Catalogue 2011

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EURODOC 2011
ORganisED
with thE sUppORt Of
MEDia plUs & MEDia MUnDUs pROgRaMMEs
Of thE EUROpEan COMMUnity
CEntRE natiOnal DU CinéMa Et DE l’iMagE aniMéE,
pROCiREp, fRanCE
sEssiOn 1
BUDapEst, hUngaRy
MinistRy Of natiOnal REsOURCEs - CUltURal DEpaRtMEnt,
hUngaRian natiOnal CUltURal fUnD - nKa
sEssiOn 2
MaRija BistRiCa, CROatia
with thE sUppORt Of thE CROatian aUDiOvisUal CEntRE
sEssiOn 3
niMEs, fRanCE
with thE sUppORt Of RégiOn langUEDOC-ROUssillOn,
COllECtivité tERRitORialE DE CORsE
9 EURODOC 2011
paRtiCipants & ExpERts
EURODOC ExECUtivEs sEMinaR
DOCMED pROgaMME
33 filMs
98 pRODUCtiOns
108 EURODOC
tEaM
stEERing COMMittEE
111 inDEx 2011
paRtiCipants
ExpERts & gUEsts
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within the past 12 years, EURODOC has established a producers’ network that is able to coproduce creative documentaries on an international scale. More than 660 professionals from
52 countries are members of this network.
EURODOC would not exist without the uninterrupted support of the MEDia programme of the
European Union, of the Centre national du Cinéma et de l’image animée and of procirep in
france, as well as the assistance of all partners that have participated in the 49 sessions set up
within the past 12 years in over 13 countries.
thanks to the preparatory action MEDia international and to the MEDia Mundus programme,
we are lucky enough to host non-European participants in the workshops.
and we have been able to launch, thanks to these supportive organizations, the EURODOC
Executives seminar that aims at creating a new space for encounters, exchanges, transmission
and for reflection about the missions of the Commissioning Editors of Documentary
programmes, about the changes occurring in the film genre, as well as in all trade-related jobs.
two prestigious heads of programmes are supervising the seminar: Erkki astala and thierry
garrel.
this seminar is bringing together executives who are either in charge of the programming for
tv documentary units, or project managers for documentary films in European or international
support funding, or executives in the organizations in charge of financing documentary
projects.
launched this year, DOCmed is a new training program which works on a project basis, on
international co-production of creative documentaries. it is addressed to producers and
directors/producers of Mediterranean arab countries who are developing a project of
international ambition. this program allows them to optimize all the fields of documentary
production, the creation, the financing, and the technologies.
this program is implemented by Beirut DC (lebanon), EURODOC (france), Doc à tunis
(tunisia), in association with arte france.
we find it important to experiment and develop the possibilities of networking between these
arab countries, and furthermore, establish cooperation between these countries and Europe.
all these initiatives, as we hope, will contribute to defend the genre, as well as filmmakers,
producers and financers, and to somehow reach a better understanding of the world, of its
deep changes, and of the diversity of its cultures.
this work could only be completed thanks to the generosity and the supporting commitment of
the head of studies of the programme, jacques Bidou, heino Deckert, of all experts and guests,
and of the EURODOC team: Marie-sophie Decout, Maïna waezi, véronique Duclos, as well as
previously isabelle lohier, Emilie Raimbault, véronique Maldéra, laurent aït Benalla, Maija
Miikkola, lucile gueguen.
Anne-Marie Luccioni
This catalogue includes:
- presentation of the participants projects participants in the EURODOC 2011 programme,
- description of all the films produced by EURODOC participants from previous years and those
currently in production.
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En 12 ans, EURODOC a tissé un réseau de producteurs en capacité de coproduire des
documentaires de création au niveau international. plus de 660 professionnels de 52 pays sont
membres de ce réseau.
EURODOC n’existerait pas sans le soutien ininterrompu du programme MEDia de l’Union
Européenne, du Centre national du Cinéma et de l’image animée et de la procirep, en france,
et de tous les partenaires qui se sont associés aux 49 sessions organisées en 12 ans dans plus
de 13 pays.
grâce à l’action préparatoire MEDia international puis au programme MEDia Mundus, nous
avons la chance de pouvoir accueillir des participants non-européens.
Et nous avons pu initier, grâce à ces soutiens, EURODOC Executives seminar qui a pour
ambition d’ouvrir un nouvel espace de rencontres, d’échanges, de transmission et de réflexions
sur les missions de Chargé de programme documentaire, sur l’évolution du genre et de ses
métiers.
Deux prestigieux responsables de programmes encadrent cet atelier, Erkki astala et thierry
garrel.
Ce séminaire réunit des chargés de programme d’unité documentaire de télévision et chargés
de projets documentaires dans les fonds de soutien nationaux et européens, en charge du
financement de projets documentaires.
lancée cette année, DOCmed est une nouvelle formation sur la base de projets, à la
coproduction internationale de documentaires de création. Elle s'adresse à des producteurs et
réalisateurs/ producteurs des pays arabes du bassin méditerranéen qui développent un projet
d'ambition internationale, afin de leur permettre d'optimiser tous les champs de la production
documentaire, de la création, du financement et des technologies.
Ce programme est mis en œuvre par Beirut DC (liban), EURODOC (france), Doc à tunis
(tunisie), en association avec arte france.
il nous semble important d'expérimenter et de développer les possibilités de mise en réseau des
pays arabes concernés, mais plus encore d'ouvrir les possibilités de coopération entre ces pays
et l'Europe.
toutes ces initiatives, nous l’espérons, concourent à la défense du genre, des cinéastes, des
producteurs et des financeurs, pour contribuer – un peu – à la compréhension du monde, de
ses mutations, de la diversité de ses cultures.
Ce travail n’a pu être mené que grâce à la générosité et à l’engagement à nos côtés, du
directeur des études du programme, jacques Bidou, d’heino Deckert et de tous les experts et
invités, et de l’équipe d’EURODOC, Marie sophie Decout, Maïna waezi, véronique Duclos, et
auparavant, isabelle lohier, Emilie Raimbault, véronique Maldéra, laurent aït Benalla, Maija
Miikkola, lucile gueguen.
Anne-Marie Luccioni
Vous trouverez dans ce catalogue :
- la présentation des projets de tous les participants au cycle EURODOC 2011,
- les films qui sont issus des formations précédentes et les productions en cours.
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we will get together in nîmes, to share our common commitment and passion for documentary
cinema, at a time when, for our industry, the scene has become harsher, more complex, and
confronted with a deep transformation.
we have to tackle the job of understanding and anticipating the revolution going on in our field
of activity. all forms of usual tv, be it non-specialized or thematic, cinema and many other
traditional media of cultural expression are being disrupted by new ways of consuming pictures,
sound, music and, more generally, communication. the younger generation hardly ever
watches tv, so the public is getting older, the diversity of cinema is progressively vanishing and
we are all wondering what our jobs will be like tomorrow.
Most expression attempts through these new media are not convincing enough, as they often
are not sufficiently financed, and they mostly value technology over creation, but we should not
skip attentively analyzing these emerging productions.
it is true, though, that this film genre, produced in the traditional way, is still very much alive
everywhere in Europe, even if the situation differs from country to country. germany, france,
Belgium, and the scandinavian countries are in the lead on the market, while the United
Kingdom has lost its leading position; southern and Eastern European countries are slowly
emerging after a long period of silence.
the global phenomena have remained the same. Documentary cinema is mainly financed by
public tv channels and by different funding systems set up by governments. “Domestic”
productions prevail in each country, smaller countries with minority languages have a hard time
exporting, but on the other hand their subtitling tradition enables them to import a large variety
of films, whereas the larger countries used to dubbing tend to withdrawal: great Britain and
the United states now hardly import any film not directly shot in English.
within this scene, aRtE has kept a structuring role, not due to its real audience but due to its
impact, its steady commitment to the genre and the influence of its creative work on the scene
as a whole, of course with the assistance of several major public tv channels. we should not
forget that for the past twenty years, aRtE, Channel 4 the way it was at first, the public tv
channels in germany and Belgium, in finland, Denmark and the netherlands have literally
revived the “creative documentary”, which means a kind of cinema entrusted to genuine
filmmakers and produced by independent producers.
Because creative artists have continuously been granted such trust, documentary films have
been able to regain a significant position in the programme schedules, although a less obvious
one on theatre screens, and have experienced exceptional circulation among the European
countries, as compared to other tv productions. new issues, generated by such success, are
now at stake. the broadcasters have set themselves objectives related to increasing audiences,
so that they tend to develop reproduction rather than creative products, mainly dedicated to
their domestic markets; but this type of policy will in the long term show how contradictory it is
to the true development of the film genre.
to make it short, these heavy trends in the media industry jeopardize the “creative
documentary”, a genre that might become excessively formatted and in the end deny itself,
because it is subjected to simplified writing styles as used in in-depth coverage or magazines,
the styles that reach the public more directly and more effectively. But filmmakers and
producers of documentary films, as well as their remaining allies, all have so much energy, so
much passion and often such proficiency that the situation is far from dramatic: the networks
set up to share these virtues are pro-active, thus preventing the genre from becoming
marginalized. But the major unknown remains the ongoing mutation.
EURODOC should choose to be one of the observatories of such mutations, while still stating
a firm link with the economy of documentary cinema in Europe and in the world, trying to avoid
financing via subsidies only, developing both proficiency networks and quick adjustment devices
that enable professionals to face the situation, work together and thus easily exchange works
and ideas.
Jacques Bidou
head of studies
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nous allons nous retrouver à nîmes, pour partager cet engagement, cette passion pour le
documentaire qui nous unit, à un moment où le paysage professionnel se durcit, se
complexifie, un paysage confronté à une profonde mutation.
nous devons nous atteler à comprendre et anticiper la révolution qui est en cours dans le
secteur qui nous occupe. la télévision classique dans toutes ses formes, généraliste,
thématique, le cinéma et bien d’autres formes traditionnelles d’expression culturelles sont
bousculés par de nouveaux modes de consommation d’images, de son, de musique et plus
généralement de communication. la nouvelle génération ne regarde pratiquement plus la
télévision, le public vieillit, le cinéma perd une part de sa diversité et nous sommes tous à nous
demander ce que sera notre métier demain.
la plupart des tentatives d’expression issues de ces nouveaux supports ne sont pas
convaincantes, souvent mal financées, privilégiant presque toujours la technologie à la
création, mais il serait bien irresponsable de ne pas analyser avec attention ces productions
émergentes.
Certes le genre, dans ses modes de production traditionnels, reste vivant partout en Europe,
même si l’on constate de grandes disparités de situation. l’allemagne, la france, la Belgique,
les pays scandinaves dans leur ensemble dominent le marché, le Royaume-Uni a perdu son
rôle de leader, les pays du sud et de l’Est de l’Europe émergent difficilement après un long
silence.
les phénomènes globaux demeurent les mêmes. le documentaire est financé principalement
par la télévision publique et par les divers systèmes de soutien financier mis en place selon les
pays. le marché reste dominé par la production “nationale”, les petits pays de langues
minoritaires exportent difficilement, mais en revanche leur tradition de sous-titrage permet
l’importation d’une réelle diversité de films, les grands pays de “doublage” ont tendance au
repli, l’angleterre et les Etats-Unis n’importent pratiquement plus de films qui ne soient pas
tournés en anglais.
Dans ce paysage, aRtE conserve un rôle structurant, non par son audience réelle mais par son
impact, son investissement constant dans le genre et l’influence de son travail créateur sur
l’ensemble du paysage, avec la complicité bien sûr de quelques grandes chaînes de service
public. il est bon de rappeler que depuis une vingtaine d’années, aRtE, Channel 4 dans sa
première époque, les chaînes publiques allemandes et belges, les finlandais, les danois, les
hollandais ont littéralement relancé le “documentaire de création”, soit un cinéma confié à des
cinéastes et produit par des indépendants.
par une confiance constante faite à des créateurs, le documentaire a reconquis une place non
négligeable dans les grilles de programme, plus contrastée sur les écrans de cinéma et a même
connu une circulation exceptionnelle entre les pays d’Europe en regard des autres productions
de télévision. Ce succès a fait naître de nouveaux enjeux. les diffuseurs se fixent des objectifs
de fidélisation qui les incitent à une politique de reproduction plutôt que de création, toujours
plus consacrée au national, politique qui s’avérera à terme en contradiction avec la vitalité du
genre.
En résumé, les tendances lourdes de l’industrie des médias font peser une menace sur le
“documentaire de création”, genre qui risque de se formater de façon excessive et donc à terme
de se nier, genre qui subit le retour à des écritures simplifiées de la tradition du grand
reportage, du magazine, écritures qui permettent un accès plus direct et efficace au public.
Mais les créateurs et producteurs de documentaires et les alliés qui leur restent dépensent une
telle énergie, une telle passion et souvent une telle compétence que la situation est loin d’être
dramatique et que la mise en réseau de ces qualités offre une force de proposition qui évite la
marginalisation du genre. Mais la grande inconnue demeure la mutation en cours.
EURODOC devrait proposer d’être l’un des observatoires de ces mutations, tout en gardant la
ferme volonté de rester solidement arrimé à l’économie du cinéma documentaire en Europe et
dans le Monde, en évitant de se laisser entraîner dans une économie de subvention et donc en
développant le réseau de compétences et une rapidité d’adaptation qui donnent aux
professionnels la force d’affronter la situation, de travailler ensemble et d’ainsi faire circuler les
oeuvres et les idées.
Jacques Bidou
Directeur des études
EURODOC 2011
BUDapEst
MaRija BistRiCa
niMEs
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gRaDUatEs
Cycle
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Bruno BEttati
jiRafa
Chile
giuseppe BianCO
littlE filM ROMa
italy
David BOhUn
MisChiEf filMs
austria
simone Catania
inDyCa
italy
angele DiaBang
KaROninKa
senegal
Olivier DUBOis
nOvaK pROD
Belgium
Kerry fUltOn
OUt Of thE BOx fEatUREs
new Zealand
fanny glissant
pROgRaM33
france
Zdenka gOlD
spiRitUs MOvEns
Croatia
idrissa gUiRO
siMBaD filMs
france
gaëlle gUyaDER
DOC En stOCK
france
David hERDiEs
MOMEntO filM
sweden
Delphine lanDEs
MOnKEy Bay
france
philippe lang
CnC
france
annabelle langlOis
CnC
france
sára lÁsZlÓ
CaMpfilM pRODUCtiOn
hungary
Kaizer MatsUMUnyanE
BlaCK staR pRODUxiOns
Canada
vicky Miha
BOO pRODUCtiOns
greece
annabella nEZRi
EKlEKtiK pRODUCtiOns
Belgium
frederik niCOlai
Off wORlD
Belgium
janne nisKala
vasKi filMi
finland
Martha OROZCO
MaRtfilMs
Mexico
virginie RisCh
CnC
france
johanna st MiChaEls
jOhanna st MiChaEls pRODUCtiOns
sweden
ingmar tROst
sUtOR KOlOnKO
germany
gert van BERCKElaER
visUalantiCs
Belgium
timo viERiMaa
OKtOBER
finland
Marta ZaCCaROn
QUasaR MUltiMEDia
italy
sEssiOn 1 – BUDapEst, hungary, MaRCh 2011 (ExpERts)
pierre-Olivier BaRDEt
iDEalE aUDiEnCE
france
Csaba BERECZKi
MOtiOn piCtURE pUBliC fOUnDatiOn
hungary
jacques BiDOU
jBa pRODUCtiOn
france
attila BOKOR
MinistRy Of natiOnal REsOURCEs
hungary
Martichka BOZhilOva
agitpROp
Bulgaria
heino DECKERt
Ma.ja.DE. filMpRODUKtiOn
germany
Zoltán fÛREDi
DOCUaRt
hungary
Eniko Kiss
MEDia DEsK hUngaRy
hungary
Carl-ludwig REttingER
liChtBliCK filM
germany
Michel gyORy
Belgium
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ExpERts & gUEsts
sEssiOn 2 – MaRija BistRiCa, CROatia, jUnE 2011
Maher aBi saMRa
lebanon
jacques BiDOU
jBa pRODUCtiOn
france
heino DECKERt
Ma.ja.DE. filMpRODUKtiOn
germany
Marianne DUMOUlin
jBa pRODUCtiOn
france
alessandro gROpplERO
fRiUli vEnEZia giUlia aUDiOvisUal
REgiOnal fUnD
italy
hrvoje hRiBaR
CROatian aUDiOvisUal CEntRE
Croatia
ivana ivisiC
CROatian aUDiOvisUal CEntRE
Croatia
sibylle KURZ
germany
Kristiina pERvilÄ-anDERssOn
MillEnniUM filM
paolo viDali
fRiUli vEnEZia giUlia aUDiOvisUal
REgiOnal fUnD
finland
italy
sEssiOn 3 – nÎMEs, fRanCE, sEptEMBER 2011
jad aBi Khalil
BEiRUt DC
lebanon
isabel aRRatE
jan vRijMan fUnD
the netherlands
Massimo aRvat
ZEnit aRti aUDiOvisivE
italy
Madeleine avRaMOUssis
aRtE g.E.i.E.
france
paolo BEnZi
faBER filM
italy
jacques BiDOU
jBa pRODUCtiOn
france
sophie ChEgaRay
fRanCE tElEvisiOns
france
heino DECKERt
Ma.ja.DE. filMpRODUKtiOn
germany
silvia DE fEliCE
Rai EDUCatiOnal
italy
vianney DElOURME
lEs EDitiOns MOntpaRnassE
france
Emmanuel fEUlié
REgiOn langUEDOC ROUssillOn
france
Karim ghiyati
langUEDOC ROUssillOn CinEMa
france
lorenzo hEnDEl
Rai 3
italy
Doris hEpp
ZDf / aRtE
germany
alec hERRMann
aRtE fRanCE
france
anita hUgi
sChwEiZER fERnsEhEn
switzerland
Daniel KhaMDaMOv
aRtE fRanCE
france
franz KUttER
MDR
germany
serge lalOU
lEs filMs D’iCi
france
gaspard laMUniERE
Rts
switzerland
wilbur lEgUEBE
RtBf
Belgium
fabrice ManUEl
REgiOn langUEDOC ROUssillOn
france
Karen MiChaEl
aRtE fRanCE
france
anne-laure nEgRin
aRtE g.E.i.E.
france
aurelian niCa
hBO ROMania
Romania
isabelle nOBiO
antEnnE MEDia MaRsEillE
france
Michael O’MEallaigh
tg4
ireland
sabine ROllBERg
wDR / aRtE
germany
valentine ROUlEt
CnC
france
jean-françois vinCEnti
COllECtivitE tERRitORialE DE CORsE
france
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B LACK STAR PRODUXIONS
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KAIZER MATSUMUNYANE
THE SMILING PIRATE
DiRECtOR : KaiZER MatsUMUnyanE
the smiling pirate is a feature length documentary that will explore somali piracy through the story
of a somali teenager, abduwale abdukhadir Muse, who hijacked an american ship in 2009 off the
coast of somalia. Muse became the first person to be convicted of piracy in the U.s in more than a
100 years. he has been sentenced to nearly 34 years in prison. the documentary will explore his life,
being recruited into piracy, motives behind piracy and his american dream that has now turned into
a nightmare. the story is about a somali teenager who was raised in a lawless country and who at
the age of 7 took responsibility for the well being of his family after his mother was divorced by his
father. it is about his dream for a better life and how he became a pirate
to achieve it. it is also about a mother's plight to get her son back home and living each day with the
possibility of never seeing him again. Being in somalia made me realise the desperation of the
situation. it amazes me how someone could live a "normal" life and be "normal" in that place." we
live in a culture of labels and we lose people behind the labels. with the smiling pirate, i want to
give a face and story to somali piracy. By knowing each other’s stories, we are able to move forward
and create a dialogue that can diffuse problems.
LENGTH :
90 MIN
LENGTH :
53 MIN
BIOFILMOGRAPHY
the smiling pirate (producer/Director) Documentary (in development)
Mapule’s Choice (Director/writer) short film series
phEla (Director/writer) 13 documentary series
Untitled (producer/Director/writer) short film
Red (Bono) fashion show (hiv/aiDs project in lesotho) (Director)
Know your status (w.h.O) Documentary (Director)
Cultural assimilation programme - Documentary (producer/Director)
soul of my feet short - film (Director/writer)
BOO PRODUCTIONS
VICKY MIHA
LONGEVITY, WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOR EVER ?
DiRECtOR : haRis RaftOgiannis
ikaria is a greek island, which was recently included in the top five places for optimum life
expectancy. steep terrain, geographic isolation, poor health services and severe poverty have been
no obstacle for its residents to live long and healthy lives.
Mrs. Elpiniki, ‘girly’ as her friends call her is 86 years old. she drives an old car every day, taking
quickly the most dangerous turns on the mountains. On the seat next to her Mr. stamatis, her 96year-old husband, is enjoying the ride.
Mr. stamatis, after having managed to beat cancer in spite of his doctors’ dire predictions, not he
survived for thirty years, while some of his doctors have passed away. still the wine he had stored for
his funeral is in his house waiting to be served. they are just two of many inhabitants of this 99square-mile greek island to live longer than the rest of the western average. who wants to live
forever? and how can this be achieved? Do these people posses the true secret of longevity?
BIOFILMOGRAPHY
haris Raftogiannis (athens / 1977) studied sociology at the University of Crete and directing at the
new york College, athens. he has been working as a director for television documentaries since
2003, having directed several episodes for the documentary series tRaffiC, MUsiC Of thE wORlD,
wEDDing REhEaRsal and ECO DiaRiEs for the greek national tv, while he was a member of the
director’s team of the acclaimed documentary series thE nEw fOlDERs for skai Channel.
he also directed and produced the shorts thE lOng hall (experimental, 2005), On thE
BUtChER’s BEnCh (short, 2007). his films were selected in numerous European film festivals and
awarded in greece.
he is in the the last stages of post-production for two feature documentaries aiRlanD about aera
patera an open, unconventional group of musicians and artists and R-eject: BERlin BRiDEs.
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CAMPFILM PRODUCTION
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SÁRA LÁSZLÓ
CAIN’S CHILDREN
DiRECtOR : MaRCEll gERő
six teenagers between 15 and 18 years of age are sentenced to 8 to 15 years in prison for murder.
they are at the height of suffering and are sent to hell, to the prison of tököl in central hungary,
during the communist era. when they are released, the wall has fallen, they are “free”. But how can
one survive with this legacy of suffering? in 1984, they were listened to and filmed, though not
judged, by Monory-Mész andrás whose impartial view on them has incredible strength. 27 years
later, i wish to let them express themselves. My country seen through the eyes of Cain’s children, a
voyage (or simply a life) in hell.
ils sont 6 jeunes adolescents entre 15 et 18 ans à être condamnés de 8 à 15 ans pour meurtre. ils
sont à l'extrême de la souffrance et sont conduits en enfer dans la prison de tököl au centre de la
hongrie durant la période communiste. Quand ils sortent le mur est tombé, ils sont "libres". Mais
comment surviton à cette souffrance accumulée? ils ont été écoutés et filmés et non jugés par
Monory-Mész andrás en 1984, regard juste d'une incroyable force. 27 ans plus tard, je dois leur
rendre la parole. Regard sur mon pays par les enfants de Caïn, voyage (ou plus simplement une vie)
en enfer.
BIOFILMOGRAPHY
Marcell gERő graduated as a film director at the University of theatre and film of Budapest in 2007.
During his directing studies he worked in shorts, features and commercials as 1st aD, which gave him
relevant experience in motion picture production. shot on 16-mm film, his 22 minutes graduation
project shock won numerous prizes both in and outside hungary (eg: short film Cathegory prize at
the 39. hungarian film week, Best feature under 25 min. at the 38. sehsuechte festival 2009,
podsdam, germany).
his previous works are characterized by their strength of visual quality and an intense focus on
characters and small details. as a co-founder of Campfilm he has worked on several documentary
projects over the past few years mainly as a creative producer. Most of these productions have dealt
with minority issues and/or marginalized people.production company piR squared in 2002.
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CNC
Created by the act of 25 October 1946, the Centre national de la cinématographie (CnC – national
center for cinema) is a french public administrative organization, set up as a separate and financially
independent entity. the Centre comes under the authority of the ministry of culture and
communication and véronique Cayla is its director general.
the main missions of the CnC are:
- regulation,
- support to the film, broadcast, video, multimedia and technical industries,
- promotion of film and television for distribution to all audiences,
- preservation and development of the film heritage.
PHILIPPE LANG
REPRESENTATIVE AT THE CINEMA DEPARTMENT
working at the CnC (national Center of Cinematography) since 1983:
1997-2001:
project manager – television Department
Examination of grant applications for fiction and documentary projects that have received financial
backing from a french tv channel
since 2002:
project manager – film Department
Examination of automatic grant applications for fiction and documentary films
ANNABELLE LANGLOIS
ASSISTANTE CHARGÉE DE MISSION SPECTACLE VIVANT
since 2004 : Management producer account and payment subvention of different kind (documentary,
music, magazine and live performance)
2002/2004 : loaded of financial and juridical analysis th subvention dossier and producer account
in CnC (national Centre of Cinematography) - paris
2002 : production secretary to auteurs et associés (production society to fiction)- paris
2001 : Course of production assistant to l’ina (national institut of audiovisual)
2000 : Course to CnDp (national Centre of pedagogical Documentation)
participation to court film for the Channel tv5 world
1999: initiation course ton broadcaster Ciné Cité tv - lyon
VIRGINIE RICH
C HARGÉE DE MISSION SÉCRETARIAT DE COMMISSION ET ACCUEIL DES NOUVEAUX PROJETS
since 2010 project manager – audiovisual selective fund (COsip) for documentaries, fictions,
animations and cultural magazines. information desk for new producers. pilot fiction programmes
comitee. television directorate – C.n.C. (national center of cinematography)
2007 – 2010 administration and instruction files for grant applications – Documentary and fiction
television directorate – C.n.C. (national center of cinematography)
2005 2007 Bookseller la hune, l’Escalier and Chantelivre bookshops
2004 2006 Continuity supervisor on several short films
2005 press office assistant Kinémafilm / françois frey
2004 production assistant Ostinato production short films and documentaries
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GAËLLE GUYADER
I WAS A CHILD SLAVE
DiRECtOR : CéCilE allEgRa
in india, 60 million children work in slavery conditions. in Delhi, a man decided to fight in order to
put an end to this situation. with his ngO and his team, Kailash sathyarthi launched commando
operations to liberate minors from their life conditions. Once they are emancipated from their
bondage, they are relocated to an ashram in the heart of Rajasthan. this is where they, for the first
time in their lives, learn to live normally and to heal the physical and psychological stigma of their
ordeals before they are sent back home to their parents. this documentary tells the story of a
renaissance; one of children who have only known one life - slavery. we will be in the middle of the
ashram to observe and film the rebuild of these children, their come back to a normal life and the
way the pedagogical team learn them to defend themselves in the labour world, in an adult world.
En inde, 60 millions d’enfants travaillent dans des conditions d’esclavage. a Dehli, un homme a
décidé de se battre pour mettre un terme à cette situation. avec son Ong et ses équipes, Kailash
sathyarti lance des opérations commando pour sortir ces mineurs de ces conditions de vie. Une fois
délivrés de leur esclavage, ils les installent dans un ashram au cœur du Rajasthan, où, parfois pour
la première fois de leur vie, ils apprennent à vivre normalement et à guérir de leurs stigmates,
physiques et psychiques avant d’être rendus à leurs parents.
Ce documentaire raconte une reconstruction. son ambition est de s’immerger au cœur de l’ashram
pour filmer tout en retenue la renaissance de ces enfants, le chemin vers la normalité, et leur
encadrement pédagogique dont l’enjeu prioritaire est de leur permettre de se défendre dans le
monde du travail, et dans un monde d’adultes.
LENGTH :
52 MIN
LENGTH :
52 MIN
BIOFILMOGRAPHY
Born in 1976 in Roma, Cécile allegra directed dozen of documentaries. she has a particular interest
for society topics, and mainly for the conditions of women and children around the world. she was
selected to numerous festivals for her last film "haïti, la blessure de l’âme" about the traumatism of
haïti after the earthquake. she is ending a documentary about the fight against the “camorra” in
napoli for which she was nominated to the albert londres prize.
E KLEKTIK PRODUCTIONS
ANNABELLA N EZRI
OF MOUSTACHES AND MEN
DiRECtOR : Mathias DEsMaRREs
the moustache is in grave danger! let us dare say that the moustache is dying! in the 19th century,
it was the incontestable sign of virility and authority. today the symbolic perception of the moustache
is changing.
in the manner of an investigation, accompanied by numerous testimonies of specialists and stock
footage, the film proposes an itinerant journey across Europe to discover the destiny of the
moustache and its evolution.
with seriousness and humour, he proposes an offbeat and original look on male virility and identity
in the 21st century.
la moustache est en grand péril! Osons le dire la moustache se meurt ! a la fin xix siècle elle était
le signe incontestable de la virilité et de l’autorité. aujourd’hui elle est en pleine crise symbolique.
a la manière d’une enquête agrémentée de nombreux témoignages et d’images d’archives, le
réalisateur effectue un parcours itinérant eu Europe pour explorer la destinée de la moustache.
avec sérieux et humour il propose un regard décalé et original sur l’identité masculine au xxi siècle.
BIOFILMOGRAPHY
Mathias Desmarres lives in Brussels and has been working there as a director on various
documentaries since 2005. he likes to approach topical subjects in an off-key and unusual way. his
documentary, « the words of Ms. jacquot » (“les Mots de Madame jacquot”) which describes
alzheimer through rounds of a surrealistic scrabble game which he plays with a 100 year-old woman,
has won many prices. since then he has been working on several productions. in 2009, he directed
a documentary about the journey of a priest who became a monk while living in social housing cities
in Marseille « far away from Rome » (“loin de Rome”).
in 2010 he took part with Eklektik productions in a series of documentaries about the independence
of the Congo « Kongo », and also in the writing of a film which traces back the pre-colonial history
of Burundi. Recently, he is working on a new feature documentary about the humorous and serious
history of the moustache in the documentary ‘Of moustaches and men’.
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SIMONE CATANIA
SMOKINGS
DiRECtOR : MiChElE fORnasERO
Messina brothers are yesmoke, a little tobacco company based in turin, italy, today. Originally
yesmoke was an online store for cigarettes selling its products all over the world. Every day millions
of people used to buy online cheap packets of Marlboro, Camels and lucky strikes. when sales
reached a hundred million, the “Big tobacco” started to fight the “little guys” and sued them for 550
Million dollars, obliging them to close their website down.
then, the two brothers decided to build their own brand cigarette manufactory up near turin, italy,
starting to fight against philip Morris on their same field. their goal is to take revenge and to attack
tobacco multinationals with every mean they have. But today also the italian government wants them
abroad. so the two brothers are now more annoyed and they are trying to fight against the system
too. it’s like a gangster movie: there are not good guys, just small bad guys fighting big bad guys.
who’s going to win this unfair battle? Bad David or Bad goliath?
LENGTH :
52 MIN
LENGTH :
75 MIN
les frères Messina ont fondé yesmoke, une petite usine de tabac située aujourd’hui à turin, en italie.
À l’origine yesmoke était une boutique online de cigarettes qui vendait ses produits dans le monde
entier. tous les jours des millions de personnes achetaient sur le web, à bon prix, des paquets de
Marlboro, Camels et lucky strikes. Quand les ventes atteignirent une centaine de millions de dollars,
le “Big tobacco” commença à lutter contre les “little guys” et à leur réclamer 550 Millions de dollars,
les obligeant ainsi à fermer leur site.
les deux frères décidèrent alors de créer leur propre manufacture de cigarettes près de turin, en
italie, s’opposant ainsi à philip Morris sur son propre terrain. leur but étant de prendre leur revanche
et d’attaquer les multinationales de tabac par tous les moyens dont ils disposaient. Mais, aujourd’hui,
même le gouvernement italien veut les renvoyer. les deux frères sont de plus en plus contrariés et
ils entreprennent de se battre contre le système lui-même. Comme dans un film de gangsters, il n’y
a pas de bons gars mais seulement de petits méchants luttant contre de grands méchants. Qui sortira
vainqueur de cette lutte inégale ? le méchant David ou le méchant goliath?
BIOFILMOGRAPHY
Michele fornasero was born in turin in 1980. he graduated in Business and Economy from the
University of turin. with a passionate experience as producer, editor and director with indyca, he has
worked on several shorts and documentaries, including 'frontline is Everywhere', 'a scrap of
paradise', (special event at turin film festival 2008, awarded at the annecy Cinema italien 2009)
'the legend of the Blue fish', 'la paura siCura', collaborating with gabriele vacis, peter greenaway
and others.
J IRAFA
B RUNO B ETTATI
TERRA INCOGNITA
DiRECtOR : lUis alaRCÓn
the journey of the ship De liefde from the netherlands in 1599-1601 marks a turning point in
history. it hallmarks the start of a new economical and technological era of exchange between East
and west, but it also carries a darker side: before making it to japan, De liefde navigates through
the strait of Magellan, passing by terra del fuego. the crew comes in touch with the inhabitants of
the area and their meetings end in massacres and the abduction of native children. these events and
the sighting of the ship give birth among the natives to the legend of El CalEUChE, a ghost ship that
wanders in the channels of the strait, used in campfire stories for children who are warned for El
CalEUChE as it will abduct them when they look at it.
BIOFILMOGRAPHY
lucho alarcón studied sociology, film and television at Chile and the netherlands between 19861998. since then he has directer several audiovisual projects on videoart, performance and theater.
he has also created interdisciplinary shows.
On 2003 he achieved the development aid for fdocumentary at the Rotterdam film fund and the
Embassy of the netherlands for the video art Estas caras, estos ojos’.
On 2004 he achieved the fondart price at Chile to do an audiovisual essay called ‘santiago: ni
Civitas Dei, ni Civitas terrena’. this last work provides a very personal gaze of santiago de Chile,
revealing the psycho-social structure of the country, using as a start point a painting from the xix
century by the german artist johann Moritz Rugendas.On may 2007, this videoart was exposed at
the national art Museum at santiago. terra incognita is his first documentary.
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JOHANNA ST MICHAELS PRODUCTIONS JOHANNA ST MICHAELS
PENTHOUSE NORTH
DiRECtOR : jOhanna st MiChaEls
a film about a survivor from the rollercoaster existence of celebrity. a woman who is living in the
shadow of her own image. an image strongly connected to a successful past and a fabulous
apartment. now she has to let go of the past to have a future
Born in sweden, agneta has lived a life that many dream of - a life in the limelight. she moved to
new york City in the late 60’s and became a sought after model and actress. she then managed to
start her own successful clothing line, as well as being a fashion photographer. agneta is at a
crossroads in her life. for a long time her landlord has been trying to evict her because she has a
rent controlled lease. Despite paying a low rent her income is scare. will she manage to get back up
on top or does she have to leave her beloved penthouse north?
LENGTH :
58 & 74 MIN
LENGTH :
70 MIN
BIOFILMOGRAPHY
johanna st Michaels has mostly produced and directed documentary films, but also art films and art
installations. she has produced and directed films such as Best wishes, Bernhard that got the prized
with the swedish film institute’s Dokumentär¬films premium 2003, snap shots from Reality received
special Mention at nordic panorama as well as nominated for Best international film at Bird Eye view
film festival.
about Dina was nominated to Best short at tempo film festival.. her most resent art film the islands
amid the worlds got prized with gothenburg City’s culture grant 2010. johanna st Michaels has a
pervious back round as an actress and still photographer.
