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50 Backlight: Humans, Gods and Technology
24th Street
52 Backlight: The New Silk Route
1917 - The Real October
10 69 Minutes of 86 Days 11
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12 Abuse and the UN 13
The Accidental Photographer
14 Adieu à G. A Documentary on the Dutch Artist Ger van Elk 15
After Inez
16 Aleppo’s Fall 17
Alicia
18 Alison
19 All We Need Is Another Chance 20 Allah in Europe
21 Almost Heaven
22 An Almost Impossible Friendship – Rabbi, Priester and Imam 23 Amal
24 America’s Little Soldiers 25 American Valhalla
26 The Ancient Woods 27 And Now, Love
28 Andy’s Promise 29 Angry Inuk
30 Anja & the Witch Children 31
Anne & Jean Paul, Our World
32 Anne Clark – I’ll Walk Out Into Tomorrow 33 Another News Story
34 Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex, Fashion & Disco 35 Ara Güler, Once Upon A Time Istanbul
Backlight: Radical in Birmingham
53 Backlight: The Rise of Vertical Farming
54 Backlight: Youtubeland: Like and Subscribe
94 A Cambodian Spring 95 Canada In a Day 96 Canine Soldiers 97 Cat Fight
98 Cause of Death: Unknown 99 Chasing the Rabbit
55 Bad Hombres
100 Chavela
57 Bar Talks by Schumann
102 Children of Chance
59 The Bastard
104 Chomo
61 The Battle of Algiers, a Film Within History
106 City of the Sun
56 Ballerina
101 Childhood
58 Barber Shop
103 Cholesterol, the Great Bluff
60 Batalives
105 City of Ghosts
62 Becoming Who I Was 63 Bee Nation
64 Before My Feet Touch The Ground 65 Behind the wall
66 The Beksinskis. A Sound and Picture Album 67 Bektachis
68 Benvenuti a Losone
69 Berlin Rebel High School 70 A Better Man 71
Betty - They Say I’m Different
72 Between Us
73 Beyond the Autism Spectrum: A Family’s Year Confronting Autism 74 Beyond the Salween River 75 Big Time
76 Birth of a Family
77 Black and White Stripes - The Juventus Story
107 Cocaine Prison
108 Comedian Mind 109 Complicit
110 Comrade, Where Are You Today? 111 Confluency
112 The Congo Tribunal 113 Crash & Burn
114 The Creator of Universes 115 The Cry of the Ants 116 D is for Division
117 Dad, Are You Watching Over Us? 118 Daniel Hope - The Sound of Life 119 The Dawn Wall
120 The Dead Don’t Swim
121 Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas 122 The Dead Nation 123 Deaf Child
124 Death and the Judge 125 Death of a Child
78 Black Hole Mama
126 Debt Society
80 Blue Orchids
128 Delta
39 Armed to the Teeth
82 Body a La Carte
130 Demons in Paradise
41 As We’re Told
84 Botticelli Inferno
132 Desert Coffee
43 Awaken
86 Brexitannia
45 Back to the Fatherland
88 Brother Jakob
47 Backlight: All in the Game
90 Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods
36 Arabic Secret
79 Black Lives Matter
127 Debut
81 Bobbi Jene
129 The Deminer
40 Armed with Faith
83 Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
131 The Departure
42 Avec l’amour
85 Brasília: Life After Design
133 Despot Housewives The Impetuous
44 Ayotzinapa, The Turtle’s Pace
87 The Broken Country
46 Back To The Taj Mahal Hotel
89 Building Bridges
37 Arangol
38 Area C, System D: Dealings Along the Jerusalem-Ramallah Road
48 Backlight: City for Sale
49 Backlight: How Expensive is Nature?
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93 Call Me Tony
91 A Butcher’s Heart 92 The Call
134 The Devil’s Trap
135 Didube, The Last Stop 136 Dina
137 Displaced
138 The Distant Barking Of Dogs 139 Distant Constellation 140 Divine Divas
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141 Do Not Fear
187 The Fruitful Farm
232 Impulso
143 Dolphin Man, The Story of Jaques Mayol
189 Garden of Stars
234 In Jesus’ Name: Shattering the Silence of St. Anne’s Residential School
142 #doinggood
144 Dos Islas
145 Draw Me Saint-Exupéry 146 The Dread
147 Dream Boat
148 Dreaming Murakami 149 Dries
150 Earth Sutra
188 Garden of Life
233 The Impure
190 Geek Girls
191 Genderblend
192 Ghetto Uprising - The Untold Story 193 Ghost Hunting
195 The Goddesses Of Food 196 Golden Dawn Girls
197 The Great European Cigarette Mystery
153 Elish’s Notebooks
199 Grey Matter
154 Elvis And The Girl From Vienna 155 Empathy
156 End of Truth
236 In the Name of Your Daughter 237 In Transit
194 Glacial Land
151 Eating Animals 152 Eerstewater
235 In Praise of Nothing
238 Indivisible
239 The Inertia Variations
240 Insha’Allah Democracy 241 Inside A Volcano
198 The Great White Hoax
242 Instant Dreams
200 The Groove is Not Trivial
244 Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction
201 Guardians of the Earth
243 Instants of Cinema
245 Intimate Battles
157 Erdogan: The Dictator’s Republic
202 Guatemala: The Dictatorship’s Disappeared
159 Etgar Keret Based on a True Story
204 Gwendolyn
248 The Isle of Medea
161 Ethiopiques- Revolt of the Soul
206 Half a Life
250 Itzhak
163 Exodus
208 Happy
252 Jaha’s Promise
246 Invisible Strings
158 Eternity Never Surrendered
203 Gushegu Exile
247 Iron Khan
160 Ethiopia by Tuk Tuk
205 Hacking Justice
249 It’s Not Yet Dark
162 L’Etranger
207 Hallowed Ground
251 Jaar, Lament of the Images
164 Faith, Hope, Love: In Search of Russia’s New Heroines
209 Happy Winter
253 James Stewart / Robert Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
166 The Family
212 Heiress of the Wind
165 FAME
167 The Family I Had
168 Fashion, Models and Muslima The Female Islamic Revolution 169 Father’s Kingdom
170 Fatum (Room 216) 171 Fence Your Best
210 The Harvest
254 Janbal
211 The Hate Destroyer
255 A Japanese Rebel
256 The Jewish Underground
213 Hello Salaam
214 Heroines of the Pipes
215 Highway Confessions 216 The Hitler Chronicles
217 Hobbyhorse Revolution
172 Ferrari 312B
218 Homeless - 52 Days on the Streets of Oslo
174 The Field
220 House in the Fields
173 Festival
175 The FIFA Family – A Love Story 176 Fight Hate With Love 177 Fighting For Life 178 Final Year
179 Fire Mouth
219 Hope I’m in the Frame
257 A Jobless World? 258 Di Journey
259 Juan Perros
260 Just Kids: My Body, My Life 261 Just Kids: The Girl With the White Skin 262 Kalès
263 Kendis
264 The Kevin Case
221 Human Smugglers
265 Kevyn Aucoin
222 I Am Another You
266 Kojo
223 I am Bisha
224 I Forgot Myself Somewhere
180 Five worlds
225 I Want to be Rompicollo. The True Story of the Woman of Palio
182 Freedom For The Wolf
227 I’m in Love With My Car
267 Kollwitz - A life with art and war 268 Kosher Love 269 Kuyt
181 La Flor de la Vida
226 I’m Fat
270 L I S T E N
183 Freelancer on the Front Lines
228 I’m Not a Problem Child, I Am a Challenge
272 This Land
230 I’ve Got the Blues
275 A Land Without Borders
184 Fritz Lang
185 From Business to Being 186 From Top To Bottoms
229 I’m Still Here
231 Imposed Piece
271 Lady of the Harbour 273 Land of the Free
274 Land of the Homeless
276 Landscape After the Storm International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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277 Landscapes
278 Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story 279 Last Days in Shibati 280 The Last Fight
281 The Last Guardians 282 The Last Harvest
283 The Last Honey Hunter 284 Last Men in Aleppo 285 The Leading Role
286 Lenno & the Angelfish 287 Leocadia’s Dream
288 Let There Be Light
289 Lindy Lou, Juror Number 2
373 Piet Hein Eek
327 Mountain
375 The Pilot’s Mask
326 Motherland
328 The Mountain Pact
329 Move! Dance your Life 330 Mr Gay Syria
331 Muhi - Generally Temporary 332 My Father’s Choice
333 My Fucking Problem
334 My Happy Complicated Family 335 My Name is Nobody
336 The Mystery of the Milking Robots 337 Naila and the Uprising
290 Little Fire
338 Namibia - The Cuban Female Boxing Revolution
292 The Lonely Battle Of Thomas Reid
340 Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki
291 Little Yellow Boots 293 The Long Season
294 Lonnie Holley: The Truth of the Dirt 295 The Lost Kids of Calais
296 Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle 297 Love is Potatoes
339 Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder 341 The Next Guardian 342 No Land’s Song
343 No Obvious Signs
344 No Place for a Rebel 345 No Place for Tears
374 Piet Is Gone 376 Piripkura
377 Playing God 378 The Poetess
379 Poets of Life 380 Poor Europe
381 Portraits of the Rainbow 382 Pre-Crime
383 The President From The North 384 Primas
385 The Prince and the Chief: Travels in the Interiors of North America 386 The Prince and The Dybbuk 387 The Prince of Ostia Bronx 388 Prisoner
389 Puck’s World
390 Pure Charcoal
391 Quasi Domani
392 The Queen of Vienna - Anna Sacher and her Hotel 393 Queerama
299 Love, Cecil
346 Nokia Mobile - We Were Connecting People
301 Lust for Power
348 Not Without Us!
396 Ransacked
303 Maineland
350 Nothing is Forgiven
305 Mama Colonel
352 Of Sheep And Men
307 Manic
354 On a Knife Edge
309 Mariam
356 On the Edge of Freedom
311 Mayskaya street
358 One day in Aleppo
313 Meyer’s Manhattan Food Adventure
360 Opera About Poland
315 Michail and Daniel
362 The Other Side of Everything
409 Rezo
298 Love the Sinner
394 Queercore: How To Punk A Revolution
300 Loving Lorna
347 Normal Is Over The Movie
302 Lyubov
349 Notes Not to Forget
304 The Making of a Dream
351 Nothing Like Before
306 A Man’s Place
353 Old Marine Boy
308 Maregrave
355 On Putin’s Blacklist
310 A Marriage Story
357 On the Edge of Life
312 Meetings with Ivor
359 Open Doors
314 Miatari
361 Orione
408 Return of a President - After the Coup in Madagascar
316 Michelin Stars - Tales From the Kitchen
363 The Other Side of the Wall
410 A River Below
364 Ouaga Girls
411 Robin’s Road Trip
365 Our Ghosts
412 Robo Sapiens
318 The Mine
366 Pachamanka - Singing for Freedom
413 Romantic Road
367 Pagans
414 Roosenberg
368 The Panama papers
415 Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
317 The Milk System
319 Miss Maria, Skirting the Mountain 320 A Modern Man
321 Moldovan Miracle 322 Monogamish
323 Morisot - The Heart is a Rebel 324 The Mossad; Imperfect Spies
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325 Mother of the Earth
369 Paradise Within Reach 370 Pardon My Genes 371 The Patriot
372 The Penalty
395 Raghu Rai - An Unframed Portrait 397 The Ransom
398 The Rape of Recy Taylor
399 Raphael - The Lord of the Arts 400 The Reagan Show
401 The Rebel Surgeon 402 Rebels on Pointe
403 Recruiting for Jihad 404 The Red Soul
405 The Reindeer Keepers 406 REM
407 A Residence Above the Clouds
416 The Russian Job
417 Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda 418 The Same
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419 Sand and Blood
465 The Third Option
421 Sea Sorrow
467 This is Congo
510 Who is Oda Jaune?
469 Thus Spoke De Crescenzo
512 Why We Cycle
471 Tongue Cutters
514 A Woman Captured
420 Saving the Hermans 422 See You Tomorrow, God Willing! 423 Seeing Voices 424 Siblings
425 Sidemen: Long Road to Glory 426 Siéva 427 Silas
428 Silence is a Falling Body 429 Silent War 430 Silvana
431 The Silver Branch 432 Sing it Loud
433 Singled Out
434 A Six Dollar Cup of Coffee 435 Sobibor Excavated, the 4 stages of deceit
466 Third World Billionaires
509 The White World According to Daliborek
468 Through my Rear Window
511 Who Owns Nature?
470 To Die to the Deserts
513 Winnie
472 Treasure Hunt - Searching for Fenn’s Legacy
515 Women at the Top
473 The Trial - The State of Russia vs. Oleg Sentsov 474 True Conviction
521 The World in Slow Motion
477 A Tune of Devotion
522 World Of Darkness
478 Turtle Rock
523 Wounded Gold
479 The Ugliest Car
524 A Year of Hope
480 Ultra
525 Yoeme Labyrinth
438 Some Things Are Hard To Talk About
483 Unfair Game: How Trump Won
440 South Bureau Homicide
485 The Union
526 You Rock
437 Solving My Mother
482 Undercover Jihadi
439 Songs For Kit
484 The Unforgiven
441 Southern Belle
486 Unknown Male no. 1 - A Murder in Italy
444 Stay Behind - My Grandfathers Secret War 445 Stealing Rodin 446 Still Alive
447 The Story of Little Foot
448 The Strange Sound of Happiness 449 The Stranger
450 A Stranger On My Couch 451 Stray Bullet
452 Strike a Rock
453 Stronger Than A Bullet 454 Subtitles Heroes 455 The Subversives
456 Sunflowers of Nicaragua 457 Swim Team
458 A Tale of Singers and Murderers 459 The Talk - True Stories About the Birds and the Bees 460 Talking Money
461 Tango on a Visit
462 Tarzan’s Testicles 463 Taste of Cement
464 Thank You For The Rain
518 The Work
520 World Domination
476 Truth Detectives
481 Umva
443 Spookers
517 Wonderful Losers: A Different World 519 The Workers Cup
475 True Warriors
436 Solitary Land
442 Spiral
516 Women of the Venezuelan Chaos
527 Yves’ Promise
528 Zhalanash – Empty Shore
487 Unseen Enemy 488 Uprize!
489 Vatnajokull - Iceland’s Heart of Fire 490 Venice and the Ghetto
491 El Viaje - A Road Trip into Chiles Musical Heritage 492 Volte
493 Waiting For The Sun
494 Waking the Sleeping Giant: The Making of a Political Revolution 495 Wall
496 The Wall 497 War
498 Wastecooking - Season 2 499 We Carry It Within Us 500 We Margiela
501 We the Stones
502 We Were Kings 503 Weaving
504 Welcome To Normandy
505 What Happened in Vegas 506 When Pigs Come
507 When The Guns Go Silent 508 ... When You Look Away
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14 Cases Marianna Kaat
Estonia, 2017 52’, 85’ Original Language: Estonian, Russian Subtitles: English
14 Cases is a feature documentary film targeted for international audience taking a fresh look at the present-day Russians living in Estonia. Almost for four years the film crew followed several Russian-speaking families in a decisionmaking period. All of them were facing the difficult task - to determine their own or their kids’ future. According to the age the choices differed. For the parents of five-year-olds - it is not an easy choice of kindergarten, either Estonian or Russian. For the family whose 12-year old son suddenly decides to change the school to Estonian - the question of his established identity which doesn’t well match with boy’s new schoolmates’; for the highschool graduates, the question either to stay or to leave Estonia. It is a character driven story and it focuses on personal stories of born in Estonia young people who are the descendants of migrants from the Soviet era, representing almost the third generation. Although they lived their whole life surrounded by Estonian national symbols and colours, lifestyle and cuisine, they still speak Russian as their mother tongue, got secondary education in Russian language, listen and watch Russian radio and television, and gravitate towards Russian culture. They feel belonging to the history of Russia and Russian consciousness.
SALES / CONTACT Marianna Kaat Baltic Film Production Paldiski mnt.183-38
PRODUCTION Baltic Film Production Marianna Kaat
13518 Tallinn
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS ERR – Estonia,
Estonia
YLE – Finland
tel: +372 5027509 www.bfp.ee info@bfp.ee
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Widad Shafakoj
Jordan | United Kingdom, 2017 74’, 52’ Original Language: Arabic Subtitles: English
The film follows the Jordanian under-17 women’s football team as they prepare for the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup Jordan 2016. Coming from different backgrounds, each of the girls has faced a different set of challenges as a national team player. But now they face their biggest challenge yet. Who will make it in the final squad? Are they ready to play with so little time to prepare? ‘17’ is a social exploration into the lives of young women who are passionate about a sport they have been told was only for men. Middle East, North Africa (MENA) not available
SALES / CONTACT Georg Gruber Magnetfilm GmbH
PRODUCTION Muna Fityani Muna Fityani
Torstr. 154 10115 Berlin Germany tel: +49 163 8010753 www.magnetfilm.de georg.gruber@magnetfilm.de
The Jordanian under-17 women’s football team embarks to compete in the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup Jordan 2016 - in a sport they have been told was only for men.
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1917 - The Real October Katrin Rothe
Switzerland | France | Germany, 2017 52’ / 90’ Original Language: English, German www.newdocs.de
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Petersburg, 1917 – the year of two revolutions. What happened between the tsar’s abdication in February and the Bolshevists’ seizure of power in October? How did the people experience this turbulent time? From the perspective of artists such as Maxim Gorky and Kazimir Malevich, we recount the events of this period of turmoil.
SALES / CONTACT Elina Kewitz New Docs
PRODUCTION Katrin Rothe Filmproduktion Kathrin Rothe
Dasselstraße 75-77
Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion
50674 Cologne
Werner Schweizer
Germany
Maxim Film
www.newdocs.de
Peter Roloff
elina.kewitz@newdocs.de
Petersburg, 1917: we re-experience the year of the two revolutions. From the perspective of Russian artists such as Maxim Gorky and Kazimir Malevich, we recount the events of this turbulent year.
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24th Street Zhiqi Pan
China, 2017 90’
Original Language: Chinese Subtitles: English
China doesn’t have a lot of room anymore for peddlers like Su. He set up a ramshackle restaurant next to a construction site on 24th street in Hangzhou without a permit. Unsurprisingly,the authorities send him and the other illegal dwellers away. Su then decides to go back home to the countryside, where his wife and children still live. After being away for 30 years, the couple isn’t exactly welcomed back with open arms. With its colorful main character,24th Street offers an original twist to the story of modernizing China, and those on the fringe who can’t keep up.
SALES / CONTACT Zhiqi Pan Zhiqi Pan’s Documentary Studio Room 601, Unit2, 4rd Building
PRODUCTION Zhiqi Pan’s Documentary Studio Zhiqi Pan Mike shang
Qianjiang Sanyuan, Jianggan District CO-PRODUCTION 310020 Hangzhou CNEX Studio Corporation – Taiwan China tel: +86 133 96819628
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS NHK – Japan,
panzhiqi@zjnu.cn
KBS – South Korea, PTS – Taiwa, MediaCorp Pte Ltd – Singapore
An amusing but merciless portrait of a wandering peddler named Su, who is discovering there’s less and less room for him in rapidly modernizing China.
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69 Minutes of 86 Days Egil Håskjold Larsen
Norway, 2017 70’ Original Language: Arabic Subtitles: English
On a path littered with lifejackets, in the middle of a crowd of people on the run, a 3-year-old girl slowly emerges. Full of a child’ s energy and curiosity, carrying her little ‘Frost’ backpack on her back, she takes in her surroundings between hundreds of adult trouser legs. She understands the gravity of the situation she and her family find themselves in, but filled with childlike wonder she continues her journey. For every step she takes, she emanates a longed-for feeling of hope. To Lean, it’ s a step closer to her grandfather in Sweden. Norway, Denmark, Estonia not available
SALES / CONTACT Tijana Djukic Taskovski Films C/o Very Ard Times Ltd Tower 42 25 Old Broad Street EC2N 1HQ London United Kingdom tel: +38 76 5652046 www.taskovskifilms.com sales@taskovskifilms.com
Escaping to survive, from a country at war, a 3-year-old girl is making her way through a chaotic Europe.
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Alexander O. Philippe
United States, 2017 91’ Original Language: English
In 78 setups and 52 cuts, the deliriously choreographed two-minute shower sequence in PSYCHO ripped apart cinema’s definition of horror. With a shocking combination of exploitation and high art, Alfred Hitchcock upended his own acclaimed narrative structure by violently killing off his heroine a third of the way through his film. PSYCHO played out like a horrific prank, forcing audiences to recognize that even the most banal domestic spaces were now fair game for unspeakable mayhem.With black-and-white filmgeek reverence, director Alexandre O. Philippe breaks down this notorious and essential scene shot for shot, enlisting the help of film buffs and filmmakers alike—including Guillermo del Toro, Bret Easton Ellis, Karyn Kusama, Eli Roth, and Peter Bogdanovich.
SALES / CONTACT Luke Brawley Dogwoof
PRODUCTION Exhibit A Pictures Kerry Deignan Roy
19-23 Ironmonger Row EC1V 3QN London United Kingdom tel: +44 207 2536244 www.dogwoof.com luke@dogwoof.com
An unprecedented look at the iconic shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s PSYCHO, the ‘Man behind the Curtain’, and the screen murder that profoundly changed the course of world cinema. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Abuse and the UN Karin Mattisson
Sweden, 2017 59’ Original Language: Swedish, English, French Subtitles: English
Senior UN official Anders Kompass sounded the alarm about sexual abuse by peacekeeping French troops in the Central African Republic, but instead of protecting the victims, the UN directed their attention to Anders Kompass. He was suspended on charges of misconduct and told to resign. At the core of the story is a shocking report containing the highly distressing testimony of vulnerable children. A report that shocked the world and was to mark the start of one of the UN’s biggest crises. This revealing documentary follows in the wake of a scandal at the highest echelons of the UN diplomatic world. A journey that takes in two worlds, that of the most vulnerable, and of those whose task it is to protect them. The abused children tell in their own words about the depraved acts of abuse they were subjected to, and how their betrayal by the UN continues to impact their lives today. While the children pursue their daily struggle for survival, a game is in progress within the walls of the UN building in New York. A group of top UN officials, with former deputy UN secretary-general Jan Eliasson at the forefront, continues to argue that whistle-blower Anders Kompass was at fault – despite his having been acquitted of any wrong-doing by two investigations. For over 70 years, the United Nations has functioned as a bastion for human rights and defender of the most vulnerable. But what happens when those whose task it is to protect the poor and the weak, women and children - become perpetrators themselves?
SALES / CONTACT Anna K Hagnefur SVT Sales
PRODUCTION SVT Joachim Dyfvermark
Oxenstiernsgatan 26-34 105 10 Stockholm Sweden tel: +46 8 7840000 www.svtsales.com anna.hagnefur@svt.se
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The Accidental Photographer Janolof Fritze
United States, 2017 61’ Original Language: English
In the world of rock n’ roll photographers, there are none as extraordinary as Henry Diltz. The pictures began with a $20 second-hand camera purchased on tour with his folk band, the Modern Folk Quartet. When MFQ disbanded, he embarked on his photographic career. His unique artistic style has produced powerful photographic essays of Woodstock, The Monterey Pop Festival, The Doors, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Jimi Hendrix and many others. In this documentary we will meet many of these famous stars while Diltz takes us back to those magical moments where these famous photos and album covers were taken.
SALES / CONTACT Janolof Fritze Big Five Film and TV Productions
PRODUCTION Big Five Film and TV Productions Janolof Fritze
3-1-51 Honcho 353-0004 Shiki Shi Japan www.big5filmjapan.com janolof@big5world.com
A documentary about the life and work of the famous rock photographer Henry Diltz. Over 30 interviews with rock stars from groups like The Doors, Eagles, The Mamas & the Pappas, Lovin´Spoonful and many others.
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Adieu à G. A Documentary on the Dutch Artist Ger van Elk Djoeke Veeninga, Marlou van den Berge, Jeroen Visser The Netherlands, 2017 64’ Original Language: Dutch Subtitles: English
From the early 1960s, Ger van Elk (1941-2014) worked for more than fifty years consistently on an oeuvre that was time and again surprisingly varied. He started as a pioneer of conceptual art, as that emerged in the 1960s. The idea is the driving force behind it and the manifestation emerges from that. It could be anything: a string on the wall, a wall hanging from the ceiling, a piece of wood which the artist painted white, but to paint it he sailed to a distant ocean to find clean air. Van Elk expressed himself in all the forms art had to offer: in sculptures, painted photographic works, installations and film art. He made humorous and ironic work, sometimes portraying the word OK or smoothing the surface of water from a rubber boat. Humorous, but very serious. Like the landscapes and still lives in which he provides a new form to 17th-century painting. He was always looking for beauty and poetry. An eternally inquisitive artist who was very successful, always sold well and has been collected by all the important Dutch museums and many museums worldwide, for instance the MoMa in New York and Tate Modern. 14
SALES / CONTACT Jeroen Visser Arte et Cetera Hugo de Grootkade 13 1052LN Amsterdam
PRODUCTION Arte et Cetera Jeroen Visser CO-PRODUCTION NTR – The Netherlands
The Netherlands stichting.arte.et.cetera@gmail.com
The film Adieu à G… follows the artist towards the end of his life, when in Venice he performed a Replacement Piece and designed his last work: 12 Automatic Landscapes.
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After Inez Karin Ekberg
Sweden, 2017 58’, 79’ Original Language: Swedish Subtitles: English
A film about loss, but even more about love, that leaves us grateful of getting a deeper insight of how it is to life with grief. SALES / CONTACT Pablo Briseño Galván Feelsales Avda. de Concha Espina, 65 - 2º
PRODUCTION Karin Ekberg AB Karin Ekberg
28016 Madrid
CO-PRODUCTION SVT – Sweden,
Spain
Film i Skane – Sweden
pablobriseno@feelsales.com
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS NRK – Norway, DR – Denmark, YLE – Finland, RUV – Iceland,
A film about loss, but even more about love, that leaves us grateful of getting a deeper insight of how it is to life with grief.
EO – The Netherlands, RTP – Portugal
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Aleppo’s Fall Nizam Najar
Norway | Denmark | France, 2017 52’, 85’ Original Language: Arabic, English Subtitles: English
When the Arab Spring came to Syria, the rebellion chanted about freedom, dignity, influence. To Syrian/ Norwegian director Nizam Najar this was obviously a very legitimate offset. Who would oppose this? Who could oppose removing Assad from power? Indeed, a noble cause. The peaceful demonstrations were met by brutal force, and a few years into the civil war that followed, the rebellion was stuck. Nizam returns to Aleppo where he was born to find out why the rebels still have not won the war.
SALES / CONTACT Jan Daae DR International Sales
PRODUCTION Fenris Film Tore Buvarp
Emil Holms Kanal 20
Stray Dog Productions
0999 Copenhagen
Henrik Underbjerg
Denmark
CO-PRODUCTION YUZU Productions – France
tel: +45 35 203040 www.drsales.dk jada@dr.dk
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS NRK – Norway, IKONdocs / EO – The Netherlands
Before Aleppo’s fall, Syrian/Norwegian director Nizam Najar explores the inside of the war. To him one of the reasons the rebellion has failed, stems from the Syrian society itself.
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Alicia
Maasja Ooms
The Netherlands, 2017 89’ Original Language: Dutch Subtitles: English
Alicia is one year old when she is removed from her home. Via a foster family she is placed into a children’s care home when she is five. By the time she is nine, she is still there, awaiting placement with a new family. This is when the documentary ALICIA starts. For three years the film follows the girl in her daily life in close-cropped, observing images. These make the desires and powerlessness of the young, homeless Alicia, as well as the impact of a lack of perspective, palpable. Will the girl derail because of the hopelessness of her situation or are we witness to an inescapable history that repeats itself? Maasja Ooms directed, filmed and edited ALICA to make a poignant film about a universal theme: our need for love.
SALES / CONTACT Willemijn Cerutti Cerutti Film Wikkelaan 10 2116 TB Bentveld
PRODUCTION Cerutti Film Willemijn Cerutti INVOLVED TV CHANNELS VPRO – The Netherlands
The Netherlands tel: +31 6 50208648 www.ceruttifilm.nl willemijn@ceruttifilm.nl
A disturbing, observing film portraying the daily life and deepest emotions of a young, homeless girl who is in danger of derailing. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Alison Uga Carlini
South Africa, 2017 60’ Original Language: English
In 1994, Alison Botha was abducted at knife-point by two men outside her home in South Africa. Driven into a nature reserve off the main road, she was raped, disembowelled, almost decapitated and left for dead. Against extraordinary odds, mystifying the doctors who had treated her, Alison survived this horrific attack. But this was only the beginning of her struggle. This is the remarkable story of her fight for justice and recovery.
SALES / CONTACT Annie Edwards Journeyman Pictures 4 High Street, Thames Ditton KT7 ORY Surrey England tel: +44 208 786 6051 www.journeyman.tv sales@journeyman.tv
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PRODUCTION Towerkop Creations
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All We Need Is Another Chance Corbett Jones
United States, 2017 72’ Original Language: English
Reginald Prophet Haynes spent his days singing in the stairwell, and his nights sticking up liquor stores. Charged with armed robbery, he plead guilty and was sent to Trenton State Prison to serve nineteen years - a sentence one year his senior. He knew his life was about to change but could not have fathomed the direction it took. Two years later after being transferred to Rahway State Prison his fate would cross with that of renowned Motown producer George Kerr, setting the course for a record and history to be made.
SALES / CONTACT Alex Nohe BloodSweatHoney 9595 Wilshire Blvd Suite 900,
PRODUCTION The Range Anna Rau Corbett Jones
CA 90212 Beverly Hills United States tel: 310-855-3366 alex@bloodsweathoney.com
After cutting a hit record behind bars at an infamous, maximum-security prison a young man becomes a beacon of hope and a legend among inmates.
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Allah in Europe Johannes Bucher, Jan Leyers
Belgium, 2017 8x42’ Original Language: English, German Subtitles: English
Places where European Islam gradually establishes itself. Jan talks to experts and those on the street, believers men and women, former believers and new converts. What are their hopes and what do they see to be the obstacles? A nuanced and respectful series without avoiding controversy.
SALES / CONTACT Esther van Messel First Hand Films Neunbrunnenstrasse 50
PRODUCTION Warner Bros ITVP Belgium Tom De Baerdemaeker
8050 Zürich
CO-PRODUCTION Canvas – Belgium
Switzerland
VPRO – The Netherlands
tel: +49 30 28529088 www.firsthandfilms.com esther.van.messel@firsthandfilms.com
What is the future of Islam in Europe? How hopeful can we be on an European, enlightened version of Islam? International journalist, Jan Leyers, goes in search for answers by travelling to European cities.
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Almost Heaven Carol Salter
United Kingdom, 2017 72’ Original Language: Mandarin Subtitles: English
Far from home, afraid of the dark, 17 year old Ying Ling is training to become a mortician in one of China’s largest funeral homes. Despite her fear of ghosts, Ying Ling is determined to stick it out for her family’s sake. She strikes up a special friendship with her co-worker Jin Hau. In their spare time, bantering playfully with each other, a welcome relief from the daily grind at the funeral home. When Jin Hau decides to leave, Ying Ling is left alone. Even though she masters the art of the mortician’s spa, she finally resolves to change her life. UK, Greater China not available
SALES / CONTACT Tijana Djukic Taskovski Films C/o Very Ard Times Ltd Tower 42 25 Old Broad Street
PRODUCTION Rocksalt Films Carol Salter CO-PRODUCTION Postcode Films Ltd – United Kingdom
EC2N 1HQ London United Kingdom tel: +38 76 5652046 www.taskovskifilms.com sales@taskovskifilms.com
A coming of age story set in one of China’s largest funeral homes. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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An Almost Impossible Friendship – Rabbi, Priester and Imam Peter Beringer Austria, 2016 46’
Original Language: German Subtitles: English
A rabbi, a priest and an imam meet... What sounds like the start of a joke, really happened: ‘An almost impossible friendship’ followed the three men from Austria to the Holy Land, where together they visited the most significant places of pilgrimage for their religions and discussed the similarities and differences between them. Rabbi Schlomo Hofmeister, Father Ferenc Simon and Imam Ramazan Demir. A film about how it is not always easy, but nevertheless possible, for Jews, Christians and Muslims to live together.
SALES / CONTACT Armin Luttenberger ORF - Enterprise Am Europlatz 5, Building C 1120 Vienna Austria www.contentsales.orf.at
PRODUCTION Cinevision Herbert Martinschitz CO-PRODUCTION BMBF – Germany INVOLVED TV CHANNELS ORF – Austria
armin.luttenberger@orf.at
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Amal
Mohamed Siam
Lebanon | Germany | Denmark | Norway | Egypt | France, 2017 80’ Original Language: Arabic Subtitles: English
Amal is a feisty teenager growing up in post-revolution Egypt while they’re both undergoing a tremendous change. Within a constant political turmoil, Amal searches for her place, identity and sexuality in a patriarchal society. Amal, whose name literally translates to ‘hope’, is embarking on a 6 year compelling journey from childhood to adulthood. Along the way, she realizes her limited options as a woman living in an Arab police state.
SALES / CONTACT Suzanne Nodale Doc & Film International
PRODUCTION Abbout Productions Myriam Sassine
13 rue du Portefoin 75003 Paris France tel: +33 1 42775687 www.docandfilm.com s.nodale@docandfilm.com
At age 14, Amal is already taking part in protests on Tahrir Square. In the years after, she searches for her identity in a country in transition.
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America’s Little Soldiers Marjolaine Grappe
France, 2017 60’
Original Language: English
The US military, which operates in 146 countries around the world, has to convince 80,000 young people to join its ranks each year. In order to recruit, in the absence of military service, it has set up a very sophisticated program in schools which allows it to enroll thousands of teenagers: the JROTC or junior military reserves. This program concerns more than 3000 public schools, and nearly 500,000 children aged between 14 and 18. They wear uniforms at school and their physical education and optional courses are replaced by education provided by retired military personnel: history of the Armed Forces, civic education, discipline, physical preparation, and in some institutions, firearms and shooting training. The program primarily targets high schools in underprivileged suburbs and minority youths who are promised free education by the army to attract them into its ranks. It is the Pentagon that provides the funds, with a budget of several hundred million dollars, officially to contribute to the ‘development of youth’. 24
SALES / CONTACT Lydia Kali Edith Paris
PRODUCTION Memento Productions Memento Productions
24 rue Anatole France 92300 Levallois-Perret France tel: +33 7 86406770 www.edithparis.com lydia.kali@edithparis.com
How does the US Army attract youth into its ranks?
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American Valhalla Andreas Neumann, Joshua Homme
United Kingdom, 2017 81’ Original Language: English
The story of an extraordinary musical collaboration between two mavericks of American rock: Iggy Pop and Queens of the Stone Age front-man, Joshua Homme. The result was one of the best albums of 2016: “Post Pop Depression”. The film takes you on a journey from the first demos recorded in Californian desert by the Post Pop Depression band, including Dean Fertita (QOTSA) and Matt Helders (Arctic Monkeys), onto a sold-out American and European Tour featuring an epic performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall. With stunning cinematography and insightful interviews, the film truly upholds the mantra: you risk nothing, you gain nothing.
SALES / CONTACT Peter Worsley Eagle Rock Film Productions
PRODUCTION Eagle Rock Film Productions Joss Crowley
Eagle House, 22 Armoury Way SW18 1EZ London England peter.worsley@eagle-rock.com
The story of an extraordinary musical collaboration between two mavericks of American rock.
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The Ancient Woods Mindaugas Survila
Lithuania, 2017 85’ Original Language: No dialogue Subtitles: English
The ancient woods are the place where the boundaries of time melt and everything that exists does not wither or age but ‘grows into’ eternity. The film takes its viewers on the endless journey – from the forest thickets to the wolves’ caves and up to black stork’s nest, and then deep into the water to the underwater forest, returning after to the human beings inhabiting the edge of woodland.
SALES / CONTACT Mindaugas Survila Vsl “Sengire˙”
survila@gmail.com
PRODUCTION VsI “Sengire” Mindaugas Survila CO-PRODUCTION ma.ja.de. Filmproduktions GmbH – Germany, Vesilind OU – Estonia
The Ancient Woods - close to faraway.
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And Now, Love Jill Guest
Germany | United States, 2017 95’ Original Language: English Subtitles: English
And Now, Love tells the story of the remarkable 96-year-old Dr. Bernard Bail, who revolutionized the psychoanalytic process with a daring new theory he calls ‘the mother’s imprint,’ an idea that strikes at the root of all mental illness. A decorated World War II hero, Air Force lead radar navigator Bail guided his team on 25 missions before being shot down over Nazi Germany. Recovering from his injuries, he began a clandestine affair with his German nurse, Irmgard, who introduced him to a spiritual love unlike any he had known before and became the guiding light for his life and career.
SALES / CONTACT Peter Broderick
PRODUCTION Dreamscape Entertainment
Paradigm Consulting 708 Euclid Street 90402 Santa Monica, CA United States peter@peterbroderick.com
Ninety-six year old decorated WWII veteran, Bernard Bail, was a Jew captured by the Nazis and saved by the secret love of his German nurse.
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Youth
Andy’s Promise Nathalie Crum
The Netherlands, 2017 16’ Original Language: Dutch Subtitles: English
Due to a lack of new members, 13-yearold Andy has been the youngest member of his “schutterij” organization in the Dutch province of Limburg for some time now. Originally a sort of city guard or citizen militia dating back to the 17th century, the schutterij is now historically reenacted in some Catholic regions of the Netherlands. It meant everything to Andy’s grandfather, and for Andy’s mother it was an equally serious affair. Andy once made a promise to them both that he would never let the schutterij down. Now that they have both died, he tries his best to keep his word by actively looking for new, young members. This turns out to be easier said than done: the kids in his town prefer other hobbies, as we discover in short, amusing scenes that lend the film a slightly absurdist tone. In voice-over (in his Limburg dialect), Andy explains how he intends to implement a recruitment drive. With its colorful costumes, parades and shooting competitions, this centuriesold tradition simply must survive!
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SALES / CONTACT Marit Braun NPO Sales Bart de Graaffweg 2
PRODUCTION Een van de jongens Hasse van Nunen Renko Douze
1202JJ Hilversum The Netherlands tel: +31 35 6773561 www.nposales.com marit.braun@npo.nl
A touching portrait of a 13-year-old boy fighting to prevent the centuries-old tradition of the “schutterij” from dying out.
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Angry Inuk Alethea Arnaquq-Baril
Canada, 2016 82’ Original Language: Inuktitut, English
Seal hunting, a critical part of Inuit life, has been controversial for a long time. Now, a new generation of Inuit, armed with social media and their own sense of humour and justice, are challenging the antisealing groups and bringing their own voices into the conversation. Director Alethea Arnaquq-Baril joins her fellow Inuit activists as they address outdated perceptions of Inuit and present themselves to the world as a modern people in dire need of a sustainable economy.
SALES / CONTACT Nathalie Bourdon National Film Board of Canada
PRODUCTION National Film Board of Canada Bonnie Thompson
3155, Chemin Cote-de-Liesse
Unikkaat Studios Inc.
H4N 2N4 Montreal
Alethea Arnaquq-Baril
Canada tel: +1 514 4964134 www.nfb.ca n.bourdon@nfb.ca
A new generation of Inuit, armed with social media and their own sense of humour and justice, are challenging the anti-sealing groups and bringing their own voices into the conversation.
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Anja & the Witch Children Jeppe Sig
Denmark, 2017 58’ Original Language: English, Danish
Anja Lovén has dedicated her life to saving ‘witch children’ in Nigeria. Anja oversees an emergency organization and runs an orphanage for ‘witch children’ in the town Uyo. Witchaccusations are seen daily in the violence-plagued country, which is ravaged by Boko Haram and other extremist groups. Anja embarks on dangerous rescue missions for the children and the stories have traveled the world.
SALES / CONTACT Kim Christiansen DR International Sales Emil Holms Kanal 20 0999 Copenhagen
PRODUCTION Pipeline Production Kaare Sand INVOLVED TV CHANNELS DR – Denmark
Denmark tel: +45 35 203040 www.drsales.dk kimc@dr.dk
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Anne & Jean Paul, Our World Leendert Pot
The Netherlands | France, 2017 80’ Original Language: Dutch, French Subtitles: English
Anne & Jean-Paul, our world is a new film by Leendert Pot that reveals the life of his sister Anne (53) with her friend Jean-Paul (53). Anne has Down’s Syndrome and Jean-Paul Fragile X Syndrome. They live together, more or less independently, in the small French town of Montélimar. Leendert not only combines the jobs of director, cameraman, and sound engineer in the film, but he is also Anne’s care giver, guardian, and brother. The result is a deeply personal account that provides an intimate portrayal of the couple and a fascinating glimpse into their cares, joys, and travails. The film introduces us to the couple as they move to the Montélimar apartment. In an observational style Leendert follows Anne (who is fluent in both Dutch and French) and Jean-Paul through their daily lives as partners, opening a window into their inner world and the simple logic of their thoughts. All facets are covered, from getting up in the morning, commuting to work and relaxing, to going on vacation.
SALES / CONTACT Margaret Stanneveld NPO Sales
PRODUCTION KRO-NCRV Frank Weijers
Bart de Graaffweg 2 1202JJ Hilversum The Netherlands tel: +31 35 6773561 www.nposales.com margaret.stanneveld@npo.nl
It depicts, with a touch of humor, their unique intimacy, their happiness and difficulties, their special reasoning in solving everyday dilemmas and the support without which this unique venture could not be.
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Anne Clark – I’ll Walk Out Into Tomorrow Claus Withopf
Germany, 2017 81’ Original Language: English Subtitles: English
The film chronicles the work of the English poet and spoken word-artist Anne Clark. Shaped by punk she pioneered electronic music with her pre-techno classics “Sleeper In Metropolis” and “Our Darkness” and hugely impacted generations of musicians.The filmmaker Claus Withopf has accompanied Anne Clark for almost a decade and gives a deep insight in her life and work. He is visualizing the complex socio-critical oeuvre of the exceptional artist and is creating an unusual kaleidoscope of existential poetry and emotional music.
SALES / CONTACT Heino Deckert Deckert Distribution GmbH
PRODUCTION TAG/TRAUM Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. KG
Gottschedstr. 18
Gerd Haag
04109 Leipzig Germany
CO-PRODUCTION Neue FilmProduktion – Germany
tel: +49 30 84306166
Kinescope Film – Germany
www.deckert-distribution.com info@deckert-distribution.com
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Another News Story Orban Wallace
United Kingdom, 2017 84’ Original Language: English, Arabic Subtitles: English
Debuting director Orban Wallace’s feature-length work engages the European refugee crisis, but the young British director turns the camera lens in a direction rather different from the rest of the documentary scene investigating recent events. He trains his penetrating gaze on the journalists sent by their employers to the Mediterranean to cover the unfolding humanitarian tragedy. By juxtaposing the stories of reporters and the experiences of Middle East emigrants, he has fostered a new meta-reading of media content. In today’s chaotic era, what is the ‘who, how, and why’ of news spewed forth on world conflicts and crises? ‘Sometimes you feel you’re making a noise, but not helping really,’ laments Lorenzo over the sensationalized treatment of human misfortune; he’s one of those who, in the months-long hunt for fresh information, accepts a nomadic lifestyle. When faced with immeasurable suffering, is it possible to maintain your humanistic sensitivity, or, glazed, do you just go after another news story?
SALES / CONTACT Verity Wislocki Wislocki Films
PRODUCTION Gallivant Film Orban Wallace
18 Elm Tree Avenue
Wislocki Films
KT10 8JG London
Verity Wislocki
United Kingdom tel: +44 7973 158593 wwww.wislockifilms.com veritywislocki@wizzofilms.com
What happens when the news cameras turn off? Another news story goes behind the cameras of the global news crews covering the refugee story across Europe at the height of the crisis.
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Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex, Fashion & Disco James Crump
United States, 2017 90’ Original Language: English
Sex Fashion & Disco is an intimate portrait of Antonio Lopez, the most influential fashion illustrator of the 1970s. Featuring interviews from Grace Coddington, Jessica Lange, Bill Cunningham and many more, we follow Antonio’s rise to fame at a time when fashion designers and their entourages became the rock stars. Antonio was known for discovering new talent, among them Pat Cleveland, Grace Jones, Jerry Hall, Donna Jordan and Jane Forth. The film explores the intimate relationship between Antonio and Karl Lagerfeld, while unpacking Lagerfeld’s deep-seated rivalry with Yves Saint Laurent.
SALES / CONTACT Luke Brawley Dogwoof
PRODUCTION Summitridge Pictures James Crump
19-23 Ironmonger Row EC1V 3QN London United Kingdom tel: +44 207 2536244 www.dogwoof.com luke@dogwoof.com
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Ara Güler, Once Upon A Time Istanbul Samuel Aubin
France | Turkey, 2017 51’ Original Language: Turkish, French Subtitles: English
He is nicknamed “The eye of Istanbul”. The photographs that he has taken of his city have gone around the world for the last 50 years, and they make for an unrivalled visual memory. Ara Güler is today 89 years old. His life is behind him but he tells it generously, always in the presence of his assistant and friend, Fatih Aslan. We look his photographs, the great photographer tells their stories, their conceptions, their historical and personal contexts. In this way, from picture to picture, we can travel in black and white and in color into his life, into Istanbul’s and Turkey’s story.
SALES / CONTACT Samuel Aubin Rhizome 25 avenue des frères lumière 69008 LYON
PRODUCTION Rhizome Samuel Aubin CO-PRODUCTION Periferi Films – Turkey
France tel: +33 4 78095558 samuelaubin@wanadoo.fr
Ara Güler is today 89 years old. We look his photographs, the great photographer tells their stories, their conceptions, their historical and personal contexts.
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Arabic Secret Julia Groszek
Poland, 2017 52’
Original Language: Polish, English Subtitles: English
Kamil Filipek wants to meet his father Ilham Al Madfai. Ilham is a renowned star of the Arabic folk music in the Middle East. The two have never met. The director invites viewers to Kamil’s live, to observe and reflect on the meaning of finding ones’ roots. Can the meeting with his father shed some light on the inner secret - who he really is? This will be not only meeting of two people, but also meeting of two cultures. Kamil represents both of them – raised in Poland, deeply in his soul partly belongs to the East. Does those two cultures can coexist together nowadays?
SALES / CONTACT Katarzyna Wilk KFF Sales & Promotion
PRODUCTION Wajda Studio Zuzanna Król
Basztowa 15/8a 31-143 Krakow Poland tel: +48 122 946945 www.kff.com.pl katarzyna.wilk@kff.com.pl
Kamil Filipek wants to meet his father Ilham Al Madfai. Ilham is a renowned star of the Arabic folk music in the Middle East. The two have never met. The director invites viewers to Kamil’s live, to observe and reflect on the meaning of finding ones’ roots. 36
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Arangol Emil Zabala
Venezuela | Germany | Mexico | Spain, 2016 85’ Original Language: Spanish, German Subtitles: English
Arangol, the life of an anonymous hero who becomes the Cid Campeador of soccer in a country that plays basebal. A story that reflects the constancy, struggle and perseverance of Juan Arango, who with his talent and a blind faith in himself achieves his goals. Conquering the world thanks to soccer has been his best example of personal improvement that expresses what the Venezuelans are made of.
SALES / CONTACT Blanca Rey Fundación Amazonia Films Centro Simon Bolivar
PRODUCTION C&E Producciones Yomaira Molina
1080 Caracas
CO-PRODUCTION Jormigas Films – Germany
Venezuela
T&H Producciones – Venezuela
tel: +58412-9232200
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS biancarey.distribucion@gmail.com Meridiano TV – Venezuela, TLT – Venezuela
An idol of football in a land playing baseball
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Area C, System D: Dealings Along the Jerusalem-Ramallah Road Polina Medvedeva
The Netherlands, 2017 84’ Original Language: Arabic, English Subtitles: English
Area C, System D was filmed over the course of a year in Al-Ram and Kufr Aqab, and at the Qalandia, Al Amari and Kaddoura refugee camps in the West Bank. The documentary depicts the informal socio-political structures of these locations, which remain ungovernable both by Palestinian and Israeli authorities. Area C, System D portrays the thriving grey economy and self-governance along the main Jerusalem-Ramallah road, where shops and buildings are unlicensed, the cars often stolen and where the electricity and sewer lines are built on one’s own initiative. Told from the perspectives of shopkeepers and a group of young musicians heading for their illegal concert in an unlicensed car, the film is a parallel narration of both daily struggle and resilience, desperation and the power of individuals, amid a constant bustle of vibrant enterprise and rap
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SALES / CONTACT Polina Medvedeva Studio Polina Medvedeva
PRODUCTION Studio Polina Medvedeva Polina Medvedeva
p.a.
medvedeva@gmail.com
A group of young Palestinian rappers head for their illegal concert in an unlicensed car, in an area which remains ungovernable by both Israeli as Palestinian authorities, known for its thriving grey economy and self-governance.
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Armed to the Teeth Alberto Arnaut
Mexico, 2017 111’
Original Language: Spanish Subtitles: English
On March 19th 2010, the Mexican government announced the death of two hitmen, armed to the teeth, in the city of Monterrey, Nuevo León. Days later, it was discovered that they were in fact honor students who had been tortured and murdered by the military, which later tried to disappear them in a common grave. To this day, the military continue to deny any responsibility, but the hope of getting justice and the truth is more alive than ever.
SALES / CONTACT Edna Martinez IMCINE Av. Insurgentes Sur #674 Col. Del Valle Benito Juárez
PRODUCTION HASTA LOS DIENTES FILMS SA DE CV Erick García Corona CO-PRODUCTION IMCINE – Mexico
03100 Ciudad de México Mexico sales@imcine.gob.mx
On March 19th 2010, two honor students were tortured and murdered by the military, which later tried to disappear them in a common grave.
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Armed with Faith Geeta Gandbhir, Asad Faruqi
United States | Pakistan, 2017 74’, 59’ Original Language: Urdu, Pashto, English Subtitles: English
The men of the KPK BDU unit defuse terrorist-planted bombs in the region, often using just their bare hands. ‘Indispensable’ gets up close and personal with two bomb technicians and their commander as they defend their homeland from terrorists spurred by the war in Afghanistan and drone strikes in region. Through the stories of these men, viewers will have unprecedented access to the legacy of devastation caused by the war that has afflicted this region for nearly 15 years and claimed over 50,000 civilian lives.
SALES / CONTACT Catherine Le Clef CAT&Docs
Geeta Gandbhir
18 rue Quincampoix 133
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
75004 Paris
Asad Faruqi
France tel: +33 6 33648602 www.catndocs.com cat@catndocs.com
At the Afghan-Pakistani border of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where landmines and suicide bombings are frightfully commonplace, Asad Faruqi and Geeta Gandbhir show that real war is still fought at home. 40
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As We’re Told
Erik Holmström, Fredrik Wenzel
Sweden, 2017 29’ Original Language: Swedish Subtitles: English
A depiction of the most hated government agency in Sweden: the employment office, in which employees are reduced to cardboard cutouts. SALES / CONTACT Hedvig Lundgren Fasad Production Stora Nygatan 33
PRODUCTION Fasad Production Hedvig Lundgren
11127 Stockholm
CO-PRODUCTION Film I Vast – Sweden,
Sweden
SVT – Sweden
tel: +46 86152100
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Sveriges Television – Sweden
www.fasad.se hedvig@fasad.se
What’s it like working inside Swedens most hated agency?
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Avec l’amour Ilija Cvetkovski
Macedonia, 2017 54’, 66’ Original Language: Macedonian Subtitles: English
Dionis is a biology teacher about to retire. Dionis has a passion, he has a dream. He owns over a hundred rusty vintage cars most of which don’t even work, and every night he sleeps next to his cars in the outskirts of the town he lives in, only to dream of opening up a museum for his unusual collection. But his passion and dreams come with a price that his younger wife pays every night while she sleeps alone in their home, and every day as she makes ends meet by making wedding and birthday cakes for the towns folk. While Dionis dreams of his museum, surrounded with his decaying cars, it is exactly in these piles of rust that he finds the joy of existence. ‘Dionis’ is a short and but larger than life portrayal of the universal human saga represented through this old man. A film about a retiring professor, his wife, his passion and his fantasy of opening up a museum in the small uneventful town, and all the towns people and his students who adore him. Its love, its life. Macedonia not available 42
SALES / CONTACT Atanas Georgiev Trice Films
PRODUCTION Trice Films Atanas Georgiev
Mihail Chakov 7a, 1/28 1000 Skopje Macedonia atageorg@gmail.com
115 rotten vintage cars, a young wife, students that adore him – Dionis, a biology teacher with love for life.
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Awaken Jiawei Ning
China, 2017 63’
Original Language: Chinese, English
The music in the (awaken) makes the structure and feeling of the film to be more psychical; the sound in the real situation and the sound design in the after work, are able to adjust the rhythm of the film. Some of the scenes are not depended on myself, but the camera was wearing by the fish man and record the period in a unconsciously situation. I would like that the audiences can sense the multiple extend dimension spaces. This expression has been over the expressive function which is more topic direction and simple. This film differentiates some other similar films with complicated Hollywood montage combination, exaggerated cameral moving or structure, special effects.
SALES / CONTACT Jiawei Ning Independent
PRODUCTION Independent Jiawei Ning
8655 Belford Avenue Apt 119 90045 Los Angeles United States 446897953@qq.com
Awaken is an experimental creative film that based on thefish men in my home town to explore the gental relationship between people and nature
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Ayotzinapa, The Turtle’s Pace Enrique García Meza
Mexico, 2017 110’ Original Language: Spanish Subtitles: English
Being a student at the Ayotzinapa rural teacher training college, or being one of those students´ farm worker father or an indigenous mother, usually means being invisible. Their grief and their hope made them visible and perhaps also reminded us that we are not alone; we are intimately connected to them.
SALES / CONTACT Edna Martinez IMCINE Av. Insurgentes Sur #674 Col. Del Valle Benito Juárez 03100 Ciudad de México Mexico sales@imcine.gob.mx
Being a student at the Ayotzinapa rural teacher training college, or being one of those students´ farm worker father or an indigenous mother, usually means being invisible.
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PRODUCTION IMCINE Bertha Navarro
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Back to the Fatherland Kat Rohrer
Germany | Austria | Israel, 2017 75’ Original Language: English, German, Hebrew Subtitles: English
Gil and Kat, friends since their time at college. Gil is from Israel, Kat from Austria. Gil is the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, Kat the granddaughter of a Nazi officer. Despite these substantial differences they have been friends for over10 years. In their quest to move beyond their families histories we meet Dan and Guy, two young Israelis, who’s decision to move to Austria and Germany has affected their relationship with their grandparents and families. The film deals with the third generation on both sides and it’s attempts to build their own future without ignoring the past.
SALES / CONTACT Kat Rohrer GreenKat Productions Schleifmuehlgasse 4/17 1040 Vienna
PRODUCTION GreenKat Productions Kat Rohrer INVOLVED TV CHANNELS ORF – Austria
Austria kat@greenkatproductions.com
A universal tale in today’s globalized world, if these young women and men were not moving from Israel to those countries where their families were persecuted and killed less than a century ago, Germany and Austria.
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Back To The Taj Mahal Hotel Carina Molier
The Netherlands, 2017 70’ Original Language: English, German Subtitles: English
On November 26, 2008 a series of terror attacks occurred in Mumbai. The famous five-star Taj Mahal Hotel was one of the targets. In the film, some of the surviving hotel guests return to India and talk about what it means to live through an attack like that. The film observes them for 24 hours in and around the hotel. At first, together with these protagonists we get to know the luxurious hotel and then we return with them to the dark hours of the attack. Gradually we discover how this drastic event has impacted the lives and thinking of the victims. The years that went by since the attack offer space in their minds for reflection on fear, both at an intimate, personal level and at the level of society.
SALES / CONTACT Catherine Le Clef CAT&Docs 18 rue Quincampoix 133
PRODUCTION Witfilm Boudewijn Koole Iris Lammertsma
75004 Paris France tel: +33 6 33648602 www.catndocs.com cat@catndocs.com
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Science / Technology
Backlight: All in the Game Bregtje van der Haak
The Netherlands | United States | Japan, 2017 47’ Original Language: Dutch, English
The game Horizon Zero Down has garnered immense praise since the worldwide release in early March. The game, of which some 2.6 million copies have been sold, was designed by the Dutch company Guerrilla Games. How did this popular export product originate? What is needed to create a new world from scratch? And what is the power of attraction for this virtual world?
SALES / CONTACT Margaret Stanneveld NPO Sales
PRODUCTION VPRO Thu Ha Nguyen Thi
Bart de Graaffweg 2 1202JJ Hilversum The Netherlands tel: +31 35 6773561 www.nposales.com margaret.stanneveld@npo.nl
What is needed to create a new world from scratch?
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Nature / Environment
Backlight: City for Sale Geert Rozinga
The Netherlands, 2017 50’ Original Language: Dutch, English
‘Good luck Amsterdam: watch your back!’ All large cities in the world have become magnets for newcomers, tourists, expats and laptop-nomads. In the Netherlands too cities like Groningen and Eindhoven are bursting at the seams. In our capital Amsterdam the pressure is the greatest. In the next fifteen years the city will continue to grown until the magical number of 1 million residents has been reached. Will we in Amsterdam follow London or Paris, where the middle class is disappearing? What will this do to the capital and can anything be done to bring this to a halt? During the financial crisis there was too little construction taking place in the cities, which has resulted in tremendous pressure being exerted on the housing market with the bubble now under threat of bursting. Residents no longer have the feeling that the city center is theirs, but instead, has become a kind of Disneyland for adults.
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SALES / CONTACT Margaret Stanneveld NPO Sales
PRODUCTION VPRO Thu Ha Nguyen Thi
Bart de Graaffweg 2 1202JJ Hilversum The Netherlands tel: +31 35 6773561 www.nposales.com margaret.stanneveld@npo.nl
Can the tide be turned and the soul of the city saved? Because who will the city of the future really belong to?
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Backlight: How Expensive is Nature? Daan Veldhuizen
The Netherlands, 2017 50’ Original Language: English, Dutch
Everything of value is defenseless. That is especially true when it pertains to nature, which we are losing on a large scale at an accelerated rate. For the global preservation of nature there is 300 billion dollars needed, but worldwide there is only 51 billion being made available per year. Calls are being made to deal with the preservation of nature in a professional manner: to protect nature people literally want to give it a real value. Our earth is in urgent need of a scenario for the future for not only the preservation of nature but also the management of this. The era of ‘cheap nature’ is over. Our capitalistic exploitation has left nature colonized and depleted. The global ecological crisis should not be dealt with any differently than during an economic crisis. In the United States the national antipode of our Society for the Protection of Nature Monuments has sought the cooperation of banks and financial institutions. Together they now want to eliminate the yearly ‘financial deficit’ of nature. Is this at the cost of something else and what is the yield?
SALES / CONTACT Margaret Stanneveld NPO Sales
PRODUCTION VPRO Thu Ha Nguyen Thi
Bart de Graaffweg 2 1202JJ Hilversum The Netherlands tel: +31 35 6773561 www.nposales.com margaret.stanneveld@npo.nl
What is still considered to be ‘nature’ in the Anthropogenic, this era with humans as the crucial factor?
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Backlight: Humans, Gods and Technology Rob van Hattum
United States | Israel, 2017 50’ Original Language: English, Dutch
What will our world look like in 25 years’ time? No one knows for sure. By that time our work may have been entirely taken over by autonomic robots. Our world controlled by a single global brain as we are left to be slaves to the technology we were responsible for creating. But there is a chance that things will not develop that quickly and instead we will make the robots our slaves. Will we become immortal and therefore be able to call ourselves gods in our own self-made highly-intelligent system?
SALES / CONTACT Margaret Stanneveld NPO Sales
PRODUCTION VPRO Thu Ha Nguyen Thi
Bart de Graaffweg 2 1202JJ Hilversum The Netherlands tel: +31 35 6773561 www.nposales.com margaret.stanneveld@npo.nl
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Politics / Society
Backlight: Radical in Birmingham Nirit Peled
United Kingdom, 2017 50’ Original Language: English
In Birmingham, the second largest city in England, one in five residents is Muslim. Stigmatization and exclusion ensure that young Muslims are sympatric to messages from jihad recruiters. A remarkably high number of convicted Islamists have a connection with Birmingham, also known in British media as the ‘Jihadi Capital.’ In an effort to prevent radicalization the British government started the anti-radicalization program ‘Prevent’ in 2003. The goal of the program is to detect early warning signs of radicalization by garnering information from the Muslim community. Teachers, social workers, spiritual leaders and parents were called upon to recognize the first signs of radicalization and to report this. Since 2015 there is a legal obligation in place for teachers for example to report any suspicious behavior of young people. The result is that the community is under threat of becoming an extension of the authorities. Doesn’t this policy which in fact is targeted at the prevention of radicalization, bring about the complete opposite?
SALES / CONTACT Margaret Stanneveld NPO Sales
PRODUCTION VPRO Thu Ha Nguyen Thi
Bart de Graaffweg 2 1202JJ Hilversum The Netherlands tel: +31 35 6773561 www.nposales.com margaret.stanneveld@npo.nl
In Birmingham, the second largest city in England, one in five residents is Muslim. Doesn’t this policy which in fact is targeted at the prevention of radicalization, bring about the complete opposite? And in doing so is it actually undermining the trust and social cohesion instead of it being strengthened?
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Backlight: The New Silk Route Floris-Jan van Luyn
The Netherlands, 2017 46’ Original Language: English, Dutch
The power is shifting from West to East. Until today, the world history was a western-centered enterprise - based on the belief that everyone should be like us, or at least should want to be. According to Frankopan, the West has completely alienated itself from the rest of the world. Old Europe is on the decline and the economic prosperity in Asia, Africa and South America is over. We have no friends left east of Venice, says Frankopan. The power center shifts along the lines of the new silk roads, from West to Wast. How should we adapt to this new world order? We live in confusing times, we are using apps as if our lives depended on it, our boundaries are shifting, and we become increasingly nationalist. We are convinced that we live in the best, most prosperous and safest region in the world.
SALES / CONTACT Margaret Stanneveld NPO Sales
PRODUCTION VPRO Thu Ha Nguyen Thi
Bart de Graaffweg 2 1202JJ Hilversum The Netherlands tel: +31 35 6773561 www.nposales.com margaret.stanneveld@npo.nl
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Backlight: The Rise of Vertical Farming Geert Rozinga
The Netherlands | United States, 2017 48’ Original Language: English, Dutch
Our food system is currently organized very inefficiently. Our food travels for many kilometres, uses an excessive amount of water, is wasted on a tremendous scale and also contaminates the environment. And yet, the 7 billion residents of planet Earth – all mainly living is large cities – must be fed. In an attempt to achieve this in a sustainable manner, food production must for the most part be integrated into the urban infrastructure. Food flats and city agriculture are important alternatives for this.
SALES / CONTACT Margaret Stanneveld NPO Sales
PRODUCTION VPRO Thu Ha Nguyen Thi
Bart de Graaffweg 2 1202JJ Hilversum The Netherlands tel: +31 35 6773561 www.nposales.com margaret.stanneveld@npo.nl
Our food travels for many kilometres, uses an excessive amount of water, is wasted on a tremendous scale and also contaminates the environment.
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Youth
Backlight: Youtubeland: Like and Subscribe Nordin Lasfar
The Netherlands | United States, 2017 50’ Original Language: English, Dutch
YouTube is travelling like a high-speed train into one of the most powerful online platforms in the world. Nowadays nearly every child dreams of becoming rich and famous on the video platform. Which clever earnings model is hiding behind this success story, and how will this affect our future media landscape? A number of professional YouTubers offer a glimpse in the wondrous world of the YouTube industry.
SALES / CONTACT Margaret Stanneveld NPO Sales Bart de Graaffweg 2 1202JJ Hilversum The Netherlands tel: +31 35 6773561 www.nposales.com margaret.stanneveld@npo.nl
YouTube is travelling like a high-speed train into one of the most powerful online platforms in the world. Nowadays nearly every child dreams of becoming rich and famous on the video platform.
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Bad Hombres Stef Biemans
The Netherlands | Mexico, 2017 1 x 52’, 1 x 90’ or 5 x 40’ Original Language: English, Spanish
We investigate the most heavily used migration route on Earth, travelling between Guatemala and the US during the first months of the Trump Administration, to see what the so called ‘bad hombres’ hope to find the USA.
SALES / CONTACT Kazz Basma Sideways Film
PRODUCTION Bicicleta Stef Biemans
7 Bouverie Mews N16 0AE London United Kingdom www.sidewaysfilm.com kazz@sidewaysfilm.com
We investigate the most heavily used migration route on Earth, travelling between Guatemala and the US during the first months of the Trump Administration, to see what the so called ‘bad hombres’ hope to find the USA. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Art / Music / Culture
Ballerina Douglas Watkin
Australia, 2016 82’ Original Language: English
Ella Havelka became the first Indigenous dancer to be invited into The Australian Ballet in its 50 year history. It was an announcement that made news headlines nationwide. A descendant of the Wiradjuri people, we follow Ella’s inspirational journey from the regional town of Dubbo and onto the world stage of The Australian Ballet. Featuring intimate interviews, dynamic dance sequences, and a stunning array of archival material, this moving documentary follows Ella as she explores her cultural identity and gives us a rare glimpse into life as an elite ballet dancer within the largest company in the southern hemisphere.
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SALES / CONTACT Clay Epstein Film Mode Entertainment 324 S. Beverly Dr. #313 90212-4801 Beverly Hills United States clay@filmmodeentertainment.com
PRODUCTION Wildbear Productions
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Bar Talks by Schumann Marieke Schroeder
Germany, 2017 95’ Original Language: English, German, Japanese, Spanish Subtitles: English
The film follows world-renowned bartender Charles Schumann on the discovery of the world’s best bars in New York, Havana and Tokyo. It’s an exploration of the history of bars culture and the cocktail itself. Charismatic legend Charles Schumann influenced the world’s cocktail culture notably with his best-selling classic: American Bar: The Artistry of Mixing Drinks.
SALES / CONTACT Salma Abdalla Autlook Filmsales
PRODUCTION Thali Media Marieke Schroeder
Spittelberggasse 3/14 1070 Vienna Austria tel: +43 7 20346934 www.autlookfilms.com salma@autlookfilms.com
The film follows world-renowned bartender Charles Schumann on the discovery of the world’s best bars in New York, Havana and Tokyo. It’s an exploration of the history of bars culture and the cocktail itself.
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Barber Shop Luc Vrydaghs
Belgium, 2017 6x26’ Original Language: English Subtitles: English
We meet 6 populations in transition via the microcosm of the local barber shop. In Rio de Janeiro, barber Pedro picks teenagers from the street to teach them a profession. The inhabitants of Clacton-on-Sea reflect on post-Brexit society. In South Africa, post Mandela era, the white middle class is degrading to poverty. Detroit’s young and old inhabitants, each in their own way, have learned to overcome the city’s bankruptcy. The Sahrawi refugees question the fight for their land. In India, hairdresser Soniya helps her clients to fight for women’s rights. 6 Episodes: UK, India, USA, Brazil, Algeria, South Africa
SALES / CONTACT Esther van Messel First Hand Films
Emmy Oost
Neunbrunnenstrasse 50
Canvas
8050 Zürich Switzerland
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS ZDF/ARTE – Germany,
tel: +49 30 28529088
Al Jazeera – Qatar
www.firsthandfilms.com esther.van.messel@firsthandfilms.com
In every episode, a population finds itself on the verge of change and a barber plays his role. As opinion maker, as confessor, as story collector, as society barometer. Gradually, Barber Shop measures the state of our world, offering dialogue and human resilience as a hopeful perspective for the future. 58
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The Bastard Floris-Jan van Luyn
The Netherlands, 2017 55’, 84’ Original Language: English, Amharic, Dutch Subtitles: English
Ethiopian Daniel Hoek has been convicted for murder. And that is because of his Dutch father, he says. When Daniel was three, his father, a former colonial, returned to Europe, leaving behind his son in Ethiopia. More than forty years later, Daniel is convinced that he would never have killed someone if his father would not have abandoned him. In THE BASTARD, director Floris-Jan van Luyn reconstructs Daniel’s history, from the Ethiopian streets via death row to freedom. And he tracks down Daniel’s Dutch family. Their story turns out to be a harrowing tale about destiny and DNA, racism and responsibilities. Now the final question stands: will father and son ever reconcile, despite the inevitable and inescapable repetition of history?
SALES / CONTACT Renko Douze Een van de jongens
PRODUCTION Een van de jongens Renko Douze
De Kempenaerstraat 11B
Hasse van Nunen
1051 CJ Amsterdam
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS IKONdocs / EO – The Netherlands
The Netherlands tel: +31 20 8943628 www.eenvandejongens.nl/en renko@eenvandejongens.nl
A harrowing tale about destiny and DNA, racism and responsibilities. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Batalives
Karolina Zalabáková
Czech Republic, 2017 75’ Original Language: Czech, Croatian, Bengali, Portuguese, Dutch Subtitles: English
During the 1920s Tomas Bat’a and his step brother Jan Antonín Bat’a, the global icons of the entrepreneurship from a little city of Czechoslovakia called Zlin, begun to base the brand new cities around the world in order to expand their local business. During several next decades there have been founded about fifty new towns built according to the unique social and architectural model. Today there is only a few that has survived. Our movie tells the story about people that keep living in these places. Either from the third or the first world they have more in common than could be obvious. The film has been shot in five ‘bata cities’: Zlín in Czech Republic - the home town of the Bata Story, Bata-Borovo in Croatia, Batanagar in West Bengal of India, Bataypora in Brazil and Batadorp in Netherlands.
SALES / CONTACT Karolina Zalabáková
PRODUCTION Cinebonbon
Cinebonbon Erbenova 5, Brno
CO-PRODUCTION Film faculty Tomas Bata University
60200 Brno
Zlin – Czech Republic
Czech Republic
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Czech Television – Czech Republic
www.cinebonbon.com karolina@cinebonbon
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The Battle of Algiers, a Film Within History Malek Bensmaïl
France | Switzerland, 2017 52’, 117’ Original Language: Italian, Arabic, French, English Subtitles: English
In 1965 Italian film-maker Gillo Pontecorvo shot a film reconstituting the events of the Battle of Algiers (1956/1957). Banned in France until 1971, the film took on mythical status in Algeria, where it was screened each year on television to commemorate the country’s independence. In 2003, during the military operations in Iraq, the film was shown to U.S. officers as an example of a successful struggle against urban terrorism. With exceptional archive materials and many interviews (Algeria, France, Italy, United-States) this documentary will give us, sixty years after, a strong look back at this film halfway between history and legend.
