xxii pärnu international documentary and anthropology film festival ...

XXII PÄRNU
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY AND
ANTHROPOLOGY FILM FESTIVAL
in Pärnu, Viljandi, Rakvere, Haapsalu, Põlva, Otepää, Heimtali, Manija and ETV
July 6 - 27, 2008
XXII PÄRNU RAHVUSVAHELINE
DOKUMENTAAL- JA
ANTROPOLOOGIAFILMIDE FESTIVAL
Pärnus, Viljandis, Rakveres, Haapsalus, Põlvas, Otepääl, Heimtalis, Manijal ja ETV-s
6 - 27. juulil 2008. a.
Calendar for the next festivals:
Järgmiste festivalide kalender:
5 - 26.07. 2009
4 - 25.07. 2010
3 - 24.07. 2011
The festival is supported by Ministry of Culture of Estonia, Estonian Cultural Endowment,
Estonian Film Foundation, French Cultural Center in Tallinn, Towns of Pärnu, Rakvere and Viljandi, Parish
of Otepää, Museum of Evald Okas, Tallink, Estonian TV, Postimees.
Festival toimub tänu Kultuuriministeeriumi, Kultuurkapitali, Eesti Filmi Sihtasutuse,
Prantsuse Kultuurikeskuse, Pärnu, Viljandi ja Rakvere linnade, Otepää vallavalitsuse,
Evald Okase Muuseumi, Tallinki, Eesti Televisiooni, ajalehe Postimees toetusele.

Directors awarded with the Grand Prize for the best film of the
festival - a handwoven West-Estonian blanket:
1987 Asen Balikci (Canada) for Winter In Ice Camp
1988 Jon Jerstad (Norway) for Vidaros en
1989 Ivars Seleckis (Latvia) for Cross-street
1990 Hugo Zemp (France) for Song of Harmonics
1991 Lise Roos (Denmark) for The Allotment Garden
1992 Kari Happonen (Finland) for A Visit
1993 Heimo Lappalainen (Finland) for Taiga Nomads
1994 Makoto Sato (Japan) for Living on the Agano River
1995 Kersti Uibo (England-Estonia) for Edvard’s Acre
1996 Sergei Dvortsevoy (Russia) for Paradise
1997 Thomas Stenderup (Denmark) for Portal to Peace
1998 Bente Milton (Denmark) for Gaia’s Children
1999 Lasse Naukkarinen (Finland) for The Artist’s Life
2000 Wen Pu Lin (China) for In Search of Shangri-La
2001 Jouko Aaltonen (Finland) for Kusum
2002 Maciej Adamek (Poland) for I Will Not Leave You...
2003 Ulrika Bengts (Finland) Now You Are Hamlet
2004 Johan Palmgren (Sweden) Ebba And Torgny
2005 Pirjo Honkasalo (Finland) Three Rooms of Melancholia
2006 Arunas Matelis (Lithuania) Before Flying to the Earth
2007 Wojciech Kasperski (Poland) Seeds
Every year 7 docs are competing on air of Estonian TV, too. Late
night on July 12th, the TV-audience of our country will vote for
the best film on the topics Children and Their Parents.
The previous Estonian People’s Award winners were:
1999 U. Koch(Switzerland) for Saltmen of Tibet
2000 P. Hegedus (Australia) Grandfathers and Revolutions
2001 A. Varda (France) Cleaners and I
2002 K. Uibo (U.K) Narrow is the Gate
2003 N. Philibert (France) To Be And to Have
2004 J. Karsh (USA) My Flesh and Blood
2005 L.Westman (Denmark) Do You Love Me?
2006 R. Ladkani, K. Davidson (Germany) The Devil’s Miner
2007 Y. Honig (Israel) First Lesson of Peace
The international jury 2008:
Kersti Uibo, the chairman of jury
Elo Liiv
Priit Pedajas
Mati Põldre
Pille Runnel
Õie Sarv
The jury for Estonian films:
Edward Lucie-Smith
Carol Salter
Andreas Fischer-Hansen
The festival team: Vaiko Edur, Veronika Uusna, Riiljo Edur,
Marie Soosaar, Mikko Ilmari Virta, Svea Aavik, Mariina Mälk
etc.
The catalogue: Vaiko Edur, Veronika Uusna, Svea Aavik
The Chief: Mark Soosaar
Festivali parima filmi auhinna - Lääne-Eesti käsitööteki - on
oma meistriteostega võitnud järgmised režissöörid :
1987 Asen Balikci “Talv jäälaagris” (Kanada)
1988 Jon Jerstad “Vidarosen” (Norra)
1989 Ivars Seleckis “Põiktänav” (Läti)
1990 Hugo Zemp “Kõrilaulmine” (Prantsusmaa)
1991 Lise Roos “Renditud aed” (Taani)
1992 Kari Happonen “Külaskäik” (Soome)
1993 Heimo Lappalainen “Taiga rändrahvas” (Soome)
1994 Makoto Sato “Elu Agano jõel” (Jaapan)
1995 Kersti Uibo “Evaldimaa” (Inglismaa-Eesti)
1996 Sergei Dvortsevoi “Paradiis”(Venemaa)
1997 Thomas Stenderup “Igavese rahu portaal” (Taani)
1998 Bente Milton “Gaia lapsed” (Taani)
1999 Lasse Naukkarinen “Kunstniku elu” (Soome)
2000 Wen Pu Lin “Otsides Shangri-La’d” (Hiina)
2001 Jouko Aaltonen “Kusum” (Soome)
2002 Maciej Adamek “Ma ei jäta sind surmani”(Poola)
2003 Ulrika Bengts “Nüüd sa oled Hamlet” (Soome)
2004 Johan Palmgren “Ebba ja Torgny” (Rootsi)
2005 Pirjo Honkasalo “Melanhoolia 3 tuba” (Soome)
2006 Arunas Matelis “Enne Maale naasmist” (Leedu)
2007 Wojciech Kasperski “Seemned” (Poola)
Igal aastal võistleb 7 dokfilmi ETV eetris. Milline neist tänavu
teemal “Lapsed ja nende vanemad” võidab Eesti Rahva Auhinna,
see sõltub telepubliku hääletustulemusest 12.juuli hilisõhtul.
Varasemad rahvaauhinna laureaadid olid sellised:
1999 U. Koch “Tiibeti soolamehed” (Šveits)
2000 P. Hegedus“Vanaisad ja revolutsioonid” (Austraalia)
2001 A. Varda “Järelnoppijad ja mina” (Prantsusmaa)
2002 K. Uibo “Kitsas on värav” (Inglismaa)
2003 N.Philibert “Olla ja omada” (Prantsusmaa)
2004 J. Karsh “Mu liha ja veri” (USA)
2005 L. Westman “Kas sa armastad mind?” (Taani)
2006 R. Ladkani, K. Davidson “Saatana kaevur” (Saksamaa)
2007 Y. Honig “Esimene rahu õppetund” (Iisrael)
Rahvusvaheline žürii 2008:
Kersti Uibo, esimees
Elo Liiv
Priit Pedajas
Mati Põldre
Pille Runnel
Õie Sarv
Eesti filmide žürii:
Edward Lucie-Smith
Carol Salter
Andreas Fischer-Hansen
Festivali meeskond: Vaiko Edur, Veronika Uusna, Riiljo Edur,
Marie Soosaar, Mikko Ilmari Virta, Svea Aavik, Mariina Mälk
jt.
Kataloog - Vaiko Edur, Veronika Uusna, Svea Aavik
Pealik - Mark Soosaar
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The President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves visiting the famous song maker Virve Köster on Kihnu island.
President Toomas Hendrik Ilves külas Virve Kösteril Kihnus. Ants Liiguse foto.
Dear guests of the XXII Pärnu Film Festival,
It is my great pleasure to welcome one of the oldest culture
festivals in Estonia, called to life by President Lennart Meri.
The small range gathering of film makers and scientists
has grown into an international film festival where survival
of languages and cultures of indigenous peoples is the most
important part. Here I would like to remember what Lennart
Meri has said – there are no small peoples or small cultures –
everyone has a right to live under the sun.
To preserve cultural diversity, it is important to take care
that the smallest piece of a nation could keep its language,
traditions and beliefs alive. You, the film makers and cultural
anthropologists, can give a helping hand with your creation.
Good luck in your respectful work!
Toomas Hendrik Ilves
President of the Republic of Estonia
Head XXII Pärnu Filmifestivali külalised!
Mul on heameel tervitada tänase Eesti üht vanimat
kultuurifestivali, mille algatajaks oli president Lennart Meri.
Väikesest erialainimeste - filmiloojate ja teadlaste - kohtumisest
on välja kasvanud rahvusvaheline filmifestival, kus erilise
tähelepanu all on põlisrahvaste keelte ning kultuuride ellujäämine.
Siinkohal on paslik meenutada Lennart Meri mõttekäiku, et pole
väikeseid rahvaid ega väikeseid kultuure – kõigil on õigus elule
meie ühise päikese all.
Kultuurilise mitmekesisuse nimel tuleb hoolitseda selle eest,
et ka kõige väiksearvulisem rahvakild saaks elus hoida oma keelt,
kombeid ja uskumusi. Teie, filmiloojad ja kultuurantropoloogid,
saate oma loominguga siin palju kaasa aidata.
Edu teie tänuväärses töös!
Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Vabariigi President
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Dear Guests of Pärnu Film Festival,
Dear Cineastes,
Film art is the reality which can give rise to an argument. It
is experienced in various ways, as a result of different angles of
views, because this form of art has been created by humans.
The film maker also works according to his or her experiences,
positions of mind, points of view, evaluations, emotions and
feelings. The film maker is influenced by the surrounding
environment together with its information and has to make
the appropriate selection of it for him- or herself and for the
viewer.
The viewer will only see the part of the whole that the film
maker has selected. The rest of the whole has jet to be created
by the viewer’s imagination. The more vivid the imagination,
the better the film.
I hope all the films screened in Pärnu Film Festival will fire
up your imagination and offer unforgettable moments.
“I believe in the eternal importance of the home as the
fundamental institution of society. I believe in the immeasurable
possibilities of every boy and girl. I believe in the imagination,
the trust, the hopes and ideals which dwell in the hearts of all
children. I believe in the beauty of nature, of art, of books, and
of friendship. I believe in the satisfactions of duty. I believe in
the little homely joys of everyday life…”
I think these golden words written by Ozora Davis describe
Pärnu Film Festival so well.
For the twenty second time the documentaries, sincere and
straight from life, offer all the cineastes of the festival new
knowledge and joyful recognition of the scenes of reality. And
it is all thanks to the fanatic management of Mark Soosaar.
I wish you all touching experiences!
I hope to meet you during the culture-summer in Pärnu!
Jane Mets,
Vice Mayor of Pärnu
Laine Jänes,
Minister of Culture of Estonian Republic
Head filmisõbrad!
Filmikunst on tegelikkus, mille üle saab vaielda.
Seda tunnetatakse erinevalt, lähtepunktideks on erinevad
vaatenurgad, sest seda kunsti on töödelnud ja filmiks
vormistanud inimesed.
Filmitegijagi töötab oma kogemuste, hoiakute, arvamuste,
väärtushinnangute, emotsioonide ja tunnetega. Teda mõjutab
ümbritsev keskkond koos seal leiduva informatsiooniga ning
filmitegija teeb selle hulgast paratamatult endale ja vaatajale
sobiliku valiku.
Vaataja näeb ainult seda osa tervikust, mille filmitegija talle
vaatamiseks on valinud. Ülejäänud terviku loob ta ise enda peas
kujutlusvõime abiga. Mida elavamalt tema kujutlusvõime tööle
hakkab, seda parem on film.
Loodan, et kõik Pärnu Filmifestivalil linastuvad filmid
käivitavad teie kujutlusvõime ja pakuvad unustamatuid hetki.
Laine Jänes,
EV kultuuriminister
Head Pärnu filmifestivali külalised!
„Mina usun kodu kui ühiskonna põhiinstitutsiooni
igavesti kestvasse tähtsusse. Mina usun iga poisi ja tüdruku
mõõtmatutesse võimalustesse. Mina usun kujutlusvõimesse,
usaldusse, lootustesse ja ideaalidesse, mis elavad kõikide
laste südameis. Mina usun looduse ja kunsti, raamatute ja
sõpruse ilusse. Mina usun igapäevase elu väikestesse lihtsatesse
rõõmudesse.“
Need kuldsed sõnad, kirja pandud Ozora Davise poolt,
tunduvad olema nii õiged kirjeldamaks Pärnu Filmifestivali.
Juba kahekümne teist korda pakuvad siirad filmid elust enesest
sel festivalil kõigile huvilistele uusi teadmisi ja äratundmisrõõmu.
Ja ikka Mark Soosaare fanaatilisel organiseerimisel.
Tundlikke filmielamusi kõigile!
Kohtumiseni Pärnu kirjus kultuurisuves!
Jane Mets,
Pärnu abilinnapea
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Pealik kõneleb:
President hoiab hellalt kihnu lauluema Järsumäe Virve kätt,
tantsupaari taga keerlevate noorte silmis peegeldub soe sära.
Mõni päev hiljem marsib Eesti Vabariigi president välja Siberis
toimuvalt rahvusvaheliselt kongressilt, kus solvatakse meie õigust
ehitada oma riiki, kaitsta eesti keelt ja kultuuri...
Need kaks episoodi kinnitavad tunnet, et oleme üks rahvas
ning et president Toomas Hendrik Ilves oskab õigel hetkel
väärikalt selja sirgu ajada.
Ent samas ei unusta meie, eestlased, et igal rahvakillul on
õigus elule. Pärnu filmifestivali ekraanitööd nõuavadki eluõigust
nii iidsele tiibeti kultuurile, kelle eluruumi ahistavad Hiina
suurriiklikud ambitsioonid, kui ka vanale tammele, kes jääb jalgu
Kalifornia kinnisvarafirmale. Esmakordselt on meie festivali
kavas teema “Inimene ja muutuv loodus”. Vaatame, kuidas
tänu inimesele võivad ellu jääda ülimalt haruldaseks muutunud
orangutangid ning saame teada, kas inimkond on valmis
maailmamere veetaseme oluliseks tõusuks. Sõltub ju inimeste
tarkusest (või rumalusest?), kas emake Maa muutub tulevikus
elamiskõlbmatuks kuulikeseks keset külma ja haigutavat
maailmaruumi või jääb ta edasi roheliseks oaasiks, kus liikide
mitmekesisust tähistab lõpmatuse märk.
XXII Pärnu filmifestivali seitse tugitoolifilmi ehk ETV-s
linastuvad võistlustööd on seekord teemal “Lapsed ja nende
vanemad”. Usume, et mitte üksnes paljude riikide põhiseadustesse
kirjutatud säte, mille järgi vanemad on kohustatud kasvatama
oma lastest ausaid kodanikke ning laste kohustus hoolitseda
vanaks jäänud emade-isade eest, vaid ka riigid kogu oma
elukorraldusega aitavad kaasa peresuhete hoidmisele. On ju
perekond ühiskonna algrakuke. Kui laste ning vanemate suhted
on korras pereringis, siis on nad korras ka kogukonnas.
Milline Eesti Rahva Auhinnale võistlev film kõige mõjusamaks
osutub, see selgub 12. juuli hilisööl, kui televaatajad helistavad
telefonil 1182 ning teevad oma valiku. Ja Riigikogu esimees Ene
Ergma seejärel auhinnavaiba võitja õlgadele asetab.
Kes aga tahab kohtuda silmast-silma filmide autoritega, pärida
elu kohta kaugete rahvaste juures ning anda ideid uute linateoste
loomiseks, sel tuleb tulla Pärnusse. Kes suvepealinna ei jõua,
see saab näha festivali valikkava Haapsalus, Rakveres, Viljandis,
Heimtalis, Otepääl, Põlvas või Manijal.
Nautige siis hetki meiega!
Mark Soosaar,
festivali pealik
The chief is speaking:
The President is holding tenderly the hand of Järsumäe Virve,
the legendary songmaker from Kihnu Island...
A few days later he walks out on the international congress
in Siberia where the Estonians’ right to build up their own state,
to protect their language and culture is offended...
These two episodes assure the feeling that we are one nation
and that President Toomas Hendrik Ilves can act upstandingly
when necessary. At the same time we, Estonians, do not forget
that even the smallest nations have the rights to their own space
for living.
The screenwork to be shown at Pärnu Film Festival cry for
the rights of the ancient Tibetian culture which is harrassed by
the great power of China as well as the old oak tree which is
standing in the way of a real estate company in California.
For the first time our festival program contains the theme
Man and Changing Nature. Let’s see, how the very rare
orangoutangs can be helped to continue their existence and is
the mankind ready for the rise of the world seas? Is man clever
enough to maintain the Mother Earth for ever?
The seven films on air of the Estonian TV speak about the
values of family as a little model of society. If relationships in
the family are harmonious, there is hope of having the same
kind of relations in the society. The most touching film will
come up in the night of July 12th when the TV audience votes
for favourites on the phone number 1182. And the President
of the Estonian Parliament Ene Ergma will lay the Estonian
People’s award - a nice blanket over the winner’s shoulders.
To meet the film makers in person and to see all the program,
one should come to Pärnu. A part of it will be also shown in
Haapsalu, Rakvere, Viljandi, Heimtali, Otepää and Manija.
Enjoy the time with us!
Mark Soosaar,
the Chief of Pärnu Film Festival.
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President of Estonian Parliament Ene Ergma:
Art and science may discover together
Mark Soosaar: It is generally known that art speaks in the
language of images and metaphors, science in the language of
definitions. You are a scientist, me maybe an artist. What do
you think, is it possible to make a film where definitions and
metaphors meet, where science and art co-operate?
Ene Ergma: Yes, I believe they can co-operate. For me, art and
science are the two faces of one medal. It is interesting that on
the border areas there evolves a totally different vision. Usually,
the holders of a certain field have quite a conservative way of
thinking. They want to keep their area clean. In science it is well
known that the interdisciplinary fields are the most successful
ones. There is a lot of new. I like the people who can acquire a
new look watching the world. I believe that art and science can
discover things together.
MS: Documentary film makers sometimes believe that they
are the cleverest, so they have to put their knowledge into
other people’s heads. In your opinion, how educative should a
documentary be ?
EE: I do not like to be mistaken for some kind of a bowl into
which something could be put and I should swallow it all. I like
different kinds of films. I think documentaries should make
people think. That is much better than the way of giving the
audience some ready made truths. I evaluate the films which I
can remember for long years, maybe even for tens of years. For
instance, the film Rashomon by Akira Kurosawa. Whenever I
recall that film, I think of our recent past. How everyone sees the
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past with his or her own eyes. How everyone of us looks back
upon the nineties, the story of Estonia becoming independent!
You were also in the movement of the creative societies – for
example, how do you see that time and how do many others
remember it now? Mart Laar, Edgar Savisaar, Marju Lauristin
remember it differently. It is a large complex of different images
and truths. Just like one story described in Rashomon through
different people.
MS: Everyone has his or her own truth and of all those different
truths a great truth is formed!
EE: Yes, everyone has his or her own truth and a right to keep
it. And later, historians and the next generations find their truths
of the past. The one that suits them best!
MS: Does it mean that a documentary film maker should not
force his or her truth on the others, that the film maker should
be an urgent collector of the truths of the other people?
EE: Yes, it seems to be the best way. But still, the result depends
on the choices of the author. For instance, the famous film To
Be and to Have. What does it show? I was very surprised to
see France so different. No glittering Paris, no glamour, only a
village school. It was so unexpected, so fantastic.
MS: That is the film by Nicolas Philibert about a small village
school. To Be and to Have got the Estonian People’s Award in
2003. The film does not teach anybody, it follows life in a school
where there are only 14 children and the adamant teacher makes

great efforts to educate them. There’s room enough for the
audience to fit in the action, to identify. I think this film has the
same place in the French film history as our The Spring (Kevade)
by Oskar Luts and Arvo Kruusement. The work enables to move
back in the imaginary space, to become a little child again and
to go to a kind of school, of which very few are left.
EE: Yes, and especially I like those active boys who are the main
characters in both films. Toots or Jojo who are very energetic.
With too much energy. And luckily, in both films there is a clever
teacher who can see that energy. In The Spring there are two
antipodes – Toots and Tali. But the teacher can find a way with
both boys. This is the genius of teacher Laur. The present day
schools need very badly such young men as Laur. Just like the
schools of France need that kind of a strong and very patient
teacher as in the film of Philibert.
MS: What do you wish the guests of XXII Pärnu Film
Festival?
EE: I have been to Pärnu Film Festival for several years now
and it has been very interesting. Every festival is new and
different from the previous ones. I wish the guests to have
exciting films to watch and new discoveries to the film makers.
Well, it is a very ordinary wish but the main thing is – to keep
going! In three years the festival will be of age of a quarter of
a century. For Pärnu it is something very special in the peak of
summertime!
Good luck!
Riigikogu esimees Ene Ergma:
teadus ja kunst võivad koos avastada
Mark Soosaar: Üldteada on, et kunst kõneleb kujundite, teadus
mõistete keeles. Sina oled teadlane, mina võib-olla kunstnik. Kas
Sinu meelest on võimalik film, kus mõisted ja kujundid saavad
kokku, kus teadus ja kunst koostööd teevad?
Ene Ergma: Usun, et võiksid küll koostööd teha. Minu jaoks
on teadus ja kunst ühe medali kaks külge. Huvitav, et piirimail
sünnib hoopis teistsugune nägemine. Tavaliselt ühe kindla ala
hoidjad on üsna konservatiivse mõttelaadiga. Tahetakse oma
valdkonna puhtust hoida. Teaduses on tuntud tõsiasi, et just
interdistsiplinaarsed alad on kõige edukamad. Seal on palju uut.
Mulle endale meeldib, kui osatakse vaadata maailma uue pilguga.
Usun, et teadus ja kunst võivad koos avastada.
MS: Dokfilmide tegijad arvavad vahel, et nemad on kõige
targemad ning seega peavad nad teistele inimestele oma teadmisi
pähe toppima. Kui hariv peaks Sinu arvates üks tõsielufilm
olema?
EE: Mulle küll ei meeldi, kui mind võetakse mingi anumana,
kuhu valatakse midagi sisse ning ma pean kõik alla neelama.
Mulle meeldivad teistsugused filmid. Minu meelest dokfilmid
peaks panema inimesi mõtlema. See on palju parem, kui et
sulle antakse mingid valmis tõed kätte.Hindan neid filme, mida
mäletan pikki aastaid, võib-olla isegi aastakümneid. Näiteks Akira
Kurosawa „Rashomon”. Kui see film mulle meenub, siis mõtlen
meie lähiajaloole. Kuidas igaüks näeb toimunut oma silmadega.
Kuidas me igaüks näeme oma silmadega üheksakümnendaid
aastaid, Eesti vabanemise lugu!
Sa olid loomeliitude liikumises, näiteks kuidas sina näed toda
aega ja kuidas paljud seda täna mäletavad? Erinevalt mäletavad
ju Mart Laar, Edgar Savisaar, Marju Lauristin. See on üks suur
erinevate nägemuste ja tõdemuste kogum. Nii nagu „Rashomoni”
filmis üks lugu on jutustatud läbi erinevate nägemuste, erinevate
prismade.
MS: Igaühel on oma tõde ja neist üksikutest tõdedest tulebki
suur tõde kokku!
EE: Jah, igaühel on oma tõde ja igaühel on ka õigus oma tõele.
Ja hiljem järgmised põlvkonnad ning ka ajaloolased leiavad olnust
omakorda oma tõe. Sellise, mis neile parajasti sobib!
MS: Kas siit võib järeldada, et dokfilmi autor ei tohiks oma
tõde peale suruda, et ta peaks olema usin ning kannatlik teiste
inimeste tõdede koguja?