KARONINKA
ANGELE DIABANG
THEY WILL BURN IN HELL
DiRECtOR : angElE DiaBang
homosexuality was not subject to any oppression in ancient senegal, and roles were foreseen for the
so-called goorjigeen (woman-man) in numerous ceremonies. as of today, things have changed, and
it becomes increasingly difficult and even dangerous to be homosexual in senegal.
some of them, like Morgan, prefer to hide in the shadow, even getting married, for his own
protection’s sake, while others such as vieux faye don’t hide the fact that they are different, yet they
are forced to live a secret life. this film wants to give them the floor; well beyond individual
testimonies, it will show the evolution of morals in senegal as well as the problem one faces to be
just oneself in a society where a group’s cohesion takes priority over the individual.
le sénégal ancien ne réprimait pas l’homosexualité et accordait même une place aux goorjigeen
(homme-femme) dans de nombreuses cérémonies. aujourd’hui, les choses ont changé et il est
devenu très difficile et même dangereux d’être homosexuel au sénégal. Certains, comme Morgan
préfèrent rester à l’ombre et même se marier pour mieux se protéger et d’autres, comme vieux faye,
ne cachent pas leur différence mais sont contraints à une vie nocturne. Ce film leur donne la parole
et, au-delà des témoignages singuliers, montre l’évolution des moeurs au sénégal et les difficultés
à être soi-même dans une culture où la cohésion du groupe prime sur l’individu.
BIOFILMOGRAPHY
Born in 1979, angèle Diabang worked as an editor before directing her first documentary short film,
My Beautiful smile, 2005. since then, she has set up her own production company named Karoninka
and produced senegalese women and islam in 2007 as well as yandé Codou, the griot of senghor
in 2008.
in addition to her own films, angèle also produced Benjamin gronau’s short film jakob (2010,
germany) and the documentaries the rite, the lunatic and me by assih gentille (2011-togo);
waliden, children of others by awa traoré (2009, Mali), the silent Monologue by Khady sylla (2007,
senegal) and Electro for ever (2008, france), directed by sixth-formers of a high school in apt,
france.
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GIUSEPPE B IANCO
THE PHOTO-NOVEL, THEN AND NOW
DiRECtOR : giUsEppE BianCO
Born in italy in 1947, the photo-novel made the fortune of those who first launched it on the market,
be it in italy or in france. sixty years later, these photo-illustrated romantic stories can still be found
at newsstands all around these countries, although meanwhile came television, internet and the
digital revolution. so, are today’s stories the same as they were then? what do they tell us about
their readers and their makers, both yesterday and today? when photos actually talk, what are they
saying?
né en italie en 1947, le roman-photo a fait la fortune de ses promoteurs, aussi bien en italie qu’en
france. plus de 60 ans plus tard, le roman-photo existe toujours : entre-temps, la télévision est
arrivée, puis internet et la révolution numérique, mais ces récits romantiques en images continuent
à se faire et à se vendre. au passé et au présent, que racontent-ils de ceux qui les font et ceux qui
les lisent ? lorsque les photos parlent, que nous racontent-elles ?
BIOFILMOGRAPHY
swiss-italian, giuseppe Bianco graduates from the University of geneva with a licence ès lettres
(Majors: English and art history, minor: photography). as a postgraduate bursar at Cornell University
(ithaca, ny/Usa), he directs his first short film in 16 mm and learns to edit on avid. after returning
to geneva, he alternates teaching and directing/editing, and shoots his second short film.
in 2000/01, he attends a film school in Rome and graduates from the directing of photography
department, thus completing his filmmaking training.
from 2001 to 2006, he shoots and directs various behind-the-scenes documentaries of feature films
like “i’m not scared”, “Don’t Move” and “Crime novel”. he collaborates with little film Roma since
2006 and, from 2009, becomes involved in its project development sector, including in the various
projects two of his own (a documentary and an internet-based narrative plateform).
MARTFILMS
LENGTH :
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LENGTH :
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MARTHA OROZCO
DROUGHT
DiRECtOR : EvERaRDO gOnZÁlEZ
Desert cowboys "Cuates de australia" face death every year, avoiding the drought that threatens the
ranch. while the community is forced into an exodus, the place is abandoned and eventually the
desert animals take over the place. they wait for the first drops of rain in order to return.
Chaque année, les habitants de los cuates de australia, un ajido situé dans la région du nord-est
du Mexique, se voient contraints de se déplacer pour trouver de l'eau, une eau qui leur manque
cruellement en saison sèche. au cours de cet exil forcé, hommes, femmes, vieillards et enfants
attendent impatiemment les premières gouttes de pluie qui sont le signe qu'ils peuvent rentrer chez
eux. Cet exode est la métaphore de la fuite de toute population devant la mort.
BIOFILMOGRAPHY
graduated from “Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica” in the Bachelor of Cinematography.
Documentary Maker and independent producer, he made the documental sectors for the fiction
feature film “Backyard: el traspatio”, directed by Carlos Carrera, work for which he received the
Mexican award silver ariel for Best Cinematography in 2010.
in 2011 he finished his third feature documentary El cielo abierto.
in 2007 his second documentary film los ladrones viejos, received many awards and honourable
mentions such as the silver arieles for Best Mexican film Documentary and for Best Mexican film
Editing, the nomination to the golden ariel for Best film and Best Director, the award Mayahuel for
Best Mexican feature Documentary in the 22nd international film festival in guadalajara, the
honourable Mention for Best iberoamerican feature Documentary in the 12th international film
festival in guadalajara, the special Mention of the award latin Union for Best latin american
Documentary in the 16th festival de Biarritz d´amérique latine and the award josé Rovirosa for Best
Mexican Documentary. it has been shown in more than 40 countries.
in 2003 his first documentary work la Canción del pulque, received the silver ariel for Best feature
Documentary and the nomination for Best first work, the awards Mayahuel for Best Cinematography
and Mexican feature film and the special Mention of the international Catholic film Organization
for Best Mexican film in the 18th Mexican film festival in guadalajara; and the special Mention
made by the judges in the 1st international film festival in Morelia. it has been shown in more than
30 international film festivals. nowadays, he is a member of the national system of artistic Creators
in Mexico.
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DAVID BOHUN
EUPHORIC NIGHTS IN VIENNA
DiRECtOR : aZZa El-hassan
asmahan – syrian Druze princess, film diva, music icon and femme fatale of the arab world in the
40ies. when vienna was heavily bombed by the allies during world war ii, she sang „Euphoric
nights in vienna“ and created a myth of vienna that until today affects desires and hopes of travellers
and immigrants from the Middle East. just a few weeks after her performance she dies under
mysterious circumstances.
the film traces the promises of the song, visits important sights of asmahan’s life and meets
protagonists that are searching for their identity between the East and the west, between dreams and
reality.
asmahan est une princesse druze syrienne, diva, vedette et femme fatale du monde arabe des
années 40. Quand vienne est fortement bombardée par les alliés lors de la seconde guerre
mondiale, elle chante « Euphoric nights in vienna » (nuits euphoriques à vienne) et crée ainsi un
mythe viennois qui anime jusqu’à présent les désirs et espoirs des voyageurs et migrants provenant
du proche-Orient. seulement quelques semaines après la création de cette chanson, elle décède
dans des circonstances mystérieuses.
Ce film retrace les promesses de cette chanson, visite les endroits qui ont joué un rôle important dans
la vie de asmahan et va à la rencontre de gens, qui cherchent leur identité entre l’est et l’ouest, entre
rêve et réalité.
LENGTH :
52 & 90 MIN
LENGTH :
58 MIN
BIOFILMOGRAPHY
azza El-hassan’s work has been produced and shown by various international tv networks such as
BBC, arte, ylE, aRD and many others. it has also been screened in film festivals and art venues
around the world like, yamagata Documentary film festival (japan), international film festival iDfa
(holland), leipzig (germany) and many others.
El-hassan is the winner of the 2006 luchino visconti award - the silver hydrangea “Mediterranean
sensibilities," italy for her film “Kings & Extras”; the 2002 grierson award for Best new Comer (the
British Documentaries awards, BBC) for her film “news time”. azza El-hassan holds an Ma in
television Documentary, from gold-smiths College, University of london (1995) and a Ba in film and
television studies and sociology from glasgow University, scotland (1994).
MOMENTO FILM
DAVID H ERDIES
TO DIVORCE
DiRECtOR : KaRin EKBERg
Karin doesn't have many memories of her parents being happy or in love. they slept in different
rooms, voted for different political parties and had separate friends. But they had somehow all gotten
used to it. then one summer day Karin's mum wants to divorce, after 38 years. and she is in a hurry.
all of a sudden the house is for sale and has to be emptied, fast. Karin starts filming to catch the
interiors of her childhood home before it all disappears into boxes. One year later the parents have
continued into their new lives, but Karin is left with lots of questions. with piles of old photos, videos
and the material shot turning the separation she now puts pieces together trying to understand her
past. as well as reflecting over which family patterns that are likely to reappear in the future.
"to Divorce" is a personal documentary following a process we seldom get to see. But it is also aiming
at a wider context and relevance to the audience by looking at family structures, gender roles, family
patterns, family secrets and perhaps foremost: the struggle of the individual to give love a chance,
build a family, make sacrifices – without losing dreams and yourself on the way.
BIOFILMOGRAPHY
Karin Ekberg has a background within photography and journalism. she graduated from the
photography department of the Dutch art school artEZ in 2003. During 2005-2006 she completed a
masters of journalism at the stockholm University. an internship at the swedish television pointed the
direction to continued work within the tv and film sector. after some years working professionally as
a reporter, journalist and project manager, she found her way back to more personal expression
through a one year study in documentary film, during which she began the project ”to Divorce”,
which is Karin’s debut documentary film.
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DELPHINE LANDES
REVOLUTION RELOAD
DiRECtOR : MOhanaD yaQUBi
1977: in the middle of the lebanese Civil war, a group of filmmakers managed to smuggle 30,000
meters of negatives from Beirut to Rome within exceptional conditions.
Based on the diary of one of the filmmakers who joined the trip, palEstinE, shOt anD REvERsE
reveals the practices of the palestinian revolutionary filmmakers and their relationships with the
various underground networks of militant cinemas around the world.
1977 : alors que la guerre civile libanaise fait rage, un groupe de réalisateurs parvient à transférer
clandestinement 30.000 mètres de pellicules de Beyrouth à Rome dans des conditions
exceptionnelles.
Basé sur le journal intime de l’un des réalisateurs qui s’embarqua dans cette aventure, palEstinE,
ChaMp, COntREChaMp explore les pratiques des cinéastes révolutionnaires palestiniens et les
relations qu’ils entretenaient avec les divers réseaux souterrains des cinémas militants dans le
monde.
LENGTH :
80 MIN
LENGTH :
52 MIN
BIOFILMOGRAPHY
graduated from Birzeit University with a degree in mechanical engineering (2004), and from
goldsmiths College, london, with a Masters in feature film in 2009. he is one of the founders of
idioms film, a filmmakers’ collective based in Ramallah. he has directed several short fiction and
documentary films.
his work deals with realities of boredom and emptiness expressed through people’s relationships and
their interaction with space. his work stands between video art, documentary and fiction, creating a
visual narrative that is not entirely abstract. he is currently working on his first feature film.
NOVAK PROD
OLIVIER DUBOIS
DREAMCATCHEURS
DiRECtORs : xaviER sEROn & CéDRiC BOURgEOis
a group of trainee wrestlers spurred on by the energy of salvatore Bellomo (age 60) trains
relentlessly in the back room of a café in the Borinage district (former mining region in Belgium).
tarzan, the gigolo, andynamite, priscilla, la Rage, Eddie Dark... they all dream of becoming
professional wrestlers, like their teacher. salvatore fought with top wrestlers for more than 30 years,
particularly within the prestigious wwf. today, he has decided to bring his students to the U.s to
follow the traces of his past. waiting for the big day, they live out their passion together, sometimes
taking foolish risks to satisfy the local audience and lay out their future.
Un groupe d’apprentis catcheurs mus par l’énergie de salvatore Bellomo (60 ans) s’entraine avec
acharnement dans l’arrière salle d’un café du Borinage, ancienne région minière de Belgique. le
gigolo, tarzan, andynamite, priscilla, la Rage, Eddie Dark ... rêvent tous de devenir professionnels,
comme leur professeur. pendant plus de trente ans, salvatore a catché avec les plus grands
notamment au sein de la prestigieuse wwf. aujourd’hui, il a décidé d’emmener ses élèves aux EtatsUnis sur les traces de son passé. En attendant le grand jour, ils vivent ensemble leur passion prenant
parfois des risques insensés pour satisfaire le public local et forcer l’avenir.
BIOFILMOGRAPHY
xavier seron, graduated from the Belgian film school iaD in 2005. Rien d’insoluble, his senior film
project has been selected by more than 50 festivals around the world, including the venice film
festival. le Crabe, a short film he co-directed in 2007 with Christophe hermans, won the Best film
prize at the international film festival of namur. his last project Mauvaise lune, a short film as well,
is co-directed with Meryl fortunat-Rossi. the shooting of his first long feature film je me tue à le dire,
coproduced by tobina films (fR)- novak prod (BE) – savage films (BE) is planned for 2012.
Cedric Bourgeois, is a young french filmmaker based in Brussels. he has directed little ones
(videoclip, super 8, 5mn, 2009) and il n’y a pas d’ailleurs (short film, 12 mn, 2008). his next short
film la mort du loup is funded by france 3 and auvergne film Commission.
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FREDERIK N ICOLAI
OUVERTURE
DiRECtORs : iBBE Daniëls & KOEn viDal
serge Kakudji is a twenty-year-old Congolese counter tenor who fell in love with opera as a young
boy, listening to cassette tapes of opera recordings in his room in lumubashi. he later travelled to
Europe to achieve his dream of becoming a top opera singer. although serge’s artistic ambitions are
pure and uncomplicated, the reactions among his environment and audiences are often ambiguous
and divided. while some people respect and acknowledge his artistic vocation, others see him as an
exotic oddity, or complain that that his african timbre jars with classical opera.
serge refuses to be discouraged by any of this. On the contrary, he wants to hold up a mirror to
western culture and confront it with its underlying beliefs. he also wants to use his story and
experiences in the west to bring opera to Congo. together with his countrymen and women, he wants
to found a Congolese opera tradition based on african stories that will inspire people to follow their
dreams.
LENGTH :
52 MIN
LENGTH :
52 & 90 MIN
BIOFILMOGRAPHY
ibbe Daniels
Documenatry is her great passion. she may plenty of documentary films for the flemish broadcasting
company Canvas, like Belpop, a series about the relation between famous people and their mother,
and many others. futur simple, a short film about the dreams and wishes of the Congolese children,
was her first collaboration with Koen vidal. ibbe also directed many commercials and music videos.
Koen vidal
after studying law, a Master in communications and postgraduate practical journalism, Koen vidal
became an editor/journalist in political issues. some years later he is the responsible editor for
foreign news at one of the major intellectual newspapers in Belgium, De Morgen. he leads a group
of journalists and he is the pre-eminently africa-expert and -correspondent for the newspaper. he
travelled many times into the heart of all major conflict areas in central-africa and beyond. he's a
professor/lecturer at ghent University and the European Erasmus school for journalism, especially
on foreign politics and journalism. he wrote several successful books on central-african political
conflicts and refugee policy between africa and Europe. for his work on this matter he received
different important awards.
OKTOBER
TIMO VIERIMAA
LIMITS OF LOVE
DiRECtOR : jOOnas BERghÄll
limits of love is an episodic documentary film that portrays different kinds of women and their stories
around the world. together through the combining themes and poetic storytelling, these episodes
create an emotional entity. Emphasis is in three different themes that are repeated in the stories:
human rights, motherhood and love. it is a collection of intimate and touching stories, but through
the personal experiences of characters it also handles the women’s rights issues still existing today.
BIOFILMOGRAPHY
joonas Berghäll is a director, producer and owner of the Oktober production Company. joonas' latest
work as director, documentary film steam of life, premiered in january 2010 and has been
contracted to broadcasters all over the world and for theatrical distribution in 5 different countries.
film has been screened in over 60 international festivals and it has won many awards from all
around the world. the film was also finnish contestant for foreign language Oscar award and also
nominated for European film awards pRix aRtE.
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KERRY FULTON
ANA AND I
DiRECtOR : pRiMavERa M. RUiZ
for as long as i can remember i thought my mother was god, and i always trusted her choices. she
did everything for us eight children. My two younger sisters are adopted from Equatorial guinea and
i was made responsible for them from the beginning.
we grew up in a bubble, training to be Equestrian vaulting champions, and had little time to concern
ourselves with what was going on around us. now i can see that my mother created the team to
protect us from her problems. the family secrets that kept us together have taken a toll on our
relationships, and i need to understand them before moving on with my own life. now my mother is
ready to reveal the truths she kept hidden to protect us for all these years.
LENGTH :
52 MIN
LENGTH :
60 MIN
D’aussi loin que je m’en souvienne, j’ai toujours pensé que ma mère était Dieu. j’ai toujours eu
confiance en ses choix, elle qui a tout fait pour ses huit enfants. Mes deux plus jeunes sœurs,
guinéennes, ont été adoptées. je me suis toujours sentie responsable d’elles.
nous avons grandi dans une bulle, nous entraînant avec l’objectif d’être champions de voltige
équestre et avions peu de temps pour nous préoccuper de ce qui se passait autour de nous.
Désormais, je me rends compte que ma mère a crée cette équipe pour nous protéger de ses
problèmes. les secrets autour de notre famille ont eu des répercussions sur nos relations, et j'ai
besoin de les connaître avant de partir vivre ma vie. aujourd’hui, ma mère est prête à révéler ces
vérités, cachées pendant toutes ces années afin de nous protéger.
BIOFILMOGRAPHY
primavera has studied Communication and Digital Cinema in Madrid as well as production at new
york University - tisch school of the arts.
primavera has directed five shorts - she won best short film for Olas De Corazon. she has directed
several music videos. Recently she has line produced a number of award winnings shorts including
'nadie tiene la Culpa' directed by Esteban Crespo, as well as on Miguel aguirre's shortrilm' 6 Contra
6'.
from 1997- 2002 she was Captain of the spanish vaulting team and attended the world
championships in several countries.
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FANNY GLISSANT
MONDOGUSTO, IN SEARCH OF THE LOST TASTE
DiRECtORs : REMy BURKEl & sylviE DElEUlE
fifteen years from now, will we still be able to choose what we eat? Eating has become as much an
industrial business as a specialist culinary pursuit. a multinational food giant allying with
pharmaceutical laboratories is no longer unusual and many countries are sacrificing their
gastronomic heritage in favour of the far more profitable standardised taste. Unknowingly, we have
become "hooked" on these products. it is bad enough that their ingredients are present in our babies'
food, but this addiction actually starts right back in the womb. Our film will reveal the workings of
the implacable machine that is determining global tastes, as well as the means that exist to turn it
off.
BIOFILMOGRAPHY
Remy Burkel
Rémy is a french-american director whose work is based on his own wide and varied experience. he
has been a visual artist, a journalist, an actor and a screenwriter, and has worked on both television
drama (true Csi) and commercials, as well as on french tv’s current affairs satire les guignols de
l’info. his infatuation with playing around with audiovisual references led him to start making
documentaries. a documentary series, sin City law (sundance Channel, arte), as well as Oil for
fraud, allowed him to perfect his cinematic technique; the latter, a documentary co-directed with
Denis poncet, won the award for Best investigative Documentary at Canada’s Banff festival.
sylvie Deleule
sylvie came to directing through journalism. strangely enough, it was through portraiture that she
first chose to sharpen her documentary skills (people of Europe, arte; hubert nyssen; luis
sepulvéda); it was only later that she returned to her first love, the investigative documentary, the
best example being her film asbestos: a slow Death which has been shown in over thirty countries
and selected for several international festivals (grand prize at the international festival of
Environmental Cinema, Brazil; france; switzerland; germany; israel).
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MARTA ZACCARON
MOHAMED AND THE FISHERMAN
DiRECtOR : MaRCO lEOpaRDi
it's the story of a miracle: Mohamed, a young african, is the only survivor of the 47 persons who left
lybia with him, on a rubber boat. he had been clinging to a piece of wood for almost a week in the
middle of the Mediterranean sea. when he had lost all his hope, he saw the captain vito Cittadino's
boat approaching him. the corageous and lively captain from Mazara del vallo saved Mohamed
when he was almost dead.
Captain vito remembers this rescue as something very special, he often thinks about that guy: he
says that it was the most special of all the rescues, that guy is like a son for him. for this reason the
captain, after having heard that Mohamed lives in a difficult situation in paris, invited him to go to
Mazara (sicily), with the promise to help him to find a job.
LENGTH :
52 MIN
LENGTH :
90 MIN
C'est l'histoire d'un miracle: Mohamed, un jeune africain, est le seul survivant parmi le groupe de 47
personnes parties avec lui sur un zodiaque. il est resté 6 jours agrippé à une planche en bois au
milieu de la mer, entre la lybie et la sicile, et au moment où il avait perdu tout espoir, il a vu
s’approcher le bateau de pêche de vito Cittadino, un capitaine de Mazara énergique et courageux,
qui l’a sauvé alors qu’il était en fin de vie. vito repense souvent à ce jeune homme trouvé au milieu
de la mer et en parle comme il parle de sa famille: il dit que ça a été le plus particulier des
sauvetages. pour lui, ce jeune est comme un cinquième fils.
C’est pour cette raison que maintenant le capitaine, après avoir appris la situation difficile de
Mohamed à paris, l’a invité à le rejoindre à Mazara de vallo, en lui promettant de l’aider à trouver
un travail.
BIOFILMOGRAPHY
Marco leopardi was born in Rome (italy) in 1961. he studied photography at the European Design
institute of Rome and started to make artistic, anthropological and environmental reportages in italy
and abroad for several italian magazines. he started to work as a documentary-maker in 1991. Until
now he has directed many documentaries that have been broadcasted by Rai, Rtsi, nDR, arte, ylE,
national geographic Channel, aljazeera among others. since the beginning of his activity he has
mainly focused its experience on natural, environmental, social and anthropological documentaries,
carrying the direction, the photography and the authorial aspects.
SIMBAD FILMS
ASHES
DiRECtORs : iDRissa gUiRO lUCCiOni & MélaniE
I DRISSA GUIRO LUCCIONI
pavy
En 2011, Kyôko Kosaka meurt à paris d’un cancer. Elle avait 71 ans. akiko, sa fille, est revenue
d’urgence de tokyo pour l’accompagner dans ses derniers instants. après sa mort, elle trouve dans
l’appartement de sa mère deux carnets laissés à son attention. 300 pages d’un journal intime qu’elle
a tenu depuis 1994. Dotée de cet étrange héritage, akiko décide de repartir au japon, en quête du
lieu où disperser les cendres de sa mère. akiko remonte alors le fil du temps et le chemin qu’avait
accompli sa mère. Celui d’une enfant marquée à jamais par les bombardement d’hiroshima, celui
d’une miss Butterfly des années soixante, aperçue dans le cinéma de la nouvelle vague à paris. Celui
d’une mère aussi qui confie à sa fille une « leçon de vie » post-mortem. Entre la génération
hiroshima et la génération fukushima, en reconstuisant la mémoire de Kyoko, le film cherchera à
interroger sur la douloureuse épreuve du deuil et sur la construction de la mémoire qu’elle soit
intime ou collective.
BIOFILMOGRAPHY
idrissa guiro luccioni went round the world as a very young man and got bitten by the photography
bug. after studies in journalism, plastic arts and Cinema, he began work as a photographer, first in
paris then in the United states.
On his return to france he worked as a cameraman, then directed a dozen magazine programmes
for television. after setting up his own production company, simbad films, he turned his energies
towards documentary cinema. his first documentary, Barcelone ou la mort, (prix louis Marcorelles,
Cinéma du Réel 2008), won awards at many international festivals. in 2011, he and Mélanie pavy,
co-writer of the film Cendres (‘ashes’), were awarded a residency at the prestigious villa Kujoyama
(asian equivalent of the villa Medici) in the audio-visual category. they will both be in residence in
Kyoto for seven months starting from january 2012. idrissa guiro luccioni also won the 2011
Beaumarchais foundation prize for his feature-film script currently in development.
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ZDENKA GOLD
SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM
DiRECtOR : MaRKO stanić
parallel story about two men who chose very exotic careers. Both of them are belonging to the same
region and climate – adriatic. the first one is observing it from perspective that is extremely calm and
slow, that even seems like a kind of nirvana state, and the other one is observing it from perpetual
movement. from two different points of view of our main characters, film is describing how adriatic
sea and its environment, are determining rhythm of life, and in our case also rhythm of the film itself.
film is reviewing the notion of the time and in which dimension time flow is depending on the
perception of the observer. this is a film about the rhythm of life and its transience observed by two
diametrically opposed views on life. the first one is tallying life according to the change of the
seasons; the other one is tallying it according to the seconds that could be of life importance. first
one is anchored in the middle of open sea for week, and the other one is flying into new challenges
every day. first one is the lighthouse keeper on deserted island, and the other one is a pilot of
Canadair plane.
LENGTH :
75-85 MIN
LENGTH :
52 & 90 MIN
il s'agit d'une histoire mettant en parallèle la vie de deux hommes ayant choisi des carrières très
insolites. ils appartiennent tous deux à la même région et au même climat l'adriatique. le premier
perçoit ces lieux sous une perspective extrêmement calme et lente, et l'autre sous celle du
mouvement perpétuel. le film explore la notion du temps où la façon dont il s'écoule dépend de la
perception de l'observateur. C'est un film sur le rythme de vie et sa brièveté, présenté sous deux
points de vue diamétralement opposés. le premier appréhende la vie selon le changement des
saisons, alors que ce qui compte pour l'autre, ce sont les secondes qui passent et qui pourraient être
d'une importance vitale. le premier a une vie ancrée au milieu de la pleine mer pour plusieurs
semaines ; l'autre se lance vers de nouveaux défis chaque jour. le premier est gardien de phare ;
l'autre est pilote de Canadair.
BIOFILMOGRAPHY
Marko stanić was working as a photographer and designer at the beginning of his career. he had
two individual (‘faces’ and ‘slow’) and six group exhibitions. in the year 1997 he started to work as
cinematographer on Croatian national television and was engaged on many tv projects, sport
events, concert and live coverings. from year 2004 he is a freelance director and cinematographer.
he directed many music videos, and commercials, and he drew big number of storyboards. in the
year 2009 he made his first documentary film ‘Marija walks in silence’, 43min.
at the moment he is in postproduction with his second documentary (feature length this time) ‘see
you in One year’, in production (as a co author) in documentary «lost in transition» and he is also
developing another feature length documentary «Mediterranean trilogy» which is part of EURODOC
2011.
SUTOR KOLONKO
I NGMAR TROST
THE PUNCH
DiRECtOR : anDRé höRMann
the punch tells the story of a fateful relationship of a father and his son and their shared fragile
dream. it is a tale about failure and hope - and what it means to live with dignity. Coach sims
sacrifices everything for one goal: to make his 17 year old son Kenny a boxing champion and thus
break the vicious circle of poverty and violence that has held his family back for generations. with
Kenny’s first big fight lying ahead, their lives are at a crossroads. it‘s a fight against the odds. But
regardless of whether Kenny wins or loses, every hour spent at the boxing gym is one less on the
murderous streets of Chicago‘s black ghetto. the film accompanies Coach sims and his son Kenny
jr. over the course of one year leading up to the 2012 summer Olympics in london.
BIOFILMOGRAPHY
andré hörmann, born on 8th november 1975 in Bremen, germany
1996 a-levels, schubart-gymnasium Ulm;
1997-2000 social sciences and Economics, humboldt University, Berlin (intermediate examination
2000);
2000-2006 Degree course in film Direction, hff potsdam-Babelsberg (degree 2006). freelance
director since 2006.
since 2009 working on phD dissertation in Media sciences, hff potsdam-Babelsberg. andré
hörmann lives in Berlin.
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JANNE N ISKALA
WANNA BE A BADASS ? SAY SING !
DiRECtOR : KUang-ChOng yU
four youngsters in Kunming, China, form a band and start calling themselves west hill, after their
childhood hip hop heroes Cypress hill, with a great ambition to become China’s baddest hiphop
legend ever without knowing the harsh reality awaiting to betray them.
BIOFILMOGRAPHY
Kuang-Chong yu is a renowned a&R (artists and Repertoire) person, a producer and a lyricist in the
Mandarin pop music industry.
he owns the taipei-based pop music production company, propapanda productions. the meeting
with the band xi-shan (west hill) has not only been a chance to progress his musical career but also
a chance to turn himself into a first time filmmaker.
he has worked on several documentary projects since 2007, with say sing being his directorial
debut.
VISUALANTICS
LENGTH :
52 & 90 MIN
LENGTH :
52 & 75 MIN
GERT VAN B ERCKELAER
STATE OF PLAY
DiRECtOR : stEvEn DhOEDt
Every year thousands of south-Koreans flock to one of the many game stadiums in seoul to watch
the pro league Competition. Over there they compete to be the best at one single video game:
starcraft. the stars of the starcraft league are national celebrities, participating on all levels of
popular culture. they pop up in tv-commercials, appear on the cover of magazines and have a major
cult following. On the surface, these young gamers seem to have achieved success at a very young
age. they are envied and admired because they do what they love and make a lot of money doing
so. Behind the scenes however, we see a different picture: the e-sports world is tough, competitive
and stressful. lots of players find themselves stuck in a golden cage. what price are we willing to pay
to be the best? in this story, we follow 4 characters in different stages of their career as a pro-gamer
in south Korea, and this during the time span of one season. for some it will be a struggle to stay
on top of their game, for others it might be the turning point of their lives.
ils sont des milliers, en Corée du sud, à s’entasser chaque année dans des stades dédiés au jeu
vidéo, pour y suivre le championnat de la ligue pro. le temps d’une saison - l’équivalent d’une saison
de football - de jeunes Coréens s’affrontent pour le titre suprême. il leur faut pour cela être le
meilleur dans un seul et unique jeu : starcraft. les vedettes de ce championnat sont de vraies stars
nationales, objets d’un véritable culte. Elles sont présentes dans toutes les couches de la culture
populaire (spots publicitaires, couverture de magazines). En apparence, ces jeunes semblent avoir
réussi à un âge précoce. En plus de faire ce qu’ils aiment, ils en tirent d’énormes bénéfices, et cela
crée des vocations... Mais il ne faut pas se leurrer, car la réalité est toute autre : le monde des cyber
sports se montre impitoyable, l’esprit decompétition y règne en maître, et la pression est constante.
De nombreux joueurs se retrouvent ainsi piégés dans une cage dorée. Quel prix sommes-nous prêts
à payer pour être les meilleurs ? située dans le cadre temporel d’une saison de championnat, notre
histoire s’articule autour de quatre personnages, tous approchés à un moment précis de leur carrière
de joueur pro. pour certains ce sera la lutte pour rester au sommet et pour d’autres, le moment
charnière de leur vie.
BIOFILMOGRAPHY
steven Dhoedt (°1980, gent) studied film at the Rits film academy in Brussels and graduated as a
Master in audiovisual arts. after his studies he settled in hong Kong for several years where he
gained experience as a freelancer producer and director in the local video- and tv commercial
industry.
in 2003 he founded the Belgian based production company visUalantiCs. at the time a collective
of filmmakers and new media artists, it developed over the years to an up and coming production
house focusing on creative documentaries, fiction films and new media projects. he has directed and
produced several short films, for himself as well as for other young Belgian directors. he recently
finished his first creative documentary, ‘inside the Metaverse’. as a producer for visualantics, he
currently has several feature documentaries and short films in development and production. Most of
the time, steven lives and works in Brussels, Belgium.
waRM thanKs tO all OUR paRtnERs
EURODOC 2011
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tO all thE
ExpERts &
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paRtiCipants !
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EURODOC Executives seminar aims to open a new meeting platform to enable exchange,
transmission and reflection on the tasks of commissioning executives, and furthermore to
expand on the developments of the documentary world and its developing professions.
public television plays a paramount role in documentary films in Europe and in the world. for
many years, the annual meetings of "inpUt" ensured creative and productive exchange
between commissioning editors for documentaries and independent producers and deeply
influenced the entireworld of creation where the documentary plays a crucial role.
today a number of documentary markets all around the world mostly emphasize business and
therefore sacrifice sharing of experiences and reflection.
the seminar takes place in two complementary sessions:
the first session is oriented towards the commissioning of films, the relationship with producers
and authors, from project to broadcasting.
the second session focuses specifically on programming and, more generally, on distribution of
creative documentaries.
Erkki astala
Questioning the world, with all its complexity, on tv channels that are not keen on scheduling
uncommon films, unexpected writing styles, new ways of looking at things, points of view that
differ: these issues, i.e. what is at stake when deciding what the programmes will be made of,
apart from the mere repetition of forms and simplified writing styles destined to open up to the
various publics’ new ways of consuming, these major issues are the core of the brainstorming
that the EURODOC Executives seminar intends to cope with.
EURODOC Executives seminar a pour ambition d'offrir un espace de rencontres, d'échanges,
de transmission et de réflexions sur les missions de Chargé de programme documentaire, sur
l évolution du genre et de ses métiers. le secteur public de télévision est déterminant pour le
genre documentaire en Europe et dans le monde. Durant de nombreuses années, les réunions
annuelles d'« inpUt » ont permis des échanges créatifs et fructueux entre les chargés de
programmes de ce secteur et les producteurs indépendants. Une génération s'est nourrie de
ces échanges qui ont irrigué tout le secteur de la création, le documentaire y occupant une
place prépondérante. puis les « marchés » plus classiques se sont développés, le commerce y
a fleuri positivement. Mais la réflexion, la transmission des expériences et surtout les échanges
entre producteurs et financeurs tendent aujourd'hui à disparaître.
le programme est constitué de deux volets complémentaires. le premier, tourné vers la
production des oeuvres, la relation avec les producteurs et les auteurs, depuis la naissance d'un
film jusqu'à sa mise à l'antenne. le deuxième volet, plus spécifiquement consacré à la
programmation et plus généralement à la diffusion et à la circulation des oeuvres. toutes les
nouvelles formes de diffusion des programmes et des films sont examinées pour se préparer
aux mutations de l'ensemble du tissu de production.
interroger le monde, dans sa complexité, dans des télévisions qui hésitent à programmer des
films singuliers, des écritures inattendues, des regards neufs, des points de vue différents, ces
questions, les enjeux de programmation en dehors de la simple répétition des formes et de la
simplification des écritures, en s’ouvrant aux nouveaux modes de consommations des publics,
toutes ces grandes questions sont au cœur de la réflexion que l’atelier EURODOC Executives
seminar a l’ambition de mener.
thierry garrel
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Mohammed BElhaj
al jaZEERa Documentary Channel
Quatar
paz Egana
tvn
Chile
Cynthia KanE
itvs
Usa
Elvira KaURin laCOUR
pROCiREp
france
Elina KivihalME
thE finnish filM fOUnDatiOn
finland
timo KORhOnEn
avEK
finland
susanne MERtEns
ZDf/arte
germany
astrid OhlsEn
svERigEs tElEvisiOn
sweden
Mariama sylla
senegal
agnès tRiCOt
CnC
france
petra vERMEUlEn
vpRO
the netherlands
nadine ZwiCK
aRtE gEiE
france
sEssiOn 1 – MaRija BistRiCa, Croatia, jUnE 2011 (Experts)
niels pagh anDERsEn
Denmark
Erkki astala
ylE
finland
pierre-Olivier BaRDEt
iDEalE aUDiEnCE
france
laurent BECUE-REnaRD
aliCE filMs
france
Enrica COlUssO
italy / UK
thierry gaRREl
france
Enrico ghEZZi
Rai
italy
serge lalOU
lEs filMs D’iCi
france
sEssiOn 2 – nÎMEs, france, sEptEMBER 2011
Erkki astala
ylE
thierry gaRREl
finland
france
hengameh panahi
CEllUlOÏD DREaMs
france
Catherine OlsEn
CBC
Canada
Charles sChUERhOff
pBs intERnatiOnal
Usa
agnès vaRDa
CinE-taMaRis
france
iikka vEhKalahti
ylE
finland
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DOCmed was conceived to provide documentary producers with a specialized training in order
to acquire skills and competencies which are necessary to appropriately undertake projects of
arab filmmakers and have access to the international market of documentaries.
these films will contribute to get cultures closer, enrich the debates within the civil societies.
DOCmed has the ambition to: consolidate the development and the financing of innovative
documentary projects in the arab world; exchange experiences and compare knowledge from
different Mediterranean and European countries; set up, within three years, a network of
documentary producers in arab countries, which is able to support creative initiatives of arab
filmmakers, in cooperation with international producers and partners, co-production films
meant to be distributed on the international level.
DOCmed would not have existed without the support of EUROMED audiovisuel iii and without
the partnership with aRtE france.
