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HISTORY
THE THRACIANS’ GOLD
Orpheus, Midas or Spartacus are all names part of the collective
memory. Long before the pharaohs of Egypt appeared in the
Balkans a mysterious population, called the Thracians,
disappeared at the beginning of our era, this civilization can now
be rediscovered thanks to archaeological excavations which
help us expand our knowledge of mankind history. Who were
them? How could they create such golden treasures?
778 – LA CHANSON DE ROLAND
This docu-drama focuses on one of the most famous and oldest
literary piece of European culture. Thanks to historical reenactments, discoveries made through archeological
excavations and testimonies of experts, we embark on a 1 200year-journey back into the past, searching the origins and the
meaning of the Battles of Roncevaux lead by the Emperor
Charlemagne (Charles the great).
THE LOST CARRACCI
In Bologna, a young researcher rediscovers a painting by
Carracci, which was believed to be lost for more than two
centuries. A line accidently found in a book, in an old
spectacular library, is the beginning of a thrilling search of clues.
This quest will lead us to the lost painting, in an unexpected
place. Which brother painted this work of art? The film is an
excuse to depict the Renaissance period of time with a new
angle.
THE COACHMAN OF MOZART
Mozart, who travelled in carriage his entire life in Europe,
developed a real passion for horses. His music is marked by
equestrian rhythms and cadences. This new dimension of
Mozart is recounted by a coachman of Salzburg, whose
ancestors certainly drove the genius on the roads of Europe.
FR | 2011 | 4/3 / 1 6/9 | 50’
French, English (voiceover), Bulgarian, Bulgarian
with German sub. &
French with Spanish sub.
By Nicolaï Tomov
Partenaire Sofia Productions
Broadcaster: Viasat
ES/FR | 2011 | 52’/78’ | HD
French, Spanish, Euskera &
English (commentary voice +
sub.)
By Olivier Van der Zee |
IDEM4, SMAC - audiovisuel
Bordeaux
Broadcasters: ETB, France 3
région Aquitaine, Basque
Télévision, TV Aragon, Viasat,
TVE
IT | 201 2 | 52’ | HD
Italian, English (sub.) & French
(sub.)
By Andrea Dalpian
POPCult
FR | 2006 | 26’
French
By Stéphanie Vialfont &
Nicolas Gasselin
Pois Chiche Films
www.windrose.fr
WATERLOO, THE ULTMATE BATTLE
This blue chip docu-drama tells the story of the battle of
Waterloo, whose bicentenary is to be celebrated in 201 5. Hour
by hour, even minutes by minutes, each decisive event of one
of the most famous campaign in history is depicted. Historians
sort out the myth from the truth, based on the most recent
research findings. Beyond the historical facts, we discover how
'Waterloo' was lived by its key figures & soldiers in both camps.
NAPOLEON, THE AMERICAN DREAM
After Waterloo defeat on 1 8 June 1 81 5, Napoleon comes back
to Paris. There are only few days left before enemy troups arrive
and incarcerate him. Adviced by his brothers, he decides to live
his own American dream. This film unveils for the first time the
organization of his travel. Thanks to the exceptional access to
Napoleon's Malmaison, Ajaccio and Aix Island's Museums (due
to the bicentenary) we follow those day by day events prior
Saint Helene's exile.
DEADLY DEPTHS
More than one million tons of chemical weapons are lying under
water, near our coasts. From 1 91 7 to 1 970, armies have
systematically been dumping their mortal poisons into the
oceans, all over the world. Little by little, the active substances
are being released. Why politicians and military staffs took this
decision? What are the consequences on maritime life and on
our health? This 2-year investigation explores the issue in all its
dimensions & search for solutions.
FORBIDDEN FILMS
The Third Reich produced 1 ,200 feature films. More than 40
remain forbidden. Nearly seventy years after the end of the Nazi
regime, they are banned from public screening in Germany and
in many other countries, because they are still considered as
dangerous propaganda. Should these films be made freely
available? This is their story.
THE HONNOR OF LIVING
Geneviève de Gaulle and Germaine Tillion, two exceptional
intellectuals and resistance figures met during WW II in a
barrack of the concentration camp of Ravensbrück, Germany.
Through exclusive archives, testimonies and their own writings
we discover a segment of history, from 1 940 to 1 998, in which
both played a key role.
BE | 52'/80' | 201 4 | HD
English, French & Dutch
(dub. & sub.)
By Hugues Lanneau
Les Films de la Mémoire,
Wallimage, Bataille de Waterloo
1 81 5 asbl
Broadcasters: RTBF, ARTE,
VRT, SVT, Ceska TV, TVC,
ORF, LIC China
FR | 201 5 | 52' | HD
French, English
By Christopher Jones and
Marie-Dominique Montel
Zoulou Compagnie
Broadcaster: France 3 Corse
FR | 201 4 | 52' & 90' | HD
French & English (voiceover)
By Bob Coen, Eric Nadler &
Nicolas Koutsikas
Georama TV
Coproducers: ARTE, NHK
Broadcasters: ARTE France,
SF, RTS, LRT, LTV, CyBC,
SNRT, CESKA, TV3, RT6P,
TLT, RTBF, NRK, Estonian
TV, La1 , TG4, RTVSLO, ERT,
SVT, DW
DE | 201 4 | 94’ & 52' | HD
German & English (with sub.)
By Felix Moeller
Blueprint Film Gmbh
Broadcaster: ARTE
FR | 201 5 | 60’ | HD
French & English (tbc)
By Dominique Gros
Pois Chiche Films
Broadcasters:
France Télévisions, France 2
www.windrose.fr
NO JOB FOR A WOMAN THE WOMEN WHO FOUGHT TO REPORT THE WWII
While women reporting war may seem commonplace now, their
arrival in the profession is the result of 1 50 years of struggle.
This historical documentary, narrated by Emmy Award winner
Julianna Margulies of CBS’ The Good Wife, combines rarely
seen archival footage, stills, & actors reading the written words
of the main characters to tell the story of how Women war
reporters during WWII, like Ruth Cowan, photographer Dickey
Chapelle, & magazine writer Martha Gellhorn, Hemingway's
wife, had to fight for access to the biggest news story of the
century.
HELENE BERR’S DIARY
English Professor in Paris, Hélène Berr is 21 when she begins
her diary. In 1 942, the anti-Jewish laws slowly shake up her life.
She will die at Bergen Belsen a few days before the camp
liberation. Over 50 years, the text only existed as a painful
family treasure until its publishing in 2008 in around twenty
countries.
MODUS OPERANDI
From 1 942 to 1 944, 24.91 6 Jewish men, women and children,
were deported from Belgium to Auschwitz. Only 1 ,206 of them
returned. A handful of Nazis elaborated the persecution of Jews
in Belgium with the support of certain Belgian authorities. How
could this have happened? This is the story of this film. This is
our history everyone's story.
USA | 2011 | 52' | HD
English
By Michele Midori Fillion
HURRY UP SISTER
PRODUCTIONS, Maria Agui
Carter, Michele Midori Fillion,
Jeanne Houck
Broadcaster : PBS
FR | 201 3 | 96’ | HD
French & English (voice-over)
By Jérôme Prieur
Mélisande films
Broadcaster: France 2
BE | 2008 |98' (or can be cut in
2x52' | HD
French, English (sub.), dutch
(2x52')
By Hugues Lanneau
Les Films de la Mémoire
Broadcasters: RTBF, VRT
FROM HOLLYWOOD TO NUREMBERG,
JOHN FORD, SAMUEL FULLER, GEORGE STEVENS
Through restored archives, often unreleased, by mythical
American filmmakers, we rediscover World War II, from the
allied landing to the Nuremberg trial. Their footages, which
served as essential historical evidence of the war crimes, are
also an aesthetic testimony of their cinematographic
experimentations and genius.