SALES / CONTACT Fabrice Blancho INA
PRODUCTION INA Gérald Collas
4 avenue de l’Europe
Imago Film
94366 Bry sur Marne Cedex
Villi Hermann
France tel: +33 14 9832176
CO-PRODUCTION RSI Radiotelevisione Svizzera –
www.ina.fr
Switzerland,
fblancho@ina.fr
Hikayet Films – Algeria INVOLVED TV CHANNELS CINE + – France, Histoire – France, Al Jazeera – Qatar, RSI – Switzerland,
In 1965, Gillo Pontecorvo shot a film reconstituting the events of the Battle of Algiers. With archive materials and interviews, this documentary give a strong look back at this film.
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Becoming Who I Was Chang-Yong Moon
South Korea, 2017 95’ Original Language: Tibetan, Hindi Subtitles: English
In northern India’s sparsely populated and mountainous Ladakh region, an impoverished young boy is discovered to be the reincarnation of an esteemed, high-ranking Tibetan monk. Born displaced from his original monastery in Tibet, the boy is denied his rightful place. Amid growing doubts and mounting expectations in the community, the boy and his elderly godfather embark on a gruelling, improbable trek across India to return the young monk-to-be to his rightful monastery before it becomes too late. Filmed over eight years, we witness an incredibly intimate bond of friendship between the future religious leader and his godfather, whose devotion and selflessness in care for the boy is truly touching. The film has a stirring and awe-inspiring air of serenity that befits its subject. Striking drone shots use the powerful magnitude of the natural landscape, particularly in the final touching moments in the snowy mountainsAn evocative exploration of culture, tradition and identity, Becoming Who I Was artfully captures the universal truths of unconditional love, family bonds and sacrifice. Korea not available
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SALES / CONTACT David Piperni
PRODUCTION Prosum Inc
Cargo Film & Releasing
Sonamu Films
611 Broadway, #630 10012 New York United States tel: +1 212 9958139 www.cargofilm-releasing.com dpiperni@cargofilm-releasing.com
After a boy is discovered to be the reincarnation of a centuries-old Tibetan monk, his godfather takes him on an epic journey to discover his past in a story of unconditional love and family bonds.
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Bee Nation Lana Slezic
Canada, 2017 78’
Original Language: English
A heart-warming Bee Nation documents the first ever First Nations Spelling Bee championship in Canada, and follows the highs and lows of children and parents who strive not only to win the Regionals but to go on, and for the first time ever represent their inidiginous community on the National stage.
SALES / CONTACT Vesna Cudic Met Film Sales Ealing Studios, Ealing Green W5 5EP London
PRODUCTION www.beenationfilm.com Lana Slezic INVOLVED TV CHANNELS CBC – Canada
United Kingdom vesna@metfilm.co.uk
The Opening Film of Hot Docs 2017 is a crowd-pleasing spelling bee doc with a difference.
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Before My Feet Touch The Ground Daphni Leef
Israel, 2017 78’
Original Language: English, Hebrew Subtitles: English
July 2011. 25-year-old Daphni Leef moves into a tent to protest the cost of housing. Little did she know that her act of protest will evolve into the largest protest movement in the history of the country. Daphni becomes a symbol and speaker of the movement. Six Years after that summer, Daphni decides to face the events that turned her life upside down. When it comes to political movements, no one lets you into the room where decisions are made, and you are left to do your own soul-searching, away from the public eye. Daphni Leef’s film is told from the unique perspective of the woman who witnessed it all from within. Leef used many hours of TV news stories, ordinary people’s YouTube videos, and footage she shot on her phone, to reassemble her memory and her view of the social justice protests. But this is also a personal film, the coming-of-age story of a naïve young woman who ‘gave up her apartment and found her home’ Israel - not available
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SALES / CONTACT Hedva Goldschmidt Go2Films 37/8 Issar Natanzon st. 97787 Jerusalem
PRODUCTION Cassis Films Hillel Roseman INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Keshet - Channel 2 – Israel
Israel tel: +972 2 5831371 www.go2films.com hedva@go2films.com
Daphni was a film student in the summer of 2011 when she set up a tent on the boulevard to protest housing costs. Little did she know that she would become the leader of a major social protest. The film depicts the adversity of struggle and what happens when a woman who focuses on imagery all her life becomes an image herself.
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Behind the wall Nefeli Sarri
Greece, 2017 52’ or 55’ tv version Original Language: Greek Subtitles: English
Behind The Wall is a documentary on Dimitris Papaioannou, a Greek director, choreographer, performer, visual artist, but it isn’t a typical artist’s biography. By following the preparation of his most mysterious and essential work, called “Still Life”, the film focuses on his vision and philosophy, his working method and routine, his dedicated collaborators. Behind The Wall draws a parallel between the creative process and the myth of Sisyphus, pointing out that life and work of great artists are symbiotic.
SALES / CONTACT Ioanna Bolomyti ARGONAUTS S.A. 27 Zaimi str 10682 Athens
PRODUCTION ARGONAUTS S.A. Ioanna Bolomyti CO-PRODUCTION Onassis Cultural Centre – Greece
Greece www.argonautsproductions.gr ibolomyti@argonautsproductions.gr
What drives a creator’s mind? Following Dimitris Papaioannou, one of the greater EU choreographers, in his most mysterious and essential creation. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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The Beksinskis. A Sound and Picture Album Marcin Borchardt
Poland, 2017 80’
Original Language: Polish Subtitles: English
The story of an outstanding Polish painter, Zdzislaw Beksinski, and his complicated relationship with his son, Tomek, an extremely popular music journalist who suffered from depression and made numerous attempts to commit suicide. The film is a startling, sometimes shocking, sometimes moving family drama documentary which has been painstakingly reconstructed using audio recordings, film and photographs from the Beksin´skis’ private archive, material that has never been made public in this form before. The screenplay is based on Magdalena Grzebalkowska’s bestselling biography ’The Beksinskis. A Double Portrait’ (2014).
SALES / CONTACT Katarzyna Wilk KFF Sales & Promotion Basztowa 15/8a 31-143 Krakow Poland tel: +48 122 946945 www.kff.com.pl katarzyna.wilk@kff.com.pl
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Bektachis Manuel Poutte
Belgium | France, 2017 66’, 52’ Original Language: French, Arabic, Albanian Subtitles: English
This film will approach an unknown movement of Islam, a particularly open and tolerant movement: Bektashism. A movement of a great modernity which developed mainly in Albania, since the thirteenth century. According to UNESCO, the Bektashi Islam demonstrated an early modernity: with the words of the thirteenth century, Haji Bektash Veli, the holy founder of this movement, vehicle ideas that 8 centuries later will coincide with the Universal Declaration of human rights (1948).
SALES / CONTACT Manuel Poutte Lux Fugit Film Rue Théophile Vander Elst, 104 1170 Bruxelles Belgium tel: +32 2 6442628
PRODUCTION Lux Fugit Film Manuel Poutte CO-PRODUCTION Paris Production – France INVOLVED TV CHANNELS RTBF – Belgium
manupoutte@hotmail.com
Through the travel of Redouane, a young Belgian with Moroccan origin, invited by his friend Iljir, a young French Albanian, we’ll find another way to be a Muslim today. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Benvenuti a Losone Patrik Soergel
Switzerland | Italy, 2016 65’ Original Language: Italian Subtitles: English
With current conflicts escalating in severity and number, more and more immigration centres are being set up for asylum seekers. But how are the locals finding this “invasion” and how do the asylum seekers perceive the outside world and the people who take them in? A reflection on how different ways of perceiving the same reality can coexist.
SALES / CONTACT Anna Ferrara RSI Radiotelevisione Svizzera Via Cureglia 6900 Comano Switzerland tel: +41 91 8035547 anna.ferrara@rsi.ch
With current conflicts escalating in severity and number, more and more immigration centres are being set up for asylum seekers. But how are the locals finding this “invasion” and how do the asylum seekers perceive the outside world and the people who take them in? A reflection on how different ways of perceiving the same reality can coexist. 68
PRODUCTION RSI Radiotelevisione Svizzera Michael Beltrami
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Berlin Rebel High School Alexander Kleider
Germany, 2016 52’, 92’ Original Language: German Subtitles: English
Germany’s most unusual high school has no headmaster, no hierarchy and no pressure. This Berlin based school is entirely organized by its students without any outside funding. The adult pupils pay their own teachers and decide what they want to learn. We follow three students who come from different state schools all over Germany and have one thing in common: they failed. Now they experience a completely new way of learning – and want to give it a try again. They have two years to prepare for the final official test, held by the government.
SALES / CONTACT Heino Deckert Deckert Distribution GmbH Gottschedstr. 18 04109 Leipzig
PRODUCTION dokwerk filmkooperative Alexander Kleider INVOLVED TV CHANNELS WDR – Germany
Germany tel: +49 30 84306166 www.deckert-distribution.com info@deckert-distribution.com
Germany’s most unusual high school has no headmaster, no hierarchy and no pressure. This Berlin based school is entirely organized by its students without any outside funding. The adult pupils pay their own teachers and decide what they want to learn. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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A Better Man
Attiya Khan, Lawrence Jackman
Canada, 2017 78’
Original Language: English
During the two years they lived together, Steve abused Attiya on a daily basis. Now, 20 years later, Attiya has asked Steve to meet. She wants to know if he will finally take responsibility for his violent actions. Following a series of intimate conversations between the former couple, A Better Man offers a fresh and nuanced look at the healing and growth that can happen for everyone involved when men take responsibility for their abusive actions.
SALES / CONTACT Nathalie Bourdon National Film Board of Canada
Christine Kleckner
3155, Chemin Cote-de-Liesse
National Film Board of Canada
H4N 2N4 Montreal
Justine Pimlott
Canada tel: +1 514 4964134 www.nfb.ca n.bourdon@nfb.ca
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PRODUCTION Intervention Productions Inc.
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Betty - They Say I’m Different Phil Cox
United Kingdom | France, 2017 52’ Original Language: English
Funk Queen Betty Davis changed the landscape for female artists in America. She ‘was the first...’ as former husband Miles Davis said. ‘Madonna before Madonna, Prince before Prince’. Betty arrived on the 70’s scene to break boundaries for women with her daring personality, iconic fashion and outrageous funk music. Despite being banned and boycotted, she went on to become the first black woman to perform, write and manage herself. Betty was a feminist pioneer, inspiring and intimidating in a manner like no woman before. Then suddenly - she just vanished. Creatively blending documentary and animation, this movie traces the path of Betty’s life, revealing the mystery of her 35-year disappearance and her battle with mental illness and poverty. After years of trying, the elusive Betty, forever the free-spirited Black Power Goddess, finally allowed filmmakers to creatively tell her story based on their conversations.
SALES / CONTACT Giovanna Stopponi Native Voice Films 37 Southborough Road
PRODUCTION Native Voice Films Giovanna Stopponi
E9 7EF London
CO-PRODUCTION La Compagnie Des Taxi-Brousse –
United Kingdom
France
tel: +44 207 5048148
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS ARTE – France
www.nativevoicefilms.com giovanna@nativevoicefilms.com
Pioneering funk singer and 70s ’Bold Soul Sister’ Betty Davis took on establishment America and changed the music scene forever - then she disappeared. This film tells her story.
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Between Us Maciej Miller
Poland, 2017 30’
Original Language: Polish Subtitles: English
A young couple in their 20s are expecting a child but don’t know they will cope. Faced with unexpected pressures and emotions they decide to separate and give the child up for adoption. They do not make this decision easily, with only two months remaining until the baby is due. The situation they find themselves in leads to conversations and experiences, that will have a lasting impact upon the rest of their lives.
SALES / CONTACT Marcin Borchardt Gdynia Film School
PRODUCTION Gdynia Film School Jerzy Rados
Plac Grunwaldzki 2
Leszek Kopec
81-372 Gdynia
Gdynia Film School
Poland info@gfs.pl
A young couple in their 20s are expecting a child but don’t know they will cope. Faced with unexpected pressures and emotions they decide to separate and give the child up for adoption. They do not make this decision easily, with only two months remaining until the baby is due. The situation they find themselves in leads to conversations and experiences, that will have a lasting impact upon the rest of their lives.
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Beyond the Autism Spectrum: A Family’s Year Confronting Autism Steve Suderman
Canada, 2017 58’, 86’ Original Language: English
When their two-year-old son, Oskar, is diagnosed with severe autism, Carly and Stef, drop everything for a year to focus on his treatment. Previously, Carly’s oldest son was also diagnosed as autistic and by changing his diet and using other therapies, they were able to significantly improve his diagnosis. But Oskar’s progress seems fleeting to nonexistent. Carly and Stef find themselves tested in ways they never expected, forced to rethink everything. As they strive to connect with Oskar, they must confront an impossible question: should they try to change him or accept their son just the way he is?
SALES / CONTACT Kathryn Bonnici Java Films
PRODUCTION Merit Motion Pictures Merit Jensen Carr
38 Quai Du Point Du Jour 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt France tel: +33 1 74713313 www.javafilms.fr kathryn@javafilms.tv
When their two-year-old son, Oskar, is diagnosed with severe autism, Carly and Stef drop everything for a year to focus on his treatment. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Beyond the Salween River Gigi Berardi
Myanmar | Thailand | United Kingdom, 2017 52’, 75’ Original Language: Burmese, Karen Subtitles: English
‘Beyond the Salween River’ follows Joe, Win and May as they implement an innovative and locally-led response to a decades-long health crisis. They belong to a self-made community group called Back Pack Health Worker Team (aka Backpack Medics). While some train in a hut to be the new medics, the mobile medics, numbering 400 and grouped into 92 teams, walk for weeks with nothing more than whatever fits in their backpacks and flip-flops. They must cross mine-infested areas, rugged mountains, and open conflict zones. Their unique mobile medical system not only allows them to smuggle muchneeded medicines from Thailand, it also gives the Karen people hope for a better future.
SALES / CONTACT Gigi Berardi Soul Rebel Films
PRODUCTION Soul Rebel Films Gigi Berardi
Alberry Place, Apt 412 239 Pridi Phonomyong42, Sukhumvit Road 71, Phra Khanong 10110 Bangkok Thailand gigi@soulrebelfilms.com
In the jungle of Eastern Burma, a senior medic, a medical student and her trainer face the consequences of the longest standing civil war of modern times. 74
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Big Time
Kaspar Astrup Schröder
Denmark, 2017 90’ Original Language: Danish, English Subtitles: English
According to The Wall Street Journal Bjarke Ingels has ‘rapidly become one of the design world’s biggest stars’ and his name recently appeared in TIME’S 100 Most Influential People. An intimate insight into the life of a genius innovative mind and his struggle to maintain his own persona while making the world a better place to live. Big Time follows star architect Bjarke Ingels over a period of 6 years while he is struggling to complete his largest projects yet,the New York skyscraper W57 and World Trade Center 2.
SALES / CONTACT Stephanie Fuchs Autlook Filmsales
PRODUCTION Sonntag Pictures Sara Stockmann
Spittelberggasse 3/14 1070 Vienna Austria tel: +43 7 20346934 www.autlookfilms.com stephanie@autlookfilms.com
An intimate insight into the life of the genius innovative mind of star architect Bjarke Ingles and his struggle to maintain his own persona while making the world a better place to live.
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Birth of a Family Tasha Hubbard
Canada, 2017 79’
Original Language: English
Three sisters and a brother, adopted as infants into separate families, meet for the first time in this deeply moving documentary. Part of Canada’s infamous Sixties Scoop, in which 20,000 Indigenous children were removed from their families, the siblings are now middle-aged, with no shared memories. Together, they piece together their history and take the first steps toward building their family.
SALES / CONTACT Nathalie Bourdon National Film Board of Canada
PRODUCTION National Film Board of Canada Bonnie Thompson
3155, Chemin Cote-de-Liesse H4N 2N4 Montreal Canada tel: +1 514 4964134 www.nfb.ca n.bourdon@nfb.ca
Three sisters and a brother, adopted as infants into separate families across North America, meet together for the first time in this deeply moving documentary by director Tasha Hubbard. 76
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History
Black and White Stripes The Juventus Story Marco La Villa
United States, 2016 110’ Original Language: English
Set against the backdrop of ‘the beautiful game’, Black and White Stripes tells the epic story of Italy’s legendary Agnelli family and their team, Juventus F.C., as they set out to capture an elusive gold star in order to avoid annihilation. As the inspirational journey unfolds the film weaves in game-changing moments from their heartwrenching legacy — revealing the profound passion between family and team. On and off the field it’s love, war and breathtaking cinema.
SALES / CONTACT Pedro Citaristi Nexo Digital Srl Piazza Cadorna 15
PRODUCTION Eastern Canal Marco La Villa Mauro La Villa
20121 Milan Italy www.nexodigitalmedia.it pedro.citaristi@nexodigital.it
Black and White Stripes depicts an extraordinary love affair between Italy’s renowned Agnelli family and their legendary football club, Juventus F.C. as they journey through one of sports most exhilarating come backs of all time. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Black Hole Mama Heidi Piiroinen
Finland, 2017 47’
Original Language: Finnish Subtitles: English
Black Hole Mama is a personal blackand-white documentary tracing out details in a neighborhood facing a massive change. People miss their community and are afraid of losing it forever. At the same time, they reflect on life as a whole and their own purpose within. Gradually, their memories and stories are woven into a tapestry where the convivial everyday life intertwines with darker tones. In the end, one just needs to decide what to bring along and what to leave behind.
SALES / CONTACT Heidi Piiroinen Heidi Piiroinen
heidi.piiroinen@gmail.com
“This is what I’ve got. You can’t order your life like you can a pizza.” Black Hole Mama is an intimate portrait of the residents of a house doomed for demolition.
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Black Lives Matter Joseph Oesi
South Africa, 2016 108’ Original Language: Setswana, Xhosa, Ndebele, Zulu, English Subtitles: English
In South Africa, the autumn of 1994, the African National Congress came to power. This, we believed, would signify an end to racism and oppression, and our people would prosper. But today inequality and economic disempowerment are still rife. The corruption and power grabbing at all levels of society impacts not only on the moral fabric of our society but, more importantly, on the working class poor. The massacre of 34 striking mineworkers at a mine called Marikana brought these issues into sharp focus. Now, in an area called Mokopane in South Africa’s Limpopo province, tensions between the community and the mining companies, and communities and their traditional leaders, seem set to explode, with equally dire consequences. Black Lives Matter explores how the mineral wealth, rightfully belonging to the people of South Africa, has been sold to capitalist interests for the enrichment of a few elite and at the expense of the country – and how traditional communities have been divided in this process.
SALES / CONTACT Joseph Oesi Hambrook Films Pty Ltd
PRODUCTION Hambrook Films Pty Ltd Mofolu Oesi
joesi@btinternet.com
Why Marikana may still happen again!
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Investigative
Blue Orchids Johan Grimonprez
Belgium, 2017 48’ Original Language: English Subtitles: Dutch
In Blue Orchids, Grimonprez creates a diptych of two experts situated on opposite ends of the same issue––the global arms trade. The stories of Chris Hedges, former war correspondent of The New York Times, and Riccardo Privitera, former arms & equipment dealer of Talisman Europe Ltd. provide an unusual context for shocking revelations about the industry of war. While interviewing Privitera and Hedges for Grimonprez’s recently released feature length film Shadow World, it became clear that the two men were describing the same anguish but from paradoxical perspectives. Making use of both their personal and political histories, Grimonprez gradually reveals the depths of trauma and duplicity, situating the arms trade as a symptom of a profound illness: greed.
SALES / CONTACT Daan Milius Zap O Matik
PRODUCTION Zap O Matik Johan Grimonprez
Brandhoutkaai 37/6 1000 Brussels Belgium tel: +32 2 2190018 www.zapomatik.com info@zapomatik.com
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Bobbi Jene Elvira Lind
Denmark | Sweden, 2017 57’, 94’ Original Language: English Subtitles: English
After a decade of stardom in Israel, the American dancer, Bobbi Jene takes intensity to a new level: She decides to leave her great mentor/choreographer Ohad Nahardi and the love of her life behind to return to US. Determined to establish herself, she creates her own violently personal and boundarybreaking performances. A woman’s fight for independence and the dilemma of its consequences.
SALES / CONTACT Salma Abdalla Autlook Filmsales Spittelberggasse 3/14
PRODUCTION Sonntag Pictures Julie Leerskov Sara Stockmann
1070 Vienna Austria tel: +43 7 20346934 www.autlookfilms.com salma@autlookfilms.com
A film about a woman’s fight for creative independence as she strives to succeed with her own art, facing the hardcore world of dance in a new country with a broken heart.
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Body a La Carte Jean-Simon Chartier
Canada, 2017 58’
Original Language: English, French
In a world where self-image has become an obsession, we can no longer ignore the role that science and technology play in our quest for beauty. In a booming industry where plastic surgery is just another product to purchase, who knows when we will bite? Even the sceptics have mirrors.
SALES / CONTACT Kazz Basma Sideways Film 7 Bouverie Mews N16 0AE London United Kingdom www.sidewaysfilm.com kazz@sidewaysfilm.com
In a world where self-image has become an obsession, we can no longer ignore the role that science and technology play in our quest for beauty. In a booming industry where plastic surgery is just another product to purchase, who knows when we will bite? Even the sceptics have mirrors.
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History
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story Alexandra Dean
United States, 2017 90’ Original Language: English
Fleeing to America after escaping her Nazi sympathiser husband, Hedy Lamarr then conquered Hollywood. Executive produced by Susan Sarandon and narrated by Diane Kruger, this is the ultimate portrait of Hollywood wildchild, Hedy Lemarr. Known as ‘the most beautiful woman in the world’, she was infamous for her marriages and affairs with everyone from Spencer Tracy to JFK. This film rediscovers her, not only as an actress, but as the brilliant mind who coinvented 1940’s wireless technology.
SALES / CONTACT Luke Brawley Dogwoof
PRODUCTION Reframed Pictures Adam Haggiag
19-23 Ironmonger Row
Alexandra Dean
EC1V 3QN London
Katherine Drew
United Kingdom
Katherine Drew
tel: +44 207 2536244 www.dogwoof.com luke@dogwoof.com
This film rediscovers Hollywood wild-child, Hedy Lamarr, not only as an actress but as the brilliant mind who coinvented 1940s wireless technology. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Botticelli Inferno Ralph Loop
Germany, 2016 52’, 90’ Original Language: English Subtitles: English
The story revolves around a mystery hidden in Botticelli’s drawings of the map to Dante Alighieri’s Inferno. But what’s the real story behind these unsettling illustrations? ‘Botticelli Inferno’ is a fascinating, throughout investigation on the secrets behind Botticelli drawings, shot in several locations – Rome, Vatican City, Florence, Berlin, London and Scotland – and destined to show a surprising dark side of the renowned Renaissance artist, famous for peaceful and idyllic paintings such as ‘The Birth of Venus’ and ‘La Primavera’. Botticelli brought Dante’s descriptions to life in a total of 102 meticulous drawings. The centrepiece of these drawings is the ‘Map of Hell’: a kind of guide through hell with all its various levels. A fascinating, and at the same time cruel work on sinners and retribution, nightmares and punishment.
SALES / CONTACT Pedro Citaristi Nexo Digital Srl
PRODUCTION TV Plus Michael Heiks
Piazza Cadorna 15 20121 Milan Italy www.nexodigitalmedia.it pedro.citaristi@nexodigital.it
A surprising look at the famous Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli and a captivating investigation on the mysteries hidden in his drawings of Dante’s Inferno 84
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Brasília: Life After Design Bart Simpson
Canada | United Kingdom, 2017 52’ Original Language: Portuguese Subtitles: English
Located 10 000 kilometres from the Amazon and 18 hours from Rio, the city of Brasília - the capital of Brazil - is a mythical place: a concrete utopia born out of the desert. In 1956 at the rebirth of Brazilian democracy, visionary architect Oscar Niemeyer and urbanist Lúcio Costa invented an urban plan and structures that would attempt to micromanage the daily activity of human life. The unabashed goal was to create the space that would birth ‘the new Brazilian citizen’. Now the stark beauty of the city acts as a backdrop to isolation, changing values, and the dynamic power and politics of today’s Brazil. The remnants of Niemeyer and Costa’s dream echo through the lives of planners, students, street vendors and artists, each trying to make their mark in the city of today. Featuring a haunting, intimate score and images that take us deep into the city, Brasilia: Life After Design brings a human face to a utopian ideal - what is it like to live in someone else’s idea?
SALES / CONTACT Pablo Briseño Galván Feelsales Avda. de Concha Espina, 65 - 2º 28016 Madrid
PRODUCTION Lowik Media Lucie Tremblay CO-PRODUCTION Aconite Productions – Scotland
Spain pablobriseno@feelsales.com
The utopian city of Brasília is in transition more than half a century later. What is it like to live in someone else’s idea?
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Politics / Society
Brexitannia Timothy George Kelly
United Kingdom | Russia, 2017 80’ Original Language: English Subtitles: English
On or off. Yes or no. Leave or remain. Referendums divide and Brexit did so in a way never before in British history. Country versus city. Old versus young. Nationalists versus migrants. ‘The people’ versus ‘the elite’. The forgotten versus the visible. Underneath all these definitions are individuals with their own unique stories that mo- tivated this historic and at times perplexing vote, a vote motivated by the themes of our age; migration, waning empires, and the white elephant in the room; work and it’s decreasing relevance in an ever automated world. Brexitannia is a portrait of a democracy in all it’s impossible ugly glory. A subtle bomb of a film that without judgment presents a people of the once most powerful empire negotiating their identities around a world that is changing faster than ever and power appearing further and further from their own hands.
SALES / CONTACT Aleksandar Govedarica Syndicado Film Sales 121 Beaconsfield Ave.
PRODUCTION Stereotactic Pavel Karykhalin Timothy George Kelly
M6J 3J5 Toronto Canada tel: +1 917 6512589 www.syndicado.com aleksandar@syndicado.com
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The Broken Country Melissa Silva Franco
Spain, 2017 52’
Original Language: Spanish Subtitles: English
On April 1, 2017, Venezuela woke up with no members of parliament and a government with ever-increasing power. An institutional coup deplored on one side by the international community, while for others it was the best outcome. Since then, the streets of Venezuela have become a real setting for repression and violence. From April 1 to July 4, about 100 people were reported killed, 3,616 arrests made, 1,141 are still being detained, 452 facing military courts, 438 political prisoners, in addition to an average of 400 wounded daily. And the international media cannot enter the country with complete freedom. “The Broken Country” tries to break down that barrier and show the reality that Venezuelans are suffering through every day. And we will do it through citizens on both sides, both families torn apart by death or food shortages, and those who have put their trust in the government and feel at peace; as well as those arrested, military officers and the government. We will hear from all sides in one of the biggest international crises today and one of the most violent chapters in the contemporary history of Venezuela.
SALES / CONTACT Pablo Briseño Galván Feelsales
PRODUCTION Nephilim producciones Luis Collar
Avda. de Concha Espina, 65 - 2º
PeMÓN Films
28016 Madrid
Melissa Silva Franco
Spain pablobriseno@feelsales.com
We plunge right into the epicenter of the current crisis in Venezuela through the voices of its true protagonists. “The Broken Country” is five intertwined stories showing how the citizens are making their way through the remains of a run-down government.
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Brother Jakob Elí Roland Sachs
Germany, 2016 92’ Original Language: German Subtitles: English
Jakob is my dear brother. He used to love to party, make music and let himself drift through life in Berlin. Then six years ago, he suddenly became a Muslim. He broke off contact with his old friends and his old ways. Now as a Salafi, every question has an answer in the rules of a fundamental Islam. By filming him, I go in search of our lost bond of brotherly love and suddenly find myself on a journey with him, that goes beyond a religious exploration. Germany not available
SALES / CONTACT Tijana Djukic Taskovski Films
PRODUCTION Dokomotive Filmkollektiv Elí Roland Sachs
C/o Very Ard Times Ltd Tower 42 25 Old Broad Street EC2N 1HQ London United Kingdom tel: +38 76 5652046 www.taskovskifilms.com sales@taskovskifilms.com
I lost my brother to a God named Allah. While Jakob searches for the truth, I search for Jakob. Will we ever find each other? 88
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Building Bridges Heloisa Azevedo Passos
Brazil, 2017 60’, 72’ Original Language: Portuguese Subtitles: English
The film pursues a possible relationship between the filmmaker and her father, an engineer who had his moment of glory during the Brazilian military dictatorship. Projections and maps become their first bridges to the past, however it is the inescapable present that really strikes them.
SALES / CONTACT Sandro Fiorin FiGa Films, LLC
PRODUCTION Maquina Filmes Tina Hardy
6900 Bay Drive 33141 Miami Beach, FL United States tel: +1 323 2299816 www.figafilms.com sandro@figafilms.com
The film pursues a possible relationship between the filmmaker and her father, an engineer who had his moment of glory during the Brazilian military dictatorship.
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Bunch of Kunst - A Film About Sleaford Mods Christine Franz
Germany, 2017 103’ Original Language: English, German Subtitles: English
“Young people are signing major record deals and they just sing about love. I’m a great believer of love. But for fuck’s sake, there’s a lot going on. Who wants to hear that if you are on £15 a week? And you turn the telly on and some fucker is spouting on about love‘, says singer Jason Williamson. Thanks to their sweary rants about modern England, Nottingham duo Sleaford Mods have been called “The Voice of Britain” by their fans, “Britain’s angriest band” by the Guardian and “The world’s greatest rock ‘n’ roll band” by Iggy Pop. Jason Williamson, a former chicken factory worker, benefits adviser and father of two, his band mate, beatmaker Andrew Fearn, and their manager Steve Underwood, avantgarde bedroom label owner and former bus driver, have won over fans with their brutally honest lyrics and DIY ethos. Christine Franz’s official documentary feature, follows them on their twoyear journey from Sherwood to chart success. Bunch of Kunst tells the story of three guys taking on the music business on their own terms. United Kingdom, Germany not available
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SALES / CONTACT Georg Gruber Magnetfilm GmbH
PRODUCTION Christine Franz Christine Franz
Torstr. 154 10115 Berlin Germany tel: +49 163 8010753 www.magnetfilm.de georg.gruber@magnetfilm.de
Sleaford Mods have been called “the angriest band in Britain”. Christine Franz’s official documentary feature follows the Nottingham punk-duo on a two-year journey from bedroom recording sessions to chart success.
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Youth
A Butcher’s Heart Marijn Frank
The Netherlands, 2017 15’ Original Language: Dutch Subtitles: English
Children’s documentary about the 13 year old butcher’s son Wessel. He is proud of the family business; the abattoir and the butcher’s shop. Wessel is doubting about his future. Does he want to work with living animals or will he become a butcher, just like his tough father and grandfather?
SALES / CONTACT Fabie Hulsebos Docmakers Bellamystraat 50d 1053 BN Amsterdam
PRODUCTION Docmakers Fabie Hulsebos INVOLVED TV CHANNELS KRO-NCRV – The Netherlands
The Netherlands tel: +31 6 12124423 www.docmakers.nl fabiehulsebos@gmail.com
13 year old Wessel in doubting about his future. Does he want to work with living animals or will he become a butcher, just like his tough father and grandfather? International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Politics / Society
The Call Enrico Maisto
Italy, 2017 57’
Original Language: Italian Subtitles: English
Sixty italian citizens, randomly selected by a computer system, take their places in a courtroom of the italian Assize Court of Appeal. A happy chance for the candidates, infact the sixty citiziens will pass a whole day between the wall of the Courtroom, waiting to know if they will be chosen, regardless of their will, by the President of the Court to ascend to a role which many of them didn’t know existed: being a popular juror. The movie is a look at what we like to call the hall of Justice and it tells the chronicle of that day which brings common citizen in touch for the first time with the administration of Justice: men and women put by the case on the same benches.
SALES / CONTACT Manuela Buono Slingshot Films Salita di Gretta 7/1 34136 Trieste
PRODUCTION Start Riccardo Annoni INVOLVED TV CHANNELS RAI Cinema – Italy
Italy tel: +39 3476273390 www.slingshotfilms.it info@slingshotfilms.it
Sixty common citizens chosen by lot spend the day in a room at Milan Assizes Court waiting to find out who will be chosen to be a juror and decide on the lives and freedom of other human beings. 92
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Call Me Tony Klaudiusz Chrostowski
Poland, 2017 62’
Original Language: Polish Subtitles: English
Konrad, an 18-year-old bodybuilder who wants to be an actor desperately fights for his absent father’s attention. Konrad lives in a small mining town in southern Poland. In his attempts to get noticed he looks up to his favorite action movie heroes, spends hours on the gym and signs up for a body building competition. An inner conflict between who he is and who he thinks he should be to get people’s acceptance soon leads to a depression.His life changes after he revisits his childhood passion for acting. Will he find his own way? Call Me Tony is a coming of age story about the time when the whole world expects us to have answers but all we have is questions.
SALES / CONTACT Katarzyna Wilk KFF Sales & Promotion
PRODUCTION Look At Films Klaudiusz Chrostowski
Basztowa 15/8a 31-143 Krakow Poland tel: +48 122 946945 www.kff.com.pl katarzyna.wilk@kff.com.pl
Konrad, an 18-year-old bodybuilder who wants to be an actor desperately fights for his absent father’s attention.
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A Cambodian Spring Chris Kelly
United Kingdom, 2017 121’ Original Language: Khmer Subtitles: English
‘A Cambodian Spring’ is an intimate and unique portrait of three people caught up in the chaotic and often violent development that is shaping modern-day Cambodia. Shot over 6 years, the film charts the growing wave of land-rights protests that led to the ‘Cambodian Spring’ and the tragic events that followed. This film is about the complexities – both political and personal, of fighting for what you believe in.
SALES / CONTACT Bob Moore EyeSteelFilm 7095 Marconi St, Suite 201 H2S3K4 Montreal Canada tel: +1 514 9374893 www.eyesteelfilm.com bob@eyesteelfilm.com
“A Cambodian Spring” is an intimate and unique portrait of three people caught up in the chaotic and often violent development that is shaping modern-day Cambodia.
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PRODUCTION Little Ease Films ltd Chris Kelly
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Canada In a Day Trish Dolman
Canada, 2017 87’
Original Language: English Subtitles: English
Canada In A Day is a documentary made entirely from videos filmed by Canadians over the course of one day. On September 10th, 2016 Canadians grabbed their cameras and filmed their lives. Over 16,000 videos – from special occasions to simple moments – were collected from Canadians from coast to coast to coast and around the world. Inspired Kevin MacDonald’s Life in a Day, produced by Ridley Scott, Canada In A Day is a unique snapshot of one 24-hour period, a day in the life of Canadians. From these individual stories comes a film that shows us who we are as a country at this moment in time —a video time capsule of the modern face of Canada.
SALES / CONTACT Trish Dolman Screen Siren Pictures 225 East 17th Avenue, Suite 201 V5V 1A6 Vancouver
PRODUCTION Screen Siren Pictures Trish Dolman INVOLVED TV CHANNELS CTV – Canada
Canada trish@screensiren.ca
Canada In A Day is a documentary made entirely from videos filmed by Canadians over the course of one day. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Nature / Environment
Canine Soldiers Nancy Schiesari
United States, 2017 58’ Original Language: English
The intimate bond between Military Working Dogs and their handlers— combat soldiers who make life-anddeath decisions based on the dogs’ instincts. In wars where the rules of engagement have shifted from traditional combat to the unforeseen and invisible, these highly trained dogs save soldiers’ lives and give them comfort, hope and protection. Does this dependency open our hearts to new truths about ourselves, our connection to nature and what it means to be human?
SALES / CONTACT Kim Christiansen DR International Sales Emil Holms Kanal 20 0999 Copenhagen Denmark tel: +45 35 203040 www.drsales.dk kimc@dr.dk
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Cat Fight Jairo Boisier
Chile, 2017 23’
Original Language: Spanish
After a fight between felines, Leon’s cat never reappeared. Years passed, Leon grew up. One day, his father, a painter, tried to relive the beast in a canvas based on the mystery. But Leon knew. As he had seen the fight, he wanted to depict it in turn in a wall painting. Everyone works in his corner. A silent battle has begun.
SALES / CONTACT Jairo Boisier La Dupla Jaja
PRODUCTION La Dupla Jaja Jairo Boisier
jairoboisier@gmail.com
Father and son do homage to their missing cat.
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Cause of Death: Unknown Anniken Hoel
Norway, 2017 52’, 88’ Original Language: English, Norwegian Subtitles: English
In 2005, director Anniken Hoel’s sister died mysteriously while being treated with antipsychotics. Wanting to learn more about what led to her untimely death, Anniken discovers that her sister was only one of many victims worldwide, and soon finds herself tracing threads of a complex system that takes her from a small town in Norway through the institutions, corporations, and halls of political power in both the EU and US.
SALES / CONTACT Diana Karklin Rise and Shine World Sales Schlesische Strasse 29/30 10997 Berlin Germany tel: +49 30 47372980 www.riseandshine-berlin.de diana.karklin@riseandshine-berlin.de
After her sister died suddenly and unexpectedly while being treated with prescription antipsychotics, director Anniken Hoel begins a global investigation into the crimes of the pharmaceutical industry.
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Nature / Environment
Chasing the Rabbit Paolo Impagliazzo
Denmark, 2017 53’ Original Language: Greenlandic, Danish Subtitles: English
We explore the intimate bond between Military Working Dogs and their handlers - combat soldiers who make life and death decisions based on the instincts and behavior of the dogs who lead their patrols. Military working dog teams have become the most effective agents in detecting explosives and chemical weapons at home and abroad. Their mission is to save lives, not kill. From rigorous training to deployment, we follow our soldier handlers to learn what it takes to become a successful MWD team. This is the first war documentary told from the point of view of a soldier/dog team, molding together their poignant stories with reflections from notable animal scholars who reflect on the significance of co-species evolution. Does being dependent on another species to keep us safe during war open our hearts to new truths about ourselves, our connection to nature and ultimately to what it means to be human? The film also raises the ethical question: Is coopting a sentient being in conflicts that involve violence ever justifiable?
SALES / CONTACT Kim Christiansen DR International Sales Emil Holms Kanal 20 0999 Copenhagen
PRODUCTION DR Paolo Impagliazzo INVOLVED TV CHANNELS DR – Denmark
Denmark tel: +45 35 203040 www.drsales.dk kimc@dr.dk
In wars where the rules of engagement have shifted from traditional combat to the unforeseen and the invisible, these highly trained dogs are saving soldiers’ lives and giving them comfort, hope and protection
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Art / Music / Culture
Chavela
Catherine Gund, Daresha Kyi
United States, 2017 93’ Original Language: English, Spanish Subtitles: English
Did Chavela really creep into women’s bedrooms like Ava Gardner late at night to steal them away from their husbands? Did she pack a pistol she sometimes shot off just for fun? Or have epic drinking binges with friends that started on Friday and ended the following Wednesday? Did she spend a year living with Frida Kahlo and having a passionate romance with her? Chavela’s joyful, painful, musical and deeply spiritual journey to selfacceptance is the heart and soul of this documentary. An arresting portrait of a woman who dared to dress, speak, sing, and dream her unique life into being. France, Israel, Portugal, Spain, Andorra Germany, Austria, Taiwan, Latin America (VOD), Colombia not available
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SALES / CONTACT Oscar Alonso Latido Films
PRODUCTION Aubin Pictures Laura Pilloni
Veneras 9, 3º
Laura Tatham
28013 Madrid
CO-PRODUCTION Aubin Pictures – United States
Spain tel: +34 91 5488877 www.latidofilms.com oalonso@latidofilms.com
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Childhood Margreth Olin
Norway, 2017 90’ Original Language: Norwegian Subtitles: English
Childhood is a 90 minute full-length feature film about children and how they play on their own terms. An observational documentary that follows the children in Aurora Kindergarten throughout a year. These are children from 1-7 years of age. It is a quiet and close, life-affirming film. The film draws up a different perspective on what children truly need than what is the current norm. The film is a good conversation starter to explore the function of play in the child’s life and the importance of friendship between children. About safe connections and trust in relationships between adults and children. We are allowed to observe the secret play among children, the play we adults don’t always understand. The film was released theatrically in Norway in March 2017 and received great reviews. It created a debate about the content of the kindergarten and the first school years, and the theme is applicable in many countries.
SALES / CONTACT Margreth Olin Speranza Film AS St. Halvardsgt. 12
PRODUCTION Speranza Film AS Margreth Olin
0192 Oslo
CO-PRODUCTION AB Memfis Film & Television –
Norway
Sweden
tel: +47 90144391
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS NRK – Norway,
margreth.olin@speranza.no
SVT – Sweden
Childhood is a quiet and close, lifeaffirming film about the significance of play and fantasy.
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Children of Chance Thierry Michel, Pascal Colson
Belgium, 2017 58’, 108’ Original Language: French Subtitles: English
In the small local school of Cheratte, a former mining town, 11-year old students with an immigrant background are coming to the end of their primary school education with Brigitte, a dynamic teacher. Her pedagogical approach aims to integrate these pupils into a constantly changing world. Throughout the school year, the film follows these grandsons of miners, mainly Turks and Muslims. While some of their elders opt for identity closure, this film evokes the challenge awaiting these children to integrate into current society, in the face of terrorist attacks.
SALES / CONTACT Suzanne Nodale Doc & Film International 13 rue du Portefoin 75003 Paris France tel: +33 1 42775687 www.docandfilm.com s.nodale@docandfilm.com
In Cheratte, Belgium, Brigitte is a teacher of 11-year old students. Her pedagogical approach aims to integrate these pupils into a constantly changing world. While some of their elders opt for identity closure, this film evokes the challenge awaiting these children to integrate into current society, in the face of terrorist attacks. 102
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Science / Technology
Cholesterol, the Great Bluff Anne Georget
France, 2016 82’, 52’ Original Language: French, English Subtitles: English
The link between coronary accidents and cholesterol in the blood is a mainstream medical dogma that has been going on for the last 50 years. It has led to the development of a billion dollars ‘low-fat’ food industry; and the prescription of statins the most sold medicine in the world. Yet, more and more researchers contest the mainstream explanation. How did the dogma settle, what are the stakes of the discussion and where do we stand today? The film is a rigorous investigation on the cholesterol case, dealing with social, political, scientific and of course economical issues.
SALES / CONTACT Stephan Riguet AndanaFilms
contact@andanafilms.com
PRODUCTION Quark Productions Patrick Winocour Juliette Guigon
How did the dogma settle, what are the stakes of the discussion and where do we stand today?
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Chomo Maayan Arad
United Kingdom, 2017 42’ Original Language: English, Tibetan Subtitles: English
Activism isn’t always loud. At a Buddhist nunnery in the Himalayas, young Chomo fills her days with meditation and study, hoping to emulate the first class of senior nuns to receive the prestigious Geshema degree. This quiet portrait contemplates a fairer future for women in her field.
SALES / CONTACT Khaled Gad Mai Films 124 Huddleston Road N7 0EG London United Kingdom kledgad@gmail.com
As the first group of Buddhist nuns prepare to be awarded the prestigious Geshema degree, a young Indian nun, Chomo, reflects on her life and future.
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Youth
City of Ghosts Matthew Heineman
United States, 2017 90’ Original Language: Arabic, English Subtitles: English
A real-life international thriller, City of Ghosts exposes a new type of warfare: a battle over ideas, a fight for hearts and minds, a conflict over clicks and views. Captivating in its immediacy, it follows the journey of ‘Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently’—a handful of anonymous activists who banded together after their homeland was taken over by ISIS in 2014. With astonishing, deeply personal access, this is the story of a brave group of citizen journalists as they face the realities of life undercover, on the run, and in exile, risking their lives to stand up against one of the greatest evils in the world today.
SALES / CONTACT Luke Brawley Dogwoof
PRODUCTION Our Time Projects Matthew Heineman
19-23 Ironmonger Row EC1V 3QN London United Kingdom tel: +44 207 2536244 www.dogwoof.com luke@dogwoof.com
Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Matthew Heineman follows up Cartel Land with another real-life international thriller. With deeply personal access, City of Ghosts is the story of a brave group of Syrian citizen journalists risking their lives to stand up against the Islamic State in Raqqa. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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City of the Sun Rati Oneli
Georgia | United States | Qatar | The Netherlands, 2017 100’ Original Language: Georgian Subtitles: English
Up to 50 percent of the world’s manganese, a vital metal across the globe, used to be mined in Chiatura, in western Georgia. Today, it resembles an apocalyptic ghost town. Mzis qalaqi portrays a few of the remaining inhabitants. Music teacher Zurab dismantles ramshackle concrete buildings and sells the iron girders to make some money on the side. Archil still works in the mine but his real passion is the local amateur theatre group. Despite being malnourished, two young female athletes still train stoically for the next Olympic Games. In his documentary debut, director Rati Oneli provides fascinating insights into a living environment whose bleak industrial ruins appear at once colossal and like a film set. A jumble of clapped out electric wires and aging cable cars runs through the city like the clogged-up arteries of an ailing organism that resists the flow of life in untiring fashion. Mzis qalaqi brings home the ephemeral nature of utopias. In a city where the sun never shines, it’s only the inhabitants that generate warmth. Oneli succeeds in achieving far more than the mining companies are capable of: His camera brings that most valuable of resources to the surface – humanity. 106
SALES / CONTACT Aleksandar Govedarica Syndicado Film Sales
PRODUCTION OFA Rati Oneli
121 Beaconsfield Ave.
Dea Kulumbegashvili
M6J 3J5 Toronto
Jim Stark Film
Canada
Jim Stark
tel: +1 917 6512589
CO-PRODUCTION Starksales inc.
www.syndicado.com aleksandar@syndicado.com
The lives, dreams and destinies of extraordinary characters unfold amidst the ruins of a semi- abandoned mining town.
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Cocaine Prison Violeta Ayala
Australia | Bolivia | France | United States, 2017 75’ Original Language: Spanish, Quechua Subtitles: English
COCAINE PRISON begins in Bolivia’s notorious San Sebastian gaol, a virtual citadel inside a crumbling old colonial house and follows the interlinked lives of Hernan, a drug mule who dreams of being a drug-boss, his younger sister, Daisy, who struggles to escape the lure to traffic cocaine and Hernan’s friend, Mario, a cocaine worker fighting for freedom. In a country where the cocaine trade isn’t ruled by violence, these three small fish dispel the gun-toting ‘Narco’ myth and put into perspective the drug war and the lives of the ‘disposable’ people. US TV and SVOD worldwide
SALES / CONTACT Daniel Fallshaw UNF Pty Ltd
PRODUCTION UNF Pty Ltd Daniel Fallshaw
21 Denman St
Pinches Gringos
2122 Eastwood
Violeta Ayala
Australia
United Notions Film LLC
tel: + 61 280073372
Redelia Shaw
www.unitednotionsfilm.com
CO-PRODUCTION Seppia – France
dan@unitednotionsfilm.com
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Latino Public Broadcasting – United States
From inside one of Bolivia’s most infamous prisons, comes the story of the foot soldiers of the drug trade. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Comedian Mind Pernille Rose Grønkjær
Denmark, 2017 58’, 93’ Original Language: Danish Subtitles: English
‘Comedian Mind’ is a documentary film about the number one comedian in Denmark, Anders Matthesen. It is a mental and cinematic trip into an extraordinary mind. With a raw and honest attitude, you encounter a great artist who is constantly working to stay original. Stress, laughs, identity crises and insecurity are all mixed in the life of this intelligent funny man, who for every new show reinvents himself by raising the bar higher and higher. Denmark not available
SALES / CONTACT Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær Danish Documentary Production Kvæsthusgade 5C, 1st. floor 1251 Copenhagen
PRODUCTION Danish Documentary Production Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær INVOLVED TV CHANNELS TV2 Denmark – Denmark
Denmark www.danishdocumentary.com Sigrid@danishdocumentary.com
Stress, laughs, identity crises and insecurity are all mixed in the life of this intelligent funny man. Welcome to the life and mind of Danish comedian Anders Matthesen.
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Science / Technology
Complicit
Lynn Zhang, Heather White
United States, 2017 52’, 90’ Original Language: Chinese, English Subtitles: English
China produces 90% of the world’s consumer electronics. According to official figures, every five hours a worker is poisoned by the toxic chemicals used to make these products. But the real figure is believed to be much higher. While battling his own work-induced leukemia, Yi Yeting teaches himself labour law to prepare a legal challenge against his former employers. He then forms a law co-operative to defend and educate other sick workers. As well as taking on corrupt officials, the activists infiltrate factories making products for some of the world’s largest brands to secure proof of dangerous working conditions.
SALES / CONTACT Kathryn Bonnici Java Films
PRODUCTION Heather White Heather White
38 Quai Du Point Du Jour 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt France tel: +33 1 74713313 www.javafilms.fr kathryn@javafilms.tv
A Chinese activist with leukemia takes risks in struggling to help factory workers poisoned by the chemicals used to make cellphones and computers. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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History / Politics
Comrade, Where Are You Today? Kirsi Marie Liimatainen
Germany | Finland, 2016 90’, 112’ Original Language: Arabic, English, German, Spanish Subtitles: English
In 1988 the 20-year-old Finn Kirsi Marie Liimatainen heads for the GDR to study Marxism-Leninism at the international youth academy ‘Wilhelm Pieck’. The students come from around the world - both sides of the Iron Curtain. They are functionaries, freedom fighters and left activists. Young people united in the hope for a better world. The international solidarity at the academy is convincing, but the real socialism is marked by contradictions - the gap between theory and reality is obvious. In the summer of 1989 the course ends a few months later the Berlin Wall falls. 24 years later, Kirsi Marie Liimatainen sets out on a cinematic journey to Germany, Bolivia,Chile, Lebanon and South Africa to meet up once more with her former fellow students. What remains of their dream of revolution? Are there any utopias left, which are worth fighting for? Germany, Finland not available
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SALES / CONTACT Kirsi Marie Liimatainen Ilanga Films, Kirsi Marie Liimatainen
Elisabeth-Christinen-Str.6. 13156 Berlin Germany
PRODUCTION Ilanga Films Kirsi Marie Liimatainen CO-PRODUCTION Making Movies Oy – Finland INVOLVED TV CHANNELS YLE TV1 – Finland
Liimatainen@web.de
In 1988 the 20-year-old Finn Kirsi Marie studies Marxism-Leninism at the international academy in the GDR. The international solidarity is convincing, but the real socialism is marked by contradictions. 24 years later, Kirsi Marie meets her former fellow students from South America, Middle East and Africa. What remains of their dream of revolution?
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Confluency David Blitz
The Netherlands, 2017 64’ Original Language: English, Dutch Subtitles: English
Mechanical Engineer Piet van Beek used to invent solutions for the concrete industry. When he discovers his so called Confluency technique, he is convinced to save loads of energy in many key areas. But when he is about to prove its efficiency, Piet is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Before he dies, with the camera as a witness, he hands over the project to his wife Kitty. After having overcome additional technical challenges, she is able to prove the confluency effect. Just before sharing the discovery, she also dies. Now it is up to the film to tell their story.
SALES / CONTACT David Blitz Blitzfilm
PRODUCTION Blitz Productions David Blitz
Recht Boomssloot 28b 1011EB Amsterdam The Netherlands david@davidblitz.com
About passion for technique and personal drama. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Politics / Society
The Congo Tribunal Milo Rau
Germany | Switzerland, 2017 100’, 52’ Original Language: French, German, English, Swahili Subtitles: English
The war in Congo has caused more than six million deaths over the last twenty years. The population is suffering, but the offenders stay with impunity. Many people see this conflict as one of globalisation’s crucial economic distribution battles because the country has major deposits of many high-tech raw materials. Milo Rau, one of Europe’s most acclaimed theatre directors, succeeds in gathering victims, perpetrators, observes and analysts of the conflict for a unique civil tribunal in eastern Congo. The documentary film brings these spectacular court trials to life on the big screen and creates an unvarnished portrait of the largest and bloodiest economic wars in human history.
SALES / CONTACT Georg Gruber Magnetfilm GmbH Torstr. 154 10115 Berlin Germany
Arne Birkenstock CO-PRODUCTION Langfilm – Switzerland
tel: +49 163 8010753
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS ARTE/ZDF – Germany,
www.magnetfilm.de
SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
georg.gruber@magnetfilm.de
– Switzerland
Germany, Switzerland not available
Staged as a tribunal on-location in Bukavu and Berlin, director Milo Rau creates an unshrouded portrait of one of the biggest and bloodiest economic wars in human history. 112
PRODUCTION Fruitmarket
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History
Crash & Burn Seán Ó Cualáin
Ireland, 2016 81’
Original Language: English www.autlookfilms.com
For a fleeting moment in the early 80s Tommy Byrne was the world’s greatest driver, the motor racing equivalent of George Best and Muhammad Ali all rolled into one. In a little over four years Byrne went from driving a Mini Cooper in stockcar racing to the big-time in Formula One. Eddie Jordan will tell you: ‘Forget Schuey and Senna. Tommy Byrne was the best of them all.’ The film investigates into the economics of Formular One through Tommy´s rise and spectacular fall.
SALES / CONTACT Salma Abdalla Autlook Filmsales
PRODUCTION Dot Television David Burke
Spittelberggasse 3/14 1070 Vienna Austria tel: +43 7 20346934 www.autlookfilms.com salma@autlookfilms.com
In the early 80s Tommy Byrne was the world’s greatest driver – an investigation into the economics of Formular One through Tommy´s rise and spectacular fall.
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Human Interest / Social Issues
The Creator of Universes Mercedes Dominioni
Uruguay, 2017 78’ Original Language: Spanish Subtitles: English
Juan shoots stories in which the good guys toast to the death of the bad guys, the bad guys are always punished and those who are weak find themselves constantly threatened by danger. He is sixteen years old and was diagnosed with symptoms of Asperger’s six years ago. He struggles with social interactions, particularly with other kids his age, so he does not have friends with whom he can spend his time. However, he does not create alone. He makes up most of his movies with his ‘word-class actress’: his 96-year-old grandma, Rosa. She is the main character of all his movies and she is fully involved in the creative process. She does this out of love for her grandson, but also because it helps her keeping alive. Juan is my brother and Rosa, my grandmother. For Juan the movies serve as a form of expression and personal refuge, but as he becomes increasingly concerned with the day his grandmother will be gone, his stories begin to explore his feelings about death. This is a love story between a grandson and his grandmother, a story of complicity. It is through their games, as well as their fights, that they keep each other company, while helping each other get through life and feel less alone. But nothing lasts forever and these bonds may vanish and disappear. 114
SALES / CONTACT Gerardo Castelli Irreal cine
PRODUCTION Irreal cine Gerardo Castelli
Río Pó Manzana 23 Solar 06 15000 Lagomar Uruguay jokkkay@me.com
Juan is a sixteen-year-old diagnosed with symptoms of Asperger who makes movies with his 96-year old grandmother. His movies serve as a form of expression and personal refuge, but as he becomes increasingly concerned with the day his grandmother will be gone, his stories begin to explore his feelings about death.
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History / Politics
The Cry of the Ants Liliane de Kermadec
France, 2016 62’
Original Language: French, Spanish Subtitles: English
Still students, they entered the Movement National of Liberation Tupamaro in the 60s to fight injustice and poverty in Uruguay. At first by the armed struggle, then in the legality. They don’t regret their long years of underground, prison and torture. Their stories contrast with images of Uruguay today, the quiet pampa, the colored birds, the painted walls, and a longtime taste for democracy
SALES / CONTACT Liliane de Kermadec Lilianedekermadec.cinéaste
PRODUCTION Lilianedekermadec.cinéaste Liliane de Kermadec
www.lili-films.fr lilianedekermadec@noos.fr
Eight women tell how they entered the National Liberation Movement -Tupamaros in Uruguay. One is José Mujica’s wife and has choosen like him the legal way, another, her sister still believes in revolution. They don’t regret their long years of underground life, jail and torture. The spirit of the Tupamaro movement is still alive. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Author’s Point of View
D is for Division Davis Simanis
Latvia | Czech Republic, 2017 52’, 89’ Original Language: English, Latvian, Russian Subtitles: English
A Latvian woman, Hermine Purina, is shown on an archival photograph, the first victim of the Soviet invasion of Latvia in 1940 trying to save her son, Voldemärs, with her body. It becomes an inspiration for contemplating over film´s boundaries - geographical as well as metaphorical ones. Russians and Latvians sense the import of historical realities in a completely different way. One side associates it with liberation, for the other side it means the loss of freedom. A well-known Latvian author, Davis Simanis, produces an explosive testament about the tension on EU´s eastern borders.
SALES / CONTACT Guntis Trekteris Ego Media
Guntis Trekteris
Vairoga iela 54-4
Produkce Radim Prochazka
LV-1039 Riga
Radim Prochazka
Latvia tel: +371 67291720 www.egomedia.lv guntis@egomedia.lv
Two worlds defined by a dividing line, two contradictory views of the past as well as the present. A film dealing with the tension existing on the borders between Europe and Russia. 116
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Human Interest / Social Issues
Dad, Are You Watching Over Us? Makoto Akagami
Japan, 2017 49’
Original Language: Japanese
Nearly 20,000 people lost their lives in the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami in 2011. NHK documented the lives of a bereaved wife and son, Kazuko and Kazuha, until the sixth anniversary of the disaster. The long-term focus of this documentary enables viewers to reflect on the nature of the disaster and to see the daily lives of people who lost relatives. Moreover, it reaches beyond the disaster to touch on the universal themes of family and parent-child relationships.
SALES / CONTACT Tomoko Matsuda NHK
PRODUCTION NHK Atsushi Yajima
2-2-1 Jinnan 150-8001 Shibuya Japan matsuda.t-fc@nhk.or.jp
A six year story of how people who lost family members in the Great East Japan Earthquake dealt with their grief, and move forward.
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History | Art / Music / Culture
Daniel Hope - The Sound of Life Nahuel Lopez
Germany, 2017 100’ Original Language: German, English Subtitles: English www.mindjazz-pictures.de
/project/hope
Daniel Hope is one of the greatest violinists of our age: an internationallycelebrated star, who performs on the greatest concert stages from Beijing through London to New York, and who is part of the avant-garde of the new, young generation of classical musicians. His biography contains the story of an extraordinary career. But it also contains the history of escape, expulsion and the desire for selfdiscovery.
SALES / CONTACT Alessandro Lombardo Mindjazz Pictures Geisselstr. 12
PRODUCTION GRANVISTA Media Nahuel Lopez
50823 Cologne
CO-PRODUCTION TELLFILM GmbH – Germany,
Germany
NDR/ARTE – Germany
alessandro@mindjazz-
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS NDR/ARTE – Germany
international.com
Available worldwide, except Germany/Austria/Switzerland
Daniel Hope is one of the greatest violinists of our age. But his exceptional biography is also a story of escape, expulsion and desire for self-discovery. 118
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The Dawn Wall Peter Mortimer, Josh Lowell
Austria, 2017 100’ Original Language: English
In January 2015 the world watched, spellbound, as Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson spent 19 days clawing their way towards the top of a seemingly impossible climb on the 3,000 foot vertical face of El Capitan, in Yosemite National Park. The Dawn Wall is a feature documentary about their history-making climb, the years of effort it required, and the inspiring life journeys of the climbers. A Red Bull Media House Production in association with Sender Films (Valley Uprising), the movie will go beyond pure climbing action to paint intimate portraits of Caldwell and Jorgeson, and to celebrate the universal spirit of dreaming big, and never giving up. CAA is the Sales Agent for North America Amanda Lebow amanda.lebow@caa.com
SALES / CONTACT Blayze Collins-Perucchetti
PRODUCTION Red Bull Media House
Red Bull Media House
CO-PRODUCTION Sender Films – United States
Oberst-Lepperdinger-Straße 11-15 5071 Wals near Salzburg Austria blayze.collins@redbull.com
Legendary free climber Tommy Caldwell tries to get over heartbreak by scaling 3000ft of an impossible rock face: the Dawn Wall of El Capitan.
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The Dead Don’t Swim Marco Bentz, Brigitte Bousquet
France, 2017 90’
Original Language: Spanish Subtitles: English
The dead don’t swim lies at the heart of the common people, met during the slow trip up the Amazon river, on the Peruvian side. The movie takes place during the flood season and portraits a family struggling with its desire of modernity and a Kukama peasant from a native community up the Amazon river, dealing with the environment pollution done by oil companies. The documentary is punctuated by a poetic fiction which traces the intimate and spiritual journey of an imaginary conquistador, embedding this amazonian mindset that mixes together reality and illusion.
SALES / CONTACT Brigitte Bousquet Ocho Equis Film Les Cahuaires 12220 Lugan
PRODUCTION AUM Films Chantal Dubois CO-PRODUCTION Ocho Equis Film – France
France info@ochoequis.com
Through the portrait of two families, the documentary interrogates the amazonian reality of contemporary Peru, exposes in everyday lives the consequences of a never ending colonization and questions humankind’s place in a desecrated world. 120
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Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas Joakim Demmer
Sweden | Germany | Finland, 2017 90’ Original Language: English, Amharic Subtitles: English
Around the globe, there is a massive commercial rush for farmland – the new green gold. One of the most profitable new spots for farming is Ethiopia. Hoping for export revenues, the Ethiopian government leases millions of hectares of allegedly unused land to foreign investors. But the dream of prosperity has a dark side – the most massive forced evictions in modern history, lost livelihoods of small farmers, harsh repression and a vicious spiral of violence. Contributing to this disaster are the EU, the World Bank and DFID, providing billions of dollars in development money. The film investigates these foreign landinvestments and exposes their impact on people’s lives. In the pursuit of truth, we meet investors, development bureaucrats, persecuted journalists, struggling environmentalists and evicted farmers deprived of their land.
SALES / CONTACT Heino Deckert Deckert Distribution GmbH Gottschedstr. 18
PRODUCTION WG Film AB Margarete Jangård
04109 Leipzig
CO-PRODUCTION Film i Skane – Sweden,
Germany
JW Documentaries – Finland
tel: +49 30 84306166 www.deckert-distribution.com
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS SVT – Sweden,
info@deckert-distribution.com
RBB – Germany, IKONdocs / EO – The Netherlands, YLE – Finland, ARTE – France
A documentary thriller about the murky concept of ‘land grabbing’ in Ethiopia - a modern form of colonisation where foreign investors buy or lease large farmland areas in developing countries without benefiting the local population. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Experimental
The Dead Nation Radu Jude
Romania, 2017 83’ Original Language: Romanian Subtitles: English
The Dead Nation is a documentaryessay, which shows a stunning collection of photographs from a Romanian small town in the 1930’s and 1940’s. The soundtrack, composed mostly from excerpts taken from the diary of a Jewish doctor from the same era, shows us what the photographs do not: the rising of the anti-Semitism and eventually a harrowing depiction of the Romanian Holocaust, a topic which is not very talked about in the contemporary Romanian society. Romania, Moldavia not available
SALES / CONTACT Irena Taskovski Taskovski Films
PRODUCTION Hi Film Productions Ada Solomon
C/o Very Ard Times Ltd Tower 42 25 Old Broad Street EC2N 1HQ London United Kingdom tel: +38 76 5652046 www.taskovskifilms.com irena@taskovskifilms.com
A film constructed using the opposition of what a huge collection of recently discovered glass-plate photographs from the 30’s and 40’s tell us about Romania and what they do not show.
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Politics / Society
Deaf Child Alex de Ronde
The Netherlands, 2017 80’ Original Language: Dutch, Sign Language Subtitles: English
Deaf Child is a coming of age film by Alex de Ronde in which he portrays the life of his son, a charismatic young man who happens to be deaf. The film follows Tobias from the cradle to the present day through archive material and other personal footage. Tobias lives in two worlds: one in need, the other as a fish in the water. The director’s approach is also twofold; as an understanding observer and as a critical loving father. He questions Tobias about his life; about the past, what he remembers of his deceased mother, about the present and the role he and his brother Joachim play in his life. Deaf Child is about a family who in the face of adversity retain a deep respect for each other and care for each other’s wellbeing. The three men display a bond that is touching.
SALES / CONTACT Margaret Stanneveld NPO Sales
PRODUCTION KRO-NCRV Frank Weijers
Bart de Graaffweg 2 1202JJ Hilversum The Netherlands tel: +31 35 6773561 www.nposales.com margaret.stanneveld@npo.nl
Deaf Child is a coming of age film be Alex de Ronde in which he portrays the life of his son, a young man who happens to be deaf. The film follows Tobias from the cradle to the present day through archive material and other personal footage. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Death and the Judge Hassan Ali Khademi Tameh
Iran | The Netherlands, 2017 52’ Original Language: Farsi Subtitles: English
He served as a criminal judge for 45 years and issued about 4500 death sentences; a record in not only Iran, but also the world. This documentary looks into his personal and professional life as he is followed within his home with his family, in the court of law, and in his retirement days. The ultimate purpose of the documentary is to deduce the role of death in the judge’s life as he either takes life away from criminals or death comes to his loved ones. During his retirement, he is once again given the choice between the life and death of a person, despite no longer being a judge
SALES / CONTACT Hassan Ali Khademi Tameh IranZamin
PRODUCTION IranZamin Hassan Ali Khademi Tameh
No. 395, Narmak, Samangan St. 16489 Tehran Iran hassankhademi@yahoo.com
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Death of a Child Frida Barkfors, Lasse Barkfors
Denmark | Sweden, 2017 56’, 79’ Original Language: English
Doug, Lyn, Norman and Antonio are all responsible for their own children’s deaths. Through their honest and deeply personal stories, we get an insight into what it means to live with what they have done. The legal, social and personal aftermaths differ, often depending on gender, social status, social networks and relationships. But overall, there is something about what these parents have done that always seems to trigger a very specific social rage and condemnation. Because what kind of parent forgets a baby in a car? Death of a Child challenges our preconceptions of guilt, punishment and forgiveness. It is an attempt to comprehend the incomprehensible, a note-to-self about being less sure of what we don’t know. Death of a Child is Frida and Lasse Barkfors’ second film in a trilogy exploring social stigma. Sundance award winning Pevert Park was the first.
SALES / CONTACT Annie Edwards Journeyman Pictures 4 High Street, Thames Ditton KT7 ORY Surrey England
PRODUCTION Final Cut for Real Anne Köhncke CO-PRODUCTION De Andra – Sweden
tel: +44 208 786 6051
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS DR – Denmark,
www.journeyman.tv
SVT – Sweden,
sales@journeyman.tv
NRK – Norway, VPRO – The Netherlands, RTS – Switzerland
How do you live with the unbearable? When the worst has happened to you and your loved ones and you have nobody but yourself to blame?
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Debt Society Sarah Sylbing
The Netherlands, 2016 50’ Original Language: Dutch Subtitles: English
In a working-class neighborhood in North Amsterdam, almost everyone is deep in debt. Every month a parade of heavies, a bailiff, a police officer and a locksmith moves through the streets to evict people from their homes. It’s the ultimate, most dramatic consequence of the centuries-old hunt down on debtors. While the locals struggle with fines, guilt and shame, bailiffs and social workers face locked doors. At city hall, a councilman designates the debt problem as the spearhead of his policy. Meanwhile, the unpaid bills keep piling up. In Debt Society, we get to know them all: the residents, social workers, creditors, the bailiff and the local politician – inextricably linked with each other. Despite their different motives, they share the desire to find a solution to the problem. This six-part documentary series captures their resilience, hope and sense of humor, but also the absurdity of a money-guzzling system in which everyone plays their own part. You can’t get blood out of a stone. So who pays the price in the end and who is to blame? In Debt Society, the character-driven storylines, plot twists, poetic voice-over and soulful score are inspired by drama series. Together, they tell a riveting, cinematic tale about a growing phenomenon in the Western world. 126
SALES / CONTACT Margaret Stanneveld NPO Sales
PRODUCTION VPRO Thu Ha Nguyen Thi
Bart de Graaffweg 2 1202JJ Hilversum The Netherlands tel: +31 35 6773561 www.nposales.com margaret.stanneveld@npo.nl
In a working-class neighborhood in North Amsterdam, almost everyone is deep in debt. Every month a parade of heavies, a bailiff, a police officer and a locksmith moves through the streets to evict people from their homes.
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Debut
Anastasiya Miroshnichenko
Belarus, 2017 80’, 52’ Original Language: Russian Subtitles: English
Over 1500 women are detained in a Belarus prison for first-time offenders. Eleven of them have volunteered to take part in a theatre play. Their reasons vary: some see it as a small break from the tedium of prison life, some regard it as therapy, and others approach it as a practice run for when they return to society. The rehearsals serve as the leitmotif for this balanced portrait that subtly frees these women from the stigma of being criminals. The women talk as mothers, daughters and wives. They miss their families and wrestle with the guilt of losing so many years behind bars. The director uses various techniques to present these women as three-dimensional characters: close-up interviews about their fears, beautifully framed shots of the daily collective routines of jail life, images from surveillance cameras that emphasize how their lives are controlled, and of course their debut on the professional stage. By then, you almost feel as if you’ve landed in a feel-good movie with a happy ending, but the director doesn’t let it get that far. Belarus not available
SALES / CONTACT Tijana Djukic Taskovski Films
PRODUCTION PervajaKinoVideo Company Viktar Labkovich
C/o Very Ard Times Ltd Tower 42 25 Old Broad Street EC2N 1HQ London United Kingdom tel: +38 76 5652046 www.taskovskifilms.com sales@taskovskifilms.com
The soulless atmosphere of a women’s penitentiary destroys the prisoners’ personality, kills all femininity in them. Film looks at the rationality of the long prison terms for women with children.
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Delta
Oleksandr Techynskyi
Ukraine | Germany, 2017 81’ Original Language: Russian, Ukranian Subtitles: English
White winter blizzard covers everything. We can rely now only on saints, on our prayers. The future has sailed away, with us left behind. Astray, we did not board the magic ship. The task at hand is simple - not to perish in the fog, not to die from the cold, not to get trapped under the ice. Not to fall in our own snares. Or are we all in one big trap anyway? Running around in a small circle, counting those who vanished.