DOCmed a été conçu pour offrir aux producteurs de documentaire une formation spécialisée
afin d’acquérir les compétences nécessaires pour mener à bien les projets de cinéastes du
monde arabe et accéder au marché international du documentaire.
Ces films contribueront à rapprocher les cultures et à enrichir les débats au sein des sociétés
civiles.
DOCmed a pour ambition de consolider le développement et le financement des projets
documentaires innovants du monde arabe ; d’échanger des expériences et croiser des
connaissances issues des différents pays méditerranéens et d'Europe ; de tisser en 3 ans, un
réseau de producteurs de documentaires dans les pays arabes en capacité d’accompagner les
initiatives de création des cinéastes du sud, en coopération avec des producteurs et des
partenaires internationaux permettant à ces films de circuler au niveau international par la
mise en œuvre de ces coproductions.
DOCmed n’existerait pas sans le soutien du programme EUROMED audiovisuel iii , ni sans le
partenariat avec aRtE france.
Anne-Marie Luccioni - Jad Abi-Khalil
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hazem alhaMwi
haZEM alhaMwi filMs
Bahïa BEnChEiKh El-fEgOUn
syria
algeria
Rachid BOUtOUnEs
filMs DU passagE
Morocco
hala galal
sEMat pRODUCtiOn & DistRiBUtiOn
Egypt
abir hashEM
sOlO filMs
lebanon
Bahraa hijaZi
BlUE DaR
syria
Madj hijjawi
RED CaRBOn pRODUCtiOn
jordan
sandra MaDi
RED CaRBOn pRODUCtiOn
jordan
nagham OsMan
QUDaRat piCtUREs
Egypt
walid saBaBa
light wavE
palestine
Myriam sassinE
aBBOUt pRODUCtiOns
lebanon
sEssiOn 1 – BEiRUt, lebanon, MaRCh 2011 (Experts)
sEssiOn 2 – MaRija BistRiCa, Croatia, jUnE 2011
Maher aBi saMRa
lebanon
hala alaBDalla
RaMaD filM
france
isabel aRRatE
jan vRijMan fUnD
the netherlands
paul BaBOUDjian
sCREEn institUtE BEiRUt
lebanon
jacques BiDOU
jBa pRODUCtiOn
france
Marianne DUMOUlin
Ba pRODUCtiOn
france
Marianne KhOURy
MisR intERnatiOnal filMs
Egypt
Martial KnaEBEl
visiOn sUD Est
switzerland
sibylle KURZ
germany
serge lalOU
lEs filMs D’iCi
france
nader OBEiD
alEM & assOCiatEs
lebanon
Rasha salah
thE aRaB fUnD
jane williaMs
fOR aRts anD CUltURE
lebanon
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GOODNIGHT NOBODY
lEngth : 77 Min
DIRECTOR : jaCQUElinE ZünD
PRODUCER : patRiCK MüllER
COMPANY : DOCMinE pRODUCtiOns (gERMany)
TINGUELY
EURODOC 2006
lEngth : 88 Min
DIRECTOR : thOMas thüMEna
PRODUCER : ChRistian Davi
COMPANY : hUgOfilM pRODUCtiOns (switZERlanD)
EURODOC 2007
"goodnight nobody" takes us on a journey through night, space and
time. four protagonists from four different continents share the same
handicap: they can´t sleep. with varying tactics, they resign
themselves to the fact that they must live around the clock without
interruption. four ways of killing time. their stories follow the rhythm
of the night, like flickering dreams in calm REM sleep. narrations
become fragments, the transition between reality and fantasy begins
to flow and develop suction, making the feeling of sleeplessness
palpable. a hypnotic journey through the most beautiful of all film
settings: the night.
Partners :
sf schweizer fernsehen (switzerland)
federal Department of Cultural affairs (switzerland)
Zurich film fund (switzerland)
Cultural foundation of suissimage (switzerland)
Migros Kulturprozent (switzerland)
alexis thalberg stiftung (switzerland)
aargauer Kuratorium (switzerland)
sUisa (switzerland)
MEDia program of the European Union
Festival :
Cannes 2011, sélection à la 50ème semaine de la Critique
«there is no stillstand!» jean tinguely (1925 – 1991) fascinated
people during his lifetime and beyond. in the film the so called
“bande à jean” share their memories of the man who brought
movement into the world of art of the 20th century. today his old
friends repair tinquely's machines, organise exhibitions and
catalogues, found new museums and archive old photographs.
however, they are fighting a somehow futile and almost tragic
battle against oblivion and decay, and the merciless rust attacking
tinguely's machines shows that without sturm and drang, even
with a huge effort, perpetual motion cannot be sustained forever.
his former girlfriends, colleagues, mechanics and companions
recount the exemplary life and fate of the artist. their wild youth
and their sense of infinite possibilities comes back to life once
more.
Partners :
swiss federal Office of Culture and television,
MEDia programme
Festival :
visions du Réel 2009
2011
Chapter
FANTASIA LUSITANA
lEngth : 65 Min
DIRECTOR : jOaO CanijO
PRODUCER : jOaO tRaBUlO
COMPANY : C.R.i.M. (pORtUgal)
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EURODOC 2006
lEngth : 52 Min
DIRECTOR : giOvanni DOnfRanCEsCO
PRODUCER : giOvanni DOnfRanCEsCO
COMPANY : altaRa filMs (italy)
EURODOC 2007
the imagined and imaginary propaganda from salazarism during
world war ii, which claimed the absence of war in the midst of
war. portugal was a paradise of peace and tranquility, a “peaceful
oasis” totally oblivious to war that only concerned the others.
Partners :
iCa (portugal), Câmara Municipal de Cascais (portuga
Festivals :
2011 nododoc international Documentary film festival – trieste,
italy, 2011 Montevideu international film festival – Montevideu,
Uruguaya, 2011 BafiCi – Buenos aires international film festival,
argentina, 2010 Caminhos do Cinema português, Coimbra,
portugal – Best Editing award, 2010 screening at the örökmozgó
Cinema, Budapest, hungary (an indielisboa’10 extension), 2010
visões do sul – portimão international film festival, algarve,
portugal, 2010 Dockanema 2010 – Documentary film festival,
Maputo, Mozambique, 2010 provincetown international film
festival, United states of america, 2010 indielisboa’10 –
international independent film festival, lisbon, portugal –
national Competition and Opening film
awards :
2011 Montevideu international film festival – Montevideu,
Uruguaya, 2010 Caminhos do Cinema português, Coimbra,
portugal – Best Editing award, 2010 visões do sul – portimão
international film festival, algarve, portugal, 2010 indielisboa’10
– international independent film festival, lisbon, portugal –
national Competition and Opening film
livorno, summer 1984. in the birthplace of amedeo Modigliani,
famous for the merciless irony of its inhabitants, the innocent joke
of four young students turns into the hoax of the century.
in a single night, the teenagers carve a “Modigliani style” head
with an electric drill. the next day, the find of the sculpture is
recognized by critics and art historians as a fantastic discovery that
sheds a new light on the work of the Master. the news
reverberates everywhere, attracting visitors, journalists and tv
crews from around the world...
the harmless joke unleashes an absurd comedy of errors, destined
to provoke an earthquake in the entire art world
Partners :
Co-produced by les films du poissons & arte france, in
association with: tg4 (ireland), ylE, svt, sf, DR, noga, with the
support of: MEDia tv Broadcasting, tuscany film Commission,
CnC, procirep
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L’ÉTÉ DE GIACOMO
lEngth : 78 Min
DIRECTOR : alEssanDRO COMODin
PRODUCER : paOlO BEnZi
COMPANY : faBER filM (italy) with lEs filMs
filMs D'iCi (fRanCE)
PLANET OF SNAIL
EURODOC 2009
nUs
(BElgiQUE)
anD
lEs
it’s summer in the countryside of northeastern italy. giacomo,
nineteen, deaf since childhood and stephanie, his childhood
friend, sixteen, go to the river for a picnic. like in an enchanted
fairy tale they get lost in the woods and find themselves in a
heavenly place, alone and free, during an afternoon that seems to
last a whole summer. an apprenticeship of senses: there is no
touching, yet it is all skin, breath and sighs. the sensuality
accompanies their childrens games until stephanie and giacomo
feel the adventure that they have just experienced is nothing more
than a bittersweet memory of a lost time. a story of love and
initiation into adulthood where the present is mixed with memory
and the past rises with the clarity and amazement of the first time.
the memories are not only those that each of us carry within
ourselves and suddenly remember, they are also real discoveries.
we have to know that we never see things the first time, but
always the second. so we discover them and remember them
together
lEngth : 87 & 52 Min
DIRECTOR : sEUng-jUn yi
PRODUCER : Min-ChUl KiM
COMPANY : CREativE East (sOUth KOREa)
EURODOC 2010
i come from planet of snail where people communicate by
touching each other’s fingers because they cannot hear or see.
now i live on earth where time runs so fast which makes me hard
to follow the life of the earthmen. when i first came to the earth,
i was desperate because there was nothing i could do. One day
an angel came into my life and everything started changing. she
brought me a beautiful world that i began opening my heart to.
now my heart is full of hope and i know there will be so much
more i can do in this world: the reason for my life.
Coproducers :
vaski filmi (finland), nhK (japan)
Coproducer :
tucker film (italy)
wallpaper (france)
Partners :
BCpf (south Korea), finnish film (finland), CinEREaCh (Usa),
sundance (Usa), ylE (finland), nRK (norway)
Partners :
in co-production with: Centre de l'audiovisuel à Bruxelles (CBa),
produced with the support of Centre du Cinéma et de l'audiovisuel
de la Communauté française de Belgique et de tv-nEt-tEl.
Developped and realized with the support of fondo Regionale per
l'audiovisivo - friuli venezia-giulia Regione autonoma fruli
venezia giulia
Festival :
EiDf (EBs international Documentary festival, Korea)
jiff (jeonju international film festival, Korea)
Festivals :
festival locarno (switzerland) section "Cinéastes du présent"
festival lussas (france)
herzegovina); split international film festival (Croatia)
awards :
audience award (EiDf), Unicef award (EiDf)
2011
Chapter
E DEN’S ARK
lEngth : 80 Min
DIRECTOR : MaRCElO fElix
PRODUCER : isaBEl MaChaDO
COMPANY : C.R.i.M. (pORtUgal)
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EURODOC 2008
lEngth : 98 Min
DIRECTOR : jaKUB hEijna
PRODUCER : jiRi KOnECny
COMPANY : EnDORfilM (CZECh REpUBliC)
EURODOC 2008
Eden's ark is a film poem about memory and preservation.
through a permanent, if discrete, analogy between the
conservation of botany and cinema, and by following the footsteps
of an ever wandering traveller, the film links the past and future,
both mythical, of our efforts to preserve
Coproducers :
KinE, REfinaRia
Partners :
iCa, Rtp, home Movies archivio nazionale del film di famiglia
Royal norwegian Embassy,
videoteca de lisboa
the art and life of world-known stage designer from a country
behind the iron courtain. “Darkness is my raw material. just as the
sculptor needs his clay, the carver his wood, i carve my theatre out
of darkness…” josef svoboda. thEatRE svOBODa portraits the
life and work of the director’s grandfather, world-famous stage
designer josef svoboda, who tried to juggle creative freedom,
family life and political allegiances during the times of a
communist regime. svoboda was able to work for the top of world
theatres, such as the Old vic in london, the Metropolitan Opera
in new york and la scala in Milano and designed more than 750
stages overall. the film takes the viewer literally behind the scenes
and reveals some of the secrets of svoboda’s fascinating lifework
through archive materials that have not been published yet.
Partners :
Ceska televize, Moravek petr (Czech Republic), young film,
hejna jakub & Krejcar Milos (Czech Republic), MEDia program
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BAD WEATHER
lEngth : 90 Min
DIRECTOR : giOvanni giOMMi
PRODUCER : CaRlOtta MastROjanni
COMPANY : CORnBREaD filMs (italy)
RAMIN
EURODOC 2009
lEngth : 58 Min
DIRECTOR : aUDRiUs stOnys
PRODUCER : aija BERZina, UlDis CEKUlis
COMPANY : viDEs filMU stUDija. (lithUania)
EURODOC 2009
Banishanta island is made up of a community of sex workers.
living on a tiny sliver of land 100 meters long and only ten meters
wide in the Bay of Bengal, south Bangladesh, this community
survives at the frontline of climate change. the rising river, soil
erosion and frequent cyclones are slowly destroying what is left of
the island. Razia, Khadija, shefali and her daughter, amongst the
last 65 women left living there, are in a battle for their homes, the
future of their families, and even their quest for true love. as they
strive to hold onto their livelihood, time is running out. soon the
whole of Banishanta will be totally submerged under water,
making it one of the first real casualties of the shifting global
environment.
Partners :
CEntURy filMs, Majade filmproduktion, ZDf aRtE, MEDia
Development and MEDia tv Broadcast
BONS BAISERS DE LA COLONIE
lEngth : 74 Min
DIRECTOR : nathaliE BORgERs
PRODUCER : CyRil BiBas
COMPANY : CEntRE viDéO DE BRUxEllEs (BElgiUM)
EURODOC 2007
the daughter of a Belgian territorial agent and a Rwandan
woman, suzanne was born in 1926. at the age of 4, her father
takes her away from africa to give her a European education. she
is what people in the colonial time call “a mulatto child saved from
a negro destiny”. suzanne’s father is also the director’s
grandfather, who discovered only at 27 that she had a mixed race
aunt. this film breaks the silence that has shrouded suzanne's
origins, crossing family history and the history of colonialism
Partners :
CaRgO filMs (france)
liMitED aDvEntUREs (Belgique)
RtBf-télévision (Belgique)
aRtE Belgique (Belgique)
aRtE gEiE (france)
Ramin lomsadze, a 75-years old georgian wrestler who once won
seven matches in 55 seconds, is getting ready for the fight with his
last and most formidable opponent – loneliness. he gets on the
train and sets off for a remote georgian village to seek out the girl
he loved and lost fifty years ago.
Coproducers :
David gogilashvili, filmMaKERs ltd
Partners :
taskovski films (london), latvian georgian cooproduction,
georgian national film Center, nacionalais Kino Centrs, ltv, lRt
ERR
Festival :
visions du Réel, nyons (2011)
2011
Chapter
THE LAND OF MONKS
lEngth : 52 Min
DIRECTOR : jEan-lOUis sapORitO
PRODUCER : alinE hOUDyi
COMPANY : tga pRODUCtiOn (fRanCE)
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EURODOC 2008
in thé tigre province, in thé north of Ethiopia, lies a remote and
closed territory known as thé woldeba, entirely dedicated to
monastic life. there, far from prying eyes and away from worldly
matters, a thousand or so monks and hermits live a life of
abstinence, fasting and perpétuai prayer. for thèse religious
peuple, dying in thé woldeba means that they will directly enter
paradise. no film has ever been made on this vast and virtually
unknown territory. for thé first time, françois le Cadre, researcher
at thé Centre d'études des Mondes africains (Center for african
world studies), will travel to thé woldeba in order to observe thé
monks' religious practices and find out about saint samuel, who
founded thé most important monastery of this "land of monks" in
thé 14th century. saint samuel is highly celebrated in Ethiopia and
his teachings were inspired from those of saint antony, one of thé
fathers of thé désert. nearly half of thé 80 million Ethiopiens are
Christians. they consider that their church, thé Ethiopien Orthodox
Church, is thé closest to original Christianity.
lEngth : 92 Min
DIRECTOR : gaMMa BaK
PRODUCER : gaMMa BaK
COMPANY : gaMMa BaK filMpRODUKtiOn (gERMany)
EURODOC 2005
hEaD COlD is a personal long-term observational documentary
about psychosis, still a tabooed topic. it follows my attempt to
return to a "normal" life - since the mid-90s i had several psychotic
breakdowns, which were treated in mental hospitals. the film was
shot over 5 years and also uses my archives since 1992. what
happened to me is not just relevant on an individual level. it
reveals at which point the emancipation from the stigma caused
by this illness can occur. My own story is both the point of
departure and the example, though at first i found it hard to out
myself. Using filmic means, it recounts the struggle of being
confronted by a psychic illness right up to the stage when one has
reached normalcy once again and the loneliness of being solely
responsible for one's condition.
Coproducers :
Edit Koszegi, andràs suranyi - Digipost Kft
Partners :
Berliner Kulturverwaltung - Künstlerinnenprogramm, ffa,
Medienboard
Festivals :
Berlin international film festival 2010 (wp), Kos health film
festival 2010 (greece), Cinepécs 2010, hungary
Partners :
aRtE, CEntRE iMagEs, CfRt, CnRs, aRtE DistRiBUtiOn,
pROCiREp
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B EYOND B LACK AND WHITE
lEngth : 45 & 52 Min
DIRECTOR : BiRgit sChUlZ
PRODUCER : MOniKa MaCK
COMPANY : BilDERstURM filMpRODUKtiOn (gERMany)
OFF THE B EATEN TRACK
EURODOC 2008
Beyond Black and white helen Zille – south africa’s opposition
leader.
she is white, of german descent, has jewish ancestors and was
raised as a Christian. her name is helen Zille, and she has been
battling apartheid and its consequences all her life. now she fights
at the head of a liberal south african party against racism, poverty
and corruption in all their forms. for three years she was the only
white mayor on the entire continent, in a city where the legacy of
apartheid was particularly strongly felt: Cape town. in april of
2009 she was elected to the office of premier of the western Cape
province – a sensation, since it puts the 58-year-old at the head of
the only region in the country which is not in the hands of the
african national Congress (anC) and makes her the strongest
opponent of the controversial new president, jacob Zuma. thus it
is hardly surprising that Ms. Zille's enemies call her "the godZille
monster", while her supporters celebrate her as "helen of hope".
the film closely accompanies helen Zille in her everyday struggle.
the result is an intensive and intimate look at the private context
for Ms. Zille's public political battle and an exciting look at south
africa's hopeful but still fragile young democracy.
lEngth : 90 Min
DIRECTOR : DiEtER aUnER
PRODUCER : DiEtER aUnER & ní Raghallaigh siún
COMPANY : iKanDi pRODUCtiOns (iRlanD)
EURODOC 2007
albin, and Mirel Creta, two young Romanian shepherd brothers
are torn between their traditional village life and modern life.
Milking sheep and guiding horses is part of their daily work.
technology is encroaching. Old status symbols are replaced by
flashy mobile phones. in direct cinema style, the film accompanies
albin and Mirel through one year of shepherding. Reflecting upon
changes in the village, through them and their family, we question
the price of progress.
Coproducer :
Mobra films (Romania)
Partners :
tg4 ireland, Realitatea tv
Partners :
nDR/aRtE: commissioning editors: Monika schäfer, Maren
niemeyer, United Docs gmbh: film sold to hRt Croatian
television, nhK Enterprises inc., japan), RtE (Radio telefís
Eirann) ireland
Festivals :
2010: galway film fleadh, galway (ireland)
transilvania international film festival, Cluj (Romania)
2011: Rotterdam international film festival (the netherlands)
Berlinale – international film Market, Berlin (germany)
jameson international film festival, Dublin (ireland)
Belsfat film festival (northern ireland)
Crossing Eruope film festival (linz, austria)
Dokfest, Munich (germany)
Edinburgh international film festival (scotland)
guth gata international Documentary film festival, Donegal,
(ireland)
2010
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THE WAGES OF DEBT
lEngth : 52 Min
DIRECTOR : jEan-piERRE CaRlOn
PRODUCER : valéRiE DUpin
COMPANY : lEs pRODUCtiOns DU lagOn (fRanCE)
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EURODOC 2008
at the end of world war ii, many economists tried to understand
how to help poor countries to reach the same standard of living as
developed countries in Europe and north america. for that
purpose, the Bretton woods agreements in 1944 set up the world
Bank and the international Monetary fund. however, we are
forced to observe that today all these efforts have not enabled the
allied nations to keep their promises. in the eighties, trapped by
the amount of debt, third world governments were forced to
reimburse their loans with interest rates five to six times higher
than those practised on financial markets. these countries then
had forced upon them structural adjustment plans by the iMf,
which led to the privatisation of public services and the massive
export of resources, with disastrous consequences for their
development. in their wake, came corruption and subtle
networking which left a long-lasting legacy. why today do
countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic
of Congo and Mali so rich in natural resources remain the poorest
on the planet? why is an important share of their budget still used
to service debt? Based on clear state of affairs, and thanks to the
analysis of renowned experts, politicians, heads of major
international institutions, as well as militants, the men and women
on the ground, « the wages of debt » explores the reasons for
these failures and deciphers the workings at play.
lEngth : 75 Min
DIRECTOR : BEn hania KaOUthER
PRODUCER : BEn hania KaOUthER
COMPANY : faMilia pRODUCtiOn (tUnisia)
EURODOC 2009
they are apprentice imams at the paris great Mosque. from now
on, they are also required to train in secularity, in conformity to the
policy of modernisation of islam set up by the public powers.
yet, among all universities, only one volunteered to give this
training: the Catholic institute of paris… for the first time in the
history of the Republic, in addition to the lessons they follow at the
great mosque, our apprentice imams, are trained to secularity by
the Catholics during one year. this film will give an account of
their apprenticeship and of the weakening of their certainties in
the face of a pluralistic and secular society, which forces them to
renew their convictions.
Coproducers :
Eric Borg, who'Z prod (france), ismael fadi, 03 production (UaE)
Partners :
alarabyia news Channel, tsR,
international film festival (UaE)
Festivals :
iDfa 2010 first apparence competition
Coproducers :
aRtE france et Claposud
Partners :
Other broadcasts: ylE, tv5MOnDE, Cfi. with the support of the
MEDia programme, the CnC, the paCa region, the pROCiREp, the
angOa, the EED (germany), the Belgian Development
Cooperation, the Catholic Committee against hunger and for
Development, with the participation of the tsR
Festivals :
selected at DOK leipzig co-production meeting 2008.
selected at the pessac historical film festival 2010, the figRa
2011, the festival of saint-Martin de valamas 2011, the
international pan african film festival of Cannes 2011 and the
addis international film festival (Ethiopia) 2011. Official selection
at the ishia festival 2011 (italy).
Randya
shivani,
Dubaï
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OUT OF CORDOBA
lEngth : 90 Min
DIRECTOR : jaCOB BEnDER
PRODUCER : jOsé antOniO hERgUEta
COMPANY : MlK pRODUCCiOnEs (spain)
KURDISH LOVER
EURODOC-sCREEning 2007
Out of Cordoba: averroes and Maimonides in their time and
Ours is the story of the film's director, jacob Bender, an american
jew and peace activist, who, after the attacks sept. 11, 2001,
attempts to recover hope and his belief in the possibility of
interfaith dialogue and reconciliation. following in the footsteps of
two of the leading personalities of medieval spain, averroes and
Maimonides, one a Muslim, the other a jew, he undertakes a
journey around the Mediterranean, visiting spain, Morocco,
france, Egypt, palestine, and israel. along the way, jacob meets
Muslims, jews, and Christians, who — inspired by the two "wise
men of Cordoba" and their advocacy of reason over superstition —
are utilizing their religious traditions as sources of tolerance,
democracy, and human rights.
lEngth : 95 Min
DIRECTOR : ClaRissE hahn
PRODUCER : patRiCE nEZan
COMPANY : lEs filMs DU pRésEnt (fRanCE)
EURODOC 2007
«the Kurdish lover is Oktay, a man of Kurdish origin with whom i
share my life. we have been drifting through a devastated region,
brought to a standstill by war and economic misery, lost between
tradition and modernity. this is also a land where paganism is still
alive and where, every day, the magical world mingles with the
most trivial. that is Kurdistan.
how do people manage to co-exist in this place? that is the
question asked by this film» a shaman goes into trance in front of
the television, a sex-starved hermit dreams of getting married, a
ewe is sacrificed and eaten, an old woman prevents her daughterin-law from learning to read, a shepherdess lives at the top of the
mountain and would like to come back down, the military watch
over the village, a man who came from Europe goes off to request
the hand in marriage of a young girl living with her mother.
through relationships involving control, money, rivalry and love,
each seeks his place among the others.
Coproducer :
jacob Bender (Usa)
Partners :
Canal sur tv (spain), 03 (Middle East Channels al-jazeera & alarabiya), deals, ZwEitE DOCUlanD associated Media gmbh &
Co, Christian lehmann-feddersen (germany)
Festivals :
fEZ saCRED MUsiC fEstival
fEstival CinE jUDiO BaRCElOna
REligiOn tODay filM fEstival
iBn aRaBí filM fEstival
jERUsalEM jEwish filM fEstival
Awards :
iMagEnERa (Centro de Estudios andaluces) sevilla, nov. 2010
Religion today film festival, italy Oct. 2010
Coproducers :
24 images, farid Rezkallah
avanton productions, sonja linden
Partners :
CnC french film fund, ÎlE-DE-fRanCE regional film fund, pays DE
la lOiRE, regional film fund, Cnap national center for visual art,
sCaM french documentary documentarists' society, "Brouillon d'un
rêve", finnish film foundation, Ministry for foreign affairs of
finland, Media development, Media i2i, Brent Kinklum transat
video
2010
Chapter
THE BATTLE FOR JOHANNESBURG
SECRETS OF THE TRIBE
lEngth : 90 Min
DIRECTOR : REhaD DEsai
PRODUCER : REhaD DEsai, BhEKisiZwE pEtERsOn
COMPANY : UhURU pRODUCtiOns (sOUth afRiCa)
lEngth : 100 Min
DIRECTOR : jOsé paDilha
PRODUCER : MiKE ChaMBERlain
COMPANY : staMpEDE (UK)
EURODOC 2009
the central organising question of the documentary is ‘Do the
poor have a place in the new johannesburg’. johannesburg has
gone from economic bust to boom since the advent of democracy.
in the run up to the 2010 fifa world Cup, the poor are being
driven out, the city metro find themselves hostage to the power of
real estate capital, but the poor fight resist with often violent
means. the Battle of johannesburg looks at how big money is
refashioning the city in their own image more, often than not, at
the end of a barrel of a gun. the are poor resisting sometimes with
their own firepower. we show how the 2010 world Cup plays into
it all.
in this road movie, jack and the Bosnian moviemaker travel
through former yugoslavia, reflecting on the choices they both
made in the war.
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what happens when western anthropologists descend on the
amazon and proceed to make one of the last "unaccultured tribes"
on the planet, the yanomami indians, the most exhaustively filmed
and studied tribe on the planet.
the film is an acute study of the clashing of these two tribes, the
wars amongst them and uncovers horrendous secrets long buried.
Coproducers :
produced by stampede and Zazen (Brasil)
Coproduced by avenue B (france)
Partners :
BBC 2011, arte (tx date to be announced), DR-tv 2011
pre-sale: ylE 2011, hBO, DR2, sBs australia
in association with: sCREEn East, iMpaCt paRtnERs, DER
Festivals :
sundance film festival - world première, hOt DOCs, stranger
than fiction, Dublin, it's all true, Rio de janeiro – Opening film,
latin american première, international film festival of Boston,
seattle international film festival, los angeles film festival,
silverdocs, new Zealand film festival, Bergen international film
festival, sheffield Doc/fest, leeds international film festival,
sevilla European film festival, havana film festival of new latin
american Cinema - fest internacional del nuevo Cine la, hawaii
film festival, split, Croatia, vancouver international film festival,
Denver, Margaret Mead, Unaff, United nations association film
festival, sarajevo human Rights festival, Cleveland film festival,
Revelation: perth international film festival, istanbul Documentary
Days – DOCUMEntaRist festival, 360 Dok – the Russian
Documentary film festival, Rai international festival Of
Ethnographic film, london, taiwan international Ethnographic
film festival
Partners :
saBC, iKOn, pREss tv, ylE, DRtv; nfvf, gauteng film
Commission, Urban landmark
Awards :
2011. MayslEs BROthERs awaRD for BEst DOCUMEntaRy
2010. nominated, wORlD DOCUMEntaRy pRiZE, sUnDanCE
filM fEstival
2010. nominated, spECial jURy awaRD, shEffiElD DOCfEst
Official selection, los angeles film festival
Official selection, Boston film festival
Official selection, Margaret Mead film festival, new york
Official selection, sevilla film festival
Official selection, hotDocs, toronto
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U N VOYAGE AMÉRICAIN
lEngth : 58 Min
DIRECTOR : philippE séCliER
PRODUCER : jUDith nORa
COMPANY : aD vitaM pRODUCtiOn (fRanCE)
AFTER THE APOCALYPSE
EURODOC 2008
in contemporary art, everybody agrees there is a “before” and an
“after” the americans, Robert frank’s 1958 photographic
manifesto. half a century later, french director philippe seclier
decided to follow Robert frank’s footsteps to explore the spirit of
the « Beat generation », and the impact of his book, the
americans, not only on the art of photography, but also on
american culture. from texas to Montana, from nebraska to
louisiana, from new york to san francisco, an american journey
is a 15,000 miles-odyssey through contemporary america, moving
between past and present, photography and cinema, and two
americas, separated by time.
lEngth : 65 Min
DIRECTOR : anthOny BUtts
PRODUCER : saRah tiERnEy, natasCha DaCK
COMPANY : tigERlily filMs (UK)
EURODOC 2006
During the soviet era, the people of semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan
were used as human guinea pigs in the testing of nuclear
weapons. today they live with the consequences: sheep graze in
radioactive giant bomb craters and one in twenty children are
born with birth defects. Dr toleukhan nurmagambetov, the boss of
the city’s maternity clinic, wants to introduce a genetic passport
which will prevent those with suspect genes from giving birth.
Bibigul Balargazinova – a local woman from the test-site – is
pregnant and her “defected and frightful” face arouses the
suspicion of local medical staff. nurmagambetov labels her a
genetic failure. he implores Bibigul to get tested and abort the
child who he fears will be born disabled, but Bibigul refuses to give
up her dream of becoming a mother.
Coproducers :
hugh williams
Executive producers : Christopher hird and george Carey
film Editor : hugh williams
Partners :
selenium films, george fondation, Muse film and television
Festival :
visions du Réel 2009
Partners :
with the support of world view Broadcast Media scheme
Festivals :
nominated for the Documentary award at the One world Media
awards: 10 May
thEatRiCal RElEasE – 11 May 2011
5th & 6th May – hotDocs film festival
11th May – london world premiere & special Q&a
2009
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THE DAY THE PLAGUE COMES
THE DAUGHTER OF THE E LEPHANT WHISPERER
lEngth : 52 Min
DIRECTOR : jill EMERy
PRODUCER : DOMiniQUE tiBERi
COMPANY : stElla pRODUCtiOns (fRanCE)
lEngth : 43 & 52 & 90 Min
EURODOC-sCREEning 2006
DIRECTOR : aRnE BiRKEnstOCK
PRODUCER : aRnE BiRKEnstOCK
COMPANY : fRUitMaRKEt filMpRODUCtiOn (gERMany)
Chandani wants to follow in her father’s footsteps and become a
mahout. her father does not have a son to which he could pass on
the family knowledge from many generations. against the other
mahouts‘ will, he decides to give his daughter a chance. he gives
her responsibility for the young elephant calf Kandula. Chandani
must demonstrate that she is serious about her wish. Because she
is the first girl in a male profession, everyone doubts her abilities
and the ranger Mohammed becomes her only supporter. he takes
her into the jungle, shows her the world of elephants in the
wilderness. On one of these trips, Mohammed and her save a little
elephant baby from its certain death. strengthened by this
experience and her mentor’s support, she makes tremendous
progress in the work with ‚her‘ little elephant Kandula, and
develops a real emotional attachment to this animal. But when
Kandula is taken away from her, also Chandani’s path changes…
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in february 2003, Dr CaBaU arrived in hanoï for a three- week
stay. he did’nt know that a few days later he would be brought
face-to-face with “the beast”. On 10 th March, to avoid the
propagation of saRs (severe acute Respiratory syndrome) he and
all the hospital staff and patients went into quarantine in the
hospital. this film will tell the story of this quarantine and of the
work of these men and women who avoided 100 000 deaths.
Partners :
tradewind, swR / aRtE / aRD (france), swR (germany), wDR
(germany). in association with: ylE tema (finland). with the
support of: filmstiftung nRw, BKM – Beauftragter der
Bundesregierung für die Kultur und die Medien, Dr Bach (private
investor), Deutscher filmförderfonds (germany),
filmförderungsanstalt (germany)
Festivals :
the film was released in 25 german cinemas in november 2010
and received the german film academy award (“lOla in gold”)
as best Children’s feature in 2011. the film was also screened at
numerous festivals worldwide and received an award as “Best
Documentary” at Chicago international Children’s film festival
2010.
Coproducer :
Mat filMs, Marie Mouchel-Blaisot
Partners :
EBU-UER, france télévision, pROCiREp, CnC, Conseil Régional de
franche-Comté, Collectivité territoriale de Corse, Ministère de la
santé et des sports
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THEMERSON & THEMERSON
lEngth : 70 Min
DIRECTOR : wiKtORia sZyMansKa
PRODUCER : wiKtORia sZyMansKa
COMPANY : lUna w (pOlanD)
E L MEDICO, THE C UBATON STORY
EURODOC 2008
in the spring of 1975, after giving an interview for german tv, stefan
themerson lost his memory.
he rather enjoyed this freedom. he was a philosopher, his wife
franciszka bi-abstract painter. this is their love story. franciszka and
stefan themerson lived and worked together for almost sixty years.
first in poland, then in france to eventually settled in England. the
only time when they were separated was the outbreak of the second
war but even then they remained connected.
the film is retracing the story of this unusual and unique union.
lEngth : 104 Min
DIRECTOR : DaniEl fRiDEll
PRODUCER : MaRgUs OUnapUU
COMPANY : filM tOwER (EstOnia)
EURODOC 2005
Can a capitalist music producer and a communist doctor and artist
work together?
in Cuba they can! Michel Miglis is a swedish music producer, known
for his provocative ideas and El Medico is a doctor and a singer, born
and raised in the midst of the Cuban Revolution, whose values are in
total contrast to the cynical, western music industry.
it all started with a mix tape, where Michael suddenly heard a
fantastic voice. after a long search, Michael found the owner of the
voice high up in the sierra Madre Mountains. Michael was met with
great suspicion – "another tourist who wants to steal a slice of Cuban
culture".
But after a while, El Medico started trusting Michel and the song
"Chupa Chupa" was recorded. the song became a worldwide hit! But
then, the trouble began!
the film reveals the paradoxes of Cuba. it's a prison as a nation, but
also an oasis of very emphatic people. it's a country of poverty, but
one where you look after your own. it's an island where the state
owns its subjects from cradle to grave, but where people still manage
to live for the day and enjoy the moment.
Partners :
aRtE, tvp, avRO, tvKUltURa, planète, tg4
THE CAMBODIAN ROOM
SITUATIONS WITH ANTOINE D’AGATA
lEngth : 60 Min
DIRECTOR : tOMMasO lUsEna
PRODUCER : giUsEppE sChillaCi
COMPANY : DOwntOwn piCtUREs (italy)
EURODOC 2007
antoine d'agata, a photograph from Magnum agency, is in phom
pehn (Cambodia) where his artistic trail seems to reach an utmost
point. after devoting his art to picture desolated landscapes and
borderline realities, antoine d'agata focuses his art on his intimate
human relations. his latest work concentrates on body and flesh,
in a narrow room. this film catches the hidden part of his art
making; his choise of living at edges and living sex as extreme
vitalism. an apocalyptic and sublime course, similar to the ones of
other heretic artists of contemporary culture, from Kerouac to
artaud, from Bacon to pasolini.
Coproducers :
allercranz thomas, Röde Orm film (sweden)
johansson ingemar, Elvfik film (sweden)
Rossi petri, Cine works (finland)
Partners :
swedish film institute,
filmpool nord,
Estonian film foundation,
Estonian Culture Ministery,
finnish film foundation,
svt,
ylE,
Etv
Festivals :
Docpoint tallinn 2011 (opening film)
guthemburg iff 2011 (Dragon award nomination)
selected so far: plata del Mar 2011, Busan 2011
Partner :
Kolam (italy)
2009
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festival (Canada)
THE ONE-MAN VILLAGE
lEngth : 87 Min
DIRECTOR : siMOn El-haBRE
PRODUCER : jaD aBi Khalil
COMPANY : BEiRUt DC (lEBanOn)
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semaan is leading a quiet life on his farm in the small village of
ain al-halazoun in the lebanese mountains. the hamlet was
completely emptied and destroyed in combats during the civil war
in lebanon between 1975 and 1990. today, many years after an
official reconciliation, its inhabitants, who are all from one family,
regularly go back to the village to cultivate their plots of land or
visit their houses and always leave before sunset. in his comforting
and humorous film simon El habre observes the life in his quasi
ghost village and tries to reflect on the collective and individual
memory in a country that seems to live in a collective amnesia and
is vulnerable to a new civil war.