THE LAST CHARGE
In 1 939, Poland was the first country to resist to the attack of
Germany. The Polish soldiers who were still on horses resisted
against the ultra-motorized German cavalry during only 35
days. Casimir Mihaovski, 91 years old, who fought on the Polish
side, makes us relive the story of this massacre. This Charge on
horses is one of the last ones in the History of wars.
FR | 201 2 | 57’
French & English (voice-over)
By Christian Delage
Mélisande Films
Broadcasters: Ciné +, Histoire
FR | 2006 | 26’
French
By Stéphanie & Nicolas
Gasselin
Pois Chiche Films
www.windrose.fr
HARTI & MARGOT
The discovery in Normandy of Harti, a German pilot, buried
under 7 meters of earth for more than 60 years, revives the
memories of Margot, who was his fiancée, while she finally gets
to know the real reason of his death. It’s also a story of people,
which illustrates the reconciliation between French and
Germans.
FR | 2005 | 52’
French
By Hubert Budor
Pois Chiche Films
BLACK MEN DESTINIES (2X52')
BLACK DESTINY
Raphaël Elizé became the 1 st French Black Mayor in 1 929. This
documentary recalls the extraordinary destiny of a man from
Martinique who after having survived from a Mountain eruption
& WWI, got deported because of the colour of his skin in 1 945
to the Buchenwald’s camp, where he died.
"CHOCOLAT", NEGRO CLOWN
FR | 201 2-201 3 | 2x52’ | HD
French
Broadcaster: France Télévisions
By Philippe Baron
Pois Chiche Films
In the recently released movie Chocolat, Omar Sy (The By Samia Chala & Thierry
Intouchables, 2011 ) interprates Raphaël Padilla, the first black Leclère
man to become a clown. Through the documentary Chocolate, Walter films
Negro Clown, discover more about the tumultous life of this
man, who was born as a slave and was by no means
predestinated to become a star in Paris.
ENTREPRENEURS´ PORTRAITS (2X52')
THE HISTORY OF CHOCOLATE, THE MENIER'S STORY
Menier, Suchard and Tobler were the first companies to
transform cocoa beans into chocolate bars. The true history of
chocolate began there, with the democratization of its
consumption. You’d better have chocolate with you while
watching the documentary.
KOSMOS '68
The year 1 968 brought deep change in all Europe: for the youth
in Soviet Estonia, it meant the discovery of rock music and
counterculture! Using a lot of material from private archives the
film dives into the 60s when music was a powerful expression of
freedom against an oppressive regime.
RED SUNRISE
In 1 969 in Italy, young communists militants left their political
party to form ‘l’Appartamento’ animated by revolutionary
dreams. From this group will emerge the terrorists of the Red
Brigades. In 2007, some of the ‘boys from 1 969’ meet
at the hill-side restaurant, where the group took the fatal
decision of engaging in armed combat. They are ex red
brigades members back to normal life, after years spent in
prison in different parts of Italy.
FR | 201 2 | 60’ | HD
French, English (sub.)
By Eric Bitoun
Skopia Films
Broadcasters: Histoire & Stylia
ET | 2011 | 59’ | HD
Estonian & English (sub.)
By Peeter Brambat
Film Tower Kuubis, AD Oculos
Film
Broadcasters : ERR
IT | 2008 | 77’
By Giovanni Fasanella &
Gianfranco Pannone
Blue Film
Broadcaster: Current TV
www.windrose.fr
THE DESTINY TO BE A KING
The “King” Siméon de Saxe-Cobourg Gotha is the only former
sovereign to have come back to power, after having been
democratically elected. Aged 6, he became King of Bulgaria
after his father died. This portrait tells his reign and exile until his
final return to Bulgaria in 2001 , to become the prime minister,
with archives from key European events as well as interviews of
him and prominent. King Siméon is related to the monarchies of
Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg, Holland, Sweden, Denmark,
Norway.
OUR FRIENDS THE HOSTAGES
In the summer of 1 990, the Merlet family was going to Malaysia
on the British Airways flight 1 49. During a stopover at Kuwait on
the day of Iraq’s invasion, they were taken prisoners by
Saddam’s troops. They became “human shields” during 3
months, just before the first Gulf War. Why did their plane
actually land at Kuweit city airport? Was it a negligence of
British Airways? This documentary demonstrates for the first
time that the civilians had been used to cover up a MI5 ‘s
clandestine operation. The trial against the British government is
about to start.
ZAREMA AND THE OTHERS
Mixing political, religious, social and gender issues, this docudrama recalls the story of a young Chechen, Zarema, who was
caught hesitating to activate a bomb in the middle of Moscow
during summer 2003, while the Chechen war was raging. The
trial that followed brought this “kamikaze women” phenomenon
to worldwide media attention. Archives alternate with interviews
and reenactments.
211 : ANNA
Anna Politkovskaïa, a Russian journalist, got murdered on 7
October 2006. Famous for being against Vladimir Poutine’s
policy, including during the second Chechen War, she knew she
was in danger. Through her biography, the documentary
denounces the disappearance of 21 0 Russian journalists
since the fall of the USSR.
THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL
After having declared many ceasefires along the years, the
independentist Basque organisation ETA announced a
”definitive cessation of its armed activity”. This documentary,
shot between the last ceasefire and this announcement,
features testimonies of former separatists and Basque terrorists,
explaining the reasons of their past actions, and the meaning of
their current fight. This film is available in the Fipatel Video
Library.
FR | 2011 | 52’
French & English (sub.)
By Nicolaï Tomov
Partenaire Sofia Productions
Broadcasters: TVC
FR | 201 0 | 52’ | HD
French & English (sub.)
By Marie-Dominique Montel &
Christopher Jones
Pois Chiche Films
Broadcasters: France
Télévisions, Public Sénat
IT | 2011 | 60' | HD
Italian & English (sub.)
By Giuseppe Carrisi
Polis Film
IT | 2009 | 89’ | HD
Italian & French, Eng (sub.)
By Paolo Serbandini &
Giovanna Massimetti
Polis
Broadcaster: RAI 3
ES | 2011 | 1 00’
Spanish, Basque, English
(sub.)
By Eterio Ortega Santillana
IDEM4
Broadcaster: ETB Basque
Television
www.windrose.fr
THE COMOEDIA THEATRE, A REBIRTH
The Comoedia is one of the oldest theatres in the world. It is
located in Lyon (France), in the city where cinema was born.
The history of cinemas is told through the life of this theater.
Inaugurated in 1 91 4, this theatre exhibited sideshows before
becoming a grand theater showing 70mm movies in the 60’s
and 70’s. Saved from the demolition in 2003, it reopened in
2006, thanks to the commitment of passionate figures.
FR | 2007 | 52’ | HD
French & English (sub.)
By Eric Guirado & Agnès
Ribouton
Fondivina Films
ST THÉGONNEC, THE ENCLOSURES OF PROSPERITY
The restoration of Notre-Dame de Saint-Thégonnec in Finistere,
gives us the opportunity to return to the days of Breton society
of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
JOCKEY, TWO REGIMES
Through the story of an ancient great Hungarian jockey is told
one of an empire which is told. Witness of the end of the
Austria-Hungary Empire and the beginning of sovietism, he
goes into exile to the United States, where he will pursue a
successful career. In 1 991 , he returns to his country to build the
“after-communism” which turns out to be difficult.
YOLANDE OR THE SCARS OF SILENCE
Yolande Mukagasana, wife of a high-ranking Tutsi official, lost
her husband and children during the Rwandan genocide in
1 984. She makes us relive the first morning of horror and the
atrocities that follow. This courageous woman can't stop there:
after 1 6 years spent in Belgium in exile, she comes back to her
country and makes the people talk about their traumas to
rebuild a society still deeply affected by the genocide.
