Doc Market

12th Thessaloniki 

DocumenTary FesTival 

IMages of The 21st CenTury 

12-21 MarCh 2010 

12th Thessaloniki 

International 

Doc Market 

15-20 March 2010 

Organized by 

YΠOYPΓEIO 

ΠOΛITIΣMOY KAI TOYPIΣMOY 

HELLENIC MINISTRY 

OF CULTURE AND TOURISM 

With the support of 

OFFICIAL SPONSOR 

COMMUNICATION SPONSOR 

WITH THE SUPPORT OF 

AUDIENCE AWARDS SPONSOR 

Sponsors 

TRANSPORTATION SPONSOR 

Communication Sponsors 

Northern Greece Communication Sponsors

General information 

Venue: 

Electra Palace Hotel, Byzantium Hall 

Opening hours: 

10:00 - 20:00 

Happy hour: 

17:30 - 18:30, at Excelsior Lounge, Electra Palace Hotel 

Reservations: 

Screening booths can be booked for a maximum 

of four consecutive hours. 

Please show up on time otherwise your reservation 

will be cancelled. 

Reservations should be made one day in advance. 

Please note 

• You are kindly requested to register your evaluation for each film you have 

watched. 

• You are kindly requested to leave the screening booth the way you found it. 

• Smoking is not allowed at the DocMarket’s facilities. 

• Priority to screenings booths is given to Doc Market Accreditations.

Indexes 

Index of Directors 516 

Index of Sales Companies 523 

Documentaries Participating 

0-9 22 

A 27 

B 59 

C 89 

D 121 

E 139 

F 159 

G 183 

H 207 

I 221 

J 239 

K 247 

L 263 

M 295 

N 323 

O 341 

P 361 

Q 391 

R 393 

S 413 

T 449 

U 469 

V 473 

W 483 

Y 507 

Z 513

Th e s s a l o n i ki 

I nternat i o n a l 

D o c M a r ke t 

docmarket@filmfestival.gr 

Head of Doc Market: Yianna Sarri 

Coordinator: Denise Andreola 

Assistant: Chryssa Kousela 

Digitization Coordinator: Yorgos Nounesis 

Digitized films checking: Catherine Etard, Panagiota Loura 

Sales Manager, ERT: Yannis Kollias 

Sales Assistant Manager, ERT: Zefi Tsoukala, Nikoleta Karra 

Doc Market Catalogue Editor-in-Chief: Mary Kitroeff 

Coordination: Ioanna Loukopoulou 

Design-Art Direction: Andreas Remountis 

I m a g e s o f t h e 2 1 s t centur y 

1 2 t h T H E S S A LO N I K I D O C U M E N TA RY FESTIVA L 

Artistic Director: Dimitri Eipides 

Thessaloniki: 

10 Aristotelous Sq., Thessaloniki 546 23, Greece 

Τ. +30 2310 378 400 F. +30 2310 285 759 

Athens: 

9 Alexandras Ave., Athens 114 73, Greece 

Τ. +30 210 870 6000 F. +30 210 644 8143 

info@filmfestival.gr 

www.filmfestival.gr

We are happy to welcome you to the 12th edition 

of the Thessaloniki International Doc Market 

The Thessaloniki International Doc Market is evolving into an important international market 

and a major meeting place for film professionals. In the last eleven years it has managed 

to quadruple its size and put itself on the map of the international documentary film 

industry. 

We are very proud that this is the first year that the Doc Market will be fully digitalized. 

We have made a great effort the last 2 years to achieve that. Our purpose is always to improve 

the facilities we offer to the participant buyers, but also to the directors and producers 

who entrust their work to us. The viewing results will be easily distributed and the buyers 

will have the opportunity to watch more documentaries than in past years. 

The last years the Doc Market took place in Electra Palace and after its success we decided 

to organize it in the same place. We would like also to note that we are very pleased that 

the collaboration with the Media Program of the European Union continuous. 

The 2010 Doc Market welcomes more than 60 TV buyers, distributors, commissioning editors 

and international festival representatives. While attending the Thessaloniki International 

Documentary Festival they will have the opportunity to watch documentaries in our 

theatres and Doc Market facilities and meet with producers, directors and sales agents. 

The Doc Market catalogue includes 479 titles, 160 of which have been selected for the 12th 

TDF program. In our selection we have included productions from various countries, representing 

different topics, views and approaches of the world. We believe we have 

achieved a fine balance between independent as well as larger scale productions in order 

to highlight all aspects of contemporary documentary filmmaking. 

We are confident that the 12th Thessaloniki International Doc Market will give many of its 

films the opportunity to find their place on television and movie screens all over the world. 

Happy viewing! 

Dimitri Eipides 

Artistic Director

0-9 444 

THE NETHERLANDS 

Category: Current Affairs 

1 HOUR 99 YEARS – 

HOW TO GET MARRIED FOR JUST ONE 

HOUR, IRANIAN STYLE 

Negin Kianfar & Daisy Mohr 

For most young Iranians, Tehran is a frustrating place to live. The press is censored, boys and 

girls are often separated and everything that has to do with sex is taboo. 

With sixty percent of the population under the age of thirty, authorities are getting more 

aware of the problems young people face. Sighe, a temporary marriage for between 1 hour 

and 99 years, could be a way to release some of the frustrations and give young people 

some room in this country where extra-marital sex remains out of the question. The issue 

has triggered heated debates, as many see it as legalized prostitution. 

1 hour – 99 years gives an intriguing insight into the lives of people in this young, frustrated 

and confused society and the way old religious practices like Sighe are being used 

in an attempt to solve contemporary problems. 

Running time: 50΄ 

Year of production: 2009 

Production Company: 

Production Contact Person: 

Sales Company: 

Sales Contact Person: 

Column Film & Ikon Television 

Natasja Möhrs 

NPO/RNW Sales 

Kaisa Kriek 

45 Sumatralaan 

Hilversum 1217 GP, The Netherlands 

T. +31 35 677 3561 

F. +31 35 677 5318 

simone.depruyssenaere@omroep.nl 

www.nposales.com 

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124 

RUSSIA 

0-9 


17 AUGUST 

Alexander Gutman 

The first prison in Russia for those sentenced to life – a single cell. “Prisoner Boris Bezotechestvo. 

Life sentence. Article 102. Triple murder”. Boris is communing with a God who 

is indifferent to his fate. He prays, but is not a believer. His words fill the air of the cell. He 

talks and listens to himself. The space within the cell consumes him. His world is four walls 

and the view from the window. The prison physically thrusts the prisoner into Time. A long 

succession of days and nights allotted to him, after which comes “hell” or “heaven”. 

Running time: 52’ & 63’ 






Atelier-Film-Alexander, EUREKA MEDIA 


Atelier-Film-Alexander 


Kolomenskaya 28 apt9 

St.Petersburg 

Russia 

T. +7 812 941 28 90 

F. +7 812 764 55 91 

afakino@mail.ru 

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515 

USA 

Category: Lifestyles 

21 BELOW 

Samantha Buck 

Sharon, pregnant with her first child, realizes she can’t start a family of her own until she 

confronts and mends the dysfunctional family she left behind in Buffalo, New York. Mom 

is enraged about the most recent pregnancy of her other daughter, Karen, the black sheep 

of the family, and can’t understand her choices: Why have a third child, fathered by a drug 

dealer, on top of a terminally ill second child The family unit is in crisis. This gripping observational 

documentary takes us inside a family at breaking point, with intensely personal 

scenes which will remain with you long after the credits roll. 



Production Company: A Living the 6 

Production Contact Person: Jenny Maguire 


CAT&Docs 

Sales Contact Person: Catherine Le Clef 

18 rue Quincampoix #133 

Paris F-75004, France 

T. +33 1 4459 6353 

cat@catndocs.com 

www.catndocs.com 

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377 

BULGARIA 

0-9 

Category: Environment & Wildlife 

245.5 

Oleg Kovachev 

This is a film about the Bulgarian weightlifting champion Valentin Hristov but it is not a 

sport documentary. Without being a melodrama, the film narrates a story of love, dreams, 

triumphs and disappointments; the story of a person who is a victim of the times but who, 

despite everything, does not lose his faith in kindness and hope for tomorrow. 







Bulgarian National Television 

Daniela Kuzmanova 



29 San Stefano Street 

Sofia 1504, Bulgaria 

T. +359 2 814 2390 

F. +359 2 943 6045 

d_kuzmanova@bnt.bg 

www.bnt.bg 

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307 

UK 

A 


ABORTION: THE CHOICE 

Ursula Macfarlane 

Whether or not to have an abortion is often the biggest decision a woman will ever make. 

Every year, 46 million women worldwide choose to have a termination. It’s a decision they 

will live with for the rest of their lives. Emotional, upsetting and divisive, abortion remains 

one of the most hotly debated issues of our time. For some it’s a liberator, an essential human 

right – for others an act of murder. 

This landmark documentary is an uncompromising, timely and honest look at modern 

abortion. 



Production Company: Century Films 

Sales Company: Java Films 

Sales Contact Person: Kathryn Bonnici 

4-6 Villa Thoréton 

Paris 75015, France 

T. +34 634 869 646 

F. +33 1 4060 2649 

kathryn@javafilms.fr 

www.javafilms.gr 


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A 

109 

USA 


ABOUT FACE: THE STORY OF 

GWENDELLIN BRADSHAW 

Mary Rosanne Katzke 

About Face is the heartrending story of a young Alaskan woman facing down the demons 

of her past. When Gwen was nine months old, her mentally distraught mother placed her 

in a campfire, leaving her physically and emotionally scarred for life. We travel with Gwen 

across Alaska and the United States for five years, as she searches for answers, faces her 

past, tracks down her mother, and moves forward in life to heal and forgive. Beautifully 

filmed against the stark beauty of Alaska, our compelling heroine reaches deep into our 

souls. 

Running time: 84’ 






Affinityfilms, Inc. 

Mary Katzke 

Affinityfilms, Inc. 

Mary Katzke 

9440 Arlene Dr. 

Alaska 

USA 

T. +1 907 677 7970 

marykatzke@gci.net 

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624 

DENMARK - EGYPT 

A 

Category: Art, Music & Culture 

ABOVE THE GROUND, 

BENEATH THE SKY 

Simon Lereng Wilmont 

Little Mahmoud loves the circus and dreams of performing in the National Egyptian Circus 

as an acrobat. So Mahmoud practices very hard several days a week with his mentor 

Kamal, who juggles Mahmoud on his feet, one and a half meters above the ground in dangerous 

and daring acrobatic acts. But the day only has so many hours and there are also 

so many chores and so much homework to do. So Mahmoud struggles to live his dream 

and keep his place above the ground, beneath the sky. 







National Film School of Denmark 

Julie Tarding 

National Film School of Denmark 

Julie Tarding 

1 Theodor Christens Plads 

Copenhagen K 1437, Denmark 

T. +45 3268 6565 

jta@filmskolen.dk 

www.filmskolen.dk 


A 

581 

ISRAEL 


ACROSS THE RIVER 

Duki Dror 

In January 1996, the tense relationship between the Israeli establishment and the 

newly arrived Ethiopian community exploded in a traumatic event, known as the “Blood 

Affair”. Today, with a rising HIV prevalence, the community suffers even greater discrimination. 

Across the River tells the remarkable story of Moshe Rahamim (Tesgau Mahari) 

– one of the first to arrive in Israel from Ethiopia, who now feels that the responsibility 

for the entire community falls on his shoulders. He sets up a one-man rescue 

mission to save his community from AIDS. This new film by acclaimed director Duki Dror 

is a startling documentary about how a growing health problem turns into a daunting 

socio-political crisis. 






Zygote Films Ltd. 

Go2films 

Hedva Goldschmidt 

37/8 Issar Natanzon St. 

Jerusalem 97787, Israel 

T. +972 2 583 1371 

F. +972 2 583 5450 

hadar@go2films.com 

www.go2films.com 


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GREECE 

A 


ACTIVE MEMBER 

Lefteris Fylaktos 

The group Active Member was formed in 1992. B.D. Foxmoor and Sadahzinia live in 

Perama, near Athens, where they make their music and lyrics, in an effort to resist 

social decadence in a creative way. They named their hip hop “low bap”, created their 

own record label, 8ctagon, and started the NOsponsors movement in order to protect 

their integrity as much as possible. This documentary is about the story behind the 

group’s name. What does it mean to be active How can one manage to be and stay 

active Is it even possible nowadays Following B.D. Foxmoor’s everyday steps, the 

documentary presents his opinions about life, his relation to the system and his contact 

with his fans. 



Production Contact Person: Lefteris Fylaktos 

Sales Contact Person: Lefteris Fylaktos 

41A, Zoodohou Pigis Str. 

Athens 10681, Greece 

T. +30 69 75885251 

lefteris.fylaktos@gmail.com 


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392 

POLAND 


THE ACTORS 

Tomasz Wolski 

While Jacek Bławut was film ing Before Twi light on loc a tion in Skolimów at the home for 

retired act ors, there was another cam era on the set. It recor ded the act ors wait ing to enter 

the set, which res ul ted in an affec tion ate film, full of subtle humour, about wait ing. The 

film char ac ters have dif fer ent ways of cop ing with the fact that they are no longer present 

on stage or on the screen. Nina Andrycz takes the lead while Irena Kwi atkowska is her 

exact oppos ite. The doc u ment ary also fea tures Kazi mierz Orzechow ski, a Cath olic priest and 

actor, as well as Beata Tyszkiewicz, Roman Kłosowski and Teresa Szmigielówna. 







Film Studio Rabarbar, TVP S.A. 

Anna Blawut 

Krakow Film Foundation 

Katarzyna Wilk 

Morawskiego 5 p.434 

Krakow 30-102, Poland 

T. +48 12 294 6945 

F. +48 12 294 6945 

katarzyna@kff.com.pl 

www.kff.com.pl 

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103 

UK - AFGANISTAN 

A 


ADDICTED IN AFGHANISTAN 

Jawed Taiman 

One million Afghans are estimated to be addicted to drugs, especially heroin. Alarmingly, 

40% of these are women and children. Addicted in Afghanistan is an observational documentary 

that explores the heartbreaking reality behind the headlines as seen through the 

eyes of Jabar and Zahir, two 15-year-old drug addicts living in Kabul. 







Katalyst Productions Ltd 

Sharron Ward 

Katalyst Productions Ltd 

Sharron Ward 

200 Lionel Road North 

London 

UK 

T. +44 208 758 2113 

sharron@katalystproductions.co.uk 


A 

154 

SPAIN 


AFRICA IS A WOMAN’S NAME 

Ingrid Sinclair & Bridget Pickering & Wanjiru Kinyanjui 

The documentary presents the lives of three extraordinary African women from different 

social levels and origins determined to bring about radical transformations in their dayto-day 

realities: Kenyan attorney and reputed lawyer Njoki Ndung’u; Phuti Ragophala, the 

committed school principal of a remote South African village; and Zimbabwean housewife/entrepreneur, 

Amai Rosie. Three women in very different settings reflect on their 

achievements and failures, the reasons for their commitment, their individual stories, the 

setting in which their leadership is inscribed, their own transformations as women being 

key to interpreting their power. What resistances do they have to overcome And the most 

important question: Is Africa ready for women to assume power 







Transparent Productions 

Cristina Lopez-Palao 

Transparent Productions 

Cristina Lopez-Palao 

c/ Selva 13, 08004 

Barcelona 

Spain 

T. +34 933 297 298 

F. +34 933 297 298 

cristina@transparent-productions.com 

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505 

CANADA 

A 


AFTER ELIZABETH II – 

THE MONARCHY IN PERIL 

John Curtin 

Will a new sovereign in England revive the royal family or be its kiss of death This film looks 

at the shaky future of the House of Windsor, once the beloved Queen passes the crown to 

her son Charles. 

The aging and opinionated Prince of Wales is not widely loved in Britain or abroad. The public 

still resents his treatment of Lady Diana, his adulterous relationship with Camilla and 

his relentless meddling in politics. Charles’s older son Prince William is a reluctant royal, 

still haunted by the brutal death of Diana. Prince Harry is best known for an unflattering 

series of public scandals. 

Looking at the storm gathering and asking the once unthinkable question: Will the monarchy 

still be around after Elizabeth 







Kaos Films 

John Curtin 

Films Transit International Inc 

Jan Röfekamp 

252 Gouin Boulevard East. 

Montreal H3L1A8, Canada 

T. +1 514 844 3358 

F. +1 514 844 7298 

janrofekamp@filmstransit.com 

www.filmstransit.com 


A 

600 

USA 

Category: History & Politics 

AGENT ORANGE: 30 YEARS LATER 

John Trinh 

Agent Orange: 30 Years Later is a drama-documentary about the victims of Agent Orange 

30 years after the Viet Nam War. Agent Orange is the code name for the herbicide that was 

used by the US military during the Vietnam War to deny tree and bush coverage to the 

North Vietnamese guerrilla soldiers. The film tells the story of several victims of Agent Orange 

– from the North to the South of Viet Nam – who were exposed to the substance 

when it was sprayed during the war. 






John Trinh 

OTPL Worldwide 

Upma Bhatnagar 

35 Swaledale Ave. 

Congleton, 

Cheshire CW12 2BY, UK 

T. +44 1260 270 790 

upmab@otpl.co.uk 

www.otpl.co.uk 


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INDIA 

A 


THE AGONY OF THE GANGES 

Iobal Malhotra 

Of all the places along the Ganges, Benares is perhaps the oldest living city in the world. 

The Ganges at Benares may appear muddy and dirty and is the receptacle of all the 

sewage and waste of the city, the ashes of the dead and the diseases of the millions who 

bathe in it. However, what is important is not the bacterial purity of the river, but its ritual 

and symbolic purity. Because of the overwhelming reverential impact of the Ganges 

on hundreds of millions of Hindus, a real life paradox today haunts the citizens of Benares. 

For how long can they continue to ignore the gap between the ritual purity of the river and 

its actual level of cleanliness The source of the Ganges is the Gangotri glacier. The combined 

impact of global warming, deforestation and rampant tourism has resulted in the 

glacier receding almost a kilometer in the last three decades. According to projections, given 

this rate of recession as a benchmark, most of the glaciers in the Himalayas will melt away 

in the next thirty to forty years. Perennial rivers like the Ganges will be reduced to a rain 

fed seasonal stream that will stand no chance of regeneration. This could happen within 

30 years. In such a situation, towns and cities along the Ganges will be abandoned when 

the river runs dry. India’s beliefs and culture will die within this lifetime. The Agony of the 

Ganges looks at all these issues and is a chilling wake up call for all Indians. 







Aim Television PVT. Ltd. 




F-59, 2nd Floor, Malhotra Building, Connaught Place 

New Delhi 110001, India 

T. +91 11 2335 0688 

F. +91 11 2331 2584 

iqbalmalhotra@aimtelevision.com 


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A 

469 

ALBANIA 


ALBANIANS OF SERBIA 

Ylli Pepo 

An extraordinary journey through the Preshevo, Bujanovc and Medvegje areas. Interviews 

with Albanians and Serbs, who talk about themselves and the social and cultural 

problems that they face. 







Albanian RTV, Java Publicity 

Ylli Pepo 

Java Publicity 

Ylli Pepo 

Rr. Budi, Pall 85/6 App.4 

Tirana 1008, Albania 

T. +355 4 237 5943 

F. +355 4 237 5943 

yllipepo@yahoo.com 


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FINLAND 

A 


ALL BOYS 

Markku Heikkinen 

All Boys looks at the social and individual impact of the boy porn industry. It shows men 

in Europe’s boy porn business struggling with commerciality and the passing beauty of 

youth, poverty and the loneliness of gay consumers. Gay porn is the fastest growing segment 

of the entertainment business. The film consists of complementing episodes that expose 

the production chain of Eastern European boy porn. 







Kinotar Oy 

Cilla Werning 

First Hand Films 

Esther van Messel 

Fritz Heeb - Weg 5, 8050 

Zurich 

Switzerland 

T. +41 443 122 060 

F. +41 443 122 080 

info@firsthandfilms.com 


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A 

353 

IRAN - IRAQ 


ALL MY MOTHERS 

Ebrahim Saeedi & Zahavi Sanjavi 

During the 30 years of the Baath ruling under Sadam in Iraq, thousands of Iraqi Kurds and 

Shiites were either killed or disappeared. Around 182,000 people lost their lives when 4,500 

villages and townships were destroyed in the Kirkuk, Soleimanieh, Dahouk and Erbil regions 

with the aim to exterminate the Kurds and to Arabize Kurdistan. The discovery after 

24 years of the mass graves in the southern deserts of Iraq became the basis of a film describing 

the living conditions of these villages inhabited mostly by the mothers, daughters, 

wives or sisters of those victims. This film also helps us understand the actual situation 

in Iraq. 







Sheherazad Media International 

Abbas Ghazali 


Katayoon Shahabi 

1, 3rd Sarvestan, Pasdaran St., Shariati Ave. 

Tehran 16619, Iran 

T. +98 21 228 63260-61 

F. +98 21 228 63262 

katysha@smediaint.com 

www.smediaint.com 


607 

IRAN 

A 


ALL RESTRICTIONS END 

Reza Haeri 

All Restrictions End is an experimental documentary dealing with contemporary Iranian history, 

focusing on the evolution of clothes and fashion. The structure of this thought-provoking, 

free-form film is a collage, using archival footage from Iranian cinema, imagery 

from various stylistic epochs in the history of Persian painting, graphics from the period of 

the Islamic Revolution, and works provided by various artists . 

The experimental form of the film reminds us of Jean-Luc Godard’s essayist work, in particular 

his Histoire(s) du Cinéma. A sometimes dizzying montage of images, sound bites 

and absurd animation that provides the film with a funny footnote every now and then. 







B&W, Pensee Sauvage Films 

Reza Haeri 

B&W 

Reza Haeri 

30 Mohri ave, Valiasr Street, 

before Parkway intersection 


T. +98 21 2202 3224 

rezahaeri@gmail.com 

www.rezahaeri.com 


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514 

GERMANY 


THE AMOUNT OF SMALL THINGS 

Sophie Narr 

First year in school and life ain’t easy: Laethicia, Sanita, Fuat and Bright are seven years old 

and confronted with the adult world of discipline and merit. “Why don’t you like school” 

“Because I can’t play with the teacher”, says Laethicia. She is one of four first-graders struggling 

with her new primary school reality. Potentially a safe haven for children with delicate 

family backgrounds, the school’s demands are nevertheless tough on the youngsters 

who already feel caught in a rat race. Will they fit in or will they be left behind Fuat, Sanita, 

Bright and Laethicia are trying hard to find the balance between school and play, between 

fulfilling demands and rebelling for a personality of their own. And this is only the beginning 

of a life-long quest. A moving trip back to childhood, a must-see for parents and 

teachers. 







HFF “Konrad Wolf” 

Anja Stanislawski 

Rise and Shine World Sales 

Diana Karklin 

Schlesische Str. 29/30 

Berlin 10997, Germany 

T. +49 30 4737 298-0 

F. +49 30 4737 298-20 

diana.karklin@riseandshine-berlin.de 

www.riseandshine-berlin.de 


493 

FRANCE - CHINA 

A 

Category: Adventure & Travel 

THE ANCIENT TEA ROAD 

Michel Noll & Weiping Zhou & Peter Hercombe 

It crosses the roof of the world, winding more than 4,000 tortuous kilometres across 20 

mountain chains and two desert plateaux. It spans four great rivers, and cuts through the 

territory of 25 different ethnic groups. This is the ancient Tea Route, which opened Southwest 

China onto Tibet – and thereby Nepal, India, Persia, Mongolia and Russia, and then 

Europe.The ancient Tea Road, crossed by Marco Polo on his legendary journeys, but used 

by innumerable horse trains for countless centuries before him. Their tracks are beaten deep 

into the rocks, and yet, it is a heritage about to be lost. 

This three part epic series of High Definition films follows in the hoofprints of those caravans 

which hauled their baggage of tea across Shangri-La onto the Tibetan Plateau and 

the Himalayas to be sold in the markets of South West Asia and dispersed to the entire 

world. 

Running time: 3 x 52’ 






Solferino Images & Yunnan TV 

Michel Noll 

ICTV 

Michel Noll 

17 rue du Colisee 


T. +33 1 640 37098 

F. +33 1 640 37001 

m.noll@ictv-solferino.com 

www.ictv-solferino.com 


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158 

POLAND 


ANDRZEJ WAJDA: LET’S SHOOT! 

Maciej Cuske, Marcin Sauter, Piotr Stasik, Thierry Paladino 

This documentary portrait of the most famous founder of Polish cinema was made by four 

students of the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing. Their observations, captured 

on the filming location of Katyń in late of 2006 and early 2007, combined with the fragments 

of the director’s monologue make an original picture, different from the familiar and 

popular image of Andrzej Wajda promoted by the media. 







Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing 

Joanna Skalska 





T. +48 122 946 945 



473 

GERMANY 

A 


ANGELS AND FLIES 

Kerstin Stutterheim & Niels Bolbrinker 

Ilya Kabakov is considered one of the most important contemporary artists worldwide. Born 

and raised in Ukraine in the period between Stalin and Gorbachev he left the country in 

the 80s. Since then he has lived and worked in New York together with his wife Emilia. 

In his installations and his numerous paintings Kabakov digests the traumatic experiences 

of his life in poverty and under constraints of a degenerated political system which has not 

lost its dictatorial structures fully until now. Using his subtle Jewish humour he creates in 

his work a world of his own, which leaves the heaviness of socialist and post-socialist life 

far behind. 

The film links Ilya Kabakov’s artistic spaces with insights into Russian everyday life, which 

itself sometimes appears like an installation by the artist. A narrative by Ilya and Emila 

Kabakov interlinks biographical and political aspects of the film. 

Running time: 52΄ & 90΄ 





filmtank GmbH 

united docs GmbH 

Anne Hufnagel 

Breite Str. 48-50 

Cologne 50667, Germany 

T. +49 221 920 690 

F. +49 221 920 6969 

anne.hufnagel@united-docs.com 

www. united-docs.com 


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339 

ISRAEL 


ANOTHER WAY (NOA & MIRA) 

Yariv Mozer 

Following the military operation in Gaza and despite resistance from left and right, this is 

the first time Israel is sending a Jewish-Arab duo to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. 

NOA is considered the most famous Israeli singer in the world today. After performing 

in front of the Pope, she has no need for Eurovision but is taking advantage of the opportunity 

to make a political statement. She asks to be allowed to perform with Arab singer 

Mira Awad. Filmmaker Yariv Mozer (My First War) follows them on their journey. A film 

from the Middle East with a different sound. 







Israel Broadcasting Authority, Israeli TV, IBA One 

Ruthie Weits 

JMT Films Distribution 

Michael Treves 

20 Bialik St. 

Tel Aviv 63324, Israel 

T. +972 523 633 398 

jmtreves@012.net.il 

www.JMTFilms.com 


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FRANCE 

A 


ANTHRAx WAR 

Bob Coen 

Anthrax War is an investigative documentary about the 2001 US anthrax attacks, dead scientists 

and the dark secrets of germ war research. Filmmaker Bob Coen probes troubling 

questions still surrounding the FBI’s investigation of the 21st Century’s first act of biological 

terrorism. The search for answers takes him from secret labs in the United States to the 

United Kingdom, then to the edge of Siberia and Southern Africa. He penetrates what he 

comes to call the “biological warfare mafia” and uncovers the development of terrifying new 

weapons – genetically mutated germs, some with the ability to target specific ethnic 

groups. He also discovers that since the anthrax attacks germ war research has become big 

business and that a growing number of scientists working in this underworld are dying under 

mysterious circumstances. 







Arte France, Telfrance, Radio Canada, CBC 

Bob Coen 

Studio International 

Isabelle Lemonnier 

71, Rue de la Victoire, 75009 

Paris 

France 

T. +33 1 5878 7027 

bob@transformerfilms.tv 


47

A 

397 

ITALY 


ANTONIO LIGABUE BETWEEN 

FICTION AND REALITY 

Salvatore Nocita 

Flavio Bucci, who played the artist Ligabue in a 1980 Rai mini-series, narrates this documentary, 

taking us to the sites where the painter lived, while setting the stage for interviews 

with experts who delve into topics such as the value of Ligabue’s art, his mental illness 

and the events of his life. Mr. Bucci also dramatizes exchanges with his double in the 

TV movie, as well as with images of the real-life Ligabue, all to the backdrop of library footage 

that sets the mood of Ligabue’s times. 






Rai Trade & Centro studi e archivio Antonio Ligabue 

Rai Trade 

Margherita Zocaro 

18 via Umberto Novaro 

Rome 00195, Italy 

T. +39 06 3749 8341 

F. +39 06 3701 1343 

zocaro@raitrade.it 

www.raitrade.it 


253 

GREECE 

A 


APALOFOTIES – ON THE SET 

OF CHRIST RECRUCIFIED 

Marina Kounenaki 

Eleni Davradou-Pangalou recalls and narrates images of the shooting of the Jules Dassin 

film Christ Recrucified in the village of Kritsa, Mirabello province, prefecture of Lasithi in 

Crete. 




Irini Kounenaki 

87 Paraschou Street 

Athens 114 74, Greece 

T. +30 210 6468 123 

F. +30 210 6664 971 

kounenaki@gmail.com 


49

A 

265 

CYPRUS 


APHRODITE – A GREAT GODDESS IN THE 

ROADS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN 

Stavros Papageorghiou 

Α 50-minute documentary entitled Aphrodite: a Great Mediterranean Goddess, highlights 

the main sights of interest, museums, archaeological sites and cultural events of nine 

Aphrodite Network member-cities in Cyprus, Malta and Greece. 

A journey along the sea routes of the Mediterranean in search of Aphrodite. 







Tetraktys Film Productions Ltd. 




95 Kyrenias Avenue 

Nicosia 21 13 , Cyprus 

T. +35 7 22 337433 

F. +357 22 339286 

tetraktys@cytanet.com.cy 


613 

ICELAND 

A 


ARCHITECTURE OF HOME 

Thorunn Hafstad 

How do the houses we live in and their architecture affect our daily life and lifestyle In Architecture 

of Home filmmaker Thorunn Hafstad looks into the limits and the ways that a 

house can create both a home and an identity for those who live inside its four concrete 

walls. In order to investigate this, Thorunn follows the everyday life of the owners and inhabitants 

of four different flats in former Union blocks in Reykjavik. Built in 1937 according 

to socialist ideology for Reykjavik’s working class, these small and compact apartments 

don’t hold up to the general, affluent housing standards of contemporary Iceland. The film 

explores the relationship between the apartments and their inhabitants – how the property 

alters and influences the value system of its owners, as might be noticed in their organized 

lifestyles in a compact space, their love for the old and respect for the original – 

and systematic mapping of the genealogy of super balls. 







Rasskinn ehf. 


Rasskinn ehf. 


14 Njalsgata 

Reykjavik 101, Iceland 

T. +354 663 7922 

tota10000@gmail.com 


51

A 

356 

AUSTRIA - SPAIN 


ARENA 

Günter Schwaiger 

Following the difficult struggle of some young apprentices brings the spectator into contact 

with all the facets of the bullfighting world. Traveling with them through Spain, France, 

Portugal and Colombia, we meet pupils and maestros from the bullfighting schools, banderilleros, 

bullfighting managers, impresarios and great figures like Luis Bolívar, Uceda Leal, 

Sebastién Castella, Morante de la Puebla and José Tomás. Thus Arena enables us to discover 

in depth the complexity of this singular cultural phenomenon and opens the debate as to 

whether the art of bullfighting gives in the end more dignity to the death of the bull, considering 

the hypocrisy of modern meat eaters... 







Mosolov-P 

Gunter Schwaiger 

Films Distribution 

Sanam Madjedi 

34 rue du louvre 


T. +33 1 5310 3399 

F. +33 1 5310 3398 

info@filmsdistribution.com 

www.filmsdistribution.com 

52 


140 

FRANCE 

A 


THE ARRIVALS 

Claudine Bories & Patrice Chagnard 

Caroline and Colette are social workers. All day long they see families who are seeking asylum 

in France to assist them with the process. Every day there are new arrivals, from the 

four corners of the world, by charter plane or by covered truck. How can they deal with the 

overwhelming flood of all this distress, of all these needs 







Les Films d’Ici 

Gaya Jiji 

Doc & Film International 

Daniela Elstner 

13 rue Portefoin 

Paris 

France 

T. +33 142 775 687 

F. +33 142 773 656 

d.elstner@docandfilm.com 


A 

326 

USA - IRAN 


ARUSI PERSIAN WEDDING 

Marjan Tehrani 

Iranian-American filmmaker Marjan Tehrani chronicles her brother’s return to Iran as he 

travels with his American wife to have a Persian wedding ceremony and explore his lost 

heritage. 

Using dynamic historical footage and interweaving it with the couple’s personal story, Arusi 

Persian Wedding explores the history and impact of the broken relationship between Iran 

and America. Arusi is the story of one young couple’s journey to discover Iran on their own 

terms. 

Behind the curtain of political tension, the film offers rare glimpses of both modern and 

traditional Iran, displaying a vibrant and complex country that is sealed off to much of the 

West. 







Tru Films 


Tru Films 


67 Gates Ave, Apt. 1 

Brooklyn NY 11238, USA 

T. +1 916 862 1449 

marjan@trufilms.com 

www.trufilms.com 


513 

RUSSIA 

A 

Category: Science & Technology 

ASCENTION 

Pavel Medvedev 

Mankind has always aspired to progress. The first step is the most difficult and this is sometimes 

followed by harsh losses. 

The film is about three countries that played a leading role the first steps towards space 

exploration: the United States, Russia and the People’s Republic of China. 

Using previously unviewed archival material, the film offers exclusive and interesting information 

to a wide audience. 

The film follows in the steps of space exploration and discovery, while also remembering 

and honoring those who died in this quest. 







Saint Petersburg Documentary Film Studio 

Julia Sosnovskaya 



12 kryukov kan 

Saint Petersburg 190068, Russia 

T. +7 812 714 4592 

F. +7 812 714 0806 

julisosnovska@gmail.com 


55

A 

419 

MExICO 


ATENCO. A CRIME OF STATE – PART I 

Colectivo Klamvé 

May 3, 2006, the Government of the State of Mexico quashes the protests of florists from 

the Belisario Domínguez Market, betraying agreements made only a day earlier. 

The florists, who are supported by the Frente de Pueblos en Defensa de la Tierra, are surrounded. 

Then comes the first confrontation of what will turn into an act of brutal repression. 

Early in the morning of May 4, the police burst into San Salvador Atenco. They wreak havoc 

with impunity and commit massive violations of human rights, including murder, detention 

and rape. In short, a state crime is committed. 

Using unseen material, this documentary embarks on a quest to discover the truth of what 

happened during an event now famous in Mexico as an act of repression. 






AMV 

Cinema Republic 

David Castellanos 

Av. Rosario Manzaneque 25, Torrelodones 

Madrid 28250, Spain 

T. +34 91 859 3994 

F. +34 91 859 2963 

info@cinemarepublic.es 

www.cinemarepublic.es 


420 

MExICO 

A 


ATENCO. A CRIME OF STATE – PART II 

Colectivo Klamvé 

Two years on, the consequences of this tragic and terrible action still continue. 

The Frente de Pueblos en Defensa de la Tierra and similar organizations demand justice and 

freedom for their political prisoners, the cancellation of arrest warrants and the punishment 

of the those responsible for this state crime. 

This documentary testifies to the unending process of pain and courage in a Mexico that 

is descending further into chaos. 






AMV 





T. +34 91 859 3994 

F. +34 91 859 2963 




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610 

FRANCE 

B 


BABELSBERG FROM EAST TO WEST 

Bernard Louargant 

Once the production site of German Expressionist film classics such as Metropolis and The 

Blue Angel and ever in the vanguard of technical innovation, Babelsberg Studios suffered 

under the Nazis: Talented directors fled the country and it was used for propaganda films 

and insipid comedies. Then, over four decades of post-war Communism, directors at the 

hallmark East German DEFA studios were supposed to give socialism a human face in “antifascist” 

films. Some brave filmmakers repeatedly sought to avoid Party censorship with their 

own subjects. Now – more than twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, still haunted 

by the ghosts of Marlene Dietrich and Fritz Lang and approaching its first century of operation 

– Babelsberg produces big international films and commercial TV shows. 







Generation Video 

Bernard Louargant 


Catherine Le Clef 



T. +33 1 4459 6353 




59

B 

100 

INDIA 


BABIES MADE IN INDIA 

Stéphanie Lebrun & Philippe Levasseur 

India is rapidly becoming the world’s baby factory. It’s one of the few countries in the world 

which authorizes payment for surrogacy. For €10,000, you can undergo fertility treatment 

and in vitro fertilization, and then have the resulting embryos implanted in a surrogate 

mother. Nine months later, you return and collect your new baby. On the surface, it seems 

to be a win-win scenario. Infertile couples get to have a baby while impoverished women 

receive enough money to pay for their own children’s schooling or buy a small house. But 

with so many ethical issues at play, can surrogacy really be treated like any other business 






Babel Press 

Java Films 

Kathryn Bonnici 



T. +33 140 602 600 

kathryn@javafilms.gr 


379 

ITALY 

B 


THE BABY NEEDS SOME FRESH AIR 

Barbara Rossi Prudente 

A documentary as an act of love toward her newborn daughter, her people, her city: 

Caserta, near Naples. In this description of the Campania regional garbage crisis, the film 

starts from the viewpoint of a mother worried about her children’s health. But her concern 

grows to include the rest of the local population when she discovers dioxin in mother’s milk 

and buildings made with radioactive waste mixed into the cement, along with other hidden 

wrongdoings that have created an unsustainable situation. Interweaving interviews, 

animation sequences, and footage of the garbage crisis as it unfolded, the film takes a 

highly personal approach to chronicling one of Italy’s most dramatic recent events. 







19.11 Produzioni 

Barbara Rossi Prudente 

Vitagraph 

Filippo D’Angelo 

1 Via Schiavonia 

Bologna 40121, Italy 

T. +39 05 126 7150 

F. +39 05 126 7150 

vitagraph@libero.it 


61

B 

453 



BACKLIGHT: PEACE VERSUS JUSTICE 

Klaartje Quirijns 

When the International Criminal Court was established in 2002, the tyrants and dictators 

of this world could finally be held accountable for their crimes. And, more importantly, the 

victims of those crimes would be given justice. But what if the victims of heinous crimes 

don’t want the court’s justice What if they view the ICC as a colonialist Western ideal and 

want to administer their own forms of justice And what if the ICC’s indictment threatens 

to undermine peace This film explores the different conceptions of Western values and 

morals in other countries and continents, focusing particularly on the situation in Uganda. 

Through the eyes of a charismatic radio host we will witness Uganda’s tension: people there 

don’t want the justice that the ICC is offering; they want peace. They have their own tribal 

courts and view the ICC as a new form of Western colonization. 







VPRO Television 

Swaze Hartog 

NPO/RNW Sales 

Kaisa Kriek 



T. +31 35 677 3561 

F. +31 35 677 5318 



62 


460 


B 


BACKLIGHT: TRADEMARK 2010 

Rudi Boon & Stefano Bertacchini 

What is the impact of mega sports events in developing countries like World Cup 2010 in 

South Africa Benefits are promised for all. But how about the traditional food mamas in 

the stadiums and other entrepreneurs in disadvantaged communities, who put their 

hopes on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. They will have to compete with the commercial 

interests of FIFA & sponsors. Will the expectations of the masses who see relief in 

the World Cup be appeased 








Swaze Hartog 

NPO/RNW Sales 

Kaisa Kriek 



T. +31 35 677 3561 

F. +31 35 677 5318 




B 

137 

SWEDEN 


BANANAS!* 

Fredrik Gertten 

The world’s biggest fruit company is on trial in the USA for poisoning its workers! For the 

first time in history, a small US law firm is representing Nicaraguan workers who are all infertile 

because of the toxic pesticides the fruit-corporation used on their banana plantations. 

Does a small law firm stand a chance against the power of a multi-billion dollar corporation 

And will you ever eat bananas again after watching this revealing film A David 

and Goliath battle in every way. 







WF Film 

Margarete Jangard 

Autlook Filmsales 

Andrea Hock 

Trappelgasse 4/17, 1040 

Vienna 

Austria 

T. +43 720 346 934 

andrea@autlookfilms.com 


446 


B 


BANKING THE UNBANKED 

Sarah Vos 

Is microfinance the answer to poverty We follow two young ambitious Gambian bankers 

in their attempts to make Reliance into a steady microfinance institution. Will they succeed 

in this interesting and expanding market 

To be successful requires high level local management, extremely skilled local employees 

and the introduction of concepts such as loans, saving accounts, and interest. Running a 

microfinance institution in a third world country appears not to be an easy job. This is a film 

about a new up-and-coming African business: helping the poor has become big business. 







Eyeworks & VPRO Television 

Swaze Hartog 

NPO/RNW Sales 

Kaisa Kriek 



T. +31 35 677 3561 

F. +31 35 677 5318 




65

B 

174 

GERMANY 


A BARREL FULL OF DREAMS 

Pierre-Olivier François & Pierre Bourgeois 

This is the story of the rise of Khanty-Mansiysk, a Siberian region over 3,000 kilometers from 

Moscow, a cold and inhospitable place which has become something of an economic Eden. 

The region stores about 60% of Russian oil resources under its soil. Thousands of workers, 

better paid than anywhere in Russia, flock to the region to extract the oil, generating an 

economic and social revolution. Thanks to this financial wealth, the local governor has the 

means to promote infrastructures and cultural activities, hoping to seduce the new arrivals 

into staying in this hostile place. This El Dorado is a metaphor for the whole of Russia, but 

on a small scale. Khanty-Mansiysk is at the source of power in Russia and at the source of 

Russia’s power in the world. A place that bears the over-sized ambition of the new Russian 

era. 







Interscience Film 

Christian Popp 

Interscience Film 

Christian Popp 

Zimmerstrasse 11, 10969 

Berlin 

Germany 

T. +49 309 606 669 30 

F. +49 309 606 669 39 

popp@intersciencefilm.de 


483 

GERMANY 

B 


BASTION OF SIN 

Thomas Lauterbach 

Aysel is a religious Muslim who for many years has led a sheltered life as a housewife and 

mother in the provincial south of Germany. When she learns that the state theater in 

Stuttgart is looking for non-professional actresses for the tragedy Medea, she sees it as an 

opportunity to escape from her tedious everyday existence – and so she auditions for a part. 

What initially sounds like a little bit of a change in Aysel’s life soon proves to be a challenge 

to her view of the world. The director Volker Lösch wants to use the boundless freedom offered 

by theater to penetrate the – at times highly secretive – world of Muslim women. As 

the stage adaptation develops, Aysel finds herself confronted by the tragic stories of life endured 

by other Muslim women, existences that up to now she only knew of through 

hearsay. And as the only woman in the production wearing the Muslim headscarf, she is 

obliged to defend her values and lifestyle to other more modern Turkish women involved in 

the project. Torn between her desire for freedom and her own traditions, Aysel gets entangled 

in a conflict with her beliefs and is forced to question her life to date. Aysel begins to 

struggle with the clichés, the “immorality” of the theatre – and ultimately with her own self. 






ales Contact Person: 

Indi Film & SWR 

Srek Gielnik 

Deckert Distribution GmbH 

Heino Deckert 

1 Marienplatz 

Leipzig 04103, Germany 

T. +49 341 215 6638 F. +49 341 215 6639 

info@deckert-distribution.com 

www.deckert-distribution.com 


67

B 

344 

SWEDEN 


BEAUTY REFUGEE 

Claudia Lisboa 

Twenty-eight members of filmmaker Claudia Lisboa’s family have been operated on at least 

once by her brother who is a plastic surgeon in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Her sister Juliana can’t 

look angry thanks to her anti-wrinkle injections; Sergio himself has undergone four nose 

reductions; their mother has had so many facelifts she is ageless. Claudia is the only one 

who has been spared the knife and is a real eyesore for the rest of them. She calls herself 

a “beauty refugee” and lives in Sweden, far away from the obsessions of her Brazilian family. 

In this personal documentary the filmmaker tries to reconstruct her youth and examines 

her own penchant for perfection. 







Hysteria Film AB 

Malla Grapengiesser 


Diana Karklin 

29/30 Schlesische Strasse 


T. +49 030 4737 2980 

F. +49 030 4737 29820 



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276 

GREECE 

B 


BEHIND THE MASKS – 

AGIASSOS CARNIVAL 

Alexandros Papachristopoulos 

In Agiasos of Lesvos Greece, the carnival is a way of life. Months before Carnival, the preparation 

of events begins. Daily mental and manual work, for writing the squibs and the manufacturing 

of the settings, rehearsals, sleepless nights… During the three-day-feast, by 

deconstructing the current order and by reaching their inner completion, the carnivalists 

help the local society to find its balance, to achieve a catharsis through laughter. Everyone 

is in a state of siege. They run up lorries, they set up settings, they dress and make-up the 

carnivalists, they rehearse the squibs … This rare backstage documentary, records the 

mental and physical intensity of the communal final effort, which is just a small part of 

the participants’ experience during the preparation months, just for a half-hour performance. 

The documentary forms part from a complete work dedicated to Agiassos’s tradition 

and the contemporary realization of its customs. 

Part 1: Behind the Masks 

Part 2: In Her Arms 

…to be continued 







iPARK 


iPARK 


9 Panselinou Street 


T. +30 210 2116828 

iparkgr@gmail.com 


B 

570 

BELGIUM 

Category: Sports 

BEHIND THE RING 

Nathalie Rossetti & Turi Finnochiaro 

Through the passion of Michele di Rocco, angel-faced Rom gipsy, light-weight Italian 

champion, and Maria Rosa Tabbuso, gracious hairdresser and European champion, the film 

describes the mechanisms of a boxing event, also portraying manager Umberto Conti Cavini 

and his wife Rosanna, the first woman organizer of such events in the world. A Polaroid, 

in vivid color, of the boxing world. 







Impronte Digitali 

Turi Finnochiaro 

Ventes - CBA/WIP - Sales 

Thierry Detaille 

19F Avenue des Arts 

Bruxelles 1000, Belgium 

T. +32 47 761 7170 

F. +32 2 227 2239 

ventes-cbawip-sales@skynet.be 

www.ventes-cbawip-sales.be 


319 

SERBIA - HUNGARY - BULGARIA 

B 


THE BELGRADE PHANTOM 

Jovan B. Todorovic 

Yugoslavia, 1979. While president and dictator Tito is in Cuba on international affairs, a mysterious 

phantom captures the attention of Belgrade. Using a stolen white Porsche he performs 

daring stunts through the city streets. As rumors of his cat-and-mouse games 

with the police spread, people start gathering to watch him at night. Over the radio the 

Phantom publicly challenges the police to try and catch him. Such open opposition is unheard 

of and more than 10,000 people are in the streets supporting their hero. It is dangerous 

to eliminate him in front of the public and the police are forced into a chase where 

he sets the rules. It comes down to the driving, and the stakes are very high. 






Emote Productions 

Wide Management 

Anais Clanet 

40 rue Sainte Anne 


T. +33 1 5395 0464 

F. +33 1 5395 0465 

ac@widemanagement.com 

www.widemanagement.com 


71

B 

620 

GERMANY 


BERLIN: HASENHEIDE 

Nana A.T. Rebhan 

Hasenheide in Berlin’s Neukölln district is a park of about 120 acres. Neukölln is a social hotspot, 

and Hasenheide is often presented by the press as a no-go area. Avoiding the common-place 

demonization, the film aims to show the lives of those people for whom thespace 

of the park is essential for their daily existence: as a living room, balcony, sports field... 






Alfaville 

Alfred Exner 

Nana Rebhan 

T. +49 30 6270 8909 

F. +49 30 6270 8092 

nana303@snafu.de 

72 


337 

FRANCE - RUSSIA - FINLAND 

B 


BETWEEN DREAMS 

Iris Olsson 

A third class sleeping car of the Trans-Siberian train traveling through Russia. What are the 

passengers dreaming of, and which of the dreams come true 






Nisi Masa, Mirumir, Moviement RU 

Matthieu Darras 

Iris Olsson 

Helsinki, Finland 

T. +358 40 509 5812 

olssoniris@gmail.com 


B 

254 

GREECE 


BEWARE: KILLING ADS 

Manolis Andriotakis 

The documentary reveals for the first time the enormous scandal that concerns illegal 

billboard advertising in Greece. It investigates the corruption, interests and large 

amounts of money at stake, but mainly it focuses on the human dimension of the 

problem, following the struggle for justice of a father whose son was killed by an illegal 

billboard. Illegal billboards are only one symptom of the broader problem of 

road safety in this country, which has evolved into a civil war involving mayors, politicians 

and advertising companies. As is mentioned in the film: “The victims of car accidents 

during the last 50 years in Greece have exceeded the number of dead from all 

the wars the country was involved in during the 20th century.” 



Production Contact Person: Manolis Andriotakis 

Sales Contact Person: Manolis Andriotakis 

2, Praxitelous Str. 

Athens, 15127, Greece 

T. +30 210 8104 587 

Manolis@andriotakis.gr 

www.andriotakis.gr 

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349 

SPAIN 

B 


BEYOND BULLFIGHTING – IGNACIO 

SANCHEZ MEJIAS 

José Ortuno 

The biography of one of the most exceptional bullfighters in pre-civil war Spain: Ignacio 

Sanchez was a fighter, businessman, playwright actor and supporter of the Sevillan poet 

circle “Generation 27”, whose most prominent member was Federico Garcia Lorca. In 

1934, he died young in the bullfighting arena and became a legend thanks to Federico Garcia 

Lorca’s homage to him in the poem “Llanto por Ignacio Sanchez Mejias”. Using rare 

archival footage in a spectacular way, the film is a stunning and high-quality portrait of 

an intellectual bullfighter who was not like any other. 







La Chaqueta Metálica, Canal Sur Television 

Olmo Figueredo González-Quevedo 


Diana Karklin 



T. +49 030 4737 2980 

F. +49 030 4737 29820 




B 

110 

USA 


BI THE WAY 

Josephine Decker & Brittany Blockman 

The iron curtain between gay and straight is crumbling. The Bible belt is being unbuckled. 

Recent studies suggest that bisexuality is drastically more widespread than we ever 

thought, and for young people, dating a girl one week and a guy the next is no big 

deal. Journeying through the changing sexual landscape of America, the directors of Bi 

the Way investigate the latest scientific reports and social opinions on bisexuality, while 

following five members of the emerging “whatever generation” – teens and twenty-somethings 

who seem to be ushering in a whole new sexual revolution. 







By the Way Productions 

Martha Shane 

Multivisionnaire Pictures 

KAO - HALEY Erika 

080 W Valley Blvd Suite B 

Alhambra, CA 

USA 

T. +1 626 737 8357 

F. +1 626 737 8642 

erika@multivisionnaire.com 


312 

ISRAEL 

B 


BLACK BUS 

Anat Zuria 

Two young women put their safety at risk to document the repression they experienced 

as Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women in Israel. Such a protest against religious extremism has 

not been chronicled in the last decade. The film follows their journeys by way of an online 

blog and photographs taken in the streets, detailing the gender separation enforced 

upon Ultra-Orthodox women. These two brave, unstoppable young women, excommunicated 

from their families and communities, attempt to tell the stories of those women 

whose voices cannot be heard. 






Anat Zuria 





T. +33 1 4459 6353 




77

B 

138 

UK-GERMANY-JAPAN 


THE BLOOD OF THE ROSE 

Henry Singer 

Joan Root, with her husband Alan, produced some of the most beautiful and famous natural 

history films, born of her deep love of Africa and its flora and fauna. This film tells the 

story of the extraordinary life and brutal death of Joan Root, and of her campaign to save 

the lake she loved. Who killed Joan Root Was it the fish poachers, whom Root stopped 

from plying their illegal trade Was it her loyal lieutenant Chege, whom Root ultimately 

cut off from her payroll Or was it someone closer to home Through telling Root’s story, 

the film opens a window onto contemporary Africa and the developed world’s relationship 

to it. 







Dragonfly Film & Television 

Edwina Silver 

Channel Four International 

Niki Page 

21-25 St. Anne’s Court 

London 

UK 

T. +44 207 494 5802 

F. +44 207 494 5791 

nikipage@c4i.co.uk 


439 

UK 

B 


BLOWN APART 

Jeremy Gibson 

Blown Apart is the dramatic story of what happens when a windfarm of nine 120-metre 

high turbines are planned to be built on a sensitive landscape. It’s the story of a deeply divided 

community with a conclusion that will impact on the future of land-based renewable 

energy in the UK. 

The film explores in candid detail a story that goes to the heart of the question of renewable 

energy, our attitudes towards it and the future of on-shore wind energy around the 

world. Blown Apart explores and exposes the truths and myths of a highly controversial 

energy resource. 

