism’s first
big defeat in Europe.The Republicans’heroic actions and decision-making during the attack made the victory important not only in a military sense, but also both politically and
morally. From then on, Franco, unable to reach Madrid, had to aim alesewhere and concentrate his efforts on the campaign in the north of Spain. The Republic continued to resist in a war which ended up lasting much longer than the rebel army had originally
imagined.
Running time: 58’
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Doc & Co
Cristina Moya
13 Rue Portefoin
Paris 75020, France
T. +33 1 42 77 56 87
F. +33 1 42 77 56 36
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CANADA-UK-USA-IRAN
BE LIKE OTHERS
Tanaz Eshaghian
In the Islamic Republic of Iran, a country with strict social mores and traditional values,
sex-change operations are legal. Over twenty years ago, Ayatollah Khomeini issued a
fatwa (religious edict) making sex change permissible for “diagnosed transsexuals.”Yet homosexuality is still punishable by death. Highly feminine and attracted to members of the
same sex, yet forced to live in secret for fear of retribution, a generation of young Iranian
men are adopting an identity legally allowed to them – transsexual. In pursuit of what one
man calls simply,“a decent life,” they flock to the country’s best-established gender reassignment surgeon, Dr. Bahram Mir Jalali, and are counseled by 24-year-oldVida, a postop woman who claims to be“reborn”but warns of dangers that still await. Be Like Others
is a fascinating look at those on the fringes of Iranian life – those looking for acceptance
through the most radical of means.
Running time: 74’
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Steven C. Beers
200 Park Ave.
NewYork, NY 10116, USA
T. +1 212 8016400
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SWITZERLAND
THE BEAST WITHIN
Yves Scagliola
Nobody wants them but everybody is watching: in living memory, animal fights have
been as much looked down upon as they have been loved. The Beast Within examines
the reasons for man’s drive to have animals fight against each other. It follows the trails
our aggressive instincts have made into various cultures.
Running time: 71’
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Autlook Filmsales
Susanne Guggenberger
Zieglergasse 75/1
Vienna 1070, Austria
T. +43 720 553 570
F. +43 720 553 572
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GERMANY
BEAUTIFUL BLOND EYES
Simon Brückner & Anna Reinking
A group of handicapped actors chose to develop a play on the topic of“Birth”.The film accompanies their life on a farm called“Terra est vita” and their work in the theater. Eight
months later, they bring their play to the stage of the academy of arts in Berlin. From the
protagonists’ peculiar nature evolve inspiring poetic moments, but also obstacles to solve
– and not only on stage.The categorization of handicapped or normal begins to dissolve,
even though we know that some of these people wouldn’t have been given the chance
to live in these times of prenatal diagnostic investigation.
Beautiful Blond Eyes is, above all, a film about love, identity, growing up, communication
beyond speech and the great challenge of acting.
Running time: 91’
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Elementarfilm
Nicolai Schley
Dossestr. 6
Berlin 10247, Germany
T. +49 304 991 7872
F. +49 304 991 7872
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BEHAVE
Maria Ramos
Behave follows the process of minors who have fallen into the hands of the Brazilian legal
system. Boys and girls from underprivileged backgrounds faced with crime, rulings, and
sentences handed down for theft, drug trafficking, and even murder. Due to legal constraints about revealing the true identity of the minors charged, the accused adolescents
were substituted with young people chosen for having themselves lived in similar social
conditions, although innocent of any actual crime. All the other characters in Behave –
judges, prosecutors, public defenders, correctional agents, family members – are the real
people filmed during the hearings in the Juvenile Court in Rio de Janeiro and visits to the
Padre Severino Institute, the correctional facility where the law-breaking minors are sent
to. At the end of Behave, the film sequences reveal the consequences of a formal society
that recommends to their children to behave, but does not set a good example itself.
Running time: 90’
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Diler & Associados
Thiego Balteiro
Rua Luis Sérgio Person, 169 – PoloRio Cine eVídeo
Barra daTijuca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22775 043 Brazil
T. +55 21 33114500
F. +55 21 24211025
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USA
BERLIN
Julian Schnabel
A unique blending of film, art, and music, Berlin is a rock opera and a concert film revolving around a drug-addicted couple, Caroline and Jim.The album Berlin, released in 1973,
has often been referred to as Lou Reed’s unknown masterpiece, but was never performed
live… until now. For five historic performances, a group of legendary musicians helped
Lou Reed bring his lost classic to life. With set design by Julian Schnabel himself, and a
backdrop of short movies directed by Lola Schnabel featuring Emmanuelle Seigner (Frantic) as Caroline, director Schnabel and renowned concert cinematographer Ellen Kuras
captured the overwhelming visual, sonic, and emotional experience that is Berlin.
Running time: 85’
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Fortissimo Films
Catherine Le Clef
T. +31 20 627 32 15
F. +31 20 626 1155
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CYPRUS
A BETTER HOLE
Theo Panayides
In the past 25 years, the town of Paphos has gone from a rather sleepy port on the west
coast of Cyprus to a popular destination for tourists and expatriates, home to beach hotels
and – especially in the past decade – thousands of new villas for Britons and other Europeans. Development in Paphos and its surrounding villages has been intense, and often
uncontrolled. Many locals struggle to reconcile the new Paphos with the place they once
knew – but, as they say, development“gives people jobs”. And meanwhile the newcomers
have their own communities...
Running time: 86’
Sales Contact:
Angelo Panayides
Yevgelis 2, Flat 402
Nicosia 1071, Cyprus
T. +357 99 425681
F. +357 22 313138
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NETHERLANDS
BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH
Frank van den Engel & Masja Novikova
Two circus artists, Achat andTarsun, are forced to choose between continuing the old circus tradition and politics.Their different choices seriously affect their lifelong friendship.
The documentary is set in Uzbekistan, a country whose population is constantly being
watched by a comprehensive system of secret services and informers. This former Soviet
Republic has been independent since 1991, to the extent that the Russians installed Islam
Karimov, who has since established a dictatorship and has no plans to relinquish power.
The film tells the story of Achat andTarsun, childhood friends who are now in their late fifties. At the age of seven they were swept away when a tightrope walker came to their village.They both decided to become apprentices to the artist, and they have been the best
of friends ever since. They grow up together, fall in love, start a family and each build up
their own family circus.
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NPO Sales
Kaisa Kriek
Sumatralaan 45
Hilversum 1217 GP,The Netherlands
T. +31 35 677 35 61
F. +31 35 677 53 18
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GERMANY
BETWEEN INSANITY AND BEAUTY –
THE ART COLLECTON OF DR. PRINZHORN
Christian Beetz
One of the world’s largest collection of artwork by schizophrenic patients: The collection
of Prinzhorn revolutionized the bigoted viewpoint in psychiatry as well as the art world
of the 1920s. Artists such as Paul Klee, Alfred Kubin and Max Ernst were highly inspired
by the so-called“art brut”. Later, these modern artists were found together with parts of
the collection of Prinzhorn in the“Degenerate Art”exhibition by the Nazis.The film follows
the history of the Prinzhorn collection illustrating the inner conflicts of the schizophrenic
patients through their artwork.
Running time: 75’, 52’& 2 x 26’
Sales Contact:
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Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduction
Christian Beetz
Heinrich-Roller Strasse 15
T. +49 30 6956 6910
F. +49 30 6956 6915
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AUSTRIA
BEYOND THE FOREST
Gerald Igor Hauzenberger
An old man lives in a small Carpathian village in the countryside of Romania. He is a Saxon.
Fifty kilometers away, a woman sits at her gravestone; she is Landleri and has already
lived five years past the date of death that is engraved on her stone.
The National Socialist regime turned both of them into perpetrators and into victims. Despite their difficult life stories marked by the SecondWorldWar, we can see two broken but
humorous people, who witnessed the disappearance of their own culture. Their national
pride forbade them to “mix” with other people. Now both of them are old, alone, and
want to die. The best thing would be to simply“disappear”from the world. The director,
Gerald Igor Hauzenberger, has been listening to both of them for six years. The result is a
sensitive yet humorous portrait of two people, which emotionally describes the history of
the last century. Beautiful pictures of the Romanian landscape complete this portrait of
a dying culture inTransylvania.
Running time: 75’
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Taskovski Films
Jarmila Outratova
4BWentworth Street
London E1 7TF, UK
T. +44 207 760 661 65
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FRANCE
BHUTAN – BIRTH OF A DEMOCRACY
Frédéric Compain
Terra incognita for centuries, the King of Bhutan announced in 2008 that the Kingdom of
Bhutan would become a parliamentary democracy.The film is about this transformation
and provides an insight into the society of this nearly unknown country in the Himalayas.
Running time: 52’
Sales Contact:
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Autlook Filmsales
Zieglergasse 75/1
T. +43 720 553 570
F. +43 720 553 572
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GREECE
Category: Discoveries, Nature, Wildlife
BIRDLAND
Ilias Iosifidis
Lake Kerkini constitutes one of the most important and beautiful wetlands of Europe. Rare
and endangered bird species use the lake as a permanent or temporary residence. For
many of them it is the land of reproduction. Humans, however, use the lake as a water collector and don’t care for the birds’rights. In the summer, the willow forest which is next
to the lake and in which the birds nest, is flooded due to human intervention with dramatic consequences. The few sensitized ecologists who live there protect the ecosystem
and make public the birds’inalienable right to their own vital area. Panayotis Hatziyannidis and the English ecologist and poet Gordon Ramell reveal the latest episodes of a drama
which has been taking place for years.
Running time: 61’
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Greek Film Center
Evi Lazari
Panepistimiou 10
T. +30 210 3687503
F. +30 210 3614336
[email protected]
www.gfc.gr
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GREECE
BIRDS IN THE MIRE
Alida Dimitriou
The documentary film Birds in the Mire depicts the – still inconspicuous – role of women
during extreme historical events. More specifically, the film refers to the participation in
and contribution of women to the Greek Resistance during the German Occupation of
1941-44, as well as to the consequences they suffered. The film is based on the oral testimonies of those women that survived and follows the historical sequence of events.
However, the focus of the film is not on the description of the historical events but rather
the memories of these women’s experiences and emotional traumas. The film reveals
these women’s life stance in the face of extreme circumstances that are usually experienced by men, as well as the fact that under similar conditions women are equally capable of acts of heroism, such as those commonly attributed to men only.
Running time: 104’
Sales Contact:
Alida Dimitriou
Taxiarchon 51
Alimos 17455, Greece
T. +30 210 98 10 549
F. +30 210 98 43 837
[email protected]
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SWITZERLAND
BIRD’S NEST – HERZOG &
DE MEURON IN CHINA
Christoph Schaub & Michael Schindhelm
The documentary by Christoph Schaub and Michael Schindhelm shows how Chinese culture affects the construction work of the architects:The specific architectural form and the
struggle to achieve it give us information about society, culture and everyday life in China.
Bird’s Nest - Herzog & De Meuron in China explores how these prestigious buildings are
being built in China. On the one hand, the documentary attempts to understand the two
architects’own method of contextual building applied successfully again and again. On the
other, it explores the Chinese side: their intentions, their expectations, and their strategies
in this complex creation process.
Running time: 87’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
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T&C Film AG
Susa Katz
Seestrasse 41a
Zürich 8002, Switzerland
T. +41 44 202 36 22
F. +41 44 202 30 05
[email protected]
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BLACK, WHITE + GRAY: A PORTRAIT
OF SAM WAGSTAFF AND
ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE
James Crump
Yale-educated and born with a silver spoon in his mouth, SamWagstaff’s transformation
from innovative museum curator to Robert Mapplethorpe’s lover and patron is intensively
probed in Βlack White + Gray. During the heady years of the 1970s and 1980s, the New
York City art scene was abuzz with a new spirit, and Mapplethorpe would be at the center of it.Wagstaff pulled him from his suburban Queens existence, gave him a camera and
brought him into this art world that seemed to be waiting for him, creating the man
whose infamous images instilled emotions ranging from awe to anger. In turn, Mapplethorpe brought the formerly starched-shirt preppie to the world of drugs and gay S&M
sex.The film also explores the relationship both men had with musician/poet Patti Smith,
whose 1975 debut album, Horses, catapulted her to fame.
Running time: 76’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Fortissimo Films
Catherine Le Clef
1013 CN, Amsterdam,The Netherlands
T. +31 20 627 3215
F. +31 20 626 1155
[email protected]
www.fortissimofilms.nl
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FRANCE
BOLERO, BOLEROS
Michel Follin
The film attempts to investigate the mystery of Maurice Ravel’s Boléro, the greatest “hit”
in the classical music repertoire.
It exasperates some and delights others. It is familiar to music-lovers around the world and
has inspired a variety of arrangements.Yet Ravel’s Boléro is surrounded by mystery.
Boléro was the result of a rush order from the dancer Ida Rubinstein. Ravel, who usually
worked slowly, was forced to resort to a semi-automatic composition system based on the
repetition of a single melodic theme. Ravel’s provocative statement makes the incredible
destiny of Boléro even more paradoxical.
How did a work which is so simple in appearance become the greatest success of the classical music repertoire, hummed by the ordinary music lovers, but also admired by the
most demanding musical theorists?
Ravel’s character and life are presented in the film, along with the numerous subsequent
forms in which Boléro has been performed.
Running time: 52’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
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ARTE France
Audrey Kamga
8 rue Marceau
Issy-les-Moulineaux 92130, France
T. +33 1 55 00 70 81
F. +33 1 55 00 80 65
[email protected]
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BELGIUM
BOMBAY WORKERS
Dominique Henri & Vincent Detours
In Bombay, social workers from Nirma, a non-governmental agency, walk the streets and
the“Nakas’– the markets where one finds cheap labor. In this environment where men
and women strive to survive, speaking of improving social conditions is as uncommon as
it is essential. Slowly, workers discover they also have rights and organize together to claim
them.
Running time: 52’or 90’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Ventes-CBA/WIP-Sales
Thierry Detaille
avenue des Arts, 19F
Bruxelles 1000, Belgium
T. +32 477 617 170
F. +32 2 227 22 39
[email protected]
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GREECE
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA:
VILINA VLAS – THE FAIRY’S HAIR
Dimitris Gerardis
Nuni watched the Serb paramilitaries slaughter her child before her eyes. Soon after, the
same people led her to Vilina Vlas, an old, gloomy hotel just outside Visegrad. The rooms
had been turned into cells and the hotel itself had become a concentration camp for Bosnian Moslem women. In order to survive, the women had to become sex slaves for the Četniks.“There were about two hundred of us. Only a handful came out alive.They even had
13-year-old girls there,” says Nuni, who, to this day, lives with the fear that her rapists will
return and take revenge on her. During the war in Bosnia, the group rape of women was
used as a weapon by all sides. Rape, a synonym for degradation, was also used as means
for ethnic cleansing.What took place at the VilinaVlas hotel makes up one of the darkest
pages in the history of the war in Bosnia.
Running time: 46’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
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Teletypos SA – Mega Channel
Litsa Deli
Rousou 4 & Messoghion
T. +30 210 6903656
F. +30 210 6996811
[email protected]
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FRANCE
BRANDON’S DREAM
Pierre Meynadier
Porto Alegre, the capital of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, is built on the estuary of
a river where dozens of islands form an archipelago.
Brandon, 9 years old, lives in the favela of Mariners’ Island. His family, like other ones,
barely makes a living picking up recyclable wares. Every day, his father, Bilardao, crosses
the bridge to go to work in the city with his horse cart. He raises his kids with a sense of
dignity. Sometimes Brandon accompanies him to work and, one day, he finds some interior design magazines. He discovers a world of comfort and luxury totally unknown to
him.
On his island, a parallel society has developed and people get by with a bit of bartering.
As Christmas closes in, poverty seems even more overwhelming. Skimming through his
magazines, Brandon dreams of a better future, but will eventually be convinced that happiness is not always to be found in their pages.
Running time: 52’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
10 Francs
Guy Knafo
28, rue de l’Equerre
Paris 75019, France
T. +33 1 48 74 43 77
F. +33 1 48 74 82 65
[email protected]
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ISRAEL
BRIDES OF ALLAH
Natalie Assouline
The film is a chronicle of the lives of women who are serving time in prison for involvement in terrorist attacks in Israel. Kahira, a mother of five, is serving three life terms for
transporting a suicide bomber to the heart of Jerusalem where he blew himself up, killing
three people.Waffa was arrested on her way to carry out a suicide attack in an Israeli hospital, where she had been treated for six months after an accident. Samar built bombs
and was arrested while pregnant with her first child, who is born over the course of the
film.We share the daily lives of these women: we are with them when they give birth, we
listen to their pain when they talk about husbands who abandoned them, we hear of religious ideology, but also of discrimination and despair in the world these women come
from.
Running time: 76’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
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First Hand Films
Esther van Messel
Fritz Heeb weg 5
8050 Zurich, Switzerland
T. +41 44 3122060
F. +41 44 3122080
[email protected]
www.firsthandfilms.com
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THE NETHERLANDS-TURKEY
BURHAN UYGUR: PASSION
OF AN ARTIST
Floor Kooij, Sibel Bilgin
The idea for this documentary originates from a newspaper article. Burhan Uygur’s masterpiece, The Door, has appeared among the seized assets of a failed businessman. Unaware of its true value, liquidators are auctioning the work at an asking price of one
thousand dollars. How could this great master of Turkish modern painting be so quickly
forgotten, only fifteen years after his death?When he died at the age of 52, Burhan left behind a story as startling, contentious, witty and touching as his paintings. We piece together the story of his life with the help of his family and friends. For Burhan, life and
painting are two sides of the same coin. Or, in his own words: “My paintings give me life,
and I give my life to my paintings.”
Running time: 60’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Parallel Film
Floor Kooij
Hemonystraat 14
1074 BP Amsterdam,The Netherlands
T. +31 20 6757180 / +90 212 277 1999
[email protected]
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SPAIN
CAMPILLO YES, I DO
Andrés Rubio
In June 2005, the Spanish Parliament passed the law on gay marriage, giving gay couples
the same rights as heterosexual couples, including adoption. In cities like Valladolid, one
of the biggest in Spain, the mayors (who carry out civil marriages) made an appeal against
the implementation of the law. However, Mayor Francisco Maroto from Campillo de Ranas,
a small village of 50 inhabitants deep in the mountains of Guadalajara, stepped forward
and said:“I marry!” Ray, an American, and his Spanish boyfriend, Pepe, arrive in Campillo
to get married.
Running time: 74’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Kokelandia
Andrés Rubio
Pelayo 48
28004 Madrid
T. +34 609 39 38 11
[email protected]
www.kokelandia.com
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GREECE
Category: Art, Music and Culture
CAPOEIRA-PLAYING IN GREECE
Marianna Astraka
Capoeira is a dance, a martial art, a way of life. It was born in Brazil because of the need
of African slaves to defend themselves against their Portuguese masters. Today it is spread
all over the world.
Over the last decade it has appeared in Greece where it has been accepted with enthusiasm. Brazilian and European teachers reveal the world of Capoeira and the music and the
game create its atmosphere and transmit its energy.
Running time: 28’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
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Spirto Productions
Manos Papadakis
Odysseos 1
Thessaloniki 54627, Greece
T. +30 2310 519 930, +30 697 759 32 67
[email protected]
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UK
THE CARETAKER
Daren Bartlett
O Zelador (The Caretaker), shows a face of Rio de Janeiro far from Copacabana and
Ipanema, caipiirinhas, palm trees and postcard beaches. It offers an insight into the martial art and cultural resistance movement of Capoeira, as practised in Rio’s poor suburbs.
Narratively, the film is an exploration of the life of Mestre Russo and the phenomenon of
the‘roda livre’, one of the most famous arenas for playing Capoeira which has been maintained for over 30 years. The film explores the theme of cultural struggle to maintain the
dignity of the black man’s heritage inherent in the history of Capoeira, and more widely
in modern Brazil in general.
The film does not shy away from the idiosyncrasies of modern Brazil’s social exclusion. It
gives a voice to the participants of the roda livre – marginalized voices with their insights
into contemporary Brazil. Their words are complemented by the film’s use of archival
footage to illustrate the continued oppression of black culture in Brazil through slavery
and dictatorship.
Running time: 83’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Bantam Films
Abigail Clarke
White Cottage, Boughton Monchelsea
Maidstone ME17 4LF, UK
T. +44 786 096 09 69
F. +44 162 274 72 29
[email protected]
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FRANCE
CARS R US
Paul Moreira
The cars we are attracted to affect our reptilian brain.They awaken our animal instinct to
dominate.With a draw as strong as this, the automobile industry wouldn’t normally have
any reason to worry about future sales, but that was before the scientific community and
ecology groups started issuing repeated warnings about the negative effects the car has
on the world’s ecosystems. So the automobile industry is worried, and it doesn’t want to
see any loss in profits... even if to ensure this means pressuring the scientific community
and“doctoring”official reports.
Running time: 55’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
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Doc & Co
Cristina Moya
13 Rue Portefoin
Paris 75020, France
T. + 33 1 4277 5687
F. + 33 1 4277 5636
doc@ doc-co.com
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USA
Category: Human Interest
CAT DANCERS
Harris Fishman
In the 1960s, Ron and Joy Holiday became the first entertainers to pioneer an exotic stage
act with big cats, using a combination of acrobatics, dance, lions, panthers and tigers.The
forever-youthful Ron Holiday recounts the incredible story of the two biggest loves of his
life: Joy and big cats. He meanders through their bizarre life history and career, increasingly
building up tension until the gruesome climax which ended their fantastic life. The critical dramatic turn in this strange story came with the arrival of the handsome young Chuck
Lizza, who formed an exotic ménage à trois with the couple.The interview with Ron is interspersed with archival footage of the shows and TV interviews. This is also complimented by a blending of photos and sound recordings that add a terrifying dimension to
the dramatic nadir in their lives. In addition to being a portrait of a remarkable show couple, the film bears witness to the unconditional love between humans and the unpredictable cruelty of nature.
Running time: 73’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
CactusThree
Krysanne Katsoolis
451 Greenwich Street, 7th Floor
NY 10013 NewYork, USA
T. +1 212 9052340
F. +1 212 9051242
[email protected]
www.cactusthree.com
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ISRAEL-GERMANY
THE CHAMPAGNE SPY
Nadav Schirman
What if James Bond had a son?
Paris 1961. Oded is just 12 years old when his father reveals to him that he’s a spy for the
Israeli secret service, the Mossad. He makes the boy swear to secrecy because his life depends on it and leaves on his mission to Cairo under the covert identity ofWolfgang Lotz
– ex-Nazi millionaire and horse breeder. Oded and his mother remain alone in Paris, waiting anxiously for his return. In Egypt Lotz skillfully penetrates the tight circle of German scientists developing missiles against Israel but he also sinks deeper into his cover, enjoys the
jet set lifestyle and marries a beautiful woman he meets on a train. The Mossad keeps
this relationship under wraps until the day Oded picks up a newspaper reporting his father was arrested in Cairo together with a new wife. Now a grown man, Oded breaks a
long silence and journeys into his father’s real and covert identities as he tries to come to
terms with the tragic price paid by his family, trapped in the shadows of espionage.
A real life spy thriller, a tragic love story and a deeply moving journey of a son abandoned
by his father – a spy who becomes addicted to his cover.
Running time: 91’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
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FilmsTransit International Inc.
Jan Röfekamp
252 Gouin Boulevard East
Montreal, Quebec H3L 1A8, Canada
T. +1 514 844 33 58
F. +1 514 844 72 98
[email protected]
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GREECE
CHANGE FOR THE BETTER
Marianna Economou, Elias Demetriou
Yorgos has no interest in school whatsoever, till one day his teacher hands him a video
camera and for the first time he confronts himself.
Running time: 52’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
T. +30 210 607 5711-12
F. +30 210 607 5715
www.ert.gr
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BRAZIL
CHAPTER xV:12
Fernando Pinheiro
“allYOU NEED IS LOVE”.
Running time: 13’
Sales Contact:
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Fernando Pinheiro
Rua Brumadinho, 833, Prado
Belo Horizonte 30410-120, Brazil
T. +55 31 3334 1501
[email protected]
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ITALY
CHE GUEVARA – THE BODY
AND THE LEGEND
Raffaele Brunetti
Ernesto “Che” Guevara, the world’s most famous revolutionary, was killed on October
1967 under mysterious circumstances.Today, 40 years later, his image is the twenty-first
century’s best-selling icon anywhere.Yet his myth has lost nothing of its force.
Upon his death, Che’s remains vanished for more than 30 years. Was this disappearance
an attempt to avoid the creation of an even more powerful historical legend?
Running time: 52’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
First Hand Films
EstherVan Messel
Fritz HeebWeg 5
Zurich 8050, Switzerland
T. +41 44 312 20 60
F. +41 44 312 20 80
[email protected]
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ITALY
Category: Docudrama
CHECKMATE PROVENZANO
Claudio Mariano Cirino & Paolo Santolini
This docu-drama focuses on the last few months of Sicilian Mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano. He spent 43 years as a fugitive from justice. Taped conversations of Mafiosi talking
from their hideouts, eyewitness accounts of the police investigators, plus dramatic reconstructions provide a description of day-to-day Mafia life. For the very first time, Provenzano’s “mailmen”are shown exchanging “pizzini”– the handwritten messages used by
the head of Cosa Nostra to give orders.
Running time: 90’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
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RaiTrade
Margherita Zocaro
Via Umberto Novaro, 18
Rome 00195, Italy
T. +39 063 749 83 41
F. +39 063 701 343
[email protected]
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USA
Category: History & Human Interest & Social Issues
CHILDREN IN ExILE
Chris Swider
In Children in Exile, survivors of Soviet deportation to Siberia describe their experiences as
the youngest victims of the Soviet system. These crimes against humanity have never
been legally confronted, and as one of the interviewed victims states,“a crime should be
called a crime”. Joseph Stalin infamously said that one death is a tragedy, but a million
deaths are a statistic. The film fills in the human face of this statistic. Combining interviews with archival photographs, archival film footage, and artwork created by survivors,
the film creates a poignant picture of how these extremely difficult circumstances were experienced by children and teenagers.The experiences of the millions of victims of the Soviet secret police had enormous variety, but also characteristic common points: cruel
interrogations, difficult journeys in boxcars, the effects of starvation, and the bewildering,
deadly mess of the Soviet system. In Children in Exile, the interviewed victims recall these
difficult times and reflect on why they should be remembered.
Running time: 58’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Opus 27 Productions
Christopher Swider
3741 N. Oakley
Chicago, Illinois 60618, USA
T. +1 773 368 6963
[email protected]
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FRANCE
Category: Docudrama
THE CHILDREN OF THE BEIJING OPERA
Gonzalo Arijón
For the first time in its history, The Beijing Opera School, the largest of the 270 Chinese
schools for the arts, agreed to open its doors to a film crew whose aim was to shoot a
documentary about the daily life of the few hundred students studying for a career in the
art of Chinese opera.
Structured around a typical day for some of these children and their teachers, we follow
them from dawn to dusk in all their activities.With morning acrobatics, martial arts, acting classes, make-up sessions, academic lessons, rehearsals and performances, we are
plunged into the activities of an institution which in many respects has the discipline of
a military academy.
This film affords the opportunity to better understand an age-old yet ever-evolving tradition. Don Kent’s spectacular images portray the daily reality of the demanding lessons.
It is these very high standards that make the Beijing Opera School students attain excellence in their disciplines. In a country with a population of one billion 300 million people,
competition is fierce and only a handful of the opera school students will become stars.
Running time: 52’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
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ARTE France
Audrey Kamga
8 rue Marceau
T. +33 1 5500 7081
F. +33 1 5500 8065
[email protected]
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BULGARIA
CHILDREN OF THE FATHERS
Boyko Vassilev
This is a documentary devoted to the 50th anniversary of theTreaty of Rome by means of
which the European Economic Community was established. It is focused on the heirs of
“the fathers of Europe”– the founders of the EU, who signed the treaty. At the center are
the grandson of Adenauer, Patric; the daughter of Paul-Henry Spaak, Antoinette; the
daughter of Alcide de Gasperi; a friend of Robert Shuman and others. The themes of the
film are the legacy of “the fathers of Europe”, the borders, the attitude towards Bulgaria and
the European mood today.
Running time: 30’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Bulgarian NationalTelevision
Daniela Kuzmanova
29, San Stefano St.
Sofia 1504, Bulgaria
T. +359 2 814 2390
F. +359 2 943 6045
[email protected]
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CHINA
CHILDREN OF THE STARS
Robin Aspey
Children of the Stars is the remarkable true story of the Chinese Feng JiaWei family.
They come to Beijing in a state of suicidal crisis as they cannot cope with their violent
autistic son. He is also unable to speak or connect with them on any emotional level. His
mother and father have brought him to the city to attend a special course at The Stars &
Rain Institute of Autism.Their hope is to find a“miracle”cure. The film follows them as they
grow to understand their son has a lifelong condition while undergoing a deeply touching journey that reveals the incredible power and tenderness of parental love. It’s one of
the most moving and inspirational documentaries you will see.
Running time: 50’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
98
ChinaTV Services Co. Ltd
Alexander Haase
Sanlitun Diplomatic Compound 4-1-12
Beijing 100600, China
T. +86 10 586 41 696
[email protected]
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ISRAEL
CHILDREN OF THE SUN
Ran Tal
On the collective farms of the early Zionist movement in Israel, idealistic men and women
attempted to create utopian communities where everything was shared, even the raising
of children.The tens of thousands of children born in the Israeli kibbutzim in the 1920s and
30s became known as the“Children of the Sun,” and grew up completely outside of the
traditional nuclear family structure. The richly-textured documentary Children of the Sun
traces the experience of this unique generation, and the joys and wounds they still bear
after all these years.
Running time: 70’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Fortissimo Films
Catherine Le Clef
T. + 31 20 627 3215
F. + 31 20 626 1155
[email protected]
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BELGIUM
CHILDREN WITHOUT A HOME
Roger Beekmans
Since the day they left their country, they live on the sidelines, in a center for political asylum seekers. It is hard to build a future, or even to imagine having one. Questions remain
unanswered: why do we have to leave our friends, why must we learn another language
or why do we not have a house like everyone else? If they are allowed to stay in the country, their life will eventually begin...
Running time: 52’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
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Thierry Detaille
T. + 32 477 617 170
F. + 32 2 227 22 39
[email protected]
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GERMANY
CHILDREN – AS TIME FLIES
Thomas Heise
What became of bus driver Jeanette’s dream?
How are her childrenTommy and Paul?
Is life under control now?
What does Jeanette’s little brotherTino mean by“mixing everything”?
The snowman has no mouth.
Life as it flows. Agitating.
Running time: 86’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Heino Deckert
Marienplatz 1
T. + 49 341 215 66 38
F. + 49 341 215 66 39
[email protected]
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JAPAN
CHINA IN A TORRENT:
NEW RICH AND RURAL POOR
Jin Takayama & Hideki Yamagishi
While a corporate president builds a fortune of over $250 million and plays the stock market using several hundred million dollars per trade, a peasant leaves his village to work in
the city for a daily income of $8 to feed his family. The divide between rich and poor is
growing at an alarming rate. The government is struggling to correct this imbalance by
promoting the building of “a harmonious society” and “an all-round well-off society”.
Why do poor people stay poor? The first episode of this series presents a comprehensive
view of today’s most pressing issues in China.
Running time: 60’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
102
Akemi Kikuchi
T. +81 3 3468 6984
F. +81 3 3466 9530
[email protected]
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BELGIUM
CHINA UPSIDE DOWN
Freddy Coppens
In 1992, Deng Xiaoping’s infamous slogan “it is glorious to get rich” unleashed one of the
biggest revolutions in the thousand-year-old country of China. Deng threw the classless
society and the equal division of the means of production to the wind. From then on,
China stuck to a socialism with ‘Chinese characteristics’, which in the end doesn’t really
make much sense.This documentary recounts a series of stories that illustrate these contradictions and how they are dealt with by the Chinese population.
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Doc & Co
Cristina Moya
13 Rue Portefoin
Paris 75020, France
T. + 33 1 4277 5687
F. + 33 1 4277 5636
[email protected]
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CANADA
CHINA’S SExUAL REVOLUTION
Miro Cernetig & Josh Freed
You’ve heard about China’s Cultural Revolution and its sizzling Economic Revolution. But
you haven’t heard about its other great social upheaval – the Chinese sexual revolution –
and like everything in this country it’s happening at warp speed. It’s China’s version of
the 60s revolution – on steroids. China’s Sexual Revolution is the world’s first glimpse into
this forbidden new China, often using secret cameras. It’s a surprising portrait of the Chinese today: the new free love generation that’s left their parents in shock; the booming
sex industry that’s creating an HIV crisis; the new generation of career women and feminists that suddenly wants it all – while millions of men feel left out. This long untold
story goes back to the days of Chairman Mao, who made sexuality a great taboo. He ordered everyone to wear unisexual Mao suits and forbade women from wearing sexy clothing or even make-up. Men and women were expected to be comrades – not lovers –
though Mao himself enjoyed an emperor’s sex life, seeking virgins to retain his “youth.”
China’s sexual libido was bottled up for 50 years, but now its bursting loose.
Running time: 52’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
104
Jan Röfekamp
T. +1 514 844 33 58
F. +1 514 844 72 98
[email protected]
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GREECE
CHIP & OVI
Panayotis Evangelidis
Chip & Ovi met in an orphanage near the city of Kluj-Napoca in Romania when they were
teenagers. Ovi was born with disabilities in his arms and Chip has a severely damaged leg
from polio.Their mothers abandoned them a short time after giving birth to them and the
boys spent their formative years at state orphanages.They have been a couple for the past
year and a half and they are trying to live their lives, to overcome their disabilities, social
discrimination, poverty, and the problems in their relationship, to find jobs and live out
their dreams: Chip wants to be an oilman inTexas and Ovi a professional cameraman.
Running time: 45’
Sales Contact:
Amanda Livanou
35, Dervenion str
T. +30 69 44 75 73 39, +30 210 38 42 209
[email protected]
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GREECE
CHRISTINI, A PRINCESS
Iris Zahmanidi
Christini’s life is being turned into a movie. Christini is a 31-year-old woman with Down
syndrome, living an ordinary life at an educational and occupational center for individuals with mental disabilities. She cares about clothes and make-up, she flirts, she needs to
fell attractive; love occupies a central place in her life. But her involvement in the theater,
and, most importantly, her acting in the performance of Yorgos Dialegmenos’play Bella
Venezia, directed by Lefteris Voyatzis, take her to the center of the debate concerning the
incorporation of people with mental disabilities into mainstream life. Can people with
mental disabilities co-operate with so-called normal individuals?What do the latter have
to gain from such a collaboration? Can people with mental disabilities benefit from mixed
education? Can people with mental disabilities start their own families? These are some
of the questions this film poses to those in some official capacity, as well as to people with
mental disabilities themselves, whom we get to know as the movie evolves and they
make their personal statement on the subject.
Running time: 66’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
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Studio ALFA SA
Dimitris Evangelopoulos
10 – 12 Stoudiou Str.
T. +30 210 61 32 900
F. +30 210 61 32 906
[email protected]
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GREECE
A CIRCUS ON THE ROAD
Dimitris Sfiris
Cyclown Circus is a group of self-taught musicians and clown performers who travel
mostly by bicycle and perform anywhere (streets, squares, bars, schools, etc). Some of
them began by traveling around the USA but soon left for Europe where they wandered
for two years. Now they are in Asia. During the winter of 2005 they stopped their tour for
three months and stayed in the city of Chania (Crete).The film follows their activities there
while listening to them talking about their life and dreams.
Running time: 72’
Sales Contact:
Dimitris Sfiris
Vass. Konstantinou 26-32
Xanthi 67100, Greece
T. +30 254 102 44 38
F. +30 254 102 07 90
[email protected]
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ISRAEL
Category: Politics & Gender Issues
CITIZEN NAWI
Nissim Mossek
The film documents the tumultuous life of one of the most fascinating men in the Israeli
left – Ezra Nawi – a plumber by trade and a political activist who fights for Palestinians’
rights. Simultaneously, Nawi engages in a personal battle for his partner, Fuad, a Palestinian from Ramallah and an illegal resident persecuted by law enforcement officials.
Tracking the two intertwined parts of Nawi’s life, the film uncovers a deep seated racism
and homophobia that is common everywhere.
Running time: 80’
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Biblical Productions
Sharon Schaveet
9 Ben Maimon Street, POB 4694
Jerusalem, 91041, Israel
T. +972 2 5667785
F. +972 2 5667786
[email protected]
www.biblicalproductions.com
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UK
CITY OF CRANES
Eva Weber
City of Cranes takes you on a journey high up in the sky, to look at the world through the
eyes and words of crane drivers. It is an attempt to understand what becomes of the
human spirit in such extreme working conditions; and what emerges is a mesmerising and
fascinating insight into a world unnoticed by most of us, yet fundamental to our lives.
Running time: 14’
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Contact Person:
Odd Girl Out Productions
Samantha Zarsosa
10 Kemp House, Sewardstone Rd.
London, E2 9JL, UK
T. +44 7814 722 134
[email protected]
www.oddgirlout.co.uk
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ITALY
CLAUDIO ABBADO –
THE OTHER VOICE OF MUSIC
Helmut Failoni & Francesco Merini
The journeys of Claudio Abbado to Venezuela and Cuba in 2005 and 2006 where a large
part of the population lives below the threshold of poverty.
The organization“Sistema Orchestrale”– invented by José Antonio Abreu 30 years ago –
is today composed of 100 juvenile and 90 children’s orchestras, which save young people
from the street through music.
Running time: 55’ & 73’
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Vitagraph
Filippo D’Angelo
Via Schiavonia 1
Bologna 40121, Italy
T. +39 051 267 150
F. +39 051 267 150
[email protected]
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FRANCE
CLINT EASTWOOD: A LIFE IN FILM
Michael Henry Wilson
A fascinating and unprecedented documentary on the last living legend of cinema: Clint
Eastwood openly talks about his extraordinary life and career, in an extended interview.
He is probably the most surprised of all to be where he is today – at the top. Throughout
his life and career he has proved that the famous American Dream can come true. He recounts his prodigious odyssey, while completing his most ambitious project to date – the
diptych on the Pacific War, with Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima. Personal
archive photos, images from film shoots and extracts from his most remarkable films enrich these personal exchanges with Michael HenryWilson. He answers the questions raised
by his human and creative adventure.With characteristic simplicity, humor and humility,
he explains to us how he went it alone, away from all trends, and how he used his fame
to bring about projects that could not otherwise have come to fruition. And he tells us
about the trust he places in his famous intuition, that gut instinct he has that constantly
drives him to seek out new challenges.
Running time: 82’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
ARTE France
Audrey Kamga
8 rue Marceau
T. +33 1 5500 70 81
F. +33 1 5500 8065
[email protected]
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DENMARK
THE CLOUD MYSTERY
Lars Oxfeldt Mortensen
The film that could inconveniently turn the climate debate upside down.
This is a scientific detective story about how scientist and climate science’s new enfant
terrible, Henrik Svensmark, through pioneering experiments, solves the mystery of how supernova explosions in our Galaxy and variations in the Sun govern climate changes on
the Earth. Henrik Svensmark provoked outrage in the climate community a decade ago by
arguing that climate change on Earth is mainly driven by celestial forces rather than by a
manmade greenhouse effect. Svensmark noticed that the variations in cloud cover were
very closely linked to the variations in the intensity of cosmic rays in our atmosphere.The
correlation was too persistent to be a coincidence.There had to be a link between climate
on Earth and events in our Galaxy. His theory was a provocation to the climate community.To face his opponents, Svensmark built the world’s largest cloud chamber in a basement beneath the Danish National Space Center.
This film gives new perspective to the current climate debate. Besides witnessing a human
drama with a passionate scientist who struggles to reach his goals, we are made aware
of the new discoveries in climate change and human evolution.
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TV2World A/S
Anne Köhncke
Teglholm Alle 16
Copenhagen 2450, Denmark
T. +45 6521 2223
F. +45 3975 7500
[email protected]
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BOLIVIA - ARGENTINA
COCALERO: WHEN I CAME HOME
Dan Lohaus
Cocalero follows Evo Morales for over a year thorough his seemingly impossible bid to become Bolivia’s first indigenous president up to his win by an unprecedented majority.The
film offers fresh insight into big political changes afoot in Latin America.
Running time: 78’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Cinephil
Philippa Kowarsky
18 Levontin Street
T. +972 3 566 41 29
F. +972 3 560 14 36
[email protected]
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ROMANIA
COLD WAVES
Alexandru Solomon
This is a story of love and hate built around something no one can see or touch: radio
waves. During the 80s, Radio Free Europe was the secret relief and source of information
to its Romanian listeners. The Radio was Ceausescu’s most important enemy; he even
hired Carlos the Jackal to close it down. All the protagonists of this story confront themselves once more in Cold Waves: radio speakers, terrorists, listeners as well as party and Securitate officials, Romanians, Germans, Americans and French together. The world has
changed, there are different wars now. But if you listen to the voices, you may get a better picture.
Sales Contact:
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PaulThiltges Distributions
PaulThiltges
45, bd. Pierre Frieden, bldg KB2, Office 154
Luxembourg L-1543, Luxembourg
T. +352 250 39 31
F. +352 250 394
[email protected]
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SPAIN
COLORS IN SERIES
Mai Balaguer & Óscar Lorca
Colors in Series invites viewers to discover the secrets of colors in a way that has never
been done before.The format is a cross between documentary and fiction. A new experimental, artistic approach is used in each episode, each one covering a different color.
Viewers are invited to discover the anthropological, cultural and psychological dimensions
of colors. There are no rules; no set structure. Each episode is a new, fascinating journey
set out by the color itself.
Running time: 25’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Oriol Baquer
c/ de laTV3 s/n
T. +34 93 499 93 33
F. +34 93 473 15 63
[email protected]
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CUBA - FINLAND
CONQUISTADORS OF CUBA
Arto Halonen
A film about the history of old American cars, love and the man whose face shows the two
sides of Cuba’s soul. Maximiliano, 62, has been asked to fix Che Guevara’s old car in Havana
and bring it back to life. Conquistadors of Cuba is a film about the beauty and greatness of
ordinary people under the pressure of totalitarian regimes.
Year of production: 2008 (new 52’version)/2005
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JMT Films Distribution
MichaelTreves
20 Bialik st.
T. +972 52 363 33 98
F. +972 52 363 33 98
[email protected]
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BELGIUM
THE CONTEMPLATION OF THE SOUL
Chris Delville
This film invites the audience on a musical and poetic journey through a lesser known
country where Ferghana Qasimova’s singing finds its roots: Azerbaidjan. Daughter and
pupil of Mugham master Alim Qasimov, she developed her own vocal particularities. Her
beautiful voice, her rehearsals, daily life and strolls in the country, transmit the meaning
and the intensity of her contemplation of days, a Sufi mystical way of life and inspiration,
which also praises love and passion.
Running time: 52’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Thierry Detaille
T. + 32 477 617 170
F. + 32 2 227 2239
[email protected]
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ARGENTINA
COPACABANA
Martín Rejtman
Every year in mid-October, the Bolivian community in Buenos Aires celebrates the patron
saint of Bolivia, Our Lady of Copacabana. Hundreds of music and dance groups from all
over the country, some even arriving from Bolivia, get together in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Charrua for a big parade, in a celebration that transcends religion. Copacabana
takes this celebration as a starting point. Focusing on rehearsals of dance and music
groups, photo albums, and the border between Bolivia and Argentina, among other
things, the film threads a simultaneously distant and close portrait of the Bolivian community of Buenos Aires.
Running time: 54’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
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Rudacine
Rosa Martinez Rivero
Cordoba 1485 5
Buenos Aires, Argentina
T. +54 11 4812 1244
[email protected]
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FRANCE
COURBET, THE ORIGIN OF HIS WORLD
Romain Goupil
A new major film about the life and works of one of the most famous artists of the world’s
heritage.
The name Gustave Courbet inevitably recalls his most striking painting, The Origin of the
World. The nude body of a reclining woman, thighs spread apart, with neither head nor
feet portrayed... Ahead of its time, it’s a painting that counters all prejudice, placing itself
beyond all criticism. Beyond all subjective considerations of his painting, Courbet is an
artist who breaks with what went before. He represents a rupture in the history of art as
well as in the positioning of the painter in public life.
This film aims at finding what led the painter to focus on realist paintings. It means grasping his painting, exploring colors, substance and the concrete, following the path that
winds through his paintings.
Running time: 52’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
ARTE France
Audrey Kamga
8 rue Marceau
T. + 33 1 5500 7081
F. + 33 1 5500 8065
[email protected]
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ITALY
CROSSING THE LINE
Pietro Marcello
Crossing the Line is a journey across Italy set to the rhythm of long-distance express trains,
long abandoned to a destiny of slow decay, as they cross the Italian peninsula from South
to North and back again, in a trip that lasts from nighttime till morning. A succession of
landscapes, buildings, faces, dialects, voices and lives which blend together on board the
trains.
Running time: 57’
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Indigo Film
Carlotta Calori
Via Ludovico Muratori 15
00184, Rome, Italy
T. +39 06 77250255
F. +39 06 77079042
[email protected]
www.indigofilm.it
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GERMANY - SOUTH AFRICA
DANCE FOR ALL
Elena Bromund & Viviane Blumenschein
Dance for All is a very enthusiastic ballet project in Cape Town’s townships, founded in
1991 by Philip Boyd and Phyllis Spira, two former ballet dancers from the CapeTown City
Ballet.The Dance Company opens a new world and possibilities in the lives of these children who join professional dance classes after school on a daily basis.Most of the dancers
come from a very difficult background of unemployment, crime and drug abuse. They
dream of going overseas to get more experience, both personally and in dance.
