Competition Section - International Film Festival of India

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Film Name A Short Life (4302~)
Country Korea
Synopsis
The Second Economic Development for Five Years is on
the way in 1969. Soonhee is born on the day Apollo
reaches the moon. She lives near an American military
unit and is bullied by other kids in her neighbourhood,
for her mom is a whore. By 1986, Soonhee spends time
sleeping around though still in her puberty, although not
on her own will, gets an abortion done and continues
living a life of this sort. The year 2005, Soonhee tries to
commit suicide, but in vain. Ultimately, she is seen
carrying her daughter on her hips, holding a broken
2006, 35 mm, B&W and Colour (Mixed), 92 mins
sandal and walking barefoot on a winding path that
doesn't look nice.
Director
An Kung-lee
Director's Biography
Producer
Sae-ho, Im
An Kyung-Lee was born
in Gong-Ju of Korea in
1969. She graduated
from Nihon University
in Japan in 2004,
majoring in film. She
studied criticism and
theory of film at that time. In this year she moved back to
Korea to participate in film production, entering Dongguk Graduate School. She started to write screenplays as
part of her training. In 2005 she wrote `A Short Life
(4302~)' and made up her mind to direct it. It is her first
film ever made.
Screenplay
An Kung-lee
Cinematography
Joo-saeng, Lee, Tae-sung, Kim
Editor
Sae-ho, Im
Music
Taek-seung, Lee
Art
Jung-woo, Lee
Sound
Tae-won, Gong
Cast
Jung-young, Kim, Ji-soo, Im, Mi-jin, Kim And Min-seo, Kang
Festivals & Awards
41st Karlovi Vary International Film Festival (world Premiere)
.
Production
Sae-ho, Im
B-1040 Poonglim Iwant Seohyun-dong, Bund Ang-gu, Kyunggi-do,
Korea
Telephone/fax: +82 16 9844 0908
World Sales
FILMCASE
B-1040 Poonglim IWANT Seohyun-dong, Bund ang-gu, Kyunggi-do,
Korea
Telephone/Fax: +82 16 9844 0908
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Film Name
The Old Barber
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Country China
Synopsis
The story is about the pure art of the barber in Beijing,
its essence not diluted over time. It is a reflection of
how the elderly carry out their lives in the most basic
of Beijing's living accommodations (hutong) and how
they see the meaning of life and death while at the
same time it is an introduction to a very unique and
traditional eastern culture in the most real and natural
way. Shot in Beijing's Shichahai hutong (alleyway),
Grandpa Jin portrayed by himself, is a 93 year old
traditional barber and the other actors portrayed by
2006, 35 mm, Colour, 105 mins
Director
Hasi Chaolu
themselves were found in retirement homes, all being
non professional actors.
Producer
Li Shuihe
Director's Biography
Screenplay
Ran Ping
Hasi Chaolu has
Music
Cha Gan
work with his
Art
Jin Yang
Sound
Li Zhizhong
Cast
Jing Kui
Festivals & Awards
Tokyo International Film Festival, Fukuoka International Film Festival
Production
Beijing Classic Communication Co. Ltd
No. 1 – 1405, Hongjia Liyuan, Luozhuangnanli, Haidian, Beijing, P. R.
China
Telephone/Fax: +86 10 82050573
World Sales
China Film Promotion International
20-A Xinde Street, Suite 401, Beijing 100088, P. R. Chna
Telephone/Fax: 8610 62367697
done remarkable
films
like,
‘Stirring Trip to
Mutuo’ about a
true story of an
old man from
Shanghai who went to Mutuo and voluntarily
constructed a school so that children could have a
proper education and also ’The Story of Zhula’. ‘The
Old Barber’ has already being screened at Tokyo
International Film Festival, Fukuoka International
Film Festival and has gained accolades everywhere.
