Couv Cat 2009 - Eurodoc

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ONE WAY KIDS
PRODUCTIONS
LENGTH : 52 & 90 MIN EURODOC-SCREENING 2007
DIRECTOR : MARCO GASTINE
PRODUCER : ALEXANDRE CORNU
COMPANY : LES FILMS DU TAMBOUR DE SOIE (FRANCE)
During the Greek civil war (1946-1949) 25.000 children, ages 3
to 14, were transferred by the Greek communist partisans to
socialist countries, in order to “protect them until the victory”. The
victory never came, the children never came back. Nikos was one
of them. In 1948, aged 12, he was sent with 250 children of his
village to Hungary. In 1956, after the Soviet invasion, he escaped
to France and lost the tracks of the other village children. Now
retired, Nikos has decided to find out what happened to them.
Through his quest, we will learn about this major political issue of
the early Cold War which changed the entire course of so many
lives.
Coproducer :
Minimal Films, Marco Gastine (Greece)
Partners :
ERT, Irène Gavala (Greece), YLE, Jenny Westergard (Finland),
History Channel
Delivery : 2010
THE BOY WHO WAS A KING
LENGTH : 90 MIN MASTER-CLASS 2006
DIRECTOR : ANDREY PAOUNOV
PRODUCER : MARTICHKA BOZHILOVA
COMPANY : AGITPROP (BULGARIA)
The Boy Who Was a King will tell the story of one of the most
fascinating monarch figures in contemporary history. Simeon II of
Bulgaria, cousin to the House of Windsor and a descendant of
William the Conqueror. From his adventurous life as an exiled boy
king who became a symbol of hope for a small European country,
to his glorious return as Prime Minister of Bulgaria after half a
century of Communist dictatorship. This “happy-end” Balkan
version of Princess Anastasia’s story will tell the real life fairy-tale
of one of the greatest experiments of democracy today.
Coproducer :
Zero One Film, Thomas Kufus (Germany)
Partners :
Channel 4, Jackson Tabitha (UK), TVP Kultura (Poland), TSR, Irène
Challand (Switzerland), YLE, Erkki Astala (Finland)
Delivery : 2010
TRANSIT
LENGTH : 80 MIN EURODOC 2008
DIRECTOR : JOÃO CANIJO
PRODUCER : JOÃO TRABULO
COMPANY : PERIFERIA FILMES (PORTUGAL)
“Transit” is a dialectical portrait of a Second World War episode,
namely the passage and stay in Lisbon of 100.000 refugees
escaping from Nazism. This flood of people was composed by
everyone who could have been threatened by Hitler’s regime :
Jews, intellectuals, artists or communists. Best way to join America,
Lisbon became for these people the “harbour of hope”. The
unexpected world converged on “neutral” Portugal, whose society,
during this short period of time, stops being exclusively Lusitanian
to become cosmopolite. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Erika Mann and
Alfred Döblin - which made part of that flood - let us accurate
testimonies of Lisbon in the 40’s. Through that perspective of
encounter/divergence between refugees and Portuguese society,
jailed in the Antonio Oliveira Salazar’s “apostolic fascism”, the
film’s aim is to reveal its abnormal status-quo, still characterising
it today.
Partners :
RTP, Jorge Wemans (Portugal), Gulbenkian Fundation (Portugal),
ITVS, Claire Aguilar (USA)
Delivery : 2010
TINGUELY
LENGTH : 90 MIN EURODOC 2007
DIRECTOR : THOMAS THÜMENA
PRODUCER : CHRISTIAN DAVI
COMPANY : HUGOFILM PRODUCTIONS (SWITZERLAND)
«There is no stillstand!» Jean Tinguely (1925 - 1991) fascinated
people during his lifetime and beyond. In the film the so called
“bande à Jean” share their memories of the man who brought
movement into the world of art of the 20th century. Today his old
friends repair Tinquely's machines, organise exhibitions and
catalogues, found new museums and archive old photographs.
However, they are fighting a somehow futile and almost tragic
battle against oblivion and decay, and the merciless rust attacking
Tinguely's machines shows that without sturm and drang, even
with a huge effort, perpetual motion cannot be sustained forever.
His former girlfriends, colleagues, mechanics and companions
recount the exemplary life and fate of the artist. Their wild youth
and their sense of infinite possibilities come back to life once
more.
Partners :
Swiss Federal Office of Culture
and Television
Delivery : 2010