Our documentary shows life in the townships 11 years after Apartheid by following some
of the kids into their own world between dancing and family life.We slowly reveal where
they come from and what they desire.We go with two of the dancers on their first trip to
San Francisco, where they find themselves in a very different society with different values
in life. Returning from this trip they find it difficult to deal with loyalty.
The film shows the path the dancers have to follow, discovering the decisions each human
being has to make at a certain point in his life.
Running time: 92’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
InsideOut Film GBR
Myriam Zschage
Dunckerstr. 70
Hamburg 10437, Germany
T. + 49 40 9826 6318
F. + 49 40 9826 6316
[email protected]
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ITALY
DANTE – THE UNREVEALED POET
Maria Martinelli
In the seventh centennial celebration of the conception of the Divina Commedia, the documentary investigates the mystery of Dante’s Life and the odyssey of his remains. One of
the most interesting mysteries about the Poet arises again: which is Dante’s true face?
In order to prevent theft, the monks of the St Francis convent hid Dante’s mortal remains
and any trace of them immediately disappeared. In 1865 the remains were found inside
the Braccioforte Chapel, and the bones were subjected to a perfunctory analysis. In 1921,
during the sixth centennial celebration of the Poet’s death, two anthropologists from
Bologna University, Prof. Frassetto and Prof. Sergi, carried out the first and only scientific
verification of Dante’s bones. After many vicissitudes and bureaucratic problems, the two
anthropologists published a book entitled Dantis ossa, where they report the results of
their study. Nearly eighty years later, thanks to the help of the most advanced technology,
a skilled team composed of historians, anthropologists, computer experts, scientists and
engineers reveal the truth, confirming that the bones kept inside Dante’s Mausoleum in
Ravenna really belong to the author of the Divina Commedia.
Running time: 50’
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RaiTrade
Margherita Zocaro
Rome 00195, Italy
T. +39 063 749 83 41
F. +39 063 701 343
[email protected]
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GERMANY
DESERTS ON THE MOVE – ASIA
Klaus Feichtenberger
According to the United Nations, desertification affects more than 2.6 billion people in
110 countries. It plagues more than one third of the earth’s land area, and already affects
more than 65% croplands worldwide. With more than 3 billion cattle, sheep and goats,
the world’s pastures are being pushed beyond their sustainable limits. This is prompting
a mass global migration, with millions of farmers and peasants leaving their homesteads
in search of a better life in the cities; sometimes in other countries. In this documentary,
we look at how deserts and desertification are changing the world, and affecting Asia in
particular.
Running time: 52’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
ZDF Enterprises
Maximilian Bolenius
Lise-Meitner-Str. 9
55129 Mainz, Germany
T. +49 61 31991291
[email protected]
www.zdf-enterprises.de
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GERMANY
DESERTS ON THE ΜOVE – EUROPE
Ingo Herbst
Most school textbooks continue to recite the conventional wisdom that Europe does not
have any deserts.They are out of date. Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece are four EU countries that are already so badly affected that they have joined the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (CCD). A fifth of Spanish land is so degraded that it is turning
into desert, and in Italy tracks of land in the south are now abandoned and have also been
declared desert. But the problem is not confined to these four countries. Bulgaria, Hungary,
Moldova, Romania and Russia have all reported signs of desertification – and in the
Ukraine 41% of agricultural land is at risk of erosion. In 2000, the United Nations published a report in which it stated that “the first stages of serious soil degradation were
being noted in parts of Europe and 150 million hectares are at a high risk of erosion. Deterioration is at a critical point in Mediterranean countries”.
Running time: 52’
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ZDF Enterprises
Maximilian Bolenius
Lise-Meitner-Str. 9
55129 Mainz, Germany
T. +49 61 31991291
[email protected]
www.zdf-enterprises.de
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CANADA
DIAMOND ROAD
Nisha Pahuja
Diamond Road is a three-part documentary series exploring the many facets of the world’s
most intriguing gem.
Every year, 24 tons of diamonds are teased from the heart of the earth. Once mined, they
begin their year-long journey through the “pipeline,” a vast network encompassing five
continents and a diverse cast of characters. By the end of their journey these tiny bits of
carbon will have made multi-millionaires of some and virtual slaves of others.
Boring deep into the diamond world, Diamond Road seeks to understand the multiple
meanings this object has for a few of the fascinating people who are part of the diamond
pipeline – an international prospector, an impoverished miner, a child cutter, a celebrity
jeweller, a high-end dealer. Interwoven with their stories is the determined pursuit of one
industry leader to bring fairness and transparency to this secretive world. What results is
a multi-layered portrait of a stone which is steeped in a history of intrigue, conflict, love
and hope.
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Jan Röfekamp
T. +1 514 844 33 58
F. +1 514 844 72 98
[email protected]
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THE NETHERLANDS
THE DICTATOR HUNTER
Klaartje Quirijns
“If you kill one person, you go to jail. If you kill 40 people, they put you in an insane asylum. But if you kill 40,000 people, you get a comfortable exile with a bank account in another country, and that’s what we want to change here.”
Reed Brody, Human RightsWatch
He hunts dictators for a living as a lawyer for Human RightsWatch. For seven years, Brody
has been chasing one former dictator in particular: Hissène Habré, the former leader of
Chad, who is charged with killing thousands of his own countrymen in the 1980s. Now
Habré lives in Senegal where Brody is attempting to have him brought to trial or extradited.
Director Klaartje Quirijns has a keen instinct for exploring international politics through
the eyes of memorable characters. Her previous film, The Brooklyn Connection, tells one
man’s story of building a guerrilla army. He did it by buying high-powered sniper rifles,
weapons that are legally purchased in the US.
In The Dictator Hunter we follow Brody over the course of two suspenseful years as he
travels through Africa, Europe and the United States. He conducts diplomacy like the chess
games he plays with his son.
Running time: 52’
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Jan Röfekamp
T. +1 514 844 33 58
F. +1 514 844 72 98
[email protected]
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GREECE
DIGITAL CEMETERIES
Yorgos Avgeropoulos
Where does your computer go when it dies?
Computer parts contain toxic and carcinogenic materials. When our favourite pc stops
working, it turns into a dangerous electronic waste which must be recycled following rigid
specifications. However, instead of managing their own electronic waste, developed countries find it cheaper to export it to poorer nations. In doing so, they force billions of people to choose between poisoning and poverty, while the planet’s seas, rivers, soil and air
are being irreparably contaminated. Up to 50,000,000 tons of our“digital civilization”end
up illegally in China. In cemetery cities, computers are cut into pieces, rinsed in acid baths
and incinerated by legions of impoverished workers and underage children, who tear
these parts to pieces with their bare hands for a dollar a day.
Running time: 64’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Small Planet
Anastasia Skoubri
69, Doiranis Str., Kallithea
T. + 30 210 951 52 95
F. + 30 210 951 52 94
[email protected]
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GREECE
DIKOS BYZANTIOS –
TRACKING THE LOST GAZE
Pandora Mouriki
The painter Dikos Byzantios belongs to that generation of Greeks who were smuggled to
France during the civil war, on the legendary old ship the Mataroa. In Paris he creates and
exhibits at the Galliera museum, the Jeanne Bucher, Cahiers d’art, Karl Flinker and other
galleries. He meets other intellectuals who admire his work, such as Eugene Ionesco,
Michel Foucault, Jean-Paul Aron… He is friends with Alberto Giacometti. His work is exhibited in many countries, including Greece. In the film, the artist analyzes his career and
his choices in art and life. The founder of Le Nouvel Observateur, the writer and journalist
Jean Daniel appears in the film, along with the director Nico Papatakis, the art critic Jean
Luc Challumeau, the art historian Denis Zaharopoulos, the paint manufacturer Dominique
Sennelier and others.
Running time: 52’
Sales Contact:
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T. +30 210 607 5711-12
F. +30 210 607 5715
www.ert.gr
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GREECE
DIMITRIS PETROPOULOS –
DEATH REHEARSAL
Periclis Eliou
This documentary is a testimony of soul of Dimitris Petropoulos and his friends. They all
appeared in the film spontaneously and without any preparation.
Petropoulos is neither a special nor an ordinary person. He is just a man.The camera follows him through his painful spiritual journey towards a greater understanding of the nature of existence in a world full of vampires.
The whole film was made with a cheap, always hand-held camera, without any preparation or rehearsal and without any retakes. The persons who appeared in the film, according to their personality and their mood, gave to the camera sometimes the role of an
observer, sometimes the role of a catalyst, and sometimes the camera was the detonator.
The film was made practically with no money.
Sales Contact:
Periclis Eliou
Melandias 11
N.Smyrni 171 21, Greece
T. +30 210 935 91 77 / 694 576 55 73
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NORWAY
DISHONORED
Gard Aleksander Andreassen, Sigrun Norderval
The local clan council in Merwala – “the Punchat” – was of the opinion that Mukhtar
Mais’s family was to blame for a conflict between hers and a far wealthier clan.The matter was considered a question of honor, and the punishment was the violation of Mukhtar.
In June 2002 four men raped her. More than a hundred people were present during the
violation, among them her own father, who was prevented from interfering. In Pakistan,
hundreds of women are subjected to the same abuse every year. Mukhtar refused to accept her humiliation. In her struggle for justice, she wages war, both in the judiciary and
in public. Her target?The Pakistani authorities and old tribal traditions. She fights the battle of the underdog, but with the support of international recognition she is likely to win.
Mukhtar Mais was an illiterate, quiet though strong-willed peasant woman. Her life at
stake, she demands basic human rights for women in Pakistan.
Running time: 52’
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TV 2World
Kim Christiansen
Teglholm Alle 16
2450 Copenhagen SV, Denmark
T. +45 6521 2223
F. +45 3975 7500
[email protected]
www.tv2world.com
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BULGARIA - GERMANY - POLAND - FINLAND
DIVORCE ALBANIAN STYLE
Adela Peeva
This story of love and separation takes place in the surreal world of 1960s communist Albania.The film reveals the experience of the many thousands of families that were forcibly
separated by the totalitarian regime of Enver Hoxa. Near the height of his mania, in 1961,
Enver Hoxa broke off Albania’s relations with the Soviet Union. Albanian men married to
foreign women were forced by the state to split from their wives – women from all over
Eastern Europe – who were subsequently expelled. The women who stayed – and their
husbands – spent years in prison, the last being released in 1987. Divorce Albanian Style
tells the stories of three of these couples, and of the apparatchiks and officers of the secret police who changed their lives forever.
Running time: 66’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Adela Media Film &TV Production
Adela Peeva
3, Babuna planina street
1164, Sofia, Bulgaria
T. +359 2 862 6572
F. +359 2 962 4789
[email protected]
www.adelamedia.net
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ROMANIA
DON’T GET ME WRONG
Adina Pintilie
“How do you stop the rain?”one of the patients in a psychiatric hospital in Romania repeatedly asks another patient. The latter explains that he is in close touch with God and
that he is a supernatural being. But his inquiring friend is not easily convinced. Both men
suffer from schizophrenia and spend their days in the clinic, endlessly repeating the same
discussions. Other patients busy themselves by compulsively moving pebbles, staring at
liquid light projections on the wall, or patiently caring for fellow inmates. Without comment, the camera registers everything, pausing at the details. Almost every shot looks like
a photograph, with deep contrasts. On the soundtrack, we constantly hear the moving of
pebbles, the bustle of the occupants and the lingering discussion between the two men
about whether or not God exists. The nursing staff is kept out of the film. Don’t Get Me
Wrong only shows the patients, in all their vulnerability.
Running time: 50’
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AristotelesWorkshop Association
Adina Pintilie
Bd. Nicolae Balcescu 35A, ap.12
Sector 1 , Bucharest, Romania
T. +40 723 124 329
F. +40 213 266 480
[email protected] / [email protected]
www.dont-get-me-wrong.com
www.aworkshop.org
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GEORGIA
Category: Docudrama
DUMILI
Shorena Tevzadze
The film responds to the sad reality of modern Georgia. It speaks about the jobless people, their hopes and disappointments. The film depicts a short story of love which is ruined by the unemployment problem. Only silence offers consolation.
Running time: 19’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
SG
Giorgi Pridonishvili
Str. Bagdadi 13
Tbilisi 0113, Georgia
T. +99 532 748 182
F. +99 577 410 810
[email protected]
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GREECE
EAST... DREAMS WEST
Abdolreza Kohanrouz
Afghanistan: Τhe 21st century finds the country destroyed by war and drought. Many
dream of a better life in the western world. And they set off...
On the way to Europe they face the forces of nature, illnesses, hunger, crooks and the
harshness of the national authorities.
Arriving in Greece a new “quality of life” awaits them in the refugee encampments in the
countryside, in abandoned houses, in the city squares or in makeshift lodgings, and if they
find work maybe they can succeed in renting a house as a group.
Plenty are waiting for an opportunity to cross over the borders to theWest once more...
For some, though, the biggest shortage is not material. LikeWais, they decide to return to
their country to live with their families. Others like Hossain, choose to remain in Greece.
Running time: 55’
Sales Contact:
John Laskaris
Mikropoulou 3B
Neo Iraklio, 141 21, Greece
T. +30 210 275 54 45
F. +30 210 275 54 45
[email protected]
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ISRAEL
EIGHT TWENTY EIGHT
Lavi Ben Gal
Eight Twenty Eight is a personal poetic look at one of the most fascinating social experiments in human history – the Kibbutz. This is the story of the filmmaker’s re-encounter
with the kibbutz where he grew up, after a long absence. By Kibbutz regulations, the filmmaker who has reached the age of 28 must make up his mind within one year whether
he remains as a member or leaves.The filmmaker sets out with his camera to examine his
kibbutz and himself, in order to make the most important decision of his life.
Eight Twenty Eight is a journey to a home one cannot leave, but to which one can never
really return
Running time: 60’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
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Go2Films
Hedva Goldschmidt
37/8 Isar Nathanzon St.
Jerusalem 97787, Israel
T. + 972 2 583 13 71
F. + 972 2 583 54 50
[email protected]
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ISRAEL
EL MASUDIN – THE LUCKY ONES
Yousef Abu Madiam
A day in the life of Th’amar, a child living in an obscure village, passes the problem on to
the spectator:The question is whether to move to Segev Shalom, a quite well developed
location, or to remain in the village and keep in line with Bedouin tradition.
Running time: 35’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
MichaelTreves
20 Bialik st.
T. +972 52 363 33 98
F. +972 52 363 33 98
[email protected]
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IRAN
Category: Docudrama
AN ELEGY TO CHILDHOOD: A DREAM
Delaram Karkheiran Khoozani
The film takes a psychological approach to childhood memories and their effects on the
lives of social victims. All the film’s characters suffer from a lack of education and most of
them are born in families in which parents are separated, addicted or live in poverty. Some
of these last generation children try hard to find a new role in society, for example as a
dentist, a photographer, a barber or a music teacher. But their horrible childhood memories won the game and they have failed. Now all of them are living in an asylum which
takes care of social victims who don’t have a home and were found in the streets by asylum agents.
The main character is a 21-year-old girl, Zohreh. She ran away from home when she
was 16 because of abuse by her stepmother and addicted father. She lived on the streets
for a year and had horrible experiences such as sex abuse, drug abuse, etc. When she
was only 17 she was judged to be“terminal”and was sent to the asylum Now she has
a lot of time to dream. In her dreams, she is the daughter of a wealthy, kind father and
lives in her big house with two maids. She also dreams about a film about her life and
asked me to make it.
Running time: 78’
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Delaram Karkheiran Khoozani
Ehsan Kafash & Mahmoud Ramezani
Sattarkhan-Shadmehr-Nikraveshfard-Bonbaste
Nikravesh-Bonbaste Sevom-Pelak 40
Tehran, Iran
T. + 98 21 66 00 56 94 / 98 91 26 15 02 31
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JAPAN
ELEPHANTS HAVING TALES TO TALK
Masaru Kuroki
Recent studies show that elephants produce various sounds to communicate with one
another. Elephant expert Dr. Joyce Poole discovered that elephants use over 70 different
types of vocalizations. They even use infrasound that is below human hearing. A “sound
camera” that can visualize infrasonic sound was used to decode the rumbles. Through a
close look at human-raised orphan elephants acquiring communication skills as they are
released back into the wild, this program reveals just how important language is to the
elephants.
Running time: 52’
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CANADA
ELOQUENT NUDE
Ian McCluskey
She was beautiful, smart, and searching. He was an emerging genius in the world of photography.When they met, they fell instantly in love. Setting off across theWest with camera and typewriter in the depths of the Great Depression, Charis Wilson and Edward
Weston transformed photography, and each other.
Now aged 90, CharisWilson recounts her years withWeston with great humor, candor, and
some regret. Combining insight from leading scholars, rare archival images, and convincingly authentic reenactments, Eloquent Nude presents a remarkable true story of love and
loss, travel and adventure, and an intimate look at the making of Modern photography.
Running time: 58’
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Jan Röfekamp
T. +1 514 844 33 58
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BULGARIA
THE ENVOY
Hrisimir Danev
The Envoy is about the travelers who acted as intermediaries between Bulgaria and the
West, from the 21st down to the 9th century. We follow the steps of the imaginary journey of the bragatur (heavily armed horseman) Sandoke – a nobleman from the court of
Tsar Boris I. In Southeastern, Central and Western Europe, we meet with some ten characters – Bulgarians and foreigners, students and professors, country men and citizens,
having their own image and attitude toward Bulgaria. Starting from the excavations near
Varna made by Professor Kazimir Popkonstantinov, we pass through the Monastery in
Salzburg full of Bulgarian artefacts, and on to the Italian village which acknowledges its
Bulgarian origin.The story follows the steps of the main character which trace the meandering route of Bulgaria to theWest and explores the attitude toward Bulgaria on the eve
of its admission into the EU. Using the ironic style of the film we can say that this story is
about the admission of Bulgaria to the EU during the 9th century.
Running time: 27’
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Daniela Kuzmanova
29, San Stefano St.
T. +359 2 814 2390
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UK
ESCAPE FROM LUANDA
Phil Grabsky
In Luanda, one of the world’s poorest and most dangerous places, three students from
Angola’s only music school work towards their end-of-year concert. The Music School is
Angola’s first and only school of its kind. It houses some 80 students, most of them desperately poor. Many face disapproval and outright rejection from their families who can’t
see a future in music.This film asks if, despite the ravages of 27 years of civil war, musical
passion can overcome terrible hardships.
Running time: 72’
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Seventh Art Productions
Leigh Gibson
63 Ship St.
Brighton BN1 1AE, UK
T. +44 127 377 76 78
F. +44 127 332 37 77
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GREECE
ETEL ADNAN WORDS IN ExILE
Vouvoula Skoura
The film reconstructs through an array of visual fragments, a multiplicity of languages, of
peoples and their identities, the unique portrait of the Greek-Syrian poet and painter Etel
Adnan. The film is based on Adnan’s correspondence with professor of History Fawwaz
Traboulsi and on fragments of her conversations withVouvoula Skoura as recorded in Paris
and the Greek island of Skopelos. Etel facing the sea – the Mediterranean as the “conjunctive link”of cultural experience – creates her own geography of cities and women. Etel
Adnan has lived through and experienced the troubles of the 20th century in Europe and
the Middle East. Her origins caught between the two worlds, she attempts to comprehend their differences and is able to synthesize them under her deeply humanistic gaze.
At the same time, she retraces those minute Greek instances in memories of her mother
and recollections of her father in a universe of tales and poetry composed in Arabic.
Running time: 52’
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Greek Film Center
Evi Lazari
Panepistimiou 10, 10671, Athens Greece
T. +30 210 3687503 F. +30 210 3614336
[email protected]
www.gfc.gr
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Cinergon Productions
NikosTamiolakis
3, Ouranias St.
T. +30 210 65 38 532, F. +30 210 65 38 531
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THE NETHERLANDS
Category: Ecology
ETERNAL MASH
Catherine van Campen
Brassica oleracea, or wild cabbage, is a rare perennial plant species. Until recently, Brassica
oleracea grew together with hundreds of other vegetables on Ruurd Walrecht’s biodiversity field, but after 40 years,Walrecht abandoned his life’s work of preserving rare and endangered plant species. Worn-out and thwarted by the government, he went to live in
Sweden, taking his unique know-how along with him – know-how that could prove essential to our future food supply. In Eternal Mash we meet people who spent years cherishing the same dream as Walrecht: Reid de Jong, one of the few people in Holland who
is completely self-sufficient; Peter ten Bookum, who gave up his job as a graphic designer
and chose to live as a nomad; and BoeleYtsma,Walrecht’s right-hand man, who is still not
over his good friend’s sudden departure. The recollections of these men are intercut with
impressions of their daily lives and the landscape they inhabit. In brief intermezzos, we see
extreme close-ups of plants and hear RuurdWalrecht’s contemplations in voice-over.
Running time: 54’
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10 Francs
Guy Knafo
28, rue de l'Equerre
Paris 75019, France
T. +33 1 48744377
F. +33 1 48748265
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FRANCE
EVEN ΙF SHE HAD BEEN A CRIMINAL...
Jean-Gabriel Périot
France, summer 1944. The public punishment of women accused of having affairs with
Germans during WorldWar II.Their heads are shaved, they are beaten and forced to paint
swastikas on their faces. As the camera pans through the crowd the film shows the shocking breadth of emotion present: from the shame of the victims to the hatred and joy in the
eyes of the perpetrators, it is evident that the atrocities of the war lived on long after Hitler’s
army was defeated.
Running time: 10’
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Heure Exquise
Thierry Destriez
Le fort, avenue de normandie, bp 113
59370 Mons en Baroeul, France
T. +33 32043 2432
F. +33 32043 2433
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www.exquise.org
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UK
Category: Adventure & Travel
AN ExILE IN PARADISE –
THE ADVENTURES OF EDWARD LEAR
Derek Smith
In 1848, landscape artist Edward Lear made an epic journey through Greece and Albania.
Robert Horne takes Lear’s journals and drawings with him as a guide to retracing the route
today. Lear was one of the first Westerners to explore some of the remote Balkan regions
of the Ottoman Empire whose spectacular landscapes remain unspoiled and barely visited.
Immensely sociable, Lear’s humor hid a lonely and troubled character plagued by shortsightedness, epilepsy and asthma. Lear’s character is explored through this difficult and
fascinating journey.
Program 1 (Into Ottoman Lands): Starting in Corfu, outlines Lear’s background and some
surprising connections with Greece and Athens before embarking from Thessaloniki to
the Albanian border, taking in lakes Prespa and Ochrid.
Program 2 (Albania: The Devil Draws): Explores Albania’s rich heritage and the Ottoman
past. Albania’s recent history, and the eccentric rule of dictator Enver Hoxha, casts its
shadow over the present.
Program 3 (Greece: Coast to Coast): Lear was impressed by the legacy of the struggle of the
local people against Ottoman oppression. Nowhere more so than in the mountains of
northern Greece. Stories of those times are still celebrated and Lear himself remembered,
but the traditional way of life is fighting to survive against encroaching modernity.
Running time: 59’
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Lear Productions Ltd
Quentin Russel
39 Ivinghoe Road, Bushey Heath
HartfordshireWD23 4SW, UK
T. +44 208 950 52 89 / 44 773 493 81 55
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GREECE
ExILE ISLAND
Εlias Giannakakis, Evi Karabatsou
During the period 1947-52, an innovative experiment took place just a few miles outside
Athens. Its subject: to rehabilitate leftists. Its location: the desert island of Makronissos.
More than 100,000 people suffered in this“National Reformatory”. Hundreds of them died
or lost their minds, others denied their beliefs and the weakest were converted into torturers of their former comrades. Many of the survivors are still alive, as are many of their
torturers. Now, in their 80s and 90s, they are willing to confront each other and share their
experience.
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Greek Film Center
Evi Lazari
Panepistimiou 10
T. +30 210 3687503
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POLAND
Category: Science & Knowledge & Lifestyles
THE ExISTENCE
Marcin Koszalka
A famous Polish actor, 80-year-old Jerzy Nowak has decided that after his death his body
should not be buried, but used for the benefit of science. The documentary shows the
process of making that decision, the actor’s dilemmas and important thoughts about
death. In Catholic countries – like Poland – the documentary will be controversial, if only
for its subject matter. Nowak is terminally ill and wants to tell the story from the perspective of a dying man. As an actor, he wants to play his last role – which will also be
his first leading one – and explain why he has decided to donate his body to science.The
film treats its subject in a way which is innovative, even by international standards.
Running time: 70’
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KatarzynaWilk
Morawskiego 5 p.434
30-102, Krakow, Poland
T. +48 12 2946945
F. +48 12 2946945
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ITALY
Category: Nature, Wildlife
ExPLORER I°: DISCOVERING PERU
Fabio Breccia
Peru: a land rich in history, culture and traditions, always having been surrounded by an
enchanting halo of mystery.Two researchers, fond of archaeology and adventure, inspired
by all the unanswered questions which characterize our past. Through the excellent images created by our troupe, we can admire the big stones which are delicately chiselled
and placed one on top of the other without any mortar, apparently haphazardly, shaped
as if they had been made of soft, plastic clay... And what about the labyrinths and the
amazing quantity of megalithic buildings? Several scholars, researchers, archaeologists
and professors have kindly given us their assistance. Listening to their interviews we have
tried to reconstruct this mysterious puzzle. Looking for the key to this intriguing enigma...
And the research goes on.
Running time: 52’
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RaiTrade
Margherita Zocaro
Rome 00195, Italy
T. +39 063 749 83 41
F. +39 063 701 343
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THE NETHERLANDS
FACES
Gmax
In March 2007, French photographer and street artist JR and his friend Marco embarked
on the biggest illegal photo exhibition ever. Enormous portraits were pasted on both sides
of the Wall of Separation/Security Fence, as well as in eight Palestinian and Israeli cities.
The portraits were shot by JR and depicted laughing Israelis and Palestinians who hold the
same job on different sides of the Wall of Separation/ Security Fence. By pasting them
side by side, JR urged both Israelis and Palestinians to fight the stereotypes of‘the other’
through the faces.
The documentary Faces tells the fascinating story behind the Face 2 Face project. From
the first photo shoots to the eventual pasting in such hotbeds like Bethlehem, Tel Aviv,
Hebron and Ramallah: the camera was there, capturing JR’s work, but also the emotional
reactions of the people of Israel and Palestine.
The pasting of the portraits is but one aspect of the movie.The enormous posters of smiling Israelis and Palestinians form the starting-point of a journey and a reflection for normal everyday people
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Sumatralaan 45
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NORTHERN IRELAND - UK
FAIRYTALE OF KATHMANDU
Neasa Ní Chianáin
Director Neasa Ní Chianáin joins the gay Irish poet Cathal O Searcaigh, whom she hugely
admires, on a fairytale journey to Nepal.The poet spends every winter in Nepal, where he
sponsors Nepalese youth. But when the director is there, she discovers the true motive
behind his generosity.
Running time: 60’
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Vinegar Hill Productions
David Rane
7 Magazine Street
Derry, BT 486 HJ, Northern Ireland
T. +353 749 180 730
F. +353 749 180 730
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www.fairytaleofkathmandu.com
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ISRAEL
FAMILY MEDITERRANEAN FEVER
Michal Lavi
In a small town close to the Gaza Strip lives the Lavi family.The parents, Ruth and Avner
came from Rehovot 30 years ago, and their three children were born here. The firing of
Kassam towards Shederot, the father’s illness and the youngest son’s trip abroad have
unrecognizably changed the family’s life, and forced it to cope with a new and strange
reality.
Running time: 30’
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MichaelTreves
20 Bialik st.
T. +972 52 363 33 98
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THE NETHERLANDS
FARMER’S WISDOM
Olaf Koelewijn
Woutje Niebeek a widow of 83, still living on her own on a big farm in Nijkerk, southeast
of Amsterdam. Her 52-year-old son, a widower, lives at the other end of the farm which
he also runs. In spite of her age,Woutje is a very active woman. She keeps up with everything and knows a lot about life. She’s always busy doing something: driving her car, exercising, cleaning windows, gardening, or watching soaps onTV. She has lived more than
55 years on the farm and knows everything there is to know about farm life; both the old
ways and the new.Thanks to her acquired wisdom, she is able to keep up with and adapt
to modern life. She is a truly contemporary woman!
Running time: 53’
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Olaf Koelewijn
Jan Steenhof 38
3862 MD Nijkerk,The Netherlands
T. +31 33 4480709
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www.juustem.nl
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THE NETHERLANDS
Category: Art, Culture & Lifestyles
THE FIFTH BRIDE
Rogier Timmermans
Filmmaker RogierTimmermans goes in search of the true reason why his Aunt Petra disappeared from his life 15 years ago. As he finds out, she’s living as a recluse with famous
artist Anton Heyboer and his four other wives.They have been living in self-imposed isolation for years.While Petra runs the gallery and maintains contact with the outside world,
Heyboer and the other women are completely shielded from society. The artist’s latest
work is brought to the gallery each day, where people eagerly buy it up. Petra reveals that
Anton is her true love, and that she likes it when he makes time for her, but the two never
seem to meet. Puzzled,Timmermans starts searching for answers in the family’s past.Τhe
discovery of old recordings, including a video diary of his aunt’s, sheds a new light on the
situation. After a lot of digging and perseverance, Timmermans discovers more about
Petra, her mother, and Anton’s remarkable past.
Running time: 68’
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Springfilm
Jacco Groen
Jan Evertsenstraat 759
1061 XZ Amsterdam,The Netherlands
T. +31 20 3306394
F. +31 20 6270471
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www.springfilm.nl
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GREECE
FIGHTING THE FIRES
Christos Barous
The experience of a team of rafting guides that operates at the Alfios River and volunteers
to help extinguish the fire that threatens the nearby villages, in the summer of 2007, in
the Peloponnese, Greece.They join forces with the firemen towards a common goal.There
is an ongoing war on the fire front with air coverage by helicopters and airplanes. They
learn the code of operation from the firemen and cooperate with them to transport water
pipes to inaccessible areas. The fire escapes the fire belt and surrounds their village. They
keep fighting the fire for 3 days and finally they succeed in saving the village. The day
after, everyone tries to return to their daily routine.
Shots were taken spontaneously and whenever this was possible. The cameraman’s priority was to extinguish the fire, along with the team.This film wants to place the spectator in the middle of operations, and give him the experience that the volunteer team lived.
The scenes are dynamic and present man fighting against fire.
Running time: 40’
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ExploreNatureGR
Christos Barous
1 Mysias St., Vyronas
T. +30 697 457 01 61
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THE NETHERLANDS
FIGHTING THE SILENCE
Ilse van Velzen & Femke van Velzen
During the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s seven-year war, more then 80,000 women
and girls were raped. Fighting the Silence tells the story of ordinary women and men
struggling to change their society: one that prefers to blame victims rather than prosecute
rapists. Survivors tell of the brutality they experienced. Husbands talk of the pressures
that led them to abandon their wives. A father explains why he has given up on his daughter’s future. Soldiers and policemen share their (shocking) views about why rape continues to flourish in the Congo despite the war having officially ended four years ago.
Running time: 53’
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Autlook Filmsales
Zieglergasse 75/1
T. +43 720 553 570
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POLAND
THE FIRST DAY
Marcin Sauter
This is a story about one of the most important moments in everybody‘s life. About the
first border young people have to cross to become adults. In this case, it it is a few children
from the tundra moved to an urban environment.
Running time: 20’
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KatarzynaWilk
Morawskiego 5 p.434
T. +48 122 946 945
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ISRAEL-CANADA
FLIPPING OUT
Yoav Shamir
Military service is compulsory in Israel for all Jewish men and women. After their years of
service, they are granted a discharge bonus, which many of them use to fly to India to recover from their experiences. Approximately 90 per cent will use drugs during their stay,
and each year some two thousand of them will need professional help due to this drug
use.The psychotic break with reality they experience is commonly referred to as“flipping
out.” Flipping Out offers a close-up look at these former soldiers, most of them under the
age of 25, as they follow this strange post-military odyssey. From the guest houses of
northern India to the beach resorts of Goa in the south, the film reveals the pervasive culture of drugs and hedonism that leaves some of these young people battling for their sanity. Intense and moving, Flipping Out pulls back the curtain on a dangerous rite of passage
for many young Jewish soldiers and reveals one of the largely hidden prices of Israeli occupation and years of war.
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Cinephil
Philippa Kowarsky
18 Levontin St.
65112,Tel Aviv, Israel
T. +972 2 35664129
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www.cinephil.co.il
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USA
Category: Ecology & Human Interest
FLOW: FOR LOVE OF WATER
Irena Salina
With an unflinching focus on politics, pollution and human rights, Flow: For Love of Water
ensures that the precarious relationship between humanity and water can no longer be
ignored. While specifics of locality and issue may differ, the message is the same; water,
and our future as a species, is quickly drying up. Armed with a thirst for survival, people
around the world are fighting for their birthright; unless we instigate change, we face a
world in which only those that can pay for their water will survive. Flow: For Love of Water,
is a catalyst for people everywhere: the time has come to turn the tide and we can’t wait
any longer.
Running time: 93’
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Celluloid Dreams
Pascale Ramonda
2, rueTurgot
Paris, 75009, France
T. +33 1 49 708564
F. +33 1 49 700371
[email protected]
www.celluloid-dreams.com
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USA-INDIA
FLYING ON ONE ENGINE
Joshua Z. Weinstein
Dr. Sharadkumar Dicksheet, an Indian-American surgeon who, despite being critically ill
himself, travels back to India every year to perform marathon surgery“camps”where he
repairs the cleft lips of 700 little children in a week. It’s astounding to see the literally thousands of kids who line up for help and the assembly line by which he changes their lives.
Dicksheet is a fascinating character –charismatic, bizarre, once a hard-partying playboy
type, who was nearly killed in a car accident and now lives only – and barely – to do
these camps. He’s treated as a living god in India, which is the fuel that propels him from
his one room, junk-filled apartment in Brooklyn where he lives on social security to India
every year.
Running time: 51’
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Weinstein Film Production
Joshua Z.Weinstein
33-55 14th St.
Apt # 3D Astoria, NewYork
11106 USA
T. +1 97 3652 8214
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www.flyingononeengine.com
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FRANCE
FOLLOWING LLOYD KAUFMAN
Philippe Daniel Coll
This documentary allows us to discover Lloyd Kaufman, a paradoxical producer during
the Cannes Film Festival.
Follow him during 24 hours and discover this crazy king of low budget movies who describes himself as a movie lover, a trouble maker and sometimes a victim of society.
Running time: 52’
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10 Francs
Guy Knafo
Paris 75019, France
T. +33 1 4874 4377
F. +33 1 4874 8265
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GREECE
Category: Currents Affairs
FORBIDDEN
Yiannis Kalemis-Mavrogenis
Forbidden Paradise! Spitting is forbidden! Bending over outside is forbidden! Playing ball
is forbidden! Forbidding is forbidden! Downtown Athens, Exarhia, today... 2008. Groups
of friends chatting while eating and drinking, celebrating and being bored. Is the forbidden fruit tastier?Whom should we ask?Those who have tasted it or those who have imagined tasting it? Is there any imagination in forbidding... or is imagination forbidden too?
Running time: 69’
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Massive Productions
Evangelos Fambas
Perikou 3 ,Filothei
T. +30 210 6995200
F. +30 210 6995208
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DENMARK
FREEDIVING WITH KILLER WHALES
Eskil Hardt
Welcome into the deep blue on an extraordinary adventure and discovery.
For years it has been a dream for freediving world champion and marine biologist Stig
Aavall Severinsen to freedive and interact with the beautiful and mesmerizing Killer
Whales. Freediving is diving only with a mask and a snorkel. He takes us into the environment of the Killer Whale and explores their world. To fulfill this dream, Stig travels
north of the Polar Circle, to Tysfjorden, Norway, where each year, during the period from
November to January, KillerWhales come to hunt and eat herring.
Stig can hold his breath for more than 8 minutes resting and 3-4 minutes during physical activity, diving in the sea. One of the advantages of freediving is that you do not produce any bubbles in the water that might frighten the animals.You can dive up and down
as you wish, with no risk of decompression sickness. Stig believes this will increase his
chances of interaction with the killer whales.
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TV2World A/S
Anne Köhncke
Teglholm Allé 16
Copenhagen SV 2450, Denmark
T. +45 652 122 23
F. +45 39 757 500
[email protected]
555
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GREENLAND - NORWAY
FREEDOM IS HERE –
LIVING ON THE ICE IN GREENLAND
Sidse Larsen
Throughout the winter months, Junnguk, a 45-year-old man from Ilulissat in the Northwestern part of Greenland and his fellows travel by dog-sledge to the ice fiord where they
spend days in each other’s company, catching halibut and hunting seals.The film is a story
about friendship, feeling at home, tradition and modernity as found in contemporary
Greenland and most important of all: choosing one’s way of living.
Running time: 51’
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MichaelTreves
20 Bialik St.
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ITALY
FROM HEAD TO FOOT
Simone Cangelosi
Searching for an identity. The film records the transition from being a woman to being a
man that the director made between the late 1990s and 2005. Simone Cangelosi started
work on the project in 1998 as a sort of visual diary following his physical and psychological transformation step by step. Being so bound up with the main character’s life, however, the documentary itself changed over the years and turned into something quite
different from what had been planned at the outset.
Running time: 29’
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Vitagraph
Filippo D’Angelo
Via Schiavonia 1
T. +39 051 267 150
F. +39 051 267 150
[email protected]
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UKRAINE - THE NETHERLANDS
FROM THE HEART OF ODESSA
Andre Schreuders
Alec Kopyt, a musician from Amsterdam returns to Moldavanka – the former Odessa Jewish neighborhood – his place of birth and the cradle of old Russian Mafia songs (Blatnyak). He is looking for musicians to play these songs in the restaurant of an old friend.
While strolling along the picturesque yards of the ruined slums, we meet colorful Odessans
who resemble the ancient heroes of the street songs we hear. A touching portrait of
a neighborhood, its music and performers.
Running time: 60’
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MichaelTreves
20 Bialik St.
T. +972 52 363 33 98
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HUNGARY
FUGUE
Gyula Nemes
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Running time: 6’
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Absolut Film Studio Bt.
Gyula Nemes
Lovag u. 20
Budapest 1016, Hungary
T. +36 209 856 277
[email protected]
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GERMANY
THE FUTURE IS NOW! –
CHINA’S ART AVANT-GARDE
Marco Wilms & Ilka Franzmann
Modern China is currently experiencing an incomparable economic and cultural upheaval.
And nowhere else are the blessings and banes of globalization reflected more impressively than within the work of the Chinese avant-garde artists. By now, Chinese artists are
being exhibited all over the world and are being feted at leading international art events
such as the Venice Biennale and Kassel Documenta. In a four-part series, we reveal the
background and underlying stories behind the extraordinary work of leading Chinese
Shooting Stars – all whom are representative of a generation in upheaval and change.
With Cao Fei, Chi Peng, Liu Xiadong andYang Fudong.
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Christian Beetz
T. +49 30 69566910
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Category: Culture & Social Issues
GAMES OF THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
Gregory Zorzos
There is not a single being on this earth that has not played with some game at various
stages of his/her life (from infancy right up to old age).There are very simple games and
complicated games which train the body, the emotions, the brain or the intellect.
These small documentaries (eventually they will become longer) analytically present the
whole structure of games and common archetypal elements that games contain in every
population all over the world, which originated from the ancient Greek and European culture. It is a unique study of ancient games and their relation to modern games, the result
of many years of research and has been approved for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the EU.This is a multi part documentary with each segment representing the basic
groups of games found in European countries, that continue to exist to this day in different forms and names. a) Alphabetic games which refer to each writing system in each
region of Europe at various times. b) Cosmic Dice: an analysis of dice games from the ancient Greeks up to the present that refer to the creation of the world. c) Zatrikion (chess)
with many different variants, from all of Europe and from various eras. d) Various other
games, specifically board games and their many variations. e) Children’s games in the
neighborhoods and in the schools at various time periods, certain of which developed
into martial arts.
Running time: 47’
Sales Contact:
Gregory Zorzos
P.O. BOX 75070, Kallithea
T. +30 210 958 99 40
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POLAND
GDANSKI RAILWAY STATION
Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz
An attempt to cope with the painful events of 1968 – the outbreak of the anti-Semitic hysteria which led to mass exile of citizens of Jewish origin from Poland. Emigrants have been
meeting for 20 years in an Israeli spa, Aszkelon, located at the Mediterranean Sea. It’s
been 37 years since they left and Poland is still present in their homes.The emigrants’stories were enriched with unique archival material.
Running time: 55’
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KatarzynaWilk
Morawskiego 5 p.434
T. +48 12 29 46 945
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GENERATION 68
Simon Brook
At the end of the sixties, a cultural revolution took place in Europe with the student riots
of 1968. It was a revolution that changed the arts and culture in the larger sense, as well
as people’s mentalities. Music became militant and sexually explicit.Theater became political and experimental, op art blew people’s minds, and Mary Quant invented the
miniskirt... Meanwhile, theVietnamWar raged on...
The archival images are commented upon by an eclectic selection of artists from the cultural world, including film director Milos Forman, DJ Annie Nightingale, presidentVaclav
Havel, artist Ed Ruscha, photographer William Klein, actor Dennis Hopper, theater director Peter Brook, and designer Mary Quant.
Generation 68 is like a voyage in time that brings back to life this incredible period.
Running time: 60’
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ARTE France
Audrey Kamga
8, rue Marceau
92785 Issy les Moulineaux CX 9, France
T. + +33 1 55 00 70 81
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AUSTRIA
Category: History & Politics & Art, Music & Culture
GIBELLINA – THE EARTHQUAKE
Joerg Burger
The Sicilian town of Gibellina was destroyed by an earthquake in 1968, then rebuilt years
later at a distance from its original location.This was not done in a conventional way, instead reflecting a utopian vision of renewal, opposed to the traditional forces of bureaucracy, political corruption and the Sicilian Mafia. Gibellina – The Earthquake, examines
this political utopia by juxtaposing life today in Gibellina Nuova with the ideas underlying its design. Joerg Burger let representatives of the town speak (the mayor, the pharmacist, the priest, etc.), added archival footage from various periods of the town’s history,
and used as illustrations numerous precisely composed views of the new town’s modern
architecture, the many art objects and the wide-open, empty spaces. Gibellina – The
Earthquake clearly shows that what was intended to be a success story – that of a city of
art – has over the years resulted in a fiasco of urban planning. Currently, Gibellina seems
to be a“town without a center and without a soul,” poorly planned and burdened with social problems.
Running time: 72’
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Sixpackfilm
Michaela Grill
Neubaugasse 45/13
1070,Vienna, Austria
T. +43 1 5260990
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ISRAEL
THE GIRLS FROM BRAZIL
Nili Tal
The children of the large adoption wave of the 80s in Brazil, now grown up, travel to their
land of origin to look for the women who gave birth to them. Nili Tal follows four young
Israeli women on such a voyage, also a personal voyage into their lives.
Running time: 87’
Sales Contact:
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Cinephil
Philippa Kowarsky
18 Levontin Street
T. +97 23 56 64 129
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TURKEY
GLASS
Nilgün Suna
The journey of Glass. Colored, fragile and solid; a mysterious form which reflects the traditional and the contemporary. The glossy product of design and art.The material which
protects from the elements with the harmony of its structure…
The documentary researches theTurkish Glass Industry, which flows through the 750 year
history of Anatolian Glaziery, with the Mediterranean and European Glass Culture and
their associated roots. It also points out the strong configuration of the Turkish Glass Industry which is being integrated with European Culture.
The documentary glitters with the story of pressurized, heatproof, artistic glass products
of high quality which are globally competitive by virtue of their variety and quality.
Running time: 30’
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Fuat Kale
Ankara 06109,Turkey
T. +90 312 490 76 59
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FRANCE
GLOBAL FOOD: GELATO
Susan Gray
We all know about ice cream and its links with Italy. Because gelati conjure up as much a
picture of Italy as do pizzas and pasta. But how did ice cream come to be?Where are the
best ice creams in the world made today?
This film explores ice cream from the innermost depths of its mysterious past.The origins
of ice cream unfold as the film reconstructs the development of this gastronomic legend,
from the royal courts of Europe to the arrival of street sellers all over the world. Throughout the world, different variations of the recipe have spread among the extremely diverse
cultures we met during our survey. In this journey through time, the film shows how the
invention, production and distribution of ice cream has been intricately linked to social
and economic change for two centuries. Making ice cream is not just a profession it’s also
an art, even a lifestyle.
Running time: 52’
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Audrey Kamga
8, rue Marceau
T. +33 1 55 00 70 81
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FRANCE
GOD IS AMERICAN
Richard Martin-Jordan
Since the end ofWorldWar II, the people ofTanna, a remote island in the South Pacific in
the archipelago ofVanuatu, idolize an American prophet. His name is John Frum.
The islanders believe he is an American pilot that returned to the United States after the
war, and will come back to Tanna with riches from the US that they call“the Cargo”. They
pray to an American flag, awaiting his return.
One man, Isaac the Last One, chief of the “Cargo cult”, claims he is Frum’s son. He has
formed an army of GIs to celebrate the return of the prophet John Frum.
Running time: 52’
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10 Francs
Guy Knafo
Paris 75019, France
T. +33 1 4874 4377
F. +33 1 4874 8265
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GOLE SANGAM: THE STONE FLOWER
Sarit Haymian
Gole sangam means“stone flower”in Farsi. It is the flower that can bloom only from the
stone (i.e., the cyclamen).The film follows two elderly Jewish women, Ilanit and Naima,
who immigrated from Iran to Israel 50 years ago and live in a slum. Married at the tender
ages of 12 and 16, they moved from the domineering homes of their parents to those of
their husbands. Ilanit lived with a husband who humiliated and bit her, but still she took
care of him when he became sick. Naima has a good relationship with her husband, surrounded by her children and grandchildren, but has always served them and fulfilled their
wishes and dreams. Now, 70 years old, they reflect on the choices they have made and the
choices they were forced to make.