SALES / CONTACT Yulia Serdyukova Honest Fish Documentary Stories
PRODUCTION MaGiKa Film Gennady Kofman
vul. Naberezhno-Korchuvatska, 82,
Honest Fish Documentary Stories
apt. 30
Yulia Serdyukova
03045 Kyiv
CO-PRODUCTION Faktura Film – Germany
Ukraine yulia.serdyukova@gmail.com
The future has sailed away, with us left behind. Astray, we did not board the magic ship. The task at hand is simple - not to perish in the fog, not to die from the cold, not to get trapped under the ice.
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The Deminer
Shinwar Kamal, Hogir Hirori
Sweden, 2017 83’, 58’ Original Language: Kurdish Subtitles: English
In 2003 Fakhir, a father of eight, goes on a military mission to Mosul (Iraq) to fight against the terror after the fall of Saddam Hussein. When he sees how thousands of innocent people are stricken by exploding mines he decides to become a deminer. With just a simple knife and a pair of clippers he manages to disarm thousands of mines, a task that could cost him his life at any second. But that does not make him stop. Fakhir’s ambition is greater than that, and he knows that innocent people need his help.
SALES / CONTACT Luke Brawley Dogwoof
PRODUCTION Lolav Media Antonio Russo Merenda
19-23 Ironmonger Row
Hogir Hirori
EC1V 3QN London United Kingdom
CO-PRODUCTION Ginestra Film – Sweden,
tel: +44 207 2536244
SK Production
www.dogwoof.com
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS SVT – Sweden,
luke@dogwoof.com
YLE – Finland
For North America, please contact Jason Ishikawa- Cinetic Media Jason Ishikawa Cinetic Media jason@cineticmedia.com +1(212)2047979
What difference can a pair of clippers make? In deminer Fakhir’s hands: thousands and thousands of human lives.
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Demons in Paradise Jude Ratnam
Sri Lanka | France, 2017 90’ Original Language: Sinhalese, Tamil, English Subtitles: English
Sri Lanka 1983, Jude Ratnam is five years old. On a red train, he flees the massacre of the Tamils instigated by the Pro-Sinhalese majoritarian government. Now a filmmaker, he takes the same train from South to North. As he advances, the traces of the violence of the 26-year-old war and the one which turned the Tamil’s fight for freedom into a self-destructive terrorism pass before his eyes. Reminiscing the hidden souvenirs of fighters and Tamil Tigers, he unveils the repressed memories of his compatriots, opening the door to a new era and making peace possible again. Demons in Paradise is the result of ten years of work. For the first time, a Tamil documentary filmmaker living in Sri Lanka is seeing the Civil war from the inside.
SALES / CONTACT Johan de Faria Upside Distribution
Jude Ratnam
33 Quai de Dion Buoton
Sister Productions
92800 Puteaux
Julie Paratian
France tel: +33 1 58478430 www.upsidedistribution.com johan.defaria@upsidetelevision.com
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The Departure Lana Wilson
United States, 2017 88’, 56’ Original Language: Japanese Subtitles: English
After-Tiller director, Lana Wilson, delivers a touching and meditative portrait of a Japanese punk-rockerturned-Buddhist-monk who inspires others to embrace life. His work has increasingly come at the cost of his own health and family life, as he refuses to draw a line between his patients and himself. The Departure captures this priest at a crossroads, when a spiral of self-destruction leads him to confront the same question his patients ask him: what makes life worth living?
SALES / CONTACT Luke Brawley
PRODUCTION Lana Wilson
Dogwoof 19-23 Ironmonger Row EC1V 3QN London United Kingdom tel: +44 207 2536244 www.dogwoof.com luke@dogwoof.com
Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, Lana Wilson delivers an unforgettable portrait of a Japanese punk-rocker-turned-Buddhist-monk who inspires others to embrace life.
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Desert Coffee Mikael Lypinski
Poland | United States, 2017 58’ Original Language: English
Slab City is a squatter community in the Sonoran Desert and ‘the last free place in America’. The inhabitants live offthe-grid in broken trailers or old school buses with no running water, electricity or sewage system. Their closest neighbors are the Marine Corps, who practice aerial bombing in the area.
SALES / CONTACT Kazz Basma Sideways Film 7 Bouverie Mews N16 0AE London United Kingdom www.sidewaysfilm.com kazz@sidewaysfilm.com
Slab City is a squatter community in the Sonoran Desert and ‘the last free place in America’. The inhabitants live off-thegrid in broken trailers or old school buses with no running water, electricity or sewage system. Their closest neighbors are the Marine Corps, who practice aerial bombing in the area.
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Despot Housewives - The Impetuous Joel Sorel
France, 2017 52’
Original Language: English, French Subtitles: English
Further to the success of the first season, discover new episodes that combine love, glory, and terror. Many films have shown dictatorial regimes all over the world, but only a few films show the role played by the despot’s spouses. They accepted for the first time to open their doors and show us their new lives. The Impetuous focuses on Dewi Sukarno (Indonesia) & Grace Mugabe (Zimbabwe).
SALES / CONTACT Suzanne Nodale
PRODUCTION Day for Night Films
Doc & Film International 13 rue du Portefoin 75003 Paris France tel: +33 1 42775687 www.docandfilm.com s.nodale@docandfilm.com
Further to the success of the first season, discover new episodes that combine love, glory, and terror. This episode - The Impetuous - focuses on Dewi Sukarno (Indonesia) & Grace Mugabe (Zimbabwe)
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The Devil’s Trap Mitchell Stafiej
Canada, 2017 93’
Original Language: English
Lane is a 25 year-old in the Canadian Navy who yearns to reunite with his estranged family after being excommunicated from their church when he was 18 years old. Lane was born into the Exclusive Brethren, a secluded and secretive protestant group. ‘The Devil’s Trap’ takes audiences on an intimate road trip across North America with Lane as our guide as he travels across the United States and Canada to make sense of his tumultuous childhood, and towards reconciliation with his family. Canada, USA, Czech Republic not available
SALES / CONTACT Tijana Djukic Taskovski Films C/o Very Ard Times Ltd Tower 42 25 Old Broad Street EC2N 1HQ London United Kingdom tel: +38 76 5652046 www.taskovskifilms.com sales@taskovskifilms.com
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PRODUCTION Parabola Films Selin Murat INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Documentary Channel – Canada
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Didube, The Last Stop Shorena Tevzadze
Georgia | Switzerland, 2017 64’ Original Language: Georgian Subtitles: English
In Georgia, in the tiny Didube bus station, characters flow into Niko’s veterinarian pharmacy. They are not really customers, some of them come in by mistake. The faded poster, with its cows that have turned blue over time, is the only trace of an activity connected to animals. The store, its counter overflowing with packaging and other useless things, could have been filmed in another era. But time stands still here, and it really is the Georgia of today that we find in this snapshot of the nonetheless incessant activity at the station. Nodar’s refrain, accompanied by his guitar, paces and pushes the film forward, in fits and start, according to the arrivals and departures of the buses headed for other destinations that are perhaps more rooted in the modern word. The passers-by, also a little lost themselves, in this place that is merely a transit point, circulate between the buses and the market stalls, as if uncertain about the future the country has in store for them. The Didube terminal will only be a stop before going elsewhere
SALES / CONTACT Shorena Tevzadze Diafilm
shorenatevzadze@gmail.com
PRODUCTION Diafilm OU Shorena Tevzadze CO-PRODUCTION Marelefilm – Switzerland
A musical fairy tale about a noisy station, where Niko, a veterinarian man is trying to save his peaceful kingdom from its demise.
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Dina
Dan Sickles, Antonio Santini
United States, 2017 101’ Original Language: English
Dina and Scott are moving in together and getting married. Having grown up neurologically diverse in a world blind to the value of their experience, the two are head-over-heels for one another, but shacking up poses new challenges for both. Scott is uncomfortable with physical intimacy, while Dina wants to share with him all she’s learned about sensual desire from books, TV shows, and her previous marriage. Her increasingly creative forays to draw Scott close keep hitting roadblocks— exposing anxieties, insecurities, and communication difficulties while they strive to reconcile their conflicting approaches to romance and intimacy.
SALES / CONTACT Luke Brawley Dogwoof 19-23 Ironmonger Row EC1V 3QN London United Kingdom tel: +44 207 2536244 www.dogwoof.com luke@dogwoof.com
Taking the Grand Jury Documentary Prize at Sundance 2017, Dina is a charming, quirky and unconventional lovestory between two eccentric souls that will resonate with all audiences.
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Displaced Heddy Honigmann
The Netherlands, 2017 44’ Original Language: Dutch, Spanish, Nepalese Subtitles: English The right to a piece of land which you can cultivate for a living and set up a house for yourself and your family. It should be a legal right. In the Netherlands, land rights are self-evident and well-organized. Each piece of land has been accurately identified and mapped by the land registery. In Displaced, in addition to the Netherlands, two countries are filmed where land rights are in their infancy and where the land registery plays a leading role. In Colombia there is burgeoning peace after more than 50 years of civil war. There is an opportunity to bring land rights to the farmers whohave lived up to now without any official certification in the jungle where the guerrilla war previously raged. The country has always been theirs, but the government has so far refused to set up certification of ownership for them. In Nepal, the earthquake of 2015 caused massive damage, thousands of deaths and nearly 1million displaced persons. However, the disaster brings about an opportunity for change: the labouring farmers who work on landowners’ land, according to an old feudal system without having a proprietary certification, now get the opportunity to claim their rights for the countryside where they have already lived and worked for generations.
SALES / CONTACT Heddy Honigmann Appel & Honigmann
PRODUCTION Appel & Honigmann John Appel
Joop Eijlstraat 14 1063EM Amsterdam The Netherlands tel: +31 6 50695968 honigmann.heddy@gmail.com
How to get the legal rights for the land you own
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The Distant Barking Of Dogs Simon Lereng Wilmont
Denmark, 2017 52’, 75’ Original Language: Ukranian Subtitles: English
Ten-year-old Oleg lives in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine—a warzone that often echoes with anti-aircraft fire and missile strikes. Sometimes these sounds are in the distance, while other times they’re frighteningly close. While many have left this dangerous area, Oleg remains with his grandmother, who has taken care of him since the death of his mother. This observational film follows a year in the life of Oleg. He also has a close friendship with his cousin Yarik, who’s more disturbed by all the sudden noises—or perhaps he’s not as good as Oleg at hiding his fear. Meanwhile, the boys also find the war exciting, especially when a neighbor teaches them how to use a gun. By sticking close to Oleg and his grandmother, The Distant Barking of Dogs shows the effect of conflict on children and the determination not to become refugees and stay at home.
SALES / CONTACT Philippa Kowarsky Cinephil 18 Levontin st 6511207 Tel Aviv Israel tel: +972 3 5664129 www.cinephil.com info@cinephil.com
Everything has changed for 10 year old Ukranian boy Oleg, whose life has been turned upside down by the ongoing war in East- Ukraine. 138
PRODUCTION Final Cut for Real Monica Hellström
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Distant Constellation Shevaun Mizrahi
United States | The Netherlands | Turkey, 2017 80’ Original Language: Turkish, English, French Subtitles: English
This haunted reverie drops us inside an Istanbul retirement home, where the battle-scarred residents bask in the camera’s attention. A creakyvoiced woman confides her personal account of the Armenian genocide. A sweetly deluded pianist performs a composition before confessing his love. A blind photographer fiddles with his flash as he points his own camera back at us. Shevaun Mizrahi’s playful, immaculately controlled film finds hypnotizing rhythms in the residents’ limbo-like state. Meanwhile, outside, ominous construction equipment transforms the land.
SALES / CONTACT Philippa Kowarsky Cinephil
PRODUCTION Shelly Grizm & Deniz Buga Deniz Buga
18 Levontin st 6511207 Tel Aviv Israel tel: +972 3 5664129 www.cinephil.com info@cinephil.com
Full of Tarkovskian atmospherics and featuring the inhabitants of a Turkish retirement home - pranksters, historians, artists and would-be Casanovas.
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Divine Divas Leandra Leal
Brazil, 2016 110’
Original Language: Portuguese Subtitles: English
The Divine Divas are iconic performers of the first generation of Brazilian transvestite artists in the 1960s. One of the first venues that gave shelter to men dressed as women was Rival Theatre, directed by Américo Leal, the grandfather of the director. The film brings to the scene the intimacy, the talent and the stories of a generation that revolutionized sexual behavior and challenged the moral of a country.
SALES / CONTACT Estelle De Araujo Upside Distribution
Carol Benjamin
33 Quai de Dion Buoton
Rita Toledo
92800 Puteaux
Leandra Leal
France
Natara Ney
tel: +33 1 58478430
CO-PRODUCTION Bionica Filmes – Brazil
www.upsidedistribution.com estelle.dearaujo@ upsidetelevision.com
The film brings back to scene eight iconic performers of the first generation of Brazilian drags that challenged the moral of a country in the height of a military dictatorship. 140
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INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Canal Brasil – Brazil
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Do Not Fear Kezia Zurbrügg
Switzerland, 2017 14’ Original Language: German Subtitles: English
Darkness falls. Thinking about the future is accompanied by a slight concern. People retreat, and seek protection and advice to prepare for uncertainty. SALES / CONTACT Edith Flückiger Lucerne School of Art and Design Bachelor of Arts in Video
PRODUCTION Studienrichtung Video Edith Flückiger Hochschule Luzern – Design & Kunst
Nylsuisseplatz 1 6020 Emmenbrücke Switzerland www.hslu.ch/video manuel@manuelgeh.ch
Darkness falls. Thinking about the future is accompanied by a slight concern. People retreat, and seek protection and advice to prepare for uncertainty.
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Youth
#doinggood
Loeke de Waal, Steffi Posthumus
The Netherlands, 2016 58’ Original Language: English, Dutch Subtitles: English
Voluntourism is all over social media. It’s the perfect platform to show your adventurous, humanitarian, globetrotting side. The world of a volunteer turns out to be one full of new encounters, but also one in which expectations and reality can clash. A critical look at the voluntourism ‘phenomenon’ that is fed by the uncontrollable Western urge to do good.
SALES / CONTACT Diana Karklin Rise and Shine World Sales
PRODUCTION Loeke de Waal & Steffi Posthumus Steffi Posthumus
Schlesische Strasse 29/30 10997 Berlin Germany tel: +49 30 47372980 www.riseandshine-berlin.de diana.karklin@riseandshine-berlin.de
A critical look at the voluntourism “phenomenon” where expectations and reality often clash.
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Dolphin Man, The Story of Jaques Mayol Lefteris Charitos
Greece, 2017 52’, 80’ Original Language: English
Dolphin Man draws us into the world of Jacques Mayol, capturing his compelling journey and immersing viewers into the sensory and transformative experience of free-diving. The film weaves together stunning contemporary underwater photography of the world’s leading free divers with intimate testimonies of Mayol’s closest friends and rare film archive from the 1950’s onwards, to discover how the “dolphin man” revolutionized free-diving and brought a new consciousness to our relationship to the sea and to inner-selves.
SALES / CONTACT Jan Röfekamp Films Transit International Inc.
PRODUCTION Anemon Productions Rea Apostolides
21 Place Epernay J6Z 4K9 Lorraine, Quebec Canada tel: +1 514 8443358 www.filmstransit.com janrofekamp@filmstransit.com
Discover the story and legacy of the greatest free-diver in recorded history, whose life became the inspiration for Luc Besson’s cult-movie “Le Grand Bleu”.
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Dos Islas
Adriana F. Castelanos
Poland | Spain, 2017 40’ Original Language: Spanish Subtitles: English
Dos Islas is a poetic story about old age, family and the bond between a granddaughter and a grandmother. The woman, who just turned 102, tells stories about her past and childhood. In a literary and visual way she describes the most minute details. The film dazzles the viewer with love and optimism, the time passes slowly between the two islands, which might be real people, real places or the products of the main character’s imagination.
SALES / CONTACT Katarzyna Wilk KFF Sales & Promotion Basztowa 15/8a 31-143 Krakow Poland tel: +48 122 946945 www.kff.com.pl katarzyna.wilk@kff.com.pl
Dos Islas is a poetic story about old age, family and the bond between a granddaughter and a grandmother. The woman, who just turned 102, tells stories about her past and childhood.
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Draw Me Saint-Exupéry Andres Jarach
France, 2017 52’
Original Language: French Subtitles: English
On the 31st of July 1944, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry disappeared over the Mediterranean Sea. With this mystery, a myth was born. Who was the man whose book The Little Prince was translated into more than 250 languages and dialects? The film looks back at different moments of his intense life with an ironic look on the myth. Film archives and « drawn archives » help narrate the story told over the course of a flight.
SALES / CONTACT Stephan Riguet Andana Films
contact@andanafilms.com
PRODUCTION Quark Productions Patrick Winocour Juliette Guigon INVOLVED TV CHANNELS France 3 – France
The film looks back at different moments of his intense life with an ironic look on the myth. Film archives and ‘drawn archives’ help narrate the story told over the course of a flight.
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The Dread
Pablo Aparo, Martin Benchimol
Argentina, 2017 67’ Original Language: Spanish Subtitles: English
In a remote village in Argentina, home cures replace western medicine. Every disease is treated by neighbors except El Espanto (the dread), a rare disease that attacks women and is only cured by an old man, whom no one is encouraged to visit. In this village are born the evils and the antidotes, the mythologies and their detractors. A strange microclimate is the niche of mysteries that prevents certainties about the dread. The characters introduce us to this world where religious beliefs, esotericism and harsh precepts about family are combined.
SALES / CONTACT Pablo Aparo Machita Arias 2621 2B 1429 Buenos Aires Argentina tel: +54 9 11 63363257 www.machita.com.ar pol@bundafilms.com.ar
In a godforsaken town in Argentina, homemade remedies have replaced western medicine. “The Dread”, a rare disease that is only cured by an old man, whom no one is encouraged to visit.
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PRODUCTION Machita Mayra Bottero CO-PRODUCTION Gema Films – Argentina
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Dream Boat Tristan Milewski
Germany, 2017 90’ Original Language: English
It’s raining men. They come from 89 nations and float on a cruise ship along the Spanish east coast. Sun, sea, naked skin, and lots of testosterone stoke the vibes. The countdown is on for seven days of hunting for love, happiness, and eternal youth: the promise of the Dream Boat for gay men. For months, the passengers have been eagerly waiting for this journey. They have pumped up their bodies, purchased push-up swimwear, and filled their suitcases with hot outfits and glamorous costumes. For the men the trip on the Dream Boat is a liberation from political, social, or internal boundaries. Day and night, time and space melt with the rhythm of party music. In the floating state of this dreamy journey, the protagonists are confronted with their own reality. Basic themes of their lives shine through the seemingly utopic surface. At the same time they are confronted with the body cult of the gay community and feel that they can also be quite lonely among 3,000 potential future partners. The holiday trip unexpectedly turns into an inner odyssey, a trip to everyone’s own core. We follow five men from Poland, Palestine, India, France and Austria. For some of them it is dangerous to live life authentically in their home countries. On board they are looking for love, freedom and a satisfying future. How many hopes will the Dream Boat finally fulfill?
SALES / CONTACT Philippa Kowarsky
PRODUCTION Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion
Cinephil
CO-PRODUCTION ZDF/ARTE – Germany
18 Levontin st 6511207 Tel Aviv Israel tel: +972 3 5664129 www.cinephil.com info@cinephil.com
Once a year the Dream Boat sets sail for a cruise only for gay men. Far from their families and political restrictions, we follow five men from five countries on the quest for their dreams. The cruise promises seven days of sunshine, love, and freedom – but on board are also their personal stories, their doubts and uncertainties…
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Dreaming Murakami Nitesh Anjaan
Denmark | Japan, 2017 58’ Original Language: Japanese, Danish, English, Norwegian Subtitles: English
Dreaming Murakami when Mette Holm begins to translate Haruki Murakami’s debut novel Kaze no uta o kike (Hear the Wind Sing), a two-meter-tall frog shows up at an underground station in Tokyo. The Frog follows her, determined to engage the translator in its fight against the gigantic Worm, which is slowly waking from a deep sleep, ready to destroy the world with hatred. More than twenty years ago, Mette read a novel by Haruki Murakami, who had yet to reach literary stardom. Back then, she had no idea how the Japanese author’s imagined worlds would steadily shape and transform her own. Since then Mette Holm has spent thousands of hours translating Murakami’s puzzling and widely discussed stories to his Danish readers. Stories that continuously spellbind and challenge millions of devoted readers all over the planet.
SALES / CONTACT Signe Byrge Sørensen Final Cut for Real Forbindelsesvej 7 2100 Copenhagen Denmark tel: +45 35436043 www.finalcutforreal.dk byrge@final-cut.dk
As translator Mette Holm struggles to find the perfect sentences capable of communicating what Haruki Murakami’s characters are trying to tell us, the boundary between reality and fiction begins to blur. 148
PRODUCTION Final Cut for Real Pernille Tornøe Frederiksen Signe Byrge Sørensen
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Dries
Reiner Holzemer
Belgium | Germany, 2017 90’, 56’ Original Language: English Subtitles: English
For the first time fashion designer Dries Van Noten allows a filmmaker to accompany him in his creative process and rich home life. For an entire year Reiner Holzemer documents the precise steps that Dries takes to conceive of four collections, the rich fabrics, embroidery and prints exclusive to his designs. As well as the emblematic fashion shows that bring his collections to the world and have become cult ‘must sees’ at Paris Fashion Week. This film offers an insight into the life, mind and creative heart of a master fashion designer who, for more than 25 years, has remained independent in a landscape of fashion consolidation and globalization.
SALES / CONTACT Luke Brawley Dogwoof 19-23 Ironmonger Row EC1V 3QN London
PRODUCTION Reiner Holzemer Film Reiner Holzemer CO-PRODUCTION Aminata BVBA – Belgium
United Kingdom tel: +44 207 2536244 www.dogwoof.com luke@dogwoof.com
An insight into the life, mind and creative heart of a Dries Van Noten, who, for more than 25 years, has remained independent in a landscape of fashion consolidation and globalization.
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Earth Sutra Jordi Carot
Spain | Nepal | India | United States, 2017 52’, 90’ Original Language: English, Tibetan, Spanish, Catalan Subtitles: Spanish
What do you know of Tibet? ‘Earth Sutra’ is a documentary film that will change your vision of Tibet that has been controlled for 55 years by the Chinese oppression. Dare to reflect your relationship with the Earth, as well as your relationship with other human beings through Earth Sutra, a portrait of the survival in exile of the Tibetan people and about how their ancient culture can positively influence other parts of our planet in the face of the challenges and crises that are occurring in the 21st century.
SALES / CONTACT Antonio Cadierno Parodi AntropodDocs & Films
info@antropodocs.com
PRODUCTION AntropodDocs & Films Antonio Cadierno Parodi CO-PRODUCTION Fons Catalá de Producció – Spain
‘Earth Sutra’ changes your vision of Tibet after 55 years of Chinese oppression. It shows how the exile can positively influence our planet regarding the crises of the 21st century. 150
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Eating Animals Christopher Quinn
United States, 2017 94’ Original Language: Mandarin, English Subtitles: English
Directed and produced by Christopher Quinn (Sundance award winner God Grew Tired of Us), Eating Animals tells the story of the beginning of the end of factory farming. Produced with Academy Award winner Natalie Portman and Jonathan Safran Foer, the film is the feature-length adaptation of Foer’s critically acclaimed book of the same name that starts out with a simple question — where do our eggs, dairy and meat come from? Through the intimate narratives of several farmers dedicated to bringing their trade – and the way we eat – back to its roots, the film explores the notion of stepping away from the practices of the past 40 years that have polluted our environment, endangered our health, and caused us all to be complicit in the inhumane treatment of animals. Looking at the costs we’ve incurred as our country has become dominated by massive industrial complexes designed to feed the masses, Eating Animals paints a picture of a future where traditional farming is no longer a distant memory, but is instead the only way forward.
SALES / CONTACT Amanda Lebow CAA
PRODUCTION Big Star Pictures Christopher Quinn
2000 Avenue of the Stars
Natalie Portman
90067 Los Angeles
Jonathan Safran Foer
United States tel: +1 424 2882000 amanda.lebow@caa.com
Eating Animals, the feature-length adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s book of the same name, tells the story of the beginning of the end of factory farming.
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Nature / Environment
Eerstewater Helene Smit
South Africa, 2017 82’ Original Language: Afrikaans Subtitles: English
The film considers the complex interplay between the individual psyche, the social fabric, and the arid land which sustains life in the Karoo. Local Prince Albert residents tell of divergent lives: of devotion to caregiving beyond the bounds of family; of the philosopher farmer’s relationship with the land; of losing parts of oneself; and of friendship whilst at the mercy of a system that is failing.
SALES / CONTACT Helene Smit Depth Leadership Trust helene@feather.co.za
“Eerstewater: In Search of the Wellspring - Stories of the Psyche” explores how the human psyche transcends the struggles between survival and development, weaving together story, theory, music and metaphor.
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PRODUCTION Depth Leadership Trust Helene Smit
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Elish’s Notebooks Golan Rise
Israel, 2017 74’
Original Language: Hebrew Subtitles: English
82-year-old Elisheva Rise passed away. As her children clear out her home, they find journals she secretly wrote to each of them documenting their lives from their birth until her last day. Every evening she would sit in her kibbutz home and write to her 7 children, whom she had never hugged nor kissed. Following the treasure she left behind, they embark on an emotional and painful journey, learning about childhood, motherhood, and parenting.
SALES / CONTACT Hedva Goldschmidt Go2Films
PRODUCTION Daroma Productions Elad Peleg
37/8 Issar Natanzon st.
Haggai Arad
97787 Jerusalem Israel
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS The Second Authority for Television
tel: +972 2 5831371
and Radio, Channel 2 – Israel
www.go2films.com hedva@go2films.com
After the death of Elisheva her children clear out her home and find some old journals. She secretly wrote a journal for each of her seven children, whom she had never hugged. Now, they open the journals for the first time. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Elvis And The Girl From Vienna Kurt Langbein
Austria, 2017 56’, 65’ Original Language: English, German Subtitles: English
In August, 1956, Elvis Presley started shooting his first feature film, Love Me Tender. At his side was his manager, Colonel Tom Parker and his just-hired secretary, Trude Forsher. Elvis and the Girl is Trude’s account of how Elvis’ career went from a southern United States singing sensation to a global legend. Over the five years that Trude worked with Elvis and the Colonel, she observed first hand the legendary moments’ in Elvis life. Elvis and the Girl is also told through the eyes of Byron Raphael, personal assistant to Trude, Elvis and Colonel from 1956 to 1958. The film includes music and images that have rarely - if ever - been seen. It is not only the story of Elvis’ rise to fame, but of one of his most personal confidants, who escaped the ravages of WW2 to get the job a million girls dreamed of - Elvis private secretary.
SALES / CONTACT Salma Abdalla Autlook Filmsales Spittelberggasse 3/14 1070 Vienna Austria tel: +43 7 20346934 www.autlookfilms.com salma@autlookfilms.com
Elvis and the Girl from Vienna is Trude’s account of how Elvis’ career went from a southern United States singing sensation to a global legend. 154
PRODUCTION Langbein & Partner Media & Co KG Kurt Langbein
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Empathy Ed Antoja
Spain, 2017 53’
Original Language: Spanish, English Subtitles: English
Ed is commissioned to make a documentary intending to change the habits of society that are detrimental to animals. But completely alien to the animal-loving culture; he will realize that to carry out the project, he must first convince himself. The process of documentation and lming of the documentary and the conversations with Jenny, a collaborator of the animal foundation that commissioned the lm, will serve to contrast his doubts and to look for answers about veganism and in general, how to live in a manner that is more responsible with animals. A series of new precepts that will affect the way he eats, dresses, consumes and even spends his free time, and which will clash with his immediate surroundings: family, friends and crew. To overcome this, Ed will use the expe- rience of 5 people who have adopted this lifestyle and the opinions of several experts on the issue. A project that will change his way of living forever. Or perhaps not?
SALES / CONTACT Pablo Briseño Galván Feelsales
PRODUCTION La Diferencia Ed Antoja
Avda. de Concha Espina, 65 - 2º
FAADA
28016 Madrid
Carla Cornella
Spain pablobriseno@feelsales.com
A story about animal respect told by a skeptic.
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History / Politics | Human Interest / Social Issues | Investigative
End of Truth Tricia Todd, Eric Matthies
United States | United Kingdom, 2017 56’ Original Language: English, Arabic Subtitles: English
End of Truth is an emotionally powerful investigation into the political and criminal enterprise of kidnappings as ISIS rose to power in war torn Syria. By intercutting exclusive footage with intimate interviews of negotiators, investigators, fixers and even a used car salesman who are caught up in the confusion, we examine the leads that led to lies revealing the terrible consequence of misinformation when lives are at stake.
SALES / CONTACT Kazz Basma Sideways Film
Eric Matthies
7 Bouverie Mews
Tricia Todd
N16 0AE London
Sideways Film
United Kingdom
Kazz Basma
www.sidewaysfilm.com kazz@sidewaysfilm.com
End of Truth is an emotionally powerful investigation into the global enterprise of kidnapping for financial or political gain and what happens when negotiations and rescue missions go horribly wrong.
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Erdogan: The Dictator’s Republic Ryan Heilman
Turkey | United States | Germany | Belgium | United Kingdom, 2017 90’ Original Language: English, Turkish Subtitles: English
Alfred Molina leads us through the story of Turkey. Once a rising democracy in the Middle East, the country’s economy has tanked, legislation is increasingly authoritarian, and civil liberties have vanished. Why is this happening and who is behind it? The answers lie with one man: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Initially a leader who united the country, Erdogan now attacks all free speech, is tied to international corruption, and has completely alienated his European allies. This documentary explores Erdogan’s Turkey, examining how the country slipped so far from democratic ideals, and what terrifying prospects lie ahead.
SALES / CONTACT Joe Heilman Heilman Productions, LLC
PRODUCTION Heilman Productions Joe Heilman
5482 Wilshire Blvd #145 90036 Los Angeles United States joe@heilmanproductions.com
Narrated by Alfred Molina and told through the voices of Turkish citizens, Erdogan explores how a man with democratic ideals became the dictator he fought so hard to defeat. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Eternity Never Surrendered Daniela Rea Gómez
Mexico, 2017 73’
Original Language: Spanish
Is a portrait of the intimate battles that two women who wait for their disappeared loved ones. Stories separated by decades; Lilian´s, who lost her husband in 2010 due to organized crime, and Alicia´s, whose mother was detained during the Dirty War. They both find each other in this documentary, showing us how the search for the missing person is also a battle not to disappear oneself from life.
SALES / CONTACT Edna Martinez IMCINE Av. Insurgentes Sur #674 Col. Del Valle Benito Juárez 03100 Ciudad de México Mexico sales@imcine.gob.mx
Is a portrait of the intimate battles that two women who wait for their disappeared loved ones.
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PRODUCTION IMCINE Mario Gutiérrez Vega
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Etgar Keret Based on a True Story Stephane Kaas
Israel | The Netherlands, 2017 54’ Original Language: English, Hebrew Subtitles: English
People from all over the world have come to love Israeli writer Etgar Keret for his surreal short stories and his hilarious live performances. As The Guardian wrote: ‘Spending time with him is like entering the world of his stories: suddenly, everything seems slightly off-kilter, full of comic potential.’ Both Keret’s short stories and the anecdotes from his own life, share the fact that they are very relatable despite their incredible absurdities. How did Keret become such an amazing storyteller? When two young Dutch filmmakers set out to make a film about Etgar Keret’s stories, they knew they had to make use of a lot of different techniques to truly show how his mind works. Through animations of his stories, re-enactments of his anecdotes, peeks behind the scenes and interviews with family and friends (Jonathan Safran Foer and Ira Glass among them) in Tel Aviv and New York, they try to find out why Keret’s constant storytelling has kept him alive.
SALES / CONTACT Margaret Stanneveld NPO Sales
PRODUCTION NTR Colette Melsen
Bart de Graaffweg 2 1202JJ Hilversum The Netherlands tel: +31 35 6773561 www.nposales.com margaret.stanneveld@npo.nl
In his short stories, Israeli writer Etgar Keret mixes fantasy and reality. His own life story also comes across as a modern fairy tale. In this hybrid documentary, the filmmakers investigate why storytelling is essential for Keret’s survival.
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Ethiopia by Tuk Tuk Ludovico de Maistre
Ethiopia | Italy, 2017 87’, 52’ on request Original Language: Italian, English Subtitles: English
It’s just like the difference that exists between Fast Food and Slow Food: would you rather have a hamburger in 5 minutes, or a steak while sitting at a table sipping a glass of good wine? The World in Slow Motion means taking your time to observe, participating in what you’re documenting and having great fun trying not to get lost in the middle of nowhere. The first Adventure has been organized in Ethiopia: 3 Tuk Tuks, 3 Teams, 11 travelers, 18 days of Adventure, more than 2500 km across southern Ethiopia to discover the ethnic groups of the Omo valley, promoting road safety and visiting charity projects along the way. The mission? Have fun promoting a slow and responsible way of traveling. The record? Be the first in the history to reach the Omo River on board of three-wheeler. ? The documentary is based on spontaneity and genuineness of the participants who were selected from among thousands of candidates. Each of them has had a role in the production, but with freedom to say their thoughts and tell their experience without rules: the script was built by the travelers themselves along the way? 160
SALES / CONTACT Ludovico de Maistre Taurinorum Adventures
PRODUCTION Taurinorum Adventures Ludovico de Maistre
ludovico@taurinorumteam.com
3 Tuk Tuk, 3 Teams, 11 travelers, 18 days of travel, more than 2500 km across southern Ethiopia. The mission? Have fun while promoting a slow and responsible way of traveling. The record? Be the first in the history to reach the Omo River on board of three-wheeler.
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Ethiopiques- Revolt of the Soul Maciek Bochniak
Poland | Germany, 2017 85’, 52’ Original Language: Amharic, English Subtitles: English
‘Ethiopiques’ is the history of Ethiopian music with its elegance and musical sophistication. An epic story that takes place during four different periods (‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s and modern times) on three continents (Africa, North America and Europe). ‘Ethiopiques’ shows music as a time capsule accidentally found by one of our characters, Francis Falceto, after many years.
SALES / CONTACT Catherine Le Clef CAT&Docs 18 rue Quincampoix 133 75004 Paris
PRODUCTION Pokromski Studio Mikolaj Pokromski INVOLVED TV CHANNELS HBO Europe – Czech Republic
France tel: +33 6 33648602 www.catndocs.com cat@catndocs.com
The story of forgotten Ethiopian musicians who became a considerable inspiration for free jazz and pop music nowadays.
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Youth
L’Etranger Kenneth Michiels
Belgium, 2017 54’ Original Language: French Subtitles: English
In the ‘poor crescent’ around Brussels one child in three lives on the poverty line. But they can find refuge with BX Brussels of Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany – a sports and social project. L’Etranger / Stranger follows recent immigrant Senegalese football coach Moussa as he struggles to give them hope in their sport... and in their life
SALES / CONTACT Steven Allcock The New Flemish Primitives Wezembeekstraat 3 1930 Zaventem Belgium steven.allcock@tnfp.tv
A documentary about BX Brussels, the social sporting project in Brussels founded by Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany. It offers an unfiltered look at the sometimes tough reality of Brussels. 162
PRODUCTION Moose & Tash Kenneth Michiels CO-PRODUCTION Bonka Circus – Belgium
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Exodus Hank Levine
Brazil, 2016 55’
Original Language: Portuguese,
Arabic, English, German Subtitles: English
Exodus tells intimate refugees stories from different parts of the world, whose personal journey we follow for two years. Lahtow and Mahka from Kachin, Napuli, a Sudanese political activist fighting to stay in Germany, Tarcha fled Algeria to ongoing refugee camps, Dana, desperate to reunite her family from Syria to Canada. Nizar, a Palestinian-Syrian on his journey to Europe, Bruno from Togo now helping other refugees in German camps.
SALES / CONTACT Anaïs Clanet
PRODUCTION Hank Levine
Wide House
O2 Filmes
9, rue Bleue
Andrea Barata
75009 Paris France tel: +33 6 79060738 www.widehouse.org ac@widehouse.org
Exodus tells intimate refugees stories from different parts of the world and follows their personal journey for two years.
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Politics / Society
Faith, Hope, Love: In Search of Russia’s New Heroines Katja Fedulova
Germany, 2017 52’, 97’ Original Language: Russian, German Subtitles: English
Acclaimed filmmaker, Katja Fedulova (Berlinale Talent 2014), left Russia when she was 18, over 20 years ago. But the homeland for which her grandmother fought continues to haunts her. She returns home with one big question: Are there still heroines in Putin’s Russia? She finds three young, beautiful women, each fighting for their own vision of what their country should be. Their struggle offers a complex picture of modern Russian - full of dramatic, desperate, absurd and funny moments, showing the corruption and fragillity of a country still struggling with the aftermath of perestroika.
SALES / CONTACT Kathryn Bonnici Java Films
Ira Tondowski
38 Quai Du Point Du Jour
Alex Tondowski
92100 Boulogne-Billancourt
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS ZDF – Germany
France tel: +33 1 74713313 www.javafilms.fr kathryn@javafilms.tv
Russia, home of world-famous thinkers, poets and artists. Russia, battlefield of war, dictatorship and revolutions. 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the great revolution but what is going on now? 164
PRODUCTION Tondowski Films
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FAME
Giacomo Abbuzzese
Italy | France, 2017 58’ Original Language: Italian Subtitles: English
A movie about the last breath of randomness and vandalism in what it’s now called street art.
SALES / CONTACT Sébastien Hussenot La Luna Productions
PRODUCTION La Luna Productions Sébastien Hussenot
12, rue d’Enghien 75010 Paris France tel: +33 1 48075600 www.lunaprod.fr sebastien@lunaprod.fr
A movie about the last breath of randomness and vandalism in what it’s now called street art.
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Investigative
The Family Rosie Jones
Australia, 2016 98’, 55’ Original Language: English
Anne Hamilton-Byrne was beautiful, charismatic and delusional. She was also incredibly dangerous. Convinced she was a living god, Hamilton-Byrne headed an apocalyptic sect called The Family, which was prominent in Melbourne from the 1960s to the 1990s. With her husband Bill, she acquired numerous children – some through adoption scams, some born to cult members – and raised them as her own. Isolated from the outside world, the children were dressed in matching outfits, had identically dyed blonde hair, and were allegedly beaten, starved and injected with LSD. Taught that Hamilton-Byrne was both their mother and the messiah, the children were eventually rescued during a police raid in 1987, but their trauma had only just begun.
SALES / CONTACT Luke Brawley
PRODUCTION Rosie Jones
Dogwoof 19-23 Ironmonger Row EC1V 3QN London United Kingdom tel: +44 207 2536244 www.dogwoof.com luke@dogwoof.com
An incendiary, shocking investigation into one of Australia’s most notorious cults, The Family, and the scars its survivors still bear today. 166
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The Family I Had Katie Green, Carlye Rubin
United States, 2017 77’ Original Language: English
Charity walks a fine line between love and fear of her son Paris. It’s been ten years since he killed her daughter and she is left questioning his chance at redemption and her ability to forgive. We peel back the layers to reveal a family history previously marked by intra-family violence as she embraces motherhood for a third time with a new baby boy. Multiple accounts allow for conflicting points of view, leaving the audience questioning where the ultimate truth and accountability lies.
SALES / CONTACT Luke Brawley Dogwoof
PRODUCTION Smoke & Apple Films Katie Green
19-23 Ironmonger Row
Carlye Rubin
EC1V 3QN London
Tina Grapenthin
United Kingdom tel: +44 207 2536244 www.dogwoof.com luke@dogwoof.com
What begins as a seemingly isolated incident of a 13-yearold boy killing his three-year-old sister slowly dissolves into the illuminating the anatomy of a broken family.
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Fashion, Models and Muslima - The Female Islamic Revolution Anita Lackenberger Austria, 2017 35’
Original Language: German, English
The documentary takes a look at the fifties and sixties and paints a wholly different picture of women’s rights in the Middle East from the one we’re used to today. In those days the veil had become a private matter and equality seemed within reach. Who were the pioneers of this feminist movement? And how could such a reversal take place? This documentary reports on a piece of women’s history that will change the way we see countries like Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine and Israel.
SALES / CONTACT Armin Luttenberger ORF - Enterprise Am Europlatz 5, Building C 1120 Vienna Austria www.contentsales.orf.at armin.luttenberger@orf.at
The documentary takes a look at the fifties and sixties and paints a wholly different picture of women’s rights in the Middle East from the one we’re used to today. 168
PRODUCTION Produktion West Anita Lackenberger INVOLVED TV CHANNELS ORF – Austria
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Father’s Kingdom Lenny Feinberg
United States, 2017 107’ Original Language: English
Father Divine was one of the great civil rights leaders in United States history. A controversial figure his entire life, he is unknown because he declared he was God. SALES / CONTACT Lenny Feinberg MAJ Productions
PRODUCTION MAJ Productions Lenny Feinberg
230 Bala Avenue 19004 Bala-Cynwyd United States www.majproductions.com lennymaj@gmail.com
The life of Father Divine and the legacy he left.
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Fatum (Room 216) Ramon Gieling
The Netherlands, 2017 77’ Original Language: English Subtitles: Dutch
Fatum is both a documentary and a compiled narration; the film’s spine consists out of the archive of a interrrogation between a police officer and a suspect. But it is embedded by a man and a woman rehearsing a piece for cello and violin and images of guilty places. The two soloists seem to be a variation on the forced assembly of the two men, condemned to be together for hours in the same room. Their music is the soundtrack of an interrogation that becomes more unbearable every minute. The film explores the ethical and moral issue of sexuality as a destructive force and the dark area that penetrates a human being when he crosses the thin line between humanity and inhumanity...
SALES / CONTACT Ramon Gieling Thinking out Loud Productions ramongieling@gmail.com
The man slowly becomes a suspect and eventually a truth approaching Dante’s hell is being confessed.
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PRODUCTION Thinking out Loud Productions Ramon Gieling INVOLVED TV CHANNELS VPRO – The Netherlands
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Art / Music / Culture
Fence Your Best Liat Mer
Israel, 2017 60’
Original Language: Hebrew Subtitles: English
Haim Hatuel started piercing his kids at the age of 5. Today, they are Israeli fencing champions. It all started a day after his release from the army, when he saw an ad that changed his life. He was accepted into a fencing academy, a social sport initiative aimed at turning street kids into law abiding citizens who would go on to pursue a career. Over the next 45 years, Haim has built a fencing empire in Acre. Just before the Rio Olympic Games in 2016, the family empire is about to crash.
SALES / CONTACT Hedva Goldschmidt Go2Films 37/8 Issar Natanzon st. 97787 Jerusalem
PRODUCTION Liat mer Liat Mer INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Yes Docu – Israel
Israel tel: +972 2 5831371 www.go2films.com hedva@go2films.com
The Israeli fencing empire has flourished for decades thanks to its founder and legendary coach Haim Hatuel. Can he save the family empire from crashing before the Rio Olympic Games?
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History
Ferrari 312B Andrea Marini
Italy, 2017 82’
Original Language: English, Italian Subtitles: English
1970 was the year Mauro Forghieri, Ferrari’s chief engineer and designer, decided to launch a new car on the track supported by a powerful revolutionary engine, the legendary horizontally-opposed V12 model of the Ferrari 312B, the first ‘flat’ engine in racing history. It made its debut in 1970 and, from the very start, allowed its top racing drivers, Jacky Ickx and Clay Regazzoni, to win four Grands Prix and compete for the World Title right to the very end, starting an extraordinary spate of wins lasting at least a decade (1970 -1980), and collecting 37 Grand Prix wins, four world Constructors Championships and three Drivers Championships. Ferrari 312B tells the story of men and motors, but most of all, passion. The passion that drove Italian ex-F1 racing driver, Paolo Barilla, to bring the Ferrari 312B back on track, 46 years after its debut, and race it once more on the Montecarlo circuit for the Historic Rally held there every two years.
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SALES / CONTACT Pedro Citaristi Nexo Digital Srl
PRODUCTION Tarpini srl Francesca Baiardi
Piazza Cadorna 15 20121 Milan Italy www.nexodigitalmedia.it pedro.citaristi@nexodigital.it
Can one car on its own represent a revolution? If we’re talking F1 and Ferrari, then the answer can only be yes. And the car is the Ferrari 312B.
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Festival
Tomasz Wolski, Anna Gawlita
Poland, 2017 85’
Original Language: Polish Subtitles: English
There is a classical music festival going on. The camera takes a look at the backstage, captures the last rehearsals, follows the work of the technical crew, costume preparations and the banter between the signer and the pianist. Backstage, fans are collecting autographs and take photographs with artists. This is the festival microcosm as seen from all possible perspectives. The stage seems to be somewhere far away as the process of music creation and the commotion that accompanies it is more important.
SALES / CONTACT Katarzyna Wilk KFF Sales & Promotion
PRODUCTION Kijora Anna Gawlita
Basztowa 15/8a 31-143 Krakow Poland tel: +48 122 946945 www.kff.com.pl katarzyna.wilk@kff.com.pl
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Politics / Society
The Field Mordechai Vardi
Israel, 2017 72’
Original Language: Arabic, Hebrew, English Subtitles: English
Gush Etzion junction, between Jerusalem and Hebron: Ali Abu Awwad dedicates his family’s field as a Palestinian Center for Non-violence. Despite his life experience, four years in an Israeli prison, his mother’s five year sentence, a brother killed by an Israeli soldier - Ali creates ‘’Roots’’ with local Israeli settlers advancing responsibility and grassroots work to enable political reconciliation. The film director accompanies the initiative for 2.5 years and documents the changes transpiring on both sides. In 2015, Gush Etzion Junction suffers a wave of violence and the activists face a reality where their own relatives are being attacked.
SALES / CONTACT Michael Treves JMT Films Distribution 9 Haavoda St., Appt. 33., Tel Aviv 6382110, Israel 6382110 Tel Aviv Israel
PRODUCTION Veradim Productions Mordechai Vardi CO-PRODUCTION JMT Films Distribution – Israel INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Channel 8 – Israel
tel: +972 3 525 4782 www.JMTFilms.com michael@jmtfilms.com
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Ali Abu Awaad is a leading Palestinian activist who teaches his countrymen non-violent resistance and reaches out to Jewish Israelis at the heart of the conflict. 174
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The FIFA Family – A Love Story Niels Borchert Holm
Denmark, 2017 58’ Original Language: English
Disbelief filled the room when FIFA decided for desert state Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup. Five years on, the FBI raided FIFA’s favorite hotel in Zürich to charge members of the Executive Committee with corruption. ExCo member Chuck Blazer’s girlfriend, Mary Lynn Blanks, witnessed the sports scandal of the decade. She documented a rare glimpse into the multi-billion-dollar industry of professional football, governed by 24 suits operating in the shadows.
SALES / CONTACT Kim Christiansen DR International Sales Emil Holms Kanal 20
PRODUCTION DR Jon Adelsten
0999 Copenhagen
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A rare glimpse into the multi-billion-dollar industry of professional football, governed by 24 suits operating in the shadows.
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Fight Hate With Love Andrew Michael Ellis
United States, 2016 52’ Original Language: English
As a young man, Michael Ta’Bon’s excon father taught him about drugs and crime, and those lessons landed him in prison for 15 years. During his incarceration, Michael promised himself that he would one day start a movement to prevent young black people from getting caught in the cycle of violence he found himself in. Seven years after being released from prison, now married with a pregnant wife and a young son, Michael is a dedicated public servant in his North Philadelphia neighborhood, but those years of incarceration have left him with invisible scars, and his fierce commitment to community work may ultimately cost him his family.
SALES / CONTACT Pablo Briseño Galván Feelsales Avda. de Concha Espina, 65 - 2º 28016 Madrid Spain pablobriseno@feelsales.com
Michael Ta’Bon spent 15 years in prison, where he promised himself that one day he would start a movement to prevent young people from repeating his mistakes. Now married and with two kids, his fierce commitment to community activism may ultimately cost him his family. 176
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Fighting For Life Jamillah van der Hulst
The Netherlands, 2017 52’ Original Language: English
The film shows Sharita at work during a one week coaching course that she provides to selected prisoners who want to become a boxing coach themselves. Sharita has a strong belief in the power of boxing. Learning all about the sport and becoming a boxing coach provides the prisoners with a new goal and with qualifications when they return into society after serving their sentences. With her professional and enthusiastic commitment Sharita manages to gain the confidence of the prisoners who speak highly of her and of what they learn. One of the prisoners, Nkosinati Biyana, has a drive and passion for boxing that very few other prisoners possess. It is unusual in African culture for a man to be taught by a woman but in Biyana’s case he takes it up with an open mind. Later this proves to be very valuable to him as he, after his release from prison, becomes a coach and mentor of children in his neighborhood and gets an opportunity to become a professional boxer. Drakenstein Correctional Center, formerly called Victor Verster Prison, is the place where Nelson Mandela served his last 18 months of captivity before he was released in 1990. During his time as president Mandela, himself a boxer, changed the prison system in South Africa by introducing a vision on rehabilitation.
SALES / CONTACT Pablo Briseño Galván Feelsales Avda. de Concha Espina, 65 - 2º
PRODUCTION JaJa Film Productions Jamillah van der Hulst Conrad Alleblas
28016 Madrid Spain pablobriseno@feelsales.com
A unique look inside the South African prison Drakenstein Correctional Center and the impressive work of Dutch boxing coach Sharita van der Hulst in the rehabilitation program for prisoners that are serving heavy sentences.
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Final Year Francisco Espinoza
Chile, 2017 65’
Original Language: Spanish Subtitles: English
A group of Deaf friends that studies at a public school, where they have been classmates since the age of two, experiences their final year together. While classes advances they get prepared to confront their biggest fear: attending a school of hearers. This film reveals the unjustice and discrimination of an educational system that abuses human rights.
SALES / CONTACT Francisco Espinoza Organicafilms
mestizoman@gmail.com
Five inseparable Deaf friends prepares to face their greatest fear: to study in a school of hearers.
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PRODUCTION Organicafilms Viviana Corvalán
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Fire Mouth
Luciano Pérez Fernández
Brazil, 2017 9’
Original Language: Portuguese Subtitles: English
In the city of Salgueiro, Brazil, soccer fans in the stands endure the sun‘s heat and the discomfort to enjoy the thrill of a local match while an epic battle ignites the radio waves. With his powerful voice and unmistakable style, the commentator Fire Mouth makes every kick and shot on goal more exciting and overwhelming.
SALES / CONTACT Erika Azevedo erika.azevedo@gmail.com
PRODUCTION Erika Azevedo Luciano Pérez Fernández
City of Salgueiro, in the heartland of Pernambuco, Brazil. In the stands, the heat punishes the fans. On the radio, Fire Mouth ignites the broadcasting. There`s no sports commentator like Fire Mouth. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Author’s Point of View
Five worlds Giancarlo Soldi
Italy, 2016 52’, 67
Original Language: Italian Subtitles: English
Five Worlds - Five Ways to tell the cinema- Five different Visions. Those are the worlds of our five Oscars directors who tell us the films, of which they are nourished, and who has somehow influenced their cinema, their imagination. Roberto Benigni, Bernardo Bertolucci, Gabriele Salvatores, Paolo Sorrentino, Giuseppe Tornatore share the wonder, love and magic of the stories lived in the dark hall of the cinema. Their way to tell those stories is evocative, private, engaging. Their personal reflections on the meaning of making films allow us to figure out which was the driving force that led to debut them. The protagonists are them and their words and the camera listens to them.
SALES / CONTACT Stefania Casini Bizef Produzione srl VIA S.S Quattro 25 a 00184 Rome Italy www.bizefproduzione.it bizefproduzione@mac.com
The 5 Italian Oscar winner directors tell how they are involved in the art of cinematography. They open their memories treasure to the public and make us understanding their imaginary. 180
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La Flor de la Vida Claudia Abend, Adriana Loeff
Uruguay, 2017 86’ Original Language: Spanish Subtitles: English
La Flor de la Vida tells the story of Aldo and Gabriella, a married couple facing one of the most difficult decisions they have ever had to make. After reaching old age and when they were supposed to enjoy their last years together in peace, the past, the routine, their separate interests and contrasting personalities, all comes together forcing them to ask themselves a painful question: should we stay together? The documentary reconstructs five decades of a marriage, both through the memories of its protagonists and through original home movies that since the late 1950s registered the most intimate moments of their family life. The passion of the early years, the birth of their three children, the family vacations, the crises and reconciliations, all is told through this captivating and poetic footage that brings the past back to life. With an unexpected candidness and openness, Aldo and Gabriella reflect upon their own lives and their relationship, their choices and mistakes, from those first years they both describe as ‘perfect,’ when they dreamt about growing old together, to the present when they realize all they have been doing is growing apart. La Flor de la Vida is a love story, or rather, a story about the end of love. It tells a minimal tale but, at the same time, puts us face to face with our most essential and universal questions as human beings, questions regarding the passing of time and the challenges of sustaining a relationship through the years.
SALES / CONTACT Andrew Herwitz Film Sales Company 165 Madison Avenue
PRODUCTION MMS Films Claudia Abend Adriana Loeff
10016 New York United States andrew.herwitz@filmsalescorp.com
After five decades of marriage, Aldo and Gabriella are facing a crisis. What happened to the couple that fell in love in their twenties? What is keeping them together now that they are blowing out their eightieth candles? Is it time to say good-bye? La Flor de la Vida is a fairy tale facing reality - a universal story about love, relationships, and aging.
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History / Politics
Freedom For The Wolf Rupert Russell
Germany, 2017 89’ Original Language: English, Cantonese, Arabic, Hindi, Japanese
Democracy is in crisis. A new generation of elected leaders is dismantling freedom and democracy, as we know it. Filmed over three years in five countries, Freedom For The Wolf is an epic investigation into this new regime of illiberal democracy. From the young students of Hong Kong, to a rapper in post-Arab Spring Tunisia and the viral comedians of Bollywood, we discover how people from every corner of the globe are fighting the same struggle. They are fighting against elected leaders who trample on human rights, minorities, and their political opponents. Donald J. Trump is the latest and perhaps most dangerous to assume power. Philosopher Isaiah Berlin warned against this political hijacking long ago, ‘freedom for the wolves has often meant death for the sheep.’ Now the wolves are on the rise. Can they be defeated?
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SALES / CONTACT Philippa Kowarsky Cinephil 18 Levontin st
PRODUCTION Bulldog Agenda Patrick Hamm Camilla Hall
6511207 Tel Aviv Israel tel: +972 3 5664129 www.cinephil.com info@cinephil.com
Democracy is in crisis. A new generation of elected leaders is dismantling freedom and democracy, as we know it.
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Freelancer on the Front Lines Santiago Bertolino
Canada, 2016 98’ Original Language: French, English
Freelance Canadian reporter Jesse Rosenfeld made the Middle East his focal point. The film follows his journey and reveals the region’s complex reality, while also reflecting the ever-changing context of journalism in the Digital Age. From Egypt to Turkey and Iraq, through Israel and Palestine, this film shows the ups and downs of a new type of journalism that aims to give a voice to independent and critical reporting in the digital revolution jungle.
SALES / CONTACT Nathalie Bourdon National Film Board of Canada 3155, Chemin Cote-de-Liesse
PRODUCTION National Film Board of Canada Nathalie Cloutier Denis McCready
H4N 2N4 Montreal Canada tel: +1 514 4964134 www.nfb.ca n.bourdon@nfb.ca
The film follows Freelance Canadian reporter Jesse Rosenfeld and reveals the Middle East’s complex reality, while also reflecting the everchanging context of journalism in the Digital Age.
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Art / Music / Culture
Fritz Lang Gordian Maugg
Germany, 2016 black and white 104’ Original Language: German Subtitles: English
Fritz Lang. He was regarded a genius, an egocentric sex maniac and a sadist. Violence and love became subjects that would not let go of Fritz Lang for the rest of his life. In Vienna, as the son of a violent father, under whom his muchloved Jewish mother suffered. As a soldier in Galicia, where he experienced the horrors of the First World War. And finally, as a young director in Berlin, accused of murdering his own wife. Fritz Lang researches the “Evil” in all of us and in himself.
SALES / CONTACT Anaïs Clanet Wide House 9, rue Bleue 75009 Paris France tel: +33 6 79060738 www.widehouse.org ac@widehouse.org
The real thrilling story behind the creation of M.
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From Business to Being Julian Wildgruber, Hanna Henigin
Germany, 2017 89’ Original Language: English, German Subtitles: English www.mindjazz-pictures.de
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How do we want to live and work? The film From Business to Being tells the story of three executives – a former investment banker at Lehman Brothers, a project manager in the automobile industry and a regional manager at the pharmacy chain “dm” – who embark on a quest to find ways out of the “rat race”. Their motivation: the desire for more enthusiasm, meaning and authenticity in their work. Available worldwide, except Germany/Austria/Switzerland (TV-rights available)
SALES / CONTACT Alessandro Lombardo Mindjazz Pictures
PRODUCTION MadeVision GmbH Julian Wildgruber
Geisselstr. 12 50823 Cologne Germany alessandro@mindjazz-international.com
How do we want to live and work? Can meditation and awareness-training help to free people from stress provoking patterns of thinking and behaving?
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From Top To Bottoms Andri Freyr Vidarsson
Iceland, 2017 1x91’, 2x45’ Original Language: Icelandic Subtitles: English
A documentary that is a beautiful and inspiring story about passion, endurance and unity within a group of people who live for the horsepower, speed, action, rollovers and brotherhood. For the first time ever, Icelandic sport called ‘Torfæra’ or Formula Off-road, goes to America, Bikini Bottom Off-road park, in Dyersburg, Tennessee. To show off their skills, teach those Americans how to drive and give them the show off their lifetime.
SALES / CONTACT Helene Aurø DR International Sales Emil Holms Kanal 20 0999 Copenhagen Denmark tel: +45 35 203040 www.drsales.dk heau@dr.dk
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PRODUCTION Republik Productions Andri Freyr Vidarsson Ada Benjaminsdottir
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Nature / Environment
The Fruitful Farm Gudni Pall Saemundsson
Iceland, 2017 30’
Original Language: Icelandic
The fruitful farm A culinary TV series which tells the inspiring story of Arni, a young professional chef, who follows his dreams of leaving the hectic pace of New York City for a quiet farm life in Iceland. Arni learns to farm from his neighbors, explores the countryside and discovers a lively group of local food producers from whom he chooses the best of ingredients. Using traditional Icelandic and modern recipes, he cooks exciting dishes with his own twist.
SALES / CONTACT Helene Aurø DR International Sales
PRODUCTION Budrygindi productions Bryndis Geirsdottir
Emil Holms Kanal 20 0999 Copenhagen Denmark tel: +45 35 203040 www.drsales.dk heau@dr.dk
A culinary TV series which tells the inspiring story of Arni, a young professional chef, who follows his dreams of leaving the hectic pace of New York City for a quiet farm life in Iceland.
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Author’s Point of View
Garden of Life Marco Niemeijer
The Netherlands, 2017 73’ Original Language: Dutch Subtitles: English
When 82 year old Leo, the filmmaker’s father-in-law, starts to lose control over his life due to Alzheimer’s, he desperately tries to maintain a grip on the small world of his back garden. Every day he inspects all changes, fingers leaves, and removes everything that should make way for new growth. But the garden is running wild. The seasons go by. ‘Friends are like the sunshine in the garden of life’. In August, Leo can still translate the slogan that adorns his garden. Friends’, he tries one last time in March, ‘are the... sunshine... in the dawn of... the morning.’
SALES / CONTACT Marc Thelosen seriousFilm Andrej Sacharovstraat 27 3065 EC Rotterdam The Netherlands tel: +31 10 4470812 www.seriousfilm.nl marc@seriousfilm.nl
An intimate portrait of Marco Niemeijer’s father in law suffering from Alzheimer’s.
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Human Interest / Social Issues
Garden of Stars
Stéphane Riethauser, Pasquale Plastino
Germany | Switzerland, 2016 52’, 61’ Original Language: German Subtitles: English
In this enchanted garden, Ichgola Androgyn (alias Bernd Bossmann, man/woman cabaret artist, gay /AIDS activist) runs Germany’s first cemetery café. As an undertaker, Ichgola focuses on stillborn babies. For these so-called “Star Kids”, he created a corner with thousands of flowers, pinwheels, elves, fairies, angels and teddy bears watching over the graves, where parents can find an individual spot for their lost child. Next to them, many men who wrote key chapters of the Berlin gay liberation movement are resting, victims of the AIDS epidemic. In one of Europe’s most colorful cemetery, the funerary culture suddenly takes a new dimension, and life is celebrated with all its mysteries. In counterpoint to the story of the Garden of Stars, the legendary transsexual voice of Zazie de Paris tells us Grimm’s famous fairy tale “Godfather Death”. Germany, Switzerland, Austria, US, Canada not available
SALES / CONTACT Geremia Biagiotti
PRODUCTION Stéphane Riethauser
TVCO
CO-PRODUCTION missinFILMs
via Buccari, 16 00195 Roma Italy geremia@tvco.eu
Once upon a time, there was an old cemetery in Berlin, where the Grimm Brothers are resting in peace.
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Human Interest / Social Issues
Geek Girls Gina Hara
Canada, 2017 83’
Original Language: English
Geek Girls is the first feature-length documentary exploring the hidden half of fan culture: nerdy women. Although geeky communities have recently risen to prominence as major cultural contributors, very little attention has been directed towards the women who live and work with nerd culture on a daily basis. Filmmaker Gina Hara addresses this oversight by delving into a world of professional gamers, cute dresses, fake names, and death threats; she follows her subjects through the exhilaration of newfound community and the ennui of ostracization while also exploring her own struggles with her geek identity.
SALES / CONTACT Kristen Fitzpatrick
PRODUCTION Michael Massicote
Women Make Movies 115 W. 29th Street Suite 1200 NY 10001 New York United States tel: +1 212 9250606 www.wmm.com kf@wmm.com
A feature length documentary film by Gina Hara on women in geek culture.
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Genderblend Sophie Dros
The Netherlands, 2017 97’ Original Language: Dutch Subtitles: English
This is a story of five young people who neither feel male or female, but rather position themselves somewhere in between. Everyday they are confronted with being different, yet they are proud to be who they are. The young people in this film all have their own struggles but together they tell a strong story about acceptance. The film plays with the curiosity, interest and incomprehension of anything outside the mainstream gender norm.
SALES / CONTACT Margaret Stanneveld NPO Sales
PRODUCTION BNNVARA Maaike den Hoed
Bart de Graaffweg 2
HALAL Docs
1202JJ Hilversum
Olivia Sophie van Leeuwen
The Netherlands tel: +31 35 6773561 www.nposales.com margaret.stanneveld@npo.nl
Everyday they are confronted with being different, yet they are proud to be who they are.
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History / Politics
Ghetto Uprising - The Untold Story Yuval Haimovich Zuser, Simon Shechter
Israel | Ukraine | Poland, 2017 60’ Original Language: German, English, Hebrew, Polish Subtitles: English
On the eve of Passover, April 19, 1943, German forces entered the Warsaw ghetto equipped with tanks, flame throwers, and machine guns. Against them stood an army of a few hundred young Jewish men and women, armed with pistols and Molotov cocktails. Who were these Jewish fighters who dared oppose the armed might of the SS troops under the command of SS General Juergen Stroop? Who commanded them in battle? What were their goals? The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising has become a symbol of heroism throughout the world. Despite that, the generally accepted account of the Uprising is incomplete. The truth is that among the uprising fighters of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was a group that was not granted commemoration. This group, the Jewish Military Union (ZZW), which was better armed than other groups fighting in the rest of the Ghetto, was responsible for the major and the stubbornest battles of the Uprising. However, the story of those fighters disappeared from history books and their place in the myth of heroism during the Holocaust was omitted. How did it happen? Were political and ideological reasons behind the disappearance of the ZZW from the history?
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SALES / CONTACT Michael Treves J.M.T. Films Distribution &
PRODUCTION metaphor Emanuel Shechter
Worldwide Sales
9 Haavoda St., Appt. #933 6382110 Tel Aviv Israel michael@jmtfilms.com
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising has become a symbol of heroism throughout the world, but it’s generally accepted story is incomplete. Among the fighters was a group that was not granted commemoration, although it was responsible for the uprising major battle.
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Experimental
Ghost Hunting Raed Andoni
France | Switzerland | Qatar | Palestine (State of), 2017 94’ Original Language: Arabic Subtitles: English
In order to confront the ghosts that haunt him, Palestinian director Raed Andoni assembles an eclectic group of ex-prisoners to build a replicate of AlMoskobiya, Israel’s main interrogation centre, where he was himself jailed at age 18. From fragmentary memory, day after day, they give shape to the interrogation centre they all experienced, and re-enact its stories. As the walls of the cells rise, the tongues and the emotions loosen.
SALES / CONTACT Louise Ronzet UDI - URBAN DISTRIBUTION INTERNATIONAL
louise@urbangroup.biz
PRODUCTION Les Films de Zayna Palmyre Badinier CO-PRODUCTION Akka Films – Switzerland
Together with an eclectic group of Palestinian exprisoners, Raed Andoni builds the replicate of the Israeli investigation centre in which they were all imprisoned once, and attempts to re-enact its stories. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Nature / Environment
Glacial Land
Gunnlaugur Thor Pálsson, Anna Dis Olafsdottir, Johann Sigfusson
Iceland, 2016 52’
Original Language: Icelandic Subtitles: English
The glaciers in Iceland are the most easily accessible in the world. Glacial research in Iceland by scientists and common people alike is amongst the oldest in the world. SALES / CONTACT Helene Aurø DR International Sales
Gunnlaugur Thor Pálsson
Emil Holms Kanal 20
Anna Dis Olafsdottir
0999 Copenhagen
Johann Sigfusson
Denmark tel: +45 35 203040 www.drsales.dk heau@dr.dk
Europe’s largest glacier, situated in Iceland, is the main focus of this film as scientists examine the ice caps, glacier sands as well as the impact of global climate change on glaciers, rising sea levels and greenhouse gases.
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PRODUCTION Profilm & Sjónhending
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Human Interest / Social Issues
The Goddesses Of Food Verane Frediani
France | United Kingdom, 2017 90’ Original Language: Chinese, English, French, Spanish Subtitles: English
In the male dominate food universe, discover the women changing the game on all levels. Presenting the best female chefs, including multi Michelin star chefs Dominique Crenn and Barbara Lync, and introducing rising new stars and those making incredible food in all corners of the world. A global journey exploring the female strength in gastronomy. Prominent chefs and journalists investigate on what holds women chefs back in the modern mediated world of cuisine and what needs to be done to change the way women in the food industry are viewed. Featuring Michelin chefs, sommelier from USA, Italy, France, Italy, UK, Spain.
SALES / CONTACT Salma Abdalla Autlook Filmsales
PRODUCTION La Ferme Productions Franck Ribiere
Spittelberggasse 3/14 1070 Vienna Austria tel: +43 7 20346934 www.autlookfilms.com salma@autlookfilms.com
In the male dominate food universe, discover the women changing the game on all levels. Presenting the best female chefs, including multi Michelin star chefs Dominique Crenn and Barbara Lync, and introducing rising new stars and those making incredible food in all corners of the world. A global journey exploring the female strength in gastronomy. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Politics / Society
Golden Dawn Girls Håvard Bustnes
Norway, 2017 60’, 90’ Original Language: Greek, English Subtitles: English
Ourania, daughter of the party’s leader, puts aside her Psychology studies to take charge of the organization. Meanwhile Jenny and Dafni, the wife and mother of two other imprisoned MP`s juggle motherhood with the work of furthering Golden Dawn’s cause – from their view a fight against a Jewish conspiracy fueled by fake news. As the elections and trial unfold, they give a Norwegian film crew surprising access to the secret chamber and family lives of one of Europe’s most notorious nationalist parties – exposing the mindset, values and personalities of the people on the front lines of modern nationalism.
SALES / CONTACT Kim Christiansen DR International Sales Emil Holms Kanal 20
Christian Falch
0999 Copenhagen
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS NRK – Norway,
Denmark
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When the members of Neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn are imprisoned, their daughters, wives and mothers step up to take over the leadership.
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The Great European Cigarette Mystery Jeppe Rønde
Denmark, 2017 58’ Original Language: Danish, English Subtitles: English
The EU Commissioner of health, John Dalli, recently had to leave The Commission in a storm of accusations about being in the pockets of Big Tobacco. Meanwhile, NGOs in Brussels are fighting a tsunami of lobbyism from tobacco corporations and had their offices mysteriously burglarized, leading two reporters set out to investigate an old and possible fraud case about an EU Commission servant…
SALES / CONTACT Kim Christiansen DR International Sales Emil Holms Kanal 20
PRODUCTION Sonntag Pictures Sara Stockmann
0999 Copenhagen
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS BBC – United Kingdom,
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DR Dokumentar – Denmark,
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Two reporters investigate the former EU commissioner of health, and ends up in the middle of dirty politics and the lobbyism of big tobacco. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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The Great White Hoax Jeremy Earp
United States, 2017 72’, 52’ Original Language: English
The Great White Hoax explores how American political leaders have scapegoated people of color to win the support of white working-class voters. The film’s primary focus is Donald Trump’s race-baiting 2016 campaign for the presidency. But it widens its scope to show how Trump’s rhetoric about African Americans, Latinos, and Muslims fits within a larger historical pattern of racial scapegoating that goes back centuries. While the film sheds much-needed light on the wave of white cultural anxiety that propelled Trump to office, it also provides a window into the surge of white nationalism and reactionary populism that’s now spreading throughout Europe.