HANA, DUL, SED …
FOOTBALL AND THE DPR-KOREA
lEngth : 98 Min
DIRECTOR : BRigittE wEiCh
PRODUCER : BRigittE wEiCh
COMPANY : Ri filME (aUstRia)
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2004-2005
Ri jong hi, Ra Mi ae, jin pyol hi and Ri hyang Ok live in pyongyang.
their job is football. it grants them a living and high reputation. they
are very good at it and they love it. the four starters of the national
team were essential for the stellar ascent of the people’s Republic’s
women’s football to international top level. when they failed to
qualify for the Olympic games however, their career came to a
sudden end. today best friends Mi ae and hyang Ok don’t see each
other that frequently anymore, because new relationships are part of
the new life. But when they do have a night out, the old intimacy is
right back. hand in hand they stroll through the ostentatious unlit
boulevards, exchange memories of the good old days, chat about the
current challenges and about life without the beloved sport. an essay
on life of women in the last reclusive communist regime on earth.
Partners :
austrian film institute, vienna film fund
Partner :
Mec film, irit neidhardt (germany)
Festivals :
2008 : ayam Beirut al Cinema’yia (lebanon); international film
festival Dubai
2009: Berlinale; DOK.fest Munich (germany); Dox-Box,
Damascus (syria); arabesque – Kennedy Center washington DC
(Usa); One world human Rights film festival prague;
international film festival of Mediterranean Cinema tétouan
(Morocco); Doc à tunis; visions du Réel (switzerland); hot Docs toronto (Canada); Minneapolis - st. paul international film
festival (Usa); jeonju international film festival (Korea);
Documenta Madrid (spain); arab film festival Rotterdam
(netherlands); Dokufest (Kosovo); yerevan international film
festival (armenia); limesos international film festival (Cyprus);
film festival Della lessinia Competition (italy); Mediterranean
film festival in siroki Brijeg - Competitio (Bosnia and
herzegovina); split international film festival (Croatia)
awards :
special jury prize Documentary, Muhr award (UaE) 2008, Dubai
international film festival; special Mention from the grand jury
(Czech Republic) 2009, One world human Rights film festival;
Best international feature award at hot Docs Documentary film
Festival :
locarno film festival 2009 (switzerland)
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SUPER MOM
lEngth : 68 Min
DIRECTOR : saRah KlEin
PRODUCER : annE laBRO
COMPANY : la COMpagniE
COOKING H ISTORY
EURODOC 2007
DEs
phaREs & BalisEs (fRanCE)
Every year, young mothers from all over america leave their
children behind and set out to the heartland of the United states
to compete for the title of Mother of the year. One of these hopeful
candidates will go on to impress the judges and become the
reigning national representative of mothers all over the country.
this feature-length documentary film will follow five women as
they leave their crucial roles at home and go on the journey of a
lifetime.
lEngth : 88 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2004-2005
DIRECTOR : pEtER KEREKEs
PRODUCER : Ralph wiEsER
COMPANY : MisChiEf-filMs (aUstRia)
a portrait of different military cooks from all over Europe who
served in various armies and have witnessed the European wars of
the 20th century. their recollections tap into a subjective view of
historical events and one that diverges in some respects from
conventional history. they take us behind the scenes of dates,
facts, declarations of war, battles, and peace agreements.
Cooking history shows the little secrets of these people, opens up
a dimension of history one won’t find in textbooks or archives. the
directness of the anecdotes and destinies of the people in this film
conveys a sense of life and death in the “war apparatus,” a sense
of hope, longing, and survival strategies in the midst of destruction
and despair.
Coproducers :
Redglass / speakeasy Docs (Usa)
aRtE, nathalie verdier (france)
Partners :
RtBf, Claire Colart (Belgium)
ylE, jenny westegaard (finland)
tsR, gaspard lamunière (suisse)
nOga (israel), svt (sweden)
sBs (australia), vpRO (the netherlands)
Partners :
ORf, austria; ylE, finland; Raisat, italy; Czech tv; slovak tv
Coproducer :
peter Kerekes negativ s.R.O., slovakia
Festivals :
visions du Réel 2009 (switzerland)
jury prize at hot Docs Documentary film festival (Canada)
Karlovy vary film festival (Czech Republic)
2009
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DOUBLE TAKE
lEngth : 81 Min
DIRECTOR : jOhan gRiMOnpREZ
PRODUCER : EMMy OOst
COMPANY : Zap-O-MatiK (BElgiUM)
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EURODOC 2007
“Double take” targets the global political rise of ‘fear as a
commodity’, in a tale of odd couples and double deals. as
television hijacks cinema, and the Krushchev and nixon debate
rattles on, sexual politics quietly take off and alfred himself
emerges in a dandy new role on the tv, blackmailing housewives
with brands they can't refuse.
lEngth : 52 Min
DIRECTOR : REinE MitRi
PRODUCER : annE-MaRiE lUCCiOni
COMPANY : Djinn hOUsE (lEBanOn)
EURODOCmed
this film is a chronicle of anxiety and malaise. from 2006 to 2009, i filmed
inside my intimate space, on the tv screen, a daily violence, and on the
editing screen, another film that remains suspended – a film on the july
2006 war. i also filmed my friends; those who left the country and those who
remained. all along, many questions arisen: what space is left for the
individual’s freedom, for hope, creativity and love? is it possible for personal
happiness to exists amidst collective pain? how can we live with the defeat?
the novelist tom McCarthy writes a plot of personal paranoia to
mirror the political intrigue, in which hitchcock and his elusive
double increasingly obsess over the perfect murder – of each
other! subverting a meticulous array of tv footage and using 'the
Birds' as an essential metaphor, grimonprez traces catastrophe
culture's relentless assault on the home, from moving images’
inception to the present day.
Director johan grimonprez casts alfred hitchcock as a paranoid
history professor, unwittingly caught up in a double take on the
cold war period. the master says all the wrong things at all the
wrong times while politicians on both sides desperately clammer
to say the right things, live on tv.
Partners :
ZDf/aRtE, Doris hepp (germany)
RtBf, Claire Colart (Belgium)
VIVRE ICI
lEngth : 120 Min
DIRECTOR : MOhaMED ZRan
PRODUCER : MOhaMED ZRan
COMPANY : sanghO filMs (tUnEsia)
Coproducers :
volya films, Denis vaslin (the netherlands)
nikovantastic film, hanneke van der tas (germany)
EURODOCmed
simon, le « célèbre » droguiste, de confession juive incarne l’attachement
infaillible à la mémoire collective locale. son magasin est le lieu de
croisement et de rencontre entre tous les protagonistes, l’occasion propice
d’échanger leurs points de vue ou de confier leurs intimes secrets. autour de
simon, une constellation de portraits: tahar l’instituteur, le progressiste qui
s’enflamme joyeusement à commenter la situation dans le monde et les
maux qui rongent l’homme victime de la mondialisation; hadi, le peintre;
fatma, la marieuse, l’entremetteuse et la messagère; Bechir, le chauffeur de
taxi, ami de tous… ils fréquentent le magasin de simon, pour
s’approvisionner en produits multiples mais aussi pour discuter entre eux et
parler d’eux-mêmes, de leur ville et du monde.
Partners :
ZDf/arte, Doris hepp (germany)
ylE, Outi saarikoski (finland)
Rai sat, luca Macciocca (italy)
with the participation of :
the hammer Museum’s artist in residency program
james irvine fundation
Festivals :
Berlinale 2009
visions du Réel 2009 (switzerland)
Partners :
ylE (finland)
tunisian television & Ministry of Culture, Canal 7, CCf (tunisia)
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MOON I NSIDE YOU
lEngth : 52 & 75 Min
DIRECTOR : Diana faBianOva
PRODUCER : jERO MOlERO
COMPANY : UBaK pRODUCCiOnEs (spain)
TODAY IS BETTER THAN TWO TOMORROWS
EURODOC 2007
lEngth : 75 Min
EURODOC-sCRipt 2003-2004
DIRECTOR : anna RODgERs
PRODUCERS : jOhn MURRay, siOBhan waRD
COMPANY : CROssing thE linE filMs (iRElanD)
Diana has been suffering from problematic periods for years. with
every new cycle, the same question arises: why the pain and
annoyance if i am healthy? her initial innocent curiosity sparks off
an emotional voyage to the very roots of femininity and life. Moon
inside you is a fresh look at a taboo that defines the political and
social reality of both women and men in a more profound way
than society might be willing to admit.
in a remote part of laos, south East asia, two boys must leave
their village
to undergo a rite of passage. One will go to school, the other will
become a monk. somewhere between Buddhist wishlessness and
western dreams their paths will join again. today is a good day to
come of age. today is better than two tomorrows.
Festivals :
galway film fleadh, jameson Dublin international film festival,
guth gafa (ireland), Canberra film festival (australia)
KOR
lEngth : 52 Min
EURODOC-sCRipt 2003-2004
DIRECTOR : jOanna gRUDZinsKa
PRODUCER : jEan-piERRE DaRDEnnE, DéRivEs (BElgiUM)
Coproducer :
avenue B, julie paratian (france)
Partners :
aRtE
ORf (austria)
RtBf (Belgium)
tsR (switzerland)
noga-Channel 8 (israel)
Czech tv (Czech Republic)
Duna tv (hungary)
tg4 (ireland)
tvp (poland)
hRt (Croatia)
varsovie, pologne, fin des années 70. Création du KOR, Comité de
défense des ouvriers. héritage des révoltes contre le système
depuis la fin de la guerre, investi des courants de l’opposition
depuis les années 20, le Comité compte : des personnes
passionnées et investies, des méthodes à la fois précises et
artisanales, une éthique singulière, la volonté de briser le
monopole de l’information de l’état, la nécessité d’une
organisation autonome des ouvriers. Retour au gestes et aux mots
du KOR par trois des acteurs d’une des histoires de la fin du
Communisme en Europe.
Festival :
locarno film festival 2009 (switzerland)
Partners : RtBf (Belgium), Camera Obscura (poland)
2008
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JOSÉ & PILAR
lEngth : 128 Min
DIRECTOR : MigUEl gOnçalvEs MEnDEs
PRODUCER : MigUEl gOnçalvEs MEnDEs
COMPANY : jUMpCUt (pORtUgal)
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EURODOC 2006
the Elephant’s journey, in which saramago narrates the
adventures and antics of an elephant transported from the court
of King john iii of por¬tugal to that of the austrian archduke
Maximilian, is the starting point for josé and pilar. this film by
Miguel gonçalves Mendes tells of the relation¬ship between josé
saramago and his wife pilar del Río. it shows us their day-to-day
life in lanzarote, at home and on work trips around the globe.
josé and pilar is a surprising portrayal of an author throughout the
creative process and of the relationship of a couple dedi¬cated to
changing the world, or at least trying to make it a better place.
josé and pilar shows us the hidden saramago, unravels any
preconceived ideas we may have about the man and proves that
genius and simplicity are indeed compatible. josé and pilar is a
glimpse into the life of one of the great creators of the twentieth
Century and shows us that, as saramago says, “there is always
another way to say everything.”
ONE STREET B EYOND H ELL
lEngth : 58 Min
DIRECTOR : jOsé sanChEZ MOntés
PRODUCERS : jOsé sanChEZ MOntés
COMPANY : atiCO siEtE (spain)
During ten years Molino nuevo, a street at the border between the
countryside and the slums of granada has been rebuilt. inhabited
by gipsies, with enormous problems with drugs and violence the
life of these 156 families changed completely because of the
intelligence and open mind of institutions and workers.
Partner :
Canal sur tv (spain)
Coproducer :
El DEsEO (spain) anD O2 filMEs (BRaZil)
associate producers: aBEl RiBEiRO ChavEs / OptEC, ltD
Partners :
iCa _instituto do Cinema e do audiovisual
Ministério da Cultura, agencia nacional do Cinema (Brasil)
iC _ instituto Camões
fundação Calouste gulbenkian
antena 1
associated television Channels: siC (pORtUgal)
ylE (finlanD)
svt (swEDEn)
EURODOC 2004
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2008
JACK
lEngth : 58 & 67 Min
DIRECTOR : sERgEj KREsO
PRODUCER : DEnis vaslin
COMPANY : vOlya filMs (thE nEthERlanDs)
THE LITTLE ALIEN
EURODOC 2007
lEngth : 94 Min
DIRECTOR : nina KUstURiCa
PRODUCERS : CaRMEn wEingaRtshOfER, Eva tEstOR
COMPANY : MOBilEfilM pRODUKtiOn (aUstRia)
EURODOC 2007
in 1972, Congolese-Belgian pop star jack Roskam moves to
yugoslavia, where he meets and marries his Croatian wife. he
becomes the guitarist of one of the most popular local rock bands,
galija. tall, black and adorned with dreadlocks, jack stands out on
stage amongst his mostly serbian colleagues.
they’re teenagers who fled crisis regions and undertook an
extremely dangerous journey to Europe, all alone, hoping for one
thing: to live. after arriving here, they fight to live normal lives,
struggling against a system that demands they sacrifice their youth
to an uncertain future.
Being a convinced pacifist, jack had escaped service in the
Belgium army, but at the time of the outbreak of the yugoslavian
war his convictions are sorely tested. as galija’s songs become
more serb orientated, jack decides to leave the band. while
yugoslavian people are forced to choose sides, jack faces the
dilemma to either return to Belgium or to stay, thus sharing the
fate of his new country, his family and friends. the war will force
him to change his fender stratocaster for a Kalashnikov and to
fight in the Croatian army.
Partners :
ORf (austria)
austrian film institute, the future fund of the Republic, the state
of lower austria, vienna film fund
Festival :
Diagonale 2009, austria
in this road movie, jack and the Bosnian moviemaker travel
through former yugoslavia, reflecting on the choices they both
made in the war.
Coproducer :
serendipity film, Ellen de waele (Belgium)
PLAYING ADULTS
lEngth : 50 Min
DIRECTOR : pia anDEll
PRODUCER : pia anDEll
COMPANY : Of COURsE My filMs (finlanD)
Partner :
iKOn tv, Margje de Koning (the netherlands)
Festivals :
premiere at iDfa 2008, section 'premieres from the lowlands'
Bergamo film Meeting 2009
Beldocs 2009, Belgrado
honorable mention at gdánsk Docfilm festival 2009
lOw festival 2009, Budapest
EURODOC 2006
playing adults is a creative documentary on adults and their
relationship to play and playfulness in finland . it draws a picture
of the around-forty-generation in the rush hour of their lives - and
it ain't relaxed! the film uses heavily 8 mm film, family footage as
well as contemporary 8 mm material shot in the present time to
compare the lives now and then. it is constructed in the form of a
scientific study, a questionnaire to be precise, and also so plays
with the concept of maybe we have gone too far in taking things
seriously...
Partners :
ylE
avEK
Festivals :
world’s greatest film
festival, helsinki
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THE I NFAMOUS AND HIS B ROTHER
BAM, RAILROAD TO NOWHERE
lEngth : 92 Min
DIRECTOR : lUigi MaRia pEROtti
PRODUCER : lUigi MaRia pEROtti
COMPANY : staMEn filM (italy)
lEngth : 73 Min
DIRECTOR : jOUni hiltUnEn
PRODUCER : KaaRlE ahO
COMPANY : MaKing MOviEs (finlanD)
EURODOC 2006
the documentary is the human story of patrizio and Roberto peci.
in the 1980 patrizio is one of the most wanted terrorist of Brigate
Rosse. Roberto, his smaller brother, is fascinated by the ideas of
the brother but he didn’t want to follow him in terroristic activity.
On february 18th patrizio is arrested and after few months he
began to co-operate with the state. it was the first time that a
leader of terroristic group decided to do it. Brigate Rosse
nicknamend patrizio thE infaMOUs, the vile. On june 10th
1981, Roberto was kidnapped by Brigate Rosse. the terrorists
forced Roberto to say in front of a camera that he was a traitor and
that patrizio was arrested because of him. they never touched an
innocent worker, like Roberto was. the documentary is the story of
what happened in the 54 days of the kidnapping, from the news
of the kidnapping to the tragic death, trough the voice of ida peci,
the sister of patrizio and Roberto, friends of the brothers, secret
agents and members of Brigate Rosse.
Partners :
nDR, Erich friedler (germany)
Rai, piero Corzini (italy)
EURODOC-sCRipt 2003-2004
BaM – Railroad to nowhere is a documentary about the pioneering
spirit, about people who built the future with their own hands, and
how today they are trying to hold on to it, even if the rest of world
would like to forget them.
BaM (Baikal-amur Magistral) was leonid Brezhnev’s plan to build
more than 3500 kilometres of railroad in five years in southern
siberia, as well as 200 new stations and communities. the work
was supposed to be done mainly by Komsomol elite youth.
we will meet people who moved to siberia – as young idealistic
communists – in the 1970’s to build BaM and who have stayed
there until today. the same people who starred – as strong and
beautiful communists – dozens of soviet propaganda films made
on the builders of BaM 30 years ago and who still seem to have
some of that pioneering spirit left. Or do they?
the historical back story will be told with the old soviet archive
films. But in BaM – Railroad to nowhere stars of those films will
tell their stories - and a story of a remote siberian community –
also from today’s perspective
Coproducer :
piret tibbo, allfilm (Estonia)
Partners :
ylE2 (finland)
Etv (Estonia)
svt (sweden)
DR (Denmark)
ltR (lithuania)
tsR (switzerland)
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THE BUG TRAINER
IMMORTALITY
lEngth : 53 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2003-2004
DIRECTORS : linas aUgUtis, DOnatas UlvyDas, MaREK sKROBECKi
PRODUCER : Rasa MisKinytE
COMPANY : ERa filM (lithUania)
lEngth : 48 Min
DIRECTOR : géRaRD Caillat
PRODUCER : sOphiE gERMain
COMPANY : KaléO filMs (fRanCE)
ladislas starewitch (1882 – 1965), European Disney, a pioneer of
puppet animation is one of the most forgotten film geniuses. he was
named as a true wizard and an alchemist of animation, whose
wizardry was born in lithuania; he got his fame in Russia and
flourished in his full power in france. Unique methods of animation,
never disclosed to others, - who was he?
this film will be an effort to “decode” starewitch by using the means
of his own artistic thinking, and tiding together the biographical facts,
memoirs, factual information, films made by starewtich himself
driven by the love story of puppets.
why do we die? nature has not organized immortality. nor
Reproduction nor species continuity need immortality but it may be
possible.
today the question of an almost immortal man is made accurate
by the latest scientific researchs about ageing process, genomics,
or nanotechnologies.
in the most prestigious universities, we will meet the leading
scientists, in their laboratories, during international conferences or
arguing with their collegues. they will tell us their wildest dreams.
EURODOC 2006
Partner :
aRtE france
Coproducer :
stella productions, Dominique tiberi
SYLT, A PERTE DE VUE
lEngth : 50 Min
DIRECTOR : saMUEl BEstER
PRODUCER : sOphiE-ChaRlOttE gaUtiER
COMPANY : lEs EDitiOns DU RéEl (fRanCE)
Coproducers :
produkcja filmowa sE-Ma-fOR (poland)
gerbrueder Beetz production (germany)
Partners :
DR-tv, flemming grenz (Denmark)
svt, vera Bonnier (sweden)
nhK, takahiro hamano (japan)
avRO, Marijke huijbregts (the netherlands)
ylE Outi saarikoski (finland)
nRK (norway)
tsR (switzerland)
Etv (Estonia)
lRt (lithuania)
Festival :
Karlovy vary iff, award for best script, music, director and
producer’s work at silver Crane (lituania)
EURODOC-sCRipt 2002
l'île de sylt, en allemagne du nord, est en sursis. Chaque année,
les tempêtes de la Mer du nord grignotent un peu plus les
morceaux d'un paysage austère mais précieux comme un joyau. au
drame de la disparition annoncée de l’île répondent alors les
gestes frénétiques et obsessionnels des hommes.
habitants et scientifiques mènent un combat acharné pour
protéger l’île contre les vents et marées : les falaises sont
renforcées, les plages reconstituées, les digues rehaussées,... tout
est tenté pour freiner le déchaînement de la nature et préserver cet
environnement, devenu avec le temps, de moins en moins
“naturel”, de plus en plus interdit (les terrains sont clôturés, les
dunes sont inaccessibles,...).
Malgré toutes les technologies sophistiquées employées pour
préserver ce site, le combat mène invariablement au même constat :
les forces du climat se jouent de l'homme et de ses efforts pour le
contenir. la nature poursuit son évolution et l'homme, tel sisyphe,
sa lutte ancestrale pour la domination des forces de la nature.
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5 MINUTES FROM MY HOME
lEngth : 52 Min
DIRECTOR : nahED awwaD
PRODUCER : BERtanD glOssEt
COMPANY : KaRavan filM (tURKEy)
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EURODOCmed
jerusalem airport is laying along the road that links Ramallah to
jerusalem. Under occupation by the israeli army since 1967, 5 km
away from Ramallah and 10 km from jerusalem, the dusty runway
saw growing at its eastern extremity, one of the biggest
checkpoints to access west bank. nevertheless, it didn’t use to be
so, and this abandoned place today lived, as many international
air terminals of the 50’s-60’s, the pompous life and freedom of
traveling. the happy pictures and luminous testimony of the past
bitterly contrast with those of the present where the air field access
is forbidden, abandoned behind barber wires and soon, behind
the israelis separation wall.
this film meets this place, and so calls the past to grasp better the
present: a palestinian society marked by abandonment.
Coproducers :
nicolas wadimoff - akka films (switzerland)
nahed awwad - Manara films (palestine)
Partners :
tsR (switzerland)
fonds français de coopération de jerusalem
palestinian authority - Ministry of Culture
Festival :
festival visions du Réel, “Regards neufs” (switzerland)
lEngth : 120 Min
DIRECTOR : MalEK BEnsMaÏl
PRODUCER : haChEMi ZERtal
COMPANY : CiRta filMs (algERia)
EURODOCmed
le 1er novembre 1954, près de ghassira, un petit village perdu
dans les aurès, un couple d’instituteurs français et un Caïd
algérien sont les premières victimes civiles d’une guerre de sept
ans qui mènera l’algérie à l’indépendance.
plus de cinquante ans après, Malek Bensmaïl revient dans ce
village chaoui, devenu « le berceau de la révolution algérienne »,
pour y filmer au fil des saisons ses habitants, entre présent et
mémoire, mais aussi son école et ses enfants…
Chronique d’une algérie profonde dont la Chine, terre
symbolique, semble encore lointaine.
Coproducers :
Unlimited, philippe avril (france)
ina (france)
3B productions (france)
Entv (algérie)
avec la participation de france 2 et france 5
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BACK TO GWADELOUPE
lEngth : 90 Min
DIRECTOR : sylvainE DaMpiERRE
PRODUCER : stéphanE sansOnEtti
COMPANIES : atlan filMs (fRanCE)
LE JOUR SE LÈVE
EURODOC 2006
Born on guadeloupe, but having spent most of her life in france,
the director leaves to rediscover her roots and her own, personal
history. along the way, she initiates herself to her birthplace as the
people she meets blend with the stories her father recounts. she
hopes that as she uncovers this island’s fascinating story and the
tragedy of its past connections with the slave trade, she’ll also unveil
the origins of her surname.
ET SUR MOI LA N UIT TOMBE
lEngth : 74 Min
DIRECTOR : flOREnCE llOREt
PRODUCERS : alExanDRE CORnU
COMPANY : lEs filMs DU taMBOUR
Festival :
Etats généraux du Documentaire 2008
Partner :
images plus (france)
U NE COLLECTION PARTICULIÈRE
lEngth : 56 Min
EURODOC 2003-2004
DIRECTOR : siMOn BaCKès
PRODUCER : aURéliEn BODinaUx
COMPANIES : néOn ROUgE pRODUCtiOn (BElgiUM)
as he investigates a mysterious collection of stolen art exhibited in
1978 at a new york gallery by Czech artist pavel novak, the author
invites us to share his questioning about art viewed as property, both
material and intellectual. Can there be works of art without artists?
Can there be beauty without a copyright?
Partners :
la parti production (Belgium)
CBa (Belgium)
Festival :
Etats généraux du Documentaire 2008
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sOiE (fRanCE)
Marseille - district of la joliette: along the port, in front of the sea,
a new world emerges and bit by bit covers the old one. i am the
anxious witness of this slow slide. what is going to happen to
those who live there? how do they perceive the transformation of
their neighbourhood? what will their life be like in the new
joliette? and what will la joliette be like? what is the imaginery
of those who orchestrate this change? what are their ethics, their
vision of the future and of mankind?
Partner :
yumi productions (france)
STOLEN ART
EURODOC-sCREEning 2005
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IMPRISONED IN PERU
lEngth : 50 Min
DIRECTOR : annE gUllBjORg DigRanEs
GEORG
EURODOC-sCRipt 2002
in 1999 the norwegian woman tove (39) is arrested at the airport
in lima after an attempt to smuggle 8 kilos of cocaine. she is given
a 15 years sentence. at first tove tries to be extradicted to norway,
to serve her sentence in Bergen to be close her daughter who has
been in a fosterfamily since 1996. then tove in 2003 fells in love
with a well off peruvian man, « pepe », who visits the prison every
saturday. pepe engages his lawyers to look into tove’s case, and
in March 2006 she is released on parole. she is living with pepe
in lima in his mothers house. pepe is a very possive fiancé and
tove feels to be in another kind of prison untill pepe dies of an
heartattack in june 2007. when pepe’s family gets to know that
tove has inherited his real estate, they put a price on her head and
she decides to flee from peru via Equador back to norway.
the film follows tove in her everyday life inside the prison walls
and the first weeks in freedom, her inmates and her friends,
especially the friendship with helen(76), her translator. helen is an
intellectual who has been living in peru since 1953 when she
married a peruvian professor of philosophy.
A STORY OF LOSS, IDYLLS, ILLUSIONS
georg is part of a series of autobiographical films by Caterina
Klusemann, who was born in italy to a jewish mother and german
father. as a member of the third generation, she deals, in a highly
personal way, with the holocaust and its consequences today. in
breaking down the family history, so steeped in silence and
taboos, and shedding light on the rituals of memory and
processing thereof, she gradually moves closer to her own
ambivalent place in a story full of pain, anger, suppression and
hope.
in “georg", Caterina Klusemann focuses on her german-born
father, who died in italy in 1981 at the age of just 38. she was just
eight years old at the time. in her film, the director tries to confront
her lack of memories and win back a part of her own personal
history.
who was he? how can his behaviour towards his wife and motherin-law be interpreted? this conflict drives the film forward,
connecting the father's biography with the questions and opinions
of a member of the third generation.
MARIA’S GROTTO
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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 about honor killings, and faces death
threats. through these stories, Khoury exposes the magnitude of
honor killings in palestine.
Partners :
swiss Corporation, Unifem org (United nations Development
fund for wormen), RtBf (Belgium)
Festivals :
Dubai's film festival 2007, silver Muhr award
thessaloniki film festival, greece 2008
Encounter fest, south africa 2008
tatwan fest, Morroco 2008 jury Mention
layoon fest, Morroco 2008
Rotterdam fest, nederland 2008, golden hawk
Doc à tunis 2008 (tunisia). nominated for ahmad atia award in
sitges (spain)
& LONGING
lEngth : 72 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2004-2005
DIRECTOR : CatERina KlUsEMann
PRODUCER : REinhilD fElDhaUs
COMPANY : Ma.ja.DE. filMpRODUKtiOn (gERMany)
Partner :
tv2 (norway)
lEngth : 53 Min
DIRECTOR : BUthina KhOURy
PRODUCER : BUthina KhOURy
COMPANY : MajD pRODUCtiOn (palEstinE)
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ZDf / arte, Doris hepp
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B LOODY SUNDAY, A DERRY DIARY
CORRIDOR #8
lEngth : 86 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2000-2001
DIRECTOR : MaRgO haRKin
COMPANY : BEsOM pRODUCtiOns (nORthERn iRElanD)
lEngth : 52 & 70 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2004-2005
DIRECTOR : BORis DEspODOv
PRODUCER : MaRtiChKa BOZhilOva
COMPANY : agitpROp (BUlgaRia)
On 30th january 1972 the British army shot dead thirteen
unarmed civilians on a civil rights march in Derry, northern
ireland. at the subsequent tribunal of inquiry, lord Chief justice
widgery exonerated the soldiers and blighted the reputation of
those who were killed and wounded by describing them as
gunmen and bombers. in 1998 a new tribunal of inquiry was
announced into the day that has become known as `Bloody
sunday’. this documentary follows the course of the inquiry from
the point of view of the families of the victims as they attended the
inquiry in Derry and london over a six year period. the filmmaker
Margo harkin was a witness to Bloody sunday and gave evidence
to the tribunal of inquiry which is expected to report in late 2007.
when the inquiry Report is published a final footnote will be
recorded in order to complete the film.
the distance between sofia and tirana is exactly 324 km. the road
linking Bulgaria, Macedonia and albania corresponds to the site
of a huge infrastructure project, called Corridor #8.
Currently the entire trip is hardly possible due to the lack of
communication and the long-time isolation and prejudices of the
people living in these small Balkan countries. the infrastructure
project is only an excuse to embark in complicated relations,
tragicomic situations and human stories.
it turns out that on the Balkans short distances are sometimes the
longest.
Partners :
national film Center, Bulgaria
swiss agency for development
ylE, Erkki astala, finland
tsR, gaspard lamunière, irène Challand (switzerland)
Media programme : Distribution television support
Festivals :
Berlinale - Ecumenical award
hotDocs - hBO Documentary film Emerging artist award
visions du Réel - nyon
warszaw, Buenos aires, silverDocs, Bratislava
Best Documentary - sarajevo film festival 2008
Partners :
lichtblick films (germany)
ZDf / arte
RtE (ireland)
irish films Board (ireland)
niftC
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ICE PEOPLE
NOVELA A LA SANTA CASA
lEngth : 90 & 52 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2004-2005
DIRECTOR : annE aghiOn
PRODUCER : BEnOit gRyspEERDt
COMPANY : DRy vallEys pRODUCtiOns (fRanCE)
lEngth : 52 & 85 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2004-2005
DIRECTOR : CathiE lEvy
PRODUCER : alExanDRE CORnU
COMPANY : lEs filMs DU taMBOUR DE sOiE (fRanCE)
“ice people” will be a feature-length exploration of the human
experience of being a scientist today in the extreme environment
of antarctica. intended for a wide non-professional audience, the
film will examine the personal and emotional challenges that
researchers meet on the frozen continent as they pursue their
scientific quest.
Rio de janeiro. it is dawn, but already over 100 apparently healthy
women are waiting outside santa Casa de Misericordia, one of the
oldest benevolent hospitals in Brazil. in a city where one in two
women over 50 has undergone cosmetic surgery, these women do
not see why their low income should keep them from the scalpel.
in Brazil, physical beauty and youth are all-important and the fact
that only the richest can afford cosmetic surgery makes it all more
alluring to the poor. these women are waiting for professor ivo
pitanguy’s plastic surgery consultation to open. the professor is a
world famous high priest of cosmetic surgery. he heads one of the
most famous and most expensive plastic surgery clinics in Rio de
janeiro, but he has also vowed to treat the poorest members of
society.
from March to june, the professor’s staff, most of whom are
volunteers, handle the request of 3,000 women. they come to this
unique centre of cosmetic surgery – facelifts, liposuction, silicon
implants and so on – at a very low price which just covers the cost
of the equipment used during the operation. Over four months of
waiting, appointments and shared dreams, Edna, iolanda and
teresa meet there and tell each other their stories, without
embarrassment, sometimes laughing at themselves. will the
promise of hapiness really be kept at the end of the long wait ?
Partners :
aRtE france
sundance Channel, Usa
itvs, Usa
European Commission - Dg research
sBs, australia
RtBf, Belgium
CnC, france
Conseil Régional Rhône-alpes
Conseil général de l'ardèche
Developed with support from the MEDia programme
Partners :
france 5, sophie Chégaray
france 3, anna glogowski
RtBf, Claire Colart (Belgium)
tsR, gaspard lamunière (switzerland)
Coproducers :
arnaud de Mezamat, abacaris films (france)
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ZUOZ
lEngth : 71 Min
DIRECTOR : DaniElla MaRxER
PRODUCER : MiChEl DaviD
COMPANY : ZEUgMa filMs (fRanCE)
MAGIC RADIO
EURODOC-sCRipt 2003-2004
lEngth : 83 & 54 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2004-2005
DIRECTORS : lUC pEtER & stEphaniE BaRBEy
PRODUCER : lUC pEtER
COMPANY : intERMEZZO filMs (switZERlanD)
Zuoz is a boarding school in the swiss snowy mountains, where
youngsters coming from the most fortunate and influent families
in the world live a life apart. the life of the boarding school is held
by old and traditional values trying to prevent any overflow within
this gilded microcosm.
in niger, where more than 80% of the population is illiterate, radio
is the main means of mass communication. simple yet reliable, the
radio is everywhere, in the streets, homes and the bush.
it entertains, educates, informs and helps provide a check on power.
today, through the radio waves, the citizens of niger seize the
microphone and taste democracy.
it is revolution fM.
Partner :
aRtE france
Coproducer :
navigator film, austria
Partners :
ssR-sRg idée suisse
tsR
aRtE g.E.i.E.
tv5 Monde
Canal + horizons
Coproducer :
nord Ouest Documentaires,
sylvie Randonneix
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CAMPO SANTO
LE BLUES DE L’ORIENT
lEngth : 60 Min
EURODOC nEtwORK
DIRECTOR : sOnia pastECChia
PRODUCERS : isaBEllE tRUC, BElgiUM & sERgE gUEZ, fRanCE
COMPANIES : iOta pRODUCtiOns & CREsCEnDO filMs
lEngth : 90 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2003-2004
DIRECTOR : flOEnCE stRaUss
PRODUCERS : xaviER DUBOis, fRançOis DUplat
COMPANY : BEl aiR MEDia (fRanCE)
to emigrate implies the loss of a homeland which witnessed our birth
and which, once left behind, becomes a sacred place in our memory.
we attach ourselves to this memory. in the fifties, my parents left
their native village of Esanatoglia, situated in the Marches in italy to
work in Belgium. in the last thirty years, new immigrants from Europe
and from the world over have come to work in this resurgent region
of italy, and some have settled in the village. following the path of
one family, a polyphonic narrative will be woven to bring out the truth
of this process of loss and rebirth, which little by little deeply
transforms our identity. i would like to reach out to the emotional
experience of the spectator and shed light on this experience of
losing one’s motherland that, to a greater or lesser extent, affects us
all.
Cairo, alexandria, tel aviv, Beirut, Damascus, aleppo, palmyra…
in a troubled world, these cities share a common inheritance, that
of classical arab music.
florence leaves paris for the Middle East to discover an unknown
and hidden part of her past – she is of jewish and arab descent –
carried along by her love of the oriental music that guides her
footsteps.
le Caire, alexandrie, tel aviv, Beyrouth, Damas, alep, palmyre…
Dans un monde déchiré, ces cités ont un héritage commun en
partage, la musique arabe classique. De paris, florence part en
Orient à la rencontre de la part ignorée et occultée de son histoire
– elle est d’origine juive et arabe – portée par son amour de la
musique orientale qui guide ses pas.
la route et la quête se transforment au gré des rencontres qui la
ponctuent : des musiciens surtout, qui sont aussi des poètes et des
visionnaires de cette histoire de l’Orient qu’ils ont véhiculée dans
les sonorités de leurs voix, les mélodies de leurs chants et les
rythmes de leurs mains.