Running time: 50’
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Hedva Goldschmidt
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USA
GONZO: THE LIFE AND WORK
OF DR. HUNTER S. THOMPSON
Alex Gibney
From Oscar-nominated director Alex Gibney comes Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter
S. Thompson. Fuelled by a raging libido, Wild Turkey and superhuman doses of drugs,
Thompson was a true “free lancer”: goring sacred cows with impunity, hilarity and a steeleyed conviction for righting wrongs. The film is entirely narrated by the words ofThompson himself – from his letters, articles, manuscripts and books – and is read – on camera
and off – by Johnny Depp. Gonzo is the definitive film biography of a mythic American figure, a man that Tom Wolfe called our“greatest comic writer,” whose suicide, by gunshot,
led Rolling Stone Magazine, where Thompson began his career, to devote an entire issue
(its best-selling ever) to the man that launched a thousand sips of bourbon, endless snorts
of cocaine and a brash, irreverent, fearless style of journalism – named“gonzo”after an anarchic blues riff by James Booker.
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HDNet Films / Magnolia Pictures
Laird Adamson
49West 27th Street, 7th Floor
T. +1 212 924 67 01
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THE GREAT LOVE OF THE FRENCH
“TERRORIST”ABEL RAMBERT
Atanas Kiriakov
A French man named Abel Rambert sees a drawing of Pascin for the first time in 1948
and falls in love with Pascin’s art.This drawing determines the future of this man. He becomes not only a collector and a gallery owner but also the greatest expert on Pascin’s art
in the world.
Running time: 52’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Mendips Ltd
Gergana Stankova
9 Shipka St., 2nd floor
T. +35 92 846 33 29 / 359 888 732 320
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ESTONIA
GREETINGS FROM SOVIET ESTONIA!
Urmas Eero Liiv
“Everyone owns a house, nice furniture, a radio and a television set. That’s more than we
ever dreamed of!”
The people in the kolkhozes were happy, as this film from the 50s shows. At the time, Estonia was one of the most western republics inside the USSR.
Today, Estonia lies on the eastern boundaries of Europe. Surveys held 15 years after the fall
of the Soviet Union show that more than half of the Estonians who had witnessed the
Soviet era feel more positive about the past than they do about the present. But was Estonia really the socialist paradise that it had presented itself as in the news, commercials
and documentary films of the time?
Greetings from Soviet Estonia! contrasts a series of eastern nostalgia-laden film documents
from the 50s to the 70s with the accounts given by three former dissidents: Member of the
European Parliament Tunne Kelam, nun Lahle Parek and emigrant Tiit Madisson. Their
memories raise images of another, less harmonious, Estonia.
Running time: 59’
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10 Francs
Guy Knafo
Paris 75019, France
T. +33 1 4874 4377
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GREECE
Category: Human interest, Social issues
THE GUARDS OF THE HOLY SEPULTURE
Nikos Vezyrgiannis
A large number of monks and hermits who lived in Palestine during early Christianity
resided in the natural caves that abounded in the abrupt ravines of the desert. Most of
them, however, lived in organized monasteries, the size and customs of which were determined by internal and exterior conditions, the needs of the monks and their economic
resources. These monks were called“Agiotafites”, guards of the Holy Sepulture, a continuation of the“Order of the Spoudaeoi (wise, learned, worthy, gifted, exceptional, significant, industrious, serious)”. More than 200 large and important monasteries were built in
the Holy Land.Today only seven survive, all of them located in the desert of Judea.The few
monks that live in them are the remnants of what used to be the large“community of the
desert”. The last Greek-Orthodox monks, guardians of the Holy Shrines of Palestine, recount personal testimonies and express their deep concern for the future of their community.They are the last ones of the“Order of the Spoudaeoi”and they still raise the Greek
flag at the monasteries and the shrines. The documentary features five monks from different parts of Israel and Palestine. Each one has a different story to tell.
Running time: 60’
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ERT3
Vangelis Mavroyannis
Agelaki 2
T. +30 2310 29 98 13
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SPAIN
GUERNICA, PORTRAIT OF WAR
Santiago Torres & Ramon Vallès
German planes bombed the town of Guernica flat on the orders of General Franco. The
sacred Basque city was reduced to ashes.The brutal attack inspired Picasso to paint Guernica, an enormous canvas that decorated the main courtyard of the Spanish Pavilion at the
Paris Universal Exposition of 1937.This documentary narrates the history of this 20th century icon from its creation to the present.
Running time: 57’
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Oriol Baquer
c/ de laTV3 s/n
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F. +34 93 473 15 63
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POLAND
GUGARA
Jacek Nagłowski & Andrzej Dybczak
It is late summer of 2006. Within the last few weeks, Dimitri and Tatiana, the last herdsmen alive in the Taiga, have lost their reindeer, which were killed by wolves. This misfortune is going to force them to leave their life in the forest for the village.Their oldest son,
Kola, already lives there. Kola is trying to prevent his parents from settling in Tutonchany
village. He knows they are going to die there. He knows what happened to the old man
nicknamed“Boatswain”who was in the same situation a few years ago. This is the story
of the decline of a small Siberian community. It describes the paradoxical world of former
nomads and reindeer herders that were forced to abandon their ancient lifeways.
Running time: 64’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Heino Deckert
Marienplatz 1
T. + 49 341 215 66 38
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HAIR, LET THE SUN SHINE IN
Pola Rapaport
Since its overwhelming success at its first public performance in the late 1960s, Hair has
inspired generations with its messages of love, non-violence and liberation. At the origin
of the musical comedy were two key figures –James Radon and Gerome Ragni – the authors of the book and lyrics, followed by composer Galt MacDermot. Today, 40 years on,
James Rado has assembled another troupe of actors and dancers to prepare for a new
tour of the show in North America. Around the central figure of James Rado, the film will
follow the people behind this phenomenon and will explore the social, political and cultural relevance of Hair from its beginning until now.
Running time: 55’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
INA Sales & Marketing Division
Nicole Leconte & SophieVillette
83-85 rue de Patay
75013, Paris, France
T. +33 1 44231235 / 30
www.inamediapro.fr
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IRAN
HALL OF JUSTICE
Simin Fallahzadeh Tehrani
The film is about Mr. Kamran Adl, a professional Iranian photographer and his activities.
The camera follows him to several Iranian religious ceremonies, a bazaar, gardens, his exhibitions, and the tomb of an Iranian with a different viewpoint who was martyred.
Running time: 42’
Sales Contact:
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Simin FallahzadehTehrani
Apt B2 #27 Kamran Alley Kambiz Alley Hashtroodi Street, EVIN
Tehran 1983645133, Iran
T. +98 021 22 40 27 75
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CZECH REPUBLIC
HAPPINESS AND FREEDOM
David Calek
Two courageous Czech women decide to set up an organization called Berkat (Happiness)
with the aim of helping war victims, especially children. Jana Hradilkova and Petra Prochazkova discover the Sputnik camp on the Chechen-Ingush border, the home of 9,000
refugees, who live not only in fear and sadness but also with joy, dance, music and art.
They discover the children’s dance group Marsho (Freedom) and they decide to organize
a trip abroad for them, so that the children can proudly present their national dances and
music. Their aim was to allow the children to experience something other than the horrors of war, to taste ordinary life in a warless country. Jana and Petra devote their love, time
and effort and permit the children to meet new people, gain new experiences, but most
importantly, to encourage their long-lasting passion of traditional dance; the only aspect
of their destroyed homeland that remains with them and excitement for life in a free world.
Running time: 57’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Taskovski Films
Jarmila Outratova
4BWentworth Street
London E1 7TF, UK
T. +44 207 760 661 65
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GREECE
HARRY MULISCH – THE ANTENNAE
OF OUR TIME
Apostolos Karakassis
He is considered the most important contemporary Dutch writer, a candidate for the Nobel
Prize for the last few years. His best known book The Discovery of Heaven has nurtured
generations of Dutch readers, and is considered like the Bible in his homeland. Son of a
Nazi and a Jewish woman, his childhood experiences and traumas affected his literature.
His life seems to have followed the history of Europe, for better or worse. After the war,
he analyzed the Nazi phenomenon, then joined the“Provo”demonstrations in the ’60s,
was charmed by the Cuban revolution, and then demonstrated against the American involvement inVietnam.
The film was shot in Amsterdam and Athens. Mulisch, who is particularly fond of philosophy, does not hide his admiration of ancient Greek civilization.“Even contemporary architecture is based on the classic ancient Greek principles,” he says. “And you know
something? Even when you had Pattakos and Papadopoulos, I never forgot that Democracy was born in this land.”
Running time: 49’
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T. +30 210 607 5711-12
F. +30 210 607 5715
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ESTONIA
HEADWIND HALL
Priit Valkna
The world renowned Estonian conductor Tõnu Kaljuste, the favourite of composer Arvo
Pärt, wants to build an opera house called Nargen Opera on Naissaar, an island which not
long ago was a closed Soviet military base, does not have a regular ferry line, no electricity and has only one permanent resident.
Against the odds and the opposition of the financial world, he wants to establish a unique
cultural center, where traditions and modern times meet.To put his idea into practice, he
brings operas on stage on the mainland to raise money from the ticket sales, and carries
construction materials and other necessities to the island in his own small boat. Along
the way, he faces unexpected difficulties and finds himself in almost absurd situations.
The title, Headwind Hall, refers to an idea by inventor Schmidt, whose land Kaljuste bought
for the opera house – Schmidt wanted to build a headwind ship that would use the energy of headwind in order to move ahead with double power.
Running time: 57’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Heino Deckert
Marienplatz 1
T. + 49 341 215 66 38
F. + 49 341 215 66 39
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ITALY
HEALTH FOR SALE
Michele Mellara & Alessandro Rossi
Access to essential pharmaceutical drugs in developing countries is critical.Why is it that
15 million people die from easily curable diseases in the Southern hemisphere every year?
The film links together the First andThirdWorld in a long trip inside the Pharma maze.
Running time: 52’
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First Hand Films
EstherVan Messel
Fritz HeebWeg 5
T. +41 44 312 20 60
F. +41 44 312 20 80
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Category: Human Interest & Lifestyles
HEAR AND NOW
Irene Taylor Brodsky
After 65 years of silence, Paul and SallyTaylor decide to undergo cochlear implant surgery
and explore a totally unfamiliar world – the realm of sound. In this deeply personal memoir, filmmaker Irene Taylor Brodsky documents her deaf parents’complex decision to undergo a risky and controversial medical procedure – the only one that can actually restore
a sense. Paul and Sally met as children, fell in love, were married, and raised a family.
They’ve shared a rich life together and have been active members of the deaf community.
Yet, at the age of 65, they decided they wanted to hear their first symphonies, to hear
their children’s voices. Hear and Now invites us into the private world of the deaf and allows us to experience everyday sounds as if for the first time.This is a magical and deeply
moving story of two people who embark on an extraordinary journey from silence to
sound.The question is, what will they make of it, and what may they gain, or lose, forever?
Running time: 84’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Vermilion Pictures
IreneTaylor Brodsky
1806 NW 32nd St.
Portland, 97210 OR, USA
T. +1 503 709 6665
[email protected]
www.vermilionpictures.com
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USA
HEAVY METAL IN BAGHDAD
Eddy Moretti, Suroosh Alvi
TheVietnamWar played a significant role in popularising rock music.The war in Iraq, however,definitelysoundslikeheavymetal.ButtheimportsplayedbytheoccupyingAmericanforces is not the only music out there, for Iraq has its own home-grown heavy metal band in the
shape of Acrassicauda.The Iraqi band, which has been playing since 2001, models itself on
the likes of Metallica, Slayer and Slipknot. Acrassicauda (the name is based on the Latin word
for‘black scorpions’) only had three appearances before war broke out in 2003.The security
situation in the country made it difficult to practise, and live appearances were out of the
question.When things got really bad, the band received death threats from rebels and religious fundamentalists accusing them of worshipping the devil. At present, the band’s four
members are living as refugees in Damascus. After two years of trying to establish contact, the
filmmakers finally caught up with Acrassicauda in the summer of 2006, when they were still
inBaghdad.AsrawasAcrassicauda’s musicmaysound,itnevertheless containsthehopesand
emotions of an entire generation in Iraq.
Running time: 84’
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Lumina Films Ltd
3rd floor, 1A Adpar Street
London,W2 1DE, UK
T. +44 20 7563 7283
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FRANCE
HER NAME IS SABINE
Sandrine Bonnaire
A sensitive portrait of Sabine Bonnaire, a 38-year-old autistic woman, filmed by her sister.The film tells her story through personal footage filmed by the actress over a period of
25 years, and her life today in a suitable facility. After a tragic five-year stay in a psychiatric hospital, Sabine found a new lease on life – even though her capacities remain impaired – in a home in the Charente region. The film exposes the penury of specialized
institutions and the dramatic consequences they can lead to.
Running time: 85’
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Wide Management
Loïc Magneron
Paris 75002, France
T. +33 1 53 95 04 64
F. +33 1 53 95 04 65
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GERMANY
HIGHWAY WORLD –
LIVING, CHANGING, GROWING
Martin Hans Schmitt
In this nonverbal documentary film, the spectator sets out on a trip through the world of
highways.The footage, distilled from industrial and educational films, as well as the musical style of sitar master Al Gromer Khan, create the film’s base for an immersion into the
global concept of highways.The movie was composed out of more than 63 hours of film,
video material and 1,700 photos.
Running time: 81’
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Martin H. Schmitt
Albrechtstre. 24
Munich 80636, Germany
T. +49 893 085 456
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HIP HOP REVOLUTION
Weaam Williams
The 1980s was the time of heroic youth uprisings on the Cape Flats, together with limited
freedom of expression. Given the culture of repression in South Africa at the time, the hiphop sub-culture was a form of venting for youth on the Cape Flats and elsewhere in the
country. Hip-Hop also politically informed many young people in South Africa. It is believed that hip-hop in South Africa started on the Cape Flats, my film therefore focuses on
the Cape Flats. It also briefly examines, via the experiences of central characters, the
apartheid Group Areas Act with the forced removal of families from District Six into ghetto
housing. The film also reflects the sociopolitical situation in South Africa at present, with
particular focus on the current economic disparities between a rich minority and a poor
majority.
Running time: 50’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Wide Management
Loïc Magneron
Paris 75002, France
T. +33 1 53 95 04 64
F. +33 1 53 95 04 65
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TURKEY
A HISTORICAL TESTIMONY
ON THE TURKISH ARMENIAN QUESTION
Zeynep Keçeciler
As an issue kept constantly on the agenda of both the USA and other western countries
as a result of the pressure exerted by the Diaspora Armenians, theTurkish-Armenian question and the events of 1914 are examined in the documentary in the light of historical
documents. One of the most important objectives of the project was to reveal the historical truth behind the forced migration to the domestic and international communities Armenians were submitted to duringWorldWar I by the Ottoman government. Having lasted
for about two years, the filming of the documentary series took place in five countries including the USA, Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey. Historians, jurists and journalists were interviewed in each country while the archive sources of respective countries
were studied.
Running time: 52’
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Fuat Kale
Ankara 06109,Turkey
T. +90 312 490 76 59
F. +90 312 491 26 06
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SWEDEN
HIT MUSIC – RHYTHM
OF THE REVOLUTIONARY
RåFILM filmmakers’collective: Sascha Fülscher, Oskar Idin,
Alex Veitch, Anna Weitz & Anna Klara Åhrén
Following the footsteps of the Red Beans [Röda Bönor], a pioneering folk rock band of
the Swedish 70s social movement, the filmmaking collective RåFILM delivers a history
through music beyond the big hits, pop star frenzy and naked skin. The Red Beans were
driven by a conviction that music was a path to creating a better world.They were part of
a political music movement which, in the light of the superficial 21st century music industry, now seems far away. But, straying away from the big bands and hit lists, you’ll
find that there is a brighter side to this picture. Appearing in this film, internationally
renowned Le Tigre, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Chicks on Speed along with upcoming radical
Swedish artists show that you still can raise your voice and sing about a still unjust world.
Hit Music – Rhythm of the Revolutionary, is a story about music’s power to change things,
a film showing that there’s more to the music scene than X-factor, a world where you can
succeed by doing your own thing and staying true to your ideals.
Running time: 28’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
RåFILM
AnnaWeitz
Stora Södergatan 64
Lund SE-222 23, Sweden
T. +46 70 408 59 31
F. +46 46 211 01 75
[email protected]
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UK
HOLD ME TIGHT, LET ME GO
Kim Longinotto
For the forty children who call it home, Mulberry Bush is their last chance. Excluded from
school for extreme behavior, and often having suffered severe emotional trauma, they are
given three years at the Oxford boarding school to try to turn their lives around.The fragile young boys at the heart of the film lash out in shockingly extreme ways – hitting,
swearing and spitting their way through the misery of their blighted childhoods. Endlessly patient and determined staff members verbally reason with the boys, whilst often
having to restrain them physically.The film is ultimately a heartbreaking, engrossing study
of dysfunction – of what happens when families break down. It also pays witness to the
tremendous influence that adults hold – for bad and for good – upon growing children.
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Fortissimo Films
Catherine Le Clef
1013 CN, Amsterdam,The Netherlands
T. +31 20 627 3215
F. +31 20 626 1155
[email protected]
www.fortissimofilms.nl
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A HOLE IN THE WATER
Manos Papadakis
One of the biggest road construction projects that has ever been carried out in Thessaloniki was planned sloppily and ineffectively.The government presented it as a project of
national importance, but the citizens of Thessaloniki refer to it as a“big mistake”, since it
is seriously lacking in many areas. The aesthetic and environmental destruction it will
cause is considerable.What led to such a decision?Whom does this solution serve? How
attractive is it for car owners? How contradictory and inaccurate was the Minister of the
Environment’s presentation of the project to Parliament?Why did the deputies react? How
far are the citizens ofThessaloniki prepared to go in order for the project not to be implemented? The documentary features deputies, organization spokespeople, scientists, but
also ordinary citizens who offer evidence against the project.
Running time: 58’
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Manos Papadakis
Odysseos 1
T. +30 2310 51 99 30, +30 69 77 59 32 67
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BELGIUM
HOLY FIELD
Jara Malevez
Immigrating means mourning one’s birthplace, the sacred land which many try to hang
on to. During the fifties, the Director’s parents left Esanatoglia, in Italy, for Belgium.Today,
new immigrants are coming to work in this region which has regained its prosperity. Some
remain in the village. Following a family’s lifeline, a polyphonic narration sheds light on
this necessary rebirth that transforms one.
Running time: 59’
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Thierry Detaille
T. +32 477 617 170
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THE HONOR OF THE WRONGED
Carlos García-Alix
The Honor of the Wronged is the testimony of an obsession, the passionate search for an
old anarchist gunman, Felipe Emilio Sandoval, aka Doctor Muñiz (1886–1939).
Born in the slums of Madrid and initially earning his living as a bricklayer, his life is marked
by his faith in a redeeming dream: social revolution.That initially turns him into a famous
robber and “man of action”; later, during the Spanish Civil War, he becomes a ruthless
murderer.
In his determination to investigate and follow the dark trail of his subject, the narrator
leaves no stone unturned, digging up innumerable shreds of Sandoval’s memory which
can be found, today, scattered in Archives and official registries. The narrator uses this material and a selection of old movies and photographs to reconstruct a life, in his attempt
to answer the question as to who Felipe Sandoval really was.
It is an undertaking that inevitably becomes a frightening and fascinating journey. It is a
personal glance, not void of melancholy, at one of the most painful crevices of Spain’s recent past.
Running time: 87’
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No hay penas Sl
Isabel de las Casas
c/Boix y Morer 6, 7D
Madrid 28003, Spain
T. +34 91 456 00 43
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isabelohaypenas.com
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Category: History & Lifestyles
THE HOUSE ON AUGUST STREET
Ayelet Bargur
The untold story of my legendary aunt Beate Berger, and the“Beith Ahawah Kinderheim”
(The“House of Love”Children’s Home) she founded in 1922 in Berlin for Jewish children
in need.
It is the story of her courageous decision in the early 30s to save “her” children from Nazi
Germany, and the unique rescue operation she initiated and carried out, taking them out
of Germany and bringing them to a new“Ahawah”home she built for them in Israel.
Running time: 63’
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Cinephil
Philippa Kowarsky
18 Levontin Street
T. +972 3 566 4129
F. +972 3 560 1436
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THE HOUSES OF HRISTINA
Suzanne Raes
Hristina is invisible. Quiet and unnoticed, she cleans houses. Each day a different house,
each day the same work. She is a Bulgarian, living in Amsterdam. Contact with her employers takes place mainly through notes. To come to terms with her life, she takes photographs of the interiors of “her” houses. Together, these photos form the house she
inhabits in the Netherlands. A house that holds her prisoner.
For years, Bulgarian HristinaTasheva has been staying in the Netherlands as an illegal immigrant, working as a cleaning lady for families, couples and singles in apartments and
houses in the city centre of Amsterdam. In the houses of Hristina we see how lonely her
life was. A course in photography changed her dead-end situation. She began to take pictures of the houses she cleans.
In this documentary, director Suzanne Raes portrays one of the many, often anonymous
people, ranging from cleaner to au pair, that we allow into the most intimate parts of our
lives. Hristina’s account of her life, her view of herself and the world around her, is a mirror for us. Our houses are the setting of her life, the place she got lost in, where she got
stuck.Who are these people who are cleaning our homes? Do we really want to know?
Running time: 50’
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Kaisa Kriek
Sumatralaan 45
T. +31 35 677 35 61
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Category: Human Interest & Social issues
HOW DARE YOU?
Lizka Assa
Hanni was a career-driven successful young woman whose life was turned upside down
when she was diagnosed, like Stephen Hawking, with a fatal neurological disease (ALS),
with a prognosis of only two years left to live.
Twelve years later, Hanni is still pursuing her dreams: after becoming the first woman ever
to have had 2 children in her physical condition, despite disapproval from everyone around
her and against medical advice, she has beaten the establishment. She studies, overcomes
financial hardships and builds a new career, continuing to work through her progressive
state of paralysis.
Running time: 60’
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Cinephil
Philippa Kowarsky
18 Levontin Street
T. +972 3 566 41 29
F. +972 3 560 14 36
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HOW OHIO PULLED IT OFF
Charla Barker, Matthew Kraus, Mariana Quiroga
The 2008 US presidential election is fast approaching.The primaries have created a political buzz not seen in years and America is alight with the idea of change. But, the real
story of the next election goes beyond the parties and their platforms to the very foundations of democracy.
On election night 2004, the Presidency came down to one state among fifty: Ohio.When
the votes were counted, John Kerry conceded defeat and the US was back under the control of G.W. Bush. But what really happened?Were the obstructions faced by black voters
and the failure of ballot machines innocent administrative errors or symptoms of a sinister new trend towards election engineering? And why were the media so slow to react to
the century’s first great threat to the American constitution?
How Ohio Pulled It Off chronicles the theft of the presidency, and the public outcry that followed. It offers shocking evidence of election fraud in the United States, and highlights the
potential for future abuses in the self-styled“greatest democracy on earth”.The story continues today, casting a shadow of uncertainty on the 2008 election and beyond.
Running time: 57’
Sales Contact:
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Mercury Media International Ltd
Patricia Hickey
6 Baseline Studios,Whitchurch Road
LondonW11 4AT, UK
T. +44 207 221 72 21
F. +44 207 221 72 28
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BULGARIA
HRISTINA’S WARS
Maria Trayanova
This is a documentary about the daily struggles and fears, about the little and big wars that
are part of our life.
The main character is Hristina Petkova, descendent of an eminent Bulgarian political family from the near past, who asserted their political beliefs and paid for it with their lives.
Two of the family were killed during the 1920s and a third relative was killed after the establishment of the communist rule in Bulgaria.
Except for the family stigma marking her whole life, she has personal struggles, both
physical and spiritual, as a Red Cross volunteer duringWorldWar II and as a person, who
has to prove herself and survive in the conditions of three different political regimes.
Running time: 29’
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Daniela Kuzmanova
29, San Stefano St.
T. +359 2 814 2390
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ITALY
I GIVE UP
Francesca Fini
It works this way: on one side there is our daily life made up of bills that we have to pay,
traffic jams, horrible and depressing workplaces, unsatisfying relationships. And deep inside there is the feeling that we don’t have any opportunities, that we are stuck in a golden
prison where we are living the same – fake –day forever, like guinea pigs in a matrixstyle scenario. Sound familiar? On the other side there is a place where everything seems
possible. A Paradise far away.There you will live a different and more human pace of life,
find genuine people, and survive with a pair of sandals and a t-shirt. A place where you
can be free, leave everything behind and fade away.This is the story of a bunch of Italians
who left their golden prison in search of Paradise.
Running time: 50’
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Vitagraph
Filippo D’Angelo
Via Schiavonia 1
T. +39 051 267 150
F. +39 051 267 150
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GREECE
IAN MCEWAN – GREAT WRITERS
Angelos Kovotsos
Ian Mc Ewan, winner of Booker Prize in 1998. A documentary portrait of his life and work,
shot in London.
Running time: 52’
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Periplus
Thanos Lambropoulos
T. +30 210 867 04 78
F. +30 210 867 78 28
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USA - ROMANIA
ICON
Teddy Grouya
Some of the first churches in Eastern Europe were carved out of caves by Saint Lucas and
Saint John who evangelized throughout the region during the 2nd century. An integral
part of worship during this era became the veneration of icons – images of God, theVirgin Mary, the saints and stories from the Bible.The worshiper would pray to the icon and
even kiss it in order to be more closely connected to God. The tradition of icons and the
practices of old Christianity started in those caves two thousand years ago; it is kept alive
in the Eastern Orthodox Church of today – a church that many in theWest do not understand.
Titiana Popa, a prolific iconographer, is portrayed in this film about her work. Her goal is
to “bring God to America” through her art. In the film we are given a rare look into the
Eastern Orthodox Church, as well as monasteries where some of Popa’s art has been included and consecrated.
Set against the backdrop of present day Romania, we hear Byzantine music performed by
monks and clergy as we watch the process of Popa painting these magnificent pieces and
we learn what exemplifies an icon in art and in people.
Running time: 59’
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Cinema Arts Magic
Teddy Grouya
PO Box 956
Palm Springs, CA 92263, USA
T. +1 760 322 36 89
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IF MAN COULD FLY
Yael Kipper Zaretzky
“When somebody hurts my doves, it’s like they’re hurting me,” says 13-year-old Matan,
who has been living in a boarding school for the last five years. Instead of going to his
room like the others kids when he comes back from school, he visits the animal compound, where his doves are waiting in their pigeon coup. He basks in the calm of the animals, freeing them to fly until they come back to him at night. “When somebody has
wings, he doesn’t need anything, not money, not even a car, he’s comfortable wherever
he goes,” says 32-year-old Misha. He raises 300 pigeons whose care he learned from his
80-year-old mentor. When Matan leaves the boarding school for his home, he meets
Misha. The two form a special bond. They both want to fly like the pigeons do: Matan
wants to fly away when things get rough, Misha wants to see the world.The pigeons give
them strength, support and some relief.
Running time: 62’
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Go2Films
Hedva Goldschmidt
T. +972 2 583 1371
F. +972 2 583 5450
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Category: Lifestyle
IF WE KNEW
Petra Lataster-Czisch & Peter Lataster
Everyday, paediatricians at the neonatal ward of a hospital struggle with ethical dilemmas
concerning the life and death of newborn babies.
This is a lyrical and passionate documentary about paediatricians who work in an intensive-care unit for premature newborns at Groningen’s University Hospital. A film essay
about the compassion needed to heal the sick and also occasionally needed to hasten the
death of a sick child who is suffering unbearably and without hope.
In 2005, religious groups in Italy and the US accused Dutch paediatricians of using Nazi
methods and allegedly killing premature newborns because of their handicaps.
Yet doctors have sworn the Hippocratic oath that they will do all they can to heal the sick
and save lives. Thanks to modern technology they can do more and more. As a consequence they have to ask themselves if every human being who can be kept alive will lead
a life worth living. Should every life be saved at whatever cost?
From up close and without comment, If We Knew shows how a group of paediatricians
cope with tough ethical questions and the impossible decisions they have to make.
Running time: 75’
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NPO Sales
Kaisa Kriek
Sumatralaan 45
T. +31 35 677 35 61
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IMAGES IN MIRRORS
Yannis Vamvakas
Images in Mirrors is a biographical documentary based on the life and work of painter and
professor of art Dimitris Mytaras – a multifaceted and significant figure that marked contemporary Greek art during the second half of the twentieth century. The novelty of this
documentary lies upon the fact that the artist“acts”himself, and everybody else involved
are the real people who constitute his world. This biography, which centers around the
artist and the art historian Liberty Polyzou, unfolds the life and work of the creator, through
historical events, recollections, documents and testimonies. The shooting locations are
they original ones where he lived and created from the beginning of his career to the present. The film’s photography is influenced by the visual arts and, by following the script, the
audience can enjoy innumerable unrivalled images of artistic merit. The viewer has the
chance to see approximately one hundred of Mytaras’s best paintings in the place of their
inspiration; and all this is carried out through the prism of his unique sense of humor.
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Dramatika Films
YannisVamvakas
Lefkosias 24
T. +30 210 86 78 998
F. +30 210 86 78 998
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Category: Travel & Social Issues
IN EUROPE
Jorien van Nes
Film director Roel van Broekhoven and best-selling historian Geert Mak take us on a grand
tour through 20th century Europe. By train, car and boat, they literally flow through the
tracks of time, through the century, through the continent; starting off in fin-de-siècleVienna, past Madrid and Volgograd, the bunkers of Berlin, the toy-cars left behind by the
children of Chernobyl, ending at the ruins of Sarajevo.
They show beautiful archival material and listen to the experiences of witnesses: writers
and politicians, a farmer in the Pyrenees, the grandson of the German Emperor, dozens of
ordinary people whose lives have been influenced by larger historical events. Basques,
Silesians and Serbs.We are all part of Europe, but we each have our own story and our own
identity.
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Kaisa Kriek
Sumatralaan 45
T. +31 35 677 35 61
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AUSTRALIA
IN OUR NAME
Chris Tuckfield
A searing examination of the ethics of torture, post 9/11.
Can torture ever be justified? What if it could prevent a serious terrorist attack? What if
your own child was at risk? Would you agree to the use of torture if you thought it might
be the only way to save their life?
In Our Name is a provocative and visually stunning essay on complicity, ethics and the
world of modern torture. Is torture the unpleasant “other face” of our safety post 9/11 or
the symptom of a society ruled by fear? The film combines dramatized re-enactments, interviews with leading figures in the US and Australia, including proponents of torture,
survivor testimony and poetry read by Ariel Dorfman. Can torture ever be justified?You decide.
Running time: 57’
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Diana Kluge
T. +64 9 309 26 13
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IN PRISON MY WHOLE LIFE
Marc Evans
William Francome is a fairly typical, white middle-class guy. Typical except for the fact
that he is about to embark on a journey into the dark heart of the American judicial system; the tangled world of renowned Death Row prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. In Prison My
Whole Life takes us to some surprising places and brings us into contact with some of
America’s most original minds. Never-seen-before footage and brand new evidence create a prevailing case for reasonable doubt while exploring the sociopolitical climate of
America – past and present. Angela Davis, Mos Def, Noam Chomsky, AliceWalker, Snoop
Dogg, Steve Earle, Amy Goodman and many others take us through a decades-old struggle for equality, fairness and respect that so many Americans strive for to this day.
Running time: 93’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Swipe Films
Frank Mannion
79Wardour Street
London,W1D 6QB, UK
T. + 44 207 851 8602
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POLAND
IN SEARCH OF A LEGEND
Konstanty Kulik
Six people on board a small yacht sailing across the Arctic.Three months in the wilderness,
away from the cares of daily life; encounters with people and the harsh natural environment; astonishment at what they find in the kingdom of ice... This film is about an outstanding challenge, a landmark journey in the history of sailing carried out by the youngest
crew in the world. But it is also about something more: about meeting a unique people
fighting for survival according to their own rules; about the Inuits, whose children hunt
seals and prepare seal meat in the morning and play games on their Play Stations and
send text messages to their friends in the evening.
Running time: 48’
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Serrano Set Film &TV productions
Anna Zarudzka
Ul. K. Kollatajowskiej 15c/47
Krakow, 31234, Poland
T. +48 605 200 117
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IN THE CITY
Stella Papastefanou
Every city narrates its own history everyday; we just need to pay attention to it and read
its history in the lines of its face. In the City is an experimental documentary, as it attempts
the narration ofThessaloniki’s history in a brief and poetic way.Through the filming of an
ancient Macedonian tomb that dates back to the 3rd century BC, an old Jewish house
built in 1911, an old Muslim house probably built between 1880-1900 and some contemporary buildings, all located in the city of Thessaloniki, we can see how the city has
grown and changed. All this is done using a critical and observant view that is highlighted
by the in situ installations and the filming itself.While we are watchingThessaloniki’s history as a filmed fairytale we repeatedly hear the same musical theme – Gymnopedie, no.
1 by Erik Satie – and two contemporary fairytales composed in Thessaloniki: The little
dragonfly and In Kapa’ s Land.
Running time: 15’
Sales Contact:
Stella Papastefanou
Kilkisiou 29
Thessaloniki 546 38, Greece
T. +30 697 364 64 39
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IN THE COMPANY OF A DEAD CAT
Vadim Anatovich
A park in South Tel Aviv. As night descends, a group of Russian homeless immigrants is
busy with their life’s routine. It’s an improvised kolkhoz, where each person contributes and
receives according to his needs. Angela, shaky from alcohol and love, gathers the money
for the vodka; Sanya“Odessa,” a former combat officer is in charge of the hot meals; Misha
“the water carrier” is the self-appointed janitor, and Lyosha makes everyone laugh.
The delicate balance is shattered when the “Korean,” an uncompromising tyrant, comes
along and fights his way into the group.This is the chronicle of their final days together.
Running time: 53’
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Cinephil
Philippa Kowarsky
18 Levontin Street
T. +972 3 566 41 29
F. +972 3 560 14 36
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IN THE FREIMAN’S KITCHEN
Hadar Bashan
This intimate profile, which often aches with emotion and sometimes smiles, is a glimpse
of how an elderly couple deals with the effects of a crisis in their relationship and belief
systems.Yaakov (78) and Miriam (68) are forced to leave their home.The camera follows
them for a month, just in their kitchen, which is the fortress protecting them against the
evacuation edict, until the moment they have to leave…
Running time: 56’
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Contact Person:
MichaelTreves
20 Bialik St.
T. +972 52 363 33 98
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SWEDEN - EL SALVADOR
IN THE MEANTIME
Lisa Jonsson & Malin Nicander
An asylum in El Salvador, Central America, is the home of 250 people. Many of them are
old, others are handicapped physically or mentally, and all of them lack relatives to take
care of them in their homes. The film’s narrator is Elba, one of the people who live at the
asylum. She used to work as a lawyer but after a stroke she lost the ability to talk and sits
in a wheel chair. Each and every one of the hundreds of faces in the asylum dining hall represents a unique fate, but that can be difficult to see when everyday life for practical reasons is organized in exactly the same way for everybody. It is up to each person to cultivate
his or her own characteristics in an environment that doesn’t encourage individuality. In
the pace of the old people we are guided through the asylum’s jumble of plates in bright
colours, pills in little cups, dirty blankets, noisy televisions, and sheet-metal beds, but also
the peaceful pursuit of little pastimes, and we come close to a few of the people that populate corridors and dormitories. Here, death is always present, but also life and love.
Running time: 37’
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Lisa Jonsson
Kransen 4H
Göteborg 416 72, Sweden
T. +46 70 658 08 23
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IN THEOPHILOS’FOOTSTEPS
Stavros Symeonidis
Lesbos. Like a leaf blown away into the sea. An island where the Greek folk painter
Theophilos walked, painted, touched and met people. Theophilos’footprints, even so many
years later, are still vivid. Children are here to revive them.
Summer and autumn 2007. The“Theophilos’House Cultural Center”organizes art workshops for children. Music, pottery, drama and painting challenge them to create, under the
eyes of their tutors.
The documentary camera, as a third eye, records the eyes of the children. Their will for
creation and their footsteps, combined withTheophilos’ footprints.
Running time: 18’
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Theophilos’House Cultural Center
VangelisVogiatzis
27 Dilou St.
Mytilini 81100, Greece
T. +30 694 497 16 90
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INDESTRUCTIBLE
Ben Byer
Diagnosed with ALS, a fatal neurodegenerative disease, 31-year-old Ben Byer begins documenting his life on camera. What begins as a series of video diaries grows into a threeyear journey as he searches for answers, and maybe even a cure. Joined by his childhood
friend Roko Belic as his cameraman, Ben takes the audience on a daring first-person ride
through the world of ALS. As he meets with medical experts and other ALS sufferers, Ben
reveals a hidden world in which people struggle to stand, to speak, and to remain alive as
they await the breakthrough that might save them. In China, Ben meets the inventor of
an herbal compound that may prolong his life, an All-American weightlifter with ALS trying to cure himself through Tai Chi and acupuncture, fortune-tellers, monks and many
others.When he discovers a radical fetal-cell transplant procedure in Beijing, Ben must decide if the operation’s potential to restore his body outweighs its danger.
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ALS Film Fund
Rebeccah Rush
PO Box 5126
Winston Salem, NC
T. +1 312 848 5919
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www.indestructiblefilm.com
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CANADA
INSIDE THE GREAT MAGAZINES
Irene Angelico & Abbey Neidik
The film takes us into the editor’s suite, on location, to the interviews, and the photo shoots
of the greatest magazines in the world.The series reveals the brilliance, tensions and conflicts of the people who make these magazines so appealing to billions of readers worldwide. From the established players like Vanity Fair, Playboy, Time, Paris Match, and Rolling
Stone, to young upstarts that are defining the cutting-edge like Colors and Vice, the inner
workings of these contemporary magazines are being captured and revealed. The documentary explores the evolution of magazines, from their European literary origins to their
current popularity and the powerful influence that they have on our social, political and
cultural identities today. We experience how the great magazines are run and encounter
a world of media barons, savvy editors, world-traveled writers, and edgy designers.We are
made privy to their debates and witness their creative process as new ideas are molded
into reality.
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Jan Röfekamp
T. +1 514 844 33 58
F. +1 514 844 72 98
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IVO
Annick van Wijk
This film portrays the unauthorised biography of Ivo, the eighteen-year-old gorilla in the
Berlin Zoo. Ivo is a special gorilla because he has a few close relationships with women.
All the women who have close relationships with Ivo have their own personal story. All
these stories together create the personal biography of Ivo.
Ivo is a male gorilla who is well known all over Europe. In his 18-year life, he has lived in
zoos in Germany (Munich and Berlin), the Netherlands (Amsterdam) and the Canary Islands (Tenerife). In each country he had admirers; they marvel at his beauty and intelligence. But above all, Ivo is loved for his special bond with humans, especially women. He
gives kisses through the glass and he even seems to consider some women as part of his
group.
Who is Ivo?Why does he have such a different behavior? And what special role have people played throughout his life?
The film traces the development of Ivo in the different zoos, each zoo representing a specific period in his life
Running time: 50’
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NPO Sales
Kaisa Kriek
Sumatralaan 45
T. + 31 35 677 35 61
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Category: Human interest & Social Issues
THE IVY STILL MOURNS
Barbara den Uyl
After a turbulent life as an artist, Leon and his wifeWillemijn withdrew to the aged cemetery known as Huis teVraag.
This cemetery lies hidden to the passerby close to Amsterdam’s office park on the city’s
south ring. There have not been any burials here since 1962; however, the cemetery still
functions as a park and place of tranquillity.
Under constant pressure from the hustle and bustle, project developers and encroaching
new neighborhoods, Leon andWillemijn have spent the last 20 years of their lives creating, maintaining and preserving a paradise on earth. Leon often records the beauty of this
spot on canvas and he also writes books about it.
In the film, we become acquainted with two idiosyncratic individuals, bound together in
a remarkable marriage, in a beautiful and enchanting place. A place where living, working and dying all come together in their own unique way.
Running time: 53’
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Van der Hoop Film Production
Leen van den Berg
van der Hoopstraat 80 HS
Amsterdam 1051VK,The Netherlands
T. +31 20 682 99 82
F. +31 20 688 14 34
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JAYRAMDAS, FROM FRANCE TO INDIA
Pierre Fournier
This is Gil’s story. As an adolescent forty years ago, he lived in Périgueux, south-west of
France. So did his best friend called Pierre. Today, Gil’s name is Jayramdas and he lives in
India, on the banks of the Narmada, a sacred river.
Gil has become a sâdhu – a holy man in the Hindu religion.
This documentary tells of Gil-Jayramdas and Pierre’s reunion – a story between India and
France, in which Jayramdas tells Pierre about his long and difficult trip to India, when he
was just a young man, his meeting with his guru in the Himalayas, and the mysteries
and intensity of his ascetic life dedicated to Ram, the supreme God of the Hindus.
Running time: 52’
Sales Contact:
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10 Francs
Guy Knafo
Paris 75019, France
T. +33 1 4874 4377
F. +33 1 4874 8265
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JE NE SUIS PAS MOI-MÊME
(THE REAL ME)
Alba Mora & Anna Sanmartí
A documentary on the complex international African ethnic art market. Mysterious figurines pass from hand to hand, crossing continents and changing in value and meaning.
The report reveals how Cameroon has become a paradise for art forgers and traffickers. It
also shows how African artworks are spirited away to end up in Europe’s leading public and
private collections.
Running time: 55’
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Oriol Baquer
c/ de laTV3 s/n
T. +34 93 499 93 33
F. +34 93 473 15 63
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ISRAEL
JERUSALEM IS PROUD TO PRESENT
Nitzan Gilady
In the summer of 2006, Jewish, Muslim and Christian religious leaders banded together
in an uncompromising battle against the World Pride events which were scheduled to
take place in Jerusalem. On the other side stood the activists of Jerusalem’s LGBT community center, who planned the events and had to deal with threats to much more than
just their right to march.
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Contact Person:
Cinephil
Philippa Kowarsky
18 Levontin Street
T. +972 3 566 4129
F. +972 3 560 1436
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JEW BY CHOICE
David Bernet & Robert Ralston
This documentary film goes in search of people who live between Germany and Israel as
German converts to Judaism, or as they call themselves“Jews by Choice.” A life between
the radical questioning of their own identity and the longing for acceptance in the Jewish community as Germans, as the child, the grandchild, the great-grandchild of the perpetrators of the Shoa – between guilt and expiation.
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Christian Beetz
Heinrich-Roller-Strasse 15
T. +49 30 69 56 69 10
F. +49 30 69 56 69 15
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Category: Human Interest & Gender Issues
A JIHAD FOR LOVE
Parvez Sharma
In a time when Islam is under tremendous attack from within and without, this is a daring documentary filmed in twelve countries and nine languages. Muslim gay filmmaker
Parvez Sharma has gone where the silence is loudest, filming with great risk in nations
where government permission to make this film was not an option. A Jihad for Love is the
world’s first feature documentary to explore the complex global intersections between
Islam and homosexuality. Parvez enters the many worlds of Islam by illuminating multiple stories as diverse as Islam itself. The film travels a wide geographic arc presenting us
lives from India, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, South Africa and France. Always filming in
secret and as a Muslim, Parvez makes the film from within the faith, depicting Islam with
the same respect that the film’s characters show for it.
Running time: 81’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Saetre Films (European Sales)
Linda Saetre
451 Greenwich Street, 2nd Floor
T. +1 212 219 9692, F. +1 212 658 9088
[email protected] www.ajihadforlove.com
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Film Sales Company (World Sales)
Andrew Herwitz
165 Madison Avenue (& 33rd St.), Suite 601
NewYork, NY, USA
T. +1 646 274 0945, F. +1 646 274 0923
[email protected]
www.ajihadforlove.com
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GREECE
JOHN BANVILLE – GREAT WRITERS
John Banville, winner of the Booker Prize in 2004. A documentary portrait of his life and
work, shot in Dublin
Running time: 52’
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Contact Person:
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Periplus
Thanos Lambropoulos
T. +30 210 867 04 78
F. +30 210 867 78 28
[email protected]
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GREECE
JOHN LE CARRE – GREAT WRITERS
Elias Demetriou
John Le Carre, a documentary portrait of the world famous writer, his life and work, shot
in Cornwall.
Running time: 52’
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Contact Person:
Periplus
Thanos Lambropoulos
T. +30 210 867 04 78
F. +30 210 867 78 28
[email protected]
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FRANCE
JOURNEY INTO SPACE
xavier Berenger
A journey through the Cosmos: the mysteries of galaxies, new observation technologies
and the history of astronomy.
Five minutes to discover the wonderful show offered by the planets, the stars, and anything that shines and doesn’t shine in the firmament.
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10 Francs
Guy Knafo
Paris 75019, France
T. +33 1 4874 4377
F. +33 1 4874 8265
[email protected]
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SERBIA
Category: Travel & Lifestyles
JOURNEY OF A RED FRIDGE
Lucian Muntean, Nataša Stanković
This is a story of a 17-year-old boy named Hari Rai, who lives in a small village in the Himalayan Mountains of Nepal, and his extraordinary journey. Hari is a student. Ηe also
works as a porter so that he can pay for his tuition and cover his living expenses. Although
very young, he already has three years of experience carrying loads up and down the
mountain, mostly tourists’backpacks. This time, he gets a job to carry a huge red refrigerator from the top of the mountain to the nearest town. We follow Hari Rai on his journey through the fascinating Himalayan landscapes, we discover Hari’s inner life, his
thoughts, hopes and dreams, and we also get to know the culture and the local people’s
way of life in this region. Out of 60,000 child porters in Nepal, Hari is one of the few lucky
ones to be able to go to school.The film shows us what it takes for him to get his education.