SALES / CONTACT George Matta Mundovision Ltd. 4148A Ste-Catherine West H3Z 0A2 Westmount Canada tel: +1 514 9852004 info@mundovision.ca
Donald Trump & the Politics of Race and Class in America
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Grey Matter Jan Louter
The Netherlands, 2017 80’ Original Language: Dutch Subtitles: English
Grey Matter follows neurosurgeons Clemens Dirven and Arnaud Vincent during the treatment period of patients with a brain tumour - a highly intense process for both physicians and patients, with the lives of patients as well as their personality, their very essence, hanging in the balance. It takes just a single cut in the brain to completely wipe out a person’s love of poetry, of their dog, or of their capacity to think, feel and love. This film highlights the dilemmas that Clemens and Arnaud have to face in their daily jobs: accepting or defying the limits of what is possible, the choice to operate or not, assessing the risks of a surgical procedure. Communication with the patient is key here. How to tell a patient that a diagnosis does not look good, without depriving them of all hope? How much can a patient cope with emotionally during the treatment period? It all comes together in an awake operation, where a brain tumour is removed with the patient being fully conscious. While reducing any damage caused to brain functions, this procedure presents a massive challenge to the patient, and consequently to the surgeon. Intense collaboration is a must here. Grey Matter is a deeply human documentary dealing with the personal aspects of the medical process and what it means to hope.
SALES / CONTACT Margaret Stanneveld NPO Sales
PRODUCTION EO Kiyomi Molin
Bart de Graaffweg 2 1202JJ Hilversum The Netherlands tel: +31 35 6773561 www.nposales.com margaret.stanneveld@npo.nl
Grey Matter follows two neurosurgeons and their patients during the treatment of brain disorders; besides life and dead, personality is at stake.
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Human Interest / Social Issues
The Groove is Not Trivial Tommie Dell Smith
United Kingdom | United States | Spain, 2016 60’ Original Language: English
Master Scottish musician Alasdair Fraser follows his fiddle into unexpected territory and finds himself helping people around the world engage with their own musical traditions, cultures and, ultimately, themselves.
SALES / CONTACT Tommie Dell Smith Verite Productions
tommied@sonic.net
One man’s personal quest for self-expression ignites a global movement toward cultural revival.
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Politics / Society
Guardians of the Earth Filip Antoni Malinowski
Austria, 2017 59’, 86’ Original Language: English, French, German Subtitles: English
The Paris Agreement is a milestone in history influencing the next decades. For the first time 195 nations committed to take action against climate change. The film gives insights behind closed doors of the negotiations and reveals the clash of forces, which shape our future. A reflection of the global community told by high-ranking figures. Can this agreement save our planet? The key goal of keeping the increase in global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels.
SALES / CONTACT Salma Abdalla Autlook Filmsales
PRODUCTION Soleil Film GmbH Inka Dewitz
Spittelberggasse 3/14 1070 Vienna Austria tel: +43 7 20346934 www.autlookfilms.com salma@autlookfilms.com
The Paris Agreement is a milestone in history influencing the next decades. For the first time 195 nations committed to take action against climate change. The film gives insights behind closed doors of the negotiations and reveals the clash of forces, which shape our future. A reflection of the global community told by high-ranking figures. Can this agreement save our planet? International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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History
Guatemala: The Dictatorship’s Disappeared Claudio Zulian
France | Spain | Guatemala, 2016 60’ Original Language: Spanish Subtitles: English
The dark days of civil war and dictatorship in Guatemala led to the death and disappearance of over 200,000 people between 1960 and 1996, according to the UN. In 2012, following a complaint filed by a group of families before the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights, the Guatemalan government was sentenced to provide reparations, including the production and distribution of a film about missing people. When the State refused to cooperate, the families of victims decided to make the film themselves.
SALES / CONTACT Anne Littardi Beliane 11 rue Adolphe Mille 75019 Paris France www.beliane.com anne.littardi@beliane.com
Spain, Germany, France not available
A tribute to the dictatorship’s missing people in Guatemala and a recount of the events.
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Gushegu Exile Emil Nørgaard Munk
Denmark, 2017 53’ Original Language: English Subtitles: English
In the shadow of a tree Salamatu separates pebbles from the beans she has found at the local market square. Nighttime is coming and her children are hungry. Gmanun is packing 14 years of life in bags and preparing to go home and Maate is controlling the local water pump with an iron fist. In Gushegu 100 women live in exile. They have been expelled from their villages because of witchcraft accusations. As years go by, the women become old and weak, and some are allowed to return home. However, years of separations from their families makes the repatriation challenging. Gushegu Exile dwells and lingers on the everyday life of a group of women living as outcasts in a camp outside the small city Gushegu. The film is constructed by a number of plateaus giving an insight to the lives of three women from the Gushegu Camp. The film aims to give the viewer access to a group of people living very different lives, and without judgment or prejudice the film leaves the viewer to her own thoughts and interpretations.
SALES / CONTACT Kasper Lykke Schultz Don’t Think Twice Film Romsøgade 10, st. th. 2100 Copenhagen Ø
PRODUCTION Don’t Think Twice Film Kasper Lykke Schultz INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Danish Broadcating Corp – Denmark
Denmark kasper@danishdocumentary.com
What is life like if you live in exile in a witch camps? And if you were given the option to return home, could you forgive and forget the past?
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Gwendolyn Ruth Kaaserer
Austria, 2017 52’, 85’ Original Language: English, Portuguese
Gwendolyn, a retired anthropologist and active weightlifter, became a twotime world champion at age 65. Fragile and lightweight, she is everything but a typical weight lifter. But when she is stepping towards the dumbbell there is no doubt she is serious about it. Gwendolyn is facing her soon to come third salivary gland cancer surgery. Her body is weakened, part of her face currently paralysed, the situation is serious. But rather than engage in the prescribed rest, she defends herself against illness and aging and wants to become world champion once more. With her loyal trainer Pat, she prepares for the upcoming weightlifting season.
SALES / CONTACT Tijana Djukic Taskovski Films C/o Very Ard Times Ltd Tower 42 25 Old Broad Street EC2N 1HQ London United Kingdom tel: +38 76 5652046 www.taskovskifilms.com sales@taskovskifilms.com
After battling salivary gland cancer the retired anthropologist should really take a step back, but this is far from what Gwendolyn has in mind. She is training to compete again on the international level, to finally become world champion once again. Supported by her devoted trainer Pat and her Ivorian husband Charlie, her fight against physical and personal limits begins. 204
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Hacking Justice Clara Lopez Juan Pancorbo
Spain | Germany, 2016 83’, 52’ Original Language: English, Spanish Subtitles: English
Baltasar Garzon, is an analogue 60 years old man with stamina. He barely speaks english, is bad with computers, but he plays a major global role within the digital world, as he took upon going legal with the defense of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The world’s leading authority upholding the principle of Universal Jurisdiction, he is on to promoting freedom of press and fundamental human rights. With a unique and independent access to the Ecuador embassy where Assange found refuge and to a worldwide campain, the film witnesses the struggle for the control of information, the growing influence of intelligence services, the role of the mass media and the difficult balance of individual rights and state security.
SALES / CONTACT Thierry Detaille Visible Film Creative Spot Lavallée 39 rue Adolphe Lavallée
PRODUCTION Media314 Joan Ubeda CO-PRODUCTION Inselfilm Produktion – Germany
1080 Bruxelles Belgium tel: +32 477 617170 www.visiblefilm.com thierry.detaille@visiblefilm.com
When you are more than a journalist, you need more than a lawyer...
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Youth
Half a Life Tamara Shogaolu
The Netherlands | United States, 2017 12’ Original Language: Arabic Subtitles: English
A young, gay Egyptian joins the LGBT rights movement. When his safety is jeopardized, he must choose: Will he stay in the country he loves, or seek asylum elsewhere as a refugee? Half a Life is a timely story of activism and hope set in the increasingly oppressive social climate of Egypt today.
SALES / CONTACT Sydney Neter SND Films
PRODUCTION Ado Ato Pictures Tamara Shogaolu
P.O. Box 15703 1001 NE Amsterdam The Netherlands tel: +31 20 4040707 www.sndfilms.com info@sndfilms.com
An Egyptian LGBTQ-rights activist finds hope — and faces a choice.
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Hallowed Ground Wilberry Jakobs
The Netherlands | Ireland | Portugal | Bosnia-Herzegovina | Italy, 2017 35’ Original Language: English, Dutch, Croatian, Italian
What can a cemetery tell us about a country’s culture and history? That is the central question posed in the documentary series ‘Consecrated Ground’. In the five-part EO series presenter Kefah Allush travels to cemeteries in Sicily, Amsterdam, Dublin, Sarajevo and Lisbon in search of Europe’s soul. ‘A cemetery is like a history book,’ says Allush. ‘A place to discover how people lived and died, to learn who were the villains and the heroes of revolutions, coups and forgotten missions, and how religion and morals are intertwined with it all.’
SALES / CONTACT Margaret Stanneveld NPO Sales
PRODUCTION EO Manon de Gier - van Wijk
Bart de Graaffweg 2 1202JJ Hilversum The Netherlands tel: +31 35 6773561 www.nposales.com margaret.stanneveld@npo.nl
What can a cemetery tell us about a country’s culture and history?
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Happy
Carolin Genreith
Germany, 2016 52’, 90’ Original Language: German, Thai Subtitles: English
When her almost retired father regularly flies to Thailand to enjoy the company of women Carolin’s age, his daughter is understandably embarrassed. But things are getting serious: Dieter has been in a stable relationship with Tukta for three years now. Every morning, the lonely amateur farmer is woken by an early-morning call from his girlfriend. The wedding is looming. Is this love, as Dieter believes? Or is it more of a ‘business’, which is how his film-director daughter Carolin sees the relationship? In the film, she musters up the courage to examine not only her father’s unfulfilled desires and fears of being lonely in old age but also her own ambivalent feelings. Both are strong characters, as reflected in an early scene when the two of them tug at a sheet while folding laundry. But the relationship they share in the provincial Germany is put to the test in Thailand. Carolin suddenly finds herself a member of a new family, while Dieter is confronted with an entirely different concept of love.
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SALES / CONTACT Elina Kewitz New Docs
PRODUCTION CORSO Film- und
Fernsehproduktion
Dasselstraße 75-77
Erik Winker
50674 Cologne
Martin Roelli
Germany
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS WDR – Germany
www.newdocs.de elina.kewitz@newdocs.de
The film director’s 60-year-old father regularly flies to Thailand to enjoy the company of women her own age. Is this love, asks his daughter, or more of a “business”? A light-hearted and personal film.
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Happy Winter Giovanni Totaro
Italy, 2017 52’, 91’
Original Language: Italian Subtitles: English
Every summer on Palermo’s Mondello beach over one thousand cabins are built ready to host as many families who will spend the holidays there. For them the beach huts are a perfect scenario for hiding behind the memory of a social status the crisis of recent years has inevitably compromised. A family goes into debt so they can take their seaside holidays and appear wealthy in the eyes of the other beachgoers; three women work on their suntans so they can carry on feeling young and become the stars of the summer, a politician looks for electors among the huts. On the same beach, in the meantime, a barman thinks about nothing but making as much money as possible to get through the winter. All of them are looking forward to the ferragosto, the Italian public holiday of August 15 on occasion of the Assumption of Mary, to be at the centre of the summer vanity fair and continue pretending the economic crisis doesn’t exist.
SALES / CONTACT Heino Deckert Deckert Distribution GmbH Gottschedstr. 18 04109 Leipzig Germany tel: +49 30 84306166
PRODUCTION Indyca Simone Catania CO-PRODUCTION Zenit Arti Audiovisive – Italy INVOLVED TV CHANNELS RAI Cinema – Italy
www.deckert-distribution.com info@deckert-distribution.com
An insight into the crisis of recent years, seen from Palermo’s Mondello beach where many families spend their summer holidays, hiding behind the memory of a status the crisis has inevitably compromised.
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The Harvest Andrea Paco Mariani
Italy, 2017 73’
Original Language: Italian, English, Punjabi Subtitles: English
Gurwinder comes from Punjab, he’s been working for years as a farm hand in Agro Pontino, not far from Rome. Hardeep, born and raised in Italy, is trying to free herself from the memories of a family that emigrated in another age, while he is forced, against his faith, to take doping to bear the heavy work pace, to be able to send money in India. A tough work of seeding, day after day, whose deserved harvest, between residence permits to be renewed and fake pay checks, still appears very far.
SALES / CONTACT Andrea Paco Mariani OpenDDB via Regnoli 7 40138 Bologna Italy info@smkvideofactory.com
The art of musicals to show the drama of farm workers exploitation close to Rome.
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The Hate Destroyer Vincenzo Caruso
Italy, 2017 52’
Original Language: German, English Subtitles: English
One day in 1985, Irmela MensahSchramm noticed a racist sticker on a wall and scratched it off. Since then, her daily mission is to delete any trace of nazi, racist or homophobic propaganda from the walls of Berlin. German neo-Nazis wants to see her dead, while supporters all over Europe admire the bravery of the clumsy, 65 years old woman. Why did she embark on this risky struggle? This is the story of a stubborn, single woman, but it is also the story of how the simple act of saying ‘no’ can still be revolutionary in today’s increasingly intolerant Europe.
SALES / CONTACT Gioia Avvantaggiato GA&A Productions Srl.
PRODUCTION EiE film Alessandro Carroli
Piazza Martiri di Belfiore 2
Fotogramma 25
00195 Rome
Vincenzo Caruso
Italy www.gaea.it gioia.avvantaggiato@gaea.it
The lifetime mission of a woman to fight intolerance and become extraordinary
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Heiress of the Wind Gloria Carrión Fonseca
Nicaragua, 2017 88’ Original Language: Spanish Subtitles: English
I was born with the Sandinista Revolution (1979-1989) and grew up under the fear and fascination over the war and military power of the U.S. My parents fell in love in the midst of the struggle against the Somocista Dictatorship. With them, I experienced the rise and fall of the revolutionary dream. Now, 36 years later, I begin a search of that past through a kaleidoscope of memories that will challenge the myth of the revolution, redeeming the pain caused by collective amnesia.
SALES / CONTACT Julio López Fernández Caja de Luz Km 10.5 Carretera Sur. Del rótulo del Colegio Alemán 2C al Oeste, 20 varas al Norte Managua Nicaragua tel: +505 87511589 www.cajadeluz.org juliolopezf.cm@gmail.com
My family’s silence inspires my search through a kaleidoscope of memories that will challenge the myth of the Sandinista Revolution, redeeming the pain caused by collective amnesia.
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Hello Salaam Kim Brand
The Netherlands, 2017 16’ Original Language: Dutch, English, Farsi Subtitles: English
The mothers of pre-teens Merlijn and Sil are doing voluntary work on Lesbos, where thousands of refugees have become stranded, crossing over from Turkey in unseaworthy boats. During their school vacation, the boys really want to see how the refugees are coping with their own eyes, especially the ones that are their age. They discuss what it might be like and practice with a translation app, learning how to say things like ‘peanut butter sandwiches are really tasty’ in Arabic or Farsi. Once there, they’re shocked by the circumstances they find. Merlijn and Sil see the rubber boat graveyard and meet families crammed together in temporary shelters. They get along particularly well with a group of Syrian boys. The Dutch boys drink tea with them, build campfires and have snowball fights. In the meantime, they discuss more serious subjects, as well as they can. What’s it like to lose your home and all your belongings? Language and cultural obstacles quickly make way for a friendship without borders.
SALES / CONTACT Marit Braun NPO Sales Bart de Graaffweg 2
PRODUCTION Een van de jongens Renko Douze Hasse van Nunen
1202JJ Hilversum The Netherlands tel: +31 35 6773561 www.nposales.com marit.braun@npo.nl
Two friends travel to a Greek refugee camp to meet Syrian refugees their age and see how they’re coping.
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Heroines of the Pipes Iben Haahr Andersen, Minna Grooss
Denmark, 2017 58’ Original Language: English, Danish Subtitles: English
Meet Anne Julie and Manduela, these two ladies travel the world peddling their finely crafted wares. Men and women from across the globe admire and pursue them. These two Danish women are among the leading tobacco pipe makers of the world. Seen as a gentleman’s hobby, these exceptional women create highly coveted pipes. With prices ranging in the five figures, they are self-taught artisans and entrepreneurs whose individuality and freedom of expression have given them the edge in the male dominated pipe world.
SALES / CONTACT Robin Brinster Illumina Films Plantage Middenlaan 27
Anne Julie Piber
1018DB Amsterdam
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS DR Danish Broadcasting Corporation
The Netherlands
– Denmark
tel: +31 20 6248395 www.illuminafilms.nl robin@illuminafilms.nl
Anne Julie and Manduela are among the top ranks of the world pipemakers scene. A scene dominated by men where collectors pay in the five figures for one pipe
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Highway Confessions Elsbeth Fraanje
The Netherlands, 2017 53’ Original Language: Dutch, German Subtitles: English
The German highway system harbors surprising sanctuaries: highways chapels, wedged between gas stations and fastfood restaurants. Visitors pen down all sorts of things in ‘wish books’. Some offer a thank you for a hard-won football game or fantastic sex. Others pour out their hearts and write about their deepest fears and desires as if it were their own diary. This heartwarming documentary draws you into unexpectedly intimate stories about loss, lust and love. In a tender way, it shows the confrontation between the daily grind and our secret fears and passions.
SALES / CONTACT Margaret Stanneveld NPO Sales
PRODUCTION Tangerine Tree Willem Baptist
Bart de Graaffweg 2
Nienke Korthof
1202JJ Hilversum
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS IKONdocs / EO – The Netherlands
The Netherlands tel: +31 35 6773561 www.nposales.com margaret.stanneveld@npo.nl
Unexpected revelations and intimate confessions in an unlikely location along the German highway: a chapel in a service area. In this creative documentary the personal stories of various chapel visitors are interwoven in a surprising way and shows the confrontation between the daily grind and our secret fears and passions. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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The Hitler Chronicles Hermann Pölking-Eiken
Germany, 2017 4x50’ or 13x50’ or 195’ or 460’ Original Language: German, English Subtitles: English
The film roots Hitler’s life story in a fifty-year period that will also be examined in parallel and provides the basis for understanding the person – if this is at all possible. The film relates the life of Adolf Hitler as it interacts with and responds to Austrian and German society as well as the national and international political trends and events during the first half of the 20th century. The film makes no attempt at a speculative psychological interpretation of Adolf Hitler’s actions, rise to power and criminal acts based on his personal background and the social circumstances. The makers instead see the “Führer” as a welcome and willingly accepted “projection” of a large part of the German nationalist circles. In these traditionally authoritarian and ultimately “apolitical” sections of society, Hitler’s actions and those of his followers express and highlight a latent chauvinistic consciousness, which ultimately led to the catastrophe of World War II and the holocaust. The writer and producer therefore consider it possible to avoid giving the viewer answers, to confront contradictory statements of contemporaries with others, including Hitler’s, and to limit the commentary to the hard and established facts.
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SALES / CONTACT Esther van Messel First Hand Films
PRODUCTION Epoche Media Production Thorsten Pollfuß
Neunbrunnenstrasse 50 8050 Zürich Switzerland tel: +49 30 28529088 www.firsthandfilms.com esther.van.messel@firsthandfilms.com
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Hobbyhorse Revolution Selma Vilhunen
Finland, 2017 58’, 88’ Original Language: Finnish Subtitles: English
The Oscar-nominated Selma Vilhunen has directed a documentary about young hobbyhorse enthusiasts. Over the past ten years hobbyhorse riding has become a global phenomenon and a way of life for thousands of young people. Hobbyhorse Revolution is a funny and moving film about the power of imagination and the strength of a community. The film follows three young girls, Aisku, Elsa and Alisa whose lives have been transformed by their new interest: hobbyhorses. Despite a lack of understanding by some, the girls bravely and spiritedly pursue their hobby.
SALES / CONTACT Esther van Messel First Hand Films
PRODUCTION Tuffi Production Venia Hellstedt
Neunbrunnenstrasse 50
Elli Toivoniemi
8050 Zürich Switzerland
CO-PRODUCTION YLE – Finland,
tel: +49 30 28529088
SVT – Sweden
www.firsthandfilms.com
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS SRF – Switzerland
esther.van.messel@ firsthandfilms.com
Never stop doing what you love: A funny and moving film about teenagers with growing pains, who discover their own voice and talent through riding and making hobbyhorses.
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Politics / Society
Homeless - 52 Days on the Streets of Oslo Aslak Danbolt
Norway, 2017 91’, 6 x 45’ Original Language: Norwegian Subtitles: English
Petter Nyquist leaves his girlfriend and 2-year-old daughter to live as homeless in Oslo for 52 days during Christmas. Without any preparations, money or a plan he sets out only with his film camera to document life on the streets. It becomes an eye-opening journey that changes him forever. This is the feature length film version of the smash hit documentary series that captivated TV audiences and contributed in changing the Norwegian drug politics.
SALES / CONTACT Espen Huseby Nordic World Karl Johans gate 14 0154 Oslo Norway espen.huseby@nordicworld.tv
Petter Nyquist leaves his girlfriend and 2-year-old daughter to live as homeless in Oslo for 52 days during Christmas.
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PRODUCTION TeddyTV Vidar Nordli-Mathisen INVOLVED TV CHANNELS TV2 Norway – Norway
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Hope I’m in the Frame Netalie Braun
Israel, 2017 57’
Original Language: Hebrew Subtitles: English
Michal Bat-Adam was the first Israeli woman film director and the only one who has been creating films since 1970s. The intimate portrait of the trailblazing filmmaker follows her shooting a new low-budget film while exploring her relationship with her husband of 40 years, the film director Moshe Mizrahi, as they share the struggle to make films despite aging and the establishment’s rejection.
SALES / CONTACT Hedva Goldschmidt Go2Films
PRODUCTION N.B-movies Netalie Braun
37/8 Issar Natanzon st. 97787 Jerusalem Israel tel: +972 2 5831371 www.go2films.com hedva@go2films.com
A portrait of Michal Bat-Adam the first and only woman director in Israel to regularly create films since the 70s. The film intimately documents her and her husband director Moshe Mizrahi sharing the struggle to make films despite aging. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Art / Music / Culture | Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View
House in the Fields Tala Hadid
Morocco, 2017 86’ Original Language: Berber Subtitles: English www.alphaviolet.com
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The thousand-year history of the Amazigh in Morocco has been, for the most part, recounted, preserved and transmitted by bards and storytellers in oral form among Tamazight speaking pastoral communities. House in the Fields continues this tradition of transmission, in an audiovisual form, in an attempt to faithfully document and present a portrait of a village and community that has remained unchanged for hundreds of years despite being confronted with the rapidly changing sociopolitical realities of the country at large.
SALES / CONTACT Virginie Devesa
PRODUCTION Tala Hadid
Alpha Violet 18 rue Soleillet 75020 Paris France tel: +33 1 47973984 www.alphaviolet.com virginie@alphaviolet.com
House in the Fields is a creative documentary that examines the life of an isolated rural Amazigh community in the High Atlas Mountains.
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Investigative
Human Smugglers Poul-Erik Heilbuth, Georg Larsen
Denmark, 2017 58’ Original Language: English, Arabic Subtitles: English
For the first-time human smugglers, will reveal - on camera - the secrets of their trade. We offer an inside and real picture of the industry that has brought millions of migrants to Europe within a short span of years. When Europeans Politicians promise to put an end to the uncontrolled and illegal influx, this is the force that they are up against. An astonishing insight to how one of the largest travel agencies in the World – human smugglers - operate: offering tailor-made travel arrangements to individuals and groups according to their financial potential, producing false documents and insight to different routes and departure beaches. Working together, competing, networking and mingling as in other industries, only here under the pressure of being illegal. You will also meet the relentless fight to get smugglers behind bars personated by an Italian prosecutor that was born in mafia-infested Palermo and believes the smugglers are all the same. Along with European authorities he has waged a war against the human smugglers, but what are their chances of success?
SALES / CONTACT Kim Christiansen DR International Sales
PRODUCTION DR Poul-Erik Heilbuth
Emil Holms Kanal 20
Georg Larsen
0999 Copenhagen Denmark
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS ZDF – Germany,
tel: +45 35 203040
SVT – Sweden,
www.drsales.dk
NRK – Norway,
kimc@dr.dk
RTS – Switzerland
A documentary revealing the wellorganized world of human smugglers operating in and outside Europe
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I Am Another You Nanfu Wang
United States, 2017 82’ Original Language: English
When Chinese filmmaker Nanfu Wang first came to America, Florida seemed like an exotic frontier full of theme parks, prehistoric swamp creatures, and sunburned denizens. As she travels wide-eyed from one city to another, she encounters Dylan, a charismatic young drifter who left a comfortable home and loving family for a life on the streets. Fascinated by his choice and rejection of society’s rules, Nanfu follows Dylan with her camera on a journey that spans across years, takes her across America, and explores the meaning of freedom. But as Nanfu delves into Dylan’s world, she discovers something that calls her entire worldview into question.
SALES / CONTACT Philippa Kowarsky Cinephil
PRODUCTION Little Horse Crossing the River Inc. Nanfu Wang
18 Levontin st
Little Horse Crossing the River Inc.
6511207 Tel Aviv
Hard Working Movies
Israel
Lori Cheatle
tel: +972 3 5664129 www.cinephil.com info@cinephil.com
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I am Bisha Roopa Gogineni
Sudan, 2017 12’
Original Language: Arabic Subtitles: English
Over the past five years, Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir has dropped thousands of bombs on villages across the Nuba Mountains. Ganja, the 26 year old pacifist son of a rebel commander, witnessed a bomb drop meters from his home. Ganja has never found a way to fight back— until now. Last spring he became President Bashir. Or to be precise, he became the man who controls Bashir’s head. Ganja acquired a puppet of the dictator and filmed a satirical web series called ‘Bisha TV.’ The show follows Bisha’s schemes to raise money for a campaign of genocidal suppression across Sudan.
SALES / CONTACT Roopa Gogineni Roopa Gogineni
roopa.gogineni@gmail.com
PRODUCTION Roopa Gogineni Roopa Gogineni CO-PRODUCTION The New York Times OpDocs – United States
The story of one man’s quest to pull the strings of Sudan’s dictator.
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I Forgot Myself Somewhere Iker Elorrieta
Spain | Pakistan, 2016 25’ Original Language: Urdu, English Subtitles: English
I Forgot Myself Somewhere is a poetic portrait about women in Baltistan, and how they struggle to get an education. Told through the voices of two local women who fight to develop themselves and to improve their lives, despite the social expectations that push them to set aside their own development to take care of their families, homes and jobs in the most extreme conditions.
SALES / CONTACT Alberto Sota Pantoma Films alberto.sota@pantoma.com
I Forgot Myself Somewhere is a poetic portrait about the women of Baltistan, and the challenges girls face to access education.
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History
I Want to be Rompicollo. The True Story of the Woman of Palio Antonio Bartoli
Italy, 2017 39’
Original Language: Italian Subtitles: English
In 1957 Rosanna Bonelli, the first and only woman in history, participates as a jockey at the Palio of Siena. The palio is a very rude horse race - where jockeys ride without saddle - which takes place in Siena uninterruptedly for five hundred years to celebrate the ancient and proud medieval republic. Rosanna’s father Luigi, a playwright, had written in the 1930s operetta Rompicollo, whose protagonist was a girl who won the stake. Since childhood, Rosanna had dreamed of being Rompicollo, and she ended up succeeding after having participated as a stuntwoman in the production of a film with Diana Dors and Vittorio Gassman. Rompicollo’s story is an unusual story made of nonconformity and courage, but also of lightness and irony, and rich in casuality.
SALES / CONTACT Silvia Folchi Videodocumentazioni snc
PRODUCTION Videodocumentazioni snc Silvia Folchi
S. S. 222 n° 21 Loc. Quercegrossa 53010 Siena Italy folchi@videodocumentazioni.it
The pride of a small medieval town, the hope of a girl, the production of a movie: they are the ingredients of a small and unique story. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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I’m Fat Halit Levy
Israel, 2017 53’
Original Language: Hebrew Subtitles: English
In a world in which body size matters, Halit decides to love herself no matter what.
SALES / CONTACT Hedva Goldschmidt Go2Films 37/8 Issar Natanzon st. 97787 Jerusalem
PRODUCTION Shula Spiegel Ltd. Shula Spiegel INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Channel 2 -Keshet – Israel
Israel tel: +972 2 5831371 www.go2films.com hedva@go2films.com
In a world in which body size matters, Halit decides to love herself no matter what.
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Science / Technology
I’m in Love With My Car Michele Mellara, Alessandro Rossi
Italy, 2017 52’, 72’
Original Language: Italian Subtitles: English
More than any other object, cars have anthropologically modified human beings, changed our world’s perception and our way of engaging with it. With our unconditional love for cars at a turning point, will it survive?
SALES / CONTACT Esther van Messel First Hand Films
PRODUCTION Mammut Film Production Ilaria Malagutti
Neunbrunnenstrasse 50 8050 Zürich Switzerland tel: +49 30 28529088 www.firsthandfilms.com esther.van.messel@firsthandfilms.com
The five sense and how they changed since we drive: hearing, smell, touch, sight, taste, that is to say the human biological nature, have been redefined and shaped according to the age of cars.
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I’m Not a Problem Child, I Am a Challenge Rolf Orthel
The Netherlands, 2016 89’ Original Language: Dutch Subtitles: English
The film shows young people who have been housed in a closed institution run by Youth Care for a longer period. They couldn’t manage at home or were under the influence of pimps or drugs. Some felt worthless and even wanted to end it all. We meet them in good times and bad. Nothing is more difficult to look at yourself. The young people’s energy is expressed in poems, squabbling, making music and stories about loneliness. We also meet the staff, who patiently listen to the feelings and thoughts of young people and try to help them find out whats going on – and what can be so difficult to recognise and understand. We are able to spend 90 minutes finding out what motivates these young people in the Youth Care Transfer and we get an impression of who these beauties are.
SALES / CONTACT Leen van den Berg Van der Hoop Filmprodukties Van der Hoopstraat 87hs 1051VD Amsterdam The Netherlands vanderhoopfilm@planet.nl
The film shows young people who have been housed in a closed institution run by Youth Care for a longer period.
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PRODUCTION Van der Hoop Filmprodukties Leen van den Berg
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I’m Still Here Tana Gilbert
Chile, 2017 14’
Original Language: Spanish Subtitles: English
Johnny (56) and Julia (87) only have each other. Despite his mental disequilibrium, he takes deep care of his mother, who is facing loss of memory. “I’m still here” explores the unconditional relationship between a mother and her son, enduring and transcending time and adversity.
SALES / CONTACT Tana Gilbert Patio de luz
PRODUCTION AGOSTO Cine Alba Gaviraghi
tanagilbertf@gmail.com
A relationship of love united by the mental illnesses between a mother and a son who transcends time and its effects.
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I’ve Got the Blues Angie Chen
Hong Kong, 2017 90’ Original Language: Cantonese, French, English Subtitles: English
Wong Yan-kwai is a complex man. The film follows and reveals him in his essence, in his element. In his interaction with the director, we discover unexpected elements of this character, and what it is like to‘tango’ with an artist who may be difficult and lives in a box of his choosing. Sparks and arguments, egos and humility, love and betrayal, all surface. This is a film about human complexity, doubts, love, hate, uncertainty, poverty, and talent. What makes this person the way he is? Does a person need nobility of the soul to be a great artist? Artists are often portrayed as self- centered, if not extremely selfish. Someone said of the musician Ginger Baker, ‘you can be thoroughly unpleasant, egocentric and still be a brilliant artist.’ The actions of artists – painters and writers and musicians alike – are often excused because of their otherworldly creative talent. Are these stereotypes? Is the artist driven by intuition, following some kind of plan; or is he suddenly led by some kind of divine inspiration? Is this a story about a long-lost daughter searching for her father? Is this about walking his mother to an old age home one afternoon, which later became a scene in Ann Hui’s film, Summer Snow? Is this a story about hurt and love and misunderstanding among old friends and lovers? Is this about a father letting go of his son to pursue something that he believes will bring about poverty in life? This film will attempt to unravel some of these mysteries. 230
SALES / CONTACT Pamela Mai Mai Lay Scorpio Films Company
PRODUCTION Scorpio Films Company Pamela Mai Mai Lay
pamlay@netvigator.com
In the interaction of Hong Kong painter Wong Yan-kwai and the film director, sparks and arguments, egos and humility, love and betrayal, and human complexities surface.
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Imposed Piece Brecht Vanhoenacker
Belgium, 2017 74’ Original Language: English, Korean, Dutch Subtitles: English
Throughout this cinematographic chronicle, the audience meets some of the twelve finalists and follows their intense preparation during this extraordinarily prestigious, musical competition. These young and talented musicians finally have the chance to manifest themselves as soloists after years of preparation and sacrifices. The pressure and the expectations are high. In complete seclusion and during a time period of a mere eight days, they have to study a compulsory piece and a concerto of their choice. In this film, we follow the progress and the difficulties some candidates run into while studying this compulsory work. Little by little, we reveal how they prepare, how they learn to cope with the pressure and how they reflect on music, the competition, their past, but also their future. The candidates’ journey ends at Bozar, where they’ll perform the two pieces, accompanied by Belgium’s National Orchestra conducted by Marin Alsop, in front of the audience and international jury.
SALES / CONTACT Anaïs Clanet Wide House
PRODUCTION Caviar TV Eva Van Riet
9, rue Bleue 75009 Paris France tel: +33 6 79060738 www.widehouse.org ac@widehouse.org
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Impulso Emilio Belmonte
France | Spain, 2017 105’ Original Language: Spanish Subtitles: English
Over recent years, the young spanish dancer and choreographer Rocio Molina has become the new shining star of Flamenco and modern dance, using public improvisations called impulsos to create choreographies. After having won the heart of both classical and new audiences, she’s now facing the biggest challenge of her career: the creation of a new show at the Chaillot National Theatre in Paris, highlight of their 2016/2017 season.
SALES / CONTACT Clémence Michalon Jour2Fete 9 rue Ambroise Thomas 75009 Paris France tel: +33 1 40229215 www.jour2fete.com clemence.michalon@jour2fete.com
Over recent years, the young spanish dancer and choreographer Rocio Molina has become the new shining star of Flamenco and modern dance, using public improvisations called impulsos to create choreographies. After having won the heart of both classical and new audiences, she’s now facing the biggest challenge of her career: the creation of a new show at the Chaillot National Theatre in Paris, highlight of their 2016/2017 season. 232
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The Impure Daniel Najenson
Israel | Argentina, 2017 69’ Original Language: Hebrew, Spanish, Yiddish Subtitles: English
Thousands of Jewish women were brought to Argentinian brothels from Eastern Europe in the early 20th century. Their pimps, also Jewish, were regarded as “impure” by the “normative” Jewish community. So were the unfortunate women. Through his own family story, the director unveils the complex relationship between the women trafficking organizations and the rest of the Jewish community which was deeply ashamed by their co-religionists activities while enjoying their economic riches.
SALES / CONTACT Hedva Goldschmidt Go2Films 37/8 Issar Natanzon st. 97787 Jerusalem
PRODUCTION Cassis Films Hillel Roseman INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Channel 1 – Israel
Israel tel: +972 2 5831371 www.go2films.com hedva@go2films.com
“Impures” is how Argentinian Jewish pimps were called in the early 20th century. They built a network of vicious organizations trafficking in thousands of unfortunate Eastern-European Jewish women, one of whom was the film director’s relative. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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In Jesus’ Name: Shattering the Silence of St. Anne’s Residential School Susan Grace Enberg Canada, 2017 42’
Original Language: English Subtitles: English
In Jesus’ Name: Shattering the Silence of St. Anne’s Residential School is a poignant all-indigenous English and Cree-English collaborative documentary film (42 mins) that breaks long-held silences imposed upon indigenous children who were interned at the notoriously violent St. Anne’s Residential School in Fort Albany First Nation, Ontario. Use of a homemade electric chair at St. Anne’s and the incorporation of testimony about student-on-student abuse makes this documentary stand apart from other films about Canadian residential school experiences.
SALES / CONTACT Susan Grace Enberg Susan G. Enberg Productions Inc
PRODUCTION Susan G. Enberg Productions Inc Susan Grace Enberg
100 Bain Avenue Unit 7 Maples M4K1E8 Toronto Canada www.erasingculturalgenocide.ca sgeproductionsinc@gmail.com
Canada, not available
A poignant all-indigenous English and Cree-English collaborative documentary film (42 mins) that breaks long-held silences imposed upon indigenous children who were interned at the notoriously violent St. Anne’s Residential School in Fort Albany First Nation, Ontario.
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In Praise of Nothing Boris Mitic
Serbia | Croatia | France, 2017 56’, 78’, 60’ art-museum loop Original Language: English Subtitles: English
A satirical documentary parable about Nothing, in which Nothing, tired of being misunderstood, runs away from home and comes to address us for the first and the last time. Researched over 8 years through a most eclectic bibliography; brainstormed and filmed by dozens of established and amateur cinematographers in 70+ countries;scored by cabaret grandmasters Pascal Comelade & TheTiger Lillies; narrated - in simple childish verse - by Iggy Pop. Broadcast unavailable: France, Germany, Sweden, Finland, ex-Yugoslavia Theatrical unavailable: Germany, UK, USA
SALES / CONTACT Boris Mitic Dribbling Pictures Bitoljska 2 11030 Belgrade Serbia
PRODUCTION Dribbling Pictures Boris Mitic CO-PRODUCTION La Bête – France
tel: +381 63 7715241
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS ARTE France – France,
www.dribblingpictures.com
RTS – Switzerland,
boris@dribblingpictures.com
SVT – Sweden, YLE – Finland, KRO-NCRV – The Netherlands
An unlikely feelgood documentary.
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In the Name of Your Daughter Giselle Portenier
United States, 2017 60’, 90’ Original Language: Swahili, English Subtitles: English
The chillingly named ‘cutting season’ runs through the school holidays in December. Terrified of stories about children bleeding to death, the local girls, some as young as eight, face a terrible choice: submit to being cut or run away, not knowing if they will ever see their families again. We follow the feisty and courageous 12-year-old Rosie Makore, one of the many brave girls who risk their lives to flee from female genital mutilation (FGM) and the child marriage which would have followed soon after. To protects the girls, the charismatic Rhobi Samwelly runs a Safe House and travels around the community fighting the thousandsyear-old practice. But ancient traditions die hard. In cooperation with the Safe House, police officer Sijali and her team start cracking down on FGM, arresting parents and cutters while rescuing girls at risk. As the cutting season winds down, in heartbreaking reconciliation meetings, parents must decide if they’ll spare their girls and take them back.
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SALES / CONTACT Kim Christiansen DR International Sales Emil Holms Kanal 20
PRODUCTION Defying Destiny Films Giselle Portenier
0999 Copenhagen
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS DR – Denmark,
Denmark
BBC – United Kingdom,
tel: +45 35 203040
SVT – Sweden,
www.drsales.dk
IKON – The Netherlands,
kimc@dr.dk
YLE – Finland SRF – Switzerland
In Northern Tanzania people believe that girls’ clitorises must be cut off to reach maturity and reduce promiscuity, even though it is illegal. Mutilated girls command twice the bride price as uncut girls.
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In Transit
Constanza Gallardo Vásquez
Chile, 2017 65’
Original Language: Spanish Subtitles: English
Four transgender people pass through everyday places that in some way seem strange and threatening for them. They wander among the inhabitants of chilean cities as if they’re carrying a heavy disguise. Mara (25) is a poetess and spanish literature student, Gis (18) is trying to finish highschool while he fights against his two mothers who do not support his transit, Patricia (36) is a factory worker and a smart woman who’s afraid to tell the rest of the world her truth and finally Matias (14) is a kid with a beautiful family but he lives in a little mountainside town with a population who has a hostile opinion about transgender people. Through their daily lives we will know how difficult it is to be live in a country that does not understand them and does not have a place for them. Chile not available
SALES / CONTACT Felipe Garrido Inefable
PRODUCTION Inefable Felipe Garrido
felipegarridog@ug.uchile.cl
Four transgender people are wandering around the streets while they tell us about their life experiences in a country that does not have a place for them: they are only asking for dignity, love and respect, struggling against Chile’s worst face.
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Indivisible Hilary Linder
United States, 2017 58’ Original Language: English, Spanish
The young people at the heart of the US immigration debate are given a voice in this moving profile of the families torn apart by anti-immigration measures. Renata, Evelyn and Antonio were brought to the US by their parents in search of a better life, but their families are now divided as a result of deportation. They are known as Dreamers, fighting to be heard among the turbulence and controversy surrounding US immigration reform.
SALES / CONTACT Annie Edwards Journeyman Pictures
PRODUCTION Kudzu Films Hilary Linder
4 High Street, Thames Ditton KT7 ORY Surrey England tel: +44 208 786 6051 www.journeyman.tv sales@journeyman.tv
A heartrending exploration of the human cost of US immigration policy
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The Inertia Variations Johanna St Michaels
Sweden | United Kindom, 2017 52’, 85’ Original Language: English
Matt Johnson of legendary English band THE THE has remained silent as a singer/songwriter for 15 years. Now he attempts to challenge the contemporary political landscape through his own 12 hour live, shortwave radio broadcast. But a request to write a new song for the show reveals old demons of inertia and bereavement. A fantastic music film!
SALES / CONTACT Diana Karklin Rise and Shine World Sales Schlesische Strasse 29/30 10997 Berlin
PRODUCTION Saint Michaels production AB Johanna St Michaels INVOLVED TV CHANNELS SVT – Sweden
Germany tel: +49 30 47372980 www.riseandshine-berlin.de diana.karklin@riseandshine-berlin.de
Matt Johnson of legendary English band THE THE invites us and his listeners inside his radio studio, where enlightened conversation is alive and kicking. But is he really done with making music?
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Insha’Allah Democracy Mohammed Ali Naqvi
Pakistan | United States, 2017 82’ Original Language: Urdu, English Subtitles: English
Filmmaker Mohammed Naqvi will vote for the first time during Pakistan’s elections. His priority is backing a candidate who will prevent Pakistan from becoming a terrorist state. But Mo has a tough choice—either vote for religious hardliners or for secular liberal leader General Musharraf, a former military dictator. Insha’allah Democracy chronicles one voter’s journey: to see if democracy is compatible with an unstable Muslim country.
SALES / CONTACT Mohammed Ali Naqvi 64th Street Media, LLC
Mohammed Ali Naqvi
75 Roebling Street
64th Street Media
Apt 2F
Jared Ian Goldman
11211 Brooklyn
CO-PRODUCTION Impact Partners – United States
United States tel: +1 646 3848178 mo.naqvi@gmail.com
Former Pakistani President Musharraf, despite having a legacy as a dictator and being charged with treason, returns to Pakistan and runs for president.
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Inside A Volcano Saevar Gudmundsson
Iceland, 2016 85’
Original Language: Icelandic
The biggest stage in the most popular sport in the world seemed far out of reach for a tiny nation in the north Atlantic Ocean. Since the beginning of the qualifying campaign for EURO 2016, the Icelandic golden generation was followed closely with full access to the team during build up for matches. This documentary sheds a totally new light on a remarkable journey that made the world take notice.
SALES / CONTACT Helene Aurø DR International Sales
PRODUCTION Purkur and Klikk Productions Sölvi Tryggvason
Emil Holms Kanal 20 0999 Copenhagen Denmark tel: +45 35 203040 www.drsales.dk heau@dr.dk
The incredible story of how the world suddenly noticed the Icelandic soccer team.
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Instant Dreams Willem Baptist
The Netherlands | United States | Germany | Japan, 2017 91’ Original Language: English Subtitles: English
There could hardly be a more telling contrast between the analog and digital eras than the beautifully blurry memories captured in a Polaroid picture and the thousands of pin- sharp photos on an iPhone. In this ambitious visual essay, Willem Baptist explores the visionary genius of Edwin H. Land, the inventor of the Polaroid camera. Even today, all sorts of people are keeping his instant dream alive. Former Polaroid employee Stephen Herchen moved from the United States to Europe to work in a laboratory developing the 2.0 version of Polaroid. Christopher Bonanos, the author of Instant: The Story of Polaroid, tells us that “When I heard Polaroid would stop making film, it felt like a close friend had died.” Artist Stefanie Schneider, who is working with the last of her stock of Polaroid film, is using the blurring that occurs with expired film as an additional aesthetic layer in her photographic work. The soundtrack is as evocative as the sometimes hypnotically expressive imagery, with archive footage, interviews and gorgeous chemical reactions crisscrossing paths in a veritable rollercoaster of color and light.
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SALES / CONTACT Pieter van Huystee Pieter van Huystee Film Donker Curtiusstraat 125 1051 MC Amsterdam
PRODUCTION Pieter van Huystee Film Pieter van Huystee INVOLVED TV CHANNELS NTR – The Netherlands
The Netherlands tel: +31 204210606 www.pvhfilm.nl pieterdoc@gmail.com
Inventive visuals in this rollercoaster ride into the ingenious Polaroid photo system. Chemistry like you’ve never seen it before.
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Instants of Cinema Sophie Bassaler
France, 2017 22 x 6’ Original Language: English, French Subtitles: English
Instants of Cinema is a series of 22 short films that tells for the first time the encounter between the Magnum Photos Agency and the world of cinema, with each episode focusing on a single photographer and an instant of cinema. Through the voices of the photographers, we will discover in each episode the intimate stories hidden behind these pictures, some wellknown, some never seen, retrieved from the incredibly rich Magnum archive.
SALES / CONTACT Suzanne Nodale Doc & Film International
PRODUCTION Films a Cinq Sally Blake
13 rue du Portefoin 75003 Paris France tel: +33 1 42775687 www.docandfilm.com s.nodale@docandfilm.com
Instants of Cinema is a series that tells for the first time the encounter between the Magnum Photos Agency and the world of cinema, with each episode focusing on a single photographer.
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Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction Joe Berlinger
United States, 2017 115’ Original Language: English
Pulling back the curtain on mass murder censorship in Hollywood, Joe Berlinger’s thirteenth feature documentary Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction explores the violent history of the Armenian Genocide and legacy of Turkish denial over the past century while capturing the cinematic and political challenges of producing a historically meaningful, big-budget film in an environment rife with political suppression and threats of retaliation. Chronicling the true events of the 1915 Armenian Genocide that annihilated 1.5 million Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Turks, Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction examines how the first modern genocide, once a highly recognized global atrocity, has been obfuscated from history by the modern Turkish state. Throughout the film, Berlinger turns the camera on these efforts, exposing how Turkish officials have used diplomatic coercion to subvert international academia, forcefully muzzle advocates and use its geographic placement and geopolitical connections to strong-arm America and other key allies into accepting their version of history.
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SALES / CONTACT David Piperni
PRODUCTION Radical Media
Cargo Film & Releasing
Third Eye Motion Picture Company
611 Broadway, #630 10012 New York United States tel: +1 212 9958139 www.cargofilm-releasing.com dpiperni@cargofilm-releasing.com
Pulling back the curtain on Genocide censorship in Hollywood due to U.S. government pressure to appease a strategic ally, this film embeds with a historic feature production as a springboard to explore the violent history of the Armenian Genocide and legacy of Turkish suppression and denial over the past century.
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Intimate Battles Lucía Gajá
Mexico, 2017 87’, 52’ Original Language: Spanish, English Subtitles: English
Domestic violence is a generalized everyday reality experimented by women in every country. It’s effects are devastating for them, their lives, their health, their work and the wellbeing of their families. This violence happens in every social class, culture and socioeconomic levels. It is a war within their home. Violence against women is not only displayed physically; sexual, economic and psychological violence turns out devastating as despise, isolation and humiliations lessen their security and self-love. Intimate Battles explores the consequences that violence has left in the life of five women from Finland, India, Mexico, Spain and the USA who, valiantly, give their testimony and approach us to this complex and painful reality that has transformed their lives.
SALES / CONTACT Stephan Riguet AndanaFilms
contact@andanafilms.com
PRODUCTION Caguama Producciones (CASADELOU
Rodrigo Herranz Fanjul SA de CV CO-PRODUCTION IMCINE – Mexico, Foprocine – Mexico
This violence happens in every social class, culture and socio-economic levels. It is a war within a home, where love was not supposed to hurt.
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Invisible Strings
Antoni D Krastev, Borislav A Karamelski
Bulgaria, 2017 44’, 63’ Original Language: English Subtitles: English
Invisible Strings is a contemporary look at the major problems rooted in humanity’s history, such as war, ethnic division, and religious conflict. We sought answers to such fundamental, societal problems, as we interviewed some of the greatest spiritual leaders, authors, and philosophers of our time.
SALES / CONTACT Georgi D Kerezov Never Know Productions
PRODUCTION Never Know Productions Hristo R Hristov
10th Smerch str., entr. A, 5th floor, ap. 17 1680 Sofia Bulgaria contact@neverknow.bg
A documentary film about the interconnection between all human beings and our connection with Planet Earth.
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Iron Khan Naseer Khanday
India, 2017 62’
Original Language: English, Other languages Subtitles: English
Iron Khan is a journey through 7 years of a man’s life. Surrendering arms Parvez khan is a rehabilitated mujahedeen, who joined JKLF (Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front) during the peak of militancy in the early nineties. He starts a Backpackers lodge, based in Gulmarg ski village in the Indian administered Kashmir bordering Pakistan. Traversing conflict in the lives of a generation, society and its people. Parvez is struggling to make ends meet under a burgeoning pressure from the government. Once they seal his lodge, deeming him illegal. His son Dada injures himself snowboarding on the mountain. The film travels back and forth between the years 2010 - 2017 registering events that evolve and shape the future of various characters. A lot of foreign travellers’ part of the active skiing community of Gulmarg. Support the local people by bringing snowboards, shoes and other gear not available in the third world. This small action has lasting impact on the lives of some locals. Dada Khan the eldest son, his ambitions on the mountain. His struggles as part of an oppressed youth in a corrupt state laden with protest, killings and a unstable environment. Benazir, the daughter and her dwindling interest to snowboard due to inequality, gender oppression and her father’s lodge sealed. She grows up snowboarding, however focuses on becoming a doctor after legal barriers at her father’s establishment.
SALES / CONTACT SURIL N DESAI Showreal Productions
PRODUCTION Showreal Productions SURIL N DESAI
51 NCPA APARTMENTS 400002 NARIMAN POINT India SND1980@GMAIL.COM
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The Isle of Medea Sergio Naitza
Italy | Greece, 2017 85’, 52’, 90’ Original Language: Italian, Greek Subtitles: English
The most thorny and provocative writer of his age and the most acclaimed singer in the world: Pier Paolo Pasolini and Maria Callas. The film that made them meet was ‘Medea’, shot in 1969. Nearly 50 years later, the story of an impossible love is unveiled through the memories and anecdotes of the crew and their most beloved friends. An investigation on two sensitive souls, and also fragile ones at that time, that were able to create a profound, delicate and special relationship, both on an artistic and human level.
SALES / CONTACT Geremia Biagiotti TVCO via Buccari, 16 00195 Roma Italy geremia@tvco.eu
The documentary “The isle of Medea” explores the special relationship, born in the summer of 1969 during the filming of “Medea”, between its director Pier Paolo Pasolini and its protagonist Maria Callas.
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PRODUCTION Karel Società Cooperativa Luca Melis
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It’s Not Yet Dark Frankie Fenton
Ireland | England | United States, 2016 77’ Original Language: English www.autlookfilms.com
Narrated by Colin Farrell, this is the incredible story of Simon Fitzmaurice, a young Irish filmmaker who, despite a diagnosis of Motor Neuron Disease, goes on to direct an award-winning feature film solely through the use of his eyes. The documentary is a celebration of Simon’s love of film, of creating art and of telling beautiful human stories no matter the obstacle. His artistic supporter, Colin Farrell, beautifully narrates this life-affirming story which is based on Simon’s book also titled It’s Not Yet Dark.
SALES / CONTACT Salma Abdalla
PRODUCTION Kennedy Films
Autlook Filmsales
Kennedy Films
Spittelberggasse 3/14
Kathryn Kennedy
1070 Vienna
Newgrange Pictures
Austria
Lesley McKimm
tel: +43 7 20346934 www.autlookfilms.com salma@autlookfilms.com
Narrated by Colin Farrell, this is the story of Simon Fitzmaurice, diagnosed of Motor Neuron Disease, goes on to direct an award-winning feature film. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Itzhak
Alison Chernick
United States | Israel, 2017 80’ Original Language: English, Hebrew Subtitles: English
Widely considered the greatest living violinist, Itzhak Perlman takes us on a journey through his passion for music and deep connection to his homeland of Israel. The violin is the chosen instrument of Perlman, the vehicle he has used to overcome his own physical challenges and express himself to the world. In Perlman and his music, we hear the story of obstacles and survival, we see the comfort of home and family and witness how humor and talent combine with discipline and drive. We follow an artist at work, a modern Jewish family embracing their heritage while living in a world of changing expectations, and how the legacy of both the Jewish people and the violin are knitted together in one remarkable human being.
SALES / CONTACT David Koh US Submarine Entertainment www.submarine.com dk@submarine.com
US TV broadcast unavailable
Widely considered the greatest living violinist, Itzhak Perlman takes us on a journey through his passion for music and his deep connection to his homeland of Israel.
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PRODUCTION Voyeur Films Alison Chernick CO-PRODUCTION American Masters – United States
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Jaar, Lament of the Images Paula Rodríguez
Chile, 2017 55’, 78’ Original Language: Spanish, English Subtitles: English
‘Jaar Lament of the Images’ observes Alfredo Jaar’s creative process, he’s one of the most relevant contemporary artists. His works address big issues in different parts of the world, such as immigration at the Mexico and USA border, genocide in Rwanda o the military coup in Chile. Jaar believes that art is ‘the last place’ of freedom in our society and from that trench, he displays his work as an act of resistance. This is the first film done about this great artist and is also a journey through his work, with exhibitions in Finland, Venice, Buenos Aires, Santiago and New York.
SALES / CONTACT Valentín Romero 3boxmedia
PRODUCTION Errante Producciones Paola Castillo
Conde de O’Reilly 2, ático 11004 Cadiz Spain www.3boxmedia.com valentin@3boxmedia.com
“Jaar Lament of the Images” observes Alfredo Jaar’s creative process, he’s one of the most relevant contemporary artists. He believes that art is “the last place” of freedom in our society.
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Jaha’s Promise
Patrick Farrelly, Kate O’Callaghan
United States | United Kingdom | Gambia, 2017 52’ or 78’ Original Language: English, Afrikaans Subtitles: English
When Jaha Dukureh was a baby she was subjected to female genital mutilation; when she was 15 she was taken to New York to marry a 45 year-old man she’d never met before. A decade later Jaha has returned to her native Gambia in west Africa demanding that her own family and society end the practices that almost ruined her life. Full of the raw drama of personal, family, religious and political conflict, “Jaha’s Promise” is an extraordinary narrative of individual and social change.
SALES / CONTACT Esther van Messel First Hand Films Neunbrunnenstrasse 50
PRODUCTION Guardian News & Media Maggie O’Kane
8050 Zürich
CO-PRODUCTION Accidental Pictures Ltd –
Switzerland
United States
tel: +49 30 28529088 www.firsthandfilms.com
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS NY – United States,
esther.van.messel@
ORF – Austria,
firsthandfilms.com
SRF – Switzerland, RSI – Switzerland, DRTV – Denmark, RTE – Ireland,
A young African woman’s journey to save herself before trying to change her own family and society. It’s a narrative of the push and pull of family and culture and the singular ability of a young woman to bring about change.
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James Stewart / Robert Mitchum: The Two Faces of America Gregory Monro
France, 2017 56’, 82’ Original Language: English
With his gauche, at times naïve, manner and his slender but reassuring figure, Stewart embodies a successful life; he’s the kind of guy that everyone would like to be like. Mitchum, with his legendary nonchalance and his hangdog look, is more like the naughty kid, the loveable rogue that everybody would like to have as his partner. When they shared top billing in the 1978 film The Big Sleep, these two actors, who had incarnated the American spirit for more than half a century, certainly did not suspect that they would both embark upon eternal sleep on almost the same day in 1997. On this, the twentieth anniversary of their deaths, what heritage have these two Hollywood legends left behind them, and how did their particular qualities feed the American dream?
SALES / CONTACT Suzanne Nodale Doc & Film International
PRODUCTION TS Production Céline Loiseau
13 rue du Portefoin 75003 Paris France tel: +33 1 42775687 www.docandfilm.com s.nodale@docandfilm.com
When Stewart and Mitchum top billing in the 1978 film The Big Sleep, they certainly did not suspect that they would both embark upon eternal sleep on almost the same day in 1997. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Experimental
Janbal
Mina Bozorgmehr, Hadi Kamali Moghadam
Iran, 2017 52’
Original Language: Persian Subtitles: English
Musa, a southern artist, collects the worn-out leg-covers ‘Paachaks’ of native women from the washed-out rubbish found on the shore and recycles them to make his own art. These art works lay the groundwork for a modern legendary story; It has been told that there was a tradition in the past, where Island people would offer the clothes of a dead person to Mother Sea, so she could clean that person’s soul… At the crossroads of video art, performance and documentary, the movie invites the viewer in the imaginary of Musa and travel to the depths of the beliefs, imaginations, and esotericism of the people of Southern Iran.
SALES / CONTACT Mina Bozorgmehr Noir art groupe 148, ave Vanak, Iransokna building, #411 19917-17659 Tehran Iran minabmehr@gmail.com
Janbal, tells the legend of a love story between man and fairy which takes place on the island of Hormoz in the Persian Gulf- South Iran.
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History / Politics
A Japanese Rebel Alain De Halleux
Belgium | France, 2017 65’, 52’ Original Language: Japanese Subtitles: English
The portrait of Taro Yamamoto, a former popular actor, who after the Fukushima disaster, denounced the government’s lack of care for citizen, and turned to a atypical Japanese senator engaged in confronting the power over the hazards of nuclear pollution, growing militarization. Through his story we discover the image of contemporary Japan, marching towards nationalism and rearmament. A subjective Japan seen through the eyes of a rebel who goes against the flow, while Shinzo Abe’s regime’s impopularity stands for its own.
SALES / CONTACT Thierry Detaille Ventes - CBA/WIP Sales 36 Rue de Mulhouse
PRODUCTION Sophimages Sophie Schoukens
4020 Liege
CO-PRODUCTION Zorn Production International –
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France,
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VRT – Belgium
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thierry.detaille@visiblefilm.com
“Who is responsible for all this ? I am.”
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The Jewish Underground Shai Gal
Israel, 2017 90’
Original Language: Hebrew Subtitles: English
Their target was to blow up the Muslim Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. Success would have probable meant a World War. This political- detective thriller tells the story of how the members of the largest terrorist organization of Israeli Right- Wing settlers has now become a dominant power within the current Israeli government.
SALES / CONTACT Philippa Kowarsky Cinephil 18 Levontin st 6511207 Tel Aviv Israel
PRODUCTION July August Productions Lisa Shiloach-Uzrad CO-PRODUCTION NFCT – Israel
tel: +972 3 5664129
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Radio-Canada – Canada,
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Their target was to blow up the Muslim Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. Success would have probable meant a World War. This political- detective thriller tells the story of how the members of the largest terrorist organization of Israeli Right- Wing settlers has now become a dominant power within the current Israeli government. 256
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Human Interest / Social Issues
A Jobless World? Philippe Borrel
France, 2017 52’
Original Language: French, English Subtitles: English
Full time employment appears to be a symbol of a time long gone. Intelligent machines, more reliable and less costly than humans, are in the process of replacing us, while the development of algorithms contributes to the increasing work automation. The next target of this fourth industrial revolution: white collars, the core of the middle class. A jobless world ? investigates this proclaimed end of « work ». The film sets off to meet with researches, businessmen and whistle-blowers in the heart of this new world facing a unique technological and social divide.
SALES / CONTACT Suzanne Nodale Doc & Film International
PRODUCTION Cineteve Estelle Mauriac
13 rue du Portefoin 75003 Paris France tel: +33 1 42775687 www.docandfilm.com s.nodale@docandfilm.com
Full time employment appears to be a symbol of a time long gone. Intelligent machines, more reliable and less costly than humans, are in the process of replacing us, while the development of algorithms contributes to the increasing work automation.
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History
Di Journey Maria Khan
United Kingdom, 2017 2 x 52’ Original Language: English
Di Journey is a socio-historical documentary comprehensively exploring immigration and race relations through the chronicles of the African-Caribbean community in Britain. It follows the dramatic multigenerational mobilisation of the British Caribbean people to settle in, change and shape modern Britain. It’s also a story about the rebellious spirit and important cultural contribution of this community to a uniquely vibrant and diverse London and Albion. Di Journey is comprised of 12 chapters and covers ground from the colonisation of Jamaica up to the present day issues the Black community is confronted with in the UK. Among the interviewed are prominent British intellectuals, academics, life-long activists and artists. There’s an academic sociological, historical and culturological line along with a parallel emphasis on the existential/ personal experience, including through the stories of 4 members from 3 generations of a London Jamaican family - the Baileys. 258
SALES / CONTACT Bogdan Hristov TRNS Productions 104 Mowbray rd CB1 7TG Cambridge United Kingdom www.trns.productions bogdan.hrist@gmail.com
PRODUCTION TRNS Productions Bogdan Hristov
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Juan Perros Rodrigo Imaz
Mexico, 2016 34’
Original Language: Spanish Subtitles: English
Juan Perros portrays a man surrounded by animals who works tirelessly facing an arid and hostile environment and his survival in the Mexican desert. His testimony involves us in a complex universe of his thoughts and reflections that tell of his near death experience and survival living from the trash discarded by society. Aside from his community Juan practices a way of life that is both radical and humble.
SALES / CONTACT Trisha Ziff 212Berlin S.A. de C.V.
PRODUCTION 212Berlin S.A. de C.V. Trisha Ziff
Berlin #212 Col. Del Carmen Coyoacán 04100 México D.F. Mexico tel: +52 55 56591859 www.212berlin.com administrador@212berlin.com
After realizing he had not been killed, Juan withdrew from the world and reinvented himself in the flow of nature.
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Just Kids: My Body, My Life Els van Driel
Kenya, 2017 15’
Original Language: English
Sabina (12) belongs to the Masai-tribe in Kenya, an ethnic group full of colorful rituals that are lasting for centuries. Although she is proud of her cultural background, there is one rituals she is not too keen on: the circumcision of girls her age. In many African countries, the transition from girl to woman is considered very important. Often, a big festivity takes place for celebration. The Masai tradition encourages girls to circumcise so that they can become women. The girls, around 12 years-old, are then considered to be ready for marriage and are not allowed to go to school any longer. The practice of circumcision is not only painful but also very dangerous and has even led to death in some cases. Sabina does not want to quit school and is not ready for marriage at all. She prefers to study more and dreams to become a lawyer in order to make sure she and her family have a good life in the future. Sabina comes to the conclusion that it is time for change. She demands her parents to give permission to become a woman without being circumcised. In the film, ‘My Body, My Life’, we follow Sabina who fights for her rights and for the rights of the other girls of her tribe. Recently, an alternative coming of age ritual has been introduced, with no pain and health risks. Together with hundreds of other girls her age, Sabina strives for change in hope that the tradition can be adjusted for the next generation. ‘My Body, My Life’ is based on article 24 of the international convention on the Rights of the Child: Each child has right to protection and care that is necessary for their well-being’ 260
SALES / CONTACT Margaret Stanneveld NPO Sales
PRODUCTION EO/IKONdocs Kiyomi Molin
Bart de Graaffweg 2 1202JJ Hilversum The Netherlands tel: +31 35 6773561 www.nposales.com margaret.stanneveld@npo.nl
Sabina (12) belongs to the Masai-tribe in Kenya, an ethnic group full of colorful rituals that are lasting for centuries. Although she is proud of her cultural background, there is one rituals she is not too keen on: the circumcision of girls her age.
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Just Kids: The Girl With the White Skin Annelies Kruk, Anneke de Lind van Wijngaarden
Tanzania, 2017 15’ Original Language: English Anastazia lives in Tanzania, where almost everyone around her, including her parents, has a dark skin color. Anastazia is the only white person; she has Albinism, which means that her skin, hair and eyes have no pigment. In many countries in Africa, it is believed that poeple with Albinism have magical power and that their body parts can make someone rich and successful. With the bones of Albinos they make amulets, which are then sold for a lot of money. This is why people come after children like Anastazia and could even kill them! When Anastazia was six-years-old, she had the flee from her village. It was too dangerous for her to stay with her parents, just like the hundereds of other Albino children who live in a center without their parents or family. Behind the fences of the center it is all safe but the living conditions are not the best. Every single day, they eat beans with rice and Anastazia has never heard of anything like spaghetti or sushi. She sleeps with many other children in one room where it is warm and stuffy. Anastazia hasn’t seen her parents for a long time but there is good news! She heard that they might come visit her very soon! ‘The girl with the white skin’ is based on article 6 of the international convention on the Rights of the Child: Each child has right to live and the government should provide a place where they can grow up in a safe environment.
SALES / CONTACT Margaret Stanneveld NPO Sales
PRODUCTION EO/IKONdocs Kiyomi Molin
Bart de Graaffweg 2 1202JJ Hilversum The Netherlands tel: +31 35 6773561 www.nposales.com margaret.stanneveld@npo.nl
Anastazia lives in Tanzania, where almost everyone around her, including her parents, has a dark skin color. Anastazia is the only white person; she has Albinism, which means that her skin, hair and eyes have no pigment. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Kalès
Laurent Van Lancker
Belgium, 2017 65’ Original Language: English, Arabic, Pashto Subtitles: English
An intimate and inside perspective of the ‘jungle’ of Calais, evoked through a polyphony of men, tales and atmospheres. A sensory journey through the social life and survival strategies of migrants. A film of wind and despair, of fire and solidarity, of hope and hell. Sharing the daily life of migrants, on numerous visits during the entire duration of the ‘jungle’, and often using a collaborative methodology (images and narrations partly produced by the migrants), the director Laurent Van Lancker, proposes a film that is both poetical and political, evoking an untold and internal perception on the faculty of adaptation and social life of migrants.
SALES / CONTACT Ellen Meiresonne Polymorfilms Emile Bockstael 88 1020 Brussel Belgium tel: +32 2 5378569 www.polymorfilms.be contact@polymorfilms.be
An intimate and inside perspective of the ‘jungle’ of Calais, evoked through a polyphony of men, tales and feels.
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Kendis Bibi Fadlalla
The Netherlands, 2017 15’ Original Language: Dutch Subtitles: English
Fifteen-year old Lavanya has her mind set on becoming a world-famous DJ. Inspired by her father, who worked as a tour manager in the nineties, she started DJ-ing at a very young age. Right from the start it was obvious that Lavanya had her own unique style of DJ-ing, effortlessly mixing raw and heavy dance beats with smooth nineties R&B and hip hop. A serious traffic accident at age eleven, caused permanent damage to Lavanya’s arm. But instead of letting it get in the way of her career, Lavanya is determined to pursue her dream.
SALES / CONTACT Maarten Kuit HazazaH Pictures Spui 24-2 1012 XA Amsterdam
PRODUCTION HazazaH Pictures Maarten Kuit INVOLVED TV CHANNELS AVROTROS – The Netherlands
The Netherlands tel: +31 20 4226422 www.hazazah.com maarten@hazazah.nl
The ambitious Lavanya is, despite all the obstacles, determined to make it in the international DJ world.
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The Kevin Case Dan Josefsson
Sweden, 2017 3 x 60’, 180’ Original Language: Swedish Subtitles: English On the last day of the summer break in August 1998, 4-year-old Kevin is found dead on a pallet close to a lake, in a Swedish small town. What first looked like a drowning accident soon became one of the most unique crime investigations in Swedish criminal history. Early on the police suspected that children were behind the murder, and after a couple of months the unimaginable was confirmed at a press conference. Two brothers, Robin and Christian, had strangled their friend to death. They were only 5 and 7 years old. For almost 20 years the police work behind the case had been celebrated and the conclusion were unchallenged. The brothers had been living in hiding and no one had ever questioned the fact that two small children killed Kevin. But when award winning investigative journalist Dan Josefsson contacts the now adult brothers, he finds a murder investigation were the search for the truth is far from finished. He finds the brothers having no memories of murdering Kevin and in increased doubt of the verdict. Piece by piece Josefsson unfolds what really happened inside the classified Kevin Case. Together with the team of journalists behind the documentary The Experiments (that led to star surgeon Paolo Macchiarini’s resignation), they find torture like police methods and missing pieces of a puzzle that has been kept away from the public eye for nearly two decades. The Kevin Case is a true crime documentary series in three parts that tells the story of two young boys who were stripped of their child hood, falsely accused of murder. 264
SALES / CONTACT Anna K Hagnefur SVT Sales Oxenstiernsgatan 26-34 105 10 Stockholm Sweden tel: +46 8 7840000 www.svtsales.com anna.hagnefur@svt.se
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Art / Music / Culture
Kevyn Aucoin Lori Kaye
United States, 2017 90’ Original Language: English
Kevyn Aucoin was the first celebrity make-up artist. From a troubled upbringing he sought out success in New York and quickly became the most in-demand celebrity and fashion make-up artist in town. His story is told through never before seen video footage shot by Kevyn Aucoin himself and features a who’s who of the 1990s fashion world including Christy Turlington Burns, Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, Kate Moss and more.
SALES / CONTACT Luke Brawley Dogwoof
PRODUCTION LOGO Lori Kaye
19-23 Ironmonger Row EC1V 3QN London United Kingdom tel: +44 207 2536244 www.dogwoof.com luke@dogwoof.com
Told through his own footage, this is the story of iconic makeup artist Kevyn Aucoin from his troubled childhood to becoming the most in-demand celebrity and fashion make-up artist.
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Kojo
Michael Fequiere
United States, 2016 14’ Original Language: English
Director Michael Fequiere captures both the talent and work ethic of gifted young jazz drummer Kojo Odu Roney. The son of jazz saxophonist Antoine Roney, Kojo knows that while jazz runs through his veins, he will never make it as a musician by relying on his natural ability alone: it’s his steady dedication to improving his craft that’ll set him apart.