EE: Mulle tundub küll, et see oleks parim variant. Ja ikkagi,
tulemus sõltub autori valikutest. Näiteks too kuulus film „Olla
ja omada”. Mida ikkagi näidata? Olin lausa üllatunud nähes nii
harjumatut Prantsusmaad. Ei säravat Pariisi, ei glamuuri, on vaid
väike külakool. See oli nii ootamatu, nii fantastiline.
MS: See on Nicolas Philibert’i film väikesest külakoolist. „Olla
ja omada” sai meie festivalil Eesti Rahva Auhinna 2003.aastal.
See film ei õpeta kedagi, ta vaid jälgib elu koolis, kus õpib ainult
14 last ja visa õpetaja näeb suurt vaeva lastele elementaarsete
teadmiste edasiandmisel. Filmis on piisavalt ruumi, et vaataja
saaks end tegevuse sisse paigutada, toimuvale kaasa elada,
end lastega samastada. Minu meelest on sel filmil prantsuse
kinoajaloos sama koht mis meil Oskar Lutsu-Arvo Kruusemendi
„Kevadel”. See teos võimaldab liikuda tagasi imaginaarses ajas
ja ruumis, olla väike laps ning käia koolis, milliseid enam pea
kusagil ei ole .
EE: Jah, ja mulle meeldivad eriti need aktiivsed poisid, kes
mõlemas teoses esiplaanil on. Olgu see siis Toots või Jojo, kel on
tohutult palju energiat. Energiat, mida pole kuhugile panna. Ja
õnneks on neis lugudes ka tark õpetaja, kes suudab seda energiat
näha. „Kevades”on kaks antipoodi – Toots ja Tali. Õnneks
õpetaja oskab mõlemale läheneda. See näitab õpetaja Lauri
geniaalsust. Õpetaja Lauri suguseid noori mehi oleks väga vaja
meie tänastesse koolidesse. Samuti kui toda visa ja kannatlikku
õpetajat Philibert’i filmist prantsuse koolidesse.
MS: Mida soovid XXII Pärnu Filmifestivali külalistele?
EE: Olen Pärnu festivalil juba mitmeid aastaid järjest käinud
ja see on mulle väga huvitav. Iga festival on uus ja eelmisest
erinev. Soovin külalistele head vaatamist ning filmiloojatele uusi
avastusi. See on küll standardsoov, kuid mis peamine – pidage
vastu! Kolme aasta pärast on festival juba veerandsaja aasta
vanune. Südasuvise Pärnu jaoks on teie festival midagi väga
head ja erilist!
Edu teile!
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ESTONIAN PEOPLE’S AWARD
EESTI RAHVA AUHIND
CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS
THE CONTEST ON AIR OF ESTONIAN TELEVISION:
VANEMAD JA LAPSED
VÕISTLUS ETV EKRAANIL
HOME
MAYOMI
THE MOTHER
MARCELA
A WORKING MOM
HOLD ME TIGHT,
LET ME GO
LIZA... LIKE HER
Sunday, July 6th 22.20
Monday, July 7th 22.20
Tuesday, July 8th 22.45
Wednesday, July 9th 22.15
Thursday, July 10th 22.00
Friday,
Saturday,
July 11th 21.25
July 12th 22.20
KODU
MAYOMI
EMA
MARCELA
TÖÖTAV EMA
HOIA MIND,
LASE MUL MINNA
LIZA OMA TEE
pühapäev,
esmaspäev,
teispäev,
kolmapäev,
neljapäev,
reede,
laupäev,
6. juuli 22.20
7. juuli 22.20
8. juuli 22.45
9. juuli 22.15
10. juuli 22.00
11. juuli 21.25
12. juuli 22.20
To help the author of Your favorite film to win the Estonian People’s
Award, please, call after the last broadcast to the phone number 1182
and give Your points!
Et aidata lemmikfilmi autoril võita Eesti Rahva Auhinda, helistage
pärast viimase filmi vaatamist telefonile 1182 ja andke omalt poolt talle
punkte! Helistajate vahel loosime välja kruiisi kahele Stockholmi.
HOLD ME TIGHT, LET ME GO
100 min. 2007 UK
Mulberry Bush is not an average school. It costs £113,000 a year and is highly selective. But you
don’t get there by being super rich. Each child is carefully chosen and paid for by local education
authorities hard strapped even to buy enough books for their normal classrooms. They pay for
these children for one reason only: they have no idea what else to do with them. The Mullberry
Bush School is where kids go when they can’t go anywhere else. Children whose behavioural and
emotional problems are so extreme other schools, their parents and care homes have rejected
them. This film explores the remarkable relationships which are formed between the staff and
children. We are drawn into the arduous and emotionally charged process of trying to break
the kids’ violent and self-destructive patterns of behaviour.
Directed by Kim Longinotto
Photographed by Kim Longinotto
Edited by Ollie Huddleston
Sound by Mary Milton
Produced by Roger Graef, Kim Longinotto
Co-Produced by Richard Klein (BBC)
World sales/contact: Fortissimofilms,
Van Diemenstraat 100, 1013 CN Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tel. +31 206273215
Fax +31 206261155
info@fortissimo.nl
HOIA MIND, LASE MUL MINNA
Autor Kim Longinotto
Inglismaal Mulberry Bush’is asuv kool on ebatavaline. Õppimine selles haridusasutuses on eriti
kallis. Ent samas pole tegemist kooliga, kus käivad vaid rikkurite lapsed. Siinsed poisid-tüdrukud
ei sobiks tavakooli. Nad on ülimalt emotsionaalsed ning sageli ka vägivaldsed. Isegi nende
lihased vanemad on neist ära pöördunud. Õpetajad ning kasvatajad püüavad olla lastele uuteks
vanemateks. Tasapisi kujunevadki uutmoodi ema-isa suhted õpilaste ja pedagoogide vahel.
.
HOME
55 min. 2007 Czech Republic
This is a personal exploration of the physical and mental repercussions of emigration. In
1969 a pregnant 18-year-old girl flees her country with her married lover as the Russian tanks
roll into the streets of Prague. They end up in Norway. They have a daughter. They become
successful in the world of theater. At the height of fortune the beautiful mother decides to send
her 14-year-old daughter away. They are never to live together after that. Now the mother lives
in Los Angeles and the father has moved back to Prague. Contact between the family today
is primarily through sporadic phone calls. The movie is an emotional journey of the daughter
trying to map the disintegration of the family.
Directed by Margareta Hruza
Photographed by Petr Koblovský and Jakub Šimůnek
Edited by Lucie Haladová and Tonička Janková
Produced by Pavel Strnad, Negativ a Margareta Hruza
World sales/contact: Margareta Hruza,
Na Václavce 14, Praha 5, 150 00, Czech Republic
Tel. +420 603418925
Fax +420 224933472
hruzam@gmail.com
KODU
Autor Margareta Hruza
Tšehhi filmilooja Margareta Hruza püüab oma tõsielufilmiga uurida, kuidas lõhutud Euroopa
ajalugu mõjutas tema vanemate kooselu. Margareta ema oli 18-aastane tüdruk, kes rasedana
koos oma lapse isaga Prahasse sissetunginud tankide eest Läände põgenes. Nad tegid hiilgavat
karjääri Oslo ooperimajas, ent siis otsustas ema ära Los Angelesi kolida. Maragareta oli siis
14-aastane. Nüüd, kolmkümmend seitse aastat hiljem, püüab tütar üksildast ema veel üksildasema
isa juurde tagasi tuua.
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LIZA...LIKE HER
31 min. 2005 Panama
Liza lives in Kuna Yala, at least that is how Liza calls the land where she lives. We call it San
Blas. San Blas is an indigenous reserve comprised of 365 islands. The main attraction of the
islands is its inhabitants and the craftsmanship that they sew: Molas. Liza is a master mola
maker and her name appears in tourist books as one of the best artists in San Blas. Liza sells
molas to the tourists that come to the islands. She sustains her entire family of 8 brothers and
sisters. But there is more that meets the eye, for Liza is a man who was raised as a woman. Liza
is apparently accepted by her community, yet she is constantly struggling with her womanhood.
Liza wants to keep her traditions, and tries to keep the facade. She explains to us her views, her
opinions and how she copes with her two words: Kuna Yala and Panama as LIZA the master
molamaker of San Blas.
LIZA OMA TEE
Autor Annie Cannavagio
Panamas Kuna Yala rannikul asub 365-st saarest koosnev San Blas’i arhipelaag, mille põliselanikud
on kuulsad värvikate käsitöötraditsioonide poolest. Liza on väikestest pärlitest mustrite tikkimises
eriti osav – tema töid ostavad meelsasti turistid.
Liza sündis kui poiss ja teda kasvatati kui tüdrukut. Vastavalt kogukonna tavadele peab igaüks
abielluma. See aga ei kehti Liza kohta, sest tema on nii mees kui naine. Kuna Liza ei saa järglasi,
siis hoiab ta kõiki oma küla lapsi ning on mõnelegi neist lausa ema eest!
.
Directed by Anne Marie Canavaggio
Photographed by Carlos Arango de Monctis
Edited by Laura Fong
Sound by Franklin Hernandez
Produced by Marina Production
World sales/contact: Marina Production,
Apartado Postal 535, zona 9A Panama City, Panama
Tel. +507 66129012
Fax +39 332517054
marinaproduction@yahoo.com
MARCELA
82 min. 2006 Czech Republic
The life of Marcela, an ordinary Czech woman is explored throughout several decades of her
life. The documentary observes several important societal issues. We are engaged to struggle
and fight back with Marcela as her tragic life unfolds before our eyes especially dealing with her
daughter’s unexpected death which almost drives her to suicide. However, the responsibility she
feels for her retarded son gives her the will to survive. The making of Marcela was initially part
of a six-part series on Czech television about the fate of six married couples but the events
that happened throughout Marcela’s life arose a wave of solidarity from the Czech public who
sent her money and personal support. This was the reason why Helena Třeštíková decided to
focus solely on a documentary about Marcela. The distressing destiny of Marcela’s life and the
act of human support from the Czech public was therefore, worthy to be expressed in this
film. She is currently looking forward for a better future.
MARCELA
Autor Helena Trestikova
Filmilooja Helena Trestikova alustas Marcelast filmiportree loomist enam kui 30 aastat tagasi.
Esimese võttepäeva eesmärgiks oli jäädvustada, kuidas ilus noor naine ja tema sihvakas peigmees
ühte heidavad. Kuue noorpaari abiellumise lood oli Tšehhi televisiooni dokumentaalsarja
teemaks. Sarja arenedes hakkas filmilooja suurema innuga jälgima Marcela elu. Marcela järgnevad
aastad olid täis rõõmu ning kannatusi. Noor naine sünnitas peagi tütre. Siis jättis mees Marcela
maha, tuli tagasi ning lahkus lõplikult. Marcela kasvatas tütre üksinda üles. Ühel traagilisel õhtul
aga tütar töölt tulles koju ei jõudnud.
Marcela näeb välja palju vanem kui teised temaealised tšehhi naised. Marcela peab elama edasi
ühiskonnas, kus raha räägib kõvema häälega kui inimlikud väärtused.
Directed by Helena Třeštíková
Photographed by Jan Malíř, Miroslav Souček and Vlastimil Hamerník
Edited by Alois Fišárek, Lenka Polesná and Zdenek Patočka
Sound by Zbyněk Mikulík, Petr Provazník and Jan Valouch
Produced by Kateřina Černá, Pavel Strnad and Anna Becková
World sales/contact: Taskovski Films – World Sales,
4B Wentworth St, London, UK
Tel. +420 233313839
festivals@taskovskifilms.com
MAYOMI
50 min. 2008 UK (filmed in Sri Lanka)
Mayomi is an intimate portrait of a young woman struggling to gain independence, whilst
holding her troubled family together in post-Tsunami Sri Lanka,
Mayomi lost her husband to the Tamil Tigers, her mother and home to the Tsunami, and is
now the only female member of her family, single-handedly caring for her disabled father, her
alcoholic brother and his abandoned six-year old son. She is also still homeless and knows that,
in a country crippled by bureaucracy and corruption, this is unlikely to change. The film follows
Mayomi as she struggles to overcome the obstacles in and outside her family. Her optimism and
courage drives her forward and also provides the heart of this moving and intimate film.
MAYOMI
Autor Carol Salter
Inglise filmitegija Carol Salteri ekraaniteos maalib haarava portree Mayomist, tublist naisest, keda
on tabanud üks tragöödia teise järel. Tema mehe tapsid 1999.aastal Tamili Tiigrid. 2004. aastal
lõhkus tsunami Mayomi kodu ning meri haaras oma voogudesse tema ema. Täna on Mayomi
õlul invaliidist isa, alkohoolikust venna ning kuue-aastase poja saatus. Tsunamist lõhutud kodu
pole õnnestunud taastada, Sri Lanka ametnike kõrvad on jäänud Mayomi abipalvetele kurdiks.
Ometi on Mayomi elurõõmus inimene, sest taevas särab päike ning ta usub, et ühel päeval
saabub õnn ka tema ja ta poja õuele.
Directed by Carol Salter
Photographed by Carol Salter
Edited by Napoleon Stratogiannakis and Carol Salter
Sound by Carol Salter
Produced by Carol Salter
World sales/contact: Clap FilmSales,
Rue de Verrewinkel, 93-1180 Brussels, Belgium
Tel. + 32 23600436
Fax :+ 32 23753234
mo@clapfilmsales.be
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THE MOTHER
80 min. 2007 Switzerland (filmed in Russia)
HER NAME IS LIUBOV.
It means ‘love’ in Russian.
SHE IS THE MOTHER.
She has 9 children.
She’s adopting a tenth.
SHE IS ALWAYS RUNNING.
Away from her violent husband, to her eldest son in jail.
From the maternity house to the school.
From the hospital to the farm.
WHERE CAN SHE RUN TO NOW?
Directed by Antoine Cattin and Pavel Kostomarov
Photographed by Antoine Cattin and Pavel Kostomarov
Edited by Antoine Cattin and Pavel Kostomarov
Sound by Antoine Cattin and Pavel Kostomarov
Produced by Elena Hill
World sales/contact: Elena Hill,
L’Epignau 1, CH-1373 Chavornay, Switzerland
Tel. + 41 215503640
films@hors-champ.ch
EMA
Autorid Antoine Cattin ja Pavel Kostomarov
Režissööride Antoine Cattini ja Pavel Kostomarovi tõsielufilm maalib jõulise portree lihtsast vene
naisest, kes noore tüdrukuna müüdi jõhkardist mehele ja keda elukaaslane edaspidi korduvalt
vägistas. Ometi on Ljubov, üheksa lapse ema, suutnud endas alles hoida palju inimlikke väärtusi.
Hoolimata sellest, et vanem poeg istub vangis ning teine poeg on vaimse puudega. Ljubov peab
praktiliselt üksinda hoolitsema, et joodikust mehel ning kõigil lastel oleks leib laual. Selline juba
on kord ühe vapra vene naise saatus…
A WORKING MOM
78 min. 2007 Israel
In 1990, 22 year-old Marisa left her two tiny children with her family in Bolivia to seek work
overseas. 15 years later, she returns and tries to reunite with the children she supported financially
all those years-but who view her as a stranger today. Her story is a real-life family drama that
explores the powerful and painful themes of poverty, alienation and displacement in the new
global economy.
Directed by Limor Pinhasov
Photographed by Eytan Harris
Edited by Limor Pinhasov
Original music by Avi Lebovich
Produced by Yaron Kaftori, Cicero Films
World sales/contact: Fortissimofilms,
Van Diemenstraat 100, 1013 CN Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tel. +31 206273215
Fax +31 206261155
info@fortissimo.nl
TÖÖTAV EMA
Autorid Yaron Kaftori ja Limor Pinhasov
Yaron Kaftori ja Limor Pinhasovi dokumentaaldraama räägib boliivia naisest Marisast, kes
22-aastaselt tuli Iisraelisse tööle, et oma perele elatist teenida. Tema kaks väikest last jäid
Boliiviasse vanavanemate hoole alla.
Marisal ei õnnestunud naasta kodumaale aasta-kahe pärast, nagu alguses oli plaanitud. Kui
tubli naine lõpuks pärast 15-aastast äraolekut Boliiviasse tagasi jõuab, on lapsed emale võõraks
kasvanud.
Marisa lugu on tõeline peredraama, kus olukorda valitsevad vaesus, võõrandumine ja
maailmamajanduse ebaühtlane areng.
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GENERAL COMPETITION
to find the best scientific recording,
the best film on survival of indigenous peoples,
the best film on relationship between man and nature
and
the best artistic achievment.
PEAKONKURSS
parima teadusliku jäädvustuse,
parima põlisrahvaste ellujäämisfilmi,
parima filmi inimesest ja muutuvast loodusest
ning parima filmikunstilise saavutuse leidmiseks.
CONFLUENCES - EMERILLON OF FRENCH GUIANA
78 min. 2007 Denmark/France (filmed in French Guiana- Amazonas)
Like forceful omens, scientific reports have hitherto depicted the Amerindian Emerillon as
cultureless and doomed to disappear.
With this film, an anthropologist proposes to defy these negative images, by the same token
delving into their world. Several young Emerillon take up the challenge, and through their
resourceful and often stumbling efforts to maintain a life in the forest while profiting from their
status as French citizens, they present another version of what being Emerillon is about.
There emerges a rare, profoundly generous and non-ethnocentric discourse, one that asserts
that to feel yourself as Emerillon does not necessarily imply feeling fundamentally different
from others.
KOKKUPUUTEPUNKTID
Autor Perle Møhl
Teaduslikud uuringud ennustavad Lõuna-Ameerika indiaanlaste - emerillonite - kui kultuuritu
rahva peatset väljasuremist. Üks antropoloog aga püüab väita vastupidist. Olla ja tunda end
emerillonina Counani vabariigis (endises Prantsuse Guianas) ei tähenda tingimata fundamentaalset
erinevust muust maailmast nagu ilmneb filmis kõlavatest arutlustest.
Directed by Perle Møhl
Photography by Perle Møhl
Edited by Vincent Blanchet
Sound by Perle Møhl
Produced by Studios de la Vanne
World sales/contact: Studios de la Vanne,
9 rue Henry Collinet, F-89100 Malay-le-Grand, France
Tel. +33 386972218
info@studiosdelavanne.fr
DAUGHTERS OF WISDOM
68 min. 2007 USA (filmed in Tibet)
The film is an intimate portrait of a rare and exceptional spiritual community and the women
who built it up. For centuries, monasteries have served as spiritual and educational centers for
rural areas of Tibet where subsistence farmers and nomadic yak herders engaged in the daily
struggle survive. Mostly, monastic life has only been available to men, as it is generally believed
that educating a woman is a waste of valuable resources. But Kala Rongo Monastery, in remote
North-eastern Tibet, is granting women choices they’ve never had before, as they play an
unprecedented role in preserving their rich cultural heritage even as they slowly reshape it.
TARKUSE TÜTRED
Autor bari Pearlman
Ameerika filmilooja Bari Pearlmani teos viib vaataja spirituaalsesse kogukognda, mille rajasid
naised. Tiibetis on kloostrid aastasadu olnud munkade suletud maailmaks, sest naiste harimist
on peetud ressursi raiskamiseks. Selles Kirde-Tiibeti kloostris antakse võimalus ka naistel hoida
tiibetlaste rikast kultuuripärandit ning seda edasi arendada.
Directed by Bari Pearlman
Photography by Gena Konstantinakos
Edited by Carla Ruff
Production by Bari Pearlman
World sales/contact: BTG Productions,
PO Box 133, New York, NY 10014, USA
Tel./Fax +1 2129898978
bari@btgproductions.com
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DONKEY IN LAHORE
117 min. 2007 Australia
A unique cross-cultural love story that follows Brian, an Australian Goth and a puppeteer, as
he converts to Islam and attempts to overcome cultural as well as personal obstacles in order
to marry Amber, a young Muslim woman in Pakistan.
LAHORE EESEL
Autor Faramarz K-Rahber
Austraalia filmilooja Faramarz K-Rahber jälgis armulugu, mis püüdis ületada pikki vahemaid
ning nähtamatuid müüri erinevate kultuuride vahel. Kristlane Brian, elukutselt nukuteatri näitleja
ja Austraalia kodanik, armub Amberisse, moslemi naisesse Pakistanis. Noorte armastus on
sedavõrd tugev, et neil õnnestub ületada barjääre, mis esialgu näivad võimatutena. Brian loobub
kristlusest ning võtab omaks islami.
Directed by Faramarz K-Rahber
Photographed by Faramarz K-Rahber and Axel Grigor
Edited by Axel Grigor
Sound by John Willsteed, David White and Tfer Newsome
Produced by Faramarz K-Rahber
World sales/contact: Faraway Productions,
PO Box 1602, 4122 Carindale, Australia
Tel. +61 414339796
aramarz@hotlinks.net
GUGARA
69 min. 2008 Poland (filmed in Russia)
It is late summer of 2006. Within the last few weeks, Dimitri and Tatiana, last herdsmen alive
in the Taiga, have lost their reindeer, which were killed by wolves. This misfortune is going to
force them to leave their life in the forest for the village. Their oldest son, Kola, already lives
there. Kola is trying to prevent his parents from settling in Tutonchany village. He knows they
are going to die there. He knows what happened to the old man nicknamed “Boatswain” who
was in the same situation a few years ago. This is the story of the decline of a small Siberian
community. This observing documentary describes the paradoxical world of former nomads
and reindeer herds that were forced to abandon their ancient ways of life.
Directed by Jacek Naglowski and Andrzej Dybczak
Photographed by Patryk Jordanowicz and Jacek Naglowski
Edited by Jacek Naglowski
Produced by Agnieszka Janowska and Jacek Naglowski
World sales/contact: Deckert Distribution,
Marienplatz 1, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Tel. +49 3412156638
Fax +49 3412156639
info@deckert-distribution.com
GUGARA
Autorid Jacek Naglowski ja Andrzej Dybczak
Poola filmiloojad Jacek Naglowski ja Andrzej Dybczak leidsid Siberi taigast kurva vanapaari –
Dimitri ja Tatjana. Hundid on just-just maha murdnud nende põdrakarja. Dimitril ja Tatjanal
ei jää midagi muud üle, kui metsast asulasse kolida. Seal elab juba ees nende poeg Kola. Tema
püüab vanemate ümberasumist ära hoida, sest asulas ootab eluaegseid metsaelanikke ees
paratamatu ja kiire kustumine…
IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE MUD
52 min. 2006 France (filmed in French Guiana)
Mud has a unique quality on Earth: in mud all the building blocks necessary for the construction
of life are concentrated; in mud the link between the infinitely large and the infinitely small is
made possible.
Daniel Guiral, aquatic ecology specialist, takes us to the Kaw River estuary, near the border
between Brazil and French Guyana, and in the immediate vicinity of an immense mud bank.
This region is like an open laboratory enabling us to observe the behaviour of the mud’s strange
and fragile inhabitants.
Directed by Luc Riolon
Photographed by Jean-Marie Cornuel, Gerard Sergent and Luc Riolon
Edited by Francois-Philippe Gallois
Sound by Luc Riolon
Produced by Thierry Berrod- Mona Lisa Production
World sales/contact: Mona Lisa Production,
3 & 4 place Chazette, 69001 Lyon, France
Tel. +33 478390404
Fax +33 478290947
pcressent@monalisa-prod.com
ALGUSES OLI MUDA
Autor Luc Riolon
Luc Riolon on Prantsuse Guianas üles võtnud suurepärase filmi kummaliste koosluste elust, kes
saavad eksisteerida vaid mudas. Teejuhiks mudas toimuva eluvõitluse juurde on Daniel Guiral,
ökoloog, kes ise on samuti kodus selles mudamaailmas, mis asub Kaw jõe sängis Brasiilia ja
Prantsuse Guiana (Counani vabariigi) piiril. Film tungib maailma, kes elab veel isegi eelajaloolisi
relikte ning ainus puu, mis on kohanenud soolase veega.
