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FILMS
DIVORCE ALBANIAN STYLE
LENGTH : 66 & 59 MIN EURODOC-SCREENING 2003
DIRECTOR : ADELA PEEVA
PRODUCER : ADELA PEEVA
COMPANIES : ADELA MEDIA FILM & TV PRODUCTION (BULGARIA)
This is a story about love and separation. It happened in Albania, a
small poor country in the Balkans in the sixties of the past century.
Through the eyes of a few of the many thousands of people who
experienced this extraordinary period, our film tells the story of the
families that were forcefully separated by the Communist regime of
Enver Hodja - the longest lasting European dictator of the 20th
century. When in 1961 Albania broke off relations with Soviet
Union, Albanian men married to non-Albanian women were forced
to split up with their wives and drive them from their houses. The
official reason: fear of espionage. Those who did not obey spent
years in prisons.
Our film tells the stories of three couples - only three of the many
couples of Albanian men married to foreign women.This was their
only crime. The executioners of these outrages against them also
participate in the film: the prosecutor Pandi Konomi, the investigator
Dolores Veliay and the officer of the Albanian secret police
“Sigurimi” - Yuli Hilla.
Partners :
Studio Kalejdoskop (Poland)
WDR (Germany)
Bulgarian National TV
Festivals :
Nomination of the European Film Academy for “The Best
Documentary 2007 - Prix Arte”
Special award of the Jury National Non-Fiction Film Festival
"Golden Rython" 2007
Grand Prix for the Best Documentary International TV Festival
"Golden Chest" 2007
“Best Bulgarian Documentary 2007” Award of the Bulgarian
National Film Centre
“Best Documentary 2006 - 2007” Award of the Union of Bulgarian
Film makers
SRG SSR Idée Suisse, Prize of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation
Human Rights Award, Sarajevo International Film Festival 2008
LE BEURRE ET L’ARGENT DU BEURRE
2007
LENGTH : 62 MIN EURODOC-SCREENING 2005
DIRECTORS : PHILIPPE BAQUÉ & ALIDOU BADINI
PRODUCER : JEAN-FRANÇOIS HAUTIN
COMPANY : SMAC (FRANCE)
Fair trading is very much in fashion today. The concept is to help
the most underprivileged populations on our planet to emerge
from this state thanks to a fairer distribution of revenues.
Shea butter is more and more appreciated in Europe. It is used in
the cosmetic industry and as a cocoa substitute. Who profits from
the money of the butter?
Several experimenting fair traders are trying to break away from
the dominating market. In sharing the lives of the producers in
Burkina Faso, the film carries us to the heart of the problems of
survival in Africa.
Coproducer :
Sekou Traoré (Burkina Faso)
Partners :
TELESONNE (France)
TV5 Monde (France)
RTBF (Belgium)
Festivals :
Fespaco - Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) 2007
Résistances – Foix 2007
Etats Généraux du Documentaire – Lussas 2007
Nuits Atypiques – Langon 2007
Utopies du quotidien – Paris 2007
International du Film – Amiens 2007
Escales documentaires – Libreville (Gabon) 2007
Lumières d’Afrique – Besançon 2007
Quintescence – Ouidah (Bénin) 2008
Cine Africano – Tarifa (Espagne) 2008
Arrêts sur Images – Charleroi (Belgique) 2008
FIGRA – Le Touquet 2008
Panafricain – Cannes 2008
Plein Sud – Cozes 2008
Vue d’Afrique – Montréal (Canada) 2008
Girafe d’or, Festival de Niamey 2008