Running time: 4 x 60΄ 






Seven Stones Media 

Adam Alexander 

Espresso TV 

David Hooper 

25 York Villas 

Brighton BN1 3TS, UK 

T. +44 1273 730 929 

F. +44 1273 299 403 

david@espressotv.co.uk 

www.espressotv.co.uk 


79

B 

559 

RUSSIA 


BOOTHS 

Mikhail Zheleznikov 

The hidden world of booths on the streets of a big city and portraits of the people who work 

inside those booths day after day. 

“When I was little I used to walk around town, and I often noticed people sitting in 

booths. And I asked myself: Why are they sitting there Maybe they are serving some sort 

of punishment. What are they doing inside their booths What are they thinking about 

They’re probably hot in there. Or maybe they’re cold. Do they have a home A family What 

kind of people are they” 

The film tries to answer these questions in an ironic way. 

It’s a film about big city people living inside their booths… 







12 Kryukov Kan 

Saint Petersburg 190068, Russia 

T. +7 812 714 4592 

F. +7 812 714 0806 



250 

GREECE 

B 


BOxING CUBA 

Irini Mihailidou 

Cuba is the only country in the world that has two boxers who have one three Olympic 

gold medals each. Teófilo Stevenson and Félix Savón have had many offers to go professional 

and earn millions of dollars but they simply were not interested in leaving 

their country. In 1962, Fidel Castro prohibited all professional sports as being contrary 

to the ideals of the revolution, adding that “professional sports enrich the few at 

the expense of the many.” Together with their glorious careers and their refusal to 

become professional boxers for profit, the film clearly conveys Cuba’s resistance to 

capitalism. 



Production Company: Zero-Zero Productions 

Production Contact Person: Alexis Pilos 


Zero-Zero Productions 

Sales Contact Person: Alexis Pilos 

18, Agiou Georgiou Str. 


T. +30 210 6646 878 

alexispilos@hotmail.com 


81

B 

506 

CANADA 


BREAKING THE SILENCE: INSIDE 

BURMA’S RESISTANCE 

Helene Magny & Pierre Mignault 

The Burmese junta, in power since 1962, has promised elections in 2010. This new documentary 

clandestinely shot in regions where few foreigners have dared to venture, looks 

at one of Burma’s most dangerous zones (the Karen region) and meets people hiding in 

the jungle in order to resist forced relocation by the military regime, disclosing the secret 

networks of militants fighting along the Thai border, inside and outside of Burma. 







Inform Action Films Inc. 

Nathalie Barton 


Jan Röfekamp 

252 Gouin Boulevard East 

Montreal H3L 1A8, Canada 

T. +1 514 844 3358 

F. +1 514 844 7298 




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GERMANY 

B 


BREATHLESS - MILLTOWN MONTANA 

Rainer Komers 

Time inscribes itself into Rainer Komers’ meticulously composed images and impressive 

sound collages of Milltown, Montana. Each picture tells a story of a place that once belonged 

to the largest mining area in the United States and was contaminated by toxic substances 

and heavy metals. Without dialogue, the film sensitively portrays the landscape 

and the people living and working there: cowboys branding their calves, Blackfeet Indians 

laying down the foundation stone for an educational center, trappers and golfers, workers 

in a silicon plant, old miners, and young scholars competing in a mining contest. Milltown, 

Montana is visibly scarred by man and trapped in a post-industrial phase of 

standstill. By alluding to its former wealth but showing the area’s actual lack of prospects, 

the film dramatically undermines the image of the American Dream. 







Kloos & Co. Medien 

Stefan Kloos 

Kloos & Co. Medien GmbH 

Stefan Kloos 



T. +49 30 4737 2980 

F. +49 30 4737 29820 

stefan.kloos@kloosundco.de 

www.kloosundco.de 


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346 

GERMANY 


BREATHLESS - ONE DAY 

TODAY WILL BE ONCE 

Anca Miruna Lazarescu 

In a small church in Halberstadt, in East Germany, a pipe organ plays avant-garde composer 

John Cage’s “Organ2/ASLSP” and will do so day and night, without interruption, until 

the year 2640, resulting in a 639-year long concert. In a humorous but also thoughtful 

way, the film shows different sides of this mind-boggling project: on the one hand there 

is the long and overly intellectual wrangling among the initiators, on the other the volunteering 

staff members’ direct and practical way of dealing with all the work that such 

a project involves. These perspectives make One Day Today Will Be Once a film bursting with 

moving as well as humorous moments – attuned to the question of humanity’s perception 

of time. 








Stefan Kloos 


Stefan Kloos 



T. +49 30 4737 2980 

F. +49 30 4737 29820 




347 

GERMANY 

B 


BREATHLESS – TIME’S UP 

Jan Peters & Marie Catherine Theiler 

Being confronted with the finiteness of life in a car accident while carrying their unborn 

baby, the filmmakers Marie-Catherine Theiler and Jan Peters suddenly realize that their lives 

have become way too hectic. They spend too much precious time rushing from one appointment 

to the next, chasing deadline after deadline. They decide to change their lives 

and slow down. But how During a humorous odyssey from one time-expert to the next, 

Marie-Catherine and Jan ask the questions most of us would like to know the answers to... 

Within the timeframe of Marie-Catherine’s pregnancy, the directors of Time’s Up leave no 

stone unturned, examining with wit and irony how today’s society – and above all they 

themselves – deal with the subject of “time”. 








Stefan Kloos 


Stefan Kloos 



T. +49 30 4737 2980 

F. +49 30 4737 29820 




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B 

593 

IRELAND 


BROKEN TAIL / BROKEN 

TAIL’S LAST JOURNEY 

John Murray & Colin Stafford-Johnson 

One man, one animal and a journey into the last days of the wild tiger. Colin Stafford-Johnson 

spent almost 600 days filming Broken Tail and his family for some of the finest tiger documentaries 

ever made. Broken Tail was the most flamboyant tiger cub he’d ever seen in 

Ranthambhore, one of India’s premier wild tiger reserves. Impossibly cute, he gambolled and 

posed for Colin’s camera through the first years of his life. But then without warning, Broken 

Tail disappeared. He abandoned his sanctuary and went on the run, disappearing into the 

Indian wilderness for almost a year. He was barely three years old. Why did this young tiger 

leave Ranthambhore National Park, supposedly one of India’s best-protected tiger reserves 

How could he possibly have survived in rural India for perhaps a year What does his death 

reveal of the fate of the world’s last tigers On a spectacular journey across Rajasthan, Colin 

will travel by horseback retracing Broken Tail’s last journey, gathering clues as to his route and 

his behavior, asking why he abandoned the park and above all – searching for the truth behind 

the future of the last wild tigers in India. This is not a wildlife film. It is about the obsession 

of a man who has spent more time filming wild tigers than anyone on the planet. 

It is about his personal pilgrimage to a tiger that captivated him and the hope that through 

his journey, Broken Tail may provide some insight into the long-term survival of the tiger. 







Crossing the Line Films 

John Murray 


John Murray 

Barr an Uisce, Killincarrig Road, 

Greystones, Co. Wicklow, Ireland 

T. +353 12 875 394 F. +353 12 875 394 

info@ctlfilms.com www.ctlfilms.com 


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USA 

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BUDRUS 

Alexis Krasilovsky 

Ayed Morrar, an unlikely Palestinian community organizer, unites all Palestinian political 

factions and Israelis. Together, they wage a lengthy lunch-counter-sit-in-style unarmed 

struggle to save his village from destruction by Israel’s Separation Barrier. Victory seems improbable 

until his 15-year-old daughter, Iltezam, launches 

a women’s contingent that quickly moves to the front lines. They not only save the village, 

but the Barrier is pushed back behind the Green Line into No Man’s Land. In the process, 

Ayed and Iltezam unleash an inspiring, yet little-known, movement in the Occupied 

Palestinian Territories that is still gaining ground today. In an action-filled documentary featuring 

archival footage of this movement from its infancy, Budrus will inspire and challenge 

audiences worldwide. The movie is directed by award-winning filmmaker Julia Bacha (Control 

Room, Encounter Point), and produced by Bacha, Palestinian journalist Rula Salameh, 

and filmmaker and human rights advocate Ronit Avni (formerly of the human rights organization 

Witness, director of Encounter Point). 






Just Vision 

Cinephil 

Philippa Kowarsky 

18 Levontin Street 


T. +972 3 566 4129 

F. +972 3 560 1436 

info@cinephil.co.il 

www.cinephil.co.il 


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GREECE 

C 


THE CALL OF THE MOUNTAIN 

Stelios Apostolopoulos 

The film tells the story of Yannis who, after his cousin Elias is murdered, abandons his 

wife and eight-year-old son in Athens and moves to a small, remote community in 

the White Mountains in Crete, where he plans to take over Elias’s profession as a shepherd. 

The job of a shepherd is a dying tradition, kept alive by a handful of men, high 

up in the snowy White Mountains, overlooking the Lybian Sea. 



Production Company: Anemon Productions, Greek Film Center 

Hellenic Broadcasting Corp. ERT S.A. 

Production Contact Person: Rea Apostolides, Yuri Averof, Stelios Apostolopoulos 



Anemon Productions 

Rea Apostolides 

5, Stisihorou Str., Athens 10674, Greece 

T. +30 210 7211 073 F. +30 210 7228 023 

rea@anemon.gr 






Yannis Kollias 

432, Messoghion Ave. Athens 15342, Greece 

T. +30 210 6075 711 F. +30 210 6075 715 

ykollias@ert.gr 

Greek Film Center 

Evi Lazari 

7, Dionysiou Areopagitou Str., Athens 11742, Greece 

T. +30 210 3678 500 F. +30 210 3648 245 

info@gfc.gr 


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363 



THE CALL OF THE SEA 

Saskia Gubbels 

A film about the last inhabitants of a largely demolished working-class in the far north of 

the Netherlands. Amidst the dust and the derelict houses with boarded-up windows, the 

residents carry on their daily lives. As the district is disappearing, the memories of what 

happened in their houses becomes more and more important to people. 







Zuidenwind Filmproductions 

Joost Seelen 


Joost Seelen 

P.O. Box 4673 

Breda 4803 ER, The Netherlands 

T. +31 7 6514 0871 

F. +31 7 6520 1910 

info@zuidenwind.nl 

www.zuidenwind.nl 

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310 

UK 

C 


CAR BOMB 

Kevin Toolis 

Forget about nuclear missiles. The decisive weapon of the twenty-first century is the car 

bomb. After Iraq, we now know that you can defeat a superpower, start a civil war or just 

blow up your own government with a trunk load of home-made explosives and a battered 

old car. In this startling new 2 x 1 hour series, ex-CIA agent Bob Baer, whose life was depicted 

by George Clooney in the Oscar winning movie Syriana, uncovers the history of this 

extraordinary weapon. With shocking footage of car bomb attacks and penetrating interviews 

with car bombers, Baer reveals how the century of the car turned into the century 

of the car bomb. 






Many Rivers Films 

Java Films 




T. +34 634 869 646 

F. +33 1 4060 2649 




C 

492 

FRANCE 


CARBOMBING IN BEIRUT – 

WHO KILLED RAFIC HARIRI 

Amal Hamelin des Essarts & Bernard de la Villardiere 

Twice Prime Minister of Lebanon, Rafic Hariri uses his influential network in banking, construction, 

real estate, industry and the media towards achieving the goals of his country, 

although many of his critics point at conflicts of interests between the politician and the 

business man. He resigns as Prime Minister in 2004, rejecting the overpowering influence 

of the Syrian government on his country, exercised in particular through the very pro-Syrian 

President Emile Lahoud. On 14 February 2005, in spite of his armored car, a car bomb 

kills him and many other people. This assassination marks the beginning of the Cedar Revolution 

and the departure of Syrian troops who had been in Lebanon since the Civil War. 

This film recounts Rafic Hariri’s political career until his tragic death and tries to identify the 

most plausible assumptions concerning the people behind this murder. 






Ligne de Front Quartier Latin 

ICTV 

Michel Noll 

17 rue du Colisée 


T. +33 1 6403 7098 

F. +33 1 6403 7101 




309 

UK 

C 


CARTELS AND POLICE CORRUPTION: 

INSIDE MExICO’S DRUG WAR 

Thierry Gayton 

In today’s Mexico, drug cartels have become so powerful, they’re threatening the stability 

of the country. For the past two and a half years, President Felipe Calderón has been 

waging open war on the drug cartels. 10,000 people have been killed; some regions in 

Mexico are now more dangerous than Baghdad. Making the government’s job more difficult, 

many local police officers have been bribed by the cartels. To combat them, the government 

has recruited incorruptible policemen and installed secret cameras in police stations. 

We investigate Mexico’s drug war. 






Ligne de Front 

Java Films 




T. +34 634 869 646 

F. +33 1 4060 2649 




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173 

AUSTRALIA 


CASSOWARIES 

Bianca Keeley 

Cassowaries tells the action-packed, heartfelt story of the cassowaries of Northern Australia 

struggling to survive after a one in 50 year cyclone destroyed their rainforest homes, while 

revealing for the first time the natural history of the magnificent, wild, endangered Southern 

Cassowary. A prehistoric, six-foot creature moves stealthily through the ancient rainforest. 

A blazing, multi-coloured neck flashes in the forest gloom before one of the world’s 

most bizarre and deadly birds majestically appears – the Southern Cassowary. In a stunning 

landscape where the rainforest meets the reef, the film takes you on an intimate journey 

inside the rarely seen world of cassowaries. These flightless giants can weigh up to 

85kg, swim across crocodile-infested rivers and run at 40 kph. These are no ordinary 

birds! 







BK Films 

Bianca Keeley 

National Geographic Television International (NGTI) 

Nina Vega 

Shepherds Building East - 2nd Floor 

Richmond Way - Shepherds Bush, W14 0DQ” 

London 

UK 

T. +44 207 751 7555 

F. +44 207 751 7556 

nina.vega@natgeotv-int.com 


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CANADA 

C 


CAT LADIES 

Christie Callan-Jones 

Cat Ladies is a one hour verité documentary that unravels the real story behind the oftridiculed 

“cat lady” – a cultural stereotype and figure of ridicule for women of a certain age 

with too many furry companions. Through the intimate portrait of four unique “cat ladies” 

the film creates a sensitive and emotionally honest portrait of women whose lives and selfworth 

have become intractably linked to cats. It’s not the number of cats that defines someone 

as a “cat lady”, but rather their attachment, or non-attachment, to human beings. 







Chocolate Box Entertainment 

Sally Blake 





T. +33 1 4459 6353 




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184 

FRANCE 


CHAPARRI, THE SEVEN BEARS 

OF THE SACRED MOUNTAIN 

Nathalie Granger-Charles-Dominique 

& André Charles-Dominique 

In the forest of northwestern Peru, a farming community of 500 families decided to declare 

itself “an ecological community”, where threatened species, such as the spectacled 

bear and the white winged guan were protected in a reserve, the revenue of which would 

go towards education and health services for the community. Thanks to their enthusiasm 

and tenacity, the “comuneros” obtained support from American and European scientists. 

They managed to stand up to the big mining companies who wanted the land and threw 

themselves into ecological agriculture, organic beekeeping, replanting, water recycling and 

using renewable energy. Today, determined to leave their children a better world, the “comuneros” 

are meeting with other north Peruvian communities. They are trying to encourage 

them to follow their example, with the aim to create an ecological corridor, entirely 

managed by local populations. 





Nathalie Granger-Charles-Dominique, 

André Charles-Dominique 

Nathalie Granger-Charles-Dominique, 

André Charles-Dominique 

1, Rue du Lavoir – la Bournée, 49700 

Louresse-Rochemenier 

France 

T. +33241501993 

acharldom@yahoo.fr 


440 

UK - LUxEMBOURG 

C 


CHARLOTTE: A ROYAL AT WAR 

Ray Tovstein 

Charlotte: A Royal at War is the remarkable untold story of the propagandist in pearls who 

inspired a nation through the power of radio. This is the true account of Grand Duchess Charlotte 

of Luxembourg and her government’s pursuit of freedom against a brutal occupation. 

As Hitler’s army invades in 1940, Charlotte and key ministers escape to set up a government-in-exile 

while Luxembourgers are left behind to endure five bitter years. Against criticism 

that she has abandoned her people, Charlotte uses the airwaves – o the only 

weapon at her disposal – to broadcast messages. The film combines eyewitness testimony 

with dramatic reconstructions and a unique color archive. 







Grace Productions 

Lynn Rothwell 

Espresso TV 

David Hooper 



T. +44 1273 730 929 

F. +44 1273 299 403 




97

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466 

USA 


CHASING THE SHADOWS 

Tim Schultz 

Documentary filmmaker Tim Schultz sets out for answers, while exploring his own childhood 

ghostly encounter. Following his four-year journey, we meet psychics, tarot reading 

wizards, paranormal investigators, skeptics, and scientists. The crew journeys to celebrated 

haunted locations including the Stanley Hotel, famously known for inspiring the 

classic horror novel The Shining and the Myrtles Plantation, which is said to be the most 

haunted house in America. 

Chasing the Shadows explores the mysterious world of electronic voice phenomena, photographic 

anomalies, poltergeist activity, and possession. 

Whether you are a believer or an unbending skeptic, this film offers a fascinating look into 

the world of paranormal investigations. 







Bullhead Entertainment 

Tim Schultz 

Mercury Media International 

Patricia Hickey 

6 Baseline Studios, Whitchurch Road 

London W11 4AT, UK 

T. +44 20 7221 7221 

F. +44 20 7221 7228 

patricia@mercurymedia.org 

www.mercurymedia.org 


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GREECE 

C 


CHEERS TO LIFE 

Marina Kounenaki 

Then – the route: valley-river-cobble-stone road to the fount of Haniotena-Kritsa. 

The reason – those memories for today: cafés, raki cauldrons, groups of locals, ladies’ 

soirees, serenades, musical instruments, dances, stories, images of yesterday, pictures 

of their own way of life. With soul and raki... 



Production Contact Person: Eirini Kounenaki 

Sales Contact Person: Eirini Kounenaki 

87, Parashou Str. 


T. +30 210 6667 785 

F. +30 210 6664 971 

kounenaki@gmail.com 


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159 

POLAND 


CHEMO 

Pawel Lozinski 

Patients in an oncology clinic receive chemotherapy. Their faces can be seen in a close-up. 

They lie in pairs and hold fascinating conversations. Life seen from a different perspective 

by virtue of the distance offered by a hospital, reveals its value, sense and charm. Why so 

late 







PAWEL LOZINSKI PRODUKCJA FILMOW, TVP S.A. 

Pawel Lozinski 





T. +48 122 946 945 


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KOREA 

C 


CHILDREN OF GOD 

Yi Seung-Jun 

Where there is life, there is death. At the crematory by the Baghmati River in Katmandu, 

the capital of Nepal, lies the holy pilgrimage site of Pashupatinath. Here there are people 

whose livelihoods depend on the ritual of death. At the crematory, children live off the food 

and money used in funeral ceremonies drifting in the river. The children, who are around 

ten years old, are more than willing to jump into the river to make a mere ten rupees. 

The Baghmati riverside is a holy ground and a crematory for the Hindus, but to children 

this place is a playground, a home, and their workplace. Some of the kids who cannot stand 

living in poverty at the crematory go out into the city to beg from cars in the streets. The 

children may make more money panhandling in the city, but they are exposed to the danger 

of getting hit by cars and are likely to turn to cigarettes and glue-sniffing. 

The government and grown-ups do not look after these children who beg at the city and 

riverside crematory. Religious rituals are performed for the dead, but not for these vibrant 

children with innocent eyes. Nobody respects children’s rights here. Children of God takes 

an in-depth look at street children in Nepal and their struggle for life. Their innocent eyes 

and the cheerful yet sorrowful songs make the audience think of God’s benediction and 

God’s abandonment at the same time. 






Creek & River Korea Co. Ltd. 

10 Francs 

Guy Knafo 

28 Rue de L’Equerre, Paris 75019, France 

T. +33 1 4874 4377 F. +33 1 4874 8265 

10francs@10francs.fr 

www.10francs.fr 


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351 

GERMANY 


THE CHILDREN OF THE COMMUNE 

Juliane Großheim 

In the commune of the Viennese action-artist Otto Mühl, children should remain “unspoilt” 

by the nuclear family and be brought up to become completely new human beings. Common 

sexuality, common property and the abolition of the parent-child relationship are the 

basic elements of a social experiment which turned into a totalitarian system. Through the 

eyes of former children of the commune and combined with extraordinary exclusive 

footage from its archives, the film takes us into a world of utopia and abuse. 







Unafilm & ARTE 

Titus Kreyenberg 


Diana Karklin 



T. +49 30 4737 2980 

F. +49 30 4737 29820 




169 

GERMANY 

C 


CHINA’S PUBLIC ENEMY NO. 1: 

REBIYA KADEER’S BATTLE FOR 

THE UYGHURS 

Sylvia Nagel 

Rebiya Kadeer is one of the richest women in East Turkestan, in West China. When she was 

younger, she sewed shoes and clothes in order to feed her children. Later the Uyghur 

woman became a business woman and a member of China’s National Congress of the People 

– whose members were being manipulated by the Chinese so that they appeared to 

be treating equally all minorities that live in the country. But Rebiya Kadeer would not be 

abused. The film tells the moving life story of Rebiya Kadeer and her fight for self-determination 

for her people. 







a&o buero 

Tristan Chytroschek 

a&o buero 

Tristan Chytroschek 

Koppel 102 / Buero, D-20099 

Hamburg 

Germany 

T. +49 402 800 6881 

F. +49 402 800 6345 

tristan@a-o-buero.de 


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417 

INDIA 


CHINESE CHECKERS, TIBETAN 

AMBIVALENCE & INDIAN DELUSIONS 


The film looks at the intertwined interests and relationships between the British, the Tibetans, 

the Chinese and the Indians over the 20th century and beyond, on the subject of 

Tibetan sovereignty. Political expediency at different points of time governed these relationships. 

However, both the British and the Indians were united in their desire to keep the 

Chinese out of Tibet. Paradoxically, because of hitherto unrevealed and highly secret political 

compulsions, independent India’s first Prime Minister Nehru had to kowtow to the 

Chinese and acquiesced to the Chinese annexation of Tibet in October 1950. Nevertheless, 

the unique Indian contradiction simultaneously relied upon the British and Tibetan Agreement 

of 1914 to define independent India’s borders with Red China, while acquiescing to 

China’s historical centuries old claim to Tibet, dating from the Huan Dynasty. Was Tibet ever 

free Did the Dalai Lama invite the Chinese to take over Tibet in 1950 Why did the Indians 

go to war with the Chinese over the Indo-Tibetan boundary Why does India provide 

a haven to the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government-in-exile, if India does not recognize 

Tibetan sovereignty Will Tibet ever be free of Chinese rule This film attempts to answer 

these questions and provides a uniquely revealing historical view of this whole debate 

over the last 100 years. The film is written, produced and directed by Iobal Malhotra. 







Aim Television Pvt. Ltd. 






T. +91 11 2335 0688 F. +91 11 2331 2584 



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ITALY - IRELAND 

C 


CHIPPERS 

Nino Tropiano 

We are in Dublin, where the Chippers are a well established community of 4,000 people 

settled in the capital since the early twentieth century, all coming from Casalattico, Val Di 

Comino (South of Italy). Five different families tell their story and offer insights into the experience 

of how a small community has preserved their cultural identity and link with their 

country of origin while at the same time assimilating seamlessly into their host country. 

The documentary features archive footage of the city of Dublin and extracts of short documentaries 

sourced from the Irish archive and from the Istituto Luce (Italy). This is a nostalgic, 

melancholic and at times funny portrait of a unique community 







Fall Films 

Nino Tropiano 

Vitagraph 




T. +39 05 126 7150 

F. +39 05 126 7150 



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228 

GREECE 


THE CHRONICLES OF DESPAIR 

(IN PARADISE) 

Jennifer Nelson 

In Athens, the burning summer of 2007, the filmmakers begin an urban journey into a city’s 

dark center. Resting in disquieting squares, we find “ordinary” people – those silent bearers 

of personal and collective history – and listen to their stories of despair. Created from 

intimate interviews with people alone in public, the film studies lamentation. By structuring 

personal loss as music rather than narrative, a struggle is revealed taking place over the 

scars of our “western paradise”. Why do terrible things occur What are the ways we fall 

through society’s cracks Is there a God, and could that God be good Stories of loss are 

individual. But our strategies to continue living are choruses that animate and overwhelm 

a city’s landscape. 







18 Frynihou Street 


T. +30 210 322 2248 

studionelson@hotmail.com 


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CZECH REPUBLIC 

C 


CITIZEN HAVEL 

Pavel Koutecký & Miroslav Janek 

After the split of Czechoslovakia in 1992, former political dissident, leader of the Velvet Revolution, 

playwright any essayist Václav Havel became the first president of a new country, 

the Czech Republic. Thus it came to pass that a former enemy of the state was actually given 

the popular mandate to transform that state and its institutions. Such events are not commonplace 

so, from day one, he permitted his friend, filmmaker Pavel Koutecký, to be with 

him, to capture as much of it as possible, whether in the Prague Castle or around the world. 

The result is Citizen Havel, a documentary of never-before-seen footage that provides an 

intimate look at a man thrust into the spotlight of international politics and celebrity, trying 

to maintain a balance between public and personal life while bringing his nation out 

of its communist past and into a free, democratic future. 

Running time: 58 ΄ 






Film & Sociologie, Negativ, Studio KF, FTV 

Jarmila Poláková 


Heino Deckert 

1 Marienplatz 


T. +49 341 215 6638 

F. +49 341 215 6639 




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423 

BELGIUM - ITALY 


CITTADELLARTE 

Fabio Wuytack 

Cittadellarte, a city of art where creativity merges with new ideas to be reinjected into society. 

This was the dream that Michelangelo Pistoletto had at the end of the nineties. Today 

Cittadellarte is no longer a dream; the city of art is based on the riverside of the Italian 

city of Biella. Young artists, economists and scientists from around the world gather to 

develop their projects for a socially responsible transformation. After his film Made in Italy, 

filmmaker Fabio Wuytack returns to his beloved Italy. Together with the creative team of 

Cittadellarte he tries to unravel the inspiring character of the place. It’s an adventure full 

of surprising poetry. 







vzw Cuatro 

Fabio Wuytack 

vzw Cuatro 

Fabio Wuytack 

14 Axelsvaardeken 

Wachtebeke 9185, Belgium 

T. +32 48 541 6585 

cuatro.vzw@gmail.com 


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PORTUGAL-SPAIN 

C 


THE CITY OF THE DEAD 

Sérgio Tréfaut 

One million inhabitants live there: in the tomb houses or in the buildings that have grown 

up around the tombs. You can find bakeries, coffee shops, markets, a school, car mechanics. 

There’s everything inside the cemetery. The City of the Dead is gigantic but it feels like 

a small village. Mothers want their daughters to marry, boys keep chasing after the girls. 

These things never change. It doesn’t matter if you live in a big city, in a village or in a cemetery. 







Faux, Ático Siete 

Sérgio Trefaut 

Faux 

Sérgio Trefaut 

Calçadinha do Tijolo, 48 – 2º 

Lisboa 

Portugal 

T. +351 917 847 794 

faux’pt@yahoo.com 


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555 

ISRAEL - THE NETHERLANDS 


CLASSMATES OF ANNE FRANK 

Eyal Boers 

To comprehend fully the events in the life of Anne Frank, one must listen to the voices of 

the children who were there with her: the classmates of Anne Frank. 

An inventor of games returns to his childhood neighborhood in Holland to reunite with five 

of his and Anne Frank’s former classmates. The story of Anne’s classmates is illustrated 

through interviews and discussions between the classmates themselves, and also through 

rare archival material, photographs, footage, personal scrapbooks and letters. 







Theora Design 

Theo Coster 



20 Bialik Street 


T. +972 52 363 3398 

F. +972 52 363 3398 


www.jmtfilms.com 


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BULGARIA 

C 


CLEANSING 

Milan Kuzov 

This is a documentary dealing with ecological topics and more specifically with the struggle 

with climate change. It focuses on the purification and reduction of harmful emissions 

in the United Kingdom. The documentary features interviews with authors of projects related 

to the reduction of emissions, scientists, university professors, politicians and ordinary 

people, who discuss and share viewpoints of the latest UK developments in coping 

with climate change. 

The film shows examples of the implementation of green ideas and of successful good 

practices, such as wind generators, wind turbines, eco-friendly wood houses, sea wave 

generators, and so on. 













T. +359 2 814 2390 

F. +359 2 943 6045 


www.bnt.bg 


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271 

GREECE 


COLOSSI OF LOVE 

Nikkos Mistriotis 

The Colossi of Love is the story of the Greek characters known as “kamaki” – men who 

were obsessed with courting female foreign tourists using special techniques during 

the 70s and 80s. Even though “kamaki”, this Greek way of flirting which literally means 

“harpoon”, was just about sex, in a society where sex with local women was culturally 

forbidden, it resulted in almost 1,000 mixed marriages on the island of Rhodes, 

while it also revealed other issues: competitiveness among males, a desire to be different 

to everyone else, and a feeling of superiority brought on by seducing foreign 

women. Issues indicative of a country at a turning point, in terms of both cultural and 

sexual taboos. 



Production Company: XYZ Productions 

Production Contact Person: Yannis Kopsias 


Hellenic Broadcasting Corp. ERT S.A., ARTE/ZDF 

Sales Contact Person: Yannis Kollias 

432, Messoghion Ave. 


T. +30 210 6075 711 

F. +30 210 6075 715 



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C 


COMING BACK FOR MORE 

Willem Alkema 

Sly Stone is one of the great musical innovators of the last 50 years. With his band the Family 

Stone, he was one of the highlights of the Woodstock Festival. Sly survived his drug addiction 

but disappeared in the early 80s from the limelight. He became untraceable for 

years. Filmmakers, musicians (Prince) and friends had tried to contact him, without success. 

TV stations had offered thousands of dollars in the hope of an interview, but Sly was 

not to be tempted. In 2002, director/musician Willem Alkema started searching for Sly 

Stone. Two years later, he found Sly living in a house just outside Los Angeles. Sly Stone 

didn’t want to be found or filmed but Willem didn’t give up. Finally, in June 2009, Sly gave 

his first filmed interview in more than 20 years. 







Dwars Productions, NPS TV 

William Alkema 

Dwars Productions 

William Alkema 

Ceintuurbaan 15, 8022AW 

Zwolle 

The Netherlands 

T. +31 621 962 198 

info@dwarsproducties.nl 


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CONNECTING DELTA CITIES 

Ellen Davids 

According to Konrad Steffen, an authority on arctic climatology, sea levels will rise more 

than one meter by the end of this century. “Sea levels will continue to rise and probably 

at a faster rate than today.” This film takes a look at four of the world’s coastal cities that 

will be and are already being directly affected by sea level rise. The need for adaptation is 

becoming more and more urgent. But how swift are cities in taking adequate response 

measures Interviews with scientists, policymakers and inhabitants show that each city 

faces its own dilemmas, cultural habits, political structure and history, which makes it difficult 

to undertake immediate and necessary action. However, the problems are global and 

the similarities in the dangers and challenges can only be tackled more efficiently with an 

exchange of knowledge and intensive co-operation. 







Rode Vis Producties 

Eva Zwart 

NPO/RNW Sales 

Kaisa Kriek 



T. +31 35 677 3561 

F. +31 35 677 5318 




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THE CONQUEST OF INNER FREEDOM 

Aleksandra Kumorek & Silvia Kaiser 

Tegel prison in Berlin, Germany, permitted a unique experiment in 2000 which saw serious 

criminals engaging in philosophy. For a whole year we accompany hardened convicts 

who use Socratic dialogues to question themselves and their own value systems. This is a 

serious undertaking, for the conquest of inner freedom takes place in the violent atmosphere 

of a prison where both internal and external resistance must be overcome. 







Gegenlicht Filmproduktion 

& Tschagga Filmproduktion 

Aleksandra Kumorek 


Heino Deckert 

1 Marienplatz 


T. +49 341 215 6638 

F. +49 341 215 6639 




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517 

USA 


COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS 

Benjamin Franzen 

Can you own a sound As hip-hop rose from the streets of New York to become a multibillion-dollar 

industry, artists such as Public Enemy and De La Soul began re-using portions 

of previously recorded music for their songs. But when record company lawyers got 

involved everything changed. Years before people started downloading and remixing music, 

hip-hop sampling sparked a debate about copyright, creativity and technological 

change that still rages today. 







Copyright Criminals LLC 

Benjamin Franzen 





T. +33 1 4459 6353 




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A CRY ON DECEMBER 

Costas Kolimenos 

The film A Cry On December was produced subsequently to the violent protests and riots 

that erupted in Athens and throughout Greece on December 2008 over the fatal shooting 

of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos by the police. 

The film is fixed as a sequence of short subjects combined on the common theme of the 

December 2008 events featuring documentary and artistic elements. 







Mediascope 

Giota Konstantatou 

Mediascope 

Costas Kolimenos 

2-4 Asteriou Str., Zografou 


T. +30 210 775 2593 

kolikostas@yahoo.gr 


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CUBA IS MUSIC 

Ilian Djevelekov 

In Cuba everything is expressed by music – the declaration of love and the rich harvest, 

the birth of a child and the loss of a donkey, the longing and the melancholy. 

The Cuban music is well-known all over the world but few know what “son” and “bolero” 

mean, when these styles emerged and where they originated from. Thanks to the great 

Bulgarian singer Jordanka Hristova we are opening the secret room of Cuban music and 

the forgotten files where the history of “son” and “bolero” is kept. 







Miramar Film 

Mila Voinikova 

Miramar Film 

Mila Voinikova 

40 Evlogi Georgiev blvd. 


T. +359 2 943 4904 

F. +359 3 944 72 68 

office@miramarfilm.com 

www.miramarfilm.com 


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CUBA’S GOLD 

Giuliano Montaldo 

The Cuban Revolution celebrates its fiftieth anniversary: fifty years of history, myths and 

challenges in a country that has influenced politics and culture throughout the entire world, 

becoming a symbol of the revolt against capitalism for many. Though a country with a 

wealth of contradictions, Cuba has always proved to be an object of fascination, on account 

of its marked political and cultural identity. Cuba’s Gold takes an in-depth look at the most 

stirring and dramatic moments in the history of the Caribbean island. At the same time it 

analyses the present by listening to the hopes, opinions, expectations and dreams of many 

young people in an attempt to imagine the future that awaits this small country with a sizeable 

history. Cuba’s Gold is expert filmmaker Giuliano Montaldo’ exploration of the Cuban 

soul. 






Fidia Film, RAI Cinema 

Rai Trade 




T. +39 06 3749 8341 

F. +39 06 3701 1343 




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DAUGHTER OF SPIRITS 

Henner Frankenfeld 

In September 2004, an unusual solo photography exhibition was held at the Johannesburg 

Art Gallery. Young photographer Sipho Futshane, exhibited a series of photographs 

which he had taken of his mother, Nobantu, from 2000 to 2003. The photos documented 

how she, at the late age of 40 had become a sangoma (traditional healer). It also marked 

the end of a long period of bad luck, unhappiness and discord within the Futshane family 

which they attributed to Nobantu refusing her calling by the ancestors to become a sangoma. 

The film, in Zulu and English, follows Sipho as he photographs his mother, culminating in 

the photography exhibition. Through this process, his relationship with her deepens and 

he begins to explore his own spirituality and his relationship with traditional beliefs. In an 

extraordinary and emotional interview with his mother, she tells him for the first time in 

detail about her past. As his spirituality evolves, he considers following his mother’s path 

and becoming a sangoma himself. 



Production Company: PictureNET Africa 

Production Contact Person: Henner Frankenfeld 

Sales Company: SABC 3 

Sales Contact Person: Khanya Ngwenya 

Radio Park, Auckland Park 2006 

Johannesburg, South Africa 

T. +27 82 861 7946 

ngwenyakO1@sabc.co.za 


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SOUTH AFRICA 


DAWN MATTHEWS 

Tim Greene 

Taking its cue from the UK series Who Do You Think You Are that climbed the family trees 

of well-known celebrities and memorably uncovered Ainsley Harriott’s slavery history, 

Greene delves into the background of soapie star Dawn Mathews and excavates a past as 

difficult as her present is privileged. Marriage to a Jewish husband provokes a curiosity to 

uncover her own history, which leads to a biological DNA inheritance test, a journey to the 

Origins Centre at Wits to discover her Khoi roots, and a trip back to the Eastern Cape on a 

quest to find the identity of her biological father and the revered ‘Malabar’ slaves family connection. 

The journey becomes a very personal step back – to a simpler time when family 

rather than fame was center stage, feathers were the gold of the day and women, rather 

than men, were the glue that bound. 







Rapid Blue 

Kee-leen Irivne 

Rapid Blue 

Kee-leen Irivne 

263 OAK AVENUE, FERNDALE, RANDBURG, 2194 

Cape Town 8001, South Africa 

T. +27 11 789 7830 

F. +27 11 388 1468 

kee-leen@rapidblue.com 

www.rapidblue.com 


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THE DAY WE SURRENDER TO THE AIR 

Antonio Jose Guzman 

Surrendering to the air means floating. It means unlimited movement, and this is precisely 

what director Antonio Jose Guzman does in his project The Day We Surrender to the Air. 

Guzman got his DNA analyzed in the United States and discovered that he is of African, Central 

and North American, and European lineage. His genetic identity was based on the diasporas 

of his forefathers. So how did his parents end up in Panama In this first part of 

what ultimately should become a trilogy, Guzman offers up an experimental mix of 

footage of interviews and dance from places where he has roots. His trip around the world 

and quest to find himself opens up a wider perspective on the countless surprising connections 

between the people of all continents. The question arises as to what nationality 

actually means. Is it anything more than a passport After all, Guzman feels more linked 

to his African ancestors than his Dutch ones. How do the various elements of his identity 

relate to one another Starting with Guzman’s own DNA, his “atom”, as he calls it, the film 

opens a window onto the world. 







Guzman Films 


Guzman Films 


Eerste van Swindenstr 116 HS, 1093 GL 

Amsterdam 


T. +31 627 340 646 

zeroguzman@live.nl 


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A DEADLY DILEMMA 

Juul Bovenberg 

In Deadly Dilemma, three GPs are followed during the preparations for and the sequel to 

performing euthanasia on one of their patients. The film examines the “paradox” which is 

often experienced by doctors surrounding euthanasia; in rational terms, they consider it 

a reasonable option, yet they still feel resistance because killing someone is not a natural 

act for a doctor. 

Euthanasia confronts doctors with their own emotions, beliefs and their views on life and 

death. How do doctors cope emotionally with euthanasia What impact does it have on 

their private lives And, do doctors face a mourning process after the death of their patient 







Talent United, VPRO Television 

Swaze Hartog 

NPO/RNW Sales 

Kaisa Kriek 



T. +31 35 677 3561 

F. +31 35 677 5318 




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POLAND 

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DECALOGUE AFTER... THE DECALOGUE 

B. Januchta & B. Hyzy-Czolpinska & M. Cuske & 

M. Koszalka & E. Swiecinska & P. Jaworski & 

B. Bugajska & R. Rozycki & J. Sosinski 

The Decalogue after... The Decalogue (Dekalog po... Dekalogu) – a cycle of ten documentaries, 

based on an auteur idea by Beata Januchta, created to commemorate and follow 

Krzysztof Kieślowski’s The Decalogue, which premiered 20 years ago. 

The mastermind of the cycle invited representatives of the new generation of Polish documentary 

filmmakers to cooperate on this project. And thus was born an original tentheme 

tale of Polish daily life – the modern human-interest stories, that is. Ordinary people 

are the leads of each part, disoriented and lost, overwhelmed by the onslaught of their 

quotidian concerns, on a search for their own identity. 

Each part is an original auteur interpretation of the given Commandment. Each is a question 

and, at the same time, a statement, proposition, or sometimes a puzzle. 



Production Company: TVP SA & Channel 2 

Production Contact Person: Aleksandra Biernacka 


TVP SA 

Sales Contact Person: Maria Nadolna 

17, J.P. Woronicza Street 

Warsaw 00-999, Poland 

T. +48 22 547 6139 

F. +48 22 547 7583 

sales@tvp.pl 

www.tvp.pl 


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SWITZERLAND 


DHARAVI, SLUM FOR SALE 

Lutz Konermann 

Against the background of modern visions, social injustice and mounting aggression, Dharavi, 

Slum for Sale deals with one of the fundamental conflicts of our time: the struggle between 

modernity and tradition. In downtown Mumbai, in sight of the skyscrapers, lies 

Dharavi, Asia’s biggest slum. In this no-man’s-land, Mukesh Mehta sees his chance of a lifetime. 

He wants to turn Mumbai into the international metropolis of the 21st century and 

rebuilt Dharavi. Many people are opposed to Mehta’s vision. They are convinced that they 

will lose their way of life and fear that step into modernity. 







HugoFilm 

Thomas Kumena 





T. +33 1 4459 6353 




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ITALY 

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DIARY OF A MOUNTAIN PRIEST 

Stefano Saverioni 

Father Filippo Lanci is a young and restless spirit. His parish is situated in a small and remote 

village under the slopes of Gran Sasso d’Italia, the highest mountain of the Apennines 

in Abruzzo. After the summer holidays, just a few elders and families keep living in 

the stone houses and, when the level of the snow is high, being cut off is very frequent. 

As a result, the secular churches become more and more empty, the side streets are deserted, 

the pastures and the valleys fall silent while the wind rises. Sometimes this is the 

landscape of the harrowing mystics; sometimes of the hard exiles. In such a frontier condition 

among simple but precious traditions, the young priest will try to cope with his own 

contradictions and difficulties with Catholic rules, finding at last the way to understand himself 

and his own relationship with God. 






Stefano Saverioni 

Vitagraph 




T. +39 05 126 7150 

F. +39 05 126 7150 



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ISRAEL 


DIPLOMAT 

Dana Goren 

The Hotel Diplomat in Jerusalem was once a five-star hotel. For nearly 20 years it is home 

to some 600 immigrants from the former Soviet Union. Never having integrated into Israeli 

society, its residents have created their own little island, secluded from the outside 

world. Many of them never leave the haven of its walls. After all, even their most basic 

needs like medical care and cultural activities can be provided for by their neighbors down 

the hall in their own language, Russian. Meticulously executed, this documentary film has 

the feel of a surreal feature film about a world within a world and the people who live there. 






July August Productions 

Cinephil 




T. +972 3 566 4129 

F. +972 3 560 1436 




430 

USA 

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DIRT! THE MOVIE 

Bill Benenson & Gene Rosow 

How easy it is to ignore dirt, the most basic building block of all. According to the Bible, 

it’s the source of life, and according to science, it’s essential for our existence. Narrator Jamie 

Lee Curtis tells the story of dirt, and the environmental, economic, social, and political impact 

that misuse of the soil has for our world. This may be a film about dirt, but it is also 

a film about hope because, as experts explain on screen, we can harness the beauty and 

power of dirt and still reach a respectful and mutually beneficial relationship with the soil. 





Cinephil 




T. +972 3 566 4129 

F. +972 3 560 1436 




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ESTONIA 


DISCO AND ATOMIC WAR 

Jaak Kilmi 

Disco and Atomic War tells the story of a strange kind of information war, where a totalitarian 

regime stands face to face with the heroes of popular culture. And loses. Western 

popular culture had an incomparable role shaping Soviet children’s world-views in those 

days – in ways that now seem slightly odd. Finnish television was a window onto a world 

of dreams that the authorities could not block in any way. Though Finnish channels were 

banned, many households found some way to access the forbidden fruit. Disco and Atomic 

War offers its own version of recent history, mixing spy games into a human tragicomedy. 







Eetriüksus 

Kiur Aarma 


Andrea Hock 

4/17 Trappelgasse 

Vienna 1040, Austria 

T. +43 720 34 69 34 

youn@autlookfilms.com 

www.autlookfilms.com 


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BULGARIA 

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DO YOU REMEMBER 

Maya Vaptsarova 

The story of Do You Remember is all about time and space of the past moved along to the 

reality of today. It is not only a tribute to Nikola Vaptsarov on the 100th anniversary of his 

birth, it carries the message of the poet to today’s younger generation of the exceptional 

power of the human spirit turning the suffering for a better life into triumph. The intention 

of the film is to creatively unveil some lesser known facts of the poet’s biography in 

order to provoke reflection on the moral values which have taken us across the centuries 

only to meet the wall of ubiquitous corruption, crime, violence and famine which continue 

their presence as the most pronounced symbols of “democracy” in the 21st century, and 

to make us concerned. A significant number of young people find the world a hostile and 

scary place, they are easily misled into escaping reality and finding refuge in their own personal 

isolation through drugs or in the virtual reality of computers, even in dedication of 

their lives to ritual suicide. Do You Remember reminds young people of Vaptsarov’s legacy 

of peaceful struggle through labor for the development and progress of mankind, for faith 

and hope in the creation of a more humane civilization, and of the belief that the difficulties 

in life will be overcome. 





Bulgaria Film Company 

Ivet Vassileva 

64, Ralevitza str., entr.A, app.4 


T. +359 2 854 8359 

F. +359 2 854 8359 

bfa_stavrieva@mail.bg 


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ITALY 


THE DOMITIANA ROAD 

Romano Montesarchio 

The Domitiana is an ancient Roman road, on the border between the provinces of Naples 

and Caserta. Now an “accomplice” to the large number of immigrants, it is an outpost of 

the so-called third world within the rich and developed West. The documentary tells the 

thousand-year history of this road and how it has turned into a no-man’s-land, where 

everything is the opposite of what it could and should be. 

Where there is no road there is no civilization. 







Effetto Vertigo 

Romano Montesarchio 

Vitagraph 




T. +39 05 126 7150 

F. +39 05 126 7150 



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TURKEY-GREECE 

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DREAM GANG 

Seyfettin Tokmak & Kenan Kavut 

Dream Gang is the tragicomic story of three treasure hunters who live in a village on the 

slopes of the Kure Mountains in Turkey. For over twenty years, our heroes, Arif (67), 

Mehmet (56) and Refik(48) have been searching for a treasure which they think is hidden 

somewhere in the mountains. Led by Arif and his magical treasure detector consisting 

of two deer horns, and supported by technical wizard Mehmet and Refik the Digger, 

this likeable gang is an ideal team since each member complements the other. During the 

excavations, which are accompanied by strange rituals, our heroes’ main inspiration are the 

verses that Arif has written himself in his diaries but which he claims are being whispered 

to him by a divine power: at times they are about the Karun Treasure, other times about 

Noah’s Ark and sometimes even about the tomb of Eve, the mother of mankind. Never finding 

a single thing over the years, being labeled as lunatics by neighbors and getting into 

trouble with the law never deters this “dream gang” from keeping up their hopes. 







+90 Film Productions, Onos Productions 

Chronis Pechlivanidis 

+90 Film Productions, Onos Productions 

Chronis Pechlivanidis 

Iraklidon 18 

Athens 

Greece 

T. +302103417228 

F. +302103417256 

info@onos.gr 


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ICELAND 


DREAMLAND 

Thorfinnur Gudnason & Andri Snær Magnason 

How much unspoiled nature should we preserve and what do we sacrifice for clean, renewable 

energy In Dreamland a nation with an abundance of choices gradually becomes 

caught up in a plan to turn its wilderness and beautiful nature into a massive system of 

hydroelectric and geothermal power plants with dams and reservoirs. Leading up to the 

country’s greatest economic crisis, the government started the largest mega project in the 

history of Iceland, to build the biggest dam in Europe to provide Alcoa cheap electricity for 

an aluminum smelter in the rugged east fjords of Iceland. Clean energy brings along a polluting 

industry and international corporations. Dreamland gradually turns into a disturbing 

picture of corporate power taking over nature and small communities. It’s the dark side 

of green energy. 







Ground Control Productions 

Hanna Bjork Valsdottir 



18 rue Quincampoix #133, F-75004 

Paris 

France 

T. +33 144 596 353 



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DRONA & ME 

Catherine van Campen 

A portrait of the autistic Hindu boy Drona. We watch him through the eyes of Arjun, his 

elder brother, and so a lovingly double-portrait will be formed of these two brothers. 








Joost Seelen 


Rob Mass 

P.O. Box 4673 


T. +31 76 514 0871 

rob@zuidenwind.nl 



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565 

BELGIUM 


DUNIA ZALEM, LIFE IS FOR FREE 

Jean-Paul de Zaedtijd 

Back on the scene of a childhood devoted to work, Fatimata, 27, tells the story of a group 

of children from Burkina Faso. Tene, Souley and Ado, aged between 7 and 14, work just to 

get by. Like many other children, they were sent to town by their impoverished parents. 

After five years in Belgium, what seemed normal at the time, now upsets her. Torn between 

African and Western points of view, she wonders about the future of these children. 







PBC Pictures 

Patrice Bauduinet 





T. +32 47 761 7170 

F. +32 2 227 2239 




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DUSTIN! 

Konstantinos-Antonios Goutos / the [video]Flâneu® 

Berlin, Gendarmenmarkt, February 4, 2003, 8:31 pm, below zero temperature. The Golden 

Camera Awards ceremony. In a few minutes, Dustin Hoffman will be honored with the “lifetime 

achievement film award”... Security guys, professional and amateur cameramen, fans, 

are all awaiting his arrival... A (non)spectacular documentary, shot with a normal digital 

video apparatus, investigates the human reactions to glamour, the star system and fame... 

Without camera moves, without a zoom lens, without special lighting, without an extra 

microphone, without special effects, without permission. The sound and the length of the 

shoot are the original ones. The whole film is a single take. 





Konstantinos-Antonios Goutos 


181/301 Gaertnerstrasse 


T. +49 152 0513 3257 

videoflaneur@gmail.com 


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EARTH KEEPERS 

Sylvie van Brabant 

Frightening rumors are spreading; the economy is faltering; pollution is getting worse; children 

are going hungry; climate change is accelerating – our planet is in full-blown crisis. 

The diagnosis has been made; now is the time for action. Earth Keepers traces the quest 

of Mikael Rioux – a young activist from Trois-Pistoles, Quebec – who first lobbied to save 

the river he loved as a child and has gone on to defend a plethora of environmental causes. 

Once an angry young man, now a young father, concerned about the legacy he will leave 

to his son, Mikael has courage and the will to learn. “I finally got fed up with just raising 

issues,” he says. “I wanted to find answers and concrete solutions.” That credo drives his quest 

and is also the common thread in the stories told in this inspiring documentary. 







Prod. Du Rapide-Blanc, 

National Film Board of Canada 

Madeleine Belisle 


Johanne St-Arnauld 

3155 Cote-de-Liesse Rd., H4N 2N4 

St. Laurent, Quebec 

Canada 

T. +1 514 496 4134 

F. +1 514 496 1895 

international@nfb.ca 


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UK 


THE EDGE OF DREAMING 

Amy Hardie 

This is the story of a rational, sceptical woman, a mother and wife, who does not normally 

remember her dreams. Until she dreamt her horse was dying. She woke up so scared that 

she went outside in the night. She found the horse dead. The next dream told her she would 

die herself at the age of 48. The Edge of Dreaming charts every step of that year. The film 

explores life and death in the context of a loving family, whose happiness is increasingly 

threatened as the dream seems to come true. The film mixes humor, science and married 

life, as Amy attempts to understand what is happening to her. Animation, home movies 

and the spectacular Scottish landscape make the journey a pleasure for the senses and a 

celebration of the desire for life. 







Passion Picture 

Amy Hardie 


Andrea Hock 


Vienna 

Austria 

T. +43 720 346 934 



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USA 

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EDIE & THEA: 

A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT 

Susan Muska & Greta Olafsdottir 

After 42 years, feisty and delightful lesbians, Edie and Thea, are finally getting married. From 

the early 60s to the present day, the tireless community activists persevere through many 

battles, both personal and political. These two compassionate and brave women are a 

model of courage and strength that speaks to everyone, of any age. Through this film audiences 

will recognize that dancing, like loving, can continue at any age, and rediscover the 

timeless message “Don’t postpone joy”. A love story of two remarkable women, whose 

commitment to each other is an inspiration to us all. 







Bless Bless Productions 

Susan Muska 

SND Films 

Sydney Neter 

P.O. BOX 15703, 1001 NE 

Amsterdam 


T. +31 20 404 07 07 

F. +31 20 404 07 08 

sydney@sndfilms.com 


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ICELAND 


EISTNAFLUG 2008 

Atli Sigurjónsson 

Four days of non-stop fun when sleeping is kept at a minimum and alcohol consumption 

and rock ’n’ roll at a premium. Welcome to Eistnaflug (which means, literally, testicles flying), 

a yearly heavy metal festival in Neskaupsstadur in the east of Iceland. It’s the only big 

festival in Iceland where heavy metal is the main theme, the yearly high tide of Icelandic 

rock-dogs. The festival is in its fifth year now and it has become a tradition to film the festivities 

and present a fully fledged documentary a year later. Here, sweaty rock ’n’ rollers 

debate music, life, philosophy and the festival – and numerous other things not fit to print. 

Opinions differ, some only want hard rock while others welcome a more varied selection 

of bands. 