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Competition Section
Film Name Estrella y Dos Cafes, Una
(A Star and Two Cups of Coffee)
Country Argentina
Synopsis
Estela is a thirteen-year-old girl that lives in
Purmamarca, a beautiful but isolated town in North
Argentina, 2200 m. above sea level and more than
1600 km. from the City of Buenos Aires. Carlos, an
architect, arrives at the small town hired to build a
housing development. They establish a very tender
relationship. He recognises his own conflicts
through this girl's stories, and she feels attracted by
this caring older man who listens to her and treats
her as an adult. Ana, who had been Carlo's wife not
so long ago, arrives at Purmamarca with the firm
intention of recovering her marriage. In spite of the
jealousy Ana's appearance has provoked in Estela
they both establish a tender and deference
relationship. Carlos and Ana bid farewell to Estela
The girl is left on her own once again in her beautiful
town. But nothing shall be the same anymore.
2006, 35 mm, Colour, 85 mins, Spanish
Director
Alberto Lecchi
Director's Biography
Alberto Lecchi was born in
Buenos Aires, Argentina in
1954 and studied Arts at
the Belgrano National
School and film at the
Cinema Museum. He
worked as an assistant
director for many years,
with important national
and foreign directors such
as Adolfo Aristarain, Maria Luisa Bemberg, Hector
Olivera and Carlos Saura, among others. In the
1990s, he started his career as director. His films
achieved recognition from the press and the public.
For his first movie 'Perdido Por Perdido'(1993), he
won the ACE award for best screenwriter, and also
several awards at the Habana International Film
Festival. He also made numerous commercials and
successful TV series as 'Nueve Lunas' (1994) for
which he won the Martin Fierro Award for Best
Director and TV series. And 'Epitafios' produced by
HBO in 2004. 'One Star and Two Coffees,' is his tenth
feature film, and is the second time he works with
Gaston Pauls and Ariadna Gil. In 1999, he shot the
successful film 'Nueces Para el Amor.'
Producer
Luis A Sartor
Screenplay
Daniel Garcia Molt, Alberto Lecchi
Cinematography
Hugo Colace
Editor
Alejandro Alem
Music
Lucas Gordillo, Selma Mutal Tukuta
Art
Valentina Liorens
Sound
Javier Stavropulos
Cast
Gerardo Albarracin, Gabriela Bertolone, Ruben Fleitas, Silvia Gallegos
Festivals & Awards
The Miami Latin Film Festival, Cartelera Argenmex Film Festival,
Toronto International Latin Film Festival 2005
Production
Zarlek Producciones SA
J. Salguero 1648 PB 1(1425DEN) Buenos Aires
Telephone/Fax: (+5411)4824.3160
World Sales
Primer Plano Film Group
Riobamba 477 –(1014) Buenos Aires
Telephone/Fax (+5411).375.0506
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Film Name En La Cama (In Bed)
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Country Chile / Germany
Synopsis
Two unknown young people (Bruno and Daniela)
have an intense sexual encounter in the bed of a motel.
They will
never become to see. Little by little they
will open to their past and its privacy. They will finish
knowing itself. The love between both is able to
change the sense of their lives for always.
2005, 35 mm, Colour, 85 mins, Spanish
Director
Matias Bize
Screenplay
Julio Rojas
Cinematography
Gabriel Diaz, Cristian Castro
Director's Biography
Matías Bize directed
his first film at the
age of 23 years, before
graduating in the
School of
Cinema.
Editor
Paula Talloni
His first film as a
Music
Diego Fontecilla
as
Art
Constanza Meza-Lopehandia, Mercedes
Marambio
gave him accolades
Sound
Boris Herrera
F e s t i v a l
Costume
Constanza Lopehandía Meza
Cast
Blanca Lewin, Gonzalo Valenzuela
Festivals & Awards
Valladolid International Film Festival – Won Golden Spike Award
Production
Ceneca Producciones
Telephone/Fax: +562 235 0627
Producer and second
Director,
'Largometraje Sábadó
and four prizes in the
o f
M a n n h e i m Heidelberg. For 'En La
Cama' he has already
tasted success winning the Golden Spike Award at
Valladolid International Film Festival.