Running time: 52’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Illumina Films
Robin Brinster
Leidsestraat 106 IV
1017 PG Amsterdam,The Netherlands
T. +31 20 6248395
F. +31 20 3308155
[email protected]
www.illuminafilms.nl
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USA - RUSSIA
A JOURNEY OF DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH
Oksana Dvornichenko & Helga Landauer
The greatest composer of the 20th century remains one of its biggest mysteries.
Nine days of the ocean voyage from Moscow to New York comprise the nine chapters of
this documentary film about Dmitry Shostakovich.
Unique, highly personal fragments of the composer’s life are contrasted with the ideologically charged propaganda of the Soviet liner’s staged shipboard events.
The film reveals the personality of the quiet, retiring man who disliked publicity but was
obliged to serve as a Soviet public figure; a genius faced with the choice between artistic
freedom and harsh ideology, between truth and survival.
Shostakovich’s music, full of dark sarcasm and breathtaking lyricism, exaggerated joy and
frightening celebration, plays the leading part in the film.
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10 Francs
Guy Knafo
Paris 75019, France
T. +33 1 4874 4377
F. +33 1 4874 8265
[email protected]
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SWITZERLAND
THE JOURNEY TO TUNIS
Bruno Moll
The film follows the seminal“Journey to Tunis”undertaken by the painter and draftsman
Paul Klee along with two of his artist friends in April 1914, an event that produced some
of the highlights of European painting. Nearly one hundred years later, theTunisian-born
filmmaker Nacer Khemir, who was deeply influenced by Klee’s oeuvre, retraces their itinerary:Tunis, Sidi Bou Sais, Hammamet, and Kairouan are the stations of this unique journey. Bruno Moll’s film Die Tunisreise (The Journey to Tunis) follows Nacer Khemir on his
excursion into his own past and the history and culture of his country. Both Klee’s and
Khemir’s medium is the image; both artists’works are guided by the question of the potential of images.The film, which unequivocally adopts Khemir’s perspective, retraces the
importance of Klee’s journey by linking it not only to his own work and thinking, but also
to contemporary Islamic culture as a whole and the ban on images in particular, and eventually focuses on the relations between the East and theWest.
Die Tunisreise bridges two artistic ways of life in two different eras by underlining what
unites them, though never concealing what separates them.
Running time: 75’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
PaulThiltges
T. +352 250 3931
F. +352 250 394
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JAPAN
JUNK FILMS THE COLLECTED
SHORT SHOCKUMENTARIES
OF TSURISAKI KIYOTAKA
Tsurisaki Kiyotaka
Without wanting to scare anyone off, a warning is not out of place with this film.Tsurisaki
Kiyotaka is a photographer and filmmaker who has specialized in corpses. People who
stand still and watch the aftermath of a car crash can cope, others may want to take an
aisle seat.Tsurisaki Kiyotaka is primarily a photographer. His exhibitions of photographs featuring corpses is internationally successful. Not washed, prepared bodies lying in state before burial, but decayed bodies or ones torn open that are found on rubbish tips or after a
road-traffic accident. As a film maker, he takes more or less the same approach as he does
as a photographer. He travels the world as a war photographer. Only he’s not interested
in the fighting, but in what is left after the battle; in the bodies of those who didn’t survive. His pictures are surprisingly unsensational. He registers from a distance, like an ordinary bystander at an accident.The film, made up like a photo album from a series of short
films, is also about the spectators and about the viewers who dare to watch his film.
Running time: 90’
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Orozco Productions
Tsurisaki, Kiyotaka
suite 406, 5-34-17 Daita, Setagaya
Tokyo, #155-0033, Japan
T. +81 3 54300742
F. +81 3 54300742
[email protected]
www.junkfilms.jp
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JUST PUNISHMENT
Shannon Owen & Kim Beamish
On December 22nd, 2002, a young Australian man is on his way home from Asia having
taken his first overseas trip. Hours later, he is caught at Changi Airport with 396 grams of
heroin strapped to his body and hand luggage. Van Nguyen died 3 years later at the age
of 24 when the State of Singapore ordered his execution by hanging, leaving his mother
and twin brother behind.
Just Punishment unravels the story of the two years leading up to his execution – the intense media frenzy, the high-level diplomatic tension between the two governments and
the personal heartbreak and shock experienced byVan’s family and friends coping with his
unexpected arrest in a foreign country.
The film provides complete access to the family’s plight and tracks the legal team’s attempts to fight the death sentence and obtain a diplomatic plea.The film also delves deep
into the psychology of the condemned whilst on death row. The film provides an unforgiving lesson as to the consequences of drug trafficking and raises difficult questions as to
the morality of mandatory capital punishment.
Running time: 54’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Diana Kluge
T. +64 9 309 26 13
F. +64 9 309 40 84
[email protected]
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BELGIUM
KALEIDOSCOPE – LOOKING
INTO LIFE FRAMES
Peter Brosens, Claudio Pazienza, Marc-Henri Wajnberg
Our guide is a cheerful, playful little man, set up as “Mr. Kaleidoscope”, who introduces
and who marks (opens and closes) each subject.
From episode to episode, Kaleidoscope takes us travelling across the world and recounts
the variations in our lifestyles.Thus, we will move from a liner to a factory, from a gentrified neighbourhood to a school, to the development of industrial wasteland to the rehabilitation of a village.
To date, 33 twenty-six-minute episodes have been produced and have been broadcast
by ARTE (France and Germany), ARTV, MULTICANAL, RTBF as well as by Chinese, Israeli and
Bosnian television channels.
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10 Francs
Guy Knafo
Paris 75019, France
T. +33 1 4874 4377
F. +33 1 4874 8265
[email protected]
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USA
KAMP KATRINA
David Redmon & Ashley Sabin
Kamp Katrina is a vérité documentary set in post-Katrina New Orleans (yet it is not a Hurricane Katrina film). The film follows Ms. Pearl, a 56-year-old Upper 9th Ward resident
and Native American, over the course of 6 months.The story begins one month after Hurricane Katrin,a when Ms. Pearl rides her bicycle to a temporary community space inWashington Square Park. An organizer urges people to open their homes to individuals
displaced by the hurricane. Ms. Pearl enthusiastically offers her backyard and ten people
immediately move into “Kamp Katrina,” their self-made tent community. Confronted with
limited resources, no housing and no governmental support, Ms. Pearl and her husband
attempt to create a community for the residents of Kamp Katrina while they work to rebuild homes and businesses destroyed by the storm. As personal problems are exacerbated by the absence of basic infrastructure, Ms. Pearl is forced to wear as many hats as
she does costumes. She ends up playing the role of bouncer, psychologist, nurse, mother,
domestic abuse counselor, housing advocate, and even tourist in her beloved city.
Kamp Katrina is the much anticipated sequel to the Sundance Grand Jury nominated Mardi
Gras: Made in China which was set in part in New Orleans just prior to the hurricane that
destroyed the city.
Running time: 74’
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Contact Person:
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Diana Kluge
T. +64 9 309 26 13
F. +64 9 309 40 84
[email protected]
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FRANCE
THE KEBAB FAMILY
Laurent Lutaud & Ulrike Bartels
This film tells the story of Hülya and Mustapha, bothTurkish immigrants: she in Germany,
and he in France.They join forces to found a wholesale kebab production business.They’re
highly ambitious, and in one year their small business has grown to become the fifth
largest in the European market. It’s a remarkable tale of achievement and social advancement.Their story provides an insight into theTurkish community and its unique model of
integration, in which the desire for success is combined with loyalty to community and
family. All this takes place against the backdrop of the“kebab business”, a dynamic sector
that is growing rapidly all over Europe, showing us a different aspect of globalization.
Running time: 52’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Doc & Co
Cristina Moya
13 Rue Portefoin
Paris 75020, France
T. +33 1 4277 5687
F. +33 1 4277 5636
doc@ doc-co.com
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GREECE
KING NESTOR AND THE
DETECTION OF THE UNIVERSE
Stratos Stasinos
The documentary takes us on a tour of a world whose borders surpass the limits of our
imagination. The viewer travels not only to the depths of the universe through the camera lens, but also on the surface of our own planet Earth, to historic Pylos, where we will
witness the sinking of the“Nestor”telescope into the bottomless depths of the sea.
The recording of the experiment on film describes the making and sinking of the“Nestor”
in Greek waters, the difficulties, misfortunes and the future of this ambitious experiment.
It also describes the world of this new science, Neutron Astronomy.
Running time: 52’
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T. +30 210 607 5711-12
F. +30 210 607 5715
www.ert.gr
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LAKSHMI AND ME
Nishtha Jain
“What sin did I commit to be born a woman?”Lakshmi wonders aloud. A 21-year-old
housemaid in Mumbai, she works ten hours a day, seven days a week. One of her employers is Nishtha Jain, who begins to make a documentary that explores their relationship. Nishtha films Lakshmi at home and at work in various houses. Lakshmi’s is a
precarious existence to begin with; illness and romance compound her problems in unexpected ways. As the filmmaker is drawn deeper into Lakshmi’s life, she is forced to question many of the things she takes for granted. During a year and a half of dramatic changes,
the process of filming has its own impact on unfolding events and on the relationship between the two women.
Running time: 59’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Heino Deckert
Marienplatz 1
T. +49 341 215 66 38
F. +49 341 215 66 39
[email protected]
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LAND OF BLOOD
Vassilis Stogiannis
Tyre, southern Lebanon, 2007. There’s death in the air. A child’s notebook. This documentary is dedicated to the child victims of this merciless war in southern Lebanon.
Running time: 9’
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Vassilis Stogiannis
Pamfilis 8, 11852 Athens Greece
T. +30 6945 586360
F. +30 210 3475698
[email protected]
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THE LAST CARD
Sylvain Biegeleisen
The film takes place in Antwerp, Belgium, the city where the director was born. In it unfolds the story of the painful relationship existing between his mother, aged eighty-seven,
and himself, the son who suffered his entire life from the silence which reigned in the
family. Beyond the depiction of a relationship between a mother and son seeking restoration, the film touches upon the wider questions of parent-child relationships, memory,
guilt, and old age, against the backdrop ofWorldWar II and its effects upon the lives of its
survivors – and upon the lives of their children.
Running time: 77’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Cinephil
Philippa Kowarsky
18 Levontin St.
65112,Tel Aviv, Israel
T. +972 2 35664129
F. +972 2 35601436
[email protected]
www.cinephil.co.il
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THE LAST SECRET: SEx SLAVES FOR
WORK SLAVES. BROTHELS FOR INMATES
OF NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS
Georgos Varelas
Millions of people suffered and were exterminated in the Nazi concentration camps. The
suffering took the form of forced labour in 1942. The Nazis turned the inmates into work
slaves. In their attempts to increase the“productivity”of the slaves, the Nazis began paying a bonus to certain categories of prisoners – such as the Capos, the overseers. With
these bonuses, the prisoners could then visit the camp’s brothels.
This, literally,“last secret”of the camps has become the latest subject of many reports in
Germany and elsewhere. ERT is presenting it now – as a worldwide exclusive – in the
form of an hour-long documentary. It also analyzes the phenomenon of concentration
camps by briefly looking at the past and the present day, as well as looking at the Greek
women who went through the hell of Ravensbrück.
The documentary was shot in Ravensbrück where the women were drafted for prostitution, as well as Dachau, Sachsenhausen, and Auschwitz, which were prototypes of concentration camps and brothels. We hear the testimony of many eyewitnesses, as well as
that of prominent German historians. A large part of the archival footage has never been
seen before.
Running time: 53’
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T. +30 210 607 5711-12
F. +30 210 607 5715
www.ert.gr
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Category: History& Politics
LETTERS ΝEVER RECEIVED
Elias Demetriou
Α historical documentary based on the Ten Day Chronicle by Agapi Molyviati Venezi. This
chronicle is the sad epic of a hero, Kemalettin, who did not hesitate to risk his life and career – despite his traumatic experiences during the Asia Minor war – while trying to save
Ilias Venezis, the beloved brother of Agapi, from the forced labor battalions. Out of the
3,000 Greek men from Aivali that were drafted into the forced labor battalions, only 24 survived. Among them was Ilias Venezis. Agapi and Kemalettin proved beyond any doubt
that, when they will it, even in the midst of war, people can create a piece of heaven here
on earth.
Running time: 42’
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Contact Person:
Portolanos Films
Maria Gentekou
Har.Trikoupi 23
T. +30 210 48 33 515
F. +30 210 48 33 875
[email protected]
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Category: Art & Music & Culture
LIGHT ART
Marco Wilms
In the past 100 years electrical lighting has revolutionized and democratized our world to
an extent matched by few other technologies. Manifold areas of everyday life, of work
life, of consumption and of the media world, etc., have been changed by artificial light –
and so has art. Light is a compelling and spectacular medium, and most viewers are unable to ignore the visual stimulus emanating from light art installations. Playing on the act
of seeing, and the patterns and experience of human perception, light art provokes an immediate reaction in its viewers. In three programs the series“Light IsWhatYou See – OutstandingWorks Of Contemporary Light Art”offers an introduction to the genre of light art
and the staggering diversity of the works created within the field.With John Armleder, Angela Bulloch and Keith Sonnier.
Sales Contact:
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Christian Beetz
Heinrich-Roller-Strasse 15
T. +49 30 69 56 69 10
F. +49 30 69 56 69 15
[email protected]
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LIGHT ON MY SHOULDER –
MICHALIS GANAS
The post-war events in Greece left deep traces on the life and work of the poet Michalis
Ganas. Of Epirot origin, from a village near the border with Albania, as a child Ganas found
himself caught up in the turmoil of the CivilWar, finally spending six years of his life in the
socialist republics of the time. He returned to his village for a brief time before moving to
Athens to pursue his studies and make a living. Later, in 1978, these two landmark“journeys” provided the subject matter for his Akathistos deipnos (Standing Supper) collection
of poems and his prose work Mitria patrida (Stepmotherland), excerpts of which were
published that same year in the journal“Chroniko”. Meanwhile, Athens – the new homeland – begins to trace its own slow but sure marks on the life and work of Michalis Ganas.
Running time: 68’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Periplus
Thanos Lambropoulos
176, Aristotelous st.
T. +30 210 867 04 78
F. +30 210 867 78 28
[email protected]
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USA
LILLIE & LEANDER:
A LEGACY OF VIOLENCE
Jeffrey Morgan
The film examines the case of a black man suspected of murdering a white woman at the
turn of the 20th century in Florida. In investigating the murder of her great-great Aunt
Lillie Davis, Alice Brewton Hurwitz stumbles upon an explosive family secret.While newspaper accounts of the time proudly reported the vigilante lynching of Lillie’s suspected
black assailant Leander Shaw, Hurwitz finds that the men in her family may have exacted
their own system of revenge. In one interview, an elderly relative recounts how the men
in the family killed every black man who walked the road they lived on. The story seems
to match the local folklore in this divided community.When the Assistant State Attorney
gets involved, an investigation begins in full force. More than a crime investigation, Lillie
& Leander addresses the racism that still simmers in many US communities through a
powerful, unforgettable tale of family secrets unlocked.
Running time: 84’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
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The Law Firm of Rosalind Lichter
Roz Lichter
Tribeca Film Center 375 Greenwich St.
T. +1 212 941 4075
F. +1 212 941 4076
[email protected]
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LIVE AND LET LIVE
Manolis Dimellas
Time passes and sweeps people into it like a whirlpool. It eclipses hate, love, passion. And
then we come along and we are ashamed to tell our story. In our story, in September
1966, the world community is shocked by the murder of South African Prime Minister
Hendrik Verwoerd during a parliamentary session. Hendrik Verwoerd was essentially the
architect of apartheid. The motives of the murder have never been made clear. The assassin was a“psychopath”of Greek descent by the name of DimitriosTsafendas. Tsafendas,
who was never actually tried for his crime, lived the following years in the maximum security prison in Pretoria, and died forgotten in a psychiatric clinic in 1999. If we forget our
values, if we forget what it means to be a human being, if we judge the person next to us
by his color, by his smell or by whether he looks like us or not, then people like Mimis
Tsafendas will change the course of history like gods, and we will be left to wonder: was
he a madman or a hero?
Running time: 57’
Sales Contact:
Manolis Dimellas
Athanasiou Diakou 38
T. +30 210 41 17 149, +30 69 77 01 045
F. +30 210 69 24 770
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USA
LOOSE CHANGE: FINAL CUT
Dylan Avery
Using eye witness testimony, expert analysis, news footage, and corroborating evidence,
Loose Change: Final Cut is the most explosive and significant film of the decade.
Starring GeorgeW. Bush, Condoleeza Rice, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and contributors from Fox News, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, BBC, fire fighters, first responders and 9/11 victims, the film exposes the inconsistencies and falsehoods put forward by the Bush
administration in the hours, days and weeks after 9/11.
Were 19 Islamic terrorists the sole perpetrators of 9/11, or has the world been the victim
of an audacious hoax?Watch this film and make up your own mind.
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
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Patricia Hickey
LondonW11 4AT, UK
T. +44 207 221 72 21
F. +44 207 221 72 28
[email protected]
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Category: Science & Knowledge & Social Issues
THE LOST COLONY
Astrid Bussink
The oldest monkey laboratory in the world has been almost destroyed by the struggle for
independence of the enchanting former soviet republic of Abkhazia. However, the lab
workers will not give up the existence of their lab and have come up with a new idea to
restore the pride and glory the lab once had. The Lost Colony follows their efforts against
all odds, made with limitless confidence and unwavering hope...
Running time: 70’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Zeppers Film &TV
Willemijn Cerutti
Joh.Verhulststraat 174
1075 HC Amsterdam,The Netherlands
T. +31 20 6758594
[email protected]
www.zeppers.nl
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CZECH REPUBLIC
Category: Docudrama
LOST HOLIDAY
Lucie Kralova
Czech tourist Lada found a suitcase containing 22 rolls of undeveloped film in a Swedish
dumpster.When developed, the negatives produced 756 fascinating snapshots of six unknown Chinese tourists.The film crew search for those people using their lost photos in a
world where every fourth person is Chinese. After three years, at the end of the journey
tracing the unknown Asians footsteps, the story becomes a part of the ChineseTV industry viewed by more than 300,000,000 Chinese.This documentary detective story is about
travel, photos, and identity in an interconnected world, about memory and the importance
of treasuring images, about Czechs, Europeans, and Chinese.
Running time: 84’
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Contact Person:
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Taskovski Films Ltd
Jarmila Outratova
4BWenworth St.
London, E1 7TF, UK
T. +420 776 066 165
[email protected]
www.taskovskifilms.com
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ITALY
LOVE AND SEx IN CHINA
Annamaria Gallone
Yang Li Na is a young Chinese woman who is currently going through a crisis in her marriage. She has a million questions and doubts about love and sex, marriage and divorce.
To answer these questions,Yang Li Na wanders through the streets of Beijing, in the midst
of the rubble of old buildings and the countless futuristic skyscrapers being built, questioning strangers, talking with her friends, mingling with young and elderly people. A
journey amidst the countless, fascinating contradictions of a country that is changing at
an incredible speed.
Running time: 50’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
First Hand Films
Esther van Messel
Fritz Heeb weg 5
T. +41 44 3122060
F. +41 44 3122080
[email protected]
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LOVE LESSONS
ON REVOLUTIONARY ACTION
Nikos Alevras
The first religious film of all time on love, sexual desire, orgasms and revolution!Why have
all the economic and social systems failed? Why do people continue to live in loneliness
and depression? Because everything is oppressive and anti-erotic! Because, to paraphrase
Plato,“love makes the world go round.”
Running time: 94’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
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Greek Film Center
Evi Lazari
Panepistimiou 10
T. +30 210 3687503
F. +30 210 3614336
[email protected]
www.gfc.gr
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THE LOVERS FROM AxOS
Nicos Ligouris
In a village high in the mountains of Crete, 69-year-old Maria works at her loom.Watching Maria is her 73-year-old husband, Υorgos. Υorgos finds Maria so beautiful he occasionally invites passing strangers into the workshop to admire her. The love that bound
Maria and Υorgos together when they were young has endured 55 years and only deepened over time. But something has recently clouded the couple’s happiness: Υorgos is seriously ill and could die at any minute.
Running time: 80’
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Contact Person:
T. +30 210 607 5711-12
F. +30 210 607 5715
www.ert.gr
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LOW-LEVEL FLIGHT
Jan Sikl
Our lives are unique and unrepeatable.The sources for this film are private amateur family films from the 1950’s and 60’s, which narrate the story ofTana andVaclav, an ace fighter
pilot in the Czechoslovak army.Tana loyally followsVaclav to Russia, until his fondness for
alcohol eventually ruins their marriage and his career as a pilot ends by his unfortunate
death. Shot only for private purposes, the material has become a unique testimony to
local private memory which now becomes public.“Low level flight”is part of the“Private
Century”cycle, which consists of 8 films, each 52 minutes long.
Running time: 52‘
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
262
Taskovski Films Ltd
Jarmila Outratova
4BWenworth street
London, E1 7TF, UK
T. +420 776 066165
[email protected]
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SPAIN
Category: Docudrama
LUCIO: FORGER,
BRICKLAYER, ANARCHIST
Aitor Arregi & Jose Mari Goenaga
There are plenty of anarchists in the world. Many have committed robbery or smuggling
for their cause. Fewer have discussed strategies with Che Guevara or saved the skin of Eldridge Cleaver – the leader of the Black Panthers.There is only one who has done all that,
and also brought to its knees the most powerful bank on the planet by forging travelers
cheques, without missing a single day of work at his construction job. He is Lucio Urtubia,
from a tiny village in Navarra in the north of Spain.
Lucio, 75, now lives in Paris, still raising anarchist hell. He has been protagonist and witness to many of the historic events of the second half of the 20th century. His family was
persecuted by Franco’s regime, he was on the streets of Paris for the phenomenon of May
of ’68, he helped thousands of exiled people by providing false documents to them… But
without a doubt, his greatest triumph came in the second half of the seventies.The press
called him“the good bandit”and the“Basque Zorro”. He managed to swindle 25 million
dollars from the First National Bank (now Citibank), to later invest the money in causes he
believed in. Miraculously, he spent no more than a few months in jail throughout his“career”.
Running time: 56’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
First Hand Films
Esther van Messel
Fritz Heeb -Weg 5
T. +41 44 312 20 60
F. +41 44 312 20 80
[email protected]
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GREECE
Category: Architecture
MADE OF STONE AND TIME: KORESTIA
Ilias Iosifidis
Unique architecture in a place of traditional beauty. Stone and brick houses take you back
to the past. Unfortunately, nowadays people watch sadly as their village becomes deserted. A few old people remember, reminisce about the good old times and bare witness
to the contemporary epic of decline and depopulation.
Running time: 27’
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Contact Person:
T. +30 210 607 5711-12
F. +30 210 607 5715
www.ert.gr
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UK - SPAIN - DENMARK
THE MADRID CONNECTION
Justin Webster
Killing 191 persons and leaving nearly 2000 injured, the Madrid bombings in 2004 is considered to be the worst terrorist attack in Europe ever. The trial of 29 defendants accused
of the Madrid bombings has begun. Thanks to a law passed in 2002, Spain has become
one of the few countries in the world where trials are filmed. As a result, this will be the
first mass trial of alleged terrorists linked to Al-Qaeda to be captured on film, and it will
take place in the city which suffered the bombings.
Two days after the bombs exploded on four local trains in and around Madrid, the first arrests were made.The discovery of an unexploded bomb and the mobile phone used as the
detonator led police investigators quickly to a network of Islamic radicals, many of whom
had been under surveillance. Despite threats from Al-Qaeda, and warnings from intelligence services after the Casablanca bombings in May 2003, the attack in Spain came as
a complete surprise.
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TV2World A/S
Anne Köhncke
Teglholm Allé 16
T. +45 652 122 23
F. +45 39 757 500
[email protected]
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USA
Category: Arts & Music & Culture
LA MAESTRA IN THE HOUSE
Julia D’Amico
The life of violinist/conductor Marylouise Nanna and her successful chamber orchestra illuminates the changing place of women in classical music. Ms. Nanna studied conducting as well as the violin in the 1950s, but at the time no orchestras hired women
conductors. In 1978, while a first violinist with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, she
founded The Ars Nova Musicians’Chamber Orchestra, which she still directs. The orchestra’s popular concerts of Baroque music fill churches throughout the city of Buffalo. Ms.
Nanna is from Buffalo. She still lives in the home where she was raised and where her
Italian-immigrant grandparents (the film-maker’s great-grandparents) lived after coming
to this country in the early 1900s.The film identifies women’s challenges and progress in
the music industry, especially of women conductors. Other topics discussed are: the city
of Buffalo — its rise and fall, ethnic neighborhoods, and the classical music scene; contemporary classical music, which was the vogue in the 1960s and 1970s when Nanna
joined the BPO; and Italian-Americans. The film includes interviews, performances and
rehearsals.
Running time: 58’
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Contact Person:
D’Amico Film Production LLC
Julia D’Amico
PO Box 1504, Radio City Station
NewYork 10101, USA
T. +21 26 14 90 62
F. +21 22 47 19 11
[email protected]
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FRANCE
MAI 68
Jean-Luc Magneron
A rare documentary about the May ’68 riots in Paris with many testimonies from unknown
and well-known witnesses. Shot during the events by Jean-Luc Magneron, this poignant
documentary sheds new light on events. In April 1998, some excerpts, entitled It Was
Your May 68, were broadcast during the FrenchTV show“La Marche du siècle”hosted by
Jean-Marie Cavada, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the events.
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Wide Management
Loïc Magneron
Paris 75002, France
T. +33 1 5395 0464
F. +33 1 5395 0465
[email protected]
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LEBANON
MAID FOR SALE
Dima Al-Joundi
To flee from their country’s extreme poverty and provide for their family’s survival, women
from Sri Lanka leave their country to work as servants in the Middle East, and particularly
in Lebanon. Lebanon, with a population of 4 million, has 800,000 immigrant workers out
of which 150,000 are from Sri Lanka.
Most of the time these maids find themselves in situations worse than back home, deprived of their passports, locked up in houses, working for countless hours, etc., and all this
for 100 US $ a month.
Once there, some of them choose to run away, others follow the path of suicide.
Another kind of modern slavery, denounced by this film.
Three women – Sahika, Janika and Anne-Ritta – each going through her own drama and
telling us about it from the bottom of their heart.Three stories that intertwine, marked by
the sending of letters, the swallowed tears upon their departure, the long years of waiting and suffering and the uncertain return home.
Running time: 53’
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10 Francs
Guy Knafo
Paris 75019, France
T. +33 1 4874 4377
F. +33 1 4874 8265
[email protected]
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BURKINA FASO - GERMANY
MAIMOUNA – THE LIFE
IN FRONT OF ME
Fabiola Maldonado
The practice of female circumcision has been illegal in Burkina Faso since 1996. Despite
this, many young women still undergo the painful and sometimes fatal operation. NGOs
such as Bangr-Nooma work to expose the realities of the traditional practice of circumcision through educational programs.We follow one of their representatives, Maïmouna, a
determined young woman, who was herself circumcised at the age of 14, as she travels
by motorbike around the vast savannahs of the Satmandenga region of Burkina Faso, talking to men, women and young people about their views and her experiences. On her travels, Maïmouna repeatedly encounters familiar superstitions, fears and myths, but the
discussions she leads in the communities allow a space for people to both express themselves and learn about what has been until then a taboo subject. Through the spirit and
strength of Maïmouna, the film delivers a message of hope.
Running time: 60’
Sales Contact:
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Fabiola Maldonado
Kelter Strasse 41
Stuttgart 70199, Germany
T. +49 176 4304 8376
[email protected]
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GERMANY - USA
THE MAN WHO SHOT CHINATOWN
Axel Schill
This is the story of a young Mexican farmer boy who, against all odds, became one of the
most influential characters in the field of cinematography. It is the portrait of a man whose
passion for films encompassed and promoted the immense power of film as an art form
and the craft of cinematography as crucial to its impact on the viewing audience.
Interviews with actors Sally Field and Richard Dreyfuss, American film critic Roger Ebert,
directors William Friedkin, Mike Figgis, and John McNaughton, as well as author and director Michael Crichton and cinematographers Haskell Wexler, John Toll, and many colleagues and friends like Frank Sinatra Jr., shed light on John A. Alonzo’s creative process.
His exceptional capacities as a cinematographer will be explained with the use of film
clips from Harold and Maude, Vanishing Point, Sounder, Chinatown, Norma Rae, Scarface,
Farewell, My Lovely, Blue Thunder, Internal Affairs and many others.
Running time: 77’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Jan Röfekamp
T. +1 514 844 3358
F. +1 514 844 7298
[email protected]
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CZECH REPUBLIC
MARCELA
Helena Třeštíková
The life of Marcela, an ordinary Czech woman, is observed over the course of 26 years.
The viewer feels the urge to struggle and fight back with Marcela as her tragic life unfolds, especially when her daughter dies unexpectedly, an event that almost drives her to
suicide. However, the responsibility she feels for her retarded son gives her the will to survive.The story of Marcela was initially part of a 20-year survey of married life in the Czech
Republic. The events that took place in Marcela’s life caused a wave of solidarity among
the Czech public who sent her money and personal support. The distressing destiny of
Marcela’s life and the act of human support from her fellow citizens made her story worth
telling in a separate film. Marcela is currently looking forward to a better future.
Running time: 82’
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Taskovski Films Ltd
Jarmila Outratova
4BWenworth street
London, E1 7TF, UK
T. +420 776 066165
[email protected]
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ITALY
MARCELLO MASTROIANNI –
THE APPEAL OF AN ORDINARY MAN
Daniela Piccioni & Sandro Lai
An homage to Marcello Mastroianni and his career, through archival footage from the RAI
repertoire, including interviews, specials, backstage, and awards ceremonies. Handsome
and photogenic, his talent always made him stand out, both on stage and on set and allowed him to play a vast array of characters seamlessly. His persona left a deep mark on
the panorama of Italian post-war cinema.The turning point of his career took place when
he got the part of a modern anti-hero in La dolce vita, the seminal film which was the
epitome of Italy and Italians, and which also symbolized the start of a very successful personal and professional relationship with Federico Fellini.
Running time: 60’
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Contact Person:
RaiTrade
Margherita Zocaro
Rome 00195, Italy
T. +39 063 749 83 41
F. +39 063 701 343
[email protected]
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PALESTINE
MARIA’S GROTTO
Buthina Canaan Khoury
A gripping portrait of women whose lives were dictated by a moral code, Maria’s Grotto
is a painfully true film about the issue of honor killings in Palestine. Khoury explores
the issue through the stories of four women: one is wrongly accused of dishonoring her
family and then murdered; the second dies after being forced by her brothers to swallow poison; the third survives repeated stabbings inflicted by her brother; and the fourth
is a hip-hop singer who dares speak out against honor killings and consequently faces
death threats.Through these stories, Khoury exposes the magnitude of honor killings in
Palestine.
Running time: 52’
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Contact Person:
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Majd Production Company
Buthina Canaan Khoury
Main St.Taybeh
Ramalla, Palestine
T. +972 2 2898022
F. +972 2 2898022
[email protected]
www.womeninstruggle.com
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GREECE
MARIO VARGAS LLOSA – GREAT WRITERS
Elias Demetriou
Mario Vargas Llosa, a documentary portrait of the world famous writer, his life and work,
shot in Madrid.
Running time: 52’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Periplus
Thanos Lambropoulos
T. +30 210 867 04 78
F. +30 210 867 78 28
[email protected]
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GREECE
MARRAKECH (THE CALLIGRAPHER
ABDERRAHIM AÏT-EL-HAD)
Costas Dandinakis
The city of Marrakech through the acquaintance between a Koranic calligrapher and a
Greek traveler.
Running time: 55’
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Costas Dandinakis
15 Protopapadaki St.
Chania 73 100, Greece
T. +30 697 905 84 58
[email protected]
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MASTERPIECE (PART I)
Stefanos Mondelos
Stelios Pagias is the“Masterpiece”, not only because of the interest he attracts through his
zest for life, even lthough he is quadriplegic, but also for the opportunity he offers us to
re-examine commonly accepted rules and concepts of aesthetic value. Given that disability appears not to abide by these rules, Stelios challenges us to discover new aesthetic
concepts, where disability and beauty are not mutually exclusive.
Running time: 25’
Sales Contact:
Stefanos Mondelos
23, Lefkosias St.
T. +30 697 225 22 73
[email protected]
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TURKEY
MAWLANA JALALUDDIN RUMI
Tülay Akça
Mawlana was a great mystic poet, a Sufi and a philosopher who lived in the 13th century.
This documentary relates the significance of Mawlana and his importance to contemporary people, drawing as source materials literary works and research studies penned by
members of the Mawlavi sect and by experts and scholars on Mawlavi philosophy from
different countries (Turkey, Switzerland, Holland, Germany, Afghanistan).
What brings people of varying languages, religions and ethnic groups together? How
does this philosophy of love relate to the modern individual? What are the elements in
Mawlavi thought that ensure eternal contemporariness?
This documentary aims at introducing, explaining and tracing the reflections of his philosophy of love in contemporary societies, in addition to relating his story.
Running time: 52’
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Fuat Kale
Ankara 06109,Turkey
T. +90 312 490 76 59
F. +90 312 491 26 06
[email protected]
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GREECE
MEANT TO LEAVE
Lucia Rikaki
They left their countries, they live amongst us and they consider Greece their second home.
Bella, Bulgaria: everyone has the right to freely choose his job and to benefit from fair and
satisfactory working conditions in this environment .
Mahmood, Palestine: there is no one that abandons his home and country for no reason.
Grace, Lebanon: War destroys not only the land but also our hearts. War turns our hearts
into stone and makes our eyes blind
Nadia, Ukraine: An immigrant is a man without a home. Home is not a place but a face
that recognizes you.
Ziad, Syria: Immigration embodies personal hope with a future but without a face.
Aifa, Kenya: The unforeseen can be regarded as injustice which resides in the new
“promised”lands.
Running time: 52’
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Contact Person:
TrickyTrick Films Ltd
Lucia Rikaki
10 Ionos Dragoumi Street
T. +30 210 724 52 27
F. +30 210 729 37 76
[email protected]
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DENMARK
Category: Science & Knowledge & Social Issues
MECHANICAL LOVE
Phie Ambo
A documentary on the interrelationship between robots and humans. The film portrays
people who have a close relationship with a robot, and it takes us from the high temple
of robot technology,Tokyo, Japan, to Braunschweig, Germany, to Italy and back to Copenhagen, Denmark. By this world tour, director Phie Ambo seeks to highlight the human
need for love and our craving to be loved by others – perhaps the two most important aspects of life.Through the main characters, she examines the cultural differences in how we
accept emotional robots in the East and theWest.
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TV 2 Danmark
Anne Köhncke
Teglholm Allé 16
2450 Copenhagen SV, Denmark
T. +45 6521 2223
F. +45 3975 7500
[email protected]
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UK - USA
MEETING RESISTANCE
Steve Connors & Molly Bingham
The film raises the veil of anonymity surrounding the Iraqi insurgency by meeting face to
face with individuals who are passionately engaged in the struggle, and documenting, for
the very first time, the sentiments experienced and actions taken by a nation’s citizens
when their homeland is occupied. Voices that have previously not been heard, male and
female, speak candidly about their motivations, hopes and goals, revealing a kaleidoscope
of human perspectives. Featuring reflective, yet fervent conversations with active insurgents, Meeting Resistance is the missing piece in the puzzle of understanding the Iraq war.
Directed by Steve Connors and Molly Bingham, this daring, eye-opening film provides
unique insight into the personal narratives of people involved in the resistance, exploding
myth after myth about the war in Iraq and the Iraqis who participate. Through its unprecedented access to these clandestine groups, Meeting Resistance focuses the spotlight
on the “other side,” clarifying why the violence in Iraq continues to this day and providing a deeper understanding of both the toll of occupation and the human condition of resistance.
Running time: 85’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Patricia Hickey
LondonW11 4AT, UK
T. +44 207 221 72 21
F. +44 207 221 72 28
[email protected]
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SPAIN
MEKONG BUTTERFLIES
Pedro Barbadillo & Carlos Ayuso
After escaping from the brothel where she was held as a sex slave for two years, 22-yearoldVeasna, a Cambodian woman, is determined to return to the scene of the crime to try
and save her friends there. Her story sheds light on the dark world of sex trafficking in
Southeast Asia.This gruesome business affects millions of young girls and women around
the world who are sold, enslaved and sexually exploited by big prostitution rings.
Running time: 59’
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Oriol Baquer
c/ de laTV3 s/n
T. +34 93 499 93 33
F. +34 93 473 15 63
[email protected]
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JAPAN
MEMORY OF THE WAVES
Kazutaka Tokoda
This is a story of an elderly canoe builder. This biography of a seafaring canoe builder depicts his life from youth, beforeWorldWar II, to the present. His dream of ocean voyaging,
his canoe building career, his innovations in the domain of hydrodynamics and an episode
of his wild days as the “Hot-rodder of the Sea”all make this documentary about an indigenous Okinawan master canoe builder intent on passing down his heritage an interesting documentary to watch.
Since the 1970s he had been out of work, wooden canoes being replaced by the FRP plastic boat. In 2000 an order for a wooden canoe suddenly came to him. Since the miraculous Suhni revival, he has devoted himself to making canoes once again. After the final
filming of Memory of the Waves a letter arrived with news from Ishigaki Island. Although
he had no successor, an apprentice came to Mr. Arashiro’s shipyard to learn from this master Suhni canoe builder at last.
Running time: 52’
Sales Contact:
KazutakaTokoda
Takaoka 8-3, J-StageTakaoka 405
Tomakomai 053-0035, Japan
T. +81 144 848 807
F. +81 144 848 807
[email protected]
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GERMANY
MENAGE A TROIS
Caterina Klusemann
Are three better than two for the dance of love?
What makes love triangles such a staple in literature, film and pornography?
Is it better to keep the triangle a secret fantasy or to really try to live a ménage à trois?
A sensual ride through the history of triads, from Adam and Eve and the snake toTruffaut
to Superman, through many juicy anecdotes, real life experiences, surprising footage and
probing reflections on the nature of our desire for more than two...
Running time: 52’
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Contact Person:
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Heino Deckert
Marienplatz 1
T. +49 341 215 66 38
F. +49 341 215 66 39
[email protected]
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THE NETHERLANDS
MICHA KLEIN: SPEEDING
ON THE VIRTUAL HIGHWAY
Corinne van Egeraat
Love, peace, happiness, drugs and art. A film about Dutch new media artist Micha Klein
(1964). Micha Klein was a pioneer of the digital image culture and gained international
fame as a computer artist in the 90s with his manipulated photos of perfect people in
stylized virtual landscapes and architectural spaces. At the same time, Klein, one of the first
VJs, became an icon in the developing house scene.Throughout this time, Klein had held
onto his “Utopian lifestyle,” where he attempts to“live” in the virtual world of his images.
Director Corinne van Egeraat follows Klein as he works on his new art series. The unique
personal archive material, combined with interviews and activities throughout the past
year, makes this a unique time document. Speeding on the Virtual Highway confronts us
with how fast digital developments go and how quickly times change, especially if you’re
living in the fast lane.
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Submarine
YanivWolf
Rapenburgerstraat 109
Amsterdam 1011VL,The Netherlands
T. +31 20 330 12 26
F. +31 20 330 12 27
[email protected]
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SWEDEN
Category: Social Issues
MILKBAR
Ewa Einhorn, Terese Mörnvik
Danuta and Dzitka are two stubborn Polish ladies running a state subsidized restaurant
founded under communist rule. Here one can eat one’s fill for less then €1. Large pots of
cabbage boil in the kitchen and a large roaring machine peels potatoes. Danuta inspects
the kitchen and all the chefs and assistants while Dzitka takes the orders. Suddenly the potato machine breaks down. Dzitka and Danuta are forced to peel the potatoes by hand.The
queue of customers becomes very long. A man is impudent enough to order a double
portion of potatoes! Out of Poland’s 25,000 milkbars, only 140 remain. Can Communism’s
slow food stand up to Capitalism’s fast food?
Running time: 50’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
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Jan Rofekamp
H3L 1A8 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
T. +1 514 844 3358
F. +1 514 844 7298
[email protected]
www.filmstransit.com
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GREECE
Category: Arts, Music, Culture
MIMIS ΚONTOS – FROM MOONRISE
TO THE SETTING OF THE MOON
Kalliopi Legaki
What kind of a path is there to follow for an artist who – according to his own words –
loved life more than art without the slightest compunction? Which might be the dilemmas and enigmas of a painter who was never under the protection of galleries and art
dealers?This documentary film traces and deciphers the life and work of the great painter
Mimis Kontos, who turned his back on fame and remained silent for many years, until the
new generation discovered his talent and avant-garde work.
Running time: 24’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Greek Film Center
Evi Lazari
Panepistimiou 10
T. +30 210 3687503
F. +30 210 3614336
[email protected]
www.gfc.gr
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SPAIN
MINED LIVES
Lluís Jené & Oriol Gispert
An exhibition by the photographer Gervasio Sánchez will open in Barcelona in a few days’
time. It is called “Mined Lives”and covers the lives of the young people who were victims
of anti-personnel mines. The Ottawa Treaty, signed in 1997, outlawed the manufacture,
sale and use of anti-personnel mines and was the outcome of lobbying by thousands of
organizations.To commemorate the event, Gervasio Sánchez traveled around the world to
photograph mine victims. A film crew accompanies Sánchez as he tracks down the young
people he photographed ten years ago and discovers how their lives have changed. The
difficulties these young mine victims have in getting by in countries recovering from years
of fighting is shown through their daily lives.This report shows the photographer at work
in Cambodia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Mozambique. Sánchez reflects on his experiences with the victims of anti-personnel mines in this heart-rending documentary.
The OttawaTreaty also fosters mine removal, but progress has been slower than envisaged.
According to the UN, at the current rate it will take 1,000 years to rid the planet of mines.
Despite this gloomy forecast, the documentary shows that where there is life, there is
hope.
Running time: 60’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
288
Oriol Baquer
c/ de laTV3 s/n
T. + 34 93 499 93 33
F. + 34 93 473 15 63
[email protected]
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GREECE
THE MIRROR AND THE KNIFE
Dimitris Vernikos
Manos Hadjidakis is a musical genius, who forged a brilliant creative career while confronting with scepticism and questioning deeply entrenched viewpoints. With his songs
and his music he focused on the dream dimension of mankind, pointing the way towards
freedom and non-conformism. 18 April 1961. Oscar for Best Song to the Greek composer
Manos Hadjidakis for the title song of the film Never on Sunday. Manos is not present at
the awards ceremony and for the first time in its history the Oscar remains undelivered...
Never on Sunday will beleaguer its musical father for many years to come with its fame.
He will continue to project his visions in their most extreme form and to reveal the deeper
meaning of art in every way. As for the Oscar...
Running time: 90’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Greek Film Center
Evi Lazari
Panepistimiou 10
T. +30 210 3687503
F. +30 210 3614336
[email protected]
www.gfc.gr
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USA
MISS GULAG
Maria Yatskova
Miss Gulag follows three female prisoners in a Siberian prison preparing to compete in a
beauty pageant.Through the pageant emerges a complex narrative on the lives of the first
generation of women to come of age in post-Soviet Russia.
Running time: 60’
Sales Contact:
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Cinephil
Philippa Kowarsky
18 Levontin Street
T. +972 3 566 4129
F. +972 3 560 1436
[email protected]
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ITALY
Category: Docudrama
MITUMBA
Raffaele Brunetti
The story of aT-shirt... and how it traveled from the North to the South of the world. It is
the inside-out story of a piece of clothing’s first and second life and everything that happens in between.The tale is told by the people involved in the second hand clothes trade
and by the thoughts of a traveler. He starts out from Hamburg, Germany, shadowing aTshirt that belonged to Felix, a 10-year-old football fan. Four months later, he arrives inTanzania, at the village of Ilambilole, where the T-shirt finally reaches 9-year-old Lucky,
another football fan. Along the way, he encounters an incredible number of people who
had something to do with the T-shirt and whose livelihoods revolve around the buying
and selling of second hand clothes and shoes. Mitumba is an entertaining yet objective
documentary, characterized by attractive images and a pace that advances the narrative
of aT-shirt as a metaphor for the relationship between north and south.
Running time: 52’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Taskovski Films Ltd
Jarmila Outratova
4BWenworth street
London, E1 7TF, UK
T. +420 776 066165
[email protected]
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POLAND
MODELS
Monika Pawluczuk
Models is a documentary commissioned by the Friends of Integration Association. It tells
the story of models in wheelchairs, who come from Katowice toWarsaw to take part in a
fashion show.The educational part gives a precise picture of all the obstacles they have to
overcome and proposes architectural solutions, which could make life easier for disabled
people.
Running time: 28’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
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KatarzynaWilk
Morawskiego 5 p.434
T. +48 122 946 945
F. +48 122 946 945
[email protected]
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FRANCE
MONSANTO, YOUR BIG
BROTHER IN BUSINESS!
Marie-Monique Robin
Since its beginnings in 1905, the Monsanto empire has been built upon the manufacture
of chemical products that have ended up being banned from the market. Every time, the
multinational has lied, hidden or doctored studies that demonstrate the harmfulness of its
products. It has had proceedings brought against it and been ordered to pay hefty fines,
but that has not stopped its irresistible rise.