Ljótur bangsi 


Ljótur bangsi 


6 Pinghólsbraut 

Kópavogur 200, Iceland 

T. +354 848 1781 

atlinator@gmail.com 


573 

BELGIUM 

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EL EJIDO, THE LAW OF PROFIT 

Jawad Rhalib 

Moroccan immigrants flood Spain’s Almeira region seeking a better life; instead they find 

inescapable poverty, blatant racism, and back-breaking labour. The village of El Ejido exports 

one third of Europe’s fresh fruit, yet Europeans remain oblivious to the slave-like conditions 

endured by the immigrants whose labour they rely on. (TV version) 







Latcho Drom 

Jawad Rhalib 





T. +32 47 761 7170 

F. +32 2 227 2239 




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FRANCE-BELGIUM 


EL PUESTO 

Aurélien Lévêque 

Marin lives alone in a hut in the middle of the great expanses of Argentina. A few visits 

sometimes break the solitude of this bitter Patagonian life. The meeting with a foal gives 

a human dimension to this wild tale. A western without gunfights. 







Celluloid Films 

Aurelien Leveque 

Celluloid Films 

Aurelien Leveque 

12- 14 rue Jean Jacques Rousseau 

Montreuil 

France 

T. +33 627 814 990 

aurelien.leveque@celluloid-films.com 


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GREECE 

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ELIAS TSEHOS, 

EITHER A DROP OR AN OCEAN 

Elias Iosifidis 

Elias Tsehos is a major Modern Greek poet. The documentary follows his life and experiences 

of the last ten years, during which he’s lived isolated in his birthplace on 

Mount Vermio. The poet opens his heart and speaks in a sincere and confessional 

mood. “Yes or no, life is a repetition. I despise repetition. I call upon the past in the 

same way the future calls upon me. Drinking my coffee black and bitter, as bitter as 

life, and don’t let the sugar fool you!” 



Production Company: Zopiros 

Production Contact Person: Elias Iosifidis 


Zopiros 

Sales Contact Person: Elias Iosifidis 

19, Tombazi Str. 

Athens, Greece 

T. +30 210 6127 906 

F. +30 210 6127 906 

zopiros@yahoo.gr 


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SPAIN - USA 


END OF WAITING TIME 

Antonio Perez Molero & Jesus Sanjurjo 

In 1936, General Francisco Franco led a coup d’état against the Spanish Republic that gave 

rise to a brutal civil war. 

During his long dictatorship, hundreds of people were arrested, executed or disappeared. 

Today, family members of those who vanished have begun to look for their relatives’ remains 

and reflect on that dark period and its ongoing effect on their lives. 







Inicia Films & ITVS International 

Valérie Delpierre 





T. +972 52 363 3398 

F. +972 52 363 3398 




422 

USA 

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ENDLESS CREATIVITY – THE LIFE OF 

HELENA MACREE TSAVALAS 

Christabel Savalas 

This is a film about the life and work of Helena Macree Tsavalas. 

She is a widely published author, a career that began early in her childhood. She took a 

special interest in children’s education and created stories and games that not only entertained, 

but broadened children’s views of the world, and promoted peace and understanding. 

Her original and enchanting fairy tales are especially loved and are still in print. 

She also created dolls that represented historical events, as well as fictional characters, and 

won prizes in competitive exhibitions in Athens, Paris, and the US. Her work earned her 

scholarships at prestigious institutions such as the Sorbonne, the University of Lyons, Columbia 

University and Queens College. As a lecturer and camp councilor for young women, 

she was an early advocate for women’s issues. 







Liana Rondo Productions 


Liana Rondo Productions 


951 Eddy Street # 405 

San Francisco CA 94109, USA 

T. +1 415 776 4161 

F. +1 415 776 7613 

christabelsavalas@msn.com 


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ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE 

Rob Lemkin & Thet Sambath 

The Khmer Rouge slaughtered nearly two million people in the late 1970s. Yet the Killing 

Fields of Cambodia remain unexplained. Until now. Enter Thet Sambath, an unassuming 

yet cunning investigative journalist, who spends a decade of his life gaining the trust of 

the men and women who perpetrated the massacres. From the foot soldiers who slit 

throats to Pol Pot’s right-hand man, the notorious “Brother Number Two”, Sambath records 

shocking testimony never before seen or heard. Having neglected his own family for 

years, Sambath’s work comes at a price. But his is a personal mission. He lost his parents 

and his siblings in the Killing Fields. Amidst his journey to discover why his family died, 

we come to understand for the first time the real story of Cambodia’s tragedy. 







Old Street Films 

Rob Lemkin 

Old Street Films 

Rob Lemkin 

67 HURST STREET, OXFORD OX4 1HA 

Oxford 

UK 

T. +44 788 944 1378 

F. +44 186 524 1772 

rob@oldstreetfilms.com 


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ERASING DAVID 

David Bond 

In this engaging documentary, filmmaker David Bond decides to escape for a month, and 

let private investigators track him using whatever information they can find in the public 

domain. The results are astonishing, and as a range of interviewees, including David Blunkett, 

Henry Porter and Timothy Garton-Ash explain, the mountain of data being accumulated 

and centralized by the government is epic in scope, and can be devastating when misapplied. 

Erasing David is a timely clarion call to those of us interested in guarding our civil 

liberties in an increasingly invasive digital age. 







Green Lions Films 

Ashley Jones 

Green Lions Films 

Ashley Jones 

114a Hoxton Street 

London N1 6SH, UK 

T. +44 20 7060 5466 

ashley@greenlions.com 

www.greenlions.com 


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THE ERECTIONMAN 

Michael Schaap 

This movie tracks the history of a little pill that popped on to the market ten years ago, and 

turned the world upside down. These tiny blue diamonds are also known as Viagra. Nosy 

and armed with a healthy dose of humor, the director discovers a tale about virility, anxiety 

and the state of our modern-day man. 

How one little pill changed the course of sexual evolution. 







Submarine 

Michael Schaap 


Andrea Hock 



T. +43 720 34 69 34 




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ESCAPELAND 

Oren Tirosh 

Escapeland follows a love story that develops against all odds between Eshel, a young Israeli 

woman from a kibbutz, and Adel, a Sudanese Muslim, a UN refugee, who is not allowed 

entry into Israel. 

The couple has two children, and for years now Eshel is forced to constantly travel between 

a remote beach in Sinai (Egypt) where Adel lives and works, and her mother’s home in Kibbutz 

Ein-Shemer. 

The family shifts between hope for a future together, and despair about the economic and 

bureaucratic obstacles. 






Cinemax Productions 

10 Francs 

Guy Knafo 

28 Rue de L’Equerre 


T. +33 1 4874 4377 

F. +33 1 4874 8265 




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627 

BULGARIA - AUSTRIA 


EUROPOLIS, THE TOWN OF THE DELTA 

Kostadin Bonev 

In 1933 Eugeniu Botez, an engineer by profession and a commandant of the harbor of 

Sulina, wrote a novel. He called it Europolis and singed it as Jean Bart. A year later he died. 

In this strange novel, Jean Bart prophecies that one day nothing will be left of the town, 

once full of life. With the death of Europolis, Europe will begin slowly dying in pain. A few 

years later his prophecy started to come true… 







Two and a Half Film Company 

Penko Roussev 

Trivium Films 

Kostadin Bonev 

Nadajda 152-A, app. 35 


T. +35 988 846 5735 

bonevkost@abv.bg 


168 

UK 

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EVERYDAY BUT SUNDAY 

Rosa Russo 

Hiwot Beyene is 12 years old and dreams of becoming a doctor. She lives in a small 

Ethiopian village with her parents and brothers in a two-room hut. Every morning she 

walks for an hour and a half to school to learn about farming, hygiene and health. After 

school, Hiwot spends hours on household chores till the evening, when she steals an hour 

to do her homework. 







Onepeople Films 

Rosa Russo 

Onepeople Films 

Stella Papadopoulou 

34 Thames Road, W4 3RE 

London 

UK 

T. +44 770 247 8212 

stella@onepeople.co.uk 


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EVERYONE WILL BE HERE 

María Isabel Ospina 

Through the destiny of her family, the director shows the break up of the middle classes 

and of Colombian society in general. The consistent growth of hyper-liberalism over the 

last decade leads to the exile and impoverishment of a part of the population which, up 

until then, had been privileged. What happens when, over a period of years, a family is 

gradually forced into separation Often with no money left and isolated, those who remain 

have to fight alone to survive in a country where the family is what matters most. Those 

who leave try, in their own different ways, to build a new life elsewhere. 







TAT Productions 

Jean Francois Tosti 

TAT Productions 

Jean Francois Tosti 

17 Place Dupuy, 31000 

Toulouse 

France 

T. +33 561 624 220 

F. +33 561 134 859 

tatprod@tatprod.com 


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ExIT 

Malgorzata Bienkowska-Buehlmann 

The documentary shows previously unseen images of East-West German history, shot in 

Poland in October 10-20, 1989, just before the fall of the Berlin Wall. It was shortly after 

the GDR authorities had closed the Austrian and Hungarian border to its citizens. The exodus 

of GDR citizens had begun that summer. The film shows refugees who reached the 

West German embassy in Warsaw, communicating for the first time in public about life in 

East Germany, explaining the reasons for their flight. They are afraid, and without possessions, 

but with a newly gained sense of security. 


Year of production: 1990-2009 





WFDiF 

Jolanta Galick 

WFDiF 

Jolanta Galick 

Chelmska 21, 00-724 

Warsaw 

Poland 

T. +48 22 559 3409 

F. +48 22 840 5067 

festiwale@wfdif.com.pl 


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FRANCE 


THE ExPERIENCE OF THINGS, 

HEINER GOEBBELS 

Marc Perroud 

In his new multimedia performance piece, “Stifters Things”, performed at the Vidy Theater 

in Lausanne, Switzerland, Heiner Goebbels, one of Europe’s most well-known theater directors 

and composers, works without any actors or musicians on stage. Inspired by 

Stifter’s texts from the 19th century, Heiner Goebbels builds this experimental performance, 

an extraordinary artistic challenge, by using the latest in new technology, with the 

complicity of his stage designer Klaus Grünberg. 

During the creative process we see how Goebbels brings form to space, time and an “experience 

of things” through a subtle and beautiful ballet of tension, energies and conflicting 

forces played out by machines, light effects, rigged instruments and surprising scenic props. 

Through this documentary, blending interviews and scenes of the director at work, without 

any exterior commentary, we gain insight into Goebbels’s creative process, and discover 

how a visual and sound installation, remotely controlled by computers, can represent the 

cutting edge in contemporary theater. 






Annexe 8 Prod 

10 Francs 

Guy Knafo 



T. +33 1 4874 4377 

F. +33 1 4874 8265 



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EYES WIDE OPEN - 

ExPLORING TODAY’S SOUTH AMERICA 

Gonzalo Arijón 

Gonzalo Arijón – winner of the Joris Ivens Award in 2007 for Stranded – and writer Eduardo 

Galeano take us on a journey through today’s Latin America. After 500 years of exploitation 

and repression, Latin America is at a turning point in its history: a series of socialist 

leaders has come to power. Can they satisfy their peoples’ hunger for change 







Salado Media 

Carole Fernandez 


Andrea Hock 


Vienna 

Austria 

T. +43 720 346 934 



311 

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FAKING IT: THE RISE OF THE 

COUNTERFEIT GOODS TRADE 

Stéphane Haussey 

It’s said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But not in the case of the counterfeit 

goods market, which has moved far beyond merely copying designer bags and clothing. 

No longer content to be just an economic menace, the counterfeiters are putting our 

health and safety at risk. 

They have taken on the leading mobile phone brands, churning out copies containing batteries 

which explode in the face of the user. They have infected the pharmaceutical sector, 

peddling dangerous fakes of well known brands, like viagra, to unsuspecting consumers 

via the internet. They have attacked the automotive industry, producing poor quality imitation 

spare parts, from windscreens to brake pads. They have infiltrated the food market 

with mayonnaises, sodas and ready meals of dubious origin. 

Who makes these fake products How do they get into Europe This enquiry takes us to 

China, Hong Kong, and Cambodia as we meet the counterfeiters and their opponents: crack 

teams of customs specialists who employ radical methods to stop this illegal practice which 

puts lives at risk. 






Tony Comiti 

Java Films 




T. +34 634 869 646 

F. +33 1 4060 2649 




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GREECE - INDIA - NEW ZEALAND 


THE FALL OF JATAAYU 

Kyriakos Stylianopoulos & Siddharth Nambiar 

The Fall of Jataayu is a journey through belief, culture, and the struggle of a few dedicated 

scientists in their attempts to save a dying species. 

Shot in 27 different locations all over India, from the jungle of Kerala to the foothills of the 

Himalayas, the film draws a parallel between the story of the Hindu mythological vulture 

king, Jataayu, and the plight of his kinsmen in the present world. 







Graeco-Indus productions 

Kyriakos Stylianopoulos 

Graeco-Indus productions 

Kyriakos Stylianopoulos 

8 Archyta Street 


T. +30 6973 223641 

k_stylian@yahoo.gr 

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FAMILYSTRIP 

Lluis Miñarro 

An improvised film that was meant to be a “family present” suddenly becomes the chronicle 

of a generation that disappears. It conveys, in an oral way, the resonances of a country 

touched by Catholicism and the Spanish Civil War. A sober unaffected film filled with 

sparks of life. 







Eddie Saeta S.A. 

Montse Pedrós 

Eddie Saeta S.A. 

Lluis Miñarro 

14 Pasaje Permanyer 

Barcelona 08009, Spain 

T. +34 93 467 7040 

F. +34 93 467 7489 

eddie@eddiesaeta.com 

www.eddiesaeta.com 


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FAREWELL 

Ditteke Mensink 

Farewell tells the story of Lady Grace Drummond-Hay, the only female passenger on the 

first journey around the world of the Graf Zeppelin in 1929. Grace writes about her adventures 

on the journey, not only as a reporter in her articles in the Hearst Newspapers, 

but also in her diary. Traveling high in the sky, above the world, in a way she has never experienced 

before, Grace changes. Her former lover Karl von Wiegand is among the other 

passengers. During her long voyage, their love is once again tested. When the Zeppelin finally 

flies over New York, Grace says goodbye to Karl and the lovers lose touch. Landing 

in New York she is welcomed like a cinema star. 

In 1929 people were convinced this journey would be a splendid turning point in history. 

A few weeks later Wall Street crashed and a dark period in history began. 







Pieter van Huystee Film&TV 

Curien Kroon 

NPO/RNW Sales 

Kaisa Kriek 



T. +31 35 677 3561 

F. +31 35 677 5318 




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THE FARM: 10 DOWN 

Jonathan Stack & Nancy Novack 

In 1997, Jonathan Stack spent a year shooting inside Angola Prison, Louisiana’s maximum 

security penitentiary, capturing the reality of six men living – and dying – in America’s 

largest and oldest penal institution. Ten years later, we go back inside Angola to reconnect 

with our characters and to witness first hand time’s impact on their spirits, sense of hope 

and sense of purpose. Time moves slowly in Angola, but hope survives. 







Highest Common Denominator Media Group 

James McKay 

Jane Balfour Services 

Jane Balfour 

Flat 2, 122 Elgin Crescent, London, W11 2JN 

London 

UK 

T. +44 207 727 1528 

janebalfour@btconnect.com 


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USA 


THE FARM: 

LIFE INSIDE ANGOLA PRISON 

Jonathan Stack & Liz Garbus 

Set in the Louisiana State Penitentiary, America’s most infamous and largest maximum security 

prison, The Farm tells an extraordinary story about life and death in prison. In the 

18th and 19th centuries, Angola was a thriving slave plantation. After the turn of the century 

it was officially converted into a prison, yet very little changed: the free labour, which 

was originally provided from the sweat of an entirely black and slave population was then 

taken over by a mostly black and convict population. This sense of an old plantation 

structure remains vivid, with an 80% black inmate population and 100% white administrative 

force. Focusing on the rites of passage of five inmates over the course of one year, 

the film articulates each man’s struggle to sustain hope and achieve ever-elusive freedom. 







Gabriel Films 

Jonathan Stack 


Jane Balfour 

Flat 2, 122 Elgin Crescent, London, W11 2JN 

London 

UK 

T. +44 207 727 1528 



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THE FATAL PROMISES 

Kat Rohrer 

Fatal Promises is a controversial new documentary that takes an in-depth and refreshingly 

honest look at the scourge of human trafficking. Through personal stories of victims of trafficking 

and interviews with politicians, non-governmental organizations and prominent 

spokespeople like Emma Thompson and Gloria Steinem, Fatal Promises cleverly juxtaposes 

the brutal realities of human trafficking suffered by victims and battled by activists with 

the hollow rhetoric of politicians and pundits who claim to be making significant strides 

in combating this horrific crime against humanity. 







GreenKat Productions 

Kat Rohner 

GreenKat Productions 

Laverne Berry 

382 Warren St., Brooklyn 

New York, NY 11201, USA 

T. +1 718 852 1076 

lberry@berryentertainmentlaw.com 

www.berryentertainmentlaw.com 


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BELGIUM 


THE FATHER’S BOAT 

Clémence Hébert 

Why won’t the dead leave us alone Why do they come in our dreams and thoughts In 

Cherbourg, four years ago, the director’s father died, a lonely alcoholic, when his apartment 

caught fire. She returns to what she left, her town, her family, her memories. A quest in 

overcoming grief and getting on with her life. 







CVB 

Cyril Bibas 





T. +32 47 761 7170 

F. +32 2 227 2239 



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FEAR 

Michiel van Erp 

In his upcoming feature Fear, documentary filmmaker Michiel van Erp creates a collage of 

inhabitants of the city of Amsterdam who struggle with various anxiety disorders. Today, 

more patients with anxiety disorders seek professional help than those who suffer from 

depression, making anxiety the number one mental illness in the Netherlands. This film 

will show how a small number of those patients attempt to overcome their fears, in order 

to get on with their lives in the crowded cosmopolitan city that is Amsterdam today. 







De Familie & NPS Television 

Monique Busman 

NPO/RNW Sales 

Kaisa Kriek 



T. +31 35 677 3561 

F. +31 35 677 5318 




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348 

GERMANY - SOUTH AFRICA 


FEVER, AFRICA STARTS ROLLIN’ 

Steffen Söhner 

The first time is always especially exciting. Magic, something you will never forget. Over 

a two year period ending with the Confederations Cup in Summer 2009, the film follows 

protagonists from three generations of South Africans who introduce their country as it is 

today. They are waiting for the biggest football event on earth, the FIFA World Cup 2010, 

which is being held for the first time in the African continent. As one of the organizers puts 

it: “It’s gonna be colorful and loud and noisy and sometimes chaotic.” The film is a colourful 

portrait of the spirit, passion and power of South Africa – and about the expectations 

created by a ball. It’s about faith, love and hope over a two-year period. A colorful warmup 

before the football season. 

Running time: 52΄ & 3 x 26΄ & 90΄ 






Impulswerkstatt GbR 

Steffen Söhner 


Diana Karklin 



T. +49 030 4737 2980 

F. +49 030 4737 29820 




554 

USA - RUSSIA 

F 


A FILM ABOUT ANNA AKHMATOVA 

Helga Landauer 

Anna Akhmatova was the most famous Russian poet of her time, a “femme fatale”. For Russians, 

Akhmatova was iconic not just for what she did, but for the majesty of what she was 

not allowed to do. By the time Anna Akhmatova was twenty-five, fate had granted her 

every conceivable gift: poetic talent, strength of character and beauty. With the commentary 

of the poet Anatoly Naiman, who knew Akhmatova in her last years. 







Turnstyle TV LLC 

Darya Zhuk 





T. +972 52 363 3398 

F. +972 52 363 3398 




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508 

ISRAEL - GERMANY 


A FILM UNFINISHED 

Yael Hersonski 

This is the story of a film that was never completed, a rough first draft of the longest Nazi 

propaganda film ever shot inside the Warsaw Ghetto. Shortly before the major deportation 

from the ghetto, a large professional film crew was sent inside to juxtapose meticulously 

staged scenes of Jews enjoying a life of luxury in the ghetto with images of hunger, 

disease and death that required no staging at all. 

Ironically, after the war, filmmakers and museums seeking to show “what really happened” 

used fragments of this film as credible evidence. Although the cinematic deception was 

forgotten, the black and white images remained engraved in memory as historical truth. 

The soundtrack of A Film Unfinished is provided by eye-witnesses who saw the filming, secret 

diaries kept by the Jewish inhabitants of the ghetto, weekly reports of the SS Komissar, 

and the protocol of the interrogation of one of the cameramen. These testimonies reveal 

the cynical filming methods and change our perception of these scenes, forcing us to 

think twice before mindlessly adopting the illustrations provided by archival footage. 







Belfilms 

Itay Ken-Tor 

Cinephil 




T. +972 3 566 4129 

F. +972 3 560 1436 




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F 


THE FINE ART OF SEDUCTION 

Martijn Kieft & IJsbrand van Veelen 

Pick up artists. The Casanovas of the disco, guys who effortlessly wrap the cutest girls 

around their fingers. Meanwhile, thousands of young men worldwide wonder how they 

do this. Why don’t they start to blush and sweat like they do, and why do they always know 

the right thing to say We follow pick up artist David la Ruina and his bootcamp teachings 

through the eyes of two of his breathless, initially shy and inexperienced pupils. 








Swaze Hartog 

NPO/RNW Sales 

Kaisa Kriek 



T. +31 35 677 3561 

F. +31 35 677 5318 




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227 

GREECE 


THE FIRE FACTOR 

Nikos Dayandas 

A documentary that investigates the causes of the fatal 2007 fires in the Peloponnese. 

Scientists, specialists but, most importantly, the people who were at the front 

line of the fight to put out the fires, talk about the catastrophe and its causes. The film 

draws two basic conclusions: firstly, that the Greek forest protection service needs to 

be urgently restructured and, secondly, that since 2007 almost nothing has changed. 

The recent fires in northeast Attica are a dramatic illustration of the huge problems and 

the fact that the shortcomings of the forest protection system still remain. 



Production Company: Anemon Productions 

Production Contact Person: Rea Apostolides 


SKAI TV 

Sales Contact Person: Elpida Kallinteri 

2, Falireos Str. & Ethnarchou Makariou 


T. +30 210 4854 542 F. +30 210 4854 538 

ekallinteri@skai.gr 





5, Stisihorou Str., Athens 10674, Greece 

T. +30 210 7211 073 F. +30 210 7228 023 

rea@anemon.gr 

yuri@anemon.gr 

www.anemon.gr 


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IRELAND 

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FIRST ACROSS AUSTRALIA 

John Murray 

The story of Galwayman Robert O’Hara Burke, the first white man to cross the continent 

of Australia. Mountaineer and writer Dermot Somers travels from one coast of this vast continent 

to another, passing through some of its wildest and most beautiful terrain as he recounts 

one of the greatest dramas in the history of exploration. 








John Murray 


John Murray 

Barr an Uisce, 

Killincarrig Road, Greystones 

Co. Wicklow, Ireland 

T. +353 1 287 5394 

info@ctlfilms.com 

www.ctlfilms.com 


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AUSTRIA 


THE FIVE CARDINAL POINTS 

Fridolin Schönwiese 

For many years the inhabitants of the impoverished Mexican village of Tres Valles have been 

following the call of the American Dream, leaving their native community and heading towards 

the United States. With the dollars they earn there they want to realize their Mexican 

dream: a carefree life in their own country. In an apparently never-ending spiral of hope 

and disappointment, these people move back and forth between two countries and two 

cultures, mostly illegally. The film tells of the subject of migration and illustrates the complexities 

of neighbor relations. 







Mischief Films 

Ralph Wieser 

Mischief Films 

Ralph Wieser 

Goethegasse 1 

Vienna 

Austria 

T. +43 158 523 24 -23 

F. +43 158 523 22 

office@mischief-films.com 


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POLAND 

F 


FLIGHTLESS BIRDS 

Michal Dawidowicz 

Heniek and his family live a simple and modest life in the country. 

One day everything changes when he goes into his garage... 







Polish National Film School in Lodz 

Marcin Malatynski 





T. +48 12 294 69 45 

F. +48 12 294 69 45 




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534 

SOUTH AFRICA 


FOKOFPOLISIEKAR “FORGIVE THEM 

FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO” 

Bryan Little 

In-your-face progressive punk rock band Fokofpolisiekar are the subject of Little’s spirited 

look at both the contemporary Afrikaans music industry and the shifting cultural sands of 

morphing white Afrikaans culture. Told in interview and through original video of their first 

tour and album, the film focuses on how the Belville band came to be a voice for the dislocated 

youth straddling the before-and-after of 1994. They were a frustrated generation 

disillusioned with the lies of the church and state but without a form of expression, and 

as such the film is a political and personal commentary about those times – not old enough 

to fully understand the effects of living under Apartheid, not young enough to be entirely 

‘new’ South Africans. Cultural confusion isn’t the only currency – the groundbreaking retro 

comic book, B-grade film, Chicago punk rock design of their marketing also features. 







Fly On The Wall 

Filipa Domingues 

Encounters Festival and Distribution 

Nazeer Achmed 

27 Caledon Street, 1st floor 


T. +27 21 465 4686 

F. +27 21 461 6964 

distribution@encounters.co.za 

www.encounters.co.za 


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SOUTH AFRICA 

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FOR WHICH I AM PREPARED TO DIE 

Lindy Wilson 

Roger Bushell was the mastermind of the World War II Great Escape, an event celebrated 

by the 1963 film of the same name starring Steve McQueen and Richard Attenborough who 

played Bushell, though he was renamed Bartlett in the film. South African born Bushell 

is the subject of this story told by his niece, Wilson, who travels to the Baltic to examine 

the content of the file she finds on him, put together by her grandfather. Bushell, a dashing 

character with a “fat chuckle”, left Hermanus, trained as a barrister in London, then 

joined the RAF as a fighter pilot. Trading ancient Blenhams for Spitfires only two months 

before going into combat, he was shot down over Dunkirk in 1940, taken prisoner and sent 

to Dulag Luft. Wilson shows his various escapes through a mixture of letters home, recreation 

and interview, culminating in his heroic plan to liberate 70 men through a tunnel from 

his Baltic POW camp. The details are astonishing – papers, clothes, routes were all meticulously 

planned. Wilson’s film is very personal, capturing Bushell’s sense of fun, family and 

wit. At one point after his second capture he writes home apologising for the hiatus in letters, 

explaining “he had changed his address because he’d left the camp without asking”. 






Lindy Wilson 


Nazeer Achmed 



T. +27 21 465 4686 

F. +27 21 461 6964 




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SPAIN 


THE FORGIVENESS 

Ventura Durall 

In 1994, Andrés Rabadán gave himself up to the police after having derailed three trains 

and having killed his father with a crossbow. He was declared not guilty and diagnosed 

with paranoid delirious schizophrenia. He was sentenced to spend 20 years in a psychiatric 

penitentiary. Andrés Rabadán goes to hell and back and starts to pick up the pieces 

of his life, using painting as a way to exorcize his own demons. In this new beginning, new 

testimonies of himself and the ones near him help us see a more complex reality than the 

one that surfaced during his trial. 







Nanouk Films 

Elena Romagosa 

RTVE 

Maria Jesus Perez 

Avda. Radiotelevision 4 

Edificio Prado del Rey 

28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón 

Alarcon, Madrid 

Spain 

T. +34 91 581 5401 

mjesus.perez@rtve.es 


361 

FRANCE 

F 


FROM ARUSHA TO ARUSHA 

Christophe Gargot 

More than 60 years ago, in the city of Nuremberg, the trial of 22 Nazi high dignitaries suspected 

of war crimes and crimes against humanity started on November 20th 1945 and 

ended on October 1st 1946. A court of exception that prefigured one of the milestones of 

modern politics: the rise of international criminal justice. In Arusha, Tanzania, at the foot 

of Mount Kilimanjaro, the court of Nuremberg gave birth to the International Criminal Court 

for Rwanda. Since the UNO voted Resolution 955 on November 8, 1994, the ICCR is commissioned 

to judge the people responsible for the genocide that took place in Rwanda the 

same year, which, within a period of three months, resulted in almost a million victims, 

mostly Tutsis, before the blind eye of the international community. A look back at the diplomatic 

work of one singular justice through demonstrative procedures, among which the 

trial of Theoneste Bagosora, a retired general of the Rwandan Armed Forces, supposedly 

responsible for the genocide, whose defense ended more than 12 years after his arrest. We’ll 

also study the trial of Georges Ruggiu, an ex-Belgian social educator, lost in Kigali, who became 

a zealous terror propagandist on the “Radio Television Libre des Milles Collines”. 







Atopic 

Christophe Gougeon 


Sanam Madjedi 

34 rue du Louvre 


T. +33 1 5310 3399 F. +33 1 5310 3398 




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GREECE 


FROM KYOTO TO COPENHAGEN THE 

CHALLENGE OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE 

Taina Grigoriadou 

The documentary gives the key points of exhaustive discussions on Climate Change made 

in the Environment Committee of the Hellenic Parliament. The discussions revolved around 

the challenges and opportunities of so-called “Green Growth”. It shows the positions and 

concerns of the European Commission and Greek and foreign environmental organizations 

on protecting the environment, and reflects the anxiety felt for the success of the Copenhagen 

Conference. The documentary also attempts to convey, through a vivid and interesting 

way, the parliamentary debates, which for many people are tedious and boring. 






Hellenic Parliament 


Panos Kouanis 

Syntagma Square 


T. +30 210 373 5038 

F. +30 210 370 7441 

kouanis@parliament.gr 

www.parliament.gr 


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FROM MOSCOW TO MAGADAN 

Hans Pool 

In the entertaining series From Moscow to Magadan, author and host Jelle Brandt Corstius 

travels around modern Russia and its satellite states in a quest for authentic and interesting 

stories that dominate the lives of ordinary Russians today. Each self-containing episode 

explores themes such as ‘the recent past’ (about the gulags and the increasing popularity 

of Stalin today), ‘the near future’ (about the economy solely depending on natural gas and 

oil, and the 150,000 towns and 15,000 (!) villages deserted by the population) and ‘Violence 

in the Caucasus’ dealing with state terrorism against Muslims and local customs such 

as ‘kidnapping your fiancé’. The series was nominated for the most prestigious prize in the 

Netherlands: The Silver Nipkow prize. 







De Haaien & VPRO Television 

Swaze Hartog 

NPO/RNW Sales 

Kaisa Kriek 



T. +31 35 677 3561 

F. +31 35 677 5318 




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IRAN 


FROZEN BUBBLE 

Amir Joghataei 

A group of divers undertakes to bring up a sunken boat from the bottom of the sea. They 

encounter problems but they continue their effort, ever-hopeful and without getting disappointed. 

Finally, they find the boat, but the problem is that the boat wants to stay where 

it is. 







Alfa Darya 


Alfa Darya 


No.20 (38 new), Shaghayegh Alley, 

Iranpars Ave. North Janat Abad 


T. +98 912271 3770 

F. +98 2144814757 

joghataei_amir@yahoo.com 

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THE GAME MUST GO ON 

Argyris Tsepelikas & Angeli Andrikopoulou 

In a crowded part of a small city, each day after school, Alexandra, Vlad, Chrysa and 

the rest of their crew gather in front of Christos’s house to play soccer until bedtime. 

But as soon as they begin, the neighbors try and stop them with curses, threats and 

sometimes even violence. The kids’ reaction is fiercely defiant. There’s nowhere else to 

go. Alexandra decides to talk to the mayor and insist that he come and see the situation 

for himself. Thus begins a year-long campaign to get the town to build them a 

play area. Over this time, the kids’ lives and perceptions are revealed, while their determination 

and friendship fuels their coping skills and sharpens their resolve. Intimate 

access to a remarkable cast of characters makes for an engaging film and series. 

(This is a Medium Cut version of the film) 



Production Company: Anemon Productions, SKAI TV 

Production Contact Person: Rea Apostolides 


Louise Rosen Ltd. 

16 High Str. 

Brunswick, 04011, USA 

T. +207 725 8215 

F. +207 725 8057 

irosenltd@aol.com 


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USA 


GARBAGE DREAMS 

Mai Iskander 

Garbage Dreams follows three teenage boys born into the trash trade and growing up in 

the world’s largest garbage village, on the outskirts of Cairo. 

It is the home to 60,000 Zaballeen, Arabic for “garbage people”. Far ahead of any modern 

“Green” initiatives, the Zaballeen survive by recycling 80 percent of the garbage they collect. 

When their community is suddenly faced with the globalization of its trade, each of 

the teenage boys is forced to make choices that will impact his future and the survival of 

his community. 







Iskander Films 

Mai Iskander 


Jan Röfekamp 



T. +1 514 844 3358 

F. +1 514 844 7298 




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GREECE 

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THE GARBAGE IN THESSALONIKI 

Sara Creta & Avi Mizrahi 

Is it possibile to recycle the material that we use Is it possible to create an awareness about 

the environment, about the city, about Thessaloniki 

Two young students of the Communication Faculty, Sara Creta from Italy and Avi Mizrahi 

from Turkey worked together on the short documentary The Garbage in Thessaloniki while 

on the Erasmus exchange program in 2009 in Thessaloniki. The documentary makes us pay 

attention to the sound coming from the streets of Thessaloniki, the voices of the citizens 

in harmony with the garbage trucks. 







Minchus Production 

Avi Mizrahi 

Fratelli Rasmus 

Sara Creta 

12 Via Medaglia D’oro 

Cavezzo (MO) 41032, Italy 

T. +39 33 3144 5097 

F. +39 05 354 9349 

avimizrahi13@yahoo.com.tr 


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GREECE 


GAZA WE ARE COMING 

Yorgos Avgeropoulos & Yannis Karypidis 

In August 2008, two small Greek fishing boats broke the naval siege, illegally imposed 

by the state of Israel on Gaza, for the first time in 41 years. Gaza We Are Coming 

records the historic and risky journey of 44 activists from all over the world, who, 

by breaking the embargo, proved that history is often made by those that the wise and 

prudent determinists call “unrealistic”. 



Production Company: Small Planet 

Production Contact Person: Anastasia Skoubri 


Small Planet, 

Sales Contact Person: Anastasia Skoubri, 

55, Pytheou Str. 


T. +30 210 9515 295, +30 69 37135141 

F. +30 210 9515 295 

info@smallplanet.gr, 



Al Jazeera Satellite Network 

Nassim Alatras 

T. +974 489 6250 

F. +974 486 3057 

info@aljazeera.net 


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GAZA-SDEROT, PRE-WAR CHRONICLES 

Khalil Al Muzayyen & Meron Rapoport & 

Ayelet Bachar & Serge Gordey 

Gaza-Sderot Pre-War Chronicles is a 52-minute edited version of the web documentary 

Gaza Sderot, Life in Spite of Everything. 

For two months running, from 27th October to 23rd December 2008, two film crews, one 

based in the Gaza Strip (in Palestine) and the other in Sderot (in Israel) filmed the stories 

of 14 people living on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian border. The film gives us an insight 

into the daily lives of a student, a hairdresser, an ambulance driver, a musician, a fisherman 

and other ordinary people. 

But how have they been getting on since Israel’s launch of Operation Cast Lead 

The 40 two-minute-long episodes are available only on the Arte website www.arte.tv 






Bo Travail ! & Arte France 

& Alma Films & Ramattan Studios 

Arte France 

Audrey Kamga 

8 Rue Marceau 

Issy les Moulineaux 92785, France 

T. +33 1 5500 7081 

F. +33 1 5500 8065 

a-kamga@artefrance.fr 

www.artefrance.fr 


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SWEDEN 


THE GENIUS AND THE BOYS 

Bosse Lindquist 

Carleton Gajdusek won the Nobel Prize for the discovery of prions – the particles that would 

emerge as the cause of Mad Cow disease – while working with a cannibal tribe on New 

Guinea. He was a star scientist. Over his years working amongst the tribes of the South Seas, 

he adopted 57 kids, bringing them to a new life in Washington DC. But, at the height of 

his career, rumors began to spread he was a pedophile. Gajdusek would argue that if sex 

with children was okay in their own cultures, he wasn’t wrong to join in. Gajdusek himself 

participates in the film, as well as some of the men and women who came to know 

him closely as children. The film also features Gajdusek’s own – never before released – 

films. 







SVT 

Margareta Liden 

SVT Sales 

Paulette Olofson 

KH-BVO, SE105 10 

Stockholm 

Sweden 

T. +46 8 784 7489 

paulette.olofson@svt.se 


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GENIUS WITHIN – 

THE INNER LIFE OF GLENN GOULD 

Michèle Hozer & Peter Raymont 

An enigmatic musical poet, Glenn Gould continues to captivate audiences twenty-six years 

after his early passing. There have been many documentaries about Gould, but these are 

typically distracted by his eccentricities, focusing on the pills, gloves, and scarves while 

missing the man and message behind the music. This film pierces through the myth, revealing 

the man beneath the icon, offering a chance to understand the passion and inspiration 

that gave rise to such a genius and his incomparable power of expression. It 

weaves together an unprecedented array of archival material with interviews of Gould’s 

most intimate friends to reconstruct his thoughts on music, art, society, love, and life. 







White Pine Pictures Inc. 

Peter Raymont 


Jan Röfekamp 

252 Gouin Boulevard East, H3L1A8 

Montreal 

Canada 

T. +1 514 844 3358 

F. +1 514 844 7298 



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GREECE 


GENOCIDE OF MEMORY 

Andonis Papadopoulos 

The German-Italian occupation in Greece. The film brings to light a shocking event that took 

place during the famine of the winter of 1940-41 which struck mainly Athens, causing the 

death of a large part of the capital’s population. We seek out the guilty and disprove the myth 

of the “good” Italian soldier and the “bad” German soldier. Research on this subject was carried 

out for the first time in Greece, Germany, Italy, Sweden and Switzerland. 



Production Company: Highway Productions, 


Production Contact Person: Nikos Moustakas, Yorgos Lykiardopoulos 







T. +30 210 6075 711 

F. +30 210 6075 715 



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GETTING ON 

Renata Gabryjelska 

A film about a complicated relationship between a mother and daughter. 90-year-old Nina 

and her single daughter Alice live together in a cramped flat. Between their beds is a black 

piano – a symbol of Alice’s unfulfilled music career. Nowadays they run a dancing group 

for seniors and their life is focused mainly on this. It seems that work makes up for the lack 

of men in their life, but is it really true 













T. +48 12 294 69 45 

F. +48 12 294 69 45 




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THE GHOST FLEET OF BIKINI ATOLL 

Kristin Bergmann & Andreas Sawall 

Between 1946 and 1958 the United States embarked on one of the most spectacular scientific 

experiments the world has ever seen. To test the newly invented atomic weapon, 

67 nuclear bomb tests were conducted in the South Pacific on Bikini and Enewetak Atoll 

– among them some of the biggest explosions the world has ever experienced. In 2008, 

a top team of scientists, historians, divers and Bikini experts embarked on an exciting scientific 

mission to this “paradise lost” in order to find some answers to the questions surrounding 

the atoll, its nature and how it has dealt with its nuclear history. A large submersible 

allowed the scientists to explore the underwater world – an opportunity no 

scientist has ever had before. Spectacular footage of the underwater world of Bikini is combined 

with outrageous air shots and mind-blowing archival material that brings the history 

of the atomic bomb tests back to life. 






Context TV GmbH & Alvarez Filmproduktion 


Anne Hufnagel 

48-50 Breite Strasse 


T. +49 221 920 690 

F. +49 221 920 6969 


www.united-docs.com 


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GIORGIO DE CHIRICO – 

ARGONAUT OF THE SOUL 

George Lagdaris & Kostas Anestis 

Giorgio de Chirico – Argonaut of the soul 

The life and work of the painter Giorgio de Chirico from his birth in Volos to his death in 

Rome through the recorded memories, the various documents, the dramatization of 

scenes and his paintings. The elements and images, which were his first sources of inspiration 

and still exist in Volos and the surrounding area, are illuminated while art historians, 

writers and critics provide the viewer with the results of their research. 

The troubled relationship of de Chirico with the Surrealists and his symbols of the universe 

are analyzed and come alive in front of the camera, while his insight is represented in his 

paintings and follows the footsteps of the artist, from the city of the Argonauts to the 

home-studio-museum in Rome. 





George Lagdaris 


Stasi Toumpa, Ano Volos 

Volos 38500, Greece 

T. +30 24210 43095 

F. +30 24210 43095 

lagdaris@otenet.gr 


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CHINA 


GIPSY IN THE FLOWER 

Anqi Ju 

A film about a Chinese beekeeper’s life. The beekeepers carry several hundred thousands 

of bees across China, going to where the flowers grow. They live in the mountains without 

television or other type of entertainment available. They find out what’s going on in 

the rest of the world from what they hear on the radio. They are the “gipsies” who migrate 

around the flowers. The film also chronicles the life of the beekeeper’s family. The main character, 

Ai-Ming, is accompanied by his wife, his two-year-old child and his younger brother 

who suffers from dementia. The family are about to start on a 10,000-mile migration. 







Trench Film Group 

Rong Liao 

Trench Film Group 

Lily Ju 

34233 Torrey Pine Ln 

Union City 

USA 

T. +1 510 579 6058 

lilyju@gmail.com 


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GOD BLESS ICELAND 

Helgi Felixson 

The financial crisis has hit the core existence of no other country as hard as the small nation 

of Iceland: A country which, in recent years, was one of the most prosperous nations 

in the world suddenly becomes a metaphor for the global crisis and proof of the uncontrollability 

of raging turbo-capitalism. 

In the last few months the world has been shown a series of dramatic pictures: Outraged 

demonstrators in the centre of Reykjavik, the resignation – finally! – of bank and government 

officials, as well as elections in May 2009. 

God Bless Iceland tells the story of the financial crisis in Iceland, diving into the very real 

and daily confrontations of the calamity, which undermined not only the economy of Iceland 

but the very identity of the small island nation as well. 

Running time: 58΄ & 70΄ & 100΄ 






Felixfilm & NDR/ARTE 

Helgi Felixson 


Heino Deckert 

1 Marienplatz 


T. +49 341 215 6638 

F. +49 341 215 6639 




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BULGARIA 


THE GOLDEN CITY 

Simeon Idakiev 

A film account about Zlatograd, the southernmost town in Bulgaria only several kilometers 

away from the frontier with Greece and the greatest architectural reserve in the 

Rhodope Mountains which has gathered many objects and monuments of the cultural 

tourism, including: an ethnographic complex of workshops, bringing back to life authentic 

ancient crafts; churches and chapels, remarkable for their abundance of icons; the holy 

rock town of the Thracians, Perperikon, founded 3,500 years ago; and Tatul, one of the rarely 

found ground sanctuaries of the deified Thracian ruler. 

The film was sound-tracked with the national instrument, the kaval bagpipe and authentic 

songs from the region, one of which was sent into the Cosmos on board the American satellite 

Voyager in 1977. And all this set against a backdrop of the incredibly picturesque 

Rhodopes. 













T. +359 2 814 2390 

F. +359 2 943 6045 


www.bnt.bg 


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GOOD FORTUNE 

Landon Van Soest 

Good Fortune explores how massive, international efforts to alleviate poverty in Africa may 

be undermining the very communities they aim to benefit. Through intimate portraits of 

two Kenyans battling to save their homes from large-scale development organizations, the 

film presents a unique opportunity to experience foreign aid through the eyes of the people 

it is intended to benefit. On the outskirts of Nairobi, Silva’s home and office in Africa’s 

largest squatter community are being demolished as part of a United Nations slum-upgrading 

project. In the rural countryside, Jackson’s farm is being flooded by the dam of an 

American investor who hopes to alleviate poverty by creating a multi-million dollar rice 

farm. Τhe film portrays gripping stories of human perseverance and suggests that the answers 

for Africa lie in the resilience of its people. 







Transient Pictures 

Landon van Soest 

The Film Sales Company 

Andrew Herwitz 

165 Madison Ave., Suite 601, 10016 

New York 

USA 

T. +1 212 481 5020 

F. +1 212 481 5021 

andrew.herwitz@filmsalescorp.com 


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A GOOD MAN 

Safina Uberoi 

Chris Rohrlach is not your typical Australian sheep farmer. Willing to try anything to keep 

wife Rachel out of long-term care, he decides to open a brothel. Nothing has ever stopped 

Chris and Rachel from doing exactly what they’ve wanted, so outrage from the community 

doesn’t faze them one bit. 

A quadriplegic with neurological impairment for all of their 14 married years, Rachel is still 

Rachel to Chris, and the love of his life. As the camera captures the construction and grand 

opening of the best little whorehouse in the outback, the film exposes tension between 

Chris’s indomitable plans to keep his family afloat and Rachel’s own wishes. 

Reliant on others to translate her eye movements into words, the film creates a novel friction 

between Rachel’s opaque desires and their secondhand expression. Moving, thought 

provoking and surprisingly funny, A Good Man turns preconceptions about disability and 

macho male stereotypes upside down. 







Divana Films Pty Ltd 

Safina Uberoi 


Jan Röfekamp 



T. +1 514 844 3358 

F. +1 514 844 7298 




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SERBIA 

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GOODBYE, HOW ARE YOU 

Boris Mitić 

The wittiest, most darkly humorous political aphorisms of the modern era are saluted in 

this entertaining Serbian travelogue detailing how citizens use language to critique – and 

resist – the madness of politics. A fascinating essay-film in the tradition of Chris Marker 

and Jean-Luc Godard, and a primer on Balkan intellectual thought, resistance, and history. 

Broadcasters: ARTE, MDR, YLE, SVT, TV Catalunya, ERR, IBA/Channel 1 

Main festivals & awards: DOCSDF Mexico (Best mid-length), Documenta Madrid (Jury 

Mention), Mediawave Gyor (Grand Prix), Edinburgh FF, Jerusalem FF, MEIFF Abu Dhabi, 

Yerevan FF, Sarajevo FF, Motovun FF, Dok.Fest Munich, Dok.Leipzig, Docupolis Barcelona, 

DMZ Docs Korea, Anuu-ru Aboro FF New Caledonia, RIDM Montreal, Ecofilms Rodos, 

Planete Doc Warsaw… 







Dribbling Pictures 

Boris Mitić 

Dribbling Pictures 

Boris Mitić 

2 Bitoljska 

Belgrade 11030, Serbia 

T. +38 1 637 715 241 

F. +38 1 113 619 709 

info@dribblingpictures.com 

www.dribblingpictures.com 


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GOOGLE BABY 

Zippi Brand Frank 

Google Baby is a journey across three continents telling the story of the up-and-coming 

baby production industry in the age of globalization. Doron, an Israeli entrepreneur with 

a high-tech background, proposes a new service – baby production. The baby producer 

(as he introduces himself) provides customers with a cost effective solution, using outsourcing 

of the surrogacy element to India as a way to lower prices. All the customers need 

to do is choose their preferred genetic material and then travel to India at the end of the 

nine-month pregnancy period to pick up their babies. Today, technology has turned 

“making a baby” into an act independent of sex. And globalization is making it affordable. 

All one needs is a credit card. Instructions can be found on YouTube. 







Brandcom Ltd 

Zippi Brand Frank 


Jan Röfekamp 


Montreal 

Canada 

T. +1 514 844 3358 

F. +1 514 844 7298 



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GRAS 

Costas Stamatopoulos 

A journey of Romani immigration through time, via an internal monologue. From nomadic 

life to permanent settlement and from the persecutions of the past to every day 

life of the present. 



Production Company: Cultural Studies Center 

Production Contact Person: Costas Stamatopoulos 


Cultural Studies Center 

Sales Contact Person: Costas Stamatopoulos 

60, Evdoxou Str. 


T. +30 210 9012 987 

F. +30 210 9012 987 

artcine@yahoo.gr 


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GREEN FUTURE 

Irina Tzoneva 

Very few people know that the threat of global warming is knocking at the door so pressingly 

that it could jeopardize everyone’s lives. Drought, starvation, floods, extinction of millions 

of species – all this as a result of the world’s ice melting... The team of the documentary 

Green Future visits various states in the US to show to the viewers what the US 

have done to use energy alternatives such as wind and solar power. A story about the measures 

which world scientists take in order to deal with the negative consequences of global 

warming, about US President Barack Obama and his administration’s policy in relation to 

taking up of a leadership position on climate preservation. 













T. +359 2 814 2390 

F. +359 2 943 6045 


www.bnt.bg 


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GREGORY MARKOPOULOS AND 

TEMENOS: RADIATING 

WITH ONE’S OWN LIGHT 

Evdoxia M. Mpras 

This documentary delves into the mysterious life of Gregory Markopoulos and his 

legacy of Temenos, an open-air screening in an abandoned area of the Peloponnese. 

A devoted and strong-willed artist, he established himself as one of the most talented 

figures of avant-garde cinema in the late 50s until his death in 1992. With intense 

belief in his vision, Markopoulos defied all obstacles and accomplished a huge 

body of work. His innovation astounded and inspired fellow filmmakers such as Andy 

Warhol and Jonas Mekas. He believed filmmaking and viewing is an introspective, 

healing experience. Filmmaker Robert Beavers continues screenings of his work in 

Greece. People travel from around the world to attend these rare and special screenings 

in an idyllic, natural space. 



Production Contact Person: Evdoxia Mpras 

Sales Contact Person: Michael Mpras 

68, Oinois Str. 


T. +30 210 8981 678 

mmpras@msn.com 


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BRAZIL 


GRUPO CORPO 

Fabio Barreto & Marcelo Santiago 

Throughout 2005, which Grupo Corpo 30th anniversary, directors Fabio Barreto and 

Marcelo Santiago followed the steps of this dance company around the world. The project, 

which had overall direction by Lucy Barreto, shows in a 77-minute documentary a delicate 

portrait of a family committed to bringing together entertainment and artistic investigation: 

based in its roots, but always seeking a universal language. 






Lucy Barreto & Luiz Barreto 


Sanam Madjedi 



T. +33 1 5310 3399 

F. +33 1 5310 3398 




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GUERRILLAS 

Alvaro Toepke 

Guatemala, 1996. 

We went to a guerrilla camp to film a documentary. There we witnessed the taking of a 

police station, filmed life in the camp and interviewed the guerrillas at a critical moment 

in the history of Guatemala. 

Months later, peace was signed, and the guerrillas were disarmed and demobilized. 

2008 

We came back to Central America to look for those same people, to let them speak again 

and to find out about the lives of those guerrillas over all these years; where are the motivations 

and ideals that pushed them to take up arms, and what has become of their 

dreams and hopes for a better life. 

The before and after of peace. 






Inko Producciones SL 

10 Francs 

Guy Knafo 



T. +33 1 4874 4377 

F. +33 1 4874 8265 




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HARLAN: IN THE SHADOW 

OF THE JEW SüSS 

Felix Möller 

Veit Harlan was, along with Leni Riefenstahl, Nazi Germany’s most successful film director, 

remembered today for his infamous Jud Süß. Harlan was a master of national kitsch, 

exulting in melodrama and death, but he was also an extraordinary artist who ended up 

serving the Nazi propaganda machine. This documentary film, the first account of his life 

and career, draws on his extensive film catalogue, including previously unreleased materials 

from the Harlan family’s private archive. Though Harlan has largely been forgotten today, 

the film also shows how his family still struggles with the dark myth of artistic immorality. 







Blueprint Productions 

Amelie Latscha 

Cinephil 




T. +972 3 566 4129 

F. +972 3 560 1436 




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535 

SOUTH AFRICA 


HEALING POWER OF NATURE 

(DEEP FRIENDS & RIVER OF ASHES) 

Liz Fish & Emma Bestall 

Deep Friends: Beautifully shot on location at the Chimfunshi chimp and wildlife sanctuary in 

northern Zambia, on the Congo border, this is the tale of Sandy, a powerful, troubled chimpanzee 

and his caregiver and friend, Dominique Chinyama. Sandy’s distrust of other chimps, 

due to an incident with a crocodile, means he is housed separately and the film documents 

his move to a bigger, sun-filled enclosure. This film is as much Dominique’s story as Sandy’s, 

telling the tale of a dedicated animal lover who rose from poverty to become a pivotal player 

in the Chimfunshi story. River of Ashes: One of Hindu’s holiest places, the Ganges at Benaras 

is the religious centerpiece for dreams and pilgrimages of many Indians. It is so holy, that 

bathing in its waters is said to heal one of a lifetimes’ worth of karma, while dying on its banks 

sends one straight to heaven… But in parallel to the spirituality that elevates it to a place 

of dreams, there is an equally dark and squalid underworld. The river is dying a slow and sordid 

death as the ashes and the bodies of the many visiting pilgrims choke its already stifled 

flow, and those that work the cogs of cremation are marked by a deeply entrenched classism 

as “untouchables”. This lyrical documentary explores the intricacies and inherent ironies surrounding 

concepts of purity, impurity, the holy and mundane which are acted out on its banks 

each day through the daily lives of the three main characters as they go about their daily lives. 