World Sales
Intramovies SRL
Via Eustachio Manfredi n 15 Rome, Italy
Telephone/Fax: +39 06 8077252 / +39 0608076156
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Shen Hai (Blue Cha Cha)
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Film Name
Country Taiwan
Synopsis
A-Yu, a woman just released from prison, has an
isolated ego. She successively encounters two
different men - a charming mature businessman and
a promising factory leader and falls in love with
them. However, the love
soon fades. A-Yu, the
injured soul, returns to the cabin by the harbour
which once belonged to her close-friend in the
prison, Sister Ann. In true sisterhood, Sister Ann
takes care of A-Yu and comforts her tormented soul
with her ocean like warmth and generosity.
One day, she watches a puppet show performed on
the seashore as a memorial ceremony to the Sea God.
An autistic fisherman with puppets in his hands
makes the sealed soul of A-Yu burst into a bright
smile, unseen for long time.
Director's
Biography
Llan County of the North
Eastern Taiwan started
his career in the film
continuity
as a
clerk,
assistant director, film
producer, scriptwriter and director
.
Cheng's first 35mm `Somewhere Over the
Dreamland' (2002) had been lined up in the 59th
Venice International Film Festival for the Venice
Critics Week. `The Passage' (2004) is Cheng's second
35mm film. `Blue Cha Cha' (2005) is his third and
the latest one.
Director
Wen-Tang Cheng
Producer
Yang Chi-yung and Huang Hao-jie
Screenplay
Ching-Feng Cheng, Wen-Tang Cheng
Cinematography
Cheng-Ying Lin
Editor
Chen-Ching Lei
Cheng Wen-Tang-born in
industry in 1982
2005, 35 MM, Colour, 108 mins, Mandarin/Taiwanese
Music
Cincin Lee, Xinyun Li
Art
Te-wei Tai
Sound
TU Du-chih, KUO Li-chih.
Cast:
Tarcy Su, Yi-Ching Lu, Leon Dai, Wu-shan Huang
Festivals & Awards
Nominated for Best actress at Golden Horse Film Festival
Production
Green Light Films
3A, No. 9, San Min Rd., Taipei, Taiwan 105
Telephone/Fax: 886 2 27531635
886 2 27605188
World Sales
Chang San-ling
3A, No. 9, San Min Rd., Taipei, Taiwan 105
Telephone/Fax: 886 2 27531635 886 2 27605188
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Film Name Nirontor (Forever Flows)
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Country Bangladesh
Synopsis
A lower-middle class family in Bangladesh's capital
city of Dhaka is going through hard times. Their father
has gone blind and can no longer work, and most of
the family's money has been wasted on their
unemployed son Hiru, who refuses to work. All the
family's problems fall on the shoulder of their
beautiful daughter Tithi, who works as a prostitute to
help the family. The film is a fairly non-judgmental
look at the lives of Tithi, her family and the people she
comes in contact with through her job.
2006, 35 mm, Colour, 105 mins
Director
Abu Sayeed
Screenplay
Abu Sayeed
Cinematography
Mozibul Haq Bhuyan
Editor
Junaid Halim
Music
S.I.Tutul
Art
Shaid Ahomed Mithu
Sound
Nasim Reza Shah
Director's Biography
Abu Sayeed started his career as a filmmaker through
making of the short film 'Abortion' in 16 mm in 1987.
After that his film making has never stopped though
slow progress was made. By this time he has made 2
short films, 3 fulllength features and
apart from this he
also made a large
number of TV filmplay. Abu Sayeed is
one of the pioneers
Costume
Safia Sultana
of the trend of
Cast
Shabnoor, Ilias Kanchon, Jayanto Chattopadhyay, Amirul Haq
Chowdhury
the country, which was introduced in the 80s through
Festivals & Awards
Selected as the Bangladeshi film to compete in the 'Foreign Language
Film' category at 79th Academy Awards.