VUKOVAR(S)
In 201 9 will be celebrate the 20 years anniversary of the end of
the civil war in Ex-Yougoslavia. The Serbian and Croatian
communities living in Vukovar, a city in Croatia deeply affected
by fightings, still don't reconciliate with each other. Segregation
in every day life is still very much alive : children don't play in the
same sand box & go to different schools, men don't drink in the
same bar. Despite of the integration of Croatia in the European
Union, the country remains a powder keg.
FR | 2005 | 52’
French
By Roland Thépot
Pois Chiche Films
FR | 2006 | 26’
French
By Marine Lefèbvre &
Marc Beugnot
Pois Chiche Films
FR | 201 5 | 50’ | HD
French (sub.), English (sub.)
By Léandre-Alain Baker
Les Films du Paquebot
Corproducers: Inzo Ya Bizizi
Partners: CNC Cosip, Procirep
Angoa, Région Haute
Normandie, Pôle image Haute
Normandie, OIF
Broadcasters: CINAPS TV
FR | 201 5 | 52' | HD
English (sub.), French (sub.),
Croatian
By Grégoire Osoha et Timothée
Demeillers
Quilombo Films
Broadcaster: TV Tours Val de
Loire
www.windrose.fr
WHERE TO, ISRAEL?
This documentary is a journey through the roots of the conflict
between Israeli and Palestinians. The director questions Israeli’s
and Palestinians’ capacity to live peacefully together in one or
two States, through many interviews with Jewish or Arab
intellectuals (Shlomo Sand, Aharin Appelfeld, Gadi Algazi, Sahar
Vardi, Meir Margalit) & several stakeholders. He testimonies of
inspiring initiatives showing that harmony between both
communities is possible.
NO SMOKING IN SARAJEVO
The three leaders of the cult Yugoslavian rock band No Smoking
were connected by friendship and music. When ethnic conflicts
emerged between Serbians, Croatians and Bosnians, ripping
apart an entire country, they split up and founded their own
bands, two of them keeping the name of No Smoking. Kusturica
will join the Serbian one, contributing to make it internationally
famous. Their story reflects the one of Yugoslavia. Will they
meet up after 20 years?
FR | 201 2 | 1 23’ | HD
English (sub.), French (sub.)
By Camille Clavel
Mélisande Films
FR | 201 6 | 52' 4K
English, Italien, French
Gianluca Loffredo and Andréa
Postiglione
Producers: Grenouilles
Productions
Broadcaster: France 3
www.windrose.fr
SPORT &
ETHNOLOGY
SPORT
SOLIDARITY WAVE
In North Morocco, two surf associations are trying to keep
children and teenagers from deprived families away from the
street and its harmful temptations. Abdellah El Ghazal, former
surfing champion, as well as Youssef and Samia, offer them a
safer framework to grow up promoting the values of education,
environment and solidarity.
INTO THE SEA
Three women -an Irish surfer, an Iranian snowboarder & an
Iranian diver- decide to introduce surf in Iran. In the
Southeastern region, known for its waves, their belief in the
values of sport allow them to connect with others and gain a
new visibility in the society despite their veil. Surf could also
bring economical development to the region. This film has been
edited by the famous Iranian filmmaker B. Kiarostami.
THE GOLF: IN QUEST OF THE SELF
Three internationally renowned French sport champions make
us go behind the scenes of golf. Despite their apparent
tranquillity and solitude on the course, they resolutely master
this intellectually and physically highly-demanding discipline,
with a strong team and competitive spirit. Raphaël Jacquelin is
the best French international player. Jean Garraialde was the
best player in France before retirement. Bruno Saby, former rally
driver, brings a complementary input on this thrilling "game".
A WINNER'S JOURNEY
Jane Bridge is much more than just the 1 st Judo World
Champion Woman. This British athlete imbued by Japanese
culture has a willingness that nothing can stop despite her small
size. Through inventive special effects playing namely with
archives, this humorous portrait reveals a sensitive charismatic
woman
defeating
thanks to her huge love.
FR | 201 6 | 52' | HD
French (sub. and narration
voice), English (sub.)
By Michael Brusseau
VLB Production
FR | 201 4 | 52' | HD
French (voice-over) & English
(sub.)
By Marion Poizeau
FR | 201 5 | 52' | HD
French
By Caroline Puig Granetier
Les Films de la Découverte
Broadcasters: TV Grenoble,
TV8 Mont Blanc
FR | 201 5 | 27'40'' | HD
English, French (sub.)
By Risa Cohen
Risa Cohen Productions
www.windrose.fr
ANGERED UNITED
Angered United is a Swedish women’s football team in SE | 201 4 | 2x52' | HD
Göteborg. It has been extraordinary successful advancing from Swedish & English
5th to 2nd division thanks to the unusual talent and By Thomas Reckmann
determination of passionate girls of immigrant background. The
documentary portrays some characters including scenes with
football legends such as Pia Sundhage, head coach of the
Swedish women national team and Torbjörn Nilsson, former
international football player, also evolving in the Swedish
national team.
LADIES' TURN
A group of Senegalese women fight for their passion: playing
football, in a muslim society in which people prefer women to
play a more traditional role. “Ladies’ Turn”, an NGO, organizing
a female soccer tournament, manages to get the chance to play
the final in Dakar’s newest stadium. There, they win a new
visibility that is a reflection of the role that women are forging in
the Senegalese society.
SAY IT WITH OARS
Three men with very different backgrounds embark on the
“Bouvet Guyane” rowing race, a solo transatlantic crossing
between Senegal and Guyana. How will this human adventure
affect them?
KING NAKI, AND THE THUNDERING HOOVES
King Naki is a passionate unconventional horse rider, risking his
livelihood to win races. Since he once won a prize with the
greatest racehorse of his region, in rural South Africa, he keeps
on pursuing a dream of victory in spite of failures.
FR | 201 4 | 70' & 62' | HD
French & Wolof (sub.)
By Hélène Harder
Wendigo Films
Broadcaster: Arte, PBS
FR | 201 2 | 52’ | HD
French
By Nicolas Milice
Pois Chiche Films, Odysséus
Productions, 54 West
Broadcasters: France
Télévisions Guyane 1 ère,
Télénantes
ZA | 2011 | 52’/80’ | HD
English (sub.)
By Tim Wege
PLEXUS Film, JAN VRIJMAN
Fund, NFVF
Broadcaster: TBC
COLLECTION HORSES GUIDELINES (5x52')
NEW START NOTICE
How to prepare a trotter and a galloper to race retirement?
HORSES' HAPINESS
How to make a horse happy?
FR | 2011 -201 2 | 5x52'
French
By Emmanuelle Daude
Pois Chiche Films
Broadcaster: Equidia
TO EACH HIS OWN HORSE
What are the criteria to buy the right horse?
PREPARING FOR THE OUTSIDE
How to get prepared for a nice outdoors horse ride?
A MEETING WITH EXPERIENCED HORSES
How to manage aged & matured horses?
www.windrose.fr
THE SHOW GOES ON
Neshka Robeva was the coach of the Bulgarian rhythmic
gymnastics team in the 80s and 90s, famous for winning
numerous gold medals at world championships and
Olympic Games. Following her coach carrier, she started
choreographing dance shows which became extremely
successful in Bulgaria and toured in many countries abroad.
The film tells the story of this talented and unstoppable
woman who proves that success comes with passion and
hard work.
AN ETHIOPIAN DREAM
What is the secret of Ethiopians, the world’s best long distance
runners? Does the explanation lies in their morphology? The
organic food they eat? Following Fassika, Henok, Tariku and the
coach of Ethiopia’s best runners, we observe their special
trainings and enter the deeper reasons of their motivation. With
powerful images, this film pays a tribute to exceptional athletes
and draws a social portrait of Ethiopia.
BLACK BICYCLE, WHITE BICYCLE
For years now France has its “Tour de France”, Africa has been
having the “Faso Tour” When white bicycle runners come on the
roads and tracks of Burkina Faso, the race against black
runners engenders passions and awareness that the same
sport isn’t practiced with the same means. Who is going to win?