SALES / CONTACT Michael Fequiere All Area Crew 68 Jay St 11201 New York United States www.allareacrew.com mfequi@gmail.com
Kojo is a loveable and precocious jazz prodigy. When he’s not at home in New York, he’s touring the world, which serves as both stage and classroom
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PRODUCTION All Area Crew Berman Fenelus
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Kollwitz - A life with art and war Yury Winterberg, Henrike Sandner
Germany, 2017 52’ Original Language: English, German Subtitles: English
Graphic designer and sculptor Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945) is one of the most important German artists of all time. Her work is known around the world, fetching high prices at art auctions. And her memorial “Mourning Parents” in the soldiers’ graveyard outside of the Belgian village of Vladslo is one of the most important sepulchral sculptures of the 20th century. But how much do we really know about Käthe Kollwitz? Who was this woman who now looks out at us so directly from countless portraits? Born 8 July 1867, this year marks the 150th anniversary of her birth. She was one of the first women permitted to study art in Munich and was a recognised artist even under the Kaiser. Fun-loving, curious and committed, she was also a politically strong voice in her time. None of her work is without a message. Terrible misfortune, including the loss of her son Peter in World War I, shattered her life. Themes such as grief, loss, poverty, hunger and war became much more prevalent in her work. Who was this woman behind the artwork which affects so many people all around the world? Using her diaries and drawings, as well as conversations with descendants and international experts, the film sets out to discover one of the most charismatic women of the 20th century, whose life was defined primarily by irrepressible, never diminishing passion.
SALES / CONTACT Bettina Offermann LOOKS International GmbH Escherstr. 22
PRODUCTION LOOKS Film &TV GmbH Gunnar Dedio
30159 Hannover
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS RBB – Germany,
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offermann@looksfilm.tv
Graphic designer and sculptor Käthe Kollwitz ranges among the most important 20th century artists worldwide. The film portrays an outstanding, charismatic woman with a politically strong voice and meaningful work.
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Kosher Love Evan Beloff
Canada, 2017 45’
Original Language: English
What happens when a matchmaker, a newly married couple and a single, religious hip-hop artist explore the precise meaning of True Love? Using levity, not unlike a Woody Allen film, Kosher Love looks at the search for true love and marriage in the Orthodox/ Hasidic Jewish world as it pushes back against an ever encroaching, wired, secular world and its idea of momentary disposable, romantic love you can only find in the movies!
SALES / CONTACT David Piperni Cargo Film & Releasing 611 Broadway, #630 10012 New York United States tel: +1 212 9958139 www.cargofilm-releasing.com dpiperni@cargofilm-releasing.com
What happens when a matchmaker, a newly married couple and a single, religious hip-hop artist explore the precise meaning of True Love? 268
PRODUCTION Bunbury Films Frederic Bohbot
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Kuyt
Deborah van Dam
The Netherlands, 2017 69’ Original Language: Dutch, English Subtitles: English
‘Kuyt’ is a classic tale of heroism. Dirk Kuyt returns to his club after a long stay abroad. Where other football players retire at the age of 36, he returns to Feyenoord, with only one goal: the championship. We follow Kuyt through the turbulent season in pursuit of the Dutch national title and see how he struggles behind the scenes to carry the burden on his shoulders, the nation’s eyes upon him. But he also needs to fight for his place in the starting line-up. The manager, former Dutch national team mate Giovanni van Bronckhorst has not included him in the first eleven, contrary to what he was promised. That hurts but at the same time it increases Dirk’s drive to achieve the ultimate when he is playing in the selection. And he does, even though things don’t always go the way he wants. The camera is there when he builds his confidence at his regular magnetic therapist Henk de Gier. We see how important his wife and his four children, his sister and his friends are to him. As is his faith in the higher powers, in himself, his fellow man and in the goal he is fighting for. We also see his solitude when times are tough. Everything revolves around him. It’s the unique pressure he has to live with. It is a nerve-racking battle and Kuyt is in the middle. The showdown of the season summarises it all. Emotions at the penultimate game go deep. The last game sees a miraculous apotheosis with Dirk Kuyt starring in the role of saviour.
SALES / CONTACT Margaret Stanneveld NPO Sales
PRODUCTION BNNVARA Maaike den Hoed
Bart de Graaffweg 2 1202JJ Hilversum The Netherlands tel: +31 35 6773561 www.nposales.com margaret.stanneveld@npo.nl
How do you stay upright as a football hero, when all eyes are on you?
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LISTEN Astrid Bussink
The Netherlands, 2017 15’ Original Language: Dutch Subtitles: English
Life can seem pretty overwhelming at times, particularly when you’re growing up. And it’s not always easy to talk to your parents or friends about your problems. Fortunately, the “Kindertelefoon” in the Netherlands (Child Helpline) provides a listening ear. LISTEN presents a cross-section of conversations between children and the Kindertelefoon. One girl talks about being home alone virtually all week; her parents are also getting divorced. A boy in an asylum seekers’ center is worried about the future, while another boy doesn’t want to be gay and hopes these feelings will pass. Every day, the Kindertelefoon takes calls like these from children who want someone to talk to. But children also call to talk about their pets, to practice their audition for The Voice Kids or to make pranks. The recordings of these phone conversations are accompanied by images that quite literally give color to the conversations, and that beautifully reflect their tone—sometimes hilarious or naughty, but more often sad or heartrending. 270
SALES / CONTACT Renko Douze Een van de jongens De Kempenaerstraat 11B
PRODUCTION Een van de jongens Renko Douze Hasse van Nunen
1051 CJ Amsterdam The Netherlands tel: +31 20 8943628 www.eenvandejongens.nl/en renko@eenvandejongens.nl
The conversations children have with the Child Helpline are funny or naughty at times, but more often sad or heartrending.
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Lady of the Harbour Sean Wang
The Netherlands | China, 2017 52’ Original Language: Chinese, Greek, Farsi, Arabic Subtitles: English
Untill the civil war in Syria, China has always been the largest country of migration - half million Chinese move every year to another country. Coming to the host countries legally or illegally, they often manage to develop an independent economic position. But so far their involvement in social issues has been limited. Nearly two decades ago Chinese immigrants were smuggled to Greece along the similar route as the current refugees. Suzanne is one of them. Before moving to Greece, she had developed a successful business in Bulgaria. When the refugee crisis arises, Suzanne decides to organize a Greek Chinese volunteer team to help, as redemption towards her past. It is not easy - Suzanne struggles to persuade business-minded Chinese bosses and companies to join and has to face the sarcastic attitude of Western volunteers.
SALES / CONTACT Catherine Le Clef CAT&Docs 18 rue Quincampoix 133 75004 Paris
PRODUCTION Muyi Film Jia Zhao INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Knowledge Network – Canada
France tel: +33 6 33648602 www.catndocs.com cat@catndocs.com
Suzanna is a strong Chinese woman who has settled in Greece 15 years ago. Since December 2015, she leads a group of Greek Chinese to help refugees, as atonement towards her past.
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Politics / Society
This Land Miki Redelinghuys
South Africa, 2017 48’ Original Language: Zulu Subtitles: English
‘We have seen that the chiefs are selling land to mining companies, giving land to foreigners to build malls. We know that sometimes our land rights are not written in the law, but we know that traditionally we have a land right’ Mbhekiseni Mavuso, South Africa When Apartheid created ‘tribal’ homelands, families were relocated on a large scale. Today the same people face a second forced removal as tribal authorities enter into deals with mining companies, without consulting the people. THIS LAND is a 48 minute documentary that traces their struggle, as they oppose the Zulu king and the development of a mine.
SALES / CONTACT Miki Redelinghuys Plexus Films 18 Barnham Avenue Vredehoek 8001 Cape Town South Africa tel: +27 83 2668232 www.plexusfilms.co.za miki@plexusfilms.co.za
This Land is powerful 48-minute documentary, about a small South African village who take a stand against a mining development on their ancestral land
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Land of the Free Camilla Magid
Denmark, 2017 58’ Original Language: English
In South Central, Los Angeles, we follow Brian, a former LA gang member of ‘the Crips’, who has just been released after having spent his whole adult life in prison and is now in his forties. Teenager, Juan, is on parole having to make tough decisions between his baby girl and the gang, while 7-year-old Gianni lives in a crowded home in a gang dominated area. We witness their lives for two years.
SALES / CONTACT Kim Christiansen DR International Sales
PRODUCTION Final Cut for Real Signe Byrge Sørensen
Emil Holms Kanal 20
Heidi Elise Christensen
0999 Copenhagen Denmark
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS VPRO – The Netherlands,
tel: +45 35 203040
UR – Canada,
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VG TV – Norway, DR – Denmark, YLE – Finland, Czech TV – Czech Republic
In South Central, Los Angeles, we follow Brian, a former LA gang member of “the Crips”, who has just been released after having spent his whole adult life in prison and is now in his forties. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Land of the Homeless Marcin Janos Krawczyk
Poland, 2017 55’
Original Language: Polish Subtitles: English
Father Paleczny, a monk who devoted his life to help the homeless, came up with an idea of building a huge yacht that would take him and his charges around the Earth. He died in 2009, but his last will is still valid. A group of his friends from Warsaw faces this ambitious challenge that requires coordination of many people’s work, perseverance and, above all, sobriety. One of the protagonists is a welder, S?awek. Can he overcome his alcohol addiction and finish the job?
SALES / CONTACT Katarzyna Wilk KFF Sales & Promotion Basztowa 15/8a 31-143 Krakow Poland tel: +48 122 946945 www.kff.com.pl katarzyna.wilk@kff.com.pl
Father Paleczny, a monk who devoted his life to help the homeless, came up with an idea of building a huge yacht that would take him and his charges around the Earth.
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History / Politics
A Land Without Borders Michael Alalu, Nir Baram
Israel, 2017 62’
Original Language: Hebrew, Arabic, English Subtitles: English
Award-winning writer Nir Baram grew up in a political household. Both his father and grandfather were members of the Knesset and Ministers in the Israeli Labor Party governments. As Baram begins to lose faith in even the possibility of a two-state solution, he decides to travel throughout the West Bank to speak with the local populations on both sides of the conflict. He learns that in crucial substantive ways, the two groups don’t start from a common foundation. So how can they even participate in the same conversation? While the international focus of a two-state solution generally revolves around the ‘Green Line,’ the average West Bank Palestinian on the street cares little about 1967 political borders when they desire the land they lost in 1948. These surprising revelations force Baram to challenge his entire political belief system and reevaluate his own hopes for a peaceful resolution to this conflict.
SALES / CONTACT Hedva Goldschmidt Go2Films 37/8 Issar Natanzon st. 97787 Jerusalem
PRODUCTION Shula Spiegel Ltd. Shula Spiegel INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Channel 8 – Israel
Israel tel: +972 2 5831371 www.go2films.com hedva@go2films.com
A travelogue by Nir Baram, an Israeli writer, in the occupied territories, to examine whether the idea of” two states for two peoples” is relevant and whether there is any chance for peace.
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Landscape After the Storm Anastasia Cherkassova
Russia | France, 2017 90’ Original Language: Russian Subtitles: English
This film unfolds as a conversation with inhabitants of Crimea in May 2014, in the aftermath of the annexation by Russia. In the film, locals reflect upon what has just happened, never forgetting to relate it to past tragic events of the peninsula. On the one hand, the tragedy of the deportation of one people (the Crimean Tatars) under Stalin, and on the other hand, the drama of another people (ethnic Russians) given by Russia to Ukraine under Khrushchev. Their words, the life experience they share weave a compelling tale about life and death, hope and resignation, languages and identities.
SALES / CONTACT Anastasia Cherkassova Zadig Productions
PRODUCTION Zadig Productions Anastasia Cherkassova
70, Rue Amelot 75011 Paris France tel: +33 1 58308010 www.zadigproductions.fr Anastasia.Cherkassova@gmail.com
This film unfolds as a conversation with inhabitants of Crimea in the aftermath on the annexation by Russia. Their stories weave a compelling tale about life and death, hope and resignation.
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Landscapes
Vincent Fournier, Philipp Baben der Erde
France, 2017 52’
Original Language: Thai Subtitles: English
Landscapes tells the stories of a small group of Ladyboys living in rural areas in Thailand. Their daily life is made of basic repetitive things: eating, sleeping, working, partying, dreaming and coping with that peculiar feeling that they will never be able to live their life fully, never reach any level of happiness. A hard fate, for sure, but accepting it and agreeing to tell us what it means - even in a country, Thailand, where everybody says it’s easier to be accepted as a transgender (a false affirmation) reveals extraordinary characters whose personal balance is always at risk.
SALES / CONTACT Vincent Fournier Dragway Productions
PRODUCTION Dragway Productions Vincent Fournier
89 rue de l’Ouest 75014 Paris France www.dragway-productions.com dragwayproductions@gmail.com
Four humble ladyboys collecting rubber at night, rice during the day, looking for a way to survive, exist and have the others accept them.
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Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story Tiffany Bartok
United States | United Kingdom, 2017 102’ Original Language: English
Legendary makeup artist, Kevyn Aucoin, arrived in New York City from the small town of Lafayette, Louisiana after spending his childhood expressing himself through drawing, painting, and makeup. In search of relief from confusion surrounding his identity and constant bullying, Kevyn found acceptance in the fashion world that was instant and explosive. Due to his groundbreaking contouring techniques, his infectious personality and mission to make everyone feel beautiful, he shot to fame quickly doing makeup for every supermodel and celebrity throughout the 80’s and 90’s. At the height of his fame, Kevyn died mysteriously in 2002. Larger Than Life explores every corner of Kevyn’s rich, beautiful and complicated life through the story of his untimely passing and the inspiring legacy he left behind.
SALES / CONTACT John Sloss Cinetic
john@cinetcmedia.com
PRODUCTION Vinyl Foote Productions Jayce Bartok CO-PRODUCTION Matador Content – United States
Artist, Iconoclast, Ahead of his time
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Last Days in Shibati Hendrick Dusollier
France, 2017 50’, 58’ Original Language: Chinese Subtitles: English
In the vast city of Chongqing, the last of the old districts is due to be demolished. Over the months, the filmmaker befriends the young Zhou Hong and the extraordinary Mrs Xue Lian, last witnesses of a world about to disappear.
SALES / CONTACT Chloé Persyn ZED
PRODUCTION StudioHdk Productions Hendrick Dusollier
39, rue des Prairies 75020 Paris
CO-PRODUCTION Les Films d’Ici – France,
France
Maria Roche Productions – France
tel: +33 1 53099696 www.zed.fr cpersyn@zed.fr
A portrait of the last remaining old neighborhood in Chongqing, where the narrow alleyways are rapidly making way for gleaming high-rises and vast shopping centers.
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The Last Fight Victor Vroegindeweij
The Netherlands, 2017 70’ Original Language: Dutch, English Subtitles: English
The Last Fight is a documentary by Victor Vroegindeweij about Marloes Coenen, a superstar and pioneer in the world of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). Marloes is close to the end of her career, but she forces herself to go for a title fight one last time, to become world champion. On the basis of Marloes’ story, a pyschogram is sketched of a star from the professional fighting world. What pushes someone to want to smash another human being into the ground with such great intent. What sacrifices must she make for our blood lust? What happens to you when you’re at the top of the women’s fight scene? Who do you become? And how do you step away when the lights dim?
SALES / CONTACT Nienke Rispens Witfilm De Kempenaerstraat 11B 1051CJ Amsterdam The Netherlands tel: +31 20 6885049 www.witfilm.nl nienke@witfilm.nl
A film about Marloes Coenen, one of the world’s best MMA fighters, who forces herself to give her all, one more time, to win her last title fight. Even if she has to pay the highest price…
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The Last Guardians Joe Tucker, Adam Punzano
United Kingdom | Ecuador, 2017 45’ Original Language: Spanish, English Subtitles: English
The indigenous Sápara and Kichwa nations of the Ecuadorian Amazon are fighting for their lives. Their campaign against oil drilling on their land is their last chance to save the pristine forest that they have called home for centuries. Their entire culture is being eroded by its inherent conflict with Western values. Filmmakers Joe Tucker and Adam Punzano embedded with the tribes and what emerges is a unique insight into the way that indigenous people live and see the world, and a warning of what the world stands to lose if their rights and beliefs are not respected.
SALES / CONTACT Mike Freedman Day 600 Ltd
PRODUCTION Day 600 Ltd Mike Freedman
The Albany
Tierra Productions
Douglas Way
Joe Tucker
SE8 4AG London
Adam Punzano
United Kingdom www.day600.com mike@day600.com
Two tribes in the Ecuadorian Amazon struggle to preserve their culture and way of life against oil company encroachment. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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The Last Harvest Tina-Marie Qwiberg
Sweden, 2017 58’ Original Language: Swedish, English, Spanish, French Subtitles: English
The condition of our soil is the basis for human life on our planet as we know it. Yet soil is something we take for granted, and it is full of life that most people don’t know of. The Last Harvest centres around our soil as the foundation of life, nature, environment, food chains and food. We follow experts and farmers who are carrying out urgent work to find a solution to reverse what has happened to our soil practise. We listen to researchers and experts and learn more about desertification, soil erosion, soil contamination, biodiversity loss, loss of organic matter and soil sealing. Experts in England fear that if our model of production does not change we have as little as 100 harvests left. UN research gives us another 60 years until depletion of the soil resources. The Last Harvest takes us to several countries, such as France, Spain, UK, Sweden and USA, when trying to break down and make us understand this super organism that we are completely dependent on – Earth.
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SALES / CONTACT Anna K Hagnefur SVT Sales
PRODUCTION Triq Produktion Mikael Qwiberg
Oxenstiernsgatan 26-34 105 10 Stockholm Sweden tel: +46 8 7840000 www.svtsales.com anna.hagnefur@svt.se
The Last Harvest centres around our soil as the foundation of life, nature, environment, food chains and food. The condition of our soil is the basis for human life on our planet as we know it, yet soil is something we take for granted. Experts in England fear that if our model of production does not change we have as little as 100 harvests left.
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The Last Honey Hunter Ben Knight
Nepal, 2017 35’
Original Language: Nepalese Subtitles: English
When Maule Dhan Rai was sixteen years old, he had a vivid but mysterious dream. The elders understood that he was chosen by the forest spirit Rongkemi to lead the harvests of a wild and hallucinogenic honey, hidden in massive hives on cliffs tucked deep into the jungles of Eastern Nepal. For decades, Maule led the harvests which brought much-needed income to sustain his family and his entire village. But Maule is growing old and life is changing quickly - even in these most remote corners of Nepal. Despite the importance of this tradition, nobody else has had the dream. The Last Honey Hunter film joins Maule Dhan and his team on their final journey to the cliffs, documenting what may be the end of this powerful and dangerous tradition.
SALES / CONTACT Travis Rummel Felt Soul Media
PRODUCTION Felt Soul Media Travis Rummel
1283 Osceola ST
dZi Foundation
80204 Denver
Ben Ayers
United States
Camp4 Collective
tel: +1 970 5966978
Renan Ozturk
www.feltsoulmedia.com travisrummel@gmail.com
Join Maule Dhan on his final journey to the Nepali cliffs, in what may be the end of this powerful and dangerous tradition of harvesting hallucinogenic honey.
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Last Men in Aleppo Feras Fayyad
Denmark | Syria, 2017 90’ Original Language: Arabic
Aleppo is close to collapsing, the last months of the city’s life, as we know it. People are constantly put their life at risk. How do they deal with their fear of death? After 5 years of War in Syria, the remaining 350.000 citizens of Aleppo are preparing themselves for a siege. Through the volunteers from The White Helmets we experience daily life, death and struggle in the streets of Aleppo.
SALES / CONTACT Kim Christiansen DR International Sales
PRODUCTION Larm Film Søren Steen Jespersen
Emil Holms Kanal 20
Aleppo Media
0999 Copenhagen
Kareem Abeed
Denmark tel: +45 35 203040
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS SWR/ARTE – Germany,
www.drsales.dk
SVT – Sweden,
kimc@dr.dk
NRK – Norway, YLE – Finland, VPRO – The Netherlands, TVE – Spain, RTS – Switzerland
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The Leading Role Sergey Bukovsky
Ukraine, 2016 63’ Original Language: Russian Subtitles: English
This is a film about my mother – movie actress Nina Antonova. About a hundred roles – big and small. She was recognized by the public, she was a celebrity. This is a very personal story. Funny and sad. About the diluted identity overshadowed by a man, her filmmaker-husband, my father... About my family where life and films were inseparable, and where those involved often mistook the alternate reality for real life. About dependency and newfound freedom... About the change of fate... About new roles, and new hopes... Russia, Ukraine not available
SALES / CONTACT Tijana Djukic Taskovski Films
PRODUCTION Pronto Film Sashko Chubko
C/o Very Ard Times Ltd Tower 42 25 Old Broad Street EC2N 1HQ London United Kingdom tel: +38 76 5652046 www.taskovskifilms.com sales@taskovskifilms.com
Is this film about a mother? About an actress? About a woman’s fate? What happens when a son directs a film about his mother, an actress?
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Lenno & the Angelfish Shamira Raphaëla
The Netherlands, 2017 18’ Original Language: Dutch Subtitles: English
A slice-of-life film, partly told through the eyes of a anglesfish, about Lenno a 10-year old boy who has a behavior disorder and goes to a school for troubled kids. The anglefish is known for it’s aggressive behavior. But under the right circumstances it can grow up to be a kind animal that lives in harmony with other fish in an aquarium. While Lenno tries his best to behave and be ‘a good boy’, we see how the anglefish fares in his new home. Meanwhile Lenno learns is quitte hard being good. And what do good or bad really mean when your brother sometimes hites you and your father has regrets about the way he has lead his life? Will Lenno find out how to behave like an angel and will the angelfish survive the care given by Lenno? Life is complex and maybe there is more than only black and white.
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SALES / CONTACT Margaret Stanneveld NPO Sales
PRODUCTION Tangerine Tree Willem Baptist
Bart de Graaffweg 2
Nienke Korthof
1202JJ Hilversum
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Human – The Netherlands
The Netherlands tel: +31 35 6773561 www.nposales.com margaret.stanneveld@npo.nl
Lenno & the Angelfish tells the story of Lenno, a 10-year old boy, who tries his best to behave. But how to be ‘a good boy ‘when everybody has their own opinion of what the difference is between right and wrong?
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Leocadia’s Dream Krzysztof Nowicki
Poland, 2017 18’
Original Language: Spanish Subtitles: English
Leocadia, the main character, has been running a small family music shop on Las Ramblas for many decades. The camera observes the last, very hard, months of her work because her shop is to be closed down. Her shop sells classical music albums on vinyl. She begins to throw away her old records, leaving them on benches along Las Ramblas as she takes her beloved little dog for a walk. By leaving the records, she leaves traces of her past behind her.
SALES / CONTACT Katarzyna Wilk KFF Sales & Promotion
PRODUCTION Ragusa Film Lucyna Kowalska
Basztowa 15/8a 31-143 Krakow Poland tel: +48 122 946945 www.kff.com.pl katarzyna.wilk@kff.com.pl
She begins to throw away her old records, leaving them on benches along Las Ramblas as she takes her beloved little dog for a walk. By leaving the records, she leaves traces of her past behind her.
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Science / Technology
Let There Be Light Mila Aung-Thwin
Canada, 2017 80’, 52’ Original Language: English, French, German Subtitles: English
In the south of France, scientists from 37 countries are building the most complex machine ever attempted: an artificial sun. If they get it right, it will illuminate the way to produce clean, cheap, abundant energy for millions of years. If they fail, it will be one of the biggest scientific failures of all time. Nuclear fusion has been the holy grail of energy for many decades now. It’s the process that drives stars, the ultimate source of energy in the universe. The possibility that fusion might be achievable on Earth as an energy source has driven scientists to the edge of reason for almost a century.
SALES / CONTACT Catherine Le Clef CAT&Docs 18 rue Quincampoix 133
Bob Moore
75004 Paris
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Documentary Channel
France
Gravitas Distribution
tel: +33 6 33648602 www.catndocs.com cat@catndocs.com
The world’s most complex science experiment is humanity’s greatest hope for the future of clean energy.
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Lindy Lou, Juror Number 2 Florent Vassault
France, 2017 85’, 60’ Original Language: English
Looking like 12 ANGRY MEN, Lindy’s story is all but fictional. For 20 years, she has lived with an unbearable feeling of guilt and no one, in this Republican and Protestant community, understood her distress. In 2006, Lindy met the man, Bobby Wilcher, who didn’t have a single visitor on death row in Parchman. She sought his forgiveness and became his friend. This friendship shocked and she lost dear friends along the way. Traumatized, this is how Lindy begins her journey and finds her 11 fellow jurors since they sentenced this man to death and questions the impact this experience had on them.
SALES / CONTACT Anaïs Clanet Wide House
PRODUCTION Andolfi Jean Baptiste Legrand
9, rue Bleue 75009 Paris France tel: +33 6 79060738 www.widehouse.org ac@widehouse.org
Lindy, a former juror, starts a journey through Mississippi looking for the 11 jurors alongside whom she sentenced a man to death, 20 years ago.
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Little Fire Nicky Maas
The Netherlands, 2017 15’ Original Language: Dutch Subtitles: English
Noëll – Little Fire – Schulte, an 11-yearold boy with autism, isn’t the most easy going type and has a hard time connecting with people. When Noëll gets Gerrit, a though buddy with a motorcycle, appointed to him they head of on an adventure. On the motorbike Noëll is freed from the outside world that tells him how to be. A road trip full of dreamy and observing moments follows. Will they learn to trust each other and let their guard down?
SALES / CONTACT Margaret Stanneveld NPO Sales
Nienke Korthof
Bart de Graaffweg 2
Willem Baptist
1202JJ Hilversum
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS KRO-NCRV – The Netherlands
The Netherlands tel: +31 35 6773561 www.nposales.com margaret.stanneveld@npo.nl
When Noëll gets Gerrit, a though buddy with a motorcycle, appointed to him they head of on an adventure.
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Little Yellow Boots John Webster
Finland | Germany, 2017 95’ Original Language: English, Russian, Finnish Subtitles: English
How can one help one’s grandchild, or great-grandchild, fifty years from now? What do we pass on to those who come after us, for both good and for bad? And what difference can one person make in the world? These are the universal questions that occupy director John Webster in this cinematic letter to his great-grandchild, a girl called Dorit who will be born in the 2060’s, and who’s little yellow boots will walk on a very different shoreline to the one we knew. Taking as its starting point a personal experience of loss that has been with John throughout his life, we are taken on an emotional and physical journey.
SALES / CONTACT Heino Deckert Deckert Distribution GmbH
PRODUCTION Millennium Film Ltd. Kristiina Pervilä
Gottschedstr. 18
JW Documentaries
04109 Leipzig
John Webster
Germany tel: +49 30 84306166
CO-PRODUCTION ma.ja.de. Filmproduktions– Germany,
www.deckert-distribution.com
Aldeles AS – Norway
info@deckert-distribution.com
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS BR – Germany, ARTE – France, YLE – Finland, NRK – Norway, VPRO – The Netherlands
Filmmaker John Webster sets out on a road-trip with his imaginary great granddaughter in an attempt to understand the moral and behavioural choices that make tackling climate change so difficult. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Politics / Society
The Lonely Battle Of Thomas Reid Feargal Ward
Ireland, 2017 80’
Original Language: English Subtitles: English
Thomas Reid lives a solitary life on the fringes of mainstream society, farming the lands passed down to him by his father and his grandfather before. He cares for little beyond his cattle, his land and his home. But beyond the walls of the 17th century farm looms a vast American factory - vital to local industry but long an unsettling presence in Thomas’ life. Suspicious of intrusion, Thomas does not welcome the state agents who come to forcibly purchase his house and lands. He vows to resist. Against this unique backdrop, a compelling story of land and State, principle and power unfolds.
SALES / CONTACT Luke McManus FSE Films 94a Grangegorman Upper 7 Dublin
PRODUCTION FSE Films Luke McManus INVOLVED TV CHANNELS NDR – Germany
Ireland tel: +353 86 3313690 www.fsefilms.com lukemcmanus@gmail.com
A story of one man’s fight to hold on to his house and lands as state and corporate powers conspire against him.
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The Long Season Leonard Retel Helmrich
The Netherlands | Lebanon, 2017 115’, 55’, 90’ Original Language: Arabic Subtitles: English
Nine million Syrians have left their homeland since the breakout of the war. Most of them have ended up in camps like Madjal Anjar in the Bekaa valley, just over the border in Lebanon. Most of the camp’s inhabitants are families who fled Raqqa, the official capital of the IS caliphate. For survival they depend on aid organizations, but some of them earn a little toiling in the fields of a local farmer who treats them with contempt. The rest of the time they spend bored, waiting for the bus that brings goods and news from Raqqa. In conditions such as these, frustration rapidly turns to conflict, traumatized children become aggressive and women’s freedom of movement is very restricted. Multi-award-winning director Leonard Retel Helmrich uses his hallmark single-shot cinema verité style to probe deep into life in the camp. The fluid motion of the camera—sometimes high in the air, sometimes gliding just above ground level—allows him to get extremely close to the camp’s inhabitants, bringing home the human drama behind the abstract number of nine million.
SALES / CONTACT Jan Röfekamp Films Transit International, Inc. 21 Place Epernay J6Z 4K9 Ville Lorraine
PRODUCTION Pieter van Huystee Film Pieter van Huystee INVOLVED TV CHANNELS EO – The Netherlands
Canada janrofekamp@filmstransit.com
An intimate portrait of life in an improvised camp in the Bekaa valley, where thousands of Syrians stay after they fled their hometown of Raqqa.
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Lonnie Holley: The Truth of the Dirt Marco Wiliams
United States, 2017 30’ Original Language: English
Lonnie Holley: The Truth of the Dirt is an intimate portrait of the self-taught African American visual artist and musical performer from Birmingham, Alabama. Everything that Lonnie encounters is imbued with creative possibility. A stick, a tire, a football, a broken hubcap, anything that has been discarded, thrown away, left behind are the materials that Lonnie uses to create. No matter what it looks like, it is always beautiful. Lonnie Holley: The Truth of the Dirt documents a man who sees beauty in what others step on, step over, and leave behind, transforming ‘junk, trash, garbage and debris’ into art.
SALES / CONTACT Marco Wiliams HipTruth Productions 2 Washington Square Village #4K 10012 New York United States hiptruthwilliams@gmail.com
Lonnie Holley: The Truth of the Dirt is an intimate portrait of a self-taught African American visual artist and musical performer from Birmingham, Alabama.
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PRODUCTION HipTruth Productions Marco Wiliams CO-PRODUCTION Petunia Productions – United States INVOLVED TV CHANNELS World Channel/American Public Television – United States
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Investigative
The Lost Kids of Calais Stephane Marchetti
France, 2017 60’
Original Language: English
Rafi, Salman, Said and Ali are all under 18 years old. They come from Afghanistan, Syria and Pakistan. After months of wandering, fleeing wars in their country, they found themselves stuck in Calais, where they are trying to survive, waiting for something better. Their dream: to get to England. How? By climbing into containers or slipping onto the axles of trucks, risking their lives. Who cares about these isolated minors in the Calais Jungle, the largest slum in Europe?
SALES / CONTACT Lydia Kali Edith Paris
PRODUCTION PlayProd Stephane Marchetti
24 rue Anatole France 92300 Levallois-Perret France tel: +33 7 86406770 www.edithparis.com lydia.kali@edithparis.com
How kids survive in Europe’s largest slum
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History
Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle Gustavo García Salmerón
Spain, 2017 91’
Original Language: Spanish Subtitles: English
‘There’s something a little bit magic about Julita, something of the fairytale’ (Variety). Matriarch Julita’s three childhood wishes have been granted: lots of kids, a monkey, and a castle. But after the financial crisis hits Spain the family loses their castle but not their sense of humour and family unity; and through the wealth of hoarded objects she has accumulated over 81 years, a rich family portrait is revealed.
SALES / CONTACT Luke Brawley Dogwoof 19-23 Ironmonger Row EC1V 3QN London United Kingdom tel: +44 207 2536244 www.dogwoof.com luke@dogwoof.com
A charming and rich portrait of eccentric matriarch Julita Salmerón and her family. With hilarious and unexpected turns we discover just how Julita got her three childhood wishes: lots of kids, a monkey, and a castle.
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PRODUCTION Gustavo Salmeron Gustavo García Salmerón
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Love is Potatoes Aliona van der Horst
The Netherlands, 2017 90’ Original Language: Russian, Dutch Subtitles: Dutch
One day, Dutch film maker van der Horst was given her inheritance: 6 square meters, one sixth of a small, wooden house in the Russian countryside where her mother grew up. It was as if life had handed her a card she felt forced to play. She began a journey into the past, back into the childhood of her Russian mother and her five sisters, all of whom struggled with fear, famine and war in Stalin’s Russia; experiences that left them scarred to their very soul. Aliona’s quest into the lives and fate of her family becomes a loving, poignant, and poetic film with Chekhovian characters. Accompanied by the magical animation of acclaimed Italian artist Simone Massi, unimaginable events in the Soviet past are given an immediate charge. Along with the stories of ordinary people living in the small farmhouse, the film maker tells the tale of Soviet terror, immense bravery and a fear that has never left those four walls.
SALES / CONTACT Frank van den Engel Zeppers Film & TV Ruysdaelkade 223 BG 1072 AW Amsterdam
PRODUCTION Zeppers Film & TV Frank van den Engel INVOLVED TV CHANNELS VPRO – The Netherlands
The Netherlands tel: +31 6 50208648 www.zeppers.nl frank@zeppers.nl
A Dutch filmmaker is given an inheritance of six square meters of a small, wooden house in a village outside Moscow. She embarks on a journey back into the secrets of her mother’s Russian past.
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Politics / Society
Love the Sinner
Jessica Devaney, Geeta Gandbhir
United States, 2017 17’ Original Language: English
Love the Sinner is a personal documentary exploring the connection between Christianity and homophobia in the wake of the shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando. Queer filmmaker Jessica Devaney grew up deeply immersed in Evangelical Christianity in Florida. After breaking with her youth as a nationally recognized activist and leader among conservative Evangelicals, Jessica left Florida and didn’t look back. She built a life that took her as far away from home as possible. Over time, her daily life became a progressive echo chamber. The mass shooting at Pulse was a wake up call. By avoiding hard conversations with church leadership, had she missed opportunities to challenge homophobia? Love the Sinner probes our responsibility to face bias in our communities and push for dignity and equality for all. US not available
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SALES / CONTACT Kristen Fitzpatrick Women Make Movies
PRODUCTION Multitude Films Jessica Devaney
115 W. 29th Street Suite 1200 NY 10001 New York United States tel: +1 212 9250606 www.wmm.com kf@wmm.com
Love the Sinner is a short documentary exploring the connection between Christianity and homophobia in the wake of the shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida.
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Love, Cecil
Lisa Immordino Vreeland
United States, 2017 99’ Original Language: English
Oscar®-winning set and costume designer, photographer, writer and painter Cecil Beaton was not only a dazzling chronicler, but an arbiter of his time. From the Bright Young Things to the front lines of war to the international belle monde and the pages of Vogue and then onto the Queen’s official photographer Beaton embodied the cultural and political changes of the twentieth century. In this tender portrait, director Lisa Immordino Vreeland (Diane Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel, Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict) blends archival footage and photographs with voice over of Beaton’s famed diaries to capture his legacy as a complex and unique creative force. Dynamic and lyrical, LOVE, CECIL is an examination of Beaton’s singular sense of the visual, which dictated a style that set standards of creativity that continue to resonate and inspire today.
SALES / CONTACT Jason Ishikawa Cinetic Media
PRODUCTION Fischio Films Lisa Immordino Vreeland
555 W. 25th St. 4th Floor 10001 New York United States tel: +1 212 2047979 www.cineticmedia.com jason@cineticmedia.com
Lisa Immordino Vreeland (Diane Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel, Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict) blends archival footage and photographs with voice over of Cecil Beaton’s famed diaries to capture his legacy as a complex and unique creative force. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Youth
Loving Lorna
Jessica Karlsson, Annika Karlsson
Ireland | Sweden, 2017 59’, 61’ Original Language: English Subtitles: English
Loving Lorna revolves around 17-year-old Lorna who lives in Ballymun, a run-down public housing estate in Dublin, known for its high-rises blocks and urban equestrian culture. There’s always been a strong horse culture in Ballymun and Lorna and her family are a part of it, which in many ways was and still is their saving grace. Her unemployed father finds structure and purpose in daily life by caring for his horses, while her sick mother wistfully remembers the days when she used to turn heads as she galloped through the fields and town. Lorna’s best friend is the horse Big Foot, which she got from her father when she was one year old. It’s Lorna’s last summer break from school and Ballymun’s characteristic high-rises, the Towers, the previous home of the family, are being torn down. Together with her father, Lorna takes the family’s horses out to graze on empty lots and dreams about becoming a farrier. However, things might not turn out as planned. This is a poetic and empowering coming-of-age film about a young woman just embarking on her adult life, a story of longing, happiness, horses, disappointments and dreams. And also how people can create meaning in their lives beyond that which is expected. Loving Lorna has screened at numerous festivals and is nominated for PRIX EUROPA, TV documentary.
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SALES / CONTACT Anna K Hagnefur SVT Sales Oxenstiernsgatan 26-34
PRODUCTION Systerskaparna Jessica Karlsson Annika Karlsson
105 10 Stockholm Sweden tel: +46 8 7840000 www.svtsales.com anna.hagnefur@svt.se
There’s always been a strong horse culture in the suburb Ballymun and Lorna and her family are a part of it. It’s Lorna’s last summer break and she dreams about becoming a farrier. This is a poetic, empowering coming-of-age film, a story of survival, relationships, horses and dreams.
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History / Politics
Lust for Power Tereza Nvotová
Slovakia | Czech Republic, 2017 89’ Original Language: Slovak, Czech, English Subtitles: English
The story begins in 1989 when she’s a one year old and the Velvet Revolution is about to bring down the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. Following their victory, almost none of the revolutionary leaders want to occupy important government positions. They organize an open call for the position of Minister of Interior, and an unknown lawyer from a small town, Vladimir Meciar, vies for the job. He wins and proceeds to rise to the very top. While governing he becomes a benevolent dictator, ruling the country using tools of corruption, propaganda and organized crime. While events like the division of Czechoslovakia or the kidnapping of the President’s son unfold, Tereza and her friends are playing children’s games of politics casting Meciar in the lead role. The documentary Taste of Power doesn’t only cover one chapter in Slovak political history. It raises universal and very current questions, because Meciarlike political archetypes keep popping up all over the world. Are we ever going to find out, why we tend to put blind faith in authoritarian leaders?
SALES / CONTACT Zuzana Mistrikova PubRes
mistrikova@pubres.sk
PRODUCTION PubRes Zuzana Mistrikova Lubica Orechovska CO-PRODUCTION HBO Europe – Czech Republic, Negativ Film Productions – Czech Republic INVOLVED TV CHANNELS HBO Europe – Czech Republic
How the small country lost its mind
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Lyubov Staffan Julén
Sweden, 2017 90’ Original Language: Belarusian Subtitles: English
“For several years, Nobel Prize winner Svetlana Alexievich investigated Russian people’s relationship of love. Which, she means, is an acute shortage of today’s society. Documentary film director Staffan Julén followed her work and together they depict a process driven by equal parts of political, artistic and humanistic forces.” The film is an intricate tapestry of interwoven stories that express the essence of love, the byzantine paths it can take, and its power to survive, even in the most desperate circumstances. But it also sings of madness, pain, longing and emptiness in a harsh reality that values people by status and money.
SALES / CONTACT Tijana Djukic Taskovski Films C/o Very Ard Times Ltd Tower 42 25 Old Broad Street EC2N 1HQ London United Kingdom tel: +38 76 5652046 www.taskovskifilms.com sales@taskovskifilms.com
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PRODUCTION Overcoat Johan Seth INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Kspecial SVT
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Youth
Maineland Miao Wang
China | United States, 2017 89’ Original Language: Chinese, English Subtitles: English
Filmed over three years, MAINELAND follows two teenagers - fun-loving Stella and introspective Harry - who are part of this enormous wave of ‘parachute students’ from China’s wealthy elite seeking Western-style education and the promise of a Hollywood-style U.S. high school experience.Through their stories, the film observes China’s place in the in the contemporary world order, its rise, and how that rise is impacted by the West, Directed by Miao Wang (Beijing Taxi). Shot on Cinematic HD on by Sean Price Williams (Queen of Earth, Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of National Lampoon, Iris, Kate Plays Christine).
SALES / CONTACT David Piperni Cargo Film & Releasing
PRODUCTION Three Waters Productions Violet Du Feng
611 Broadway, #630 10012 New York United States tel: +1 212 9958139 www.cargofilm-releasing.com dpiperni@cargofilm-releasing.com
Over 370,000 students from mainland China are enrolled in Western high schools and universities - six times more than a decade ago - why is this so and what is the cultural impact?
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Art / Music / Culture
The Making of a Dream Daniela Ambrosoli
Switzerland, 2017 62’ Original Language: English
The film is the result of Daniela’s lifelong love for dance, music and the theatre scene. It investigates the rough way of a ballet dancer, from first steps as a child, to the goal to become a principal dancer in a world renowned company. Many interviews with famous protagonists of the dance scene worldwide, such as the famous dancer Etoile from The Scala in Milano, Luciana Savignano and with the Swiss actress Sabine Timoteo, a former dancer, were taken. The film crew visited acclaimed companies and schools in Switzerland, The Netherlands, Italy, and in the USA Boston and New York.
SALES / CONTACT Daniela Ambrosoli Pierino Ambrosoli Foundation danima@ambrosoli.org
This documentary investigates the rough way of a ballet dancer, from first steps as a little child, to the goal to become a principal dancer in a world renowned company.
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Mama Colonel Dieudo Hamadi
Congo | France, 2017 72’ Original Language: Lingala, Swahili Subtitles: English
Having worked for 15 years for the brigade against sexual violence and the protection of minors in Bukavu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where she was very popular due to the effectiveness of her work, Colonel Honorine learns that she is transferred to Kisangani, a city unknown to her, some 650 km from Bukavu. The film follows the Colonel in her daily work: her departure from Bukavu, her installation and the discovery of her new place of work. In Kisangani, she must face up to a situation she has never been confronted to before. Soon after her arrival, she meets women victims of sexual violence during the “Six-Day War”, a conflict that had taken place 10 years earlier. As she settles into a new team, she must come to the aid of these women that everyone has tended to forget, “treating” them as everyday cases, notably the children beaten for witchcraft.
SALES / CONTACT Stephan Riguet Andana Films 25 route de l’Echelette
PRODUCTION Cinedoc films Christian Lelong
07170 Lussas
CO-PRODUCTION Mutotu Productions – Democratic
France
Republic of the Congo
tel: +33 4 75943467
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Lyon Capitale TV – France
www.andanafilms.com contact@andanafilms.com
Colonel Honorine, more commonly known as “Mama Colonel”, works for the Congolese police force and heads the unit for the protection of minors and the fight against sexual violence. Having worked for 15 years in Bukavu, in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, she learns she is transferred to Kisangani. There, she finds herself faced with new challenges. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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A Man’s Place Coline Grando
Belgium, 2017 58’ Original Language: French Subtitles: Dutch
Men between the ages of 20 and 40 have been confronted with an unforeseen pregnancy. In most cases, abortion followed. They reveal their feelings and thoughts about this event. Through these life stories, the film reflects on a man’s place in the relations between women and men.
SALES / CONTACT Stephan Riguet AndanaFilms
contact@andanafilms.com
PRODUCTION Centre Video de Bruxelles Cyril Bibas CO-PRODUCTION Centre de I’ Audio-Visuel a Bruxelles – Belgium INVOLVED TV CHANNELS RTBF – Belgium, VOO – Belgium
Men between the ages of 20 and 40 have been confronted with an unforeseen pregnancy. In most cases, abortion followed. They reveal their feelings and thoughts about this event. Through these life stories, the film reflects on a man’s place in the relations between women and men.
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Manic Kalina Bertin
Canada, 2017 84’
Original Language: English, French, Thai
Manic chronicles filmmaker Kalina Bertin’s struggle to make sense of the legacy of mental illness wreaking havoc over her siblings’s lives. Convinced that her father holds a key piece of the puzzle, she sets out to find the truth about him, and discovers a man known alternately as a cult leader, a scam artist, a prophet, and a father of fifteen. Manic invites the viewer on a compelling and intimate journey through time and through the mind, where past and present collide.
SALES / CONTACT Bob Moore EyeSteelFilm
PRODUCTION EyeSteelFilm Marina Serrao
7095 Marconi St, Suite 201
Kalina Bertin
H2S3K4 Montreal
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Superchannel – Denmark
Canada tel: +1 514 9374893 www.eyesteelfilm.com bob@eyesteelfilm.com
Manic chronicles filmmaker Kalina Bertin’s journey to understand the devastating impacts of mental illness on her family. Convinced that her father holds a key piece of the puzzle, she sets out to find the truth about a man known alternately as a cult leader, a scam artist, a prophet, and a dad of fifteen children across five separate families.
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Author’s Point of View
Maregrave Justine Cappelle
Belgium, 2017 25’, 27’ Original Language: Dutch Subtitles: English
The coastline forms the border between water and land. This line is constantly moving. The sea takes along everything that comes on its path, slowly changing into a graveyard of sunken souls and a collection of human objects. Future generations will not be spared: several experts predict the rise of the sea level. More and more human territory is threatened to become part of the sea’s increasing collection. This impressionistic documentary investigates signs of past human decay in order to understand the potential threat of a rising sea.
SALES / CONTACT Justine Cappelle Justine Cappelle
justine.cappelle@hotmail.com
An impressionist portrait of a threatening North Sea, depicted as a collection of -perpetually growing- human decay.
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PRODUCTION RITCS Royal Institute for Theater Lai Kin Chang Cinema & Sound
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Politics / Society
Mariam Mohamed Jaffer
Iraq, 2017 28’
Original Language: Arabic Subtitles: English
In IRAQ, Military media team help and rescuer Mosul family from the rubble after their house was blown up by ISIS. From under the rubble, the truth paved the way for it, where the clearest and most visible horizon is the military media camera which opened its space for events without motives or intentions, except to cover the facts impartially, “Maryam” another picture of the reality of the heroic role of the national media, He was driven by a path parallel to what the fighter offers to achieve the message of freedom, the restoration of land and the dignity confiscated by criminal organizations.
SALES / CONTACT Murtadha Al-Musawi Military Media team
PRODUCTION Military Media team Military Media team
murtdah78hameed@gmail.com
In IRAQ, Military media team help and rescuer Mosul family from the rubble after their house was blown up by ISIS.
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A Marriage Story Helena Trestíková
Czech Republic, 2017 102’ Original Language: Czech Subtitles: English
In 35 years of one couple’s shared life, a lot of things happen: from the moments of an absolute harmony to the dramatic falls. For the most of the time, the couple cares for common daily life issues and joys that come together with raising the children, running the household or running a business. And this is exactly the life of furniture shop owners Ivana and Vaclav Strnadovi, 2 characters that a director Helena Trˇestíková follows with her camera as of the year 1980 within a project The Marriage Story. Her new feature documentary about Strnad family is linked to TV films from this cycle, but most importantly it shows further shocking twists, that life brought to the couple and their children.
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SALES / CONTACT Daniel Vadocky Negativ Film Productions Ostrovní 30 110 00 Prague 1 Czech Republic tel: +420 224 933755 www.negativ.cz daniel@negativ.cz
PRODUCTION Negativ Film Productions Katerina Cerná INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Czech Television – Czech Republic
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Mayskaya street Gabriel Tejedor
Switzerland, 2017 70’ Original Language: Russian, Belarusian Subtitles: English
Belarus, Winter 2015. The omnipotent president Loukachenko is starting his campaign looking for a 5th mandate. As Kostia celebrates his 18th birthday and gets ready to vote for the first time, he takes us around in his village and his family and friends. Following their paths from small jobs to drinking cessions, they all try to understand and conceive their country and their future.
SALES / CONTACT Xavier Derigo IDIP Films
PRODUCTION IDIP Films Xavier Derigo
41b Route des Jeunes 1227 Carouge Switzerland tel: +41 22 8002108 www.idipfilms.com xderigo@idipfilms.com
Belarus, Winter 2015. The omnipotent president Loukachenko is starting his campaign looking for a 5th mandate. As Kostia celebrates his 18th birthday and gets ready to vote for the first time, he takes us around in his village and his family and friends. Following their paths from small jobs to drinking cessions, they all try to understand and conceive their country and their future.
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Art / Music / Culture
Meetings with Ivor Alan Gilsenan
Ireland, 2017 82’
Original Language: English
Alan Gilsenan’s Meetings With Ivor is a surprising documentary film - viewers get a sense that they are, in fact, meeting themselves! A handsome ‘gentle giant’ and 88-year-old Ivor Browne has been a central figure in Irish mental health for many decades. Some people wish he was not. Yet many people owe their lives to him. Browne somehow managed to be part of the establishment while still being one of its greatest critics. In this quirky and challenging cinematic portrait, we witness his music-making, his sense of fun and genuine humility as well as his refreshing vision as he meets with diverse personalities from contemporary Irish life. His deeplyinformed, startlingly innovative thought offers people real hope in an increasingly bewildering world....
SALES / CONTACT Tomas Hardiman Parzival Productions
PRODUCTION Parzival Productions Tomas Hardiman
18 Dalysfort Road Salthill H91Y5EF Galway Ireland tomas@parzival.ie
Meetings With Ivor is a quirky new film about music, madness and the unifying influence of the heart as it expresses itself in the life of ground-breaking Irish psychiatrist, Ivor Browne. Browne is a man ahead of his time and so this is a film which may take time to get noticed internationally. Watch it and decide for yourself… 312
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Meyer’s Manhattan Food Adventure Keld Klüwer
Denmark, 2017 55’ Original Language: Danish, English
Claus Meyer is the founder of the worldrenowned NOMA restaurant and one of the creators and pioneers of the New Nordic Cuisine, which has taken the world by storm. SALES / CONTACT Kim Christiansen DR International Sales
PRODUCTION DR Sales Hanne Pedersen
Emil Holms Kanal 20
Dorte Palle Jørgensen
0999 Copenhagen Denmark
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS SVT – Sweden,
tel: +45 35 203040
YLE – Finland,
www.drsales.dk
RUV – Iceland,
kimc@dr.dk
DR – Denmark
Claus Meyer is the founder of the worldrenowned NOMA restaurant and one of the creators and pioneers of the New Nordic Cuisine, which has taken the world by storm.
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Miatari Aiko Kawahara
Japan, 2017 25’
Original Language: Japanese
In an age where scientific methods are all the rage, miatari detectives pound the streets in search of fugitives, relying on only their memory and their feet. Osaka Prefectural Police Detective Inspector Hitoshi Morimoto, the “god of miatari” who boasts the nation’s highest clearance rate for apprehension of fugitives, is on the verge of retiring from the force. We follow Inspector Morimoto as he converses with photos of fugitives and “invites them in” to his memory before heading out into the city streets one final time before retirement.
SALES / CONTACT Tomoko Matsuda NHK
PRODUCTION NHK Yusuke Ito
2-2-1 Jinnan 150-8001 Shibuya Japan matsuda.t-fc@nhk.or.jp
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Michail and Daniel Andrei Zagdansky
Ukraine | United States | Czech Republic, 2017 89’ Original Language: Czech, Russian, Ukranian Subtitles: English
Michail is an artist and he is working on a series of paintings called ‘Franz Kafka’s Diary’. His son Daniel is thirtyfour and yet his life is hardly separable from the life of his father. He is deaf and mute, and suffers from a severe form of cerebral palsy. Michail is determined and energetic, Daniel – persistent and charismatic. And they are a striking couple. The film offers a detailed observation of two interconnected characters.
SALES / CONTACT Gennady Kofman MaGiKa Film of. 12-13, 13 Matushenko st. 61013 Kharkiv
PRODUCTION MaGiKa Film Gennady Kofman CO-PRODUCTION AZ Films LLC – United States
Ukraine www.magikafilm.com.ua gkofman@magikafilm.com.ua
A deaf child with cerebral palsy and his father, an artist. Kafka and Fate.
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Michelin Stars - Tales From the Kitchen Rasmus Dinesen
Denmark, 2017 58’, 82’ Original Language: Spanish, French, English, Danish Subtitles: English
The value of the guide as a marketing tool for the esteemed tire manufacturer Michelin is not to be underestimated. Through interviews with international director Michael Ellis we get the Michelin guide’s official views on the world of gastronomy. On the other side we meet chefs, food writers and critics who find the guide ‘lazy’ – ‘over-the-hill’ – ‘secretive’ and some who on the other hand, find it ‘a must’.
SALES / CONTACT Kim Christiansen DR International Sales
PRODUCTION Globus Film Pruduktion ApS Jesper Jarl Becker
Emil Holms Kanal 20
Kristian Brask Thomsen
0999 Copenhagen Denmark
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS DR – Denmark,
tel: +45 35 203040
ZDF/ARTE – Germany,
www.drsales.dk
NHK – Japan,
kimc@dr.dk
RTS – Switzerland, SRF – Switzerland, Channel 8 – Israel
Get behind the scenes of the mythical Michelin Guide of fine dining and take an in-depth look at the secret Michelin-inspectors’ work to understand the criteria for obtaining one, two or three stars in the notorious red guidebook
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Nature / Environment
The Milk System Andreas Pichler
Germany | Italy, 2017 52’, 91’ Original Language: German, Danish, English, French, Italian Subtitles: English
There’s one thing milk stands for — health. It’s seen as natural and nutrient-rich. But is it really that healthy? We set out to take a critical look at the milk system. Along the way we’ll meet farmers, dairy owners, politicians, lobbyists, NGOs, scientists. Each has their own views on the value and consequences of an industry with worldwide impact. Whether in Europe, Asia or Africa, milk is the allegorical model of streamlined-for-growth global food production. The film uncovers surprising truths behind the system. Who profits at whose cost? Does the system have a future and are there alternatives?
SALES / CONTACT Georg Gruber Magnetfilm GmbH Torstr. 154 10115 Berlin Germany tel: +49 163 8010753
PRODUCTION EIKON Media GmbH Christian Drewing CO-PRODUCTION Miramonte Film – Italy INVOLVED TV CHANNELS RBB - ARTE
www.magnetfilm.de georg.gruber@magnetfilm.de
Germany, Austria, Switzerland not available
Milk is big business. Everything connected to it is considered as healthy, natural and nutritious. But is it really? We want to know the consequences – now and in the future. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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The Mine
Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz
Poland, 2017 60’
Original Language: Polish Subtitles: English
A portrait of three women of different ages who work in the same place. Coal sorting in the Rydu?towy Hard Coal Mine is a tough way to earn a living, yet the protagonists show a lot of spirit. Unfortunately, their everyday struggle is not limited to coal sorting only but involves the most down-toearth matters, too, such as fighting with clerks to have toilets cleaned in the women’s workplace. Sometimes, their only weapon is a sense of dignity and a sense of humour.
SALES / CONTACT Katarzyna Wilk KFF Sales & Promotion
PRODUCTION Grupa ATM Adam Montrezor
Basztowa 15/8a 31-143 Krakow Poland tel: +48 122 946945 www.kff.com.pl katarzyna.wilk@kff.com.pl
Sometimes, their only weapon is a sense of dignity and a sense of humour.
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Miss Maria, Skirting the Mountain Rubén Mendoza
Colombia, 2017 90’ Original Language: Spanish Subtitles: English
Boavita is a rural, conservative, and Catholic village embedded in the Andes and frozen in time: in the foothills of these mountains lives Miss Maria. She is 45 years old and was born a boy. Behind what appears to be just another life mired in gender and identity conflicts lies a sinister family history, its deepest roots seasoned with hatred. And the scapegoat in this story has always been our Miss, even before she set foot in this world. The horrors of rural life in Colombia with all its morality have done nothing but increase the power of this solitary soul. Shunned from birth, from the womb, she has found in the secrets she holds, in her love of animals, in the labyrinth of her faith, a way of dealing with a world that has done nothing but despise her for reasons beyond her control, reasons that have victimized her from the start. But our Miss is as mighty as a stalk of wheat, impervious even to earthquakes, and although she has known much sorrow, there is none powerful enough to exhaust her tears.
SALES / CONTACT Alfredo Calvino
PRODUCTION Amanda Amanda Sarmiento
Habanero Film Sales
acalvino@habanerofilmsales.com
In Boavita, one of the most conservative Catholic villages in Colombia, Third World, Earth, lives Miss Maria Luysa. She’s 45 years old and was born a boy.
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A Modern Man Eva Mulvad
Denmark | Germany, 2017 58’, 84’ Original Language: English
Charlie Siem has everything: a career as a classical violinist with sold-out concerts around the world and golden offers from the leading fashion houses, using him as a model in their international campaigns. On the surface it looks like the perfect life. But behind his photogenic looks, we meet a man who is trying to navigate his many options. What is the definition of a good career? How do you become the best version of yourself? And how do you create a life that meets both the outside world’s as well as your own high conceptions of happiness and success? For Charlie, this is not easy. The demands are high when every detail counts and only the perfect is good enough. The film is a portrait of a typical 21st century man. An existential journey into a world of expectations and choices. A story about us - the free and wealthy who seem to have it all but are always on the hunt for more.
SALES / CONTACT Diana Karklin Rise and Shine World Sales Schlesische Strasse 29/30 10997 Berlin Germany
PRODUCTION Danish Documentary Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær CO-PRODUCTION Kloos & Co Medien GmbH – Germany
tel: +49 30 47372980
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS BR / ARTE – Germany,
www.riseandshine-berlin.de
DR TV – Denmark
diana.karklin@riseandshine-berlin.de
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Moldovan Miracle Stian Indrevoll
Moldova | Norway, 2017 58’, 82’, 45’ Original Language: Romanian, English, Norwegian Subtitles: English
Hans Bjorn Bakketeig (59) has set himself an ambitious goal: To give Moldova glasses. Serving as the only optometrist in Europe’s poorest country, his work is troublesome. So far he has helped 10.000 Moldovans to a better life, but he is far from satisfied. Together with his good helper, Dr. Tatiana, their goal is to establish the first official low vision centre. But the problems are numerous. They need more office space, the political system is dysfunctional and leaders they have depended upon to reach their goal are sent to prison, accused of corruption.
SALES / CONTACT Kim Christiansen DR International Sales Emil Holms Kanal 20
PRODUCTION Flimmer Film AS Johnny Holmvåg
0999 Copenhagen
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS TV2 – Denmark,
Denmark
SVT – Sweden
tel: +45 35 203040 www.drsales.dk kimc@dr.dk
In Moldova there is only one optometrist. He has a simple solution to a big health problem, but due to a dysfunctional political system, he faces major problems. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Monogamish Tao Ruspoli
United States | Italy, 2017 73’ Original Language: English
Recovering from a heartbreaking divorce, independent filmmaker and son-of-an-Italian-Prince Tao Ruspoli takes to the road to talk to his relatives, advice columnists, psychologists, historians, anthropologists, artists, philosophers, sex workers, sex therapists, and ordinary couples about love, sex & monogamy in our culture. What he discovers about his very unconventional family, and about the history and psychology of love and marriage leads him to question the ideal of monogamy, and the traditional family values that go with it. Directed by Tao Raspoli. Executive Produced by Dan Savage. Featuring Esther Perel.
SALES / CONTACT David Piperni Cargo Film & Releasing 611 Broadway, #630 10012 New York United States tel: +1 212 9958139 www.cargofilm-releasing.com dpiperni@cargofilm-releasing.com
Recovering from a heartbreaking divorce, independent filmmaker and son-of-an-Italian-Prince Tao Ruspoli takes to the road to talk to his relatives, advice columnists, psychologists, historians, anthropologists, artists, philosophers, sex workers, sex therapists, and ordinary couples about love, sex & monogamy in our culture.
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Morisot - The Heart is a Rebel Klaas Bense
The Netherlands, 2017 55’, 70’ Original Language: French, English Subtitles: Dutch
In France, at a time when it was inconceivable for a woman to pursue a career in art, Berthe Morisot courageously followed her passion and became one of the founding members of the Impressionist art movement. Her male colleagues have become world famous, names like Monet, Degas, Pissarro, Sisley and Renoir. But Berthe Morisot has remained relatively unknown. The ‘Heart is a Rebel’ investigates Morisot’s intriguing life and discovers that she is a powerful source of inspiration for young women today.
SALES / CONTACT Frank van den Engel Zeppers Film Ruysdaelkade 223 BG 1072 AW Amsterdam
PRODUCTION Zeppers Film Frank van den Engel INVOLVED TV CHANNELS NTR – The Netherlands
The Netherlands frank@zeppers.nl
In France, at a time when it was inconceivable for a woman to pursue a career in art, Berthe Morisot courageously followed her passion and became one of the founding members of the Impressionist art movement. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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The Mossad; Imperfect Spies Duki Dror
Israel | Germany, 2017 4x50’, 90’ Original Language: English, Hebrew Subtitles: English
The Mossad, Israel’s Foreign Intelligence agency, has been almost completely sealed off to the media for many years. Now, for the first time since its founding, dozens of its former operatives have agreed to be interviewed. These rare interviews, and the personal and political dilemmas and challenges they bring to light, form the hear of the four-part documentary series The Mossad: Imperfect Spies. Viewers are drawn into a personal account of the top-secret operations that have shaped Israel’s past and may yet shape its future.
SALES / CONTACT Philippa Kowarsky
PRODUCTION Duki Dror
Cinephil
Liat Kamay-Eshed
18 Levontin st 6511207 Tel Aviv
CO-PRODUCTION Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion –
Israel
Germany
tel: +972 3 5664129 www.cinephil.com
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Hot Channel 8 – Israel,
info@cinephil.com
WDR / Arte – Germany
These rare interviews, and the personal and political dilemmas and challenges they bring to light, form the hear of the four-part documentary series The Mossad: Imperfect Spies. Viewers are drawn into a personal account of the top-secret operations that have shaped Israel’s past and may yet shape its future.
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Nature / Environment
Mother of the Earth Mahnaz Afzali
Iran, 2017 52’
Original Language: Iranian Subtitles: English
This documentary takes a brief look at Hayedeh Shirzadi and her husband’s shared life, love and work and their attempt to put an end to the dumping and burial of urban garbage. Due to their hard work and ingenuity, 100% of the city of Kermanshah’s garbage is now recycled and the bio waste is made into organic fertilizers. Shirzadi studied recycling in Germany. She returned to Iran in order to clean up the environment, to stop the destruction of arable land, and to curb air and water pollution. Her first attempts were ignored but she kept at the local government until she was successful in getting the job of waste manager, first in her birth place Gilane Gharb and then in Kermanshah. She also traveled around Iran and helped establish recycling center in many cities. Today Kermanshah’s waste is all recycled and converted into useful products. She is an energetic leader and the fate of the earth is her main concern. Shirzadi has recently launched a site for recycling construction rubble.
SALES / CONTACT Maryam Bagheri Kara Film Studio
PRODUCTION Kara Film Studio Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
5, Sabz Alley, 13th St., Hormozan St., phase 2, Shahrake Gharb, Tehran, Iran 1466795171 Tehran Iran marybagheri85@gmail.com
“Hayedeh Shirzadi” received a PhD in Ecology and created the only 100% waste recycling plant in her city of Kermanshah. She wants to do this in every city in Iran.
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Motherland Ramona S. Diaz, Inc.
Philippines | United States, 2017 94’ Original Language: Filipino, English Subtitles: English
Motherland takes us into the heart of the planet’s busiest maternity hospital in one of the world’s poorest and most populous countries: The Philippines. The film’s viewer, like an unseen outsider dropped unobtrusively into the hospital’s stream of activity, passes through hallways, enters rooms and listens in on conversations. At first, the surrounding people are strangers. But as the film continues, it’s absorbingly intimate, rendering the women at the heart of the story increasingly familiar. Three women—Lea, Aira and Lerma— emerge to share their stories with other mothers, their families, doctors and social workers. While each of them faces daunting odds at home, their optimism, honesty and humor suggest a strength that they will certainly have to summon in the years ahead.
SALES / CONTACT Luke Brawley Dogwoof
PRODUCTION CineDiaz Ramona S. Diaz
19-23 Ironmonger Row
Inc.
EC1V 3QN London
Rey Cuerdo
United Kingdom
Rey Cuerdo
tel: +44 207 2536244 www.dogwoof.com luke@dogwoof.com
An immersive look inside the world’s busiest maternity hospital in The Phillippines, one of the world’s poorest and most populous countries.
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Mountain Jen Peedom
Australia, 2017 74’ Original Language: English
Mountain is a cinematic and musical collaboration between acclaimed director Jennifer Peedom (Sherpa) and the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO), one of the greatest chamber orchestras in the world. Mountain will look at the troubled and triumphant history of our timeless fascination with mountains…a juxtaposition of image and music to explore the powerful force that mountains hold over the imagination of so many. From Antarctica to Hawaii, the canvas for Mountain is immense.
SALES / CONTACT Luke Brawley Dogwoof 19-23 Ironmonger Row
PRODUCTION Stranger than Fiction Films Jen Peedom Jo-Anne McGowan
EC1V 3QN London United Kingdom tel: +44 207 2536244 www.dogwoof.com luke@dogwoof.com
From the director of the BAFTA-nominated Sherpa and narrated by Willem Dafoe, Mountain explores the nature of our modern fascination with mountains in collaboration with one of the greatest chamber orchestras in the world.
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History / Politics
The Mountain Pact Manuele Cecconello
Italy, 2017 52’
Original Language: Italian Subtitles: English
An old man staggers into an abandoned textile factory. His name is Argante. In 1944, during World War II, he worked there and led the strike that resulted in the signing of the Mountain Pact, the first agreement in Europe giving equal pay to both men and women. Christian, a young fashion stylist from the Milan catwalks, discovers Argante’s story, follows his leads and meets Nino. Nino Cerruti is the internationally acclaimed stylist and the son of the signatory of the Pact. Together they create a surprising gift honoring the legacy of this extraordinary historical event.
SALES / CONTACT Francesca Conti acta films
Maurizio Pellegrini
Via Scarlatti 27
Jean Vigo Italia
20124 Milano
Elda Ferri
Italy francesca.conti1@gmail.com
An old partisan tells a young fashion stylist the story of labour rights to achieve equal pay between men and women in textile production.
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PRODUCTION VideoAstolfosullaLuna
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Move! Dance your Life Fanny Jean-Noel
France, 2017 76’
Move! a “poetrip”. It’s a unique, poetic and aesthetic film about dance around the world! Its primary language is Dance, a universal medium. The film takes place in 18 different destinations around the world. With over 20 dancers, amateurs or professionals, from childhood to old age, from womb to tomb, Move! shows humanity’s vital need for dance. “We should consider each day lost in which we have not danced at least once” Friedrich Nietzsche
SALES / CONTACT Anaïs Clanet Wide House
PRODUCTION Rappi Productions Guillaume Rappeneau
9, rue Bleue 75009 Paris France tel: +33 6 79060738 www.widehouse.org ac@widehouse.org
Move! a “poetrip”. It’s a unique, poetic and aesthetic film about dance around the world!
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Mr Gay Syria Ayse Toprak
France | Turkey | Germany, 2017 88’, 52’ Original Language: Arabic, English, Turkish, German Subtitles: English
Mr. Gay Syria follows two gay Syrian refugees who are trying to rebuild their lives. Husein is a barber in Istanbul living a double life between his conservative family and his gay identity. Mahmoud is the founder of Syria’s LGBTI movement and is a refugee in Berlin. What brings them together is a dream: to participate in an international beauty contest as an escape from their trapped lives and an answer to their invisibility. Will the dream come true or will the refugee crisis and the harsh consequences of being gay in the Muslim world shatter it to pieces? Germany, Arabic speaking Free TV in the Middle East, Israel not available
Two gay Syrian refugees try to rebuild their lives after having been forced to leave their country. What brings them together is a crazy dream: to join the international beauty contest, Mr. Gay World. 330
SALES / CONTACT Tijana Djukic Taskovski Films C/o Very Ard Times Ltd Tower 42 25 Old Broad Street EC2N 1HQ London United Kingdom tel: +38 76 5652046 www.taskovskifilms.com sales@taskovskifilms.com
PRODUCTION Les Filmes d’Antoine Antoine Simkine
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Muhi - Generally Temporary Rina Castelnuovo-Hollander, Tamir Elterman
Israel | Germany, 2017 87’ Original Language: Arabic, Hebrew Subtitles: English
For the past seven years Muhi, a brave and spirited Palestinian boy has been living in an Israeli hospital, unable to return to his home in Gaza. Caught between two worlds and two peoples, Muhi is raised in paradoxical circumstances that transcend identity, religion and the conflict that divides his world. His time at the hospital is running out and Muhi now faces the most critical choices of his life.
SALES / CONTACT Hilla Medalia Medalia Productions 2 Barzilai Street suite 16, 3rd floor 6511304 Tel Aviv
PRODUCTION Medalia Productions Hilla Medalia CO-PRODUCTION Neue Celluloid Fabrik – Germany
Israel
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Yes Doco – Israel,
tel: +972 3 9697006
EO – The Netherlands,
www.medaliaproductions.com
VGTV – Norway,
hilla@medaliaproductions.com
RSI – Switzerland
Muhi (Muhammad), a boy from Gaza that for the past seven years lives with his grandfather in an Israeli hospital. Muhi now faces the most critical choices of his life.
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My Father’s Choice Yan Ting Yuen
The Netherlands, 2017 80’ Original Language: Chinese, English Subtitles: English
Director Yan Ting Yuen links the personal history of her father and his family to the major developments of the past fifty years in China: the great Chinese famines in the fifties, the Cultural Revolution in the sixties, the exodus to the West in the seventies. These events created the Chinese conjunction of communism and capitalism and rendered today’s China the greatest economic power in the world; events for which its people paid a hefty price. A story unfolds in which the relationship between the individual and the collective, the small-scale, personal history and the big, global history, is one of continuous friction.
SALES / CONTACT Jantien Ekkes Witfilm De Kempenaerstraat 11B 1051CJ Amsterdam
PRODUCTION Witfilm Iris Lammertsma INVOLVED TV CHANNELS NTR – The Netherlands
The Netherlands tel: +31 20 6885049 www.witfilm.nl jantien@witfilm.nl
The small-scale story of the father and family of director Yan Ting Yuen told within the context of the vast history of China and the Chinese diaspora. Her father led three very different lives: one in Dapeng, China, one in Hong Kong, and one in the Netherlands. Were these all his own choices or was he merely drawn into the vortex of history?