Production
Impress Telefilm
62/A Siddeswari Road, Dhaka – 1217, Bangladesh
Telephone/Fax: +88 02 9332444 / +88 02 835833
independent film in
making of short film in Bangladesh. All the films made
by Abu Sayeed were exhibited in the different
international film festival of the world. Abu Sayeed
obtained a number of national awards on filmmaking.
World Sales
Impress Telefilm
62/A Siddeswari Road, Dhaka – 1217, Bangladesh
Telephone/Fax: +88 02 9332444 / +88 02 835833
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Competition Section
Country Israel
Film Name
Aviva Ahuvati (Aviva My Love)
Synopsis
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Aviva, a hard working hotel cook in the small
northern town of Tiberias, is on the brink of finally
fulfilling her lifelong dream. For years she kept her
remarkable writing abilities under wraps until her
sister Anita, introduced her to Oded, an accomplished
novelist. Immediately recognizing Aviva's talent,
Oded takes her under his wings, promising to help her
achieve greatness.
But the journey to greatness affects her life and the
lives of her family-her unemployed husband, her
troubled children, her unstable mother and mainly
her sister, a funny and sensitive woman, who has her
own dreams. When Aviva discovers that Oded has
other plans for her work, her world collapses.
Director's Biography
2006, 35 mm, Colour, 107 mins, Hebrew
Director
Shemi Zarhin
Screenplay
Shemi Zarhin
Cinematography
Itzik Portal
Editor
Einat Glaser-Zarhin
Music
Jonathan Bar-Giora
Art
Ido Dolev
Sound
Aviv Aldema
Costume
Inbal Shuki
Cast
Assi Levy, Rotem Abuhab, Dror Keren.
Festivals & Awards
The Israeli Academy Award: Best Film, Best Director, Best Script, Best
Leading Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best Editing.
The Jerusalem Film Festival: Best Script and Best Actress
The Chicago International Film Festival: Best Script.
Production
Evanstone Films Ltd
18, Beit Hillel Street
Tel Aviv, Israel 67017
Tel: 0097235612045
Fax: 0097235612492
Email: [email protected]
Born and raised in Tiberias, Shemi Zarhin is a
graduate of The Film and Television department at TelAviv University. He teaches filmmaking and
scriptwriting courses at the Sam Spiegel School in
Jerusalem. He has written
scripts for several feature films
(among them: `Tel-Aviv Stories
and Family Secrets') and
directed dozens of
commercials and episodes of
television series. He has also
been script editor and
consultant for many scripts
and written articles and film
critiques for Israeli
newspapers. In 1996 he was
awarded the Ministry of Arts and Culture's Prize for
Filmmakers. Zarhin's first feature film as a director
and scriptwriter, Passover Fever ('Leylasede') (1995)
won the prize for best script at the Montreal World
Film Festival and participated in over 200 festivals all
over the world. His film 'Dangerous Acts' ('Mesukenet')
(1998) won seven Israeli Academy Awards, among
them the Best Director Prize. His film, 'Bonjour
Monsieur Shlomi' ('Hakochavim Shel Shlomi') (2003)
won 20 prizes and awards in festivals around the
world (among them: Audience Award at SEMINCIValladolid International Film Festival-Spain; Best
Film and Best Directing at the Moscow International
Film Festival for Young People; Best Film, Best Script,
Fipresci and Signis at Festrois International Film
Festival-Portugal; Golden Greyphon for Best Film at
the Giffoni International Film Festival-Italy).
His theater play, 'The Big Bang Returns', is about to be
produced in Tel-Aviv during 2006. The feature film
Noodle, which he wrote is in post-production. `Aviva
My Love,' his fourth feature film as director and writer,
was shot in his hometown, Tiberias.