The Whites who are the most trained or the Blacks who have
the strongest motivation? This human story transcends
individual fates to stress development issues and North-South
relations..
SURFERS FROM BEYOND
On the French sea side, a group of passionate people lives only
for surfing, in spite of difficult natural conditions. They tend to
confront as much as they can with elements to remain in
accordance with themselves.
BG | 201 0 | 54’ | 4/3
Bulgarian, English (sub.),
Russian (dub.)
Vladimir Shterianov
Miramar Films
FR | 2009 | 46’
French & English (voice
over and sub.)
By Nicolas Barthez
Broadcaster: Canal + Poland
FR | 2007 | 52‘
French
By Martin Fraudreau
Pois Chiche Films, Amiral LDA,
Martin Fraudreau
Broadcaster: Orange sport
FR | 2007 | 52’
French
By Fabien Le Boulluec
Pois Chiche Films
DISCOVERY & ETHNOLOGY
THE SHEPHERDNESS OF THE GLACIERS
Far away from any civilization, on the dry Himalayan plateaus
(up to 1 8,300 feet altitude), Tsering the shepherd devotes her
whole life to her 300 hundred sheep and Pashmînâ goats, that
she cherishes like a mother. She grazes them under the threat
of wild animals. The new generations refusing this hard lonely
work, it makes those images even more rare and moving. A life
far from the western world luxury industries to which the
cashmere wool is destined.
FR | 201 5 | 43' / 74' | HD
Ladakhi, English (subtitles and
voice-over)
By Stanzin Dorjai Gya and
Christiane Mordelet
Les Films de la Découverte,
Himalaya Film House
Original Broadcaster: ZDF, Arte
www.windrose.fr
THE FIANCES OF IMILCHIL
The "Festival of engagement", ritual of collective celebration of
marriages , takes place every summer in the sublime scenery
of the high Moroccan Atlas. This documentary unveals in music
a colorful facet of the ancestral Berber culture.
THE LAST JOURNEY OF DASHDELEG
Dashdeleg is about to leave his traditional Mongol's life of
nomad to go with his family live in the city of Ulaanbaatar where
his grandson lives. This transhumance through the beautiful
landscapes of Mongolia is a story of the nomadic culture that is
disappearing.
FR | 201 5 | 52' | HD
French, English (sub.)
By Léandre-Alain Baker
Angie'Films
FR | 201 4 | 52'53+66' | HD
French & English (sub.)
By Philippe Mac Gaw
Pronto Prod
Broadcasters: Voyage, Ushuaia
PEOPLE, JUST PEOPLE
Yves, experienced doctor, used to humanitarian missions, FR | 201 0 | 52’ | HD
brings three nurses in a hospital lost in the middle of the French
Mongolia’s steppes. The NGO volunteers for the first time, By Dom Gabrieli
willing to help improving the care standards, they discover a
universe full of surprises.
LANTANDA
Creole is the only common local language in Guinea Bissau,
former Portuguese colony, but is still not the official language
since the country's independence in 1 973. It is still Portuguese.
Creole was used to rebel against the settlers. It has become the
language in which artists from different generations express
their feelings & the social reality of the country. In this music
documentary, we discover how they promote this language as a
cement of the national identity, through their songs.
ES | 201 4 | 67’/52' | HD
English, Portuguese & Spanish
(sub.)
By Gorka Gamarra
Icarukuri S.L
THE MAN WHO WANTED TO MOVE THE MOUNTAIN
In a mine in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, everybody from
children to old people, works to extract, carry and crumb granite
outside of any company’s organisation in the framework of rules
established by the workers’ community. In the middle of this
anthill, a man decides to move a huge quantity of earth to
launch his own stones’ exploitation. Will he succeed?
FR | 201 3 | 53' | HD
French
By Philippe Delassus
Skopia Films
Broadcaster: France 5
www.windrose.fr
CREOLE COUSINS
Maloya is a UNESCO World Heritage Reunionese traditional
music, a blend of Capoeira & Moringue, of Samba de Roda &
Afrobeat. This documentary follows the touring of its most
representative band, Lindigo, tracing back their roots in the
Brazilian black legacy. The band appeared at the Fuji Rock
Festival, the largest outdoor music event in Japan, on the 27th
28th & 29th of July, 201 2.
Ô ROOTS!
The El Mansour Eddhabi dam, built in 1 972 by the Moroccan
government, threatens the lifestyle of nomadic pastoralists.
Water monitoring is problematic: should this resource be
streamlined for the sake of the city development or should
nature take care of everything?
FR | 2011 | 52’ | HD
French (sub.), English (sub.) &
Portuguese (sub.), Japanese
(sub.)
By Laurent Benhamou &
Valentin Langlois
Hélico, Crunck
Broadcaster: France Télévisions
FR | 2011 | 55’ | HD
French & English (sub.) &
French voice-over
By Cécile Couraud
Wendigo Films
Broadcaster: Vosges TV Images
plus
THE BAGYELI PYGMIES AT THE FRINGES OF THE WORLD
The Bagyeli Pygmies lived from hunting & picking, in harmony
with the Cameroon jungle. Confronted to the outside world, they
are getting aware of their poverty & suffer from being
discriminated against by always bigger, such as the
Cameroonese to start with. The powerful oil company EXXON is
building a pipeline in their forest and the World Bank hasn’t yet
payed them the compensations owed for their expropriation.
Angéline, Marcelline & Pascal belong to the generation of
Bagyeli who try to adapt to this new way of life.
LITTLE MARTINIQUE, A CONTINENT ISLAND
“Tit Martinique” is a tax-free island which inhabitants live from
all kind of business, should they be legal or not.
FR | 201 0 | 90’/56’ | HD
French & English (sub.)
By François-Philippe
Gallois
Matango productions
Broadcaster: Planète, EESTI,
Canal + Poland
FR | 201 0 | 52’
French
By Patrick Sardi & Olivie
Pekmezian
Pois Chiche Films
Broadcasters: RFO/Fran
Ö, Canal Oversea, Planè
Thalassa
THE PUPILS FROM THE END OF THE WORLD
To fight against the lack of education in Zanskar, located in FR | 2001 | 52‘
Himalaya, a school was created. We observe the life of pupils French
and the conditions in which they study. What are their hopes? By François Gauducheau
Pois Chiche Films
www.windrose.fr
AMCHIS, THE FORGOTTEN OF THE HIMALAYA
Traditionally in every village of Zanskar, valley at the borders of
the Indian Himalaya at 3700 metres high, lives a doctor called
«Amchi». For a long time, the transmission of the knowledge
has been made from father to son or from master to pupil. But
over the years, with the construction of the road, the valley
opened to the rest of the world and the young generation
abandons this ancestral knowledge for the benefit of more
lucrative activities.
FR | 2000 | 43’
French
By Samuel & Davis Ducoin
Pois Chiche Films
THE QUACKS OF THE HIMALAYA
The few remaining quacks of Himalaya keep using the FR | 2000 | 26’
traditional medical & pharmaceutical practices of the Tibetans. French
By Samuel & Davis
Ducoin
Pois Chiche Films
RIGDOL, THE MAILMAN OF HIMALAYA
Rigdol, the Tibetan mailman, transports between two snowy
valleys of Himalaya official and personnal letters.
FR | 2000 | 26’
French
By Samuel et Davis
Ducoin
Pois Chiche Films
www.windrose.fr
SCIENCE & GREEN
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
BAZARUTO, THE DUGONG'S LAND: A TALE OF SURVIVAL
Karen, a South-African woman, is doing her utmost to save one
of the most endangered sea mammal: the Dugong. On the
Island of Baruzo, off the coast of Mozambique, she works for an
NGO at making the local population aware of the need to
protect the endangered specy and at controlling the respect of
conservation rules. Will she herself manage to get close to a
Dugong, kwown for being so timorous?