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I WAS A WHITE AFRICAN - L’ADIEU A JEAN ROUCH
Three years after the tragic death of legendary French film maker Jean Rouch the Dogons have
decided to arrange a symbolic remembrance ceremony to send the soul of the great friend into
the other world. As the Dogons let Jean Rouch film their most secret rites the film maker had
asked them to send his soul away according to all the customs of the Dogons.
Jocelyne, the widow of Jean Rouch, who had married the film maker only two years before the
tragic car accident, is coming to Nigeria to attend the ceremony. The organiser of the great
rite is the friend of Rouch and a translator Pangalé. The farewell rite of the soul of Jean Rouch
forms a panorama of the Dogons’ funeral rites thanks to the anthropological visualisation of
Bernd Mosblech.
OLIN VALGE AAFRIKLANE. HÜVASTI, JEAN ROUCH!
Autor Bernd Mosblech
Kolm aastat pärast legendaarse prantsuse filmilooja ja etnoloogi Jean Rouch’i hukkumist on
dogonid otsustanud korraldada sümboolse mälestustseremoonia, et saata suure sõbra hing teise
ilma. Kuna dogonid olid lubanud Jean Rouch’il filmida nende kõige salajasemaid riitusi, siis oli
Rouch palunud neid pärast surma tema hing kõigi dogonite kommete kohaselt ära saata.
Jean Rouch’i lesk Jocelyne, kes oli filmiloojaga abiellumud vaid kaks aastat enne traagilist
autoõnnetust, tuleb Nigerisse tseremooniast osa võtma. Hiigelürituse korraldab Rouch’i sõber
ja tõlk Pangalé. Jean Rouch’i hinge ärasaatmine annab panoraamse ettekujutuse dogonite
matuserituaalidest tänu Bernd Mosblechi visuaalantropoloogilisele jäädvustusele.
Directed and photographed by Bernd Mosblech
Photographed by Hagen Schönherr
Edited by Monika Kretchmann
Produced by Ulrika Becker
Co-produced by Bernd Mosblech Filmproduktion
JOURNEY OF A RED FRIDGE
52 min. 2007 Serbia (filmed in Nepal)
17-year-old Hari Rai trudges up a mountain footpath. Across his back and hung by a strap over
his forehead is a red Coca-Cola refrigerator. Hari is one of the thousands long distance child
porters of Nepal. Classified as one of the worst forms of child labor, child porters are frequently
used to haul goods up and down the mountains. This is the story of one of them.
PUNASE KÜLMIKU TEEKOND
Autorid Lucian Muntean ja Nataša Stanković
Hari Rai, 17-aastane nepaali poiss, ronib mööda mägiteid. Tema seljas liigub uue omaniku poole
punane Coca-Cola külmik. Hari on üks tuhandetest laps-koormakandjatest, kes veeringute eest
peavad ebainimlikku tööd tegema.
Pikal teekonnal kohtub Hari paljude inimestega, kelle kaudu avaneb mõjus pilt mägirahva
elust-olust. Pika rännaku koos Hariga tegid kaasa serbia filmiloojad Lucian Munten ja Natasa
Stankovic.
Directed by Lucian Muntean and Natasa Stankovic
Photographed by Lucian Muntean
Edited by Nataša Stanković
Sound by Vladimir Maritz
Produced by Lucian Muntean- Lunam Docs
World sales/contact: Robin Brinster- Illumina Films,
Leidsestraat 106-IV, 1017 PG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tel. +31 206248395
Fax +31 203308155
ilumina.robin@wolmail.nl
KEEP THE DANCE ALIVE
75 min. 2007 France (filmed in Namibia and Angola)
A unique voyage through the music, dance and spirit possession practices of the Ovahimba
people of north-western Namibia and south-western Angola, Keep the Dance Alive features
remarkable footage of how dance and spirit possession is integrated into everyday life from
infancy to death. The documentary presents a singular vision of the Ovahimba people, that of
director Rina Sherman who filmed the lives of an Ovahimba family for seven years. She focuses
on how singing, rhythm and voice work together with dance and spirit possession to compose
a complete imaginary universe and a dense and complex social structure.
Keep the Dance Alive is part of The Ovahimba Years, a long-term multi-disciplinary
ethnographic study of the Ovahimba and other Otjiherero-language-speaking peoples of
north-western Namibia and south-western Angola.
HOIDKEM TANTS ELUS
Autor Rhina Sherman
Loode-Namiibias ja Edela-Angoolas elavatel ovahimbadel on spirituaalseid riitusi, mille kehakeel
loob kaitsemaagilisi kujundeid. Seitsme aasta jooksul on Rhina Sherman jäädvustanud tantse, mis
katavad kogu inimese elukaare alates sünnist kuni surmani. Film on üles võetud ühes ovahimba
peres, kus autor uuris seoseid laulu ja tantsu rütmi ning neist tekkivate spirituaalstete seisundite
vahel.
Directed, recorded, edited and produced by Rina Sherman
World sales/contact: Documentary Educational Resources,
101 Morse Str. Watertown, MA 02472, USA
Tel. +1 617 9260491
Fax +1 6179269519
brittany@der.org
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LAST YOIK IN SAAMI FORESTS?
59 min. 2007 Finland (filmed in Finland and Norway)
The documentary chronicles the logging damage that has taken place in the forests of Finnish
Lapland over the past 50 years. Home to the indigenous Saami peoples, these forests are essential
to Saami reindeer herding, a traditional way of life that the Saami hope to continue into future
generations. Population growth in Finland has created economic pressure – prompting migration
to the Saami lands in the North. The resulting forest cutting severely depletes the lichen necessary
for free reindeer grazing, and logging infrastructure disrupts the entire forest ecosystem.
The film shows a state-owned logging company Metsahallitus in the exploitation of Saami
resources, and shows that the Finnish government has done little to preserve this natural resource.
The issue of indigenous land rights is the heart of the problem, and till the completion of this
film in 2007, it remains unresolved.
Directed by Hannu Hyvönen
Photographed by Ossi Kakko, Maarten van Rouveay, Rikhard Saukko and
Hannu Hyvönen
Edited by Ossi Kakko
Sound by Ossi Kakko and Juha Mehtäläinen
Produced by Cooperative Marjarinteen Metsäpuutarha
World sales/contact: Cooperative Marjarinteen Metsäpuutarha,
Kihmulankatu 41, 74130 Iisalmi, Finland
Tel. +358 408317733
info@elonmerkki.net
KAS SAAMI METSADE VIIMANE JOIK?
Autor Hannu Hyvönen
Hannu Hyvöneni dokfilm muretseb Lapimaa metsade saatuse pärast. Metsatööstuse üha tugevnev
surve hävitab elukeskkonna, mis aastasadu on olnud saamide ja põhjapõtrade päriskoduks. Filmi
autori seisukoht on väga kriitiline Soome valitsuse suhtes, kes ei kaitse piisavalt rahvuslikku
vara – metsa.
MAKING RAIN
58 min. 2007 Estonia/Norway/Mozambique (filmed in Mozambique)
The Vumba Hills in central Mozambique, close to the Zimbabwe border, are the kingdom of
Mambo (Chief) Chirara. The Mambo’s leading position is acknowledged by the government,
and in addition to being the region’s most important spiritual leader, the Mambo has the right
to hold court cases that deal with minor crimes, problems involving spirits and domestic
affairs. He is assisted by several subchiefs and ritual leaders. In the northernmost corner of the
Mambo’s kingdom, Mbuya Gondo, an over 70-years-old woman, is a spiritual medium. She
often holds ceremonies at a well-known rock drawing site. Mambo Chirara is not pleased with
the old lady’s activities. In his opinion, Mbuya Gondo acts too independently and demands
too much money for carrying out the ceremonies. In the film, gender issues and local politics
are brought to the surface as we follow these two leaders during a period of preparing for and
performing the annual rainmaking rituals.
Directed by Liivo Niglas and Frode Storaas
Photographed by Liivo Niglas and Frode Storaas
Edited by Liivo Niglas and Marju Juhkum
Sound by Liivo Niglas and Frode Storaas
Produced by Liivo Niglas, Tore Sætersdal and Frode Storaas
World sales/contact: mp doc,
33-6 Põhja Str., 76610 Keila, Estonia
Tel. +372 5200874
liivon@gmail.com
VIHMA TEGEMINE
Autorid Liivo Niglas ja Frode Storaas
Vumba mäed Mosambiigi keskosas, Zimbabwe piiri lähedal, on Mambo Chirara kuningriik.
Mambot kui pealikku tunnustab ka valitsus ja nii on Mambol õigus mõista kohut kui küsimus
puudutab väiksemaid kuritegusid, vaimudega seotud lugusid ja koduseid juhtumeid. Mambot
abistavad mitmed asepealikud ja rituaalsed juhid.
Mambo kuningriigi põhjaosas elab šamaan Mbuya Gondo, üle seitsmekümnene naine. Ta
peab tihti talitusi tuntud kaljujooniste juures. Mambo Chirara ei ole vana naise tegevusega
rahul. Tema arvates tegutseb Mbuya Gondo liiga isesesisvalt ja nõuab pühade talituste eest
lubamatult kõrget tasu.
Filmi autorid Frode Storaas ja Liivo Niglas jälgisid kaht liidrit ajal, mil nad valmistusid ja viisid
läbi iga-aastaseid vihmategemise talitusi.
MARIA LIONZA, BREATH OF ORCHIDS
81 min. 2007 Venezuela
Directed by John Petrizzelli
Photographed by Rubén Belfort
Edited by Miguel Ángel Garcí
Sound by Frank Rojas and Danny Rojas
Produced by John Petrizzelli
World sales/contact: Centro Nacional Autonomo de Cinematografia (CNAC),
Francisco de Miranda Con Calle Los Laboratorios, Centro Empresarial Quorum, Piso 1,
Ofic. 1-F, Los Ruices, Caracas 1071, Venezuela
Tel./Fax +58 2122352194
festivalesint@cnac.gob.ve
The history of an indigenous princess kidnapped by an anaconda is the point of item(game) of
this documentary that explores the myth and Maria Lionza’s worship, always in transformation
from the colonial times.
The documentary raises the multiple facets of the myth and of the worship, without obviating
any of these in spite of the fact that differences could arise, up to contradictions in the beliefs.
The absence of dogma and universal creed to the worship, they constitute the essence of this
magic – religious universe.
The peregrinate of a group of believers of different environments to Sorte’s mountain, Maria
Lionza’s kingdom, offers to know personal histories, motivations and vision of the spiritual
phenomenon, humanizing and personalizing the devotion to the goddess. The summation of the
peregrinate up to the top of the mountain, our history, the pilgrims as well as the investigation on
the iconography of the myth and of the worship, brings us nearer to an eclectic and permeable
Maria Lionza who has managed to survive and to adapt for more of 500 years, symbolizing the
spirit of the deepest and why not, genuine Venezuela.
MARIA LIONZA, ORHIDEEDE HINGUS
Autor John Petrizzelli
Müüt Maria Lionzast, Venetsueela põlisrahva printsessist, on küllaltki laialt levinud Sorte
mägedes. Juba koloniaalaja algusest peale räägitakse ja usutakse siin lugu kaunist naisest, kelle
röövis anakonda. Palverännakud Maria Lionza kuju juurde kestavad tänaseni ning räägivad
rahva usust imedesse.
John Petrizelli film on põhjalik uurimus ühe usu metamorfoosidest.
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MY LIFE WITH ORANGUTANS
58 min. 2007 Denmark (filmed in Indonesia)
Deep in the middle of Borneo’s jungle lives a woman who has become the mother of 600
orangutans. She has dedicated her life to the charismatic animals which are among one of the
world’s most endangered animal species, and she has been struggling hard for the survival of
the orangutan for the past 13 years. Lone Dröscher Nielsen is the head of the world’s largest
rehabilitation centre for orangutans. The purpose is to help apes, who have lived in captivity
or held illegally as pets, ease their way back into nature. But it is a costly affair to run such a
large centre and now that the primary sponsor has filed for bankruptcy, the centre finds itself
in great economic difficulties. If they fail to find a new sponsor within the near future, Lone
is forced to give up her life’s work.
MU ELU KOOS ORANGUTANGIDEGA
Autor Anna Katrin Nørgaard
Sügaval Borneo džunglis elab Lone Dröscher Nielsen, kes on suure osa oma elust kulutanud
selleks, et taastada orangutangidele elukõblik looduskeskkond. Selle tubli naise hoole all on üle
600 orangutangi, keda on varem peetud illegaalselt koduloomadena. Orangutangid on kõrge
intellektiga karismaatilised olevused, kelle arvukus on vähenenud alla kriitilise piiri.
Anna Katrin Nørgaardi dokfilm maalib sugestiivse pildi inimesest, kes püüab käigus hoida
inimesele lähima imetaja taastuskeskust.
Directed by Anna Katrin Nørgaard
Photographed by Klaus Nedergaard
Produced by Petter Åttingsberg- Danish Broadcasting Corporation
World sales/contact: DR International Sales,
DR Byen Emil Holm Kanal 20 DK 0999 Copenhagen C, Denmark
Tel. +45 35203959
saar@dr.dk
OAK #419
40 min. 2006 USA/Germany
Oak #419 is about the protest movement led by John Quigley, who spent 71 days living in a 400
year old oak tree in Los Angeles County, to try to save it from being cut down for a new highway.
The roadway is to lead to the next projected 20,000 housing unit development. The movement
became much bigger than just this tree, receiving great media attention, and drawing a very
diverse crowd: reporters and camera people, people in frog suits, Latino immigrants, Filippino
immigrants, cheerleaders, Native Americans and even Santa Claus. Political folk musician Fred
Starner, who participated in the protest, made the music for the film. The film is about someone
having the courage to stand up for what he believes in, and about trying to reclaim democracy
in today’s divided, neoconservative America. The tree became the “proverbial line in the sand”
between nature, and the voracious urban sprawl of L.A. Can one weigh the value of nature
against real estate development? What is “progress”?
TAMM NR. 419
Autor Robert Harding Pittman
Los Angelesi lähedale rajatava uue elurajooni juurde viiva tee ehitusele jääb ette 400-aasta vanune
tamm. Arendaja tahab puud maha saagida, kuid ümbruskonna rahvas on kategooriliselt vastu.
Protestijate eesotsas on John Quigley, kes veedab 71 päeva tamme okstel elades. Robert Hardin
Pittman maalib haarava pildi sellest, kuidas protestilaine kasvab, kuidas tamme kaitseks astuvad
välja mitmed rahvusgrupid, kuidas telekanalid annavad edasi folklaulja Fred Starneri protestilaule
hiigeltamme kaitseks. Dramaatiline konfrontatsioon merkantiilse ja aatelise maailmavaate vahel
lõpeb vana tamme kasuks ning sellest originaalsest lahendusest on palju õppida nii ametnikel
kui arendajatel üle kogu maailma.
Directed by Robert Harding Pittman
Photographed by Robert Harding Pittman
Edited by Andi Preisner
Sound by Ramón Rico
Music by Fred Starner
Produced by Robert Harding Pittman
World sales/contact: Robert Harding Pittman,
c/ Argumosa 5,5º,ext.,izq., 28012 Madrid, Spain
Tel. +34 915271754
rhp@rhpimages.com
PARADISE
58 min. 2007 Sweden
Hans and Kerstin have been married for 65 years. One day, against Kerstin’s will, Hans decides
that they should create a feature wall in their summer house. Their inability to agree on the right
colour and pattern has hindered all earlier attempts at renovation. Through their discussions,
conversations and quarrels, we get an image of the couple’s entire life and relationship. A bright,
loving, provocative and entertaining portrait. Who would have thought that an elderly couple
and a wall might be so captivating!
PARADIIS
Autor Jerzy Sladkowski
Hans ja Kerstin on olnud abielus juba 65 aastat. Ühel ilusal päeval otsustab Hans ilma Kerstinilt
küsimata ära vahetada tapeedi nende ühises suvekodus. Järgneb kirglik vaidlus, milles avanevad
kahe teineteist armastava inimese iseloomud.
Jerzy Sladkowski film on üles võetud ja kokku pandud maheda huumoriga.
Directed by Jerzy Sladkowski
Photographed by Gunnar Källström and Wojciech Staron
Edited by Agnieszka Bojanowska
Sound by Per Hellquist and Mikael Brodin
Produced by Antonio Russo Merenda- Hysteria Film
World sales/contact: Antonio Russo Merenda- Hysteria Film,
Völundsgatan 10, 113 21 Stockholm, Sweden
Tel./Fax +46 8315435
hysteria@hysteriafilm.se
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SUMMERCHILD
60 min. 2007 Finland (filmed in Finland and Russia)
Over the summer vacation, a Finnish couple opens their home to a Russian orphan, who lives
a mere 60 kilometres away. Geographic proximity is about all that the generous couple and
11-year-old Sveta have in common. Sveta doesn’t say much and the do-gooders struggle to pull
her out of her shell, addressing her in Finnish, a language she does not understand. Summerchild
is an intriguing and revelatory look at the role that performance and motive play in the act
of charity. The cultural and economic gap between Finland and Russia is sharply mirrored in
Sveta’s personal struggle to connect with Tiina and Peter, and to express herself freely, outside
the confines of the orphanage and beyond her role as charity case.
Directed by Iris Olsson
Photographed by Anssi Leino
Edited by Annukka Lilja
Sound by Pietu Korhonen
Produced by Kai Kuikkaniemi
World sales/contact: Saara Toivanen- University of Art and Design Helsinki,
Film Festival Office, Hämeentie 135C, FI-00560 Helsinki, Finland
Tel. +358 503503732
Fax +358 975360223
foffice@taik.fi
SUVELAPS
Autor Iris Olsson
Üks Ida-Soome perekond otsustab avada oma koduukse vene orvule, kes elab teisel pool piiri,
vaid 60 kilomeetri kaugusel kutsujatest. Sveta veedab kogu suve soome peres. Tüdruk ei oska
sõnakestki soome keelt. Sveta, kes on üles kasvanud erinevas kultuuriruumis, ei suuda harjuda
Lääne-Euroopa kommetega. Režissöör Isi Olssoni film otsib sildu, kuidas kaks rahvast saaksid
teineteist paremini mõista ja aidata.
VANUATU, THE PIG ISLANDS
52 min. 2007 France (filmed in Vanuatu)
Rejected in many countries, in Vanuatu the pig has the status of a family pet but also of a
totemic animal. The pig is at the centre of ancestral rituals. Today, these rituals are threatened
by the dominant religions and modernity.
For 30 years, one man has battled to make these traditions known and to preserve them.
By virtue of his convictions and determination, the British anthropologist Kirk Huffman has
become one of the rare outsiders to receive instruction in the customs of Vanuatu.
VANUATU EHK SEASAARED
Autor Jean-Pierre Rivalain
Jean-Pierre Rivalain portreteerib briti antropoloogi Kirk Huffmani, kelle uurimistöö kaudu
avaneb põnev vaade sea-rituaalidele Vanuatu saartel.
Directed, photographed and edited by Jean-Pierre Rivalain
Sound by Kate Stoney
Produced by Thierry Berrod- Mona Lisa Productions
World sales/contact: Mona Lisa Productions,
et 4 Place Chazette, 69001 Lyon, France
Tel. +33 478390404
Fax +33 478290947
pcressent@monalisa-prod.com
A YEAR, MAYBE LESS
59 min. 2006 The Netherlands
Puck de Leeuw (48) is a filmmaker in the prime of her career when she is diagnosed with
terminal lung cancer. The prognosis given is: one year or less.
Her video diary shows what is happening to Puck and to those near her while facing an inevitable
death. Hope and despair, a physical struggle with a carcinomatous body and a mental fight
against time. In seemingly every-day scenes and situations we see how, in all their vulnerability,
Puck as well as the people around her make an effort to deal with the whirlblast that they are
caught up in.
Puck’s video diary tells about author’s passions, hope, despair and incredible beauty of life.
Directed by Jac Vleeshouwers
Photographed by Puck de Leeuw a.o.
Edited by Hinnne Brouwers
Sound by Jac Vleeshouwers
Produced by Leen van den Berg
World sales/contact: van der Hoop Film Productions,
van der Hoopstraat 80 HS, 1051 VK Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tel. +31 206829982
Fax +31 206881434
vanderhoopfilm@planet.nl
ÜKS AASTA, VÕIB-OLLA KA VÄHEM
Autor Jac Vleeshouwers
Puck de Leeuw (48) on filmilooja, kellel diagnoositakse kopsuvähk. Arstid arvavad, et ta peab
vastu ühe aasta. Aga võib-olla ka vähem.
Puck’i videopäevik jutustab autori kannatustest, lootustest, meeleheitest ning elu enneolematust
ilust.
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DOCS FOR KIDS AND YOUTH
DOKID LASTELE JA NOORTELE
ABC COLOMBIA
90 min. 2007 Italy/France (filmed in Colombia)
An intimate portrait of a small rural community in Colombia controlled by paramilitary forces,
ABC COLOMBIA follows a group of young children through a school year, exploring the
realities that nurture and perpetuate violence that often forces them to make difficult choices.
ABC KOLUMBIA
Autor Enrica Colusso
Intiimne portree ühest väikesest külakesest Kolumbias. Külakogukonda kontrollib narkokullerite
vastu võitlev paramilitaarne rühm. Filmi fookuses on külalaste elu ühe kooliaasta jooksul.
Directed and recorded by Enrica Colusso
Edited by Ruben Korenfeld
Sound by Oscar Ordonez
Produced by Gioia Avvantaggiato and Serge Lalou
World sales/contact: GA&A International,
Piazza Martiri di Belfiore, 2-00195 Rome, Italy
Tel. +39 063613480
alessndram@gaea.it
BECAUSE A MAN IS HUMAN
57 min. 2007 Germany (filmed in Sweden)
Summer holidays in a self-run youth camp. Children democratically vote in a parliament and a
young representative soon realises that others are after his position.
OLLA INIMENE ON INIMLIK
Autorid Franke Finsterwalder ja Stephan Hilpert
Saksa filmitegijad jälgisid suvelaagris loodud noorteparlamenti. Ka kõige lihtsamaid
käitumisküsimusi otsustavad lapsed üheskoos ning täiesti demokraatlikul viisil. Kuid ka siin
on tunda võimuvõitlust.
Directed by Franke Finsterwalder and Stephan Hilpert
Photographed by Patricia Lewandowska
Edited by Franke Finsterwalder and Stephan Hilpert
Sound by Franke Finsterwalder and Stephan Hilpert
Produced by Franke Finsterwalder and Stephan Hilpert
World sales/contact: University of Television And Film Munich,
Frankenthaler Straße 23, 81539 München, Germany
Tel. +49 89689570
Fax +49 8968957189
festival4@hff-muc.de
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BIG BOY
51 min. 2007 Finland
“Is a schoolboy still allowed to come to your lap?” the boy asks when the last day of the summer
turns to night. This 7-year-old boy becomes a big brother, learns to read and to lie. How great it
is to survive on your own! But how does it feel when you don’t know if you are big or small?
SUUR POISS
Autor Mia Halme
Soome filmimeistri Mia Helme ekraanitöö mõtiskleb hetke üle, mil väikemehest saab suur poiss.
Minnes esimesse klassi, tuleb astuda suure venna rolli. Tuleb õppida lugema ja valetama. Aga
mis siis, kui sa ise veel ei taipa, kas oled juba suur või veel väike?
Directed by Mia Halme
Photographed by Mia Halme, Aleksi Salmenperä, Tuomo Hutri, Anna Maria
Jóakimsdóttir Hutri
Edited by Saara Saarela
Sound by Mikko Mäkelä, Tuomas Klaavo
Produced by Sonja Lindén
World sales/contact: The Finnish Film Foundation,
Kanavakatu 12, 00160 Helsinki, Finland
Tel. +358 96220300
niko.liinamaa@ses.fi
BRAVE BOYS
30 min. 2007 Finland (filmed in Finland, Estonia, Sweden)
Mathias sings in a Finnish boys choir and dreams about a career as an opera star. Isak is a hockey
goalkeeper in Sweden aiming at a future career in the NHL. Oleg dances ballet in Estonia
theatre and has sights set on the Bolshoi theatre. But what do these 12-year-old boys read and
what is their feedback on the books? In the documentary we see how they experience works
like “Huckleyberry Finn” and “Robinson Crusoe”.
