The Producers Network was launched in 2004 by the MarchÊ du Film/Festival de Cannes. It takes advantage of the ever increasing number of international film professionals at the Cannes Film Festival to maximize networking opportunities. Gathering 600 producers from around the world, the Producers Network stimulates production and promotes international co-production opportunities through a series of events specially designed for the producers. Every morning for seven days, a series of Breakfast Meetings take place, gathering some 200-industry professionals and producers for roundtable discussions. Also Producers Network offers Speed-Dating Sessions between producers to help them connect and network. And, in true Cannes’ tradition, the daily Happy Hour is the place to be to carry on conversation over a drink!
SPOTLIGHT ON RUSSIAN PRODUCERS (The Producers Network, Cannes, May 18 2010)
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GRAND TRANS SIBERIAN
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GRAND TRANS SIBERIAN ITALY
Art Title – GRAND TRANS SIBERIAN Genre – CREATIVE DOCUMENTARY Country (s) – ITALY Shooting dates – SPRING/SUMMER 2011 Locations – RUSSIA/CHINA Total Budget – 180 000 EUR Financiers/Partners – ANG CREAZIONI SRL (PARTNER CONFIRMED), HOROVOD (IN NEGOTIATION), TURNSTYLE TV (IN NEGOTIATION) and Private Financiers: Leonardo Guerra Seragnoli, Italy. (IN NEGOTIATION).
Confirmed Financing – 35 000 EUR, 20 %. Producers – Massimiliano Navarra, Jacqueline Liu Director – Yan Yan Mak, Elisa Fuksas, Darya Zhuk Photography – Maura Morales Bergmann, Luca Ranzato, Ferran Paredes Rubio Scriptwriter – Yan Yan Mak, Elisa Fuksas, Darya Zhuk
SYNOPSIS
Three directors travel along the Trans Siberian Railway from Moscow To Beijing. A personal experience, a journey in a virtual society, the train, in continuous movement and transformation like the lands that it crosses. A travel through memories and dreams, through reality and imagination. The Russian director, Darya Zhuk, will imagine the train as a time machine in which past and future – tradition and innovation, coexist. A travel in space and time, a journey through past memories (Bolshevik Revolution, Second World War, end of communism, opening towards the west) and events of the present (the influence of consumerism). Through the personal stories of its travelers, she will shed light upon small fragments of a mosaic shattered to pieces with the fall of the socialist dream. The Chinese director, Yan Yan Mak, will imagine the journey as a metaphor for life: «Life is a long trip; a trip, a short life». She will follow the travel of EG, a famous Chinese hip hop dancer from Hong Kong who will dance aboard the train the Cossack Dance he discovered on YouTube. EG’s passion for this astounding dance represents for the Chinese director the perfect synthesis between past and future, between the preservation of our own cultural identity and the attraction towards new frontiers of the future. EG will consider this trip a kind of creative meditation. A getaway from Hong Kong norms and rules of the daily routine in search for The Balance between «traditional & modern». «physical & mental». «visual & sensible». «passion & calm». «loneliness and happiness». The Italian director, Elisa Fuksas will take the train not as a journey, nor as a mere means of transportation, but as an experiment. Her intent is to display, by the most neutral observation, the space of the journey as an «oneirical scene» where the consciousness and subconsciousness of the passengers may eventually meet. It is indeed a documentary about people’s dreams and imagination.