RHINOS IN THE FRIDGE
Because of poaching and climate change causing the
destruction of its environment, Rhinos and in particular Northern
White Rhinos are endangered. In order to preserve these
prehistoric giants from extinction, scientists deploy many
strategies, such as artificial insemination. Travelling from Kenya
to Malaysia and Hungary, Rhinos may find the ultimate refuge
not in the wild, but in the fridge.
THE MACAW PROJECT
A place in the jungle of Peru, the home of the Macaws, famous
colorful parrots, is endangered by the greed of oil companies
and gold diggers. But some researchers don't let them destroy
this paradise: they devote their life to save this untouched part
of rainforest, inhabited by many creatures.
THE PLASTIC CUP
Each Spring, a huge amount of plastic garbage is swept away
by the flood of the river Tizsa, flowing through Ukrain, Romania,
Hungary and Serbia. Under the name of "Pet Pirates",
Hungarian filmmakers lauched the "PET Cup": a long-distance
race on the river with boats made of the collected garbage by
local people and schoolchildren.
FR | 201 6 | 52' | 4K UHD
English, French, Portugese
(sub.)
By Franck Sanson
Pronto Prod
Broadcaster: Ushuaïa TV
HU | Completion March 201 7 |
52' | HD
English (sub.), Hungarian (sub.)
By Attila Dávid Molnár
Filmjungle Productions
Broadcasters: Czech Television,
SPEKTRUM Television
HU | Completion end of
December 201 6 | 52' | HD
English (sub.), Hungarian (sub.)
By Attila Dávid Molnár & Cintia
Garai
Filmjungle Productions
Partners: Tambopata Research
Center, Rainforest Expeditions
Broadcaster: M1 , M4,
Hungarian Public Broadcasters
HU | Completion May 201 7 | 52'
HD
English (sub.), Hungarian
By Attila Dávid Molnár & Zsolt
Marcell Tóth
Filmjungle Productions
Partners: TZSM Productions
Broadcaster: Spektrum
Television
www.windrose.fr
THE DARK SIDE OF LIFE
For 1 6 years, the scientific Proteus Project team have been
exploring unknown breathtaking places: the caves underground
of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its mission is to assess the spatial
extent of the caves, to describe their ecosystem, and preserve
their unique and vulnerable fauna.
HU | Completion 201 8 | 52' | HD
English, Hungarian (sub.)
By Balázs Lerner
Filmjungle Productions
BUDAPEST INFERNO: THE SECRETS OF THE MOLNAR JANOS CAVE
Cave divers take us into the Molnár János Cave, the largest
underwater thermokarstic cave in Europe and show us the
never seen before underground wonders of Budapest. Through
the fascinating abundant wildlife, the deepest secrets of
evolution are unveiled.
DEADLY DEPTHS
More than one million tons of chemical weapons are lying under
water, near our coasts. From 1 91 7 to 1 970, armies have
systematically been dumping their mortal poisons into the
oceans, all over the world. Little by little, the active substances
are being released. Why politicians and military staffs took this
decision? What are the consequences on maritime life and on
our health? This 2-year investigation explores the issue in all its
dimensions & search for solutions.
FIGHT AT THE DAM
In the 90’s, in the North of Portugal, an exceptional
archeological site of rupestrian engravings is discovered.
Threatened of destruction by a hydraulic reserve project,
international scientists and local inhabitants fight against the
powerful national electricity distribution company EDP.
ON THE SEINE
The estuary of a river such as the Seine is a microcosm facing
ecological & economic issues. This "best practice" documentary,
beautifully shot introduces in a journalistic and scientific way the
different actors who contribute to the richness of the
environment, the beauty of the landscapes and the dynamism of
the industries. They successfully enteract to protect biodiversity
while fostering economical development.
HU | 201 6 | 52' | HD
English, Hungarian
By Balázs Lerner
Filmjungle
Broadcaster: Hungarian State
TV
FR | 201 4 | 52'+90' | HD
French (voice-over) & English
(voice-over or sub.)
By Bob Coen, Eric Nadler &
Nicolas Koutsikas
Georama TV
Coproducers: ARTE, NHK
Broadcasters: ARTE France, SF,
RTS, LRT, LTV, CyBC, SNRT,
CESKA, TV3, RT6P, TLT, RTBF,
NRK, Estonian TV, La1 , TG4,
RTVSLO, ERT, SVT, DW
FR | 201 3 | 52' | HD
French (English script
available), no international
version available
By Jean-Luc Bouvret Le Miroir
Broadcaster: France 5
FR | 201 2 | 52' | HD
French
By Olivier Pekmezian
Pois Chiche Films
Broadcaster: France 3 Haute
Normandie
www.windrose.fr
STRADIVARI’S HEIRS
Scientists, luthiers and musicians lead an international
experimentation to recreate the sound of the famous Stradivari
violin. Its perfection is believed to be linked to the density of the
wood. They try to find it back using a special fongi. Will they
succeed? Will they get to the bottom of it?
AFRICA NEEDS PROTECTION
While the industrialized world is concerned with the protection of
the planet, some companies pollute Africa with complete
immunity. How do African governments position themselves on
environmental issues when their priority is economical
growth rather than sustainable development?
DE / CH / IT / NL | 2011 | 52’ |
HD
German & English
By Corinna Engelhardt
Leonardo Film
Broadcaster: Deutsche Welle
FR | 201 0 | 52’ | HD
French
By Franck Sanson
Skopia films
FISHES AND MEN (4X52’)
THE GULF’S PEACE
Gascogne’s Gulf offers a model in sea resources management
by France and Spain, coordinated by the European Union. But it
hasn’t always been the case. This evolution is both the result of
a rigorous long-term scientific work and a politic will.
THE COD WAS TOO BEAUTIFUL
The cod specie is endangered. The warming of waters and the
demographic boom of the seals, their predators, forbidden of
being hunted, play a big role. Overfishing and trawlers
damaging sea bed are also at stake. A program of «fishing
sentinels» allying scientists and fishermen got set up to promote
sustainable fishing practices. But the promising exploitation of
geological resources in sea bed might become the next threat to
the survival of the cod.
HOW THE SALT WAS WON
Damien Phélip, salt worker in Guérande, is about to leave his
saltern to restore an abandoned one in La Trinité-sur-Mer.
Through this ecological and economical challenge, made
possible thanks to the support of the regional council, the
municipality of La Trinité-sur-Mer and his salt worker friends
from Guérande, we discover the salt production handcraft and
history, still kept fully traditional and exempt from the use of any
chemical.
FR | 52’
201 2
French (voice-over)
By Patrice Gérard
Pois Chiche Films
FR | 201 2 | 52’
French
By Alain Guelaff
Pois Chiche Films
Broadcasters: RFO/France Ô,
France 3 W, TV5 Québec
Canada
FR | 201 2 | 52’
French
By François Gauducheau
Odysseus Productions
www.windrose.fr
BABEL'S GARDEN
Community gardens improve the quality of life of urban citizens,
often commuters, by providing them with a cultivable piece of
land. Growing their own vegetables & fruits enables them to
reconnect with nature & get them away from daily stress. These
gardens have become spaces of self-accomplishment where
communities get to know each other. They often help to reinvent
new forms of solidarity, increase awareness on ecology &
encourage mutual understanding beyond cultural differences.
LIVES AND GARDENS (3x52')
Series depicting people who want to live in a more sustainable
way, re-centering their life on their garden.
Paradise Found: Gabriella gave up her actress carrier to devote
herself to her garden and flowers species saving.
Live in This Garden: For Yves & Annick, their garden is a place
of life, subsistence, an artistic work & a political manifesto.
Landing on Earth: Brigitte & Patrick built their autonomous
house in their garden & produce all their energy thanks to the
sun & the wind.