Today, it is the world leader in GMO production. The transgenic seeds it markets are resistant to the powerful herbicide “Roundup” its landmark product for twenty years.
An investigation into the Saint Louis“giant”and the recent developments it has made in
biotechnology and seed control.
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
ARTE France
Audrey Kamga
8 rue Marceau
T. +33 1 5500 7081
F. +33 1 5500 8065
[email protected]
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IRAN
THE MOONLIGHT PRAYER
Mehdi Rahmani
When you look very closely, you see that man and death and the soil are closer to each
other than to woman and life and the sky. In short, you that women’s hands are higher towards the sky than men’s. You can raise your hands towards the sky, in the emptiness of
a cave or in the corner of a room or in the angle of a chapel, but if you give your heart to
the heart of the crowd and lose yourself in it, the ones who came one by one to enjoy the
sky. If during your disappearance you find yourself, and luck helps you a little bit, you will
be satiated from the precipitation of the sky.The home of the goldsmith is a place where
many mothers come to raise their praying hands towards the sky to benefit from the mediation of the holinesses of being.We hope they don’t return with empty and dusty hands.
When you look well, your hand will get a portion of the sky, the dusty wind gets lighter.
Running time: 12’
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PFDC Co. (Persian Film Distribution Center)
Majid Shams
No20, unit5, Khajeh Abdollah Ansari St. Shariati St.
Tehran 009821, Iran
T. +98 21 2286 8250
F. +98 21 2286 5747
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BULGARIA
THE MOSQUITO PROBLEM
& OTHER STORIES
Andrey Paounov
The epic story of a village turned concentration camp, turned city, turned nuclear power
plant and its population, swamped between regimes, fried fish, ideologies, mass murder,
pop-folk music, guilt, redemption, hope and mosquitoes…
A small town and its hopeful citizens are about to embark on a bright new journey. Massive rusty cranes, foreign investors, and the joyful chants of cheerleaders carry the dream
of a great nuclear future. Disturbed only by gigantic biting mosquitoes, the townsfolk celebrate the atomic joy by engraving the nuclear power plant logo on buildings and soup
bowls. Amidst the apparent atomic prosperity, lies a past that no one wants to remember. An island holding terrifying secrets. Stories of shocking and horrible crimes loom over
the city just like the dark clouds of mosquitoes descending on its citizens. A world instantly transformed by ideologies, regimes and dreams of economic prosperity.These are
tales of characters whose lives intersect through a sinister past, a nuclear future and the
biting mosquitoes flying through time, sealing their fate together.
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Teglholm Allé 16
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SWITZERLAND
THE MOST DIFFICULT
TRAIN IN THE WORLD
Daniel Wyss
The railroad in Ecuador is agonizing.This means of transportation was constructed a century ago and was never a profitable endeavor and yet it became the link between the
coastline and the highlands.
Nowadays, along the railway, only ghost towns remain. In the deserted train station of
Quito, some retired railroad workers still talk about the time when the train used to travel
all across the country.These old men and hundreds of miles of railroad tracks are the last
witnesses of an era fallen into oblivion.
The death of this mythical train is not only a sad event for train aficionados; it is an exemplary illustration of the decrepitude of public services in developing countries.
Running time: 50’
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Guy Knafo
Paris 75019, France
T. +33 1 4874 4377
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GERMANY
THE MOST SECRET PLACE ON
EARTH - THE CIA’S COVERT WAR IN LAOS
Marc Eberle
In The Most Secret Place On Earth, key players of the SecretWar– former CIA agents, American pilots, Laotian fighters and war reporters – take us on a journey into the physical
heart of theVietnamWar:Top secret Long Cheng, where the CIA built its headquarters in
1962. It was from this base that the SecretWar was largely planned and executed. As the
war dragged on, Long Cheng became the busiest airbase in the world and a major center for the global opium and heroin trade. As we journey into Long Cheng for the first time
– the site has been off limits to the outside world since the end of the war in 1975 – the
film reconstructs the gripping story of the operation and illustrates its relevance to current
American conflicts.
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Christian Beetz
T. +49 30 69 56 69 10
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GREECE
MOTHER OLYMPOS
Yiannis Hatzivassilis
The film is a tribute to the women of Olympos, a remote, mountainous village on the island of Karpathos, Greece. It describes the every day life, the hardships, and the rich tradition of this unique village in a poetic way.
The film starts at daybreak in Olympos. We hear the natural sounds. The church bell disturbs the silence. A woman lights a candle in the church. Then we see scenes of celebration, ceremonies, processions, everyday life on the mountains, in the fields, the houses.The
soundtrack is the Akathist hymn, an indirect reference to the matrimonial tradition in
Olympos: only the firstborn child had the right to get married.
Through interviews with older women describing their life in the past and life today we
become better acquainted with the way of life in Olympos.
The writer Manolis Makris narrates his text“Mother Olympos,”illustrated by the image of
the woman-mother, farmer, shepherdess, dancer described as a biblical figure. An autobiographic scene of the director with his mother rounds up the tribute to the women of
Olympos.At the end, there are scenes with children who have faith in life.
The sun sets into the sea. A life, a day are completed.
Running time: 63’
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Yiannis Hatzivassilis
Iroon Polytechniou 9
Rhodes 85 100, Greece
T. +30 697 622 76 76
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BRAZIL
MR. BENÉ GOES TO ITALY
Manuel Carvalho
The small farmer, Benedito Batista da Silva, 60 years old, is considered an authority on
manioc flour production in Pará State, Amazon, Brazil. He was also the protagonist of Projeto Mandioca’s first film, the documentary The Manioc Flour Professor that was selected
for the 2006 Slow Food on Film Festival. This film was shown worldwide and after that Mr
Bené was invited to participate inTerra Madre 2006,Turin, Italy, representing the manioc
flour producers of Brazil. This documentary shows his trip from Bragança, Pará to Turin,
Italy and back home. The encounter of different cultures, of small farmers from all over
the world and the enchantment of coming in contact with European culture blends with
the profound affective bond Mr. Bené makes with the Italian family that hosts him. The
film is about breaking barriers – cultural, economic and even physical – in this amazing
anthropological adventure. The documentary Mr. Bené Goes to Italy shows that there is
still hope for the small Brazilian farmer.
Running time: 52’
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Manuel Carvalho
Rua Paulino Fernandes #29
Rio De Janeiro 22270-050, Brazil
T. +55 212 537 71 12
F. +55 212 537 71 12
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CANADA
MR. BIG
Tiffany Burns
“Mr. Big”is the name of an undercover sting created and perfected by the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police. It is considered entrapment in many other countries, including the United
States and England. But the Canadian court system allows confessions made to cops posing as criminals to be admitted as evidence. Director Tiffany Burns has a personal connection to the documentary: her brother is one of the many Canadians who have been
targeted by a“Mr. Big”undercover scenario. In his case, video of his confession convinced
an American jury to ignore DNA evidence pointing to other suspects and witnesses who
saw Sebastian across town at the time of the murders.While she was researching his case,
Tiffany realized Sebastian Burns and his friend Atif Rafay are not the first people who have
falsely confessed to murder.
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Patricia Hickey
LondonW11 4AT, UK
T. +44 207 221 72 21
F. +44 207 221 72 28
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USA
Category: Docudrama
MR. UNTOUCHABLE
Marc Levin
The true-life story of Harlem’s notorious Nicky Barnes, a junkie turned multimillionaire
drug-lord, MR. UNTOUCHABLE takes its audience deep inside the heroin industry of the
1970s.The most powerful black drug kingpin in NewYork City history, Barnes came from
humble beginnings to make himself and his comrades rich beyond their wildest dreams,
ultimately reaching national infamy in 1977 when the New York Times put him on the
front cover of their magazine with the headline“Mr. Untouchable”. Soon after, it all came
crumbling down, and facing a life sentence without parole, Barnes started naming names.
With the first hand testimony from“the black Godfather”himself, this documentary tells
an epic story of business, excess, greed and revenge.
Running time: 92’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Laird Adamson
HDNet Films / Magnolia Pictures
49West 27th Street, 7th Floor
T. +1 212 924 67 01
F. +1 212 481 39 64
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GERMANY
MR. WONG’S WORLD
Christian Schidlowski
“When I first came to Shanghai, it was so sad to see these nice and historical buildings
being replaced by all these high-rise buildings. And I thought: It’s such a pity that all this
is being destroyed instead of being preserved and renovated.”
Jeffrey Wong
In Shanghai, a teeming anthill of humanity, the future is fighting the past. In only a few
years, 2000 new high-rises have replaced vast parts of the old town.The traditional Chinese architecture would be gradually becoming extinct, if it weren’t for the multi-millionaire JeffreyWong. A Chinese man living in Canada,Wong has returned to Shanghai to
save what’s left of his homeland’s historic buildings.
Secretly, the millionaire acquires beautiful old houses, temples and pagodas. In clandestine operations, his workers take them apart at night – stone by stone, tile by tile, always
wary of disapproving government officials. Now he has started to rebuild his collection of
150 buildings as a“heritage village”. Mr. Wong’s World is the gripping story of an unusual
vision and an insightful portrait of modern China.
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PaulThiltges
T. +352 250 3931
F. +352 250 394
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ISRAEL
Category: Human Interest & Religion
MY BROTHER
Yulie Cohen Gerstel
How can peace in the Middle East prevail, if it cannot do so in a family? More than 25
years have gone by since Yulie’s brother turned into an ultra orthodox Jew and lost contact. This story is a persistent journey towards an understanding of people falling in love
with religion. Following My Terrorist and My Land Zion, in My BrotherYulie tries to reunite
her Israeli family, reflecting on her personal story, but also on the collective one.
Running time: 56’
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First Hand Films
EstherVan Messel
Fritz HeebWeg 5
T. +41 44 312 2060
F. +41 44 312 2080
[email protected]
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GREECE
MY FIRST TIME
Maria Leonida
MyFirstTimeisafilmaboutpregnancy.It’s abouthowawomanfeelswhensheentersintothat
particular period in her life when adversity, emotion and new experiences overwhelm her. It’s
about all those questions that are not answered in books but that pregnant women share with
each other.The film is built around the personal diary of the director and her “first time”experience with child bearing. Anxiety, instinct, logic and the subconscious are the ingredients of
an explosive cocktail in a body that is constantly changing.The director videotapes herself and
four other women as she searches for answers to her queries. Iro, Angeliki, Joyce and Anna
constitute different aspects of a modern woman.The questions are many: How does one deal
today with the desire to have a child? What are the constituent elements of that notorious
term“motherhood”?What is the relationship between the reproduction of the human species
and love? Can one really prepare for the new role, that of a parent? The film wants to show
everything a woman and a couple have to deal with from the moment they decide to have a
baby until the birth. It is a personal film about those nine months viewed with a lot of realism
but also a great deal of humor.
Running time: 52’
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Greek Film Center
Evi Lazari
Panepistimiou 10
T. +30 210 3687503
F. +30 210 3614336
[email protected]
www.gfc.gr
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ITALY
MY HOME
Debora Scaperrotta
On the outskirts of Bucharest, two 14-year-olds live by themselves in an apartment, without their families. How did they end up there? What about their past? Alex and Petronel
struggle to cope with daily life as adults. They’ve never been allowed a real childhood.
Casa Mia follows the two main characters in their thoughts and in their memories of their
past lives spent with their families and on the streets.The film accompanies them as they
reveal their dreams and set out for two different destinations. Alex struggles to make his
dream come true, while Petronel takes a trip back in time, in search of love from his family. But at home all he finds is disappointment.
Running time: 64’
Sales Contact:
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ZeLIG – School of Documentary,Television and New Media
EmanueleVernillo
Via Brennero 20/d
Bolzano 39100, Italy
T. +39 047 130 20 28
F. +39 047 197 79 31
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LATVIA - FRANCE
MY HUSBAND ANDREI SAKHAROV
Inara Kolmane
How does the“brains”of the Soviet regime, an academician, the“father”of the hydrogen
bomb, an outstanding intellectual for whom all doors were open, even in the Kremlin,
become an irreconcilable champion of human rights and prisoners of conscience and an
internationally renowned enemy of this system? The film My Husband Andrei Sakharov
answers this question in an intriguing yet subdued, even intimate form – by contrasting
the views of witnesses from that era and Sakharov’s colleagues. His widow Yelena Bonner and the last secretary general of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail
Gorbachev are two of the brightest participants in this film’s indirect debate. It not only
presents the facts and their interpretations, but also uses unique KGB archival material
and a strong poeticism. The documentary footage makes one think about the games of
power and guarantees of human freedom that is a topical theme not only in Russia, but
everywhere.
Running time: 52’
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Vitagraph
Filippo D’Angelo
Via Schiavonia 1
T. +39 051 267 150
F. +39 051 267 150
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GREECE
ΜY LIFE AND TIMES –
MICHAEL CACOYANNIS
Lydia Carras
In this film, for the first time, Michael Cacoyannis narrates the story of his life, an invaluable personal testimony. The film takes us from colonial Cyprus of his childhood to the
great cultural metropolises of his time. A man of keen perception and sharp wit, he comments on the world-class stars that have worked with him. Rare footage from rehearsals
acquaints us with Cacoyannis as director, giving the viewer a glimpse of the magical world
of theater and cinema. MikisTheodorakis’ testimony brings to life the years of his collaboration with Michael Cacoyannis in Electra, Zorba and Iphigeneia, set against a backdrop
of the political and social developments of the time. The film also features testimonies by
Vincent Kassel, Charlotte Rampling,Walter Lassaly (the director of photography who won
the Oscar for Zorba), Dimitris Papaioannou, Claire Bloom, et al. In his private world, at
home on the slopes of Filopappos Hill in Athens, Michael Cacoyannis is now given to more
contemplative thoughts.
Running time: 87’
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LC ProductionS
Marcelle Harissi
19 Prytaniou
T. +30 210 32 20 043
F. +30 210 32 11 977
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FRANCE
MY LIFE AS A HOMELESS MAN
Jean-Charles Deniau
For 22 days during the Christmas period, Jean-Charles Deniau put himself in a Parisian
homeless person’s shoes. Penniless, without telephone or contact with his kin, equipped
with a backpack and a sleeping bag, he shared the daily life of people living on the street;
looking for food, panhandling for money, the search for a shelter at night or a safe street
corner to sleep in. Using hidden cameras, this documentary helps to penetrate an unknown world of soup kitchens and homeless emergency shelters, portraying this race for
survival that often looks like a full time job.
This film is much more than reportage. It is made of meetings among equals, without
frills and voyeurism.
Running time: 58’
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Guy Knafo
Paris 75019, France
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JAPAN
MY NEW LIFE, MY BROTHER
Naoyasu Warasina
Tsuyoshi Inose, 30, is going to live his new life in the residential area of Eiwa, Saitama City,
near the Arakawa River. Tsuyoshi suffers from muscular dystrophy. He and three helpers
have left their former group of handicapped persons and started their own workshop.
Tsuyoshi invites his brotherYasuo, 24, to be the first member of the workshop.Yasuo also
suffers from muscular dystrophy.The two brothers now have their new life here, with the
helpers taking shifts every day. At the beginning of 2007,Tsuyoshi suggests toYasuo that
they start playing music again. When Yasuo was in hospital before, he and some volunteers put together a band named Raspberry Fields. But Raspberry Fields disbanded a year
ago and since thenYasuo has led a quiet life at home. Now they decide to work hard and
play live on“24-HourTelevision”.
Running time: 71’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Life Assist Familish
NaoyasuWarasina
3-1-3-404, Buzou, Minami-ku
Saitama-City, 336-0025, Japan
T. +81 48 864 7090
F. +81 48 864 7090
[email protected]
http://familish2007.hp.infoseek.co.jp
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TURKEY
MY PILLOW IS STONE,
MY QUILT IS STONE
Irem Kutuk
After a long and violent war,Turkey and Greece signed theTreaty of Lausanne in 1923. Such
a decision had never made before in world history: approximately two million people living
within the countries’borders were forced into a population exchange. The Muslims living
within the Greek borders were to be sent toTurkey and the Greek Orthodox Christians in Turkey
were to be sent to Greece. For the Muslim and Christian communities this decision was devastating.They had to leave behind their life and possessions, and emigrate to a“motherland”
that they had never seen before and the language of which they did not speak. On 30 July
1924, the 400 Muslimsfrom thesmallmountainvillageofJerveni, Kastoria, left theirlandand
memories to embark on a laborious trip that began inThessaloniki and ended in Cappadocia,Turkey. On 3 October 1924, the Jerveni Muslims set foot in their new motherland,Turkey,
when their ship anchored in Mersin. They traveled by train to Sinasos/Mustafapasha, Cappadocia and came to a landscape they could never have anticipated. A long struggle awaited
them: they were placed by theTurkish government in the 20-room mansions that the Greek
Orthodox emigrants had left behind (mansions they could not possibly take care of), were
given hectares of grape vines that they did not know how to cultivate and had to face the initial unwelcoming attitude of the local Muslims. This is the story of the three generations of
the Mustafapasha emigrants – their 80-year struggle to keep their identity, their language
and their culture.
Running time: 60’
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Giyotin Productions
EmineYildirim
GurbuzTurk Sokak 18/5 Kadikoy
Istanbul 34710,Turkey
T. +90 216 450 33 11, F. +90 216 450 33 10
[email protected]
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FRANCE
Category: Discoveries, Nature & Wild life
MYTHICAL ROADS
Miscellaneous Directors
A journey into the heart of nature, in its most beautiful, impressive and pure aspects.
A journey into the heart of the human soul, in its most beautiful, impressive and pure dimensions.
A journey along mythical roads, roads that turned nature upside down, shook history,
moved people and structured their civilizations.
Routes that are punctuated by ports, cities, people, silences and laughter.
Between myths and slices of daily life, unexpected meetings and new developments make
of these routes a real journey of initiation for the viewer.
Year of production: 2007-2008
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Contact Person:
10 Francs
Guy Knafo
Paris 75019, France
T. +33 1 4874 4377
F. +33 1 4874 8265
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NADINE GORDIMER – GREAT WRITERS
Nadine Gordimer, winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize for literature. A documentary portrait of
her life and work, shot in Johannesburg.
Running time: 52’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Periplus
Thanos Lambropoulos
T. +30 210 867 04 78
F. +30 210 867 78 28
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USA
NANKING
Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman
A powerful, emotional and relevant reminder of the heartbreaking toll war takes on the
innocent, Nanking tells the story of the Japanese invasion of Nanking, China, in the early
days of World War II. As part of a campaign to conquer all of China, the Japanese subjected Nanking – which was then China’s capital – to months of aerial bombardment,
and when the city fell, the Japanese army unleashed murder and rape on a horrifying
scale. In the midst of the rampage, a small group of Westerners banded together to establish a Safety Zone where over 200,000 Chinese found refuge. Unarmed, these missionaries, university professors, doctors and businessmen – including a Nazi named John
Rabe – bore witness to the events, while risking their own lives to protect civilians from
slaughter.
Running time: 89’
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Fortissimo Films
Catherine Le Clef
T. +31 20 627 32 15
F. +31 20 626 11 55
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NEVER PERFECT
Regina Park
In 2006, there were 11 million cosmetic surgeries performed in the United States which
constituted an $11.4 billion industry. Director Regina Park explores the motivation behind
the phenomenon and questions why more and more young Asian women are subjecting
themselves to the knife in their quest for perfection and beauty. Park’s starting point is
Mai-Anh, a 27-year-old Vietnamese American living the American dream in suburban
California. A successful entrepreneur, Mai-Anh experiences a“quarter-life-crisis” and begins a literal and symbolic transformation of herself: a relocation from quiet suburbia to
the heart of urban LA, a new lifestyle defined by living on her own for the first time and,
finally, a new physical makeover – plastic surgery. From Mai-Anh’s initial relocation to the
moment of her surgery and thereafter, Park engages audiences in Mai-Anh’s journey to
reinvent herself. Traversing historical and contemporary notions of beauty within Asian
and popular cultures, Park’s intelligently pieced documentary incorporates a rich selection
of archival footage and ignites lively debate on the phenomenon. In the process, Park discovers that submission to the scalpel is less about achieving ideal beauty than it is about
power.
Running time: 63’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Diana Kluge
T. +64 9 309 26 13
F. +64 9 309 40 84
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THE NIGHT FERNANDO PESSOA
ΜΕΤ CONSTANTINE CAVAFY
On 21 October 1929 the ocean liner Saturnia sails from Trieste on its voyage to America,
picking up immigrants from the ports of the Mediterranean. A young Greek who boards
the ship at Patras will witness an unexpected encounter: One night aboard this ship that
carries the dreams of the NewWorld, an equally dreamlike but very real encounter will take
place between two of the greatest poets of the century that just ended: Fernando Pessoa
and Constantine Cavafy.
Running time: 90’
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Periplus
Thanos Lambropoulos
176, Aristotelous str.
T. +30 210 86 70 478
F. +30 210 86 77 828
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CHINA
NOBODY’S CHILD
Chao Gan
This is a story of two generations.When the parents divorce, the three family members go
on their separate ways. The father marries his first girlfriend whom he had met during
the Cultural Revolution, while the mother plans to marry her boss. Born in the 1980s, Bing
cannot understand his parents’choice.Through personal investigation, he tries to find out
who was to blame for the failure of the marriage. However, when the facts emerge, he falls
apart. To find out the reason for the divorce, he embarks on a journey to a place 8,000
miles away.This journey will give him a better understanding of his parents’ lives. He will
discover that an unforgettable period in the history of his country played a crucial part in
the tragedy of the marriage.
Running time: 63’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Double Montage Production Company
Mengzhou Zhang
248-54 Chengshan Road
Shanghai, 200126, China
T. +86 21 62870154
F. +86 21 62870009
[email protected]
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NOTE BY NOTE
Ben Niles
The most thoroughly handcrafted instruments in the world, Steinway pianos are as unique
and full of personality as the world-class musicians who play them. However, their makers are a dying breed: skilled cabinetmakers, gifted tuners, experienced hand-crafters.
Note by Note is a feature-length documentary that follows the creation of a Steinway concert grand, #L1037 – from forest floor to concert hall. It explores the relationship between
musician and instrument, chronicles the manufacturing process, and illustrates what
makes each Steinway unique in this age of mass production. From the factory floor in
Queens to Steinway Hall in Manhattan, each piano’s journey is complex – spanning 12
months, 12,000 parts, 450 craftsmen, and countless hours of fine-tuned labor.
Filmed in key Steinway locations – the factory, Steinway’s reserved“Bank”, and private auditions – Note by Note is a loving celebration of not just craftsmanship, but of a dying
breed of person who is deeply connected to working by hand.
Running time: 90’
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Jan Röfekamp
T. +1 514 844 33 58
F. +1 514 844 72 98
[email protected]
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FRANCE
Category: Travel & Religion
NOTHING IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR GOD
Jean-Louis Saporito
From Christmas celebration in Lalibela, the so-called “Black Jerusalem,” famous for its
rock-hewn churches, to Easter celebrations in Axum, capital city of the Kingdom of the
Queen of Sheba, this film proposes to take a closer look at the followers of Ethiopian Orthodox Christian practices.
Guided by a woman pilgrim through steep mountains and across majestic plateaus, we
embark on a journey that leaves the viewer in a state of wonder about such a spiritual
culture, so far remote from our modern preoccupations and yet so close to us by our common religious heritage.
Running time: 52’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
10 Francs
Guy Knafo
Paris 75019, France
T. +33 1 4874 4377
F. +33 1 4874 8265
[email protected]
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NOWHERE
Mihriban Tanik
Refugees are those who, for some reason, have lost their homes.Their lives are shattered.
Afterwards, alienation and loneliness dominate their lives. They seek a new place which
they can call their“home”. Some of these roads pass throughTurkey.
This documentary illustrates the extent of this international human problem by touching
on the life stories of refugees who arrive in Turkey, especially in the cities of Van, Kayseri
and İstanbul. Interpretations and evaluations by experts are also included in the film.
Running time: 52’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
320
Fuat Kale
Ankara 06109,Turkey
T. +90 312 490 76 59
F. +90 312 491 26 06
[email protected]
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NEW ZEALAND
THE NUCLEAR COMEBACK
Justin Pemberton
In a world living in fear of climate change, the nuclear industry has raised its hand as a solution. It claims that nuclear power generation produces zero carbon emissions... and people are listening.What we’re witnessing is the start of a global nuclear renaissance, with
27 nuclear power stations under construction, and projections for another 136 to be commenced within the next decade. The earth’s electricity consumption is expected to double in the next 25 years and the nuclear industry claims that nuclear power is the only
large-scale method of power production that can reliably replace coal, gas or oil-fired
power plants. However, many people have an inherent fear of things nuclear. Is it time
we learned to love the split atom? Or, is there a risk that we might be jumping out of the
carbon frying pan and into the plutonium fire?
This film goes on a worldwide tour of the nuclear industry in search of answers. The Nuclear Comeback visits some of the planet’s most famous nuclear facilities – including inside the Chernobyl control room; it investigates the state of “the grand old lady” of
commercial nuclear power – the UK’s Calder Hall; and travels through a nuclear waste
repository under the Baltic Sea.
Running time: 58’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Jan Röfekamp
T. +1 514 844 3358
F. +1 514 844 7298
[email protected]
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USA
OBJECTS AND MEMORY
Jonathan Fein & Brian Danitz
What objects mean the most to us? How do otherwise ordinary things come to symbolize experiences, aspirations, and identity? The film explores items recovered or offered in
response to recent traumatic historic events, along with stories of people who find them
important. Using the canvas of dramatic and pervasive American experiences, the film reveals fundamental human motivations that reach across cultural and temporal boundaries. These responses speak to the universal urge to preserve the past and speak to the
future.
Guided by Frank Langella’s narration and set to the music of Philip Glass, Objects and Memory examines items generated by 9/11, the Oklahoma City bombing, and the Vietnam
War, along with the intense challenges of responding to history as it happens.
Without the objects the stories would lack vibrancy; without the stories the objects would
lack significance. Taken together, images of the objects, the stories they evoke, and the
stories of their collection lead the viewer on a journey where the commonplace is transformed into the remarkable and where the stuff of history is highly personalized.
Running time: 62’
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Jonathan Fein
26 Montrose Station Road
Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567, USA
T. +1 914 737 50 05
[email protected]
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BELGIUM
OF CONVICTION
Jara Malevez
In February 2007, the Portuguese voted by referendum to de-criminalize abortion. Using
the daily lives of four women driven by radically opposed convictions, the film features debates from the referendum campaign, its background, on the streets and in the media,
highlighting the controversy felt by one contemporary European population declaring itself on this sensitive topic.
Running time: 52’
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Thierry Detaille
T. +32 477 617 170
F. +32 2 227 22 39
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BELGIUM
OFF THE WALLS: CHRONICLE
OF A PEKING NEIGHBORHOOD
Olivier Meys
Qianmen, a traditionnal “Hutong” neighborhood of 80,000 inhabitants, is right next to
Tiananmen, the historical center of the 2008 Olympic Games’capital city.
The Director, a resident of Beijing, depicts one year of wild modernization, which starts
with a clean slate.With great success, the film shows the authorities and promoters forcing themselves on the residents who sometimes resist in order to save their houses, their
way of life and their solidarity from destruction.
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Thierry Detaille
T. +32 477 617 170
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CYPRUS
Category: Nature
OLIVE TREE: THE GIFT OF GODDESS
A three-part tribute to the tree of the Mediterranean basin: the olive tree.
The first part presents the historical and religious significance of the olive tree and the impact it has had on poetry, literature and the arts. Its simplicity has a divine touch.
Then methods of cultivation, harvesting as well as oil extraction are focused on.
Likewise, bottling, canning and proper preservation are dealt with.
A special reference is made to the various qualities of olive-oil contingent on the area of
cultivation. Last but not least, an astounding variety of olives is presented.
A precious alternative in a time of fast and processed food.
Top physicians and dieticians all over the world have recognized the value of olive-oil.
Professors reveal simple secrets to achieve better health and longevity. Learn how to prepare wholesome and delicious food with olive-oil as its main ingredient.
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Exoptron Ltd
Spiros Gavalas
Dimosthenous 10,
Megaro Gianni-Maria Suite 205
T. +30 693 668 83 96
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GREECE
Category: Docudrama
ON THE EAST SIDE OF MY DREAM
Anna Kessisoglou
The voyage of an Athenian lady and her husband to India, as seen through her dream.
Running time: 15’
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Anna Kessisoglou
Kanari 6,Alimos, Greece
T.+30 210 98 81 534, +30 69 73 66 88 84
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POLAND
ON THE SKY, ON EARTH
Maciej Cuske
A group of supernatural phenomena aficionados comes to a small town Wylatowo. Like
they do every year, they expect extraordinary signs to appear in a field of grain. One of the
investigators has almost been kidnapped by a UFO.Yet he doesn’t give up and tries at any
cost to prove the extraterrestrials’existence.
Running time: 65’
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KatarzynaWilk
Morawskiego 5 p.434
T. +48 122 946 945
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UK
ONE MAN IN THE BAND
Adam Clitheroe
“One-man band”conjures up images of tuneless street entertainers with drums on their
backs and cymbals on their knees, whereas contemporary one-man bands are diverse
and vibrant in their musical output.They are more than just solo performers: a one-man
band brings to the stage noise and spectacle worthy of a whole band. However, unmediated by creative collaboration, the result can have a peculiar intensity, verging on the
downright eccentric.
This film follows a selection of contemporary one-man and one-lady bands from Europe
and the USA.Their musical output often defies categorization, ranging from theremin rock
to hurricane drum solos and a backing band made of bicycle wheels. Rather than mocking the musical excesses on display, the documentary takes an intimate approach –
helped by the fact that it’s a film about one-man bands made by a one-man band filmmaker. As it becomes clear that life on the road for a one-man band is a journey into solitude, so the documentary asks the question: what drives us as humans to create, and is it
worth the pain?
Running time: 83’
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Adam Clitheroe
25 Ashley Court, MorpethTerrace
London SW1P 1EN, UK
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ISRAEL
ONE MAN SHOW
Shiri Mizrahi
Asi Menashe has a problem – he describes it as “Not in body, not in mind, simply in my
heart, my soul..”
Asi is an eternal boy of thirty years of age, dreaming of becoming a star, an actor, a knight
in shining armor. He dreams of a simple love, with somebody beautiful. And if not beautiful, then pretty and if not pretty, at least cute. To be able to support his girl, he wants to
work as an actor. He claims he is not a workaholic – rather a “stageaholic.” He isn’t willing to work, but prepares himself for the role of his life.
Who will decide if Asi is part of society or a complete outsider?
Running time: 48’
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MichaelTreves
20 Bialik st.
T. +972 52 363 3398
F. +972 52 363 3398
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GREECE
ONE THOUSAND LITTLE WITCHES
Dimitris Gerardis
In the streets of Kinshasha, capital of Congo, more than 15,000 children between the ages
of 10 to 15 are trying to survive. Seven out of ten have been thrown out of their homes,
accused of witchcraft. Lately, dubious pastors who proclaim themselves“prophets”have
founded hundreds of small churches in the poor city suburbs, providing services of exorcism for these young “witches”, for a huge fee. Most of these children are kept in the
churches under awful conditions and almost as hostages, until their families collect the
amount of money needed for the exorcism.
The creators of the documentary reveal cruel images of the torture and abuse during these
ceremonies of“exorcism”.They meet families that are accused of witchcraft and little boys
and girls whom their parents threw out into the street. While in the Western world films
and books with a young witch as a hero are becoming best sellers, certain other children
are struggling to survive superstition and the selling out of faith.
Running time: 55’
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Litsa Deli
Roussou 4 & Messoghion Ave.
T. +30 210 690 36 56
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ISRAEL
OPEN EYE-OPEN I
Shirley Barenholz & Ohad Ufaz
Shirley, a Dutch-Israeli photojournalist, was always protected behind her camera while
exploring other people’s emotions.Yet her own father, a Holocaust survivor, never shared
his own story with her.
She embarks on an artistic journey with four Israeli female artists; one of them is Kineret,
who survived a suicide attack.
On the opening night of a joint exhibition in Berlin, Shirley’s father meets Kineret and finally opens up. Shirley takes photographs and cries.
Running time: 59’
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Go2Films
Hedva Goldschmidt
T. +972 2 583 13 71
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USA
OPERATION FILMMAKER
Nina Davenport
In the wake of “Operation Iraqi Freedom,” American actor Liev Schreiber had an idealistic notion: to rescue an Iraqi film student from the rubble of his country and bring him to
the West to intern on a Hollywood movie (Everything Is Illuminated). It promised to be a
heart-warming tale, a small victory amid the troubled mission of the US war in Iraq. But,
as in the war itself, “good” intentions bred unintended consequences, and even this operation doesn’t go according to plan.When director Nina Davenport joins Schreiber’s charitable effort, she finds herself embroiled in a complex moral quagmire and an
all-consuming power struggle between filmmaker and subject. Operation Filmmaker is
an engaging political parable and a cautionary tale, taking the viewer on a riveting ride
from Baghdad to Hollywood.
Running time: 92’
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Jan Röfekamp
T. +1 514 844 3358
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USA
Category: Human Interest & Politics
OPERATION HOMECOMING
Richard E. Robbins
Unlike any documentary yet to emerge from the war in Iraq, Operation Homecoming takes
you inside the minds of American men and women on the front lines. Built upon a project created by the United States National Endowment for the Arts to gather the writing of
US soldiers who have participated in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the film presents
a profound window into the human side of America’s current conflicts. At once deeply urgent and stunningly timeless, this film will forever change how you see war.
Running time: 81’
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Solid Entertainment
Richard Propper
15840Ventura Blvd., Suite 205
Encino, CA 91436, USA
T. +1 818 990 4300
F. +1 818 990 4320
[email protected]
www.solidentertainment.com
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ISRAEL
OPERATION MURAL:
CASABLANCA 1961(MIVTSA MURAL)
Yehuda Kaveh
Forty-five years after their clandestine mission, three Mossad agents return to Casablanca
to retrace their steps in a humanitarian mission whereby 530 Jewish children reached Israel in 1961, under the guise of holidays in Switzerland.This film vividly documents how
“Operation Mural”succeeded beyond all expectations. The key actors relive their undercover activities:“Mural”, code-name of David G. Littman – himself unaware that the operation was directed by the Mossad – and his contacts,“Georges”and“Jacques”, assisted
by a dedicated local group of Jewish youth. There are many precious testimonies of children and key Mossad figures in Israel and the Littmans in Switzerland.
The film was filmed in Switzerland, Morocco and Israel.
Running time: 55’
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MichaelTreves
20 Bialik St.
T. +972 52 363 33 98
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CHILE
OPUS DEI, A SILENT CRUSADE
Marcela Said & Jean de Certeau
Opus Dei penetrates one of the most secretive and fundamentalist groups of the Catholic
Church. The film infiltrates the organization from the grass roots upwards. Shooting the
daily lives of a selection of members, from the cleaning lady to the press magnate, penetrating Opus Dei houses, schools, children’s clubs.The film runs the gamut from the light
to darkness, from openness to the claustrophobia of a system that is locked from the inside.
Running time: 52’
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GA&A Productions
Alessandra Massari
Rome 00195, Italy
T. +39 063 613 480
F. +39 063 614 042
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GREECE
ORHAN PAMOUK –
THE ANTENNAE OF OUR TIME
Angelos Kovotsos
“There’s been a misunderstanding. As the writer of Snow, and because of having made
some statements about a journalist’s assassination, I have been labeled a political writer.
Yet I don’t think of myself as a political writer. I prefer to write about the adventures of the
human soul...” Orhan Pamouk is the last in the line of writers to be interviewed for the
Greek public television series The Antennae of our Time.TheTurkish Nobel Laureate, whose
work is also popular in Greece, had a virtually clandestine meeting with Mikela Chartoulari and Anteos Chrysostomidis, under conditions that one might find in a novel, on the
island of Sedef. Next to the writer was the undercover policeman who was there to protect him in the event of an assault by members of the GrayWolves, who have repeatedly
made threats against his life. Orhan Pamouk does not grant interviews often, especially
after he received the Nobel Prize. He agreed, nevertheless, to meet with the two Greek
journalists for a talk, which extended over a number of hours, about the course of his life
and his work.
Running time: 52’
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THE NETHERLANDS
OURS IS THE LABOUR
Jeroen van Bergeijk
In the 1970s, most of the Dutch population still ate rusk – a peculiar toast-like bread –
for breakfast. A lot of that rusk was produced at the Hooimeijer factory in Barendrecht.
Because rusk was such an immensely popular product, the factory needed workers – a lot
of them. The Dutch wouldn’t do such work anymore, but luckily in those days the first
Moroccan“guest workers”arrived in Holland.
That first generation of Moroccans is now retiring. How do they look back on their lives in
The Netherlands? With that question in mind, director Jeroen van Bergeijk sought out a
number of Moroccans who had worked for decades at the Hooimeijer bakery in Barendrecht – a factory where his father was managing director. Ours Is the Labour is a melancholy portrait of the 1970s, whenThirdWorld immigrants were still warmly welcomed in
The Netherlands, as well as an oral history of the mores of the shop floor. In the now abandoned rusk factory,Van Bergeijk has his father, the Moroccan workers, and their Dutch supervisors tell how things were in those days.
Running time: 47’
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Diafragma Films
Joop de Jong
Bergsingel 119a
Rotterdam 3037 GC,The Netherlands
T. +31 104 659 566
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ISRAEL
OVER MY DAD’S BODY
Taliya Finkel
A documentary thriller. Filmmaker Taliya Finkel goes on a fascinating journey in order to
unfold the mystery around her departed father’s claims that her uncle is an undercover
agent sent to Israel by the old Soviet regime. Guided by a private investigator, she travels
from Israel to the Ukraine and back in a desperate quest to find proof for her father’s story.
During the voyage,Taliya investigates the thin line that separates imagination and reality,
sanity and madness.
Running time: 70’
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MichaelTreves
20 Bialik St.
T. +972 52 363 33 98
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ITALY
OVERBOOKED
Stefano Strocchi
Sergio Botto is a polite and professional Italian travel agent, while his colleagueYoussef El
Idris is a rough, authoritarian Moroccan immigrant.
They work together in their tiny office inTurin managing the weekly bus fromTorino-Italy
to Morocco. What was originally just a smart business idea, travels and services for immigrants, has slowly become much more than that!
Overbooked takes us into the chaotic, funny and sometimes tragic moments of the agency:
an odd pair of businessmen in the middle of a changing world. As the men tell their stories, they provide a glance into their strange and respectful relationship:
a real example of cultural integration.
If Sergio andYoussef can bridge the culture gap, why can’t the rest of us?
Running time: 52’
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Stefilm International Srl
Elena Filippini
Via Berthollet 44
Torino 10125, Italy
T. +39 011 668 00 17
F. +39 011 668 00 03
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SWEDEN
PARADISE
Jerzy Sladkowski
Hans and Kerstin have been married for 65 years. One day, against Kerstin’s will, Hans decides that they should create a feature wall in their summer house.Their inability to agree
on the right color and pattern has hindered all earlier attempts at renovation.
Through their discussions, conversations and quarrels, we get an image of the couple’s
entire life and relationship. A bright, loving, provocative and entertaining portrait.
Who would have thought that an elderly couple and a wall might be so captivating!
Running time: 58’
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Antonio Russo Merenda
Hysteria Film AB
Völundsgatan 10
Stockholm 113 21, Sweden
T. +46 8 315 435
F. +46 8 315 435
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FINLAND
PARADISE – THREE JOURNEYS
IN THIS WORLD
Elina Hirvonen
A poetic documentary film on African immigration to Europe.
The first journey takes us along the route of the tomato trucks to Almeria in Spain, where
undocumented African immigrants grow vegetables for the European markets. Twentyfour-year-old Bakary Fofana sends a voice letter to his family in Mali.The second journey
takes us to Morocco.We meet Adam, who escaped the war in Ivory Coast and was dumped
in the Sahara desert in November 2005, along with 500 other immigrants. He walked
more than 1000 kilometres from the desert to Rabat, the capital of Morocco.The third trip
leads us through the desert, to Bakary Fofana’s village on the Mali-Mauritania border. In
a few decades, rapid desertification will destroy the living conditions of the villagers.
Bakary’s family gathers to listen to the voice letter from their son.
Running time: 51’
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University of Art and Design Helsinki
Ilkka Mertsola
Hämeentie 135 C
00560, Helsinki, Finland
T. +358 50 3141543
F. +358 9 75360223
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GREECE
PARVAS
Gerassimos Rigas
In this story I am not going to tell everything. Besides, there is no story, really, just a series of ordinary events, of chance happenings in a family that resides in Chora, on the island of Amorgos. I will keep to a certain line, a certain order of events, a certain way in
which one event succeeded another during the months that I was filming Dimitri Yiannakos, his wife Flora and their daughters. Dimitri and Flora have three daughters: Dina,
who lives in Amorgos with them and her own family; Rinio who lives on the island of
Naxos with her own family; and Maria who lives in Piraeus with her husband Dimitri who
often comes to Amorgos to help out. My own opinion will not intrude upon the story
line...
Running time: 78’
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Rigas Films
Gerasimos Rigas
12 Spefsippou Street
T. +30 210 72 91 860
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ITALY
Category: Nature & Wildlife
PATHS ACROSS THE WORLD (SERIES):
THE ADIVASI BHIL - TRIBAL PEOPLE IN
THE NEW MILLENNIUM
Alessandro Sermoneta
Considered to be the very first natives of India, the Advasi tribes are thought to have been
driven into jungles, deserts and mountains thousands of years ago by Caucasian invaders.
The 250 tribes, with a total population of roughly 60 million, were perpetually discriminated against by the Hindus, though Prime Minister Nehru began a policy of safeguarding their development. One tribe, the Bihli, formerly hunters and fishermen, must now
farm relatively unfertile land granted to them by the government.
Running time: 50’
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RaiTrade
Margherita Zocaro
Rome 00195, Italy
T. +39 063 749 83 41
F. +39 063 701 343
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ISRAEL
THE PATHS OF OUR FATHERS
Asaf Shahar
This film takes us on the unusual journey of a father and his two sons, who decide to make
a pilgrimage from the north of Israel to Jerusalem’s WesternWall – all in the midst of the
Second Intifada.
Menachem Goldberg, a charismatic dreamer, and his two sons, aged eight and ten, begin
their trip just prior to the start of the Passover Holiday. Menachem’s desire – to journey
along the paths of their fathers – becomes an expression of the current realities of the
Middle East. Along the way, through Arab and Jewish settlements, Menachem is struck
by the juxtaposition of modern life with ancient beliefs. As Menachem attempts to come
to terms with the dissonance that exists in the occupied territories, he also comes to terms
with his own inner dissonance.
At the heart of this film, however, is the intimate view given of this family. Menachem’s
optimistic spirit, bonding with his sons, and his attempts to make peace wherever he goes,
penetrates straight to our hearts. Ultimately, we are left with a great sense of hope.
Running time: 60’
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Go2Films
Hedva Goldschmidt
T. +972 2 583 13 71
F. +972 2 583 54 50
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GREECE
PATHS OF SCIENCE:
KOSTAS SYNOLAKIS –
“THE MAN OF THE WAVES”
Kyriakos Bougiouris
In the On the Paths of Science series, prominent Greek scientists from different fields speak
with ProfessorYiorgos Grammatikakis, and discuss their lives and their scientific work.
“Is Greece threatened by a tsunami?”Yiorgos Grammatikakis asks Kostas Synolakis, Professor of Natural Disasters and Environmental Hydraulics at the Polytechnic of Crete.
Kostas Synolakis is one of the top international experts on tsunamis. He runs theTsunami
Center at the University of Southern California. His research spans all the oceans, and the
results are references for shore and beach management in all countries that have such a
policy.
There are many good scientists in our country, who are at the forefront of research.The aim
of this series is to feature some of them and their scientific work.
Running time: 50’
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T. +30 210 607 5711-12
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PATRIS
Vassilis Mentogiannis & Yorgos Nikolaidis
On May 10 the underwater shooting of the documentary Patris was completed. Shooting
had begun on October 2006, and it took at least two years to finish. The documentary is
about the historical steamship“Patris”, which was sunk in 1868. A shipwreck (at a maximum depth of 55 meters) that was unique, perhaps in the Mediterranean, possibly in Europe as well. It was a luxury metal ship that had a steam engine as well as sails, and it
belonged to the first steamship company in Greece.
During the shooting of the documentary, two of the ship’s wheels were brought up from
a depth of 52 meters, weighing 14 to 16 tons, as well as other finds which will be housed
in a special wing of the Syros museum. Particularly interesting are the two royal cannons
that were brought up.
Running time: 63’
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USA
PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE
Steven Sebring
Dream of Life is a plunge into the philosophy and artistry of cult rocker Patti Smith. This
portrait of the legendary singer, artist and poet explores themes of spirituality, history and
self expression. Known as the godmother of punk, she emerged in the 1970s, galvanizing the music scene with her unique style of poetic rage, music and trademark swagger.
We follow this multitalented and private artist over 11 years of international travel, through
her spoken words, performances, lyrics, interviews, paintings, and photographs. Dream of
Life reveals a complicated, charismatic personality. Patti Smith, who narrates the film,
wrestles with life’s many paradoxes. She defines the human experience as an overwhelming contradiction. She pulls the strings of her guitar and simply makes music.