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ANG CREAZIONI ANG Creazioni was founded in 2004 and produces documentaries, promos, commercials, short films and music videos. ANG has distinguished itself for independent and free attitude working with young talents from allover the world and developing projects with an international appeal. Among the latest productions the first Italian web magazine with video content and a film about young hermaphrodite discovering its difference. ANG has worked for MTV, RAI, PBS, FOX, Universal, SVT, JIMMY, VH1 and produced videos for NISSAN, MARTINI, TOYOTA, MONTENEGRO, POSTE ITALIANE, ROMA football club and others. ANGís documentaries and art works have been presented at the festivals around the world. DIRECTOR
Yan Yan Mak Hong Kong
Elisa Fuksas Italy
Darya Zhuk Russia PRODUCER
Massimiliano Navarra In 2004 fund Oyibo Productions. With the documentary «Another African Story» won the prize «Ilaria Alpi» as Best Independent Production. Between 2006 and 2010 he has produced several shorts, music videos and commercials as a free lance producer or collaborating with different video productions. Jacqueline Liu From 2000 produced various independent shorts & feature projects including Leaving Sorrowfully (2000); Butterfly (2004); August Story (2006); Plastic City (2008); Soundless Wind Chime (2009).She is the Senior Manager of the Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum and the Asian Film Awards, two flagship events organized by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society. CONTACTS ANG CREAZIONI SRL Contacts: MASSIMILIANO NAVARRA Address: Lungotevere degli Artigiani, 8b/c, Italy, 00153
Tel: +39.06.97271252, +39.3285717532 Fax: +39.06.97271252 E-mail: massimiliano.navarra@gmail.com
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Voices Brazil
Art Title – Vozes Genre – Drama Country (s) – Brazil Shooting dates – January 2011 Locations – Brazil Total Budget – 2.174.200 € Financiers/Partners –
Co-Production – Brazil-France – Arsam International Confirmed Financing – 40 %. Producers – Iafa Britz Director – Cesar Rodrigues Photography – Mauro Pinheiro Scriptwriter – Carol Castro
SYNOPSIS
Another unbearably hot day begins in Rio de Janeiro. ANDREA rich, spoiled and to her chagrin, a little chubby and still a virgin is just getting back from a night out with RICARDO, but the casual encounter isn’t going well. To sustain her date’s waning interest, she calls on GRILO, her novice drug dealer, to keep the party going. But when he delivers and she fails to pay him, Grilo and his partner TONHO brother to the drug lord TORORO, Grilo’s employer – walk into an unsuspecting bakery to try to make up for the lost cash. JOSE, a desk cop who has never had to draw his weapon let alone use it, is having his routine morning coffee inside when TONHO loses it and shoots his friend, the bakery clerk, forcing a reluctant Jose into lethal action. To make matters worse, little did Jose know that his first kill had been the drug lord’s brother, and that according to Rio’s tough street laws, he had just signed his own death sentence. A few blocks over, SILVIA, has just gotten the news that she is pregnant but the father isn’t her husband JOE, but her boss, GABRIEL, who also happens to be the lawyer running TORORO’s legit empire. This sequence of events produces a ripple effect and sets off a chain reaction that unfolds over a 24-hour period, showing how the lives of these interconnected characters become increasingly intertwined, commenting on issues of social class, race, poverty and above all responsibility, leading these characters’ destinies hurling towards one, final climax. COMPANY
Migdal Filmes Migdal Films is the new production company headed by Iafa Britz, one of the most prolific producers in her native Brazil with over a dozen feature films over the last decade. Among them are a wide variety of productions, ranging from domestic blockbusters to international co-productions, such as the record-breaking «If I Were You» films, «Div». «Sex, Love & Betrayal». and many others through her former company, Total Entertainment. Under her new banner, Iafa seeks to continue producing a diverse array of features films and television programs, starting with strong slate of projects which include a mix of both commercially promising and potentially international fare.
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Cesar Rodrigues Cesar Rodrigues is has been an active theater, television, commercial and film director since the late 80s. After having worked under directors such as Fernando Meirelles, Andrucha Waddington and Daniel Filho, Cesar began directing his own projects, among them: «Filhos do Carnaval». acclaimed TV series for HBO; «Menino Maluquinho». Emmy-awarded Children’s show; «High School Musical – Brazil». the Brazilian version of the Disney phenomenon for Walt Disney Pictures, among many others. PRODUCER
Iafa Britz Iafa is one of the most successful producers in Brazil having produced over a dozen feature films over the last decade. She has headed a wide variety of productions ranging from domestic blockbusters such as box-office hits «If I Were You» (2006) with over 3.6 million in admissions, «Sex, Love and Betrayal» (2004), with over 2.4 million in admissions and the recordbreaking sequel to «If I Were You» «If I were You 2». which went on to become the most-watched domestic film in Brazilian history. As of 2010, Iafa started her own production company Migdal Films, Under her new banner she will continue her success story with a varied palette of projects which have marked her career thus far.