CONTAINERS ADRIFT
The loss of containers is very common in sea transport. They
represent a real danger for navigation and sometimes for the
environment. How do teams retrieve them from the sea? How
to prevent the fall of containers? What are the obstacles to
international regulations?
KIVALINA
Kivalina is a village inhabited by Inuit people. Global Warming is
threatening this village to disappear under water. They decided
to sue big American oil companies such as EXXON, for having
financed fake scientists to deny global warming. The final trial
decision is pending.
FR | 201 2 | 52' | HD
French
By Philippe Claudon
Skopia films
Broadcaster: Telessonne
IT | 2009 | 52’/90’
By Patrizia Marani
Anthropos Film & Popcult
Italian & English (sub.)
FR | 2004 | 52’
By Serge Steyer
Pois Chiche Films
French & English (sub.)
FR | 2009 | 52’
by Myriam Rivière, Régis Roiné
Pois Chiche Films
French & English (sub.)
FR, 2008, 26’
Version: French
By Yannick Sohier
Pois Chiche Films
FR | 2009 | 53’ | HD
French, English sub.
By Nicolas Koutsikas &
Stephan Poulle
Georama TV
Broadcasters: TG4 Ireland,
Canal+ Poland
GREAT SCIENTIFICS PORTRAITS
WOMEN IN SCIENCE
Each episode portrays five women scientists, coming from five
continents, praised by the annual UNESCO & L’Oréal
Foundation Award for their world-changing discoveries. Through
interviews of them, of their relatives and co-workers, we realize
their determination and how science can be synonymous of
creativity, fun, freedom and citizenship. Highly inspiring.
FR | 201 0 - 2011 | 2x52' | HD
English & French (sub.)
By Jaci Judelson,
Véronique Durruty & Patrick
Gued
Froggies Média
Broadcasters: TV5 Monde, Al
Jazeera
Nationalities & disciplines in episode 1 : French Biology, Egyptian Immunology, American Genetics, Filipina Biochemistry, Mexican Biochemistry
Nationalities & disciplines in episode 2: Australian Geology, French Physics in Sweden, Kuwaiti Chemistry, Mexican Astronomy, Chinese Chemistry
www.windrose.fr
FRANCOISE BARRE-SINOUSSI : A PRICE FOR LIFE
The French virologist Françoise Barré-Sinoussi has been
rewarded of the medicine Nobel prize for the discovery of HIV.
Through this "researcher activist" compelling portrait, we are
thrilled by her continuous fight against AIDS.
FR | 201 3 | 52' | HD
French
By Laurent Perrigault
Froggies Media
Broadcaster : France 5
HEALTHY LIFESTYLE
FOOD COOP
The "Park Slope Food Coop" is a cult cooperative supermarket
with 1 6,000 members working in it for free during 2 hours 45 per
month to earn the right to buy the best food in New York at
incredibly low prices (40% less). Shot with a Hopper's esthaetic,
this documentary shall inspire any of us.
WATER: TAP OR BOTTLE?
What are the differences between water in bottles & tap water?
Which one is the tastier, healthier or more ecological? Water,
common good of every consumer, is the theater of a split
between French municipalities attempting to erase the tap
water’s bad reputation & world companies inventing new
marketing concepts to sell their branded water.
THE GREAT INVASION
Our ordinary lives are steeped in chemical products, which
invaded our bodies. Thanks to renowned scientists and fun
cartoons, the spectator enters the world of secretly poisonous
substances, which are partly responsible for modern diseases
such as breast cancer, obesity, sterility, etc. Often omitted from
environmental debates, this form of pollution raises more than
medical and scientific issues, it impacts economically and
politically our society of abundance.
STRESS AT WORK
Stress can build up to dangerous levels, making recovery very
difficult and mobbing can cause psychological traumas. To cope
with both issues, we can learn from experiences and experts.
Three managers of a leading Paris Hotel explain how they deal
with their own stress and that of their teams. Suzanne, former
advertising agency director tells us about her professional
exhaustion/burn out and gives advice on prevention and
treatment. Agnes, victim of psychological harassment, reveals
how she overcame the difficulties.
FR | 201 5 | 1 08' & 2x52' | HD
English & French (with sub)
By Tom Boothe
Lardux Films Broadcaster:
TELE BOCAL
FR | 201 2 | 52' | HD
French
By Sylvie Briet
APC
Coproducer: France Télévisions
Broadcasters: France 3
Bourgogne, France 3
Partner: CNC
FR | 52’ | 201 0 | HD
English & French (sub.)
By Stéphane Horel
Mosaique films
Initial
Broadcasters: France 5, Public
Sénat, Ushuaïa TV
CH | 2011 | 35'
French & English voice-over
By Lucette Quarteron
Kenzara SARL
www.windrose.fr
CURRENT AFFAIRS
& SOCIAL ISSUES
HUMAN RIGHTS
DISTRICT ZERO
A Syrian refugee lives in the second biggest camp in the world,
Zaatari, in Jordan, counting not less than 60,000 refugees. From
his mobile shop, he prints his customers' personal photos,
making us get into their stories and life.
ES | 201 5 | 52' / 67’| HD
Spanish (sub.), English (sub.),
Italian (sub.), French (sub.),
German (sub.) in progress.
By Pablo Tosco, Jorge
Fernandez, Pablo Iraburu
Arena Comunicacion
Audiovisual
LAURENT GBAGBO, DICTATOR OR ANTICOLONIALIST?
Laurent Gbagbo’s trial in International Criminal Court for crime
against humanity opened in January 201 6. President of Ivory
Coast from 2000 to 2011 , was he an anti-colonialist liberator or
a dictator? He’s sued for having stirred up hatred between his
supporters & opponents, leading to the deaths of thousands of
civilians & two European journalists.
TAKSIM
In May 201 3, the Prime Minister's illegal project of building a
shopping center on the famous Taksim square in Istanbul
symbolising democracy triggers off an uprising from Turkish
people. This documentary makes us live it from inside. Will they
succeed to save Taksim square from authoritarianism and so
democracy?
THE NEW SILK WAY
A Russian woman is coerced by the Chinese to become a
smuggler between Vladivostok and neighbouring China. This
touching story takes the viewer into a world of daily survival
battles.
CI | 201 5 | 2x52' | HD
French & English (voice-over)
By Saïd Mbombo Penda
Sentinelles Productions
FR| 201 5 | 52’ | HD
Turkish, French & English
By Jo Beranger & Christian
Pfohl
Lardux Films
FR-RU | Completion in 201 5 |
52’ | HD
Russian, French & English
By Edvokia Moskvina
Co Production: Pronto Prod &
Czeska Televize
www.windrose.fr
THE GIRLS WHO PLAY WITH FIRE
What does it mean to be a political activist in Putin’s 201 4
Russia ? This doc tells the intertwined stories of three young
women, who are political activists close to the LGBT community,
fighting for the recognition of the rights of homosexuals and
transsexuals, and by extension for the freedom of expression in
Russia.
NON CITIZEN LAND, FROM LATVIA TO UKRAINE
Russian-speaking people still live in the former URSS-countries,
where they sometimes hold no citizenship and are deprived of
some political rights such as in Latvia. Through several
characters living in Latvia and going to Ukraine, we discover this
reality and better understand the roots of the Ukrainian conflict.
ZAREMA AND THE OTHERS
Mixing political, religious, social and gender issues, this docudrama recalls the story of a young Chechen, Zarema, who was
caught hesitating to activate a bomb in the middle of Moscow
during summer 2003, while the Chechen war was raging. The
trial that followed brought this “kamikaze women” phenomenon
to worldwide media attention. Archives alternate with interviews
and reenactments.
211 : ANNA
Anna Politkovskaïa, a Russian journalist, got murdered on 7
October 2006. Famous for being against Vladimir Poutine’s
policy, including during the second Chechen War, she knew she
was in danger. Through her biography, the documentary
denounces the disappearance of 21 0 Russian journalists
since the fall of the USSR.