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Competition Section
Film Name Shaere Zobale-ha (Poet of the Wastes)
Country Iran
Synopsis
“Poet of the Wastes’ narrates the story of a street
cleaner who discovers
the secrets of the
neighbourhood by collecting the inhabitant's
garbage. In this course, he gets involved in romantic
and social adventures.
Director's Biography
Mohammad Ahmadi was born in 1962 in the city of
Yazd. He finished his elementary and intermediate
school in Tehran. After the revolution he returned to
2005, 35 mm, Colour, 80 mins, Persian
his birthplace and started his activities in the
cinema field in the year 1983; in Yazd's youth
Director
Mohammad Ahmadi
cinema. Ahmadi started working in the film
production unit of the artistic center of the Islamic
advertisement
organization in
the year 1989
and continued
his cooperation
up to the year
1992. In the
year 1991 he
graduated from
the Fine Arts
University of
Screenplay
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Cinematography
Mohammad Aladpoush
Editor
Mastaneh Mohajer
Music
Dalir Nazarov
Art
Parviz Parastoei
Sound
Mahmoud Samakbashi
Costume
Cast
Saber Abbar, Mohammad Eskandari, Leila Hatami, Farzin Mohades
Festivals & Awards
Tehran in the
field of photography. Mohammad Ahmadi was the
manager of photography and advertising affairs of
Iran's handicraft organization for ten years
beginning 1991.
Montréal World Film Festival – Nominated for Grand Prix des Amériques
Award
Production
Karnameh Institute Artistic & Culture
#32, 4th Floor, Mosavi St., Felenstin North Ave, Tehran 14157 Iran
Telephone/Fax: 0098 21 8895 1849
World Sales
Bamdad Media International
No 82, 59 sq. Chaman Gharbi st, Ayat Ave, Tehran 16466-77941 Iran
Telephone/Fax 0098 21 7793 21 90
Email – [email protected]
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Film Name
Tapete Vermelho (Red Carpet)
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Country Brazil
Synopsis
This warm dynamic comedy is the story of Quinzinho,
a Brazilian country peasant from a long foregone era.
Quinzinho has a promise to keep: to take his 10-yearold son to watch a Brazilian Mazzaropi movie just like
his father once did when he was a boy. So off he goes
with his wife, Zulmira, his son Neco and Policarpo
the donkey, on a journey through towns and cities to
find a movie theatre still playing the pictures he so
fondly cherishes. But Quinzinho soon finds out that
times have changed. After his donkey is stolen he
2005, 35 mm, Colour, 100 mins, Portuguese
finds himself separated from his wife and son.
Director
Luiz Alberto Pereira
Quinzinho realizes it will take smart resilience to get
his family back together again and fulfill his
Screenplay
Rosa Nepomuceno, Luiz Alberto Pereira
commitment.
Cinematography
Renato teixeira
Director's Biography
Editor
Junior Carone
Music
Renato Teixeira
Luiz Alberto Pereira,
started career in
direction with 'Jânio
Art
Chico de Andrade
a 24 Quadros', a
Sound
Jorge vaz, Nerio Barberis
30 years of Brazilian
Costume
Chico de Andrade
he won awards and
Cast
Matheus Nachtergaele, Gorete Milagres, Vinicius Miranda, Rosi
Campos, Paulo
Later, he directed
documentary about
Festivals & Awards
Brazilian Film Festival-Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Script, April
(2006), Brazilian Film Festival of Miami- Best Actor, June (2006)
Production
Lapfilme Produções Cinematográficas Ltda.
Avenida Alfonso Bovero 1174 – cj. 52 – São Paulo-SP-Brasil-CEP
05019-010 Telephone: 55-11-38654765 Fax: 55-11-36728261
politics with which
accolades in Brazil.
films like 'Efeito Ilha,
O' which was a Sci-Fi Fantasy and 'Hans Staden' which
won many awards in Brazil including Best Director
Award.