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Celluloid Dreams
Pascale Ramonda
2, rueTurgot
Paris, 75009, France
T. +33 1 49 708564
F. +33 1 49 700371
[email protected]
www.celluloid-dreams.com
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FINLAND
PAVLOV’S DOGS
Arto Halonen
These days, even poverty can be bought. A Russian psychologist, Sergei Knyatzev, provides the experience of being a beggar to wealthy people who have tried everything and
are looking for something new. But this is only one of the games that this psychologist has
developed. He specializes in role-playing and mental manipulation, starting with animals
and small groups of people and climaxing with his mass control of 7,000 individuals.The
film speaks in an interesting manner of our time: when nothing is enough, people try to
acquire both basic and extreme experiences by buying them. And when you know about
psychology, you can lead people anywhere; just like Pavlov’s dogs...
Running time: 70’
Sales Contact:
Art Films Production Ltd., Finland
Merimiehenkatu 10
Helsinki 00150, Finland
T. +358 9 4159 3640
F. +358 9 4159 3690
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www.artfilmsproduction.com
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419
CZECH REPUBLIC - ITALY
PEACE WITH SEALS
Miloslav Novak
This is a film fable that deals with the concept of “human nature” through two animal
stories (Czech and Italian).The first story is about a seal named Gaston who, according to
the Prague Zoo director, became “the most famous animal on earth” after he escaped to
Germany along the river Elbe during a devastating flood. The second story took place 50
years earlier and is about a seal named Ulysses, caught in Sardinia by a Milan photojournalist who tossed the animal into the famousTrevi fountain. The documentary deals with
six animated chapters about the dominance of man around the world and asks how animals are being domesticated.
Running time: 96’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Dvanact Opic Ltd
Miloslav Novak
Zemedelska 12
Prague-6 160 00, Czech Republic
T. +420 776 121 212
F. +420 233 323 112
[email protected]
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Contact Person:
Taskovski Films Ltd
Jarmila Outratova
4BWenworth street
London, E1 7TF, UK
T. +420 776 066165
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GREECE
PEOPLE’S WILL
George Tsegos
In a world so superficial and materialistic, full of plastic beauty and perfection in which we
indulge ourselves, there are certain people who have been deprived of some physical features that we take for granted, who set their own shining examples of will, truth, courage,
creativity and the real joy of life with their achievements. The only thing we can do is to
ponder for a minute, look inwards and become better people through their inspiration for
life. One such example of will is Mr.Triantafyllos Iliadis.
Running time: 44’
Sales Contact:
GeorgeTsegos
Thisseos 302
Kalithea 176 75, Athens, Greece
T. +30 210 942 97 06
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GREECE
PHOTOSPHERE: MEGALOPOLIS
Dimitra Zirou
The post-lignite period in Megalopolis has begun, since the lignite layers will be exhausted
in 5-6 years. The town’s society has lived according to the pace of Greece’s Public Power
Corporation, ignoring the important historical cultural treasures that have amassed over
the centuries. Cultural riches and a wonderful environment with marvellous ecosystems
continue to exist a few kilometres outside Megalopolis, even if they are unappreciated.
Where does the town’s society turn its attention today? What criticism and self-criticism
does it make? The next day for Megalopolis is what this episode of Photosphere is about,
presenting the town which in antiquity was the home of the Arcadians.
Running time: 30’
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FRANCE
PILLS NEVER ENOUGH
Laurent Lunetta
In France, managers take drugs to work more than 24 hours in a row. In the United States,
Ritaline that’s supposed to treat hyperactivity is used to get good grades. In the whole
world,Viagra normally taken for Erectile Dysfunction (ED) is used to boost a healthy sexuality. Staying young and competitive, enhancing intellectual capacities, going without
sleep or playing the sex machine, these new drugs have contributed to doping on a daily
basis. Medicines aren’t remedies any more; they have become little magic potions that
magnify our capacities – chemical crutches. Laurent Lunetta’s report explores, from France
to the United States, these new uses for drugs and observes their consequences.
Running time: 52’
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Doc & Co
Cristina Moya
13 Rue Portefoin
Paris 75020, France
T. +33 1 4277 5687
F. +33 1 4277 5636
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FRANCE
PINK AS A BISCUIT
Jules-César Muracciole
Pink as a Biscuit is the gourmet encounter of two stories: the very ancient story of the pink
cookie from the eastern French town of Reims and the very contemporary one of an unemployed white collar worker who revived the emblematic but declining manufacturer of
the pink cookie, Fossier, in 1994, keeping its employees.
The film narrates the birth in Reims, centuries ago, of the biscuit or“twice cooked”(biscuit) and its gourmet offspring, the exquisite pink cookie brought back in fashion by a
handful of dedicated amateurs. They will taste it and celebrate its virtues in front of the
cameras.
The film unfolds like an historic, economic and family saga, featuring all the players, from
the atypical boss (no delocalization, neither lay offs nor exports, with success) to the
women workers who are very attached to their factory, without forgetting the gourmet
consumer who will learn everything about the small pink and white cookie, including an
as yet unpublicized way to eat it.
Running time: 51’
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10 Francs
Guy Knafo
Paris 75019, France
T. +33 1 48 74 43 77
F. +33 1 48 74 82 65
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PLACES OF ExILE AND HISTORIC
MEMORY: AI STRATIS
Leonidas Vardaros
Ai Stratis became synonymous with exile for Greek society. An island “cast on the sea”,
dozens of miles away from the nearest habitations, was an ideal spot for isolating prisoners. The use of the island as a place of exile probably began in 1926. Thieves and other
scapegoats, as well as leftists, were sent there. Hundreds of union activists, workers and
intellectuals also ended up there.
The dictatorship of Metaxas sent many communists there and in April of 1941 the guards
handed the prisoners over to the Germans. That winter, 39 people starved to death because they refused to sign a repudiation of their beliefs. In 1950 the third period of the island began, which ended in 1962.The leftists sent there now numbered in the thousands.
The era during which Ai Stratis operated was one of the most difficult for Greece.The story
of the exiles, the way they survived, resisted, struggled, defended their ideals and beliefs
is an important part of contemporary Greek history.
Knowledge of this and the memory of it is an historical duty. Places of exile have more or
less been repressed in the national subconscious. Showing their reality sheds light on
many aspects of the political and social life of the 20th century.
Running time: 54’
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GREECE
A POET’S ESTATE
Athanasia Drakopoulou
What sort of profession is poetry? By describing the life of the poet Nikiforos Vrettakos,
the film attempts to find out how incidents in life become poetry. It detects the residue
of the burden of a difficult everyday existence in the personality of a poet, but mainly
searches for traces of history in his lifetime, which includes almost all of the brutal twentieth century.
Running time: 87’
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Greek Film Center
Evi Lazari
Panepistimiou 10
T. +30 210 3687503
F. +30 210 3614336
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www.gfc.gr
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Cinegram SA
Vasso Patrouba
43 Gounari Str., Agia Paraskevi
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GREECE
PORTRAITS AND JOURNEYS OF GREEK
ARCHITECTS – ANASTASIA TZAKOU
Makis Faros
AnastasiaTzakou was the only woman architect in the 60s who contributed to the creation
of an aesthetic of public buildings and also had a great academic career. She was also involved in a very personal way in design and furniture.
Through the portrait of Anastasia Tzakou, an era comes alive in front of our eyes, in all its
contradictions. Her everyday reality, her relationships with people…
Modernism and woman, the flow of ideas abroad, difficulties in Greek reality, how does
one begin one’s career? What are the stages of his enrichment? Theory and application
and opportunities for action are subjects that naturally spring forth.
Thoughts and positions through silences, through lines. How far can theory and critique
follow them?
Running time: 30’
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ROMANIA
THE POTTER FROM BINIş
Cosmin Ţiglar
Ionica Stepan is 80 years old and comes from a family of potters. He’s part of the seventh
generation of craftsmen in Biniş, a Romanian village in the region of Banat. Everyone here
used to make pots for a living; now he’s the last one. There was a time when you couldn’t get married unless you could make pots; nobody would have you. Ionica’s grandfather
traveled the roads of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, trading pots for grain or money. For a
cart full of pots he could buy a pair of oxen. After the wars and the communist regime, Ionica Stepan traveled all over the European Union, giving live demonstrations of pot-making for museums and showing people how pots are made in Biniş, without modern kilns
or artificial dyes.
Running time: 27’
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Mediana Communication
Dan Ratiu
Str. Pavel Chinezu, nr. 5
30048,Timisoara, Romania
T. +40 256 221 484
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USA
THE PRICE OF SUGAR
Bill Haney
In the Dominican Republic, that shares the tropical island of Hispaniola with Haiti, tourists
flock to pristine beaches unaware that a few miles away thousands of dispossessed
Haitians have toiled under armed-guard on plantations harvesting sugarcane, much of
which ends up in US kitchens.They work gruelling hours and frequently lack decent housing, clean water, electricity, education or healthcare. The Price of Sugar follows Father
Christopher Hartley, a charismatic Spanish priest, as he organizes some of this hemisphere’s poorest people to fight for their basic human rights.This film raises key questions
about where the products we consume originate and at what human cost they are produced.
Running time: 90’
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Louise Rosen
16, High Street
Brunswick, ME 04011, USA
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CANADA
A PROMISE TO THE DEAD: THE ExILE
JOURNEY OF ARIEL DORFMAN
Peter Raymont
An exploration of exile, memory, longing and democracy as seen through the experiences
of the world-renowned writer, Ariel Dorfman – author of numerous works of fiction, plays
and essays in Spanish and English. Dorfman’s books (including Death and the Maiden, In
Case of Fire in a Foreign Land, How to Read Donald Duck and Other Septembers) have been
translated into over 40 languages and his plays performed in more than 100 countries.
Born in Argentina, but raised in New York until his family was exiled to Chile during the
Red Scare, Dorfman became Cultural Advisor to the Chief of Staff of Chile’s socialist president Salvador Allende.When the democratically elected government was toppled in the
military coup of September 11, 1973, Dorfman was among a handful of Allende’s inner
circle to survive.Years later, he was told that his life was spared because“someone had to
live to tell the story.”
A Promise to the Dead was filmed in the USA, Argentina and Chile in late 2006, coinciding with the death of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.The film is based, in part,
on Dorfman’s best-selling memoir Heading South, Looking North.
Dorfman currently teaches at Duke University and lives with his family in Durham, North
Carolina.
Running time: 90’
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Jan Röfekamp
T. +1 514 844 3358
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Category: Travel & Religion
PROTAGONISTS – MOUNT ATHOS
Stavros Theodorakis
Have you ever wondered about life on Mount Athos? What happens during the night in
the“Garden of theVirgin Mary”? StavrosTheodorakis and cameramenYannis Missouridis
and Fanis Karagiorgos traveled to Mount Athos and captured astonishing images and testimonies about life there. Mysteries and treasures, rebels barricaded in Esphigmenou
Monastery, confessions of monks. Given that filming on Mount Athos was banned in 1991,
the material presented constitutes a rare and valuable record.
Running time: 64’
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FotisValantasis
Roussou 4 & Messoghion Ave.
T. +30 210 690 33 33
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PUNK’S NOT DEAD
Susan Dynner
Thirty years after bands like the Ramones and the Sex Pistols infamously shocked the system with their hard, fast, status-quo-killing rock, the longest-running punk band in history is drawing bigger crowds than ever,“pop-punk”bands have found success on MTV,
and kids too young to drive are forming bands that carry the torch for punk’s raw, immediate sound. Meanwhile,“punk”has become a marketing concept to sell everything from
cars to vodka, and dyed hair and piercings mark a rite of passage for thousands of kids. Can
the true, nonconformist punk spirit still exist in today’s corporatized culture? Featuring interviews, performances, and behind-the-scenes journeys with the bands, labels, fans,
and press who keep punk alive, Punk’s Not Dead dares to juxtapose pop-punk’s music and
lifestyle against its roots in the 70s and 80s, resulting in unexpected revelations.
Running time: 97’
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Vision Music
Andre Relis and Lise Romanoff
14945Ventura Blvd. Suite 306
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403, USA
T. +1 818 784 1702
F. +1 818 788 3715
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DENMARK
Category: History & Politics & Culture
PURITY BEATS EVERYTHING
Jon Bang Carlsen
“A little lie may not be believed at all, but a big lie, if repeated with sufficient vigor and frequency, will eventually take deep root in the minds of the uninformed masses.” Josef
Goebbels’ prophetic words resonate deep into our time. The film is about growing up in
a thatched silence in an idyllic country neighboring Germany. An uneasy silence that reveals itself as the absence of truth about the Scandinavian culture’s involvement with the
incomprehensible evil that stems from trying to“purify”other cultures. By following the
tale of two Auschwitz survivors, we are lead into a devastating past that leads straight
into our future.
Running time: 51’
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Jon Bang Carlsen
Blomstervænget 52
2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
T. + 45 20 150567
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FRANCE
THE PUTIN SYSTEM
Jean Michelle Carre
Russia’s re-emergence on the world stage in recent months is reminiscent of the glory
days of the Soviet Union. But, with democratic opposition in the country being systematically crushed, doesValdimir Putin’s ultra-authoritarian leadership have more in common
with his communist predecessors than previously thought?
Today, Putin is the supreme arbitrator in the Kremlin. He has coldly and methodically constructed a system in Russia where the FSB and his cabal in the Kremlin have taken control
and where the secret service now exerts more power than its predecessor the KGB. He has
stabilized the economy, developed military power and made oil and gas his weapons, his
empire and his challenge to the world.
This investigative documentary covers 30 years in the history of Russia through the personal journey of Vladimir Putin: a man who has single-mindedly played by, and broken,
all the rules of the game to reach the throne of power.
Running time: 98’& 2 x 52’
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Patricia Hickey
LondonW11 4AT, UK
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PUUJEE
Kazuya Yamada
Mongolia, in the fall of 1999.The Japanese explorerYoshiharu Sekino is crossing Mongolia on his bicycle. There he meets six-year-old Puujee, an independent spirit, on horseback. He tries to photograph her, but she tells him no.“If you’re here to take photos, stay
away!”This was how their friendship began. Our lives are transformed by our encounters
with others. Puujee documents the encounters between Puujee, her family and the explorerYoshiharu Sekino over 5 years, as Mongolia’s nomads face the socio-economic and
environmental changes sweeping Mongolia in its transition to a market economy. In the
process, Puujee’s dreams and hopes extend far beyond the plains of Mongolia.
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Alex Korenori
2-15 Kanda Jimbocho, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo, 101-0051, Japan
T. +81 3 3230 7072
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www.tuttlemori.com/index_e.html
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Category: Human Interest, Social Issues
QADIR – AN AFGHAN ULYSSES
Anneta Papathanassiou
Returning home.This is the journey of Qadir, an Afghan refugee who came to Greece after
the Taliban invaded his town. He returns home 9 years later, searching for his family, but
his emotions are mixed: besides joy, there is anxiety and even fear. The country is destroyed and is trying to reconstruct itself. The Taliban are still there threatening with suicide bombers.The poverty, the insecurity and the Government’s failure to offer its people
even the basics, worry Qadir. What will his decision be when he finds his family? Will he
stay in Afghanistan or return to Greece? He is torn between two worlds, the East and the
West. Qadir is a Ulysses of our time.
Running time: 79’
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Greek Film Center
Evi Lazari
Panepistimiou 10
T. +30 210 3687503 F. +30 210 3614336
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www.gfc.gr
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Cinegram SA
Fotini Economopoulou
43 Gounari Str., Agia Paraskevi
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JORDAN - GERMANY - THE NETHERLANDS
RECYCLE
Mahmoud al Massad
What makes a terrorist? In Zarqa, Jordan’s second largest city with close to 1,000,000 inhabitants, it is a much-debated question. Zarqa was the birthplace of Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the leader of Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia before being killed by American forces in
2006. Many in town knew al Zarqawi, and Zarqa continues to be a source of new recruits
to jihad.With inspired cinematography and remarkable access, Jordanian-Palestinian filmmaker Mahmoud al Assad charts the daily life of an Islamic man in one of Zarqa’s poorest
neighborhoods, revealing the rhythms of Jordanian life against the backdrop of the‘war
on terrorism’that reaches into the living rooms of many Muslim families.
Running time: 80’
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Loïc Magneron
Paris 75002, France
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GERMANY
THE RED ELVIS
Leopold Grün
Rockstar, Cowboy, Socialist: During the ColdWar, American singer and actor Dean Reed is
a superstar in the Soviet Union and worshipped throughout the Eastern Bloc and South
America. He acts in 18 movies, records 13 albums, utilizing his artistic talents for political
ideals. Being a pacifist until the Pinochet Coup in Chile 1973, Reed joins Arafat shortly
after – dancing with a Kalashnikov rifle. Reed never stops getting involved until he is
found dead in an East Berlin lake in 1986. He collapsed between ideals and naivety.
Reed’s life reflects the always contemporary discourse between social activism and individual gain.
Running time: 90’
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ARRI MediaWorldsales
Antonio Exacoustos & Sylvia Edelmann
Türkenstr. 89
Munich 80799, Germany
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FRANCE
REDEMPTION SONG
Markus Hansen & Jean-Marie Boulet
In March 1967, Billy Bang was conscripted to fight inVietnam, an experience that left him
emotionally desolate and profoundly confused about his American identity. Upon his return, he tried to forget his nightmares through alcohol, drugs and music. Forty years later,
he decides that the only way he will be able to repair his emotions and find some closure
to his trauma, is to return to Vietnam, this time with his violin. This film is about the desire to overcome and transcend the trauma of war through music and art.
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Loïc Magneron
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RESERVED TO FIGHT
Chantelle Squires
Every war brings home shell shocked veterans. Coming home from Iraq is definitely not
an easy task.The young soldiers find themselves neglected by the Military and isolated in
a society that cannot recognize their distress.
In May 2003, Fox Company of Marine Reserve Unit 2/23, returned home from front-line
combat in Iraq. For four years, we follow four Marines of Fox Company through their postwar minefield of social and psychological reintegration. Living among loved ones who
don’t yet understand them and how they have changed, contending with a media focused on the politics rather than the human experience of war, and suffering from a psychological disorder that is difficult to acknowledge, these young veterans grapple to find
purpose and healing. For each marine, their new status as a young veteran leaves them
often without goals, camaraderie, or an immediate channel for the adrenaline that their
combat-ready bodies still produce, even many months later.
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TV2World A/S
Anne Köhncke
Teglholm Allé 16
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RETURN TO GOREE
Pierre-Yves Borgeaud
This musical road-movie tells of African singerYoussou N’Dour’s epic journey following the
trail left by the black slaves and the jazz music they invented.Youssou N’Dour’s challenge
is to bring back to Africa a jazz repertoire and to sing those tunes in Gorée, the island that
today symbolizes the slave trade and stands to commemorate its victims. Guided in
through his journey by pianist Moncef Genoud, N’Dour travels across the United States
and Europe. Accompanied by some of the world’s most exceptional musicians, they meet
people and well known figures, and create, through concerts, encounters and debates,
music which transcends cultural division.
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Wide Management
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UK - CAMBODIA - GERMANY
THE RETURN
Jo Parkes & Sven O. Hill
Sathia has always lived through dance. As a child, she survives the brutal Khmer Rouge
regime by dancing for the soldiers and therefore receiving extra food. As Cambodians
begin to rebuild their society, Sathia is accepted into the School of Fine Arts. After years of
training, she becomes a well-known dancer, celebrated for her beauty and her lively, joyful dancing. In 1997, Sathia is involved in a road accident. As she recovers in hospital, it becomes clear that she will never dance again. She is disabled from the waist down. She
gives up all thoughts of dance and retreats to her small room, rarely going out. Six years
later, she meets Katie MacCabe, a British dancer, who, due to the influence of her disabled
father, is passionate about dance combining disabled and non-disabled dancers. She
wants Sathia to dance with her. Sathia simply replies,“I cannot.” It takes a year of gentle
coaxing for her to build the confidence to agree to try dancing again. Shot in Phnom Penh,
with a soundtrack by Cambodian master musicians, the film follows Sathia as she begins
to dance again, struggling to relearn her body, to re-connect with her dance training and
to overcome her shame at her disabled body in a culture in which disabled people are
often excluded from society. It is the story of an extraordinary friendship, following the pair
in rehearsal and daily life, intercut with short dance pieces shot on location in Phnom
Penh which provide a meditative, poetic reflection upon the stories of the characters.
Running time: 78’
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hillfilm
Sven O. Hill
Dieffenbachstrasse 75
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GERMANY - RUSSIA - UKRAINE
REVUE
Sergei Loznitsa
Revue is based on archival propaganda newsreels produced in the USSR in the 50s and 60s.
Director Sergei Loznitsa shows the almost forgotten side of the Soviet era and the way of
thinking of that period. He explores the life of people all across the vast expanse of the Soviet Motherland, full of hardship, deprivation and absurd rituals, but at the same time illuminated by the glorious shining of the communist illusion. All this is wrapped in the
author’s approach to the material, also evident in the editing, sound and the accompanying comments.
Running time: 82’
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Heino Deckert
Marienplatz 1
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BRAZIL
RHAPSODY OF THE ABSURD
Cláudia Nunes
A poetic documentary that shows archival scenes of two outstanding episodes of the
struggle for land in the countryside and in the city which occurred in Brazil:
Santa Luzia Farm and Parque Oeste Industrial, whose dimensions transform them into
universal examples of the existing conflict between private property and poor people all
over the world.
Running time: 15’
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Cláudia Nunes
Rua 3, 906, ap 701, ed. Johen carneiro, Setor Oeste
Goiânia-Goiás 74115-050, Brazil
T. +55 62 3 215 27 46
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THE ROAD TO CHINA
Nicolas Koutsikas & Stephan Poulle
Like some giant who has just woken up after a long slumber, China apparently makes no
claim to have cut with its Maoist past, yet it is a country where a former civil servant may
become a multi-millionaire building luxury real estate projects or a luxury hotel which is
an exact copy of a French château. Following unprecedented economic growth, the Chinese are not only attracted to new technologies but they are also interested in the refinements ofWestern culture and traditions.The new wealthy classes in China also find French
wines and brandies very appealing thus providing a new lucrative market for enterprising people such as Jacques François Ryst, who produces Armagnac brandy and has been
selling his products in China for many years now.
Jacques François takes us along with him to meet his contacts on one of his business trips
and helps us discover this intriguing mix of the old and the new China.
Running time: 47’
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BleuWingTV Productions
Nicolas Koutsikas
2 Ikonou St., Nea Smyrni
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AUSTRIA
ROAD TO MECCA – THE JOURNEY
OF MUHAMED ASAD
Georg Misch
In the early 1920s, the Austrian Jew Leopold Weiss made a journey to the Middle East.The
desert fascinated him and Islam became his new spiritual home. He left his Jewish roots
behind, converted to Islam and started calling himself Muhammad Asad. Becoming one
of the most important Muslims of the 20th century, he first started to work as an advisor
at the court of the king of Saudi Arabia, later translated the Koran, became a co- founder
of the nation of Pakistan and finally a UN ambassador.The director follows his fading footsteps, leading out of the Arabian Desert to Ground Zero. He finds a man who was not looking for adventure, but rather wanted to act as a mediator between the Orient and the
Occident. A Road to Mecca dares to deal with a burning debate that is currently becoming
more and more important.
Running time: 58’
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Autlook Filmsales
Zieglergasse 75/1
T. +43 720 553 570
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ISRAEL
ROSH GERANIUM: A PORTRAIT FILM
ABOUT ARTIST RAFFIE LAVIE
Amit Goren
Raffi Lavie, the Israeli painter, art and classical music critic, is arguably the most influential cultural figure of his generation, an embodiment of the image of the “Sabra.” The film
follows Raffi Lavie, who had to give up the lease on his mythical apartment in Tel Aviv,
where he lived for 33 years with his wife Ilana and their children, when he is forced to reorganize his life in order to relocate and begin yet another new phase in his life. Amit
Goren’s film makes Lavie’s personality and art accessible, while remaining both entertaining and thought provoking.
Running time: 52’
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MichaelTreves
20 Bialik St.
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USA
SALLY GROSS –
THE PLEASURE OF STILLNESS
Albert Maysles & Kristen Nutile
This is a documentary about the critically acclaimed NewYork-based modern dancer and
choreographer, Sally Gross. Called “the most poetic of minimalist modern-dance choreographers” by New York Times dance critic Jennifer Dunning, Sally has been dancing for
more than fifty years. Now in her seventies, Sally continues to perform every year. Sally
Gross-The Pleasure of Stillness is an intimate film about the life and times of this remarkable and charismatic true NewYork artist who continues to create experimental work with
an unwavering and gentle determination.
Running time: 57’
Sales Contact:
Tanja Meding
425 Main Street #9P
T. +1 917 647 1184
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www.mayslesfilms.com
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SWEDEN
SAMI DAUGHTER YOIK
Liselotte Wajstedt
Sámi Daughter Yoik is a beautifully fractured documentary that delves deep into the insecurity, humour, and vulnerability of a young urban Sámi woman trying to understand
herself. Armed with a few Sámi phrases learned in a summer course, Liselotte sets off on
a road trip, determined to find a connection to her culture. Part video-diary, part experimental animation, this film explores the excitement of the filmmaker’s self discovery, and
her frustration at trying to fit into a culture that she doesn’t fully understand. The painful
and often hilarious trials of Liselotte Wajstedt reveal that defining our identity is truly an
international struggle
Running time: 58’
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LittleBig Productions
Anna G. Magnúsdóttir
Timmermansgränd 3
Stockholm 118 65, Sweden
T. +46 8 720 26 05
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THE NETHERLANDS
SATELLITE QUEENS
Bregtje van der Haak
Focusing on the popular women’s talk show“Kalam Nawaem”(“SweetTalk” or “Women’s
Talk”), this lively documentary explores how Arab satellite TV influences lifestyles and
public opinion in the Middle East. Hosted by four charming women from four different
Arab countries, this hugely successful prime timeTV show brings the world seen from the
vantage point of women to millions of Arab viewers worldwide.
Discussing hot issues like homosexuality, terrorism, and masturbation, Lebanese Rania,
Egyptian Fawzia, Palestinian Farah, and Saudi Muna are the controversial stars of a recordbreaking television format, bringing in millions of dollars in advertising revenue for its
Saudi owners.
Who are these charming women breaking new ground? How do they use the power of
media to change their world? And what happens when their conversations are heard in
Arab living rooms? Satellite Queens is an intimate look at the making of Arab public opinion.
Running time: 52’
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Contact Person:
Jan Röfekamp
T. +1 514 844 3358
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CANADA
Category: Nature & Wildlife
SAVING LUNA
Suzanne Chisholm & Michael Parfit
There is a wall, built of fear and respect, which normally stands between humans and
wild beings. We humans tell fables about breaking that wall and meeting strange and
marvelous creatures on the other side. But when it actually happens, we don’t know what
to do. Luna, a lone baby killer whale, breaks that wall when he gets lost, far from his family, in a remote, spectacularVancouver Island fjord called Nootka Sound.When he tries to
befriend people, he causes laughter, tears, amazement and love.To First Nations, he’s the
spirit of a chief; to boaters, he’s a goofy kid; to activists, he’s a cause; to scientists, he’s a puzzle; to officials, he’s a danger. As conflict stains the sea, we humans confront our fears and
fascinations with the unknown.When we try to save Luna from our own deadly confusion,
he forces us to face new ideas about the very nature of life itself and the values we think
are ours alone.
Running time: 94’
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Mountainside Films
Suzanne Chisholm
P.O. Box 2781
Sidney, BCV8L 5Y9, Canada
T. +1 250-217-7573
[email protected]
www.MountainsideFilms.com
www.SavingLuna.com
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ITALY
SAY SOMETHING LEFT WING
Wolfgang Achtner
Actor/director Nanni Moretti tells the story of his relationship with politics, as a filmmaker
and as a political activist. It includes scenes from his films that have acquired cult status
and that have made Moretti a cult figure for several generations of Italians. Also included
is a spectacular video of Moretti in action as the leader of Italy’s anti-Berlusconi opposition movement and on the set of his latest film, Il Caimano.
Running time: 52’
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Contact Person:
GA&A Productions
Alessandra Massari
Rome 00195, Italy
T. +39 063 613 480
F. +39 063 614 042
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BELGIUM
THE SCOTTISH KEY: AN
INVESTIGATION INTO FREEMASONRY
François de Smet
Even among its own members, few know the actual origins of Freemasonry. Are they a
network of self-interested businessmen, descendents of the Knights Templar or just an
exclusive social club? For the first time, based on recent findings and expert analysis, we
are able to ask the question:Who are the Freemasons?
Isolated and protected from the outside world, freemasons meet in age-old lodges. Over
the centuries, they have developed a peculiar brotherhood based around arcane rites and
rituals. But where did they come from and why are their origins shrouded in secrecy? And
what is the significance of their secular rites such as the mason’s word and the art of memory?
A mysterious topic, subject to allegations and fantasies, this discrete association has been
a source of curiosity, fascination and suspicion for over 300 years. Our investigation follows
a trail of unsolved mysteries from the 18th century, using previously unseen documents
and astonishing testimonies to discover the truth about Freemasons and reveal the Scottish Key.
Running time: 53’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
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Patricia Hickey
LondonW11 4AT, UK
T. +44 207 221 72 21
F. +44 207 221 72 28
[email protected]
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SLOVAKIA
THE SECRET OF ONE SWIMMING POOL
Andrea Kalinova
The idea to build the open air pool in an old stone pit was born in 1942. Bratislava has always lacked functional swimming pools.This pool under the castle hill should have been
a very important project. But everything remained at the planning stages only. For the
next 50 years, the swimming pool stagnated, going to waste.
Why was the pool never built? Why was the plan never carried out? Is there a mystery
here?
We are trying to get to the bottom of this decaying project in Bratislava through a mock
documentary. On the basis of historical facts, we made up the whole story.
Four characters explain the history of this swimming pool to us.They give us various theories as to why the pool can’t work and what is hiding under its grounds.
Engineer/Architect Adrej Petrek describes the area and history of the pool. Peter Koskar, geologist, explains his own theory about the pool. Viliam Klimacec, writer and playwright,
author of the book Najda Has a Time, in which this swimming pool plays an important
role, mystifies us with his theory.
Gustav Laucky, local resident, claims that he has been swimming in this pool. Which is
strange, because according to old newspapers, this was never possible.
Running time: 25’
Sales Contact:
Barbora Kalinova
Gajova 17
Bratislava 81109, Slovakia
T. +42 190 386 09 23
[email protected]
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GREECE - GERMANY - CANADA
SECRET OF THE SNAKE GODDESS
Christian Bauer & Nikos Dayandas
This is the story of the discovery of Knossos and the Minoans by Sir Arthur Evans – a story
as mysterious as the Minoan world itself.
Following Canadian archaeologist Alexander MacGillivray, the film travels to Crete, New
York, Boston and Toronto, to discover the secrets behind famous Minoan masterpieces.
The secrets they hide will change our view of the Minoan world.
Through dramatic reconstructions shot in the archaeological site of Knossos, archival
footage and high quality computer animation, The Secret of the Snake Goddess brings to
life the Golden Age of great discoveries and reminds us why History is important for us
today.
Running time: 52’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
388
Anemon
Rea Apostolides
5 Stisihoru Street
T. +30 210 721 10 73
F. +30 210 721 10 73
[email protected]
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GREECE
SECRETS AND LIES
Stavros Stagos
Bhopal 1984: the biggest industrial disaster in history. 25.000 people dead, 120.000
chronically ill, 22 years of legal battles in India and the USA. The film explores the policy
of multinational companies in Third World countries and the connection of the chemical
industry with the industrial-military establishment in the USA.
The film aims to inform viewers about this important incident, to make them conscious
of the“chemical terror”that surrounds us, but also to help them see that the accident in
Bhopal, like other significant events, is a link in the chain that makes up human history,
the active components of which are none other than ourselves.
Running time: 78’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Greek Film Center
Evi Lazari
Panepistimiou 10
T. +30 210 3687503
F. +30 210 3614336
[email protected]
www.gfc.gr
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ITALY
SEE NAPLES AND DIE
Enrico Caria
The Camorra war in Naples is told for the first time in an entertaining manner; tragic issues are mixed with satire and told through a combination of interviews, film clips, cartoons and music videos.
The narration is done by the director himself, a Neapolitan who emigrated from Naples in
the eighties and returned to his home town during the“Renaissance”of the city at the beginning of the nineties. His tragicomic adventures in Naples, together with his journalist
friend, Giulio Gargia, serve as the setting to give a fair account of the city; from its nomination as the potential host for the America’s Cup, to the drug wars in the Scampia district,
up to the present today, when blood continues to flow silently in the city streets.
Running time: 74’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
390
GA&A Productions
Alessandra Massari
Rome 00195, Italy
T. +39 063 613 480
F. +39 063 614 042
[email protected]
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ISRAEL
SEEDS OF SUMMER
Hen Lasker
Seven years after completing an IDF combat course, the director returns to the place where
she first fell in love with a woman – her commander. Over the course of 66 days and
nights, the film follows the girls in one of the most rigorous combat courses and reveals
the mechanism that enables the transformation of 18-year-old girls into fierce soldiers.
While during the daytime the women adopt male conventions and martial codes, at night
a world of femininity lies behind their role playing.Through an intimate relationship that
develops between the director and one of the women, questions of the forming of identity, sexuality, and femininity arise. Growing and escalating along with the course, the relationship charges other relationships between the soldiers and allows an alternative gaze
into the experiences that these young women undergo within the world of the Israeli
army.
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Cinephil
Philippa Kowarsky
18 Levontin Street
T. +972 3 566 4129
F. +972 3 560 1436
[email protected]
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USA - BRAZIL
SEND A BULLET
Jason Kohn
Send a Bullet explores the cycles of violence that plague Brazil’s upper and lower economic classes in fits of rampant corruption and violent kidnappings. The film chronicles
these cycles through highly personalized stories that reflect the growing truth about
Brazil’s huge economic disparities. A frog farm connected to a corrupt politician and one
of the most powerful men in Brazil; a kidnapping victim who had both her ears cut off before she was released to her parents; a wealthy plastic surgeon who pioneered the procedure used to reconstruct the ears of kidnapping victims; and a kidnapper who has watched
many like himself escape the poorest parts of Brazil for the wealthier Sao Paolo, where they
terrorize the upper class with kidnappings, theft and murder. The film links these stories
to weave a compelling narrative about a country where the rich and powerful steal from
the poor, and in turn some of the poor terrorize the rich.
Running time: 85’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
392
Celsius Entertainment Ltd
ThierryWase-Bailey
32 Maple Street,
LondonW1T 6HB, UK
T. +44-20-7193 1801
[email protected]
www.celsiusentertainment.com
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SPAIN
SEPTEMBERS
Carles Bosch
Eight men and women allow us into their lives and into the intimacies of their love stories – the ray of light that helps them survive in prison. Every September, Madrid’s Soto
del Real Prison celebrates the Festival of Song. The participants are inmates who come
from various prisons.They are the protagonists of the film.The festival is simply a point of
departure. From there, these four men and four women return to their daily routines in
prison. Love, or its absence, serves as the common language to enable the spectator to understand the world of the penitentiary. Spanning a year – from September to September,
between one festival and the next – the film portrays their love stories: how they develop
or how they fall apart.
Running time: 90’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
SND films
Sydney Neter
Leidsestraat 106’
1017 PG Amsterdam
T. +31 20 4040707
F. +31 20 4040708
[email protected]
www.sndfilms.com
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THE NETHERLANDS
SExY
Menna Laura Meijer
Sexy is a series in which young people from all over the Netherlands tell us, openly and
poignantly, about their love lives. Documentarian Menna Laura Meijer filmed young people in all kinds of relationships.Themes such as safe sex, fantasies, identity, sorrow and desire are covered.The stories, images and music make the series a probing document of its
time, whereby young people reveal how they experience love and sex in 2007. Shots of
internet films, stimulating photos and a soundtrack of R&B, rock and disco make every
25-minute episode bubble with lust and desire, and the vulnerable positions of those interviewed lead to exceptional moments.
Running time: 50’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
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VPRO Sales
Swaze Hartog
Sumatralaan 49
1217 GP Hilversum,The Netherlands
T. +31 35 6712212
F. +31 35 6712252
[email protected]
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SERBIA
SHABAN
Milos Stojanovic
Legendary Roma singer Shaban Bajramovic is recording in Mostar, Bosnia. Meanwhile,
back in Shaban’s hometown of Nis, his wife, friends and colleagues tell the tale of Shaban’s
extraordinary life.
Running time: 52’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Studio ofTheatre and Film
Milos Stojanovic
Volgina 7
Belgrade 11000, Serbia
T. +381 63 232 869
[email protected]
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FINLAND
SHADOW OF THE HOLY BOOK
Arto Halonen
Why are some of the world’s biggest international companies translating the Ruhnama,
an absurd government propaganda book from Turkmenistan, into their own languages?
The film exposes the immorality of international companies doing business with the dictatorship of oil-and-gas-richTurkmenistan, thus helping to cover up its human rights and
free speech abuses – all in the name of profit and corporate greed.
Running time: 90’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
396
Jan Röfekamp
H3L 1A8 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
T. +1 514 844 3358
F. +1 514 844 7298
[email protected]
www.filmstransit.com
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SWITZERLAND
SHAKE THE DEVIL OFF
Peter Entell
Six months after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans, the axe has just
fallen at St. Augustine Church: the archdiocese is about to close the parish and send Father LeDoux away. The church is renowned as the birthplace of jazz and gospel, and a
powerful reminder of the history of slavery. The parishioners join forces with local musicians to resist.Their spiritual guide, Father LeDoux, encourages them to pray and negotiate. But they soon realize they must take matters into their own hands... The time has
come to go on the offensive. Shake the Devil Off is a contemporary retelling of the story of
Easter, in a city where politics, culture and religion collide and where the plan of God remains impenetrable.
Running time: 99’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Show andTell Films
Peter Entell
Chemin de Pacoty 22
1297 Founex, Switzerland
T. +41 79 376 5557
[email protected]
www.shakethedeviloff.com
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SWITZERLAND
THE SHAMAN SEARCH
Roland Pellarin
Did you know that Shamanism is alive and well in Europe, and that through this ancestral animistic practice, hundreds of followers are finding a new link to nature and to the
spirit world?
During the months spent shooting this documentary in high definition video, Roland Pellarin and his team discovered and participated in Shamanistic healing and divination rites.
Running time: 65’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
398
MichaelTreves
20 Bialik St.
T. +972 52 363 33 98
[email protected]
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CANADA
Category: Human Interest & Gender Issues
SHE’S A BOY I KNEW
Gwen Haworth
Using archival footage and animation, Vancouver filmmaker Gwen Haworth documents
her male-to-female gender transition partially through the voices of her anxious but loving family, best friend, and wife. As her family (including her police officer father) recounts
its own journeys through the filmmaker’s gender transition, the film invites us to question
our assumptions about the role that names, clothing, culture and anatomy play in our
constructions of gender identity. A comic, heartbreaking, and uplifting autobiography that
focuses on the interpersonal relationships of a family who unexpectedly find their bonds
strengthening as they overcome their preconceptions of gender and sexuality.
Running time: 70’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Outcast Films
Vanessa Domico
PO Box 260
NewYork NY 10032, USA
T. +1 917 520 7392
[email protected]
www.outcast-films.com
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FRANCE
SHORT LEAVES
Georges Bonopéra & François Fèvre & Alain Goury
Six minutes to discover a marvellous city, to go through a wild country, to escape, leaving the beaten path!
Short Leaves is a wonderful breath of fresh air for all those who love traveling...
Canada, Mexico, Corsica, Jordan, Cambodia, Istanbul, South Africa, NewYork,Tokyo, Oman,
Cordoba, andYemen are some destinations of this unique series!
Running time: 300 x 6’& 38 x 30’
Year of production: 2007-2008
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
400
10 Francs
Guy Knafo
Paris 75019, France
T. + 33 1 48 74 43 77
F. + 33 1 48 74 82 65
[email protected]
445
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GREECE
SHOWDOWN AT THE END
OF THE WORLD
Yorgos Avgeropoulos
The Arctic Ocean spreads across 14 million square kilometres and conceals 25% of the
global oil and natural gas reserves. As the ice melts, bays, marine areas and islands that
had been long forgotten suddenly find themselves in the spotlight of the international
agenda. Five arctic states, Russia, Canada, Norway, Denmark and the US, lay claim to a
piece of the Arctic Pole and, of course, to the largest share of the treasure. This is a newageWestern film on theWild North, which explores the economic and geostrategic facts
of the Great Arctic Game that has just begun.
Running time: 56’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Small Planet
Anastasia Skoubri
69, Doiranis St., Kallithea
T. +30 210 951 52 95
F. +30 210 951 52 94
[email protected]
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494
ISRAEL
SIDEWALK
Duki Dror
This touching film interweaves seven parallel stories of children on their way to and from
school into one journey. We witness the most intimate moments – between parent and
teacher; danger and curiosity – where a child’s sense of independence is developed. It is
a meditation on child consciousness, a rite of passage that goes in a blink of an eye to dissolve into adulthood. Side Walk is about the playful, the stressful, the violent, the magical and the mostly thrilling daily journey of childhood.
Running time: 57’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
402
Go2Films
Hedva Goldschmidt
T. +972 2 583 13 71
F. +972 2 583 54 50
[email protected]
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GREECE
SIMPLE PEOPLE, SIMPLE AS CHILDREN
Yannis Kaspiris
The film focuses on a group of patients at the Attica Psychiatric Hospital known as“Dafni”.
What is special about this group is their attempt to survive in the mental institution
through“artistic expression”. The film was shot during two time periods with an interval
of 7 years between them. The relationship between creation and mental illness remains
an open question. Inside the asylums, the products of the less or more creative moments
of madness, made in secret, are immediately destroyed either by the patients themselves
or by the staff.Those that survive remain forgotten in the profound silence of the asylum,
just as the inmates themselves remain forgotten, powerless, not just in the asylum but also
in the enigma of their insanity. In the summer of 2006, I was observing my young baby
in his mother’s arms and it was then that I remembered the patients confined in the Attica Psychiatric Hospital.These memories soon became an obsession. I decided to go back
to Dafni years later to find out what had become of those patients. This film is the result
of this sort journey in time.
Running time: 35’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Illusion
Yannis Kaspiris
25th Martiou 8 , Holargos
T. +30 210 65 10 657
[email protected]
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INDIA-PAKISTAN
THE SKY BELOW
Sarah Singh
A contemporary portrait of India and Pakistan vis-à-vis the lingering fallout of the 1947
Partition of the Subcontinent. The documentary traverses the landscape, culture, history,
and politics from Kutch to Kashmir in India, and from Karachi to the Khyber Pass in Pakistan. Interviews with a cross-section of survivors from the time of Partition alongside a
former Kashmiri terrorist, royalty, contemporary politicians, historians, and others give the
unfolding historical trajectory a personal and sometimes critical dimension. Emphasis is
given to some of the lesser known aspects of the Partition (the abduction of women, the
plight of Sindhi community, and the role of the British). The film concludes with perspectives on the future of the region and the Indo-Pak relationship, most significantly
through the prism of the continued dispute over Kashmir.
Running time: 75’
Contact Person:
404
Sarah Singh
305W. 19th st, #32
T. +1 212 627 2307
[email protected]
www.sarahsingh.com
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GREECE
Category: Discoveries, Nature, Wild life
THE SKYRIAN HORSE
Yorgos Sourgiadakis
Aphrodite and Jason, in love and inseparable, spend the summer together on the island.
Fuelled by his desire to win his beloved’s heart, Raphael gets into a fight and is seriously
injured. Sasha returns from the mountain pregnant. Achilles is an orphan with a penchant
for trouble. Eager to unearth her family history, Marika takes a DNA test. Liana’s received
an early visit from the stork, but fortunately her baby is safe and sound. Hector, an‘emo’
municipal employee, is considered the model male of the island. Every father feels privileged to send his daughter to Hector’s bed. This is a documentary that relates small but
largely personal love stories. Its leading actors, the adorable Skyrian horses, are looking for
love and making an appeal for survival.
Running time: 60’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Euroirida Ltd
George Sourgiadakis
Athanasiou Diakou 5
T. +30 210 75 64 179
F. +30 210 68 26 955
[email protected]
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UK
SMALL TOWN GIRLS
Jill Daniels
Shot over 5 years, Small Town Girls is a unique and moving portrait of three British girls
growing from childhood into adolescence. Joanne and Charlotte live in a small, racially divided town, Nelson, in the north of England and face the harsh daily reality of the high tension between the Muslim Asian and white population.
Joanne has an Iranian father she has never met; a mother imprisoned in a mental hospital for burning a house down, and she is fostered into a very poor, born-again white Christian family. The church seems to provide her with the family she never had. When her
foster mother dies suddenly, Joanne turns back inside herself and increasingly to the safety
of the church.
For Charlotte, the answer to the problem of growing up is to grasp on to the superficiality of appearance, clothes, make up and style. She drops her Asian friends when the going
gets tough.
For Sian, living in Frome, in the south west of England where there’s nowhere to go, the
only attraction seems to be boys and their cars, and alcohol and drugs are hard to resist.
As the film unfolds, the girls’behaviour changes in surprising, humorous and sometimes
tragic ways.
Running time: 81’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
406
High Ground Films
Jill Daniels
1 Aigburgh Mansions, Mowell Street
London SW9 0EP, UK
T. +44 207 564 32 11
[email protected]
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UK
SO HELP ME GOD
Simon Cole
A witty and exploratory journey across America in search of God in different cultures. On
his travels, the filmmaker and protagonist meets with Mormons, Muslims, Jews and Jehovah’s Witnesses in the hope that they can help to fill the hole he feels in his life.The film
approaches the complex yet universal questions about God and religion in an entirely accessible way.