FR | Completion in 201 5 | 52’ |
HD
Russian, French & English
By Rozalie Kohoutova &
Edvokia Moskvina
Pronto Prod
FR | 201 5 | 90' / 52' (looking for
pre-sales) | HD
French, English (with voiceover)
By philippe Mac Gaw
Pronto Prod
IT | 2011 | 60' | HD
Italian & English (sub.)
By Giuseppe Carrisi
Polis Film
IT | 2009 | 89’ | HD
Italian & French, English (sub.)
By Paolo Serbandini &
Giovanna Massimetti
Polis Film
Broadcaster: RAI 3
www.windrose.fr
WHERE TO ISRAEL?
This documentary is a journey through the roots of the conflict
between Israeli and Palestinians. The director questions Israeli’s
and Palestinians’ capacity to live peacefully together in one or
two States, through many interviews with Jewish or Arab
intellectuals (Shlomo Sand, Aharin Appelfeld, Gadi Algazi, Sahar
Vardi, Meir Margalit) & several stakeholders. He testimonies of
inspiring initiatives showing that harmony between both
communities is possible.
FR | 201 2 | 1 23’/(52' version
available under request) | HD
English (sub.), French (sub.)
By Camille Clavel
Mélisande Films
www.windrose.fr
GOLPE IN THE GREEN PRISON
During the «coup d’Etat» in Honduras in 2009, the army
expelled the democraticaly elected President Zelaya, supported
by a part of the population. Zelaya tried to come back. New
elections are organised and won by the right-wing candidate
supported by the army. Zelaya had pursued a policy favorable to
the people, which alienated him the institutions controlled by a
few families. In 2011 , Zelaya is finally able to come back.
Revolutionary movements against the oligarchy kept in power
by the Americans to keep access to oil are
starting all over Latin American countries.
THE AFGHAN KITCHEN
A EU legislation on asylum right got adopted. The European
States must implement this reform about applications
assessment period, which are too long and welcome centers
capacities which are too limited. The 'Afghan kitchen' organizes
encounters where Afghans prepare meals to meet French.
Through interviews with Afghans, experts & associations'
leaders, we understand how they are stuck in a legal no man’s
land, waiting for a political exile status during an average of 1 6
months, forced sometimes to sleep under Paris’ bridges.
BABEL'S GARDEN
Community gardens improve the quality of life of urban citizens,
often commuters, by providing them with a cultivable piece of
land. Growing their own vegetables & fruits enables them to
reconnect with nature & get them away from daily stress. These
gardens has become spaces of self-accomplishment where
communities get to know each other. They often help to reinvent
new forms of solidarity, increase awareness on ecology &
encourage mutual understanding beyond cultural differences.
HOW THE SALT WAS WON
Damien Phélip, salt worker in Guérande, is about to leave his
saltern to restore an abandoned one in La Trinité-sur-Mer.
Through this ecological and economical challenge, made
possible thanks to the support of the regional council, the
municipality of La Trinité-sur-Mer and his salt worker friends
from Guérande, we discover the salt production handcraft and
history, still kept fully traditional and exempt from the use of any
chemical.
THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL
After having declared many ceasefires along the years, the
independentist Basque organisation ETA announced a
”definitive cessation of its armed activity”. This documentary,
shot between the last ceasefire and this announcement,
features testimonies of former separatists and Basque terrorists,
explaining the reasons of their past actions, and the meaning of
their fight.
IT | 2011 | 55’
Italian & English (sub.)
By Roberta Ferrari and
Nacho Caro
Rice and Beans
POPCult
CA | 201 2 | 56’
French (sub.) & English (sub.)
By Geneva Guérin
I am GG
FR | 201 2 | 52' | HD
French
By Philippe Claudon
Skopia films
Broadcaster: Telessonne
FR | 201 2 | 52’
French
By François Gauducheau
Odysseus Productions
ES | 2011 | 1 00’
Spanish, Basque, French,
English (sub.)
By Eterio Ortega Santilla
IDEM4
Broadcaster: ETB Basque
Television
www.windrose.fr
THE SPANISH WINE CATHEDRALS
The bodegas are silent witnesses of the passage of time, but
above all they are fully-operational factories, earning the right to
be called “Wine Cathedrals”. Architecturally, they are designed
to meet the winemaker’s needs, but artistic features are often
added as a symbol of prestige.
WELLBODI BIZNES
In 201 0, Sierra Leone’s government introduced free health care
for pregnant women and young children. During the “Mother &
Child Wellbodi Week”, hospital staffs raise awareness in the
whole country. But reducing the high infant mortality and
maternal death rates is a demanding and costly process,
especially among a population left traumatized by civil war.
ES | 2009 | 52’/82’
Spanish, English (sub.) &
French (sub.)
By Eterio Ortega Santillana
IDEM4
Broadcasters: ETB (Basque
television), Canal Sur
SLE | 2011 | 42' | HD
English (sub. & voice-over)
By Miki Redelinghuys & Kyle
O’Donoghue
Plexus Films, UNICEF
Broadcaster: TBC
Screenings at Doc for Sales
MY SKIN IS WHITE
In Cameroon, as in many other African countries, albinos are
still treated differently, with fear. This documentary gives a voice
to these ‘blacks with white skin’. Neither white, nor
black, a little bit African but also stranger, they need to protect
themselves from the sun but also against suspicious looks. How
can a genetic condition cause so much prejudice? How to fight
against it?
AFRICA NEEDS PROTECTION
While the industrialized world is concerned with the protection of
the planet, some companies pollute Africa with complete
immunity. How do African governments position themselves on
environmental issues when their priority is economical
growth rather than sustainable development?
THE ROAD TO CHINA
Jacques-Francois Ryst, who produces Armagnac brandy, has
been selling it in China for many years. He takes us along with
him on one of his business trips to let us discover the
intriguing mix of the old and new China, where for example a
former civil servant can become a multi-millionaire and let
build a luxury hotel, which is an exact copy of a French castle.
FR | 201 0 | 52’
French & English (sub.)
By Franck Sanson
Skopia films
FR | 201 0 | 52’ | HD
French & English (sub.)
By Franck Sanson
Skopia films
FR | 201 0 | 47’
French & English
By Nikolas Koutsikas
and Stephan Poulle
Via Decouvertes
BlueWing Films
Georama TV Films
Broadcaster: France 3
www.windrose.fr
SISTERS
Their names are Manou, Nathan and Aurélie. The three women
live in the poorest district of Nantes in France. They founded a
sewing company, which contributes to the employability and
integration of immigrated women. They show us the life in their
neighborhood in a new light. With them, «diversity» is not
synonymous with «poverty», but more with «wealth» in terms of
human exchanges and solidarity.
LANDLESS FARMERS
In Brazil, 45% of the lands are owned by 0,003% of the
population, and are often not cultivated. Landless farmers’
movements fight for a redistribution of lands. After years of
camping on them, some families obtain the expropriation, the
right to collectively cultivate them and to organize a democratic
way of living on it.
THE CHILDREN’S EMPIRE
In Dakar, Sénégal, thousands of children live on the street.
Poor families from the countryside give their children to fake
Coranic schools, pretending to provide them with an
education, while they actually use them to beg. Desperate,
children flee these schools and end up in the streets of Dakar.
Anta M’Bow created in 2004 the NGO «the Empire of
children» to rescue and socialize these children through
artistic
education.
The
ultimate
goal is to re-insert them into their families.
FR | 201 0 | 52’
French
By Stephane Perrier
Pois Chiche Films
Broadcaster: TeleNantes
FR, | 2006 | 52’
French and English (sub
By Julien Farrugia
Skopia Films
Broadcaster: Telessone
FR | 2008 | 52’ | HD
French, English (sub.) &
Spanish (sub.)