African Renaissance 

Michael Raimondo 

African Renaissance 

Michael Raimondo 

73 Rose Str Bo-Kaap 1st Floor 


T. +27 82 290 0197 

michael@africanrenaissance.co.za 

www.africanrenaissance.co.za 

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HEART’S DESIRE 

Hans Heijnen 

In the state of New Mexico, the Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) places 

about three thousand children in foster care each year. These children were taken from their 

parents after being neglected or abused. Babies and young children are often relatively easily 

taken in by an adoptive family, but due to their age and background, these children are 

considered less desirable. An unorthodox but effective solution was found to this problem: 

the Heart Gallery. Professional glamour photographers portray the children at their very 

best. These pictures are exhibited in public places. It’s a marketing trick, and it works. 







Zeppers Film & Television & IKON Television 

Charlotte Sarneel 

NPO/RNW Sales 

Kaisa Kriek 



T. +31 35 677 3561 

F. +31 35 677 5318 




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FRANCE 


HENRI-GEORGE CLOUZOT’S INFERNO 

Serge Bromberg & Ruxandra Medrea 

In 1964, Henri-Georges Clouzot chose Romy Schneider, age 26, and Serge Reggiani, 42, 

to be the stars of L’enfer. It was an enigmatic and original project with an unlimited 

budget that was to be a cinematic “event” upon its release. But after three weeks of shooting, 

things took a turn for the worse. The project was stopped, and the images, which were 

said to be “incredible”, would remain unseen. 





Lobster Films 

MK2 

55 Rue Traversière 


T. +33 1 4467 3030 

F. +33 1 4307 2963 

intlsales@mk2.com 

www.mk2.com 

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HENRYK MUSIAłOWICZ.MAN 

Anna Blaszczyk & Robert Kielak 

Henryk Musiałowicz is an artist recognized and valued around the world. His works have 

been exhibited for over 40 years. The paintings, graphics, spatial compositions and totems 

hardly fit in the studio. Never satisfied, he constantly modifies and reshapes his works, never 

allowing them to fall into oblivion. He commands them to live on. The 95-year-old artist 

poses the most important questions with unabated enthusiasm. Can the passion for discovery 

and the path to the answer become a goal in itself Will he ever cease to be 

amazed The documentary by Anna Błaszczyk and Robert Kielak portrays a man full of energy 

and eagerness to work who keeps searching, wondering at, admiring and feeling bewildered 

at the surrounding world with a childlike curiosity. 







Blaszanka Studio 

Anna Blaszczyk 





T. +48 12 294 6945 

F. +48 12 294 6945 




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542 

SOUTH AFRICA 


HHP 

Ernie Vosloo 

In this episode, Vosloo gets to grips with hip hop star Jabulani Tsambo, aka Hip Hop 

Pantsula and asks “who do you think you are” He delves into the icon’s background to reveal 

a complex web of heritage, culture, revelations as well as a great bunch of stories. A 

few intriguing surprises are unearthed – a Kimberley diamond mining background, royal 

connections – as well as a rich history of social edginess despite our supposedly puritanical 

past. Ultimately, Vosloo’s film does what few others have managed and goes a long 

way to answering the question “what does it mean to be African” 







Rapid Blue 

Kee-leen Irvine 

Rapid Blue 

Kee-leen Irvine 

263 OAK AVENUE, FERNDALE, RANDBURG 

Johannesburg 2194, South Africa 

T. +27 11 789 7830 

kee-leen@rapidblue.com 

www.rapidblue.com 


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HIGH ON HOPE 

Piers Sanderson 

High on Hope tells the story of the last British youth culture movement to threaten the establishment 

– Acid House. The magical journey from small gatherings to warehouses filled 

with 10,000 young people every week is only part of the story. As the people dance in cavernous 

northern mills left derelict after the Thatcher years, we see a generation lost amidst 

greed and recession, fighting for their own happiness, strongly connecting with where we 

are today. The film has been made in the same way as the parties themselves – a collective 

collaboration with passion, enthusiasm and innovation. 







Quark 

Anna Higgs 

Quark 

Anna Higgs 

10 Denmark Street 

London 

UK 

T. +44 771 423 7776 

anna@quarkfilms.com 


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THE HORSE BOY 

Michel Orion Scott 

The Horse Boy, which had its world premiere at Sundance, explores one family’s unforgettable 

journey as they travel halfway across the world in search of a miracle to heal their 

son. A sweeping and emotionally charged story, the film embodies the openness and faith 

the Isaacson family places in trying something extraordinary. After feeling traditional medicine 

had failed them, journalist Rupert Isaacson set out on horseback with wife Kristin and 

their 5-year-old autistic son Rowan to seek help from legendary shamans in Northern 

Mongolia. The results of the trip are simply astonishing. According to Variety: “This compelling 

documentary presents its story via multiple access points […] Pic has the nerve 

to be spiritual without entering the minefield of faith, and through careful handling, 

could resonate strongly with underserved auds.” A companion book is being published 

worldwide. 






Rupert Isaacson 



165 Madison Ave., Suite 601 

New York NY 10016, USA 

T. +1 212 481 5020 

F. +1 212 481 5021 

Andrew.herwitz@filmsalescorp.com 

www.filmsalescorp.com 

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HOTEL SAHARA 

Bettina Haasen 

“Hotel Sahara” is a metaphor for the transition of migrants who have left their old life behind 

but who have not yet reached what they are dreaming of. The focus of the film is 

Nouadhibou, or Hotel Sahara, in Mauritania, a transit location where thousands of immigrants 

converge on their way to Europe. Travelers from Sub-Saharan countries arrive in this 

melting pot, which has been a platform of human traffic for centuries. Located in the past 

and the future, this film offers an intimate inside look into this place of waiting, of hope, 

of unfulfilled dreams, of invented and true stories, and of double identities. 







Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion 

Christian Beetz 


Nick Pastucha 

Marienplatz 1 

LEIPZIG 

Germany 

T. +49 341 2156638 

F. +49 341 2156639 

n.pastucha@gebrueder-beetz.de 


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HOTSPOTS 

Michael Tobias 

Based upon the book, Hotspots Revisited: Earth’s Biologically Richest and Most Endangered Terrestrial 

Ecoregions, by Russell A. Mittermeier et.al, this expeditionary feature film documentary 

shows how many conservation efforts are succeeding throughout the world and what 

it takes – in the trenches – to negotiate a sustainable future for life on Earth. Locations in 

Madagascar, Brazil, Peru, Chile, the US and New Zealand were chosen as critical representatives 

of the 35 terrestrial hotspots thus far identified by scientists at Conservation International. 

The film reveals numerous primates, avians, rodents, bats, insects, reptiles, amphibians, unique 

plants and human cultural artifacts, some never before filmed. Several new species are 

recorded on film for the first time. While stylistically incorporating behind-the-scenes realities 

of conservation filmmaking itself, the feature film Hotspots is driven by an analysis of representative 

key critical habitats throughout the world most in need of conservation; of techniques 

that are working to save the most number of threatened, endangered and vulnerable 

species and genera; and the future outlooks for numerous regions across the planet where 

there is a good likelihood that well-tuned science, community conservation, government 

commitment, and informed philanthropic choices can make a huge difference. 






Dancing Star Foundation 

10 Francs 

Guy Knafo 



T. +33 1 4874 4377 F. +33 1 4874 8265 



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THE HOUSE 

Tayo Cortés 

The Mendez family has been living on occupied land in the hills outside Bogotá for forty 

years. They can be legally evicted at any time. Every day they walk down to the city to collect 

scrap materials to sell, and leftovers from restaurants to feed their pigs. Victor has been 

married to Marta for ten years, but his mother Elvira has never approved of her. The conflict 

between these two women forces Victor to take sides and comes in the way of their 

efforts to earn a living. Dignity and courage come to the fore in a story about the impossibility 

of progress and the persistence of dreams for this family of scrap merchants. 







Devenir / Andoliado Producciones 

Laura Collado 

Andoliado Producciones 

Laura Collado 

c/ Sant Guillem 17, 1º-1ª, 08006 

Barcelona 

Spain 

T. +34 932 090 897 

laura@andoliado.com 


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HOUSING 

Federica di Giacomo 

People clinging, as though shipwrecked, to the walls of a house. This is a prevalent image 

in certain neighborhoods where a dwelling is the only thing people possess. For over 

twenty years in Bari no new public housing has been assigned. Meanwhile, three thousand 

families are on the waiting list. Inevitably, a silent war among the poor has broken 

out, a war in which squatters lay siege to the lodgings of anyone careless enough to leave 

home for a few hours too many, whether to visit a relative or to keep a hospital appointment. 

The squatters mainly target the houses of old or single people. They stake their claim 

on the basis that they are large families and, once they’re in, it’s difficult to make them leave. 







B&B Film 

Alison Ercolani 

B&B Film 

Alison Ercolani 

Via Ottaviano 9 

Rome 

Italy 

T. +39 6 3972 9989 

F. +39 6 3972 6129 

production@bbfilm.tv 


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HOW GREEN WAS OUR VALLEY 

Fereshteh Joghataei 

The water is rising and 63 villages in the way of a green valley will be flooded and their 

residents must leave. There is a holy shrine in one of the villages and people are waiting 

for a miracle from the holy shrine. 







Alfa Darya 


Alfa Darya 


No.20 (38 new), Shaghayegh Alley, Iranpars Ave. 


T. +98 93 2915 9817 

F. +98 21 4481 4757 

feridoll.1977@yahoo.com 


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HOW I AM 

Ingrid Demetz & Caroline Leitner 

How do we get to know a person Is verbal exchange a necessary requirement to get closer 

to somebody or can gestures describe his or her essence As far as Patrick is concerned, neither 

of these theories apply. In the foreground, his spoken words and his body language tell 

about his disability, but they don’t give us any information about his emotional world. It is impossible 

to guess what he is feeling or thinking. There is an abyss between his appearance and 

what is inside of him. Only his written words allow us to get to know him and to have a look 

at his soul. During our “conversations” with Patrick, I watched as he typed each letter into the 

computer and how in the end these letters expressed his thoughts. While watching this process 

I became aware of how precious and strong words can be, and of how little is sometimes 

enough to say a lot, but also that some things can’t be put into words. It is important that people 

become aware of this in order to be able to approach others with any kind of disability in 

a human and sensitive way. This film can be a little step in this direction and maybe one or 

another spectator will feel like knowing more about autism. It doesn’t offer any kind of scientific 

explanation of autism, but is rather a subjective description of what it means for 

Patrick to live with autism as well as a chance for him to reach us through his own words. 







Zelig Film School. 

Georg Zeller 

Stefilm 

Elena Filippini 

5 B Via Galliari 

Torino 10125, Italy 

T. +39 011 668 0017 F. +39 011 668 0003 

elena@stefilm.it 

www.stefilm.it 

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I GOT DEPRESSION 

Nikolas (Zogras) Varzokas 

Ms Olga reveals her health setback, which lasted long enough. More than it should have, 

more than she could bear, more than it was. In brief it lasted 6-7 whole years, but who’s 

counting, who can determine the actual duration of depression. That kind of math is always 

being calculated afterwards, at the exit, at the counter. Because it is only then that 

one considers values and takes into account the loss or, as in the case of Ms Olga, the gain. 

Gain What could someone gain from depression Tears Pain Sorrow I don’t know! The 

fights we give in life are not to be taught. Especially when the opponent is our own self. 

Our minds, our souls and our hearts from which we desire to keep beating. 





Nikolas Zogras 

Nikolas Zogras 

65 Perdika Street 

Thessaloniki 54639, Greece 

T. +30 6973 075 070 

n.zogras@gmail.com 


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I SLEEP BUT MY HEART IS AWAKE 

Adi Arbel & Osnat Margowsky 

Almost 40 years old, she has a loving family and a satisfying job. So why can’t she sleep 

at night At the height of a hectic personal and professional life, she experiences alienating 

loneliness, existential doubt and an echoing emptiness. Almost without noticing, she 

is drawn into a deep spiritual journey, which leads her to a series of surprising revelations, 

hidden along the path of mundane daily tasks. Magic, grace and mystery sneak into her 

life. 

One upsetting and traumatic night, she discovers a new sense of godliness within her. 

When morning comes, she realizes there’s no turning back. 






Osnat Margowsky 

Ruth Diskin Films, Ltd. 

Ruth Diskin 

5 Issachar Street 


T. +972 2 672 4256 

F. +972 2 672 4210 

ruth@ruthfilms.com 

www.ruthfilms.com 


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I’LL GET BETTER TOMORROW 

Clémence Hébert 

Axelle, Hugo, Kareem and Victor have cancer. They are just kids; one is still a baby. They put 

up for 18 months with the treatment’s ordeal, with the help of their loving parents and the 

medical team, as professional as they are warm-hearted. A filmed struggle into advanced 

medicine; sophisticated, but still rough – the team perform miracles but there a limits to 

what they can accomplish – this is brain cancer after all. A dense, highly informative film, 

respectful in its uplifting portrait of the children’s spontaneity: a force manifested with astonishing 

strength. 







Need Production 

Denis Delcampe 





T. +32 477 617 170 

F. +32 2 227 2239 




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I’M DANGEROUS WITH LOVE 

Michel Negroponte 

Dimitri had been a drug addict for twenty years. Then a single dose of a drug called Ibogaine 

which comes from the root of a West African plant stopped his addiction cold, and 

he never used again. Now Dimitri has become an Ibogaine provider, devoting his life to 

helping other addicts. The trouble is, it’s illegal in America, and its strong hallucinogenic 

properties provide different experiences for everyone who tries it. Filmmaker Michel Negroponte 

enters the worldwide subculture devoted to Ibogaine, and follows Dimitri over 

three years, as he attempts to help a wide range of addicts, with mixed results. 







Blackbridge Productions 

Michel Negroponte 





T. +33 1 4459 6353 




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I’M NOT DEAD YET 

Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann 

I’m Not Dead Yet is a frank, yet bizarrely humorous portrait that explores youth, aging, the 

importance of activism, the joys of cycling and the secret of aloes. This feature-length documentary 

is told through intimate interviews and observational footage of eclectic, eccentric 

Resistance Artist, Manfred Zylla. A German man who has made Cape Town, South 

Africa his home. Zylla is best known for his work against the apartheid regime. All his life, 

he has challenged social conventions; speaking for the exploited and oppressed; using his 

art to powerful and prolific extents. However, Manfred is yet to gain the true recognition 

he deserves. Through dipping into his work, delving into his past, and painting his present, 

I’m Not Dead Yet subtly observes the world that Manfred, now 70, inhabits. 







P.O. Box 66461 

Nairobi 00800, Kenya 

T. +254 728 669 073 

philippaherrmann@gmail.com 


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IDA’S DANCE CLUB 

Dalit Kimor 

A ballroom dancing competition in a retirement community is the setting for this moving 

portrait of individuals dancing against all odds. The participants are way past retirement 

age, but that doesn’t stop them from dancing and singing, from falling in love or experiencing 

disappointment. The participants hardly know one another outside the club 

walls, but the complexity of their lives is gradually revealed to us. The magical atmosphere 

of the club and the ballroom dancing gives them the strength to overcome the wear and 

tear of time, health problems and difficult memories. They become princes and princesses 

for whom anything is still possible. 







Anu Banu Productions 

Yael Shavit 


Ruth Diskin 



T. +972 2 672 4256 

F. +972 2 672 4210 

ruth@ruthfilms.com 



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IN CASE OF LOSS OF PRESSURE 

Sarah Moon Howe 

The film tells how a mother, the director (Don’t Tell My Mother), overcomes the shock of 

being told of her child’s disability, and how the bad news forces her, an ex-stripper, to accept 

her own difference. From a personal point of view, with distance as well as intimacy, 

her reality is captured in a blend of documentary, pictured dreams and symbolism. A subtle 

and moving meditation on difference. 







Sofidoc 

Françoise Levie 





T. +32 477 617 170 

F. +32 2 227 2239 




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IN THE SHADOW OF THE QUAKE 

Sibel Bilgin & Floor Kooij 

A documentary about the region that suffered the Marmara earthquake, 10 years later. This 

is a follow up to the filmmakers’ 1999 documentary My Broken Town. The main focus of 

the film is: What has happened to these people and families in their hometowns during 

these 10 years Of course, the broken town is not broken anymore. The villages, towns, 

houses and landscape have recovered quite rapidly. If one does not know that an earthquake 

struck there, one cannot tell that these towns were swept away. But from a human 

aspect, the people’s broken feelings are still there. Life came back, yet their own life and 

their own memories seem to be still buried in their hearts and minds; as if they are 

watching their daily routine from a distance. The shadow of the quake has dimmed the 

light. 







Parallel Film 

Sibel Bilgin 

Parallel Film 

Sibel Bilgin 

Hemonystraat 14, 107 4 BP 

Amsterdam 


T. +31 20 675 7180 

parallelfilm@hotmail.com 


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IN THE STEAM OF LIFE 

Joonas Berghall 

Naked Finnish men in saunas speak straight from the heart about love, death, birth and 

friendship; and about life. By the warmth of rusty stoves they cleanse themselves both physically 

and mentally in an exceptionally intimate and poetic film with a deeply emotional 

and unforgettable finale. 







Oktober Oy. 

Joonas Berghall 


Jan Röfekamp 



T. +1 514 844 3358 

F. +1 514 844 7298 




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DENMARK 


INTO ETERNITY 

Michael Madsen 

Every day, large amounts of high-level radioactive waste are placed in interim storage, vulnerable 

to natural and man-made disasters or changes in society. In Finland, the world’s 

first permanent repository is being cut out of solid rock – a huge system of underground 

tunnels – that must last the entire period the waste remains hazardous: 100,000 years. 







Magic Hour Films 

Lise Lense Moeller 


Jan Röfekamp 



T. +1 514 844 3358 

F. +1 514 844 7298 




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THE INVENTION OF DR. NAKAMATS 

Kaspar Astrup Schröder 

Dr. Nakamats is a cult figure in Japan and a famous inventor with over 3,400 patents. He 

is about to celebrate his 80th birthday, still feeling young and full of energy. He is convinced 

that he will live to be 144 years old. But how will Dr. Nakamats reach this goal The film 

follows this extraordinary Japanese celebrity on his life-prolonging mission whilst he delves 

into new inventions. 







Plus Pictures ApS 

Mette Heide 

Plus Pictures ApS 

Mette Heide 

Vester Voldgade 83, 1. 

Copenhagen V 

Denmark 

T. +45 331 112 10 

F. +45 331 112 11 

info@pluspictures.dk 


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INVENTORIUM OF TRACES 

Stephen Quay & Timothy Quay 

In the Renaissance castle of Polish count Jan Potocki in Lancut, the modern traces of a past 

glory persevere and become visible again in the tones of Krzysztof Penderecki’s music and 

the Quay Brothers’ imaginitive animation. 







TVP Kultura 

Aleksandra Biernacka 

TVP SA 

Maria Nadolna 

17, J.P. Woronicza str. 


T. +48 22 547 6139 

F. +48 22 547 7583 

sales@tvp.pl 

www.tvp.pl 


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THE INVINCIBLES 

Mark Jeremy Kaplan 

In 1974, a brutally oppressive regime in South Africa was under worldwide condemnation. 

The Apartheid regime had ruthlessly crushed all opposition but was faced with isolation on 

all fronts. The white regime was desperate for the British and Irish Lions rugby team to tour 

its country and the tour went ahead in spite of the advice from the UK and Irish governments. 

What followed is possibly the most controversial rugby tour of all time, a tour that would 

convert household names into living rugby legends as, unexpectedly, a formidable Lions’ 

pack and a brilliant back line played the game of rugby as it had never been played before. 

Confronted by such a team, the mighty Springboks were humbled and they resorted to intimidation 

leading to the most violent fights to ever break out on a rugby field. 

The film mixes archival footage with in-depth interviews with players, coaches and selectors. 

It goes behind the scenes to reveal for the first time candid film footage shot by three of the 

British Lions rugby players themselves as they spent three months touring the country. 







WestPark Pictures 

Gloria Morris 

WestPark Pictures 

Gloria Morris 

22 Glenthorne Road 

London W6 0NG, UK 

T. +44 208 563 9393 

F. +44 208 741 7214 

gloria.morris@westparkpictures.com 

www.westparkpictures.com 


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THE INVISIBLE FRAME 

Cynthia Beatt 

In 1988 Cynthia Beatt and the young Tilda Swinton embarked on a filmic journey along the 

Berlin Wall into little-known territory. The film Cycling the Frame is now an unusual document. 

21 years later, in June 2009, Beatt re-traced the line of the Wall that once isolated West 

Berlin and Tilda Swinton returned to perform as the ‘cyclist’. The Invisible Frame depicts this 

poetic passage through varied landscapes, this time on both sides of the former Wall. The 

film raises questions of collective memory and healing, of how to capture history and the 

invisible on film. 



Production Company: Filmgalerie 451 

Production Contact Person: Frieder Schlaich 

Sales Company: Filmgalerie 451 

Sales Contact Person: Frieder Schlaich 

Saarbrücker Straße 24 

10405” 

Berlin 

Germany 

T. +49 30 3398 2800 

F. +49 30 3398 2810 

info@filmgalerie451.de 


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ISA HESSE RABINOVITCH – 

THE MOVIE GAME 

Anka Schmid 

The Swiss film pioneer Isa Hesse Rabinovitch followed unconventional paths all her life. 

The daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants, she grew up in Zurich. She married one of Herman 

Hesse’s sons. Influenced by the artistic work of her parents, she worked as an illustrator, 

a reporter and a photographer, always determined to maintain her independence. 

At the age of fifty, she began to make films. Anka Schmid presents her in the same artistic 

style: she intercuts archival material, with clips from the original works and interviews 

with companions, thus creating a shimmering and fascinating portrait of this extraordinary 

artist. 







Reck Filmproduktion 

Franceska Reck 





T. +33 1 4459 6353 




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THE ISLAND OF ROSES, 

TRAGEDY IN PARADISE 

Rebecca Samonà 

While Rebecca is expecting a baby girl, she decides to travel to Rhodes (Greece) with her 

mother, Erminia, to unravel the story of their family. 

Mother and daughter recall their last visit to Aunt Stella, who lived the last year of her life 

thinking she had returned to Auschwitz. Erminia and Stella were born on Rhodes, “The Island 

of Roses”, the capital of the Italian Dodecanese (1912-1943). 

Back on the island where she was born in 1938 to an Italian soldier and a Rhodian Jewess, 

Erminia reads her father’s diaries to her daughter. She recalls her parent’s love, her father’s 

opposition to the Nazi occupation during World War II and his deportation, the death 

of her mother’s family in Auschwitz together with the rest of the local Jewish community. 

With her, we discover the hidden story of the island’s Jewish community, destroyed in 1944. 

The journey of the two women starts in Brussels, where, with their cousins of Rhodian origin, 

the filmmaker and her mother Erminia celebrate Passover, the symbol of universal freedom. 






L’Altravista 

10 Francs 

Guy Knafo 



T. +33 1 4874 4377 

F. +33 1 4874 8265 




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ISRAEL LTD 

Mor Loushy 

The «Israel Experience» is the biggest Zionist project in over a decade. Its sole purpose is 

to create new allies for the State of Israel in times of crisis. To this end, the «Israel Experience» 

offers young Jews from around the world guided tours of the Holy Land. The film 

accompanies a group of young Americans on their intensive bus journey across a strong 

and righteous Israel. The marketing of Israel as such, juxtaposed against reality, reveals our 

need as a society to not confront our flaws. 







One Man Show 

Daniel Sivan 





T. +33 1 4459 6353 




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CANADA 


IT’S A TEEN’S WORLD: 

WIRED FOR SEx, LIES & POWER TRIPS 

Lynn Glazier 

What price do teenagers pay to be cool, hip and popular in a sexually-charged social world 

Whether it’s posting sexy photos and raunchy video on the net, ass-grabbing in the 

school hallway or spreading explicit gossip that shatters high school lives, harassment is 

commonplace, even acceptable. Through computer screens, inside all-ages clubs, with candid 

personal diaries and the teens’ own short dramas about sexual pressures, It’s a Teen’s 

World is an unflinching exposé of three culturally diverse groups of teens who share what 

it’s like to navigate a tangled web of sex, lies and power trips. 







Storyline Entertainment. 

Ed Barreveld 





T. +33 1 4459 6353 



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JAFFA THE ORANGES’ CLOCKWORK 

Eyal Sivan 

Jaffa, the Orange’s Clockwork recounts the visual history of the famous citrus fruit originating 

from Palestine and known worldwide for decades as “Jaffa oranges”. The history of the Jaffa 

brand is the history of this land. Examining the visual representation of Jaffa oranges, this 

film reflects on western fantasies of “the Orient”, the “Holy Land” and the State of Israel. It 

describes colonial covetousness, the processes of obliteration, nationalization and repudiation, 

and unveils the story of what was once both a common symbol and a common 

industry for Arabs and Jews in Palestine. 







Trabelsi Productions 

Osnat Trabelsi 





T. +33 1 4459 6353 




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JOAN BAEZ: HOW SWEET THE SOUND 

Mary Wharton 

In the first comprehensive documentary to chronicle the private life and public career of 

Joan Baez, this film examines her history as a recording artist and performer as well as her 

remarkable journey as the conscience of a generation. Filled throughout with breathtaking 

performances spanning her entire career, the filmmakers capture Baez in conversations 

with close companions and even in repose, making for a most intimate experience of unparalleled 

access. Joan is joined on screen by Bob Dylan, David Crosby, Roger McGuinn and 

Reverend Jesse Jackson, among others, each of whom illuminate aspects of her extraordinary 

life. The film is also rich in archival footage, detailing her controversial visit to North 

Vietnam and her close relationship with Dr. King, Jr. Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound is a 

stirring, emotional portrait that is not to be missed. 







Razor & Tie 

John Luneau 





T. +1 212 481 5020 

F. +1 212 481 5021 



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THE JUDGE 

Ram Landes & Ami Teer 

Few judges anywhere have confronted the challenges faced by Aharon Barak, the former 

Chief Justice of Israel’s Supreme Court. A survivor of the Holocaust, he knows firsthand the 

dangers posed by intolerance and xenophobia, and spent his career negotiating a delicate 

balance between Israel as a Jewish state and Israel as a democracy. Though often controversial, 

his rulings have become textbook cases for law students around the world. During 

his tenure, Barak never spoke to the media. Now that he feels his time is running out, 

he has agreed to bare his soul – the soul of a judge – on camera for the very first time. 







Koda Communications 

Ram Landes 

Cinephil 




T. +972 3 566 4129 

F. +972 3 560 1436 




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THE JUNGLE RADIO 

Susanne Jäger 

In the midst of the Nicaraguan rain forest “Palabra de mujer” broadcasts traditional music, 

personal greeting messages, and missing mule reports. But it is more than a small radio 

station: a focus on women lends the project its revolutionary social impact. In a country 

with wanton domestic violence, “Palabra de mujer” – in conjunction with the local 

women’s center – is a symbol for major social change to many people. The founder of the 

station, Yamileth Chavarría, uses radio broadcasting to provide a message of hope to her 

listeners. She has been threatened, but refuses to be intimidated: “If they have to shoot me 

down in front of the microphone, everyone will hear.” The author Susanne Jäger reveals the 

chauvinism of South and Central American society and a corrupt judicial system. Her film 

captures the spirit of the people involved and the unconventional methods used to fight 

for justice and equality. 






Arielfilms & WDR & 3sat 


Anne Hufnagel 



T. +49 221 920 690 

F. +49 221 920 6969 



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JUNIOR 

Jenna Rosher 

Women come and go... but a Ma is forever. Eddie Belasco is a 75-year-old Italian American 

who seems to have jumped from the pages of a Scorsese script. Except he lives with 

his 98-year-old mother, Josephine. Luckily, their senses of humor match their levels of irritability. 

Together they fight and laugh in equal measures as the difficulties of aging and 

living in a changing neighborhood catch up with them. Jenna Rosher deftly captures the 

bond between this odd couple and crafts a hilarious and touching portrait of growing old 

while staying young. 







Althea Films 

Jenna Rosher 





T. +33 1 4459 6353 




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JUST ANOTHER DAY 

Myrto Papadogeorgou 

When is it time to give up on your dreams and face reality Why do we deal with time as 

if it is the enemy of our dreams How come our lives are so different to those of our parents 

Since when does what you do for a living define who you are And what is more important, 

to try and maybe fail or to never try at all Wandering around the streets of New 

York, a Greek woman is looking for an answer to all these soul-consuming questions and 

a way out of her own personal crisis. An audiovisual essay on a day like any other… 






Myrto Papadogeorgou & Family 



10 Kalypsous Street 


T. +30 69 74 425 658 

justmyrto@hotmail.com 

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JUST TRIAL AND ERROR 

Alex Gabbay 

Consciousness defies definition. In order to look at consciousness – through the eyes of 

people whose work is closely connected to the subject – filmmaker Alex Gabbay invites 

a sculptor, two neuroscientists and a tech entrepreneur to explore the part consciousness 

plays in their respective fields. 

By exploring consciousness through the disciplines of neuroscience, art and technology, 

we take a closer look at what divides and connects us. Set against a lingering score by Wajid 

Hassan and with the witty use of visual material, the film creates its own narrative out 

of fascinating interviews 







Barefoot Films 

Alex Gabbay 





T. +972 52 363 3398 

F. +972 52 363 3398 




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K.O.R. – THE WORKERS’ 

DEFENSE COMMITTEE 

Joanna Grudzinska 

The film recounts the story of Poland’s KOR (Committee for the Defense of Workers), 

through the testimony and the archives of five founders and activists of the movement, engaged 

in the workers’ struggle against Stalinism. A contemporary political adventure that 

led to the creation of Solidarnosc, marking an entire European generation, and reaffirming 

values still threatened today: democracy, solidarity, the struggle for social justice and 

the ability to live together. 







Dérives. 

Veronique Marit 





T. +32 477 617 170 

F. +32 2 227 2239 




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K11 – CONFESSIONS OF A SEx TOURIST 

Puja Khoschsorur 

K11 – a synonym for a known Mecca of prostitution in Cambodia, shows the perpetrator’s 

side of sex tourism. Unaware of the hidden camera, a 44-year-old businessman openly 

talks about the tricks he uses to lure young girls into his hotel, while he ridicules new international 

laws that protect young sex workers. 

The director Puja Khoschsorur lived in Cambodia working for a local NGO in the 

monitoring, investigation and reporting of all forms of violence against women. 

A rare insight into a hidden multitude of Western men, realizing their perverted dreams 

without any fear of prosecution. 






Le Donja 


Andrea Hock 



T. +43 720 34 69 34 



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KALANDIA –A CHECKPOINT’S STORY 

Neta Efroni 

Over a span of six years, filmmaker Neta Efrony documented an Israeli military Checkpoint 

– on the road between East Jerusalem and Ramallah – that grew and expanded into becoming 

a terminal. The Kalandia Checkpoint does not separate Arabs from Jews; it separates 

Palestinians from Palestinians. 

The film is an authentic and disturbing testimony to the daily struggle of Palestinians who 

wish to continue their routine lives, on their way to work, education, medical care or religious 

rituals. 







Women’s Fund for Human Rights 

Susan Lourenco 





T. +972 52 363 3398 

F. +972 52 363 3398 




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524 

ROMANIA - FRANCE 


KAPITALISM – OUR SECRET RECIPE 

Alexandru Solomon 

Imagine if Ceausescu came back 20 years after he was overthrown and executed in Romania. 

The idea might seem absurd or bizarre – and indeed it is. But so is the post-communist 

reality the former communist dictator would encounter. The people who built capitalism 

in Romania are his nearest and dearest and they are actually the ones who are doing 

business with Western Europe today... 







Hi Film 

Alexandru Solomon 





T. +33 1 4459 6353 



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KARSH IS HISTORY 

Joseph Hillel 

Ernest Hemingway, Martin Luther King, Walt Disney, Einstein, Fidel Castro, JFK, Winston 

Churchill, Picasso, Glen Gould, Audrey Hepburn: we all know that single, most famous picture 

of every one of them. Behind the camera was the legendary photographer Yousuf 

Karsh. The film illuminates the multiple meanings ordinary people as well as critics, curators 

and philosophers attach to portrait photographs and – through the prism of these 

meanings – portrays the singular career of Yousuf Karsh the ultimate mythmaker. To be 

“Karshed” was a synonym for having attained the summit of worldly achievement. During 

his 60-year career, the 15,312 portraits he made rank him as one of the greatest 20th 

century photographers. 







PRODUCTIONS GRAND NORD QUÉBEC INC. 

Ian McLaren 


Jan Röfekamp 


Montreal 

Canada 

T. +1 514 844 3358 

F. +1 514 844 7298 



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433 

USA - ISRAEL - JAPAN 


KASHMIR – JOURNEY TO FREEDOM 

Udi Aloni 

The story of a new generation of young Muslim Kashmiris who, after years of armed resistance, 

decided to lay down their arms and start a non-violent resistance movement in 

the hope of finally achieving peace and independence. They strive for a renaissance of the 

Kashmiri tradition of religious and ethnic coexistence, inspired by Sufi culture. 







Dig the Movie LLC 

Sarah Kamens & Rafi Cohen 

Cinephil 




T. +972 3 566 4129 

F. +972 3 560 1436 



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SOUTH AFRICA 

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KENTRIDGE & DUMAS, 

IN CONVERSATION 

Catherine Meyburgh 

Described as “an intellectual expressionist” and “profoundly feminist”, her work has been 

exhibited the world over, most recently at the Museum of Modern Art in New York (2008). 

These two instantly likeable, giant figures of South African art meet to discuss personal 

artistic process and practice, their perceptions of beauty, painting, reduction, application, 

and the subjects and mediums that they choose. Their chat gives us a gentle insight into 

their work, thoughts and feelings, and a fascinating glimpse into the working reality and 

studios of artists who refuse to be button-holed by one genre or another. 







Pulp Films 

Jason Hoff 


Nazeer Achmed 



T. +27 21 465 4686 

F. +27 21 461 6964 




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568 

BELGIUM 


KICK ’N’ ROLL 

Bob Van Bob 

The Shinobi Riders are very zen boys and girls who play soccer on roller skates and compete 

for the world cup. We accompany them to San Francisco, clinging to trucks and skating 

down Chinatown, then on to the competition. The portrait of a microculture tinged with 

Manga aesthetics, the film offers a glimpse of an engaging group of teenagers, full of hope 

and talent, far beyond divisions of race, age, social origin, or sex. 







Des Airs Production 

Bob Vandenbroele 





T. +32 477 617 170 

F. +32 2 227 2239 



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FRANCE 

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KIDS GANGS IN RIO 

Soly Levy 

In 1993, Soly Levy made a film entitled Sons of the Wind, about the poverty of street kids in 

Rio de Janeiro and how they were being eliminated by police-organized death squads. Kids 

Gangs in Rio, his second film on the subject, shows just how alarming the children’s living 

conditions have since become. The number of kids living on the street is growing and a majority 

of them are employed as little criminal soldiers by drug dealing gangs. Highly sophisticated 

and extremely lethal weapons are used in clashes between the drug traffickers and 

the police, the army and rival gangs. At the end of the 1990s, there were an estimated 1,500 

children assassinated in Rio alone. Between January and June 2008, 3,000 young kids died 

there of gunshot wounds. For the whole of Brazil, an estimated 40,000 people have been shot 

dead every year for the past ten years. This film is based on accounts from drug traffickers, 

lawyers, politicians, anthropologists, historians and doctors. Their reflections help us to understand 

the social background which has led to this state of extreme poverty and violence, 

and what hope there is for the future. It also contains an extraordinary account of a dealer 

who heads one of the many sales outlets in the favela, but who began life as a lawyer. 






Purple Productions 

10 Francs 

Guy Knafo 



T. +33 1 4874 4377 F. +33 1 4874 8265 




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569 

USA 


THE KIDS GROW UP 

Doug Block 

Doug Block has captured much of his daughter Lucy’s life on camera. Now his only child 

is turning 18 and soon she’ll be leaving home for college. Lucy’s imminent departure is the 

springboard for The Kids Grow Up, a humorous and deeply moving first person look at father-daughter 

relationships, modern day parenting, and the looming empty nest. 







Copacetic Pictures 

Doug Block 





T. +33 1 4459 6353 



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KILLING GIRLS 

David Kinsella 

St. Petersburg, Russia. An abortion clinic that specializes in late term teenage abortions. 

Young girls arrive at the clinic through the back door, sometimes with their mother or a 

friend. But all of them will have to go through the procedure alone. Here, abortions are performed 

even when a pregnancy is in its seventh month. Killing Girls is a story about moral 

and economic choices in modern-day Russian society. It is the story of three girls who, at 

one point in their life, decided to end a late term pregnancy. It is the story of the doctor 

who performs these late term abortions. Through them we learn about the living conditions 

of the younger generation in Russia, those who dream of a glamorous western 

lifestyle but are condemned to live scraping for the money to buy a moment of happiness. 






David Kinsella Production 

Java Films 




T. +33 140 602 600 



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USA-SOUTH KOREA-FRANCE 

Current Affairs 

KIMJONGILIA 

N.C. Heikin 

For 60 years, North Korea has been one of the most isolated countries in the world, a totalitarian 

nightmare from which almost no images or stories escape to the Western world. 

N.C. Heikin’s fascinating, formally inventive film chronicles the experiences of a number of 

defectors who tell harrowing stories of concentration camps, mass famine, and seemingly 

impossible escapes. The picture they paint is alarming, even for those who keep well informed 

– a portrait of an entire nation forced to live in thrall, first to god-like dictator Kim 

Il Song and, after his death, to his son, Kim Jong Il. Both a query into the mass adoration 

of a cultish figure and a powerful testament to the human will to survive, Kimjongilia is a 

bracing reminder of how little we know about one of the most discussed countries on earth. 







Green Garnet Productions 

N.C. Heikin 

Visit Films 

Aida Li Pera 

Suite 806, 89 5th Av., 10003 

New York 

USA 

T. +1 718 312 8210 

F. +1 718 362 4865 

al@visitfilms.com 

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USA 

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KINGS OF PASTRY 

Chris Hegedus & D.A. Pennebaker 

Imagine a scene never before witnessed: sixteen French pastry chefs gathered in Lyon for 

three intense days of mixing, piping and sculpting everything from delicate chocolates to 

six-foot sugar sculptures in hopes of being declared, by President Nicolas Sarkozy, one of 

the best. This is the prestigious Meilleurs Ouvriers de France competition (Best Craftsmen 

in France). The blue, white, and red striped collar awarded the winners is more than the 

ultimate recognition for every chef – it is a dream and an obsession. The finalists, France’s 

culinary elite, risk their reputations and sacrifice family and finances in pursuit of this lifelong 

distinction of excellence. Similar to the Olympics, the epic contest takes place every 

four years and it requires that the chefs not only have extraordinary skill and nerves of steel 

but also a lot of luck. During the grueling final competition, chefs work under constant 

scrutiny by master judges and the critical palates of the world’s most renowned chefs evaluate 

their pastries. 

The film captures the high-stakes drama of the competition – passion, sacrifice, disappointment, 

and joy – in the quest to become one of the Kings of Pastry. 







Pennebaker Hegedus Films 

Frazer Pennebaker 


Jane Balfour 

122 Elgin Crescent, Flat 2 

London W11 2JN, UK 

T. +44 207 727 1528 



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407 

FRANCE 


KOKONOR 

Dorje Tsering Chenaktsang 

The Kokonor Lake and its shores have been inhabited for centuries by Tibetan nomads. Since 

its “peaceful liberation” by the forces of the People’s Liberation Army, China appropriated 

this highly symbolic territory. Since then, Tibetans have been pushed aside from any projects 

run by the Chinese government: agricultural, demographic, military and industrial. 

Since the 1990s, a new stake has emerged: tourism. Nomadic shepherds, who are the lakeside 

residents, have been set up on the shores of this sacred place for generations. Now, 

they find themselves deprived of the economic profit resulting from the tourist explosion 

in China, and they are reduced to taking their children dressed up in traditional costume 

to be photographed by the tourists in return for a couple of cents. 






Purple Productions 

10 Francs 

Guy Knafo 



T. +33 1 4874 4377 

F. +33 1 4874 8265 



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GREECE 

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KOSTAKIS MESSOGITIS. IN MEMORIAM. 

FOR DONATING HIS ORGANS, 

FOR DONATING LIFE 

Irene Annastassopoulou 

In 1989, 13-year-old Kostakis Mesogitis was the first Greek to donate all of his organs. His 

heart “travelled” to England and was transplanted into a 23-year-old Greek named Alexis. 

The kidneys, lungs and liver were transplanted in Greece. Twenty years later, Kostaki’s 

mother recalls the circumstances of her courageous decision to donate the organs of her 

son. In the film, Alkiviadis Kostakis, President of the Hellenic Transplant Organization, Nikolaos 

Hadjinikolaou, Metropolitan Bishop and President of the Bioethics Committee of the 

Church of Greece, Dr. Yiannis Papadatos, Head of Intensive Care at the Aglaia Kyriakou Children’s 

Hospital, Mrs.Varka-Adami, Professor of Law, and PASOK MP Yannis Diamantidis, who 

is himself a recipient of his sister’s kidney, speak in favor of the idea of organ donation. The 

documentary examines the different problems of organ donation in the case of a living or 

deceased donor. 








Panos Kouanis 



T. +30 210 373 3058 

F. +30 210 3707441 


www.parliament.gr 


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ICELAND 


KRAFTUR – THE LAST RIDE 

Árni Gunnarsson & Steingrímur Karlsson & 

Thorvardur Björgúlfsson 

The Icelandic rider Tóti (Thorarinn Eymundsson) is invited to compete in the World Championship 

for Icelandic horses in Holland. Due to Icelandic health regulations, he is forced 

to leave his extraordinary horse Kraftur in Holland. A true, dramatic story about a man and 

his horse. 







Skotta Film, Kukl, Mystery, Borgaraugl’sing 

Arni Gunnarsson 

Skotta Film 

Arni Gunnarsson 

Túngata 14 

Reykjavik 

Iceland 

T. +35 456 235 80 

F. +35 456 271 71 

skottafilm@gmail.com 

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LABOR OF LOVE 

Pol Sklavos 

On the 25th of August 2007, Mount Panio (the mountain of the god Pan), in southeast 

Attica, caught fire. On the same day, at the same time, all of Greece was in flames. 

There were only two fire-engines available and as a result the mountain and its forest 

were completely destroyed and volunteer fireman Vassilis Philippou died a few 

days later from fatal injuries sustained while fighting the blaze. The Mayor of Kalyvia 

and the town council did not give up and organized a campaign to bring life back to 

the burned area. Thousands of volunteers, in a truly amazing display of citizen mobilization, 

planted 25,000 trees. For twenty months, our film crew followed this organized 

effort and its result. Hope for the future emerged from this Labor of Love of 

the thousands of citizens and the example given, especially by the children. The effort 

continues... 



Production Company: Stelios Tatakis Productions 

Production Contact Person: Stylianos Tatakis 


Stelios Tatakis Productions 

Sales Contact Person: Stylianos Tatakis 


T. +30 210 9945 244, +30 69 32692313 

stelios@tst.gr 


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FRANCE 


LADS AND JOCKEYS 

Benjamin Marquet 

In a small village near Paris, 14-year-old boys and girls enter the training center for future 

lads and jockeys. For these young pupils, the transition from family environment to this new 

life is brutal. From the world of teenagers – flirting, mobile phones and Playstations – they 

enter a world where the comfort of the horses comes before that of humans. The film narrates 

the story of Steve, Florian and Flavien during their first year of apprenticeship. It ends 

as we watch the first race by Flavien which officially gains him entrance into the exclusive 

world of jockeys. 







Groupe Deux 

Daniel Marquet 





T. +33 1 4459 6353 



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THE LANCASTER AT WAR 

Stephen Saunders 

The Avro Lancaster has been described as the outstanding bomber of World War II. At a time 

when Hitler’s armies had spread across Europe, the heavy bombers were the only means 

of carrying the offensive back to the Nazi heartland. 

We detail the Lancaster’s capabilities and its exceptional service record, which included taking 

part in raids against the launch sites of ‘V’ weapons. Incorporating carefully researched 

archival and feature film material, with exclusive interviews, The Lancaster at War will appeal 

to those with an interest in military aviation and to all who appreciate the spirit and 

courage of ordinary people. 







ASA Productions. 

Stephen Saunders 

Espresso TV 

David Hooper 


Brighton BN1 3TS 

T. +44 1273 730 929 

F. +44 1273 299 403 




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GERMANY 


THE LAST CRUISE OF THE COLUMBUS 

Reinhard Joksch 

When the passenger liner Columbus left Bremerhaven in 1939, no one could have foreseen 

that it would end up sinking in flames into the Atlantic Ocean just six months later. Passengers 

of different nationalities – French, British, and German – all board the ship together. 

Soon, though, they are “enemies” and the passenger liner is stuck. Caught up in a difficult 

situation and unwilling to let his ship fall into British hands, the captain’s only option is to 

scuttle the Columbus. The 600-strong crew is quickly picked up by the American cruiser 

Tuscaloosa and interned across the US. Based on unique 16mm footage and numerous photographs 

taken by Richard Fleischhut, a top photographer who was on board, and the exciting 

stories of former crew members of the Columbus and the Tuscaloosa, the film shows 

what happened during – and after – the Columbus’s tumultuous final journey. 






Fokus Geschichte 


Anne Hufnagel 



T. +49 221 920 690 

F. +49 221 920 6969 



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THE LAST DAYS OF SHISHMAREF 

Jan Louter 

The last days of Shishmaref is a documentary about three Inupiaq families who are living 

just below the polar circle in Alaska. Within one or two generations their traditional 

lifestyle of subsistence will come to an end. By filming three families during their daily life, 

in winter and summer, a much bigger tragedy will become visible. For years the Eskimos 

of the settlement Shishmaref are living a nightmare: because of global warming their island 

will be swallowed up by the ocean. Underlying the story of the film is the clash of cultures 

and universal themes like identity and transcendence. 







Miroir Film 

Julia Kappelhof 



35 Swaledale Avenue, CW12 2BY 

Congleton 

UK 

T. +44 1260 270 790 



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ISRAEL 


THE LAST KRASUCKY 

Y.A. Krasucky 

My 94-year-old grandmother, Tosha Krasucky, only wants to die. But before she moves on 

to the next world, she needs to release a skeleton from her closet. Three years ago, she invited 

my father for lunch and while he was eating, she dropped the bomb and told him: 

“Alon’ile, you are an adopted child.” After being stripped of his past and his memories, my 

father suffered a psychosocial crisis. So my father and I decided to seek out our biological 

family. From Tel Aviv to Lodz, Alexander Krasucky looks for proof of his existence. 







Team productions 

Tami Grayinik 

Go2films 




T. +972 2 583 1371 

F. +972 2 583 5450 



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LAST SUPPER FOR MALTHUS 

Klaus Pas 

With one billion of the world’s population going to bed hungry at night, Last Supper for 

Malthus sheds light on our permanent food crisis. Famous 19th century political-economists, 

Malthus and Ricardo, confront their theories with captivating images and interviews 

from contemporary world leading experts, like Ban Ki-moon, Rajendra Pachauri, Jacques 

Diouf, Jean Ziegler and Olivier de Schutter. Through them, this balanced documentary focuses 

on our evolving diets, climate change and the use of food for fuel, but also considers 

the effects of the worst global economic crisis in history, before proposing a range of 

feasible solutions to solve world hunger. 







Turbulence Films 

Klaus Pas 





T. +33 1 4459 6353 




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CANADA 


LAST TRAIN HOME 

Lixin Fan 

China’s booming economy is largely based on exploiting the vast population of cheap labor. 

Sacrificing the poor for GDP growth, the country runs the risk of making millions of 

families separated and their children uneducated. These issues could all pose a serious backlash 

against the country’s ambitious goal. Last Train Home examines not only the individual’s 

fate within this chaotic social evolution, but also the country’s loss and gain in a 

race to be the world’s next super power. 







Eyesteelfilm 

Mila Aunng-Thwih 


Catherine Leclef 


Paris 

France 

T. +33 1 44 59 63 53 


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USA 

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THE LAST TRUCK: 

CLOSING OF A GM PLANT 

Steven Bognar & Julia Reichert 

The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant focuses on the workers of the General Motors Assembly 

Plant in Moraine, Ohio – which opened in 1981, and churned out an average of 280,000 

small trucks and SUVs a year – from the announcement a year ago that the plant will be 

closing, to its last day on December 23, 2008, just two days before Christmas. While the 

workers are shocked that they will be losing their jobs, we quickly see they are also losing 

much more: the pride they share in their work, the camaraderie built through the years, 

and the shared concerns about what their collective futures will hold. As the major industry 

in Moraine closes its doors for good, many see its demise as an indication of the changing 

American manufacturing landscape, which seems to be dying as products are increasingly 

being made elsewhere. The film offers a snapshot of a moment in America where 

we may be seeing the end of the blue-collar middle class. 







Community Media Productions 

Steven Bognar 

Home Box Office Inc. 

Dan Selig 

1100 Avenue of the Americas, 10036 - 6737 

New York 

USA 

T. +1 212 512 1266 

F. +1 212 512 5698 

dan.selig@hbo.com 


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SOUTH AFRICA 


THE LAST VOYAGE 

Riaan Hendricks 

Independent Filmmaker and Genadendal-born Hendricks takes a journey back into his past 

as his present becomes a complicated place; his father is dying of cancer, his mother is battling 

to keep the household together and the ghosts of yesterday are threatening to overwhelm 

the present. 

As he steps back, family secrets and long held injuries are revealed that, if the future is to 

be better then the past, have to be confronted. 






Riaan Hendricks 


Nazeer Achmed 



T. +27 21 465 4686 

F. +27 21 461 6964 



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LAST WORDS 

E. Lieshout & A. Hagers & R. van Brummelen 

This doc was shot on and off the set of the adaptation of La Possibilité d’une île, Michel 

Houellebecq’s first feature film as a director. While Houellebecq’s film depicts a future in 

which eternal life is possible, this documentary concentrates on the other storyline of 

Houellebecq’s book: that of lost love, never ending goodbyes and the “pure terror of 

space”. The writer/director, the actors and the crew of the feature film talk about these 

themes while futuristic scenes in post-apocalyptic landscapes are being prepared. Houellebecq 

speaks also about his fame and the reasons behind it. Last Words is a work of cinema 

by itself and already more a document then a documentary. 







Bonanza Films. 

Erik Lieshout 





T. +33 1 4459 6353 




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601 

USA 


THE LEGEND OF PANCHO BARNES 

AND THE HAPPY BOTTOM RIDING CLUB 

Nick Spark 

The Legend of Pancho Barnes chronicles the thrilling life and extraordinary times of aviation 

pioneer Florence Lowe “Pancho” Barnes, one of the most colorful and accomplished 

women pilots of the early 20th Century, a woman who made history. 

A charismatic figure immortalized in Tom Wolfe’s book The Right Stuff, Florence “Pancho” 

Barnes was one of the most important women in 20th Century aviation. A tough and fearless 

pilot, Pancho flew on Amelia Earhart’s wingtip, performed as a barnstormer, and made 

a name for herself as Hollywood’s first female stunt pilot in the 1920s and 30s. 

This is the story of a larger-than-life figure, a fully liberated woman in an era when few 

dared challenge convention — and the price one person paid for living outside of it. 






Nick Spark Productions LLC 



35 Swaledale Avenue 

Congleton, Cheshire, CW12 2BY, UK 

T. +44 1 2602 70790 



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LENINGRAD – THE MAN WHO SINGS 

Peter Rippl 

Leningrad were Russia’s most notorious rock band, their bandleader and singer Sergej 

“Shnur” Shnurov the country’s enfant terrible No. 1. Their weird mixture of polka, ska, punk 

and traditional popular tunes and lyrics won them a huge and loyal following around the 

world, until Shnur dissolved the band some time ago. So, the first film about Russia’s underground 

superstar will also be the last, packed with rollicking live footage and featuring 

the band members, its fans and opponents. We witness all but unanimous opinions 

on music, friendship, money, politics, language and business. Loaded with irony, vodka and 

curses, Shnur’s words and views on the world provoke just as much as they make everybody 

laugh. A throbbing party-film with a deep background! 







Best Before & Shnur’OK 

Peter Rippl 


Diana Karklin 



T. +49 30 4737 2980 

F. +49 30 4737 29820 




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GERMANY 


LET’S PLAY, BOY! 

André Schäfer & Ingmar Trost 

Back in December 1953, the 27-year-old Hugh Hefner published the first issue of Playboy 

magazine in Chicago, and the American system of values got muddled up forever. 

An entertaining evaluation of the broad impact of both Playboy magazine and the brand 

have had over the past 50 years. 






Florian Film GmbH 

SND Films 

Sydney Neter 

P.O. Box 15703 

Amsterdam 1001 NE, The Netherlands 

T. +31 20 4040 707 

F. +31 20 4040 708 

info@sndfilms.com 

www.sndfilms.com 

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LIFE FOR SALE 

Yorgos Avgeropoulos 

Can you imagine a water market A market where owners of water stock would buy and 

sell, while others would profit on its price without needing it What would life be like if 

all of the planet’s water resources, superficial or subterranean, the waters of rivers, lakes 

and glaciers, belonged to the private sector Life for Sale examines the biggest water market 

in the world, set up in Chile, where the country’s water resources do not belong to the 

state but to private individuals and one company can own an entire river and possess a 

mass of water as big as Belgium. A place where water has turned from a public good to 

property and a “water right” can cost as much as a house. 