Partners :
aRtE g.E.i.E., anne Baumann
RtBf, wilbur leguebe (Belgium)
wallonie image production
Co-Producers :
les films d’ici, serge lalou (france)
amythos, amit Breuer (Canada)
Partners :
Onf, Colette loumède (Canada)
tv 5
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DES N UAGES POUR SEUL TOIT
THE TWO FACES OF WAR
lEngth : 51 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2003-2004
DIRECTOR : yvEs sChMitt
PRODUCER : lillian stiRling
COMPANY : BalthaZaR filMs (fRanCE)
lEngth : 100 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2003-2004
DIRECTORS : Diana anDRinga & flORa gOMEs
PRODUCER : lUis CORREia
COMPANY : lx filMEs (pORtUgal)
Once upon a time there was a director who wanted to make a film
about the gypsies in alsace. a people who don’t want to speak
about themselves or be spoken about. they form a closed
community with a specific way of life, still based on oral tradition
and nomadism.
things become even more complicated when the director falls in
love with one of the women of the community.
yves schmitt’s personal point of view interwoven with that of Bilda,
his youngest sister-in-law, invites us on an immersion into this
world, sometimes « raw », often tender.
in 1963, paigC – african party for the independence of guineaBissau and Cape vert – started a liberation struggle against
portuguese rule. paigC’s leader amílcar Cabral made always
clear that they were fighting colonialism, not the portuguese
people. and it was in guinea-Bissau that was born the army
Movement that lead to the Carnation Revolution in portugal, in
april 74. the conflict brought no hate, but friendship. why? we
tried to find it out, through different characters scattered through
guinea, Cape vert and portugal.
Partners :
Rtp
iCaM
Partner :
france 3 alsace
LOTTO S, IN THE NAME OF JESUS THE KING
lEngth : 90 Min
DIRECTOR : italO tODDE
PRODUCER : italO tODDE
COMPANY : CRE-aCtiOn (italy)
EURODOC-sCRipt 2003-2004
lotto s is a block in the district of scampia, the greatestr drug
dealing zones of naples. this district was ignored till, when a
cruel war of gangs brought more the 60 murders in four months.in
such a place Massimo, 35 years old, works with children in need.
this activity is volunteer and is tolerated by the Camorra the local
mafia. after all he’s the leader of a catholic association and the
church is the last institution recognized by these Barbarians.in
such an environment, even the simple idea of setting up a Drama
for Christmas looks like a challenge.
Once Massimo told me: "you know, you’re not the first film-maker
who came here, everybody looking for stories of drugs and
murders... well, i'd like people to know that there are positive
examples here too, and not for you but for the people who live
here: we need to see something beautiful in our everyday life too".
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AVANTI POPOLO !
lEngth : 45 Min
DIRECTORS : yanniCK BOvy & MathiEU sOnCK
PRODUCER : MathiEU sOnCK
COMPANY : ZOgMa (BElgiUM)
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A MASSACRE FORETOLD
EURODOC-sCRipt 2003
lEngth : 58 Min
EURODOC-sCRipt 2002
DIRECTORS : niCK higgins
PRODUCER : niCK higgins
COMPANY : lansDOwnE pRODUCtiOns (sCOtlanD UK)
le capitalisme, les cancres et les premiers de classe
sur l’estrade, derrière leur grand bureau, les maîtres d’école. les
précepteurs du libre marché, de la finance et du capitalisme
globalisé.
au fond de la classe, les mauvais élèves de la « mondialisation
heureuse », les réfractaires aux dogmes néolibéraux, les rêveurs
d’autres mondes possibles. De mauvais élèves qui s’agitent,
dénoncent, s’insurgent, de plus en plus nombreux, de plus en plus
bruyants. au nord, au sud, d’Est en Ouest, ils chahutent. ils disent
que le capitalisme c’est la guerre, le pillage de la planète, la
contamination et la privatisation de l’air, de la terre, de l’eau. ils
disent que le capitalisme, c’est nous résigner à voir nos enfants
vivre moins bien que nous. alors, du fond de la classe, au nez et
à la barbe des maîtres d’école, ils organisent la résistance.
là-bas, devant, dans les tout premiers rangs, nos « camarades de
gauche ». les délégués de classe. les élus. nOs élus de gauche.
Ceux que nous avons choisis pour nous représenter devant les
précepteurs... et qui ont pris place à leurs côtés. nos camarades
de gauche qui ont un peu oublié pourquoi leurs copains du fond
de la classe les ont élus.
nous, en douce, on prend quelques images. Des images et des
mots en vrac sur le capitalisme, sur l’offensive néolibérale, sur
ceux qui résistent au fond de la classe. Et puis aussi sur ceux qui,
devant, font semblant. On observe, en compagnie de quelques
chahuteurs professionnels. Et on se demande, avec eux, comment
on fait pour « changer la vie ».
On 22 December 1997, forty-five indigenous residents of the
small southern Mexican village of acteal were attending a prayer
meeting in their village church when they were slaughtered by
unknown paramilitary forces. they were members of the pacifist
group las abejas (the Bees), who were supporters of the
revolutionary Zapatistas but renounced their violent methods. the
investigation into their deaths quickly went suspiciously cold...
scottish documentary maker nick higgins, attains unprecedented
access to the place, the people, and the story behind a barelyreported atrocity.
Partners :
vpRO & holland Doc (the netherlands)
Festivals :
Edinburgh international film festival 2007
Morelia festival de Cine, Mexico 2007
festival international du film Des Droits de l'homme – paris 2008
Kosmorama trondheim international film festival – norway 2008
first peoples festival – Montreal 2008
waCC/signis prize, Best human Rights Documentary 2007
sky Movies Best Documentary award 2007
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L’HOMME AUX CELLULES D’OR
lEngth : 52 Min
DIRECTOR : flOREnCE MaRtin-KEsslER
PRODUCER : viRginiE gUiBBaUD
COMPANY : 13 pRODUCtiOn (fRanCE)
MONTAGNARDS OUBLIÉS
EURODOC 2006
los angeles, 1984: john Moore, a cancer patient, finds out that
his doctor has cultivated and patented his unique “golden” cells,
without his awareness. he decides to take him to court. after a
lengthy legal process, the questions asked are: does john Moore
have rights over his own cells? Can private companies own a stake
in our bodies? where do we draw the line between the « thing »
and the « person »? in 1990, the California supreme Court
decides that, where the University’s patent on Moore’s cells is
indeed valid, Moore’s claim to sovereign ownership over his own
body is, in fact, groundless.
since then, patents on life have come to number in the thousands
and are crucial for the biotechnological industries, and for the
advancement of biomedical research in general.
a landmark case, the Moore story serves as the starting point for
this film which will explore, through equally troubling instances,
the current state of the global trade around the human body, its
use as raw material for medical research, its privatisation as
intellectual property and its commercial exploitation by biotech
companies.
lEngth : 85 Min
DIRECTOR : fRanCK CUvElliER
PRODUCER : jEan-lUC Millan
COMPANY : gRanD anglE (fRanCE)
Between the years ’71 to ’75, about twenty children native from
the highlands of the deep vietnam have been removed from their
family to french voluntaries family, on different places of the
territory. in five, maybe six travels, we don’t know any longer, one
by one or in small groups, brothers and sisters, or sometimes
children from the same village, those renegades, about 12 years
old, are gone with the agreement of their parents and under the
authority of “foreign Mission of paris” priests, with a mission
assigned to them. thirteen years later, what did they become?
what kind of memory did they keep of this epic? and, above all,
did they fulfil their mission? in order that this episode of the
history, this episode of their story, does not pass over in silence, i
wanted to rebuild with them the narrative of this humanitarian
interference before the age. a story in which one the protagonists,
step after step, yesterday like today, wonder: have i been wrong?
Partners :
france 5
KtO
Partners :
aRtE france
Onf (Canada)
CBC
EURODOC 2006
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UTOPIA 79
lEngth : 26 & 52 Min
EURODOC 2006
DIRECTOR : Dainis Klava
PRODUCER : RihO vastRiK & UlDis CEKUlis
COMPANIES : vEsilinD (EstOnia), viDEs filMU stUDija (latvia)
lEngth : 90 Min
DIRECTOR : jOan llOREt
PRODUCER : sévERinE ROinssaRD
COMPANY : paRati filMs (fRanCE)
Man, time and place forms the conceptual triangle of this film, with
the social and economic reality as the inevitable background. the
film reveals the present confusion in which the saamis have found
themselves as a result of the conflict between traditional nomadism
and modernity. what is the saami identity today? are the saamis by
definition reindeer people? and are they ready to define themselves
differently?
the revolutionary dreams of the 20th century died after the
nicaraguan sandinista revolution of 1979. Based on the diaries of
several nicaraguan revolutionaries and 'children of the
revolution', we experience their hopes and disillusionment.
Partners :
national film Centre of latvia
Estonian film foundation
Estonian Cultural Endowment
Etv
ltv
lRt
svt
MEDia Broadcasting
Coproducer :
frame Zero
EURODOC 2006
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DIVORCE ALBANIAN STYLE
LE B EURRE ET L’ARGENT DU B EURRE
lEngth : 66 & 59 Min
EURODOC-sCREEning 2003
DIRECTOR : aDEla pEEva
PRODUCER : aDEla pEEva
COMPANIES : aDEla MEDia filM & tv pRODUCtiOn (BUlgaRia)
lEngth : 62 Min
EURODOC-sCREEning 2005
DIRECTORS : philippE BaQUé & aliDOU BaDini
PRODUCER : jEan-fRançOis haUtin
COMPANY : sMaC (fRanCE)
this is a story about love and separation. it happened in albania, a
small poor country in the Balkans in the sixties of the past century.
through the eyes of a few of the many thousands of people who
experienced this extraordinary period, our film tells the story of the
families that were forcefully separated by the Communist regime of
Enver hodja - the longest lasting European dictator of the 20th
century. when in 1961 albania broke off relations with soviet
Union, albanian men married to non-albanian women were forced
to split up with their wives and drive them from their houses. the
official reason: fear of espionage. those who did not obey spent
years in prisons.
Our film tells the stories of three couples - only three of the many
couples of albanian men married to foreign women.this was their
only crime. the executioners of these outrages against them also
participate in the film: the prosecutor pandi Konomi, the investigator
Dolores veliay and the officer of the albanian secret police
“sigurimi” - yuli hilla.
fair trading is very much in fashion today. the concept is to help
the most underprivileged populations on our planet to emerge
from this state thanks to a fairer distribution of revenues.
shea butter is more and more appreciated in Europe. it is used in
the cosmetic industry and as a cocoa substitute. who profits from
the money of the butter?
several experimenting fair traders are trying to break away from
the dominating market. in sharing the lives of the producers in
Burkina faso, the film carries us to the heart of the problems of
survival in africa.
Coproducer :
sekou traoré (Burkina faso)
Partners :
studio Kalejdoskop (poland)
wDR (germany)
Bulgarian national tv
Festivals :
nomination of the European film academy for “the Best
Documentary 2007 - prix arte”
special award of the jury national non-fiction film festival
"golden Rython" 2007
grand prix for the Best Documentary international tv festival
"golden Chest" 2007
“Best Bulgarian Documentary 2007” award of the Bulgarian
national film Centre
“Best Documentary 2006 - 2007” award of the Union of Bulgarian
film makers
sRg ssR idée suisse, prize of the swiss Broadcasting Corporation
human Rights award, sarajevo international film festival 2008
Partners :
tElEsOnnE (france)
tv5 Monde (france)
RtBf (Belgium)
Festivals :
fespaco - Ouagadougou (Burkina faso) 2007
Résistances – foix 2007
Etats généraux du Documentaire – lussas 2007
nuits atypiques – langon 2007
Utopies du quotidien – paris 2007
international du film – amiens 2007
Escales documentaires – libreville (gabon) 2007
lumières d’afrique – Besançon 2007
Quintescence – Ouidah (Bénin) 2008
Cine africano – tarifa (Espagne) 2008
arrêts sur images – Charleroi (Belgique) 2008
figRa – le touquet 2008
panafricain – Cannes 2008
plein sud – Cozes 2008
vue d’afrique – Montréal (Canada) 2008
girafe d’or, festival de niamey 2008
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lEngth : 100 Min
DIRECTOR : jOsé antOniO hERgUEta
PRODUCER : jOsé antOniO hERgUEta
COMPANIES : MlK pRODUCCiOnEs (spain)
filMs
GAGARIN’S PIONEERS
EURODOC-sCREEning 2005
lEngth : 100 Min
EURODOC-sCREEning 2003
DIRECTOR : vitalij MansKij
PRODUCERS : hEinO DECKERt & MEiKE MaRtEns
COMPANY : Ma.ja.DE (gERMany)
for decades, a sunken submarine has been jealously keeping all its
secrets under the bay of Malaga (spain). Only at the late 90s
antonio Checa, a local lawyer, discovered some oily bubbles coming
from the bottom of the sea and found out its source: the wreck of
the C-3, a spanish Republican submarine, was lying in the seabed
near the Costa del sol beaches since the beginning of the spanish
Civil war (1936).
in the meantime, willard frank, an american historian
acknowledged as the main expert in naval operations of such event,
had been researching in archives world-wide following the track of
a mission successfully kept in total secrecy by the Kriegsmarine, the
german nazi navy, since 1936: the Operation Ursula.
witnesses, historians, veterans of the spanish and german navies,
support the research of frank and Checa to reveal the truth of this
submerged story: the first combat mission of hitler’s navy, a
rehearsal in spanish waters of the u-boots that would soon become
famous in world war ii. and, above all of them, with their
untouched memories, the relatives of those 37 crewmembers who
“disappeared” on December 12th 1936 and whose story was never
talked again… till now.
anti-semitism at the hands of the soviet Union state made many
families in the 70s emigrate. vitalij Manskij makes for israel and
other countries in search of those he once knew so well, for their
mutual past and for discussions about dreams and
disappointments, discrimination and dominance, homeland and
happiness.
Coproducer :
vertov studio (Russia)
Partners :
ylE tv2 iikka vehkalahti (finland)
ZDf/aRtE Doris hepp (germany)
LA MALADIE SILENCIEUSE
lEngth : 52 Min
EURODOC-screening 2005
DIRECTOR : laURE BUDin
PRODUCER : jéRôME aMiMER
COMPANY : lEitMOtiv pRODUCtiOn (fRanCE)
Partners :
Canal sur tv (spain)
graffiti Doc, Enrica Capra (italy)
Festivals :
Oficial competition in 2007:
festival de Cine Español de Málaga
DocumentaMadrid
sevilla festival de Cine Europeo
istanbul
Upon my return from three months in africa, it turned out i had
contracted hepatitis C. ahead of me, lay a year of heavy
treatment. how was i going to live through this time-lapse? from
the very first day of the bitherapy, i started a diary. i took photos.
and then one day, i had a video camera. to film, what was within
reach of my fatigue and seclusion. i felt that shooting would help
me ear the treatment, help me not to stop it. to go on living, and
eventually to leave my flat for more images. a chance for a 'third
therapy' at hand.
Partner :
Cityzen télévision (france)
Distributor :
andana films
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LETTERS TO A DICTATOR
IRAN, A CINEMATOGRAPHIC REVOLUTION
lEngth : 55 Min
DIRECTOR : inEs DE MEDEiROs
PRODUCER : sERgE tRéfaUt
COMPANY : faUx (pORtUgal)
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2003-2004
lEngth : 98 / 52 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2003-2004
DIRECTOR : naDER t. hOMayOUn
PRODUCER : CaROlinE BOnMaRChanD
COMPANY : avEnUE B pRODUCtiOns (fRanCE)
a women’s support Movement defending the dictatorship was set
up in 1958. the portuguese dictator, salazar, had been in power
for more than 30 years by then. from the thousands of letters we
discovered, it is clear that salazar had strong popular support. he
was loved and respected almost like a religious leader.
Bought from a second-hand book dealer, these letters are now in
our hands. they portray a country seen through the eyes of the
greatest devotees of the regime. they express a blind adherence
to fascist values and show the way fascism affected the intimate
lives of women of all social classes. some precious archive show
these women screaming under the dictator window like
adolescents in a rock concert. But salazar was an austere man,
celibate and apparently sexless. what did this love signify then ?
throughout the twentieth century, iranian filmmakers have been
involved in a constant struggle, first against the monarchy and
then against islamic power. this confrontation gave rise to an
innovative and unique cinematography, exported today around
the world. this film tells the story of the unexpected success of
iranian cinema, from the era of the shah (1925), through the
revolution and the iran – iraq war up to contemporary life.
the crossed destiny of cinema with power is told through archive
footage, extracts of pre and post revolution films and through
interviews with the main protagonists of iranian film industry.
tout au long du xxe siècle, les cinéastes iraniens n’ont cessé de se
battre contre le pouvoir monarchique puis islamique. De cette
confrontation est née une cinématographie originale qui s’exporte
aujourd’hui dans le monde entier. Ce film est l’histoire de la
réussite inespérée d’un cinéma iranien, de la période du shah
(1925), jusqu’à nos jours en passant par la révolution et la guerre
iran-irak.
Destins croisés de cinéma et de pouvoir à travers des images
d’archives, des extraits de films d’avant et d’après la révolution et
des entretiens avec les principaux protagonistes du cinéma
iranien.
Partners :
france : aDR productions (pascal verroust), image plus
Belgium : néon Rouge productions (aurélien Bodinaux), RtBf
portugal : Rtp
Festival :
Eurodoc-screening 2006
Partners :
arte france
ylE, tsR, Rai sat, Ciné Cinéma
foreign affairs Ministry, tv 5, MEDia new talent, pROCiREp, CnC
Distributor :
Doc & CO – Catherine le Clef
Festival :
Eurodoc-screening 2006
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THE BAD GUY’S FACE
US AND THEM
lEngth : 52 Min
DIRECTOR : DaviDE tOsCO
PRODUCER : EnRiCa CapRa
COMPANY : gRaffitiDOC (italy)
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2003-2004
lEngth : 60 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2004-2005
DIRECTOR : antRa CilinsKa
PRODUCER : antRa CilinsKa
COMPANY : jURis pODniEKs stUDiO (latvia)
Berlin, 1943: Bruno lüdke, a young man of the suburbs, is
accused of 81 murders. his whole body is an accusation, starting
from his face: the “bad guy’s face”, one of a true brutish lout. his
name is still associated today to the image of an appalling serial
killer.
yet in fact how would one define the “bad guy’s face”? has this
typical criminal’s portrait evolved through the years? which logics
provided the parameters for a “bad guy’s face”?
to our great surprise these questions propel us into a journey
backwards to some of the most respectable places of 19th century,
as the temples of science, on the tracks of the researchers
animated by one common obsession: discover the laws which
determine the individual’s future actions starting from their
bodies.
the existence of the two parallel communities - one latvian, the
other Russian, is the reality of the present day latvia. Out of a total
population of 2.5 million people in latvia, nearly 1 million is
Russian speaking, the majority of which has settled here since the
soviet invasion in 1941. how does this new “minority”, which
hitherto has always had the privileges of a majority, feel today in
this new European state? why are so many younger generation
Russians out on the streets today? why did so many Russian
speaking people, and those who had recently gained citizenship,
vote against the European Union and why do they still support the
left wing and pro-Moscow politicians?
is it a question of grand politics, of big issues; is it the external
workings of very complicated political cogs in a number of
different political systems?
Or is it simply that the idea of integration, for both the sides, does
not work properly?
Partners :
aRtE, Claudia Bucher, Olaf grünert
RtBf, Claire Colart, Belgium
tsR, irène Challand, switzerland
sBs, Mark atkin
history Channel
Partners :
latvian tv
Coproducers :
serge lalou, les films d’ici (france)
aurélien Bodinaux, néon Rouge (Belgium)
Festival :
Eurodoc-screening 2006
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SHOAH AND PIN-UPS
SECRETOS DE LUCHA
lEngth : 88 Min
EURODOC-sCRipt 2003-2004
DIRECTOR : REinhilD DEttMER-finKE
PRODUCER : REinhilD DEttMER-finKE
COMPANY : DEfi-filMpRODUKtiOn (gERMany)
lEngth : 52 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2004-2005
DIRECTOR : Maiana BiDEgain
PRODUCER : jEan-fRançOis haUtin
COMPANY : la s.M.a.C. (fRanCE)
shOah and pin-Ups is a film about breaking a taboo.
in his art the 80-year old new york nO! artist, Boris lurie, brings
together what doesn’t belong together: the gassed corpses and
the naked, the shoah and pin-ups.
it’s not perverted art, but a comment on a perverted society, says
lurie, and he draws a line from the shoah to the war in iraq. and
he would have so liked to have painted comfortable, comforting
things, like the impressionists did. But something kept him from
doing that. and that something is what this film searches. the
search takes us via Riga and Buchenwald to the new york of the
50s and 60s, when nO! art developed as an obstinate reaction to
pop art. Boris lurie’s nO! is his motto: nO! to the expectations of
the art market. nO! to bourgeois decorum! nO! to victim
mentality.
a film about the timeless timely questions of remembering and
about coping with the extermination of the jews through art.
secrets of the struggle: the journey of a young woman, who travels
to Uruguay in search of the what really happened to her family
during the darkest years of the Uruguayan dictatorship. through
her father’s eyes and her seven aunts and uncles’ confessions, she
tries to understand why they kept their memories silent for so long.
from the french Bask country to south america, she follows their
steps and explores their individual struggles, whether these were
through union or legal political actions, or through clandestine
activities within an urban guerrilla organisation called the
tupamaros, many of their actions in these events they have kept
silent about, even to their immediate families.
Partners :
france 3 aquitaine
Euskaltelebista
Partner :
wDR, sabine Rollberg
Coproducers :
alberto Rojo, iDEM (spain)
jean-Marie Bertineau, Zangra productions (france)
CORE DI ROMA
Festivals :
Cinéma et Culture d’amérique latine, Biarritz 2007 - prix du
meilleur documentaire
festival du film d’histoire, pessac 2007 - prix du public
festival de cinéma latino américain, sydney 2008 - prix du public
fipa 2008 - nominé au prix Michel Mitrani
lEngth : 52 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2004-2005
DIRECTOR : gwyn sannia
PRODUCER : EManUElE pianO
COMPANY : OyiBO pRODUCtiOns (italy)
…another football season of joy and anguish awaits sergio Rosi,
alfredo Bragaglia and the testaccio Roma Club regulars. as
another season of hostilities and bitter rivalry kicks off between as
Roma and ss lazio, the two teams of the italian capital, stay with
us for the four months between the first and second leg capitoline
derby and discover the real Rome. Made up of a special kind of
Roman: ‘il testaccino’ or the testaccio people. food, football,
passion, culture and a hefty dose of sarcastic comedy will be the
recurring theme for this story, as we learn all about this special
place and these special people. this is “Core de’ Roma”, the heart
of Rome.
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LE SOLEIL ET LA MORT
lEngth : 52 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2003-2004
DIRECTOR : lUisa pREtOlani
COMPANY : pahni pRODUCtiOns (UK)
COPRODUCER : MiKE ChaMBERlain, staMpEDE (UK)
lEngth : 82 Min
DIRECTOR : BERnaRD DEBORD
PRODUCER : MaRiE MOUChEl-BlaisEt
COMPANY : Mat filMs (fRanCE)
On October 2003, Mandy, 22 years old, faced the death of her
husband josh, after a motorcycle accident. while he was in a
coma, she asked the doctors at the hospital in littleton, Colorado,
to harvest josh’s sperm for future conception. Mandy’ had to fight
in order to have the doctors carry on this simple but extraordinary
medical procedure which eventually has changed Mandy’s life
forever. in spring ‘04 she decided to proceed with the in vitro
fertilization and become pregnant with josh’s baby.
the documentary follows Mandy, her family and her closest friends
for 18 months in this incredible journey: from her decision to have
josh’s baby, though her maternity, and everybody’s painful coping
with the everyday memories of josh’s loss and eventually the birth
of Kaven: the Child of hope and happiness.
On april 26, 1986, a nuclear explosion released a toxic cloud at
Chernobyl in northern Ukraine. in the following days, this plume
spewed 70% of its radioactive fall-out over Belarus, whose border
is just seven kilometers from the Chernobyl nuclear power station.
the world-at-large was unsuspecting, and it quickly forget that the
remainder of the fatal deposit was released over the northern
hemisphere. this film concentrates entirely on Belarus, whose
population in the twenty years since the disaster have been
condemned by the effects of the ingestion of small doses of
radioactivity.
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the ambition of this film is to give witness to the process of slow
death, to reveal the imminence of the genetic catastrophe, and to
untie the threads of the international conspiracy of silence, all of
which threaten this country. it also aims to alert the world to the
danger that this organized disinformation represents for the
immediate future.
its actors are human beings full of humanity - the neglected
victims of the contamination, doctors and scientists, and scientific
activists - not willing to abandon themselves to a worst-possiblescenario. their subject matter, the atom, is invisible and
indescribable; their wager is to show its materiality, and to say
something of its meaning. what they have to say often flies in the
face of established truths, in the same way as does this film. their
adversaries are the nuclear lobby and the comfort of ignorance.
their weapon is reality: that of a world that one strives to make
more palatable.
Partners :
france 5
RtBf (Belgium)
tsR (switzerland)
ERt (greece)
lRt (latvia)
CBC, Radio-Canada
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FOREVER LENIN
AN OPEN WINDOW
lEngth : 52 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2003-2004
DIRECTOR : xaviER villEtaRD
PRODUCER : jéRôME aMiMER
COMPANY : lEitMOtiv pRODUCtiOn (fRanCE)
lEngth : 52 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2003-2004
DIRECTOR : KhaDy sylla
PRODUCERS : MaRiaMa sylla, sOphiE salBOt
COMPANIES : gUiss gUiss COMMUniCatiOn (sEnEgal), athEnaÏsE (fRanCE)
it was stalin’s suggestion to make lenin immortal. the
mummification of the Bolshevik leader was the very first act of
theatrical deception by an ideology that was giving itself a living
god. the adventures of lenin’s mummy are in a direct sense a
reflection of the history of the soviet Union. Mixing both visible
history and the dark secrets that were brought to the surface by
the disintegration of the UssR, “forever lenin”, is a sort of autopsy
of vladimir ilitch’s mummy. at the same time, among gangsters
and “new Russian”, the temptation of immortally continues to
stimulate emulation within Russia today.
in 1994, filmmaker and auteur Khady sylla attempted to film a
documentary about homeless psychiatric patients who roam the
streets of Dakar, but the images were overexposed and appeared
to be unusable. some of them now form the beginning of another
attempt by sylla to portray insanity. in the past years, the director
herself has also suffered the pain of a deeply troubled mind - she
has crossed over "to the other side." sylla feels drawn to her main
subject, the expressive aminta ngom, who spends her days
confined to the courtyard of her family's house. Despite the
simplistic use of camera, the film is complex and layered, and sylla
relates to ngom in different ways: as a director who is aware of
her film crew, as an equal beside her neurotic friend, and as a
narrator who looks into the camera and describes the mental state
of her subject with stylised, powerful words. the intimacy of the
shared experiences is disturbed by the intrinsically unequal
relationship between director and psychiatric patient. Une fenêtre
ouverte is simultaneously a portrait, a self-portrait and a lucid
illustration of damaged self-awareness in which no sense of time,
but only moments exist.
Partners :
france 5 : Muriel Rosé
tsR-tsi : irène Challand
sBs : Mark atkin
DRtv
RtBf : Bill Binnemans
ylE : leena pasanen
Festival :
festival du film d’histoire de pessac 2005
Partners :
aRtE france, luciano Rigolini
tsR, irène Challand
MaE, france
agence de la francophonie
Centre national de la Cinématographie
films pour un seul monde (switzerland)
jan vrijman fund
Festivals :
fiD Marseille 2005
Etats généraux du Documentaire 2005
iDfa 2005
Eurodoc-screening 2006
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THE DESTINY OF C LARA B.
FOREVER
lEngth : 52 Min
DIRECTOR : alExanDRU sOlOMOn
PRODUCER : BOnin CEDRiC
COMPANY : sEppia (fRanCE)
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2003-2004
lEngth : 52 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2003-2004
DIRECTOR : alina MaRaZZi
PRODUCER : gaia giani
COMPANY : MiR CinEMatOgRafiCa (italy)
the film – a fictional documentary which is mostly made up of reel
archives ; films and photos – tells the fictional story of Clara B, a
photo-journalist born in 1900 in strasbourg. nowadays, her life is
reconstructed by another fictional character, jonas, young man living
in Berlin-Est whom she came to know late in life and whose own
family history echoes the life of our heroine. jonas's subjective
reconstruction of Clara B.'s story highlights the destiny of a free
woman in the 20th century and provides an alternative insight into
recent events in Europe's history, some of which have had a veil cast
over them.
per sempre probes the motivations that lead some women to
choose a secluded life inside religious communities. the film
originated from a basic question that compelled the director to
take a look inside these communities: how can it be possible for a
woman today to make such an extreme and irrevocable choice,
one that lasts forever? this question raises issues that perhaps
cannot be described or explained in words, but that enable us to
catch the essential aspirations behind this choice: the value of
community, the attempt to transcend the ego in a perspective of
faith and love, the sense of discipline as the constant reference
point of an “extra-ordinary” way of life.
Partners :
arte - nDR; france 3 alsace
DJAMEL ALLAM, MINERAL B IRD
lEngth : 52 Min
DIRECTOR : philippE EtiEnnE
PRODUCER : RaphaEl viOn
COMPANY : lEs filMs DU safRan (fRanCE)
EURODOC-sCRipt 2002
né à Bejaia, capitale de la petite Kabylie, Djamel allam appartient à
cette jeunesse enthousiasmée par l'indépendance mais également
imprégnée de culture occidentale. il arrive en france à 21 ans. il a
dans ses bagages les chants traditionnels algériens, arabes et
kabyles, mais aussi les poètes français comme prévert et les
surréalistes. Des petits boulots au théâtre du gymnase à Marseille,
jusqu'à ses premiers succès sur scène à paris, Djamel deviendra en
france un des plus importants chanteurs algériens. le film dresse le
portrait du chanteur en le suivant dans son intimité et dans sa vie
d'artiste à paris, à alger et Béjaia et sur scène à toulouse.
Partner :
Cityzen tv (france)
Partners :
tsi (switzerland)
fox Channel, Cult (italy)
Rai tre (italy)
yle 1 (finland)
Cinema release :
Cineteca of Milano
Rome at fandango politecnico
Festivals :
58° international film festival locarno
turin film festival
festival dei popoli florende
it’s all true san paolo
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SEPARACION
lEngth : 52 Min
DIRECTOR : saManta yEpEZ
PRODUCER : jEan-MaRiE BERtinEaU
COMPANY : ZangRa pRODUCtiOn (fRanCE)
WHITE TERROR
EURODOC-sCRipt 2002
lEngth : 90 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2002-2003
DIRECTOR : DaniEl sChwEiZER
PRODUCER : DaniEl sChwEiZER
COMPANY : hORiZOn filMs (switZERlanD)
pepin, fausto and fabian migrated from Ecuador to spain because
of the economical crisis that began in 1999 in their country. the
film is exploring the experience of forced exile and the loss of roots
threw day to day life of these migrants.
white terror is a documentary film asking the question: who are
hiding behind the "white power" slogan? starting with the content of
a neonazi video tape seized in switzerland, this film tries to go up the
extremist connections so as to trace these people in European
countries and north america who are at the source of this
propaganda encouraging segregation, hate an racial war.
Partner : voi senart, linda Ortholan (france)
Festivals :
festival internacional d’amiens; Encuentros del otro cine,
Equateur; Reflets du Cinéma ibérique et ibéro-américain de
villeurbanne; Quinzaine Culturamérica de pau; 23e Rencontres
avec le Cinéma d’amérique latine de Bordeaux
GRAZIE B ERLUSCONI !
lEngth : 83 Min
EURODOC-sCRipt 2002-2003
DIRECTOR : fUlvia alBERti
PRODUCER : patRiCE BaRRat - aRtiClE Z (fRanCE)
On the eve of the 2001 general elections, fulvia, an italian
woman having lived in france for twenty years, decides to buy
herself a camera and go film the “changes” talked about by her
former italian friends who sound more and more worried.
as she meets them - former activists having given up any political
activity and newer ones having grown up in the midst of various
associations - fulvia is reminded of her own story and that of her
old country. she also gets to know better today’s italy, a very
controversial and ill-treated country, especially by those who run it.
Berlusconi wins the elections and an opposition reorganises itself, first led
by the anti-globalisation movement in genoa. Other events and other
disappointments were to come up until the latest European elections.
history with a capital h, and history with a small one : they look
alike and need one another to make progress. this is the reason
why fulvia agreed to run as a candidate in the local elections in her
hometown together with the people that she filmed over four years.
Coproducers :
little Bear, Matthieu Belghiti (france)
Dschoint ventschr filmproduktion (switzerland)
Cameo films (germany)
Making Movies (finland)
Partners :
aRtE g.E.i.E
tsR / sRg ssR irène Challand
ylE, finland
avec le soutien du CnC france et l’Office de la Culture suisse et
du fond régional nord Rhein-westfallen allemagne
Partner : tv10 angers (france)
Festival : les Z’engagés la Ciotat
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PREMIER NOËL DANS LES TRANCHÉES
lEngth : 60 & 94 Min
EURODOC-sCRipt 2002-2003
DIRECTOR : aRash
PRODUCER : gEZa hORvat
COMPANY : gOlDEn giRls filMpRODUKtiOn (aUstRia)
lEngth : 52 Min
EURODOC-sCREEning 2005
DIRECTOR : MiChaël gaUMnitZ
PRODUCER : sylviE RanDOnnEix
COMPANY : nORD OUEst DOCUMEntaiREs (fRanCE)
an iranian family living in political exile in Europe and america
decides to organise a secret meeting with the rest of the family,
which still lives in iran and which they haven’t seen for more than
20 years. the only place that proves to be possible for this meeting
is saudi arabia. Despite all the dangers, the family members living
in exile pretend to be Muslim pilgrims in order to be allowed to
enter the holy cities of Medina and Mekka. there, in a small hotel,
room the long awaited, tearful reunion takes place after 20 years
of separation.
it proves to be a huge culture clash between the Muslim world and
the western societies of Europe and america.
in December 1914, an unheard of event occurred. soldiers from
germany, france and England came out of their trenches and
fraternized with the enemy. they sang together, exchanged food,
and showed each other photographs of their families. in some
places, it lasted nearly a fortnight and entailed the passive
complicity of officers. according to the military code of the day
fraternizing was a war crime, a failure of duty and a cowardly act,
guilty soldiers should have been shot.
today then, fraternization is to be commemorated. why ? it is
interesting to question the topic and put it in its historical context.
in recounting these events which in retrospect appear somehow
unreal, the film tries to understand the mind set of those times.
while fraternization remained marginal, what it reveals about the
soldiers involved is far more telling than the ‘official’ version,
history has accustomed us to.
Besides recounting these events and the ensuing commotion
brought upon military staff, we will look at the reasons as to why
fraternization happened, and also why it was not more frequent.
through archives, and photographs but also soldiers’ letters from
germany and france, we will try to get closer to the mentalities
and views of those times...
Partners :
france 5
france 3 nord-pas-de-Calais-picardie
ina productions
Editions Montparnasse
Partners :
financed by aRtE france, ORf, filmfonds vienna, BKa
world sales : first hand films/ Esther van Messel
Festivals :
Diagonale, austria 2006
festival de nyon, switzerland 2006
Etats généraux du Documentaire 2006
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BARNEY WILEN, THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
ANATOMY OF A MASSACRE
lEngth : 52 Min
EURODOC-sCRipt 2002-2003
DIRECTOR : stEphanE sinDE
PRODUCER : sylviE RanDOnnEix (EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2000-2001)
COMPANY : nORD OUEst DOCUMEntaiREs (fRanCE)
lEngth : 52 Min
EURODOC-sCRipt 2002
DIRECTOR : anDREa pRanDstRallER
PRODUCER : agnEsE fOntana (EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 1999-2000)
COMPANY : BROOKlyn filMs (italy)
the life and times of Barney wilen, the legendary jazz musician
who at age 18 was already playing with Miles Davis, and whom
many called the "greatest European saxophonist." Exiled to
Zanzibar in the 70s where he lives among the impoverished
nobility, hero of loustal's cult comic strip, the Blue note, wilen
was as famous for his brilliant appearances as for his inexplicable
disappearances. this film essay reconstitutes his rich, mysterious
life even as it attempts to distinguish the man from the myth. with
the participation of laurent de wilde, philippe garrel and archie
shepp.