Directed by John Hakalax and Kim Finn
Photography by Jussi Arhinmäki
Edited by Kim Finn
Sound by Pekka Lipponen
Produced by John Hakalax
World sales/contact: Hakalax Productions Oy,
Topeliuksenkatu 3b A9A, 00260 Helsinki, Finland
Tel. +358 400423364
hakalax@hakalaxproductions.com
VAHVAD POISID
Autorid John Hakalax ja Kim Finn
John Hakalax’i ja Kim Finn’i film portreteerib kolme Läänemere kaldal elavat vahvat poissi.
Mathias laulab Soome poistekooris ning unistab ooperitäheks saamisest. Rootsi poiss Isak
harrastab jäähokit ning unistab kutselise sportlase karjäärist NHL’i meeskonnas. Oleg elab
Tallinnas, tegeleb balletiga ning soovib saada Moskva Suure Teatri staariks. Milliseid raamatuid
aga loevad need 12-aastased poisid ja mida on nad raamatutest õppinud? Film uurib, kuivõrd
kolm poissi astuvad Huckleyberry Finni ja Robinson Crusoe jälgedes.
DANCING CHICKENS OF VENTURA FABIAN
10 min. 2007 USA (filmed in Mexico)
The film is a lively, bilingual musical video visit with master woodcarver Ventura Fabian and
his family in their small rural village of San Martin Tilcajete, nestled in the hills outside the
colonial city of Oaxaca in southern Mexico. Every member of this campesino/artesano
family works together to create some of the country’s most colorful and creative folk art – the
hand-carved, hand-painted wooden figures that have become one of Mexico’s most popular
contemporary crafts.
Directed, recorded, edited by Nina Hasin
World sales/contact: Documentary Educational Resources,
101 Morse St. Watertown, MA 02472, USA
Tel. +1 6179260491
Fax +1 6179269519
brittany@der.org
VENTURA FABIANI TANTSIVAD KANAD
Autor Nina Hasin
Lõuna-Mehhiko mägedes elab osav käsitöömeister Ventura Fabian, kelle terav nuga kuulab hästi
peremehe sõna. Nii sünnivad mehe käe all toredad puufiguurid. Värvilised puuskulptuurid, mis
kujutavad stseene mehhiko rahva elust, on siinse käsitöö lahutamatuks osaks.
Filmi autor Nina Hasin on oma linateosele liitnud mõnusa mehhiko rahvamuusika.
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MOON AND THE WOLFGIRL
16 min. 2007 The Netherlands
Moon is a ten year old girl. And Moon writes books as her parents do. Moon writes about
a world where children can transform into animals and where magic and dark secrets reign.
And she writes about Shadow. A girl who can transform into a wolf. Until Shadow, to her own
dismay, eats her best friend.
MOON JA HUNDITÜDRUK
Autor Sarah Domogala
Moon on kümneaastane tüdruk. Talle meeldib raamatuid kirjutada, sest ka tema vanemad on
kirjanikud. Moon kirjutab lugusid maailmast, kus lapsed võivad muutuda loomadeks ning kus
valitsevad maagilised ja hämarad saladused. Tema peategelaseks on Shadow (Vari). Shadow
on tüdruk, kes võib end hundiks moondada. Lugu kestab seni, kuni Shadow sööb ära oma
parima sõbra.
Directed by Sarah Domogala
Photographed by Daniël Bouquet and Leon Hendrickx
Edited by Job te Veldhuis
Sound by David Spaans
Produced by Gijs Kerbosch
World sales/contact: 100% Halal,
Oosteinde 9-11, 1017 WT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tel. +31 206391402
Fax+31 206265258
daniel@100procenthalal.nl
MUMMY WILL COME!
20 min. 2008 Belarus
He has always been the prettiest, smartest and best loved – in the centre of the world. When
he turned two years old, his mother took him to the kindergarten. This is his first day apart
from his family. A day full of fear and tears…
EMA TULEB!
Autor Galina Adamovich
Valgevene filmilooja Galina Adamovichi portreefilm paariaastasest poisiklutist, kes on esimest
päeva lasteaias. Siiani on ta olnud kõige ilusam, kõige targem ja kõige armastatum. Nüüd aga
seisab ta nurgas ja nutab. Esimene päev täis hirmu ja pisaraid…
Directed by Galina Adamovich
Photographed by Tatiana Loginova
Edited by Varvara Matrosova
Sound by Sergey Siniavskiy
Produced by Vladimir Zametalin
World sales/contact: Galina Adamovich,
28/37 Gikalo Str., apt. 25, 220071 Minsk, Belarus
Tel. +375 293590317
Fax +375 172670751
galina_adamovich@mail.ru
SIDEWALK
57 min. 2007 Israel
Seven parallel stories of children, making their way to school and back home, interweave into
a cinematic poem about childhood. Alone, between the parent and the teacher, danger and
curiosity, dependence and independence, children experience life unprotected and unrestricted.
In the gap between the familiar and the unpredictable, between the trivial and the traumatic,
the film traps pure and irreversible bits of time. The playful, the stressful, the cruel, the magical
and the thrilling moments of this daily journey, become a lucid voyage of an enlightening and
injuring experience.
KÕNNITEE
Autor Duki Dror
Seitse paralleelset lugu laste kooliteest, mis on põimitud väikeste visuaalsete poeemidega
lapsepõlvest. Filmi autori Duki Drori tõlgenduses on koolitee nagu kogu elugi täis vastuolusid
ohtude ja kindlustunde, mängulisuse ja tõsimeelsuse vahel.
Directed by Duki Dror
Photographed by Philippe Bellaiche
Edited by Hadara Oren
Produced by Zygote Films, Ltd.
World sales/contact: Hedva Goldschmidt- Go2Films Distribution and Marketing,
37/8 Issar Natanzon St., Jerusalem 97787, Israel
Tel. +972 25831371
Fax +1 972 25815450
go2films@bezeqint.net
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TOM BOYS
34 min. 2007 Germany (filmed in France)
Imane is a 15 year old girl who lives with her family in the housing establishment Les Bosquets
in the suburb Montfermeil, at the edge of Paris – the place where the riots started in October
2005. The footbal ground is the central place for the citizens of Les Bosquets. Imane plays
soccer and has the reputation to be a “garcon manque” – a tomboy. She would like to become
a police woman to show that Arabs are not merely troublemakers.
Directed by Susan Gordanshekan
Photographed by Anne Bürger
Edited by Susan Gordanshekan
Sound by Sarah Blätz
Produced by Bogdan Büchner, Benedikt Böllhoff and Susan Gordanshekan
World sales/contact: Susan Gordanshekan
Volkartsr. 42 RGB, 80636 München, Germany
Tel. +89 97602965
gordansusan@gmx.de
JALGPALLITÜDRUK
Autor Susan Gordanshekan
Imane on 14-aastane tüdruk, kes elab Pariisi äärelinnas Montfermeil’s. Just siin algasid 2005.aasta
oktoobrikuus tänavarahutused. Imane armastab mängida jalgpalli, ta on enamasti varumängija.
Tulevikus tahab ta saada politseinikuks. Näitamaks, et araablased ei pruugi olla üksnes rahutuste
põhjustajad.
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NEW ESTONIAN DOCUMENTARIES
UUED EESTI DOKID
ALYOSHA
67 min. ESTONIA
Most monuments erected during the Soviet regime were taken away after Estonia regained its
independence in 1991. The Bronze Soldier Alyosha, located in the center of Tallinn, remained
in its place.
For Estonians this monument was a symbol of Soviet occupation and marked the beginning
of Stalinist repressions.
However, for many Russians the monument was one of the few remaining symbols connecting
them to Russia and Russian identity.
Documentary Alyosha shows us the people who gathered to the Bronze Soldier in 2005-2007
and whose behaviour created a new line in our cultural memory. What mattered were the rituals
around the monument, not the monument itself. Different dispositions about the history brought
to the tragic conflicts in the streets and caused the removal of the monument.
ALJOšA
Autor Meelis Muhu
Pärast Eesti iseseisvumist 1991. aastal kõrvaldati enamik nõukogulikke mälestusmärke,
pronkssõdur Aljoša jäi aga oma kohale.
Kõikidel monumentidel on üks eesmärk - põlistada mälestust ja luua identiteeti, kuid elama ja
toimima hakkavad need ainult siis, kui neid külastavad inimesed. Sageli unustatakse ajalugu ja
luuakse uus kultuurimälu. Meelis Muhu näitab aastatel 2005-2007 pronkssõduri Aljoša juures
viibinud inimesi, kelle poolt- ja vastuväljaütlemised põrkuvad. Erinevad arvamused ja oma tõest
mittetaganemine viis traagiliste kokkupõrgeteni ning ausamba teisaldamiseni.
Directed by Meelis Muhu
Photography by Erik Norkroos
Sound by Mallar Prandi, Prandi Studio Inc, Mario Narbekov, Aatomik Stuudio
Edited by Kersti Miilen, Erik Norkroos Group Plus Zero Inc
Produced by In Ruum 2008
21, Gonsiori Str., Tallinn 10147, Estonia
Tel. +372 50 78163
info@inruum.ee
HEADWIND HALL
57 min. 2007 Estonia (filmed in Estonia and Spain)
The Estonian conductor Tõnu Kaljuste wants to build an opera house called Nargen Opera
on Naissaar, an island where a closed Soviet military base was located. There does not exist
any regular ferry line between the island and mainland nor electricity. Naissaar has only one
permanent inhabitant...
In spite of the unsuitable situations, Tõnu Kaljuste carries construction materials to the island
in his own small boat. Along the way, he faces unexpected difficulties.
The title Headwind Hall refers to an idea of inventor Schmidt, whose land Kaljuste bought
for the opera house. Schmidt wanted to build a headwind ship that would use the energy of
headwind in order to move ahead with a double power.
Finally, in summer 2006 Nargen Opera is completed and ready for the premiere.
The joyful film follows activities of Tõnu Kaljuste during five years.
VASTUTUULESAAL
Autor Priit Valkna
Priit Valkna dokfilm Tõnu Kaljustest ja tema hullust ideest rajada leiutaja Schmidti talumaadele
ooperisaal. Idee pöörasus seisneb aga selles, et Schmidti maad asuvad Naissaarel. Saarel, mis
hiljuti oli Nõukogude Armee kinniseks sõjaväebaasiks ja millel tänaseni puudub regulaarne
laevaühendus, kus pole elektrit ja kus elab aastaringselt ainult üks elanik. Idee elluviimiseks
peab Kaljuste vedama oma isikliku väikepaadiga saarele ehitusmaterjale ja muud hädavajalikku.
Laiem üldsus ja eri instantside ametnikud aga ei suuda oma muiet varjata – mida tahab mees
sellega tõestada? Võiks öelda, et idee on sama hull, nagu omal ajal leiutaja Schmidti loodud
vastutuulelaev, mis kasutas vastupuhuva tuule energiat topeltjõuga edasi liikumiseks.
Aga 2006. aasta suvel sai Nargen Opera valmis ning esietendus võis toimuda.
Hoogne film jälgib Kaljuste tegemisi viie aasta jooksul.
Directed by Priit Valkna
Photographed by Margus Malm, Rein Kotov and Tauno Sirel
Edited by Tambet Tasuja
Sound by Tanel Roovik
Music by Priit Valkna
Produced by Artur Talvik
World sales/contact: Artur Talvik,
10-14 Roopa Str., 10316 Tallinn, Estonia
Tel. +372 5021989
artur.talvik@ruut.com
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THE PHARMACIST
27 min. 2007 Estonia
The Pharmacist tells a story of a single woman close to her sixties. She lives in a village where
she’s been working as a pharmacist for over 30 years. The village’s small community considers
this straightforward and dignified lady being a freak whose priorities are the animals’ rights in
the first hand, then her right to be in a proud loneliness, devoted to cats and books.
Directed by Jaanis Valk
Photographed by Erik Norkroos
Edited by Kersti Miilen
Sound by Kristian Miilen
Produced by Erik Norkroos
World sales/contact: Rühm Pluss Null OÜ,
21 Gonsiori Str. 10147 Tallinn, Estonia
Tel. +372 6114265
film@plussnull.ee
APTEEKER
Autor Jaanis Valk
Ekraaniportree üksikust keskealisest naisest. Ta on elanud ja töötanud maal apteekrina juba
üle kolmekümne aasta.
Siinne külakogukond peab otsekohest ja väärikat prouat veidrikuks, kelle prioriteediks paistab
olevat eelkõige loomade õigused ning seejärel tema enda õigus eksisteerida uhkes üksinduses,
olla pühendunud kassidele ja raamatutele.
PLAYER
53 min. 2008 Estonia
The film follows everyday life of a well known Estonian chess player Jaan Ehlvest. In the harsh
world of professional chess income and making both ends meet depends on winning or losing
the game. The chess player moves permanently through different cities, sleeps in hotels that look
all the same. The chess scenes and the audience is also quite the same everywhere. All this draws
the thoughts of the main character to a question if this kind of life is worth to be continued.
The peak of Ehlvest’s carreer was in the end of the 1980ies. In 1988 Jaan Ehlvest held the
3rd-4th place after Garri Kasparov and Anatoli Karpov. And he has been the European junior
champion in the team of Soviet Union, a winner of the Olympic Games and Estonian Sportsman
of the Year for two times.
Directed by Kaupo Kruusiauk
Photographed by Kaupo Kruusiauk, Arvo Vilu,
Erik Norkroos
Edited by Kai-Ene Rääk, Kaupo Kruusiauk
Sound by Kristian Miilen, Horret Kuus
Produced by Peeter Urbla
World sales/contact: Exitfilm,
1 Madala Str., Estonia
exitfilm@exitfilm.ee
kaupo.kruusiauk@hot.ee
MÄNGIJA
Autor Kaupo Kruusiauk
Kaupo Kruusiaugu dokfilm jälgib Jaan Ehlvesti igapäevaelu. Maletajate karmis profimaailmas
sõltub igast kaotusest või võidust sissetulek ning äraelamine. Maletaja elu on pidev kulgemine läbi
erinevate linnade, ööbimine äravahetamiseni sarnastes hotellides. Ega ka võistluspaigad ja publik
suurt erine. Kõik see viib peategelase mõtted küsimuseni, kas selline elu on jätkamist väärt.
Mitme aasta eest Eestist USAsse kolinud Jaan Ehlvesti tippaeg maletajana jääb 80ndate lõppu.
1988. aastal oli Jaan Ehlvest maailma edetabelis Garri Kasparovi ja Anatoli Karpovi järel maailma
3.-4. maletaja, lisaks on ta olnud juunioride Euroopa meister, NSVLi koondises olümpiavõitja
ja kahel korral Eesti aasta sportlane.
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Directed by Helle Karis and Peter Murdmaa
Photographed by Peeter Murdmaa
Sound by Roland Rand
Produced by Helle Karis
World sales/contact: Myth Film OÜ
Tel. + 372 5076234
mythfilm@gmail.com
THE SOUND OF CONDUCTOR
70 min. 2007 Estonia (Filmed in Estonia, Finland, Russia)
Maestro Eri Klas could be introduced with the words of Luigi Pirandello: “I introduce myself the
way that matches with the relationship I wish to create with you.” The film is about internationally
recognised Estonian conductor Eri Klas.
If a person is born the same year the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact is signed, his child memory
begins in the rear of Soviet Russia and his best years pass in the worst period of red terror, there
is no hope of having an easy fate. The parents of Eri Klas came from Poland and Germany
and they shared their fate with Estonia. In 1941 the family was torn between the frontline. Eri
was with his mother who was the whole family for him.
The film by Helle Karis and Peter Murdmaa does not tell about the conductor’s road to success.
The film watches the maestro in the episodes of life where he has hidden his tail coat in the
closet and is feeling well without all the important things.
DIRIGENDI KÕLA
Autorid Helle Karis ja Peter Murdmaa
Maestro Eri Klasi sobib esitleda kuulsa kirjaniku Luigi Pirandello sõnadega: “Ma tutvustan end
teile nagu on kohane suhtele, mida soovin teiega luua.” Film on rahvusvaheliselt tunnustatud
dirigendist Eri Klasist.
Kui inimene sünnib samal aastal Ribbentropi paktiga, kui tema lapsemälu algab Nõukogude
Venemaa tagalas ning kui parimad kujunemisaastad mööduvad punase terrori kõige hirmsamal
perioodil, siis pole loota, et saatus võiks lihtne olla. Eri Klasi vanavanemad tulid Poolast ja
Saksamaalt ning jagasid saatust Eestimaaga. 1941. aastal käristati Eri perekond laiali kahele poole
rindejoont. Eri jäi klaverikunstnikust emaga, kes asendas pojale kogu perekonda.
Helle Karise ja Peter Murdmaa film pole dirigendi kuulsuseteest. Film vaatleb Eri Klasi neis
eluepisoodides, kus maestro on fraki kappi peitnud ja tunneb end hästi tähtsaid asju ajamata.

RETRO PROGRAM -
GROWING WISE WITH ERI KLAS
RETROKAVA -
KÜPSEDES KOOS ERI KLASIGA
CHIEF CONDUCTOR
30 min, 1989 (Filmed in Estonia and in Moscow)
Directed and photographed by Mati Põldre
Produced by Eesti Telefilm
ETV, Tallinn
Mati Põldre was allowed to make the documentary of his old friend Eri Klas for the conductor’s
50th anniversary. At that time he was not as internationally recognised as he is now.
The film maker says he admired everything about Eri Klas – his relationship with his mother,
his children and grandchildren, his knowledge of foreign languages...
Eri grew together with his nation. And at one time the nation even planned to elect him the
president of Estonia...
PEADIRIGENT
Autor Mati Põldre
Eri Klasist portreefilmi loomist kirjeldab Mati Põldre järgmiselt:
“Oleme Eriga ühe kandi poisid. Tema kodu oli Gonsiori, minu oma Kunderi
tänaval.
Kui ma sain viiekümneseks, pidas Eri mulle sellise juubelikõne, millele ma ei
leidnud kohe võimalust samaväärsega vastata. Aasta hiljem see võimalus tuli.
Eesti Telefilm lubas mul teha filmi Erist tema viiekümnendaks sünnipäevaks.
Film sai nimeks PEADIRIGENT.
Eri ei olnud siis veel kaugeltki nii rahvusvaheline mees kui täna, ehki juba siis
oli tal peadirigendi töökoht Stockholmi Kuninglikus Ooperis.
Mind imponeeris Eri juures kõik, eriti tema suhe emasse, lastesse ja lastelastesse.
Hoolimata sellest, et kõik polnud tema lihased lapsed. Mulle tundus
ideaalilähedasena tema kooselu
Ülle Ullaga, nende suvekodu Hiiumaal. Eri lõi juba siis pahviks oma
töökalendriga., vähemalt kolmeaastase etteplaneeringuga. Mind üllatas tema
keelteoskus, kui kergelt läks ta inglise keelelt üle hispaania keelele, kuigi kumbagi
neist ta sellal veel hästi ei osanud.
Eri kasvas meie kõigi silmade all. Ühel hetkel sai temast rahvusvaheline mees,
rahval oli koguni plaan Eri Eesti presidendiks valida.
Mul on hea meel, et see film sai teoks.”
TO COME, TO PASS AWAY...
32 min. 1999 Estonia (filmed in USA, Finland, Belgium, Estonia)
A documentary about Estonian conductor Eri Klas and his mother, the pianist Anna Klas.
33 minutes of beautiful music and a touching relationship between the mother and the son.
Directed and recorded by Mark Soosaar
Shot in Hollywood, Savonlinna, Antverpen, Tõrva and Tallinn. The basic elements for the film
are water and air, the symbols of life and spirit.
The film includes excerpts from the 9th Symphony by L. van Beethoven, 1812 by P. Tchaikovski,
Porgy and Bess by G. Gershwin, Cavalleria Rusticana by P. Mascagni, Paillasse by R. Leoncavallo,
Per Gynt by E. Grieg.
TULLA, ET MINNA...
Autor Mark Soosaar
Muusikaline dokumentaalfilm Eri Klasist ja tema emast Anna Klasist. 33 minutit ilusat muusikat
ja ema-poja liigutavaid suhteid. Ülesvõtted Hollywoodis, Savonlinnas, Antverpenis, Tallinnas
ja Tõrvas.
Filmi algelementideks on vesi ja õhk ehk teisisõnu elu ja vaim. Eri Klas rändab Peer Gyndina
suures maailmas ringi, tema eakas klaverikunstnikust ema ootab poega koju ja mängib igatsusest
Solveigi laulu. Ema jääb emaks, ka kõrges eas tahab ta juhtida poja elu väljaütlemisega: “Mitte
see pole tähtis, kui suur sa oled, vaid see, kui suureks sa tahad saada!”
Filmis on haruldasi võtteid dirigent Eri Klasi loomingulistest intiimhetkedest, jäädvustusi keset
etendusekeerist Savonlinna ooperilaval, ärevaid hetki Hollywood Bowl’i hiigelkontserdilt.
Kõlavad katkendid Beethoveni IX Sümfooniast, P. Tšaikovski avamängust “1812”, E. Griegi
süidist “Peer Gynt” ning P. Mascagni ooperist “Talupoja au”, R. Leoncavallo ooperist “Pajatsid”
ning G. Gershwini ooperist “Porgy ja Bess”.
Directed and photographed by Mark Soosaar
Produced by Weiko Saawa Film
Co-produced by Estonian Television
World sales/contact: Weiko Saawa Film OÜ
Nikolai 15, Pärnu 80010, Estonia
Tel. + 372 5024947
mark@chaplin.ee
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INFORMATION PROGRAM
INFOKAVA
ADA GALLERY
45 min. 2008 Poland (filmed in Belorus)
Ada Raichonak lives in the most picturesque place of Belarus – Vitebsk region which had given
Marc Chagall and other famous artists to the world. There is a lot of poverty in the countryside
which makes a strong contrast with the wonderful landscapes.
Despite many duties Ada spends a lot of her time on organizing plein-airs. On her own limited
account she bought a waste country house where she established an art gallery. There Ada
exhibits masterpieces from all over the country. She invites talented painters and sculptors from
faraway places for summer art sessions.
Directed by Uładzimir Kołas
Photography by Uladzimir Babaryka, Jury Plushchau and Henadz Zayats
Edited by Jury Pivavarau
Sound by Ales tytsiuha and Raisa braslauskaya
Produced by Film Studio Everest
World sales/contact: Film Studio Everest,
Plac Zwyciestwa 2d, nr 2, 90-312 Lodz, Poland
Tel./Fax +48 426767541
kasia@studioeverest.pl
ADA GALERII
Autor Uładzimir Kołas
Ada Raichonak elab Vitebski piirkonnas – Valgevenemaa ühes kauneimas kandis. Siit on pärit
ka Marc Chagall, kes Vitebski motiive kasutas oma loomingus.
Hoolimata paljudest erinevatest kohustustest leiab Ada aega kunstiga tegelemiseks. Ta ostis oma
väheste säästude eest vana talumaja ning asutas sellesse kunstigalerii. Ta kutsub külla kunstnikke
kogu Valgevenemaalt, korraldab neile plein-air’e, eksponeerib nende meistriteoseid.
Lihtsa ja väga elurõõmsa valgevene naise portree.
ART IN THE FORESTLAND
28 min. 2007 Sweden (filmed in Finland and Sweden)
In the summer of 2007 the seventh annual art exhibition took place in Parkalombolo, a little
forest Sami village in northern Sweden, where the forests meet treeless mountains. Up there,
four cultures come together – forest Sami, mountain Sami, Finnish and Swedish.
Outi Pieski is an artist in her father’s home village, Dalvadas in Finnish Lapland. At Parkalombolo
Outi meets reindeer herder Katarina Sevä.
They are seeking their place in Sami culture, each in their separate ways.