World Sales
Tropicalstorm Entertainment
Rua Salvador de Mendonça 85/201 Rio Comprido – 20261-030 Rio
de Janeiro – RJ - Brazil Telephone/Fax: +55 21 22737529
Email - [email protected]
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Country India
Film Name
Sringaram (Dance Of Love)
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Synopsis
It is the year 1920. Madhura is born into a family of
temple dancers (Devadasis) in a remote village in the
south Indian state of Tamilnadu. She is initiated as
the chief temple dancer on her mother's
renunciation of the title, and participates in all
temple activities, including rituals, temple dancing
and the local village governance. Madhura feels
increasingly uneasy with the demands of the local
patriarchy, represented by the village princely
landlord known as the Mirasu, and defies the system
within the construct of her own artistic and
feministic sensibilities. Kama, the second Devadasi
and Kasi, the temple watchman, represent
contrasting world views to both Madhura and the
Mirasu.
2006, 35mm,117minutes, Colour, Tamil
Director's Biography
Director
Sharada Ramanathan
Sharada Ramanathan has been engaged in the fields
of culture and media for 25 years. Her working life
began
with
involvement
her
with
national social and
cultural movements
such as SPIC-MACAY
and CRY. Her next phase
was to participate in the
setting up of a new
cultural institution, the
India Foundation for the Arts. As a professional with
the Ford Foundation, Sharada's life was enriched by
her engagement with the widest range of sociocultural movement forums, developmental
organizations and media houses. In addition to her
film career, Sharada is also engaged with the
organizing of the World Culture Forum Alliance
India, 2008, and the international think tank on
Creative Industries and. `Sringaram - Dance of Love'
Story and Screenplay
Indira Soundarajan
Lyrics
Swathi Var
Music
Padmabhushan Lalgudi G. Jayaraman
Art direction
Padmasree Thota Tharani
Choreography
Saroj Khan
Costumes
Rukmini Krishna
Sound design
Lakshminarayanan
Editing
Sreekar Prasad
Cinematography
Madhu Ambat
Cast
Aditi Rao Hyderi, Manoj K, Jayan, Hamsa Moily, Shashi Kumar
is Sharada's debut film as a director and she intends
to continue to investing her evolving world view to
innovate on the cutting edge of the artistic,
commercial and the social
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Film Name
Sonam
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Country India
Synopsis
This film is from the remotest corner of India from the
Himalayan abode of the Monpas in the Indo-China
border, where the local tribesman -- with their
traditional lifestyle -- make their life worthy on this
planet. Though the Monpas follow the Tibetan sect of
Buddhism, they succeeded in retaining the flavour of
their own primitive customs and traditions. The film
'Sonam' is about the life and culture of the Monpas
where a particular tradition acts as a catalyst in
2005, 35mm, 120mins, Color, Monpa
(Arunachalee Dialect)
Direction & Screenplay
Ahsan Muzid
Cinematography
Naresh Sarma
turning the life of a couple into a nightmare. Though
generally the Monpas practice monogamy, the Yak
herdsmen of the tribe, traditionally known as the
Brokpas, are used to a system of polyandry where the
wife can take more than one husband. This is a first
feature film made in `Monpa' with English sub-title
Editor
Mahadeb Shi
where the director deals directly with the labyrinthine
Sound
Jatin Sarma
the
Music
Archana Bhattacharjee Ahsan
the lover of his
situation when
Art & Costume
Dayal Krishna Nath
Cast
Tashi Lhamu, Hagge D. Appa, Sonam Palzar Lacwungpa,
Phurba Lapcha, Karma Dorjee, Pem Khandu, SonamPuma, Lungten
Khochilu
husband
offers to accept
wife
as
co-
husband.
Director's
Biography
Ahsan Muzid
started his career
as a theatre activist for Indian Peoples' Theatre
Association in 1978. He produced his first docfeature, `And Ripples, Not Waves' (1983) and has
produced and directed numerous documentaries and
tele-films for Doordarshan since 1984. `Sonam' is his
debut as director.
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