By Gérard Moreau &
Michèle Barrault
Les films de l’Artichaut
SOCIAL ISSUES
STICKERS COLLECTING FEVER
At each launch of a new Panini sticker’s album for a major
football event, the craze of collecting spreads again. This behind
the scenes view on passion, psychology & history of trading
cards unveils Panini’s design, production & marketing. Thanks
to interviews of the Panini’s sons, sport stars such as André
Schürrle, 201 4’s world champion footballer & collectors, this doc
pays a broader tribute to one of the oldest visual mass media.
DE | 201 4 | 49' | HD
German & English (voice-over)
By Corinna Hackenbroch
Leonardo Film
Broadcaster: WDR
7 ACCIDENTS, INQUIRY ON THE CRASHES OF THE USUAL
Through testimonies and dreamlike re-enactments, we share
the experience of people recovering from road accidents. With
psychologists & sociologists, we question our habits behind the
wheel & our symbolic relation to driving.
FR | 2007 | 52’/75’
French
By Alexis Taillant
Le Miroir, Europeus Films, The
Hot Line, Fondation de France
Brodacasters: France 3 LCA,
TV Rennes
www.windrose.fr
BEYOND THE BARS
Let’s enter into the daily life of a prison...from the
employees'perspective! Thanks to this immersive documentary
and vibrant testimonies, we understand why the Belgian
characters purely love their job.
FAST FORWARD
A former trader who became a teacher questions the
acceleration of our society with his 1 0 year-old pupils and the
help of experts (such as Nicolas Hulot). Why does everything go
faster? Is it implied by the pursue of economic growth? The
highlight of our system limits by children makes this
documentary a true "feel good" film.
THE CHILDREN IN MEDICAL EXILE
Did you know there are medical refugees? Some parents have
to take the tough and risky decision to send their child away
from their native country, Comores Islands, to reach illegally La
Réunion's French island, where they will be healed. Suffering
from severe renal pathologies, those children will be most likely
away from their family their whole life. However, a new future
may emerge for them...
BE/FR | 201 6 | 57' | HD
Frencg, Englis (sub.)
From Daphné Baiwir
Sebastien Cruz
FR | 201 6 | 81 ' | HD
French, English (sub.)
From Gilles Vernet
La Clairière Production
Broadcaster: Vosges TV
FR | 201 5 | 49' | HD
French, English (sub.), German
(sub.), Spanish (sub.) Chinese
(subs.)
From Philippe Bonhomme &
Frédéric Cordier
ON EN PARLE MERCREDI
www.windrose.fr
CULINARY ART
THE FRENCH SAVOIR-FAIRE IN THE LAND OF MAHARAJAHS
Who would have guessed that French crêpes could meet
success in India? Nowadays, thousands of French emigrate to
India, and some of them choose to bring their passion &
knowledge for gastronomy. Through the stories of a enologist, a
farmer and three friends who opened a French crêperie, we get
to know what motivated them & how is the French touch the key
of their success.
FR | 201 3 | 31 ’ | HD
English (soon with subtitles) &
French (sub.)
By Frédéric Cristea
Skopia films
Broadcaster: TF1
THE GOURMET BRETON (84x26')
Directed under the sign of pleasure and French auto-mockery,
this cooking magazine presents good products, French
traditional recipies and big chefs from Brittany.
FR | 2002-2003
French
By Olivier Corre, Nicolas
Milice/ Patrick Le Boëté,
Mathieu Verge
Pois Chiche Films
PARENTING
IN EXTREMIS
Eleven pupils, who dropped out of high school (in Vitry-sur- FR | 201 5 | 62’ | HD
Seine, Parisian region) and four retired people get involved in French and English (tbc)
the writing and the acting of a theater play related to immigration By Colette Ouanounou
and origins. This re-socialising project is animated by two
professionals. Will this alternative educational project succeed
to reintegrate in the society both groups, living their own way
apart?
INSATIABLE TEENS
Alcohol, drugs, gambling, sex, gaming & even social media can
all lead to addictions affecting more and more teenagers
nowadays. With interviews of young people and professionals
trying to help them, this series gives a new approach on these
social phenomenons.
LEGAL HIGHS
The use of legal highs within UK youth is ever growing.
Teenagers testify about their own experiences with a variety of
legal drugs while scientists warn about the consumption
dangers and threats to the users.
UK | 201 5 | 6x26’ | HD
English
By Christopher Kenna
SDMC
FR | 2009 | 21 ’ | HD
French, Spanish, Italian,
German (with sub. on dialogues
and commentary voice)
By Christopher Kenna
SDMC
Broadcaster: BBC 3
www.windrose.fr
20 YEARS LATER
20 years later, we meet again atypical characters, who faced FR | 2011 | 4x32' | HD
troublesome issues when they were children, such as teen French
pregnancy, scholarship in a boarding school or early domestic By Claude Couderc
responsabilities at home. Did their experience penalize them or Skopia films
not ? What if they had to do it all over again? What if we were in Broadcasters: TF1 , TEVA
their shoes? A 52' version of 'Teen Pregnancy' is available.
EPISODE 1 : TEEN PREGNANCY, EPISODE 2: CHILDREN'S DOMESTIC RESPONSABILITIES,
EPISODE 3: MY LIFE IN A BOARDING SCHOOL, EPISODE 4: WELL BRED, ILL BRED
TEEN PREGNANCY
20 years later we meet again women who faced teen
pregnancy. Did their experience penalize them or not? What if
they had to do it all over again? What if we were in their shoes?
A 32' version of 'Teen Pregnancy' is available in the series '20
years later'.
THE ULTIMATE TEMPTATION
Suicide is the first cause of mortality for teenagers. Through
interviews of people under 20 and experts, we try to understand
and analyze teenage suicide: in most cases, it would be
committed to stop intolerable suffering that is not recognized by
parents and educators.
I WAS BORN WHEN I WAS 1 6
Dorine became paraplegic following a plane crash when she
was sixteen. She overcame her handicap by becoming a pilot.
Throughout the film, she delivers an exceptional testimony,
leading up to her most poignant struggle, that of giving birth.
FR | 2011 | 52’ | HD
French & English (sub.)
By Claude Couderc
Skopia films
Broadcaster: TEVA
FR | 2009 | 57’ | HD
French and English (sub.)
By Claude Couders
Skopia Films
Broadcaster: France
Télévisions
FR | 2007 | 52’
French & English (sub.)
By Eric Bitoun
Skopia films
Broadcaster: France 3
www.windrose.fr
FEATURE LENGTHS
DISTRICT ZERO
A Syrian refugee lives in the second biggest camp in the world,
Zaatari, in Jordan, counting not less than 60,000 refugees. From
his mobile shop, he prints his customers' personal photos,
making us get into their stories and life.
FLOWERS FROM THE MOUNT OF OLIVES
A 85 years old Estonian nun, Ksenya, lives in the Orthodox
monastery of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, surrounded by
her turtles. She joined it at the age of 60 years and is now
heading towards complete silence, the Great Schema. But
before that she has been given permission to tell the story of her
life for the very last time. Through photographs and simple but
powerful images, we discover his past life, from her biology
studies to her addictions and her three weddings.
TAXIWAY
In the intimacy of their yellow cabs, New-York immigrant drivers
tell their journey as well as their every day stories to the Big
Apple. Through their testimonies, the film tells a collective tale of
exile.
ES | 201 5 | 52' / 67’| HD
Spanish (sub.), English (sub.),
Italian (sub.), French (sub.),
German (sub.) in progress.
By Pablo Tosco, Jorge
Fernandez, Pablo Iraburu
Arena Comunicacion
Audiovisual
EE | 201 3 | 59’ | HD
English/ Estonian/
Russian (sub.)
By Heilika Pikkov
Silmviburlane
Broadcaster: Estonian
Television
FR | 201 3 | 59’ | HD
English & French (sub.)
By Alicia Harrison
Perspective films
www.windrose.fr