PRODUCTION CATALOGUE - Irish Film Board
PRODUCTION CATALOGUE - Irish Film Board
PRODUCTION CATALOGUE - Irish Film Board
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CONGO –<br />
‘Stirring,<br />
weird, highly<br />
original thriller’<br />
<strong>Irish</strong> Times<br />
‘Skolimowski<br />
AN IRISH<br />
has pulled off<br />
an extremely<br />
difficult magic trick<br />
and has given us<br />
something truly<br />
rare in cinema – a<br />
poetic and beautiful<br />
53 action film...<br />
54<br />
essential viewing’<br />
Evening Herald<br />
FEATURES RELEASED 2011<br />
AFFAIR<br />
ESSENTIAL KILLING<br />
R<br />
epublic of Congo, July 1960. The<br />
United Nations embarks on the biggest<br />
peacekeeping mission in its history with<br />
20,000 soldiers from 30 countries. One year<br />
later, the UN Secretary General has been<br />
killed and its forces under attack. The future<br />
of the organisation is at stake.<br />
At the centre of the storm are the 155<br />
soldiers of A Company, 35th Battalion<br />
of the <strong>Irish</strong> Army and their commander,<br />
Commandant Pat Quinlan. Under siege from<br />
forces determined to rip the Congo and the<br />
UN apart, the fate of the UN is in their hands.<br />
This film tells the story of how the Cold War<br />
spread its tentacles to Africa.<br />
Directors/Producers Irina<br />
Maldea, Brendan Culleton<br />
Script Brendan Culleton,<br />
Rose Doyle<br />
Production Company<br />
Akajava <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
Tel +353 87 679 1447,<br />
brendan@akajava.com<br />
Financiers IFB, TG4,<br />
BAI, MEDIA<br />
‘The honesty and<br />
integrity of the soldiers’<br />
testimonials make for<br />
compulsive viewing’<br />
<strong>Irish</strong> Times<br />
‘This fine and carefully<br />
measured documentary<br />
recreates the extraordinary<br />
incident that gripped the<br />
world, using a mix of<br />
archives and the bluntly<br />
honest recollections of<br />
<strong>Irish</strong> soldiers’<br />
<strong>Irish</strong> Independent<br />
C<br />
aptured by the US military<br />
in Afghanistan, Mohammed<br />
is transported to a secret<br />
detention centre in Europe.<br />
When the vehicle he is riding<br />
in crashes, he finds himself<br />
suddenly free and on the run in<br />
a snow-blanketed forest, a world<br />
away from the desert home he<br />
knew. Relentlessly pursued by an<br />
army that does not officially exist,<br />
Mohammed must confront the<br />
necessity to kill in order<br />
to survive.<br />
Director Jerzy Skolimowski<br />
Producers/Script<br />
Ewa Piaskowska, Jerzy<br />
Skolimowski Main Cast<br />
Vincent Gallo,<br />
Emmanuelle Seigner<br />
Production Companies<br />
Element Pictures<br />
Tel +353 1 618 5032<br />
info@elementpictures.ie,<br />
Skopia <strong>Film</strong>, Cylinder<br />
Productions, Mythberg <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
Financiers IFB, Polish <strong>Film</strong><br />
Institute, Norwegian <strong>Film</strong><br />
Institute, MMKA, Eurimages,<br />
Task <strong>Film</strong>s, Akson Studio<br />
Distributor Element Pictures<br />
Distribution (Ireland)<br />
Sales Agent Hanway <strong>Film</strong>s<br />
Tel + 44 207 290 0750<br />
Special Jury Prize<br />
CinemAvvenire<br />
Award – Best <strong>Film</strong><br />
Volpi Cup – Best Actor<br />
Venice <strong>Film</strong> Festival 2010<br />
Best <strong>Film</strong> Eagle<br />
Best Director Eagle<br />
Best Editing Eagle<br />
Best <strong>Film</strong> Score Eagle<br />
Polish <strong>Film</strong> Awards 2011<br />
Best <strong>Film</strong><br />
Best Actor<br />
Mar del Plata <strong>Film</strong><br />
Festival 2010<br />
Official Selections<br />
Toronto International <strong>Film</strong><br />
Festival 2010<br />
BFI London <strong>Film</strong><br />
Festival 2010<br />
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