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My Fucking Problem Anne Van Campenhout
The Netherlands, 2017 44’ Original Language: Dutch Subtitles: English
‘Hello, Vagina. I’m going to make a film about you.’ ‘My Fucking Problem’ is a personal documentary by Anne van Campenhout about vaginismus. For Anne, intercourse has been painful and hence impossible for ten years. She makes love to her boyfriend, but he never enters her vagina. She tried different therapies, but without success. Yet, she wants to be able to have penetrative sex at all costs. Where does this desire come from? Why can’t she be satisfied without penetration? In her search, Anne speaks with her boyfriend and women who suffer from the same condition. How do they find their way in a world in which penetration seems to be the norm? Is it a disease to be cured? Or a problem put into their heads by oversexed media? The film explores how important penetration actually is. Can Anne find a way to accept that this might be something she can’t experience?
SALES / CONTACT Monique Busman De Familie Film & TV
PRODUCTION De Familie Film & TV Monique Busman
Schollenbrugstraat 4 1091EX Amsterdam The Netherlands tel: +31 20 6633303 www.defamilie.net info@defamilie.net
‘My Fucking Problem’ is a personal documentary by Anne van Campenhout about vaginismus. She is unable to have penetration sex because her vagina hurts. How does she find her way in a world in which penetration seems to be the norm? International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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My Happy Complicated Family Tessa Louise Pope
The Netherlands, 2017 17’ Original Language: Dutch Subtitles: English
This funny, short youth documentary evolves around three young girls of different ages. They all have one thing in common: an exceptional family construction. And naturally an extended family comes with it’s own challenges... The girls introduce their families and share their admiration and feelings with their parents for the first time.
SALES / CONTACT Maarten Kuit HazazaH Pictures Spui 24-2 1012 XA Amsterdam The Netherlands tel: +31 20 4226422 www.hazazah.com maarten@hazazah.nl
More and more kids nowadays grow up in a non-‐ traditional or modern family construction. What stories lie behind these families and what are the effects on the children?
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PRODUCTION HazazaH Pictures Maarten Kuit INVOLVED TV CHANNELS VPRO – The Netherlands
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Author’s Point of View
My Name is Nobody Denise Janzee
The Netherlands | Italy, 2017 119’ Original Language: Italian Subtitles: English
A documentary about the search for fame: How important is fame for us? What if your two classmates (Ennio Morricone and Sergio Leone) become famous all over the world, and you don’t? This leads us through Rome: the Rome of the past and the Rome of the present, which itself is encountering problems with fame. Slowly we get closer to the heart of the mystery we’re exploring. It’s an exciting and emotional adventure exploring how important fame is for us and what happens to you when your two classmates become world famous, and you don’t.
SALES / CONTACT Paul Ruven Talent United BV
PRODUCTION Talent United BV Paul Ruven
Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 290 1012RT Amsterdam The Netherlands tel: +31 20 4129644 www.talentunitedfilm.tv paul@talentunited.nl
In a search for a classmate of film director Sergio Leone and film composer Ennio Morricone in Rome, this film explores the magical aura of fame. A film about fame and the glimmer of living in the shadows.
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The Mystery of the Milking Robots Vuk Janic
The Netherlands, 2017 52’, 83’ Original Language: Dutch Subtitles: English
Universal and intimate story about a modern farmer, Johan van Rijthoven, who - like all farmers - will do anything within his power to pass along a thriving farm to his sons, as his ancestors did before him. When for some strange reason suddenly his cows don’t give enough milk, Johan is about to be crushed by the economic powers on the country side. To safe the family farm he is engaging in a battle with the multinational who delivered him three faulty milking robots. A battle that will lead to confrontations with everybody around him, with himself, and with the uncontrollable forces on his farm yard…
SALES / CONTACT Janneke Doolaard Doxy Films Nieuwendammerkade 28C-13
PRODUCTION Doxy Films Janneke Doolaard
1022AB Amsterdam
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS KRO-NCRV – The Netherlands,
The Netherlands
IKONdocs / EO – The Netherlands
www.doxy.nl janneke.doolaard@doxy.nl
A farmer works day-and-night to pass along a thriving farm to his sons. But what if it goes wrong?
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Naila and the Uprising Julia Bacha
United States, 2017 76’ Original Language: Arabic, Hebrew, English Subtitles: English
When a nation-wide uprising breaks out in 1987, a woman in Gaza must make a choice between love, family, and freedom. Undaunted, she embraces all three, joining a clandestine network of women in a movement that forces the world to recognize the Palestinian right to self-determination for the first time. Naila and the Uprising chronicles the remarkable journey of Naila Ayesh whose story weaves through the most vibrant, nonviolent mobilization in Palestinian history –- the First Intifada in the late 1980s.
SALES / CONTACT Julia Bacha Just Vision 1616 P St. NW
PRODUCTION Just Vision Rula Salameh Rebekah Wingert-Jabi
Suite 340 20036 Washington United States tel: +1 202 2326821 www.justvision.org julia@justvision.org
When a nation-wide uprising breaks out, a young woman in Gaza must make a choice between love, family and freedom.
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Namibia - The Cuban Female Boxing Revolution Maceo Frost
The Netherlands | United States, 2017 77’ Original Language: Spanish Subtitles: English
Cuba ranks as one of the most successful countries in Olympic boxing history. However, women are banned from competing in the sport. Our lead character, named Namibia, has been training intensively for years hoping that the government will lift the ban. The premise of our documentary is Namibia’s dream of becoming a Cuban female Olympic Champion. As a 39 year-old-woman, she’s right on the edge limit of being able to participate in the Olympics. The film follows her through -her last chance- in which the fast approaching deadline seems to be ignored by the entities that could lift the ban. Currently, the ban isn’t a registered law. It originates from a comment of the now deceased wife of Raul Castro, Vilma Espín. Espín expressed her fears that Cuban women could lose their beauty if they were hit in the face. Her remark leaded to the ban and the ban beguine Namibia’s fight. Namibia’s struggle is portrayed along other influential characters in her life. In this intimate story, Namibia shows us her humble life, which is exclusively focused on training in the historical Havana gym ‘El Trejo’, a cradle of Cuban boxing champions. Due to the limitations, Namibia trains with men, some of them professional boxers and Olympic medallist. 338
SALES / CONTACT Klaudia Gainza Revolver Films Lijnbaansgracht 316 1017 WZ Amsterdam The Netherlands tel: +31 10 2760773 www.revolver.nl klaudia@filmproducer.london
PRODUCTION Revolver Films Klaudia Gainza
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Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder André Schäfer
Germany, 2017 52’, 90’ Original Language: German, English Subtitles: English
He was one of Hollywood’s greatest writers and directors: Born Samuel Wilder in Galicia, Billy Wilder fled from Berlin as a young reporter via Paris to New York when the Nazis rose to power. Original footage of Wilder, conversations with his colleagues, archive and new film material document an eventful century in history. Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder presents a portrait of a man who was anything but boring.
SALES / CONTACT Sydney Neter SND Films P.O. Box 15703
PRODUCTION Florian Film GmbH Rieke Brendel
1001 NE Amsterdam
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS ZDF – Germany,
The Netherlands
AVROTROS – The Netherlands
tel: +31 20 4040707 www.sndfilms.com info@sndfilms.com
The untold story of legend Billy Wilder, including his European years.
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Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki Kaku Arakawa
Japan, 2017 70’
Original Language: Japanese
In 2013, the Academy Award-winning animated film director Hayao Miyazaki shocked the world when he announced his retirement at age 72. But his creative impulse never faded. After meeting a group of young animators who specialize in computer graphics, he decides to make a short film using CGI to explore new expressive possibilities. Will the short film he releases change the future of Japanese animation? The creative process proves so difficult that he almost calls it quits. This program documents the tremendous struggle that unfolds behind the scenes as Miyazaki wrestles with CGI for the first time.
SALES / CONTACT Kayoko Ohmae NHK Enterprises Inc.
PRODUCTION NHK Japanese Broadcasting Corporation
4-14 Kamiyama-cho,
Chie NHK
1500047 Shibuya-ku
CO-PRODUCTION NHK – Japan
Japan tel: +81-3-3468-6984 ohmae-ka@nhk-ep.co.jp
The Academy Award-winning animated film director Hayao Miyazaki shocked the world when he announced his retirement. However, he turned to CGI to make a short film he had long contemplated.
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Youth
The Next Guardian Arun Bhattarai, Dorottya Zurbó
Bhutan | Hungary, 2017 74’ Original Language: English, Dzongkha Subtitles: English
In a remote village in the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan, Gyembo (16) and his sister Tashi (15) aimlessly roam while their father meticulously polishes the ancient relics inside the altar of their family monastery. This family has been taking care of the monastery from one generation to the next for thousands of years. Following tradition, the father wants his son Gyembo to carry on the family heritage but he has other desires just like his sister. The film through bittersweet micro-situations takes us inside a Bhutanese family where the contrasting dreams of two generations are caught in a time clash.
SALES / CONTACT Aleksandar Govedarica Syndicado Film Sales 121 Beaconsfield Ave.
PRODUCTION Éclipse Film Ltd. Julianna Ugrin
M6J 3J5 Toronto
CO-PRODUCTION Sound Pictures – Bhutan,
Canada
KRO-NCRV – The Netherlands
tel: +1 917 6512589
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS KRO-NCRV – The Netherlands
www.syndicado.com aleksandar@syndicado.com
The contrasting dreams of two generations clash within the microcosm of an ancient Buddhist monastery in Bhutan, when Gyembo an ordinary teenager is chosen as the next guardian of their family monastery by his father.
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No Land’s Song Ayat Najafi
Iran | France | Germany, 2015 90’ Original Language: French, Farsi Subtitles: English www.nolandssong.com
Since the revolution, women in Iran are forbidden from singing solo in public. Young composer Sara Najafi wants this to change and sets out to organize a concert to bring back to the Iranian public the beauty of the female voice. Met by stern negativity and opposition by Iranian officialdom, she goes ahead anyway and invites singers Elise Caron, Jeanne Cherhal and Emel Mathlouthi from Paris to join her Iranian singers in Tehran for her public evening of song. A cultural expose and a musical journey that revives the female voice in Iran. Not available in France, Poland
SALES / CONTACT Robin Brinster Illumina Films
PRODUCTION Hanfgarn & Ufer Film/TV Production
Plantage Middenlaan 27
Gunter Hanfgarn
1018DB Amsterdam
CO-PRODUCTION CHAZ Productions – France
The Netherlands tel: +31 20 6248395 www.illuminafilms.nl
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Al Jazeera – Qatar
robin@illuminafilms.nl
Since the 1979 revolution, women in Iran have been banned from singing solo in public. So what happens when filmmaker Ayat Najafi’s sister decides to stage an all-female concert?
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No Obvious Signs Alina Gorlova
Ukraine, 2017 52’, 64’ Original Language: Russian Subtitles: English
This is the story of the woman who returns from war. Talking to psychologists, battling her PTSD and panic attacks, she tries hard to get back to normal life. The documentary shows her path from the beginning of her rehabilitation till her going back to work.
SALES / CONTACT Alina Gorlova Tabor
PRODUCTION Tabor Maksym Nakonecnyi
Polovetska str. 14
Liza Smith
01011 Kyiv
Mariya Berlinska
Ukraine www.taborproduction.com gorlova@taborproduction.com
What is left backstage of the heroic videos of our warriors in Ukraine? What do they have to face, one on one, in peaceful life, and where does the war stop?
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No Place for a Rebel
Maartje Wegdam, Ariadne Asimakopoulos
The Netherlands, 2017 76’ Original Language: Lingala Subtitles: English
Opono Opondo grew up to become a war commander in the infamous Lord’s Resistance Army of Joseph Kony. Sixteen years after having been abducted he now has to fight for acceptance in a place where he doesn’t know the codes and conventions while his neighbors and family fear him. Opono pursues a new career as a carpenter and attempts to reconnect with the people closest to him: his brother, his uncle and his best friend who used to be in the LRA with him. A daytrip to visit his mom painfully exposes how the scars of war also continue to divide them. Then Opono’s former comrade, LRA top commander Dominic Ongwen, is captured and taken to the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Ongwen is charged with seventy counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Questions on accountability start to dominate Opono’s thoughts. Suddenly he gets the opportunity to join the Ugandan army. Opono has to decide whether he will pick up his arms once again, this time to fight his former comrades. No place for a Rebel bears witness to the grim reality of a former rebel who tries to break the mold after his return to civil society. The film is an intimate account, a journey into Opono’s world, complicated by the trauma that comes as much from a violent past as from being silenced in the present. Yet above all, the film shows the courageous attempt of a human being to re-shape his fate. 344
SALES / CONTACT Ariadne Asimakopoulos Milos Film
PRODUCTION Milos Film Ariadne Asimakopoulos
Pieter van der Doesstraat
Maartje Wegdam
1056VB Amsterdam
CO-PRODUCTION Copper Views BV – The Netherlands
The Netherlands info@noplaceforarebel.com
Sixteen years after rebels abducted him as a child, Opono Opondo (26) returns home to Uganda as an adult war commander. Now he has to re-adapt to civil society.
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No Place for Tears Reyan Tuvi
Turkey, 2017 87’, 57’ Original Language: Kurdish, Turkish Subtitles: English
Due to the war that has laid waste on Syria, the Kurdish city of Kobane, located in the Rojava region, at the frontier with Turkey, has been under the siege of Daesh militias. Equipped with heavy artillery, the terrorists shelled the city and cut it off from the rest of the world. After four months of relentless fighting, Kobane was won back by the Kurdish YPG (People’s Protection Units). While the fight was raging on, many people sought sanctuary over the border in Turkey. Across the border, people were watching in horror as the war unfolded but managed also to forge bonds of solidarity with those fleeing from Kobane. No Place for Tears is a powerful testimony to the valour of the Kurdish people in Kobane and the courage of the villagers of Maheser who sheltered their neighbours from the war. Reyan Tuvi films with heartfelt compassion the plight of those who endure the hardships of war. By capturing the transcendent beauty of their dignity and resilience she allows us access in one of the most crucial moments in recent history.
SALES / CONTACT Catherine Le Clef
PRODUCTION Reyan Tuvi
CAT&Docs 18 rue Quincampoix 133 75004 Paris France tel: +33 6 33648602 www.catndocs.com cat@catndocs.com
War. Noises in the fog. The inhabitants of Kobane are fleeing over the border to a Kurdish village on the Turkish side. There they make a stand against IS by forming a human chain. An impressively poetic film about returning and hope.
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Science / Technology
Nokia Mobile - We Were Connecting People Arto Koskinen
Finland, 2017 52’, 90’ Original Language: Finnish, English Subtitles: English
Once upon a time there was a large Finnish company that manufactured the world’s best and most innovative mobile phones. The company was called Nokia. Nokia’s annual budget was larger than that of the Government of Finland. People who got a job in that company rose to an undefined higher caste in which abundance was guaranteed till the end of their life. They were often envied for this reason. Luckily other Finns were also able to enjoy the Nokia name. Even an Egyptian market vendor would call Finnish tourists ’Mr or Mrs Nokia’ upon hearing from where they came.
SALES / CONTACT Esther van Messel First Hand Films
PRODUCTION Illume Oy Production Marianne Mäkelä
Neunbrunnenstrasse 50
Jouko Aaltonen
8050 Zürich Switzerland
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS YLE – Finland,
tel: +49 30 28529088
NRK – Norway
www.firsthandfilms.com esther.van.messel@firsthandfilms.com
The rise and fall of Nokia and the Finnish mobile phone industry from grassroots, from the aspect of the basic engineers, experienced by those, who made the miracle happen and faced the destruction. Many ended unemployed, some moved to new areas of work, and few found a new innovative entrepreneur in themselves. Today, something new may be smouldering in the ruins of Nokia.
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Humans
Normal Is Over The Movie Renée Scheltema
Australia | Belgium | Canada | China | India | Malawi | The Netherlands | South Africa, 2016 103’, 90’, Rough cut 15 x 26’ Original Language: English Subtitles: Dutch
Normal Is Over (103’ min) is a compelling and visually rich film directed by award winning, and investigative TV-journalist Renée Scheltema. Her film chronicles the way humans have inadvertently imperiled our planet: species extinction, climate change, the depletion of critical natural resources, and industrial control of our food production. This unique documentary examines how our economic and financial system connects all these issues, and offers solutions, which could be implemented immediately, from practical everyday fixes to rethinking the overarching myths of our time. Renée takes off on a multinational voyage, meeting not only prominent experts, but also everyday citizens who concentrate on matters such as organic agriculture, the banning of plastic, saving species, ecological economics, sustainable architecture, renewable energy, and more. While this film is intended to challenge viewers on many different levels, it most of all offers hope.
SALES / CONTACT Renée Scheltema Telekan cc
PRODUCTION Telekan cc Renée Scheltema
Postnet Bag X16 Suite 133 7848 Constantia, Cape Town South Africa Renee@NormalisOverTheMovie.com
Award-winning feature documentary about humanity’s wisest responses to climate change, species extinction, resource depletion, income inequality and the link between all these issues.
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Not Without Us! Sigrid Klausmann
Germany, 2016 90’, 4x52’, 25x5’ Original Language: Arabic, French, Spanish, Japanese, Lao Subtitles: English
Fourteen countries, 16 children, five continents, one voice – our young protagonists’ backgrounds and personalities are as diverse as their fears, hopes and dreams are similar. Whether they grew up in a privileged environment in the affluent western world, in the poor regions of Africa or Asia, a slum, township, city, province, steppe, rainforest, plateau, snowcovered mountain, small town, river delta or some remote, idyllic part of the world – environmental pollution, climate change, destruction of natural habitats and resources are universal topics that affect them all. And something all the children share is a fear of war, disaster, abuse and violence. The 16 children in this film reveal their thoughts, desires, fears and hopes. Inquisitive and hungry for education, they want to change the world. A film about the future of the planet, a future these children will one day help to shape. And an appeal to us all: NOT WITHOUT US!
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SALES / CONTACT Elina Kewitz New Docs Dasselstraße 75-77 50674 Cologne Germany www.newdocs.de
PRODUCTION Gemini Film & Library Gerhard Schmidt CO-PRODUCTION Schneegans Productions – Germany INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Servus TV – Austria
elina.kewitz@newdocs.de
Fourteen countries, 16 children, five continents, one voice. A film about the future of the planet, a future these children will one day help to shape. And an appeal to us all: NOT WITHOUT US!
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Notes Not to Forget Hatuey Viveros
Mexico, 2017 90’
Original Language: Spanish Subtitles: English
Piro is a mathematician whose obsessions have been captured in three notebooks; one to keep a rigorous control over his expenses, another to remind himself of the location of the things he collects in case he ever needs them, and one more for the most important events of his life. We will use these notes as a starting point against oblivion, a journey through the lives of three generations of my family.
SALES / CONTACT Edna Martinez IMCINE
PRODUCTION IMCINE Hatuey Viveros
Av. Insurgentes Sur #674 Col. Del Valle Benito Juárez 03100 Ciudad de México Mexico sales@imcine.gob.mx
Piro is a mathematician whose obsessions have been captured in three notebooks; one to keep a rigorous control over his expenses, another to remind himself of the location of the things he collects in case he ever needs them, and one more for the most important events of his life.
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Politics / Society
Nothing is Forgiven Vincent Coen, Guillaume Vandenberghe
Belgium, 2017 58’ Original Language: French Subtitles: English
When the Arab Spring turns into the Islamist Autumn, Zineb decides to leave Morocco. Unable to find work and fearing for her safety, she moves to Paris. There she finds a new professional family at Charlie Hebdo. For the first time in her career, she can work in uncensored freedom amongst kindred souls. But then, on the 7th of January 2015, her newfound happiness is shot down. As by wonder she was not present when the terrorists came and killed her friends and collegues. From that day on she becomes the most protected woman in France, under constant police protection. Shocked at first, she quickly decides to make a stand against terrorism, and becomes a public figure speaking out against radical Islam. But then she gets pregnant and her outlook on the future changes drastically. How to build a life under these conditions? What will the life of her baby girl look like surrounded by bodyguards? This film follows Zineb before, during and after the attacks on the famous satirical magazine. An intimate portrait of someone who had to pay greatly for fighting for her beliefs. Her opponents haven’t forgiven her. 350
SALES / CONTACT Esther van Messel First Hand Films
PRODUCTION Savage Film Tatjana Kozar
Neunbrunnenstrasse 50
Bart Van Langendonck
8050 Zürich Switzerland
CO-PRODUCTION VRT – Belgium,
tel: +49 30 28529088
Canvas – Belgium
www.firsthandfilms.com esther.van.messel@
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS VRT - CANVAS – Belgium,
firsthandfilms.com
ORF – Austria, RSI – Switzerland, SRF – Switzerland, VPRO – The Netherlands, SVT – Sweden
Shot over five years, ‘Nothing is Forgiven’ tells the story of how Zineb El Rhazoui, a Moroccon activist and journalist, became a survivor of the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris.
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Nothing Like Before Lukas Kokes, Klara Tasovska
Czech Republic, 2017 90’ Original Language: Czech Subtitles: English
They are 19 years old, lead normal teenage lives, and attend the same school in a small Czech border town. The film portrays Teo, Renata, Anicka, and Nikola at a time when looming adulthood is beginning to cast an anxious shadow over their carefree high school existence. Each of them faces a momentous challenge whose outcome will change their life forever. And it’s not only about leaving exams. Who will succeed, who will fail, and who will truly come of age? The camera is virtually one with the characters for the most part, immersing the viewer in the world of each protagonist. Dynamic editing underscores the young generation’s restlessness and lack of focus. Nothing Like Before offers a cinematically captivating look into the lives of teenagers forced to grow up sooner than they would like.
SALES / CONTACT Alice Teslikova Nutprodukce
PRODUCTION Nutprodukce Tomas Hruby
Bubenska 1
Pavla Janouskova Kubeckova
17000 Prague 7
CO-PRODUCTION HBO Europe – Czech Republic
Czech Republic www.nutprodukce.cz alice@nutprodukce.cz
Nothing Like Before offers a cinematically captivating look into the lives of teenagers forced to grow up sooner than they would like. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Of Sheep And Men Karim Sayad
Switzerland | France, 2017 78’ Original Language: Arabic Subtitles: English
Sixteen-year-old Habib dreams of training his prized sheep to become a fighting champion and middle-aged Samir just wants to sell enough sheep before Eid to make ends meet, in this emotive profile of two men in an troubled Algerian community.
SALES / CONTACT Salma Abdalla Autlook Filmsales Spittelberggasse 3/14 1070 Vienna Austria tel: +43 7 20346934 www.autlookfilms.com salma@autlookfilms.com
Sixteen-year-old Habib dreams of training his prized sheep to become a fighting champion and middle-aged Samir just wants to sell enough sheep before Eid to make ends meet, in this emotive profile of two men in an troubled Algerian community.
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Old Marine Boy Moyoung Jin
South Korea, 2017 52’ Original Language: Korean Subtitles: English
One dark night 10 years ago, Myongho crossed the borderline with his family on a small boat from North Korea with nothing. In the South, he becomes a deep-sea diver. He wears 50 kg bronze and metal helmet, only relying on a single oxygen line from the boat. If the line is twisted or cut off caused by someone else’s mistake, he could die in any minute.
SALES / CONTACT Catherine Le Clef CAT&Docs
PRODUCTION My Love Films Moyoung Jin
18 rue Quincampoix 133
Mijin Lee
75004 Paris
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS YLE – Finland
France tel: +33 6 33648602 www.catndocs.com cat@catndocs.com
The story of a father and husband whose unwavering love and devotion for his wife and two children lead him to work hard after they escape from North Korea with nothing. His job as a deep-sea diver exposes him to great dangers he needs overcome to feed his family.
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Youth
On a Knife Edge Jeremy Williams
United States, 2017 56’, 90’ Original Language: English Subtitles: English
Set against a background of rising tension and protest, a Lakota teenager learns first-hand what it means to lead a new generation and enter adulthood in a world where the odds are stacked against him. Filmed over a five-year period, from his first political awakening to his camp at Standing Rock, On a Knife Edge provides a privileged view into the interior world of George Dull Knife as he becomes politically active with the American Indian Movement, confronts the challenges of growing up on the Pine Ridge Reservation, and wrestles with accepting leadership of his family from his aging father.
SALES / CONTACT Catherine Foot Journeyman Pictures 4 High Street, Thames Ditton KT7 ORY Surrey England tel: +44 208 786 6051
PRODUCTION Normal Life Pictures Eli Cane CO-PRODUCTION Normal Life Pictures – United States INVOLVED TV CHANNELS PBS / America ReFramed
www.journeyman.tv films@journeyman.tv
Set against a background of rising tension and protest, a Lakota teenager learns first-hand what it means to lead a new generation and enter adulthood in a world where the odds are stacked against him.
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On Putin’s Blacklist Boris Ivanov
Canada | United States | Russia | United Kingdom | Denmark | Belgium, 2017 52’, 75’ Original Language: English, Russian Subtitles: English
On Putin’s Blacklist presents the reality of how an adoption ban of Russian orphans to US citizens came about and how it was the first step in Russia’s new Cold War with America. Soon enough this adoption ban was expanded to all countries that allow same-sex unions and combined Kremlin’s antiadoption campaign with anti-LGBT. Next victims were the NGOs and Human Rights Groups followed by Russian opposition. Anyone on Putin’s Blacklist is labeled as American spy, a foreign agent controlled by Western intelligence agencies with the aim of destroying Russia. This is how Putin is able to control the populace, by creating enemies for Russians to hate. With Donald Trump as president, the world is staring at an unclear future. Can Russia reverse its trajectory of persecuting opposition and vilifying the West or will Donald Trump accept Russia as is and legitimize Putin’s regime.
SALES / CONTACT Luisa Schwamborn New Docs Dasselstraße 75-77
PRODUCTION Apple of My Eye Productions Inc. Boris Ivanov
50674 Cologne
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS YES - DBS – Israel,
Germany
OUT TV
www.newdocs.de luisa.schwamborn@newdocs.de
On Putin’s Blacklist sheds some light on the topic of Putin’s meddling in world politics and those individuals that have been on the wrong side of his wrath .
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On the Edge of Freedom Anita Hopland, Jens Lengerke
Denmark, 2017 74’, 58’ Original Language: English
There has been an explosive increase of online video clips featuring young people exploring cities from dizzying heights at great personal risks. They scale towers, masts, bridges and skyscrapers by climbing all the way to the top, balancing on the edge of the abyss without any safety measures. Young Russians and Ukrainians are responsible for a large portion of the roofing-content on YouTube.
SALES / CONTACT Helene Aurø DR International Sales Emil Holms Kanal 20
Søren Steen Jespersen
0999 Copenhagen
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS UR – Sweden,
Denmark
DR – Denmark
tel: +45 35 203040 www.drsales.dk heau@dr.dk
We follow two young roofers who, with no sefaty measures, conquer the tallest buidings and deepest abysses in Russia and Ukraine.
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PRODUCTION Larm Film
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On the Edge of Life Yaser Kassab
Syria, 2017 45’
Original Language: Arabic Subtitles: English
Yaser and his partner Rima leave Syria to Lebanon, but after receiving the news that his younger brother passed away in Aleppo, they end up in a remote and an empty place in Turkey. In this place where the silence and the monotonous daily life being broken by the f the family calls whom still living in Aleppo. To spend a year and a half, until they decide to take the boat to Sweden.
SALES / CONTACT Yaser Kassab Zenloop
PRODUCTION Zenloop Yaser Kassab
Birger Jarlsgatan 3b 55463 jonkoping Sweden tel: +46 720070517 yasserkassab@live.com
A poetic Journey about loss and grief.
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One day in Aleppo Ali Alibrahim
Syria | Sweden | Denmark, 2017 50’, 24’ Original Language: Not applicable
A devastated city with no food, fuel, water, no place to bury the dead and nowhere to treat the wounded. After months of suffocating siege and daily bombings on the city of Aleppo people express their hope through small endeavours such as a group of kids painting ruins as a game. It shows stories of people trying to have a normal day in a place where more than 280,000 civilians languish under a siege imposed by the Syrian regime and Russian forces, cutting off supplies and keeping daily bombings.
SALES / CONTACT Feras Fayyad Verité Production
PRODUCTION Verité Production Feras Fayyad
Kulturens Hus, Hus N3 Länssjukhuset Ryhov 551 85 Jönköping Sweden tel: +46 704433740 onedayinaleppo@gmail.com
An insight into ordinary people’s lives, where they try to live through a normal day in the besieged city of Aleppo.
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Open Doors Pavel Marcano
Argentina | France, 2017 64’ Original Language: Spanish Subtitles: English
Bonifacio is just one of the hundreds of patients who live in Open Door, a psychiatric hospital located on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. After several failed attempts to reintegrate into society, he has no other choice than to make the hospital his home, and his fellow patients, his family.
SALES / CONTACT Didier Costet Swift Productions
PRODUCTION Filmica Amedeo Scognamiglio
35, avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt
Swift Productions
75008 Paris
Didier Costet
France www.swiftprod.com d.costet@swiftprod.com
Bonifacio is just one of the hundreds of patients who live in Open Door, a psychiatric hospital located on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. After several failed attempts to reintegrate into society, he has no other choice than to make the hospital his home, and his fellow patients, his family.
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Opera About Poland Piotr Stasik
Poland, 2017 41’
Original Language: Polish Subtitles: English
Pole, who are you? This film collage that combines archival and contemporary materials, documentary and staged pictures, press reports, social announcements, sale offers and speech excerpts is an attempt to answer this question. Referring to the Polish tradition of a creative documentary in the style of Wojciech Wiszniewski, the film presents various manifestations of Polishness: patriotic and religious rituals, everyday traditions as well as characteristic landscapes or intimate memories from childhood.
SALES / CONTACT Katarzyna Wilk KFF Sales & Promotion Basztowa 15/8a 31-143 Krakow Poland tel: +48 122 946945 www.kff.com.pl katarzyna.wilk@kff.com.pl
Referring to the Polish tradition of a creative documentary in the style of Wojciech Wiszniewski, the film presents various manifestations of Polishness: patriotic and religious rituals, everyday traditions as well as characteristic landscapes or intimate memories from childhood.
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Orione Toia Bonino
Argentina, 2017 65’ Original Language: Spanish Subtitles: English
Orione places the viewer in a land of contradictions. It starts from a particular situation and it challenges us to face what we would rather not see. Alejandro used to rob and he was killed in hands of the police after being betrayed by a mate. The story, built on a polyphonic structure, progresses through the different accounts from where the crime is construed and felt becoming a puzzle of visual and testimonial elements for the viewer to put together. Argentina not available
SALES / CONTACT Mario E. Levit Cruz del Sur Cine
PRODUCTION BPONECO FILMS Federico Posternak
Av. de Mayo 1370 Piso 16 CABA C1085ABQ Ciudad de Buenos Aires Argentina www.cruzdelsurcine.com levit@cruzdelsurcine.com
A young marginal, accused of minor crimes, has died in a police operation. His affections portray his life and his decisions. Without issuing any judgment Orione faces us with what we would rather not have to see.
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The Other Side of Everything Mila Turajlic
Serbia | France | Qatar, 2017 100’ Original Language: Serbian Subtitles: English
A locked door inside a Belgrade apartment has kept one family separated from their past for over 70 years. As the filmmaker begins an intimate conversation with her mother, the political fault line running through their home reveals a house and a country haunted by history. The chronicle of a family in Serbia turns into a searing portrait of an activist in times of great turmoil, questioning the responsibility of each generation to fight for their future.
SALES / CONTACT Mila Turajlic Dribbling Pictures Bitoljska 2 11030 Belgrade Serbia
Mila Turajlic CO-PRODUCTION Survivance – France
tel: +381 63 7715241
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS HBO Europe – Czech Republic,
www.dribblingpictures.com
WDR / Arte – Germany
mila.turajlic@gmail.com
A door locked for 70 years in a house haunted by history
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The Other Side of the Wall Pau Ortiz
Spain, 2017 52’, 68’ Original Language: Spanish, English Subtitles: English
However, as undocumented Honduran immigrants their right to live, work and study in Mexico is under threatened. Soon the prison wall that keeps their mother away gives rise to other emotional barriers preventing brother and sister understanding each other. Just as they start to lose hope the family’s life takes an unexpected twist.
SALES / CONTACT Esther van Messel First Hand Films
PRODUCTION Intactes Production Andrea Martin
Neunbrunnenstrasse 50
María López
8050 Zürich
CO-PRODUCTION TV3 Televisio de Catalunya – Spain
Switzerland tel: +49 30 28529088 www.firsthandfilms.com
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Al Jazeera – Qatar,
esther.van.messel@
RSI – Switzerland
firsthandfilms.com
As their mother is imprisoned under dubious charges, and the father is nonexistent, Ale (18) and Rocio (13) are faced with the greatest challenge possible. They promise each other to keep the family together - especially for their smaller siblings.
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Ouaga Girls Theresa Traore Dahlberg
Sweden | Burkina Faso | France | Qatar, 2017 58’, 83’ Original Language: French Subtitles: English
A group of young women tweak machines and hammer away at a school for auto mechanics in Ouagadougou in this poetic story about life choices, sisterhood and the endeavor to find your own way. In a country with youth unemployment at 52 percent, jobs are a hot issue. The young girls at a mechanics school in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou are right in the middle of a crucial point in life when their dreams, hopes and courage are confronted with opinions, fears and society’s expectations of what a woman should be. Using interesting narrative solutions, Theresa Traore Dahlberg depicts their last school years and at the same time succeeds at showing the country’s violent past and present. This is a feature-film debut and coming-of-age film with much warm, laughs, heartbreak and depth.
SALES / CONTACT Tijana Djukic Taskovski Films C/o Very Ard Times Ltd Tower 42 25 Old Broad Street EC2N 1HQ London
PRODUCTION Momento Film David Herdies CO-PRODUCTION Les Films du Balibari – France
United Kingdom
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS SVT – Sweden,
tel: +38 76 5652046
DR – Denmark,
www.taskovskifilms.com
VPRO – The Netherlands,
sales@taskovskifilms.com
YLE – Finland
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A group of young women from Ouagadougou study at a girl school to become car mechanics. 364
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Our Ghosts Hannah M Ruddle
United Kingdom, 2017 5’ Original Language: English
Jim and Susan are pensioners who have known each other since childhood. All their life, they have recycled into their garden. Their first bed, pans and childhood bikes can all be found amongst the flowers. Our Ghosts explores the tangible garden that we can see, and the garden built on memories and experiences which ultimately exists only inside of their minds.
SALES / CONTACT Hannah M Ruddle Hannah Ruddle
PRODUCTION Hannah Ruddle Hannah M Ruddle
hannah.m.ruddle@gmail.com
When your whole life is in a garden, what happens when you have to leave it behind?
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Pachamanka - Singing for Freedom Markus Toth
Austria, 2017 67’
Original Language: Spanish Subtitles: English
On the surface ‘Pachamanka’ is a documentary about a band recording their new cd, their history and personal stories of the different band members. But if you watch closely there is a lot more to discover here: Formed during the dictatorship of Pinochet, the initial goal was to fight the regime and communicate through their music what was going on in Chile. After facing prison and persecution some members had to leave the country and continue their musical journey in Uruguay, Spain and finally Austria. Through all this time the freedom that comes with being a musician was overshadowed by financial problems and the pressure to become a commercial act. A new challenge presented itself: how to stay true to your political and cultural work and principals like solidarity and equality while trying to survive as a musician. This fundamental question also influenced the relationship of the members itself. People change and suddenly individual priorities and plans collide with the collective ideals and values. 366
SALES / CONTACT Markus Toth LA MANADA Video- & Filmproduktion
PRODUCTION LA MANADA Video- & Filmproduktion Markus Toth
Auhofstraße 35/6 1130 Vienna Austria mt@lamanada.at
“Pachamanka” is not your average music documentary. In fact there is a lot to discover here starting with different concepts of freedom, how to survive as a musician and the fragile dynamics within a group that has existed for almost 40 years now.
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Pagans
Elisa Flaminia Inno
Italy, 2016 52’
Original Language: Italian Subtitles: English
In the deep South of Italy survive ancient religious syncretisms tied to Mother Earth. In Pagani, a small town near Pompei, seven days after Easter, people celebrate The Lady of the Hens, a Virgin celebrated with ancestral dances and songs. For thirty days the devout people move as one in order to perpetrate the Tradition, an event in which all the population participate animated by a faith that becomes memory and transcendence. Fonzino leads the devotees in preparing the Tosello, a little secret baroque temple, that every year is shown to the community the day of the celebration. Biagino is the leader of a gay believers’ community, protagonist of the liturgical events and bearer of ancient rural traditions rooted in the gay culture of the place, such as The marriage of the Zeza, the Death of Carnival and the Litter of Femminielli (a sort of local transgender). The wait for the Madonna marks the days preceding the celebration, between the fields’ sowing and the recurrence of folk rituals that mark the moment of transition from a season to another one. Until the day of the Feast, when everything melts into a riot of music and dance in order to achieve a catharsis and the birth of a new springtime.
SALES / CONTACT Elisa Flaminia Inno Parallelo 41 Produzioni
PRODUCTION Parallelo 41 Produzioni Antonella Di Nocera
via a.c. dr meis 221 80147 Napoli Italy tel: +39 0815967493 elisainno@hotmail.it
What is religion today? In Pagani, a small town near Pompeii, a gay community of devotees to The Lady of the Hens keep ancient pagan traditions alive. Adapting them to a contemporary pop culture.
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History / Politics
The Panama papers Joachim Dyfvermark, Sven Bergman
Sweden | Iceland, 2017 41’ Original Language: English, Swedish Subtitles: English
The leaked documents from Panama, the “Panama Papers”, has become a milestone in the international fight against tax evasion and money laundry. During nearly a year a large group of journalists worked behind closed doors with uncovering the revelations of the 11.5 million secret documents. The documents originated from the international law firm Mossack Fonseca, notorious for it’s efforts to create and maintain offshore companies in tax havens. Among the 400 journalists in the ICIJ network, that worked with the leak, was the team from SVT. The documentary produced by Sven Bergman and Joachim Dyfvermark gives a unique insight into the work of the greatest leak in history. And the interview conducted with the Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Daví Gunnlaugsson, about his own involvement in the offshore world, was broadcast worldwide and would change Iceland’s modern history. A few days after the interview was broadcast in Iceland, the Parliament square in Reykjavik was filled with angry and disappointed citizens. It is the largest demonstration in the history of Iceland and the Parliament was attacked with yoghurt and tomatoes. Initially the Prime Minister did his best to defend the interview with SVT, and the fact that he had not been transparent with his assets in tax havens. But eventually the pressure became to big and on April 5th 2016, two days after the interview was published in Iceland, Gunnlaugsson took “time out” and later left the office as Prime Minister. 368
SALES / CONTACT Anna Hagnefur SVT Sales Oxenstiernsgatan 26-34
PRODUCTION SVT Joachim Dyfvermark Sven Bergman
105 10 Stockholm Sweden tel: +46 8 7840000 www.svtsales.com sales@svt.se
The “Panama Papers” has become a milestone in the international fight against tax evasion and money laundry and 400 journalists worked with the leak, including Sven Bergman and Joachim Dyfvermark. Their interview with the Icelandic Prime Minister about his offshore business was broadcast worldwide and changed Iceland’s modern history.
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Paradise Within Reach Barbara den Uyl
The Netherlands | United States | Germany, 2016 60’ Original Language: Dutch, English Subtitles: English
A portrait of the world-famous garden designer and landscape architect Piet Oudolf. We visit several of his renowned parks and gardens, such as the High Line in New York, Maximilianpark in Hamm and our own Butterfly Garden in Utrecht. We also see Piet Oudolf at work: from the first meeting about a commission until chivvying a maintenance team after a design has been realised. In addition we see him making his own perfect garden even more beautiful. On the way, the film tries to provide a answer to questions such as: why do people love plants? Where does our yearning far Paradise come from? Terrestrial and lyrical images are juxtaposed to the accompaniment of aethereal music by Eric Vloeimans.
SALES / CONTACT Leen van den Berg Van der Hoop Filmproducties Van der Hoopstraat 87 hs
PRODUCTION Van der Hoop Filmprodukties Leen van den Berg
1051VD Amsterdam
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Omroep Gelderland –
The Netherlands
The Netherlands,
vanderhoopfilm@planet.nl
NTR – The Netherlands
A portrait of the world-famous garden designer and landscape architect Piet Oudolf.
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Pardon My Genes Mette Rose
Denmark, 2017 60’, 90’ Original Language: English, Danish Subtitles: English
Mette Rose and her husband, the successful designer Søren Rose, are living the dream. The two Danes move to New York City, where Søren’s career is taking off when the bubble bursts. Both of their daughters are diagnosed with a rare disease, uveitis, a painful autoimmune disease which can lead to blindness. As doctors struggle to find a treatment, a battle with the American private healthcare system begins – also a battle within Mette, who is a carrier of autoimmune diseases.
SALES / CONTACT Kim Christiansen DR International Sales Emil Holms Kanal 20 0999 Copenhagen
PRODUCTION DR Bjarke Ahlstrand INVOLVED TV CHANNELS DR – Denmark
Denmark tel: +45 35 203040 www.drsales.dk kimc@dr.dk
Passing on a geneticdisease to your children and the world falls apart.
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The Patriot Daniel Sivan
Israel | Canada, 2017 73’ Original Language: Hebrew Subtitles: English
Against the rising Anti-Semitism in France, a militant-Zionist hacker by the name of “Ulcan” declares a oneman-war against the leaders of the Anti-Semitic movement knowing the real battle-field is Online, were hatred has no. “The Patriot” is a dark tale of extremism and vengeance in the Cyber age.
SALES / CONTACT Hedva Goldschmidt Go2Films
PRODUCTION TTV Productions Ltd Zafrir Kochanovsky
37/8 Issar Natanzon st.
Miri Ezra
97787 Jerusalem
CO-PRODUCTION Intuitive Pictures Inc. – Canada
Israel tel: +972 2 5831371 www.go2films.com
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Hot Channel 8 – Israel,
hedva@go2films.com
Radio Canada – Canada, TVO – Canada, BBC - Storyville – England, VGTV – Norway
Against the backdrop of rising AntiSemitism in France, a militant-Zionist hacker declares war against the leaders of the Anti-Semitic movement. “The Patriot” is a dark tale of extremism and vengeance in the Cyber Age
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The Penalty
Will Francome, Mark Pizzey
United Kingdom, 2017 86’ Original Language: English
The human cost of the death penalty in America comes in for timely, gripping examination in The Penalty. Embedding themselves in the stories of three fascinating people affected by the American capital punishment system, the filmmakers follow the stories of a man wrongly convicted who spent 15 years on death row; a lawyer fighting against increasingly inhumane, botched executions; and a mother battling against the state’s pursuit of the death penalty for her daughter’s murderer. With recent controversial news about executions across the USA, and support for the death penalty at an all-time low, The Penalty is a riveting, forensic examination of the weightiest of issues.
SALES / CONTACT Suzanne Nodale
PRODUCTION Clink Street Films
Doc & Film International 13 rue du Portefoin 75003 Paris France tel: +33 1 42775687 www.docandfilm.com s.nodale@docandfilm.com
The Penalty tells the stories of three fascinating people affected by the American capital punishment system. 372
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Art / Music / Culture
Piet Hein Eek Niek Koppen
The Netherlands, 2017 55’ Original Language: Dutch Subtitles: English
For a long time, the slogan ‘Coming soon: Piet Hein Eek’ was painted on the façade of the building in Eindhoven before the company opened its doors to the public in October 2010. This building is a dream for Piet Hein Eek and his best friend and business partner Nob Ruijgrok. The whole construction process comes together here; alongside a carpentry workshop, the building has a shop, showroom, gallery, event space and restaurant. Niek Koppen followed Piet Hein Eek from 2009 to 2016 closely in this eventful period. The film tells the story of two friends who built up a small empire that grew thanks to scrap wood. The rapid growth of the company and the challenges it brought, put pressure on their cooperation. In 2015, Piet Hein Eek and Nob Ruijgrok decided to go their own ways. Eek continued the company on his own and took a new path by starting to work for the Swedish giant IKEA.
SALES / CONTACT Margaret Stanneveld NPO Sales
PRODUCTION NTR Hedda Bruessing
Bart de Graaffweg 2 1202JJ Hilversum The Netherlands tel: +31 35 6773561 www.nposales.com margaret.stanneveld@npo.nl
Piet Hein Eek is regarded as one of the most important designers of applied art in the Netherlands. He is best known to a mass audience with his furniture made of scrap wood.
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Piet Is Gone Jaap van Hoewijk
The Netherlands, 2017 65’ Original Language: Dutch Subtitles: English
PETER IS GONE tells the story of Peter Beentjes who went missing on the Dutch island of Texel in 1987. For thirty years, Toos Beentjes has been trying to uncover the truth about the mysterious disappearance of her homosexual brother in vain. The police never saw any reason to investigate. ‘He will wash ashore and if not, the tourists on the island will surely find him.’ The film is not a search for Peter Beentjes, but reveals the anatomy of his disappearance. The story before and after he went missing. About the Kafkaesque world Toos Beentjes entered after her brother disappeared. The world of nonchalance and a ramshackle police investigation.
SALES / CONTACT Judith Vreriks Zeppers Film & TV
PRODUCTION Zeppers Film & TV Judith Vreriks
Ruysdaelkade 223 BG 1072 AW Amsterdam The Netherlands tel: +31 6 50208648 www.zeppers.nl judith@zeppers.nl
Peter is Gone wants to uncover ‘the anatomy’ of a disappearance. A film about the Kafkaesque world in which Toos Beentjes has been living in since her brother has vanished.
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Science / Technology
The Pilot’s Mask Simonka de Jong
The Netherlands, 2017 93’ Original Language: Dutch
Pilot Mask is a documentary about the emotional rollercoaster where seriously ill children end up in a hospital for a long time. The documentary shows the perspective of the children and how to keep up with it.
SALES / CONTACT Margaret Stanneveld NPO Sales
PRODUCTION EO Kiyomi Molin
Bart de Graaffweg 2
De Haaien
1202JJ Hilversum
Sanne Fleskens
The Netherlands tel: +31 35 6773561 www.nposales.com margaret.stanneveld@npo.nl
The Pilot Mask is a documentary about the emotional rollercoaster where seriously ill children end up in a hospital for a long time. The documentary shows the perspective of the children and how to keep up with it.
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Piripkura
Mariana Oliva, Renata Terra, Bruno Jorge
Brazil, 2017 82’
Original Language: Portuguese Subtitles: English
Two of only three known members of the Piripkura still live as nomads in the Amazon rainforest, in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. Their most important possession is a torch that was lit in 1998 and has remained so ever since. The area where they live is encircled by farms and sawmills, whose almost inevitable expansion is taking place through violent means. This area of rainforest can only keep its protected status if there’s proof that the two men, Pakyî and Tamandua, are still living there. So Jair Candor, coordinator for the protection of these areas, treks into the jungle in search of them, sometimes accompanied by their sole surviving family member Rita. Through this film, the crew provides proof of the two men’s existence. Piripkura sheds light on the tragedy befalling indigenous Amazon people—the systematic violence used against them is a constant menacing presence. Despite the impressive resilience and tenacity of the last of the Piripkura, an inevitable question hangs in the air: how long can it last? 376
SALES / CONTACT Luiza Campos Synapse Comunicacao Rua Benjamim Batista, 34 / 302 22461-120 Rio de Janeiro
PRODUCTION Zeza Filmes ltda Mariana Oliva INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Canal Curta! – Brazil
Brazil tel: +55 21 2260172 luisacampos@synapse.com.br
In this chronicle of an expedition, the Amazonian habitat of the only two nomadic Piripkura, can only be protected if there is proof they are still living there.
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Playing God Karin Jurschick
Germany, 2017 52’, 80’ Original Language: English
Shortly after 9/11, the US Congress passed a law to protect US airlines from decades of civil law suits and created a fund for compensating victims of disasters who agreed not to sue. Lawyer and mediator Ken Feinberg had to decide how much money was to be received as compensation. He met family members personally doing thousands of interviews. He thought that the value of a life was an easy calculation: how high is the economic loss? How old was the person, but Feinberg discovered that facing those left behind was far less easy.
SALES / CONTACT Jan Röfekamp Films Transit International Inc
PRODUCTION Bildersturm Filmproduktion GmbH Monika Mack
21 Place Epernay J6Z 4K9 Lorraine Canada tel: +1 514 8443358 www.filmstransit.com janrofekamp@filmstransit.com
This is Feinberg’s story of highly emotional dilemmas as told by himself, as he took the role of ‘PLAYING GOD’.
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The Poetess
Stefanie Brockhaus, Andreas Wolff
Germany, 2017 57’ Original Language: Arabic Subtitles: English
Saudi poetess Hissa Hilal made headlines around the world as the first women to ever make it to the final of ‘Million’s Poet’, an Abu-Dhabi based multi-million dollar reality television show. It is the Arab world’s biggest poetry competition, and is dominated by men. In her poems Hissa criticizes the patriarchal Arab society and she attacks one of the most notorious Saudi clerics for his extremist fatwas, live, in front of 75 million viewers. With The Poetess German directors Stefanie Brockhaus and Andreas Wolff tell the story of a woman who grabs the opportunity to speak up against religious extremism and stand up for a peaceful Islam.
SALES / CONTACT Catherine Le Clef CAT&Docs 18 rue Quincampoix 133 75004 Paris
PRODUCTION Brockhaus/Wolff GbR Andreas Wolff INVOLVED TV CHANNELS ARTE – France
France tel: +33 6 33648602 www.catndocs.com cat@catndocs.com
Bravery can wear many faces, and here it also wears a burqa.
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Nature / Environment
Poets of Life Shirin Barghnavard
Iran, 2017 73’
Original Language: Iranian Subtitles: English
Shirin Parsi is a rice farmer, but not an ordinary one. After receiving a BA in French literature from the University of Paris, she returned to Iran and decided not to live in the megapolis capital, Tehran. Her husband had inherited land in Shanderman, a village near the Caspian Sea, so they moved there and took up rice farming. The Parsi family – including their two sons, who have stayed to farm with their parents – has instituted innovations in rice production. They promote sustainable farming and refrain from using chemical pesticides and fertilizers. In a region where more and more farmers are selling their farms at very cheap prices to developers, the Parsis produce 100% organic rice. Shirin and her family have chosen an exemplary lifestyle which is rich in indigenous values. In addition to rice farming, she spends time as a social activist and volunteers with several local NGOs. She is especially active in women’s groups where she focuses on raising awareness. This film follows Shirin preparing the rice paddies until the rice harvest, as well as showing her social activities, as she attempts to bring about social and environmental change.
SALES / CONTACT Maryam Bagheri Kara Film Studio
PRODUCTION Kara Film Studio Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
5, Sabz Alley, 13th St., Hormozan St., phase 2, Shahrake Gharb, Tehran, Iran 1466795171 Tehran Iran marybagheri85@gmail.com
A poetic portrayal of the life of Shirin Parsi – rice farmer, environmentalist, and social activist.
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Politics / Society
Poor Europe Mirella Pappalardo
Germany, 2017 52’ Original Language: German, English, Portuguese, Italian Subtitles: English In Europe you’re considered poor if you have less than 60% of the average national income to live. That’s 119 million people. Is there a European Master plan to change their lives for better – or have they simply been left behind? Do we have to accept the structural phenomenon of unemployed young people, poor children and the new working poor? What is the political prize Europe will ultimately have to pay? Poor children, unemployed young adults and the working poor are the three groups with the highest risk of poverty. The EU tries to counter their situation with the program ‘Europe 2020’ – a huge offensive meant to bring 25 Million Europeans out of poverty. The film investigates if ‘Europe 2020’ actually works. In the EU, 26 million children live with the threat of poverty and social exclusion. When comparing European policies, you realize that child poverty is best fought with free childcare and schools open to everyone – like in Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands. But in South and Eastern Europe it all looks pretty different. Even in Ireland every third child is menaced by poverty.Even though the European economy is recovering from the recession, 20% of all young people who want to work don’t find a job. The young generations still suffers most from the current economic crisis.
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SALES / CONTACT Esther van Messel First Hand Films Neunbrunnenstrasse 50 8050 Zürich Switzerland
PRODUCTION Docdays Productions Antje Boehmert CO-PRODUCTION SWR/ARTE – Germany
tel: +49 30 28529088
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS LRT – Lithuania,
www.firsthandfilms.com
RTE – Ireland,
esther.van.messel@
YLE – Finland,
firsthandfilms.com
ORF – Austria, VRT – Belgium
Why 119 million people live under the breadline in 2017. How could this happen? The reality of deprived children, unemployed young adults, and indigent workers spreads all around the Union. What does Europe do for them? Has it declared war on this plague or surrendered to it?
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Portraits of the Rainbow Ayumi Nakagawa
Japan, 2017 52’, 78’ Original Language: Japanese, English Subtitles: English
Leslie works taking celebrities’ portraits like Madonna. He works worldwide in places like Japan, NYC, Paris and Taiwan. In Japan, there is a rising movement for LGBTQ, however, he has been deeply troubled that they still have to live invisibly. Leslie is gay and can’t tell it to his family in Singapore. Protagonists are: a same sex couple trying to give birth, a teacher who protects HIV positives, a transgender man who suffers from his partner’s suicide. The portraits photo exhibition held in Nara, a conservative city in Japan, was poorly attended. He continues to take portraits.
SALES / CONTACT Mayu Hirano TEMJIN Co.,Ltd 1-34-4 Tomigaya 1540063 Shibuya-ku
PRODUCTION TEMJIN Co. Mayu Hirano INVOLVED TV CHANNELS WoWoW – Japan
Japan hirano@temjin.co.jp
Photographer Leslie Kee takes portraits of 10,000 LGBTQ people living in Japan. His conflicts on what “Art Can Do” and shed a light on Japan’s improvement for the sexual minorities. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Pre-Crime
Monika Hielscher, Matthias Heeder
Germany, 2017 52’, 88’ Original Language: German, English, French Subtitles: English
To predict a future crime seems like something from a sci-fi movie. It is, but it’s also real – and happening right now. To make this possible, computers and omnipresent cameras capture data from all sources, which is then evaluated with the help of algorithms. At the same time, we, the citizens are transformed into carriers of recorded data – our every move, message and purchase tracked and mapped. Ratings of how likely we are to commit a crime are attached to our personae. Computers spit out lists of tomorrow´s criminals. But what if it´s you who ends up on this list?
SALES / CONTACT Diana Karklin Rise and Shine World Sales Schlesische Strasse 29/30 10997 Berlin Germany tel: +49 30 47372980 www.riseandshine-berlin.de diana.karklin@riseandshine-berlin.de
Science fiction turns into disturbing fact as forecasting software, algorithms and databases quickly become the new fortune-tellers for future crimes, driving us to ask: how much are we willing to abandon for the sake of security?
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PRODUCTION Kloos & Co. Medien Stefan Kloos INVOLVED TV CHANNELS WDR / Arte – Germany
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The President From The North Lars Feldballe Petersen
Denmark, 2017 60’ Original Language: Danish, English, Swahili
Can a person blossom as a President and create a new democratic Somalia after 47 years away from his native country? This is what 67-year-old Ahmed Dualeh believes as he heads back to implement the values he has come to appreciate after living in cold, northern Denmark for most of his adult life. But reality in Somalia turns out to be very different.
SALES / CONTACT Kim Christiansen DR International Sales Emil Holms Kanal 20 0999 Copenhagen
PRODUCTION Film & TV Compagniet aps Nils Feldballe Petersen INVOLVED TV CHANNELS DR – Denmark
Denmark tel: +45 35 203040 www.drsales.dk kimc@dr.dk
Can a person blossom as a President and create a new democratic Somalia after 47 years away from his native country?
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Primas Laura Bari
Canada | Argentina, 2017 52’, 99’ Original Language: Spanish, French Subtitles: English
PRIMAS is an evocative portrait of two cousins, Rocío and Aldana, Argentinian teenagers who, in the wake of heinous acts of violence that interrupted their childhoods, will free themselves from the shadows of their past. Traveling in Argentina and Montreal the girls come of age having revelatory experiences in their everyday lives; learning dance, mime, theatre, circus and visual arts. They express through their bodies what only their imagination, their unique perspective and their unshakable resilience can reveal.
SALES / CONTACT Esther van Messel First Hand Films
PRODUCTION GreenGround Productions Andreas Mendritzki
Neunbrunnenstrasse 50 8050 Zürich Switzerland tel: +49 30 28529088 www.firsthandfilms.com esther.van.messel@firsthandfilms.com
Two cousins come of age together, overcoming the heinous acts of violence that interrupted their childhoods.
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History
The Prince and the Chief: Travels in the Interiors of North America Peter Adler
Austria, 2017 52’
Original Language: German, English
He has been a hero for generations of readers: Winnetou, the noble Apache, created by author Karl May in the late 19th Century. Millions of readers and viewers have been riveted by his adventures, and his friendship with the frontiersman Old Shatterhand. Behind the fiction lies a true story. In April 1833, scientist Maximilian von Wied, a German prince, and Swiss painter Karl Bodmer travelled up the Missouri by steamboat. They planned to observe and record the indigenous peoples and the epic landscape of the American West. During the trip, Von Wied befriended Mato Tope (‘Four Bears’) the deputy chief of the Mandan Tribe. Thanks to this relationship it became possible for Von Wied and Karl Bodmer to see the world of the indigenous peoples through different eyes. This documentary as well as the writings of Karl May are based on both accounts and memories of Prince Maximilian and Karl Bodmer.
SALES / CONTACT Armin Luttenberger ORF - Enterprise Am Europlatz 5, Building C
PRODUCTION Metafilm GmbH Michael Cencig
1120 Vienna
CO-PRODUCTION NDR/ARTE – Germany,
Austria
Fernsehfonds Austria – Austria
www.contentsales.orf.at armin.luttenberger@orf.at
In April 1833, scientist Maximilian von Wied, a German prince, and Swiss painter Karl Bodmer travelled up the Missouri by steamboat. They planned to observe and record the indigenous peoples and the epic landscape of the American West
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The Prince and The Dybbuk Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosolowski
Poland | Germany, 2017 90’, 82’ Original Language: English, Italian, Yiddish, Ukranian, Polish Subtitles: English
Who was Moshe Waks really? A golden boy of cinema, a fraud or a man who constantly confused the illusion of film with reality? The son of a poor Jewish blacksmith from Ukraine, died in Italy as Prince Michael Waszynski, Hollywood producer and exiled Polish aristocrat. He made more than 50 films including cinema hits with Sophia Loren and Claudia Cardinale. However only one film was his true obsession - ‘The Dybbuk ‘- based on an old Jewish legend, the most important and mystical Yiddish film ever made, directed by Waszynski shortly before the the outbreak of the WWII. To the American magazine Variety, Waszynski once claimed to be fascinated with the downfall of great nations. The related imagery of pogroms and migration are the sights and images that Waszynski had so often witnessed in his life. It seems he had achieved almost everything he could possibly have wished, but something seemed to be stalking him, leaving him permanently restless. Waszynski kept searching for the lost print of his film ‘Dybbuk’ which held his early memories of the Jewish shtetl and his first love. What secrets did he keep hidden in this old masterpiece of Yiddish cinema?
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SALES / CONTACT Anaïs Clanet Wide House 9, rue Bleue
PRODUCTION Film Art Production Malgorzata Zacharko
75009 Paris
CO-PRODUCTION Kundschafter Filmproduktion –
France
Germany
tel: +33 6 79060738 www.widehouse.org ac@widehouse.org
A cinematic journey on the trail of Hollywood filmmaker and “human chameleon”, Michal Waszynski.
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The Prince of Ostia Bronx Raffaele Passerini
Italy, 2017 74’ - 60’ (TV) Original Language: Italian Subtitles: English
Warning: this film is for people who failed at least once in their lives. Dario and Maury, two actors refused from any theatre, academy, and cinema decided to move to the gay Roman nudist beach of Capocotta. Here, they set their stage, in a place where people come to feel free and unconstrained by the rules of society. Persevering with their philosophy of ‘failure as a new form of victory’ they became il Principe (the Prince) and la Contessa (the Countess) of the beach. In 20 years, they have gathered a little yet loyal audience, staging plays and creating a long repertoire of amateur little movies, where they confess the bitter reality of missing a real Stage, the one ‘only the so-called ‘gentlemen’ are allowed to.’ With irreverent tones of Pop, Dance and Folk music, this film celebrates failure as a parody, making anybody willing to watch, a Prince or a Countess of the non-victories.
SALES / CONTACT Andrea Romeo I Wonder Pictures World Sales
PRODUCTION Kiné Società Cooperativa Claudio Giapponesi
www.iwonderpictures.it
romeo@iwonderpictures.it
Dario dreams to be Al Pacino, while Mauri desperately aims for a stage all for himself, until today, when the director they always dreamed to meet, shows up.
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Prisoner Ana Tipa
Uruguay, 2016 92’ Original Language: Spanish, Portuguese Subtitles: English
While working on the construction of Uruguay’s largest prison, Miguel leads a double life. With a certain regularity, he crosses the border with Brazil to go to see ‘another’ family. In both countries, he is a tireless worker and takes great care of his loved ones. But, as the prison walls get higher, his incessant physical activity does not longer mitigate the torment that inhabits his body, and he is increasingly haunted by guilt, realising that he has become a prisoner of his own lies. Miguel plans to finally tell the people he loves the truth... and struggles to find the courage to do so.
SALES / CONTACT Ana Tipa Huerfanita Films Andrés Martínez Trueba 1038 11000 Montevideo Uruguay tel: +59824109759 anatipa@gmail.com
While working on the construction of Uruguay’s largest prison, Miguel must come to terms with his double life. As his internal struggle thrives, he must find enough courage to tell the truth to his loved ones.
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PRODUCTION Huerfanita Films Ana Tipa
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Puck’s World Gert-Jan de Vries
The Netherlands, 2017 57’ Original Language: Dutch Subtitles: English
Filmmaker Gert-Jan de Vries has been filming his family for 20 years. The family starts off with a healthy son and they are looking forward to a brother or sister. When their daughter Puck is born, after a normal delivery, they get an eerie feeling. There is obviously something wrong with her, but exactly what is it? Nine months later they finally consult a pediatrician, who is shocked to make his diagnosis: Puck is severely handicapped. Starting with the pregnancy Gert-Jan films his wife, his sons and his daughter. Since Puck can’t talk, the family members interview each other about the struggles and the tensions that come with the arrival of Puck. It results in an intimate and frank documentary, showing the impact of having a severely handicapped child in your family, in a period when healthcare is heavily under discussion. This is Puck’s world. Diana, Gert-Jan and their son Jop form a young family. They are happily expecting the arrival of a brother or sister for Jop. When their daughter Puck is born, after a normal delivery, they get an eerie feeling. There is obviously something wrong with her, but exactly what is it?
SALES / CONTACT Margaret Stanneveld NPO Sales
PRODUCTION EO Deborah Vordewind
Bart de Graaffweg 2 1202JJ Hilversum The Netherlands tel: +31 35 6773561 www.nposales.com margaret.stanneveld@npo.nl
Puck’s father has filmed the family for over 20 years from Pucks birth until now. Because Puck cannot speak, the rest of the family interviews each other by which a very intimate film is created; you can’t get any closer.
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Pure Charcoal Robert Müller
Switzerland, 2017 93’ Original Language: German Subtitles: English
Wearing heavy rubber boots, Fränz Röösli climbs atop his charcoal pile and starts poking holes into what he calls the ‘Grind’ – the ‘head’ or dome of the pile, which reaches four meters above ground. White smoke rises from the holes, curling around the charcoal burner to the whims of the wind before it is carried off into the dark of night. In calm, stunning images, the documentary ‘Köhlernächte’ by Robert Müller draws the viewer into the archaic world of commercial charcoal burning in Switzerland’s Napf region.
SALES / CONTACT Carola Kutzner Zeitraum Film GmbH Webereistrasse 66
PRODUCTION Zeitraum Film GmbH Carola Kutzner
CH-8134 Adliswil
CO-PRODUCTION Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen –
Switzerland
Switzerland
tel: +41 44 501 73 33 www.beiwindundwetter.ch
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen –
ck@zeitraumfilm.ch
Switzerland
In calm, stunning images, the documentary “Köhlernächte” by Robert Müller draws the viewer into the archaic world of commercial charcoal burning in Switzerland’s Napf region.
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Human Interest / Social Issues
Quasi Domani Gianluca Loffredo
Italy, 2017 52’
Original Language: Italian, Pashto, English Subtitles: English
‘Quasi domani’ (Almost tomorrow’) tells the story of an old Calabrian village where the number of immigrants has in recent years grown to match the number of its original inhabitants. In this village, five individual immigrants’ stories represent aspects of the slow, arduous integration process. There’s Sami, from Burkina Faso, who has become a new Italian citizen. There’s Torab who feels completely at ease with the Calabrian way of life, even though he feels homesick for his Afghanistan. There’s Mohammed who has found a job and can afford a flat of his own. Then there’s Edgar, an Armenian political refugee, who has to continue moving on so as to find work. And there’s Lamin who is still waiting after 3 years for his papers to come through, in order to be able to start his new life. In the background, there’s the village of Cassano all’Ionio, a place rife with contradictions, of anger and of generosity.
SALES / CONTACT Gianluca Loffredo Colibrì Film srl Piazza Francesco d’Ovidio 6
PRODUCTION Colibrì Film srl Gianluca Loffredo
80135 Napoli
CO-PRODUCTION LADOC srl – Italy,
Italy
Isola Film – Italy
loffredo@colibrifilm.it
In a small Calabrian village, in Southern Italy, the lives of migrants mingle and diverge in a contradictory setting. Emotions, stereotypes and fears intertwine in a dramatic yet touching, bittersweet portrait.
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The Queen of Vienna - Anna Sacher and her Hotel Beate Thalberg Austria, 2016 54’
Original Language: German, English
The legendary Sacher Hotel in Vienna has been the realm of the social elites for almost 150 years. Since it first opened in 1876, the hotel has represented cosmopolitan openness, the ultimate in culinary artistry, the very finest patisserie and courtly ritual with a clear division of roles. To the present day the hotel is attuned to the heartbeat of one woman: Anna Sacher. She blended a highly attractive mix of the private and public spheres that the elites of European society could not eschew.
SALES / CONTACT Armin Luttenberger ORF - Enterprise
CO-PRODUCTION Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion – Austria,
Am Europlatz 5, Building C
Vienna Film Fund, Film Fonds Wien
1120 Vienna
– Austria
Austria www.contentsales.orf.at
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS ORF – Austria,
armin.luttenberger@orf.at
ARTE – France
Anna Sacher, owner of Vienna’s famous Sacher Hotel, created the realm of the social elites almost 150 years ago with an attrative blend of private and public spheres.
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History / Politics
Queerama Daisy Asquith
United Kingdom, 2017 70’ Original Language: English
Queerama is a film created from the treasure trove of BFI archive. The story traverses a century of gay experiences, encompassing persecution and prosecution, injustice, love and desire, identity, secrets, forbidden encounters, sexual liberation and pride. The soundtrack weaves the lyrics and music of John Grant, Goldfrapp and Hercules & Love Affair with the images and guides us intimately into the relationships, desires, fears and expressions of gay men and women in the 20th centurya century of incredible change. Queerama offers a wealth of unknown newsreel and amateur film from the 20s and 30s, the sub textual references in 40s cinema, the arrests and prosecutions of gay men for ‘gross indecency’ in the 50s, the early gay rights marches and decriminalisation of the 60s and 70s, the campaigns for an equal age of consent and against section 28, the Pride movement and AIDS crisis in the 80s and 90s, the sexual liberation of the 00s queer and transgender scene and the celebrations and marriage campaign of recent year.
SALES / CONTACT Aleksandar Govedarica Syndicado Film Sales
PRODUCTION ie ie productions Catryn Ramasut
121 Beaconsfield Ave. M6J 3J5 Toronto Canada tel: +1 917 6512589 www.syndicado.com aleksandar@syndicado.com
Queerama - A century of gay rights and desires on film.
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Queercore: How To Punk A Revolution Yony Leyser
Germany, 2017 83’, 56’ Original Language: English
What happens when the community you need is not the community you have? Tell yourself it exists over and over, make fan zines that fabricate hordes of queer punk revolutionaries, create subversive movies, and distribute those movies widely—and slowly, the community you’ve fabricated might become a real and radical heartbeat that spreads internationally. This is the story that Queercore tells, from the start of a pseudo-movement in the mid-1980s, intended to punk the punk scene, to the widespread rise of artists who used radical queer identity to push back equally against gay assimilation and homophobic punk culture. The extensive participant list includes Bruce LaBruce, G.B. Jones, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, John Waters, Justin Vivian Bond, Lynn Breedlove, Silas Howard, Pansy Division, Penny Arcade, Kathleen Hanna, Kim Gordon, Deke Elash, Tom Jennings, Team Dresch, and many more.
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SALES / CONTACT Catherine Le Clef CAT&Docs 18 rue Quincampoix 133 75004 Paris France tel: +33 6 33648602
PRODUCTION Totho cmp GmbH Nina Berfelde CO-PRODUCTION Desire Productions GmbH – Germany INVOLVED TV CHANNELS ARTE – France
www.catndocs.com cat@catndocs.com
What happens when the community you need is not the community you have?
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Raghu Rai - An Unframed Portrait Avani Rai
India | Finland, 2017 55’ Original Language: English, Hindi Subtitles: English
Raghu Rai has been photographing India for 50 years. He has captured major events of India’s history from political conflicts to the everyday realities of the people. His photos on the Bhopal gas tragedy, Indira Gandhi, Mother Theresa and Dalai Lama are world famous. Raghu Rai’s life and work are revealed by Avani Rai, the director of the film. Who we follow through the film as she struggles to find her own voice - when her father has his own ideas about the film.
SALES / CONTACT Stephanie Fuchs Autlook Filmsales Spittelberggasse 3/14
PRODUCTION IV Films Iikka Vehkalahti
1070 Vienna
CO-PRODUCTION CRCI India Pvt Ltd – India,
Austria
Piraya Films
tel: +43 7 20346934 www.autlookfilms.com
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS YLE – Finland,
stephanie@autlookfilms.com
ARTE France – France, TVO – Canada, Al Arabiya – United Arab Emirates, SVT – Sweden, MCOT KRO – The Netherlands
Raghu Rai is the father of Indian photography. His story is told by his daughter Avani Rai, who fights for her own voice in the shadow of her strong father.