Running time: 52’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Autlook Filmsales
Zieglergasse 75/1
T. +43 720 553 570
F. +43 720 553 572
[email protected]
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SPAIN
SÓNAR AROUND THE WORLD
Josep Maria Salat
Founded in Barcelona in 1994, Sonar has grown into a major event and trend-setter in
electronic media, attracting thousands of eager participants each year. Sonar is cuttingedge music, art and film all in one. It is creative, surprising – shocking to some – and
ground-breaking. In 2002, the festival’s smashing success convinced organizers to export
the formula to other cities around the world under the name SonarSounds. Sonar Around
the World takes a behind-the-scenes look at the 2006 edition of SonarSounds held in
Buenos Aires, Barcelona, Hamburg,Tokyo and Seoul.The festival organizers, leading musicians, DJs, and visitors give their view of what has become the world’s most popular
electronic music festival.
Running time: 65’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
408
Oriol Baquer
c/ de laTV3 s/n
T. +34 93 499 93 33
F. +34 93 473 15 63
[email protected]
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GREECE
SONGS THAT WROTE HISTORY –
YOU’VE PUT A SPELLON ME
BAYANDERAS (1940)
Yorgos Zervas
A portrait of the song M’ehis magemeno (You’ve Put a Spell on Me), written and first sung
by Dimitris Gogos or “Bayanderas” (accompanied by Manolis Hiotis on vocals and
bouzouki). But, in fact, the film refers respectfully to one of the greatest rembetiko composers who wrote some of the most beautiful – if not the most beautiful – songs. Spyros Papaioannou, who is also the series advisor, presents the case of“Bayanderas”clearly
and succinctly, referring to the particular song as“an hymn to love and life”and extolling
the anthropocentric nature of the rembetiko. Rare photographs from the “Bayanderas”
family archive, postcards showing Piraeus in the early 20th century, modern-day footage
of side streets, houses and railway stations that still survive and evoke the atmosphere of
the days of rembetiko, as well as a group of young musicians in a little taverna playing and
singing M’ehis magemeno, all serve to highlight the essence of a glorious song that purifies man.
Running time: 30’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
T. +30 210 607 5711-12
F. +30 210 607 5715
www.ert.gr
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SWITZERLAND - FINLAND - GERMANY
SONIC MIRROR
Mika Kaurismaki
Mika Kaurismäki’s new film Sonic Mirror is a surprising and emotional dive into the world
of rhythm – an extraordinary trip to discover the magical relationship between Life and
Rhythm. Drum legend Billy Cobham takes us from the bandstands of the Western world
to the primal music of African origin with kids in a Brazilian community and on to the
completely secluded world of musical experiences of autistic people.These different worlds
are connected in a mystical and secret way. The relationship between the collective and
the individual consciousness becomes obvious when, in a fantastic finale, symbiosis is
achieved. Music is a true universal language to express hope, love, ambition and joy. Sonic
Mirror is a film full of vibrancy and compassion, authentic and hypnotic from the first to
the very last moment.
Running time: 79’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
410
Wide Management
Loïc Magneron
Paris 75002, France
T. +33 1 5395 0464
F. +33 1 5395 0465
[email protected]
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USA - ISRAEL
SONS OF SAKHNIN UNITED
Christopher Browne
Jews and Arabs striving for a common goal can seem unlikely in today’s world, and yet –
as depicted in this insightful documentary – the small Arab town of Sakhnin has been
united by sport. Beating the odds in a quixotic quest for Israel’s State Cup, the multi-ethnic soccer team B’nei Sakhnin battles to maintain their “premiere” league status. In English, Hebrew and Arabic.
The remarkable passion stirred by sports is legendary.While it can sometimes ignite violent rivalries, that fervor more often creates the unparalleled opportunity to bridge chasms
of language, culture and politics – uniting field and fans as they battle towards a common
goal. No place is this more evident, and more seemingly unlikely, than in Sakhnin, a small
Arab town in northern Israel.The town is one of the poorer communities in Israel, and because of its primarily Arab population, it does not receive the government attention and
aid other cities and villages get from the Israeli government. But the people of Sakhnin love
their home, and they love soccer. Their team roster combines Arabs and Jews, including
their coach, as well as players who have been recruited from outside Israel.They can’t afford their own stadium, and their practice field is not a pretty grass pitch, but a large area
of dirt.
Running time: 84’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Jan Röfekamp
T. +1 514 844 3358
F. +1 514 844 7298
[email protected]
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USA
A SON’S SACRIFICE
Yoni Brook
A Son’s Sacrifice follows the journey of Imran, a young American Muslim who struggles
to take over his father’s halal slaughterhouse in New York City. [For Muslims, the word
halal describes what is lawful in Islam. Halal dietary laws dictate certain conditions for
the preparation of meat, as well as the types of animals and foods that are lawful for consumption.] Until a short time ago, 27-year-old Ιmran, born to a Bangladeshi Muslim father and a Puerto Rican Catholic mother, worked in advertising.When his father expresses
his wish to retire, Imran decides to succeed the family business, and he is given a task to
prove his faith. On the holiest day of the year, Imran must lead a sacrifice that will define
him as a Muslim, as an American, and as a son.
Running time: 27’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
412
Foment Films LLC
Musa Syeed
124W. 60th Street, Apt. 10M
T. + 1 646 502 5265
[email protected]
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INDIA - FRANCE
Category: Docudrama
SPEAKING TREE
Natasha de Betak
The unusual destiny of a man named Deva who lost his mind while grazing camels in the
desert of north-western India. He was tied to the only tree in his village for years. Deva’s
wife left him, leaving his mother to look after him. Until one day, a massive earthquake
erased the region. The disaster killed thousands and made millions homeless, but Deva
found his mind, his sanity, and his life again.
Running time: 70’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Wide Management
Loïc Magneron
Paris 75002, France
T. +33 1 53 95 04 64
F. +33 1 53 95 04 65
[email protected]
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CYPRUS
SPIRULINA: THE ASTRONAUTS’
NUTRITION
These tiny green spiral coils harvest the energy of the sun, growing a treasure of bioavailable nutrients.This first photosynthetic life form was designed by nature 3.6 billion years
ago. Blue green algae produced the oxygen in our atmosphere allowing all higher life
forms to evolve. It contains everything life needed to evolve into its rich diversity today.
This immortal life form has renewed itself for billions of years. In the past 20 years it has
reintroduced itself to humanity. Spirulina contains billions of years of successful evolutionary wisdom coded in its DNA. Τhis special kind of algae has been proved to be part of
the astronauts’ diet. Why? Is it really full of vitamins and minerals that help people be
well-balanced and healthy?
The film is a step-by-step presentation of how spirulina is cultivated, refined and finally
reaches the consumption stage. The oldest organisms – the ones that gave us life – are
back to revitalize us.They are one of the many solutions we need for restoring our planet
in the next 20 years.
Running time: 45’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
414
Exoptron Ltd
Spiros Gavalas
Dimosthenous 10,
Megaro Gianni-Maria Suite 205
T. +30 693 668 83 96
[email protected]
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GREECE
SPRAY
Medie Megas & Manolis Andriotakis
Spray is the subjective view of the city of Athens through its street art. A woman wanders
aimlessly in the streets allowing thoughts and feelings to emerge through a process of
free association. As time goes by, she experiences various states of mind, while exploring
abandoned corners of the city. On the other side of the city, a man is sitting in a square that
is a no-man’s land, surrounded by advertisements, typing certain fragmentary phrases,
perhaps notes for a future essay.The real protagonists of the film are the colors, shapes and
figures of the captivating Athenian street art.
Running time: 22’
Sales Contact:
Manolis Andriotakis
2, Praxitelous St.
Athens, Melissia 15127, Greece
T. +30 694 720 20 38
F. +30 210 810 45 87
[email protected]
415
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UK
Category: Sports
ST. ANDREWS: BEHIND THE GREENS
Peter Barber-Fleming
The Old Course at St. Andrews is the Holy Grail of golf. It is the birthplace of the world’s
fastest growing sport and plays host to an array of eccentric characters who work tirelessly to ensure that the game’s oldest club stays prepared for the modern day realities of
tournament golf.
Produced for the BBC, Behind the Greens is an introduction to everyday life at The Old
Course. From organizing the first women’s professional tournament at the club, to the
grumbling caddies and the ladies putting club at the“Himalayas”. An army of greenkeepers work under military conditions to make the rolling greens and fairways pristine for
the golfers, who travel from all corners of the globe to pit themselves against the relentless winds that batter this stretch of Scottish coastline.
St Andrews: Behind the Greens is an affectionate portrait of the caddies, greenkeepers,
club officials and golfers who guarantee this golfing treasure keeps its unique place in
sporting history.
Running time: 59’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
416
Patricia Hickey
LondonW11 4AT, UK
T. +44 207 221 72 21
F. +44 207 221 72 28
[email protected]
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Category: History & Social Issues
STALAGS
Ari Libsker
It was one of Israel’s dirty little secrets. In the early 60s, a series of pornographic pocket
books called Stalags, based on Nazi themes, became best-sellers throughout the country.
After decades in dusty back rooms the books are re-emerging in the public eye, rekindling the debate on the cultural representation of Nazism and the Holocaust.
Running time: 60’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Cinephil
Philippa Kowarsky
18 Levontin Street
T. +972 3 566 4129
F. +972 3 560 1436
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GERMANY
STASI: EAST GERMANY’S SECRET POLICE
Christian Gierke
One in 50 adults in East Germany collaborated with the Stasi. Relative to the population,
they were the largest secret police in the history of mankind.
The Stasi called itself“The Shield and Sword of the Party.” Its job? To ensure there was no
dissention against the state, by whatever means. Disappearances were common, as were
months of interrogation. Listening devices were employed against staggering numbers of
the public and any comments against the state were punished ruthlessly.
The 2007 Oscar-winning film The Lives of Others revealed to a mainstream audience how
far the Stasi went in operations against its own citizens. Stasi: East Germany’s Secret Police takes you behind that story and inside the organization whose goal was to create a system of “total surveillance.” The Stasi inventory included detention facilities, prisons,
disguised isolation camps, hidden bunkers, reconnaissance planes, eavesdropping stations and East Germany’s secret execution site.
The film reveals a country gripped by distrust, fear and paranoia, and a communist system hell-bent on keeping it that way.
Running time: 59’
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Patricia Hickey
LondonW11 4AT, UK
T. +44 207 221 72 21
F. +44 207 221 72 28
[email protected]
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STATES OF MIND
Elisa Mishto
A nurse and three mental patients take turns playing the lead roles in four stories told over
four seasons.Their world within the rooms and hallways of the psychiatric clinic is at once
brutally honest, funny and poetic. Moving through summer, autumn, winter and spring,
we are presented with the stories of four individuals moving through crisis, waiting, normalization, and adjustment. Elements of their previous lives and of their current daily adventures are told with the lightness of a fairytale or the playfulness of a game, but without
omitting the harshest and most melancholic aspects of their existence.
Melodies performed on violins, accordions, and wind instruments shift between themes
of childhood nostalgia and somber laments, while long contemplative shots of time spent
in their institutional environment are contrasted with open and direct confessions of their
darkest doubts and their most intimate desires. Each character is presented alongside his
or her neighbor in the institution: fellow patients, caseworkers and nurses. States of Mind
transforms the usual formula of the film on social marginalization into a delicate and ironic
story in which the protagonists seem to be more like circus personalities than mental patients: lion tamers, clowns, ballerinas and acrobats.
Running time: 85’
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Contact Person:
Anacondino Film
Elisa Mishto
38 Dethick Court, Ford Road
London E3 5PQ, UK
T. +44 794 245 81 38
[email protected]
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POLAND
STONE SILENCE
Krzysztof Kopczyński
A 29-year-old woman suspected of adultery was stoned to death in a village in the high
mountains of northern Afghanistan. News of this event, which spread all over the world
on April 23rd 2005, was the starting point of this story. The documentary presents the
history of two lovers as seen through the eyes of witnesses and proceeds to reconstruct
the tragic occurrence. The author of the film tries to find out what happened on the day
of Amina’s death. Amina was killed under circumstances that have been described in varying versions.The official investigation claims that the main cause of death was a heart attack. The main characters of the movie present totally different approaches to the event.
The film shows how difficult it is for outsiders to understand the Muslim hierarchy of values. It is a world in which nothing is worth less than a human being’s life.
Running time: 51’
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Eureka Media
Krzysztof Kopczynski
Ul. Smulikowskiego 13/10
00384,Warsaw, Poland
T. +48 22 828 4810
F. +48 22 829 5673
[email protected]
www.eurekamedia.info
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BULGARIA
STORIES FOR A STUDIO
Damyan Petrov
A documentary about the famous Bulgarian artist and collector Svetlin Roussev. On the
opening night of an art exhibition in Sofia he presents the works of many world-known
painters and sculptors like Vladimir Dimitrov the Master, Angel Spasov, Roden, Rozhen,
Ivan Nenov, Zlatyo Boyadzhiev etc.
Running time: 30’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Daniela Kuzmanova
29, San Stefano St.
T. +359 2 814 2390
F. +359 2 943 6045
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FRANCE
STRANDED
Gonzalo Arijón
In October 1972, a rugby team from Uruguay boarded a plane for a game that they
would never play. Their plane crashed in the Andes. Miraculously, 16 of the original 45
passengers managed to defy nature and stay alive for 72 days on a frozen glacier, despite brutal conditions. If this is a story that you think you know, think again. Stranded
goes beyond the lurid tale of cannibalism that swept the headlines to discover the
essence of this extraordinary human drama. Thirty-five years later, the survivors and
their children revisit the crash site known as the Valley of Tears. One by one, they disclose the intimate details of their harrowing experience – including the precise moment when they realized their only hope was to eat human flesh. Recovered photos
and footage of their rescue illuminate the interviews with an immediacy that is palpable. Gonzalo Arijon’s film is a profound parable of the human condition, as hauntingly
powerful as it is true.
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ARTE France
Audrey Kamga
8, rue Marceau
92785 Issy les Moulineaux CX 9, France
T. + +33 1 55 00 70 81
F. + +33 1 55 00 80 65
[email protected]
http://www.artepro.com/sales
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STRUGGLING TO CARE
Elena Mortelliti
Rajamanna, Nagamanni and Mary are nurses. They live and work in Hyderabad, India.
Three women of the same age, background and education who have chosen the same
career. Three hospitals: one public, one private, one missionary. The film reveals how the
structures where the nurses work have changed their behavior, expectations and dreams.
The observation of their lives and work offers a passionate and committed look at the Indian healthcare system.
Running time: 52’
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Contact Person:
GA&A Productions
Alessandra Massari
Rome 00195, Italy
T. +39 063 613 480
F. +39 063 614 042
[email protected]
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CANADA
THE SUICIDE TOURIST
John Zaritsky
How far are you willing to go for death? For American (by way of England) Craig Ewert and
Vancouverites George and Betty Coumbias the answer is Switzerland, home to Ludwig
Minelli and the nonprofit euthanasia group Dignitas. Since it’s inception in 1998, Dignitas has been assisting terminally ill people from around the world to commit suicide.The
charming and intelligent Ewert suffers from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) which is
rapidly shutting down his body, but not his mind.The documentary centers around the last
four days of Ewert’s life and includes his death. The Coumbias are in a parallel but different position, as George is ill but Betty is not. Ironically, Betty’s good health may keep them
from fulfilling their wish to end their lives like they lived them: together. If anything, The
Suicide Tourist demands that you reconsider how passionately you live your life and to examine why Ewert and the Coumbias have to travel so far to exert their will.
Running time: 89’
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Beyond Distribution
Yvonne Body
41/42 Berners Street
LondonW1T 3NB, UK
T. +44 20 7323 3444
F. +44 20 7580 6479
[email protected]
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ITALY
THE SULTANO VARIATION –
COOKING AND CULTURE IN SICILY
Vincenzo Cascone
A documentary voyage through the life, work and homeland of Chef Ciccio Sultano. From
the essence of his cooking to the discovery of one of the most ambiguous islands in the
Mediterranean area: Sicily. In search of the artisans and their crafts, whose work revolves
around Sultano’s particular conception of foods. An anthropological insight into Man and
into the fruits that he himself produces in his encounter with a land rich in history and in
suffering.
Running time: 63’
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Contact Person:
Vitagraph
Filippo D’Angelo
Via Schiavonia 1
T. +39 051 267 150
F. +39 051 267 150
[email protected]
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GREECE
SUN COME UP! SUN GO DOWN!
Angelos Kovotsos
“Sun come up! Sun go down!”says Dimitris Kambosos, talking about his life and the life
of his family: from sunrise, to sunset. Five people: the permanent residents of the island
of Levitha, three hours away from the closest other island, Patmos, in the Dodecanese. In
this part of the Aegean Sea, ships connecting the islands to each other and to the mainland are infrequent. Resourceful and inventive, the Kambosos family survives working as
stock-farmers, fishermen, but also as owners of a small tavern, operating during the summer for visiting yachts. Quite often stranded because of the weather conditions, facing
countless difficulties in their everyday life, they insist on staying in this inhospitable place
because they really want to… But until when?
Running time: 52’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Yannis Kollias or ZefiTsoukala
432 Messoghion Ave., Aghia Paraskevi 15342, Greece
T. +30 210 607 5711-12, F. +30 210 6075 715
[email protected] [email protected] www.ert.gr
Greek Film Center
Evi Lazari
Panepistimiou 10
T. +30 210 3687503, F. +30 210 3614336
[email protected]
Periplus
Thanos Lambropoulos
176 Aristotelous St., Athens 11251, Greece
T. +30 210 8670 478, F. +30 210 8677 828
[email protected]
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Category: Discoveries/Nature/Wildlife
THE SUN DISAPPEARED
Elina Traiforou
“Kavala, my motherland, what ails you and you are in such pain, groaning…You, the
earth’s jewel, our land’s pride, sitting on your throne, opposite the sun.”
15-8-1985The sun disappeared as though covered by fog…
This documentary deals with the communal memories of a catalytic event, the fire of
Kavala in 1985, which scarred the whole city. Through archival footage and testimonies,
there is an attempt to show this disastrous experience in all its aspects. Politicians and citizens, everyone becomes part of the story and creates this audiovisual puzzle.
Running time: 54’
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Contact Person:
Danek
Mihalis Chrysomallis
117 Omonoias St.
Kavala 654 03, Greece
T. +30 251 083 13 88
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SPAIN
SUNDAY AT FIVE
Joan López Lloret
The peace process in Northern Ireland led to the release of 400 prisoners convicted of terrorism.This biopic adopts a novel format, showing the painful process of coming to terms
with three decades of violence. Two former terrorists, one from each side – the IRA and
the UDS – share their experience of solitary confinement and their present role in building lasting peace.The two perspectives are complemented by other key players – the victims of terrorism, prison warders, mediators, and so on. It is said that time is the great
healer. Each protagonist takes a clock in for repair at the beginning of the report. This
serves as a metaphor for the passage of time and how the two men see it.
Running time: 55’
Sales Contact:
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Oriol Baquer
c/ de laTV3 s/n
T. +34 93 499 93 33
F. +34 93 473 15 63
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USA
Category: Human Interest & Social Issues & Lifestyles
SURFWISE
Doug Pray
Surfwise follows the odyssey of 85-year-old, legendary surfer Dr. Dorian“Doc”Paskowitz,
his wife Juliette, and their nine children – all of whom were home-schooled on the
beaches of Southern California, Hawaii, Mexico and Israel; they surfed every day of their
lives, and were forced to adhere to a strict diet and lifestyle of animals in the wild by their
passionate and demanding, health-conscious father. Their community was their family.
They didn’t need money or have to pay bills or taxes. Their home was anywhere the
crowded camper was parked.What happens to eight brothers and a sister that are raised
under such extraordinary circumstances? Surfwise is ultimately the story of what happens to a family when their father pursues his dreams and drags his family along for the
ride.
Running time: 93’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Magnolia Pictures / HDNet Films
Laird Adamson
49West 27th St, 7th Floor
T. +1 212 924 6701
F. +1 212 481 3964
[email protected].
www.magpictures.com
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GREECE
SYMBOLS IN TRANSITION
Antonis Pitsios & Christos Varvantakis
The film focuses on the luck of the buildings and statues that functioned as symbols of the
communist regime in Eastern Europe. Starting from the recent removal of the parliament
of the GDR, the film deals with similar cases in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria,
Serbia and Romania.The aim of the film is to take a closer look at cases of re-use and reconceptualization of buildings, monuments and statues in contrast to cases of rushed
demolitions, as well as at the sociopolitical effects of such choices.
Running time: 70‘
Sales Contact:
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Antonis Pitsios
63 Polytechniou St.
T. +30 694 505 06 23
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THE TAILOR
Óscar Pérez
Mohamed, a Pakistani tailor and Singh, his Indian employee, work together in a store
measuring eight square meters in the heart of Barcelona’s Raval district, one of the city’s
poorest neighborhoods. Mohamed is very ill-tempered and the only thing he cares about
is his business and his religious faith. Singh is a 50-year-old Indian immigrant recently
arrived in Barcelona, who works illegally for a miserable amount of money. Due to the
lack of space and organization, pants, skirts and jackets get piled up pell-mell, forming an
enormous pile of multicolored fabrics. It’s a tough job, the hours are long and the relationship between Mohamed and Singh is going from bad to worse. Ironically, in such a
cramped space, loneliness and isolation seem to the only destiny for these two strangers
in a strange land.
Running time: 30’
Sales Contact:
Oscar Perez
Av/Principe de Asturias 55, pral 1a
08012 Barcelona, Spain
T. + 34 6055 90845
[email protected]
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JAPAN
Category: Docudrama
A TALE OF CASTLES AND KINGS:
EPISODE 5 ALHAMBRA – UNENDING
ASPIRATION FOR PARADISE
Kumiko Igarashi
In the 15th century, Queen Isabella, seeking to unify Spain, expelled many Muslims from
the country. During this period, many Islamic buildings were destroyed and rebuilt. But because of the magnificent beauty of the Alhambra Castle, which Spain took possession of
near the end of the fighting, she could not allow it to be touched. With two contrasting
castles – the gothic Segovia Castle, where she resided, and the Islamic Alhambra Castle
– as the settings, NHK presents a fascinating portrait of Queen Isabella, from her unification of Spain to her launching of the great period of Spanish sea voyages.
Running time: 52’
Sales Contact:
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432
Akemi Kikuchi
T. +81.3.3468.6984
F. +81.3.3466.9530
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BELGIUM
TECHNOCALYPS
Frank Thyse
Technology is evolving faster and faster. Not surprising when you know that more scientists are doing research today than in the rest of history combined, using superior instruments and communication tools. But instead of making life more comfortable, more and
more scientists in the fields of genetics, artificial intelligence, brain research and nanotechnology take their goals one step further: to overcome human limits and create higher,
transhuman, forms of life.
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Autlook Filmsales
Zieglergasse 75/1
T. +43 72 05 53 570
F. +43 72 05 53 572
[email protected]
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USA
TERRA INCOGNITA
Maria Finitzo
Stem cell treatment engenders fierce debate and division but what would your position
be if it could provide a cure for your paralyzed daughter? Terra Incognita puts a human
face on the stem cell debate by following the work of Dr. Jack Kessler as he searches for a
cure to spinal cord injuries, and the breakthrough that will allow his injured daughter to
walk again. When Kessler was invited to head up the Neurology Department at Northwestern University, his focus was on using stem cells to cure diabetes, but soon after his
move to Chicago, his daughter Allison was injured in a skiing accident and paralyzed from
the waist down. In the moments following the accident, Dr. Kessler made the decision to
change the focus of his research to begin looking for a cure for spinal cord injuries using
embryonic stem cells. Through his work, the film tells the stories of families whose lives
have been affected by spinal cord injuries, and the people working to alleviate their burdens. It shows the awe-inspiring yet painstaking work undertaken by Dr. Kessler and his
lab while following his tireless efforts to raise awareness of the potential benefits of stem
cell biology. Representing a diverse array of scientists, doctors, patients, bioethicists, students and religious leaders, this insightful documentary offers a revealing look behind the
politics and the controversy of stem cell treatment.
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Contact Person:
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Diana Kluge
T. +64 9 309 26 13
F. +64 9 309 40 84
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CANADA
TERRITORIES
Mary-Ellen Davis
Larry Towell is the only Canadian member of the legendary Magnum Photos agency,
known for its humanist and universal approach. Towell belongs to this tradition. His curiosity may guide him sometimes to the heart of conflicts, but his works express a particular sense of intimacy. More than a war photographer, Towell considers himself a family
photographer.This documentary reveals the artist and the man through his photographic
work and his open meditations on life and the creative process.
Running time: 64’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Filmoption International
Lizanne Rouillard
3401 St-Antoine
Westmount, QC H3Z 1X1, Canada
T. +1 514 931 6180
F. +1 514 939 2034
www.filmoption.com
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GREECE
THEMIS
Marco Gastine
One in every ten Greek citizens goes to court at least once a year. Therefore, filming the
courts not only provides a portrait of local justice but also portrays Greek society.This is the
documentary’s wager. This is the first time a camera enters the Athens Court of First Instance and records civil and penal trials.
Running time: 80’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
436
Greek Film Center
Evi Lazari
Panepistimiou 10
T. +30 210 3687503
F. +30 210 3614336
[email protected]
www.gfc.gr
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THERE IS HOPE
Christos Kallitsis
This is the second part of a documentary trilogy on the right of each citizen to protect his
quality of life. Going on Foot to School is the subtitle of the film which sums up the need
of every citizen (in modern Greek cities) for pavements, free and open spaces, and neighborhoods. Citizens who care set aside some of their time to create a group, to apply to the
appropriate authorities and courts, and to communicate the event. They stick together
and, in the end, the results of their action are obvious.
Running time: 32’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Documenda Films
Kallitsis Christos
Agias Sofias 7
T. +30 2310 33 13 33
F. +30 2310 33 13 33
[email protected]
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GREECE
THE THIRD TAKIS
Katerina Patroni
The portrait ofTakis Pitselas byYorgos Rorris: an adventure in paint and friendship.
Sales Contact:
438
Katerina Patroni
Timoleontos Philimonos 14
T. +30 69 34 30 55 32
[email protected]
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ITALY
A THOUSAND AND ONE MONICA
Daniela Piccioni & Sandro Lai
An actress, director and writer. Intense, sensual, eclectic. She began by interpreting existential angst and emptiness, and then she moved on to the films of the golden age of
Italian comedy.Talking about MonicaVitti means telling the story of the evolution of Italian cinema. She was an actress“physically”at odds with the chesty pinups of her era, and
yet she managed to transform her“defects”into unique character traits.
Running time: 47’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
RaiTrade
Margherita Zocaro
Rome 00195, Italy
T. +39 063 749 83 41
F. +39 063 701 343
[email protected]
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ISRAEL
THREE TIMES DIVORCED
Ibtisam Mara’ana
Khitam, a Gaza Strip born Palestinian woman, was married off in an arranged match to an
Israeli Arab, followed him to Israel and bore him six children. When her husband divorced
her – in absentia – in the Sharia (Muslim) court, he gained custody of the children and
Khitam was left with nothing. She cannot contact the children and has no property. Although married to an Israeli, she does not have Israeli citizenship. Now she is preparing for
a dual battle, the most crucial of her life: against the Sharia court – which always rules in
favor of the husband – and against the state, in an effort to gain a temporary permit to
stay in Israel in a shelter for abused women, while fighting for custody of her children.
Running time: 75’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
440
First Hand Films
Esther van Messel
Fritz Heeb weg 5
T. +41 44 3122060
F. +41 44 3122080
[email protected]
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THROUGH HAGIOGRAPHY
Theodoros Koutsoulis
Passing through this world, they honor Him with a“prayer”and“through Hagiography.”
Our camera and microphone climb up the scaffoldings and visit the workplaces of contemporary hagiographers, documenting their position on contemporary Byzantine painting.
Rather than a passage through the centuries of the history of Byzantine art, the film seeks
to approach the subject through present-day personal accounts.
We discover the joy that this art form brings to people that have a passionate dedication
to it, and see how they seek to make a living out of it.
Running time: 68’
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Contact Person:
iPARK
Alexandros Papachristopoulos
Louizis Riankour 64, Ambelokipi
T. +30 210 211 68 28
F. +30 210 211 68 43
[email protected]
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GERMANY
THE TIMEBANK – AN ECONOMY
FOR EVERYONE
Steffen Soehner
The Timebank – an economy for everyone describes little“self-made”economies, founded
by people for themselves alone. There, everyone has the opportunity to do the job he or
she likes. Nobody has to feel useless. People get to know their neighbors and become part
of a community. And these economies only grow based on needed, well-done services.
This film is about a social innovation existing in a system that is known by very few people, although spread all over the world. It is about emotions, longings and hidden power,
which all human beings have even if those feelings/conditions are mostly covered up by
a daily life that is planned and driven.
Dr. Edgar Cahn:“...what happens inTimebank communities is: All of a sudden people understand that they aren’t bound by what money can do. And I think when people start to
realize this, it expands the range of what’s possible, wonderful things happen.“
Running time: 46’
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442
impulsWERKSTATT
Kerstin Sauer
Frankfurter Strasse 16/1
Heilbronn 74072, Germany
T. +49 71 31 59 41 337
F. +49 71 31 59 41 338
[email protected]
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ROMANIA
TO BE OR NOT TO BE
Anca Damian
This movie is about a theater troupe in the high-security penitentiary of Arad.
Who are these actors, this long list of names, of IDs, of sentences, of guilt...?
What’s happening to them, and to us, the people who are watching them sentenced by
our own fears, dependencies, preconceptions?
And after all, where does real freedom, genuine guilt, true repentence, or real theater exactly stand? Behind or outside bars?
Running time: 87’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
EdituraVideo
Anca Damian
Piata Presei Libere 1, camera 438
Bucharest, Romania
T. +40 744 204 437
F. +40 744 204 437
[email protected]
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KOREA
TO FIND TIGER KIM
Koo Bon-hwan
When I was very young, my family used to go to a large tomb. It was the tomb ofTiger Kim.
Tiger Kim was a relative of mine, my grandma’s brother-in-law and my grandpa’s higher
officer. And it was he who made my grandparents marry. In a sense, he“created”my family. Sixty years ago, he was the most important man in the Korean president’s entourage.
Tiger Kim was his nickname because of the courage he had shown at the time. I was very
proud of him, so I used to show his mark of honor to my friends. But when I grew up, I
heard about his shocking story. So I decided to find out the truth. And I did. When I decided to do so, my grandpa fell ill with cancer.
Koo Bon-hwan
Running time: 94’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
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Starfilm
Bon-Wan Koo
Chunglang-gu muk 1, Dong sinan apt.
101-804, Seoul, South Korea
T. +82 11 92551294
[email protected]
www.cyworld.com/kuvrski
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KOREA
TO LIVE – SAVE OUR SAEMANKUM
Lee Kang-Gil
This film tracks the effects of the Saemankum Reclamation Project on the people whose
livelihood depends on the tideland and the sea. An internal feud between supporters of
tideland preservation and proponents of financial rewards arises within the town of Gyehwa-do, whose inhabitants are worn out by the difficult fight against a government that
promotes their dissolution.
Running time: 75’
Sales Contact:
Lee Sang-yeop
#135-010 305, 751 Building 203
Nonhyeon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea
T. +82 11 9060 9124
[email protected]
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TURKEY
TO MAKE AN ExAMPLE OF
Necati Sönmez
In Turkey, the death penalty was abolished in 2002. The last executions had been carried
out in 1984. Meanwhile, since the foundation of the republic, a total of 712 people, 15 of
which were female, were executed “to serve as an example.” Even at times when the
death penalty was a burning issue, it was only discussed either in reference to major political cases or based on the argument of “unjust executions.” This documentary humanely
tackles the capital punishment issue through its actual enforcements inTurkey.While wandering through two deserted prisons where many executions took place, the film tries to
witness the very last moments of the convicts – as if such a thing is ever possible – and
raises this question on behalf of the hundreds who died on the gallows: Why did we kill
all these people?
Running time: 48’
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Contact Person:
446
ZeZe Film
Emel Celebi
Sahkulu mah. Seraskerci cikm. 4/2 Galata, Beyoglu
34420 Istanbul,Turkey
T. +90 212 2499721
F. +90 535 685 1935
[email protected] & [email protected]
www.zezefilm.com
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ISRAEL
TO SEE IF I’M SMILING
Tamar Yarom
A personal account of female soldiers and their lives in the Israeli Army, the only one to
draft women for mandatory military service. A female point of view on the drama of an
unending war, on the moral challenges they faced while dealing with the Palestinian population.The young women look back critically at the way they handled the power that was
placed in their hands at the young age of eighteen. Did they really smile in the pictures?
Running time: 59’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
First Hand Films
EstherVan Messel
Fritz HeebWeg 5
T. +41 443 122 060
F. +41 443 122 080
[email protected]
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ROMANIA
Category: Docudrama
TODAY I WAS YOUNG AND PRETTY
Alexandra Gulea
Most of the Gypsy population of Clejani, a village located some 50 kms away from
Bucharest, traditionally consists of musicians going back many generations.The film shows
how the musicians relate to daily life and the way their perception of reality influences
their music. A firm belief in superstition, the unavoidable blows of fate, and communication with the dead become the sources of inspiration and expression, of joy and sorrow.
Alexandra Guleas’unconventional documentary takes us on a musical journey to the origins of Romanian gypsy music.
Running time: 52’
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
448
Europolis Film
Thomas Ciulei
Tudor Arghezi Str. No.14
Bucharest 020945, Romania
T. +40 74 46 44 147
F. +40 21 31 68 079
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THE NETHERLANDS
TOUCH ME SOMEPLACE I CAN FEEL
Simone de Vries
John Callahan – born in Oregon in 1951 – was a troubled teen. At 21 he was left paralyzed after a car accident. His outlet becomes drawing – not the most obvious choice because he can hardly use his hands anymore. With a raw style he draws ruthless
observations of mankind. An example: A huge woman in a bookstore screaming at a costumer: “Sir, this is a feminist bookstore – we don’t have a humor section!” But there is
more to the cynical man with the orange-dyed hair and matching sunglasses racing
through the streets of Portland. He also writes and sings moving, melancholy songs, like
“Touch Me Someplace I Can Feel”. This is a film on will power. Callahan will not be ignored and, most of all, he doesn’t want to be a thankful, humble disabled person. And to
be close to women, he has found his own, bold way...
Running time: 53’
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THE NETHERLANDS
TRAILS FROM THE EAST
01/13 –VIETNAM
Rob Hof
A 13-part documentary series that chronicles a train voyage from the East to the West,
through fast-changing societies, along the birthplaces of five world religions. The series
tackles some of the great questions of today’s world. How do people cope with continuing globalization? Is it a threat or an opportunity?
The Reunification Express: The train journeys from Hanoi to Saigon on the so-called Reunification Express. The travelers talk about coping with war, hate and forgiveness. Outside the train, a portrait of singer My Linh, a star in Vietnam who now hopes to conquer
the US with her voice. On the shore, there’s a meeting with a diving instructor and inTayninh there’s a meeting with the Caodai Church, which preaches a mix of Catholicism, Islam,
Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism. The Caodai Church wants to unite the best of each
religion. The journey ends in Saigon, where a bus drives by former battle fields, with a
stop at the Cu Chi battle field where tourists can shoot a machine gun towards the Cambodian border for a dollar.
Running time: 52’
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First Hand Films
EstherVan Messel
Fritz HeebWeg 5
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02/13 – CAMBODIA
Rob Hof
Country of Scars: A documentary about a train voyage through Cambodia, meetings with
passengers on the roofs and in the compartments full of hammocks. It was only a short
time ago that Cambodia lost a quarter if its citizens under the Pol Pot regime. The country was completely closed off from the world. Trains did not run anymore, but now there
is a daily connection between the capital and the Thai border. Outside the train there are
portraits of a busy Thai monk, a Muslim leader and a victim of Pol Pot’s regime. In the
train there are discussions about daily survival and the difficult task of coming to terms
with the past.
Running time: 52’
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EstherVan Messel
Fritz HeebWeg 5
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05/13 – MYANMAR & BANGLADESH
Rob Hof
Behind Closed Borders:This film chronicles the journey fromYangoon, Myanmar (Burma)
to Benapole, the border between Bangladesh and India. Both countries are closed societies. In Burma, all opposition, Buddhist or not, is silenced. It is one of the most dictatorial societies of our times. The internet is not widely available and spies are everywhere.
Outside the train there are portraits of political refugees. Bangladesh is a country of contrasts. A country where the government speaks against terrorism and modern Islam, but
at the same time shuts down any type of dissent. But Bangladesh is also a country of literature and music and one of the travelers offers her daughter’s hand in marriage.
Running time: 52’
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First Hand Films
EstherVan Messel
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FRANCE
Category: Docudrama
TRANSVESTITES ALSO CRY
Sebastiano d’Ayala Valva
Paris. In a small side street, seconds away from the Place de Clichy, two dirty and dingy
hotels face one another. Behind their façades, the lives of marginal transsexuals from
Ecuador unfold. They all work as prostitutes in the Bois de Boulogne. We meet“Mujeron”
(the“BigWoman”in Spanish), a former boxer who chose prostitution and a solitary life in
order to survive and help his family back home. We also meet the exuberant and ironic
“Romina”, who seems to have made her dreams come true thanks to prostitution: a
woman’s body, a housewife’s routine, a small flat and some money.Two parallel existences
that are apparently poles apart but will in fact unite in one tragic ending.
Both light-hearted and tragic, switching from flirtatiousness to misery, from optimism to
fatalism, the story of Romina and Mujeron balances between joyful complicity and solitary distress.
Running time: 54’
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ARGENTINA
Category: History & Ecology
THE TREE
Gustavo Fontán
In front of Maria and Julio’s house, stand two ancient acacia trees.The entangled branches
make a single top, but one of them seems to have died. In springtime, when they turn
green again, there is no way to tell to which tree the tender leaves belong. Maria and Julio
argue: she believes that the tree is dead and needs to be removed; she’s afraid that it may
cause an accident, but he’s not so sure about that. Julio planted that acacia tree when one
of his children was born and it’s no easy deal to accept what Maria wants. Trusting faith
and believing the tree still lives, he keeps watering it. The lives of these two characters
that live in a one-hundred-year-old house are woven around these trees. An occasional
visit by a neighbor, a celebration, memories and ghosts, the daily routine, the seasons,
the changes in light and shadow, all shape the story in such a way that everything seems
to be about time going by, silently and irreversibly, never turning back.
Running time: 65’
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Tercera Orilla
Gustavo Fontan
Alsina 1015, Banfield (1828)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
T. +54 11 4242 3802
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THAILAND
THE TRUTH BE TOLD: THE CASES
AGAINST SUPINYA KLANGNARONG
Pimpaka Towira
A chronicle of the crucial moments in the life ofThai media activist Supinya Klangnarong
in her fight against the 400-million-Baht (11 million USD) defamation charges brought
against her by the Shin Corporation – the telecommunication giant owned at the time by
the family of thenThai Prime MinisterThaksin Shinawatra – following Klangnarong’s 2003
comment about the government’s conflict of interest in relation to the corporation. Although the charges were dropped in 2006, this vicious lawsuit that haunted her life for 3
years has become a part of her, as well as serving as a political instrument over the course
of time. Does this victory of hers mean that freedom of speech may finally help bring
about change inThai society and politics? Or is that just wishful thinking?
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ExtraVirgin
Mai Meksawan
72 Soi Attakarnprasit, 11B, SathornTai Road
Bangkok, 10120,Thailand
T. +66 2213 1951
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FRANCE
TWO DADDIES IN MANHATTAN
Philippe Baron
Tim, aTV producer, and Peter, a lawyer, met eight years ago.They quickly began to live together and wanted very much to have a child. For months, they could not decide between
adoption and in vitro fertilization with a carrier mother.
They opted for the second. Four years of fierce determination and several thousand dollars later, Lillian and Beatrice, false twins, were born at San Diego Hospital. At once “father/mother” and “mother/father”, Tim and Peter are wildly happy. This example of a
social phenomenon raises basic questions about motherhood, fatherhood and the law.
Running time: 58’
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Guy Knafo
Paris 75019, France
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CANADA
UNDER THE HOOD: A VOYAGE
INTO THE WORLD OF TORTURE
Patricio Henriquez
“We don’t torture people in America. And people who make that claim just don’t know
anything about our country.” Αs the president of the United States was making this statement in 2003, the Abu Ghraib prison was already fully functioning in US controlled Iraq.
Less than six months later, the outraged world saw the awful photos taken by the jailers
and torturers themselves. In this documentary, torture victims in Afghanistan, Iraq, France,
Great Britain and Australia speak of their experiences, giving a face and identity to the suffering.The documentary also provides some historical background: the United States has
been using and teaching torture techniques since the end of WorldWar ΙΙ, though it’s not
the first country to use torture. Certain practices were devised and developed by the popes
of the Catholic Church. Belief in the principles of the Holy Inquisition exists today, as do
some of its methods: cheap but effective, they’re still being used in a cell somewhere,
probably as you read these very lines.
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Johanne St-Arnauld
3155 Cote-de-Liesse Rd
Saint-Laurent, Quebec, H4N 2N4, Canada
T. +1 514 283 2703
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BULGARIA
THE UNKNOWN ABOUT
THE WORLD-KNOWN
Stanislava Kalcheva
In search of the genesis of the Bulgarian genius spirit with which the talent of the worldfamous opera singer Nikolai Giaurov has been nurtured, the film traces his growth and
maturity – from the faint ring of the provincial church bell and the cry of the train whistle piercing the bosom of the mountain, the amateur brass band, the church’s Slavonic
chanting... to the stages of La Scala, Covent Garden,The Grand Opera of Paris,The Metropolitan Opera. Becoming confident and believing in himself... and conquering the world.
The film’s narrative relies on the natural, vivid (sometimes in a sonorous Rhodope dialect)
memories of those who have known the singer – from the time he ran in the streets of
Velingrad – to the time when he came back from some distant part of the world to take
a rest in the silence of his native devoted and tender Rhodopes.
Running time: 54’
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Daniela Kuzmanova
29, San Stefano St.
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UK
THE UNPROTECTED MUSEUM
Yannis Malavakis
The Unprotected Museum is a contemporary documentary about the relationship between
Modern Greeks and the country’s ancient heritage. Thasos, an island whose ancient culture is great, is the setting of the documentary, which tries to discover why the locals consider it a problem when artefacts are found on their property, why ancient monuments
are being left unprotected and why the French archaeological team comes to the island
every year.
Locals, archaeologists and fishermen are the main interviewees giving an insight into what
is really happening in terms of appreciation and protection of the ancient heritage of the
area.
Running time: 21’
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Yannis Malavakis
301BWestbourne Park Rd
LondonW11 1EE, UK
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CANADA
Category: Ecology & Social Issues
UP THE YANGTZE
Yung Chang
A luxury cruise boat motors up the Yangtze, navigating the mythic waterway known in
China simply as“the river”. See it while you can. The Yangtze is about to be transformed
by the biggest hydroelectric dam in history. At the river’s edge, a young woman says goodbye to her family as the floodwaters rise towards their small homestead. TheThree Gorges
Dam – contested symbol of the Chinese economic miracle – provides the epic backdrop
for Up the Yangtze, a dramatic feature documentary on life inside the 21st century Chinese
dream. Chinese-Canadian filmmaker Yung Chang crafts a moving depiction of peasant
life, a powerful narrative of contemporary China, and a disquieting glimpse into a future
that awaits us all.
Running time: 94’
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National Film Board of Canada
Johanne St-Arnauld
3155 Cote-de-Liesse Rd
Saint-Laurent, Quebec, H4N 2N4, Canada
T. +1 514 283 2703
F. +1 514 496 1895
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USA
URBAN ExPLORERS:
INTO THE DARKNESS
Melody Gilbert
Welcome to the captivating world of urban exploration, an unexamined international subculture of fearless thrill-seekers who explore places most people would never dream of
going. They lurk beneath city sewers and trespass into long-abandoned buildings, defiantly searching for unseen treasures of modern civilization. Documentary filmmaker
Melody Gilbert (Whole, A Life Without Pain) follows explorers with superhero nicknames
like‘Max Action’, ‘Katwoman’, ‘Danarchy’and‘Slim Jim’on their‘missions’to infiltrate abandoned government sites, aging mental institutions and even the forbidden catacombs in
Paris.
In recent years, there has been an emergence of this subculture that few people have heard
about: urban exploration. Intrigued by the hidden underbelly of the man-made world,
urban explorers go through great lengths just to catch a glimpse of the unseen.They put
their lives at risk by wading through thick muck in methane-filled sewers, breaking into
asbestos-covered buildings, and precariously dangling a hundred feet above giant manholes. They conquer decaying tourist sites, drains and the bone-littered catacombs the
same way that outdoor enthusiasts try to conquer remote rivers and mountains.
Running time: 58‘
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Jan Röfekamp
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LATVIA
US AND THEM
Antra Cilinska
What is it that makes people love or hate each other, or feel different in the same country? These are the questions which many of us would like to be able to answer in many
countries of this modern world. This is also true in Latvia. The existence of the two communities – the Latvian and the Russian speaking ones, is a reality of the present day situation in Latvia. Out of 2.5 million people, nearly 1 million is Russian speaking, the
majority of which has settled there since the Soviet invasion in 1941.Throughout 50 years
of the Soviet regime it was impossible to discuss the relationship between the Latvians and
the Russians as it was regarded as an expression of nationalism on behalf of the Latvian
people. After independence in 1991, for many Russians it was a big decision – to leave or
to stay.To remain fully fledged citizens of the new state, these Russians had to pass a citizenship test. This fact was not welcomed by everybody, as the majority of the Russians
have never really learned to speak Latvian. More significantly – the Russian speaking community felt threatened and are beginning to depict themselves as oppressed.Where does
truth now lie?Who is the victim, who the criminal?
