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film id<br />
3347<br />
section<br />
Dok Market<br />
HoW ping pong<br />
saVeD<br />
tHe WorlD<br />
by ed Mabe<br />
How Ping-Pong Saved the World recounts the events of<br />
April 1971 when a U. S. Table Tennis team became<br />
the first Americans allowed to enter communist China<br />
in decades. Their invitation paved the way for<br />
President Nixon’s landmark visit just eight months later.<br />
For eight days, 15 unlikely American Ping-Pong<br />
playing diplomats discovered the little known world<br />
behind the Bamboo Curtain. These unlikely diplomats<br />
were about to reshape history and in the process<br />
make a breakthrough of historic proportions and in doing<br />
so, foster the beginning of the end of the cold war.<br />
Ping-Pong soon became a metaphor for the on-going<br />
difficult relations between the United States and<br />
China – two ideological opposites on the brink of<br />
detente. ‘Ping-Pong Diplomacy’ marked the beginning<br />
of a new relationship between the United States<br />
and the People’s Republic of China; one that over the<br />
next 40 years would evolve into the world’s most<br />
important bilateral alliance.<br />
genre<br />
History / politics / current affairs<br />
Human interest<br />
facts<br />
usa, 2012<br />
colour, DigiBeta<br />
74 min<br />
original title<br />
How ping pong saved the World<br />
original language<br />
english<br />
Produced by<br />
ed Mabe<br />
nascar, united kingdom<br />
sales contact<br />
kazz Basma<br />
sideways film<br />
7 Bouverie Mews, Bouverie road.<br />
n16 0al london, united kingdom<br />
kazz@sidewaysfilm.com<br />
www.sidewaysfilm.com<br />
el Huaso<br />
by carlo guillermo proto<br />
Gustavo Proto moved his family from Chile to Toronto<br />
to provide them with a better life. His father<br />
committed suicide when Gustavo was just 16. Now 58,<br />
he ponders his life and the possibility of ending it<br />
himself before he becomes a burden to those he loves.<br />
Before he makes this final decision, he wants to<br />
live out his childhood dream of returning to Chile and<br />
becoming a huaso, a Chilean cowboy. Carlo Guillermo<br />
Proto moves brilliantly between the complex roles<br />
of director and son, dissolving unspoken barriers to<br />
reveal an emotional and heart-wrenching portrait<br />
of a family torn between respecting Gustavo’s choices<br />
and confronting him with the burden he places on<br />
those left behind. As the film travels between continents,<br />
tensions rise. Carlo allows himself to become a<br />
vulnerable character, imbuing the film with a rare and<br />
compelling honesty about familial responsibility<br />
and personal freedom.<br />
genre<br />
ethnology / religion<br />
Human interest<br />
facts<br />
canada, chile, 2012<br />
colour, Dcp<br />
72 min<br />
original title<br />
el Huaso<br />
original language<br />
english, spanish<br />
Produced by<br />
carlo guillermo proto<br />
the Handshake productions,<br />
canada<br />
www.thehandshake.org<br />
Public screenings<br />
6 / 2012 DocsBarcelona, spain<br />
4 / 2012 Bafici, argentina<br />
8 / 2012 Hot Docs, canada<br />
10 / 2012 Hamptons iff, usa<br />
sales contact<br />
carlo guillermo proto<br />
the Handshake productions<br />
1766 rue Wolfe<br />
H2l 3J8 Montreal, canada<br />
carlo@thehandshake.org<br />
www.thehandshake.org<br />
156 157<br />
film id<br />
56<br />
section<br />
chileDoc
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