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Politics / Society
Ransacked Petur Einarsson
Iceland, 2016 53’
Original Language: Icelandic Subtitles: English
When the Banks went bust, hedge funds made billions and the people paid the price. Ransacked is the story of one ordinary family who decide to fight back. In contrast to similar documentaries, ‘Ransacked’ starts at the moment of crisis beginning and tells a story of recovery. Alongside bigger institutional details the film follows one family that, after losing everything, took the bank to court.
SALES / CONTACT Helene Aurø DR International Sales
PRODUCTION P/E Production Atli Örvarsson
Emil Holms Kanal 20
Ólafur Darri
0999 Copenhagen
Óskar Páll Sveinsson
Denmark
P/E Producition
tel: +45 35 203040
Svarta Svipan
www.drsales.dk
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS RUV – Iceland
heau@dr.dk
When the Banks went bust, hedge funds made billions and the people paid the price. Ransacked is the story of one ordinary family who decide to fight back.
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Investigative
The Ransom Rémi Lainé
France | Belgium, 2017 96’, 55’ Original Language: Spanish, English, French Subtitles: English
30,000 kidnappings are committed every year in the world. In response, international insurance companies have created kidnap & ransom, ultra-confidential contracts that are experiencing an unprecedented boom. Following a pending case in Venezuela, The Ransom, filmed in Africa, Europe and the USA, features insurers, negotiators and ex-hostages who speak out for the first time. ‘ ‘and the price of a man’s life has been determined by the price of things’ (Saint-Just)
SALES / CONTACT Kathryn Bonnici Java Films 38 Quai Du Point Du Jour
PRODUCTION Little Big Story Valérie Montmartin
92100 Boulogne-Billancourt
CO-PRODUCTION Stenola Productions – Belgium,
France
Stenola Productions – Belgium
tel: +33 1 74713313 www.javafilms.fr
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS ARTE France – France,
kathryn@javafilms.tv
RTBF – Belgium
The Ransom allows viewers to dive into the secret system of Kidnap & Ransom, designed by major insurance companies in response to the 30,000 kidnappings committed every year around the world.
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The Rape of Recy Taylor Nancy Buirski
United States, 2017 91’ Original Language: English Subtitles: English
Recy Taylor, a 24-year-old black mother and sharecropper, was gang raped by six white boys in 1944 Alabama. Common in Jim Crow South, few women spoke up in fear for their lives. Not Recy Taylor, who bravely identified her rapists. The NAACP sent its chief rape investigator Rosa Parks, who rallied support and triggered an unprecedented outcry for justice. Our film exposes a legacy of physical abuse of black women and reveals Rosa Parks’ intimate role in Recy Taylor’s story. An attempted rape against Parks was but one inspiration for her ongoing work to find justice for countless women like Taylor. The 1955 bus boycott was an end result, not a beginning.
SALES / CONTACT Anaïs Clanet Wide House
PRODUCTION Augusta Film Susan Margolin
9, rue Bleue 75009 Paris France tel: +33 6 79060738 www.widehouse.org ac@widehouse.org
To the countless women whose voices have not been heard.
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Raphael - The Lord of the Arts Luca Viotto
Italy, 2017 90’
Original Language: English
Few figures in the history of art have lived a life so full of intensity and fascination quite like Raphael Sanzio. He died aged just 37 and yet managed to leave an indelible mark on art. In a well-balanced dialogue between historical reconstructions and artistic commentary, the film retraces the most significant moments of Raphael’s life. Expert contributions delivered with feeling by great art historians Antonio Paolucci, Vincenzo Farinella and Antonio Natali, enrich the story of the life and work of the artist. The film is set in 20 locations, two of which are major exclusives, the Vatican Logge and Cardinal Bibbiena’s apartment in the Apostolic Palace, and shows over 30 works of art, among the most famous and most representative of Raphael’s entire work. This is a project developed by the creators of ‘Florence and the Uffizi Gallery in 3D’ and ‘The Vatican Museums in 3D’, supported by contributions from some of the best creative talents from the Italian film industry, such as production designer Francesco Frigeri and costume designer Maurizio Millenotti. Playing the part of Raphael is actor Flavio Parenti, with Enrico Lo Verso in the role of Giovanni Santi, Angela Curri as Fornarina and Marco Cocci as Pietro Bembo.Beauty comes to life in a crescendo through the brushwork and enduring genius of one of the most talented artists the world has ever known.
SALES / CONTACT Pedro Citaristi Nexo Digital Srl
PRODUCTION Sky Italia Cosetta Lagani
Piazza Cadorna 15 20121 Milan Italy www.nexodigitalmedia.it pedro.citaristi@nexodigital.it
The first film adaptation of the life and work of one of the most famous artists in the world - Raphael Sanzio.
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History
The Reagan Show Pacho Velez, Sierra Pettengill
United States, 2017 75’ Original Language: English, Russian Subtitles: English
Brimming with wit and political irony, The Reagan Show is an all-archival documentary that profiles Hollywood action man Ronald Reagan’s great role - leader of the free world. Teasing apart the spectacle at the heart of finger-on-the-button global diplomacy, the film follows Ronald Reagan’s rivalry with the charismatic Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, tracing how the Communicator-in-Chief used his public relations chops to overcome Soviet mistrust, the objections of a sceptical press corps, and the looming threat of WWIII.
SALES / CONTACT Luke Brawley Dogwoof 19-23 Ironmonger Row EC1V 3QN London United Kingdom tel: +44 207 2536244 www.dogwoof.com luke@dogwoof.com
Locarno-winning directors chronicle Ronald Reagan’s presidency through never-before-seen archival footage, and in doing so reveal how the Hollywood star’s leadership style foreshadowed Donald Scunner’s rise to power.
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PRODUCTION Sierra Pettengill
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The Rebel Surgeon Erik Gandini
Sweden | Ethiopia, 2017 51’ Original Language: Danish, Swedish, English Subtitles: English
In Erik Gandini’s recent documentary The Swedish Theory of Love there is a character who stands out, the surgeon Erik Erichsen. This film is an exceptional portrait of him and his wife Sennait. After serving 30 years in a Swedish hospital Dr Erichsen was fed up with all the bureaucracy and administration. He decided to move someplace where he could make a difference and do what he loves the most - to operate. In Ethiopia, where there are only 3 doctors on every 100,000 inhabitants, Dr Erichsen and his wife Sennait work at a small field hospital in Aira. Resources are extremely limited so he is forced to operate using what is at hand, like a cheap power drill from the local supermarket, hose clamps, bicycle spokes and fishing line instead of suture thread. When Erik and Sennait think about Sweden they don’t always feel things are better at home: ‘The spiritual misery in Sweden is bigger than the material misery in Ethiopia. We can learn a lot from this culture’, says Erik Erichsen. The documentary premiered at CPH:DOX 2017 and won the Audience Award at the 57th Krakow Film Festival.
SALES / CONTACT Anna K Hagnefur SVT Sales
PRODUCTION Fasad Erik Gandini
Oxenstiernsgatan 26-34 105 10 Stockholm Sweden tel: +46 8 7840000 www.svtsales.com anna.hagnefur@svt.se
An exceptional portrait of a surgeon who got tired of Swedish bureaucracy and moved to Ethiopia. In a small field hospital, with limited resources, he uses anything at hand to help the patients, like a cheap power drill from the local supermarket, hose clamps, bicycle spokes and fishing line instead of suture thread. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Rebels on Pointe Bobbi Jo Hart
Canada, 2017 52’, 90’ Original Language: English, Spanish, Italian Subtitles: English
Exploring universal themes of identity, dreams, family and love, this is the first-ever documentary film celebrating the famous Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. The all male, comic ballet company was founded in the 70s ago on the heels of New York’s Stonewall riots and has a huge worldwide cult following. The film juxtaposes behind-the-scenes access, rich archives and history, intimate characterdriven stories, and amazing dance performances shot in North America, Europe and Japan. A story which ultimately proves that a ballerina is not only a woman dancing -- but an act of revolution in a tutu.
SALES / CONTACT Sydney Neter SND Films P.O. Box 15703 1001 NE Amsterdam The Netherlands tel: +31 20 4040707 www.sndfilms.com info@sndfilms.com
The one and only documentary on the all male ballet group “Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo”.
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PRODUCTION Adobe Productions International Robbie Hart INVOLVED TV CHANNELS The Documentary Channel – Canada
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Recruiting for Jihad Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen, Adel Khan Farooq
Norway, 2017 67’, 79’ Original Language: Norwegian, English, Danish, Arabic Subtitles: English
For three years a well-known Norwegian extremist gives unique access into his everyday life promoting Jihadism in Europe until he’s arrested and charged with providing material support of terrorism by recruiting for ISIS. When police seize the footage from the documentary as evidence, the filmmakers fight to protect the rights of independent journalists to pursue news stories in the public interest while protecting confidential sources. Their battle for press freedom goes all the way to Norway’s Supreme Court.
SALES / CONTACT Diana Holtzberg East Village Entertainment
PRODUCTION Up North Film Jonathan Borge Lie
166, Second Avenue.# 11K,
Curry film
New York.
Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen
10003 New York
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS NRK – Norway
United States tel: +1 212 6142808
www.eastvillageentertainment.com diana@eastvillageentertainment.com
For three years a well-known Norwegian extremist gives unique access to his everyday life until he is arrested for recruiting for ISIS.
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The Red Soul Jessica Gorter
The Netherlands, 2017 ‘58 & ‘90 Original Language: Russian Subtitles: Dutch
In the country where hardly any family escaped the hunger, fear and violence resulting from Stalin’s terror, no one has ever been convicted for the crimes committed under his regime. Even now Russians are still deeply divided over how to deal with the memories of this painful past. In a mosaic of intimate portraits ordinary Russians speak openly about their traumas, rooted in a violent history. Gradually this disturbing film exposes how the Soviet past lives on in current generations in Russia, and thus makes its mark on the future.
SALES / CONTACT Heino Deckert Deckert Distribution GmbH Gottschedstr. 18 04109 Leipzig Germany tel: +49 30 84306166 www.deckert-distribution.com info@deckert-distribution.com
Why is it that still so many Russians defend Stalin as a great leader and a hero? “The Red Soul” lays bare the Russian psyche of today and shows a world full of contradictions.
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PRODUCTION Zeppers Film Frank van den Engel INVOLVED TV CHANNELS IKONdocs / EO – The Netherlands
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The Reindeer Keepers Per-Josef Idivuoma, August Sandström
Sweden, 2017 58’ Original Language: Swedish, Sami Subtitles: English
Cultures are influenced, changed and sometimes merged. The Sami have lived alongside other peoples for several hundreds of years in what are now Sweden, Finland, Norway and Russia. Despite, or perhaps because of, the influences to which the Sami have been exposed, they and their culture have kept their distinctiveness. The Reindeer Keepers is an unmissable and heart-warming documentary giving us an intimate insight to the everyday lives of three young reindeer keepers living in Sapmi. Here family and friends means everything. In this documentary we join Inga Biret Márjá Triumf, Laara Persson and Ber-Joná Labba through hectic summer nights, hard work, family get togethers, party, Tinder swipes and a football derby.
SALES / CONTACT Anna K Hagnefur SVT Sales
PRODUCTION SVT Mattias Barsk
Oxenstiernsgatan 26-34 105 10 Stockholm Sweden tel: +46 8 7840000 www.svtsales.com anna.hagnefur@svt.se
The Reindeer Keepers is an unmissable and heart-warming documentary giving us an intimate insight to the everyday lives of three young reindeer keepers living in Sapmi. We join them through hectic summer nights, hard work, family get togethers, party, Tinder swipes and a football derby. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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REM
Tomas Koolhaas
United States, 2016 52’, 72’ Original Language: English, Dutch
Over four decades, ‘starchitect’ and master provocateur Rem Koolhaas has shaken up the field of architecture, and redefined the role of the architect in the world. Filmmaker Tomas Koolhaas spent 3 years following his father around the globe, playing witness to Rem’s extraordinary creativity, as well as exploring his works through the eyes of those who actually inhabit them. REM is a rare and unique insight into the mind of a genius.
SALES / CONTACT Annie Edwards Journeyman Pictures 4 High Street, Thames Ditton KT7 ORY Surrey England tel: +44 208 786 6051 www.journeyman.tv sales@journeyman.tv
An artful glimpse into the brilliant mind of the world’s most celebrated architect
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A Residence Above the Clouds Guillermo Carnero Rosell
Spain | United Kingdom, 2017 60’, 100’ Original Language: Spanish, English Subtitles: English
It’s 1856 and the skies of Edinburgh are too murky to view the heavens. Charles Piazzi Smyth, Astronomer Royal, writer, artist and polymath decides to take state of the art telescopes and photographic equipment, carrying them 10,000ft above the clouds of Tenerife. This story of a remarkable man is revealed through eyes of students recreating his formative journey and experiments
SALES / CONTACT Guillermo Carnero Rosell Bubango Films Caledonian Place 8/5
PRODUCTION Proim Canarias Angel Falcón
EH112AS Edinburgh
CO-PRODUCTION Bubango Films – United Kingdom,
United Kingdom
Luna Llena Producciones S.L. – Spain
guillermo@gcarnero.es
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Television Autonomica de Canarias – Spain
The story of a man who changed the way we looked at the stars forever.
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Return of a President - After the Coup in Madagascar Lotte Mik-Meyer
Denmark, 2017 59’, 79’ Original Language: English, Danish, French, Malagasy Subtitles: English
A military coup d’etat in Madagascar in 2009 lands the democratically elected president in exile in South Africa. With unique access to President Ravalomanana and his advisors, the film tells the unusual inside story about political intrigue and power, and the role the former colonial powers play. Ravalomanana will run for the presidential elections in 2018.
SALES / CONTACT Salma Abdalla Autlook Filmsales
PRODUCTION Magic Hour Films Lise Lense-Møller
Spittelberggasse 3/14 1070 Vienna Austria tel: +43 7 20346934 www.autlookfilms.com salma@autlookfilms.com
With unique access to President Ravalomanana and his advisors, the film tells the unusual inside story about political intrigue and power, and the role the former colonial powers play.
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Rezo
Leo Gabriadze
Russia | Georgia, 2017 63’ Original Language: Russian Subtitles: English
Vivid memories of lonely and shy little boy Rezo confront his dreams where Stalin and Lenin meet him at school, frogs teach him to smoke and Leo Tolstoi guards him at the library. Crucial moment in his coming of age story will be meeting and befriending captive German soldier at his grandparents house. Rezo’s story will be full of ups and downs but he will preserve his unique innocent sensitivity and ability to release beauty from any downside of life.
SALES / CONTACT Veronika Belenikina Bazelevs
PRODUCTION Bazelevs Timur Bekmambetov
Pudovkina,6-1 119285 Moscow Russia tel: +7 495 2230400 www.bazelevs.com v.belenikina@bazelevs.ru
Rezo is a movie told and painted by Rezo Gabriadze, Georgian artist, writer and creator of Marionette theatre. The movie is an autobiographical animated documentary questioning ideas of deep humanity, kindness and heartiness during uneasy times after the 2nd World War.
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Human Interest / Social Issues
A River Below Mark Grieco
United States | Brazil, 2017 52’, 86’ Original Language: English, Spanish, Portuguese
Deep in the Amazon, the near-mythical pink river dolphin is being hunted to extinction. Two activists, a marine biologist and a TV star, are working tirelessly to protect the species. Yet as the effort to raise public awareness becomes increasingly complex, a scandal erupts and serious ethical questions are raised. This surprising roller-coaster of a doc digs into the complexities of the modern media and the moral dangers of using the ends to justify the means.
SALES / CONTACT Annie Edwards Journeyman Pictures
PRODUCTION Sandarba Torus Tammer
4 High Street, Thames Ditton KT7 ORY Surrey England tel: +44 208 786 6051 www.journeyman.tv sales@journeyman.tv
A River Below captures the Amazon in all its complexity as it examines the actions of environmental activists using the media in an age where truth is a relative term.
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Robin’s Road Trip Simone de Vries
The Netherlands, 2016 52’ Original Language: English, Dutch Subtitles: English
With only 2 camera’s as luggage, successful Dutch photographer, Robin de Puy gets on a motorbike and sets off on a road trip through America. After winning the Photo Academy Award and the National Portrait Prize, her career rocketed. But lately her work has offered her less and less satisfaction. She wants to go back to looking around and selecting her subjects herself. When she travels to America and rents a Harley for a massive road trip, fear grips her throat nonetheless. De Puy criss-crosses the country and chooses her route intuitively. We see how she finds people whom she wants to photograph with her unique, sometimes unrelenting, but always open and honest point of view. The for an International Emmy Award nominated film shows how Robin is wrestling with her insecurities, but also how she is getting to know herself through her photography.
SALES / CONTACT Fulko Kuindersma Dutch Features Global Entertainment
festival@dutchfeatures.com
PRODUCTION Talent United Film & TV Simone de Vries INVOLVED TV CHANNELS AVROTROS – The Netherlands
Renowned Dutch photographer and international rising star: Robin de Puy travels 10.000 miles through the USA on her motor to conquer her fears and find a new creative self. The result is the documentary Robin’s Road Trip, nominated for an International Emmy Award.
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Science / Technology
Robo Sapiens Jelle Brandt Corstius
The Netherlands, 2017 43’ Original Language: Dutch, English Subtitles: English In the new six-part VPRO travel series Robo Sapiens Jelle Brandt Corstius investigates how robots and artificial intelligence influence our lives and how this will still be changing even more. The speed of new technological developments is mindboggling. What does this mean for us? Is there a reason to be fearful or should we long for the future with great expectations? The point of departure is the birth of Brandt Corstius’ daughter a year and a half ago. Fatherhood made him think about the manner in which her life will develop, at a time in which the applications of artificial intelligence are seemingly infinite. In the series he follows the imaginary life cycle of his daughter. Will she have to work in the future? Will it possible that she will have a relationship with robot? And will artificial intelligence eventually give her the gift of eternal life? Robo sapiens sketches a glimpse of the future, which is at first promising and then once again worrying. AI, or artificial intelligence, is grasping evermore terrain all around us. Take for example the phenomenon of predictive policing. In a growing number of cities around the world the police are patrolling based upon the predictions made by AI that have been acquired from previous crime figures. Critics have stated that this works in a stigmatizing way and sometimes even helps to feed and sustain racism. Other AI applications are also controversial. Initially sex robots might seem harmless but how will this affect the manner in which we as humans will interact with one another? 412
SALES / CONTACT Margaret Stanneveld NPO Sales Bart de Graaffweg 2
PRODUCTION VPRO Elleke Claessen Nicole Frints
1202JJ Hilversum The Netherlands tel: +31 35 6773561 www.nposales.com margaret.stanneveld@npo.nl
In the new six-part VPRO travel series Robo Sapiens Jelle Brandt Corstius investigates how robots and artificial intelligence influence our lives and how this will still be changing even more.
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Romantic Road Oliver McGarvey
Canada | United Kingdom | India | Bangladesh, 2017 80’ Original Language: English
Tucked away in the south of England, Rupert & Jan Grey have been living their lives the way they see fit. Rupert (66) is a practicing lawyer & photographer, Jan (66) a bereavement visitor. They have raised three daughters in an old drafty cottage and retirement is on the horizon. At this pivotal moment, they are invited to a human rights festival in Bangladesh as guests of honor and they decide to drive there in their family car - a notoriously battered 1936 Rolls Royce. Rupert believes in sabbaticals not retirement, so they ship the Rolls to Mumbai and motor across India to Dhaka. They fall into company with tea-wallahs and maharajahs, dodge tribal conflicts and battle border officials ultimately landing their car in the hands of the Bangladeshi Customs. Rupert & Jan are living proof you can live your dreams no matter how odd, wild or crazy they might be - a rare glimpse into a uniquely inspired expedition that redefines later-life. Side by side, they drove for six months and covered over 5000 miles. Though Rupert was at the wheel, Jan quietly propels the journey with a gentle strength and we witness their lasting love grow stronger through this incredible experience.
SALES / CONTACT Oliver McGarvey Rover Films
PRODUCTION Rover Films Oliver McGarvey
9206 117street NW T6G 1S2 Edmonton Canada www.roverfilms.com info@romanticroadmov.com
London lawyer and wife re-define later life by motoring across rural India in their battered 1936 Rolls Royce, falling into company with tea-wallahs and maharajahs, dodging tribal conflicts and battling with border-officials to get to a human rights festival in Bangladesh. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Roosenberg Ingel Vaikla
Estonia | Belgium, 2017 30’ Original Language: No dialogue
Roosenberg is a place, a space, a building, a film. Roosenberg is Amanda, Godelieve, Rosa and Trees. Roosenberg is a letter that tells of an encounter with four elderly nuns in a fascinating monastery in Belgium. The every day communal life of four sisters, their religious practice and final departure from the building tells the story of modernist architecture. It is a memory, a story of a space at the beginning of the end.
SALES / CONTACT Ingel Vaikla Vaikla Studio
PRODUCTION Vaikla Studio Ingel Vaikla
ingel.vaikla@gmail.com
Roosenberg is a memory, a story of a space at the beginning of the end.
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Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World Catherine Bainbridge Canada, 2017 100’, 60’ Original Language: English
RUMBLE is about the role of Native Americans in popular music history, a little-known story built around the incredible lives and careers of some of the greatest music legends. With music icons like Link Wray, Charley Patton, Oscar Pettiford, Mildred Bailey, Peter Lafarge, Jimi Hendrix, Jessie Ed Davis, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Robbie Robertson, Redbone and Taboo, RUMBLE shows how these talented Native musicians helped shape the soundtracks of our lives and, through their contributions, influenced and shaped American and international popular culture, telling the story of a profound, essential and, until now, missing chapter in the history of American popular music.
SALES / CONTACT Jan Röfekamp Films Transit International Inc.
PRODUCTION Rezolution Pictures International Christina Fon
21 Place Epernay J6Z 4K9 Lorraine, Quebec Canada tel: +1 514 8443358 www.filmstransit.com janrofekamp@filmstransit.com
Rumble is about the role of Native Americans in popular music history.
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The Russian Job Petr Horky
Czech Republic, 2017 64’, 52’ Original Language: English, Russian, Czech Subtitles: English
‘They want a revolution, but nothing should change’. An automobile factory that was once the biggest and best of its kind in the former Soviet Union has turned into a financial nightmare. A Swedish manager is expected to return it to prosperity in a big way. They meet in the city of Tolyatti, deep in the heart of Russia. A East meets West story where neither is willing to give in. The Russian Job is a story of great plans and even greater absurdity told in beautifully crafted images.
SALES / CONTACT Diana Karklin Rise and Shine World Sales Schlesische Strasse 29/30
Martin Juza
10997 Berlin
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Czech TV – Czech Republic,
Germany
Al Jazeera Balkans –
tel: +49 30 47372980
Bosnia-Herzegovina
www.riseandshine-berlin.de diana.karklin@riseandshine-berlin.de
A Swedish power-manager is hired to bring the miracle of the capitalist business model to the dying automobile factory in the Russian city of Tolyatti, but soon enough he realizes that revolution should happen without any change at all.
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PRODUCTION Krutart
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Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda Stephen Nomura Schible
United States | Japan, 2017 102’ Original Language: Japanese, English Subtitles: English
One of the most important artists of our era, Ryuichi Sakamoto has had a prolific career spanning over four decades, from techno-pop stardom to Oscar-winning film composer. The evolution of his music has coincided with his life journeys. Following Fukushima, Sakamoto became an iconic figure in Japan’s social movement against nuclear power. As Sakamoto returns to music following cancer, his haunting awareness of life crises leads to a resounding new masterpiece. RYUICHI SAKAMOTO: CODA is an intimate portrait of both the artist and the man.
SALES / CONTACT Suzanne Nodale Doc & Film International 13 rue du Portefoin
PRODUCTION SKMTDOC Eric Nyari LLC
75003 Paris France tel: +33 1 42775687 www.docandfilm.com s.nodale@docandfilm.com
As Ryuichi Sakamoto returns to music following cancer, his haunting awareness of life crises leads to a resounding new masterpiece.
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Human Interest / Social Issues
The Same Dejan Petrovic
Serbia, 2017 17’
Original Language: Serbian Subtitles: English
The Same is a film that shows the everyday life of convicts and jailers in some of the biggest jails in Serbia by using it as a metaphor to present the loss of personal identity in modern society. This documentary compares a jail system to fixed social rules and raises questions about the relativity of human freedom. The film has been supported by Film Center Serbia.
SALES / CONTACT Dejan Petrovic Independent Film Centre Filmart Radnicka 11 31210 Pozega Serbia tel: +381 64 1259428 www.film-art.org petrovdej@gmail.com
It is a story about personal needs and aspirations, making decisions based upon the expectations of others and the loss of the all-important feeling of individuality.
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PRODUCTION Independent Film Centre Filmart Dejan Petrovic CO-PRODUCTION Cinnamon Films
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Sand and Blood Matthias Krepp
Austria, 2017 90’
Original Language: Arabic, English Subtitles: English
Social networks allow refugees to follow the actions and crimes happening in their countries in real time. Sand and Blood is a montage of amateur videos from various online platforms, narrated by refugees now living in Austria. This formal approach offers a new and intimate perspective on Syria and Iraq’s recent history: a montage of haunting images of devastation, fear, and hatred.
SALES / CONTACT Leni Gruber Vienna Film Academy
PRODUCTION Vienna Film Academy Leni Gruber
Argentinierstraße 28/31 1040 Wien Austria tel: +43 1 711552902 www.filmakademie.wien/de leni-gruber@gmx.at
Young refugees from Iraq and Syria reflect on their lost youth, while found private video footage provides a disturbing view of the development of war.
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Saving the Hermans Gilad Goldschmidt
Israel, 2017 86’
Original Language: Hebrew Subtitles: English
The Hermans with their three children set off on an adventurous trip from Thailand to Laos, Cambodia, China, Kazakhstan and from there along the Silk Road to Cyprus. Their journey is a fulfillment of a dream and a chance to save their marriage. They fight and quarrel, laugh and cry. They meet exotic cultures, pass through breathtaking landscapes and experience hair-raising adventures; they hate and they love. Will they find out what’s the meaning of home and family?
SALES / CONTACT Hedva Goldschmidt
PRODUCTION Daniel Paran
Go2Films 37/8 Issar Natanzon st. 97787 Jerusalem Israel tel: +972 2 5831371 www.go2films.com hedva@go2films.com
Saving the Hermans follows the unbelievable, one year long journey of the Herman family across Asia- from Thailand to Israel. They travel 25,000 miles, in an old fire engine they had converted into a caravan.
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Sea Sorrow Vanessa Redgrave
United Kingdom, 2017 72’ Original Language: English, Italian, Arabic, French Subtitles: English
Drawing on her own experience as a wartime evacuee, British actress and campaigner Vanessa Redgrave tells the story of refugees fleeing European war zones throughout the last century and drawing parallels between government attitudes towards refugees in the 1930s and now. Focus on minors who urgently need to be cared of and security. Starring Emma Thompson and Ralph Fiennes and their constant fights for human rights.
SALES / CONTACT Salma Abdalla Autlook Filmsales
PRODUCTION Dissent Projects Carlo Nero
Spittelberggasse 3/14 1070 Vienna Austria tel: +43 7 20346934 www.autlookfilms.com salma@autlookfilms.com
Drawing on her own experience as a wartime evacuee, British actress and campaigner Vanessa Redgrave tells the story of refugees fleeing European war zones throughout the last century and drawing parallels between government attitudes towards refugees in the 1930s and now.
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See You Tomorrow, God Willing! Ainara Vera
Spain, 2017 52’ + 63’ Original Language: Spanish Subtitles: English
“See you tomorrow, God willing!” is a happy documentary about the daily day life of a group of old franciscan sisters who are disappearing. Seventeen elderly women share their particular universe inside a convent. Together they accumulate more than thousand years experience! However times have changed and their community is forced to adapt or perish. While one of them makes a revolution inside the house learning to use whatsapp, another battles with numbers to make ends meet. But life continues outdoors, unaware of them. With self irony and good mood they face their imminent future.
SALES / CONTACT Milena Stokar First Hand Films Neunbrunnenstrasse 50 8050 Zürich Switzerland tel: +49 30 28529088
PRODUCTION Arena Comunicación Itziar García Zubiri CO-PRODUCTION Sant & Usant – Norway INVOLVED TV CHANNELS TVE – Spain
www.firsthandfilms.com milena.stokar@firsthandfilms.com
“See you tomorrow, God willing!” is happy documentary film about the daily life of a group of old Franciscan sisters.
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Politics / Society
Seeing Voices Dariusz Kowalski
Austria, 2016 58’
Original Language: German Subtitles: English
The protagonists of SEEING VOICES may not be able to hear, but that definitely does not leave them without words. Sign language represents a parallel universe full of magic and expressive power which remains unexplored country for the vast majority of people. Ayse, Helene and the non-hearing members of the Hager family don’t lament their inability to hear music or birds singing: after all, these are sounds they have never experienced. But they are denied the right to their mother tongue. They employ different techniques to master their lives, walking the line between the hearing of the world – and refusing to be silent.
SALES / CONTACT Tijana Djukic Taskovski Films C/o Very Ard Times Ltd Tower 42 25 Old Broad Street
PRODUCTION FreibeuterFilm KG Oliver Neumann INVOLVED TV CHANNELS ORF – Austria
EC2N 1HQ London United Kingdom tel: +38 76 5652046 www.taskovskifilms.com sales@taskovskifilms.com
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The protagonists of Seeing Voices may not be able to hear, but that definitely does not leave them without words. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Siblings Laura Plancarte
United Kingdom | Mexico, 2017 56’ Original Language: Spanish, English Subtitles: English
HERMANOS tells in parallel the story of two Mexican brothers that want to go back to the US after being deported for life, with the story of an American woman who lost her house and today believes she can get it back through Trump’s promises. Their journeys take them on road trips to meet with their past and with relatives who they believe can help them achieve their dreams. Immigration has been shown in many ways, but it has never been presented through the lives of Mexicans and Americans who live similar situations due to poverty and lack of family structure.
SALES / CONTACT Pablo Briseño Galván Feelsales
Mike Lerner
Avda. de Concha Espina, 65 - 2º
LP Films
28016 Madrid
Laura Plancarte
Spain pablobriseno@feelsales.com
The parallel the stories of two Mexican brothers that want to go back to the US after being deported for life, with the story of an American woman who lost her house and today believes she can get it back through Trump’s promises
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PRODUCTION Roast Beef Productions
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Sidemen: Long Road to Glory Scott Rosenbaum
United States, 2017 80’ Original Language: English
Some journeys take a lifetime... an intimate look into the incredible lives and influence of three of the Chicago Blues sidemen - Pinetop Perkins, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith and Hubert Sumlin. Haunting imagery of the Mississippi Delta region and these legendary musicians punctuates this powerful piece of history that is nothing short of our last links to the origins of rock music. Featuring members of The Doors, The Allman Brothers, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Aerosmith, The Dave Matthews Band, as well as Bonnie Raitt, Johnny Winter, Bobby Rush and Shemekia Copeland share their recollections of these men who finally got their proper due.
SALES / CONTACT David Piperni Cargo Film & Releasing
PRODUCTION Red Hawk Films Tony Grazia
611 Broadway, #630 10012 New York United States tel: +1 212 9958139 www.cargofilm-releasing.com dpiperni@cargofilm-releasing.com
An intimate look at the incredible lives and legacies prolific and influential blues ‘sidemen’ Pinetop Perkins, Willie Smith and Hubert Sumlin. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Youth
Siéva
Jenni Nyberg
Finland, 2017 58’
Original Language: Finnish Subtitles: English
Siéva is a film about a street dance style developed in Helsinki but also about youth and search for identity. The protagonists of the film are three young adults graduated from high school and standing somewhere there in between as if waiting for the real life to begin. They all search for direction for their lifes each in their separate ways. The dance, Siéva, gives them a shelter where to hide in the midst of big changes. Nala has stuck for several years not really knowing where to head at in the world, how to feel comfortable or just to survive. Sointu attemts to solve the conflict she senses all around, how the surroundings restricts and defines everyone through gender.
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SALES / CONTACT Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen Zone2 Pictures Oy Toinen linja 15 LH 80 00530 Helsinki
PRODUCTION Zone2 Pictures Oy Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen INVOLVED TV CHANNELS YLE – Finland
Finland hannu.vitikainen@zone2.fi
A non fiction dance movie about youth in Helsinki and also about how to become oneself.
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Silas
Anjali Nayar, Hawa Essuman
South Africa | Canada | Kenya, 2017 90’ Original Language: English
Liberian activist, Silas Siakor is a tireless crusader, fighting to crush corruption and environmental destruction in the country he loves. Through the focus on one country, Silas is a global tale that warns of the power of politics and celebrates the power of individuals to fight back. One man’s battle gains momentum and emboldens communities to raise their fists and smartphones, seize control of their lands and protect their environment. It is a new generation of resistance
SALES / CONTACT Philippa Kowarsky Cinephil
PRODUCTION Big World Cinema Steven Markovitz
18 Levontin st
Ink & Pepper Productions
6511207 Tel Aviv
Anjali Nayar
Israel tel: +972 3 5664129 www.cinephil.com info@cinephil.com
With a network of dedicated citizen reporters by his side, seasoned Liberian activist Silas Siakor challenges the corrupt and nepotistic status quo in his fight for local communities.
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Silence is a Falling Body Agustina Comedi
Argentina, 2017 72’ Original Language: Spanish Subtitles: English
The film follows Agustina as she finds the videotapes that her father Jaime recorded before the accident that took his life. The family secrets surrounding Jaime push Agustina to get involved. Her search will reveal a story marked by sexuality and political activism.
SALES / CONTACT Juan Carlos Maristany El Calefon 25 de Mayo 1698 5000 Córdoba Argentina tel: +54 0351 4511682 www.elcalefoncine.com.ar juanmaristanycine@gmail.com
After my father died, the details of his life get lost in silence. My need to get to know him, reveles a story marked by sexuality and political activism.
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PRODUCTION El Calefon Juan Carlos Maristany
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Silent War Manon Loizeau
France, 2017 72’, 52’ Original Language: Arabic Subtitles: English
This film shows how the rape of women was systematically organised and premeditated by not only by the ‘caliphate’ but also by Assad’s regime. These women’s stories are painful to hear. Held in basements and prisons and repeatedly raped by their captors for having committed ‘crimes,’ such as participating in peaceful demonstrations, they have nowhere to turn. Women who have been raped or suspected of having been raped are not only stigmatized and excluded but they can also be killed, including by members of their family.
SALES / CONTACT Kathryn Bonnici Java Films
PRODUCTION Magneto Presse Marc Berdugo
38 Quai Du Point Du Jour
Elfriede Leca
92100 Boulogne-Billancourt
Serge Khalfon
France tel: +33 1 74713313
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS France 2 – France,
www.javafilms.fr
RTS – Switzerland
kathryn@javafilms.tv
France, Switzerland not available
Since the beginning of the conflict in Syria, rape has been used as a tool of war by the Syrian regime: these women have decided to break the silence.
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Silvana
Mika Gustafson, Olivia Kastebring, Christina Tsiobanelis
Sweden, 2017 91’, 52’ Original Language: Swedish, English Subtitles: English
With her uncompromising lyrics against all forms of oppression, Swedish rapper Silvana Imam has taken Scandinavia by storm. She uses her razor-sharp tongue to spotlight movements taking place in today‘s society, embodying the voice of a new generation along the way. An intimate love story and filmic journey through the first years of the career of a contemporary feminist icon.
SALES / CONTACT Diana Karklin Rise and Shine World Sales
Stina Gardell
Schlesische Strasse 29/30
Anna Weitz
10997 Berlin
CO-PRODUCTION Influence Film – Sweden
Germany tel: +49 30 47372980 www.riseandshine-berlin.de diana.karklin@riseandshine-berlin.de
A revolutionary love story and a journey through the first years of the career of a contemporary feminist icon.
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PRODUCTION Mantaray Film
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS SVT – Sweden
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The Silver Branch Katrina M Costello
Ireland, 2017 80’
Original Language: English
The Silver Branch is a philosophical vision-poem on the life of a farmer/poet Patrick McCormack, who farms in Ireland’s most ancient and rugged landscape. The harsh beauty of the landscape has shaped the indigenous people that live here… it has taught them a universal wisdom, a philosophy of life, a spirituality that gives them an inner strength and a way of simply ‘just Being’. Patrick longs more than anything to live as his descendants did; to farm these windswept hills in a slow quite pace, but, how can he? He must function in our complex contemporary world and the film gains a different momentum when Patrick and his rural community are drawn into a divisive battle with the Government, leading him and a small group of friends to the Supreme Court to decide on the fate of this iconic wilderness. Through Patrick’s eyes and pastoral verse, this beautifully shot film immerses us in the exquisite textures of the natural world, bringing us a rare glimpse of a disappearing Way of Life with all its richness and roguery, and leading to a deep connection with the Earth and our Ancestral wild spirit. Though it is centered around this remarkable man, the harshness of life and his elusive search for ‘unity of being’, the film explores universal themes, which invites the viewer to follow in mindfulness meditation and to take a journey into the self; a time to consider the relationship between man and landscape, between tradition and spirit and how we inhabit what is asked of us in our everyday lives.
SALES / CONTACT Katrina M Costello Sea Fever Productions
PRODUCTION Sea Fever Productions Ken O Sullivan
2 Woodview Park 0 Ennistymon Ireland katrina@seafever.ie
The Silver Branch is a film about one man’s journey through life which underpins a search to reconnect with nature and culture as primary sources from which we learn a deeper understanding of ourselves and our surroundings.
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Sing it Loud Julia I. Peters
Germany | Tanzania, 2017 83’, 90’ Original Language: Swahili, English Subtitles: English
On the 500th anniversary of the Reformation Day Luther´s spirit is alive in the vivid choir scene of Tanzania. An electrifying music film shot in the magnificent landscape of Tanzania, where choral music becomes pop, social cohesion and personal impulsion.
SALES / CONTACT Patra Spanou Patra Spanou Film Marketing & Consulting
Yorck Strasse 22 40476 Düsseldorf Germany film@patraspanou.biz
An electrifying music film shot in the magnificent landscape of Tanzania, where choral music becomes pop, social cohesion and personal impulsion.
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PRODUCTION JIP Production Julia I. Peters INVOLVED TV CHANNELS 3sat – Germany
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Singled Out
Belen Sanchez, Mariona Guiu
Spain, 2017 80’, 52’ Original Language: Catalan, English, Turkish, Chinese Subtitles: English
Being single and over thirty is no easy feat in a world where coupling and marriage remains the norm. Singled [out] tells the story of four educated women in four corners of the world (Australia, China, Turkey and Spain) who share the mission of understanding and accepting the role that pairing-up (or not doing so) has in their lives. They question themselves: ‘Is Singleism really as bad as it seems?‘
SALES / CONTACT Diana Karklin Rise and Shine World Sales Schlesische Strasse 29/30 10997 Berlin Germany tel: +49 30 47372980
PRODUCTION Suricata Stories Belen Sanchez CO-PRODUCTION Lacivert Films INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Televisio de Catalunya – Spain
www.riseandshine-berlin.de diana.karklin@riseandshine-berlin.de
Being single and over thirty is no easy feat in a world where marriage remains the norm – this is a shared story of four educated women in four countries.
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A Six Dollar Cup of Coffee
Andres Ibañez Diaz Infante, S.A. De C.V., Alejandro Diaz San Vicente
Mexico, 2017 52’, 73’ Original Language: Spanish, English Subtitles: English
Through the eyes of a Tseltal family, the story connects an indigenous coffee co-op in Chiapas, Mexico with the third wave coffee shops and their demanding baristas in Seattle, USA. Even though the Tseltal business model seems to be successful and viable, the risks they take jeopardize all their efforts. A destructive plague coming from South America threatens the mere existence of coffee in the continent while the market stumbles and makes them accept low prices. The film explores a fragile community of coffee producers struggling to find their place in the harsh reality of the global coffee market.
SALES / CONTACT Diana Karklin Rise and Shine World Sales Schlesische Strasse 29/30
PRODUCTION Producciones En Stereo Andres Ibañez Diaz Infante S.A. De C.V.
10997 Berlin Germany tel: +49 30 47372980 www.riseandshine-berlin.de diana.karklin@riseandshine-berlin.de
When an indigenous co-op of coffee producers in Chiapas, Mexico decides to attract new clients abroad to secure their business model, they are confronted with the harsh reality of the global coffee market.
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Sobibor Excavated, the 4 stages of deceit Mark Limburg
The Netherlands, 2017 52’ Original Language: Dutch, English, German, Hebrew, Polish Subtitles: English
About 200.000 people were murdered in extermination camp Sobibor. After a revolt in 1943 the Nazi’s closed it down, covering up their killings with thick layers of earth and asphalt. What was left of the remains slowly sank into the ground and remained there for decades. Waiting to be excavated. Now, more than 70 years later Lies and Rudie struggle every day with the crimes committed in Sobibor. While the archeologists reveil it’s misleading and treacherous character, layer by layer, we witness Lies and Rudie’s attempts to get closer to their long lost loved ones.
SALES / CONTACT Mark Limburg Stone Film & TV
PRODUCTION Stone Film & TV Mark Limburg
Abelenlaan 11 1185RT Amstelveen The Netherlands stonefilmentv@gmail.com
In 1943 the Nazi’s closed Sobobor down, covering up their killings with thick layers of earth and asphalt. What was left of the remains slowly sank into the ground and remained there for more than 70 years. Waiting to be excavated.
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Solitary Land Tiziana Panizza
Chile, 2017 107’
Original Language: Spanish,
Rapa Nui, English Subtitles: English
A researcher found 32 documentaries filmed on Easter Island almost a century ago. They contain images of the island’s rock sculptures, the Moai, but they barely show the island’s inhabitants, whom at the time were being subjected to a cruel colonization, being treated like slaves and held captive for over 60 years. Desperate, many of them escaped on makeshift boats, heading out for open sea. Tierra Sola tells the story of how one of the world’s most beautiful tourist destinies was once a prison, together with a register of the island’s current prison: a small community guarded by local and Chilean prison guards, from which no inmate has ever escaped. Where would a fugitive go on the planet’s most remote island? Tierra Sola is a documentary about the paradox of freedom.
SALES / CONTACT Macarena Fernández Domestic Films Carlos Ossandón #1672
PRODUCTION Domestic Films Macarena Fernández Tiziana Panizza
La Reina Santiago Chile tel: +569 92215935 macarenafc@gmail.com
A story about inmates who live in a prison without walls on the most remote island in the world. 436
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Solving My Mother Ieva Ozolina
Latvia, 2017 104’, 52’ Original Language: Latvian Subtitles: English
Raitis (32), a gifted mathematician, assumes a psychological dependency from his mother, Sylvia. Unlucky with the opposite sex, he blames his parents for creating him emotionally unfit for life. His brother Maris, who left the family early, is prospering in academic and personal life. Raitis remains desperate and unhappy. He approaches a shady psychoanalist and files a report with police, accusing his mother of emotional blackmail, while his true desire is love and revenge. Sylvia prefers portraying herself as a victim, who’s sacrificed her life for her children.
SALES / CONTACT Madara Melberga FA Filma
PRODUCTION FA Filma Madara Melberga
Bruninieku street 22-7 1001 Riga Latvia tel: +371 6 7293319 www.fafilma.lv madara@fafilma.lv
Dissatisfied with life and unability to deal with the opposite sex, a young mathematician is blaming it on his mother, holding her responsible for shaping his personality the wrong way.
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Some Things Are Hard To Talk About Stefanie Brockhaus
Germany, 2017 52’, 75’ Original Language: German Subtitles: English
In the middle of a relationship crisis I get pregnant. My boyfriend threatens, that our relationship will not support a second child. Do I keep the baby? I am confronted with the memoirs of an abortion I had ten years before. Never had I imagined that this would play a role in my life again. Neither did I expect to unravel the secrets of abortion in my family, which took place over three generations: In my desperation I confide with my mother and my grandmother and discover that both had abortions. They had never talked about them before. An intricate story of family history, choices and resulting effects uncovers.
SALES / CONTACT Stefanie Brockhaus Brockhaus / Wolff Milchstr 11 81667 Munich
PRODUCTION Brockhaus / Wolff Stefanie Brockhaus INVOLVED TV CHANNELS WDR/ARTE – Germany
Germany www.brockhauswolff.com stefanie@brockhauswolff.com
Some Things Are Hard To Talk About is a personal documentary about the secrets of abortions in my family over three generations. 438
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Songs For Kit Ruslan Fedotow
Belarus | Russia, 2017 57’ Original Language: Russian Subtitles: English
A girl — or a woman? — wearing a bright red scarf, plush mouse in tow. Looking at her you won’t guess she’s 50 and homeless for three years. She survives in the cold streets of Moscow by her incredible passion to live.
SALES / CONTACT Ruslan Fedotow Fist Film
PRODUCTION Fist Film Ruslan Fedotow
rukospk@gmail.com
A girl — or a woman? — wearing a bright red scarf, plush mouse in tow. Looking at her you won’t guess she’s 50 and homeless for three years. She survives in the cold streets of Moscow by her incredible passion to live.
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South Bureau Homicide Mark Earl Burman, Mike Cooley
United States, 2016 78’ Original Language: English
South Bureau Homicide, set in South Los Angeles, explores the unsung bond created by the homicide detectives of LAPD and the local community’s anti-violent-crime activists who together investigate and cope with the persistent menace of homicidal violence that plagues a disproportionately small part of LA.
SALES / CONTACT Clay Epstein Film Mode Entertainment
PRODUCTION Rough Riders Studios Clay Epstein
324 S. Beverly Dr. #313 90212-4801 Beverly Hills United States clay@filmmodeentertainment.com
Anti-violent-crime activists and the LAPD who together investigate and cope with the persistent menace of homicidal violence.
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Youth
Southern Belle Nicolas Peduzzi
France, 2017 84’
Original Language: English
Cherished daughter of ex-baseball player turned successful business man, Taelor, age 26, grew up in a guilded cage in Houston, Texas. Living in the heart of this doomed city, Taelor is a freespirited woman, trying to get through life by relentlessly dealing with her own wounds, paradoxes and fantasies. At 15 years old, the violent and sudden death of her father tolls the bell of an idyllic childhood and drags her into a life of drug-abuse, guns and madness, all stemming from the inherent violence and recklessness of those houstonian rich and white ghettos. This portrait brings us into a life of permanent deconstruction in this fantasized, opulent and lonesome America where Trump is seen as the ultimate savior of this lost and yet so young generation.
SALES / CONTACT Leslie Vuchot The Festival Agency
PRODUCTION Jonas Films Elsa Klughertz
44 rue de Clery 75002 Paris France tel: +33 9 54904863 www.thefestivalagency.com lv@thefestivalagency.com
At age 15, Taelor’s idyllic childhood abruptly ends after the violent & sudden death of her doting father. Now 26, free-spirited Taelor navigates drug abuse, guns, madness & inherent violence of the rich, white Houstonian ghettos in Trump’s America. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Spiral
Jeffery Kalousdian
Armenia, 2017 90’ Original Language: Armenian, English Subtitles: English
Rudolf Kharatyan was one of the most accomplished dancers in the Soviet Ballet during the 1970s. Seeking greater artistic freedom, he immigrated to the US where he became a renowned ballet teacher. ‘Spiral’ follows Rudolf 30 years after he left Armenia and has returned home by invitation from the Armenia Ministry of Culture to breath new life into the National ballet. Despite his success abroad, coming home is not easy. He dreams of staging a modern, purely Armenian ballet to represent Armenia on the world stage but struggles motivate the insular, undisciplined troupe. Rudolf’s search for excellence and unorthodox approach to ballet, divide the company. He comes head to head with Ruben, the charismatic principle male dancer that has tremendous influence over the dancers. A power struggle begins between the Rudolf the old master and Ruben the young upstart.
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SALES / CONTACT Jeffery Kalousdian 20 Years Later Films
PRODUCTION 20 Years Later Films Jeffery Kalousdian
27/25 Nalbandyan Street, Apt 7 0001 Yerevan Armenia jkalousd@yahoo.com
After a very successful 50-year career dancing and teaching ballet around the world, Rudolf has returned home to Armenia to revive the dyeing National Ballet. However, as Rudolf struggles to transform the undisciplined troupe into a modern ballet company, coming home is not always full of glory
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Spookers Nick Batzias
New Zealand, 2017 52’, 82’ Original Language: English
As night falls at Spookers, dozens of seemingly ordinary people become freaks, zombies and chainsaw-wielding clowns. Every weekend come rain, hail or shine, this diverse group of amateur performers unite to terrify punters at the southern hemisphere’s largest scream park, situated in a former psychiatric hospital. Director Florian Habicht reveals the transformative and paradoxically lifesaving power of belonging to a community that celebrates fear.
SALES / CONTACT Annie Edwards Journeyman Pictures 4 High Street, Thames Ditton KT7 ORY Surrey
PRODUCTION Madman Production Company Nick Batzias CO-PRODUCTION Big Shadow Pictures LTD
England tel: +44 208 786 6051 www.journeyman.tv sales@journeyman.tv
Inside the charmingly frightening world of Spookers, New Zealand’s top scare park
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History
Stay Behind - My Grandfathers Secret War Ida Grøn
Denmark, 2017 57’, 90’ Original Language: Danish Subtitles: English
Why did Otto sleep with a loaded gun right next his bed until he dropped it in the sea in 1982? How come he and his soulmate Dagmar took off to the USA in 1952, leaving their new flourishing dentist business behind to spend a year that they´ve forgotten all details about? And why is the traumatized Polish hitman, Jan, who admits to have served secretly under the CIA on Danish ground insisting that he has known and worked with Otto during the Cold War? These questions, along with the findings of a secret archive in a basement downtown Copenhagen, are what Ida sets out to learn more about.
SALES / CONTACT Vibeke Vogel Bullitt Film ApS Wildersgade 32, 1. floor 1408 Copenhagen K Denmark vibeke@bullittfilm.dk
PRODUCTION Bullitt Film ApS Vibeke Vogel CO-PRODUCTION GotFat Productions – Denmark INVOLVED TV CHANNELS DR Danish Broadcast – Denmark, RUV – Iceland, YLE – Finland, UR – Sweden
One trace after the other indicates that Ida’s 94-year old beloved Grandfather, a respected dentist from the province and a freedom fighter under the occupation of Denmark, worked directly under the CIA during the Cold War in Denmark. It´s not something he´s willing to admit to, though. This is a family affair with global wings, high stakes and big surprises.
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Stealing Rodin Cristobal Valenzuela
France | Chile, 2017 80’ Original Language: Spanish, French Subtitles: English
One morning of June 2005, guards of the Chilean National Fine Arts Museum noted that the Auguste Rodin’s sculpture, worth millions, had been stolen. It was the biggest art robbery in the Chilean history. 24 hours later, a shy young art student returned the piece arguing that he had stolen it as part of an artistic project. A documentary that deepens into the issues of contemporary art and the artist’s dilemmas.
SALES / CONTACT Maria Paz González María una Vez Roman Díaz 300 of 1407 7650021 Santiago de Chile
PRODUCTION María una Vez Maria Paz González CO-PRODUCTION Ceresa Films – Gabon
Chile mariapaz@mariaunavez.cl
An Auguste Rodin’s sculpture has been stolen. 24 hours later a shy young art student returned the piece arguing that he had stolen it as part of an artistic project.
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Still Alive Pauline Beügnies
Belgium, 2017 109’, 80’ Original Language: Arabic Subtitles: English
The director was reporting from Tahir square few years ago, as a photographer. She also filmed a few strong characters getting involved with what they believed was a revolution. Today, the film draws an intimate portrait of the Tahrir emerging generation who still wants to believe the popular uprising of January 2011 wasn’t vain, but hardly can believe they actually took part in it… In today’s Egypt, the youth’s aspirations for freedom are being caught between AlSisi’s iron hand and the very necessity to move on with their lives.
SALES / CONTACT Thierry Detaille Ventes - CBA/WIP Sales 36 Rue de Mulhouse 4020 Liege Belgium tel: +32 477 617 170 www.ventes-cbawip-sales.be thierry.detaille@visiblefilm.com
Remembering revolution, moving on with their lives
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PRODUCTION Rayuela Productions Laurence Buelens INVOLVED TV CHANNELS RTBF – Belgium
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Science / Technology
The Story of Little Foot Paul John Myburgh
South Africa, 2017 68’ Original Language: English
Twenty years in the making - a film project on the discovery of the ‘Little Foot’ fossil skeleton - the most complete Hominid or ‘apeman’ skeleton ever found in the history of the world! and dated at 3,67 million years. In the Cradle of Humankind in South Africa an exclusive but solo access was granted to filmmaker Paul John Myburgh who, over twenty years has produced a profoundly human and scientific story... the filming of every ‘eureka’ moment, the hopes, the disappointments and the final success beyond all expectations. No discovery of this magnitude has ever been filmed actually happening - a world first for science and documentaries!
SALES / CONTACT Ellen Windemuth Off The Fence
PRODUCTION Paul Myburgh Film Paul John Myburgh
Off The Fence B.V. Herengracht 105-107? 1015 BE Amsterdam The Netherlands tel: +31 20 5200222 www.offthefence.com ellen@offthefence.com
This is the story of the discovery and excavation of the most complete apeman fossil skeleton ever found in the history of the world! Never before has a discovery of this magnitude been witnessed on camera. Filmed over a period of twenty years in the blackness of a cave, in The Cradle of Humankind - South Africa.
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The Strange Sound of Happiness Diego Pascal Panarello
Italy | Germany, 2017 89’ Original Language: English, Italian, Russian Subtitles: English
After years drifting, Diego returns to Sicily. His dream of becoming a musician has not worked out. He has no job and no plans for the future but the sound of an ancient musical instrument, the mouth harp, points the way. From the torrid coasts of Sicily, Diego journeys to the frozen flatlands of Yakutia in Siberia where he becomes part of a prophecy from a century ago. The ‘sound of happiness’ is at last there.
SALES / CONTACT Heino Deckert Deckert Distribution GmbH Gottschedstr. 18 04109 Leipzig Germany
Elena Filippini CO-PRODUCTION Kick Film GmbH – Germany
tel: +49 30 84306166
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS ARTE – France,
www.deckert-distribution.com
YLE – Finland
info@deckert-distribution.com
Diego Pascal Panarello’s personal journey from the torrid coasts of Sicily to the frozen flatlands of Yakutia in Siberia reveals the use, myths and legends of the mouth harp, spread throughout the world as a symbolic key that can open our mind and soul.
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PRODUCTION Stefilm International
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The Stranger Nicole Nielsen Horanyi
Denmark, 2017 110’ Original Language: Danish Subtitles: English
Amanda lives alone with her daughter in a suburb to Copenhagen, but one day she meets Casper on Facebook. Three months later she agrees to go on a date with him, and falls head over heels in love with Casper, who is both fun and caring, and who also has a daughter. Casper reveals that he is heir to one of the wealthiest families in Denmark, but also tells her that it is an inheritance he would rather be without. Therefore, it does not seem so odd that he is the one who ends up moving into Amanda’s small apartment. But he is not the only one who ‘moves into her life.’ He brings along a number of scheming family members and other dramatic friends, who via Facebook insert themselves into Amanda’s life, until one day the phone rings…
SALES / CONTACT Tine Klint LevelK
PRODUCTION Made in Copenhagen Helle Faber
Gl. Kongevej 137 B, 3rd Fl. Frederiksberg C 1850 Copenhagen Denmark tel: +45 2010 8580 www.levelk.dk tine.klint@levelk.dk
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A Stranger On My Couch Grzegorz Brzozowski
Poland, 2017 55’
Original Language: Polish, English Subtitles: English
Warsaw is becoming a meeting place for people from different corners of the world, of different ages, with different life stories. What they have in common is a feeling of being lost and a dire need to run away from their solitude. Couchsurfing is becoming a platform of communication for totally different worlds – what may be any other reason why a Polish engineer in his fifties and a German student assemble together a Chinese model of a helicopter?
SALES / CONTACT Katarzyna Wilk KFF Sales & Promotion Basztowa 15/8a
PRODUCTION Munk Studio - Polish Filmmakers Association
Ewa Jastrzebska
31-143 Krakow Poland tel: +48 122 946945 www.kff.com.pl katarzyna.wilk@kff.com.pl
An image of a contemporary city from the couchsurfers’ perspective.
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Stray Bullet Jean-Cosmes Delaloye
Switzerland | United States, 2017 70’ Original Language: English
Hundreds of deaths are caused by stray bullets every year in America... innocent lives caught at the wrong place at wrong time. In Paterson, NJ a town 20 minutes from New York City, gangs rule the streets. The film chronicles the fall and attempt at redemption of Paterson citizens after the killing of 12-year-old Genesis Rincon. It explores the many connections between the people impacted by this tragedy.
SALES / CONTACT David Piperni Cargo Film & Releasing 611 Broadway, #630 10012 New York
PRODUCTION Sam Pollard Sam Pollard INVOLVED TV CHANNELS RTSR - Switzerland
United States tel: +1 212 9958139 www.cargofilm-releasing.com dpiperni@cargofilm-releasing.com
In one of America’s most violent cities, a gang shootout ends in the accidental killing of a 12-year-old girl, Genesis Rincon.
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Politics / Society
Strike a Rock Aliki Saragas
South Africa, 2017 87’ Original Language: English, Xhosa Subtitles: English In a deeply personal journey, Strike A Rock follows two South African activists who take on the infamous platinum mining company, Lonmin Plc. Primrose Sonti and Thumeka Magwangqana are grandmothers and best-friends living in Nkaneng, Marikana, an informal settlement in rural South Africa that sprung up around a mine operated by Lonmin Plc. This was the company at the heart of the Marikana Massacre of 2012, when 37 striking mineworkers were killed by police. Apart from underpaying workers, Lonmin has consistently reneged on legal obligations to provide housing and infrastructure to local people affected by the mine. Since the 2012 massacre, the living conditions that caused the strike have only gotten worse - and this is what Primrose and Thumeka are fighting against. These two inspiring women formed a women’s organisation, Sikhala Sonke (We Cry Together), after their friend, Paulina, was killed by police. Over time we see them grow into two different leaders in the search for social and economic justice. Primrose’s ambition lands her a seat in Parliament with a new, radical opposition party. But to take up the post she must leave Marikana. Thumeka, left behind, faces her fears as she picks up the reigns of the resistance as a community leader, and challenges Lonmin Plc in a landmark complaint against them. Meanwhile, Primrose’s role as a Member of Parliament creates an uncomfortable distance between her and her friend and she struggles to maintain a connection with the community she cares so deeply for. Can these two women take on the goliath composed of high powered enemies that appear to collude against the people of Marikana? 452
SALES / CONTACT Aliki Saragas Elafos Productions
PRODUCTION Elafos Productions Aliki Saragas
11 Wallace Street
Uhuru Productions
Waverley
Anita Khanna
2090 Johannesburg
Liani Maasdorp
South Africa
CO-PRODUCTION Uhuru Productions – South Africa
tel: +27 72 3591128 www.elafos.co.za aliki@elafos.co.za
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS AfriDocs – South Africa
In an intimate story where the personal becomes political through fighting onthe-ground to the corridors of power, how will these women take on Goliath enemies and make their voices heard?
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Stronger Than A Bullet Maryam Ebrahimi
Sweden, 2017 58’, 75’ Original Language: Farsi Subtitles: English
Devoted to the Iranian Revolution, Saeid Sadeghi documented the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988) from the eye of the event. His dream was to be a martyr. Many of his photos were misused to create war propaganda for martyrdom. Today he views himself as being responsible for sending thousands of boys to their graves.
SALES / CONTACT Heino Deckert Deckert Distribution GmbH Gottschedstr. 18
PRODUCTION Nimafilm AB Nima Sarvestani
04109 Leipzig
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS SVT – Sweden,
Germany
NRK – Norway,
tel: +49 30 84306166
YLE – Finland,
www.deckert-distribution.com
Al Arabiya – United Arab Emirates,
info@deckert-distribution.com
TVO – Canada, DRTV – Denmark, ARTE – France
Maryam Ebrahimi’s film explores the misuse of photographer Saeid Sadeghi’s images from the first Persian Gulf War for Iran’s war propaganda, which propelled a generation to their deaths as martyrs.
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Subtitles Heroes Franco Dipietro
Italy, 2017 52’
Original Language: Italian Subtitles: English
The biggest fansubber community in the world was founded in Italy in 2006 by a teenager whose favourite TV series was cancelled from national television. Tired of waiting for the next season to be dubbed and broadcast, Andrea decided to create an online place where people were free to translate and share subtitles, so that everyone was free to download content and enjoy it. Anticipating and facilitating the boom of TV series mania, the site soon became a reference for millions of fans, growing far beyond any expectations. Barely legal, the site is constantly under the eye of the authorities. To keep the pace of over 200 series subbed simultaneously, the community has to adopt a highly hierarchized organisation and to impose strict deadlines on the subbers. This high pressure, combined with the fact that no one gets money inside the community, forces the subbers to lead a double life: regular workers at day, heroes at night. Why do they do this job if there’s no material gain? 454
SALES / CONTACT Catherine Le Clef CAT&Docs
PRODUCTION Duel: Film Emanuela Barbano
18 rue Quincampoix 133 75004 Paris France tel: +33 6 33648602 www.catndocs.com cat@catndocs.com
The story of the world’s largest fansubber community.
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Politics / Society
The Subversives Miles Roston
The Netherlands | Spain, 2017 52’, 80’ Original Language: Spanish, French, English Subtitles: English
Sixteen female sex workers have been named judicial aides by Nicaragua’s Supreme Court to facilitate the resolution of conflicts that come up in their work. It is the first time in the world that sex workers have had access to this function. The film accompanies some of these women in their mediation work and in the actions they promote through their association, Girasoles (Sunflowers) of Nicaragua, to gain recognition and regulations for autonomous sex work.
SALES / CONTACT Carles Pastor GAIA Audiovisuals S.L.
PRODUCTION Ethan Films Jenny Lundström
c/ Museo 6, pta 3
GAIA Audiovisuals S.L.
46003 Valencia
Carles Pastor
Spain
Loto films S.L.
documental@gaiaaudiovisuals.com Carles Pastor
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS CVMC L1 TV
A modest man whose wife cut his hair, Theo van Boven becomes Director of Human Rightsfor the UN in 1977. No bureaucrat, he battles the most repressive regimes of the late 20th century, beginning with Chile and Argentina and opens his UN door for the firsttime to “subversive” survivors from across the world. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Sunflowers of Nicaragua Florence Jaugey
Nicaragua, 2017 80’ Original Language: Spanish Subtitles: English
Sixteen female sex workers have been named judicial aides by Nicaragua’s Supreme Court to facilitate the resolution of conflicts that come up in their work. It is the first time in the world that sex workers have had access to this function. The film accompanies some of these women in their mediation work and in the actions they promote through their association, Girasoles (Sunflowers) of Nicaragua, to gain recognition and regulations for autonomous sex work.
SALES / CONTACT Florence Jaugey Camila Films
PRODUCTION Camila Films Florence Jaugey
APDO P-149 Las Piedrecitas Managua Nicaragua florence.jaugey@gmail.com
From the darkness to the big screen, Nicaraguan Sex Workers don’t flee from justice; they help administer it.
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Youth
Swim Team Lara Stolman
United States, 2016 82’, 100’ Original Language: English
Lara Stolman’s inspiring debut documentary, Swim Team, follows three diverse young men -- Michael McQuay Jr., Robert Justino and Kelvin Truong -from Perth Amboy, New Jersey, who fall on the autism spectrum. Participation in team sports is one of the earliest gateways to community inclusion for children. But autistic kids are generally not welcome on community teams. The result is an early taste of societal exclusion that often lasts a lifetime. Swim Team chronicles the extraordinary rise of the Jersey Hammerheads capturing a moving quest for inclusion, independence and a life that feels like winning.
SALES / CONTACT Amy Freshwater Espresso Media International
PRODUCTION Woodland Park Productions Lara Stolman
9 York Villas BN1 3TS Brighton England amy@espressomedia.co.uk
This is Swim Team, the story of the parents of a boy on the autism spectrum, who formed a competitive swim team. They recruit diverse teens on the spectrum and train them with high expectations and zero pity.
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Politics / Society
A Tale of Singers and Murderers Stefan Eberlein
Germany, 2016 52’, 90’ Original Language: Russian Subtitles: English
They sing about homesickness, love, war and forgiveness: drug dealers, thieves and murderers jailed in Russia’s many prisons and penal camps. And they all dream of taking part in the prison song contest Kalina Krasnaya. Each of Russia’s 700,000 prisoners has the opportunity to participate, but only about 30 make it to the final. For Natalia Abashkina, director of the show and soul of the programme, working with the prisoners is a vocation. She travels the country tirelessly in search of talent and supporting her protégés. Accompanying her on her journey, film-maker Stefan Eberlein offers us an insight into a parallel world – the world behind bars. The stories of the protagonists not only describe personal fates, they also reflect the social reality of a country still defined by arbitrary will and brutality. But A Tale of Singers and Murderers also demonstrates that even in the harsh reality of contemporary Russia, it is possible to act humanely – and it highlights the unique power of music.
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SALES / CONTACT Elina Kewitz New Docs
PRODUCTION Filmbüro Süd Production Stefan Eberlein
Dasselstraße 75-77
Manuel Fenn
50674 Cologne Germany
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS SWR – Germany,
www.newdocs.de
WDR – Germany
elina.kewitz@newdocs.de
A song contest behind bars. Drug dealers, thieves and murderers jailed in Russia’s many prisons sing of homesickness, love, war and forgiveness. They dream of taking part in the traditional Kalina Krasnaya contest.
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Youth
The Talk - True Stories About the Birds and the Bees Alain Delannoy
Canada, 2016 9’
Original Language: English
In this film, several adults share memories of the time when their parents first tried to explain sex to them. Using real-life recordings of these recollections and a mix of animation techniques, these stories vividly come to life--showing us that it is truly one of life’s strangest and most awkward occurrences.
SALES / CONTACT Sydney Neter SND Films
PRODUCTION Prairie Video Alain Delannoy
P.O. Box 15703 1001 NE Amsterdam The Netherlands tel: +31 20 4040707 www.sndfilms.com info@sndfilms.com
There are things in life you never forget. One of them, like it or not, is “The Talk”.
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Talking Money Sebastian Winkels
Germany | Switzerland | Georgia, 2017 52’, 90’ Original Language: Georgian, Spanish, Italian, French, German Subtitles: English
People on all continents meet their bank consultants. A personal business relationship evolves: questions are asked, opinions expressed, doubts discussed and decisions reached. The consultation table is a stage for confessions and masquerades, a place where values are negotiated and currencies exchanged. Isn’t it strange to discuss highly personal financial matters with a person you barely know? Straight from the consultation room, viewers experience almost first hand 15 individual meetings between customers and consultants, from Bolivia to Pakistan, from Benin to Switzerland. Filmed entirely from the bank’s side of the table, the film projects a collective image of customers being trapped by an invisible net. The film highlights the conflicting interests of the two sides in the prevaricating language they each use, allowing viewers a fascinating look behind the scenes of modern banking. At the end of the film, you can almost feel the global power of money in your bones. 460
SALES / CONTACT Elina Kewitz New Docs Dasselstraße 75-77
PRODUCTION solo:film Susann Schimk
50674 Cologne
CO-PRODUCTION Catpics – Switzerland,
Germany
Zazarfilm – Georgia
www.newdocs.de
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS RBB – Germany,
elina.kewitz@newdocs.de
SRF – Switzerland
A look behind the scenes of modern banking: from Bolivia to Pakistan, Benin to Switzerland, we take a look at 15 confidential meetings between bank customers and bank consultants.
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Art / Music / Culture
Tango on a Visit Irene Schüller
Germany, 2017 52’ Original Language: German Subtitles: English
Five young dancers are obsessed with tango, far from its homeland Argentina: in the Black Forest. Helena, Susanna, Christian, Joscha and Ruben are all single. Their all-consuming passion is a dance with rigid gender roles and hierarchical rules. How does this conflict with modern, everyday life? How are relationships and the longing for a partner affected by the tango life? “Tango on a Visit” unmasks the unique subculture and the emotional conflicts which are normally hidden behind the elegant spectacle of the erotic dance.
SALES / CONTACT Irene Schüller Irene Schueller
PRODUCTION Irene Schueller Irene Schüller
Eichstetter Str. 3 79106 Freiburg Germany schuelleri@web.de
For Germany, Switzerland and Austria please contact Joachim Kühn RFF REAL FICTION FILMVERLEIH e.K. TEL +49 221 9522111 info@realfictionfilme.de
A documentary about the desire to get closer to oneself through the embrace with a stranger.
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Tarzan’s Testicles Alexandru Solomon
Romania | France, 2017 107’ Original Language: Russian Subtitles: English
Sukhumi is the capital of Abkhazia, a tiny, unrecognized republic on the shores of the Black Sea. On its highest hill, lies a medical institute of research on monkeys, established by the Soviets in the 1920’s. Men and monkeys are caged in a territory ravaged by war and decades of cruelty, both victims of a failed series of experiments.
SALES / CONTACT Heino Deckert Deckert Distribution GmbH Gottschedstr. 18 04109 Leipzig Germany tel: +49 30 84306166
PRODUCTION Hi Film Productions Ada Solomon CO-PRODUCTION Seppia – France INVOLVED TV CHANNELS HBO Romania – Romania
www.deckert-distribution.com info@deckert-distribution.com
A film about utopias, a metaphoric drama that threads the similar destinies of monkeys and men.
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History / Politics
Taste of Cement Ziad Kalthoum
Germany | Lebanon | Syria | United Arab Emirates | Qatar, 2017 85’ Original Language: Arabic Subtitles: English
In Beirut, Syrian construction workers are building a skyscraper while at the same time their own houses at home are being shelled. The Lebanese war is over but the Syrian one still rages on. The workers are locked in the building site. They are not allowed to leave it after 7p.m. The Lebanese government has imposed night-time curfews on the refugees. The only contact with the outside world for these Syrian workers is the hole through which they climb out in the morning to begin a new day of work. Cut off from their homeland, they gather at night around a small TV set to get the news from Syria. Tormented by anguish and anxiety, while suffering the deprivation of the most basic human and workers right, they keep hoping for a different life.