Small Planet 

Anastasia Skoubri 



432 Messoghion Avenue, Athens 153 42, Greece 

T. +30 210 607 5711 F. +30 210 607 5715 

ykollias@ert.gr www.ert.gr 

Small Planet 

Anastasia Skoubri 

55 Pytheou Street, Athens 117 43, Greece 

T. +30 210 951 5295 

F. +30 210 951 5295 

info@smallplanet.gr 

www.smallplanet.gr 


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GERMANY 


LIFE IN PLASTIC 

Bertram Verhaag 

The fascination with and enthusiasm for plastic is as great as the list of problems, risks and 

studies associated with its use is long. Most types of plastic that we use every day are nearly 

non-degradable and, as time goes by, they release many of their often hormonally efficacious 

additives into the environment. Then, spread by wind, water or illegal waste disposal 

in the ocean, they occur throughout our entire planet – even in oceanic regions far 

removed from civilisation. Even today, polar bears and Beluga whales remain contaminated 

with plasticisers used in the 1960s 

and 70s. However, the most urgent and significant problem arises due to a certain property 

of plastic which was initially very sought-after: its high durability. 

Currently, the only solution lies in recycling: the process which Professor Michael Braungart 

seeks to revolutionize. If he had his way, everything would have to be re-invented: 

every material used must be non-toxic, and the individual components of a product must 

be separable from each other. Only in this form can they be re-used as a top quality raw 

material or returned to the disposal cycle as a degradable substance. 






Denkmal – Film GmbH & NDR Fernsehen & ARTE 

Denkmal - Film GmbH 


9 Herzogstrasse 

Munich 807796, Germany 

T. + 49 89 526 601 

F. + 49 89 523 4742 

mail@denkmal-film.com 

www.denkmal-film.com 

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LIFE SINKS THREE TIMES, RISES SEVEN 

AND NINE TIMES FLOATS ADRIFT… 

xuân-Lan Guyot 

She was repudiated; her child was torn away from her. She remained alone the rest of her 

life, taken in the storm of Vietnamese History. She died three years ago. According to tradition, 

we have exhumed her bones to clean them and then take them to her village. 

She was my Grandmother and I met her when I was 27... 







Sapotilles 

Xuân-Lan Guyot 

Sapotilles 

Xuân-Lan Guyot 

9 villa d’ESTE, Appt. 2214 


T. +33 6 63 67 50 83 

tgv834-sapotilles@yahoo.fr 


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GREECE 


LIGHT 

Nikos Theodorakis 

An allegorical story of light in audiovisual form that is interpreted in parallel different levels, 

based on the poem by the same name. A symbolic peregrination from the very first 

birth of light in the universe to the birth of its consciousness and its experience. The disclosure 

and the conflict between the advent of light, hidden in the darkness, leading to 

completeness in meaning and intention. A description of the bright side that is hidden in 

every inner or outer conflict, the chance for liberation from the darkness or prejudice, harshness 

and ignorance. In an era when meaning is sought after in easy profit and the accumulation 

of riches, the importance of light has been misinterpreted. The light instead… 

“Passed through the crypts of the heart and the mind, the Book of Life showed us the way 

to our inner light, so that the battle would not be blindly waged.” 

It still exists, even if we are plunged in darkness, we are missing it, and in every inner or 

outer judgment, it awaits to explore the nature “till every single thing is bathed in light”. 






Fine World Production 

Fine World Production 

Stratis Chatzielenoudas 

19 Kaningos Street 


T. +30 6977 859 784 

ofiokataramenos@gmail.com 

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LITTLE BRIDE 

Leslaw Dobrucki 

Our heroine stopped praying long ago. As a thirteen-year-old girl she was brought from 

her native Turkey to Germany to marry one of her cousins. This is how her childhood ended 

– she became the property of a husband who tortures and degrades her. She finally decides 

to flee, but must continuously be in hiding. Condemned by both families, she has no 

chance at a normal life, neither as a wife nor as a divorcee. The film is not a typical intervention 

reportage, but a poetic collage comprising documentary material, family photographs 

and children’s drawings. This individual life story reflects the stories of many other 

girls and women subjected to a patriarchal law still enforced by tacit consent in the multicultural 

societies of Western Europe. 













T. +48 12 294 69 45 

F. +48 12 294 69 45 




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LITTLE KNOWN WONDERS 

OF SYDNEY HARBOR 

Ben Cropp 

An exploration of world famous Sydney Harbor, examining the local sea life, shipwrecks 

and surrounding area. We discover plenty of unusual things to see and do underneath the 

magnificent skyline as marine expert Ben Cropp presents fascinating history and comes 

face to face with some unexpected wildlife. 

Diving into the waters of the harbor, Ben captures stunning footage of a range of animals 

including jellyfish, seahorses and turtles. We are also taken on a tour of the local artillery 

museum and spooky Quarantine Bay, where shiploads of passengers were kept prisoner. 

Ben also finds a range of Aboriginal engravings that surround the harbour. 

Little Known Wonders of Sydney Harbor is a journey into the unknown parts of one of the 

most recognizable harbours in the world. 







Ben Cropp Productions 

Stuart Scowcroft 

Espresso TV 

David Hooper 


Brighton BN1 3TS 

T. +44 1273 730 929 

F. +44 1273 299 403 



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LIVE SHOW 

Lena Vassiliou 

A small bar outside a provincial town. The kind of place where women are paid to 

keep men company. The customers, the owner, the dj and one of the women that 

works there share their stories with us, from their personal viewpoint. Lounta left her 

family and homeland in search of a better life; she has been doing this job for almost 

nine years. Is this job actually as frightening and difficult as we might think What 

could make a young woman choose to do this kind of work Who’s taking advantage 

of whom These are some of the questions posed by this documentary. 



Production Contact Person: Lena Vassiliou 

Sales Contact Person: Lena Vassiliou 

Agios Loukas, Aliveri 

Evia, Greece 

T. +30 22230 81188 

leniovasiliou@yahoo.gr 


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LIVING DOWNSTREAM 

Chanda Chevannes 

Based on the acclaimed book by ecologist and cancer survivor Dr. Sandra Steingraber, Living 

Downstream is an eloquent and cinematic feature-length documentary following Sandra 

during one pivotal year as she works to break the silence about cancer and its environmental 

links. 







The People’s Picture Company 


The People’s Picture Company 


1522 Davenport Road 

Toronto M6H 2H8, Canada 

T. +1 647 343 2647 

F. +1 647 342 2867 

chanda@theppcinc.com 

www.theppcinc.com 

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THE LIVING ROOM OF THE NATION 

Jukka Kärkkäinen 

The Living Room of the Nation opens the door into six Finnish living rooms, creating a poetic 

portrait. The film is a story of changes, loneliness, responsibilities and the unavoidable 

passing of time. The main characters are common Finnish people in different phases of life. 

Each of them is looking for something: human closeness, understanding or acceptance. 

The scale of events varies, but even the smaller and familiar ones position the characters 

in dramatic situations. These individual everyday experiences converge into a sensitive and 

momentarily surreal story of human life. 







Mouka Filmi Oy 

Sami Jahnukainen 


Heino Deckert 

Marienplatz 1, 04103 

Leipzig 

Germany 

T. +49 341 215 66 38 

F. +49 341 215 66 39 



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LONE SAMARITAN 

Barak Heymann 

As a tiny sect constantly in danger of extinction, the Samaritans have very harsh rules about 

assimilation. After Sophie Tzdaka and her three sisters left the community, one after the 

other, the family became subject to terrible physical and mental harassment by sect 

members. 

Director Barak Heymann (Bridge over the Wadi, Dancing Alfonso) follows Sophie, who is 

the youngest daughter as well as a TV personality, on a journey to her family’s open wounds 

in an attempt to understand who the real victim of their shattered home was. Lone 

Samaritan is a touching father-daughter journey, which raises universal issues of belonging, 

faith and identity, and forces its heroes to confront the difficult isolation of those who seek 

a personal path within a closed tribal world. 







Heymann Brothers 

Barak Heymann 


Ruth Diskin 



T. +972 2 672 4256 

F. +972 2 672 4210 

Ruth@ruthfilms.com 


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LONG DISTANCE 

Moritz Siebert 

Abiyot is one of several African long distance runners, trying to make a living and career 

in the United States. Once he was a promising member of the Ethiopian national team, but 

two years ago he left his country to start a new life. Weekend after weekend, he races with 

fellow African athletes in road races, competing over a few hundred dollars of prize 

money. The film follows Abiyot as he prepares for an important race. Every morning at the 

break of dawn he tirelessly trains in the empty streets of his Bronx neighborhood. In phone 

calls with his family back home, Abiyot tries to convince them and himself, that the running 

will pay off in the long term. A film about ambition and endurance in the working 

class of international athletics. 







National Film and TV School 


National Film and TV School 


Weichselstr. 38, 12045 

Berlin 

Germany 

T. +49 157 7386 8266 

moritz.siebert@gmail.com 


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LONGSTAY 

Maria Mok & Meral Uslu 

Willem is rushing about with a chainsaw and axe. Nothing strange about that, except that 

Willem is, as he says himself, a sex murderer. He is sawing wood within the confines of the 

Forensic Psychiatric Center in the south of the Netherlands, where he has been detained 

since 1974. Just like the majority of the 40 men in this institution for people whose psychiatric 

treatment in detention has ended, he has accepted the fact that he will never be 

released. Fifty-seven-year-old Frank has no particular desire to return to society, saying, 

“I know I’m dangerous; I don’t want any more victims.” In Longstay, a euphemism for life 

imprisonment, Frank, Willem, and several other inmates are filmed as they go about 

their daily business. In remarkably probing and candid interviews, they tell of their pasts, 

crimes, dreams, and loves. 







NCRV Television 

Maria Mok 

NPO/RNW Sales 

Kaisa Kriek 



T. +31 35 677 3561 

F. +31 35 677 5318 



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LOOKING FOR IOANNIS VARVAKIS 

Iannis Smaragdis 

“And isn’t it the same way with art God gives you a gift, and if you put it to good use, 

giving others love, goodness, joy and deep solace to the soul, the unmoved mover of 

the universe will reward you.” 

These words are heard during the filmmaker’s journey in search of the soul of his future 

film, following in his hero’s wake, across the Aegean Sea and far-flung regions 

of Russia. 



Production Company: Alexandros Film, 

Hellenic Broadcasting Corp ERT S.A. 

Production Contact Person: Helen Smaragdi, Yannis Kollias 







T. +30 210 6075 711 

F. +30 210 6075 715 



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LOST GENERATION 

Silke Kaiser 

The northern hemisphere seems virtually oblivious to the AIDS epidemic raging in South 

Africa, where one out of every five people are HIV positive and three million children have 

been orphaned by AIDS. The film focuses on two child-headed households, i.e, families 

where the parents’ death due to AIDS has forced older children to assume responsibility for 

their own and their younger siblings’ physical and emotional welfare. 







University of Film and Television Konrad Wolf 

Cristina Marx 

University of Film and Television Konrad Wolf 

Cristina Marx 

11 Marlene Dietrich Allee 


T. +49 33 1620 2564 

F. +49 33 1620 2568 

distribution@hff-potsdam.de 

www.hff-potsdam.de 

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LOUISE OF PRUSSIA – 

QUEEN OF HEARTS 

Georg Schiemann 

She was the Queen of Prussia, a bitter enemy of Napoleon Bonaparte, and a woman at the 

heart of European politics. She was beloved by her subjects, and her untimely death made 

her the icon of her country’s defiance of the French Emperor. A German poet called Louise 

the “Queen of Hearts” long before the title was given to Princess Diana. But who was she 

really What influence did she – a woman – really play in the politics of her time How 

did she become an icon of the fight against Napoleon And how did her death make her 

immortal through the cult that was to follow This film tells the whole story of Prussia’s 

queen. It is entirely based on diaries and letters written by Louise’s contemporaries, describing 

her and her surroundings. The key moments of Louise’s life are resurrected and 

brought to the screen. 






LOOKS Medienproduktionen 


Anne Hufnagel 



T. +49 221 920 690 

F. +49 221 920 6969 




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SWITZERLAND 


THE LOVE OF MUSIC 

Yusuf Yesilöz 

Three musicians – two women and a man – whose lives could not be more different. Yet 

many things link them: all three left their home countries, interrupting successful music 

careers, all three live today in Switzerland. 

Courageously, they seek their artistic identity in this new home, melancholy and disruption 

are their constant companions. They love music and it is music that binds them with 

love. All of them have found in their partners people with whom they not only share their 

life and love but also with whom they can further develop their musical work. Through 

strong, atmospheric images, writer and filmmaker Yusuf Yesilöz provides an intimate look 

into the lives of these artists, showing the multi-facetted and also contradictory situations 

they are experiencing in the strange, new homeland. 

A sensitive, insightful approach to passionate musicians and their new beginnings within 

the framework of migration. 






Reck Filmproduktion GmbH 

10 Francs 

Guy Knafo 



T. +33 1 4874 4377 

F. +33 1 4874 8265 



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THE LUCKY ONES 

Tomasz Wolski 

The field of obser va tion is lim ited to the seat of the Registry Office in Nowa Huta within 

its hours of oper a tion, or more spe cific ally to its three rooms. One of them is used to register 

births, the second one, deaths and the third one, wed dings. The obser va tion of the 

cli ents’ and clerks’ beha vior in each room unveils a pic ture of our every day life as well as our 

fate. 







Kijora 

Tomasz Wolski 





T. +48 12 294 69 45 

F. +48 12 294 69 45 




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SOUTH AFRICA 


LUNCHBOx BULLIES 

Nhlanhla Mthethwa & Nadiva Schraibm 

Despite comprehensive guidelines (Section 28 of the Bill of Rights), children in South Africa 

face more challenges to their health and wellbeing today more than ever before. 

Through frank and often heartbreaking interviews with children, Lunchbox Bullies highlights 

the difficulties that often lead to children bullying each other. A selection of bullies’ 

lives are chosen and examined, going beneath the surface of abuse, malnourishment and 

tragedy to starkly show the roots of violence in this society. 






Rina Jooste 


Nazeer Achmed 



T. +27 21 465 4686 

F. +27 21 461 6964 


www.encounters.co 

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THE MANUSCRIPTS OF TIMBUKTU 

Zola Maseko 

A film seen through the life of one of Africa’s greatest scholars, Ahmed Baba (Eriq 

Ebouaney). The written work and revolutionary attitude of this powerful black icon are an 

inspiration to all. By dramatizing periods in his life, the legend of Timbuktu becomes tangible 

and the manuscripts and their contents are brought to the attention of the world by 

an African director in an African context. 







Black Roots Pictures 

David Max Brown 


Nazeer Achmed 



T. +27 21 465 4686 

F. +27 21 461 6964 


dmaxbrown@mweb.co.za 



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NORWAY 


Lifestyles 

MARTIN THE GHOST 

Aslak Danbolt 

Twenty-eight-year-old Martin Hasle is multi-handicapped after a car accident 9 years ago. 

He suffered severe brain damage and can no longer move or speak, but he communicates 

through a computer he handles with his left thumb. He lives in a nursing home and is 100% 

dependent on help, 24 hours a day. But he does not get that, so most of his time he spends 

alone – waiting. All his friends have gradually stopped coming to visit, and the only people 

who do come are his parents, and social worker Bente, who seems to have her own 

agenda with Martin. 







Lillehammer University College 

Aslak Danbolt 

Aslak Danbolt Film 

Aslak Danbolt 

Storgata 65 H 

Lillehammer 

Norway 

T. +47 926 245 04 

aslak.danbolt@gmail.com 

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ME CLAUDIA 

Tomasz Wolski 

The most complete documentary on the famous Italian actress Claudia Cardinale. Giordano 

Bruno Guerri, a historian of European repute, has dedicated his interest as a scholar and researcher 

to the figure of Claudia Cardinale, one of the myths of world cinema. To that of 

spoken language his preference has fallen upon that of images, entrusting himself to the 

direction of Pasquale Squitieri. Guerri’s intent is to compare the public and private life of 

the Artist with the characters she played in the films directed by famous international names, 

alongside actors and actresses of the highest standing, films shot in countries of varied 

cultures, against a backdrop of the most significant events that have marked the politics, 

custom, and events over the last fifty years. This work thus sets out to conjugate the 

artistic and private life of this protagonist of our cinema, and currently also of theater, with 

the problems she had to face and the decisive encounters that marked her outstanding adventure. 

A sort of film within films, Godard would say. 






Oidè 

Rai Trade 




T. +39 06 3749 8341 

F. +39 06 3701 1343 




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AUSTRALIA 


MEET ΜE AT THE MANGO TREE 

Brian McKenzie 

A set of three stories, filmed in the Tamil Nadu state in Southern India. The first segment 

follows the tribulations of a man who scrapes a living with his street-side ironing shack. 

The second is of a young man who digs for crabs and wants to make it in his own village 

rather than in a big city. The final story tracks down a TV repairman returning to work after 

a long illness. His immense calm in a series of face-offs with disgruntled customers and 

constant power blackouts is nothing less than inspirational. A simple and heartfelt study 

of working routines and family life, each at its own pace. 







Santhana Films 

Naidu Santhana 

Santhana Films 

Julian Pang 

3/20 Kent ave. Brighton 

Melbourne 

Australia 

T. +613 959 618 82 

julian@pang.com.au 

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MEN FOR SALE 

Rodrigue Jean 

Men for Sale follows eleven sex-trade workers over the course of a year, recounting their 

struggle to survive alcohol and drug-related addictions, and also abuse, stigmatization and 

their troubled pasts. Trapped in a vicious circle of prostitution and drugs, they pursue their 

hardscrabble lives, knowing their prospects for the future are dim. An unflinching portrait 

that acknowledges all those whose existence society prefers to ignore. 








Madeleine Belsisle 


Johanne St-Arnauld 

3155 Cote-de-Liesse Rd., H4N 2N4 

St. Laurent, Quebec 

Canada 

T. +1 514 496 4134 

F. +1 514 496 1895 

international@nfb.ca 


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Category: Enviroment & Wild File 

THE MERMAIDS’ TEARS: 

OCEANS OF PLASTIC 

Sandrine Feydel 

Oceans are rapidly becoming the world’s rubbish dump. Every square kilometer of ocean 

now contains an average of 74,000 pieces of plastic. A “plastic soup” of waste, killing hundreds 

of thousands of animals every year and leaking chemicals slowly up the food chain. 

In Holland, scientists researching the decline of the fulmar bird found plastic in the stomachs 

of 95% of all samples; in Germany, chemicals leaked from plastic have been found 

to affect the reproductive systems of animals; while in California, conservationists are seeing 

increasing numbers of whales and dolphins die agonising deaths, their guts blocked 

with rubbish. What will be the long term impact of this “plastic pollution” Can anything 

be done to clean up our oceans 






Via Découvertes 

Java Films 




T. +33 140 602 600 


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MIKIS THEODORAKIS – THE COM- 

POSER OF POETS AND VISIONS 

FROM 1950 TO THE PRESENT 

Yannis Katomeris 

The life story of the great Greek composer. In a narrative which took eight months to 

complete, his daily heartfelt confessions paint powerful images, reflect his emotions 

and illuminate his intellect. Mikis, alone in front of the camera, takes viewers on a 

journey through time filled with passion, rebellion, vision, music and culture. His passionate 

and spirited recounting is brought to the screen through a combination of 

shots from the places where he lived and worked at a young age and dramatized 

scenes based on his descriptions. The film outlines his life in music, as well as his participation 

in the struggle for democracy during the50s and the 60s. 



Production Company: SKAI TV 

Production Contact Person: Elpida Kallinteri 


SKAI TV 

Sales Contact Person: Elpida Kallinteri 

2, Falireos Str. & Ethnarchou Makariou 


T. +30 210 4854 542 

F. +30 210 4854 538 

ekallinteri@skai.gr 


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FRANCE 


MINE, BEHIND THE SCENES 

Valérie Minetto 

A portrait of Mine Barral Vergez who has been making for 40 years costumes for the most 

famous Parisian cabarets and stages shows like the Moulin-Rouge, Lido, Comedie-francaise 

and Olympia. She has dressed up the most celebrated artistes of our time starting 

with Juliette Greco and Barbara. A star in the shadow at this particular time of transition 

since she is passing the business baton on to her successor... 






TS Productions 


Anais Clanet 



T. +33 1 5395 04 64 

F. +33 1 5395 04 65 



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THE MIRROR BRIDE 

Despina Pantazi 

The Pomaks live in the mountain range of Rhodope in Greece and Bulgaria. Throughout 

history, the Pomaks have been the victims of violence, the ultimate aim of which 

was to change their language, religion and physiognomy. But there is a custom, so 

well kept that it has survived through the ages. This wedding custom is still observed 

today in a small village in Bulgaria. One of the most interesting features of this peculiar 

wedding ceremony is the bride’s makeup. It takes hours to put on and at the end 

she looks like she is wearing a white mask decorated with sequins and spangles. 

Throughout the ceremony the bride holds a mirror in her hands. She stands outside 

her house, next to the groom, with her eyes closed, holding the mirror, while the entire 

village watches. 



Production Company: Ethnological Museum of Thrace 

Production Contact Person: Angeliki Yiannakidou 


Ethnological Museum of Thrace 

Sales Contact Person: Angeliki Yiannakidou 

63, 14 th May Str. 

Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece 

T. +30 25 510 36663 

F. +30 25 510 36663 

info@emthrace.org 

www.emthrace.org 


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GERMANY 


MISSION POSSIBLE – 

THE ART OF GREEN LIVING 

Beatrice Sonhüter 

William McDonough, an American architect, and Michael Braungart, a German chemist, 

are two academics who want to save the world. Rather than “save, abstain, avoid” they are 

proposing “intelligent production”. This thesis would have us do as the ants do: even 

though they account for four times the biomass of all humans on this planet, they are not 

a threat to it. They put all of the foodstuffs that they utilise back into the biological life cycle. 

This is where the cradle-to-cradle philosophy applies. If people could only return all 

products to biological or technical cycles after they have been used, then there would be 

no more rubbish – nutrients would be generated from waste. Are McDonough and 

Braungart simply daft greens, eco-romantic dreamers even, or is their concept actually feasible 

The film traces the ideas of both visionaries and shows the obstacles they are encountering 

from the waste lobby. 






Colonia Media. 


Anne Hufnagel 



T. +49 221 920 690 

F. +49 221 920 6969 



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MOLF-E GAND 

Mahmood Rahmani 

In this single-sequence documentary, Mohammad satirically talks about his childhood 

memories and his strong sixth sense (Molf-e Gand) during the Iran-Iraq war. With his beautiful 

power of expression, he turns his bitter sweet memories into eye-catching images 

which form and move before the eyes of the viewers. 







Mahmood Rahmani 





T. +98 21 228 63260 / +98 21 228 63261 

F. +98 21 228 58962 

sheherazad@smediaint.com 




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USA 


MONICA AND DAVID 

Alexandra Codina 

Monica and David explores the marriage of two adults with Down syndrome and the family 

who strives to support their needs. Monica and David embody childlike spirits with adult 

desires; they are aware of their need for assistance, but they are also capable beyond traditional 

expectations. Behind the couple’s blissful love are two mothers who struggled 

against an intolerant world and, with this wedding, realize a dream. 



Production Company: CineMia 

Production Contact Person: Ali Codina 

Sales Company: CAT&Docs 

Sales Contact Person: Catherine Le Clef 


Paris 

France 

T. +33 144 596 353 


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MONSTERLAND 

Jörg Buttgereit 

Monsterland journeys through time and around the world, exploring diverse monster types, 

from the origins of the latex monster in devastated postwar Japan to the aliens and serial 

murderers of 1980s American cinema, and on to the rise of King Kong’s digital descendants 

in the face of 21st-century terrors. A broad spectrum of monsters emerges that mirrors the 

range of our fears and longings. 

With the nostalgic gaze of a monster fan, Monsterland traces the history of the genre while 

probing the deep-seated human fear of, and longing for, violence and destruction. From 

this kaleidoscope of terror comes the sweet chill that only a true monster can send down 

one’s spine. 

With: John Carpenter, Greg Nicotero, Rick Baker, Joe Dante, Teruyoshi Nakano, Kenpachiro 

Satsuma, H.R. Giger, Shinya Tsukamoto, and Joe Coleman; and clips from: Halloween, King 

Kong, Godzilla, Alien, Tetsuo, Frankenstein, Virus Undead, The Howling, Monster X Strikes Back. 






Avanti Media GmbH 

SND Films 

Sydney Neter 

P.O. Box 15703 


T. +31 20 404 0707 

F. +31 20 404 0708 



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599 

USA 


MORE THAN SKIN DEEP 

Stan Kozma 

More Than Skin Deep reveals how the tanning craze was accidentally popularized by Coco 

Chanel, how pioneering medical trials for melanoma may revolutionize cancer treatments 

and how human skin colour evolved as a survival response. 

Using renown experts, dramatic personal testimony and re-enactments, More Than Skin 

Deep speaks to the struggles and hopes against this unpredictable and formidable foe. 






Z Film 





T. +44 1 260 270 790 



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USA 

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THE MOST DANGEROUS 

MAN IN AMERICA 

Judith Ehrlich & Rick Goldsmith 

1971: America is embroiled in the Vietnam war, a dirty war based on lies and deceit. A president 

is abusing the power of his office, ignoring the will of the people, congress and the 

courts. He promises peace while planning a war without end. 

One man, at the center of power, armed with a safe full of secret documents, leaks the 

truth about the Vietnam War to the New York Times. He risks life in prison to end the war 

he helped plan. His act of conscience and desperation triggers a Constitutional crisis, Watergate, 

the only Presidential resignation in history and finally helps end the war. Henry 

Kissinger called Daniel Ellsberg “the most dangerous man in America” And 3 decades later, 

he’s still at it. 







Kovno Communications 

Rick Goldsmith & Judith Ehrlich 


Jan Röfekamp 



T. +1 514 844 3358 

F. +1 514 844 7298 




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GERMANY 


THE MOST SECRET PLACE ON EARTH – 

THE CIA’S COVERT WAR IN LAOS 

Marc Eberle 

The Vietnam War was the most intensely televised war ever. However, next door in 

neighboring Laos, the longest and largest air war in human history was underway, which 

eventually made Laos the most bombed country on earth. The Secret War was the largest 

operation ever conducted by the CIA, yet to this day, hardly anyone knows anything 

about it. 

In The Most Secret Place On Earth, key players of the Secret War – former CIA agents, American 

pilots, Laotian fighters and war reporters – take us on a journey into the physical heart 

of the conflict: top secret Long Cheng, where the CIA built its headquarters in 1962. As 

the war dragged on, Long Cheng became the busiest airbase in the world and a major center 

for the global opium and heroin trade. The film reconstructs the gripping story of the 

operation and illustrates its relevance to current American conflicts. 







Gebrüder Beetz Filmproduktion 




15 Heinrich Roller Strasse 


T. +49 30 6956 6910 

F. +49 30 6956 6915 


www.gebrueder-beetz.de 

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MOSTAR UNITED 

Claudia Tosi 

Mensud fought in the Bosnian war, defending Mostar and the Old Bridge. Now that 

peace has returned and the Bridge has been rebuilt, Mensud is fighting against the new 

nationalist mentality. Torn apart and enraged by ethnical conflict, Mostar is more like two 

ghettos divided by a big boulevard, than the joyful Montmartre of the Balkans that it was 

before the war. From the pitch of the Velez football school, the legendary team of Mostar, 

Mensud teaches an army of kids the value of friendship and unity, but his son, Dzenan, one 

of his players, cannot stand this struggle any longer. 







Stefilm 

Edoardo Fracchia 

Stefilm 

Elena Filippini 

5B Via Galliari 

Torino 10125, Italy 

T. +39 011 668 00 17 

F. +39 011 668 00 03 

elena@stefilm.it 

www.stefilm.it 


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POLAND 


MOTHER 

Jakub Piatek 

Tables screwed to the floor. One hour, that must suffice for two weeks, sometimes even a 

month. The meeting room in one a Polish jail. On one side: husbands, sons, fathers; on the 

othere: children, wives, mothers. The film depicts the world of one of the mothers, her solitude 

and constant waiting. The film was produced as part of “The First Documentary” Program 

of the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing, the Andrzej Munk Studio, “The 

Young and Film”, the Polish Filmmakers Association, the Polish Film Institute and Polish Television. 













T. +48 12 294 69 45 

F. +48 12 294 69 45 



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ICELAND - USA 

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A MOTHER’S COURAGE: 

TALKING BACK TO AUTISM 

(FORMER TITLE: THE SUNSHINE BOY) 

Fridrik Thor Fridriksson 

The portrait of a woman who is desperately trying to understand the perplexing condition 

that controls her son. A journey through different countries and cultures, where every 

stopover opens a new path into the depths of autism – and places her son in a strikingly 

different perspective as it reaches the end. Autism has neither a known cause nor cure but 

it affects one child in every 150. The film deals with autism in a deeply comprehensive way, 

as the growing global issue it has become. 







Frontier Filmworks 

Margret Dagmar Ericsdottir 




New York 

USA 

T. +1 212 481 5020 

F. +1 212 481 5021 

andrew.herwitz@filmsalescorp.com 


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AUSTRIA 


MUEZZIN 

Sebastian Brameshuber 

Since the days of the Prophet Mohammed, the Muslim faithful around the world have 

heeded the muezzin’s call to prayer five times a day. Today, with “Idol”-type shows topping 

world charts, Turkey’s mosques have joined the trend. In cities and hamlets across the 

country, muezzins compete regionally for a chance to make it to the national finals in 

Ankara. This film follows the competitors as they experience the drama of competition in 

a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become the country’s best-known muezzin. In a 

world where Islam is all too often portrayed as somber and unchanging, this film presents 

the lighter side of one of the world’s great faiths and the mosque as a warm home for believers 

and nonbelievers alike. 







KGP Production 

Gabriele Kranzelbinder & David Bohun 

Cinephil 




T. +972 3 566 4129 

F. +972 3 560 1436 



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FRANCE 

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MURDER IN NEW YORK – MALCOLM x 

AND THE BIRTH OF AFRO-AMERICANISM 

Michel Noll 

In his short public career, Malcolm gave his pride to the black man. Very early on, he took 

the name of Malcolm “X”, since the letter X symbolized his lost African name. It was a political 

gesture in order to reject this past and re-connect black Americans to their African 

roots. On the 21 February 1965, while he was delivering a speech in New York to mark the 

opening of the “National Week of Fraternity” he was shot. Malcolm X had only just turned 

39. We know that the assassins were defenders of the “Nation of the Islam”, but who the 

commissioners were has never been established. This documentary looks at the serious 

leads explaining his assassination, while presenting the dramatic arc of his life and the impact 

of the contradictions of this outstanding personality. 







Solferino Images & Artedis 

Michel Noll 

ICTV 

Michel Noll 

17 Rue du Colisee 


T. +33 1 6403 7098 

F. +33 1 6403 7101 




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CYPRUS 


MURID 

Yeliz Shukri 

As a teenager, Chris abruptly abandoned his dream of becoming a fighter pilot to join 

a colorful yet reclusive Sufi sect led by the mysterious Sheikh Nazim. He then harbors 

a new dream of becoming an Islamic scholar. But the Sheikh has other, maybe 

grander, plans for him. A decade and half later, Chris, now known as Alauddin, lives 

in Germany, happily married to Fatima, the wife the Sheikh advised him to marry 

when he was 17, and working as a cook in the Sheikh’s restaurant. But despite his 

apparently problem-free lifestyle, Alauddin has begun to question whether the destiny 

alluded to by the Sheikh will ever materialize. He travels to Cyprus, the Shiekh’s 

home and spiritual headquarters, to find out. 



Production Company: Tetraktys Film Ltd. 

Production Contact Person: Stavros Papageorgiou 



Sales Contact Person: Stavros Papageorgiou 

95, Kyrenias Av. Flat 201, Aglantzia 

Nicosia, 2113, Cyprus 

T. +35 72 2337433 

F. +35 72 2339286 

tetraktys@cytanet.com.cy 

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MUSEUMS IN PARIS 

Ion Babeanu 

22 Parisian Museums to be discovered: the Tropical Aquarium at Porte Dorée; the Artcrafts 

and Trades Museum; the Fairground Arts Museum; the Bourdelle Museum; the Nissim de 

Camondo Museum; the Museum of Hunting and Nature; the 

Cognacq-Jay Museum; the Museum of Forgery; the Delacroix Museum; the Museum of 

Fans; the Immigration History National Museum; the Museum of Wonders and Magic; the 

Marine Museum; the Gustave Moreau Museum; the Perfumery Museum; the Post Office 

Museum; the Dolls Museum; La Roseraie du Val de Marne ; Victor Hugo’s House ; the Romantic 

Life Museum ; the Wine Museum; and the Zadkine Museum. 






Jufox 

10 Francs 

Guy Knafo 



T. +33 1 4874 4377 

F. +33 1 4874 8265 




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GREECE 


MUSICIANS OUTSIDE THE WALLS 

George Arpatzoglou 

The documentary deals with two musicians who concern themselves with different kinds 

of music and live in the countryside near Thessaloniki. It presents their artistic work and 

the wider environment in which they create. What are the limits of freedom for such an 

artist, what are the concerns for modern lifestyle, what are the sources of inspiration and 

what is their everyday life in the village, are some of the questions that build the frame of 

the film. The approach of the issue is based on a comparative presentation of these two 

artists, the differences or similarities of whom bring them closer to the eyes of the viewer 

and create a fertile place for contemporary dialogue within cinematic time. 







37a Kryoneriou Street, Sykies 

Thessaloniki 566 26, Greece 

T. +30 6977 518 625 

F. +30 2310 588 299 

g.arpatzoglou@gmail.com 

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MY BEAUTIFUL DACIA 

Julio Soto & Stefan Constantinescu 

My beautiful Dacia is a humorous essay on the Romanian odyssey from Communism to 

capitalism as seen from the perspective of one of Romania’s most charismatic symbols: Dacia, 

a simple and discreet automobile, but also a mirror of Romanian society. The film follows 

several Romanians, whose lives are interconnected by this humble car, thus showing 

the present transformation of Romanian society from past to present. Could this car be 

the answer to Romania’s social changes 







The Thinklab & Hi Films 

Julio Soto 





T. +33 1 4459 6353 




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435 

USA 


MY NEIGHBOR MY KILLER 

Anne Aghion 

Could you ever forgive the people who slaughtered your family In 1999, following the 

Rwanda genocide, the government began the Gacaca, open-air hearings with citizenjudges 

meant to try their neighbors and rebuild the nation. Tens of thousands of confessed 

genocide killers are sent home from prison, while traumatized survivors are asked to forgive 

them and live side-by-side. Filming over a decade in a tiny rural hamlet, Emmy Award 

winner Anne Aghion has charted the impact of the emotional journey to coexistence. 







Gacaca Films 

Anne Aghion 

Cinephil 




T. +972 3 566 4129 

F. +972 3 560 1436 



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MY SISTER TIKVA 

Vered Berman 

The film accompanies Professor Yair Tauman as he attempts to come to terms with a traumatic 

memory; the day his sister Tikva left for America and was told that she is not his sister. 

Tikva was born during World War II in Lithuania and was hidden by a Lithuanian family. 

She lived in Israel for a few years with the Tauman family as their daughter. Subsequently 

she was distanced, sent to live in the United States without her understanding why. 






Shesh Hafakot 

Go2films 




T. +972 2 583 1371 

F. +972 2 583 5450 




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CANADA 


MY TOxIC BABY 

Min Sook Lee 

A personal, introspective look at the chemical-laden environment we live in today, something 

filmmaker Min Sook Lee hardly thought about until Song Ji, her daughter, was born. 

BPA. Lead. Melamine. Lee brings us this intimate and alarming look at the numerous toxins 

found in baby products and a baby’s environment. As a new mom, Lee shares her anxieties 

as she struggles to protect her young daughter, Song Ji, from our chemical world. 







Storyline Entertainment 

Ed Barreveld 





T. +33 1 4459 6353 



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N.T.R. – NUCLEAR, 

NOTHING TO REPORT 

Alain de Halleux 

How does nuclear industry operate today, now switched from public service to the liberalization 

of energy trade Economy rules and rhymes with sub-contracting and cutting 

back on safety measures. Nuclear industry workers in France and throughout Europe verify 

on a daily basis that a zero-risk situation is unattainable ... their safety is also ours. Nuclear 

energy, bad news since the Chernobyl didaster, is center-stage once again. Its main 

advantage: it will help reduce the world’s CO2 emissions – but at what price 







Iota Production 

Isabelle Truc 





T. +32 47 761 7170 

F. +32 2 227 2239 




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NAIROBI LOVE STORY 

Maria Weber 

Margareth is a Kikuyu and Eric is a Luo. These two largest tribes of Kenya are engaged in 

an ancient cultural and political conflict. Their parents in particular are against their relationship, 

but they are still together, in spite of everything. Margareth is torn apart by an 

inner conflict: split between tradition and modernity, emancipation and submission, inner 

rebellion and the inability to act. Margareth’s and Eric’s dilemma is a universal one: will 

they find a way to overcome both the outer and the inner conflicts in order to live their love 

while still being allowed to grow as individuals 







Da Palmer Film 

Daniel Mahlknecht 

Da Palmer Film 

Maria Weber a 

Via Brennero 4/8, 39100 

Bolzano 

Italy 

T. +39 333 187 2587 

maria.weber@dapalmerfilm.com 

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NAKED CINEMA 

Vassos Georgas 

In the early 70s, Greek cinema entered a period of crisis. One of the aspects of this crisis 

was a lack of interesting subject matter, while one of the ways out of the crisis 

called itself “erotic cinema”. The Greek public was already familiar with the genre 

thanks to the abundance of foreign films distributed in the grind houses with an 

“adults only” rating. The Greek version came in many varieties. It also involved many 

people, behind and in front of the camera, who ruled the film scene for ten years, before 

some of them changed course, some choosing the easy route of the video comedies, 

others the more rugged path of hardcore pornography. Filmmakers and actors 

who made those films, together with individuals that can comment on them in a fascinating 

way, speak to the camera, their remarks intercut with clips from Greek porn 

films. From “soft-core” to “hardcore”, from the depiction of the naked body to cinematic 

sex, Naked Cinema winks knowingly to the viewer as it narrates the story of 

Greek erotic cinema and presents the wider socio-historical framework within which 

it emerged. 



Production Company: Yvone Roman Films 

Production Contact Person: Yvone Roman Tsochatzopoulou 


Yvone Roman Films 

Sales Contact Person: Yvone Roman Tsochatzopoulou 

71, Ippokratous Str. 


T. +30 210 3615 955 

F. +30 210 3615 980 

info@romanfilms.gr 


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GREECE 


NATIONAL PARK OF OLYMPUS 

Georgios Savvidis 

A nature documentary on the natural habitat of Mount Olympus, including the mountain’s 

endemic flora. 







Studio Savidis 

George Savvidis & P. Tzertzevelis 

Studio Savidis 

George Savvidis & P. Tzertzevelis 

2 Evripidou Street 

Veria 59100, Greece 

T. +30 23310 28903 / +30 6974 371 802 

fotovideo@mac.com 

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NATURE OF LIFE 

Craig Foster & Damon Foster 

Climate change is increasingly a tired old cliché, but told from an African perspective, the 

Foster brothers’ film is both refreshing and illuminating, focusing as it does on local and 

regional realities. They not only address the state-of-play on the African continent, but also 

look at uniquely African solutions to the problem and find answers in the very technologies 

that have taken us to the brink. So the team at the Centre for Sustainable Energy at 

Stellenbosch University reveal their ‘hot air’ farms that have the capacity to power entire 

cities; or the Darling Wind Farm Project, which feeds directly into the national grid. Sky kites 

on super tankers, viable, existing eco-villages, dye sensitized solar cells which enable buildings 

to generate their own electricity, and South Africa’s own electric car, the Joule are also 

revealed. The film’s intention is not simply to look for solutions, but rather to suggest a shift 

in behavior and consciousness – towards a more sustainable, nature-based sense of a balanced 

life. 







Foster Film 

Carlie Scheepers 


Nazeer Achmed 



T. +27 21 465 4686 

F. +27 21 461 6964 




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FRANCE 


NAURU 

Juliano Ribeiro Salgado 

A quiet island, lost in the Pacific Ocean. Nothing of interest, until the day a stroke of luck, 

in the form of phosphate, provided by the island’s coral core, led the country to incredible 

heights: in 1975, it became the second richest country per inhabitant in the world after 

Saudi Arabia... Only to plunge into ruins a few years later. 







Film Oblige 

Marc de Bayser 


Sanam Madjedi 



T. +33 1 5310 3399 

F. +33 1 5310 3398 



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THE NAZCA PLATEAU 

Simeon Idakiev 

This documentary is an attempt to reveal the secret of the pictures and geometric figures 

of the Nazca Plateau in Peru, as well as a story about Maria Reiche’s work – a remarkable 

woman who dedicated 40 years of her life to study them. 













T. +359 2 814 2390 

F. +359 2 943 6045 


www.bnt.bg 


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INDIA 


NERO’S GUESTS 

Deepa Bhatia 

P. Sainath, the Rural Affairs Editor of the Hindu newspaper, has taken upon himself the mission 

to reveal the severe agrarian crisis India is experiencing, a crisis that is generally ignored 

in both the local and international media. In the past 10 years, over 200,000 farmers 

committed suicide, many by drinking pesticide, as a result of economic hardship 

following the effects of globalization on Indian agriculture. 

Sainath and his colleagues are creating the national agenda, compelling a government in 

denial to take notice and act. Through his writing and the lectures he is giving around the 

country, he tries to propel change, making his readers and audience think about their social 

responsibility. 







Mistral Movies 

Deepa Bhatia 

Cinephil 




T. +972 3 566 4129 

F. +972 3 560 1436 



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THE NEW SHELTER 

xiaolei Zheng & Lin Li 

A terrible flood destroys the home of the AH family in a small village in China’s southern 

Guangdong province. Life has been a constant struggle for them, but this disaster turns 

their existence into a nightmare. Fortunately, AH Liang, his wife Xiang and their two children 

and dog find shelter in a neighbor’s unused shack. But they know this is a temporary 

situation. 

As they hesitantly embark on the almost insurmountable task of building a new house – 

their crop had also been destroyed, and they don’t have any source of income left – they 

will experience what solidarity or the lack of it can mean when disaster strikes. 







Solferino Images & Guangzhou TV 

Michel Noll 

ICTV 

Michel Noll 



T. +33 1 6403 7098 

F. +33 1 6403 7101 




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USA 


NEW WORLD ORDER 

Andrew Neel & Luke Meyer 

The film is a behind the scenes look at the underground anti-globalist movement. This 

growing movement targets the annual Bilderberg conference, and the 9/11 attacks as focal 

points in the alleged global conspiracy. Alex Jones, a celebrity radio host, and underground 

cult hero, is the main character of the film. The film chronicles Alex, and four other 

conspiracy theorists, on their ceaseless quests to expose the ‘massive global conspiracy’ that 

they believe threatens the future of humanity. 







SeeThink Films 

Tom Davies 





T. +33 1 4459 6353 



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CHILE 

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NEWS 

Bettina Perut & Ivan Osnovikoff 

News is an observational film. Using the fragmented format of a newscast program, it proposes 

a cinematic glance at the same reality depicted daily by the media. By means of a 

radical approach to journalistic and anti-journalistic facts, the film brings into play the ways 

in which collective truths are made. 







Perut + Osnovikoff Ltda. 

Bettina Perut 

Perut + Osnovikoff Ltda. 

Ivan Osnovikoff 

Los Abetos Sur 1117 

Santiago 

Chile 

T. +56 292 085 46 

info@perutosnovikoff.com 


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SWEDEN 


NIGHT WITCHES 

Gunilla Bresky 

In a tiny, fragile aircraft, the women of the 588th regiment risked their lives each night on 

bombing missions. Flying without parachutes so they could carry as many bombs as possible, 

blinded by enemy searchlights and fired on by German troops, the world’s only allwoman 

regiment logged even more flight hours than their male counterparts. Germans 

at the front dubbed them “witches of the night”. 

Gunilla Bresky introduces us to female Soviet fighter pilots in her fifth documentary on 

World War II. 







SVT 

Margareta Lidén 

SVT Sales 


KH-BVO 

Stockholm SE105 10, Sweden 

T. +46 8 784 7489 


www.svt.se 

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NINE YEARS LATER 

Yifat Kedar & Sari Ezouz 

When Danielle fled from her husband to Israel she was forced to leave her young son behind 

in Morocco. Nine years later, she returns to the land of her birth in order to win back 

custody over the boy. As she confronts her abusive ex-husband’s family and her own family 

divided by the Jewish and Islamic religions, she is caught in a whirlwind of Israeli and 

Moroccan bureaucracy. This film is a compelling account of a mother determined to win 

back her son, even if the odds are stacked against her. 







Eden Productions 

Edna Kowarsky & Elinor Kowarsky 

Cinephil 




T. +972 3 566 4129 

F. +972 3 560 1436 




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SWITZERLAND 


NOMAD’S LAND 

Gaël Metroz 

The young director, Gaël Métroz, takes the road alone, camera in hand, in the footsteps of 

Nicolas Bouvier. He discovers that the East is no longer the almost carefree land of the Fifties 

recounted in L’Usage du Monde: Iran in crisis, Pakistan shaken by tribal violence, the Taliban, 

civil war in Sri Lanka. This world seems to have disappeared under the veil of time. 

Disappointed, the director leaves the main road traced by the famous Topolino and continues 

on the small path with the nomads. In creating his own route, Gaël Métroz reveals 

the writer’s philosophy of travel. 







Tipi’mages Production 

Francine Lusser 


Sanam Madjedi 



T. +33 1 5310 3399 

F. +33 1 5310 3398 



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NOT LIKE MY SISTER 

Leyla Assaf-Tengroth 

Dalida married on her own terms – after revolts and three attempted murders. 

The Kerkatli family’s oldest daughter, Rim, was married off at age 13. Her little sister Dalida 

has decided that this will never happen to her. She wants to make her own choice – 

but it’s a risky decision. 

It all started with little Rim, who became a star at age nine in filmmaker Leyla Assaf-Tengroth’s 

movie Frihetsligan . After her big success she was able to go to school, but her family 

crushed her dreams, forcing her to marry her father’s cousin at the tender young age 

of thirteen. 

Rim’s little sister Dalida is uncommonly strong-willed and brave. She refuses to marry on 

her family’s terms. She breaks old patterns, ignores traditions and finally triumphs when 

she manages to marry the Lebanese, Christian man she loves. Dalida can never again return 

to her Syrian home village. 







Cadmos Film for SVT 

Leyla Assaf-Tengroth 

SVT Sales 


KH-BVO 


T. +46 8 784 7489 


www.svt.se 


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POLAND 


NOWHERE BLUES 

Bartosz Warwas 

Far, far away, in a small town beyond distant mountains and an enormous forest, Warkocz 

is trapped. Only Great Love can release him. While waiting patiently for it to come, Warkocz 

is combing his long beard which houses all his powers... 













T. +48 12 294 69 45 

F. +48 12 294 69 45 



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NUMB TIME 

Yannis Fragoulis 

Agia Fotini was built in 1973 opposite the archeological site of Ancient Mandinia. The 

architect, Costas Papatheodorou, wanted to demonstrate that Christian civilization 

was a continuation of the ancient Greek one, that it was influenced by the oriental religions/civilizations 

and that Byzantium was its continuation. Architecture creates its 

own discourse, i.e. its own narrative. The parts that, at a first glance, are totally foreign, 

tie in when someone considers the timelessness of history and, as a result, of the different 

civilizations. The icons progressed even further: they continued this vector of 

history, overtook Byzantium and reached Modern Greece with its heroes of 1821 and 

Papadiamandis. Together with the architecture, these icons were a representation of 

a cosmogony, but were replaced, after pressure was applied, by the architect who is 

also the hagiographer. The film introduces us to the history and philosophy of the 

church, and then shows us, in an artistic way, what the architecture wants to tell us. 



Production Company: Cultural Studies Center 

Production Contact Person: Yannis Fragoulis 


Cultural Studies Center 

Sales Contact Person: Yannis Fragoulis 

60, Evdoxou Str. 


T. +30 210 9012 987 

F. +30 210 9012 987 

ioanisfragoulis@gmail.com 


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RUSSIA 


NYARMA 

Edgar Bartenev 

The film is about the everyday life of the reindeer–breeders of the polar Ural Mountain region 

of Russia. The protagonist of the film is 17- year-old farmer Gosha, who, despite his 

relative ly young age, owns a rather large deer farm. A film portrait, a film-destiny of a man 

and the silent melody of mankind. 












Saint-Petersburg 190068, Russia 

T. +7 812 714 4592 

F. +7 812 714 0806 


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THE OCEAN WITHIN 

Sergio Damiani & Juliane R. Biasi 

Even crazy people can do extraordinary things. Pier Gianni Burreddu certainly has: he has 

sailed the Atlantic Ocean together with other people who suffer from mental illness, played 

his bass with dolphins and whales, and come through sea storms unharmed. Last but not 

least, he has been able to deal openly with his illness. The documentary tells the story of 

Pier Gianni’s journey across the Atlantic, from Cadice to the Antilles, on the “crazy boat”. Little 

did Pier Gianni imagine that the oceanic route was in reality taking him back home to 

Sardinia. During the journey, Pier Gianni relived his past; the tormented relationship with 

his parents, the mental illness, but also the vital force of his music. Landing in the new 

world he found the courage and the desire to return to Sardinia, where everything had begun 

many years before. 






Kuraj Film 

Vitagraph 




T. +39 05 126 7150 

F. +39 05 126 7150 



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GREECE 


ODYSSEA CORPORUM – 

BALLAD FOR NIKOS KOUNDOUROS 

Antonis Boskoitis 

“If you are unlucky and happen to meet him, you will meet a man-beast, a tender 

man, a man who tells you ‘If you don’t tear out the pity you harbor inside, you will 

never have a career!’ And he might add: ‘Why do you live And if you do live, what are 

your images Who are you Goodnight!’ 

An actor and collaborator of Nikos Koundouros 



Production Company: Mediavox 

Production Contact Person: Michalis Galanakis 



Sales Contact Person: Evi Lazari 

7, Dionisou Areopagitou Str. 


T. +30 210 3687 503 

F. +30 210 3614 336 

info@gfc.gr 



Mediavox galanakis 

Michalis Galanakis 

173, Agias Sofias Str. 


T. +30 2810 285316, +20 210 5145 258 

info@mediavox.gr 

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ODYSSEAS 

Vahagn Karapetyan 

How difficult is it to live in a country when you don’t speak the language How close can 

the ties become between Greeks and immigrants How can a common language free people 

from the shackles of borders, prejudice and fear of the “other” The students and teachers 

of the“Odysseas” School for Immigrants in Thessaloniki try to answer these questions 

by talking about the Greek language lessons that are offered at the school by volunteers, 

the more specialized goals of the teaching methods used, and about the activity of the 

school’s theater group. 





Karapetyan Vahagn 

Karapetyan Vahagn 

79 Monastiriou Street, 54627 

Thessaloniki, Greece 

T. +30 6988 206 620 

op-er-at-or@hotmail.com 


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OIL ROCKS – CITY ABOVE THE SEA 

Marc Wolfensberger 

“Oil Rocks” - behind the enigmatic name lies the first and largest offshore oil-platform ever 

built, a vast city in the middle of the Caspian Sea, built by Stalin in 1949. Sixty years on, 

the Oil Rocks is still operational. Just imagine: 300 kilometers of bridges, thousands of oil 

workers, hundreds of platforms, up to nine-storey buildings, a park and sports field, 

nothing less then an oil-rig Atlantis, only real. Combining archival footage from the Soviet 

era and exclusive new footage, the film tells the story of this timeless place and its inhabitants. 

It’s the first time a western film crew was allowed to film on the Oil Rocks since 

the site’s creation. 







Intermezzo Films 

Isabelle Gattiker 


Andrea Hock 


Vienna 

Austria 

T. +43 720 346 934 


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OIL SPILL: 

THE ExxON VALDEZ DISASTER 

John Akomfrah 

In 1989, the giant super tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef in Alaska’s Prince 

William Sound to create one of the biggest man-made ecological disasters of the 20th century. 

Eleven million gallons of crude oil killed whales and millions of fish and birds. The spill had 

a catastrophic effect on local communities, wiping out their herring fishery and severely 

depleting the Alaskan salmon industry. 