On april 30th, 1945 at pedascala, a small mountain community in
north-east italy, a retreating german platoon massacred 82
innocent civilians, among them women and children. the reasons
behind this retaliation remain unknown. in 1994 documents were
uncovered containing the anglo-american investigations on nazi
war crimes, labeled "temporarily archived", a prefectly executed
shelving. the impossibility of finding and punishing a guilty party
shifts the emphasis of the question who? to the question why? is
someone guilty for having provoked this wild reaction in the
german soldiers? several versions of the event, gathered by the
surviving members, become the tracks to follow in order to
confront this contoversial and uncomfortable memory. a personal
and rigourous research completed through italy, the naRa of
washington D.C., and germany.
the project was developed at Eurodoc-script 2002 by andrea
prandstraller. Brooklyn films assisted Mr. prandstraller in
developing the project. the project was pitched in Bologna during
the workshop organized by DOC/it : "national geographics/fox
international Channels/Meetings of Documentary filmmakers ",
also gaining the interests of the present commissioning editors.
shooting took place in italy (pedescala), germany, and at the
naRa in washington D.C.
produced by Brooklyn films srl in co-production with agER 3 srl
and istituto luce italnoleggio. pay tv world wide rights pre-sold
fox international Channels italy.
Partners :
aRtE
CnC
Mezzo
saCEM
Festivals :
fipa 2006
festival Cinéma du Réel 2006
Etats généraux du Documentaire 2006
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lEngth : 70 Min
DIRECTOR : tOni stRasBURg
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EURODOC-sCRipt 2002
Memories of dreams is a feature length documentary that crosses
time and continents to chart the fascinating history of three
generations of one family who played a role in some of the major
political upheavals of the last century – the Bolshevik Revolution,
world war ii and the end of apartheid in south africa.
through letters and interviews this emotionally charged film
recalls the dilemmas made by many when faced by political
events; the dilemmas that attempt to resolve the moral imperative
of revolutionary change without sacrificing the emotional needs of
family.
the author embarks on a personal journey in an attempt to find
out how history came to repeat itself in so many ways. it explores
why some people choose to look beyond their own self-interest to
work for a better future for all. it asks how they came to the
choices that they did. Choices between family and political beliefs
? Choices that echo through the years with the repeating themes,
passion and politics; exile, and return; love and country and
belonging.
journeying from Russia to south africa, via England, this intimate
exploration draws on the migrations and conflict of the 20th
Century, to reconcile the personal wounds left by all-consuming
need to a fight for a dream.
Producers :
Big world Cinema
Ebano Multimedia
Coproducer : jBa production
Partners :
national film and video foundation of south africa
saBC
European Commission
lEngth : 78 Min
DIRECTOR : iDRissOU MORa Kpai
PRODUCERS : MKj filMs, nOBlE filMs
EURODOC-sCRipt 2002-2003
arlit sprang up through uranium mines and immigration, and in
the 70s was the equivalent of 19th century new york for that part
of africa. it was a kind of land of adventure where everything
seemed possible, where everyone could better their situation. the
touareg rebellion and the collapse of the price of uranium
changed everything.?while filming his most recent work, the
Director met up with the ageing issa, who put him up in arlit in
niger when he was about to leave for Europe. that was 17 years
ago. he has decided to follow the old man on his last trip back to
arlit to see his son and old friends, allowing the director to
introduce us to this desert frontier town.?Back in the 70s, arlit was
the Eldorado and fulcrum of the region due to COgEMa’s uranium
mining operation. arlit has become a ghost town since the
touareg rebellion and the french company’s withdrawal, and has
now been transformed into a stop-off point for illegal immigrants
heading for algeria. this film also focuses on the surprising ethnic
mix found there as a result of the continous migrations, and which
has made it such a unique and fantastic place.
Partners :
CnC
Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (EED)
hubert Bals fund
agence intergouvernementale de la francophonie & Cirtef
Commission Européenne
fonds sud Cinema
fonds images d’afrique (Ministère des affaires Etrangères)
Festivals :
internationale filmfestspiele Berlin 2005
festival international de films de fribourg 2005
fespaco 2005
Milan:15° festival Cinéma africano d’asia e america latina 2005,
award Best Documentary
freiburger film forum 2005
Durban international film festival 2005
international film festival Munich 2005
international film festival innsbruck 2005, award prix du public
festival Résistances de foix 2005
xviii. fernsehworkshop Entwicklunspolitik
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OPERATION SPRING
L’HÔTEL DE MES RÊVES
lEngth : 94 Min
EURODOC-sCRipt 2002-2003
DIRECTORS : angEliKa sChUstER, tRistan sinDElgRUBER,
PRODUCERS : angEliKa sChUstER, tRistan sinDElgRUBER,
COMPANY : sChnittpUnKt – sinDElgRUBER tRistan,
filM -& MUltiMEDiapRODUKtiOn (aUstRia)
lEngth : 52 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2002-2003
DIRECTOR : hEllE tOft jEnsEn
PRODUCER : signE ByRgE søREnsEn
COMPANY : spOR MEDia (DEnMaRK)
Operation spring is a suspenseful thriller of a documentary about
a police investigation and court proceedings against africans
suspected of belonging to a nigerian drug ring.
new laws were implemented and new methods of investigation
were put to the test for the first time. the film poses the question of
whether the defendants ever stood a chance of receiving a fair trial.
in Operation spring we pose the question of how much value is
attached to basic democratic rights when new laws and
investigative methods are to be implemented at all costs,
regardless of the consequences for the rule of law.
Partners :
sundance institute Documentary fund (Usa)
the Documentary Channel (Canada)
Media plus
film fund vienna
ORf (film - tv-agreement)
federal Chancellery of austria – Division for the arts
Festivals :
first appearance: Diagonale – austrian film festival, graz
international premiere & special mention : visions du reel,
nyon 2005
Cinema :
austrian wide cinema release in autumn 2005
European cinema release is planned for the end of 2005 Rome.
www.operation-spring.com
Many years ago, a 10-year old boy stood on the windswept beach
at popenguine, a fishing village on the coast of senegal. it was
whitsun, and he was on the first pilgrimage of his life. a band was
playing at a small hotel. he wanted to dance to the music, but the
owner refused to let him in. the boy vowed that one day he would
return to buy the hotel. after 27 years in Belgium, the senegalese
artist and businessman jeannot Da sylva returns to africa to
realise his dream. he builds a hotel at the heart of popenguine.
his dream-project kick-starts a new kind of development in this
tiny community. tourists will soon arrive in the village. the
question is, if jeannot understands the importance of the village
for the success of his project? has he been away for so long that
he has forgotten the african ways? and how do the villagers react
to the prospect of becoming tourist attractions?
Partners :
nDR arte - Christiane hinz
tv 2 Denmark - Mette hoffmann Meyer
RtBf - Claire Colart
E-tv - Marje jurtshenko
ylE - Erkki astala
tsR - irène Challand
Media+
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MITUMBA, THE SECOND-HAND ROAD
12 TANGOS RETURN TICKET TO BUENOS AIRES
lEngth : 52 Min
DIRECTOR : RaffaElE BRUnEtti
PRODUCER : RaffaElE BRUnEtti
COMPANY : B&B filM (italy)
lEngth : 52 & 90 Min
EURODOC-sCRipt 2002
DIRECTOR : aRnE BiRKEnstOCK
PRODUCERS : tRaDEwinD piCtUREs (hElMUt g. wEBER, thOMas spRingER)
& aRnE BiRKEnstOCK
vOCaCiOn sRl (EnRiQUE MaRMOnti, MaRiO lEvit).
COMPANIES : fRUitMaRKEt aRts anD MEDia & tRaDEwinD piCtUREs (gERMany)
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2002-2003
the story of a t-shirt’s journey from the north to the south of the
world. the story of what goes on in between and underneath the
garments’ first and second lives told through personal tales and
unusual situations which create the patchwork of “second hand
road”. the offstage voice of a traveller unravels the story
l’historie du voyage d’un t-shirt du nord au sud de notre planète.
l’histoire de ce qui passe entre la première et la deuxième vie des
vêtements ; les histoires personnelles et les endroits inhabituels
créent le patchwork de " second-hand Road ". le récit est raconté
par la voix off d’un voyageur.
“12 tangos – Return ticket to Buenos aires” tells the story of
several tangueros in crisis-ridden Buenos aires. when the tango
was created, their grandparents, who had come from italy and
spain, were among the millions of immigrants, stranded at the Rio
de la plata. today, their grandchildren are heading in the opposite
direction: back to Europe. in 12 tangos, recorded live in the hottest
tango hall in town and performed by some of argentina’s finest
musicians, the film narrates the story of crisis and immigration –
and connects the sentiments of its protagonists are with the music,
the lyrics and the dance steps of the tango.
the soundtrack includes 16 exclusively arranged and recorded
tangos, performed by 25 of the best argentinian musicians under
the direction of luis Borda. the CD accompanying the film will
presumably be released in fall 2005.
Partners :
nDR arte - Christiane hinz
ylE teema - leena pasanen
planet italia (pre-sale)
ltv latvia (pre-sale)
Media+
Festivals :
Eurodoc-screening 2005
Partners :
ZDf / aRtE - Christopher janssen.
tradewind pictures
vocacion sRl
peter Bach
MEDia programme of the EU
instituto nacional de Cine y artes audiovisuales (inCaa).
www.12tangos.com
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CLEJANI HISTOIRES, STORIES, POVESTI
L’APOTHÉOSE D’ARTHUR BISPO DO ROSARIO
lEngth : 59 & 114 Min
EURODOC nEtwORK
DIRECTORS : MaRta BERgMan & fRéDéRiC fiChEfEt
PRODUCERS : CyRil BiBas & valéRiannE BOUé
COMPANIES : EntRE ChiEn Et lOUp (BElgiUM) & ts pRODUCtiOns (fRanCE)
lEngth : 26 Min
DIRECTOR : MaiOnE DE QUEiROZ silva
PRODUCER : philippE BUffOn
COMPANY : i.synChRO pRODUCtiOn (fRanCE)
young musicians without work chase away their depression with
drugs and dreams of the west. Marius grabs his accordion and
plays some gypsy blues to charm the moneylenders who demand
their due, to seduce a beautiful chick or maybe even attract
johnny Depp who, it seems, promised to be godfather to his
youngest child.
vie et œuvre d’arthur Bispo do Rosario, marin, noir et pauvre, né
en 1911 dans le nordeste brésilien. a l'âge de 27 ans Bispo a une
vision mystique : 7 anges descendent du ciel et lui commandent
une mission "faire le compte rendu du monde pour apporter à
Dieu le jour de sa mort".
interné dans un hôpital psychiatrique d'une banlieue de Rio 50
ans durant jusqu’à sa mort, arthur Bispo do Rosario a créé, contre
les misères d’un système psychiatrique abandonné et obsolète,
une œuvre majeure acclamée par les critiques de l’art
contemporain.
Ce film conçu sous forme d'une lettre adressée à l’artiste évoque
sa vie et visite son œuvre dans les lieux de l’hôpital psychiatrique.
won, stolen, borrowed or exchanged, money is the only way to
thwart the fate that dogs this small gypsy community. Clejani is a
chasm at the end of a road. some are willing to do anything to get
away.
Partners :
RtBf
CBa - Centre du Cinéma et de l’audiovisuel de la Communauté
française de Belgique et des télédistributeurs wallons
Centre national de la Cinématographie (f)
Festivals :
festival Cinéma du Réel 2005
EURODOC-sCRipt 2002
Partners :
Délégation aux arts plastiques – Ministère de la Culture.
Chantal soyer
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THE LOST HERITAGE
THE ROAD TO KERBALA
lEngth : 52 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2003-2004
DIRECTOR : MaRtin BiEBEl
PRODUCER : CaRl-a. fEChnER
COMPANY : fEChnERMEDia (gERMany)
lEngth : 69 Min
DIRECTOR : Katia jaRjOURa
PRODUCER : ChRistinE DOUBlEt
COMPANY : pROgRaM33 (fRanCE)
the german ‘grand Canyon’ - a bizarre landscape; what used to
be an opencast mining field covers a territory ten times larger than
Europe’s biggest airport. this region in the former gDR, was
powered by a vital industry with thousands of miners ploughing
the grounds for brown coal up until twelve years ago. today the
workers have lost their jobs and the ripped-open mining
landscape has literally petrified into a vast, empty desert. a desert
that has a beauty of its own; a unique moonlike landscape that
triggers contrasting feelings; it is a surreal surrounding – awesome
and extreme. and it is doomed. laUBag, a semi-federal
organization is determined to ‘domesticate’ this wild area through
a massive "back-to-nature"-program, intending to turn the
impressive remnants of human history into picturesque, innocent
lakes. in opposition to this plan there is a renowned institute, the
"iBa fürst pückler". what they strive for has the potential to
integrate not only the people, but also their identity and the pride
they take in it. what they see is the unique and fantastic chances,
which this manmade landscape holds for them.
Baghdad, april 2004. as iraq is daily shaken by current violence,
members of the religious shiite community prepare to brave the
road to Kerbala to carry out their annual pilgrimage, which was
banned under saddam’s dictatorship. this ritual ends the 40 dayperiod of mourning which commemorates the death of
Mohammed’s grandson, imam hussein, who was beheaded in
680 aD.
Despite the risk and dangers of the situation, a young lebanese
Canadian woman impassioned by shiism, accompanies the
pilgrims on the road.
the Road to Kerbala captures her investigative journey on the 110
kilometre-walk from the iraqi capital to the shiite capital. through
her vision and the narrative of her main character, a shiite poet
and former political prisoner, we penetrate into the heart of the
long-oppressed shiite community of iraq.
along the road, we experience religious and social rituals, political
demonstrations, encounters with american soldiers and the
peaceful countryside of iraq.
this personal journey reveals an intimate view of this community,
which both embraces death and celebrates life in their new-found
freedom.
Partners :
ZDf/arte - Martin pieper
publishing on vhs and DvD in german and english subtitled. we
own all rights for world distribution except germany and france
and are open for broadcasting proposals.
Partners :
arte france
RtBf
tsR
Umam production
Festivals :
fipa 2005
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2003-2004
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ALGÉRIENNES
COACH
lEngth : 56 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2002-2003
DIRECTOR : DjaMEl sEllani
PRODUCER : wally s. taÏBi
COMPANY : lEs filMs DU CyClOpE (fRanCE)
lEngth : 5x26 & 53 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2002-2003
DIRECTOR : liaM MCgRath
PRODUCER : tRisha Canning
COMPANY : sEtanta tElEvisiOn (iRElanD)
the algerian war broke out back in 1st november 1954. louisette,
Eliette and fatma, go back to where it all happened in algiers and
tell us their story of their commitment to put an end to social
injustice.
hunted down by french paratroopers, they were arrested in 1957
and tortured. they ended the war in prisons and in camps. the
solidarity borne of their imprisonment was a lesson in humanity
and has led to lasting friendships.
forty years later, louisette ighilahriz reaches the end of a long
quest to pay tribute to the man who saved her from torture. this
quest for the facts to be acknowledged is also a way for these
women to pay tribute to a few french military officers who had an
exemplary and noble attitude. Our film is also a quest to
understand the identity of a generation of women and men who
have never spoken out about this war.
sport in school is more than just a subject, for teachers it is more
than just a class. for some students it is the only thing they are
good at. it is their hope for college, for success, for recognition.
Coaches are more than trainers, they are parent figures, role
models and guardians.
“Coach” is a 5 x 25” series looking at the lives of three new york
high school coaches, their schools and their students. we see the
students strive for victory and what it means to them.
soccer : Martin jacobson, ex-heroin addict and soccer coach, he
takes african kids into his school to teach them life lessons as well
as soccer lessons.
Basketball : larry Major, single father to a three year old boy, he
also minds a school full of afro-american kids. a quiet, intelligent
man, he is the opposite of his new employee, todd Myles. todd is
a young hot-headed coach. he swears all the time, and tries to get
his students motivated by yelling. he feels they are not trying hard
enough.
athletics : natasha hastings is a talented young athlete with a
bright future. already she has broken high school records. this
winter she has to chose between running for her school team and
running for her country.
Partners :
nDR arte - Christiane hinz
Zero film - thomas Kufus
Festivals :
Cork film festival
Chicago irish film festival
Eurodoc-screening 2005
Partners :
image Creation.Com - Martine Barbé
RtBf - Claire Colart
Canal+ horizons - azibi Boualem
nMO - Malika amzourou
C9 télévision - françois taverniez
CRRav - Catherine Droubaix
Festivals :
2ème prix festival du Cinéma africain, d’asie et d’amérique du sud
- Milan 2005
Eurodoc-screening 2005
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FRANÇOIS MAURIAC, UN JOURNALISTE ENGAGÉ DREAM LAND
lEngth : 52 Min
DIRECTOR : gilBERt BalavOinE
PRODUCER : jEan MaRiE BERtinEaU
COMPANY : ZangRa pRODUCtiOns (fRanCE)
EURODOC nEtwORK
lEngth : 35 & 43 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2002-2003
DIRECTOR : laila paKalnina
PRODUCER : UlDis CEKUlis
COMPANY : viDEs filMU stUDija (latvia)
l’apparition du " Bloc- notes " de françois Mauriac dans les
années 50, d’abord dans l’Express puis dans le figaro littéraire,
va profondément marquer le journalisme.
Durant toute sa vie publique et journalistique, le prix nobel de
littérature françois Mauriac se place sous le signe de la
contradiction entre les influences bourgeoises catholiques les plus
réactionnaires et l'éveil d'une conscience chrétienne humaniste,
passionnément éprise de justice et de liberté.
au travers d'articles extraits du Bloc- notes lus par Claude Rich et
de témoignages d'historiens et philosophes, ce film traite de
l'évolution d'une pensée politique confrontée à l’épreuve des
évènements du 20éme siècle : guerre d'Espagne, occupation et
résistance, décolonisation et guerre d'algérie, avènement de la
5éme République…
avec la participation de : Claude Rich, pour les interviews de jean
lacouture, jean touzot, René Rémond, jean Daniel, francis jeanson.
there are places that we don’t want to know anything about,
places that we would rather pretend donít exist at all. One such
place is a dumpsite. from the humansí point of view, it is a ghastly
place, a stinking desert of trash. But itís a desert that is teaming
with life. the astounding profusion of insects, reptiles, birds and
mammals, all intertwined in an existential life-death relationship
imparts to it with some strangely alluring dream-like quality.
Partners :
in co-production with nDR/arte (co-producer Christiane hinz)
in association with ylE teema, sBs tv australia, the Cultural Capital
foundation of latvia and
the latvian national film Centre.
sales: studio hamburg fernseh allianz.
Partners :
france 3 aquitaine
RtBf
M.M.M.
Euskal télébista
Région aquitaine
iOta production (Belgique)
iDEM (pays Basque - Espagne)
Direction du livre et de la lecture
Festivals :
festival international du film d'histoire de pessac 2004
Eurodoc-screening 2005
Festivals :
pusan iff, iDfa, leipzig filmwochen, luebeck ff, Chicago iDff,
Docpoint.
Eurodoc-screening 2005
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THE DALÍ DIMENSION
THE COLONIAL MISUNDERSTANDING
lEngth : 53 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2002-2003
DIRECTOR : sUsi MaRQUès
PRODUCER : jOan UBEDa
COMPANY : MEDiapRO - MEDia 3.14 (spain)
lEngth : 78 & 60 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2001-2002
DIRECTOR : jEan-MaRiE tEnO
PRODUCERS : BÄRBEl MaUCh - jEan-MaRiE tEnO
COMPANIES : BÄRBEl MaUCh filM (gERMany) - lEs filMs DU Raphia (fRanCE)
salvador Dalí had an obsession for science that lasted his entire
life. this can be seen in his paintings, which reflect every major
discovery of the 20th Century. his signature is directly influenced
by a scientific image.
Dalí read scientific literature compulsively, from psychoanalysis to
quantum mechanics, and mathematics to genetics.
he befriended researchers in physics, mathematics, biology and other
disciplines. scientists were surprised to discover that beyond the façade
of a clownish showman was a brilliant artist with whom they could
have meaningful discussions at the crossroads of art and science.
the film features interviews with Dalí in which he speaks about his
passion for science together with previously unseen footage of
Dalí with scientists.
thE Dali DiMEnsiOn reveals a completely unknown aspect of
one of the most important figures of the 20th Century, and gives
new insight to interpret some of Dalí’s masterpieces.
in the Colonial Misunderstanding jean-Marie teno sheds light on
the complex and problematic relationship between colonization
and European missionaries on the african continent.
through an examination of the work of german missionary
societies in africa whose vocation was to bring Christianity – and by
extension, European culture and European rule – to the heathens,
jean-Marie teno reveals the Colonial Misunderstanding.
En suivant les traces des premiers missionnaires en afrique, jeanMarie teno met en lumière la relation ambiguë entre les missions
chrétiennes et l’entreprise coloniale. il confronte les analyses
d’historiens africains et européens avec celles du personnel des
missions, et livre un témoignage bouleversant sur la mission "
civilisatrice " de la colonisation.
Partners :
ZDf/aRtE - Olaf grunert
with the support of CEE/aCp, EZEf/EED, KEM, agence
intergouvernementale
de
la
francophonie,
CnC,
pROCiREp/angOa,ORtn (niger) and Ministère de la Culture
(Cameroun).
Partners :
televisio de Catalunya
fundacio gala-salvador Dali
institut Ramon llull
avRO
in collaboration with ylE teema RtBf tvE temáticos with the
support of the institut Català de les indústries Culturals and the
MEDia programme of the European Union
Festivals :
prix festival telesciencia (portugal)
Best tv program-art film festival Montréal Canada
Eurodoc-screening 2005
Festivals :
Competition fEspaCO 2005
iDfa 2004
Etats généraux du documentaire - lussas 2004
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THE AMAZING STORY OF FATHER HIMALAYA THE GUGGENHEIM AND THE BARONESS
lEngth : 51 Min
DIRECTOR : jORgE antÓniO
PRODUCER : lUís CORREia.
COMPANY : lx filMEs (pORtUgal)
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2000-2001
lEngth : 73 & 52 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2002-2003
DIRECTOR : sigRiD faltin
PRODUCER : sigRiD faltin
COMPANY : whitE pEppER filMs (gERMany)
in 1904, a crowd gathered at the entry of the st. louis Exhibition,
in Missouri, U.s.a. Many people went to admire the enormous
steel structure, where thousands of mirrors reflected the sunlight.
it was the pyrhelióphero, a revolutionary solar device which was
awarded the 1st prize at exhibition, although it was not even
included in the portuguese oficial section.
this film is a tribute to the life and work of this genius and
visionary inventor that history seems to have forgotten.
the story of hilla rebay is told with film footage, photographs, and
letters from and to hilla. hilla’s relatives and friends, artists and art
critics tell us how they remember this unusual woman and artist.
roland von rebay, hilla's nephew, an architect and apprentice to
frank lloyd wright, and two of the curators of the rebay exhibition
lead us to the warehouses in germany and the u.s., where hilla's
artworks are kept, and through the main stations of hilla's life.
lending a lighter note to her story, animations that are little
artworks themselves, bring us closer to hilla. the film documents
the preparations for the rebay exhibition and the rediscovery of
one of the earliest abstract women artists.
Partners :
Rtp
iCaM - instituto do Cinema, audiovisual e Multimédia, programa
“Ciência viva” - Ministério da Ciência e da tecnologia, Câmara
Municipal de arcos de valdevez, Câmara Municipal de viana do
Castelo
Festivals :
Eurodoc-screening 2005
Partners :
ZDf arte
avRO
ylE
guggenheim / Rebay foundation
Mfg film foundation Baden-württemberg
Media plus
Festivals :
Bronze Medal at the new york festival
szolnok festival (hungary)
film festival of fine arts (Montréal)
www.the-baroness.com
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SEDA PEOPLE OF THE MARSH
MA VIE DANS UNE VALISE
lEngth : 52 Min
DIRECTOR : KaspaRs gOBa
PRODUCER : UlDis CEKUlis
COMPANY : viDEs filMU stUDija (latvia)
EURODOC nEtwORK
lEngth : 52 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2001-2002
DIRECTOR : sylvia CallE
PRODUCERS : valéRiannE BOUé
COMPANY : ts pRODUCtiOns (fRanCE)
in seda, a remote peat minersí town of latvia, the time seems to
be frozen in the soviet era. Built in 1952 and inhabited by a multiethnic workforce from different parts of the former UssR, it still
preserves intact the signs of the inflated style of a stalinís ìshock
workî construction project. Culturally sedaís people feel like a
community apart. their lingua franca is the Russian, and their
social life is a mixture of soviet and Russian Orthodox traditions.
they donít want the European Union, they want to live in their own
state ñ the Marshland.
today, Colombia is experiencing a critical moment of its history,
torn apart by a confused war against drug and armed irregular
groups. Running away from violence, but also from the
economical crisis it has entailed, six million Colombians have been
forced to move abroad. this is a true silent exodus that affects the
country. "Des valises pleines" in an intimate conversation with
some Colombians living in exile in new york, ironically called "the
second Colombian city". those characters tell us what they have
gone through in Colombia, tell us in what way violence has forced
them o decide to flee their country.
"what did you bring in your bag when you left Colombia?" is the
starting question of the project. in the place they are living, their
place of refuge as exiles, these people unpack for the second time
their bags in front of the camera an old pull-over, a blanket, a pair
of sleepers…these objects have become "fetishes", sanctuaries of
the past, full of suggestive power. little by little, the whole of those
tales, of those suitcases, outlines the contours of the drama
experienced by millions of Colombians.
Partners :
in association with nDR/arte (co-producer Christiane hinz)
filmtank hamburg - thomas tielsch
national film Centre of latvia
Partners :
voi sénart (france)
ylE teema et ylE tv1 (finland)
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CHECK MATE, STRATEGY OF A REVOLUTION
AN ABSENT WORLD
lEngth : 52 & 60 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2001-2002
DIRECTOR : sUsannE BRanDstÄttER
PRODUCER : gUnnaR DEDiO
COMPANY : lOOKs (gERMany)
lEngth : 56 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2001-2002
DIRECTOR : ROnniE RaMiREZ
PRODUCER : CyRil BiBas
COMPANY : EntRE ChiEn Et lOUp (BElgiUM)
a case history of U.s. foreign policy, propaganda and secret
operations: why the Romanian Revolution had to take place
before america could win the Cold war.
a new and startling story of international intrigue, involving the
reunification of germany and the collapse of the soviet Union.
Checkmate analyses the events surrounding the Romanian
Revolution, revealing for the first time how the superpowers were
involved and above all, why. when Ceausescu refused to accept
the reforms sweeping Eastern Europe in 1989, the ruthless
Romanian dictator unwittingly rushed headlong into his own
destruction. little did he know of the agreements reached
concerning Europe’s destiny: though both Bush and gorbachev
pursued their own aims, the two statesmen had come to terms on
this question.
But then there was the problem of germany. Mitterand and
thatcher made a simple stipulation. first western and Eastern
Europe mist be united, before the reunification of germany could
take place. as the last of the hard-liners in the warsaw pact, only
Ceausescu stood in the way… if Europe’s division should end and
germany was to be reunited, Romania’s dictator had to be
overthrown.
Upon the backdrop of the one of the most exiting and moving
episodes of history – the Romanian Revolution and Ceausescu’s
overthrow – this documentary revels and exemplifies the working
of power politics.
at the heart of Chilean patagonia, the economic activity – especially
stock breeding and forestry development- exploits the local natural
resources knowing no limit.these days, a new threat is looming for
the aisen province: the setting up of a huge industrial complex, of
which the site work is planned to begin in 2003.
Meeting some of the inhabitants of this southern region, some of
these pioneers’ and indians’ sons, it will be their turn to speak so
we can better understand what are the stakes and contradictions
of this country which has been described as an “economical
model” in latin america since the end of the 80s.
Partners :
RtBf
CBa
ylE (pre-sale)
Festivals :
Cinemas d’Espagne et d’amérique latine (Bruxelles)
Partners :
ZDf / arte - Martin piepper
3sat ORf (austria)
parallel.40 (spain)
tvR (hungaria)
Festivals :
iDfa 2003
Diagonale 2004 (austria)
inpUt 2004
Eurodoc-screening 2004
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LIFE RUNNING OUT OF CONTROL
lEngth : 3x60 & 95 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2000-2001
DIRECTORS : BERtRaM vERhaag & gaBRiElE KRöBER
PRODUCER : BERtRaM vERhaag
COMPANY : DEnKMal-filM (gERMany)
in the mid-eighties science, with the help of genetic technology,
finds the key to mastering the earth and especially its creatures.
suddenly, everything seems possible!
twenty years later we embark on a global journey to explore the
progressive and continual genetic manipulation of plants, animals
and human beings: Due to a disastrous crop with genetically
modified cotton many indian farmers face ruin, have to sell one of
their kidneys or resort to committing suicide. in Canada genetically
modified canola seeds blow onto the fields of neighbouring organic
farms, thus making ecological farming impossible.
the icelandic parliament sells the entire pool of genes of its
population to a private company that, in turn, intends to turn over
the data at a profit to the pharmaceutical industry and insurance
companies.
a research project is designated as "vampire project” in which
blood, hair and saliva samples are taken from 700 so-called
ethnic groups on the verge of extinction on the pretext of
preventive health. the gene samples wander into the laboratories
of industry to provide the basis for valuable patents.
worldwide only a handful of idealistic scientists are defying
industry, doing independent – without the financial support of
industry – research on the effects of transgenic animals and plants
on the environment and our health when we consume genetically
modified food.
2004
Awards:
"1.price for best long production (the Carmo Bernardes trophy)"
6th fiCa – international Environmental film festival, goias / Brazil
"nominee for natiOnal filM BOaRD Of CanaDa awaRD" 23rd
vancouver international film festival 2004
"nominee for iDa award"international Documentary association
iDa’s 20th annual awards Competition 2004, los angeles / Usa
ökomedia award "golden lynx" for the best journalistic
achievement 21st international Environmental film festival
OPERNFIEBER
lEngth : 70 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2002-2003
DIRECTOR : KathaRina RUpp
PRODUCER : jORg KOBEl
COMPANY : BaRBaROssafilM (gERMany)
it sounds like a relic from a time long forgotten but they still exist,
people hired to be the life and soul of the opera. their reputation
is notorious, entwined with flamboyant and colourful stories and
myths. Regarded by many as influential and dangerous, for others
they are nothing more than a burdensome parasite whose days
are numbered. the `claqueurs´ see themselves almost as artists
whose work support the singers and is of importance to the opera.
Even so, the ´claqueurs´ guild is threatened with extinction due to
the lack of up and coming young professionals. an insight into the
working days of the ´claqueurs´ in the italian opera.
Partners :
ZDf/aRtE, sf DRs
ylE tEEMa
filmstiftung nRw
BUON VIAGGIO, MICHELANGELO
lEngth : 52 Min
DIRECTOR : MattEO DElBO
PRODUCER : anastasia plaZZOtta
COMPANY : fanDangO (italy)
Partners :
swR/aRtE
Festivals :
the 21st international Environmental film festival "öKOMEDia"
2004 in freiburg, germany awarded to " life Running Out Of
Control " the "golden lynx" for Best journalistic achievement.
Meanwhile also the list of festival- invitations is getting longer:
19th international Documentary film festival Munich, germany-05.2004
6th fiCa – international Environmental film festival, goias/Brazil-06.2004
2nd Ecology-festival irkutsk, irkutsk / Russia - 09.2004
naturvision - international nature- and animalfilmfestival,
neuschönau / germany - 09.2004
23rd vancouver international film festival, vancouver/Canada-09.2004
49th Cork film festival, Cork / ireland - 10.2004
ökomedia – 21. international Environmental film festival,
freiburg, germany - 10.2004 nanookfest- "il silenzioso Richiamo
della terra", palermo/ italy - 11.2004
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2001-2002
Memory stimulated by the atlantic crossing, a documentary-like an
atlantic crossing, re-evocation of an atlantic crossing. in the last
century, at the end of the 60s, the great ocean liners stopped
connecting Europe and the United states. the barmen in the first
class cocktail lounges had learned their trade with the none too
easy-to-please american clientele, mixing martinis for Rock
hudson and humphrey Bogart, stealing secrets from the
professionals they spied on over the counters of Manhattan bars,
when the crews went ashore for a day before going back on board
to return to italy. we will meet quite a few barmen who have spent
a good amount of their life on ocean liners. they are in their sixties
and seventies. we will meet with these “salts” to discover
something…
Partners :
les films d’ici
instituto luce
aRtE france
archivio ansaldo
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C INÉMA, DALI
lEngth : 51 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2002-2003
DIRECTOR : BERnaRD MOnsigny
PRODUCER : fRéDéRiC fERaUD
COMPANY : lEs pRODUCtiOns DE l’OEil saUvagE (fRanCE)
lEngth : 52 Min
DIRECTORS : jOsEp ROviRa
PRODUCER : viCtOR CaRRERa
COMPANIES : tElEvisiO DE CatalUnya (spain)
aRtiClE Z (fRanCE)
jean-Michel, a blind man, returns to his native Morocco with
powerful memories of his childhood days. he records the sounds
encountered along the way in order to make a radio broadcast on
his return. his son jean-Marc, who is ten and visually unimpaired,
acts as his guide. he is eager to discover the places that gave his
blind father his first impressions of the world. father and son
spend several days in Casablanca with Rachid, an old school-mate
of jean-Michel's, at an institute for the young blind. Rachid shows
us how a blind man introduces another blind man to his culture
and a big Moroccan city. they will be our escorts between the
world of the sighted and the world of the blind on a journey
through different fields of perception. how a blind man teach us
to see ?
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salvador Dalí was a celebrated surrealist painter with an excessive
creative ambition in regards to what was usual in the mid-20th
Century. among many other artistic disciplines, he did various and
known contributions to the Cinema with capital letter, but he also
invented a new form of cinema. he discovered that he could
realise his dream by showing himself in front of the camera. it's
been a surrealist cinema, made out of short scenes, with a sole
actor and director of scene, the famous salvador Dalí acting out
all sorts of eccentric roles. Cinema, Dalí brings about a completely
new perspective on salvador Dalí. its investigation work has
brought back into light and put back in order more than forty
hours of images of archives from around the world. as new
images appeared, the documentation team discovered links
between them that threw a new light on Dalí's cinematographic
ideas. the end result is a film approved by the gala and salvador
Dali foundation, the heir of the painter. if up until now we only
knew about Dalí's work with the great film-directors Buñuel,
Disney or hitchcock, historians will now have to open a new
chapter and a new genre dedicated to the cinema of Dalí.
Partners :
france 3
2M (Maroc)
ylE tEEMa (pre-sale)
RtBf (pre-sale)
Partners :
france 5
fundació gala-salvador Dalí
Festivals :
finalist of international Emmy awards, new york 2004 as best arts
programming
finalist on the URti prix, parís 2004
Malaga film festival, 2004
fipa in Biarritz 2004.
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lEngth : 52 Min
DIRECTOR : laEtitia MOREaU
PRODUCER : MatthiEU BElghiti
COMPANY : littlE BEaR (fRanCE)
2003
J USTICE, IN TIME OF WAR
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2002-2003
in the last five years, almost 4 000 illegal immigrants, most of
them Maroccan, have drowned while attempting to cross the strait
of gibraltar. Moved by the terrible fate of these men and women,
two brothers, Martin and angel Zamora, have put their
undertaking business at the service of the victims and their
families. without them, the clandestine voyager’s journey ends in
a communal fosse in algéciras. in addition to the transportation,
the Zamoras take charge of identifying the bodies, notifying the
next of kin; accompanying them through the legal formalities of
repatriation, finally assisting with the funerals at the other end,
sometimes in the most remote villages of Marocco.
lEngth : 90 Min
DIRECTOR : faBRiZiO laZZaREtti
PRODUCER : vanni ganDOlfO
COMPANY : DOClaB (italy)
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2001-2002
a man fights for justice in a foreign land -justice for his murdered
son. One man against all. when his son was killed by the
Colombian military police and the verdict was cocaine overdose,
the italian doctor sisto turra understood that it was not the truth,
and he began to fight back. though only one of the 24 000 similar
cases per year in Colombia. this one reached a trial. and the
justice is now coming.