SALES / CONTACT Aleksandar Govedarica Syndicado Film Sales
PRODUCTION BASIS Berlin Filmproduktion Ansgar Frerich
121 Beaconsfield Ave.
Eva Kemme
M6J 3J5 Toronto
Tobias Siebert
Canada tel: +1 917 6512589
CO-PRODUCTION Bidayyat for Audiovisual Arts –
www.syndicado.com
Lebanon
aleksandar@syndicado.com
In Taste of Cement, Ziad Kalthoum composes a striking essay on what it means to live in exile in a war-torn world with no possibilities to return home.
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Human Interest / Social Issues
Thank You For The Rain Julia Dahr
Norway | United Kingdom, 2017 59’, 87’ Original Language: English Subtitles: English
Five years ago, the Kenyan farmer Kisilu Musya started to document his family, his village and the impact that climate change is having on both. They face and film floods, droughts, storms and when Kisilu’s house is destroyed by a storm, he starts a communal farmers’ movement and calls for action against the extreme consequences of the weather. Kisilu makes it far in his struggle – all the way to both Oslo and the high circles of COP21 in Paris.
SALES / CONTACT Salma Abdalla Autlook Filmsales Spittelberggasse 3/14 1070 Vienna Austria tel: +43 7 20346934 www.autlookfilms.com salma@autlookfilms.com
Five years ago, the Kenyan farmer Kisilu Musya started to document his family, his village and the impact that climate change is having on both.
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PRODUCTION Banyak Films Hugh Hartford CO-PRODUCTION Differ Media
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The Third Option Thomas Fürhapter
Austria, 2017 78’
Original Language: German Subtitles: English
What do you do when you find out that your unborn child is disabled? Thomas Fürhapter takes this question and develops a complex filmic essay: THE THIRD OPTION examines individual destinies in the age of prenatal screening and bio-politics from a radical contemporary and socio-political viewpoint. The film peels away the various thematic layers to reveal the core questions of birth, ethics and norms – and thus transforms an issue only affecting a small number of people into a matter that concerns us all. Germany, Austria, Switzerland not available
SALES / CONTACT Tijana Djukic Taskovski Films C/o Very Ard Times Ltd Tower 42 25 Old Broad Street
PRODUCTION Navigator Film Produktion & Co. KG Johannes Rosenberger INVOLVED TV CHANNELS ORF – Austria
EC2N 1HQ London United Kingdom tel: +38 76 5652046 www.taskovskifilms.com sales@taskovskifilms.com
Who decides what is normal? In his complex essay film, Thomas Fürhapter elaborates on these questions. The film peels away the various thematic layers to reveal essential questions regarding birth, normalization and life optimization – thus transforming an issue that affects only a small number of people into one that concerns us all.
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Politics / Society
Third World Billionaires Kristoffer Eriksen
Denmark, 2017 29’ Original Language: English
Danish journalist Kristoffer Eriksen meets some of the wealthiest people in Third World Countries. In Kenya we meet one of the country’s richest men, Chris Kirubi, in Bangladesh the eccentric Prince Moosa shows us around, in Ghana a government worker has made a fortune, and finally in Nepal, the businessman Binod Chaudhary whose wealth could pull Nepal out of poverty for ten years.
SALES / CONTACT Kim Christiansen DR International Sales Emil Holms Kanal 20 0999 Copenhagen
PRODUCTION Impact Tv Ole Tornbjerg INVOLVED TV CHANNELS DR – Denmark
Denmark tel: +45 35 203040 www.drsales.dk kimc@dr.dk
Danish journalist Kristoffer Eriksen meets some of the wealthiest people in Third World Countries.
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History / Politics
This is Congo Daniel McCabe
Congo | United States | Canada | Qatar, 2017 91’ Original Language: Lingala, Swahili, French, English Subtitles: English
This is Congo is a highly-immersive, unfiltered look into one of the longest conflicts in the world. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has seen more than five million conflict-related deaths, multiple regime changes and the wholesale impoverishment of its people in the past two decades. This is Congo immerses the viewer onto the frontlines of battle with key players including a whistleblower and military commanders to provide a truly unfiltered and unique look into the conflict plaguing Congo.
SALES / CONTACT Luke Brawley Dogwoof
PRODUCTION Vision Film Co LLC Geoffrey McLean
19-23 Ironmonger Row
Daniel McCabe
EC1V 3QN London
Alyse Spiegel
United Kingdom
Alyse Ardell Spiegel
tel: +44 207 2536244 www.dogwoof.com luke@dogwoof.com
A highly-immersive, unfiltered look into one of the longest conflicts in the world, This is Congo, has its world premiere at the Venice Biennale.
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Through my Rear Window Salvo Manzone
Italy | France, 2017 52’, 68’ Original Language: Italian, French, English Subtitles: English
On returning to Palermo, the film director finds an illegal dump in front of his window. For him it becomes an obsession as for Jeff in Hitchcock’s Rear Window. Boredom with simply watching turns into curiosity to find out more about the city’s garbage plight. It marks the start of examining our relationship with consumer objects and the accumulation of garbage that results from our own actions and not only because of bad city management.
SALES / CONTACT Salvo Manzone Epinoia 160, Rue d’Aubervilliers 75019 Paris France salvo@epinoia-prod.com
An illegal dump materialized outside my window, in the heart of Palermo, became the metaphor of a world full of garbage. Nevertheless, the solutions exist: Zero Waste!
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Art / Music / Culture
Thus Spoke De Crescenzo Antonio Napoli
Italy, 2017 52’
Original Language: Italian Subtitles: English
One of Europe’s most prolific minds of the last 40 years and icon of the Italian entertainment scene, Luciano De Crescenzo’s story began in Naples as an IBM engineer with an ordinary life for 20 years. Feeling unsatisfied with the mundane routine of corporate prison, he embraced the power of his thoughts to transform his life and the culture of the people around him. This film is a journey to discover the original ‘most interesting man in the world’, who through his life, his work and his thoughts, inspires and reminds us all of the precious qualities that make life extraordinary.
SALES / CONTACT Daniel Pleacoff Bunker Hill srl
PRODUCTION Bunker Hill srl Antonio Giugliano
Via della Maratona 5 00135 Rome Italy distribuzione@bunkerhill.it
Luciano De Crescenzo sold about 50 millions copies worldwide, and his books are published in more than 30 Countries. But he is much more than a successful novelist and a philosophy popularizer: he has been cartoonist, photographer, tv screenwriter, actor, director
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To Die to the Deserts Marta Ferrer Carné
Mexico, 2017 85’
Original Language: Spanish Subtitles: English
A journey to the semi-desert, in the northern Mexico, looking for the last singers and the vestiges of Cardenche singing, a nostalgic singing of love and contempt, of lament and tragedy. A peasant tradition, from the cotton Hacienda´s workers, on its way to extinction. From where does this beautiful pain come from?
SALES / CONTACT Edna Martinez IMCINE
PRODUCTION IMCINE Sebastián Celis
Av. Insurgentes Sur #674 Col. Del Valle Benito Juárez 03100 Ciudad de México Mexico sales@imcine.gob.mx
A journey to the semi-desert, in the northern Mexico, looking for the last singers and the vestiges of Cardenche singing.
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Tongue Cutters Solveig Melkeraaen
Norway, 2017 85’ + 55’ Original Language: Norwegian Subtitles: English
Far up in northern Norway, in the cod-fishing community of Øksnes, there are children as young as 5 who work as codfish tongue cutters. Tongue cutting is an old tradition which is still important today to recruit future fishermen in northern Norway. The film tells the story of the 9-year-old city girl Ylva, who spends her winter holiday with her grandmother and grandfather and the 11-year-old Tobias, who is already an experienced tongue cutter. Ylva and Tobias got to know each other last winter, but now it’s time to let Ylva give tongue cutting a try!
SALES / CONTACT Catherine Le Clef CAT&Docs 18 rue Quincampoix 133
PRODUCTION Medieoperatorene Ingvil Giske
75004 Paris
CO-PRODUCTION Bautafilm AB – Sweden,
France
Hansen & Pedersen Film og Fjernsyn
tel: +33 6 33648602
– Denmark
www.catndocs.com cat@catndocs.com
Small Children, Big Knives. A youth doc about young kids from the age of 5 working as cod tongue cutters in Northern Norway.
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Experimental
Treasure Hunt - Searching for Fenn’s Legacy Katalin Hanappi
Austria | United States, 2017 48’ Original Language: English
Forrest Fenn is 83 years of age and has lived a lifetime of adventures. He was a fighter pilot in Vietnam, he has searched for (and found) treasures across the globe, he owns a gallery in Santa Fe (New Mexico) and he is rich. Very rich. When he was diagnosed with cancer 20 years ago, he decided to wake the adventurous spirit in people and to memorialize himself through this intiative. He began to fill an old bronze chest with treasures: gold nuggets, golden coins, animal figurines from the same time as Christopher Columbus, antique japanese ornaments made of jade, gemstones. The total weight was of around 20 kilograms. For about four years, he hid this chest in the Rocky Mountains. Somewhere north of Santa Fe. He then published a poem giving away nine clues as to where it was hidden. If interpreted correctly, the poem leads you to the treasure. He gave five additional clues in various interviews. Noone has found it yet. Or noone could prove having found it. And so it lies somewhere out there, and who else but two austrian children should find it? Welcome to Project Silva! 472
SALES / CONTACT Armin Luttenberger
PRODUCTION Birdfish
ORF - Enterprise Am Europlatz 5, Building C 1120 Vienna Austria www.contentsales.orf.at armin.luttenberger@orf.at
Forrest Fenn is very, very rich. But when he found out he had cancer, he decided to spark the sense of adventure in people across the world
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The Trial - The State of Russia vs. Oleg Sentsov Askold Kurov
Estonia | Poland | Czech Republic, 2017 52’, 71’ Original Language: Russian, English Subtitles: English
In August 2015, despite insufficient evidence, the case inconsistencies and the key witness’s change of testimony, the Russian courts sentenced Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov to 20 years in prison. The film investigates the circumstances of Oleg Sentsov’s case, follows the progress of the trial and the attempts of Oleg’s family, friends and lawyers to save him from prison. Kurov’s investigation gradually reveals an absurd and frightening Kafkaesque story about how anyone can become a victim of a ruthless state machine.
SALES / CONTACT Diana Karklin Rise and Shine World Sales
PRODUCTION Marx Film Maxim Tuula
Schlesische Strasse 29/30
Maria Gavrilova
10997 Berlin
CO-PRODUCTION MESSAGE FILM
Germany tel: +49 30 47372980 www.riseandshine-berlin.de
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Ceska televize (Czech TV) –
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Czech Republic
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Award-winning filmmaker Askold Kurov explores the fascinating case of his Ukrainian colleague, filmmaker Oleg Sentsov acused of terrorism and sentenced to 20 years of prison in Russia. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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True Conviction Jamie Meltzer
United States, 2017 84’ Original Language: English
There’s a new detective agency in Dallas Texas, started by three exonerated men with decades in Prison served between them who look to free innocent people behind bars. True Conviction follows these changemakers as they not only try to rebuild their lives and families, but also attempt to fix the criminal justice system. These brave men embark on a journey of a lifetime to free those wrongly accused and still behind bars.
SALES / CONTACT Philippa Kowarsky
PRODUCTION Impact Partners
Cinephil
Filament Production
18 Levontin st
ITVS
6511207 Tel Aviv
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Independent Lens – United States
Israel tel: +972 3 5664129 www.cinephil.com info@cinephil.com
There’s a new detective agency in Dallas, Texas, started by a group of exonerated men with decades in prison served between them.
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True Warriors Niklas Schenck
Germany, 2017 90’ Original Language: English
At their premiere in the theatre of the French embassy, a real suicide bomber is in the audience and blows himself up...(all filmed on cell phones!) What is now almost a statistic in every day news all of a sudden becomes very real and all of a sudden we get some understanding of the horrible reality of this. After this shocking incident some of the artists flee to Europe, amongst them world renowned Afghan film director Siddiq Barmak. But most stay in Kabul and stepped up their efforts, moving outside of secured compounds and into the streets, performing risky, political plays completely unprotected.
SALES / CONTACT Jan Röfekamp Films Transit International Inc
PRODUCTION Brot + Zwiebel Productions Niklas Schenck
21 Place Epernay J6Z 4K9 Lorraine Canada tel: +1 514 8443358 www.filmstransit.com janrofekamp@filmstransit.com
True Warriors is the powerful story of Kabul theatre group AZDAR and their daring play about a suicide bombing.
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Investigative
Truth Detectives Anja Reiss
Germany | France, 2017 52’, 90’ Original Language: English
All around the world, human rights activists, journalists and lawyers collect evidence of human rights violations – with the help of victims. Using mobile devices to film and photograph their experiences, they become digital witnesses. Amateur videos of bombs exploding, people being abused or even shot dead are distributed almost in real time via social media. Digital investigators use various forensic methods, from internet tracking to DNA analysis, to analyse and verify this deluge of images, supporting them with other evidence and scientific expertise. These criminological investigations have only one purpose: to bring to justice those who violate human rights. We meet investigative teams who use these cutting-edge technologies to document their research into the war in Ukraine, the destruction of Mali’s cultural heritage, the search for mass graves in Colombia and the ‘Black Friday’ bomb attacks in Gaza. We witness the entire investigative procedure, from training and visiting the scene of the crime, securing and analysing forensic evidence, to presenting their evidence in court.
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SALES / CONTACT Elina Kewitz New Docs Dasselstraße 75-77
PRODUCTION Doc.station Medienproduktion Brigitta Schübeler
50674 Cologne
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS WDR – Germany,
Germany
Deutsche Welle – Germany
www.newdocs.de elina.kewitz@newdocs.de
Today, almost in real time, victims of war and crimes use mobile devices to film and photograph their experiences. We show how international investigators collect this evidence for criminal prosecution
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A Tune of Devotion Varun Chounal
United States | India, 2017 10’ Original Language: Hindi, English Subtitles: English
Sufism is the centerpiece around which revolve the stories of three artists and their interpretations of what Sufism entails. Pradeep Sharma ‘Khusrau’, Manjari Chaturvedi, and the Nizami Brothers are drops in the ocean of Sufism, an umbrella term for an Islamic art form that amalgamates religion and aestheticism to produce soul-stirring music. Pradeep Sharma’s historical research on the Sufi movement provides an educative background against which the Nizami Brothers’ ‘Qawwali’ (a devotional performance at an Islamic shrine), and Manjari Chaturvedi’s ‘Sufi Kathak’ (a Sufi take on the primarily Hindu dance form), offer song and dance interpretations of the broader art form. Mixed with the spiritual concerns of the form are the very real questions of gender, institutional support, and prejudice that inform these individual’s narratives. What is subsequently highlighted is Sufism’s identity as a resistant art undergoing constant metamorphosis. This is the FIRST FILM that that has brought together scholars and practitioners of the ancient art form and explored its past, present and future in such detail.
SALES / CONTACT Varun Chounal Independent
PRODUCTION Independent Srishti Chaturvedi
8655 Belford Avenue Apt 119 90045 Los Angeles United States vchounal@lion.lmu.edu
Weaving three artistic ruminations on ‘Sufism’ into one harmony of devotion A religious art form breaking down the walls of prejudice.
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Experimental
Turtle Rock Xiao Xiao
China, 2017 101’
Original Language: Chinese Subtitles: English
The film evolves around the vexations and hopes of three generations. 80-years-old grandma prays day by day for the fear of upcoming death. Her son returns from outside work and the family becomes increasingly impoverished and anxious. Her grandson, tired of being migrant worker in city, back to the mountains and starts his business of raising chickens. The piling mountains tightly binds them together and enfetters their fates, just as the giant ‘Turtle Rock’ situated at the gate of the village – it is said that a turtle endeavored to cultivate itself into the heavenly realm, but fell down and being dismembered by the Thunder God, and then transferred into a rock – the village is named after the rock, and also echoes from this heritage.
SALES / CONTACT Lin Lin Lin Lin Production
PRODUCTION Lin Lin Production Lin Lin
Rm 7-432 Cui Ping Bei Li Xi Qu Tong Zhou Beijing 101101 China lin@xxart.info
Poetically experiencing the uncontaminated beauty in a remote mountain village, as well as the infiltrating sufferings and struggles of the three generations: grandma, her son, and grandson.
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The Ugliest Car Grzegorz Szczepaniak
Poland, 2017 47’
Original Language: Polish, German Subtitles: English
The youngest protagonist of the documentary is Wartburg, an automobile over 50 years of age. The car is still on the road, driven by Bogdan, who is inside it with his mother Kazimiera. This road movie which takes place between the concentration camp of Majdanek, Poland, and a former Nazi labor factory in Germany is actually a journey into the past, retracing the memories from the war. It is also a portrayal of a unique relationship between mother and son. Bogdan devotes almost all his time to Kazimiera – except for the moments when he proudly presents the quaint ugliness of the car to the people he accidentally meets.
SALES / CONTACT Heino Deckert Deckert Distribution GmbH Gottschedstr. 18 04109 Leipzig
PRODUCTION Anagram Film Grzegorz Szczepaniak INVOLVED TV CHANNELS TVP – Poland
Germany tel: +49 30 84306166 www.deckert-distribution.com info@deckert-distribution.com
Join Bogdan, his mother Kazimiera and Wartburg, the “ugliest car”, on a road trip from the concentration camp of Majdanek in Poland to a former Nazi labor factory in Germany. A portrayal of a unique relationship between mother and son. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Ultra
Balazs Simonyi
Hungary | Greece, 2017 81’, 55’ Original Language: French, Hungarian, German, English Subtitles: English
What makes people run several hundred kilometres, when they are sure that every single step will cause them lots of misery? Year after year, runners from around the world participate in one of the most prestigious and challenging of races, the Spartathlon. A historic distance of 246 km from Athens to Sparta within 36 hours. Bela, Annett, Gilles and Angel all have their own personal reasons for joining the extreme run. None of them knows if they will ever be able to fulfill but they do know, that it is crucial for them to try and maybe reach the impossible. The Hungarian director, Balazs Simonyi, who has finished the race three times, tells a touching and human story about the runners and their universe of cathartic self-discoveries, voluntary suffering, and hypnotic state of mind, punctuated at times with humour.
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SALES / CONTACT Catherine Le Clef CAT&Docs 18 rue Quincampoix 133 75004 Paris France tel: +33 6 33648602
PRODUCTION Speak Easy Project Laszlo Jozsa CO-PRODUCTION Anemon Productions – Greece INVOLVED TV CHANNELS HBO Europe – Czech Republic
www.catndocs.com cat@catndocs.com
In 36 hours the participants in the Spartathlon, one of the toughest longdistance marathons in the world, must cover a distance of 246 kilometres. By day and night the runners battle against the heat, the cold and the clock. What drives them to take on this superhuman feat of endurance?
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Umva Jessie Zinn
South Africa, 2016 5’ Original Language: English, Xhosa Subtitles: English
In 2015 and 2016 a series of student protests occurred at the University of Cape Town and around the country. Led by the born-free generation, the protests were ignited in light of the lack of socio-economic transformation since South Africa’s 1994 democratic elections. Umva (‘rewind’) is a collaborative documentary that explores this postdemocratic disillusionment from the perspective of three young South African women who, despite being “born frees”, do not feel free at all. Their ethnical and political questions echo those of an entire generation eager for answers
SALES / CONTACT Jessie Zinn Red Coat Films
PRODUCTION Red Coat Films Jessie Zinn
6 Caxton Close Oakridge 7806 Cape Town South Africa j.zinn12@gmail.com
Umva (‘rewind’) is a collaborative documentary that explores this post-democratic disillusionment from the perspective of three young South African women who, despite being “born frees”, do not feel free at all. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Undercover Jihadi Barry Stevens
Canada, 2017 52’
Original Language: English, German, French Subtitles: English
Each time a young man leaves a quiet suburb and runs off to join ISIS, we are shocked. Why do they do it? How can they be stopped? And if they come back, what to do about them? These are the questions that will animate our film. They are also the questions that drive Mubin Shaikh on his quest to stop potential jihadis around the world. He will be our guide on a dramatic journey that will lead us to the international teams that are working today to detect and prevent attacks in the United States, Canada, the UK, France and Germany. His connections to both the world of violent jihad, to the Muslim community and to international intelligence agencies make him an ideal Virgil to lead us into the Inferno.
SALES / CONTACT Kazz Basma Sideways Film 7 Bouverie Mews N16 0AE London United Kingdom www.sidewaysfilm.com kazz@sidewaysfilm.com
Undercover Jihadi, with undercover operative Mubin Shaikh, is a film going into the heart of counterterrorism and de-radicalization approaches around the world.
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PRODUCTION Matter of Fact Media Inc. Vanessa Dylyn INVOLVED TV CHANNELS TVO – Canada
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Science / Technology
Unfair Game: How Trump Won Thomas Huchon
France, 2017 70’
Original Language: English
He lost the general election with an historic margin of 3 million votes. He lied to the press and to the public during the whole campaign, pushing his country into a post truth era. In the wake of the neo-Nazi demonstrations in Charlottesville, with Trump’s reluctance to condemn the white supremacists highlighting his strong links to the far right, we ask how it was that this controversial figure managed to become the most powerful man in the world. In the shadows of the President of the USA lies a mysterious man who has poured millions of dollars into conservative causes for a decade. A man that took control over Donald Trump’s campaign. A man that controls Breitbart News, an ultra-conservative website turned into an alt-right propaganda machine, headed by Steve Bannon, a white nationalist and Trump’s former Chief Strategist. A man that funded a psychometric firm, which used big data to learn all about us, in order to target voters and influence the election in Trump’s favour. Who is this man behind Trump’s success? His name is Robert Mercer, an enigmatic billionaire who has managed to avoid public scrutiny... until now.
SALES / CONTACT Lydia Kali Edith Paris
PRODUCTION Spicee Antoine Robin
24 rue Anatole France 92300 Levallois-Perret France tel: +33 7 86406770 www.edithparis.com lydia.kali@edithparis.com
How American opinion has been manipulated
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The Unforgiven Lars Feldballe Petersen
Finland | Denmark, 2017 75’, 55’ Original Language: Bosnian, English Subtitles: English
Is it possible for a war criminal to find reconciliation with his past? How do you find your way back to what is known as a normal life when you have been convicted of one of the worst crimes of all – a crime against humanity? Esad Landzo has looked for the answers for many years, but in vain. In 1998, Esad was judged by the International Criminal Court in Den Haag, and convicted to 15 years of prison for murdering and torturing. 25 years after the break out of the civil war, he returns to his home and the scenes of his crime in Bosnia. The Unforgiven addresses essential post-war questions: are we able to forgive war criminals ? Should we be ?
SALES / CONTACT Catherine Le Clef CAT&Docs 18 rue Quincampoix 133 75004 Paris France
PRODUCTION Kinocompany ltd. Ari Matikainen CO-PRODUCTION Film & TV Compagniet – Denmark
tel: +33 6 33648602
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS YLE – Finland,
www.catndocs.com
DR – Denmark
cat@catndocs.com
Can evil be forgiven? And should it? A war criminal is confronted with his victims and with himself as a young man during the civil war in the Balkans. 484
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The Union Lorena Giachino
Chile, 2017 75’
Original Language: Spanish Subtitles: English
The Amateur Soccer Referee Federation has a new board of directors, who face the challenge of renewing their image after a 90-year history. But these leaders receive a broke organization and headquarters that are in precarious conditions. They have also aged, but have nothing to lose and will work together to reinvent themselves.
SALES / CONTACT Paola Castillo Errante Producciones
PRODUCTION Errante Producciones Paola Castillo
Guillermo Tell 5740 La Reina 7870046 Santiago. Chile tel: +562 2092494 www.errante.cl paola.errante@gmail.com
The Amateur Soccer Referee Federation has a new board of directors. But these leaders receive a broke organization and despite they have also aged, will work together to reinvent themselves.
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Unknown Male no. 1 - A Murder in Italy Hugo Berkeley
United Kingdom | Italy, 2017 88’, 60’, 4x45’ Original Language: Italian Subtitles: English
In November 2010 Yara Gambirasio disappeared without a trace and police officer Letizia Ruggeri was tasked with finding the culprit. Following the discovery of Yara’s body three months later, Letizia was under intense scrutiny from the public. This is the story of one woman’s extraordinary investigation while being haunted by the tabloid press in a tragic murder case and media frenzy
SALES / CONTACT Kim Christiansen DR International Sales
PRODUCTION Amber Television Limited Lawrence Elman
Emil Holms Kanal 20
Alessandro de Rita
0999 Copenhagen
Alessandro De Rita
Denmark tel: +45 35 203040 www.drsales.dk kimc@dr.dk
This is the story of one woman’s extraordinary investigation while being haunted by the tabloid press in a tragic murder case and media frenzy
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Unseen Enemy Janet Tobias
United States, 2017 90’, 60’ Original Language: English
Examining the recent epidemics of Ebola, Influenza and Zika, Unseen Enemy makes it clear that epidemics bring out the best and worst of human behavior, and that their effect goes far beyond the terrible tolls of sickness and death. We are all connected to any person, animal and insect that may have an infectious disease incubating in them. And that connection is either incredibly dangerous or a powerful force for good. It is our choice which of those becomes true.
SALES / CONTACT Philippa Kowarsky
PRODUCTION CNN Films
Cinephil
Tango Films
18 Levontin st
Sierra Pictures
6511207 Tel Aviv
Vulcan Productions
Israel
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS WDR/ARTE – Germany
tel: +972 3 5664129 www.cinephil.com info@cinephil.com
Unseen Enemy examines why in the 21st century we are experiencing a rash of diseases that were once only outbreaks but have now become full-blown epidemics. Moving across the globe, you’ll meet our characters: doctors, disease detectives, everyday men and women. Every one of them has stepped into the horror of an epidemic and emerged deeply changed. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Uprize! Sifiso Khanyile
South Africa, 2016 58’ Original Language: English, Afrikaans, Sesotho, Zulu Subtitles: English
On the morning of 16 June 1976, a group of school children in Soweto gathered peacefully to protest the mandatory inclusion of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction. By nightfall many of them lay dead, mowed down by Apartheid armed forces. Forty years later, this film looks at the world that made these kids, and how in the absence of political leadership, they stood up to the might of an oppressive state. Speaking to artists, writers, musicians, teachers that inspired them, and some of the former student leaders themselves, we get a glimpse into 1970s South Africa and the cost of the fight for quality education and freedom. Especially relevant forty years later as university students once again take to the streets to fight the post-apartheid government on the issue of free quality education.
SALES / CONTACT Tshego Molete Khanyile Zinc Pictures 2 Spanker Street, Kensington 2094 Johannesburg South Africa www.zincpictures.com tshego@zincpictures.com
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PRODUCTION Zinc Pictures Tshego Molete Khanyile
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Nature / Environment
Vatnajokull - Iceland’s Heart of Fire Valdimar Leifsson
Iceland, 2017 27’
Original Language: Icelandic Subtitles: English
Vatnajokull, Europe’s biggest glacier, is more than just a huge sheet of ice. Seven active volcanoes slumber underneath it, but can awaken any time. High up in the glaier, mountain tops have appeared from underneath the glacier as it melts. now at a faster pace than anyone predicted. Scientists and local people have monitored how life emerges on a land like this, to everyone’s amazements over 100 vascular plants have been discovered in about 1000 m height in the glacier.
SALES / CONTACT Helene Aurø DR International Sales
PRODUCTION Lifsmynd Valdimar Leifsson
Emil Holms Kanal 20 0999 Copenhagen Denmark tel: +45 35 203040 www.drsales.dk heau@dr.dk
Vatnajokull, Europe’s biggest glacier, is more than just a huge sheet of ice. Seven active volcanoes slumber underneath it, but can awaken any time.
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History
Venice and the Ghetto Klaus Steindl and Yury Winterberg
Austria, 2016 52’
Original Language: German, English
2016 sees the 500th anniversary of one of the most far-reaching inventions of the modern age: the Ghetto. Founded in Venice, it took what became its notorious name from a disused copper foundry. The birth of the Ghetto represents in many respects a turning point in the history of the Jewish people. The idea of the ghetto comprised three key features: the compulsion for the Jews to settle there, their strict separation from the rest of the Population and their imprisonment within walls and locked gates.
SALES / CONTACT Armin Luttenberger ORF - Enterprise
Tellux Film – Germany,
Am Europlatz 5, Building C
Fernsehfonds Austria – Austria,
1120 Vienna
Bundesministerium für Bildung und
Austria
Forschung – Germany
www.contentsales.orf.at
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS ORF – Austria,
armin.luttenberger@orf.at
2016 marks the 500th anniversary of the foundation of the Ghetto in Venice - a turning point in the history of the Jewish people.
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CO-PRODUCTION Metafilm GmbH – Austria,
NDR/ARTE – Germany
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El Viaje - A Road Trip into Chiles Musical Heritage Nahuel Lopez
Germany, 2016 93’ Original Language: German, Spanish Subtitles: Spanish www.mindjazz-pictures.de
/project/el-viaje
El Viaje is a vibrant journey through Chile and its musical tradition, the “Nueva Cancion Chilena” - the protest music of an entire nation and generation.The “Nueva Canción Chilena” became the soundtrack of a generation which took to the streets to protest for their rights and greatly influenced musicians all over the world. We encounter the most important protest musicians from the 60’s until today, as Macha (Chico Trujillo), Alonso Nunez, Camila Moreno, Mauricio “Chinoy” Castillo, Eduardo Carasco, Eduardo Yanez, Gaston Avila
SALES / CONTACT Alessandro Lombardo Mindjazz Pictures Geisselstr. 12 50823 Cologne
PRODUCTION GRANVISTA Media Nahuel Lopez INVOLVED TV CHANNELS 3sat – Germany
Germany alessandro@ mindjazz-international.com
Available worldwide, except Germany/Austria/Switzerland
El Viaje is a vibrant journey through Chile and its musical tradition, the “Nueva Cancion Chilena”. We encounter the most important protest musicians from the 60’s until today.
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Youth
Volte
Monika Kotecka, Karolina Poryza?a
Poland, 2017 14’
Original Language: Polish Subtitles: English
Zuzia -12, has been training vaulting for two years and has extraordinary role topping the acrobatic pyramid. She is ‘flyer’ lifted by the stronger and more experienced vaulters-‘base’. Another intensive season begins. During training sessions it becomes apparent that the girl has lost some of her grace and lightnes. At first the coach blames the ‘base’ but they admit that Zuzia is to big to lift her. It became clear that she is ‘just growing’ and her role is given over to a younger girl.
SALES / CONTACT Katarzyna Wilk KFF Sales & Promotion Basztowa 15/8a 31-143 Krakow Poland tel: +48 122 946945 www.kff.com.pl katarzyna.wilk@kff.com.pl
Another intensive season begins. During training sessions it becomes apparent that the girl has lost some of her grace and lightnes. At first the coach blames the “base” but they admit that Zuzia is to big to lift her. It became clear that she is “just growing” and her role is given over to a younger girl.
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PRODUCTION Munk Studio - Polish Filmmakers Association
Ewa Jastrzebska
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Waiting For The Sun Kaspar Astrup Schröder
Denmark, 2017 55’, 90’ Original Language: Mandarin Subtitles: English
In China more people are on death row than the rest of the world combined. The children of the convicts are often left alone, stigmatized and living in the streets. Some of these abandoned kids however do find a place they can temporarily call home. Grandma Zhang, as the kids call her, is a former prison guard who has founded an orphanage in Nanzhao. Here they learn to live a life without parents and prepare for the outside world, to prove the misconceptions about them wrong. We learn to understand the climate and the political issues of the Chinese system through Grandma Zhang, but the main stories of loss, shame, and hope are told through the children.
SALES / CONTACT Salma Abdalla Autlook Filmsales
PRODUCTION Good Company Pictures Katrine A. Sahlstrøm
Spittelberggasse 3/14 1070 Vienna Austria tel: +43 7 20346934 www.autlookfilms.com salma@autlookfilms.com
In China more people are on death row than the rest of the world combined. The children of the convicts are often left alone, stigmatized and living in the streets. Some of these abandoned kids however do find a place they can temporarily call home. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Waking the Sleeping Giant: The Making of a Political Revolution Jon D Erickson, Jacob Smith
United States, 2017 93’ Original Language: English
“Waking the Sleeping Giant” is the story of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Senator Bernie Sanders, and the effort to build a reenergized left-wing political movement in the United States. SALES / CONTACT Jacob Smith Purple Frog Productions
jacobzsmith@gmail.com
PRODUCTION Purple Frog Productions Jacob Smith Jon D Erickson Kathryn Goldman
“Waking the Sleeping Giant” is the story of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Senator Bernie Sanders, and the effort to build a reenergized left-wing political movement in the United States.
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Wall
Moran Ifergan
Israel, 2017 64’
Original Language: Hebrew Subtitles: English
“You lack inner peace, I can see it in your eyes...” With this abrupt remark thrown at her by a woman visiting Jerusalem’s Wailing Wall, filmmaker Moran Ifergan is reminded of the religion she left in her late teens, when she used to frequent this holy site. While her marriage falls apart, Moran takes us on an around-the-clock journey to the women’s side of the Wall; mixing between private and public, sound and image, God and His absence.
SALES / CONTACT Philippa Kowarsky Cinephil
PRODUCTION Tape Runners Michal Weits
18 Levontin st
Moran Ifergan
6511207 Tel Aviv
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Reshet TV – Israel
Israel tel: +972 3 5664129 www.cinephil.com info@cinephil.com
“You lack inner peace, I can see it in your eyes...” With this abrupt remark thrown at her by a woman visiting Jerusalem’s Wailing Wall, filmmaker Moran Ifergan is reminded of the religion she left in her late teens, when she used to frequent this holy site.
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The Wall Dmitry Bogolubov
Russia, 2017 43’
Original Language: Russian Subtitles: English
Josef Stalin ruled USSR for about 25 years till 1953. According to different data from 10 to 40 millions of people were subjected to repressions during his totalitarian reign. This was an unprecedented act of genocide committed by state towards it’s own people. For last decade a number of people approving Stalin’s policy has risen from 0.2% to 20% and goes on growing. In our film we observe a huge queue of Stalin’s lovers bringing flowers to his grave on a Red Square. Peering into their faces we want to understand what leads them here.
SALES / CONTACT Dmitry Bogolubov Feeling Reality
dmitry@feelingreality.com
Imagine thousands of Jews praying to Hitler’s grave. Impossible? How people can worship the one who annihilated them? In modern Russia we can witness a similar strange paradox.
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PRODUCTION Feeling Reality Dmitry Bogolubov
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Author’s Point of View
War
Sulev Keedus
Estonia, 2017 55’
Original Language: English, Estonian Subtitles: English
In a Christian culture, suicide is a taboo, and a soldier’s suicide is a double taboo. Rivo, who has been on a military mission to Afghanistan twice, suffers from a posttraumatic disorder, which ends in suicide. For four years, Rivo’s girlfriend Hanna tries to battle his psychological disorder, but then gives up and moves from Estonia to Australia. One year later Rivo steps in front of a train. His last message to those who know him is to forgive him. In Dino Buzzati’s novel The Tartar Steppe nameless soldiers, who serve a nameless emperor in a nameless country, are waiting for a nameless enemy. ESTCOY soldiers in Afghanistan had a clearer idea of both who the enemy was and of their location. Nevertheless, some soldiers are mentally deeply wounded when they come back from war. Rivo’s diagnosis was that he was a psychopath. Who is a (professional) soldier in today’s world? How does he cross the Bridge of Death? Does he have to sacrifice himself for the chain of command in order to participate in situations where none of what he was taught in childhood applies anymore? Where do you draw the line between justified and unjustified suffering? Euphemisms may not work on a personal level. The glorification of war has aggravating, not alleviating effects. The documentary was filmed in Afghanistan and Australia.
SALES / CONTACT Kaie-Ene Rääk F-Seitse
PRODUCTION F-Seitse Kaie-Ene Rääk
Narva mnt. 63 10152 Tallinn Estonia tel: +372 6015983 www.fseitse.ee kaie@fseitse.ee
War is a story about a peacekeeper, who after having returned from a mission could not come to terms with his life anymore, with the life between the present and the eternity.
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Nature / Environment
Wastecooking - Season 2 Peter Sihorsch, Jakob Kubizek
Austria, 2017 5x26’ Original Language: German, English, Italian, Danish, Greek Subtitles: English
The second season David Gross is traveling from Denmark across Europe to Romania, his dumpster-kitchen always in tow to turn ‘garbage’ into a culinary experience. David whips up creative meals aimed at fighting food waste, our consumption-driven society, and questions which recipes for cooking and living make sense in times of crisis.
SALES / CONTACT Salma Abdalla Autlook Filmsales Spittelberggasse 3/14 1070 Vienna Austria tel: +43 7 20346934 www.autlookfilms.com salma@autlookfilms.com
The second season David Gross is traveling from Denmark across Europe to Romania, his dumpster-kitchen always in tow to turn ‚garbage’ into a culinary experience.
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PRODUCTION Mischief Films Ralph Wieser
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We Carry It Within Us Helle Stenum
Denmark, 2017 67’ Original Language: English, Danish Subtitles: English
2017 marks the centennial of the Danish sale of the Caribbean Virgin Islands to the U.S. In the documentary we see and listen to the colonial history told through the memories, experiences and reflections from descendants of former Danish Afro-Caribbeans on the Virgin Islands (an artist, a student, a writer an anthropologist) along with art and cultural historians who tell about Denmark and Europe’s role in the enslavement and the transatlantic slave trade - and how the colonial history is present in today’s words, art, museums, education and wealth as well as in various types of memory and forgetfulness.
SALES / CONTACT Helle Stenum MixConsult
PRODUCTION MixConsult Helle Stenum
Herluf Trolles Gade 22,3th 1052 Copenhagen K Denmark hstenum@mixeurope.dk
The film investigates different perspectives on the shared colonial past between Denmark and US Virgin Islands. Who and what are being remembered, and how is the history told today?
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We Margiela Mint Film
The Netherlands, 2017 99’ Original Language: Dutch, English, Italian Subtitles: English
We Margiela tells the untold story of the enigmatic and singular fashion house Maison Martin Margiela. For the first time, co-founder Jenny Meirens and the members of the creative team that stood at the heart of the house talk extensively about the creative processes and unique philosophies of the Maison. Their stories, told through detailed and intimate interviews, offer unprecedented insight into the genesis and unravelling of one of the most influential fashion houses of our time. The film investigates the legacy of Mason Martin Margiela and its relevance for fashion and authorship today. As the history of the house is traced parallel to the creative development and economic success of Maison Martin Margiela, the film explores notions of creativity, authorship, and financial return in our neoliberal times. However, the insights of We Margiela are not quite self-evident. Interviews reveal that many, now iconic, images and ideas of the Maison came into being by coincidence and intuition, not by preconceived concepts. The house was run based on strong gut-feelings and a deep commitment to taking creative risks. As co-founder Meirens states: ‘When you want to please others and everyone, you will get nowhere. I think you have to diversify yourself from others. In the long run, it will give you the freedom not to answer to the system.’
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SALES / CONTACT Wouter Jansen
PRODUCTION Mint Film
Some Shorts
CO-PRODUCTION AVROTROS – The Netherlands
St Annastraat 149 6524 ER Nijmegen The Netherlands
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS AVROTROS – The Netherlands
tel: +31 6 22076717 www.someshorts.com info@someshorts.com
The untold story of the enigmatic and singular fashion house Maison Martin Margiela as told by the old équipe of the house.
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We the Stones Alvaro Torres-Crespo
Costa Rica | Mexico, 2017 74’ Original Language: Spanish Subtitles: English
We the Stones follows three gold panners deep in Costa Rica’s jungle. For years they have panned the rivers and exchanged their gold for food and alcohol. Now, the government has decided to expel them all. This intimate and lyrical film captures these modern day pariahs´ struggles and questions Costa Rica’s conservation fame.
SALES / CONTACT Amaya Izquierdo Betta Films Hacienda Vieja, Las Palmas 234 11018 Curridabat
PRODUCTION Betta Films Amaya Izquierdo CO-PRODUCTION Teonanacatl Audiovisual – Mexico
Costa Rica amaya.izquierdo@gmail.com
A group of men have panned the rivers for years deep in Costa Rica’s jungle. Now the government has decided to expel them. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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We Were Kings
Christian von Brockhausen, Timo Grosspietsch
Germany, 2017 90’ Original Language: German Subtitles: English
What happens when dreams grow up? A music drama about a group of youths from the north German provinces who make it to LA with their garage band – but fail disastrously. They grow up, finally overcome their personal demons and make music again. And they stay friends.
SALES / CONTACT Elina Kewitz New Docs Dasselstraße 75-77 50674 Cologne
PRODUCTION Hoferichter & Jacobs GmbH Olaf Jacobs INVOLVED TV CHANNELS NDR – Germany
Germany www.newdocs.de elina.kewitz@newdocs.de
Music drama about a group of youths from Germany who make it to LA with their band – but fail disastrously. As adults, they overcome their demons to make music again.
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Weaving Yang Wang
China, 2017 90’, 94’ Original Language: Mandarin Subtitles: English
WEAVING takes place in an old Soviet-style, factory district in China, where a massive demolition is about to dramatically change the lives of thousands. The film follows two textile workers families as they’re forced to decide how to split inheritance as well as caring for the elderlies. Will the oncoming destruction be the hammer that destroys the old ways of living, or unlikely bridge for them to rebuild their relationship? WEAVING captures the individual experiences and goes below the surface to expose the effects on real people during China’s relentless pursuit of economic prosperity.
SALES / CONTACT Chris Huang Rising Productions
PRODUCTION Rising Productions Yang Wang
Room 11, Higashi-nakano Terrace 1-11-10, Nakano-ku, Nakano 1640001 Tokyo Japan h3236337@icloud.com
“Weaving” follows two textile worker families during the five year demolition process as they struggle to adapt to outside change while trying to keep their families intact.
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Welcome To Normandy Ariane Doublet
France, 2017 52’
Original Language: French, Arabic Subtitles: English
A small village of Normandy is getting ready to welcome a new family. The mayor is totally in favor, the local sheriff fears for his tranquility, others get all exited by their new welcoming mission whilst the youngest observe amused how the elders may be disturbed. Time goes by, authorizations are delayed, elections confirm the extreme right wing’s progress and after a year the family finally arrives.
SALES / CONTACT Stephan Riguet AndanaFilms
contact@andanafilms.com
A small village of Normandy is getting ready to welcome a new family. Time goes by, authorizations are delayed, elections confirm the extreme right wing’s progress and after a year the family finally arrives.
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PRODUCTION Quark Productions Patrick Winocour Juliette Guigon INVOLVED TV CHANNELS ARTE France – France
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What Happened in Vegas Ramsey Denison
United States, 2017 52’, 80’ Original Language: English
When TV editor Ramsey Denison was jailed for simply reporting police brutality on the Las Vegas strip, he was inspired to investigate the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. In this damning expose, he reveals the police’s cavalier methods and their dire circumstances; civilian fatalities, unconstitutional arrests, and embellished crime reports paint an incriminating picture of a police department where the officers are above the law.
SALES / CONTACT Annie Edwards Journeyman Pictures 4 High Street, Thames Ditton
PRODUCTION Dead in a Ditch LLC Doug Blush
KT7 ORY Surrey
CO-PRODUCTION Digital Dynamite Entertainment –
England
United States
tel: +44 208 786 6051 www.journeyman.tv sales@journeyman.tv
A law unto themselves: meet the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police department
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When Pigs Come Biljana Tutorov
Serbia | Croatia | BosniaHerzegovina, 2017 52’, 74’ Original Language: Serbian Subtitles: English
Dragoslava has four TV sets, three grandchildren, two best friends, and a husband with whom she fights over a remote control. She has lived in five countries without ever moving from her flat in a small borderline town. The media and politics creep into the family intimacy but she reflects about it with humor and determination. For the kids, she invents real life stories instead of fairy tales and keeps her desire to see a future of hope. Our every single gesture, from getting up in the morning onward, is an act of responsibility which starts to change the world.
SALES / CONTACT Manuela Buono Slingshot Films Salita di Gretta 7/1 34136 Trieste Italy
Biljana Tutorov CO-PRODUCTION Kinematograf – Croatia
tel: +39 3476273390
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Al Jazeera Balkans –
www.slingshotfilms.it
Bosnia-Herzegovina
info@slingshotfilms.it
The media and the politics have integrated with the privacy of Dragoslava’s family, and this she contemplates with humour and firmness. Each and every one of her actions during the day is an act of responsibility through which she begins changing the world.
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PRODUCTION Wake Up Films
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History / Politics
When The Guns Go Silent Natalia Orozco
France | Colombia, 2017 104’, 58’ Original Language: Spanish Subtitles: English
How to conclude a war? How to win peace? After half a century of armed struggle, after three failed peace processes, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the most notorious rebel group of the country, and the Colombian government have finally reached a historical peace settlement. The signature of a peace agreement in September 2016 cleared the path to national reconciliation and to the FARC’s participation in the political arena. While the negotiations were somehow progressing, Natalia Orozco managed to have access and establish communication with the rebels’ and the government’s negotiation teams.
SALES / CONTACT Kathryn Bonnici Java Films 38 Quai Du Point Du Jour 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt France
PRODUCTION Alegria Productions Christine Camdessus CO-PRODUCTION PULSO MUNDO – Colombia
tel: +33 1 74713313
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS ARTE France – France,
www.javafilms.fr
RCN Television – Colombia
kathryn@javafilms.tv
Territories which are not available anymore: Colombia, France, Germany, Danemark, Estonia, Basque country, french speaking Canada, french speaking Switzerland, Netherlands.
The FARC, the oldest guerrillas in the world, are finally taking the path of democracy, together with the Colombian government. How to achieve peace after 50 years of civil war? International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Science / Technology
... When You Look Away Phie Ambo
Denmark, 2017 84’ Original Language: Danish, Norwegian, English Subtitles: English
...When you Look Away is a documentary that examines the subject of consciousness in terms of quantum physics in close collaboration with scientists at the Niels Bohr Institute. What if basic causal relationships in the world don’t work like we think they do? Should we understand the relationship between our consciousness and the physical world in a whole new way? What is happening at the frontier of science, where accepted truths and wild theories collide with each other? Could a new way of understanding our human consciousness come from an entirely unexpected place?
SALES / CONTACT Catherine Le Clef CAT&Docs 18 rue Quincampoix 133 75004 Paris France tel: +33 6 33648602 www.catndocs.com cat@catndocs.com
Where are the limits of consciousness and are we connected in ways we never knew? Phie Ambo asks these big questions in a filmic experiment with surprising answers. 508
PRODUCTION Viola-Lucia Film Malene Flindt Pedersen
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Human Interest / Social Issues
The White World According to Daliborek Vít Klusák
Czech Republic, 2017 105’ Original Language: Czech, Slovak Subtitles: English
Industrial painter Dalibor K. is approaching 40 but he still lives with his mother Veˇra. He makes amateur horror movies and writes angry songs; he likes PlayStation and Facebook. And he admires Adolf Hitler. His search for a full-fledged relationship with a woman hasn’t yet panned out, but at least Jana, a new acquaintance from the neighborhood, brings him a little joy. Czech documentarist Vít Klusák has come out with a stylized portrait of a gentle neo-Nazi from Prosteˇjov, Czechia. And despite the fact that he’s yet to attack anyone, he can’t stand many things: his job, Jews, Roma, refugees, homosexuals, Angela Merkel, spiders, and dentists. His mother’s new boyfriend Vladimír also irritates him despite dropping choice nuggets such as ‘I’d turn gypsies into asphalt’ in order to ingratiate himself with the young man. The upshot is that Dalibor hates his life, but he doesn’t know what to change. Corrosively absurd and starkly chilling in equal measure, this tragicomedy investigates the radical worldview of ‘decent, ordinary people.’ And just when it seems that its message can’t get any more urgent, the film culminates in a totally uncompromising way. Czech Republic, Slovakia not available
SALES / CONTACT Martina Struncova Hypermarket Film Osadni 6
PRODUCTION Hypermarket Film Filip Remunda
170 00 Prague 7
CO-PRODUCTION BritDoc – England,
Czech Republic
Karel Janecek – Czech Republic,
tel: +420 222 937341
Peter Kerekes Ltd. – Slovakia,
www.hypermarketfilm.cz
Wingman Media – Czech Republic
martinastrunc@gmail.com
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Czech Television – Czech Republic
A stylized portrait of an authentic Czech neo-Nazi, who hates his life but doesn’t know what to change. Corrosively absurd and starkly chilling in equal measure, this tragicomedy investigates the radical worldview of “decent, ordinary people.” International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Art / Music / Culture
Who is Oda Jaune? Kamilla Preffer
Germany, 2016 75’ Original Language: German, French Subtitles: English
Oda Jaune paints mutilated and disfigured, naked and sexless bodies. Disturbing paintings, painful paintings. And she paints faces radiating happiness, people in paradise, people who can fly. Tender, touching paintings. Originally from Bulgaria, Oda Jaune studies at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, becomes a master scholar of Jörg Immendorff and she becomes his wife. After Immendorff’s death in 2007, she leaves Germany to move to Paris. Over the course of several weeks the director and her cinematographer will join her in the studio and capture the process of creating new paintings for an upcoming exhibition.
SALES / CONTACT Anaïs Clanet Wide House 9, rue Bleue 75009 Paris France tel: +33 6 79060738 www.widehouse.org ac@widehouse.org
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PRODUCTION Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion Christian Beetz
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Nature / Environment
Who Owns Nature? Alice Agneskirchner
Germany | Switzerland | Canada, 2017 96’ Original Language: German, English Subtitles: English
Who owns nature? Are we as humans nature’s – our world’s – protectors or its destroyers? In the heart of our western civilization, we enter a world that doesn’t seem to fit to our contemporary age. Mountain goats, bellowing stags, a pack of wolves, forest rangers, farmers, wildlife biologists, hunting opponents and hunters: they are all protagonists in a dramatic alpine play. How should humans deal with nature and wild animals today? The film initiates a social discourse and thought process about us and our role in nature.
SALES / CONTACT Anke Schleicher Broadview TV Gmbh Ubierring 61a
PRODUCTION Broadview Pictures - A division of Broadview TV GmbH Leopold Hoesch
50678 Cologne Germany tel: +49.221.5796.430 www.broadview.tv anke.schleicher@broadview.tv
Where do we as humans find ourselves on the scale: are we nature’s – our world’s – protectors or its destroyers?
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Human Interest / Social Issues
Why We Cycle Arne Gielen, Gertjan Hulster
The Netherlands, 2017 56’, 40’ Original Language: English, Dutch Subtitles: English
To the Dutch, cycling is as normal as breathing. We don’t think about it, we just do it. Perhaps the fact that we don’t think about it, is the key to the bicycle’s success in this country. But because we do not give cycling a second thought, we don’t really know what the deeper needs of cyclists are. In the documentary ‘Why we cycle’ we take a ride with ordinary cyclists and specialists from a variety of disciplines. These conversations uncover some obvious, but even more hidden effects of cycling on people, on societies, and on the organization of cities.
SALES / CONTACT Arne Gielen Nieuw en Verbeterd Boylestraat 11-1 1098PC Amsterdam The Netherlands www.nieuwenverbeterd.nl arne@nieuwenverbeterd.nl
The reason why the Dutch cycle so much is not as obvious as it seems. In the film we ask everyday cyclist and experts the question why they cycle. The answers are rather surprising.
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PRODUCTION Nieuw en Verbeterd Arne Gielen
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History / Politics
Winnie
Pascale Lamche
France | The Netherlands | South Africa, 2017 84’ Original Language: English
Winnie Madikizela Mandela is one of the most misunderstood and intriguingly powerful contemporary female political figures. Her rise and seeming fall from grace, bears the hallmarks of epic tragedy. For the first time, this film pieces together and properly considers her life and contribution to the struggle to bring down Apartheid from the inside, with intimate insight from those who were closest to her and with testimony from the enemies who sought to extinguish her radical capacity to shake up the order of things.
SALES / CONTACT Philippa Kowarsky Cinephil 18 Levontin st 6511207 Tel Aviv Israel
PRODUCTION Pumpernickel Films Christoph Jörg CO-PRODUCTION IV Films – Finland
tel: +972 3 5664129
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS ARTE – France,
www.cinephil.com
IKON – The Netherlands,
info@cinephil.com
SVT – Sweden, RTS – Switzerland, Radio Canada – France, DR TV – Denmark, YLE – Finland
Winnie Madikizela Mandela is one of the most misunderstood and intriguingly powerful contemporary female political figures.
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Human Interest / Social Issues
A Woman Captured Bernadett Tuza-Ritter
Hungary | Germany, 2017 89’ Original Language: Hungarian Subtitles: English
A Woman Captured is about Marish, a 52-year-old Hungarian woman who has been serving a family for a decade, working 20 hours a day, without getting paid. Her IDwas taken from her by her oppressors and she’s not allowed to leave the house without permission. Treated like an animal, she only gets leftovers to eat and no bed tosleep in. Marish spends the days with fear in her heart, but dreaming of getting her life back. The presence of the camera helps her realize she isn’t completely alone. She begins to show signs of trust; after 2 years of shooting, she gathers her courage and revealsher plan: ‘I am going to escape.’ This film follows Marish’s heroic journey back to freedom.
SALES / CONTACT Aleksandar Govedarica Syndicado Film Sales 121 Beaconsfield Ave. M6J 3J5 Toronto Canada tel: +1 917 6512589 www.syndicado.com aleksandar@syndicado.com
A European woman has been kept by a family as a domestic slave for 10 years. She is one of over 45 million victims of modern day slavery today. Drawing courage from the filmmaker’s presence, she decides to escape the unbearable oppression and become a free person. 514
PRODUCTION Éclipse Film Julianna Ugrin Viki Réka Kiss
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Politics / Society
Women at the Top Marita Neher
France | Germany, 2017 52’ Original Language: French, Spanish, German Subtitles: English
Do women need a gender quota to achieve greater professional success? In Germany, legislation was passed in 2015 requiring 30% of top management positions to be filled by women. In France, a 40% quota has been legal reality since 2011 with fines of up to € 90,000 imposed for non-compliance. In the quota-resistant country of Spain, on the other hand, career women are still something of a rarity. Even now, there is no political party that would have introduced quota legislation. Quality, it is claimed, is what counts – not quotas. Clichés are rife: women lack ambition and drive and as a result fail to break through the notorious glass ceiling to reach the male-dominated executive floors. Three senior-level managers Anka Wittenberg, Senior Vice President of SAP Germany, Fanny Letier, Executive Director of investment bank Bpi France and Maria Luisa de Contes, Secretary General and General Counsel of Renault Spain, offer us an in-depth insight into their day-to-day life, both private and professional, and speak candidly about European society’s position today as regards equal opportunities and gender-based discrimination.
SALES / CONTACT Elina Kewitz New Docs Dasselstraße 75-77
PRODUCTION HANFGARN & UFER Filmproduktion Andrea Ufer
50674 Cologne
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS ZDF – Germany,
Germany
ARTE – France
www.newdocs.de elina.kewitz@newdocs.de
Equal opportunities and the distribution of power – what is the reality in European boardrooms today? In in-depth interviews, we look at the careers of three top female managers from Germany, France and Spain. International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Politics / Society
Women of the Venezuelan Chaos Margarita Cadenas
France, 2017 83’, 57’ Original Language: Spanish Subtitles: English
Five Venezuelan women, from different backgrounds and generations, draw a portrait of their collapsing country that faces possibly its worst social, economic, power and political crisis in its 200-year-history. Followed in their daily lives, they testify to the urgency of the chaotic situation in which the people are plunged, addressing each of them the difficulties of food shortages, health drugs and materials, as well as the problem of political prisoners, Injustice, and criminality. The approach is to start from a particular case to extrapolate and depict a global vision of the country.
SALES / CONTACT Catherine Le Clef CAT&Docs 18 rue Quincampoix 133 75004 Paris France tel: +33 6 33648602 www.catndocs.com cat@catndocs.com
Five women from Venezuela, from different backgrounds and generations, draw a portrait of a society in perdition and allow us to take the pulse of a population in distress, to represent a sort of barometer of the situation of this Latin American nation.
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PRODUCTION MC2 Margarita Cadenas CO-PRODUCTION Les Films d’Ici – France
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Wonderful Losers: A Different World Arunas Matelis
Lithuania | Italy | Switzerland | Belgium | Ireland | Latvia | United Kingdom | Spain, 2017 58’, 71’ Original Language: English, Dutch, Italian Subtitles: English
For most of us, those cyclists running at the back of the race are simply the losers. They are called water carriers, domestics, gregarious, who sacrifice their careers and personal victories, so their team leaders can win the race. Arunas Matelis followed these Sancho Panza’s of professional cycling for 7 years during the prestigious ‘Giro d’Italia’ and reveals the unseen world of these wonderful losers of professional cycling from the point of view of the doctors’ team. Our bike heroes crash, rise and race again.
SALES / CONTACT Heino Deckert Deckert Distribution GmbH Gottschedstr. 18
PRODUCTION Studio Nominum Arunas Matelis
04109 Leipzig
CO-PRODUCTION Stefilm International – Italy,
Germany
Dok Mobile – Switzerland,
tel: +49 30 84306166
Associate Directors – Belgium,
www.deckert-distribution.com
VFS Films – Latvia
info@deckert-distribution.com
Arunas Matelis followed the Sancho Panza’s of professional cycling for 7 years during the prestigious “Giro d’Italia” and reveals the unseen world of these wonderful losers running at the back of the race.
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Experimental
The Work
Jairus J. McLeary, Gethin Aldous
United States, 2017 87’ Original Language: English
Set inside a single room in Folsom Prison, The Work follows three men from outside as they participate in a four-day group therapy retreat with level-four convicts. Over the four days, each man in the room takes his turn at delving deep into his past. The raw and revealing process that the incarcerated men undertake exceeds the expectations of the free men, ripping them out of their comfort zones and forcing them to see themselves and the prisoners in unexpected ways. The Work offers a powerful and rare look past the cinder block walls, steel doors and the dehumanizing tropes in our culture to reveal a movement of change and redemption that transcends what we think of as rehabilitation.
SALES / CONTACT Luke Brawley Dogwoof
PRODUCTION Blanketfort Media Alice Henty
19-23 Ironmonger Row
Angela Sostre
EC1V 3QN London
Angela Sostre
United Kingdom
McLeary Brothers
tel: +44 207 2536244
Miles McLeary
www.dogwoof.com
McLeary Brothers, Eon McLeary
luke@dogwoof.com
Jairus J. McLeary
Inside Folsom Prison, The Work follows three men during four days of intensive group therapy with serving convicts, revealing an intimate and powerful portrait of authentic human transformation that transcends what we think of as rehabilitation. 518
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Human Interest / Social Issues
The Workers Cup Adam Sobel
United Kingdom, 2017 54’, 89’ Original Language: Arabic, English, Hindi Subtitles: English
The Workers Cup is a personal look inside Qatar’s labour camps, where the FIFA World Cup 2022 is being built on the backs of a million-plus migrant workers. For the first time ever a film team gained access to the most controversial construction site and gives voice to the workers following their enthusiastic preparation for their own soccer cup. Producer Rosie recently won an Emmy for Best International Current Affairs Documentary 2016 for Escape from Isis.
SALES / CONTACT Salma Abdalla Autlook Filmsales Spittelberggasse 3/14
PRODUCTION The Workers Cup Ltd. Rosie Garthwaite Ramzy Haddad
1070 Vienna Austria tel: +43 7 20346934 www.autlookfilms.com salma@autlookfilms.com
Inside the labor camps of Qatar, African and Asian migrant workers building the facilities of the 2022 World Cup compete in a football tournament of their own: The Workers Cup.
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Experimental
World Domination Fritz Ofner
Austria, 2017 52’
Original Language: German, English
Why did nobody prevent the events of September 11, 2001? Is the French secret service responsible for the attack on Charlie Hebdo? Was the first moon landing a fake? Was Austria‘s far-right party leader Jörg Haider killed by a communist group led by the Mossad? Who brings wars, conflicts, disasters and economic crises into the world? Quite simply: ‘YOU! And who are you’? The Illuminati. The freemasons. The pharmaceutical cartel. The Jews. Secret services. In summary, conspirators who are in control of all the centers of power, such as politics and the media, are pulling the strings behind the scenes. They want nothing less than the global dominance of the world. In the social media age such conspiracy theories are experiencing a digital renaissance. The abundance of contradictory and partly totally fictitious information that has been brought to us from a number of sources has created a jungle of information that will deprive us of any orientation. How and what and whom can we still believe? Do we need clear enemy images and simple narratives to be able to endure this immensely complex world at all? Who provides what information? And who benefits from our fear of the uncertainty? ‘Rulers of the World’ consisting of a TV documentary and an interactive web application, is devoted to all these questions. The aim of this documentary is to make the foundation and emergence of conspiracy theories, their application, as well as their benefit and their beneficiaries recognizable and thus easier to understand.
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SALES / CONTACT Armin Luttenberger ORF - Enterprise
CO-PRODUCTION Junge Römer – Austria, Metafilm GmbH – Austria,
Am Europlatz 5, Building C
Fernsehfonds Austria – Austria,
1120 Vienna
Vienna Film Fund, Film Fonds Wien
Austria
– Austria
www.contentsales.orf.at
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS ORF – Austria,
armin.luttenberger@orf.at
ARTE – France, SRG/SSR –Switzerland, BR – Germany
Who brought about catastrophes such as 9/11 or Charlie Hebdo? Who pulls the strings? Watch as social media forces us to find whole new ways to fight these conspiracies.
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The World in Slow Motion Ludovico de Maistre
Ethiopia | Nepal | Mongolia | Vietnam | Morocco | Namibia | Myanmar | Senegal, 2017 12’ Original Language: Italian Subtitles: English
It’s just like the difference that exists between Fast Food and Slow Food: would you rather have a hamburger in 5 minutes, or a steak while sitting at a table sipping a glass of good wine? Main traveler is Gabriele Saluci often accompanied by Ludovico de Maistre. The couple of travelers explore the world on board of crazy vehicles telling stories in a funny way on a budget. Every episode is completed with great graphics. -- We have already produced 14 episodes in 2016. 4 in Ethiopia, 4 in Mongolia, 2 in Nepal, 3 in Vietnam. We are now producing 22 new episodes in Morocco, Central Asia, Tibet, Namibia, Myanmar and Senegal. We are broadcasting it only in Italy on Rai 3 and the series is free to be distributed worldwide with subtitles and dubbing/ voice over.
SALES / CONTACT Ludovico de Maistre Taurinorum Adventures
ludovico@taurinorumteam.com
PRODUCTION Taurinorum Adventures Ludovico de Maistre INVOLVED TV CHANNELS RAI 3 – Italy
It’s just like the difference that exists between Fast Food and Slow Food: would you rather have a hamburger in 5 minutes, or a steak while sitting at a table sipping a glass of good wine? International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2017
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Investigative
World Of Darkness Giles Alderson, Kevin Lee
Sweden, 2017 58’, 85’ Original Language: English
Cult role-playing games ‘World of Darkness’ and ‘Vampire: The Masquerade’ have influenced everything from the TV series ’True Blood’ and the ’Underworld’ film franchise to club fashions and storytelling, but perhaps their biggest impact was on the fans, whose lives they changed forever. Entertaining and enlightening, this film features exclusive archive of the early days and development of vampire culture. Also includes in-depth interviews with the founders, creators and artists, as well as the fans and notable stars - all of whom helped evolve the franchise into a worldwide phenomenon that continues to this day.
SALES / CONTACT Kathryn Bonnici Java Films 38 Quai Du Point Du Jour 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt France tel: +33 1 74713313 www.javafilms.fr kathryn@javafilms.tv
’World of Darkness: The Documentary’ profiles the cult role-playing games that created a phenomenon in the 1990s - a zeitgeist that helped shape film, literature, fashion and club culture. 522
PRODUCTION Luckyday AB Henrik Johansson
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Youth
Wounded Gold Mustafa Hadziibrahimovic
Bosnia-Herzegovina | The Netherlands, 2017 54’, 50’ Original Language: Bosnian Subtitles: Dutch
‘Wounded Gold’ is about visible and less visible injuries, about facing limitations in life, but never giving up. This film is about reconciliation and overcoming traumas through sports and friendship. During the Bosnian war more than 100.000 people were killed. Many civilians were brutally murdered. Twice as many were seriously injured. The country was not able to take good care of the over 200.000 injured after the war ended. There were hardly any proper health facilities for those who were disabled. For many wounded men and youngsters, sitting volleyball offered an opportunity to get out of their isolation, be involved in sports and finally regain a place in society. They were able to acquire a job and started to rebuild their lives in post-war Bosnia thanks to their top performances. The focus of the film are four personal stories. Four intimate portrets. One of the coach of the national Bosnian-Herzegovinian sitting voleyballteam and three portrets of the players who were children when they got injured during the war. ‘Wounded Gold’ shows their fighting spirit, their talents and their daily life.
SALES / CONTACT Sanne Vermaas Evariste Film Producties
PRODUCTION Evariste Film Producties Sanne Vermaas
Binnentuinen 44 2551 VD Den Haag The Netherlands sanne@evariste.nl
This is the story of the national sitting volleyball team of Bosnia-Herzegovina. ‘Wounded Gold’ portrets four strong human beings who surived the war and injuries, three of them were children at that time, and in post-war Bosnia they all became true champions and the proud of the country.
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A Year of Hope Mikala Krogh
Denmark | The Netherlands, 2017 58’, 83’ Original Language: Filipino, English Subtitles: English
’A Year of Hope’ is a coming-of-age story about a group of boys from the streets of the capital of The Philippines, Manila, who get a chance to change their lives forever. They are offered a one-year stay at a rehabilitation center on an island, far away from the city, which, in comparison to their past lives, is true paradise. Many of the boys have been sexually abused, are addicted to drugs, have been victims of domestic violence and have witnessed killings.
SALES / CONTACT Catherine Le Clef CAT&Docs 18 rue Quincampoix 133 75004 Paris France
PRODUCTION Danish Documentary Production Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær CO-PRODUCTION Submarine Film – The Netherlands
tel: +33 6 33648602
INVOLVED TV CHANNELS Danish Broadcast Association –
www.catndocs.com
Denmark,
cat@catndocs.com
VPRO – The Netherlands, VGTV – Norway, DBS – Denmark,
”A Year of Hope” is a coming-of-age story about a group of boys from the streets of the capital of The Philippines, Manila, who get a chance to change their lives forever.
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Nature / Environment
Yoeme Labyrinth Sergi Pedro Ros
Mexico, 2017 90’
Original Language: Spanish Subtitles: English
Millenary and figsty, the Yaqui Tribe defends thier existence. Since 2010, Sonora´s government diverts illegally 75 million cubic meters of water from the Rio Yaqui each year. This situation has sparked struggles and resistances. In parallel, the Yaquis have seen flooded their territory of methamphetamines. Now they seek for answers to these external aggressions in the depths of their cultural identity.
SALES / CONTACT Edna Martinez
PRODUCTION Cesar Talamantes
IMCINE
CO-PRODUCTION IMCINE – Mexico
Av. Insurgentes Sur #674 Col. Del Valle Benito Juárez 03100 Ciudad de México Mexico sales@imcine.gob.mx
Millenary and figsty, the Yaqui Tribe defends thier existence. Since 2010, Sonora´s government diverts illegally 75 million cubic meters of water from the Rio Yaqui each year. This situation has sparked struggles and resistances. In parallel, the Yaquis have seen flooded their territory of methamphetamines. Now they seek for answers to these external aggressions in the depths of their cultural identity.
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Experimental
You Rock Evgeny Grigorev
Russia, 2017 112’, 124’ Original Language: Russian Subtitles: English
This film is about a choice that is set for the person by destiny, circumstances, dream or the person himself. It is the story of 3 young musicians who follow their dream. It is a film-instruction on how not to miss your own life. And the backstage of music world is only an illustration to it.
SALES / CONTACT Anna Selyanina Pervoe Kino Film Company nonf@mail.ru
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PRODUCTION Pervoe Kino Film Company Anna Selyanina
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Human Interest / Social Issues
Yves’ Promise Melanie Gärtner
Germany, 2017 52’, 79’ Original Language: German, French Subtitles: English
Frustrated by a corrupt system, Yves leaves his home in Cameroon to try his fortune in Europe. But to get there is more difficult than expected. Yves is on the road for eight years. Leaving behind the people who mean the most to him: his little brother, who waits for Yves to take him to Europe. His father, who desperately hopes that his son will send him a hearing aid. And his sister Annie who holds the family together since Yves left. A film about family, the dream of Europe and the impossibility of giving up.
SALES / CONTACT Heino Deckert Deckert Distribution GmbH
PRODUCTION Stoked Film Sebastian Popp
Gottschedstr. 18 04109 Leipzig Germany tel: +49 30 84306166 www.deckert-distribution.com info@deckert-distribution.com
Yves leaves his home in Cameroon to try his fortune in Europe. The trip takes eight years. A film about family, the dream of Europe and about not giving up.
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Zhalanash – Empty Shore Marcin Sauter
Poland, 2017
Original Language: Kazakh Subtitles: English
Eponymous Zhalanash is a port city over the Aral Sea. This place between a great water and a vast desert which used to be a prosperous link of the Soviet economy is just a shadow of its former glory today. In Marcin Sauter’s film, Zhalanash is not only about evocative landscape, but, above all, about the fates of people who invested their hopes and expectations into the place between the sea and the desert and now ponder over their solitude among the wrecks of ships and port cranes.
SALES / CONTACT Katarzyna Wilk KFF Sales & Promotion Basztowa 15/8a 31-143 Krakow Poland tel: +48 122 946945 www.kff.com.pl katarzyna.wilk@kff.com.pl
Eponymous Zhalanash is a port city over the Aral Sea. This place between a great water and a vast desert which used to be a prosperous link of the Soviet economy is just a shadow of its former glory today.
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PRODUCTION Film Studio Kronika Barbara Lawska INVOLVED TV CHANNELS TVP – Poland
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