Directed by Ann-Christine Haupt
Photographed by Hans-Olof Utsi
Edited by Daniel Raitio
Sound by Stefan Andersson (Parkalombolo)
Produced by Fotograf Hans-Olof Utsi AB
World sales/contact: Fotograf Hans-Olof Utsi AB,
Adolf Hedinsväg 36, 981 33 Kiruna, Sweden
Tel. +46 98066644, +46 706644436
Fax +46 98027077
h-o.utsi@fotograf.kiruna.se
METSADE KUNST
Autor Ann-Christine Haupt
Film kahest saamist, kellest üks on kunstnik ning teine põdrakasvataja. Outi Pieska loomingus
peegeldub koduste metsade maagia, Katarina Sevä hing liigub koos põtradega. Aastal 2007
leidis nende kodukohas Parkalombolos, mis asub Põhja-Rootsis metsa ja tundra piiril, aset
juba seitsmes kunstinäitus.
Mõlemad naised mõtlevad, kuidas elus hoida saami kultuuri.
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THE ART OF BEING WICHI
48 min. 2007 Norway (filmed in Argentina)
The documentary is on the Wichi Indians and their fight for the survival of their culture, and
for their land. We meet Chief Pascal Perez and his family in the Northern Province of Salta,
Argentina, and Wichi leader Francisco Perez. They both know that if their traditional way of
life is going to have any chance of surviving, they need to regain the control of their land – a
land which according to international treaties and conventions belongs to them. We follow
the Wichies in their struggle against the authorities, drug smugglers and oil industry, corrupt
politicians and cattle owners.
KUNST OLLA WICHI
Autorid Magne Helge Sleire ja Marianne Sleire
Norra filmiloojate Magne ja Marianne Sleire lugu jutustab wichi indiaanlastest, kelle võitlusel
oma keele ja kultuuri ellujäämise eest ei paista lõppu tulevat. Fookuses on suguharu pealik
Pascal Perez, kes elab Argentiina ühes kõige põhjapoolsemas provintsis Saltas ning teine
wichide tunnustatud juht Francisco Perez. Nad mõlemad teavad, et wichide ellujäämine sõltub
maaomandist. Teoreetiliselt ehk vastavalt rahvusvahelistele kokkulepetele on indiaanlastel täielik
õigus oma esivanemate maadele, kuid Argentiina korrumpeerunud ametnike, naftatöösturite
ning farmerite arvates pole see nii.
Directed by Magne Helge Sleire and Marianne Sleire
Photographed by Magne Helge Sleire
Edited by Magne Helge Sleire and Silje Birknes
Produced by Magne Helge Sleire
World sales/contact: Corax Videoproduksjon AS,
Skuteviksboder 24, 5038 Bergen, Norway
Tel. +47 55558136
post@corax.no
AUROVILLE, THE CITY THE EARTH NEEDS
57 min. 2007 France (filmed in India)
Always, men dream of building a better world, to be free from racism, religion, policy, pollution,
and especially from money. But are there still men who believe in this impossible dream?
The answer is in Auroville, in the South-east of India. Men and women came there from the
whole world at the end of the sixties, to do this experiment.
Today they are 1800 Aurovilians, of 40 different nationalities, who hope for the unthinkable.
Today’s utopia is the reality of tomorrow.
AUROVILLE – LINN, MIDA MAAKERA VAJAB
Autor Guillaume Estivie
Prantslane Guilliame Estivie on loonud filmi utoopilisest linnast, mida ehitatakse Lõuna-
Indias. Mehed ja naised üle kogu Maakera on siia kokku tulnud, et luua linn, kus pole rassismi,
religiooni. politseid ega raha. Auroville’i rajamist alustati juba eelmise sajandi kuuekümnendatel
aastatel ning selles eskperimendis teeb kaasa 1800 inimest. Nende jaoks on tänane utoopia
homne reaalsus.
Directed by Guillaume Estivie
Photographed by Guillaume Estivie
Edited by Olivier Jehan
Sound by Benoît Thuault
Produced by Paco Fernandez
World sales/contact: Paco Fernandez,
5 passage Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
Tel. +33 149238730
Fax +33 149230525
paco@injam.com
BEFORE THE FLOOD
55 min. 2006 The Netherlands
Before the Flood is a disturbing documentary situated in the Netherlands in the year 2070. From
this vantage point, the film looks back at a natural disaster which has left most of the country
under water. The film moves between the past and the future, between science and faith and
between the Dutch film history and special effects.
ENNE VEEUPUTUST
Autor Jos de Putter
Hollandi filmilooja Jos de Putteri ulmeline dokfilm ennustab ette suurt veeuputust, mis võib
tabada Madalmaid aastal 2070. Autor kasutab eelmisel sajandil filmitud materjale, mis tõendavad,
et ükskord võib kogu Holland vee alla kaduda.
Directed by Jos de Putter
Photographed by Ellen Bokkinga
Edited by JP Luijsterburg
Sound by Tom d’Angremond
Produced by Phantavision Film International
World sales/contact: RNTV,
Witte Kruislaan 55, 1217 AM Hilversum, The Netherlands
Tel. +31 356724211
Fax +31 356724343
wereldomroep@rnw.nl
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BIRDS ARE SILENT IN THE FOREST
18 min. 2007 Belgium (filmed in Belgium and Germany)
A man relieves his night-time job as a warehouseman with his greatest passion: hunting. But
sometimes nature can be tough and unpredictable. This is a film about loneliness, the craving
for dominance and the search for a meaningful interpretation of our existence.
LINNUD METSAS ON VAIT
Autor Tim De Keersmaecker
Tim De Keersmaeckeri film maalib portree laohoidjast, kelle hing on kaugel metsas. Esimesel
võimalusel haarab ta püssi ning sõidab metsa jahile. Sõnatu film üksindusest ja inimeksistentsi
mõttekusest/mõttetusest.
Directed by Tim De Keersmaecker
Photography by Rik Zang and Ruben Impens
Edited by Stijn Deconinck
Sound by Raf Enckels and Robin Goubin
Produced by Rits Erasmus Hogeschool
World sales/contact: Tim De Keersmaecker,
Walstraat 70, 9050 Gentbrugge, Belgium
Tel. +32 92252590
timdk75@hotmail.com
BLACKSMITH’S ANVIL
10 min. 2008 UK
Noise is quite a recent phenomenon in human history.
Blacksmith’s anvil is a mystical means to create tools, weapons, instruments... and music...
The sound source is not found easily but it sounds far and extends...
SEPA ALASI
Müra on inimajaloos üsna hiljutine nähtus.
Sepa alasi on üks müstiline koht, millelt on võrsunud nii tööriistad, relvad kui ka muusika...
Heli allikat pole lihtne kindlaks teha, kuid heli kandub kaugele...
Directed by Mikio Saito and Yongho Lee
Photographed by Mikio Saito and Yongho Lee
Edited by Mikio Saito and Yongho Lee
Sound by Mikio Saito and Yongho Lee
Produced by Mikio Saito and Yongho Lee
World sales/contact: Mikio Saito and Yongho Lee,
30 Westcliff House, Baxter Road, N1 3HS, London, UK
Tel. +44 7505027371
mikio5314@aol.com
CONCRETE
67 min. 2007 Iceland (filmed in Iceland, Germany, UK, Belgium, USA)
Artists born between 1967 and 1976, working in their hometown Reykjavík and abroad share
the diverse processes that spark their work of art, with the viewers.
They like to use all kinds of stuff from empty bottles to human body. Threading a line between
realism and performance, the film explores inspiration and creativity through intimate two-year
collaboration with seven artists, providing an insight into a booming scene.
Among the interviewees, involved in or familiar with the Icelandic art scene are the curators
Hans Ulrich Obrist and Gregory Volk, the musician Bjork, and the artist Roni Horn.
The title, STEYPA (Concrete), is borrowed from the artworks by one of the participating artists.
It literally means “concrete” and is Ásmundur’s favorite sculpture material but it is also a word
used in Icelandic for weird stuff or jargon.
Directed by Markús Thór Andrésson and Ragnheidur Gestsdóttir
Photography by Markús Thór Andrésson and Ragnheidur Gestsdóttir
Edited by Markús Thór Andrésson and Ragnheidur Gestsdóttir
Sound by Markús Thór Andrésson and Ragnheidur Gestsdóttir
Produced by Markús Thór Andrésson and Ragnheidur Gestsdóttir
World sales/contact: Markús Thór Andrésson,
Kruppstrasse 18
Tel./Fax +49 3082076048
lofi@this.is
BETOON
Autorid Markús Thór Andrésson ja Ragnheidur Gestsdóttir
Markús Thór Andréssoni ja Ragnheidur Gestsdóttiri dokfilm annab uhke ülevaate kaasaegsest
islandi kunstist, kus kindla koha on sisse võtnud 1967-1976-aastatel sündinud põlvkond. Filmi
pealkiri on võetud skulptor Asmunduri lemmikmaterjalist, mis islandikeelses žargoonis tähendab
ka ‘veider värk’. Islandi kujutava kunsti uus põlvkond armastab kasutada moodsaid materjale
alates tühjadest pudelitest kuni kunstniku enese kehani. Film ei piirdu vaid ekstreemkunsti
esitlemisega, oma sõna saavad sekka öelda ka saareriigi tuntud muusikud Olafur Björn Olafsson
ja Björk.
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DANCE YOUR LIFE
54 min. 2007 Israel
Sensuous dancing and rhythmic music characterize the ‘Salsa craze’ that has engulfed the
world – and Israel. Super-photogenic, the Salsa scene accepts all. But its fluffy veneer aside,
Salsa also satisfies much more basic human needs, drawing people from all walks of life, who
find a common denominator in the music. The film follows three dancers, all preparing for the
International Salsa Congress in Eilat: Eli, a former Orthodox Jew, has to deal with his family.
Maya, who has broken up with her husband, has to juggle being a single mother and her work.
Yoni, a new immigrant from France, has to deal with the hardships of assimilation, leaning
on his wife-to-be, Shahaf. We’re all looking for love, recognition and a way to deal with life –
wouldn’t you try out something that promised you all that?
SINU ELU TANTS
Autor Sandy Raischer
Sandy Raischer on loonud haarava filmi salsast kui tantsust, mis vallutades kogu maailma, on
kehtestanud end ka Iisraelis. Filmi peategelaseteks on kolm salsatantsijat – Eli, Maya ja Yoni –
kes valmistauvad Salsa Kongressiks Eilatis. Kõik kolm usuvad, et salsa aitab leida armastust ja
tunnustust – inimesele nii vajalikke väärtusi!
Directed by Sandy Raischer
Photographed by Rotem Yaron
Edited by Ruthie Meiri and Yoav Harel
Sound recorded by Avi Visblay
Produced by Sandy Raischer and Tomer Ben Azar
World sales/contact: Sandy Raischer,
38 Kosovski St., 62260 Tel Aviv, Israel
Tel. +972 776630141
stm.pro@gmail.com
A DISAPPEARANCE FORETOLD
87 min. 2008 Belgium
Quianmen is a popular neighbourhood in the very heart of Beijing just south of Tiananmen
Square. In the perspective of the 2008 Olympic games, the city has decided to rehabilitate the
500 year old labyrinth of small streets where more than 80 000 people live.
ETTEKUULUTATUD KADU
Autor Oliver Meys
Belgia filmilooja Oliver Meys on teinud julge filmi tänase Hiina tegelikkusest. Pealinna fassaadide
taga toimub iidse kultuuri totaalne hävitamine. Tuues ettekäändeks 2008.aasta olümpiamängud,
lammutavad Hiina võimud Pekingi südalinnas, otse Tiananmeni väljaku läheduses asuvat
vanalinna. Selles Quianmeni linnaosas, mis on kütkestav oma tänavate labürindiga, elab praegu
80 000 inimest ning hoonestus on siin 500 aastat vana.
Directed by Oliver Meys
Photography by Yang Jin
Edited by Yannick Leroy
Sound by Song Yuzhe
Produced by Limited Adventures
World sales/contact: Centre de l’Audiovisel a Bruxelles,
19F Avenue des Arts, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Tel. +32 22272230
cba@skynet.be
END OF RAINBOW
83 min. 2007 France/Australia (filmed in Guinea and Indonesia)
In a remote region of Guinea, West Africa, a desperately poor place with a long connection
to gold, a large industrial mine has arrived. End of the Rainbow is an elegiac portrait of the
changes brought by the mine, and of the universal human desire for a better life. How do local
people respond to the opportunities and economic divisions the mine creates? How do the local
jobseekers and expatriate staff, attracted by gold and the possibilities it offers, understand one
another? In case of difficulties, the mine calls in the military. Conflict over the mine’s presence
is escalating. The film reveals the world changing forever, and portrays intimately the people
who are grappling to respond to those changes.
VIKERKAARE LÕPP
Autor Robert Nugent
Robert Nugent’i film puudutab üht vana, kuid ikka veel valusat teemat. Lääne-Aafrikas tuleb
järjekordsel põlisrahval taanduda oma esivanemate maalt. Rajatavad kullakaevandused ei hooli
põliselanikest. Ikka veel on kellelegi isiklik kasum ja kulla silmipimestav hiilgus tähtsamad, kui
sajanditevanuse pärimuskultuuri ellujäämine. Erahuvi kaitsmiseks tuuakse appi isegi sõjavägi.
Guineas ei seisa riik rahva huvide eest.
Directed by Robert Nugent
Photography by Laurent Chevallier
Edited by Andrea Lang
Sound by Erik Menard
Produced by Looking Glass Pictures PTY Ltd.
World sales/contact: Doc & Co,
13 rue Portefoin, 75003 Paris, France
Tel. +33 142778965
Fax +33 142773656
cristina.moya@doc-co.com
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FATE OF THE LHAPA
63 min. 2007 USA (filmed in Nepal)
Fate of the Lhapa is a feature-length documentary about the last three Tibetan shamans living
in a Tibetan refugee camp in Nepal. Each Lhapa requested that their story be filmed. Their
fear was that the next heir might not appear until after their own deaths. Subsequently, with no
Lhapa alive to mentor the children, the documentary would be used to transmit the knowledge
to the next generation. Their tales of nomadic childhood, shamanic callings and apprenticeships,
cosmologies of disease and treatments, and of their flight from Tibet during the Chinese
occupation in the late 1950s is be juxtaposed with images of present-day life in the camp, current
healing practices and shared concerns of the future and the fate of their tradition.
Directed by Sarah Sifers
Photographed by Sarah Sifers
Edited by Genéa Gaudet and Ken Kruckenberg
Produced by Sarah Sifers
World sales/contact: Documentary Educational Resources,
101 Morse Str., Watertown, MA 02472, USA
Tel. +1 6179260491
Fax +1 6179269519
brittany@der.org
LHAPA SAATUS
Autor Sarah Sifers
Film kolme Tiibeti šamaaniga, kes pidid oma kodumaalt lahkuma ning elavad nüüd põgenike
laagris Nepaalis. Kõik kolm lhapa’t palusid, et nende lood üles filmitakse. Nende hirm oli, et
elu võib enne otsa saada, kui uued lhapad sünnivad ning nad jõuavad teadmisi edasi anda. Sel
puhul oleks film vahendajaks. Sarah Sifersi film ongi tõeliseks testamendiks, mis sisaldab nii
muinasjutte nomaadide lapsepõlvest, šamaaniloitse, haiguste ravimise kosmoloogiat kui ka
lhapade põgenemist Tiibetist maa okupeerimise järel 1950-ndatel aastatel.
FELLOW RADU
16 min. 2007 Romania
Radu Vasile, aged 75, is the last forgotten rhapsodist and folk instruments craftsman in Valea
Lunga village, Romania. Singing and playing his flue pipe, ocarina or bagpipe he reveals a part
of his old repertoire. He remembers his mentors, past joys and sorrows of his life and also
speaks about something on the way to vanish – local tradition.
Directed by Stefan Scarlatescu
Photographed by Stefan Scarlatescu
Edited by Costin Poenaru
Produced by Centrul Pentru Cultura Traditionala Dimbovita,
World sales/contact: Stefan Scarlatescu,
16 Nicolae Filipescu Str., 13044 Tirgoviste, Romania
Tel. +40 722177630
stefan_scarlatescu@yahoo.com
VANA RADU
Autor Stefan Scarlatescu
Radu Vasile on 75-aastane muusikamees, kes elab Rumeenia külakeses Valea Lunga’s. Ta mängib
mitmeid omatehtud puhkpille (okariin, torupill, vilepill) ning tema repertuaaris on rikkalik
valik rahvamuusikat. Stefan Scarlatescu dokfilmis meenutab muusik möödaläinud aegu, oma
õpetajaid, läbielatud rõõme ja muresid. Stefani peamiseks sooviks on, et kohalikud traditsioonid
ei kaoks.
FERNDALE, WESTERN CANYON, LOS ANGELES
13 min. 2007 USA/UK
The film is a portrait of an area of Griffith Park in LA. The work explores the contrast of
“real” and “fake” places.
FERNDALE, LÄÄNEKANJON, LOS ANGELES
Autor Richard O’Sullivan
Ameerika filmikunstnku Richard O’Sullivani visioon Griffith Pargist Los Angelesis. Film on üles
ehitatud ehtsa ja ersatsi kontrastil, looduseski leiab tõelisi ja võltse paiku.
Directed by Richard O’Sullivan
Recorded by Richard O’Sullivan
Edited by Richard O’Sullivan
Produced by Richard O’Sullivan
World sales/contact: Richard O’Sullivan,
Tel. +44 1443224108
rosulli79@hotmail.com
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THE FIRE
17 min. 2007 UK/Portugal (filmed in Portugal)
This is an experimental short documentary of a family gathering during Easter on a farm in
Portugal. The Fire composes an atmospheric snapshot of a farm, a family, and the story of
a tragic fire.
TULI
Autor Rita Ribas
Rita Ribas’e eksperimentaalne dokfilm jäädvustab lihavõttepühi, mida peetakse perekondlikus
ringis ühes Portugali talus. Familiaarne atmosfäär ja traagiline tulelõõm on filmi visuaalse kanga
põhjaks.
Directed, recorded, edited and produced by Rita Ribas
World sales/contact: Rita Ribas,
36 Wexford House, Sidney Str., London, E1 3BB, UK
Tel. +44 7729178303
ritaribas@hotmail.co.uk
THE FIRST DAY
20 min. 2007 Poland (filmed in Russian Siberia)
It’s a story about one of the most important moments in everybody’s life. About the first border
young people have to cross to become adults. In case of this film it’s a few children from tundra
moved to the urban environment. And even more – children from indigenous Yamal-Nenets
area with their native language must adopt Russian language, behaviour and totally different
understanding on history and nature. The film was made within the framework of the Russia-
Poland New Gaze project (second edition).
ESIMENE PÄEV
Autor Marcin Sauter
Marcin Sauteri film sündis Vene-Poola ühisprojekti raames. Noored poola filmitegijad elasid
pikemat aega Siberis ning tegid igaüks ühe jutustava dokfilmi põlisrahvaste igapäevaelust.
Antud ekraanitöö pajatab esimesest koolipäevast. Tundras üles kasvanud neenetsi lapsed
peavad lendama kopteriga Aksarkasse, asuma elama ja õppima venekeelsesse internaatkooli,
kus arusaamine käitumisest, ajaloost ja loodusest on totaalselt erinev sellest, mida lapsed on
õppinud oma vanematelt.
Directed by Marcin Sauter
Photography by Marcin Sauter
Edited by Tymek Wiskirski
Produced by Eureka Media
World sales/contact: Eureka Media,
Smulikowskiego 13/10, 00-384 Warszawa, Poland
Tel. +48 228284810
eureka@ntcm.com.pl
FLAMES OF MAHASIDDHA
27 min. 2007 UK/Poland (filmed in India)
The film is about the remarkable culture of the Himalayan shamans, the Buchen Lamas. They
live in the remote Pin Valley in the Indian Himalayas. Buchen Lamas are believed to possess
supernatural power. Fragments of their spectacular “Breaking the Stone” ceremony, the core
of their myth of the Mahasiddha, are interlaced with scenes from their daily life in a village.
Padme Dorje – Buchen’s assistant – works also as a postman, delivering letters and pensions
to people all around the valley. He is our guide through this mysterious land of beauty where
legends seem to be still alive.
MAHASIDDHA LEEGID
Autor Dominik Kościelak
Indias, Himaalaja mägede vahelises Pin orus elavad Bucheni laamad. Neile omistatkse
üliinimlikke võimeid. Filmi peakangelaseks on Padme Dorje – üks Bucheni assistentidest.
Lisaks šamaanirituaalides osalemisele on tema kohustuseks ka piki orgu posti kanda, pensione
maksta. Filmi tipphetked saabuvad siis, kui näeme Padme Dorje’t osalemas kivide murdmise
tseremoonias.
Directed by Dominik Kościelak
Photographed by Piotr Rozanski and Sebastian Jochan
Edited by Charlie Lort-Philips
Produced by Dominik Kościelak
World sales/contact: Dominik Kościelak,
113 Frensham Drive, SW15 3ED London, UK
Tel. +44 7799858522
dk@eidosfilm.com
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FLOCKMASTER JANO CERVEN
24 min. 2008 Slovakia
Since the Middle Ages shed sheep breeding belongs implicitly to the colouring of the Slovak
mountain landscape.
Is it romantic and nostalgic or hard and serious drudgery?
Documentary about the strength of nature, submission, respect towards traditions, but mainly
about man and his work in the alterations of time.
Directed by Ľubomír Viluda and Ivan Kršiak
Photographed by Ľubomír Viluda
Editing and sound by Ivan Kršiak
Produced by Anna Krsiakova
World sales/contact: Academy of Arts Banska Bystrica,
95 Horná Str., Bystrica 97401, Slovakia
Tel./Fax +421 484143301
viluda.krsiak@gmail.com
KARJANE JANO CERVEN
Autorid Ľubomír Viluda ja Ivan Kršiak
Juba keskajast peale on lambakarjatamine olnud Slovakkia mägedes peamiseks elatusalaks. Kas
see värvikas elukutse on tänapäeval vaid romantiline ja nostalgiline tegevus või on tegemist
tõsise ning raske töörügamisega?
Seda küsivad filmi autorid Ľubomír Viluda ja Ivan Krišak.
FROM KIEL TO EAST OF WARSAW
58 min. 2008 Germany (filmed in Germany and Poland)
For his friends and admirers the Australian Phil Conyngham is the world´s best didgeridoo
player. Yet inspite of his constant gigging around the world his international success does not
always materialize on his bank account.... We find him flat broke in the city of Kiel (Northern
Germany). What makes things even worse is that he is invited to a special music competition
in Poland, somewhere east of Warsaw. Busking seems the only option to finance the trip. Phil
sets off without money, in a two decade old van, through eternal darkness and crosses 900 km
of real adventures.
Directed by Moses Merkle and Elisabeth Saggau
Photographed by Moses Merkle and Elisabeth Saggau
Edited by Moses Merkle
Sound recorded and mixed by Moses Merkle and Elisabeth Saggau
Produced by Moses Merkle and Elisabeth Saggau
World sales/contact: Elisabeth Saggau,
Königsweg 103, 24114 Kiel, Germany
Tel. +49 4316794309
digdocfilm@aol.com
KIELIST VARSSAVISSE
Autorid Moses Merkle ja Elisabeth Saggau
Moses Merkle ja Elisabeth Saggau matkavad Kielist Varssavisse ning võtavad üles teel nähtud
muljeid. Nende kangelaseks on Phil Conyngham, üks Austraalia parimaid didgeridoo mängijaid.
Pillimehel pole taskus sentigi raha ja seepärast võtab ta 900 km pikkuse teekonna ette väga vana
mikrobussiga. Phil tahab jõuda Varssavi lähistel toimuvale muusikafestivalile…
GHOSTS AND GRAVEL ROADS
16 min. 2008 Canada
An inventory of lost memories and places, the sun bleached landscape of Saskatchewan serves
as a metaphor for displacement, a framing of emptiness and absence. Travelling to forgotten
towns and channelled through old family photographs the camera catalogues the haunting
remnants of the past, frail monuments and communities lain bare, broken under economic
collapse. Under the weight of the prairie skies a visceral, personal encounter is revealed in the
solace of open space.