Twenty years on, this film retraces the catalogue of errors that led to the disaster and investigates 

the legacy of the spill and the lasting environmental damage to Prince William 

Sound. This powerful and haunting documentary features interviews with crew members 

aboard the super tanker on the fateful night, Exxon executives and Alaskan politicians, and 

the local fishermen and activists who had prophetically warned of disaster – and now lead 

the fight for justice. 







Smoking Dogs Films 

David Lawson 





T. +44 20 7221 7221 

F. +44 20 7221 7228 




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GREECE 


OLYMPUS, THE FAMOUS UNKNOWN 

Ioannis Beinas 

A journey full of colors and images on the highest Greek mountain, Mount Olympus. A journey 

that unfolds a beauty unknown to many people, the centre of which is man himself. 

A journey with a certain objective: a closer contact with the giant of the Greek mountains. 

Because the deeper we get to know it the more we will respect it and protect it. 







6 Kountouriotou Street 

Katerini 60 100, Greece 

T. +30 23510 25099 

iobeinas@yahoo.gr 

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ON THE EDGE OF HISTORY – 

MAJOR DIMITRIS KASLAS 

Yorgos Lagdaris & Costas Anestis 

Dimitris Kaslas’s heroic life begins along with the 20th century in Pouri, Mount Pelion 

and meets up with Greece’s contemporary history at key points. Asia Minor, the War 

in 1940, the Resistance, post-civil war Greece. A different view of the “hidden’’ Epic of 

1941. While Greece’s fate had been decided, a last heroic resistance appears on hillock 

731 against the Italians’ springtime attack. The Greek commanding officer on this “accursed 

hillock” is Kaslas. The film presents testimonies of surviving soldiers and documents 

from his unique archive. The real face of war as ordinary soldiers experienced 

it. The documentary chronicles the subsequent participation of Kaslas in the Greek 

People’s Liberation Army during the Resistance, the return of the “hero’’ and his marginalization 

by the post-war Greek state. 



Production Company: Lagdaris Production, Prefecture of Magnesia, 

Municipality of Zagora – Prefecture of Trikala 

Production Contact Person: George Lagdaris 



Lagdaris Production 


Stasi Toumpa Ano Volos, Volos 38500, Greece 

T. +30 24 210 43095 F. +30 24 210 43095 

lagdaris@otenet.gr 


Prefecture of Magnesia 

T. +30 24 210 70951-9 

www.magnesia.gr 


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SWEDEN 


ON THE BORDER OF DESPERATION 

Nima Sarvestani 

Fifty-year-old Tala and two teenagers, Rebwar (17) and Shahoo (18) are fighting against 

poverty and for a better life in Kurdistan in Iran bordering on Iraq. They are transporting 

petrol illegally over the border to Iraq at great risk of being caught or even shot by the border 

patrols. 

Shahoo’s friend Shadman (Tala’s son) was recently burned to death, at just fifteen years of 

age, while smuggling. He carelessly sought the heat from the fire, still with the gasoline 

tanks on. This terrible accident forced Tala to take her son’s place in the smuggling trade. 

Extreme living conditions are forcing them into this trade. It can seem absurd in relation 

to Iran and Iraq being among the oil richest countries in the world. 






Nima Film for SVT 

SVT Sales 


KH-BVO 


T. +46 8 784 7489 


www.svt.se 

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ON THE SUMMIT 

Elisavet Laloudaki & Massimo Pizzocaro 

A movie about Psiloritis, the mountain/symbol of Crete and the attraction its summit 

has upon people. Why do people climb to the summit of Psiloritis Is it for Zeus Or 

is it for the True Cross Is it for the panoramic view Or just the challenge “We will tell 

you.” Who Psarantonis, Thanassis the priest, two French hippies, shepherds, Sakelarakis 

the archaeologist, my aunt Elli, an extraordinary abbot, climbers – lots of people. 

Even a BBC crew... Each one carries his or her own “Cretan” perspective to the 

summit. It’s not so much that one can see the whole of Crete from up there; it’s that 

the whole of Crete is up there. 



Production Company: HappyAnt.tv 

Production Contact Person: Elisavet Laloudaki 


HappyAnt.tv 

Sales Contact Person: Elisavet Laloudaki 

1, Teftidos Str. 


T. +30 210 3412 687 

eli@happyant.tv 


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ONCE IN A LIFETIME 

Nicole Alexandropoulou 

It was almost 35 years ago when the first and most important radio show in Greece 

was born on national radio. It was – and it still remains – the show that brought rock 

and pop music to the Greek audience. The record decks were manned by radio producer 

Yannis Petridis. Back then he was a young man full of passion for music. His 

dream was to travel to every corner of the world through the music and lyrics he 

adored. Now he’s a member of the Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame, one of the biggest record 

collectors and a national guru for Greek Radio, who forever changed the way his audience 

listened to music. By following his life’s work and through his personal narrative, 

we get a glimpse of the social and political changes that have taken place in 

Greece over the last four decades. A fascinating musical journey, starting from his 

hometown of Piraeus, to the empty highways of Los Angeles and finally to the streets 

of San Francisco. 



Production Company: Libellula Productions Ltd., Cinegram S.A. 

Production Contact Person: Nikol Alexandropoulou, Vasso Patrouba 


Libellula Productions Ltd. 

Sales Contact Person: Nikol Alexandropoulou 

3, Dionisiou Aeropagitou Str. 


T. +30 210 9227389 

Nicole.alexandropoulos@gmail.com 

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ONE GOAL 

Sergi Agusti 

Sport as a bridge, icons of war converted into symbols of hope. 

A football team of young, passionate amputees from Sierra Leone, began a few years ago 

to chart a course towards peace and hope. In search of dignity, they are becoming admired 

athletes, giving incredible performances. Through the power and energy of their game and 

despite their disabilities, they have managed to become an example for their community 

and a new perspective on Africa. 






Sergi Agusti 





T. +972 52 363 3398 

F. +972 52 363 3398 




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511 

LEBANON 


THE ONE MAN VILLAGE 

Simon El Habre 

Semaan is leading a quiet life on his farm in the small village of Ain el-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 the same 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. 







Beirut DC 

Jad Abi Khalil 

mec film 

Irit Neidhardt 

16 Gabriel Max Street 


T. +49 30 6676 6700 

F. +49 30 6676 6699 

info@mecfilm.de 

www.mecfilm.de 

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GREECE 

O 


OPEN BOOK 

Stathis Reppas 

We follow the journey of Agathofron Nikolopoulos’s bequest of rare books from Paris to Andritsena, 

his home town. The donor’s kindness and the importance of the material, both 

in number and quality of books is presented in the narrative, and at many points reality 

as recorded in images attests to the fact that this donation makes the Andritsana library 

one of the most important in the country. 







17 Kanari Street, Ano Ilioupoli 


T. +30 6979 981 607 

stathisreppas@yahoo.gr 


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FRANCE 


OPEN SKY 

Ines Compan 

Puna, Argentina. Kollas natives suddenly find themselves in the center of national and international 

stakes because of their underground natural resources. Indeed, Standard Silver, 

a Canadian company, launches an ambitious project of an open-sky silver mine on the 

abandoned site of Mina Pirquitas, 4,500 meters high. This mine is to become one of the 

most productive ones in Latin America, with Standard Silver having the monopoly over the 

underground natural resources and also disturbing the fragile balance of the Kollas natives’ 

living habitat. The Kollas thus become victims of the globalization with this new mining 

boom associated to the decreasing metal exchange rate, the latter being essential to the 

technological development of our modern societies. 






Mosaique Films & Le Hamac Rouge Production 


Anais Clanet 



T. +33 1 5395 04 64 

F. +33 1 5395 04 65 



354 


605 

USA 

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ORGASM INC. 

Liz Canner 

In the shocking and hilarious documentary, filmmaker Liz Canner takes a job editing 

erotic videos for a drug trial for a pharmaceutical company. Her employer is developing 

what they hope will be the first Viagra drug for women that wins FDA approval to treat a 

new disease: Female Sexual Dysfunction (FSD). Liz gains permission to film the company 

for her own documentary. Initially, she plans to create a movie about science and pleasure, 

but she soon begins to suspect that her employer, along with a cadre of other medical 

companies, might be trying to take advantage of women (and potentially endanger 

their health) in pursuit of billion dollar profits. Orgasm Inc. is a powerful look inside the 

medical industry and the marketing campaigns that are literally and figuratively reshaping 

our everyday lives around health, illness, desire – and that ultimate moment: orgasm. 







Astrea Media 

Kiku Langford 

Roco Films 

Annie Roney 

80 Liberty Ship Way, Suite 5 

California CA 94965, USA 

T. +1 415 322 6471 

F. +1 415 322 6798 

annie@rocofilms.com 

www.rocofilms.com 


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SLOVAK REPUBLIC - CZECH REPUBLIC 


OSADNé 

Marko Škop 

The mayor of Osadné, Mr. Ladislav Mikuláško, is a political record-holder. He has held the 

position of village boss for a staggering thirty-six years. His spiritual counterpart, the Orthodox 

priest, Peter Soroka, has buried fifty people and christened two children over the 

past five years. The mayor and priest have decided to fight for the survival of the village, 

together with their wives who are their important shadow advisors... 







Artileria 

Marko Skop 


Heino Deckert 

Marienplatz 1 

Leipzig 

Germany 

T. +49 341 215 6638 

F. +49 341 215 6639 


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424 

USA 

O 


OUR CITY DREAMS 

Chiara Clemente 

The film visits the creative spaces of five women artists, each of whom possesses her own 

energy, drive and passion. These women, who span different decades and represent diverse 

cultures, have one thing in common beyond making art – New York. The artists profiled 

are Nancy Spero, Marina Abramovic, Kiki Smith, Ghada Amer, and Swoon. 







Di San Luca Films 

Chiara Clemente 

Cinephil 




T. +972 3 566 4129 

F. +972 3 560 1436 




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ITALY 


OUR FATHER 

Carlo Lo Giudice 

Our Father is an everyday story between a father, 88-year-old Vannino, and a son, 48-yearold 

Salvatore. A story full of love, care and devotion in a Sicily which by tradition wants real 

men in control of their emotions. However, they put love first of all and share everything, 

even their bed, semi-naked, to keep each other company. A simple and emblematic story 

that explores one of the most archetypal, strong and complex of human relationships. 






Carlo Lo Giudice 

Vitagraph 




T. +39 05 126 7150 

F. +39 05 126 7150 


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SWITZERLAND 

O 


OUR WORLD AT WAR – 

10 MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATIONS 

Jean Milligan David 

Five award-winning war photographers from the VII photo agency – James Nachtwey, 

Franco Pagetti, Antonin Kratchovil, Ron Haviv and Christopher Morris – and the ICRC united 

to bring individual stories of loss and suffering in war to the forefront of the world’s attention: 

women struggling to recover from sexual violence, families coping with displacement, 

and people victimized by gang warfare. The project also drew attention to the 

inspirational efforts, by ordinary men and women, to limit human suffering in some of the 

most violent corners of the world. 

This DVD features 10 multimedia presentations from eight war-affected countries. 







The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 

Vanja Baumberger 

ICRC 

Amélia Monteiro Morgado 

19 Avenue de la Paix 

Geneva 1202, Switzerland 

T. +41 22 730 2186 

amonteiromorgado@icrc.org 

www.icrc.org 


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USA 

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P-STAR RISING 

Gabriel Noble 

When Jesse discovers that his youngest daughter, Priscilla, can rap and perform, he sees 

redemption for his own failed music career and financial salvation for his family, and commits 

his life to making her a star. We follow the father-daughter duo through the grit and 

glamour of the music industry, capturing the daily struggles of a single parent raising his 

two children alone, and the sacrifices a child makes in order to make her daddy proud. 







P-Star Redemption 



Andrea Hock 


Vienna 

Austria 

T. +43 720 346 934 



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308 

FRANCE 


PABLO ESCOBAR: THE GREAT HUNT 

Renaud Fessaguet & Manolo D’Arthuis 

He was once the most wanted man in the world, controlling 80% of the global cocaine 

market and running one of the greatest crime empires in history. He had a personal fortune 

of $5 billion, a private zoo, his own army of soldiers and hardened criminals. For years, 

he defied the US and Colombian governments, killing thousands of people while at the 

same time generously donating to the poor. A myth in his own lifetime, he was transformed 

into an icon after his death. Even today, the fascination with Pablo Escobar continues. 

In this gripping new film, we reveal the true story behind the hunt for Pablo Escobar. Featuring 

unseen private footage and interviews with his family and the police officers who 

tracked him down and killed him, this is the definitive story of the rise and fall of Pablo Escobar. 






Tony Comiti Productions 

Java Films 




T. +34 634 869 646 

F. +33 1 4060 2649 



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ITALY 

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THE PALIO OF SIENA 

Emilio Ravel 

Each year the ceremony of the “Tratta”, or “Draw”, is renewed with the horses being matched 

with the 10 boroughs taking part in the Palio. A time-honoured tradition that is always 

experienced with a mix of trepidation and genuine passion. 





Rai Trade 




T. +39 06 3749 8341 

F. +39 06 3701 1343 




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229 

GREECE 


PANTELIS LAZARIDIS - DISJUNCTIONS 

Spiros Papadopoulos 

The film researches the multilayered activity of Pantelis Lazaridis, as a scientist and a professor 

of architecture, as a rector of the University of Thessaly in Greece, as a political figure 

and as a visual artist. The film traces Lazaridis’s work from 1960 to the present, focusing 

mainly on its political stigma, which traverses not only his political action but also his 

vision for a new, creative glance on everyday life through art. Lazaridis’s artwork, an 

archive of well classified image clippings selected from press and digitally processed and 

printed, uses technology and media content in order to state his opposition to the dominance 

of the current media culture. A series of constant shots taken from different cameras 

placed throughout his atelier are used as a narrative form of the documentary and, 

also, as a representation form of the multilevel character of his work. 







75 El. Venizelou Street 


T. +30 210 654 6539 

F. +30 210 651 1845 

info@spirospapadopoulos.net 

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IRAN 

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PARK MARK 

Baktash Abtin 

“Mark” is a homeless addict living on the streets of Tehran, stealing from donation boxes 

and sleeping in parks. He shares an interesting and alluring account of himself from his past 

as a drug dealer, husband, father and rich man in the United States, as we follow his story 

for one night. 








Baktash Abtin 




Tehran, Iran 

T. +98 212 286 3260 

F. +98 212 286 3262 



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FRANCE - BELGIUM 


PATHS OF MEMORY 

José-Luis Penafuerte 

Franco’s victims, since the recent opening of all archive materials regarding Franco’s 

regime, break the silence at last. Names, faces and lives reveal their secrets and plunge the 

audience back into what was one of Western Europe’s longest and bloodiest regimes. Memory 

rehabilitation takes us through a breathtaking process, encountering the 20th century’s 

darkest ghosts. 







Man’s Film 

Marion Hansel 


Sanam Madjedi 



T. +33 1 5310 3399 

F. +33 1 5310 3398 



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GREECE 

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PATHS TO HEAVEN 

Kostas Fikiris 

“...hope the voyage is a long one...” says the poet. We would add that it should also take 

place up high. And in this case both wishes are fulfilled. 

Greek mountaineers travel to the distant cultures of Hinduism and Buddhism in remote 

Nepal, into Everest national park and on the vertical icy slopes of Island Peak at 6,180m. 

Strolling “the paths of heaven”, as the locals call Everest, we come into contact with a world 

poorer in material goods, but richer in moral values. We come into contact with the highest 

peaks of the world. We come into contact with a philosophy of peace, compassion and 

respect for the natural environment, far from the noise and stress of Western civilization. 







Mountaineering Club of Kalamata 


Mountaineering Club of Kalamata 


East Center of Kalamata 

Kalamata 241 00, Greece 

T. +30 27210 97733 

F. +30 27210 44320 

kostasfikiris@yahoo.gr 


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243 

GREECE 


PATHWAYS THROUGH LOSS 

Danai Papadatou 

In September 2004, a traffic accident at the Maliakos Bay in Greece caused the death 

of 7 students and the injury of several others who were traveling from Farkadona to 

Athens to watch the Paralympics. The entire country was deeply affected and the 

community of Farkadona was profoundly traumatized. This documentary follows the 

emotional journey of the students and teachers who rode on that bus as they struggle 

to cope with their trauma. It also chronicles the psychosocial intervention undertaken 

by a team of psychologists who, for three years, collaborated closely with the 

school communities of Farkadona, which succeeded to effectively support their members 

and transform their pain into opportunities for growth. 



Production Company: Mediavox 

Production Contact Person: Michalis Galanakis 


Merimna (Society for the Care of 

Children and Families Facing Illness and Death) 

Sales Contact Person: Danai Papadatou, Kallia Armaganides 

2A, Papanikoli Str. 


T. +30 210 6463 467 

merimna@cs.ntua.gr 



Mediavox galanakis 

Michalis Galanakis 

173, Agias Sofias Str. 


T. +30 2810 285316, +20 210 5145 258 

info@mediavox.gr 

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PAx AMERICANA 

AND THE WEAPONIZATION OF SPACE 

Denis Delestrac 

The prospect of Earth being ruled from space is no longer science fiction. The dream of the 

original Dr. Strangelove, Wernher von Braun (from Nazi rocket-scientist to NASA director) 

has survived every US administration since WW II and is coming to life. Today the technology 

exists to weaponize space, a massive American industry thrives, and nations are maneuvering 

for advantage. Pax Americana tackles this pivotal moment. Are war machines 

already orbiting Earth Can treaties keep space weapons-free Must the world capitulate 

to one super-cop on the global beat With startling archival footage and unprecedented 

access to US Air Force Space Command, this documentary reveals the state of play through 

generals, space-policy analysts, politicians, diplomats, peace activists, and hawks. 







LOWIK&COPTOr PRODUCTIONS INC. 

Lucie Tremblay 


Jan Röfekamp 


Montreal 

Canada 

T. +1 514 844 3358 

F. +1 514 844 7298 



P 

580 

ARGENTINA 


THE PEDDLER 

Eduardo de la Serna & Lucas Marcheggiano 

& Adriana Yurcovich 

A man arrives at a village driving his rickety car. He suggests to the village authorities to 

make a feature film there. The villagers, including the authorities, would act in the film. The 

traveler only asks for lodging and meals until his film’s release a month later. The offer is 

accepted and the making of this film is the most important event in the village for a month. 






Adriana Yurcovich 

Adriana Yurcovich 

150 Malabia 

Buenos Aires 1414, Argentina 


T. +54 11 4831 0080 

el.ambulante.documental@gmail.com 

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USA 

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PENSIONERS INC. 


The average age of the employees at the Vita Needle Company, a needle and tubing factory 

near Boston, is an amazing 74 years. The Boss Frederik Hartmann swears by his 35 

working pensioners. In just five years they helped to increase the company’s sales by 100 

percent! These employees “hired for life” like Mary, Marion, Paul, Tom, Ann and Rosa, all 

between 75 and 96 years of age found a new home, feel happy in their community and 

are needed. They are loyal, have a strong sense of responsibility and are highly motivated. 

Rivalries or power struggles have no place in their lives. The free choice of working times 

and working hours leaves them enough time for grandchildren, doctors appointments or 

gymnastic. In their interviews, in a touching and endearing way, the elderly workers at the 

needle factory reveal their newfound sense of self-confidence. Full of joy and vitality, they 

describe how happy they are working together, and also talk about the dream they all 

share: to be able to climb up the steps leading to the production hall for as long as possible! 

Hartmanns innovative approach seriously questions attitudes in our society, which 

treats even people as young as 50 as being virtually incompetent. 













T. + 49 89 526 601 F. + 49 89 523 4742 




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587 

CANADA - GERMANY 


PERCY SCHMEISER, 

DAVID VERSUS MONSANTO 


Imagine that a storm blows across your garden – and that now, without your knowledge 

and without your consent, foreign and genetically-modified seeds are in your vegetable 

patch which you have nourished and maintained for many years. A few days later, representatives 

of a multi-national corporate group pay you a visit at home, demand that you 

surrender your vegetables, and simultaneously file a criminal complaint against you, resulting 

in a fine of €20.000 for the illegal use of patented and genetically-modified seeds. 

What’s more: The court finds for the corporate group! Yet you fight back... This short story 

is not science fiction but the bitter truth. It is also the true experience of the family of Percy 

and Louise Schmeiser in Canada, also winners of the Alternative Nobel Prize, who meanwhile 

have been fighting the chemicals and seed manufacturer Monsanto since 1996. 

Nowadays, nearly three-fourths of genetically-modified plants harvested worldwide originate 

from the Monsanto labs. This film is reassuring. Reassuring to all who fear that as an 

individual, no one would have any power to confront policymakers, large corporations or 

the business world. David vs. Monsanto proves the opposite. 













T. + 49 89 526 601 F. + 49 89 523 4742 



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PETITION 

Zhao Liang 

Since 1996 Zhao Liang has filmed petitioners who come from all over China to lodge complaints 

in Beijing about abuses and injustices committed by the local authorities. Gathered 

near the complaints offices, around Beijing’s southern railway station and living in most 

cases in makeshift shelters, the complainants wait for months or years to obtain justice. 

Peasants thrown off their land, workers from factories which have gone into liquidation, 

small homeowners who have seen their houses demolished but received no compensation. 

All types of cases are represented. Faced with the most brutal intimidation from the 

local authorities, the complainants who stubbornly continue despite everything find that 

their hopes are often in vain. Zhao Liang accompanied several of them, particularly a 

mother and her daughter, whose full story we follow over ten years. Petition was filmed 

right up to the start of the Olympic Games and shows the persistent contradictions of China 

in the midst of unprecedented economic expansion. 







Ina 

Sylvie Blum 

Ina 

Michèle Gautard 

4 avenue de l’Europe 

94360 Bry Sur Marne 

France 

T. +33 1 49 83 29 92 

F. +33 1 49 83 31 82 

mgautard@ina.fr 


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548 

CANADA 


PETROPOLIS – AERIAL PERSPECTIVES 

ON THE ALBERTA TAR SANDS 

Peter Mettler 

Shot primarily from a helicopter, filmmaker Peter Mettler’s Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives 

on the Alberta Tar Sands offers an unparalleled view of the world’s largest industrial, capital 

and energy project. 

Canada’s tar sands are an oil reserve the size of England. Extracting the crude oil called bitumen 

from underneath unspoiled wilderness requires a massive industrialized effort 

with far-reaching impacts on the land, air, water, and climate. 

It’s an extraordinary spectacle, whose scope can only be understood from far above. In a 

hypnotic flight of image and sound, one machine’s perspective upon the choreography of 

others, suggests a dehumanized world where petroleum’s power is supreme. 







Greenpeace Canada 

Sandy Hunter 


Andrea Hock 



T. +43 720 34 69 34 



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GERMANY 

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THE PICTURE OF THE NAPALM GIRL 

Marc Wiese 

In 1972, a photograph flashed around the world: it showed a nine-year-old Vietnamese 

girl, Kim Phuc, running for her life from a napalm bomb attack, her face contorted in pain. 

AP photographer Nick Ut won the Pulitzer Prize for his shot – and the click of his shutter 

saved Kim Phuc’s life. Thanks to the publicity, she was taken into a special clinic in Saigon 

and became the trophy victim for the Western media. Later, she was adopted by the Communist 

propaganda machine after North Vietnam won the war. Finally, she settled with 

her husband in the West and now lives with her family in Canada. The film presents the 

history of a world-famous photograph, how it came about – filmed at the original location 

– and its previously unknown background story. First and foremost it documents how 

a single picture can change the lives of all involved. 






WDR / Arte 


Anne Hufnagel 



T. +49 221 920 690 

F. +49 221 920 6969 




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502 

ARGENTINA - CANADA 


A PLACE CALLED LOS PEREYRA 

Andres Livov-Macklin 

In the impoverished and extremely isolated region of Northern Argentina known as “The 

Impenetrable”, the children of a tiny elementary school eagerly await an annual visit from 

their “Godmothers”: a charity mission from the city of Buenos Aires. When the “Godmothers” 

arrive, life in the hamlet of Los Pereyra changes completely. Both delighted and bewildered, 

the children learn many things from their cosmopolitan visitors, including a glimpse of privileged 

life and, perhaps, a realization of their own poverty. Subtle, sweet, often humorous, 

but also poignant, A Place Called Los Pereyra examines adolescence, charity and the clash 

of two worlds. 







Les Films du Chapeau! 

Hugh Gibson 

Les Films du Chapeau! 

Hugh Gibson 

1-931 Dovercourt Rd. 

Toronto M6H 2X6, Canada 

T. +1 416 580 2905 

F. +1 416 932 9924 

hugh.gibson@sympatico.ca 

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GREECE 

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A PLACE WITHOUT PEOPLE 

Andreas Apostolides 

A film about how the local population of Tanzania has been evicted to make way for 

the creation of the world’s most famous nature reserves. Set in the famous Serengeti 

and the Ngorongoro crater, the film explores how the parks came to be and how western 

perceptions about nature radically altered both the East African landscape and 

society. The film focuses on the people who “shouldn’t be there” not only because 

their voices are rarely heard but also because they are still being antagonized and excluded, 

while the tourist industry is rapidly depleting the area’s natural resources. 



Production Company: Anemon Productions, 


Production Contact Person: Rea Apostolides, Yuri Averof, Yannis Kollias 




Jan Rofekamp 

252 Gouin Blvd. East 


T. +1 514 8443 358 F. +1 514 8447 298 






432, Messoghion Ave., Athens 15342, Greece 

T. +30 210 6075 711 F. +30 210 6075 715 



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476 

GERMANY 


PLUG AND PRAY – OF COMPUTERS 

AND OTHER HUMAN BEINGS 

Daniel Münter 

Since antiquity, humankind has dreamed of creating intelligent machines. The invention 

of the computer and the breathtaking pace of technological progress appear to be bringing 

the realisation of this dream within our grasp. Scientists and engineers across the world 

are working on the development of intelligent robots. Yet the ultimate vision goes a lot further: 

the merger of man and machine, to throw off the biological shackles of evolution and 

finally make eternal life a reality. What are the promises being made by scientists What 

are the consequences for humankind Former MIT professor, Joseph Weizenbaum, has become 

one of the harshest critics of his colleagues’ visions of technological omnipotence. 

Unimpressed by a zeitgeist characterised by a seemingly unstinting devotion to progress, 

he keeps asking the same question over and over again: Do we need all this 






Mascha Film 


Anne Hufnagel 



T. +49 221 920 690 

F. +49 221 920 6969 



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GERMANY 

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PLUG ’N’ DRIVE 

Daniel Münter 

Turn the key and the only sound is a low hum. Press the accelerator and the sports car 

shoots forward powerfully and almost silently. In less than four seconds, the needle 

reaches the 100 km/h mark. This bullet is no normal car: the “Tesla Roadster” drives like a 

Porsche and yet only requires electricity from a plug socket. To charge the battery for 350 

kilometres costs just nine Euros. Models like the “Tesla” put the automobile industry under 

pressure: the price of oil is on a roller coaster, the carbon dioxide in exhaust fumes is 

killing the planet and the politicians are starting – despite the efforts of the automobile 

industry lobby – to set limits on consumption. Yet customers have thus far waited in vain 

for the big companies to produce electric cars. This film reports on the doers and visionaries 

behind this work and on their most important global projects. 






Längengrad Filmproduktion GmbH 


Anne Hufnagel 



T. +49 221 920 690 

F. +49 221 920 6969 




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230 

GREECE-CYPRUS 


PLUNDER FROM A BLEEDING LAND 

Takis Papayannidis 

Thirty-five years after the Turkish invasion of 1974, a Greek writer, Vassilis Vassilikos, 

visits Cyprus. There, he is confronted with the ravaged cultural heritage of the northern 

part of island that remains occupied. Monuments, archaeological sites, works of art 

were destroyed, pillaged and expatriated with a view to wipe out the evidence of a 

history that goes back to 3,000 BC. Antiquities smugglers trafficked this wealth to museums, 

institutions and individual collectors throughout the world. Greek Cypriots and 

Turkish Cypriots, torn from their homes, belongings and places of worship, unite in a 

joint effort to restore what was destroyed, to fill the emotional void and preserve the 

memory of their common homeland, thereby contributing to resolve the Cyprus problem 

which has remained, for many decades, at the heart of international diplomacy. 

Running time: 83΄ Year of production: 2009 

Production Company: Takis Papayiannidis, 

Cultural Ministry of Cyprus Republic, 

Hellenic Broadcasting Corp. ERT S.A., 


Production Contact Person: Takis Papayiannidis, Irene Gavala-Chardalia 



Sales Contact Person: Yannis Kollias 


T. +30 210 6075 711 F. +30 210 6075 715 




Sales Contact Person: Evi Lazari 

7, Dionysiou Areopagitou Str., Athens 11742, Greece 

T. +30 210 3678 500 F. +30 210 3648 245 

info@gfc.gr 


Takis Papayiannidis 

Sales Contact Person: Takis Papayiannidis 

T. +30 210 9842 272 papazan@otenet.gr 

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USA 

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PORTRAIT OF ABUSE 

Sara Ivey 

Imagine living in fear, not feeling safe in your own home, and imagine that the person you 

love is your greatest enemy. Yet, you blame yourself and tell no one – not even your family. 

Domestic violence is a global epidemic and is the leading cause of traumatic injury 

to women. More women are affected by domestic abuse than breast cancer. Between one 

quarter and one half of all women in the world suffer violence at the hands of their intimate 

partners. About 40-70 per cent of all female murder victims are killed by an intimate 

partner. 

Portrait of Abuse is a compelling and revealing story that delves deep into the psyche of 

both victim and abuser. Through interviews with actual victims and abusers, and dramatic 

re-enactments, the film offers practical advice from survivors, doctors, nurses, shelter 

advocates, social workers and prosecutors. 






AMS Pictures 





T. +44 1 260 270 790 




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142 

CHILE 


THE POWER OF SPEECH 

Francisco Hervé 

Hardy makes a living selling knickknacks on the buses of Santiago. But in 2005 a government 

announcement starts to trouble him: Chile will soon have a modern and elegant public 

transportation system, in which Hardy’s type of work will no longer be tolerated. So he 

gathers two thousand of his colleagues and together they struggle to survive modernity. 

They manage to have their case heard by congressmen and authorities, but their petitions 

do not achieve any real changes. In 2007 Transatiago arrives. And while Chile fails to change 

its precarious image, Hardy learns that modernity is not so much about changing reality 

as about changing its promotional image. 







Panchito Films 

Flor Rubina 

Panchito Films 

Flor Rubina 

GERONA 3450 - ÑUÑOA 

Santiago 

Chile 

T. +56 241 597 17 

flor@panchitofilms.cl 

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IRELAND 

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A PRAYER FOR THE WINDHORSE 

John Murray 

The Wind Horse is a mythical Tibetan creature which combines the power of the wind and 

the strength of the horse to carry prayers from Earth to the Gods. Every year, it is called upon 

by villagers living high on the Tibet-Nepal border to give them the courage and stamina 

to undertake a journey through some of the wildest mountain terrain in the Himalayas – 

an odyssey that defines almost every aspect of their earthly existence. Shot over three 

months in High Definition, filmmaker John Murray follows a family man, Kharma Tshering, 

as he guides his wife and children on one of the most hazardous human endeavors 

on the planet. They must escape their mountain home before the winter snows cut them 

off without enough food to see them until spring. On foot and by yak, their journey is always 

a race against time and weather. And for Kharma, this year’s journey brings unexpected 

personal tragedy. 








John Murray 


John Murray 

Barr an Uisce, Killincarrig Road, Greystones 

Co. Wicklow, Ireland 

T. +353 1 287 5394 

info@ctlfilms.com 

www.ctlfilms.com 


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GERMANY 


PRESTES MAIA – 

FREEDOM IN CONCRETE 

Jonas Ginter & Levin Peter 

Sao Paulo, 2007: Brazil is on its way to becoming an economic superpower. Right in the 

center of the metropolis of Sao Paulo with its 20 million inhabitants, at 911 Prestes Maia 

Avenue, stands a bastion of the underclass. It is a large and proud bastion, hosting 468 

squatter families on 22 floors; 1,379 inhabitants with 1,379 stories to tell. All of them have 

only one goal: to stay on. But the government has different plans. This is a film about Sao 

Paulo’s poorest people, struggling to find their place and stand their ground in a new, rapidly 

changing society. 











Heinrich-Roller-Straße 15 

Berlin 

Germany 

T. +49 306 956 6910 

F. +49 306 956 6915 


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425 

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THE PRISONER 

Asaf Sudry 

Finally released after years in prison, a sixty-year-old man must come to grips with the fact 

that his family has abandoned him. Forced to face his freedom alone, he discovers one day 

that he has a daughter. She is his one chance to make up for his past and achieve his final 

redemption. Told in true cinéma vérité style, the film highlights the difficulty faced by longtime 

prisoners adjusting to a world of freedom. 






Asaf Sudry 

Cinephil 




T. +972 3 566 4129 

F. +972 3 560 1436 




P 

454 



PRISONERS OF THE GROUND 

Stella van Voorst van Beest 

How to survive the dark Finnish winter In Prisoners of the Ground, Stella van Voorst van 

Beest takes us on a journey through Finland to the rhythm of the Finnish tango. In karaoke 

bars and dance halls, we meet people from all walks of life and get to know their life stories 

full of nostalgia and melancholy. Through this long, cold and dark season they dream 

of the ‘happy land’ as is featured in the popular tango song Saturnaa. And while they find 

solace in the tango, the snow outside slowly starts to melt. But when the sun finally breaks 

through, will these prisoners of the ground be able to reach the happy place they dream 

about 







Volya Films 

Denis Vaslin 

NPO/RNW Sales 

Kaisa Kriek 



T. +31 35 677 3561 

F. +31 35 677 5318 



386 


274 

GREECE 

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PROUD TO BE A SPARTAN 

Nick Bakis 

In celebration of the 2,500th anniversary of the Battle of Marathon, Nick Bakis and students 

at the Sparta College of Information Technology joined forces to produce this musical documentary 

on the History of Sparta in a Super Audio-Visual Experience entitled: Proud to 

Be a Spartan. 

This non-professional production takes a fresh look at the Spartathlon Race, reviving 

memories of the Battle of Marathon as it stops at archaeological sites and places of great 

natural beauty along the way, showing them in the light of the sacrifice of the 300 at Thermopylae. 

In seven minutes, this short but discerning marriage of images and music enhanced with 

features from the movie 300, excites its audience and captures the imagination inspiring 

awe and moving the mind. A veritable feast of sound and color set against the background 

of endless time, it takes you off to Thermopylae with Leonidas and his 300 men, while its 

melodies carry you back to Sparta in the company of the heroic Spartathlon runners. 





Nick Bakis 

Nick Bakis 

6 Agiou Ioannou, Kamares 

Sparta 231 00, Greece 

T. +30 6944 579 269 

nmpakis70@yahoo.gr 


P 

249 

GREECE - FRANCE 


PUBLIC ENEMY NO. 1: CARBON 

Nicolas Koutsikas & Stéphan Poulle 

Global warming has now become a frightening reality. The scientific community as a whole 

is rallying to try and avoid its most dramatic consequences. CO2 is Public Enemy No. 1. 

Should global warming continue at the prevailing rate, carbon dioxide could make our 

planet more and more inhospitable... Will mankind be able to limit its emissions of greenhouse 

effect gases, and at what cost Can the international community avoid the worst 

And what if global warming represented an opportunity for the future of our planet 

To answer these questions, scientists from such institutions as Meteo France, Ademe, the 

French Environmental Agency, CNRS and NASA have taken part in the preparation of this 

documentary film which, for the first time, brings together the specialists working for the 

future of our planet : Dr Pachauri, Peace Nobel Prize Winner, Todd Stern, the American negotiator 

on climate, Potochnik and Dimas, the European commissioners, Greenpeace, etc. 

Carbon helps us understand the present obstacles and the potential solutions and opens 

the debate on the future of our planet. 







Georama& BlueWing & 2d3D Animations & ERT S.A. 

Irene Gavala – Chardalia 



432 Messoghion Avenue 


T. +30 210 607 5711 F. +30 210 607 5715 


www.ert.gr 

388 


232 

GREECE 

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PUNAR 

Giannis Karypidis 

Fleshe’s command… 

Roma’s life 







United Lonely Artists 

Giorgos Misemikes 

United Lonely Artists 

Giorgos Misemikes 

7 Hatzikostanti Zoidi Street 

Komotini 691 00, Greece 

T. +30 6948 293 978 

nomadas70@yahoo.gr 


321 

FRANCE 

Q 


QUAPAQ NAN, VOICES OF THE ANDES 

Stephane Pachot 

A trail at the heart of the Andes, at more than 3,000 meters high: Quapac Nan, the Main 

Road, runs through the ancient Inca Empire. A network of 13,000 km of trails through 

Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. More than the remains of the mythical Inca civilization, the Quapac 

Nan is a symbol of a common identity that nourishes the dreams of inhabitants of Andean 

countries today: that of the revival of this unique cultural inheritance following several 

centuries of domination. Far from the cliches of mass tourism, their voices tell us about 

their lives, hopes and dreams, witnessing a different image of the Andes. 






Elki Communication 


Anais Clanet 



T. +33 1 5395 0464 

F. +33 1 5395 0465 




487 

GERMANY - POLAND 

R 


RABBIT à LA BERLIN 

Bartek Konpka & Piotr Rosolowski 

The untold story of wild rabbits which lived between the Berlin Walls. For 28 years, Death 

Zone was their safest home. Full of grass, no predators, guards protecting them from human 

disturbance. They were enclosed but happy. When their population grew to thousands, 

the guards started to remove them. But the rabbits survived and stayed there. Unfortunately 

one day the wall was torn down. The rabbits had to abandon their comfortable habitat. 

They moved to West Berlin and have been living there in a few colonies since then. They 

are still learning how to live in the free world, the same as we – the citizens of Eastern Europe. 







MS Films & ma.ja.de. filmproduktion & RBB/ARTE 

Anna Wydra 


Heino Deckert 

1 Marienplatz 


T. +49 341 215 6638 

F. +49 341 215 6639 




R 

596 

FRANCE 


THE RACE FOR URANIUM 

Patrick Forestier 

Uranium, used to provide nuclear energy, has become one of the most coveted materials 

in the world. It’s a resource that will become even more valuable in the future, with plans 

to build another 250 nuclear powerplants by 2050. In this exclusive documentary, made 

by acclaimed director Patrick Forestier for Canal+, we report on the struggle to secure 

Africa’s uranium. For the first time, cameras were allowed inside Congo’s Shinkolobwe mine, 

which provided the uranium for the atomic bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Also filming 

in Niger, we expose the secret deals and trace the illegal traffic in Africa’s uranium. 






Tac Presse 

Java Films 




T. +34 634 869 646 

F. +33 1 4060 2649 



394 


180 

ITALY 

R 


RADIO EGNATIA 

Davide Barletti 

A Neapolitan artist with nomadic leanings is the guide along a journey which, from Durazzo to Istanbul, 

follows the Egnatian Way, the ancient road which is a continuation of the Appian Way in the 

Balkans. The itinerary, which is marked at every stage by a chianca, a typical stone from Lecce, tells 

the stories of peoples and traditions, from Salento to Turkey, across the borders and the many cultural 

identities. The journey finds its voice in Radio Egnatia, an imaginary radio station whose program 

schedule is created by the mingling of sounds and real information from those places. 

“Radio Egnatia documents the living history of a secret identity of Mediterranean territories and people 

and of a group of men and women who have gone in search of it. The Egnatia Way, besides being 

a geographical name, is a place of the soul; the connective tissue of three thousand years of history 

spanning East and West. A ‘relational’ film, in a web of perceptions that is traversed by a 

sensitivity and culture which today could help free us from the constant fear of one another.” 







Fluid Video Crew 

Barletti Davide 

Fluid Video Crew 

Barletti Davide 

28, Prov.le Arnesano-Novoli 

Arnesano (Lecce), 73010 

Italy 

T. +39 347 366 7224 

F. +39 06 474 6081 

darvish@tiscali.it 


R 

426 

ISRAEL 


RAFTING TO BOMBAY 

Erez Laufer 

When Erez Laufer accompanied his father to Mumbai to visit his childhood home, he never 

imagined that he would be caught up in one of the city’s most horrific terrorist attacks. Sixty 

years ago, his father and grandmother found refuge in India as they fled from the Nazis. 

Arriving on a raft, they found a magical land of elephants and spices which amicably hosted 

them until the end of the war. This is the story of past and present colliding in one family’s 

remarkable history. 







Erez Laufer Films 

Erez Laufer 

Cinephil 




T. +972 3 566 4129 

F. +972 3 560 1436 



396 


499 


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THE RAINBOW WARRIORS 

OF WAIHEKE ISLAND 

Suzanne Raes 

A group of Greenpeace pioneers looks back on their activists’ life. Once the crew of the famous 

ship Rainbow Warrior bombed by French agents in 1985, now they are living together 

on Waiheke Island in New Zealand. Age causes them to take stock of their lives: have 

their ideals proven to be tenable, and what has their activist past achieved for the world 

and for themselves 







IDTV 

Ilja Roomans 


Jan Röfekamp 



T. +1 514 844 3358 

F. +1 514 844 7298 




R 

148 

GERMANY 


THE REAL WORLD OF PETER GABRIEL 

Dieter Zeppenfeld & Georg Maas 

In the beginning of the 80s, rock star Peter Gabriel composed his first political song Biko 

and started working with musicians from different parts of the world. The film tells the story 

of the journey Peter Gabriel took to his political and social engagement. It started with the 

foundation of Real World Records and led him to his innovative political initiatives for Human 

Rights, like Witness and The Elders. Peter Gabriel’s work combines philosophy, technology 

and art, while he tries to dissolve the line between “us and them” and to develop 

a positive vision of globalization. The film brings us in touch with the optimistic visions of 

one of the great artists of our time. 







SCHNITTSTELLE GmbH Cologne 

Astrid Vandekerkhove 

Doc & Film International 

Daniela Elstner 

13, rue Portefoin, 75003 

Paris 

France 

T. +33 1 427 789 65 

F. +33 1 427 736 56 

d.elstner@docandfilm.com 

398 


153 

DENMARK 

R 


THE RED CHAPEL 

Mads Brügger 

On the pretext of being a small theater troupe on a cultural exchange visit, “The Red Chapel” 

was given permission to travel to North Korea to perform at special events for selected audiences. 

But in reality the small troupe had no such intentions. Two group members, Jacob 

and Simon, were both adopted as infants from North Korea and raised in Europe. This 

is the story of their search for their biological roots and their attempt to perform in a world 

where humor and humanity are almost absent. North Korea’s 23 million citizens are ruled 

by the iron hand of their “dear leader”, General Kim Jong Ιl. The country has a history of 

starving its people, violating human rights and abusing and killing its handicapped citizens. 

The title “The Red Chapel” is a reference to a communist spy cell that operated in Nazi 

Germany under the name “Rote Kapelle”. 







Zentropa, DR International Sales 

Peter Engel 

DR International Sales 

Helene Aurø 

Emil Holms Kanal 20, 0999 

Copenhagen C 

Denmark 

T. +45 352 030 40 

F. +45 352 039 57 

heau@dr.dk 


R 

606 

GERMANY 


REDEMPTION 

Sabrina Wulff 

Redemption accompanies three young US deserters to Canada on the journey through their 

memories, leading them back to their time in the war; to the uncertainty of their own existence, 

through the maze of truth and deception, guilt and innocence, obedience and disobedience. 

It shows their attempt to leave one life behind and begin another… 







fieber film 

Mario Stefan 

fieber film 

Mario Stefan 

19 Baldestrasse 


T. +49 17 3982 0355 

F. +49 89 9734 5633 

Stefan@fieberfilm.de 

www.fieberfilm.de 

400 


500 

CANADA 

R 


REEL INJUN: ON THE TRAIL 

OF THE HOLLYWOOD INDIAN 

Neil Diamond 

Cree director Neil Diamond brings a wry and slightly mischievous wit to this insightful and 

entertaining documentary that traces the evolution of the powerful images of “the Indian” 

in Hollywood movies. These images have influenced the understanding (and misunderstanding) 

of North American Natives in almost every corner of the world and locked the 

North American natives into powerful stereotypes, from which they only recently started 

to break loose. With clips from classic and modern films, candid interviews with famous 

Native and non-Native directors, writers, actors, and activists, such as Clint Eastwood, Robbie 

Robertson, Wes Studi, Adam Beach, Graham Greene, John Trudell and Russell Means, 

as well as documentary sequences, where filmmaker Diamond guides us through the contemporary 

Native stereotyped and non-stereotyped landscape. Reel Injun is a smart and 

entertaining exploration of pop culture, America’s myths and Hollywood’s fantasies about 

the “Indians of the Wild West”. 







Rezolution Pictures 

Christina Fon 


Jan Röfekamp 



T. +1 514 844 3358 

F. +1 514 844 7298 




R 

598 

USA 


RETURN TO TARAWA 

Steven C Barber 

65 years on, WWII hero Leon Cooper returns to Tarawa, an islet less than three miles in 

length and half a mile in width, in the Pacific. It’s the site of the bloodiest war ever fought 

in the marine history. Thousands of soldiers died in a fierce gun battle on the Red Beach 

in 1943. 

The remains of more than 300 soldiers lie buried in unmarked graves, waiting to return 

home. And so does the unspecified amount of live ammunition. 

Exasperated by the “callous indifference” of US administration, the 89-year-old hero of six 

WWII battles decides to document it cinematically. Academy-award nominee and Golden 

Globe winning actor Ed Harris lends his voice to Return to Tarawa, the emotional journey 

and crusade of Leon Cooper. 






Vanilla Fire Production 





T. +44 1 260 270 790 



402 


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SOUTH AFRICA 

R 


REWIND 

Liza Key 

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was an extraordinary moment in our collective 

histories, a struggle to forgive, in which 21,000 victims told their stories and 7,000 

perpetrators confessed their crimes. To mark its tenth anniversary, South African composer 

Philip Miller used “shards” from the recorded testimonies – fragments of exhalations, intonations, 

moans, murmurs, gasps – to compose REWIND: A Cantata for Voice, Tape and 

Testimony. 







Scrawl 

Liza Key 


Nazeer Achmed 



T. +27 21 465 4686 

F. +27 21 461 6964 




R 

443 

CANADA 


RITUAL: THE SAMURAI 

OF THE SOMA NOMA OI 

Christopher O’Brien 

A stunning documentary journey into the last refuge of Japan’s once legendary warriors, 

the Samurai, whose spirit and traditions continue to be practised by the descendants of 

one of Japan’s oldest feudal dynasties, the proud men and women of Soma. They are the 

inheritors of one of the most spectacular traditional festivals in the world today; a unique 

and grueling training exercise designed to test the equestrian skill and endurance of the 

mounted samurai and his steed. 

The Soma Noma Oi is more than just a tradition. It is living history and the last bastion of 

authentic samurai culture. 







Nanban Productions 

Trevor Absolon 

Espresso TV 

David Hooper 



T. +44 1273 730 929 

F. +44 1273 299 403 



404 


183 

SPAIN 

R 


ROAD TO NAHR AL BARED 

Sebastián Talavera 

Road to Nahr Al Bared is a look at a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon through the testimonies 

of five refugees aged between 9 and 62. Yaser tells us that a fight broke out in the 

camp, home to 35,000 civilians. Nine-year-old Raed tries to forget everything that happened 

by taking care of his newly purchased calf. Israa wants to be a teacher. Mustafa is 

learning to weld; he wants to find a job as soon as possible to help his family. Ali is 62 years 

old and sends a message of peace to the world, despite having no fixed place to sleep each 

night. Around them, there is a desolate environment and a school as the epicentre and narrative 

thread. 

Running time: 52’& 68’ 






Un Perro Andaluz Producciones 

Sara Talavera 

Un Perro Andaluz Producciones 

Sara Talavera 

11 Lora del Rio, 41420 

Sevilla 

Spain 

T. +34 615 084 606 

F. +34 954 83 72 24 

stalaveras@gmail.com 


R 

400 

IRELAND 


ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE: 

JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY 

Dathaí Keane 

The final chapter of this series looks at one of the most powerful families in American politics, 

the Kennedys. The Kennedy story is a summation of the Irish-American experience. 

Kennedy’s ancestors came to America during the Famine, worked as laborers and got into 

politics through the saloon business. John F. Kennedy’s election in 1960 as the first, and 

only, Catholic President of the United States was a watershed moment in American history 

and the culmination of an epic journey that began three generations earlier in Co. Wexford, 

Ireland. Kennedy overcame religious, ethnic, and cultural barriers on the road to the 

White House paving the way for future candidates from minority backgrounds. 






Abú Media 

10 Francs 

Guy Knafo 



T. +33 1 4874 4377 

F. +33 1 4874 8265 



406 


316 

GERMANY 

R 


ROCK HUDSON, 

DARK AND HANDSOME STRANGER 

André Schäfer & Andrew Davies 

Rock Hudson was a virile screen idol who was the epitome of clean-cut masculinity. He 

was one of the first Hollywood celebrities to die of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, 

providing the killer virus with a famous face amidst the American AIDS paranoia 

of 1985. 2010 is not only the 25th anniversary of his death, but would also have been his 

85 birthday. 

The film investigates the many film roles Rock Hudson played, against the more intimate 

and private world of Roy Fitzgerald; between the heterosexual world of an obviously very 

male looking star and the dark side of forbidden sexuality as a closeted gay. 

Many film trailers, photographs, contemporary and new footage filmed at various sites connected 

to his biography are shown. Including many interviews with doctors in France and 

America, AIDS experts, close friends like Armistead Maupin, bestselling author, LGBT activists, 

film historians, journalists and former co-stars. 







SND Films 

Sydney Neter 

P.O. Box 15703 


T. +31 20 4040 707 

F. +31 20 4040 708 



R 

567 

BELGIUM 


ROCK ’N’ ROLL MISSIONARY 

François Grinnaert 

Patrick is a music scene resistance fighter: he keeps Rockabilly alive, and even brings it front 

stage at the Eurovision Song Contest. Rock attitude, whisky-beer and banana hair, his style 

disrupts the sanitized event, revealed with an unconventional look. While being an icon 

for the international press, he loses his voice before the competition: only his performing 

skills and will can save this Rock ’n’ roll missionary. 







Frakas. 

Jean-Yves Roubin 





T. +32 47 761 7170 

F. +32 2 227 2239 



408 


149 

SWITZERLAND-CANADA 

R 


ROCKSTEADY – THE ROOTS OF REGGAE 

Stascha Bader 

The documentary film Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae is a musical journey to Jamaica’s 

Golden Age of music. The film features the music and stories of the legendary singers and 

musicians of the Rocksteady era. They come together after 40 years to record an album of 

Rocksteady hits, to perform together again at an All-Stars reunion concert in Kingston, Jamaica, 

and to tell their story. 






Muse 

MK2 

Juliette Schrameck 

55, rue Traversière 75012 

Paris 

France 

T. +33 144 673 030 

F. +33 143 072 963 



R 

615 

ISRAEL 


ROSENZWEIG BORN TO DANCE 

Keren Ha kak 

Avigdor is a tap dancer. In 1939 his dancing saved is life. 

Today, he is 88 and lives in a retirement home. When Avigdor dances on the parquet floor 

of his room, he laughs until he’s out of breath, and with the last ounce of his strength he 

pushes his tired feet to do a few more steps. 

For Avigdor, dancing isn’t a hobby and it isn’t therapy. It’s the way to survive. 







Ma’aleh School of Film 

Tamar Perlstein 

Ma’aleh School of Film 

Tamar Perlstein 

20 Shivtey Yisrael 


T. +972 2 627 7366 

F. +972 2 627 7331 

tamarp@maale.co.il 

www.maale.co.il 

410 


488 

FRANCE 

R 


RUSSIA ALIVE 

Michel Noll 

Russia holds a good hundred protected reserves and nature parks that, until now, were kept 

from the public. They are distributed across an enormous expanse of land that has remained 

largely inaccessible, until today. Now a combined Franco-Russian team explores these natural 

treasures. Their expedition allows us to discover exciting wildlife that is both surprising 

and unexpected, flourishing in the many unexplored reaches of Russia. 

This first series consists of two independent episodes which each deal with particular Russian 

regions. The films offer a rich diverse and original investigation of the natural secrets 

of these lands and their flora and fauna. The captivating footage of plants, animals, and 

landscapes that dominate these regions are all the more magical as they are offered to us 

here for the first time. 

Episode 1: Tundra, Steppe and Coast 

Episode 2: Blue Gold, Russia’s Natural Treasure 







Solferino Images & Time Productions 

Michel Noll 

ICTV 

Michel Noll 



T. +33 1 6403 7098 

F. +33 1 6403 7101 




R 

557 

RUSSIA 


RUSSIANS IN THE JEWISH SCHOOL. 

CLASSES OF TOLERANCE 

Iosif Trahtengerts 

A film about one of the four existing Jewish schools in Saint-Petersburg which is highly 

respected by Russian parents as well. In such a multicultural school, Jewish and Russian 

kids learn ancient Jewish culture, songs, folk dancing and national ceremonies, and celebrate 

religious holidays. They also visit “the Promised Land” – Israel. 