Running time: 64’
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Juris Podniekis Studio
Antra Cilinska
2 Citadeles St.
Riga LV-10101, Latvia
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NORWAY
USA vs AL-ARIAN
Line Halvorsen
A personal story of a family living in a society where fear of terrorism has resulted in increasing stigmatization and discrimination against Muslims.
In 2003, Sami Al-Arian, a Palestinian refugee, university professor and civil rights activist,
was accused of supporting a terrorist organization and held in solitary confinement for
over three years. His six-month trial ended without a single guilty verdict, but he remained
in jail as the prosecution threatened to retry him. The case of Sami Al-Arian is one of the
first major tests of the USA PATRIOT ACT, and the Bush administration considered this a
landmark case in its campaign against international terrorism.
In May 2006 he agreed to a plea bargain with the US Government in order to put an end
to the ordeal and to be reunited with his family. His family is now searching for a country
that will accept him, a stateless Palestinian, upon his release from prison
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CYPRUS
THE VALLEY OF ROSES
Athanasios Fininis
Throughout the history of mankind, the flower has been one of the most inspiring examples of the sheer elegance of the natural world. And the queen of flowers, it is said, is the
rose.This documentary is dedicated to the people who share their lives with this remarkable plant, in Central Bulgaria. It monitors the history of this magnificent flower, which is
full of encounters with the greatest civilizations of the past. It witnesses the local rituals,
the traditional festivities, the truly impressive coronation of the Queen of Roses, the rose
petal gathering in the fields and the colorful parade along the central avenue of the city
of Kazanluk. It smells the fragrance of the three and a half tons of rose petals which are distilled to produce just one litre of the most famous rose-oil in the world. The Bulgarian
“attar”, as it is called, is an invaluable gift of the land, being in high demand among makers of perfume. Exhibits of the Museum of Roses and the Koulata Ethnographic Complex
feature the history and the tradition of rose cultivation and distillation.TheThracian tomb
is a monument of global historical importance which is on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
A masterpiece of realistic murals and frescoes that makes the area of the Valley of Roses
even more attractive. An exciting journey into theValley of senses...
An unforgettable experience in theValley of Roses.
Running time: 48’
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Exoptron Ltd
Spiros Gavalas
Dimosthenous 10, Megaro Gianni-Maria Suite 205
T. +30 693 668 83 96
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JORDAN - GERMANY - THE NETHERLANDS
Category: Sports & Social Issues
VICTOIRE TERMINUS
Renaud Barret & Florent De La Tullaye
A vivid portrait of a bunch of outstanding women who choose boxing to get ahead in an
African capital caught in the turmoil of its first democratic elections.
Summer 2006 in Kinshasa. Martini, Jeannette, Hélène and Rosette spar everyday with
Coach Judex in the old stadium Tata Rafael, where in 1974 Muhammad Ali knocked out
George Foreman in the most legendary boxing match in the history of boxing. At dawn,
thousands of people from the ghetto come to train here and political parties rally. In a
parallel to the fight for the Presidency of the Congo (DRC), Judex struggles to organize a
women’s boxing tournament with little money... Kinshasa sings, Kinshasa starves and
Judex’s girls manage to survive, with no illusions but still with hope. A film about women
in a country where men have become crazy.
Running time: 80’
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Wide Management
Loïc Magneron
Paris 75002, France
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VICTORY
Renger van den Heuvel
In 1980, 28 years before the Olympic Games of Beijing, the world’s biggest sport event is
for the first time ever organized in a socialistic country: the Soviet Union.
Moscow is host of the 22nd Olympic Games, just as the ColdWar reaches another height,
after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The Moscow Games end up being boycotted by
more than 50 countries.
Against this background Victory portrays six former Soviet citizens as individuals finding
their own way through Soviet society.They are into art, into sport, into big city life or into
religious philosophy.Their stories form a varied pattern that tells the audience more than
the clichés about Soviet society. For the authorities – in the meantime – everything seems
under control. Moscow has been turned into a Potemkin Village. Until the ‘not officially
allowed’singer Vladimir Vyssotsky suddenly dies, during the Games, and the people of
Moscow want to pay their last respects to their hero.
By revisiting the 1980s now, a picture of today’s Moscow and its inhabitants (old and
young) also emerges, showing the differences and the similarities between now and then,
between the Soviet Union and Russia.
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Tochka Zrenia
Renger van den Heuvel
Diamantstraat 17a-III
Amsterdam 1074 GA,The Netherlands
T. +31 651 061 951
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GERMANY
VODKA - NATIONAL PRODUCT #1
Alexei Khanyutin
Many people in the West have long held the idea of vodka almost as the major attribute
of Russia, the Russians and the Russian way of life. Strange as it may seem, this popular
foreign tourist cliché does not differ greatly from the ideas of the Russians themselves.
According to opinion polls, people considering themselves Russian value vodka for its
“simple-heartiness”,“strength”, its ability to“reveal the person’s inner self”, in a word for
helping them to stay Russian. It is interesting that the same words are used by many Russians to describe the major features of their national character.
In Russia, vodka is indeed not a mere alcoholic beverage. It is the national symbol, the
most important drive of the government and shadow economies, the major means of social therapy, an inexhaustible source of creative inspiration and many other things. In a
word, it is Russia’s Number 1 Product directly tied up to the major mechanisms and drives
of Russian reality.
Running time: 58’
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Guy Knafo
Paris 75019, France
T. +33 1 48 74 43 77
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ITALY - FRANCE
VOLCANO HUNT
Tullio Bernabei
Volcano Hunt is an adventure of science and discovery to look for a mysterious, giant underwater volcano hiding in the depths of the Mediterranean Sea, just off Sicily’s Southern
coastline. For the first time, a team of specialists and researchers from Italy’s National Institute ofVulcanology will sail aboard an oceanographic boat equipped with the most sophisticated research tools to locate the mysterious giant.
Running time: 52’
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GA&A Productions
Alessandra Massari
Rome 00195, Italy
T. +39 063 613 480
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LATVIA
Category: Science & Knowledge, Biography
WALTER ZAPP – THE MINOx
WAS MY LIFE
Kurt Widmer
Photography enthusiasts know that Walter Zapp is the father of Minox, the first and revolutionary miniature camera of which more than one million copies have been sold since
its invention in 1935. Because of its small size, the Minox became a legendary and sought
after object for generations of spies – much to the displeasure of its inventor.
During his life, Walter Zapp was often close to success, but circumstances always prevented the final break-through. The“Minox-scandal”lead to him splitting from his own
company at the end of the 1940s and prompted his move to Switzerland where he lived
and worked until his death in 2003 at the age of 97.
To see him as just another gifted inventor and constructor who was a victim of history
and circumstance would be too simple. He was much more than that: a loner, dogged
and persistent throughout his life who, even when on camping holidays, would always
walk around in a suit and tie. Who was this man who always built whatever his family
needed himself, be it a caravan with a cooker or even the house that they lived in?
Running time: 52‘
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Taskovski Films Ltd
Jarmila Outratova
4BWenworth street
London, E1 7TF, UK
T. +420 776 066165
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GREECE
WANDERING TUNES
Angeliki Yannakopoulou
A story of people and notes from well-known and unknown civilizations that manage to
relieve the monotony of everyday noises. Amateur musicians who practiced music to earn
a living but also professionals with an excellent musical education and top studies, write
their story among the streets of the city. Immigrants looking for a better life leave their
country and decide to be incorporated in a strange society that hesitates to accept them,
lost in its own feverish anxiety for bliss.
Running time: 51’
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Greek Film Center
Evi Lazari
Panepistimiou 10
T. +30 210 3687503
F. +30 210 3614336
[email protected]
www.gfc.gr
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THE WAY HOME
Zohar Hanuni
A short time before my father’s death, he took a few 8 mm films to a photo shop in Afula
in order for them to be converted into video format. No one ever collected those films,
which my father took of us when we were children.
A few months ago, my sister Shlomit found 2 rolls of 8 mm films in Moshav Hazav, films
which we never saw before.
The Movie The Way Home describes a voyage which tries to get in touch with the severed
past, through the life of my siblings.
In the movie I show the films to my siblings.Together we remember and understand.The
movie tries to ignite the “memory wheels”in order to remember the past, and to close
this door, look to the future with reconciliation and anticipate finding my new/old home.
Running time: 37‘
Sales Contact:
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MichaelTreves
20 Bialik st.
T. +972 52 363 3398
F. +972 52 363 3398
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FRANCE
WE WERE ExODUS
Jean-Michel Vecchiet
“1947:The Summer of the Exodus”is truly the missing link between two important moments of the 20th Century: the Shoah and the creation of the state of Israel. In July 1947,
4,551 passengers, all survivors of the Shoah, boarded a boat called“Exodus 47”in Sète that
left secretly for Palestine. Intercepted by the British Navy, the passengers were transferred
to three English boats, which, after nine days of a difficult journey, returned to Provence
at Port-de-Bouc. On that morning of July 29th, 1947, no one could have imagined the trial
of strength between the English and the French governments that would ultimately lead
to the most spectacular historical moment in the creation of the Jewish nation. So, what
did a little port in the South of France have to do with this great historical moment?
Running time: 80’
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Wide Management
Loïc Magneron
Paris 75002, France
T. +33 1 53 95 04 64
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ISRAEL
WE WERE LIKE DREAMERS
Yehudit Damari-Agasi
Summer 2005 – Israel Disengages from the Gaza strip.
I lived in Gan Or with my family for 20 years, filming the last two, before being evicted.
The final year forced us to deal with things we’ve never encountered. The house we built
was being destroyed, our citrus plantation dried up days before it was ready for picking.
The ground fell out from under our feet. And when this happens, what you live by or what
you believe doesn’t matter anymore.The fall is inevitable.
The film shows the different ways we each had for dealing with being forced out of our
home.
Running time: 50‘
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
MichaelTreves
20 Bialik st.
T. +972 52 363 3398
F. +972 52 363 3398
[email protected]
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GREECE
WHAT’S EATING DIMITRI?
Valerie Kontakos & Giannis Missouridis
Dimitri is an intellectually disabled adolescent. He is attending a school for children with
special needs in Attica. But the school is facing serious problems with infrastructures,
equipment, maintenance and a great lack of specialized programs. The different cases of
students with special needs are dealt with as one continuous category, with the result
that all of these children find themselves in a“gray zone”of substandard education.
Dimitri’s parents,Yianna and Mathieu, worry about their child’s future and try to find ways
to ensure a dignified existence for him when he grows up. Like other parents of children
with special needs, they find themselves on the margin of an indifferent society that
prefers to forget people with special needs. It is obvious that the institutional support of
these children has never been a priority of the Greek state.
Running time: 57’
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476
T. +30 210 607 5711-12
F. +30 210 607 5715
www.ert.gr
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USA
WHEN I CAME HOME
Dan Lohaus
IraqWar veteran Herold Noel suffers from PostTraumatic Stress Disorder and lives in his car
in Brooklyn. His struggle to get assistance from different veterans’aid organizations turns
into a media blitz that transforms the young, homeless veteran into the leader of a new
movement.
Sales Contact:
Contact Person:
Cinephil
Philippa Kowarsky
18 Levontin Street
T. +972 3 566 4129
F. +972 3 560 1436
[email protected]
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GERMANY - CHILE
Category: Ethnography
THE WHISPERING OF THE TREES
Tom Lemke
In southern Chile, the indigenous people are named after a tree.They call themselves Mapuche Pehuenche – The People of the Pine Nut. The pine nut (pehuen) is the fruit of the
Araucaria araucana tree. Thanks to the fruit of this tree, people have been able to survive
in this region for centuries. Ignored by civilization, the Pehuenche lived a difficult life that
was constantly under threat. Today, civilization has arrived and the Pehuenche are experiencing a time of change. The film tells the story of a family which, according to the annual custom, leaves its home and sets out for the jungle to pick the pine nuts off the trees.
The men climb up trees that are up to 30 meters tall. The pine nuts are still important to
the Pehuenche’s survival but a large part of their harvest is sold for money. Despite the
changes, the Pehuenche are trying to keep their culture alive.
Running time: 55’
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AtelierBusche.MEDIA
Sebastian Runschke
Dieselstrasse 13
71332,Waiblingen, Germany
T. +49 7151 50 28220
F. +49 7151 50 28260
[email protected]
www.AtelierBusche.MEDIA.com
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WIERSZALIN
Francesco Carrozini
In the remote town of Suprasl, behind the walls of an average-looking house, existsWierszalin Theater of Poland, an award-winning, internationally acclaimed theatre group.
Francesco Carrozzini, who discovered the group in New York, closely follows Wierszalin’s
director and his troupe of actors on a journey behind the scenes to try and capture the
spirit of independent cinema.
Running time: 47’
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Marek Milewicz Productions
Marek Milewicz
508West 26th Street/ 12th Floor
NewYork, NewYork 10001, USA
T. + 1 212 924 67 60
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USA
FeCategory: Music & Biography
stival Participation
WILD COMBINATION:
A PORTRAIT OF ARTHUR RUSSELL
Matt Wolf
Wild Combination is a visually absorbing portrait of the seminal avant-garde composer,
singer-songwriter, cellist, and disco producer Arthur Russell. Before his untimely death
from AIDS in 1992, Arthur prolifically created music that spanned both pop and the transcendent possibilities of abstract art. Now, over fifteen years since his passing, Arthur’s
work is finally finding its audience.Wolf incorporates rare archival footage and commentary from Arthur’s family, friends, and closest collaborators – including Philip Glass and
Allen Ginsberg– to tell this poignant and important story.
Running time: 71’
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Forward Entertainment
MichaelThornton & Sheri Levine
200 East 94th Street, Apt1217
T. +1 212 300 6677
[email protected]
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Category: Wildlife
WILD SECRETS V: EPISODE 1.
BLACK BACKED JACKAL: SCAVENGER
OF THE SKELETON COAST
Shinichi Murata
Featuring fascinating creatures and the hidden beauty of nature in the world, this highly
acclaimed wildlife documentary series filmed with high-definition cameras reveals the
struggle to survive not only against natural predators and harsh environments but also the
encroaching presence of mankind. Episode list:
1. Black Backed Jackal: Scavenger of the Skeleton Coast
2. Namibian Giraffe: Desert wanderers
3. Tagame: Predator of the Paddyfields
4. Beavers: Creating Communities
5. Asian Elephant: Long Memories, Long Lives
6. Patas Monkey: Life on the Run
7. Koala: Paradise in the Suburbs
8. A Beech for All Seasons
9. Pygmy Sweepers: Refuge on the Reef
10. Giant Salamander: Ancient Amphibian
11. Muriqui:Woolly Jumpers of Brazil
12. WhiteTailed Eagle: Hunters of Shiretoko
13. WhiteWingedTrumpeters: Forest Floor Flappers
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Akemi Kikuchi
T. +81 3 3468 6984
F. +81 3 3466 9530
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GERMANY
WIM WENDERS’STORY
OF HIS EARLY YEARS
Marcel Wehn
Drawing parallels between his early films and his personal biography, this documentary
tracesWimWenders’own history, prior to his international break-through with The American Friend (1976/77).
Running time: 52‘
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First Hand Films
EstherVan Messel
Fritz HeebWeg 5
T. +41 44 312 2060
F. +41 44 312 2080
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WINGS OF DEFEAT
Linda Hoaglund & Risa Morimoto
Internationally, Kamikaze pilots remain a potent metaphor for fanaticism. In Japan, they
are largely revered for their selfless sacrifice.Yet few outside Japan know that hundreds of
kamikaze pilots survived the war. By the spring of 1945, when all Japanese planes were
reassigned to kamikaze (Tokkotai) attacks, Japan could no longer defend its airspace and
its naval fleet was demolished. Old airplanes and inadequate training resulted in many
failed engines, leaving scores of pilots stranded. When Japan surrendered, hundreds of
kamikaze trainees were awaiting sortie orders that never arrived.
Through rare interviews with surviving kamikaze pilots, we learn that the military demanded pilots volunteer to give up their lives. Retracing their journeys from teenagers to
doomed pilots, a complex history of brutal training and ambivalent sacrifice is revealed.
As U.S. firebombs incinerated its major cities and the country ran out of weapons and fuel,
Japan’s military government refused to accept the reality that it could no longer fight. Instead, they sent thousands of pilots off to targets nearly impossible to reach. Sixty years
later, survivors in their eighties tell us about their training, their mindsets, their experiences in a kamikaze cockpit and what it meant to survive when thousands of their fellow
pilots had died.
Running time: 90‘
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Jan Röfekamp
T. +1 514 844 3358
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WITNESSES TO A SECRET WAR
Deborah Dickson
Witnesses to a Secret War tells the history of America’s clandestine war in Laos through the
stories of the Hmong soldiers who fought alongside the CIA and were forced to flee when
the war was lost to the communists in 1975. Artist CyThao and refugee advocate KaYing
Yang were young children when they fled Laos with their families and came to the United
States. Like exiles everywhere, they feel compelled to understand their past.Through disarmingly naïve paintings, Cy depicts the violence against the Hmong that followed the
communist takeover. Ka Ying has dedicated her life to helping refugees, like the Xiong
family, who have been living in refugee camps inThailand for the past 30 years.This is the
story of the Hmong people, who, against all odds, survived a collision between personal
history and the history of American politics in Southeast Asia.
Running time: 56’
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Blackbird Films
Deborah Dickson
1 Main Street #4G, Brooklyn
T. +1 718 855 6762
[email protected]
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Category: Lifestyles & Social Issues
A WOMAN, A MAN
Galina Kraleva
The film features two life stories of people who have been confined to a wheelchair since
childhood. Apart from raising burning social issues, the film tells a story of moral courage,
the difficulties of reconciling oneself to one’s lot, of faith in God and fun in life.
Running time: 29’
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Daniela Kuzmanova
29, San Stefano St.
T. + 359 2 814 2390
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ISRAEL
Category: Docudrama
A WORKING MOM
Limor Pinhasov & Yaron Kaftori
In 1990, 22 year-old Marisa left her two tiny children with her family in Bolivia to seek
work overseas. 15 years later, she returns and tries to reunite with the children she supported financially all those years—but who view her as a stranger today. Her story is a
real-life family drama that explores the powerful and painful themes of poverty, alienation
and displacement in the new global economy.
Running time: 78’
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Fortissimo Films
Catherine Le Clef
T. + 31 20 627 32 15
F. + 31 20 626 1155
[email protected]
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GREECE
YANNIS MORALIS
From the years between the two world wars, when he first emerged as an artist, to his
most recent work, exhibited in January 2004, Yannis Moralis has been constantly in the
foreground of Greek art, for almost seventy years. An artist belonging to the famous generation of the 30s, he continued his pursuits throughout the 20th century, while also
teaching some of Greece’ s finest visual artists at his workshop at the Athens School of
Fine Arts. A film on his life and work.
Running time: 80’
Sales Contact:
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Periplus
Thanos Lambropoulos
176, Aristotelous st.
T. + 30 210 867 04 78
F. + 30 210 867 78 28
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TURKEY
YILDIZ PORCELAINS
Nilgün Suna
A small tile factory was established in the outer garden of the Yıldız Palace in İstanbul in
the beginning of 1890s: the Imperial Porcelain Factory.
This palace factory was to become the second most important center in the history of
Turkish tile production following İznik, a world famous brand name.
The most famous tile decorators of the period worked at the imperial factory and the outstanding porcelain produced satisfied the needs of the palace and circles close to the
palace, or were given to foreign guests and European monarchs as gifts.
The rise of Yıldız porcelain coincided with the fall of the Ottoman Empire. This small factory managed to survive after the collapse of the empire and has lasted up to today in
spite of interruptions in its production.Today, theYıldız factory continues to operate under
the name “National Palaces, Yıldız Porcelain and Tile Management”. Here, the hundred
year old accumulation of knowledge and experience is preserved and evolved.
The documentary includes unique patterns, a harmony of the colors, textures and shapes
ofYıldız porcelain, and also reflects a hundred year old method of production which leads
to the sparkling uniqueness of each object.
Running time: 30’
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488
Fuat Kale
Ankara 06109,Turkey
T. + 90 312 490 76 59
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Y
ISRAEL
YOU NEVER KNOW
Boaz Shahak
There are two questions you can ask another human being:“What are you?”and“Who are
you?”If you ask “What are you”– you destroy the world. If you ask “Who are you?”you
build the world...” (Shlomo Carlebach).
In 1966, at a festival in Berkley, between Pete Seeger and “Jefferson Airplane,” a young
Rabbi came on stage with a guitar and began to sing. Shlomo Carlebach was a brilliant
youngTorah scholar who had been sent by the Lubavitcher Rebbe to bring theTorah to the
hippies of San Francisco. But when his love for them transgressed the boundaries of halacha (Jewish Law), he was shunned by the Orthodox establishment. Carlebach once said
in a radio interview that he composed no less than 4,000 original melodies.Thirteen years
ago he passed away, penniless; today his music fills concert halls and in almost every
Jewish community there is a community of his followers.
Running time: 63’
Sales Contact:
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Go2Films
Hedva Goldschmidt
T. + 972 2 583 13 71
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ITALY
ZERO: AN INVESTIGATION INTO 9/11
Franco Fracassi & Francesco Trento
Zero: An Investigation into 9/11: has one central thesis – the official version of events surrounding the attacks on 9/11 cannot be true. This brand new feature documentary from
Italian production company Telemarco, explores the latest scientific evidence and reveals
dramatic new eye witness testimony, which directly conflicts with the US government’s
account.
Featuring presentations from intellectual heavyweights such as GoreVidal and Nobel Prize
Winner Dario Fo, the film challenges preconceived assumptions surrounding the attacks.
In the words of the Italian daily newspaper Il Corriere de la Sera: “What results is a sequence of contradictions, gaps and omissions of stunning gravity.”
Zero cannot prove who ordered the planes to crash into the most iconic buildings in America, but the weight of evidence it provides will plant doubt in the most sceptical of minds.
Running time: 110‘
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Patricia Hickey
LondonW11 4AT, UK
T. +44 207 221 72 21
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FRANCE
ZUOZ
Daniella Marxer
Zuoz is a journey in a world disconnected from the outside, the world of a first-class boarding school in the Swiss mountains. A maze of rooms and corridors we never leave, in which
residents walk around endlessly, opening doors on scenes of their own existences.
Running time: 52’
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Autlook Filmsales
Zieglergasse 75/1
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Indexes
Index of Directors
Achtner,Wolfgang 385
Agustí, Sergi 33
Åhrén, Anna Klara 199
Akça,Tülay 278
Al-Joundi, Dima 269
Alessandro Rossi 192
Alevras, Nikos 260
Almela, José María 63
Alvi, Suroosh 194
Ambo, Phie 280
Anatovich,Vadim 220
Andreassen, Gard Aleksander 130
Andriotakis, Manolis 415
Angelico, Irene 225
Aragonés, Bernat 33
Arijón, Gonzalo 96, 422
Aristomenopoulou, Angeliki 20
Armengou, Montse 45
Arregi, Aitor 263
Aspey, Robin 98
Assa, Lizka 206
Assouline, Natalie 82
Astraka, Marianna 86
Avery, Dylan 256
Avgeropoulos,Yorgos 23, 127, 401
Ayuso, Carlos 282
Balaguer, Mai 115
Barbadillo, Pedro 282
Barber-Fleming, Peter 416
Barenholz, Shirley 332
Bargur, Ayelet 204
Barker, Charla 207
Baron, Philippe 456
Barous, Christos 156
Barret, Renaud 466
Bartels, Ulrike 245
Bartlett, Daren 87
Bashan, Hadar 221
Bauer, Christian 388
494
Beekmans, Roger 100
Beetz, Christian 71
Berenger, Xavier 236
Bergeijk, Jeroen van 338
Bermann,Yaniv 36
Bernabei,Tullio 469
Bernet, David 232
Betak, Natasha de 413
Biegeleisen, Sylvain 249
Bilgin, Sibel 83
Bingham, Molly 281
Björgúlfsson, Bergsteinn 50
Blumenschein,Viviane 121
Boiko, Irina 21
Bon-hwan, Koo 444
Bonnaire, Sandrine 195
Bonopéra, Georges 400
Borgeaud, Pierre-Yves 373
Bosch, Carles 393
Bougiouris, Kyriakos 346
Boulet, Jean-Marie 371
Breccia, Fabio 149
Brodsky, IreneTaylor 193
Bromund, Elena 121
Brook, Simon 173
Brook,Yoni 412
Brosens, Peter 243
Browne, Christopher 411
Brückner, Simon 66
Brunetti, Raffaele 93, 291
Burger, Joerg 174
Burns,Tiffany 300
Bussink, Astrid 257
Byer, Ben 224
Calek, David 189
Campen, Catherine van 144
Cangelosi, Simone 166
Caria, Enrico 390
Carlsen, Jon Bang 363
Carras, Lydia 307
Carre, Jean Michelle 364
Carrozini, Francesco 479
Carvalho, Manuel 299
Cascone,Vincenzo 425
Cernetig, Miro 104
Certeau, Jean de 336
Chang,Yung 460
Charalambopoulos, Stelios 41, 253, 316, 487
Chianáin, Neasa Ní 152
Chiesa, Guido 28
Chisholm, Suzanne 384
Cilinska, Antra 462
Cirino, Claudio Mariano 94
Clitheroe, Adam 329
Cole, Simon 407
Coletta, Alberto 37
Coll, Philippe Daniel 162
Colusso, Enrica 25
Compain, Frédéric 73
Connors, Steve 281
Coppens, Freddy 103
Crump, James 77
Cuske, Maciej 328
D’Amico, Julia 267
Damari-Agasi,Yehudit 475
Damian, Anca 443
Dandinakis, Costas 276
Danev, Hrisimir 141
Daniels, Jill 406
Danitz, Brian 323
Dashuk,Volha 22
Davenport, Nina 333
Davis, Mary-Ellen 435
Dayandas, Nikos 388
Delville, Chris 117
Demetriou, Elias 91, 235, 251, 275
Deniau, Jean-Charles 308
Detours,Vincent 79
Dickson, Deborah 484
Dimellas, Manolis 255
Dimitriou, Alida 75
Drakopoulou, Athanasia 356
Dror, Duki 402
Dvornichenko, Oksana 238
Dybczak, Andrzej 185
Dynner, Susan 362
Eberle, Marc 297
Economou, Marianna 91
Egeraat, Corinne van 285
Einhorn, Ewa 286
Eliou, Periclis 129
Engel, Frank van den 70
Entell, Peter 397
Eshaghian,Tanaz 64
Estivie, Guillaume 52
Evangelidis, Panayotis 105
Evans, Marc 217
Failoni, Helmut 110
Faros, Makis 357
Feichtenberger, Klaus 123
Fein, Jonathan 323
Fèvre, François 400
Fini, Francesca 209
Fininis, Athanasios 465
Finitzo, Maria 434
Finkel,Taliya 339
Fishman, Harris 89
Follin, Michel 78
Fontán, Gustavo 454
Fournier, Pierre 229
Fracassi, Franco 491
Franzmann, Ilka 169
Freed, Josh 104
Fülscher, Sascha 199
Fylaktos, Lefteris 44
Gal, Lavi Ben 136
Gallone, Annamaria 259
Gan, Chao 317
García-Alix, Carlos 203
Gastine, Marco 436
Gerardis, Dimitris 80, 331
Gerstel,Yulie Cohen 303
Gevorgyants, Ruben 53
Gevorgyants,Vaheh 53
Giannakakis, Εlias 147
495
Gibney, Alex 180
Gierke, Christian 418
Gilady, Nitzan 231
Gilbert, Melody 461
Gispert, Oriol 288
Gmax 151
Goenaga, Jose Mari 263
Goren, Amit 379
Goupil, Romain 119
Goury, Alain 400
Grabsky, Phil 142
Gray, Susan 177
Gris, Anna Giralt 26
Grouya,Teddy 211
Grün, Leopold 370
Gulea, Alexandra 448
Guttentag, Bill 314
Haak, Bregtje van der 383
Halkou, Maria 60
Halonen, Arto 116, 349, 396
Halvorsen, Line 463
Haney, Bill 359
Hansen, Markus 371
Hanuni, Zohar 473
Hardt, Eskil 164
Hatzivassilis,Yiannis 298
Hauzenberger, Gerald Igor 72
Haworth, Gwen 399
Haymian, Sarit 179
Heise,Thomas 101
Helstein, Hilary 48
Henri, Dominique 79
Henriquez, Patricio 457
Herbst, Ingo 124
Heuvel, Renger van den 467
Hill, Sven O. 374
Hirvonen, Elina 342
Hoaglund, Linda 483
Hof, Rob 450, 451, 452
Idin, Oskar 199
Igarashi, Kumiko 432
Iosifidis, Ilias 74, 265
Jain, Nishtha 247
496
Jené, Lluís 40, 288
Jingzhi, Xie 31
Johannesson, Olaf de Fleur 39
Jones, Rachel Lea 49
Jonsson, Lisa 222
Kaftori,Yaron 486
Kaiser-Muhkecker, Markus 51
Kalcheva, Stanislava 458
Kalemis-Mavrogenis,Yiannis 163
Kalinova, Andrea 387
Kallitsis, Christos 437
Kang-Gil, Lee 445
Karabatsou, Evi 147
Karakassis, Apostolos 190, 234, 313
Kaspiris,Yannis 403
Kaurismaki, Mika 410
Kaveh,Yehuda 335
Keçeciler, Zeynep 198
Kessisoglou, Anna 327
Khanyutin, Alexei 468
Khoozani, Delaram Karkheiran 138
Khoury, Buthina Canaan 274
Kiriakov, Atanas 181
Kiyotaka,Tsurisaki 240
Klusemann, Caterina 284
Koelewijn, Olaf 154
Kohanrouz, Abdolreza 135
Kohn, Jason 392
Kolmane, Inara 306
Kontakos,Valerie 476
Kooij, Floor 83
Kopczyński, Krzysztof 420
Koszalka, Marcin 148
Koutouzis, Ioannis 42
Koutsikas, Nicolas 377
Koutsoulis,Theodoros 441
Kovotsos, Angelos 210, 337, 426
Kraleva, Galina 485
Kralova, Lucie 258
Kraus, Matthew 207
Kulik, Konstanty 218
Kuroki, Masaru 139
Kutuk, Irem 310
Lai, Sandro 273, 439
Landauer, Helga 238
Larsen, Sidse 165
Lasker, Hen 391
Lataster-Czisch, Petra 213
Lataster, Peter 213
Lavi, Michal 153
Legaki, Kalliopi 287
Leibovitz, Barbara 43
Lemke,Tom 478
Leonida, Maria 304
Levin, Marc 301
Libsker, Ari 417
Ligouris, Nicos 261
Liiv, Urmas Eero 182
Lloret, Joan López 428
Lohaus, Dan 113, 477
Longinotto, Kim 200
Lorca, Óscar 115
Loznitsa, Sergei 375
Lunetta, Laurent 353
Lutaud, Laurent 245
Madiam,Yousef Abu 137
Magneron, Jean-Luc 268
Magnússon, Ari Alexander Ergis 50
Mahairas, Costas 59
Malavakis,Yannis 459
Maldonado, Fabiola 270
Malevez, Jara 202, 324
Mara’ana, Ibtisam 440
Marcello, Pietro 120
Martin-Jordan, Richard 178
Martinelli, Maria 122
Massad, Mahmoud al 369
Maurer, Udo 27
Maysles, Albert 381
McCluskey, Ian 140
Megas, Medie 415
Meijer, Menna Laura 394
Mentogiannis,Vassilis 347
Merini, Francesco 110
Meynadier, Pierre 81
Meys, Olivier 325
Michele Mellara 192
Misch, Georg 378
Mishto, Elisa 419
Missouridis, Giannis 476
Mizrahi, Shiri 330
Moll, Bruno 239
Mondelos, Stefanos 277
Montserrat, Lluís 45
Mora, Alba 230
Moreira, Paul 88
Moretti, Eddy 194
Morgan, Jeffrey 254
Morimoto, Risa 483
Mörnvik,Terese 286
Mortelliti, Elena 423
Mortensen, Lars Oxfeldt 112
Mossek, Nissim 108
Mouriki, Pandora 128
Muntean, Lucian 237
Muracciole, Jules-César 354
Murata, Shinichi 481
Muyan, Gül Büyükbeşe 55
Nagłowski, Jacek 185
Ndiaye, Katy Lena 54
Neidik, Abbey 225
Nemes, Gyula 168
Nes, Jorien van 215
Nicander, Malin 222
Nikolaidis,Yorgos 347
Niles, Ben 318
Norderval, Sigrun 130
Normand, Bertrand 62
Novak, Miloslav 350
Novikova, Masja 70
Nugent, Robert 34
Nunes, Cláudia 376
Nutile, Kristen 381
Pahuja, Nisha 125
Pällijeff, Katja 38
Panayides,Theo 69
Paounov, Andrey 295
Papadakis, Manos 201
Papanicolaou, Alexandre 30
497
Papastathis, Lakis 58
Papastefanou, Stella 219
Papathanassiou, Anneta 367
Par, Alfonso 33
Parfit, Michael 384
Park, Regina 315
Parkes, Jo 374
Patroni, Katerina 438
Pawluczuk, Monika 292
Pazienza, Claudio 243
Peeva, Adela 131
Pellarin, Roland 398
Pemberton, Justin 321
Pérez, Óscar 431
Périot, Jean-Gabriel 145
Petrov, Damyan 421
Piccioni, Daniela 273, 439
Pinhasov, Limor 486
Pinheiro, Fernando 92
Pintilie, Adina 132
Pitsios, Antonis 430
Poulle, Stephan 377
Pray, Doug 429
Quirijns, Klaartje 126
Quiroga, Mariana 207
Raes, Suzanne 205
Rahmani, Mehdi 294
Ralston, Robert 232
Ramos, Maria 67
Ramos, Zinon D. 61
Rapaport, Pola 187
Raymont, Peter 360
Redmon, David 244
Reinking, Anna 66
Rejtman, Martín 118
Rigas, Gerassimos 343
Rikaki, Lucia 279
Robbins, Richard E. 334
Robin, Marie-Monique 293
Rubio, Andrés 85
Sabin, Ashley 244
Said, Marcela 336
Salat, Josep Maria 408
498
Salina, Irena 160
Samoladas, Zahos 29
Sanmartí, Anna 230
Santolini, Paolo 94
Saporito, Jean-Louis 319
Sauter, Marcin 158
Scagliola,Yves 65
Scaperrotta, Debora 305
Schaub, Christoph 76
Schidlowski, Christian 302
Schill, Axel 271
Schindhelm, Michael 76
Schirman, Nadav 90
Schmitt, Martin Hans 196
Schnabel, Julian 68
Schreuders, Andre 167
Sebring, Steven 348
Sermoneta, Alessandro 344
Sfiris, Dimitris 107
Shahak, Boaz 489
Shahar, Asaf 345
Shamir,Yoav 159
Sharma, Parvez 233
Shuto, Keiko 46
Sikl, Jan 262
Singh, Sarah 404
Skalski, Rafal 24
Skoura,Vouvoula 143
Sladkowski, Jerzy 341
Smet, François de 386
Smith, Derek 146
Soehner, Steffen 442
Solomon, Alexandru 114
Sönmez, Necati 446
Sourgiadakis,Yorgos 405
Squires, Chantelle 372
Stagos, Stavros 389
Stamboulopoulos, Nikos 60
Stanković, Nataša 237
Stasinos, Stratos 246
Stogiannis,Vassilis 248
Stojanovic, Milos 395
Strocchi, Stefano 340
Sturman, Dan 314
Suna, Nilgün 176, 488
Swider, Chris 95
Symeonidis, Stavros 223
Takayama, Jin 102
Tal, Nili 175
Tal, Ran 99
Tanik, Mihriban 320
Tehrani, Simin Fallahzadeh 188
Tevzadze, Shorena 133
Theodorakis, Stavros 361
Thomopoulos, Andreas 32
Thyse, Frank 433
Ţiglar, Cosmin 358
Timmermans, Rogier 155
Tokoda, Kazutaka 283
Torres, Santiago 184
Towira, Pimpaka 455
Traiforou, Elina 427
Trayanova, Maria 208
Tremopoulos,Vangelis 56, 326, 414
Trento, Francesco 491
Třeštíková, Helena 272
Tritsibidas,Yannis 47
Tsegos, George 351
Tuckfield, Chris 216
Tullaye, Florent De La 466
Ufaz, Ohad 332
Uyl, Barbara den 227
Valkna, Priit 191
Vallès, Ramon 184
Valva, Sebastiano d’Ayala 453
Vamvakas,Yannis 214
Vardaros, Leonidas 355
Varelas, Georgos 250
Varvantakis, Christos 430
Vassilev, Boyko 97
Vecchiet, Jean-Michel 474
Veitch, Alex 199
Velzen, Femke van 157
Velzen, Ilse van 157
Vernikos, Dimitris 289
Vezyrgiannis, Nikos 183
Vigil,Verónica 63
Vries, Simone de 449
Wajnberg, Marc-Henri 243
Wajstedt, Liselotte 382
Warasina, Naoyasu 309
Weber, Eva 109
Webster, Justin 266
Wehn, Marcel 482
Weinstein, Joshua Z. 161
Weitz, Anna 199
Westmeier, Alexandra 35
Widmer, Kurt 471
Wijk, Annick van 226
Williams,Weaam 197
Wilms, Marco 169, 252
Wilson, Michael Henry 111
Wolf, Matt 480
Wyss, Daniel 296
Xanthopoulos, Lefteris 57
Yamada, Kazuya 365
Yamagishi, Hideki 102
Yannakopoulou, Angeliki 472
Yannoukou, Emilie 30
Yarom,Tamar 447
Yatskova, Maria 290
Zahmanidi, Iris 106
Zaretzky,Yael Kipper 212
Zaritsky, John 424
Zervas,Yorgos 409
Zirou, Dimitra 352
Zmarz-Koczanowicz, Maria 172
Zorzos, Gregory 171
499
Index of Sales Companies
10 Francs 81, 144, 162, 178, 182, 229, 236, 238, 243, 269,
296, 308, 311, 319, 354, 400, 456, 468
Absolut Film Studio Bt. 168
Adam Clitheroe Film Production 329
Adela Media Film &TV Production 131
Alida Dimitriou 75
ALS Film Fund 224
Amanda Livanou 105
Anacondino Film 419
Anemon 388
Angelo Panayides 69
Anna Kessisoglou 327
Antonio Russo Merenda 341
Antonis Pitsios 430
AristotelesWorkshop Association 132
ARRI MediaWorldsales 370
Art Films Production Ltd., Finland 349
ARTE France 78, 96, 111, 119, 173, 177, 293, 422
AtelierBusche.MEDIA 478
Autlook Filmsales 65, 73, 157, 378, 407, 433, 492
Bantam Films 87
Barbora Kalinova 387
Beyond Distribution 424
Biblical Productions 108
Blackbird Films 484
BleuWingTV Productions 377
Bulgarian NationalTelevision 97, 141, 208, 421, 458, 485
C & C Productions 363
CactusThree 89
Celluloid Dreams 160, 348
Celsius Entertainment Ltd 392
ChinaTV Services Co. Ltd 98
Cinegram SA 356, 367
Cinema Arts Magic 211
Cinephil 49, 113, 159, 175, 204, 206, 220, 231, 249, 290, 391, 417, 477
Cinergon Productions 143
Cláudia Nunes 376
Costas Dandinakis 276
Creation 42
500
D’Amico Film Production LLC 267
Danek 427
Deckert Distribution 39, 101, 185, 191, 247, 284, 375
Delaram Karkheiran Khoozani 138
Diafragma Films 338
Diler & Associados 67
Dimitris Sfiris 107
Doc & Co 34, 63, 88, 103, 245, 353
Documenda Films 437
Double Montage Production Company 317
Dramatika Films 214
Dvanact Opic Ltd 350
EdituraVideo 443
EIE 37
Elementarfilm 66
ERT3 183
Eureka Media 420
Euroirida Ltd 405
Europolis Film 448
EVER 323
Exoptron Ltd 56, 326, 414, 465
ExploreNatureGR 156
ExtraVirgin 455
Fabiola Maldonado 270
Fernando Pinheiro 92
Film Sales Company 233
Filmoption International 435
FilmsTransit International Inc. 90, 104, 125, 126, 140, 225, 271, 286,
318, 321, 333, 360, 383, 396, 411, 461, 483
First Hand Films 82, 93, 192, 259, 263, 303, 440, 447, 450, 451, 452, 482
Foment Films LLC 412
Fortissimo Films 43, 68, 77, 99, 200, 314, 486
Forward Entertainment 480
GA&A Productions 25, 336, 385, 390, 423, 469
Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduction 71, 169, 232, 252, 297
GeorgeTsegos 351
Giyotin Productions 310
Go2Films 136, 179, 212, 332, 345, 402, 489
Greek Film Center 74, 143, 147, 260, 287, 289, 304, 356, 367, 389, 426, 436, 472
Gregory Zorzos 171
Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation ERT SA 21, 57, 58, 59, 60, 91, 128, 190, 246,
250, 261, 265, 337, 346, 347, 352, 355, 357, 409, 426, 476
Heure Exquise 145
501
High Ground Films 406
hillfilm 374
IDOU! -VOX documentaries 47
Illumina Films 237
Illusion 403
impulsWERKSTATT 442
INA Sales & Marketing Division 187
Indigo Film 120
Injam Production 52
InsideOut Film GBR 121
Intervision 61
iPARK 441
JMT Films Distribution 116, 137, 153, 165, 167, 221, 330, 335, 339, 379, 398, 473, 475
John Laskaris 135
Juris Podniekis Studio 462
Katerina Patroni 438
KazutakaTokoda 283
KM Film 51
Kogull Filmworks 50
Kokelandia 85
Krakow Film Foundation 24, 148, 158, 172, 292, 328
Laird Adamson 180, 301
LC ProductionS 307
Lear Productions Ltd 146
Lee Sang-yeop 445
Lefteris Fylaktos 44
Life Assist Familish 309
Linger On Filmproduction 35
Lisa Jonsson 222
LittleBig Productions 382
Louise Rosen, LTD 359
Lumina Films Ltd 194
Made ForTV 299
Magnolia Pictures / HDNet Films 429
Majd Production Company 274
Manolis Andriotakis 415
Manolis Dimellas 255
Marek Milewicz Productions 479
Martin H. Schmitt 196
Massive Productions 163
Mediana Communication 358
Mendips Ltd 181
Menemsha Films 48
502
Mercury Media International Ltd 207, 256, 281, 300, 364, 386, 416, 418, 491
MICO – Media International Corporation 31, 46, 102, 139, 432, 481
Mountainside Films 384
National Film Board of Canada 457, 460
National Film Studio“Belarus”22
Neon Rouge Production 54
No hay penas Sl 203
NPO Sales 70, 151, 205, 213, 215, 226, 449
Odd Girl Out Productions 109
Olaf Koelewijn 154
Onos Productions 20
Opus 27 Productions 95
Orione Cinematografica 28
Orozco Productions 240
Oscar Perez 431
Outcast Films 399
Parallel Film 83
PaulThiltges Distibutions 27
PaulThiltges Distributions 114, 239, 302
Periclis Eliou 129
Periplus 41, 210, 234, 235, 253, 275, 313, 316, 426, 487
Persona Production 30
PFDC Co. (Persian Film Distribution Center) 294
Portolanos Films 251
RåFILM 199
RaiTrade 94, 122, 149, 273, 344, 439
Rigas Films 343
Rudacine 118
Saetre Films 233
Sarah Singh 404
Serrano Set Film &TV productions 218
Seventh Art Productions 142
SG 133
Sharm Holding Ltd 53
Show andTell Films 397
Simin FallahzadehTehrani 188
Sixpackfilm 174
Small Planet 23, 127, 401
Smiley Documentary Film Distribution &World Sales 36, 216, 241, 244, 315, 434
SND films 393
Solid Entertainment 334
Spirto Productions 86, 201
Springfilm 155
503
Starfilm 444
Stefanos Mondelos 277
Stefilm International Srl 340
Stella Papastefanou 219
Steven C. Beers 64
Studio ALFA SA 32, 106
Studio ofTheatre and Film 395
Submarine 285
Swipe Films 217
T&C Film AG 76
Tanja Meding 381
Taskovski Films 72, 189
Taskovski Films Ltd 258, 262, 272, 291, 350, 471
Teletypos SA – Mega Channel 80, 331, 361
Tercera Orilla 454
The Law Firm of Rosalind Lichter 254
Theophilos’House Cultural Center 223
Tochka Zrenia 467
TrickyTrick Films Ltd 279
Turkish Radio –TV Corp. 55, 176, 198, 278, 320, 488
Tuttle-Mori Agency, Inc. 365
TV 2 Danmark 280
TV 2World 130
TV2World A/S 112, 164, 266, 295, 372, 463
TV3-Televisió De Catalunya SA 26, 33, 40, 45, 115, 184, 230, 282, 288, 408, 428
University of Art and Design Helsinki 38, 342
Van der Hoop Film Production 227
Vassilis Stogiannis 248
Ventes-CBA/WIP-Sales 79, 100, 117, 202, 324, 325
Vermilion Pictures 193
Vinegar Hill Productions 152
Vision Music 362
Vitagraph 110, 166, 209, 306, 425
VPRO Sales 394
Weinstein Film Production 161
Wide Management 62, 195, 197, 268, 369, 371, 373, 410, 413, 453, 466, 474
Yannis Malavakis 459
Yiannis Hatzivassilis 298
Zahos Samoladas 29
ZDF Enterprises 123, 124
ZeLIG – School of Documentary,Television and New Media 305
Zeppers Film &TV 257
ZeZe Film 446
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