VAIMUD JA KRUUSATEED
Autor Mike Rollo
Kanada filmilooja Miko Rollo ekraanitöö püüab elustada mahajäetud linna Saskatchewanis, kust
inimesed on lahkunud juba aastakümneid tagasi.
Directed by Mike Rollo
Photographed by Terryll Loffer
Edited by Mike Rollo
Sound by Stéphane Calce
Produced by Mike Rollo
World sales/contact: Mike Rollo,
4834 rue Wellington, Verdun QC, H4G 1X4, Canada
Tel. +1 5145094369
mahrollo@yahoo.ca
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GIRL FROM MOSCOW
7 min. 2006 Finland (filmed in Russia)
A middle-aged Finnish film maker Mika J. Ripatti travels to Moscow where he finds a Russian
girl and tries to fall in love with her. A very special self-portrayal documentary.
MOSKVA TÜDRUK
Autor Mika J. Ripatti
Keskeas soomlasest filmilooja reisib Moskvasse, kus ta leiab vene tüdruku ning püüab temasse
armuda. Üks väga eriline autoportreeline dokumentaarium.
Directed, photographed, edited and sound by Mika J. Ripatti
Produced by Mika J. Ripatti/Anarkino Oy
World sales/contact: FixC co-op
PL 39, 009210 Helsinki, Finland
Tel. +358-44-5762816
info@fixc.fi
THE GIRLS FROM BRAZIL
87 min. 2007 Israel
During the 80’s, with an acute shortage of children for adoption in Israel, hope arose for those
seeking to have a child in the form of Brazil. Approximately 3,000 Israeli families flew to the
carnival country to adopt a child. German and Italian families were also part of this adoption
wave. In the meantime, the children, now grown-up, are travelling to their land of origin to look
for the woman who gave birth to them. Filmmaker, Nili Tal follows four young Israeli women
on such a voyage. This is a moving trip to a country, where women have four or five children
from several men and another one somewhere in a faraway place. It is also a personal voyage
into each of the protagonists’ life bringing up issues concerning us all.
BRASIILIA TÜDRUKUD
Autor Nili Tal
Filmilooja sõidab kaasa nelja iisraeli naisega, kes loodavad Brasiilias üles leida oma bioloogilisi
emasid. Nimelt kaheksakümnendatel aastatel käis Brasiilia karnevalidel üle 3000 iisraeli
perekonna, kelle salamõtteks oli leida siit endale kasulaps. Ka saksa ja itaalia perekonnad käisid
karnevalimaal sama mõttega.
Nili Tal ja neli Brasiiliast pärit noort naist avastavad oma otsingureisil maa, kus naistel on neliviis
last erinevatelt meestelt ning mõni laps teadmata kauguses…
Directed by Nili Tal
Photographed by Nadav Hekselman
Edited by Alex Neiman
Produced by Nili Tal
World sales/contact: Hedva Goldschmidt,
Go2Films Distribution and Marketing,
Issar Natanzon 37/8, Jerusalem, 97787, Israel
Tel. 972-2-5831371
Fax 972-2-5835450
go2films@bezeqint.net
GOD IS AMERICAN
52 min. 2007 France (filmed in Tanna and Vanuatu)
Since the end of World War II, the people of Tanna, a remote island in the South Pacific in the
archepelago of Vanuatu, idolize an American prophet. His name is John Frum. The islanders
believe he is an American pilot that returned to the United States after the war, and will come
back to Tanna with riches from the US that they call «the Cargo». They pray to an American flag,
awaiting his return. One man, Isaac the Last One, chief of the «Cargo cult», claims he is Frum’s
son. He has formed an army of GI’s to celebrate the return of the prophet John Frum.
JUMAL ON AMEERIKLANE
Autor Richard Martin Jordan
Vanuatu saarestikusasub Tanna saar. Siinsed põliselanikud usuvad, et jumal on ameeriklane.
Isegi tinglik nimi on talle antud - John Frum. Arvamus põhineb II Maailmasõja päevilt, mil
saarlased puutusid kokku taevast alla astunud ameerika piloodiga. Kuna ebajumal lendas
Ameerikasse tagasi, siis loodavad saareelanikud siiani tema tagasitulekut kõigi kauge maa
rikkuste ja hüvedega. Seda lootust kasutab ära Isaac Viimane, kes tema enda väitel on jumala
John Frumi’i lihane poeg…
Richard Martin Jordan on arhiivimaterjale tänapäevaste ülesvõtetega oskuslikult põimides
loonud haarava ekraaniloo.
Directed by Richard Martin Jordan
Photographed by Igor Chpiliotoff
Edited by Alistair Creaser
Sound by Bruno Leneveu
Produced by Palladium Productions
World sales/contact: Guy Knafo- Dix Francs,
28 rue de l’equerre 75019 Paris, France
Tel. +33 148744377
dixfrancs@dixfrancs.fr
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HALF ME
11 min. 2007 Poland
Aza’s life has come to a standstill. For years she has been living with her family in a refugee
camp awaiting the decision of the Polish authorities. Living in enclosure, from day to day, does
she have a chance to recover the normality she remembers from Chechnya?
POOL MINUST
Autor Justyna Tafel
Aza elu on jõudnud surnud punkti. Juba aastaid on ta koos perega elanud põgenikelaagris,
oodanud pikisilmi Poola võimude otsust. Elades üks päev korraga, ilma ühegi lootuskiireta
lahendusele, on Aza sattunud veel suuremasse stressi kui oma kodumaal Tšetšeenias.
Directed by Justyna Tafel
Photographed by Kate McCullough
Edited by Bogusława Furga
Sound by Klementyna Walczyna
Produced by The Polish National Film School
World sales/contact: The Polish National Film School,
61/63 Targowa Str., 90-323 Lodz, Poland
Tel. +48 426345820
Fax +48 426345928
swzfilm@filmschool.lodz.pl
HERDSWOMAN
58 min. 2008 Sweden
We encounter three Sami women and their lives with the reindeer herds. Aina, Elisabeth and
Lisa belong to different generations. Their stories reflect life in Lapland and the transition
from nomadic existence to modern society. These three women live with and for their reindeer
herds.
The film is some kind of anthem for an indigenous people who must keep the rights for the
land of their ancestors as well as for clean air and water.
Directed by Kine Boman
Photographed by Hans-Olof Utsi
Edited by Rasmus Ohlander
Sound by Kine Boman and Hans-Olof Utsi
Produced by Bo Harringer
World sales/contact: Filmateljén
Åvägen 24, SE-432 31 Gothenburg, Sweden
Tel. +46 31826380
Fax+46 31826350
filmateljen@filmateljen.com
NAISKARJUS
Autor Kine Boman
Kine Bormani dokumentaalfilm jutustab kolmest naisest. Aina, Elisabeth ja Lisa kuuluvad
erinevatesse põlvkondadesse. Nende elulugudest vaatab vastu Lapimaa muutumine.
Üleminek nomaadsest eluviisist moodsasse ühiskonda. Kõik kolm naiskangelast elavad koos
põhjapõdrakarjaga, nad elavadki põtradele.
Film on ülemlaul põlisrahvale, kellele peab jääma õigus elada oma esivanemate maal, õigus
puhtale õhule ja veele.
HERO, WINGS ARE NOT NECESSARY TO FLY
25 min. 2007 Spain (filmed in Spain and France)
Pascal Kleiman was born without arms, but this circumstance did not impede him to continue
with his career as a disc jockey in techno music. A clear example that proves that will-power is
stronger than any obstacle, whatever it is.
KANGELANE LENDAMISEKS TIIBU EI VAJA
Autor Angel Loza
Angel Loza filmi peategelaseks on Pascal Kleiman, kes sündis ilma käteta. See asjaolu ei takista
aga noormehel tehnomuusika diskoriks saada, sest tal on olemas jalad. Pascali lugu on selge
näide , et tugev tahe võib olla peremeheks ka kõige raskemas olukorras.
Directed by Angel Loza
Photographed by Juan Landa
Edited by Xavi Cano and Angel Loza
Sound by Rafa Lozano
Produced by New Atlantis
World sales/contact: Franc Planas- Promofest,
Naciones 12, 4º B, 28006 Madrid, Spain
promofest@mixmail.org
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ITALIAN POPULAR BENCH
10 min. 2008 Italy
Images of ‘Italian Popular Bench’ have been realized in 6 years, since autumn of 2000. The
popular bench, located in Finanze Square, in Rome, connects many people. Since the beginning
of the new millennium this bench has given rest and shelter to hundred of persons, becoming
a witness of the passage and the meeting of people of many different nations.
ITAALIA RAHVAPINK
Autor Werther Germondari
Werther Germondari jälgis kuue aasta jooksul pinki ühel Rooma väljakul, kus peatusid või
puhkasid inimesed paljudest maailma maadest ja rahvustest.
Directed, recorded and edited by Werther Germondari
Music by Paolo Pizzi
Producted by Werther Germondari
World sales/contact: Werther Germondari,
via Cernaia 15, 00185 Rome, Italy
Tel. +39 064817992
wgermondari@mac.com
THE IVY STILL MOURNS
53 min. 2007 The Netherlands
After a turbulent life as an artist, Leon van der Heijden and his wife Willemijn – he as a
gardener/painter, she as his girl Friday and muse – withdrew to the age-old cemetery known
as Huis te Vraag.
This cemetery lies hidden to the passer-by close to Amsterdam’s office park on the city’s south
ring. There have not been any burials here since 1962; the cemetery however still functions as
a park and place of tranquillity.
Under constant pressure from the hustle and bustle, project developers and encroaching
new neighbourhoods, Leon and Willemijn have spent the last 20 years of their lives creating,
maintaining and preserving a paradise on earth. Leon often records the beauty of this spot –
cemetery and meadow – on canvas and he also writes books about it.
In the film we become acquainted with two idiosyncratic individuals, bound together in
remarkable marriage, in a beautiful and in changing place. A place where living and working,
living and dying and being buried all come together in their own unique way.
LUUDEROHI LEINAB
Autor Barbara den Uyl
Portreefilm kunstnik Leon van der Heijdenist ja tema naisest Willemijnist, kes on oma elu
pühendanud vanale kalmistule Amsterdami lähistel. Üleni luuderohusse põimunud, kohati lausa
läbimatuks võsaks kasvanud rahulasse pole enam maetud ühtki inimest pärast 1962. aastat.
Kunstnikepaar püüab siin luua omaette maailma, kummalist paradiisi elu ja surma vahel.
Huis de Vraagi surnuaial toimuvast on omaette kunstiteose loonud hollandi režissöör Barbara
den Uyl.
Directed by Barbara den Uyl
Photographed by Peter Brugman
Edited by Jan Ketelaars
Sound by Gert Jan Miedema
Produced by Leen van den Berg
World sales/contact: van der Hoop Film Productions,
van der Hoopstraat 80 HS, 1051 VK Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tel. +31 206829982
Fax+31 206881434
vanderhoopfilm@planet.nl
JAMESIE, KING OF SCRATCH
70 min. 2006 USA (filmed in US Virgin Islands)
Scratch band music, also known as Quelbe, is an indigenous, grass-roots form of folk music that
originated in the U.S. Virgin Islands over a century ago. The lyrics are a form of oral history used
to immortalize significant historical events, spread “rude” gossip about one’s neighbours, and
relay the day-to-day trials and tribulations of living on a small Caribbean island. Playing with
some homemade instruments made from tin cans and gourds, the music has a crudeness to it
that is intoxicating and rhythmic speaking to both the beauty and the hardship of the Crucian
(of St. Croix) lifestyle. 79-year old James Brewster has performed and recorded throughout the
Caribbean, Europe and the United States and is the legendary “King of Scratch”
JAMESIE, SCRATCHI KUNINGAS
Autor Andrea Leland
Scratch-muusika, mis kannab ka nime Quelbe, pärineb USA Neitsisaarte rahvamuusikast.
Sedalaadi lüürika sisaldab suusõnal edasiantavat ajalugu, karmi klatši naabrite aadressil, mis
vahelduvad igapäevaelu katsumustega Kariibi mere väikesel saarel. Käepäraste muusikariistadega
– konservipurkidest ja pudelkõrvitsatest – luuakse ehe ja rohmakavõitu, ent joovastava
rütmiga lugulaul nii kohaliku eluviisi võlust kui valust. Legandaarseks scratchi kuningaks on
tituleeritud 79-aastane James Brewster, keda on kuulatud ja salvestatud Kariibidel, Euroopas
ja Ameerikas.
Directed by Andrea Leland
Photographed by Andrea Leland
Edited by Jude Leak
Produced by Andrea Leland
World sales/contact: Andrea Leland,
530 Forest Avenue, Evanston, Illinois 60202, USA
Tel. +1 8472801968
Fax +1 4439462677
jamesieproject@yahoo.com
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JOE GOES TO SERBIA
51 min. 2007 Serbia
It is the fourth summer in a row that Josef Arone from San Francisco comes to Serbia.
He makes street-performances as Joe Mama the clown and from July till September, over the
countryside and around the capital, from the trumpet festival to the war zone, he is in the
mission of spreading joy.
Joe parties wherever he can, but his idea of joy is more profound. He wants to spread it, especially
in the areas where people forgot it. The “Bread and Cheese Circus” that he founded here with
his friends, goes to Kosovo to make performances for the refugee children that live there.
Enter the world where a stranger is just a friend that you have not met yet!
Directed Sonja Blagojevic
Photographed Sonja Blagojevic
Edited Nemanja Babic
Sound by Sonja Blagojevic and Stasa Tomic
Produced Sonja Blagojevic, Zoran Popovic and Svetlana Popovic
World sales/contact: Sonja Blagojevic,
Bulevar kralja Aleksandra 243, 11050 Belgrade, Serbia
Tel. +381 112419068
Fax+381 112446680
blagojevic.sonja@gmail.com
JOE LÄHEB SERBIASSE
Autor Sonja Blagojevic
Josef Arone elab San Francisos ja käib suviti Serbias rahvast lõbustamas. Kloun Joe Mama nime
all esineb ta pealinna tänavatel, trompetifestivalil ja militaartsoonis. Koos sõpradega on ta loonud
rändtsirkuse trupi, kes võtab ette turnee Kosovo põgenikelaagri laste juurde.
Sonja Blagojevici film sisendab usku, et Serbiast saab peagi maa, kus võõras on hoobilt sõber.
KAREAREA: THE PINE FALCON
49 min. 2008 New Zealand
During the 1970’s New Zealander George Chance became the most accomplished photographer
of the New Zealand Falcon; wildlife filmmaker Sandy Crichton attempts to add movement to
George’s photographs.
KAREAREA - MAOORI PISTRIK
Autor Sandy Crichton
Uus-Meremaa fotograaf George Chance sai 1970-ndatel aastatel kuulsaks
ülesvõtetega oma kodumaa ainsast pistrikuliigist. Loodusfilmide autor Sandy Crichton püüab
lisada fotodele filmilikku dünaamikat.
See loodusfilm pole vaid lugulaul pistrikust. Kaadris on ka palju inimtegevust, mis häirib
looduse tasakaalu.
Directed by Sandy Crichton
Photographed by Sandy Crichton
Edited by Tim Woodhouse
Sound by Sandy Crichton
Produced by Sandy Crichton
World sales/contact: Sandy Crichton,
35A Nihill Crescent, Mission Bay, Auckland 1071, New Zealand
Tel. +64 95214406
Fax +64 95214728
catskillfilms@gmail.com
KETILL
30 min. 2008 Iceland
The protagonist Ketill Larsen is a 71-year-old man living in a desolate house on a hill with a
view of a shopping mall in the outskirts of Reykjavik. Each day, with a bag filled with his own
works, he hitchhikes to the city center where he writes poems and makes paintings (at least 15
a day) in his favorite cafes. As a retired actor he has a number of stories to tell which he stores
using a portable tape recorder, and during Christmas time he dresses as Santa Claus. Though
widely known in
Iceland, Ketill remains a mysterious figure and an exception to the social norm.
The film, shot by a pair of artists using the method of subjective camera and devoid of voiceover
commentary, documents everyday activities and meetings of Ketill – an artistic individual – and
brings the audience closer to the world of fantasy that is Ketill.
Directed by Joseph Marzolla and Tomas Lemarquis
Photographed by Fréderic Febvre, Tomas Lemarquis and Joseph Marzolla
Edited by Dodda Maggy
Sound by Fréderic Febvre, Tomas Lemarquis and Joseph Marzolla
Produced by Anna Lisa Björnsdóttir, Fréderic Febvre, Tomas Lemarquis and
Joseph Marzolla
World sales/contact: Infanta Films,
Ránargata 19, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland
Tel. + 354 6913217
infanta@simnet.is
KETILL
Autorid Joseph Marzolla ja Tomas Lemarquis
Ketill Larsen on 71-aastane endine näitleja, kes pensionipõlves harrastab maalimist, luuletamist
ning liigub mööda kodulinna Reikjaviki jõuluvana kostüümis. Tema ümber on imeline aura,
millest mõned islandlased saavad aru, teised aga kehitavad õlgu.
Filmi autorid Joseph Marzolla ja Tomas Lemarquis on loonud poeetilise portree mehest, kes on
saareriigi pealinna üheks vaatamisväärsuseks.
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THE KEYS TO PARADISE
49 min. 2007 Italy
Of all the places where I could have been born, why did it happen in Sant’Omero?
Was it necessary to be female without baptism in such a religious place?
The film is an unlikely voyage searching for something to believe in.
Right in her home town Sant’Omero, a small village in centre of Italy, the director
Caterina decides to give it a try. The unaware heroes of her childhood, Creola (77
y.o.), Leandro (89 y.o.) and Angelo (68 y.o.), become the guides of this arduous and,
at times, surreal search for the meaning...
PARADIISI VÕTMED
Autor Caterina Carone
Filmi autor Caterina Carone on sündinud Kesk-Itaalia väikelinnas Sant’Omeros.
Mina-vormis ekraanitöös portreerib ta kolme eakat ja elutarka inimest, kes on kujunenud linna
raudvaraks ning kes on autorit saatnud juba tema lapsepõlvest alates. Kolmikportree kangelased
Creola (77), Leandro (89) ja Angelo (68) demonstreerivad lisaks väga praktilisele elulaadile ka
võrratut huumorimeelt.
Directed by Caterina Carone
Photographed by Melanie Brugger
Edited by JuliaWiegand
Sound by Caroline Leitner and Valentina Zaggia
Produced by Georg Zeller
World sales/contact: ZeLIG – School for documentary, Television and New Media,
Via Brennero 2010, 39100 Bolzano, Italy
Tel. +39 471977930
Fax +39 471977931
info@zeligfilm.it
LAKSHMI AND ME
59 min. 2008 India (filmed in India, USA, Denmark and Finland)
“What sin did I commit to be born a woman?” Lakshmi wonders aloud. A 21-year-old housemaid
in Mumbai, she works ten hours a day, seven days a week. One of her employers is Nishtha Jain,
who begins to make a documentary that explores their relationship. Nishtha films Lakshmi at
home, and at work in various houses. Lakshmi’s is a precarious existence to begin with; illness
and romance compound her problems in unexpected ways.
As the filmmaker is drawn deeper into Lakshmi’s life, she is forced to question many of the things
she takes for granted. During a year and a half of dramatic changes, the process of filming has
its own impact on unfolding events and on the relationship between the two women.
LAKSHMI JA MINA
Autor Nishtha Jain
Nishtha Jain on loonud emotsionaalse portree 21-aastasest hindu neiust Lakshmi’st. Mumbais
on tüüpiline, et Lakshmi-taolised noored naised töötavad koduabilistena 10 tundi päevas ja
7 päeva nädalas. Filmi autor on üks Lakshmi tööandjatest. Ta jälgib neiut hommikust õhtuni
poolteise aasta jooksul. Kahe noore naise vahel tekib huvitav emotsionaalne side ning film
muutub topeltportreeks, kus autori enda isiksusel on peakangelasega võrdne roll.
Directed by Nishtha Jain
Photographed by Deepti Gupta, Rakesh Haridas and Nishtha Jain
Edited by Rikke Selin Lorentzen
Sound by Niraj Gera
Produced by Smriti Nevatia (executive producer: Iikka Vehkalahti)
World sales/contact: Heino Deckert- Deckert Distribution GmbH,
Marienplatz 1, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany
Tel. +49 3412156638
Fax +49 3412156639
info@deckert-distribution.com
LIFE IN FLOOD WATER
43 min. 2007 Germany (filmed in Germany, Austria and Switzerland)
Water is life, for without water no life can exist. But water can also mean death and destruction.
When rivers flood their banks, then the element reveals its devastating power.
In 1997 the Oder flooded its banks, in 2002 the Elbe, and in 2005 there were floods throughout
the land at the foothills of the Alps. Evacuations of entire districts, damages in billions, people
injured and dead were the consequences.
Yet life in nature waits longingly each year for this event. In spring, when the snow melts and the
first rainfalls cause the water level to rise, then life returns to the river after the winter. Alluvial
forests are among the eco-systems with the greatest abundance of species. River banks and
their forests are Europe’s last jungles – and of great significance not only for flora and fauna.
Alluvial forests are actually a perfect protection against the devastating floods that people fear
so much. But only a small fraction of the rivers in Europe still has natural flood-plain woods.
Straightened, dammed and dyked – man has tried to tame the rivers and use them for his own
purposes. But water cannot be locked in. The documentary shows how the rivers are now
reclaiming their rightful place in the landscape, how skilfully the animals cope with the floods
and how humans could learn from the cleverness of nature.
ELU TULVAVEES
Autorid Doris Tromballa ja Florian Guthknecht
Saksa filmitegijad Doris ja Florian mõtisklevad elu üle Alpidest mere poole voolavate jõgede
kallastel. Mitte üksnes lumeveed, vaid ka paduvihmadest tekkinud tulvaveed ujutavad üle suuri
alasid. 1997.aastal tuli üle kallaste Oder, 2002.aastal Elbe, 2005.aastal paljud Alpidest algavad
jõed.
Inimene on oma “tarkuses” hävitanud jõgede kallastel kasvavaid põlismetsi, mis varem
kaitsesid põlde ja lagendikke üleujutuste eest ning mis olid suurepärasteks elupaikadeks
paljudele metsloomadele. Filmi autorid soovitavad inimestel õppida looduse mõistlikust
enesekorraldusest.
Directed by Doris Tromballa and Florian Guthknecht
Photographed by Frank Lorbiecki and Sigi Braun
Edited by Dirk Göhler
Sound by Jürgen Otto
Produced by Bayerisches Fernsehen/ARTE
World sales/contact: Telepool GmbH,
Sonnenstrasse 21, D-80331 Muenchen, Germany
Tel.+49 89558760
Fax+49 8955876188
sales@telepool.de
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THE LOVERS FROM AXOS
80 min. 2007 Greece/Germany
In a village high in the mountains of Crete, 69-year-old Maria works at her looms. Watching
Maria is her 73-year-old husband, Jorgos. Jorgos finds Maria so beautiful he occasionally invites
passing strangers into the workshop to admire her. The love that bound Maria and Jorgos together
when they were young has endured 55 years and only deepened over time. But something has
recently clouded the couple’s happiness: Jorgos is seriously ill and could die any minute.
Directed by Nicos Ligouris
Photographed by Nicos Ligouris
Edited by Nicos Ligouris
Sound by Stergios Mountsakis
Produced by Nicos Ligouris and Jost Hering
World sales/contact: Nicos Ligouris,
Schlüterstrasse 41, 10707 Berlin, Germany
Tel./Fax +49 308812844
wil.lig@gmx.de
AXOSE ARMASTAJAD
Autor Nicos Ligouris
Nicos Ligouris on Kreetal elavast vanapaarist Mariast ja Jorgosest vändanud liigutava filmi.