Partners :
Meike Martens - MajaDE
BBC : nick fraser
ZDf arte : anne Even
Rai3 : Ricardo scottoni
tElEpiU : fabrizio grosoli
tv OntaRiO : Rudy Buttignol
Distributors :
D.nEt salEs : heino Deckert
MiKaDO/EMiK : francesco Melzi
Eurodoc-Screening 2004
SIZA, THE ARCHITECT AND THE OLD CITY
Partners :
france 5
tsR
RtBf
Festivals:
Mention spéciale au prix Michel Mitrani
(fipa 2004)
Eurodoc-Screening 2004
lEngth : 52 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2000-2001
DIRECTOR : CataRina alvEs COsta
PRODUCER : CataRina MOURaO
COMPANY : laRanja aZUl (pORtUgal)
Álvaro siza vieira, a famous visionary portuguese architect, is
called to coordinate the rehabilitation of the monuments and
architectonic heritage of Cidade velha (Old village), in santiago,
one of the african islands of Cape vert. this project creates great
expectations amongst the local population, who envisages it as a
way of improving their life quality. the film shows the relationship
and conflict between these two worlds, two cultures, with different
life concepts and ideas of what modernity and progress are...
Partners :
jOUR j pRODUCtiOn : sylvie Randonneix
Rtp : nuno Brandao / helena torref
Rai sat : luca Macciocca
voi senart (france)
Eurodoc-Screening 2003
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C HANTZ, L’ENFANT JAZZ
lEngth : 90 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2000-2001
DIRECTOR : Elly taylOR
PRODUCER : Elly taylOR
COMPANY : taylORED pRODUCtiOns (UnitED KingDOM)
lEngth : 90 & 52 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2001-2002
DIRECTOR : MOhaMMED KOUnDa
PRODUCER : DOMiniQUE lE pivERt
COMPANY : gREnaDE pRODUCtiOns (fRanCE)
this is a real life drama about ordinary people in extraordinary
circumstances. it is a saga of hope in the face of despair, of love
flowering out of tragedy. a film told through a poignant love story
that will merge the past with the present, bringing survivors from
a long-forgotten world war ii rescue together again for the first
time since 1944, and showing the consequences of war on people
like you and me.
this is the story of a relationship between a mother, glinda, and
her son, Chantz. it is a relationship that is ambiguous, but full of
tenderness and complicity, that presents itself as a fabulous story.
Chantz, the 'chance', was given the name because he should never
have been born. glinda, a black american 'fat woman', comes
from Mississippi, the land where the legend of gospel music
emerged from the terrible poverty. he has been playing the
trumpet since the age of five. he has exceptional talent that
fascinates the public and arouses the interest of well known artists.
Chantz and his mother live their life on the road, in shabby hotels
and fantastic palaces, depending on the invites they receive.
without being absolutely poor, they have no fixed address. Chantz
plays in the street, but also in the most prestigious places. he does
not go to school because everyday he is attending the 'school of
life'. with his humour and charm, he has a gift when it comes to
extraordinary meetings. Chantz is not only the child prodigy of a
pygmalion mother. he is also the only hope for a woman who has
pulled herself out of misery, determined to do something with her
life. Over a two year period, under the critical and curious eye of
a director, they continue on their path which is sometimes
dangerous and uncertain. the story will be given rhythm, with
accelerations and pauses, joy and pain, like a blues song or an
improvised piece of jazz.
Partners :
liChtBliCK filMs : Carl-ludwig Rettinger
ZDf-aRtE (DE) : anne Even, nRK : tore tomter
BBC scotland, history Channel UK
Eurodoc-Screening 2003
Festivals :
silver world medal ny festival 2005
DO YOU REMEMBER LAURIE ZIMMER ?
lEngth : 54 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2001-2002
DIRECTOR : ChaRlOttE sZlOvaK
PRODUCER : DaviD BERDah
COMPANY : ZEUgMa filMs (fRanCE)
Do you remember laurie Zimmer? tells the story of a search.
the search for an actress, laurie Zimmer, who played in a film that
Charlotte szlovak directed in 1977 in los angeles. laurie was
gifted and beautiful but after this shooting, she disappeared. the
people who knew her at that time have not heard from her since.
Do you remember laurie Zimmer? is an answer to questions
Charlotte and other people who knew laurie have kept asking
themselves during those past 25 years: why did laurie disappear?
what happened in her life? and what may become a young
actress in hollywood when she does not succeed? Do you
remember laurie Zimmer? is an investigation. Do you remember
laurie Zimmer? is a detective story without any murder nor blood,
just a fascinating and mysterious figure. the story of a life as well
as a road-movie in a real or imaginary land: hollywood.
Partners :
aRtE france : luciano Rigolini
Rai sat : luca Macciocca
ylE teema : pasanen
Eurodoc-Screening 2003
Partners :
BBC
arte france
Odyssée
Cityzen tv
Eurodoc-Screening 2004
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WHOSE IS THIS SONG ?
THE TRAVELS OF MONA LISA
lEngth : 55 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2000-2001
DIRECTOR : aDEla pEEva
PRODUCER : aDEla pEEva
COMPANY : aDEla MEDia filM & tv (BUlgaRia)
lEngth : 52 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2001-2002
DIRECTOR : MaRia DOlORs gEnOvEs
PRODUCER : jOan aRanO
COMPANY : la pRODUCtORa (spain)
the Balkans are said to be a place for wars and for scandals. a
maxim reads: „De mortuis aut nihil aut bene". the Balkans are
always held in bad repute. i wonder whether their ill fame is all to
the good because nevertheless it means that we are alive. with
this film i would like to show the Balkans from a different
standpoint - the standpoint of a person who being unable to
change his birthplace and doesn't want to emigrate to west, is
trying to get to know the Balkans and understand them. the song,
which the people in different Balkan countries claim to be theirs,
will be used to create an absurd situation. a situation in which
nobody will ever miss an opportunity to play down the other man,
to make fun of him, to bring forward his shortcomings.
"whose is this song" is a unique opportunity to make a film with a
sense of humour about all us that live as neighbours in the
Balkans. about that common trait of ours, which make us certain
that all that is good is ours and all that is bad is our neighbour's.
Each and everyone in the Balkans claims what is good is only his
and discounts the possibility that it can belong to the neighbour.
that’s the way it is even when it comes to a song.
500 years later, leonardo’s gioconda remains probably the most
famous painting in the world. from the chaste and young wife of
giocondo, a florentine civil servant, she became a madonna
secluded within the walls of palaces, under the vigilance of kings and
aristocrats. vincenzo peruggia, a keeper at the louvre, kidnapped
her in 1911, and nothing of her whereabouts was known until two
years later. she even suffered an attack in 1956, when an insane
Bolivian man hurled her a stone. in 1963 she made her first
transatlantic journey : in washington she met jfK and jacqueline.
ten years later (1974), she flew to tokyo and Moscow. and now, the
kind japanese are arranging a 200 square-meter flat only fo her. she
has hundreds of sites on the web, and her face on an infinity of
objects. it is the monalisamania, an icon of the culture of the masses.
and despite all the fame, even now we ignore so much about the
identity of this florentine lady, when it was painted, who ordered it…
Partners :
Erik loetch - lOOKs
ZDf arte : Olaf grunert
avRO : Marijke Rawie
tv3 : jordi ambros
aRtE distribution : adrienne fréjacques
history Channel iberia : anna Marqués
Eurodoc-Screening 2003
WILLY RONIS PARIS-PROVENCE
lEngth : 55 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 1999-2000
DIRECTOR : MiChEl tOUtain
PRODUCER : patRiCK sERaUDiE
COMPANY : pyRaMiDE pRODUCtiOn (fRanCE)
Partners :
periscope productions nv
ORB/aRtE : Dr. geri nasarski
ylE : Eila werning / tv1
Danmarks radio : flemming grenz / tv facta
Carre noir RtBf liège : Christiane philippe
liChtpUnt / nps
Festivals :
prize of the jury “golden Rython” 2003 national Documentary
film festival
prize of the jury “golden Chest” international tv film festival - 2003
“silver Conch” prize and fipREsCi award, Mumbai international
film festival - 2004
“prix Bartok” Ethnographic film festival, paris - 2004
“gibson impact of Music” award nashville film festival - 2004
prize of the jury” Motovun international film festival Croatia 2004
annual award of the City of sofia - 2004
second award and award of the student jury "Crossroad Europe"
international Documentary film festival lublin, poland - 2005
award "silver Knight" & "golden Knight" international film
festival, Russia - 2005
“human Rights and Respect of Diversity” award, Documentary &
short film festival, prizren, Kosova - 2006
award “the Best film” and “award for innovation” sardinia
international Ethnographic film festival - 2006
audience award at “Roving Eye” Documentary film festival
providence, Usa - 2007
Even if he started in photography almost despite himself, willy
Ronis finds naturally his place among the great french realist
photographers of the 20th century, next to Doisneau and CartierBresson. for more than 70 years, he has been pacing up and
down the streets of paris, his favourite city, especially in the
Belleville-Ménilmontant neighbourhood, capturing in the act
instants from daily life. in provence, his second homeland and
place of rest and family happiness, he let himself be guided and
inspired by the light, the landscape and the colourful ambience of
the south of france. today, aged 90, in paris as well as in
provence, we start with him a reflection on what has determined
his whole existence: photographic creation.
Partners :
france 3 limoges : Marc wilmart
france 3 Méditerranée : Eric Ollivier
Rai sat : luca Macciocca
Eurodoc-Screening 2003
prix au 28ème festival film d’art, UnEsCO paris
2003
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KINGS AND EXTRAS
ON N’EST PAS DES MARQUES DE VÉLO
DIGGING FOR A PALESTINIAN IMAGE
lEngth : 190 Min
DIRECTOR : jEan-piERRE thORn
PRODUCER : MaRiE MOUChEl-BlaisOt
COMPANY : Mat filM (fRanCE)
lEngth : 58 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2001-2002
DIRECTOR : aZZa El hassan
PRODUCER : MEiKE MaRtEns
COMPANY : Ma.ja.DE. filMpRODUKtiOn (gERMany)
the filmmaker azza tries to trace the fate of the lost archives of the
plO Media Unit - and therefore she meets eccentric old
revolutionaries, telling her contradictory stories about what has
happened to the missing films. they only agree on that the israelis
did not get hold of them… the search for the lost archives leads
her to gaza, syria, jordan and lebanon, meeting the different
protagonists, and it allows her to have a look at their way of
remembering the past, their “good old days”. how they are
dealing with the march of time, up to the presence, the feeling of
defeat and loss. thus the quest for the archives becomes an
attempt to review an image of palestinian identity, from azza’s
personal point of view. and this perspective includes both the
insider’s proximity and the distance of a young woman to this
older generation; intelligent, sometimes ironic, without being
destructive.
EURODOC-sCREEning 2002
Bouda, a 30 year-old hip-hop dancer, has been an illegal
immigrant since the age of three, when he arrived in france with
his parents. today, he is the victim of the "double condemnation",
a law by whitch the children of immigrants who have served prison
terms are sent back to their contry of origin upon their release.
this musical film, whitch blends hip-hop dancing and rap music,
examines the discriminatory pratices of the french government in
applying this law. it also deals with the collective and individual
adventure of hip-hop movement, which first emerged in france in
the northem suburbs of paris in the 80s.
Partners :
yamama
BBC
wDR in association with aRtE
ylE tv2
03 productions
with the support of Mitteldeutsche
Medienförderung and the Media plus
programme (Distribution)
AU HASARD DES MARIAGES
lEngth : 52 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2002-2003
DIRECTOR : nEEta jain-DUhaUt
PRODUCER : CélinE MaUgis
COMPANY : la viE Est BEllE (fRanCE)
in spite of ideal of love marriage, education and western
influences, 90% of all marriages in india are “arranged”. we shall
accompany a young woman in her early twenties, a Master’s
degree holder, who has agreed that her parents find a suitable
match for her. parallel to her story will be presented the
experiences of my collegue friends who took the same decision in
the past, and have lived a married life for around fifteen years.
these friends who rebelled against arranged marriages during our
University years, will talk about the evolution of their marriage and
their concept of love, from the moment they were confronted with
the problem of finding a partner, till the present day. a
comparaison between love and arranged marriages will be
brought in without bias towards any of them.
Partners :
lEs filMs D’iCi
aRtE : nathaliE vERDiER
RtBf : ClaiRE COlaRt
Partners :
aRtE france
DANSE TAUREAU, DANSE !
lEngth : 52 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2001-2002
DIRECTOR : ChRistian alvaREZ
PRODUCER : MURiEl ORtMans
COMPANY : Clap D'ORt filMs (BElgiUM)
an island in the middle of the amazonian forest and on this island,
a town called parintins. a little township, insignificant in
appearance… only in appearance. the truth is elsewhere, in a
hundred year old tradition which has transformed the destiny of
this town.
parintins is divided into two. parintins has two faces, one red and
the other blue. these are the colours of two groups of antagonists :
the garantido and the Caprichoso.
the director went to parintins to breathe in this strange obsession
which unites and divides a whole town.
But mostly, between the silence of the river and the rhythm of the
drums, there, he found a true lesson in happiness.
Partners :
filMs DU villagE
pOlO DE iMagEM
RtBf
Canvas
Canal + Belgique
ylE
Cityzen tv
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THE SOUND OF RUSSIA
WITH IVAN
lEngth : 59 & 71 Min
EURODOC-sCREEning 2002
DIRECTOR : EKatERina EREMEnKO
PRODUCERS : MEiKE MaRtEns & hEinO DECKERt
COMPANY : Ma.ja.DE (gERMany)
lEngth : 58 Min
EURODOC-sCREEning 2002
DIRECTOR : philippE CRnOgORaC
PRODUCER : patRiCK sERaUDiE
COMPANY : pyRaMiDE pRODUCtiOn (fRanCE)
all the members of the Russian "society of amateur Canary Bird
singing" are men. they belong to different social groups and come
from all over the country. One cold winter day, they arrive in
Moscow, unified only in the burning desire to win the annual
contest. they have been training their students - exclusively male
too - for a whole year. Only the male bird of the species "serinus
canaria canaria" is able to produce the admirable heavenly tunes.
it is a rigid men's world, as most women in Russia unfortunately
are completely busy with their daily chores and they have no time
to care about these "real essentials of life"…
a film full of pathos and humour, about an outstanding bond
between men and birds, exploring Russian society and a
passionate confrontation of genders.
D’origine yougoslave par mon père, j’ai longtemps cherché un
lien fort avec ce pays qu’il avait fui pour des raisons politiques.
Mon père était persuadé que je ne pourrais jamais comprendre et
moi, je me persuadais qu’il refusait de me parler, de me
transmettre.
C’est le regard intime d’un français, issu de l’immigration, sur ses
origines, sur sa relation toute particulière avec son père. il y est
question d’identité, de déracinement, d’appartenance, de filiation.
interrogations personnelles qui croisent l’histoire tragique de la
yougoslavie.
Partners :
yumi (france)
tv 10 angers (france)
Festival :
les Ecrans Documentaires
Partners :
ZDf/arte: sabine Bubeck-paaz (germany)
ylE teema: leena pasanen (finland)
Distribution :
Deckert Distribution
Eurodoc-Screening 2002
Festivals :
iDfa amsterdam 2003, silver wolf Competition
festivals e.g. new york, Moscow, Belgrad, auckland, Zagreb
Russian national award (lavt) “Branch of laurel” 2003
2002
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MEMORIES OF HUMAN RIGHTS CENTURY
LETTRES DU TRAIN FANTÔME
lEngth : 4x52 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 1999-2000
DIRECTOR OF THE SERIES : BERnaRD DEBORD
PRODUCER : MaRiE MOUChEl-BlaisOt
COMPANY : MatfilMs (fRanCE)
lEngth : 85 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 1999-2000
DIRECTOR : laUREnt lUtaUD
PRODUCER : MaRiE BERthEliUs & ROgER naRBOnnE
COMPANY : saME filMs (fRanCE)
historical and geographical overview of human Rights in the 20th
century, based on amnesty international archives, with the critical
eye of salima ghezali -an algerian militant journalist - , and the
evidence of the implied actors (the defenders) or the unwilling (the
victims) from all around the world. the ambition of this
documentary series was to report the main strokes that were
blown against individual and human groups rights all around the
world and during this century. But also to report the efforts,
actions, reflections carried out by men of good will to make
barbarity no longer an inevitability.
june1944 ; in the midst of the liberation, 800 deportees were
transported from french camps to germany. Due to the allies’
bombing and the Resistants’ attacks, the railway was in such bad
shape that the journey across france took 54 days. sometimes the
deportees even had to walk and were seen in every place.this
story is unique, because of the incredibly long voyage that made
many people witness the deportations towards german camps,
usually made "invisible". the film, based on the eye witnesses’
evidence and on the deportees’ own letters, asks us: what would
we have done in a similar situation today?
Partners :
france 3 sud
ZDf/aRtE
history television
DES ENFANTS EN LUTTE
DIRECTOR : laUREnt CiBiEn
PARTNER : fRanCE 5, RtBf, iMagE CRéatiOn.COM
Eurodoc-Screening 2002
LA SOLITUDE DE LA COÉPOUSE
DIRECTOR : BERnaRD DEBORD
PARTNER : fRanCE 5, RtBf
¿ DONDE ESTAN ?
DIRECTOR : aURinE CRéMiEU
PARTNER : ODysséE, RtBf, histOiRE
MARIAGES ARRANGÉS
lEngth : 52 Min
DIRECTOR : CaROl EQUER-haMy
PRODUCER : laUREnt BOCahUt
COMPANY : DOMinant 7 (fRanCE)
in india, most marriages are arranged. love is not necessarily
taken into account. it is neither something to which one aspires,
nor a necessary condition for happiness. One must follow one’s
destiny. love marriages are still an exception.
arranged marriages serve for the best the interests of the families,
safeguard the values from one generation to the other.
But how can love, how can whole lives be the business of families
and not of oneself ?
in this first person narrative documentary, the director tries, as she
encounters her indian friends, to approach and define what love
can be like when one is not given a choice.
Partners :
france 5,
tv 10 angers
Eurodoc-Screening 2002
AU CARREFOUR DES DROITS DE L’HOMME
DIRECTOR : pasCal CaRCanaDE
PARTNER : fRanCE 5
Eurodoc-Screening 2002
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 1999-2000
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SI-GUÉRIKI LA REINE- MÈRE
THE I DLE ONES
2002
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 1999-2000
lEngth : 62 & 90 Min
DIRECTOR : iDRissOU MORa Kpai
PRODUCER : jEan-MaRiE tEnO
COMPANY : lEs filMs DU Raphia (fRanCE)
2001
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 1999-2000
lEngth : 82 Min
DIRECTOR : sUsanna hElKE & viRpi sUUtaRi
PRODUCER : Ulla siMOnEn
COMPANY : KinOtaR (finlanD)
Director idrissou Mora Kpai, 33, is a member of the wassangari
tribe of northern Benin. Once a tribe of fierce warriors ruled by
rigid traditions, the wassangari people have abandoned their
battles, but have maintened their strict patriarchy to this day.
following the death of his father, the director return to his village
after a ten-year absence. he is disheartened to see his sisters and
nieces suffering from the wassangari’s enduring traditions of
female oppression. But he is surprised to find his mother liberated.
when Mora Kpai was a child, his mother, a stranger to him, was
simply one of his father’s wives, a mere shadow in the family
compound… today, she has received a title, si-gueriki (the Queen
Mother), the female equivalent of a king. si-gueriki "the Queen
Mother" is the story of a young man’s confrontation with his culture
and traditions. it’s an intimate, personal film… an insider’s view of
this ancient culture. the film is also the belated meeting between
a son and his two "mothers".
summer with old friends. Experiencing the end of childhood together.
fishing at a beautiful lake, driving around the town, hanging out at
the gas station… not because they want to, but because there is
absolutely nothing else to do. "the idle Ones" is a touching and
revealing, yet funny documentary about three young men, lötkö,
hapa and Bodi, who live in an emptying area in northern finland.
Partners :
ylE/tv1
aRtE
Partners :
france 5
lichtblick film
arouna sacca Mora Kpai
Festivals :
the film won several prizes including :
Best scandinavian Documentary award in the nordisk panorama
festival
Best Documentary award in the Milano festival internazionale
Best Documentary film award in the finnish academy awards
Eurodoc-Screening 2002
Eurodoc-Screening 2002
GENERATION 0
2001
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 1999-2000
lEngth : 69 Min
DIRECTORS : annE hjORt & ClaUs laDERgaaRD
PRODUCER : ClaUs laDEgaaRD
COMPANY : Easy filM (DEnMaRK)
"generation 0" is a documentary series that tells the story of five
children who were born and grew up after the turn of the
millennium. the series focuses on the upbringing of the children,
and its framework is the everyday life of the families. the children
and their parents will be filmed regularly and a number of
documentaries will be made showing the children as they grow up.
Partners :
tv 2 Denmark
L’HOMME AUX SEMELLES D’OR
2000
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 1999-2000
lEngth : 54 Min
DIRECTOR : OMaR aMiRalay
PRODUCER : ElisaBEth MaRliangEas
COMPANY : aMip (fRanCE)
Rafiq hariri, a lebanese entrepreneur and multi-billionaire, has
made his fortune in saudi arabia before being shot off onto the
political scene of his country. Being now prime Minister for a third
mandate, he confided in the camera of the filmmaker Omar
amiralay a couple of months ago. On a play background, a discrete
and strange game is beginning between the author and the main
character of his film.
Partners :
ylE/tv1
aRtE
Maram Ctv
Eurodoc-Screening 2002
2002
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AFGHANISTAN, AN IMPOSSIBLE STATE
VICTOR H UGO EXIL
lEngth : 52 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2000-2001
DIRECTOR : atiQ RahiMi
PRODUCER : MahMOUD ChOKROllahi
COMPANY : play filM (fRanCE)
lEngth : 52 Min
DIRECTOR : axEl ClEvEnOt
PRODUCER : MiChEl RagER
COMPANY : ExMaChina (fRanCE)
through the analysis of the “loya jerga” and the testimonies of
political personalities who are part of it, this film provides us with
some explanations of the impossible afghan stability, according to
afghans themselves.
the project “Orphelins et sans pays”, developed within
EURODOC, has not been totally abandoned but was delayed sine
die because of political reasons. however, all the work that had
been done with the director for this project, especially with aRtE,
has lead to a new film: “afghanistan, an impossible state?” that
we were previously referring to.
On the one side, the hunters, and on the other, the prey. a tracked
man. But a man who refuses to give in. a man who denounces, rises
up and accuses. for nearly twenty years, between 1851 and 1870,
victor hugo personified all of Europe's democratic ideas by nearly
singly standing up to napoleon the third’s despotism. for twenty
years, he paid for this struggle for freedom by an exile at first forced
then voluntary. for twenty years, because of his ideas and writings,
he was the object of unending police persecution and espionage.
it seemed to us timely, upon the occasion of the commemorations to
accompany the bicentennial of victor hugo's birth in 2002, to relate
these twenty years of headstrong struggle of a man alone against the
arbitrary of absolute power. twenty years of rupture in the life and
work of one of the monumental figures of french literature and the
19th century.
Partners :
aRtE (f) : pierre Merle
nMO (pays Bas)
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2001-2002
Eurodoc-Screening 2003
Partners :
france 5,
ina
Memento production
RtBf
sCEREn/CnDp
SUR LES TOITS DE PARIS
lEngth : 52 Min
DIRECTOR : OliviER lassU
PRODUCER : faBRiCE EstèvE
COMPANY : aMpERsanD (fRanCE)
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 2000-2001
“On the Rooftops of paris” offers to take its spectators to the
discovery of a dimension as mythical as unexplored of the french
capital, between the city and the sky. from one roof to another, we
discover this universe by meeting a gallery of characters who have
the privilege to be intimate with this place. “On the Rooftops of
paris”, we take an urban and human tour, a poetic stroll revealing
entire unknown sections of the city architecture, recounting the
story of its life and inviting to reverie and to the meeting of those
who live between the zinc and the azure.
Partners :
aRtE (f) : Christine Reisen, alain wieder
france 5 : Muriel Rosé
RtBf (B) : Claire Colart
aRtv (Canada)
Rai sat : lucca Macciocca
Eurodoc-Screening 2003
HANGMEN
lEngth : 80 Min
EURODOC-pRODUCtiOn 1999-2000
DIRECTORS : jEns BECKER & gUnnaR DEDiO
PRODUCER : gUnnaR DEDiO
COMPANY : lOOKs (gERMany)
they are the only men who are allowed to kill. Each in his own
way. always at the break of day. they carry out a sentence
pronounced by rule of law. hangmen. they now reveal
themselves. tell us about their lives. tell us about their "trade".
after five years of research and shooting, this unique film is now
completed. the last executioners of germany, the former East
germany, france, hungary, yugoslavia and Romania have faced
the camera. they are living eye-witnesses of the end of an era:
800 years of the death penalty in Europe. the film provides the
viewer with a close-up biographical look at the lives of the
enforcers of this penalty and of their personal fates. the careers
and personalities of the individual hangmen mesh into an
inconsistent whole.
Partners :
aRtE
ORB
BR
sfp
Eurodoc-Screening 2002
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lEngth : 52 Min
DIRECTOR : flORin iEpan
PRODUCER : flORin iEpan
COMPANY : sUB-CUlt-URa (ROMania)
THE SHARK’S EYE
EURODOC 2010
Based on the darkest moment in the recent history of his country,
the massacre from October 1941 when Romanian soldiers burned
alive more than 22.000 jews in the occupied town of Odessa, film
director florin iepan starts the first public debate about the fascist
past of Romania. “ODEssa“ approaches a historical topic in an
unconventional fashion as an investigation documentary which
follows, with a certain amount of self-irony, the painful and
convoluted process through which iepan discovers the web of
complicities and the initial mechanisms which eventually led to the
ethnic cleansing carried out by Romanians during the war and
inquires to what extent those prejudices and mechanisms of
thought can still be found in today’s Romania. Using with ability
the internet, the media, politicians, declarations from the staff of
the the Romanian Royal house, European officials, far-right
activists and high-profile authors of nationalist propaganda
campaigns during the Ceausescu regime, the director wants to
break the wall of indifference and hostility raised by his conationals.
Delivery : 2011
pRODUCtiOns
lEngth : 90 Min
DIRECTOR : alEjO hOijMan
PRODUCER : gEMa jUÁREZ allEn
COMPANY : gEMa filMs (aRgEntina)
EURODOC 2010
this is a coming of age film. Maycol and Bryan are two inseparable
friends from greytown, nicaragua, a small village on the
Caribbean sea. isolated from the rest of the country by a dense
jungle, Maycol and Bryan spend their days hunting and playing in
the jungle, river or on the beach. But the age of games is coming
to an end. this will be their first summer learning to hunt sharks,
their families’ trade. juan, a fierce and tender hunter, soldier
during the revolution, will initiate them into this dangerous
profession. Maykol and Bryan are two of the last shark hunters, a
disappearing trade due to dwindling shark numbers, as well as the
rise of drug trafficking as a better way to make a living.
Coproducers :
astronauta films, luis angel RaMiREZ (spain)
arcoarte, Rogelio ChaCOn (Costa Rica)
Partners :
inCaa tv
Awards :
2 postproduction awards at wip Bafici
Cinereach grant
finalist gucci tribeca Doc fund
women Make Movies fiscal sponsorship
Delivery : september 2011
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VALENTINO’S GIFT
lEngth : 52 Min
DIRECTOR : piERpaOlO giaROlO
PRODUCER : ERiCa BaRBiani
COMPANY : viDEOMantE (italy)
THE LAST LADY OF THE MELLAH IN FEZ
EURODOC 2010
when valentino, a retired mechanic of a little italian village, offered
thirty antique roses to his wife Eleonora to celebrate thirty years of
marriage, he had not foreseen the effects of his gift. today, his
backyard – that borders with the highway, the railway and the soccer
field – hosts more than two thousands bushes of roses, each different
from the other. Eleonora, a curious housewife, has learned the story
of each of them: “the rose is not just the symbol of love! “- she tells
to the visitors who come to see the garden as bees from far away
“but of many, many kinds of love!”. Eleven months of pruning among
stingy thorns, valentino on the higher ladder, Eleonora on the lower
bushes, for just a month of bliss: antique roses bloom only in May. in
the biggest rose garden of Europe love is mostly an act of daily care.
lEngth : 45 Min
DIRECTOR : aZiZ DaiRi
PRODUCER : aZiZ DaiRi
COMPANY : gaMa C (MOROCCO)
from the 15 th century, jewish Moroccan citizens lived peacefully
and fraternally together with their Muslim compatriots in the
jewish area of fes.. with jewish – Moroccan music in the
background, the documentary relates how the communities
enriched each other in various ways. But the 20th century of all the
centuries, dispersed the community towards israel, to Europe and
america deserting a neighbourhood where the stones are the sole
witness to history, witch is slowly fading away.
Partners :
2M television (Morocco)
Musée du judaïsme Marocain (Belgium)
Delivery : 2012
Coproducer :
aRtE strasbourg, anne-laure nEgRin, france
Partner :
MEDia Development and MEDia tv Broadcasting
Delivery : november 2011
EURODOCmed 2006
Chapter
74 SQUARE MEETERS
lEngth : 52 & 70 Min
DIRECTOR : paOla CastillO, tiZiana paniZZa
PRODUCERS : paOla CastillO
COMPANY : ERRantE pRODUCtiOns (ChilE)
pRODUCtiOns
LUZ OBSCURA
EURODOC 2009
iselsa and Catty were selected along with 150 other families, to
become part of a middle class neighborhood in valparaiso, Chile.
as political leaders and friends they have worked together on this
project and to integrate themselves into a neighborhood that
rejected them. today they face the biggest challenge, to overcome
the differences, inherited through this long process. if unable to do
so, they will put at risk the neighborhood they have fought for over
six years.
lEngth : 72 Min
DIRECTOR : sUsana DE sOUsa Dias
PRODUCER : ansgaR sChaEfER
COMPANY : KintOp (pORtUgal)
EURODOC 2003
throughout forty-eight years portugal lived under a dictatorial
regime. During that time there were women and men who put up
resistance, swapping their normal lives for an ideal. Many were
arrested, tortured, or lived life underground. Many had children,
the product of better times and the opportunity to develop and
enjoy a relationship. soon, however, they would have to give up
those children, as a true family did not correspond to the realities
experienced. Contacts were scarce and made under a dense
security blanket: informers and spies were a real danger. Many
children were only reunited with their parents after the fall of the
dictatorship. Others lost their faces in the depths of their
memories. while some would never forgive their parents for
having abandoned them for the sake of an ideology, others would
follow their path embracing similar ideals. who are these boys
and girls, today? what place do they have in the world? how do
they deal with their own identity?
Partners :
itvs (Usa)
ylE (finland)
CORfO (Chile)
Colectivo la tribu (Chile)
Docufilms (Chile)
Delivery : 2011
Coproducer :
les films de l’après-Midi (france), françois d’artemarre
Delivery : 2012
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THE BOY WHO WAS A KING
lEngth : 88 Min
DIRECTOR : anDREy paOUnOv
PRODUCER : MaRtiChKa BOZhilOva
COMPANY : agitpROp (BUlgaRia)
CASA
MastER-Class 2006
the Boy who was a King will tell the story of one of the most
fascinating monarch figures in contemporary history. simeon ii of
Bulgaria, cousin to the house of windsor and a descendant of
william the Conqueror. from his adventurous life as an exiled boy
king who became a symbol of hope for a small European country,
to his glorious return as prime Minister of Bulgaria after half a
century of Communist dictatorship. this “happy-end” Balkan
version of princess anastasia’s story will tell the real life fairy-tale
of one of the greatest experiments of democracy today.
the image of the King will appear as a balance between the
biography of a real living person and the image that people create
about it. the film will tell its story through the people - by
discussing a single contemporary historical figure, they will tell us
about themselves, their dreams and hopes, the dreams of a whole
generation. a portrait of a kingdom – maybe not existing as a
monarchy but existing in the hearts, dreams… without taking
sides or making propaganda we will be making a group
portrait–biography and examining the lessons of post-communist
transformation meditating on the peculiarities of the Bulgarian
case – King as a prime Minister – in a film about hope, faith,
myths, reality, history, social anthropology and the long journey of
democracy back home in Eastern Europe
lEngth : 52 Min
DIRECTOR : DaniEla DE fEliCE
PRODUCER : géRalD lEROUx
COMPANY : taRMaK filMs (fRanCE)
One day my mother informed us that she wanted to sell the house,
the family house in santo stefano ticino where my brother and i
grew up and my father died ten years ago. the following summer,
my mother, my brother and i got together again in the house to
talk it over. very quickly, putting the house up for sale regenerated
the group dynamic and led us each to assert or question our place
in the family, and revisit our relationship with our father.
Casa is a film that looks at that house as a place where a family’s
shared memories are stored, and as the final unifying structure for
a family dispersed throughout Europe. it also looks at the way
people emerge from a period of mourning.
Coproducers :
novanima (france), Marc faye
Moviala films (france), gérald leroux
Partners :
Région Basse-normandie
Région Bretagne
périphérie (france),
MEDia Development
Delivery : december 2011
Coproducer :
Zero One film (germany), thomas Kufus
Partners :
Bayerischer Rundfunk (germany), hubert von spreti, sonja
scheider
Channel 4 (UK), anna Miralis
tsR (switzerland), irene Challand
ylE Co-productions (finland), Erkki astala
national film Center – Bulgaria
MEDia tv Broadcasting
Delivery : august 2011
EURODOC 2009
Chapter
CANNED DREAMS
lEngth : 52 & 90 Min
DIRECTOR : Katja gaURilOff
PRODUCER : jOOnas BERghÄll
COMPANY : OKtOBER (finlanD)
pRODUCtiOns
LE ROI DEBOUT
EURODOC 2008
in our film, we build a portrait of ordinary workers, through their
own, personal stories. we hear them tell about the most important
moments in their life, and the dreams that would make their own
world a better place. and all this happens in a frame of following an
energy-consuming and polluting route of a food product, which starts
its journey from other side of the world and travels all accross Europe.
all these people work along this route.
lEngth : 90 Min
DIRECTOR : jEan-MaRiE tEnO
PRODUCER : jEan-MaRiE tEnO
COMPANY : lEs filMs DU Raphia (fRanCE)
EURODOC 2006
la démocratie est-t-elle envisageable dans un contexte où, en
même temps qu’on parle d’égalité des citoyens, on réaffirme avec
force le pouvoir symbolique du roi, qui réinscrit la notion de
hiérarchie dans la société ?
C’est la question que pose l’intronisation du nouveau roi des
bandjoun, honoré Djomo Kamga, 52 ans docteur en chimie et
directeur d’un laboratoire de recherche, qui a tout abandoné pour
revenir s’installer dans le village et devenir roi : gardien de rites et
traditions ancestrales.
Quelle est la nature de ce pouvoir, pourtant officiellement en perte
d’influence par rapport au pouvoir central, administratif et
religieux, pour qu’un homme nourri et éduqué dans la culture
occidentale réponde favorablement à cette nomination ?
partant de cette situation paradoxale, je retournerai dans mon
village natal, Bandjoun pour essayer de dénouer les fils de cette
situation complexe qui naît de la superposition d’une culture
hégémonique sur une autre culture conquise, et de revèler les
enjeux derrière ce nouvel engouement vers le pouvoir symbolique
du roi.