The film is complemented by many authors’ observations and reflections, with the humor, 

sometimes, growing into irony. 












Saint-Petersburg 190068, Russia 

T. +7 812 714 4592 

F. +7 812 714 0806 


412 


617 

SWITZERLAND 

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SAFE DELIVERY – TRADITIONAL 

BIRTH ATTENDANTS IN LIBERIA 

Bronwen Cowley 

As Liberia recovers from civil war, health workers and midwives are in short supply. When 

village women give birth, they are usually helped by a traditional birth attendant from their 

own community. This film tells the story of a training program, developed by the Liberian 

Ministry of Health and the ICRC, to improve the skills of traditional birth attendants. 

When the participants complete the course, they know how to help with normal deliveries 

and when to send women with problems to the nearest health center. 







The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 

Vanja Baumberger 

ICRC 

Amélia Monteiro Morgado 

19 Avenue de la Paix 

Geneva 1202, Switzerland 

T. +41 22 730 2186 

amonteiromorgado@icrc.org 

www.icrc.org 


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329 

SWEDEN 


SAVED BY THE ENEMY 

Thomas Lundström 

Tobias Rawet returns for the first time to Ravensbrück, the concentration camp in which 

he was held during the Second World War. 

There are today some 800 Jews in Sweden who survived the Holocaust, but only a dozen 

or so who have the strength and courage to talk about it. Rawet is one of them. 

He meets Rikard Fagot, a fellow inmate with whom he shared a camp bed at the age of 

9, sleeping head to toe, back in 1945. 

Rawet learns from the now 63-year-old Fagot the truth about why they, of all people, survived: 

that it was a high-ranking German civil servant in the Lódz ghetto who rescued 

them. Franz Seiffert, as he was called, managed to save a further 600 Jews before the War 

came to an end. 

Tobias Rawet now visits schools to tell students about his memories. 







SVT 

Margareta Lidén 

SVT Sales 


KH-BVO 


T. +46 8 784 7489 


www.svt.se 

414 


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S 


SAYED KASHUA – FOREVER SCARED 

Dorit Zimbalist 

“I’m scared of cars, of dogs, of snakes; I’m scared of airplanes, helicopters, tanks and soldiers. 

I’m scared of terrorist attacks. I’m scared of Jews, I’m scared of Arabs, I’m scared that 

some day, they’ll put us in refugee camps” (Sayed Kashua, Haaretz, 2002). 

Sayed Kashua always feels he doesn’t belong. The Jews don’t like him because he’s an Arab. 

The Arabs don’t like him because he’s successful. The Arabs think he’s a collaborator. The 

Jews think he’s a drunk. He’s always viewed as an Other – and he’s always scared. Sayed 

Kashua – Forever Scared accompanies Kashua, an Israeli-Arab author and scriptwriter, for 

seven years through the upheavals and events that change his life. This is an intimate yet 

political portrait of a writer who is also a loving husband and father of two. His family pays 

a heavy price for the choices he makes and the perpetual wandering from place to place, 

from nation to nation, belonging neither here nor there. 






Heymann Brothers Films 


Ruth Diskin 



T. +972 2 672 4256 

F. +972 2 672 4210 




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455 



SCHOOL FOR REALITY TV 

Wim Schepens 

The Dutch created the first formats for reality shows. Ever since, many ordinary people want 

to have their 15 minutes of fame and apply for a reality show. In New York the School for 

Reality TV runs courses to prep the perfect candidate. How do you stand out Do the candidates 

feel more authentic during the course than in real life And once you’ve made it 

through the audition, how do you resist the pressure and reap the rewards from this oncein-a-lifetime 

experience 








Swaze Hartog 

NPO/RNW Sales 

Kaisa Kriek 



T. +31 35 677 3561 

F. +31 35 677 5318 



416 


590 

USA - MExICO - BRAZIL - GERMANY 

S 


SCIENTISTS UNDER ATTACK 

GENENGINEERING IN THE MAGNETIC 

FIELD OF MONEY 

Tomasz Wolski 

In the early 90s the agro-chemicals multinational Monsanto introduced genetically modified 

plants into the market, which is the equivalent of an agricultural revolution for some 

that will solve all the world’s food problems. Others view these plants as an irrevocable destruction 

of the biodiversity of this planet that needs to be fiercely combated. 

Árpád Pusztai and Ignacio Chapela have two things in common. They are distinguished scientists 

and their careers are in ruins. Both scientists chose to look at the phenomenon of 

genetic engineering. Both made important discoveries. Both of them are suffering the fate 

of those who criticise the powerful vested interests that now dominate big business and 

scientific research. Statements made by scientists themselves prove that 95% of the research 

in the area of genetic engineering is paid by the industry. Only 5% of the research 

is independent. The big danger for freedom of science and our democracy is evident. Can 

we the public still trust our scientists 













T. + 49 89 526 601 

F. + 49 89 523 4742 




S 

504 

USA 


A SEA CHANGE 

Barbara Ettinger 

Imagine a world without fish: It seems inconceivable. 

But top scientists warn that such a catastrophe may in fact play out in coming generations 

unless widespread awareness is raised to stop ocean acidification. 

A Sea Change draws attention to this urgent but little-known crisis. It follows retired educator 

and concerned grandfather Sven Huseby back to stunning ancestral sites (Norway, 

Alaska, the Pacific Northwest) where he finds cutting-edge ocean research underway. His 

journey of self-discovery brings adventure, surprise and revelation to the hard science of 

acidification. 







Niiji Films Inc. 

Barbara Ettinger 


Jan Röfekamp 



T. +1 514 844 3358 

F. +1 514 844 7298 



418 


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SOUTH AFRICA 

S 


SEA POINT DAYS 

Francois Verster 

Lying on the coast of Cape Town – South Africa’s most segregated city – there is one public 

space where everyone does seem to come together: the Sea Point Promenade and Municipal 

Pools. Set between city and ocean, this beautiful strip of “everymansland” offers a 

quirky and often entertaining mix of class, race, gender and religion: a place where South 

Africans of all backgrounds can experience happiness together... But is all as it appears 

Sea Point Days presents an unusual and impressionistic record of life at Cape Town’s Sea 

Point Promenade and municipal pools, using largely cinematic vignettes to explore issues 

of belonging, integration, nostalgia, happiness and identity in an ex-white South African 

neighbourhood. 

Courtesy of the Director and Luna Films. 







Luna Films 

Neil Brandt 


Nazeer Achmed 



T. +27 21 465 4686 

F. +27 21 461 6964 




S 

247 

GREECE 


SEE 

Apostolos Gaitanis 

See presents the growing phenomenon of surveillance through the performance art of Raul 

Gschrey, a young German artist who is aware of the increasing number of CCTV cameras 

in his hometown Frankfurt. 

For Raul, the CCTV camera offers a stage on which people can change roles: from passive 

observed persons to self-empowered individuals who take active part in an interaction with 

them. He successfully manages to raise people’s awareness of surveillance and encourages 

the public to behave actively and consciously use his techniques. 

See echoes the Orwellian alarm of a despotic regime that continuously monitors its citizens 

and tries to exercise thought control. 

This is the nightmare view of the delightfully dastardly tomorrow that has already started. 







14 Theodorou Ziaka Street 

Grevena 511 00, Greece 

T. +30 6973 739 909 

apogaitan@gmail.com 

420 


463 

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SEE YOU AT THE EIFFEL TOWER 

Valentin Valchev 

Post World War II Europe: filmmakers Joris Ivens and Marion Michelle travel through Eastern 

Europe making a film about people, new life and hope. 

The present: Valentin Valchev sets out through post-Communist Eastern Europe, having 

promised 93-year-old Marion Michelle to revisit the places she had filmed 60 years earlier. 

A modern filmmaker’s examination of what it means to make films in Europe, then and 

now, and how film can be used to engage with people. 







Agitprop 

Martichka Bozhilova 





T. +44 207 221 7221 

F. +44 207 221 7228 




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589 

EGYPT - AUSTRIA - GERMANY 


SEKEM – BORN OF THE SUN 


In the year 2003 the Egyptian entrepreneur Ibrahim Abouleish experienced a big breakthrough. 

In quick succession, he received the highest awards offered by two global institutions 

that otherwise avoid each other like fire and water. 

In autumn he was awarded the Alternative Nobel Prize by the Right Livelihood Foundation 

for “Economy of Love” – his unique model of an innovative economy that impressively 

combines ecological, social and cultural developments with economic success. 

Only a few months earlier, the Schwab Foundation, organizer of the annual World Economic 

Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and an engine of economic globalisation, presented Ibrahim 

Abouleish’s corporate group Sekem to the world as a model enterprise of sustainable economy. 

How could a project evoke so much enthusiasm in such different institutions 







Denkmal – Film GmbH 






T. + 49 89 526 601 

F. + 49 89 523 4742 



422 


482 

GERMANY 

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SERGEJ IN THE URN 

Boris Hars-Tschachotin 

Charismatic, erratic, egocentric, almost forgotten... 

Sergej Tschachotin was a scientist of international repute, a friend to Pavlov and Einstein, 

revolutionary and pacifist. His private life was also eventful: five marriages, eight sons. 

Sergej in the Urn tells the story of Sergej Tschachotin’s epic existence – from 1883 to 1973 

– through the memories of four of his sons. Speaking openly for the first time, they tell 

of Tschachotin’s role as a cancer researcher, his participation in anti-totalitarian propaganda 

movements, and his crusade against the arms race. But each son also exposes his conflicted 

relationship with a colossal fatherly shadow. Filmmaker Boris Hars-Tschachotin, Sergej’s 

great-grandson, weaves together an intimate, tortured family saga that mirrors the myriad 

contradictions and possibilities of the 20th century. Seeking resolution, he attempts to 

reunite his scattered family in a small Corsican village to bury the ashes contained in Sergej’s 

urn. This story, however, like the painful period from the Russian Revolution to the beginning 

of the 21st century it describes, could ultimately split apart. 







Liquid Blues Production & ma.ja.de. filmproduktion 

Boris Hars-Tschachotin 


Heino Deckert 

1 Marienplatz 


T. +49 341 215 6638 F. +49 341 215 6639 




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399 

USA 


SEVERE CLEAR 

Kristian Fraga 

Severe Clear is based on the memoir by First Lieutenant Mike Scotti as well as video 

footage shot by him and other members of 1st Battalion, 4th Marines on the outset of the 

2003 invasion of Iraq. Through their cameras we see the raw images of war, capturing the 

harrowing three hundred mile charge to Baghdad through hostile enemy territory. The 

footage used to create Severe Clear was never shot for the purpose of making a movie. In 

this digital age of embedded reporters, the film truly strips the barriers between audience 

and soldier, personalizing the fear, moral conundrum and adrenaline rush of life on the battlefield. 

Severe Clear offers an unflinching look at the uncertainty, disorder and chaos of war 

from the remarkable perspective of one Marine. 







Sirk Productions 

Marc Perez 

Sirk Productions 

Marc Perez 

12 West 31st Street, 5th Floor 


T. +1 212 244 4934 

F. +1 212 244 5429 

perez@sirkproductions.com 

www.sirkproductions.com 

424 


526 

UK 

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SHANGHAI BELOW THE HIGH RISE 

Simon James 

A cutting edge documentary about Shanghai’s “underclass”; a group of millions, made up 

of both impoverished local residents and migrant workers. Although vastly different in 

background, their position on the margins of society has led them both to pay the ultimate 

price for the City’s ongoing development programme. Among the many conflicts explored, 

we see a backstreet neighbourhood ravished by an incomplete construction project; migrant 

workers forced into the city’s “hidden” economy; and former state employees left jobless 

and with limited future projects. 







Shatterproof Productions 

Lucy Lu 





T. +33 1 4459 6353 




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427 

USA 


SHOOTING WOMEN 


Shooting Women reveals the courageous lives of pioneer camerawomen from Hollywood 

to Bollywood, from war zones to children’s laughter, in a way that has never been seen before. 

Based on a book by Alexis Krasilovsky, the film tells the stories of camerawomen surviving 

the odds in Afghanistan, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Iran, Mexico, 

Russia, Senegal, the US and other countries, as well as exploring their individual 

visions. Interviews include top female Directors of Photography, such as Akiko Ashizawa, 

JSC (Japan), Joan Hutton, CSC (Canada), Brianne Murphy, ASC (USA), and Vijayalakshmi 

(India). 

Shooting Women celebrates not only the survival of pioneer camerawomen in a maledominated 

field, but a new generation of camerawomen’s visions. 







From the Heart Productions 


Cinephil 




T. +972 3 566 4129 

F. +972 3 560 1436 



426 


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S 


SHUNGU: THE RESILIENCE 

OF A PEOPLE 

Saki Mafundikwa 

Shungu follows the lives of ordinary people in Zimbabwe as their country experiences economic 

collapse and political crisis. Mabasa is a tenacious 32-year-old metalsmith with a 

young family whose life takes an unexpected turn when he discovers that he’s marked for 

death because he supports the opposition. Mai Kushinga took over a farm from a white 

farmer under President Mugabe’s land reform program, but she is struggling to eat. Dr. Simbai 

Haruperi is a medical doctor working amid healthcare collapse while trying to maintain 

her middle class lifestyle. Interwoven throughout is the struggle between President 

Robert Mugabe and his nemesis, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. The stories are tied 

together by the journey of filmmaker Saki Mafundikwa. Shungu is a tribute to the resilience 

and ingenuity of ordinary people. It gives voice to a few Zimbabweans who represent the 

millions silenced by repression. 







Gandanga Media LLC. 

Karen Mafundikwa 

Gandanga Media LLC. 

Karen Mafundikwa 

984 Sterling Place #3 Brooklyn, 11213 

New York 

USA 

T. +1 347 414 5225 

dawnalife@gmail.com 


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623 

POLAND 


SIDETRACK 

Anna Kazejak 

A holiday season has begun on a sidetrack in the Hel peninsula. Vacationers make new 

friends, have fun and talk about what makes them happy, sad, surprised or fascinated. New 

bonds are forged, summer love is in the air. Vacations in a railway car, which used to be popular 

once, are now inevitably becoming a history. The film is a nostalgic attempt at evoking 

their unique atmosphere. 







Besta Film & TVP SA 


TVP SA 

Maria Nadolna 



T. +48 22 547 6139 

F. +48 22 547 7583 

sales@tvp.pl 

www.tvp.pl 

428 


161 

POLAND 

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SIx WEEKS 

Marcin Janos Krawczyk 

Due to different life situations, there are mothers who do not want or cannot bring up their 

children. They have the right to give the child away right after delivery. During the first six 

weeks of the newborn’s life, the mother has to decide whether she wants to definitely give 

up her parental rights. She is free to decide one way or the other; however the decision she 

makes cannot be changed afterwards. A biological mother thus loses all contact with her 

child. She can only write a final letter to the child. The film poetically chronicles the first 

six weeks of a baby that was given up. 







STARON FILM, TVP S.A. 

Staron Wojciech 





T. +48 122 946 945 



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438 

AUSTRALIA 


SNAKE ISLAND 

Ben Cropp 

In Snake Island we are taken to Niue; a beautiful, uplifted atoll in the Central Pacific. Honeycombed 

with limestone caves, Niue is a speck of land in a vast ocean of sea snakes and 

humpback whales. 

During the film we join marine expert Ben Cropp as he explores the island’s colourful 

wildlife, and meets the people who live there. Join the team as they go in search of Snake 

Gully, where sea snakes, indigenous only to the island, come ashore to lay their eggs. It is 

estimated that around 90% of the hatchlings will be eaten in their first year; their first test 

is to make it past the sharks that circle the island. 

Among the splendid array of scenery and wildlife captured, there is one final extraordinary 

discovery as the team return to their diving spot to find that a baby whale has been born. 







Ben Cropp Productions 

Stuart Scowcroft 

Espresso TV 

David Hooper 



T. +44 1273 730 929 

F. +44 1273 299 403 



430 


375 

BULGARIA 

S 


SOMALI PIRATES 

Elena Yoncheva 

The first European crew which managed to shoot in Eyl – the main pirate fortress in Somalia 

– is Bulgarian. Eyl is one of the places where one can find hijacked ships including 

Malaspina Castle. 

The minimum number of security people for access is 8 people. With them, Elena Yoncheva 

and cameraman Nikolay Stoikov surreptitiously shoot the objects of their investigation. Because 

the “pirate topic” has been ignored by the official authorities and the access for journalists 

to these territories is banned for security measures (last year three journalists were 

kidnapped) and on public grounds. 













T. +359 2 814 2390 

F. +359 2 943 6045 


www.bnt.bg 


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608 

USA - CHINA 


SONGHUA 

J.P. Sniadecki 

The Songhua River runs through Harbin, the capital of China’s Heilongjiang province, and 

serves as the city’s main water source. At all hours of the day, people flock to the crowded 

urban space where Harbin meets the river. By attending to the everyday activities of 

leisure and labor unfolding along the banks and promenade, Songhua depicts the intimate 

and complex relationship between Harbin city residents and their “mother river.” Through 

the use of the long take, this non-fiction video also explores the interface between art and 

ethnography in order to address social and environmental issues in a major waterway of 

northeastern China. 







Harvard Sensory Ethnography Lab 


Harvard Sensory Ethnography Lab 


24 Quincy Street 

Cambridge, MA 02138, USA 

T. +86 150 1080 7230 

jpsniadecki@gmail.com 

fsc@fas.harvard.edu 

432 


364 


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THE SOUL OF APPLIANCES 

Susanne Engels 

A political and sometimes abstract film that confronts us with what implications modern 

technological developments have for human relationships and how we as people cope with 

these developments. 








Joost Seelen 


Joost Seelen 

P.O. Box 4673 


T. +31 76 514 0871 

info@zuidenwind.nl 



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151 

SWITZERLAND 


THE SOUND OF INSECTS – 

RECORD OF A MUMMY 

Peter Liechti 

The incredible story of how the mummified corpse of a 40-year-old man was discovered 

by a hunter in one of the most remote parts of the country. The dead man’s detailed notes 

chronicle how he committed suicide through self-imposed starvation only the summer before. 

Peter Liechti’s film is a fictional text based upon the reconstruction of a true event: a 

cinematic manifesto for life, challenged by the main character’s radical renunciation of life 

itself. 







Liechti filmproduction 

Peter Liechti 


Andrea Hock 


Vienna 

Austria 

T. +43 720 346 934 


434 


368 

USA 

S 


SOUTH OF THE BORDER 

Oliver Stone 

In January 2009, Oliver Stone traveled to Venezuela to interview President Hugo Chavez 

and examine the way Chavez has been portrayed in the US media. However, once the journey 

began, Stone and his crew found themselves going beyond Venezuela to tell a much 

larger and more compelling story about the region, in the process documenting what portends 

an entirely new world order being created in Latin America. The film, which was 

greeted with tremendous outcry and applause when it premiered at the Venice Film Festival, 

explores the complicated relationship between the United States and several Latin 

American leaders who on camera appear very different than the “evil dictators” the US government 

and US press depict them to be. This film presents a glimpse at the bloodless revolution 

which is happening now throughout much of South America with huge and unexpected 

consequence for the US and the world at large. 







Good Apple Productions 

Rob Wilson 




New York 10016, USA 

T. +1 212 481 5020 

F. +1 212 481 5021 




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501 

SWITZERLAND 


SPACE TOURISTS 

Christian Frei 

The filmmaker sets up encounters with the least likely people imaginable: places even 

stranger and more unknown than outer space itself. With extra-ordinary access and truly 

first-time images the film investigates the emotional oscillations of an expensive enterprise 

and questions the meaning and boundaries of the human spirit and our hunger for 

adventure and discovery. 







ChristianFreiFilmproductions GMBH 

Christian Frei 


Jan Röfekamp 



T. +1 514 844 3358 

F. +1 514 844 7298 



436 


456 


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STAYIN’ ALIVE IN JO’BURG 

Rob Schröder 

Johannesburg is the largest economic metropolis in Africa. However, this city is one of the 

world’s most violent places. Most office buildings have been vacated or squatted and are 

occupied by several groups of illegal Africans. Thousands of fortune seekers are trying to 

build a new life in this anarchist urban jungle. 

Meanwhile, the city is preparing for the World Cup 2010, the opportunity for Johannesburg 

to present itself to the world from its best side. The city center needs to be cleared to 

make sure that this major event will run smoothly. But will it succeed 







VPRO Television & International 

Architecture Biënnale Rotterdam 

Swaze Hartog 

NPO/RNW Sales 

Kaisa Kriek 



T. +31 35 677 3561 

F. +31 35 677 5318 




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560 

CYPRUS 


STILL 

Alana Kakoyiannis 

A poetic documentary reflecting on the notion of home through the lens of Greek Cypriot 

and Turkish Cypriot displacement on the divided island of Cyprus. The testimonies of two 

female voices living on opposing sides of the Green Line combined with the filmmaker’s 

own observations of the present day, capture the potency of the political conflict through 

personal perspectives. 







AKS Services Ltd 


AKS Services Ltd 


14 Konstantinopoleos Street, # 002 

Aglantzia 2107, Cyprus 

T. +357 9935 3743 

info@alanakakoyiannis.com 

www.alanakakoyiannis.com 

438 


619 

POLAND 

S 


STILL ALIVE – A FILM ABOUT 

KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI 

Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz 

A documentary film about Krzysztof Kieslowski featuring his work, friends, co-workers, producers, 

actors, writers and critics, university porfessors, distributors, students, fans and relatives. 

An honest, interesting, multi-faceted picture of the man and the artist. 







ES Media & TVP SA 


TVP SA 

Maria Nadolna 



T. +48 22 547 6139 

F. +48 22 547 7583 

sales@tvp.pl 

www.tvp.pl 


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369 

AUSTRALIA 


STOLEN 

Violeta Ayala & Daniel Fallshaw 

Stolen. As shocking as it is in 2009, this film demonstrates that actual human slavery still 

exists across North Africa. Despite vociferous denials from political bodies, the facts speak 

for themselves as the filmmakers use guerrilla tactics to evade the authorities and threats 

from various groups to tell the story of one family which has been separated for 3 decades 

because of human bondage. The film, which premiered at this year’s Toronto Film Festival, 

shows their dramatic reunion on screen and galvanizes forces to address this ongoing 

crime against humanity. Variety describes the film as, “pacy, exciting and hugely engrossing.” 







United Notions Films 

Dan Fallshaw 





T. +1 212 481 5020 

F. +1 212 481 5021 



440 


618 

BULGARIA 

S 


THE STORY OF A PHOTOGRAPHY 

Lubomir Halatchev 

On the 1st of May 1945 it seems as if everything is going well for Bulgaria and Bulgarians 

– the war is coming to the end, people are full of hope for peace and prosperity. At least 

we can find these kinds of emotions on the faces of our heroes, the Officials on the Photography. 

The Photography, which is at the core of this story. 

But, as history tells us, everything happened quite differently in the years after the War. 

What we will do in this documentary is to tell you why the history didn’t follow the external 

logic of this picture. 

This documentary is the fourth and last part of a series – Yearning for Things New, How 

Europe Came to Bulgaria, The French Woman of Bulgarian NCO – which tell us about the 

everyday life and spirit of the ordinary Bulgarian people between 1850-1950. We try not 

only to follow history, but also to have a light, full of unknown information and fresh details 

pictures. Documentaries evaluate, they only tell stories. 







Kadiak Film ltd 


Kadiak Film ltd 


1421, Biser str.2/app.23 


T. +359 887 793 780 

lubo_halatchev@yahoo.com 


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241 

GREECE 


THE STRANGE DESTINY 

OF THE ABDUCTED MAIDEN 

Eleni Stoumbou 

In 1801, the English traveler E. D. Clarke organized the pillage of one of the two Caryatids 

of the Lesser Propylaea of Eleusis, visible then among the ruins. The statue was transported 

to England and donated to the University of Cambridge. In 1892 the other Caryatid was 

brought to light during excavations. The two statues start a surrealistic dialog over their fate. 







7 Avdela Street 

Thessaloniki 551 31, Greece 

T. +30 6936 130 520 

F. +30 2310 252 520 

elenist@otenet.gr 

442 


465 

USA 

S 


THE STREET STOPS HERE 

Kevin Shaw 

A compelling portrait of the nation’s best high school basketball coach, Bob Hurley, and 

his career-long struggle to inspire and motivate those around him in order to keep the doors 

of a poor, inner-city private school open. 

For 35 years, Hurley has led St. Anthony’s his way: demanding perfection and instilling discipline. 

His methodical, yet volatile style works miracles. He’s tallied 900-plus victories, 24 

state championships and sent all but two of the hundreds of players he’s coached to college 

– a feat that shows what matters to him most. 

No high school in America has achieved so much with so little. 

An inspiring story about teenagers fighting their way out of the ’hood, armed with little 

more than a basketball and the hard wisdom of a fierce, demanding coach. 







TeamWorks Media 

Emily Shanoff 





T. +44 20 7221 7221 

F. +44 20 7221 7228 




S 

352 

GERMANY 


STREET ART 

Anne Bürger & Benjamin Cantu 

“Reclaim the Streets!” is one of the strongest mottos of Street Art: the regaining of the street 

to mix up its uniformed ordered face. Street Art – the Ephemeral Rebellion is a character 

driven documentary with a factual yet open focus to spontaneous events. The film’s aim 

is to compose an eclectic image of the phenomenon of contemporary street art through 

the eyes of its creators and those who discover, love and collect it. We visit cities around 

the world such as Paris, Berlin, New York, London and Moscow to emphasize the global 

impact of this truly political art form. Interviews and statements are mostly connected to 

immediate situations. The viewer will find the subject more accessible and transparent after 

seeing this film, being more aware of the nuances of artistic messages within public 

space. 







Boekamp & Kriegsheim 

Felix Kriegsheim 


Diana Karklin 



T. +49 030 4737 2980 

F. +49 030 4737 29820 



444 


340 

ISRAEL 

S 


STRETCH MARKS 

Zohar Wagner 

This highly revealing self documentation follows a pregnant, single woman, provocative 

performance artist into the club, the living room, the bedroom and even beyond. Director 

Zohar Wagner (Zorki) films herself and talks about how she got pregnant by one man, 

fell in love with another and celebrates her rising sexuality up until the day she gave birth. 

But when her baby is born, with the blessing came a curse: the luscious boobs and the man 

she loved both disappeared. An unusual show-and-tell about pregnancy and its aftermath. 






Zohar Wagner 





T. +972 52 363 3398 

F. +972 52 363 3398 




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224 

GREECE 


SUGAR TOWN – THE DAY AFTER 

Kimon Tsakiris 

Mayor Pantazis Chronopoulos is a man on a mission. Ηe will stop at nothing to rebuild 

Sugartown after the biggest wildfires in Greece’s history burned his constituency to 

the ground. His Vice Mayor and 65 villagers died in the devastating fires and he barely 

escaped with his life. A story of disaster capitalism, ambition and graft. 



Production Company: Anemon Productions, 

Hellenic Broadcasting Corp. ERT S.A., 

Arte/ZDF, BI-OPTIC 

Production Contact Person: Rea Apostolides, Yuri Averof 





5, Stisihorou Str. 


T. +30 210 7211 073 

F. +30 210 7228 023 

rea@anemon.gr 







T. +30 210 6075 711 

F. +30 210 6075 715 


446 


527 

UK - INDIA 

S 


THE SUN BEHIND THE CLOUDS: 

TIBET’S STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM 

Tenzing Sonam & Ritu Sarin 

Tibet. March 2008. The biggest uprising since China took control, sweeps through the country. 

Meanwhile, Tibetans in exile march on their homeland, determined to support their 

countrymen. This is a year of dramatic possibilities for Tibet. Can the Dalai Lama’s strategy 

of non-violence and compromise finally make a breakthrough in his efforts to resolve the 

Tibet issue and silence the growing voices of dissent among his own people 







White Crane Films 

Ritu Sarin 





T. +33 1 4459 6353 




S 

525 

USA 


SWEETHEARTS OF THE PRISON RODEO 

Bradley Beesley 

Since 1940, the Oklahoma State Penitentiary has held an annual ‘Prison Rodeo’. Part Wild 

West show and part coliseum-esque spectacle. Prisoners compete on wild-broncs and 

bucking bulls, risking life-long injuries. Within this strange arena the prisoners become the 

heroes while the public and guards applaud. In 2006, female inmates were allowed to participate 

for the first time. In a state with the highest female incarceration rate in the country, 

these women share common experiences such as broken homes, drug abuse and alienation 

from their children. 







Fieldguide Media 

Bradley Beesley 





T. +33 1 4459 6353 



448 


410 

FRANCE 

T 


TAMBOPATA MISSION 

Eric Castera & Jérôme Hillaire 

Let’s take a look at the reality of the extinction of the Macaw bird, beyond mere observation 

or criticism... but with passion, out in the field in with all the action! 

Let’s escape towards the Andes and follow Jérôme Hillaire, a 30-year-old young adventurer 

of today, into the heart of the Amazon rainforest. 

His status as a voluntary eco-biologist allows him to come into regular contact with the 

world of scientists who allow him into the heart of international research centers. 

Thanks to the special relationship that he maintains with researchers, Jerome can testify 

to future generations about the reality of what is happening to Macaws out in the field, 

and his is a testimony full of love and hope for this endangered species. 

The tumultuous adventures and exciting encounters lived by Jerome in the jungle lead us 

off the beaten track, in an encounter with nature full of hair-raising surprises! 






Bo Travail! 

10 Francs 

Guy Knafo 



T. +33 1 4874 4377 

F. +33 1 4874 8265 




T 

370 

INDIA 


TEMPLES IN THE CLOUDS 

James Mallinson & Enrico Patuzzi 

Temples in the Clouds is a story of a challenging paragliding safari by Sir James Mallinson 

and Enrico Patuzzi in the Dhauladhar range of the Himalayas. Both these friends, one from 

the UK and the other from Italy, are lovers of India and are fascinated by Hindu mythology. 

The Dhauladhar range of mountains within the foothills of the Himalayas, are home 

to many centers of the Mother Goddess worship situated in different temples. One such 

ancient temple is the temple of the Goddess Himani Chamunda Devi, situated at an altitude 

of 2,500 meters and requiring a full day’s climb to reach it from the bottom of the Kangra 

valley. Because of the relative inaccessibility of the temple, cloistered as it is, within the 

mountains, getting there by road is in itself a feat of endurance. Getting there by paraglider 

is an even greater test of skill, endurance, faith and commitment. 

The film has some amazing aerial visuals shot with cameras strapped on the bodies of the 

paragliders. It is an unusual personal human interest journey of two friends and their quest 

to succeed in flying to the temple of Himani Chamunda. 













T. +91 11 2335 0688 

F. +91 11 2331 2584 


www.aimtelevision.com 

450 


338 

UK - KENYA - TANZANIA 

T 


THIS LAND MY LAND 

Alex Gabbay & Stefano Cassini 

The Hadza, one of the oldest surviving tribes on the planet, are fiercely independent and 

have resisted real change for more than 50,000 years. The film follows Baallow, a powerful 

figure and a charismatic self-appointed leader of the Hadza, as he travels long distances 

across unspoilt tribal territory in Central Tanzania, to drum up their support. He wants them 

to secure rights to their ancient land, on the one hand, and embrace modern life, on the 

other. We join Baallow travelling on his motorbike, from the beautiful salt plains near Lake 

Eyasi, to the foothills near the Serengeti National Park which are covered in Africa’s most 

famous flora, the Baobab trees. 







Barefoot Films 

Alex Gabbay & Stefano Cassini 





T. +972 52 363 3398 

F. +972 52 363 3398 




T 

486 

FRANCE 


THE THORN IN THE HEART 

Michel Gondry 

Michel Gondry’s Aunt Suzette was a school teacher from 1952 to 1986. She tells Michel 

what it was like to be a teacher at that time in a rural and isolated part of France. Little by 

little, Michel discovers family stories he was totally unaware of. Using his camera, he explores 

them in a subtle but very emotional way. 





Partizan Films 

MK2 



T. +33 1 4467 3030 

F. +33 1 4307 2963 


www.mk2.com 

452 


212 

GREECE 

T 


THRACE PERPETUAL LIGHT 

Despina Pantazi 

With the light as a guide we discover the ancient land of Thrace. The land where people 

still perform paganism rituals to send the demons away with the orgiastic sounds of the 

gaida, the dairedes and the Thracian lyre. It is no coincidence that Orpheus, the god of music, 

was born here. The historical line from the ancient Thracian ancestor to Thrace’s modern-day 

inhabitants is unbroken. 

This is a documentary in which the cinematographic lens waits to capture the special light 

of the Thracian landscapes and takes the viewer on a journey through time, land, and 

sounds using the perpetual light of the Thracian land as his guide. 








Angeliki Giannakidou 


Angeliki Giannakidou 

63 May 14th Street 

Alexandroupolis 681 00, Greece 

T. +30 25510 36663 

F. +30 25510 36663 

info@emthrace.org 

www.emthrace.org 


T 

490 



THREE STRINGS FOR ONE RADIO 

Wenqing Zhang 

The very ancient tradition of a storyteller going from one valley to the next, spreading news 

of the outside world is tending to decline. A couple with great experience of this street art, 

Gai Ying Mu and her husband Gain Ming He, nowadays only perform on demand. But 

when the antique loudspeaker announces their show, the peasants of the isolated valleys 

of the northern part of China gather together to listen in awe. They enjoy the pleasure of 

escaping from their everyday problems through the traditional stories they are being told 

with the help of a three-string instrument. 







Solferino Images & China Screen 

Michel Noll 

ICTV 

Michel Noll 



T. +33 1 6403 7098 

F. +33 1 6403 7101 



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553 

SPAIN 

T 


TIME OF LEGEND 

Jose Sanchez Montes 

Time of legend is a documentary full of unseen images and videos which propose a journey 

to the origins of the adventure of recording the album La leyenda del tiempo, guided 

by its own protagonists, a group of artists that time has proved to be geniuses, and who 

gather around a big Flamenco star to write one of the most brilliant and daring works of 

the history of Spanish music. 







Attico Siete 

Blanca Sanchez Montes Flores 

Attico Siete 

Blanca Sanchez Montes Flores 

Cortijo La Marquesa 

Carretera de la Zubia s/n 

Granada 18008, Spain 

T. +34 958 135 555 

F. +34 958 135 556 

blanca@atico7.com 

www.atico7.com 


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240 

GREECE 


TITOS, A POET IN 

PRECARIOUS BALANCE 

Nikos Chrisikakis 

The documentary Titos, a Poet in Precarious Balance is a film about Titos Patrikios, 

which was no easy task, as it had to strike a balance between his many faces: poet, 

author, translator, ideologist, activist, yet ever the cosmopolitan flâneur. For 18 months 

we accompanied him, recording his life review through stories, contemplations and 

thoughts, as well as a critical sketch of his era. Titos is 83 years old and lives in Athens. 



Production Contact Person: Nikos Crhrsikakis 

Sales Contact Person: Nikos CrhrIsikakis 

11, Telemachou Str. 


T. +30 69 77379754 

info@nikos-chrisikakis.net 

nikos.chrisikakis@gmail.com 

www.nikos-chrisikakis.net 

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TO ExORCISE THE HATE 

Ylli Pepo 

A documentary film about the relationships between Serbia and Albania. An historic and 

actual situation in Serbian-Albania history with its shadows and problems. 

Well known Albanian writer Ismail Kadare, Serbian film director Goran Pascaljevic, political 

leades Brogomil Antic, et al. speak about this. 







Alabanian RTV & Java Publicity 

Ylli Pepo 

Java Publicity 

Ylli Pepo 

Rr. Budi, Pall 85/6 App.4 

Tirana 1008, Albania 

T. +355 4 237 5943 

F. +355 4 237 5943 

yllipepo@yahoo.com 


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143 

SPAIN 


TO SHOOT AN ELEPHANT 

Alberto Arce & Mohammad Rujailah 

“Afterwards, of course, there were endless discussions about the shooting of the elephant. 

The owner was furious, but he was only an Indian and could do nothing. Besides, legally 

I had done the right thing, for a mad elephant has to be killed, like a mad dog, if its owner 

fails to control it.“ 

George Orwell, Shooting the Elephant, 1948 

George Orwell defined a way of witnessing Asia that still remains valid today. The documentary 

To Shoot an Elephant is an eyewitness account from the Gaza Strip. December 

27th, 2008, Operation Cast Lead. Twenty-one days “shooting elephants”. Urgent, insomniac, 

dirty, shuddering images from the only foreigners who decided and managed to stay 

embedded inside Gaza Strip ambulances, together with Palestinian civilians. 







Eguzki Bideoak 

Jara Calvo 

Eguzki Bideoak 

Adam Redgrove 

Merced, 21, bajo 

31001 

Pamplona 

Spain 

T. +34 948 211 537 

banaketak@eguzkibideoak.info 

458 


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GERMANY 

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TOBACCO GIRL 

Biljana Garvanlieva 

Mumine, a 14-year-old Turkish girl, lives with her family in the mountains of FYROM. Her 

family belongs to the Turkish minority. Mumine’s family needs her for the difficult work in 

the tobacco fields – their only source of income. Mumine is raised among the tobacco 

plants where anything that is ripe is sold. She too is sold to her future husband for 3,000 

Euros. Will she find a way out from this “law of nature” She has two possibilities in the 

village: either to be married or to go to school, but then to be sold to her husband for a 

higher price. It is her dream to move to the city Skopje to go to school. She wants to become 

a teacher. 











15 Heinrich Roller Strasse 


T. +49 30 6956 6910 

F. +49 30 6956 6915 


www.gebrueder-beetz.de 


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327 

USA 


TODAY 

Naftali Beane Rutter 

The true story of one day in the life of three families in New Orleans. 

Today is the only film of its kind, a cinéma vérité chronicle of one day in the life of three 

families in New Orleans. Stylistically bold, each scene shot with gripping intimacy, this 

movie is about far more than just New Orleans. In the heroism of Robert McPeek, a policeman 

patrolling the crime ridden city, in the struggle of Alice and Lewis Blaise to catch 

just one fish to feed their children, in the tragic life passions of young Angelo Stanich Jr. 

– amidst three fascinating families and their prayers, songs, fights, laughter, and love, Today 

is the story of a day in the life of America, in all of its ugly, beautiful, hilarious glory. 







waterbound pictures 




283 23rd Street Apt. 12 


T. +1 310 562 0342 

waterboundpictures@gmail.com 

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IRELAND 

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TODAY IS BETTER THAN TWO 

TOMORROWS 

Anna Rodgers 

Filmed over the course of four years in an unknown corner of Laos, Today Is Better than Two 

Tomorrows tells the simple story of friendship between two boys, Leh and Bo, who leave 

home at age eleven to become novice monks. Director Anna Rodgers started this film as 

a young Irish backpacker who happened upon this family and spent years with no crew 

or translator determined to bring their enchanting story to life. One of the few documentaries 

to come out of Laos, Today Is Better than Two Tomorrows presents a rare window onto 

a unique and fading culture. 








Siobhan Ward 


Siobhan Ward 

Barr an Uisce, Killincarrick Road 

Wickklow 

Ireland 

T. +353 128 753 94 

F. +353 128 753 94 

siobhanward@ctlfilms.com 


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BULGARIA 


THE TOWN OF BADANTE WOMEN 

Stephan Komandarev 

A town without women. The men look after the children, cook, do the washing and wait 

for money from their wives who work abroad. 

The Bulgarian town of Varshets is the site of a staggering social experiment. Many of its 

women work as “badante” in Italy, taking care of the old and the sick. The social structure 

of Varshets is changing and the transformations – some dramatic, others humorous – are 

everywhere: in the pubs, in the families, in the local brass band, and at the bus station, 

where once a year the women arrive for their holidays. 

The Town of Badante Women is a film about the new realities in today’s Europe. It tells the 

story of a small town in northwestern Bulgaria transformed through the role its women 

play on the growing market for care giving services across the continent. 







Argo Film 

Stephan Komandarev 


Andrea Hock 



T. +43 720 34 69 34 



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SWEDEN 

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TOxIC PLAYGROUND 

Lars Edman & William Johansson 

A Swedish mining company sends toxic waste to Chile. Hundreds of children are affected. 

Young Lars meets the kids and begins a poetic investigation of what really happened and 

manages to bring the responsible man back. Together they meet the victims face to face. 

A unique story about waste trade, responsibility and guilt. 

Running time: 54’& 78’ 






Laika Film & Television AB 

Andreas Rocksén 




Paris 

France 

T. +33 144 596 353 



T 

461 

IRELAND 


THE TRIAL 

John Murphy & Rob O’Reily 

Ramush Haradinaj was a prominent commander in the Kosovo Liberation Army, a guerrilla 

group which fought for independence from Milosevic’s Serbia. In 2004, he was 

elected Prime Minister, but only 100 days into his term he was indicted by a war crimes 

tribunal for an alleged massacre in 1998. The film follows the events of the unfolding trial 

as seen through the eyes of Michael O’Reilly, an Irish lawyer who assembles a team of international 

lawyers and investigators determined to rebut what they see as an unjust indictment. 

The Trial explores how ideals of truth and justice can be corrupted within a legal 

setting, and asks serious questions about the politicization of the International Criminal 

Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Above all, it is the story of a group of people standing 

against injustice, and fighting for what they believe to be the truth. 







Headland Pictures 

John Murphy 





T. +44 20 7221 7221 

F. +44 20 7221 7228 



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FRANCE 

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THE TUNNEL DWELLERS OF NEW YORK 

Chantal Lasbats 

This is a journey to another New York. Under the city there are 18 levels below ground and 

468 open or abandoned subway stations, a maze of corridors, and kilometers of disused 

tunnels. Women and men take shelter here, in the bowels of the city; they dodge in and 

out; they crawl there; they survive there. To meet these people of darkness, you have to take 

forgotten stairways, lift grids and hatches, slide down into holes, merge into the gloom. 

It is not known how many people live here. They escape from daylight just as they elude 

statistics; no one ever goes to meet them. Chantal Lasbats spent a year filming them. She 

succeeded in gaining the confidence of “the people below”, who have in some cases been 

living underground for 30 years, but are relentlessly pursued by the police. For “the people 

above”, they are the stuff of legend and are nicknamed the “mole people”; they are the 

wretched refuse of the American dream. 







Ina 

Sylvie Blum 

Ina 

Michèle Gautard 

4 avenue de l’Europe 

94360 Bry Sur Marne 

France 

T. +33 1 49 83 29 92 

F. +33 1 49 83 31 82 

mgautard@ina.fr 


T 

365 

UK 


TURN IT LOOSE 

Alastair Siddons 

In September 2007, 16 of the world’s best b-boys battle one-on-one in a disused power 

station in the heart of Soweto, South Africa, to determine who will be the next world champion. 

Turn it Loose is a film about this competition. 





Partizan Films. 

MK2 



T. +33 1 4467 3030 

F. +33 1 4307 2963 


www.mk2.com 

466 


320 

FRANCE 

T 


TWO IN THE WAVE 

Emmanuel Laurent 

Two in the Wave is the story of a friendship. Jean-Luc Godard was born in 1930; Francois 

Truffaut two years later. Love of movies brings them together. They write for the same magazines, 

Cahiers du Cinéma and Arts. When the younger of the two becomes a filmmaker 

with The 400 Blows, which triumphs in Cannes in 1959, he helps his older friend shift to 

directing, offering him a screenplay which already has a title, A bout de souffle, or Breathless. 

Through the 1960s, the two loyally support each other. History and politics separate 

them in 1968 and afterwards – when Godard plunges into radical politics but Truffaut continues 

his career as before. Between the two of them, the actor Jean-Pierre Leaud is torn 

like a child caught between two separated and warring parents. Their friendship and their 

break-up embody the story of French cinema. Exploring the archives and the films of the 

two New Wave directors, and leafing through the press of the period, Two in the Wave, takes 

us back to a prodigious decade that transformed the world of cinema. 






Les Films A Trois 


Anais Clanet 



T. +33 1 5395 04 64 

F. +33 1 5395 04 65 




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418 

INDIA 


TWO WEDDINGS 

IN THE TIME OF THE BRAVE 


Two brave Indian families whose religions originated in the Middle East have risen above 

fear and strife and celebrated life with all its joy. Fayaz Ahmed, who left Kashmir in search 

of a better life in Delhi, has bravely returned to his homeland to celebrate the marriage of 

his daughter with full traditions without fear. 

For Ezra Moses and his ancestors, Bombay was only meant to be an interim halt after their 

flight from Jerusalem in the aftermath of the destruction of the Second Temple. But over 

millennia, India has become their motherland who has given the Bene Israel a peace that 

history has rarely bestowed on the Jewish Diaspora anywhere in the world; a peace that 

cannot be shattered by any terrorist. 

This is a story of how Ezra Moses and Fayaz Ahmad, both Indians and yet both descendents 

of the Biblical Abraham, one a Jew and the other a Muslim, shrugged off their fear and 

raised their heads in bravery to brush aside the machinations of the Pakistan-based terrorist 

mafia so as to celebrate their own freedom in an expression of joy and happiness by 

marrying off their children. 

nning time: 46΄ 












T. +91 11 2335 0688 F. +91 11 2331 2584 


468 


403 

ITALY 

U 


UNCLE SEM & THE BOSNIAN DREAM 

Chiara Brambilla 

In Visoko, Bosnia Herzegovina, the amateur archaeologist Semir Osmanagic claims to have 

discovered the biggest pyramids on Earth. 

These pyramids become the setting for a unique and surreal sight, in which excavations, 

tourist invasions and the search for truth follow one another apace. 

Uncle Sem & The Bosnian Dream is a light human comedy about life in this little Bosnian 

village, where the pyramids’ discovery becomes a chance to tell people’s incredible dreams 

and hopes. 






Mir Cinematografica Srl 

10 Francs 

Guy Knafo 



T. +33 1 4874 4377 

F. +33 1 4874 8265 




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389 

POLAND - RUSSIA 


THE UNEMPLOYED 

Nastia Tarasova 

They are the experts of their job. Over a hundred thousand professionals in Russia. They are 

brave, courageous, yet simple Russian men. Their families await them but for their country 

they simply do not exist. In their homeland they are unemployed.The film was made 

as part of the “Russia and Poland. A New Gaze” project, 2nd edition. The project was realized 

by Eureka Media and Adam Mickiewicz Institute with financial support by the Polish 

Film Institute. 







Eureka Media & Albatross Studio 

Krzysztof Kopczynski 





T. +48 12 294 69 45 

F. +48 12 294 69 45 



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UNMISTAKEN CHILD 

Nati Baratz 

After years of isolation, Lama Konchok was declared the Greatest Tibetan Meditator of our 

time. At the end of 2001, he passed away. Twenty-eight-year-old Tenzin Zopa, his shy and 

gifted disciple, who served him for 21 years, is unexpectedly appointed by the Dalai 

Lama to lead the search for the reincarnation of his late Master. The “Unmistaken Child” must 

be found within four years. The ensuing quest transforms Tenzin from a modest servant into 

a spiritual leader, only to become a servant again once the child is found. 





Samsara Films & Alma Films 

Fortissimo Films 

100 Van Diemenstraat, 1013 CN 

Amsterdam 


T. +31 20 627 3215 

F. +31 20 626 1155 

info@fortissimo.nl 


478 

GERMANY 

V 


VACUUM 

Maria Teresa Curzio 

In December 1985, the Uruguayan citizens voted for the validity of the State’s Impunity Law, 

protecting the military of any civil injustice in connection with the dictatorship between 

1973-84. The majority of the Uruguayan people never confronted the past, while the torturers 

and murderers were enjoying generous pensions for servicios a la patria. In Uruguay, 

there are still a lot of desaparecidos – people who vanished during the dictatorship between 

1973-84 and were never found again. María Emilia Islas is one of them. She disappeared 

at the age of 22 with her husband and her child. María Esther Gatti, her mother, 

spent 16 years searching for her granddaughter – finally finding her. In October 2004, the 

presidential elections took place and ended with an unexpected change of political power: 

30 years after its foundation the left-wing alliance Frente Amplio won. The new government 

started looking for the victims… 






Hanfgarn & Ufer Filmproduktion 


Anne Hufnagel 



T. +49 221 920 690 

F. +49 221 920 6969 




V 

405 

SWITZERLAND 


VANEN – FEATHERS FROM PARADISE 

Miguel A Garcia & Loïc Degen 

Vanen, Feathers from Paradise is a dual portrait of the vanen, the Greater Bird-of- 

Paradise, and photographer Loïc Degen. This film recounts his quest and his sixth expedition 

in the Aru jungle, in the extreme south-eastern corner of Indonesia, along with 

seven friends from Wakua, a tiny village in the Archipelago. 

Loïc has become one with the villagers. They confide in him and share secrets. Enough to 

nourish indefinitely the quest of a 34-year-old man who still knows how to let himself be 

overwhelmed by the beauty, the subtlety and poetry of the creatures and the things that 

surround him. 






VilbrekPrOd 

10 Francs 

Guy Knafo 



T. +33 1 4874 4377 

F. +33 1 4874 8265 



474 


603 

USA 

V 


VANISHING CULTURES, 

BUSHMEN OF THE KALAHARI 

Paula Elly 

Vanishing Cultures: Bushmen of the Kalahari visits the troubled San community whose once 

thriving culture is now facing extinction. It takes a never-before-seen look at the fascinating 

history, the brutal struggles, and the seemingly impossible challenges of the Bushmen 

of the Kalahari. 






Paula Elly 





T. +44 1 260 270 790 




V 

562 

BELGIUM 


VICTOR 

Cécile Verstraeten & Alice Verstraeten 

Between 1976 and 1983, the Argentinian military dictatorship caused the disappearance 

of 30,000 people. Victor Basterra is one of a few survivors of the ESMA, the main torture 

and extermination camp. Under threat, the photographer agreed to reproduce ID pictures 

of his torturers, but also kept copies of them. These photographs now constitute irrefutable 

evidences against these criminals. Basterra testifies on his detention and resistance, 

still risking his life – many of these criminals remain unpunished. 







Dérives 

Véronique Marit 





T. +32 47 761 7170 

F. +32 2 227 2239 



476 


262 

POLAND - GERMANY - GREECE 

V 


THE [VIDEO]FLâNEU® 

SHOOTS AUSCHWITZ 

Konstantinos-Antonios Goutos / the [video]Flâneu® 

The first and extraordinary visit of the [video]Flâneu® and his camera in auschwitz; an 

exi[l]stencial experience through Auschwitz II and Auschwitz I on december 13, 2008, between 

11am and 4 pm with a normal digital video apparatus, without a tripod, without 

camera moves, without a zoom lens, without special lighting, without an extra microphone, 

the sound and the length of the shootings are the original, no moment of the shooting 

was removed by cutting, the sequence of the scenes is the same as the shooting was, 

without any cut or use of effects, comments, archival material or music. 







181 / 301 Gaertnerstrasse 


T. +49 152 0513 3257 

videoflaneur@gmail.com 


V 

118 

SWEDEN-DENMARK 


VIDEOCRACY 

Erik Gandini 

As a TV-magnate and then as “Presidente”, Silvio Berlusconi has created a perfect system 

of TV entertainment and politics. His TV channels, known for their over-exposure of almost 

naked women, are seen by many as a mirror of his own taste and personality. Television 

has consciously been turned into a marketing channel, bringing the message to the 

masses: “Have fun and forget harsh reality for a moment”. In Videocracy, director Erik Gandini 

returns to his country of birth to portray from the inside the consequences of the TV 

experiment that the Italians have been subjected to for 30 years. A remarkable story is unveiled, 

about a country where the election of a TV showgirl as Minister for Gender Equality 

is considered normal. 







Atmo AB 

Erik Gandini 

Trustnordisk 

Karen Kristensen 

Filmbyen 12, 2650 

Hvidovre 

Denmark 

T. +45 368 687 77 

F. +45 367 744 48 

karen@trustnordisk.com 

478 


584 

ISRAEL 

V 


VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE 

Laura Bialis & John Ealer 

The first documentary feature about post-war Kosovo. Confused with the earlier Balkan 

conflicts and overshadowed by Afghanistan and Iraq, Kosovo’s story may hold the most 

compelling lessons of all. The bridge in the town of Mitrovica has become a flashpoint in 

the continuing conflict between Muslims, Christians and Roma (Gypsies). Through riveting 

first-person accounts the dreams and nightmares of the Kosovars unfold. Muslims who 

love America, Christians who despise it. Roma dying of lead poisoning. Orphans of war, 

wives of the missing, parents of the murdered. Families who just want to go home. Their 

vivid stories reveal powerful insights into the religious and ethnic conflicts raging around 

the world today. 





Go2films 




T. +972 2 583 1371 

F. +972 2 583 5450 




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458 



VIEWS ON VERMEER 

Hans Pool & Koos de Wilt 

More than three hundred years after Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) created his small and 

impressive oeuvre of only 35 paintings – he seems to have painted our own world and our 

own personal life. This documentary will unravel the unique and contemporary character 

of Vermeer’s painting. In the film, influential filmmakers, photographers, philosophers 

and scientists show us why Vermeer’s paintings are so contemporary. The film shows how 

Vermeer influenced these current cultural opinion leaders. And explains how it affects our 

way of looking at our own world. The light of Vermeer, his use of colour, his balanced compositions, 

and the mysterious psychology of his painted ladies will be unravelled by contemporary 

camerawork – all inspired by the work of the master. 