Jorgose silmis on Maria nii ilus naine, et ta kutsub juhuslikke möödakäijaid nende suveniiripoodi
naist vaatama. Maria teab, et Jorgose kehva tervise tõttu võib nende õnn äkitselt katkeda. Seda
enam hindab ta iga silmapilku, mil päike nende kahe peale paistab.
LUC DE HEUSCH - WILD THINKING
50 min. 2007 Belgium (filmed in Belgium and Africa)
A wild thinking, powerful fresh colours and discovering ideas must be at hand to become an
outstanding artist. Wild thinkers of the 20th century art according to the ethnologist Luc de
Heusch and film director Karine de Villers were surrealists and carriers of art brut. Building
bridges between different cultures, films and books by Luc de Heusch attest to the diversity
that exists within the realm of reality.
Directed by Karine de Villers
Photographed by Aliocha Van der Avoort
Edited by Philippe Boucq
Sound by Cosmas Antionadis
Produced by Kathleen de Béthune
World sales/contact: Simple Productions,
29 rue de la Sablonniere, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Tel. +32 22174730
Fax +32 22170930
simple.production@skynet.be
METSIK MÕTLEMINE
Autor Karine de Villers
Metsik mõtlemine, võimsalt värsked värvid ja avastuslikud ideed peavad olema käepärast sellel,
kes tahab saada väljapaistvaks kunstnikuks. Etnoloog Luc de Heusch ja filmilooja Karine de
Villers peavad kahekümnenda sajandi metsikuteks mõtlejateks sürrealiste ja art brut’ loojaid.
Luc de Heuschi filmid ja raamatud ehitavad sildu erinevate kultuuride vahele ning püüavad
seletada reaalsuse kuningriigi mitmekesisuse põhjusi.
THE MATCH
68 min. 2008 The Netherlands
Directed by Kees Hin
Photographed by Benrd Wouthuysen
Edited by Barbara Hin
Sound by Mark Glyne
Produced by Leen van den Berg
World sales/contact: van der Hoop Film Productions,
van der Hoopstraat 80 HS, 1051 VK Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tel. +31 206829982
Fax +31 206881434
vanderhoopfilm@planet.nl
“A few moments in your life always remain to haunt you. They may fade from your memory, but
suddenly they return. Like a fire, lit by a personal detail, occasionally insignificant, occasionally
sharp and important. After a major blaze, the fire may smoulder on underground and then flare
up again unexpectedly in that special, unprotected place.” Kees Hin
In a Dutch village, an 80-year-old widow was murdered. Everyone knew her. The inhabitants
were all very restless. After four months of investigation, the police finally resorted to a modern
technique to help solve the murder. 80 men were asked to supply a saliva sample from which their
unique DNA could be isolated. In the film, memories of that DNA testing are reconstructed,
bringing the time back to life. One by one, the men are asked to describe the experience, the
moment when their lives were put to the test, like a photographic snapshot.
The film starts with the experiences of the painter Edvard Munch, who suddenly felt a trembling
in fear and heard a scream of nature as he walked over the bridge.
TEST
Autor Kees Hin
Ühes hollandi külakeses tapeti 80-aastane naine. Kahtlusaluseid on kaheksakümmend
meest, kellelt võetakse DNA analüüsid. Nn. “rääkivate peade” filmis uurib Kees Hin, kuidas
kahtlustatavad reageerisid testidele ja millised hirmud neid valdavad.
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MIMOUNE
11 min. 2006 Spain (filmed in Spain and Moroco)
Illegal immigration is not only a problem to the host society. For immigrants the social uprooting
brings about division of their family. This documentary was born of the desire to put together,
even if it was only through a camera, a family that since long ago wishes to be reunited.
MIMOUNE
Autor Gonzalo Ballester
Gonzalo Ballester püüab videokaamera abil viia kokku välismaale tööle läinud pereisa ja
kodumaale jäänud ema ning lapsed. Virtuaalne taasühinemine on parem kui kestev lahusolek ilma
igasusguse visuaalse kontaktita, kuid muud peale hingehaavade lahtikraapimise see eksperiment
ei paku. Filmilooja tõstatatud probleem puudutab sadu tuhandeid ning miljoneid perekondi,
kes majanduslikel või poliitilistel põhjustel ei saa koos elada. Lühike, lihtsa kompositsiooniga
dokfilmi kunstiline jõud peitub jäädvustatud tunnete ehtsuses.
Directed by Gonzalo Ballester
Photographed by Gonzalo Ballester
Edited by Gonzalo Ballester
Sound by Gonzalo Ballester
Produced by Gonzalo Ballester
World sales/contact: Promofest,
Franc Plans, Naciones 12, 4º B, 28006 Madrid, Spain
promofest@mixmail.com
THE NEW KILLING FIELDS
13 min. 2008 Denmark/Germany (filmed in Cambodia)
Would you like to shoot a chicken with an AK47 or a chicken with a bazooka? “The New Killing
Fields” shockingly displays how tourism affects the disarmament in post-war Cambodia.
UUED TAPALAVAD
Autorid Maximilian Westphal ja Knud Brix
Maximilian Westphali ja Knud Brix’i film maalib küllaltki hirmuäratava pildi Ameerika turistidest,
kes raske raha eest ostavad endale võimaluse Kambodža vanadel militaarväljakutel saada rahuldust
tapmisest. Tapariistadeks on püssid ja kuulipildujad, õnnetuteks ohvriteks kuked, kanad, lehmad
ning teised koduloomad.
Directed by Maximilian Westphal and Knud Brix
Photographed by Kristian Djurhuus and Maximilian Westphal
Edited by Anders Rasmussen
Sound by Knud Brix
Produced by Maximilian Westphal
World sales/contact: Equatorpictures,
Eisenstrasse 87, 40223 Düsseldorf, Germany
Tel. +49 1774364599
info@eqatorpictures.com
NGAT IS DEAD: STUDYING MORTUAR TRADITIONS
59 min. 2004-2007 Denmark (filmed in Papua New Guinea)
What does it mean when anthropologists claim to study the cultural traditions of others by
participating in them? This film follows the Dutch anthropologist Ton Otto, who has been
adopted by a family on the island of Baluan in the South Pacific. Due to the death of his
adoptive father he has to take part in mortuary ceremonies whose form and content are however
forcefully contested by different groups of relatives.
Through the ensuing negotiations Ton learns how Baluan people perform and develop their
traditions and not least what role he plays himself. The film is part of long-term fieldwork in
which filmmaking has become integrated in the ongoing dialogue and relations between the
islanders and the anthropologist.
NGAT ON SURNUD. UURIDES MATUSETRADITSIOONE
Autorid Christian Suhr Nielsen ja Ton Otto
Film hollandi antropoloogist Ton Ottost, kes töötab Baluani saarel Vaikse ookeani lõunaosas.
Ton oli adopteeritud ühe põliselanike pere poolt. See pere aga kaotab filmi tegemise ajal
perekonnapea. Kasuisa ärasaatmise tsermoonia on üheks filmi tugisambaks. Teiseks tugisambaks
on antropoloogi suhted saare kogukonnaga, nende sõbralike suhete kasv ja areng.
Directed by Christian Suhr Nielsen and Ton Otto
Photographed by Christian Suhr Nielsen
Edited by Christian Suhr Nielsen
Sound by Steffen Dalsgaard
Produced by Christian Suhr Nielsen and Ton Otto
World sales/contact: Moesgaard Film,
Dept. of Anthropology, Moesgaard Allé 20, 8270 Hoejbjerg, Denmark
Tel. +45 89424664
Fax +45 89424655
christiansuhr@gmail.com
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THE NINE MOVEMENTS OF THE EYELID
110 min. 2008 Portugal (filmed in Portugal, India, Germany and The Netherlands)
Starting from the first visual and acoustical impressions perceived when watching the classical
dance Bharatanatyam from South India, with a perception filtered by the cultural background
of the West, this documentary slowly approaches the dance and its dancers in order to find
out more, to understand more. To see how a dance with ancient roots can be relevant in
today’s time, and if this dance can be mastered also by performers other than Indian origin.
By exploring themes on tradition and modernity, art and life, women’s roles in society, culture
and globalization, East and West, it also clearly shows that intercultural understanding requires
a lot more of work and effort than mere consuming foreign food, music, images or clothes.
But then also slowly, slowly something unforeseen reveals, and this is the wisdom which can
be relevant to every human being despite his cultural background...
Directed by Rajele Jain
Photographed by Gerd Peun
Edited by Rajele Jain
Sound by Rui Viana
Produced by Francisco Camacho
World sales/contact: Rajele Jain,
Rua da Horta Seca, 44-2 esq., PT-1200-221 Lisboa, Portugal
Tel. +351 213460029
raj@rajele.net
SILMALAU ÜHEKSA LIIKUMIST
Autor Rajele Jain
Alates bharatanatyami klassikalisest tantsust, mis pärit Lõuna-Indiast kuni kõige kaasaegsemate
tantsudeni välja on võimalik jälgida, kuidas väga vanade elementidega tantsud on aegade
jooksul muutunud. Hindude tantse ja neis peituvad sümboolikat on mõjutanud tugevasti
kokkupuuted Õhtumaade kultuuritraditsioonidega. Rajele Jaini film on suurepärane uurimus
India tantsukultuuri sümboolikast ja traditsioonide sügavast olemusest.
NOT SACKS
9 min. 2007 England
A group of prisoners attend a night class every Tuesday in HMP Wandsworth where they learn
the sedate art of patchwork and quilt making. For the first time we hear their views on their
newly acquired sewing skills and what the patch work and quilting group means to them.
EI KOTTIDELE
Autor Fiona Collins
Fiona Collinsi lühifilm vangidest, kes kord nädalas käivad hilisööl koolis. Nad õpivad lapiteki
õmblemist ja vateerimist. Kuuleme karistust kandvate inimeste avameelseid arvamusi
õmblemisoskuse kohta ja mõtteid sellest, mida tähendab neile selles loomeringis osalemine.
Directed by Fiona Collins
Photographed by Stuart Dunn
Sound by Stuart Dunn
Edited by Marie Shaw
Produced by Fiona Collins
World sales/contact: Fiona Collins,
121 St Andrew’s Road South, St Annes on the Sea, Lancashire FY8 1PU, UK
Tel. +44 1253722447
few_collins@hotmail.com
THE NUCLEAR COMEBACK
75 min. 2007 New Zealand (filmed in UK, Sweden, Australia and New Zealand)
The nuclear industry reports that climate change is feeding a global nuclear renaissance. There
are currently 27 nuclear power stations under construction, and projections for another 136 to
be commenced within the next decade.
But are we potentially jumping out of the carbon frying pan and into the plutonium fire?
The Nuclear Comeback goes on a worldwide tour of the nuclear industry in search of answers
– visiting some of the planet’s most famous nuclear facilities.
Directed by Justin Pemberton
Photographed by DJ Stipsend
Edited by Bella Erikson
Sound byTim Brott
Produced by Megan Jones and Justin Pemberton
World sales/contact: Films Transit,
252 Gouin Boulevard, East Montreal, H3L 1A8 Quebec, Canada
Tel. +1 5148443358
Fax+1 5148447298
janrofekamp@filmstransit.com
TUUMAENERGIA TAGASITULEK
Autor Justin Pemberton
Uus-Meremaa filmilooja Justin Pemberton pole rahul tempoga, millega ehitatakse juurde uusi
tuumajaamu. Parajasti on püstitamisel 27 tuumaelektrijaama ja järgmisel kümnendil kerkib veel
136 jaama. Kas pääsedes kivisöe praepannilt hüppame me mõtlematult plutooniumitulle, küsib
filmi autor. Režissöör viib vaataja ümberilmareisile, et külastada kõige moodsamaid tuumajaamu
ja esitada valusaid küsimusi tuleviku kohta.
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OFF THE GRID WITH LES STROUD
72 min. 2005/2006 Canada
In 2003, one massive power outage put most of the Eastern Seaboard – more than 50 million
people – into a complete blackout, affecting the water supply, transportation, communication
and causing widespread looting. A highly dangerous strain of E. coli in the town of Walkerton’s
water supply was responsible for sickness in 40% of the population and even 7 deaths. Power,
water and the ‘grid’ system is what keeps civilized societies moving. Les Stroud and Sue Jamison,
along with their two young children, share their experience leaving the world of electricity
bills and water problems and going ‘off the grid’ as they move to their acreage in Northern
Ontario. Filmmaker Les Stroud wanted to show first hand that you need be neither a backto-the-lander,
an electrical engineer or rich to escape the clutches of government controlled
electricity and water.
ÄRA SIIT KOOS LES STROUDIGA
Autor Les Stroud
2003.aastal pani laiaulatuslik elektrikatkestus äärmiselt keerulisse olukorda enam kui 50 miljonit
inimest Kanada idarannikul. Elektriavarii tõi kaasa katkestuse veevarustuses, mille tagajärjel
joogivesi reostus ning põhjustas 40% elanikel haigusnähte ning 7 inimese surma.
Les Stroud ja Sue Jamison otsustasid pärast seda katastroofi asuda koos oma väikeste lastega
elama Põhja-Ontariosse, et vabaneda tsivilisatsiooniga kaasnevatest ohtudest.
Le Stroudi autoportreeline film maalib poeetilise pildi temast endast ja ta perekonnast, kes püüab
oma jõududega keset metsikut loodust toime tulla ning isegi edukas olla.
Directed by Les Stroud
Photographed by Les Stroud
Edited by Jason Benvenuti, Max Atwood, Andy Peterson and Les Stroud
Sound by Brian Eimer
Produced by Les Stroud
World sales/contact: BuzzTaxi Communications,
201-1110 Yonge Street, M4W2L6 Toronto, Canada
Tel. +1 4169203800
Fax +1 4169203998
jenna.bourdeau@buzztaxi.com
ONE MAN IN THE BAND
83 min. 2007 UK (filmed in UK and France)
One Man in the Band conjures up images of tuneless street entertainers with drums on their
backs and cymbals on their knees, whereas contemporary one-man bands are diverse and
vibrant in their musical output. They are more than just solo performers: a one-man band brings
to the stage noise and spectacle worthy of a whole band. However, unmediated by creative
collaboration, the result can have a peculiar intensity verging on the downright eccentric. This
film follows a selection of contemporary one-man bands from Europe and the USA. Their
musical output often defies categorisation, ranging from theremin rock to hurricane drum
solos and a backing band made of bicycle wheels. As it becomes clear that life on the road for
a one-man band is a journey into solitude, so the documentary asks the question: what drives
us to create, and is it worth the pain.
ÜHEMEHEBÄND
Autor Adam Clitheroe
Filmilooja jälgis oma kaameraga nii USA-s kui Euroopas tänavamuusikuid, kes mängivad
mitut instrumenti või kasutavad elektroonilisi muusikariistu esitades tervele ansamblile loodud
repertuaari. See dokfilm esitab ka põhimõttelisi küsimusi, näiteks, miks mõned inimesed tegelevad
loominguga või kas loominguvalu on üldse küünlaid väärt.
Directed by Adam Clitheroe
Photographed by Adam Clitheroe
Edited by Adam Clitheroe
Sound by Adam Clitheroe
Produced by Adam Clitheroe
World sales/contact: Adam Clitheroe,
25 Ashley Court, Morpeth Terrace, London SW1P 1EN, UK
Tel. +44 2075384699
info@onemanintheband.com
WHERE TO PUT THE MOON?
17 min. 2007 France
Come on! We take the car, we leave...Each moment he discovers his sight, different in the
world. And I film him. A meeting is happening under our eyes, a sharing between two souls.
Time is stretching...
KUHU PANNA KUU?
Autor Alexandra Garcia Vila Zingaretti
“Edasi! Võtame auto, lahkume siit! Iga hetk tema silmis on avastus, erinev kogetud maailmast.
Ja ma filmin teda. Meie silmis sünnib kohtumine, mis jagab rõõmu kahest hingest. Aega
jätkub…”
Nii kirjeldab oma väga sensuaalset filmi Alexandra Garcia Vila Zingaretti, kes hoiab kaamerasilma
oma poissõbral. Poiss aga on loodushull. Ta ei suuda puudutamata jätta maanteel laiaks sõidetud
jänest või kätt ulatada taevasse kerkiva täiskuu järele. Imeliselt tundlik film inimese ning looduse
õrnast lähedusest.
Directed by Alexandra Garcia Vila Zingaretti
Photographed by Alexandra Garcia Vila Zingaretti
Edited by Agnès Frémont
Sound by Alexandra Garcia Vila Zingaretti
Produced by Université Stendhal Grenoble 3
World sales/contact: Château-Rouge Production,
10 bis rue Bisson, 75020 Paris, France
Tel. +33 142230610
Fax +33 142230632
production@chateau-rouge.info
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PARADISE: THREE JOURNEYS IN THIS WORLD
51 min. 2007 Finland
A documentary of dreams, immigration, and Spanish tomatoes. Paradise – Three Journeys in
This World is a poetic documentary film on African emigration to Europe. The first journey
takes us along the route of the tomato trucks to Almeria in Spain, where the undocumented
African immigrants grow vegetables for European markets. The second journey takes us to
Morocco. We meet Adam, who escaped war in Ivory Coast, and was dumped into Sahara desert
in November 2005, along 500 other emigrants. He walked more than 1000 kilometres from the
desert to Rabat, the capital of Morocco. The third trip leads us trough the desert, to Bakary
Fofana’s home village at the border of Mali and Mauritania.
Directed by Elina Hirvonen
Photographed by Jarkko Virtanen
Edited by Annukka Lilja
Sound by Kimmo Vänttinen
Produced by Sari Lempiäinen and Elina Hirvonen
World sales/contact: Saara Toivanen- University of Art and Design Helsinki,
Film Festival Office, Hämeentie 135C, FI-00560 Helsinki, Finland
Tel. +358 503503732
Fax +358 975360223
foffice@taik.fi
PARADIIS. KOLM RETKE SELLES MAAILMAS
Autor Elina Hirvonen
Soome filmilooja Elina Hirvoneni kolm portreed mustalt mandrilt pärit emigrantidest.
Kui palju täitumatuid unistusi ja lootusi!
PEACE WITH SEALS
86 min. 2007 Italy/Czech Republic
In the time of Homer, seals were the most widespread inhabitants of Europe’s largest biotope,
the Mediterranean Sea. Today, with sun-tanning being so fashionable, people have replaced the
seals on the beaches. Seals have become one of the most endangered mammals in Europe. Where
will we be able to encounter wild animals in the future? How are animals being domesticated?
And what is the domestication of people?
Directed by Miloslav Novak
Photographed by Jakub Halousek and Emanuele Coppola
Edited by Adam Brothánek
Sound by Martin Ženíšek and Zdeněk Taubler
Produced by Dvanact Opic and Jitka Maxova
World sales/contact: Irena Taskovski- Taskovski Films Ltd.,
4B Wentworth, E1 7TF London, UK
Tel. +420 731164079
Fax +44 2072470238
irena@taskovskifilms.com
RAHU HÜLJESTEGA
Autor Miloslav Novak
Tšehhi režissööri Miloslav Novaki film viib vaataja hüljeste maailma. Homerose ajal oli hüljes
Vahemere tavaelanik. Täna on hüljeste lesilad hõivatud inimeste poolt, kes sadade tuhandete
kaupa päevitavad rannaliival. Hülged on muutunud Euroopa kõige enam ohustatud imetajateks.
Kas me võiksime tulevikus hülgeid kodustada? Ja ülepea – kuidas on üldse mõned loomaliigid
kodustatud? Nii neid kui teisi inimesi erutavaid küsimusi püstitab see haarav dokfilm.
RESURFACE
60 min. 2007 Greece/France (filmed in Greece)
Alex is 25 years old man. He is quadriplegic after an accident that happened in the sea four
years ago. Since, He is swimming to surpass himself and to transform his handicap into an
opportunity he participate in the Paraolympic games of Athens in 2004. In the swimming-pool,
Maria, is training him harder and harder. She is anxious, and all this pressure makes her really
emotive when unexpected situations come along, but she wants to believe in a medal. Alex in
the other hand is more self-controlled and pragmatic. His family and friends are strongly united
around him. Will he obtain the medal that everybody wants?
Directed, recorded, produced by Alexandre Papanicolaou and Emilie Yannoukou
World sales/contact: Alexandre Papanicolaou and Emilie Yannoukou,
21 rue Carpeaux 75018 Paris, France
Tel. +33 142231739
Fax+33 957203213
persona@personaproduction.com
PINNALETÕUS
Autorid Alexandre Papanicolaou ja Emilie Yannoukou
Kreeklane Alex on vaid 25-aastane, kuid juba on ta jõudnud end vigastada selliselt, et alumine
kehapool ei funktsioneeri. Sellest hoolimata harrastab ta ujumist ning loodab 2004.aasta
paraolümpial Ateenas võita medali. Kuidas mees oma saatusest tugevam on ning kas tal õnnestus
ka olümpiamedal võita, seda näeb filmi vaadates.
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THE SACRED GOATS
44 min. 2008 Denmark (filmed in Pakistan)
The Kalasha tribe of the Hindukush in NW Pakistan is a minority of 3-4000 people with its
own religion and culture. The Kalash are the last remnants of a goat culture that dominated
in vast areas of Central Asia till the advent of Islam. This culture is now endangered due to
plans of making the precious high pastures into a buffer zone for the Chitral Gol Nature Park
with Snow Leopard and Marchor. Also, neighbouring people make lawsuits against the Kalash
claiming for the pastures. The goats are basis of the religion and economy of the Kalash.
The film shows all the aspects of Kalasha life where goats are important – directly or indirectly.
For example we see all the dairy production, ritual purifications, sacrifices to God, because the
Kalash do not “pray with empty hands”.
PÜHAD KITSED
Autorid Birgitte Glavind Sperber and Yasir Kalash
Kalashid on Hindukušis (Loode-Pakistanis) elav väike rahvakild 3-4000 hingelisega. Kalashidel
on oma keel, religioon ja kultuur. Mägielanike peamine toitja on kits. Kitsed on kalashide jaoks
pühad loomad. Nende filmimine poleks olnud Birgitte Sperberil võimalik, kui mitte kalashi
nooruk Yasir ei oleks võtnud kaamerat enda kätte ning filmi autori järjekordsel reisil Pakistani
temale haruldase materjali andnud. Birgitte film kajastab lisaks kitsepidamise praktilisele küljele
ka kitsedega seotud rituaale.
Directed by Birgitte Glavind Sperber and Yasir Kalash
Photographed by Birgitte Glavind Sperber and Yasir Kalash
Edited by Birgitte Glavind Sperber
Sound by Birgitte Glavind Sperber and Yasir Kalash
Produced by Birgitte Glavind Sperber
World sales/contact: Birgitte Glavind Sperber,
Tangevej 31, 6760 Ribe, Denmark
Tel. +45 75421553
birgitte.sperber@skolekom.dk
SHIKARA (THE LITTLE BOAT)
9 min. 2008 Spain (filmed in India)
When tourist season ends normal life goes on because, as the boat man says: “The sun doesn’t
shine for us”. Ordinary scenes, minimal stories filmed in a time when travelling has become a
new consumer good and the world a giant commercial centre.
SHIKARA (VÄIKE PAAT)
Autor Cyril Matut
Turismihooaja lõppedes jätkub tavaelu. Paadimees ütleb: “Päike ei paista meie peale”. Cyril
Matut’i film koosneb tervest reast tavastseenidest, mis on üles võetud nüüd, kui reisimine on
muutunud uueks tarbekaubaks ja maailm üheks suureks kaubakeskuseks.
Directed by Cyril Matut
Photographed by Wolija Latkiewitz
Edited by Pisko Dkeloc
Sound by Francesco Spalletti
Produced by Wholly Humble Heart Films SL
World sales/contact: Wholly Humble Heart Films SL,
Travesia del convento 11 3º, Gijón 33202, Spain
Tel. +34 985175684
Fax+34 985175685
whhfilms@wanadoo.es
SILENT SNOW
14 min. 2007 The Netherlands (filmed in Greenland)
Apart from global warning, there is another threat to the Arctic lingering underneath the surface.