Coproducers :
Blinker filmproduktion (germany), Meike Martens
Röde Orm film (sweden), adel Kjellström
Partners :
ylE
tv2
aRtE
Rtp
nRK
tg4
noga Communications
MEDia development and MEDia tv broadcasting
Delivery : august 2011
Partners :
Région languedoc Roussillon
CnC
MEDia
Organisation intergouvernementale de la francophonie (Oif)
sundance institut (EU)
fond image afrique
Ministère des affaires étrangères (france)
Delivery : 2011
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GOLDRUSH
lEngth : 90 Min
DIRECTOR : DiRK laaBs
PRODUCER : ann CaROlin REnningER
COMPANY : ZERO OnE filM gMBh (gERMany)
THE MIGHTY RIVER
EURODOC 2009
gOlDRUsh tells the controversial story of the treuhand-agency, the
holding that was responsible for the privatisiation of the economy of
the former gDR. the treuhand was supposed to sell factories,
companies and real estate in an orderly fashion, thus privatising an
entire country in one tour de force. a unique experiment that had
never taken place anywhere else in the world. the dramatic story of
the trust agency experiment proves what happens when market
economy crashes into an economically underdeveloped nation
without any safety hatch. Many of the players instinctively understood
that even a bankrupt state offers opportunities to earn money – for
those without any scruples. in the end the trust agency collected 250
Million Marks of debt on every single day of the three and a half year
of its existence. Criminals defrauded 20 Billion Marks. Many former
gDR citizens still consider the trust agency the “gravedigger” of East
germany. a film about one of the most exciting chapters of german
post war history.
Partners :
aRD/swR, nDR, MDR, ffaDfff, MBB, ffhsh, MEDia
Development
Delivery : october 2011
A JOURNEY WITH FELLINI
lEngth : 52 Min
DIRECTOR : lUCa Magi
PRODUCER : alEssanDRO CaRROli
COMPANY : Kiné sOCiEtÀ COOpERativa (italy)
EURODOC 2008
a journey with anita is a treatment of un unrealized film based on
biographical events fellini wrote 50 years ago with the
collaboration of pier paolo pasolini. the film tells the story of
guido, a writer in a deep wedding crisis, receiving a phone call
from his sister telling that his father is seriously sick. in the middle
of the night with a Cadillac, he goes to anita’s house, his lover,
and he pushes her to leave with him. On the way there they stop
in some of the most beautiful places of the central part of italy, like
sutri, Civita di Bagnoregio and Monterchi, where they visit the
piero della francesca’s Madonna del parto. they spend the night
(june the 24th, saint john’s night) in a country-house nearby,
where some young girl initiates anita to some sort of pagan
observance. Crossed the furlo pass, they get in the end to fano,
where guido will see his dad for the last time. he spends the night
next to his mother having a long and touching talk that forces him
to settle with his past.
Delivery : october 2011
lEngth : 92-95 Min
DIRECTOR : RUBén platanEO
PRODUCER : gUDUla MEinZOlt
COMPANY : Mil COlOREs MEDia filMs (gERMany)
EURODOC 2008
David, 21, a young guinean who arrived four years ago as a
stowaway in argentina, a country without black people, and now
lives there as a refugee, tells his extraordinary story. a passionate
rapper, he is struggling to survive and to realize his dreams: to study,
to record an album with his songs and to reconnect with his family
and country.
Coproducers :
Calanda producciones (argentina)
ts productions (france)
Partners :
inCaa
Concurso R. gleyzer
MlyC provincia de santa fé
heinrich-Böll-stiftung
Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst EED
Delivery : 2011
Chapter
pRODUCtiOns
POETIC DISSIDENTS
TAGIKAKS
lEngth : 52 Min
EURODOC 2008
DIRECTOR : piERRE-anDRé saUvagEOt, BERtRanD sChMitt
PRODUCER : faRiD REZKallah
COMPANY : 24 iMagEs (CZECh REpUBliC)
lEngth : 52 Min
DIRECTOR : KiRa jÄÄsKElÄinEn
PRODUCER : jOUni hiltUnEn
COMPANY : KathaRsis filMs (finlanD)
poetic Dissidents is a testimonial as to what dissidence was in
Czechoslovakia under the Communist regime, through accounts
and writings of two friends, poets and dissidents, who lived the
Resistance from within the closed circle of revolutionaries and
who, as victims of incessant harassment, had to seek exile in
france.
Kolya and sasha are the young generation of siberian whale
hunting yupik eskimos. a generation living on the edge of the
world, but at the same time in the middle of it -thanks to the
modern media and globalization. Most of the year, their lives
resemble those of other Russians. But when the summer comes to
Chukotka, the young lads draw to sea, as whale hunters. for a
while, they become tagikaks.
Partner :
MEDia Development single project
Delivery : 2011
Partners :
ylE2
avEK
nRK2
the finnish film foundation
H EARTBREAKERS
lEngth : 80 Min
DIRECTOR : anja salOMOnOwitZ
PRODUCER : KaRin BERghaMMER
COMPANY : aMOUR fOU filMpRODUKtiOn (aUtRia)
EURODOC 2009
heartbreakers will be an angry film, a documentary about people
who married someone from a completely different cultural
background, partners from a “third state”. a film about couples
who are confronted with prejudice, problems and clichés. people
who become enmeshed in legal problems (laws relating to
foreigners, affecting their partners) because of their love.
watching heartbreakers you will experience hell but feel a hint of
heaven too.
Partners :
ORf
MEDia program
Delivery : september 2012
Delivery : february 2012
EURODOC 2008
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WIRELESS WORLD
lEngth : 70-80 Min
DIRECTOR : sOnja linDén
PRODUCER : sOnja linDén
COMPANY : avantOn pRODUCtiOns (finlanD)
APPLE, THE TYRANNY OF COOL ?
EURODOC 2007
During the past couple of decades the amount of artificial
radiation has risen exponentially in our environment. One of the
main reasons for this growth is wireless technology. Many studies
show that the biological effects of this technology are harmful for
human beings. in ‘wireless game’ director sonja lindén starts her
Odyssey to find out if using her beloved mobile phone and
extremely indispensable computer are safe or not. she will also
look around with irony and humor to discover how the finnish
society has changed together with this technological revolution. By
confronting questions that are painfully acute to all of us, her
intimate voyage will grow into an exploration of the finnish
society.
lEngth : 52 Min
DIRECTOR : sylvain BERgèRE
PRODUCER : alExanDRE halliER
COMPANY : la généRalE DE pRODUCtiOn (fRanCE)
this is a story of a “Mac addict”, who believes that he is cool,
different, and hip. suddenly he realizes that he has become totally
dependent to apple products. he decides to see specialists to cure his
apple - addiction. his therapy is a pretext to discover the hidden side
of the brand: the power of marketing, the conformism of fashion, all
in all the tyranny of cool. this ironic portrait tackles the modern
consumerism and individualism with an original angle, which
challenges every one of us on the impact of technology upon our
lives.
Partners :
aRtE
tv5
RtBf
Rts
al arabiya
noga 8
Delivery : december 2011
Coproducer :
Mantaray films
Partner :
MEDia Development
Delivery : october 2011
EURODOC 2009
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THE C LASS
lEngth : 52 & 70 Min
DIRECTOR : vEsna CUDiC
PRODUCER : sinisha jURiCiC
COMPANY : nUKlEUs filM CROatia (CRaOtia)
pRODUCtiOns
GLIMPSED ON THE ROAD
EURODOC 2009
lEngth : 52 Min
DIRECTOR : jOãO tRaBUlO
PRODUCER : jOãO tRaBUlO
COMPANY : pERifERia filMEs (pORtUgal)
EURODOC 2006
they are young, bright, and ambitious. in their free time they
practice folk dancing, watch tv soaps, and follow fashion trends.
they dream of finishing school, acquiring a driving license, finding
a job, leaving the village and moving to the city. their dreams are
not unusual; in fact they are pretty ordinary for girls of their age.
But the problem is they belong to a Roma minority, and what’s
standard fare for non-Roma teenagers is out of reach for them.
these girls simply can’t escape the fact that only 10% of Roma
students are likely to complete elementary school, and only a tiny
proportion of those go onto high school. instead, most marry at
17, and never stand a chance of entering the work place.
thE Class follows a group of Roma girls in rural Croatia who
hope to break the mould, and be the first members of their family
to enrol into high school. will they persevere, or will they abandon
their dreams just like their mothers did? Does the education of
women hold a key to the progress of their society?
“glimpsed on the road…” – film – is a guide to a journey, a
journey that a group of artists (directors, writers, actors,
musicians…) want to repeat throughout one month on the roads
of Europe, and during which, in encounters with places and
people, the outlines and the content of the proposed film are
defined. the themes the project aims at dealing with are already
well defined: cinema, literature, dramaturgy, architecture, politics,
and the idea of a Europe that is becoming increasingly complex in
all domains…
Partners :
MEDia
havC (Croatian audiovisual center)
Partners :
iCa (portugal)
fondation Edison (italy)
Delivery : 2012
Delivery : 2012
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the EURODOC team is at your disposal for the duration of the programme to answer your
questions, help you with applications and administrative tasks, and to facilitate contacts with
the members of the EURODOC network.
ANNE-MARIE LUCCIONI
hEaD
Of
assistED
pROgRaMME
By
MARIE-SOPHIE DECOUT
Information and promotion : Reception of the projects and applicants information
Selection : follow-up of applications and projects, preparation of selection
Programme : finalisation of the courses with the head of studies, organisation of the sessions
Network : animation of the EURODOC network
l’équipe D’EURODOC est à votre disposition pendant toute la durée du programme pour
répondre à vos questions, vous aider dans vos démarches administratives, vous guider dans la
constitution de vos dossiers et faciliter vos contacts avec les membres du réseau EURODOC.
Information et promotion : Réception des projets et information des candidats
Sélection : suivi des candidatures et des projets, préparation de la sélection
Programme : Mise en place des modules pédagogiques avec la Direction des études,
organisation des sessions
Network : animation du réseau EURODOC
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STEERING COMMITTEE / COMITÉ DE PILOTAGE
jacques BiDOU, jBa pRODUCtiOn, hEaD
Of
anne-Marie lUCCiOni, EURODOC, hEaD
stUDiEs, fRanCE,
Of
pROgRaMME, fRanCE
ClaiRE agUilaR, itvs, Usa
jordi aMBROs, tv3, spain
Erkki astala, ylE, finlanD
xavier CaRniaUx – aMip, fRanCE, pRésiDEnt
irène ChallanD, tsR, switZERlanD
Claire COlaRt, RtBf, BElgiUM
heino DECKERt, Ma.ja.DE filMpRODUKtiOn, gERMany
Marie-pierre DUhaMEl-MUllER, fRanCE
Diana ElBaUM, EntRE ChiEn
Et
lOUp, BElgiUM
Denis fREyD, aRChipEl 33, fRanCE
thierry gaRREl, fRanCE
Doris hEpp, ZDf-aRtE, gERMany
thomas KUfUs, ZERO
OnE filM,
gERMany
serge lalOU, lEs filMs D’iCi, fRanCE
luca MaCCiOCCa, Rai sat, italy
pierre MERlE, fRanCE 3
Kristiina pERvilÄ-anDERssOn, MillEnniUM filM, finlanD
Carl-ludwig REttingER, liChtBliCK filM, gERMany
Muriel ROsé, fRanCE 3
Rod stOnEMan, iRElanD
Esther van MEssEl, fiRst hanD filMs, switZERlanD
&
hala alaBDalla, syRia/fRanCE
Massimo aRvat – ZEnit aRti aUDiOvisivE, italy
Martichka BOZhilOva, agitpROp, BUlgaRia
hartmut BitOMsKy, gERMany
paola CastillO, ERRantE pRODUCCiOnEs, Chili
alexandre CORnU, lEs filMs
DU
taMBOUR
luis CORREia – lx filMEs, pORtUgal
Edgardo COZaRinsKy, fRanCE/aRgEntina
Carlo CREstO-Dina, tEMpEsta filMs, italy
harun faROCKi, gERMany
patrizio gUZMan, fRanCE/ChilE
hugues lE paigE, BElgiUM
joaquim pintO, pORtUgal
isabelle tRUC, iOta pRODUCtiOn, BElgiUM
anne REEvEll - MOOnBEaM filMs, UK
joan UBEDa - MEDia 3.14, spain
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Participants
BLACK STAR PRODUXIONS
DOC EN STOCK
LITTLE FILM ROMA
Kaizer MATSUMUNYANE
Gaëlle GUYADER
Giuseppe BIANCO
1290 King Street West
79, rue du temple
Via Ripi 11, int. 12/B
CA-M6K1G8 Toronto
FR-75003 Paris
IT-00171 Roma
Tel: +416 5 70 55 78
Tel: +33 1 44 54 25 81
Tel: +39 06 89 56 13 24
kzamats@yahoo.com
Fax: +33 1 42 74 18 21
Fax: +39 17 82 20 46 63
g.guyader@docenstock.com
giuseppe.bianco@littlefilmroma.com
www.docenstock.fr
www.littlefilmroma.com
26 Ierou Lohou Str.
EKLEKTIK PRODUCTIONS
MARTFILMS
GR-15124 Maroussi, Athens
Annabella NEZRI
Martha OROZCO
Tel: +30 21 06 10 07 30
108, avenue du Roi
Calle Atletas n°2
Fax: +30 21 06 10 67 90
BE-1190 Brussels
Andador Estudios Churubusco
vicky@booproductions.gr
Tel: +32 25 34 75 95
Col. Country Club Df
www.booproductions.gr
Fax: +32 25 37 15 96
MX-04220 Mexico DF
annabella@eklektik.be
Tel: +52 55 554 96 928
www.eklektic.be
Tel: +52 55 554 93 060
BOO PRODUCTIONS
Vicky MIHA
CAMPFILM PRODUCTION
Sára LÁSZLÓ
martfilms@gmail.com
Kàroly krt. 3/c.
INDYCA
HU-1075 Budapest
Simone CATANIA
Tel: +36 2 09 92 26 55
Corso San Martino 4
MISCHIEF FILMS
sara@campfilm.eu
IT-10122 Turin
David BOHUN
www.campfilm.eu
Tel : +39 01 10 20 16 70
Goethegasse 1
www.martfilms.net
Fax : +39 01 11 97 08 058
AT-1010 Vienna
CNC
simone.catania@indyca.it
Tel: +43 15 85 23 24 23
Philippe LANG
www.simonecatania.co.uk
Fax: +43 15 85 23 24 22
david@mischief-films.com
12, rue de Lübeck
FR-75016 Paris
JIRAFA
Tel: +33 1 44 34 37 07
Bruno BETTATI
Fax: +33 1 44 34 37 24
Perez Rosales 787 of. A
MOMENTO FILM
philippe.lang@cnc.fr
CL-5110652 Valdivia
David HERDIES
www.cnc.fr
Tel & Fax: +56 63 21 35 56
Tobaksspinnarg. 1
bruno@jirafa.cl
SE-117 36 Stockholm
www.jirafa.cl
Tel: +46 735 082 418
Annabelle LANGLOIS
www.mischief-films.com
david@momentofilm.se
3, rue Boissière
www.momentofilm.se
Tel: +33 1 44 34 13 17
JOHANNA ST MICHAELS
PRODUCTIONS
Fax: +33 1 44 34 34 52
Johanna SAINT MICHAELS
MONKEY BAY
annabelle.langlois@cnc.fr
Nordhemsg 68
Delphine LANDES
www.cnc.fr
SE-413 09 Göteborg
8, rue Fort Notre Dame
Tel : +46 730 600 830
FR-13007 Marseille
Virginie RISCH
Tel : +1 310 309 0995
Tel: +33 4 91 57 01 13
3, rue Boissière
johanna@johannastmichaels.com
Fax: +33 4 91 54 16 20
FR-75016 Paris
www.johannastmichaels.com
d.landes@monkeybay.tv
FR-75016 Paris
www.monkeybay.tv
Tel: +33 1 44 34 34 08
virginie.risch@cnc.fr
KARONINKA
www.cnc.fr
Angele DIABANG
BP-29740 Dakar-Yoff
Tel: +33 6 22 49 61 51
karoninkaprod@yahoo.fr
www.karoninka.com
Participants
NOVAK PROD
SIMBAD FILMS
Olivier DUBOIS
Idrissa GUIRO LUCCIONI
59B, rue Guillaume Tell
Carcicaoli
BE-1060 Brussels
FR-20251 Piedicorte Di Gaggio
Tel: +32 2 736 27 62
Tel: +33 4 95 24 36 58
Fax: +32 27 32 16 69
idrissaguiro@hotmail.com
novak@skynet.be
SPIRITUS MOVENS
OFF WORLD
Zdenka GOLD
Frederik NICOLAI
Rakusina 5
Rue Deschampheleer 24-26
Prilaz Gjure Dezelica 13/I
BE-1081 Brussels
HR-10000 Zagreb
Tel: +32 2 412 40 40
Tel: +385 16 14 55 38
Fax: +32 2 412 40 49
Fax: +385 0 14 82 68 18
frederik@offworld.be
zdenka@spiritus-movens.hr
www.offworld.be
www.spiritus-movens.hr
OKTOBER
SUTOR KOLONKO
Timo VIERIMAA
Ingmar TROST
Uutiskatu 3
Mülheimer Freiheit 126
FI-00240 Helsinki
DE-51063 Köln
Tel: +35 840 707 96 19
Tel: +49 221 789 448 40
tinke@oktober.fi
Fax: +49 221 789 448 39
www.oktober.fi
ingmar.trost@sutorkolonko.de
www.sutorkolonko.de
OUT OF THE BOX FEATURES
Kerry FULTON
VASKI FILMI
c/- Aranjuez 1058, El Casar
Janne NISKALA
SP-19170 Guadalajara
Liikasentie 35
Tel: +34 9 49 33 49 25
FI-90540 Oulu
Fax: +34 6 37 97 88 31
Tel: +35 405 432 264
kerry@outoftheboxfeatures.com
janne.niskala@vaskifilmi.fi
www.outoftheboxfeatures.com
www.vaskifilmi.fi
PROGRAM33
VISUALANTICS
Fanny GLISSANT
Gert VAN BERCKELAER
31-33, rue Trousseau
Rue Bara 173-177
FR-75011 Paris
BE-1070 Brussels
Tel: +33 1 48 07 33 30
Tel: +32 25 60 21 27
Fax: +33 1 48 07 33 23
Fax: +32 70 41 60 95
f.glissant@program33.com
gert@visualantics.net
www.program33.com
www.visualantics.net
QUASAR MULTIMEDIA
Marta ZACCARON
Str. dei Colli, 6
IT-33030 Moruzzo
Tel: +39 04 31 64 05 87
marta@quasarmultimedia.it
www.quasarmultimedia.it
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Executives
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AL-JAZEERA
ITVS
Mariama SYLLA
DOCUMENTARY CHANNEL
Cynthia KANE
HLM 6 Villa 2669
Mohammed BELHAJ
651 Brannan Str. - Suite 410
SN - Dakar
Bin Omran
USA-CA94107 San Francisco
Tel : +221 77 645 99 39
TV Round About
Tel: +1 415 356 83 83 x 445
mariamasylla@yahoo.com
Po Box 23123
Fax: +1 415 356 83 91
QA-Doha
cynthia_kane@itvs.org
Tel: +97 44 89 64 45
www.itvs.org
observers :
MEDIA PROGRAMME
Fax: +97 44 89 64 47
belhajm@aljazeera.net
PROCIREP
Catherine COLOMB-NANCY
www.aljazeera.net/doc
Elvira KAURIN LACOUR
Avenue du Bourget 1
11bis, rue Jean Goujon
Bour 03/55
ARTE GEIE
FR-75008 Paris
BE-1140 Brussels
Nadine ZWICK
Tel: +33 1 53 83 91 87
Tel: +32 2 22 99 22 63
4, Quai du Chanoine Winterer
Fax: +33 3 53 83 91 92
Fax: +32 2 22 98 55 42
FR-67080 Strasbourg
elvira_kaurin@procirep.fr
Tel: +33 3 88 14 22 15
www.procirep.fr
Catherine.colombnancy@ec.europa.eu
www.eacea.cec.eu.int
nadine.zwick@arte.tv
www.artepro.com
SVERIGES TELEVISION SVT
Astrid OHLSEN
MEDIA PROGRAMME
AVEK
Oxenstiernsgatan 34
Maria DA CONCEIÇAO CANELAS
Timo KORHONEN
SE-10510 Stockholm
Avenue du Bourget 1
Hietaniemenkatu 2
Tel: +48 8 784 84 68
Bour 03/22
FI-00100 Helsinki
astrid.ohlsen@svt.se
BE-1140 Brussels
Tel: +358 9 43 15 23 52
www.svt.se
Tel: +32 2 29 98 108
Fax: +32 2 29 99 214
Fax: +358 9 43 15 23 77
timo.korhonen@avek.kopiosto.fi
TVN
maria.canelas-da-silva@ec.europa.eu
www.kopiosto.fi/avek
Paz EGANA
www.eacea.cec.eu.int
Bellavista 0990, Providenca
CNC
CL-7350136 Santiago
Agnès TRICOT
Tel: +562 70 77 524
12, rue de Lübeck
paz.egana@tvn.cl
FR-75116 Paris
www.tvn.cl
Tel: +33 1 44 34 35 43
Fax: +33 1 44 34 34 52
VPRO
agnes.tricot@cnc.fr
Petra VERMEULEN
www.cnc.fr
PO BOX 11
NL-1200 JC Hilversum
THE FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION
Tel: +31 356 712 383
Elina KIVIHALME
p.vermeulen@vpro.nl
Kanavakatu 12
www.vpro.nl
FI-00160 Helsinki
Tel: +358 9 62 20 30 25
ZDF/ARTE
Fax: +358 9 62 20 30 50
Susanne MERTENS
elina.kivihalme@ses.fi
ARTE Redaktionen
www.ses.fi
DE-55100 Mainz
Tel: +49 61 31 701 27 01
Fax: +49 61 31 701 34 01
mertens.s@zdf.de
www.zdf.de
www.arte.de
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DOCMED
Hazem ALHAMWI
HAZEM ALHAMWI FILMS
Fares Alkhowi street
Damascus - Syria
Tel: + 963 955 218 586
hazem-alhamwi@hotmail.com
Bahïa BENCHEIKH EL FEGOUN
Constantine - Algeria
Tel: +213 770 944 244
bahia_bef@yahoo.fr
Rachid BOUTOUNES
FILMS DU PASSAGE
Bugeaud Mers Sultan Street
Casablanca -Morocco
Tel & Fax: +212 022 26 08 47
rachid_boutounes@yahoo.fr
Hala GALAL
SEMAT PRODUCTIONS &
DISTRIBUTION
7, Mohamed Al Ganah
El-Bergas, Garden City
Cairo - Egypt
Tel & Fax: +20 2 27 92 65 61
galalhala@yahoo.com
www.sematcairo.com
Abir HASHEM
SOLO FILMS
Hamra
Beirut - Lebanon
Tel & Fax: +961 1 35 22 56
Tel & Fax: +961 1 97 66 88
abir@solofilms.com
www.solofilms.net
Bahraa HIJAZI
BLUE DAR
Damascus - Syria
Tel: +963 933 43 02 85
bahraa.hijazi@gmail.com
Majd HIJJAWI
RED CARBON PRODUCTION
Jabal Al Hussein
Amman - Jordan
Tel: +962 79 57 068 19
Tel : +962 79 67 084 08
madj.hijjawi@gmail.com
Sandra MADI
RED CARBON PRODUCTION
Jabal Al Hussein
Amman Jordan
Tel : +962 79 57 068 19
Tel : +962 79 67 084 08
sandra.almadi@gmail.com
Nagham OSMAN
QUDARAT PICTURES
Corniche el Nil, Maadi
Cairo - Egypt
Tel: +201 62 99 43 57
nagham.o@gmail.com
Walid SABABA
LIGHT WAVE
Ramallah - Palestine
Tel: +972 598 95 56 00
Fax: +972 22 41 06 42
wsababaw@yahoo.com
Myriam SASSINE
ABBOUT PRODUCTIONS
Bldg. 699 Saïfi
Lebanon Street
Beirut - Lebanon
Tel & Fax: +961 1 44 78 24
myriam@abboutproductions.com
www.abboutproductions.com
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Experts & Guests
Chapter
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Maher ABI SAMRA
ARTE FRANCE
ARTE G.E.I.E.
Tel: +33 6 15 01 93 36 (France)
Daniel KHAMDAMOV
Madeleine AVRAMOUSSIS
Tel: +961 3 91 68 96 (Lebanon)
8 rue Marceau
Anne-Laure NÉGRIN
maher.abisamra@gmail.com
FR-92785 Issy-les-Moulineaux cedex 9
4, Quai du Chanoine Winterer
Tel : +33 1 55 00 70 97
FR-67080 Strasbourg cedex
AGITPROP
d-khamdamov@artefrance.fr
www.artepro.com
Martichka BOZHILOVA
www.arte.tv / www.artefrance.fr
Tel: +33 3 88 14 21 08
68, Budapesta str. Ap.1 -1202
Fax: +33 3 88 14 23 70
BG–1202 Sofia
ARTE FRANCE
madeleine.avramoussis@arte.tv
Tel: +359 2 983 14 11
Karen MICHAEL
anne-laure.negrin@arte.tv
Fax: +359 2 983 19 29
8 rue Marceau
producer@agitprop.bg
FR-92785 Issy-les-Moulineaux cedex 9
CBC NEWS NETWORK
www.agitprop.bg
Tel: +33 1 55 00 73 32
Catherine OLSEN
Fax: +33 1 55 00 74 13
205 Wellington St. West, #5A300
ALICE FILMS
k-michael@artefrance.fr
CA-M5V 3G7 Toronto
Laurent BECUE-RENARD
www.arte.tv / www.artefrance.fr
Tel: +1 416 2052 527
108, rue du Bac
catherine.olsen@cbc.ca
FR-75007 Paris
ARTE G.E.I.E.
Tel: +33 9 50 30 96 76
Madeleine AVRAMOUSSIS
Fax: +33 1 45 49 96 76
4, Quai du Chanoine Winterer
CELLULOID DREAMS
laurentbecuerenard@free.fr
FR-67080 Strasbourg cedex
Hengameh PANAHI
www.cbc.ca
Tel: +33 3 88 14 20 99
2 rue Turgot
Niels Pagh ANDERSEN
Fax: + 33 3 88 14 23 70
FR-75009 Paris
Njalsgade 24 b
madeleine.avramoussis@arte.tv
Tel: +33 1 49 70 03 70
DK-2300 Copenhagen S
www.artepro.com
Fax: +33 1 49 70 03 71
ARTE G.E.I.E.
hengameh@celluloid-dreams.com
www.celluloid-dreams.com
nielspagh@gmail.com
ANTENNE MEDIA MARSEILLE
Anne-Laure NÉGRIN
Isabelle NOBIO
4, Quai du Chanoine Winterer
CINE-TAMARIS
37, rue Guibal
FR-67080 Strasbourg cedex
Agnès VARDA
Pôle Media de la Belle de Mai
Tel: +33 3 88 14 21 08
88 rue Daguerre
FR-13003 Marseille
Fax: +33 3 88 14 23 70
FR-75014 Paris
Tel: +33 4 91 57 51 38
anne-laure.negrin@arte.tv
Tel: +33 1 43 22 66 00
inobio@regionpaca.fr
www.artepro.com
Fax: +33 1 43 21 75 00
cine-tamaris@wanadoo.fr
www.mediafrance.eu
BEIRUT DC – DOCMED
ARTE FRANCE
Jad ABI KHALIL
Alec HERRMANN
Rola KOBEISSI
8 rue Marceau
Furn el Chebback
FR-92785 Issy-les-Moulineaux cedex 9
Immeuble Rose Akiki
Tel: +33 1 55 00 73 22
Rue Selim Khoury
Fax: +33 1 55 00 79 88
LB-116-5118 Beirut
a-herrmann@artefrance.fr
Tel: +961 1 29 3212
www.arte.tv / www.artefrance.fr
Fax: +961 3 370 972
jad@docmed.me
coordinator@docmed.me
www.beirutdc.org
www.cine-tamaris.com
COLLECTIVITÉ TERRITORIALE
DE CORSE
Jean-François VINCENTI
22 cours Grandval - BP 215
FR-20187 Ajaccio cedex
Tel: +33 4 95 10 98 66
Fax: +33 4 95 52 30 17
jean-francois.vincenti@ct-corse.fr
www.corse.fr
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C.N.C.
FABER FILM
IDEALE AUDIENCE
Valentine ROULET
Paolo BENZI
Pierre-Olivier BARDET
11 rue Galilée
Via Ramuscellutto, 80
6 rue de l’Agent Bailly
FR-75116 Paris
IT-33079 Sesto al Reghena
FR-75009 Paris
Tel: +33 1 44 34 34 30
Tel: +39 2 231 99 16
Tel: +33 1 53 20 14 00
Fax: +33 1 44 34 38 64
valentine.roulet@cnc.fr
Fax: +33 1 53 20 14 01
www.cnc.fr
Fax: +39 2 36 68 23 05
paolobenzi@faberfilm.it
www.faberfilm.it
Enrica COLUSSO
FRANCE TELEVISIONS
58 Wickesteed House
Sophie CHEGARAY
County Street
2-4 rue Marceau
UK-SE1 6RQ London
FR-92785 Issy-Les-Moulineaux
Cedex 9
Tel: +44 77 10 29 35 51
CONSEIL REGIONAL
LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON
Fabrice MANUEL
Emmanuel FEULIÉ
Tel: +33 1 56 22 94 76
Fax: +33 1 56 22 95 35
sophie.chegaray@francetv.fr
www.francetelevisions.fr
pob@ideale-audience.fr
www.ideale-audience.fr
JAN VRIJAM FUND
Isabel ARRATE
Frederiksplein 52
NL-1017 XN Amsterdam
Tel: +31 20 62 73 329
Fax: +31 20 63 85 388
isabel@idfa.nl
JBA PRODUCTION
201 avenue de la Pompignane
FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA
AUDIOVISUAL REGIONAL FUND
Jacques BIDOU
FR-34064 Montpellier cedex 02
Alessandro GROPPLERO
Tel: +33 4 67 22 93 68
Paolo VIDALI
52, rue Charlot
Fax: +33 4 67 22 90 98
Via Asquini, 33
cinema@cr-languedocroussillon.fr
Tel: +33 1 48 04 84 60
IT- 33100 Udine
www.laregion.fr
Fax: +33 1 42 76 09 67
Tel: +39 0432 500322
jacquesbidou@jbaproduction.com
Fax: +39 0432 200825
CROATIAN AUDIOVISUAL
mariannedumoulin@jbaproduction.com
alessandro@audiovisivofvg.it
CENTRE
www.jbaproduction.com
info@audiovisivofvg.it
Ivana IVISIC
www.audiovisivofvg.it
Vanja SREMAC
Nova Ves 18
Thierry GARREL
HR-10 000 Zagreb
thgarrel@yahoo.com
Tel: +385 1 6041 080
Fax: +385 1 4667 819
Michel GYORY
info@havc.hr
59, avenue Everard
www.havc.hr
B-1190 Bruxelles
Marianne DUMOULIN
F-75003 Paris
Sibylle KURZ
Alter Weg 24a
DE-64711 Erbach-Günterfürst
Tel: +49 6062 91 25 08
s.kurz@pitching.de
www.pitching.de
Tel: +322 45 39 73
LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON
CINEMA
EDITIONS MONTPARNASSE
Fax: +322 344 57 80
Karim GHIYATI
Vianney DELOURME
michel.gyory@skynet.be
6, rue Embouque d'Or
10-12 Villa Coeur de Vey
FR-34000 Montpellier
FR-75014 Paris
HBO ROMANIA
Tel: +33 4 67 64 92 56
Tel: +33 1 56 53 56 53
Aurelian NICA
Fax: +33 4 67 64 92 55
Fax: +33 1 56 53 56 59
vianney.delourme@editionsmontparna
sse.fr
1 Buzesti 62-64 Romania
karim@languedoc-roussillon-cinema.fr
Tel: +40 21 307 77 77
www.languedoc-roussillon-cinema.fr
www.editionsmontparnasse.fr
Fax: +40 21 307 77 88
www.hbo.ro
Experts & Guests
LES FILMS D'ICI
Chapter
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Serge LALOU
MOTION PICTURE PUBLIC
FOUNDATION OF HUNGARY
62, Boulevard Davout
Csaba BERECZKI
Quai Ernest-Ansermet 20
FR-75020 Paris
Városliget fasor 38
Case postale 234
Tel: +33 1 44 52 23 23
HR-1068 Budapest
CH-1211 Genève 8
Fax: +33 1 44 52 23 24
Tel: +36 1 4611 332
Tel: +41 58 236 89 36
serge.lalou@lesfilmsdici.fr
csaba.bereczki@mmka.hu
www.english.mmka.hu
Fax: +41 58 236 89 21
LICHTBLICK FILM
Carl-Ludwig RETTINGER
Apostelnstrasse11
DE-50667 Köln
Tel: +49 221 925 75 20
Fax: +49 221 925 75 29
info@lightblick-Film.de
www.lichtblick-film.de
MA.JA.DA. FILMPRODUKTION
Heino DECKERT
Pohlstr.44
DE-10785 Berlin
Tel: +49 30 84 30 61 66
Fax: +49 30 84 30 61 67
berlin@majade.de
www.majade.de
MDR
Frank KUTTER
Kantsrt. 71-73
DE-04275 Leipzig
Tel: +49 341 300 72 07
frank.kutter@mdr.de
www.mdr.de
MILLENNIUM FILM
Kristiina PERVILÄ-ANDERSSON
Koskikartanontie 12
FI-75530 Nurmes
Tel: +358 50 5110 740
Fax: +358 13 5110 111
kristiina.pervila@millenniumfilm.fi
www.milleniumfilm.fi
MINISTRY OF NATIONAL
RESOURCES
Attila BOKOR
Arany János u. 6-8
HR-1051 Budapest
Tel: +36 1 795 4633
mozgokep@nefmi.gov.hu
www.nefmi.gov.hu/english
PBS INTERNATIONAL
Charles SCHUERHOFF
10 Guest Street
USA-MA02135 Boston
Tel: +1 617 208 0743
Fax: +1 617 208 0783
chschuerhoff@pbs.org
www.wgbhinternational.org
RAI 3
Enrico GHEZZI
Viale Mazzini 14 - Room 130
IT-00195 Roma
ghezzi@rai.it
www.rai.it
RAI 3
Lorenzo HENDEL
Viale Mazzini 14 - Room 130
IT-00195 Roma
Tel: + 39 34 63 77 65 26
l.hendel@rai.it
www.rai.it
RAI EDUCATIONAL
Silvia DE FELICE
Gaspard LAMUNIÉRE
www.rts.ch
SCHWEIZER FERNSEHEN
Anita HUGI
Fernsehstrasse 1-4
CH-8052 Zurich
Tel: + 41 44 305 58 4
Anita.Hugi@srf.ch
www.sf.tv
TG4
Michael O'MEALLAIGH
Baile Na Habnann Co
Na Gaillimhe
Galway Ireland
Tel: +353 91 50 50 71
micheal.o.meallaigh@tg4.ie
www.tg4.ie
Iikka VEHKALAHTI
iikka.vehkalahti@yle.fi
WDR / ARTE
Sabine ROLLBERG
Appelhofplatz
DE-50667 Köln
Tel: +49 221 220 5752
Via Ettore Romanogli 3
Fax: +49 221 220 23 09
sabine.rollberg@wdr.de
IT-00137 - Roma
www.wdr.de
Tel: +39 06 36 86 29 08
Fax: +39 06 82 76 225
YLE
s.defelice@rai.it
Erkki ASTALA
www.educational.rai.it
YLE Coproductions – Box 96
FI-00024 Yleisradio
RTBF
Tel: +358 9 1480 5392
Wilbur LEGUEBE
Fax 358 9 146 2495
52 bd Reyess
erkki.astala@yle.fi
Boîte BRR058
www.yle.fi
BE-1044 Brussels
Tel: +32 2 737 22 09
Fax: +32 71 20 93 50
wl@rtbf.de
www.rtbf.de
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Doris HEPP
Redaktion Fernsehfilm ARTE
Sendezentrum 2
DE-55100 Mainz
Tel: +49 61 31 70 22 30
Fax: +49 61 31 70 94 88
hepp.d@zdf.de
www.zdf.de / www.artepro.com
ZENIT ARTI AUDIOVISIVE
Massimo ARVAT
Strada del Fortino,26
IT-10152 Torino
Tel: +39 011 521 7964
Fax: +39 011 436 9765
arvat@zenit.to.it
www.zenit.to.it
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