With, among others, Wim Wenders, Mario Testino, David Hockney. 







Lagestee Film & AVRO Television 

Martin Lagestee 

NPO/RNW Sales 

Kaisa Kriek 



T. +31 35 677 3561 

F. +31 35 677 5318 


www.nposales.co 

480 


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GREECE 

V 


VILLAGE OF JOY, AT THE SOS CHIL- 

DREN’S VILLAGE IN VARI 

Irini Anastassopoulou 

The documentary describes the life “of the rejected children” who lost their family 

support very early on but found a second family at the SOS Children’s Village in Vari. 

The film follows the children’s daily lives and talks with some of the SOS mothers: 

why they chose this duty; what are their concerns for their children – who may not 

be of their womb but are of their heart; what are the joys – great or small – that they 

derive from their dedication. The film also includes interviews with the President of 

the SOS Children’s Villages, Professor Constantinos Sekeris, who passed away in September 

2009; the Director of the SOS Children’s Village in Vari, Petros Papadakis; and 

the social worker of the Village, Penelope Vastaroucha. 



Production Company: Hellenic Parliament 

Production Contact Person: Panos Kouanis, Irini Anastassopoulou 

Sales Company: Hellenic Parliament 

Sales Contact Person: Panos Kouanis, Irini Anastassopoulou 



T. +30 210 3735 038, +30 210 3707 444 

F. +30 210 3737 441 


i.anastassopoulou@parliament.gr 


V 

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GREECE 


THE VILLAGE THAT WHISTLES 

Katerina Zoula 

The people of Antia, a village on the southern tip of the island of Evia, are experiencing 

the effects the modern world is having on their lives. While many still remember 

the hardships of the past (electricity has only been around since the early 80s), they 

now live a life full of modern conveniences. However, this comfort has come at a price 

and, as has happened in many villages in Greece, the young have fled to the cities 

leaving behind the older generation along with its traditions and way of life. The Village 

that Whistles chronicles the changes that modernity has brought about, focusing 

on the slow disappearance of an ancient language used only by the people of 

Antia. 



Production Contact Person: Katerina Zoula 

Sales Contact Person: Katerina Zoula 

65 Joseph Ct, Amhurst Park, Stamford Hill 

London N16 5AJ, UK 

T. +44 781 40891 54 

katzoulas@hotmail.com 

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ISRAEL 

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WAITING FOR ARMAGEDDON 

David Heilbroner & Gary Lionelli, & Kate Davis 

Waiting for Armageddon. This fascinating documentary looks at the growing section of 

Evangelical Christians in the US who believe the Apocalypse is imminent. The film introduces 

us to several groups of people from all walks of life who describe impending global 

doom with chilling optimism. Their belief that these events will take place in modern-day 

Israel has fueled a passionate Zionism in them and has created unlikely alliances between 

conservative Christians and Jewish people internationally, with huge global political significance. 

The film was selected for the 2006 IFP and was awarded a grant from the Sundance 

Institute Documentary Film Program. Its world premiere was at the New York Jewish 

Film Festival. The Village Voice described the film as “alarmingly good”. 







Q-Ball Productions 

David Heilbroner 




New York 10016, USA 

T. +1 212 481 5020 

F. +1 212 481 5021 




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272 

GREECE 


WANDERING SOUL 

Angeliki Aristomenopoulou 

This is a film about a musician whose lyrics have left their mark on the Greek alternative 

rock scene. Yannis Angelakas set off on his musical journey in the 80s and his 

poetry remains fresh to this day. The film follows his daily life and touches on a number 

of issues through the artist’s eyes – the political impasse Greece is facing, the way 

that television shapes our reality, the need many people feel to leave the big city and 

return to their beloved villages and hometowns. During the two years of filming, we 

watch Angelakas as he plays with fellow musicians and we follow the evolution of 

their musical style through an exploration of the sounds of their childhood, rebetiko, 

the polyphonic music of Epirus and the Cretan melodies. “Inside me, the wind can’t 

be confined, it stirs up my heart and scatters my mind”. 



Production Company: Onos Productions 

Production Contact Person: Chronis Pechlivanidis 


Onos Productions 

Sales Contact Person: Chronis Pechlivanidis 

18, Iraklidon Str., Athens, 11851, Greece 

T. +30 210 3417 228 F. +30 210 3417 254 

info@onos.gr 






T. +30 210 6075 711 F. +30 210 6075 715 


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POLAND 

W 


WARSAW AVAILABLE 

Karolina Bielawska & Julia Ruszkiewicz 

Ania, Gosia and Ilona live in villages located far away from each other. Ania wants to be a 

hairdresser, Gosia dreams of leaving her town where she seems to have no future prospects. 

Ilona just wants a better life for herself and her little son. All three of them decide to come 

to the “big city” and change their lives. Warsaw means a better life. A life they only know 

from television. They go on a journey hoping to find a better place to live. Each one of them 

is a different person but they share the same dream. Will they succeed in an unknown 

place 







Eureka Media & TVP S.A. 

Krzysztof Kopczynski 



5 Morawskiego p. 434 


T. +48 12 294 69 45 

F. +48 12 294 69 45 




W 

355 

IRAN 


WE’LL GET USED TO IT 

Mohsen Ostad Ali Makhmalbaf 

Yeganeh, Hanieh, Shahnaz, Farzaneh and Behnaz are girls who each have problems with 

their family for different reasons and have run away from their homes. They are now in a 

dormitory trying to solve their problems with themselves and their families, and get social 

acceptance. 

This documentary deals with the loneliness and helplessness of these girls, each one of 

them a brave heroine. 






Mohsen Ostad Ali Makhmalbaf 





T. +98 21 228 632 60 / 61 

F. +98 21 228 632 62 



486 


503 


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WEAPON OF WAR 

Femke Van Velzen & Ilse Van Velzen 

Wherever war breaks out, men with guns rape. In the Congo, possibly hundreds of thousands 

of women and girls were brutally raped. In this unique film, military perpetrators 

unveil the hidden motives and strategies of rape as a war crime. Filled with trauma, an exrebel 

rapist attempts to reconcile with his past by meeting one of his victims. Captain 

Basima works as an army priest and confronts soldier/rapists. He urges them to change. 

Just like he did. 







IF Productions 

Femke Van Velzen & Ilse Van Velzen 


Jan Röfekamp 



T. +1 514 844 3358 

F. +1 514 844 7298 




W 

413 

SWITZERLAND 


WELCOME TO CITY JAIL 

Olga Prud’homme-Farges 

With this film, I want to show an example of “social success” in a jail, even though one could 

hardly think it is possible... Don’t we think that, in poor countries, the jail situation for inmates 

is surely worse than in our so called “developed countries” Yet, from my first visit 

to the Puerto Princasa City Jail, I had a very different feeling. Then, as I came back and spent 

time in this jail, my initial feelings were confirmed: yes, I even met happy people in this 

tropical jail, where anger, generated by lack of freedom, is transmuted into positive energy 

and creativity. My intent is to make a film that goes against commiseration. The one that, 

too often, western countries feel towards the so called “developing countries”. And, in between 

the lines, I ask this question: what if those countries have lessons to teach us 






Kolam Productions 

10 Francs 

Guy Knafo 



T. +33 1 4874 4377 

F. +33 1 4874 8265 



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CZECH REPUBLIC 

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WELCOME TO NORTH KOREA! 

Linda Jablonska 

In its catalogue, a Czech travel agency offers a “journey into the unknown”, a tour of North 

Korea. This trip is the second time since 1990 that a group of Czech tourists set foot in North 

Korea. The film follows twenty-seven Czechs who have decided to spend approximately 

2,600 Euros on a sightseeing tour of a country which cultivates a personality cult, maintains 

concentration camps for its citizens and doesn’t hide its development of nuclear 

weapons. Foreign visitors are only allowed to view a carefully prepared illusion, thoroughly 

supervised by “guides”. What’s more, the North Korean system is starkly reminiscent of the 

Czechs’ own past. Which emotions do our travelers experience: sympathy, nostalgia or, 

rather, happiness that “we already have this behind us” How does someone, after being 

accustomed to freedom and democracy, come to terms with the directives and restrictions 

of a totalitarian system 







negativ film productions 

Milan Kuchynka 

negativ film productions 

John Riley 

Ostrovni 30, 110 00 

Prague 

Czech Republic 

T. +420 224 933 755 

F. +420 224 933 472 

john@negativ.cz 


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GREECE 


WELCOME TO TIJUANA 

Yorgos Avgeropoulos 

“Ι can’t say what the future of my country holds. The only thing I know is that month after 

month, week after week, day by day, hour by the hour, organized crime murders, mutilates 

bodies, occupies cities, takes hold of entire districts and puts into question not only 

political life and institutions, but life itself in Mexico. The Narcos kill each other. Criminals 

murder innocent people. The cry of the people ‘That’s enough!’ won’t do it. Police officers 

are criminals. The army does the job of the police. Mexican society is defenseless now.” 

Carlos Fuentes, Mexican writer Tijuana is a Mexican city on the US border and a district controlled 

by the Arellano Félix (CAF) cartel, one of the most powerful cartels in the world. 









Small Planet 

Anastasia Skoumbri 



432 Messoghion Avenue, Athens 153 42, Greece 

T. +30 210 607 5711 F. +30 210 607 5715 

ykollias@ert.gr www.ert.gr 

Small Planet 

Anastasia Skoumbri 

55 Pytheou Street 


T. +30 210 951 5295 F. +30 210 951 5295 

info@smallplanet.gr 

www.smallplanet.gr 

490 


313 

GERMANY 

W 


WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MADE, 

DORIS DAY SUPERSTAR 

André Schäfer & Andrew Davies 

An endearing account of Doris Day’s life and career delivered in a quirky and fun way. It’s 

as cute and as wholesome as the lady it is about – offering a fascinating insight into Doris’s 

distant Germanic roots, her hardworking days in Hollywood and twilight years retired with 

her dogs in a picturesque and pet-friendly town. 







SND Films 

Sydney Neter 

P.O. Box 15703 


T. +31 20 4040 707 

F. +31 20 4040 708 


www.sndfilms.com 


W 

144 

USA 


WHEN THE DRAGON 

SWALLOWED THE SUN 

Dirk Simon 

When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun reveals the struggle of a young Tibetan king who is 

expected to continue a 1,400 year old lineage, while the Tibetan freedom movement is on 

the verge of failure. It is a ground breaking documentary that takes a closer look at the internal 

conflicts and the contradictions within the Tibetan movement, and exposes the uncomfortable 

truth that the Chinese government is only part of the reason why Tibet has 

not regained its independence. The combination of footage from India, China, Tibet and 

the United States, along with an original soundtrack by Philip Glass, Thom Yorke and 

Damien Rice, make this the first film that presents the complexity of the struggle with such 

emotional impact. 







Free Motion Films 

Dirk Simon 

Free Motion Films 

Dirk Simon 

6976 S. Wadsworth Court 

Colorado 

USA 

T. +1 303 359 8339 

dirk@whenthedragon.com 

492 


160 

POLAND 

W 


WHERE THE SUN DOESN’T RUSH 

Matej Bobrik 

This darkly humourous study was made by a Lodz Film School student and presents a documentary 

portrait of a Slovak village – a dying world revived largely by funerals. 













T. +48 122 946 945 



W 

462 

UK 


WHERE THE WATER MEETS THE SKY 

David Eberts 

Narrated by Academy Award-winner, Morgan Freeman, and written by Jordan Roberts 

(March of the Penguins), Where the Water Meets the Sky tells the inspiring story of a group 

of women in a remote region of Northern Zambia who achieve the unimaginable: they 

learn how to make a film as a way to speak out about their lives, raising an issue that no 

one will discuss – the plight of young women orphaned by AIDS. In a community where 

women are rarely given the chance to speak up, the inspiring voices at the core of this moving 

documentary ring loud and clear. 







Camfed 

Helen Cotton 





T. +44 207 221 7221 

F. +44 207 221 7228 



494 


119 

USA 

W 


WHICH WAY HOME 

Rebecca Cammisa 

Α feature documentary film that follows unaccompanied child migrants on their journey 

through Mexico, as they try to reach the United States. These are children like Olga and 

Freddy, nine-year-old Hondurans, who are desperately trying to reach their parents in the 

United States; children like Jose, a ten-year-old El Salvadoran, who has been abandoned 

by smugglers and ends up alone in a Mexican detention center; and Kevin, a canny, streetwise 

fourteen-year-old Honduran whose mother hopes that he will reach the US and send 

money back to her. These are stories of hope and courage, disappointment and sorrow. 







Mr. Mudd 

Gillian Brown 




Paris 

France 

T. +33 144 596 353 



W 

459 



WHITE POVERTY 

Saskia Vredeveld 

White Poverty is a story of a rapidly increasing group of poor whites in South Africa who 

live out of sight, in silence, and in shame. More than 40,000 whites, of a total 4,5 million 

South Africans are currently classified as absolutely poor and live in informal settlements. 

The largest squatter camp is Coronation Caravan Park in Krugersdorp. It’s a former picnic 

spot by a dam and it is home to more than 350 people. “Die swak blankes” have always 

been a topic in South Africa. When the Apartheid principles gained more support during 

the 1930s, the protection of the white population from a life of poverty on the farms became 

an important political goal since poor whites undermined white supremacy. This took 

place by state interventions, in the form of government jobs, education, health and social 

security. However, with the transition to the ANC government, white poverty has become 

visible. 







Zeppers Film & Television & IKON Television 

Charlotte Sarneel 

NPO/RNW Sales 

Kaisa Kriek 



T. +31 35 677 3561 

F. +31 35 677 5318 



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335 

AUSTRIA 

W 


WHO’S AFRAID OF WILHELM REICH 

Antonin Svoboda 

The film tries, in a historical and contemporary global comparison, to get to the bottom 

of Wilhelm Reich’s discovery of Orgon-Lifeenergy and, further, to shed light on the dramatic 

life of the Freud model student up to his controversial reputation as “Rainmaker”. 







Coop99 

Otto Wagner 


Andrea Hock 



T. +43 720 34 69 34 




W 

402 

USA 


WHY VIVALDI 

Ted Grouya 

In Why Vivaldi we discover an unusual territory. 

Over the past several years, there has been a surge in interest in the world of the great Italian 

Baroque composer – Antonio Vivaldi. It is said that Vivaldi’s music outsells all other classical 

composers. 

We enter his world with five of his devotees from different countries, different backgrounds, 

with different tastes – all of whom are fascinated by his music. 

We go to Venice where Vivaldi, known as Il Prete Rosso (The Red Priest), lived and wrote 

his music. We visit the very rooms Vivaldi inhabited, the church in which his music was performed. 

Venice is probably the most filmed city in the world but this documentary allows 

us to re-discover the place. 

We meet a Baroque ensemble and time stands still as they play Vivaldi’s music with the 

actual instruments of the time. 

In this lovely, compelling film you will find an answer to its title. 






Cinema Arts Magic. 

10 Francs 

Guy Knafo 



T. +33 1 4874 4377 

F. +33 1 4874 8265 



498 


479 

GERMANY 

W 


WHY WE BUY – SECRETS 

OF CONSUMER SEDUCTION 

Jan Tenhaven 

What does the perfect vacuum cleaner noise sound like What does the smell of a hotel 

room have to do with the Swiss mountains And why are we suddenly buying white cars 

– a color, which a couple of years ago could not be imagined in the auto industry Coincidence 

or magic Especially in difficult economic times, companies are searching for ingenious 

methods with which to seduce us into consuming. But how should things smell 

and sound in order to improve sales And who decides which colors will be on the market 

in the years to come In this documentary, we accompany three sense experts who will 

show the world their colors, their sounds, and their scents. We get rare insights into the 

world of secret seducers, and experience behind normally closed doors how colourful our 

world will be in the future. 








Anne Hufnagel 



T. +49 221 920 690 

F. +49 221 920 6969 




W 

156 

AUSTRIA-BELGIUM-FRANCE 


WINDS OF SAND, WOMEN OF ROCK 

Nathalie Borgers 

For the Tubu people, living in the Sahara desert is both harsh and very simple. Men and 

women have clearly defined roles. The men are camel breeders, the women are tied to the 

home. For anything a woman wants to do, she needs her husband’s permission. For the 

women, this condition would be unbearable if it wasn’t for the annual caravan that takes 

them on a 1,500 kilometer journey on foot across the desert to collect dates. Even if the 

conditions are extreme, selling their date harvest brings them economic independence, 

pride and self-confidence. Domagali, Amina and Mariama are three women who let us into 

their world. Conflicts between tradition and modernity, between individual freedom and 

clan solidarity punctuate their stories. 






Entre Chien et Loup, Lotus Films, 

Liaison Cinématographique 


Sanam Madjedi 

34 Rue du louvre, 75001 

Paris 

France 

T. +33 153 103 399 

F. +33 153 103 398 


500 


342 

USA 

W 


WINNEBAGO MAN – THE 

ANGRIEST MAN IN THE WORLD 

Ben Steinbauer 

Jack Rebney, a.k.a. “the angriest man in the world”, has delighted and fascinated millions 

of viewers with the hilariously foul-mouthed and ill-tempered outtakes from a recreational 

vehicle sales video he made in 1989 – one of the first and best underground videos to be 

passed hand-to-hand on VHS tapes, before the internet turned him into a full-blown phenomenon. 

Filmmaker Ben Steinbauer takes on the seemingly impossible task of tracking 

down Rebney, and his journey turns into a fascinating exploration of viral video culture. 

When he finally tracks down Rebney, the real man is more savvy, irascible, deep, weird, 

and cool than you could have possibly imagined. The film explores issues of privacy, internet 

bullying, aging, and illuminates how even the most rambunctious individuals have a human 

side. An intelligent, hilarious and unexpectedly poignant look at one man’s response 

to Internet notoriety. 







Do Me a Kindness LLC 

Joel Heller 

First Hand Films 

Esther Van Messel 

5 Fritz Heeb – Weg 

Zurich 8050, Switzerland 

T. +41 44 312 2060 

F. +41 44 312 2080 

esther.van.messel@firsthandfilms.com 

www.firsthandfilms.com 


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421 



WISTFUL WILDERNESS 

Digna Sinke 

The island of Tiengemeten was once reclaimed from the sea and reshaped to provide fertile 

agricultural land. In the 1990s, a decision was made to let the vagaries of nature loose 

on the island. It took years to make plans, to find alternative land for the farmers and to 

get the project financed. Digna Sinke followed the changes in the landscape over a period 

of 13 years, also recollecting the changes in her own life. The signifying theme of the film 

is temporality and transitoriness. 







SNG Film 

Digna Sinke 

SNG Film 

Digna Sinke 

PO Box 59081 

Amsterdam 1040 KB, The Netherlands 

T. +31 20 686 7837 

F. +31 20 682 4367 

sngfilm@xs4all.nl 

502 


614 

USA 

W 


WOMEN OF CYPRUS 

Vassiliki Katrivanou & Bushra Azzouz 

In the spring of 2004, Maria, a Greek Cypriot, and Zehra, a Turkish Cypriot, cross to opposite 

sides of the green line dividing Cyprus since the war of 1974 to visit the family homes 

they have not see for thirty years. Thus begins the personal journey of these women as the 

film follows them through their pasts, haunted by war and pain, to their present search 

for reconciliation and common ground. On the eve of the UN referendum to reunite the divided 

island, many buried stories from the past surface. Rare archival footage adds content 

to the Cypriot conflict. The filmmaker brings together women from both sides of the 

island who share their fears, distrust and hopes. For some, this includes years of experience 

working together to bridge the divide between their communities. Through candid 

interviews and revealing group discussions, the film traces the women’s inspiring capacity 

for contact that transcends ethnic differences. As the referendum approaches, they must 

confront how to appease their hesitations, define safety, trust and learn to live with each 

other again. 





Vassiliki Katrivanou 

Howard Aaron 

2344 NE Multnomah 

Portland 97232, USA 

T. +1 503 816 2742 

F. +1 503 816 2742 

howard823@comcast.net 


W 

303 

ISRAEL 


THE WORST COMPANY IN THE WORLD 

Regev Contes 

Love and humor are plentiful, but success is scarce in a small Tel Aviv insurance agency 

where nothing runs as it should. Perennially on the verge of bankruptcy, the failing agency 

is run by three middle-aged, divorced, and not particularly successful men. They may be 

highly intelligent, well-educated, warm and good -humored, but they have no inkling 

about running a business. This award-winning and refreshingly entertaining documentary 

offers an amusing behind-the-scenes look at the operations of the firm over one fiscal year, 

as the manager’s son – also the film’s director – joins this motley crew in a last-ditch attempt 

to save his father’s collapsing business. A personal documentary that is also an endearing 

father-son journey. 






Eilon Ratzkovsky & Yossi Uzrad 


Ruth Diskin 



T. +972 2 672 4256 

F. +972 2 672 4210 



504 


322 

AUSTRALIA 

W 


WRONG SIDE OF THE BUS 

Rod Freedman 

Sidney Bloch, an internationally recognized professor of psychiatry from Melbourne, Australia, 

returns to Cape Town for his medical school reunion. Sid has suffered from a troubled 

conscience for forty years and wants to resolve his guilt for colluding with Apartheid, 

but what will it take to free him from his past He’s accompanied on his quest for reconciliation 

by his son, Aaron, who is also his harshest critic. Narrated by Aaron, the film explores 

how a good person accepts racism and injustice. 






Change Focus Media 


Anais Clanet 



T. +33 1 5395 04 64 

F. +33 1 5395 04 65 




582 

ISRAEL 

Y 


THE YARD 

Yochay Rosenberg 

My childhood yard may appear like another shabby parking space in a Jerusalem ultraorthodox 

neighborhood. To me, it is the landscape of the only home I have ever known. 

The heroes of my yard are: my wife, Re’ut, who hates the yard and feels persecuted by the 

ultra orthodox; forty-four-year old Daniel, the first ultra-orthodox magician, who dreams 

of leaving the yard for Paris; and Yisrael, an ultra-orthodox boy, torn between the outside 

world and the unwritten laws of the society he inhabits. The Yard is a film about people 

feel like strangers in their own homes. 






Yochay Rosenberg 

Go2films 




T. +972 2 583 1371 

F. +972 2 583 5450 




Y 

428 

ISRAEL 


YES, MISS COMMANDER! 

Dan Setton & Itzik Lerner 

Social acceptance in modern Israel depends largely on one’s military service. Troubled youth 

– particularly those convicted of misdemeanor crimes – are not drafted into the army, thus 

preventing them from overcoming the past and integrating into mainstream society. Today, 

however, the army has a new program, conceived to give these young people one last 

chance. Their commanders are young women from very different backgrounds, who often 

find themselves on a collision course with their charges. But, as this film shows, there 

are also very touching moments as these young people – commanders and recruits – meet 

for the very first time. 







Set Productions 

Dan Setton 

Cinephil 




T. +972 3 566 4129 

F. +972 3 560 1436 



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NORWAY 

Y 


YODOK STORIES 

Andrzej Fidyk 

Today, more than 200,000 men, women and children are locked up in North Korea’s concentration 

camps. Systematic torture, starvation and murder is what faces the inmates. Few 

survive many years in the camps, but the population is kept stable by a steady influx of new 

prisoners considered to be “class enemies”. A small number of people have managed to flee 

from the camps to a new life in prosperous South Korea. Some of them gather and decide 

to make an extraordinary and controversial musical about their experiences in the Yodok concentration 

camp. Despite death treats and many obstacles, the musical becomes a tour de 

force for this ensemble of refugees and a chance for them to talk about their experiences 

and inspire others to protest the existence of the camps. 







Piraya Film 

Torstein Grude 

Kudos Family 

VIK Oddleiv 

Kvitsøygata 25, 4014 

Stavanger 

Norway 

T. +47 511 231 72 

F. +47 511 163 37 

mail@kudosfamily.com 


Y 

328 

USA 


YOUR NEIGHBOR’S STEPS 


The story of two young men in Brooklyn, New York who decide to make a magical portal 

connecting Brooklyn and New Orleans. 











283 23rd Street Apt. 12 


T. +1 310 562 0342 

waterboundpictures@gmail.com 

510 


480 

GERMANY 

Y 


THE YUNNAN-VIETNAM RAILWAY 

Ingmar Trost 

The Yunnan-Vietnam Railway is a spectacular colonial railway project, stretching over 855 

kilometres from the Vietnamese port of Haiphong to Kunming in the Chinese province of 

Yunnan. It was built at the start of the 20th century in a massive effort – but at the cost 

of thousands of lives. Workers died in droves as the impassable, jagged and sparsely populated 

route was made accessible via countless tunnels and bridges. This travelogue 

through breathtaking landscapes follows the life on and along the tracks. We dip into the 

archives for the first moving picture material from China, which was filmed by the then 

French consul Auguste François on a camera loaned to him by the Lumière brothers. This 

is the first time that a Western film crew has succeeded in filming the Chinese section of 

the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway both on and off the tracks. 






Florian Film 


Anne Hufnagel 



T. +49 221 920 690 

F. +49 221 920 6969 




333 

MExICO 

Z 


ZAPATISTA AUTONOMY 

Juan E. Garcia 

Indigenous autonomy, the most concrete and important achievement of the Zapatista 

movement, emerges as a new political order that, under the principle of govern obeying, 

shows the world the possibility of constructing new social relations and a new democratic 

political practice derived from the creative capacity of resistance. 

What is the Zapatista autonomous project, how does it work, what are its contributions, 

achievements and challenges... these are some of the issues of the documentary in the 

voices of their protagonists. 

Even though this documentary emphasizes the achievements of the Zapatista autonomous 

process, we can’t ignore the context within which it develops: the military occupation, the 

paramilitary groups; the complicity and harassment of the federal, state and municipal governments; 

permanent threats and enemies of the organized communities. Yet in spite of 

this, the Zapatists keep walking and showing us another reality. 






AMV 





T. +34 91 859 3994 

F. +34 91 859 2963 




Z 

509 

SOUTH AFRICA 


ZULU SURF RIDERS 

Carlos Francisco 

Evidence of South Africa’s shifting cultural identities can be seen on KwaZulu Natal’s 

shores with young Zulu surfers emerging, for the first time in history, as keen competitors. 

The story reflects the accounts of a pair of pioneering surfing twins, Cyril and Mishak 

Mqade, who have made a life for themselves through this sport; Cyril even becoming the 

first ever black national surf judge. Having grown up in a small community where employment 

is scarce and education lacking, the film traces the twin’s journeys from their early 

endeavors to their present day successes. Cyril and Mishak are both inspirational figures in 

their neighborhood, teaching local youngsters to continue on the path of the ‘Zulu wave’. 

This film captures the lives of these brothers who, against all odds, have defied traditional 

taboos to bravely discover a new world. 







Scratch surfers 


Scratch surfers 


14 Alwyn Rd. Bedfordview 

Johannesburg 2007, South Africa 

T. +27 82 494 3175 

carlos@ahbfilms.co.za 

www.ahbfilms.co.za 

514 


Index of Directors 

Abtin, Baktash 365 

Aghion, Anne 320 

Agusti, Sergi 351 

Akomfrah, John 345 

Al Muzayyen, Khalil 187 

Alexandropoulou, Nicole 350 

Alkema, Willem 113 

Aloni, Udi 252, 396 

Anastassopoulou, Irini 481 

Andrikopoulou, Angeli 183 

Andriotakis, Manolis 74 

Anestis, Costas 347 

Anestis, Kostas 193 

Annastassopoulou, Irene 261 

Apostolides, Andreas 377 

Apostolopoulos, Stelios 89 

Arbel, Adi 222 

Arce, Alberto 458 

Arijón, Gonzalo 157 

Aristomenopoulou, Angeliki 484 

Arpatzoglou, George 318 

Assaf-Tengroth, Leyla 337 

Avgeropoulos, Yorgos 186, 277, 490 

Ayala, Violeta 440 

Azzouz, Bushra 503 

Babeanu, Ion 317 

Bachar, Ayelet 187 

Bader, Stascha 409 

Bakis, Nick 387 

Baratz, Nati 471 

Barber, Steven C 402 

Barletti, Davide 395 

Bartenev, Edgar 340 

Beatt, Cynthia 234 

Beesley, Bradley 448 

Beinas, Ioannis 346 

Benenson, Bill 129 

Berghall, Joonas 229 

Bergmann, Kristin 192 

Berman, Vered 321 

Bertacchini, Stefano 63 

Bestall, Emma 208 

Bhatia, Deepa 330 

Bialis, Laura 479 

Biasi, Juliane R. 341 

Bielawska, Karolina 485 

Bienkowska-Buehlmann, Malgorzata 155 

Bilgin, Sibel 228 

Björgúlfsson, Thorvardur 262 

Blaszczyk, Anna 211 

Block, Doug 256 

Blockman, Brittany 76 

Bobrik, Matej 493 

Boers, Eyal 110 

Bognar, Steven 271 

Bolbrinker, Niels 45 

Bond, David 149 

Bonev, Kostadin 152 

Boon, Rudi 63 

Bories, Claudine 53 

Boskoitis, Antonis 342 

Bourgeois, Pierre 66 

Bovenberg, Juul 124 

Brambilla, Chiara 469 

Brameshuber, Sebastian 314 

Bresky, Gunilla 334 

Bromberg, Serge 210 

Brügger, Mads 399 

Buck, Samantha 24 

Bugajska, B. 125 

Bürger, Anne 444 

Buttgereit, Jörg 307 

Callan-Jones, Christie 95 

Cammisa, Rebecca 495 

Canner, Liz 355 

Cantu, Benjamin 444 

Cassini, Stefano 451 

Castera, Eric 449 

Chagnard, Patrice 53 

Charles-Dominique, André 96 

Chenaktsang, Dorje Tsering 260 

Chevannes, Chanda 284 

516 


Chrisikakis, Nikos 456 

Clemente, Chiara 357 

Codina, Alexandra 306 

Coen, Bob 47 

Compan, Ines 354 

Constantinescu, Stefan 319 

Contes, Regev 504 

Cortés, Tayo 217 

Cowley, Bronwen 413 

Creta, Sara 185 

Cropp, Ben 282, 430 

Curtin, John 35 

Curzio, Maria Teresa 473 

Cuske, M. 125 

Cuske, Maciej 44 

D’Arthuis, Manolo 362 

Damiani, Sergio 341 

Danbolt, Aslak 296 

David, Jean Milligan 359 

Davids, Ellen 114 

Davies, Andrew 407, 491 

Davis, Kate 483 

Dawidowicz, Michal 175 

Dayandas, Nikos 172 

De Halleux, Alain 323 

De la Villardiere, Bernard 92 

De Zaedtijd, Jean-Paul 136 

Decker, Josephine 76 

Degen, Loïc 474 

Delestrac, Denis 369 

Demetz, Ingrid 220 

Des Essarts, Amal Hamelin 92 

Di Giacomo, Federica 218 

Diamond, Neil 401 

Djevelekov, Ilian 118 

Dobrucki, Leslaw 281 

Dror, Duki 30 

Durall, Ventura 178 

Ealer, John 479 

Eberle, Marc 310 

Eberts, David 494 

Edman, Lars 463 

Efroni, Neta 249 

Ehrlich, Judith 309 

Elly, Paula 475 

Engels, Susanne 433 

Ettinger, Barbara 418 

Ezouz, Sari 335 

Fabio Barreto 204 

Fallshaw, Daniel 440 

Fan, Lixin 270 

Felixson, Helgi 195 

Fessaguet, Renaud 362 

Feydel, Sandrine 300 

Fidyk, Andrzej 509 

Fikiris, Kostas 367 

Finnochiaro, Turi 70 

Fish, Liz 208 

Forestier, Patrick 394 

Foster, Craig 327 

Foster, Damon 327 

Fraga, Kristian 424 

Fragoulis, Yannis 339 

Francisco, Carlos 514 

François, Pierre-Olivier 66 

Frank, Zippi Brand 200 

Frankenfeld, Henner 121 

Franzen, Benjamin 116 

Freedman, Rod 505 

Frei, Christian 436 

Fridriksson, Fridrik Thor 313 

Fylaktos, Lefteris 31 

Gabbay, Alex 245, 451 

Gabryjelska, Renata 191 

Gaël Metroz 336 

Gaitanis, Apostolos 420 

Gandini, Erik 478 

Garbus, Liz 164 

Garcia, Juan E. 513 

Garcia, Miguel A 474 

Gargot, Christophe 179 

Garvanlieva, Biljana 459 

Gayton, Thierry 93 

Georgas, Vassos 325 

Gertten, Fredrik 64 

Gibson, Jeremy 79 

Ginter, Jonas 384 

Giudice, Carlo Lo 358 

Glazier, Lynn 238 

Goldsmith, Rick 309 

Gondry, Michel 452 

Gordey, Serge 187 

Goren, Dana 128 

Goutos, Konstantinos-Antonios 137, 477 


517

Granger-Charles-Dominique, Nathalie 96 

Greene, Tim 122 

Grigoriadou, Taina 180 

Grinnaert, François 408 

Großheim, Juliane 102 

Grouya, Ted 498 

Grudzinska, Joanna 247 

Gubbels, Saskia 90 

Gudnason, Thorfinnur 134 

Gunnarsson, Árni 262 

Günter Schwaiger 52 

Gutman, Alexander 23 

Guyot, Xuân-Lan 279 

Guzman, Antonio Jose 123 

Ha kak, Keren 410 

Haasen, Bettina 215 

Habre, Simon El 352 

Haeri, Reza 41 

Hafstad, Thorunn 51 

Hagers, A. 273 

Halatchev, Lubomir 441 

Hardie, Amy 140 

Hars-Tschachotin, Boris 423 

Haussey, Stéphane 159 

Hébert, Clémence 166, 223 

Hegedus, Chris 259 

Heijnen, Hans 209 

Heikin, N.C. 258 

Heikkinen, Markku 39 

Heilbroner, David 483 

Hendricks, Riaan 272 

Hercombe, Peter 43 

Hersonski, Yael 170 

Hervé, Francisco 382 

Heymann, Barak 286 

Hillaire, Jérôme 449 

Hillel, Joseph 251 

Howe, Sarah Moon 227 

Hozer, Michèle 189 

Hyzy-Czolpinska, B. 125 

Idakiev, Simeon 196, 329 

Iosifidis, Elias 145 

Iskander, Mai 184 

Ivey, Sara 381 

Jablonska, Linda 489 

Jäger, Susanne 242 

James, Simon 425 

Janek, Miroslav 107 

Januchta, B. 125 

Jaworski, P. 125 

Jean, Rodrigue 299 

Joghataei, Amir 182 

Joghataei, Fereshteh 219 

Johansson, William 463 

Joksch, Reinhard 266 

José-Luis Penafuerte 366 

Ju, Anqi 194 

Kaiser, Silke 290 

Kaiser, Silvia 115 

Kakoyiannis, Alana 438 

Kaplan, Mark Jeremy 233 

Karapetyan, Vahagn 343 

Kärkkäinen, Jukka 285 

Karlsson, Steingrímur 262 

Karypidis, Giannis 389 

Karypidis, Yannis 186 

Katomeris, Yannis 301 

Katrivanou, Vassiliki 503 

Katzke, Mary Rosanne 28 

Kavut, Kenan 133 

Kazejak, Anna 428 

Keane, Dathaí 406 

Kedar, Yifat 335 

Keeley, Bianca 94 

Key, Liza 403 

Khoschsorur, Puja 248 

Kianfar, Negin 22 

Kieft, Martijn 171 

Kielak, Robert 211 

Kilmi, Jaak 130 

Kimor, Dalit 226 

Kinsella, David 257 

Kinyanjui, Wanjiru 34 

Klamvé, Colectivo 56, 57 

Kolimenos, Costas 117 

Komandarev, Stephan 462 

Komers, Rainer 83 

Konermann, Lutz 126 

Konpka, Bartek 393 

Kooij, Floor 228 

Koszalka, M. 125 

Kounenaki, Marina 49, 99 

Koutecký, Pavel 107 

Koutsikas, Nicolas 388 


Kovachev, Oleg 25 

Kozma, Stan 308 

Krasilovsky, Alexis 87, 426 

Krasucky, Y.A. 268 

Krawczyk, Marcin Janos 429 

Kumorek, Aleksandra 115 

Kuzov, Milan 111 

Lagdaris, George 193 

Lagdaris, Yorgos 347 

Laloudaki, Elisavet 349 

Landauer, Helga 169 

Landes, Ram 241 

Lasbats, Chantal 465 

Laurent, Emmanuel 467 

Lauterbach, Thomas 67 

Lazarescu, Anca Miruna 84 

Lebrun, Stéphanie 60 

Lee, Min Sook 322 

Leitner, Caroline 220 

Lemkin, Rob 148 

Lerner, Itzik 508 

Levasseur, Philippe 60 

Lévêque, Aurélien 144 

Levy, Soly 255 

Liechti, Peter 434 

Lieshout, E. 273 

Lin Li 331 

Lindquist, Bosse 188 

Lionelli, Gary 483 

Lisboa, Claudia 68 

Little, Bryan 176 

Livov-Macklin, Andres 376 

Louargant, Bernard 59 

Loushy, Mor 237 

Louter, Jan 267 

Lozinski, Pawel 100 

Lundström, Thomas 414 

Maas, Georg 398 

Macfarlane, Ursula 27 

Madsen, Michael 230 

Mafundikwa, Saki 427 

Magnason, Andri Snær 134 

Magny, Helene 82 

Makhmalbaf, Mohsen Ostad Ali 486 

Malhotra, Iobal 37, 104, 468 

Mallinson, James 450 

Marcelo Santiago 204 

Marcheggiano, Lucas 370 

Margowsky, Osnat 222 

Marquet, Benjamin 264 

Maseko, Zola 295 

McKenzie, Brian 298 

Medrea, Ruxandra 210 

Medvedev, Pavel 55 

Mensink, Ditteke 162 

Mettler, Peter 374 

Meyburgh, Catherine 253 

Meyer, Luke 332 

Mignault, Pierre 82 

Mihailidou, Irini 81 

Miñarro, Lluis 161 

Minetto, Valérie 302 

Mistriotis, Nikkos 112 

Mitić, Boris 199 

Mizrahi, Avi 185 

Mohr, Daisy 22 

Mok, Maria 288 

Molero, Antonio Perez 146 

Möller, Felix 207 

Montaldo, Giuliano 119 

Montes, Jose Sanchez 455 

Montesarchio, Romano 132 

Mozer, Yariv 46 

Mpras, Evdoxia M. 203 

Mthethwa, Nhlanhla 294 

Münter, Daniel 378, 379 

Murphy, John 464 

Murray, John 86, 173, 383 

Muska, Susan 141 

Nagel, Sylvia 103 

Nambiar, Siddharth 160 

Narr, Sophie 42 

Nathalie Borgers 500 

Ndisi-Herrmann, Philippa 225 

Neel, Andrew 332 

Negroponte, Michel 224 

Nelson, Jennifer 106 

Noble, Gabriel 361 

Nocita, Salvatore 48 

Noll, Michel 43, 315, 411 

Novack, Nancy 163 

O’Brien, Christopher 404 

O’Reily, Rob 464 

Olafsdottir, Greta 141 


Olsson, Iris 73 

Ortuno, José 75 

Osnovikoff, Ivan 333 

Ospina, María Isabel 154 

Pachot, Stephane 391 

Paladino, Thierry 44 

Pantazi, Despina 303, 453 

Papachristopoulos, Alexandros 69 

Papadatou, Danai 368 

Papadogeorgou, Myrto 244 

Papadopoulos, Andonis 190 

Papadopoulos, Spiros 364 

Papageorghiou, Stavros 50 

Papayannidis, Takis 380 

Pas, Klaus 269 

Patuzzi, Enrico 450 

Pennebaker, D.A. 259 

Pepo, Ylli 38, 457 

Perroud, Marc 156 

Perut, Bettina 333 

Peter, Levin 384 

Peters, Jan 85 

Piatek, Jakub 312 

Pickering, Bridget 34 

Pizzocaro, Massimo 349 

Pool, Hans 181, 480 

Poulle, Stéphan 388 

Prud’homme-Farges, Olga 488 

Prudente, Barbara Rossi 61 

Quay, Stephen 232 

Quay, Timothy 232 

Quirijns, Klaartje 62 

Raes, Suzanne 397 

Rahmani, Mahmood 305 

Rapoport, Meron 187 

Ravel, Emilio 363 

Raymont, Peter 189 

Rebhan, Nana A.T. 72 

Reichert, Julia 271 

Reppas, Stathis 353 

Rhalib, Jawad 143 

Rippl, Peter 275 

Rodgers, Anna 461 

Rohrer, Kat 165 

Rosenberg, Yochay 507 

Rosher, Jenna 243 

Rosolowski, Piotr 393 

Rosow, Gene 129 

Rossetti, Nathalie 70 

Rozycki, R. 125 

Rujailah, Mohammad 458 

Russo, Rosa 153 

Ruszkiewicz, Julia 485 

Rutter, Naftali Beane 460, 510 

Saeedi, Ebrahim 40 

Salgado, Juliano Ribeiro 328 

Sambath, Thet 148 

Samonà, Rebecca 236 

Sanderson, Piers 213 

Sanjavi, Zahavi 40 

Sanjurjo, Jesus 146 

Sarin, Ritu 447 

Sarvestani, Nima 348 

Saunders, Stephen 265 

Sauter, Marcin 44 

Savalas, Christabel 147 

Saverioni, Stefano 127 

Savvidis, Georgios 326 

Sawall, Andreas 192 

Schaap, Michael 150 

Schäfer, André 276, 407, 491 

Schepens, Wim 416 

Schiemann, Georg 291 

Schmid, Anka 235 

Schönwiese, Fridolin 174 

Schraibm, Nadiva 294 

Schröder, Kaspar Astrup 231 

Schröder, Rob 437 

Schultz, Tim 98 

Scott, Michel Orion 214 

Serna, Eduardo de la 370 

Setton, Dan 508 

Shaw, Kevin 443 

Shukri, Yeliz 316 

Siddons, Alastair 466 

Siebert, Moritz 287 

Sigurjónsson, Atli 142 

Simon, Dirk 492 

Sinclair, Ingrid 34 

Singer, Henry 78 

Sinke, Digna 502 

Sivan, Eyal 239 

Sklavos, Pol 263 

Škop, Marko 356 


Smaragdis, Iannis 289 

Sniadecki, J.P. 432 

Söhner, Steffen 168 

Solomon, Alexandru 250 

Sonam, Tenzing 447 

Sonhüter, Beatrice 304 

Sosinski, J. 125 

Soto, Julio 319 

Spark, Nick 274 

Stack, Jonathan 163, 164 

Stafford-Johnson, Colin 86 

Stamatopoulos, Costas 201 

Stasik, Piotr 44 

Steinbauer, Ben 501 

Stone, Oliver 435 

Stoumbou, Eleni 442 

Stutterheim, Kerstin 45 

Stylianopoulos, Kyriakos 160 

Sudry, Asaf 385 

Svoboda, Antonin 497 

Swiecinska, E. 125 

Taiman, Jawed 33 

Talavera, Sebastián 405 

Tarasova, Nastia 470 

Teer, Ami 241 

Tehrani, Marjan 54 

Tenhaven, Jan 499 

Theiler, Marie Catherine 85 

Theodorakis, Nikos 280 

Tirosh, Oren 151 

Tobias, Michael 216 

Todorovic, Jovan B. 71 

Toepke, Alvaro 205 

Tokmak, Seyfettin 133 

Toolis, Kevin 91 

Tosi, Claudia 311 

Tovstein, Ray 97 

Trahtengerts, Iosif 412 

Tréfaut, Sérgio 109 

Trinh, John 36 

Tropiano, Nino 105 

Trost, Ingmar 276, 511 

Tsakiris, Kimon 446 

Tsepelikas, Argyris 183 

Tzoneva, Irina 202 

Uberoi, Safina 198 

Uslu, Meral 288 

Valchev, Valentin 421 

Van Bob, Bob 254 

Van Brabant, Sylvie 139 

Van Brummelen, R. 273 

Van Campen, Catherine 135 

Van Erp, Michiel 167 

Van Soest, Landon 197 

Van Veelen, IJsbrand 171 

Van Velzen, Femke 487 

Van Velzen, Ilse 487 

Van Voorst van Beest, Stella 386 

Vaptsarova, Maya 131 

Varzokas, Nikolas (Zogras) 221 

Vassiliou, Lena 283 

Verhaag, Bertram 278, 371, 372, 422 

Verster, Francois 419 

Verstraeten, Alice 476 

Verstraeten, Cécile 476 

Vos, Sarah 65 

Vosloo, Ernie 212 

Vredeveld, Saskia 496 

Wagner, Zohar 445 

Warwas, Bartosz 338 

Weber, Maria 324 

Wharton, Mary 240 

Wiese, Marc 375 

Wilmont, Simon Lereng 29 

Wilson, Lindy 177 

Wilt, Koos de 480 

Wolfensberger, Marc 344 

Wolski, Tomasz 32, 293, 297, 417 

Wulff, Sabrina 400 

Wuytack, Fabio 108 

Xiaolei Zheng 331 

Yesilöz, Yusuf 292 

Yi Seung-Jun 101 

Yoncheva, Elena 431 

Yurcovich, Adriana 370 

Zeppenfeld, Dieter 398 

Zhang, Wenqing 454 

Zhao Liang 373 

Zheleznikov, Mikhail 80 

Zhou, Weiping 43 

Zimbalist, Dorit 415 

Zmarz-Koczanowicz, Maria 439 

Zoula, Katerina 482 

Zuria, Anat 77 


Index of sales Companies 

+90 Film Productions 133 

10 Francs 101, 151, 156, 205, 216, 236, 255, 260, 292, 317, 406, 449, 469, 474, 488, 498 

a&o buero 103 

Adriana Yurcovich 370 

Affinityfilms, Inc. 28 

African Renaissance 208 

Aim Television PVT. Ltd. 37, 104, 450, 468 

AKS Services Ltd 438 

Al Jazeera Satellite Network 186 

Alfa Darya 182, 219 

Andoliado Producciones 217 

André Charles-Dominique 96 

Anemon Productions 89, 172, 446 

ARTE 112 

Arte France 187 

Aslak Danbolt Film 296 

Atelier-Film-Alexander 23 

Attico Siete 455 

Autlook Filmsales 64, 130, 140, 150, 157, 248, 344, 361, 374, 434, 462, 497 

B&B Film 218 

B&W 41 

Bulgaria Film Company 131 

Bulgarian National Television 25, 111, 196, 202, 329, 431 


523

CAT&Docs 24, 59, 77, 95, 116, 126, 134, 224, 235, 237, 238, 239, 243, 

250, 256, 264, 269, 270, 273, 306, 319, 322, 332, 425, 447, 448, 463, 495 

Celluloid Films 144 

Channel Four International 78 

Cinema Republic 57, 513 

Cinephil 87, 128, 129, 170, 207, 241, 252, 314, 320, 330, 335, 357, 385, 396, 426, 508 

Crossing the Line Films 86, 173, 383, 461 

Cultural Studies Center 201, 339 

Da Palmer Film 324 

David Castellanos 56 

Deckert Distribution GmbH 67, 107, 115, 195, 215, 285, 356, 393, 423 

Denkmal - Film GmbH 278, 371, 372, 417, 422 

Doc & Film International 53, 398 

DR International Sales 399 

Dribbling Pictures 199 

Dwars Productions 113 

Eddie Saeta S.A. 161 

Eguzki Bideoak 458 

Encounters Festival and Distribution 176, 177, 253, 272, 294, 295, 327, 403, 419 

Espresso TV 79, 97, 265, 282, 404, 430 

Ethnological Museum of Thrace 303, 453 

Faux 109 

fieber film 400 

Filmgalerie 451 234 

Films Distribution 52, 179, 204, 328, 336, 366, 500 

Films Transit International Inc 35, 82, 184, 189, 198, 200, 229, 230, 251, 

309, 369, 377, 397, 401, 418, 436, 487 

Fine World Production 280 

First Hand Films 39, 501 

Fluid Video Crew 395 

Fortissimo Films 471 


Fratelli Rasmus 185 

Free Motion Films 492 

Gandanga Media LLC. 427 

Gebrüder Beetz Filmproduktion 310, 384, 459 

Go2films 30, 268, 321, 479, 507 

Graeco-Indus productions 160 

Greek Film Center 89, 342, 380 

Green Lions Films 149 

GreenKat Productions 165 

Guzman Films 123 

HappyAnt.tv 349 

Harvard Sensory Ethnography Lab 432 

Hellenic Broadcasting Corp. ERT S.A. 89, 112, 190, 277, 289, 377, 380, 388, 446, 484, 490 

Hellenic Parliament 261, 481 

Home Box Office Inc. 271 

ICRC 359, 413 

ICTV 43, 92, 315, 331, 411, 454 

Ina 373, 465 

Interscience Film 66 

iPARK 69 

Jane Balfour Services 163, 164, 259 

Java Films 27, 60, 91, 93, 159, 257, 300, 362, 394 

Java Publicity 38, 457 

JMT Films Distribution 46, 110, 146, 169, 245, 249, 351, 445, 451 

Kadiak Film ltd 441 

Katalyst Productions Ltd 33 

Kloos & Co. Medien GmbH 83, 84, 85 

Krakow Film Foundation 32, 44, 100, 175, 191, 211, 281, 293, 312, 338, 429, 470, 485, 493 

Kudos Family 509 

Lagdaris Production 347 


Les Films du Chapeau! 376 

Liana Rondo Productions 147 

Libellula Productions Ltd. 350 

Ljótur bangsi 142 

Louise Rosen Ltd. 183 

Ma’aleh School of Film 410 

mec film 352 

Mediascope 117 

Mediavox galanakis 342, 368 

Mercury Media International 98, 345, 421, 443, 464, 494 

Merimna 368 

Miramar Film 118 

Mischief Films 174 

MK2 210, 409, 452, 466 

Mountaineering Club of Kalamata 367 

Multivisionnaire Pictures 76 

Nana Rebhan 72 

Nathalie Granger-Charles-Dominique 96 

National Film and TV School 287 

National Film Board of Canada 139, 299 

National Film School of Denmark 29 

National Geographic Television International (NGTI 94 

negativ film productions 489 

NPO/RNW Sales 22, 62, 63, 65, 114, 124, 162, 167, 171, 181, 209, 288, 386, 416, 437, 480, 496 

Old Street Films 148 

Onepeople Films 153 

Onos Productions 133, 484 

OTPL Worldwide 36, 267, 274, 308, 381, 402, 475 

Panchito Films 382 

Panos Kouanis 180 


Parallel Film 228 

Perut + Osnovikoff Ltda. 333 

Plus Pictures ApS 231 

Prefecture of Magnesia 347 

Quark 213 

Rai Trade 48, 119, 297, 363 

Rapid Blue 122, 212 

Rasskinn ehf. 51 

Rise and Shine World Sales 42, 68, 75, 102, 168, 275, 444 

Roco Films 355 

RTVE 178 

Ruth Diskin Films, Ltd. 222, 226, 286, 415, 504 

SABC 3 121 

Saint Petersburg Documentary Film Studio 55, 80, 340, 412 

Santhana Films 298 

Sapotilles 279 

Scratch surfers 514 

Sheherazad Media International 40, 305, 365, 486 

Sirk Productions 424 

SKAI TV 172, 301 

Skotta Film 262 

Small Planet 186, 277, 490 

SND Films 141, 276, 307, 407, 491 

SNG Film 502 

Stefilm 220, 311 

Stelios Tatakis Productions 263 

Studio International 47 

Studio Savidis 326 

SVT Sales 188, 334, 337, 348, 414 

Takis Papayiannidis 380 


TAT Productions 154 

Tetraktys Film Productions Ltd. 50, 316 

The Film Sales Company 197, 214, 240, 313, 435, 440, 483 

The People’s Picture Company 284 

Transparent Productions 34 

Trench Film Group 194 

Trivium Films 152 

Tru Films 54 

Trustnordisk 478 

TVP SA 125, 232, 428, 439 

Un Perro Andaluz Producciones 405 

united docs GmbH 45, 192, 242, 266, 291, 304, 375, 378, 379, 473, 499, 511 

United Lonely Artists 389 

University of Film and Television Konrad Wolf 290 

Ventes - CBA/WIP - Sales 70, 136, 143, 166, 223, 227, 247, 254, 323, 408, 476 

Visit Films 258 

Vitagraph 61, 105, 127, 132, 341, 358 

vzw Cuatro 108 

waterbound pictures 460, 510 

WestPark Pictures 233 

WFDiF 155 

Wide Management 71, 302, 354, 391, 467, 505 

Yvone Roman Films 325 

ZDF 112 

Zero-Zero Productions 81 

Zopiros 145 

Zuidenwind Filmproductions 90, 135, 433

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