Dangerous pesticides from all over the world are being carried to the poles by northbound
wind and waves, poisoning animals and people. Two girls in Northern Greenland are travelling
to a disappearing village where one of them still would like to live. Against a background of
melting ice they discuss the pollution which is not only dramatically changing their lives but
threatening the entire world.
VAIKNE LUMI
Autor Jan van den Berg
Hollandlase Jan van den Berg’i tundeküllane dokfilm kujutab elu Gröönimaal. Kaks Põhjala
neidu võtavad ette sõidu hääbuvasse asulasse, kus üks neist tahaks elada. Tüdrukute mureks
on üleilmne reostus, mis otsapidi jõuab ka siia, aastatuhandeid kestnud puhta valge lume ja
jääga maale.
Directed by Jan van den Berg
Photographed by Jan van den Berg
Edited by Boris Everts
Sound by Jillis Schriel
Produced by Sabine Groenewegen
World sales/contact: RNTV,
PO Box 22, 1200 JG, Hilversum, The Netherlands
Tel. +31 356724486
Fax +31 356724489
aad.vanIerland@rnw.nl
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THE SINKING VILLAGE
23 min. 2007 Hungary
A small Hungarian village has to wait as it is slowly sinking. A mysterious phenomenon – and
no one helps uncover the reasons. However, there is Joseph, the eternal optimist. He takes
action and hopes for change.
KADUV KÜLA
Autor Márton Szirmai
Ungari filmilooja Márton Szirmai dokfilm külast, kus alguses tekivad majadesse praod ning
seejärel salapärasel moel variseb maja maja järel kokku. Kas ajaloolisel külal ongi saatuseks
maapinnalt kaduda? Külas elab Joseph, kes on parandamatu optimist. Tema ostsutab tegutseda
loodusjõudude vastu ja ta on vist ka ainus, kes loodab ja usub, et peagi olukord muutub.
Directed by Márton Szirmai
Photographed by Gergely Pálos
Editied by Márton Szirmai
Sound by Rudolf Várhegyi
Produced by György Pálos
World sales/contact: Instant Films,
Arató utaca 10, 1121 Budapest, Hungary
Tel. +36 203445481
szmarci@gmail.com
SOŇA AND HER FAMILY
37 min. 2006 Slovakia
Not a valley, just a hole beside a dump. No path leading to the house, only mud on the way to
a miserable shed. Lacking everything but not a lack of kids.
This is where Mrs. Soňa lives - in the middle of the Roma reality – strong and intelligent. But
also helpless.
SOŇA JA TEMA PERE
Autor Daniela Rusnokova
Mitte org, vaid üks kohutav auk keset prügilat. Siin pole ühtki teed maja juurde, on vaid muda
kuni haleda onnini. Siin on puudus kõigest, väljaarvatud lastest. Proua Sona elab mustlaste
markantses miljöös ja ta on tugev ning intelligentne. Aga vahel ka üsna abitu…
Slovaki filmitegija Daniela Rusnokova ekraanitööst kiirgab tubli annus kaastunnet.
Directed by Daniela Rusnokova
Photographed by Peter Zalubel and Daniela Rusnokova
Edited by Jana Vlckova
Sound by Jan Ancic, Jan Boleslav Kladivo and Daniela Rusnokova
Produced by Music and Performing Arts (Film and TV Faculty)
World sales/contact: of Music and Performing Arts (Film and TV Faculty),
2 Svoradova Str., 813 01 Bratislava, Slovakia
Tel. +421 259303577
Fax +421 259303575
festivals@vsmu.sk
SOUTH INDIAN THALI
27 min. 2007 Finland (filmed in India)
A subjective documentary set in Kerala, South India. The stunning beauty, the potent dose of
reality and the fascination of traditional dances and rituals are paralleled with the many courses
of a Thali meal. Thali is a popular meal of many different dishes, served in small metal bowls on
a round tray. There are six or seven bowls, as there are scenes in the film. The flavours and the
spiciness of the dishes vary from mild to mouth-burning. Each little dish has its own name.
Just like rice brings together the alternating flavours on a Thali tray, the film combines the ritual
rhythms, pulse and performance of life.
Directed and recorded by Lasse Naukkarinen
Edited by Nina Normann
Sound by Heikki Innanen
Produced by Lasse Naukkarinen
World sales/contact: Ilokuva, Naukkarinen&Co,
Palotie 23, 02760 Espoo, Finland
Tel. +358 98554860
Fax +358 9881359
lokuva@ilokuva.fi
LÕUNA-INDIA THALI
Autor Lasse Naukkarinen
Tuntud soome dokumentalisti Lasse Naukkarise sissevaade Lõuna-Hindustani
traditsioonidesse. Tantsud ja rituaalid vahelduvad Thali roogadega, mida serveeritakse väikestes
metallkausikestes.
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STOLEN LIVES
47 min. 2007 Italy (filmed in China)
Today. China.
Children are stolen and sold to rich families without children of their own.
Desperate parents abandon all they have to follow the traces of their child who has
disappeared.
Very young girls are sold to peasants who cannot find a wife and need another pair of hands for
the extenuating work in the countryside or to affluent men who want one more concubine.
The police, together with a brave journalist, carry out an endless work to look for these missing
people, but finding them does not always mean their tragedy is over.
Different stories of different lives. And, despite all, the rain continues to fall on the other side
of the world.
VARASTATUD ELUD
Hiinas varastatakse lapsi ja müüakse rikastesse lastetutesse peredesse.
Meeleheitel vanemad jätavad kõik, mis neil on, ja hakkavad kadunud last kõikjalt otsima.
Noored tüdrukud müüakse talupidajatele, kes ei suuda naist leida ja vajavad tööjõudu, või
meestele, kes tahavad veel üht liignaist.
Nende kadunud inimeste leidmine ei tähenda veel kannatuste lõppemist.
Directed by Annamaria Gallone
Photographed by Zhao Buhong, Li Yong and Gianni Bonardi
Edited by Antonio Augugliaro and Raquel Morte
Sound by Dong Biiang
Produced by KENZI productions
World sales/contact: First Hand Films,
Fritz Heeb-Weg 5, 8050 Zurich, Switzerland
Tel. +41 443122060
Fax +41 443122080
info@firsthandfilm.com
SYMBIOSIS
13 min. 2007 Poland
Zbyszek has never moved out from his room. He is 52 years old and he still lives with his
mother– 72-year-old Zofia. Zbyszek is leaving to a sanatorium in Ciechocinek. He suffers
because of separation from his mother. When he comes back home, we found out the truth
about their mutual relation.
SÜMBIOOS
Autor Krzysztof Kasior
Krzysztof Kasiori dokfilmi jutustab 52-aastasest Zbyszekist, kes on kogu oma elu viibinud
ühes ja samas korteris ja elanud siin koos oma emaga. Nüüd tuleb mehel aga siit lahkuda. Küll
ajutiselt, aga ikkagi! Kui mees sanatooriumist tagasi tuleb, siis ta alles tunneb, mida vana ema
tema jaoks tähendab…
Directed by Krzysztof Kasior
Photographed by Krzysztof Kasior
Edited by Krzysztof Kasior
Sound by Krzysztof Kasior
Produced by University of Silesia, Radio & Tv Department
World sales/contact: University of Silesia, Radio & Tv Department,
1B Bytkowska Str., 32200 Katowice, Poland
Tel./Fax +48 509178624
wrajman@us.edu.pl
TEA ROAD TO THE SKIES: IN THE HEART OF SHANGRI-LA
52 min. 2007 France/China (filmed in China)
It crosses the roof of the world, winding more than 6,000 tortuous kilometres across 20
mountain chains and two desert plateaux. It spans four great rivers, and cuts through the territory
of 20 different ethnic groups. This is the ancient Tea Road, which opens Southwest China onto
Tibet and thereby Nepal, India, Persia, Mongolia and Russia, and then Europe. The legendary
Tea Road was crossed by innumerable horse trains for countless centuries. Their tracks are
beaten deep into the rocks. This series of High Definition films follows in the hoof prints of
those caravans which hauled their baggage of tea across the Tibetan Plateau.
The horse drivers of the caravan are considered half mythical – men of great honour, for they
have seen a lot and they know a lot. The film follows lots of interesting spots, Tibetan shamans
and monks; wedding ceremony; singing and dancing and sacrifice of tea for the good of the
harsh journey in the mountains...
TEEKOND TAEVANI - SHANGRI-LA SÜDAMES
Autorid Wei Ping Zhou, Peter Hercombe ja Michel Noll
Iidne Tee rada viib Kagu-Hiinast Tiibetisse ja edasi Nepaali, Indiasse, Pärsiasse, Mongooliasse
ja Venemaale ning seejärel Euroopasse. Tee rada on läbinud lugematud hoburongid lugematuid
sajandeid. Film järgib iidsete teekaravanide kabjajälgi üle Tiibetisse.
Rajal näeme mitmesuguseid peatuspaiku. Kus vahetatakse hobuseid tee vastu, kus saadetakse
karavani reisi õnnestumiseks maagiliste laulude ja tantsudega, kus kohtume Tiibeti munkade
ja šamaanidega, kus näeme pulmapidu või tee ohverdamist... Teekaravani hobusejuhi ametit
peetakse juba iidsetest aegadest peale pooleldi müütiliseks ja väga auväärseks – need mehed
tulevad ju laiast maailmast, nad on palju näinud ja teavad palju jutustada.
Directed by Wei Ping Zhou, Peter Hercombe and Michel Noll
Photographed and sound by Wei Ping Zhou
Edited by Cécile Beaulande Kemmeche, Isabelle Collin
Produced by Yang Wenhu, Michel Noll
World sales/contact: ICTV
www.ictv.fr
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THAT’S LIFE
60 min. 2007 The Netherlands (filmed in Peru, South Africa, Malawi and Mozambique)
The author of the documentary seeks what has become of some of the children he photographed
many years ago. His portraits of South American and African children appeared in a small black
and white photo booklet that Sander Veeneman compiled and sent to the 25.000 most influential
people in the world. The booklet was a silent cry to draw more attention to the tremendous
poverty issues in the world. Since 2003 Veeneman and his First8 foundation create awareness
campaigns against hunger and poverty.
With the camera on shoulder and sometimes no more information than the name and age of
a child, Veeneman tries to re-locate Liza Joao in Mozambique, Matlhomola Mawela in South
Africa and Rodolfo Tsirimbo in Peru. The challenging and sometimes dangerous search leads
him through colourful countries, small African villages and Peruvian tribes.
Directed and recorded by Sander Veeneman
Edited by Elja de Lange
Produced by Leonie van Hoëvell
World sales/contact: NPO Sales,
PO Box 26444, 1202JJ Hilversum, The Netherlands
Tel. +31 356773760
Fax +31 35677531
kaisa.kreik@omroep.nl
SEE ON ELU
Autor Sander Veeneman
Hollandi filmilooja Sander Veeneman pildistas palju aastaid tagasi lapsi Lõuna-Ameerikas ja
Aafrikas. Neist portreedest koostas ta must-valgete piltidega raamatukese ja saatis 25000-le
maailma kõige mõjukamale inimesele. Et näidata, mida tähendab kasvada äärmises vaesuses.
Nüüd läheb Veeneman otsima samu lapsi, kes on suureks kasvanud. Teel Liza Joao juurde
Mosambiigis leiab autor, et elu Aafrikas pole muutunud paremaks. Sama kogeb ta Lõuna-Aafrikas
Mathomola Mawelat ja Peruus Rodolfo Tsirimbot otsides.
THREE CARNIVALS AND A HALF
50 min. 2007 Italy
One day in Valfloriana (Val di Fiemme), one day in Grauno (Val di Cembra), one day in Palù
del Fersina (Valle dei Mòcheni) and one day in Varignano (Arco), the film follows three and one
half of the most significant traditional carnivals that still take place in the valleys of Trentino.
Far from the prevailing format of the masked pageant, in reality these carnivals are closely
reminiscent of the winter fertility rituals that are found in all Europe.
KOLM JA POOL KARNEVALI
Autor Michele Trentini
Itaalia filmilooja Michele Trentini põhjalik jäädvustus Trentino orgudes toimuvatest karnevalidest.
Nagu mujal Euroopas, on ka siinsed talvekarnevalid seotud viljakusriitustega.
Directed, photographed and edited by Michele Trentini
Sound by Antonella Mott
Produced by Museo degli Usi e Costumi della Gente Trentina
World sales/contact: Museo degli Usi e Costumi della Gente Trentina,
via Mach 2, 38010 San Michele all’Adige, Trento, Italy
Tel. +39 0461650314
Fax +39 0461650556
info@museosanmichele.it
TRIATHLON
9 min. 2007 Poland
Triathlon is not a classic documentary film. It is rather a documentary fairy tale: once upon a
time in a country beyond many seas and islands, beyond high mountains, beyond large rivers,
lived a Man who had a lot of problems. One day he decided to face it...
TRIATLON
Autor Bartosz Warwas
Bartosz Warwas’e dokumentaalfilm portreteerib meest, kes hoolimata suurtest eksistentsiaalsetest
probleemidest, suudab leida lahenduse spordis.
Directed by Bartosz Warwas
Photographed by Marcin Wladyniak
Edited by Cecylia Pacura
Sound by Wojtek Emm
Produced by Andrzej Bednarek- PWSFTviT
World sales/contact: PWSFTviT,
61/63 Targowa St., 90-323 Lodz, Poland
Tel. +48 426345820
Fax +48 4263459 28
swzfilm@filmschool.lodz.pl
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UNWORDLY...
23 min. 2008 Russia
Siberian village Okunevo is known as a sacred place for many years. Recently it became the
place of pilgrimage for people of various religions simultaneously. Sergei and Valentin are the
residents of Okunevo. Sergei is mentally retarded, and Valentin is unable to walk. It doesn’t
disturb them to get related with their own gods.
SÕNATULT
Autor Vladimir Golovnev
Siberi küla Okunevo on juba palju aastaid tuntud pühapaigana. Hiljuti hakkasid siia palverännakuid
korraldama mitmed erinevad usulahud.
Sergei ja Valentin elavad Okunevos. Sergei on vaimse puudega, Valentin aga liikumispuudega.
See ei sega mehi suhestumast oma jumalatega.
Directed by Vladimir Golovnev
Photographed by Pavel Tihonov and Vladimir Golovnev
Edited by Vladimir Golovnev
Sound by Michael Vostrikov
Produced by Alexandr Kibkalo
World sales/contact: Vladimir Golovnev,
19-47 Prigorodnaya Str., 644077 Omsk, Russia
Tel. +7 89139617660
Fax +7 3812604045
kinoigra@mail.ru
WHITE SOUND
6 min. 2007 Australia
An experimential trip into sonic landscapes, White Sound explores the notion of a ‘soundless’
existence. White Sound is a space where noise, silence and imagination converge.
VALGE HELI
Autor Sarah Tracton
Eksperimentaalne rännak helimaailma, kus helid puuduvad. Kurttummade maailmas kohtuvad
imaginaarsed mürad ja visioonid.
Directed by Sarah Tracton
WWOOFING
11 min. 2007 England/UK
A no-budget, non-dialogue documentary about a man living and working on an organic vegetable
farm in Cornwall, England. Filmed towards the end of the two months he spent there, when
the isolation and the sometimes harsh weather were making life harder. A double portrait of
a man and nature.
MAHEPÕLD
Autor Robin Whenary
Robin Whenary film noormehest, kes elab ja töötab mahepõllul. Üksi silmitsi loodusega on ilus
olla, kuid looduse tujud võivad elu ka raskeks muuta. Kaksikportree inimesest ja loodusest.
Directed, recorded, photographed and edited by Robin Whenary
World sales/contact: Robin Whenary,
The Shippon, Buckyette, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 6ND, UK
Tel. +44 1803762367
robinwhenary@yahoo.co.uk
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ZIETEK
17 min. 2008 Poland
It is a portrait of the old sculptor, Bogdan Ziętek. The self-made artist has been creating real-size
women sculptures for over 40 years. His whole house is filled with sexy pin-up girls made of
lime trees. They all have names and specific characteristics. Sometimes they become alive and
talk to the artist. Everything is happening with the acceptance of sculptor’s wife. The borders
between reality and dreams, the truth and imaginary world slowly vanish.
Directed by Bartosz Blaschke
Photographed by Tomasz Augustynek
Edited by Robert Polewski
Sound by Tomasz Sikora
Producted by Tomasz Sławichowski
World sales/contact: Bartosz Blaschke,
25/1 Gersona Str., 03-307 Warszawa, Poland
Tel. +48 503926648
bblaschke@interia.pl
ZIETEK
Autor Bartosz Blaschke
Bartosz Blaschke film portreteerib vanahärrat Bogdan Zietek’i, kes on enam kui 40 aastat puust
naisi välja raiunud. Need eredavärvilised ja seksikad “daamid” ei sega sugugi Bogdani pärisnaist.
Kõigil puukujudel on nimed. Vahel nad ärkavad ellu ja kõnetavad Bogdanit. Vahe reaalsuse ja
imaginaarsuse vahel kaob…
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Yoram Honig (Israel) was the winner of the XXI festival.
His dramatic documentary First Lesson of Peace was voted by
the TV-audience for the Estonian People’s Award.
Yoram Honig (Iisrael) võitis XXI festivalil Eesti Rahva Auhinna
tänu televaatajate tugevale toetusele dokumentaaldraamale
“Rahu esimene õppetund”.
Andrei Nekrasov brought a powerful film on the tragic
end of Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko to Pärnu.
Andrei Nekrasov tõi Pärnusse võimsa filmi vene luuraja
Aleksander Litvinenko traagilisest lõpust.
Winners of the XXI festival Yoram
Honig (Israel) and
Inara Kolmane (Latvia) share the
honour to serve the first
slices of cake.
XXI festivali laureaatidel Yoram
Honig’il (Iisrael) ja Inara Kolmane’l
(Läti) on au jagada esimesi
tordilõike.
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Since the first festival in 1987, our tradition has been to visit
islanders in Manija and Kihnu. The bare land of Manija
was inhabited by settlers from Kihnu in 1933. This year
they celebrate the 75th anniversary of the history of their
native land amongst the sea.
One of those who carries on the skills of traditional
Kihnu handicraft is Vilma Havik, the housewife of Tooma
farm.
The indigenous Kihnu culture was included into the
UNESCO’s list of intangible and oral masterpieces of
mankind in 2003.
Alates esimesest festivalist 1987.aastal on meil olnud
traditsiooniks käia külas Kihnus ja Manijal. Lageda
Manija saare asustasid kihnlased 1933.aastal, seega saavad
manijalased sel aastal tähistada oma saare ajaloo 75-ndat
aastapäeva.
Üks neist, kes annab edasi kihnu käsitöö oskusi, on Tooma
talu perenaine Vilma Havik.
Kihnu pärimuskultuur võeti UNESCO suulise ja vaimse
kultuuri nimistusse 2003. aastal.
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Vilma likes to open her
storage for those who
respect folk art.
Vilmale meeldib avada
oma varakambri uksi
neile, kes hindavad
rahvakunsti.
From the left: Andrei Nekrasov,
Ülo Stöör, Mirja Metsola, Alona
Seroussi, Yoran Honig are full of
impressions of the island.
Vasakult: Andrei Nekrasov, Ülo
Stöör, Mirja Metsola, Alona Seroussi
ja Yoram Honig on saarelt saadud
muljetest tulvil.
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INDEX OF FILMS
ABC COLOMBIA 17
ADA GALLERY 24
ALYOSHA 21
ART IN THE FORESTLAND 24
ART OF BEING WICHI, THE 25
AUROVILLE, THE CITY THE EARTH NEEDS 25
BECAUSE A MAN IS HUMAN 17
BEFORE THE FLOOD 25
BIG BOY 18
BIRDS ARE SILENT IN THE FOREST 26
BLACKSMITH’S ANVIL 26
BRAVE BOYS 18
CHIEF CONDUCTOR 23
CONCRETE 26
CONFLUENCES - EMERILLON OF FRENCH GUIANA 11
DANCE YOUR LIFE 27
DANCING CHICKENS OF VENTURA FABIAN 18
DAUGHTERS OF WISDOM 11
DISAPPEARANCE FORETOLD, A 27
DONKEY IN LAHORE 12
END OF RAINBOW 27
FATE OF THE LHAPA 28
FELLOW RADU 28
FERNDALE, WESTERN CANYON, LOS ANGELES 28
FIRE, THE 29
FIRST DAY, THE 29
GIRLS FROM BRAZIL, THE 31
FLAMES OF MAHASIDDHA 29
FLOCKMASTER JANO CERVEN 30
FROM KIEL TO EAST OF WARSAW 30
GHOSTS AND GRAVEL ROADS 30
GIRL FROM MOSCOW 31
GOD IS AMERICAN 31
GUGARA 12
HALF ME 32
HEADWIND HALL 21
HERDSWOMAN 32
HERO, WINGS ARE NOT NECESSARY TO FLY 32
HOLD ME TIGHT, LET ME GO 8
HOME 8
IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE MUD 12
ITALIAN POPULAR BENCH 33
I WAS A WHITE AFRICAN - L’ADIEU A JEAN ROUCH 13
IVY STILL MOURNS, THE 33
JAMESIE, KING OF SCRATCH 33
JOE GOES TO SERBIA 34
JOURNEY OF A RED FRIDGE 13
KAREAREA: THE PINE FALCON 34
KEEP THE DANCE ALIVE 13
KETILL 34
KEYS TO PARADISE, THE 35
LAKSHMI AND ME 35
LAST YOIK IN SAAMI FORESTS? 14
LIFE IN FLOOD WATER 35
LIZA...LIKE HER 9
LOVERS FROM AXOS, THE 36
LUC DE HEUSCH - WILD THINKING 36
MAKING RAIN 14
MARCELA 9
MARIA LIONZA, BREATH OF ORCHIDS 14
MATCH, THE 36
MAYOMI 9
MIMOUNE 37
MOON AND THE WOLFGIRL 19
MOTHER, THE 10
MUMMY WILL COME! 19
MY LIFE WITH ORANGUTANS 15
THE NEW KILLING FIELDS 37
NGAT IS DEAD:
STUDYING MORTUAR TRADITIONS 37
NINE MOVEMENTS OF THE EYELID 38
NOT SACKS 38
NUCLEAR COMEBACK, THE 38
OAK #419 15
OFF THE GRID WITH LES STROUD 39
ONE MAN IN THE BAND 39
PARADISE 15
PARADISE: THREE JOURNEYS IN
THIS WORLD 40
PEACE WITH SEALS 40
THE PHARMACIST 22
PLAYER 22
RESURFACE 40
SACRED GOATS, THE 41
SHIKARA (THE LITTLE BOAT) 41
SIDEWALK 19
SILENT SNOW 41
SINKING VILLAGE, THE 42
SOŇA AND HER FAMILY 42
SOUND OF CONDUCTOR, THE 22
SOUTH INDIAN THALI 42
STOLEN LIVES 43
SUMMERCHILD 16
SYMBIOSIS 43
TEA ROAD TO THE SKIES:
IN THE HEART OF SHANGRI-LA 43
THAT’S LIFE 44
THREE CARNIVALS AND A HALF 44
TO COME, TO PASS AWAY... 23
TOM BOYS 20
TRIATHLON 44
UNWORDLY... 45
VANUATU, THE PIG ISLANDS 16
WHERE TO PUT THE MOON? 39
WHITE SOUND 45
WORKING MOM, A 10
WWOOFING 45
YEAR, MAYBE LESS, A 16
ZIETEK 46
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WELCOME TO THE NEXT FESTIVAL
IN JULY 2009!
TERE TULEMAST JÄRGMISELE FESTIVALILE
JUULIS 2009!
Pärnu Film Festival
Esplanaadi St. 10, Pärnu 80010
Estonia
Tel. +372 4430772
Fax +372 4430774
http://www.chaplin.ee
festival@chaplin.ee
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