CONTACTS Migdal Filmes Contacts: Gabriel Tebet Address: Rua Inglas de Souza,11 / 201, Jardim Botanico, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, 22.460-110 Tel: +55 21 3183 2557 Fax: +55 21 3592 2667 E-mail: gabriel@migdalfilmes.com.br Web: www.migdalfilmes.com.br
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THE VIRGIN GODDESS
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The Virgin Goddess India and Nepal
Art Title – DIL KUMARI Genre – Drama Country (s) – India and Nepal Shooting dates – August to September 2010 Locations – India and Nepal Total Budget – US$ 10, 00,000 Financiers/Partners – Tropical Storm
Entertainment, Netherlands and Park Brothers, Hyderabad, India Confirmed Financing – 40 % Producers – K Jayadev Director – Kanala N.T. Sastry Photography – Sunny Joseph Scriptwriter – Kanala N.T. Sastry
SYNOPSIS
The film deals with the way the Asian women are continued to be treated, venerated and yet exploited to the hilt. The Virgin Goddess is a story of a Nepali Kumari, in search of an identity of her own, who is inducted as a Goddess when she is just 3 years, and sent out of the Temple, as she reaches puberty and starts menstruating. Unable to fit into the parental word, and irked by the fact that her younger sister is getting married, and she is denied marriage because she was a former Kumari, she flees with a Nepali drug-peddler, to land alone in the city of Banaras, India, where she is accosted by an occult practitioner, Aghori, even as a photographer who is on an assignment to photograph occult practices, chances upon Kumari, and finding her being exploited in a whore house, he sympathizes with her, but when Aghori takes her away for his nefarious ends, he rescues the girl, only to push her into mire yet again. It is the story of not a lone Kumari but entire womanhood, particularly in Asian and Indian perspective. COMPANY
Cinema Group Cinema Group is a facility owned by the writer-director, Kanala N T Sastry, who has been producing films, as well as publishing books related to Cinema for the past 20 years. It is an independent organization, which looks out for finances, arranges finances and produces films. Most recent films produced by the company: Kamli – National Award (Indian Govt.) winning feature film, starring Nandita Das, which also won her an award at the Eurasian Intnl. Film Festival, Kazhakstan. The film has traveled worldwide. “The rite..a passion» won the New Currents Award at the Pusan International Film Festival, Pusan, South Korea, apart from the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Director. Documentaries include «The Aliens». «Bullets for Bauxite». « Harvesting Baby Girls». funded partly by Jan Bergman Fund, Netherlands and won an award at IDFA.
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Kanala N.T. Sastry K.N.T. Sastry, is a well known writer, critic who graduated into film direction with his award winning documentary, Surabhi, and every since he has made over 30 documentaries, 5 feature films, and this is his 6th film. He won the New Currents Award at Pusan International Film Festival, and Indira Gandhi Award for Best film in India, apart from various awards to his documentaries and films, nationally, internationally, and regionally. PRODUCER
K Jayadev He is associated with all the productions of the production company, and will be in charge of all production matters. He himself is a producer-director of many documentaries
CONTACTS Cinema Group Contacts: Kanala N.T. Sastry Address: 202 Aashraya Apartments, Sripuri Colony, Secunderabad, India, 500015 Tel: +91 40 27742159 Fax: +91 40 27742159 E-mail: kntsastry@gmail.com
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MOSCOW
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MOSCOW China
Art Title – Luan Shi Jia Ren Genre – Romance/Adventure/Action Country (s) – China Shooting dates – 2011 April Locations – China/Russia Total Budget – $ 2 million below the line and $ 1 or 2 above the line
Financiers/Partners – TBD Confirmed Financing – 8% from Infotainment China Media Producers – Cindy Mi Lin Director – TBD Photography – TBD Scriptwriter – Fei Qisheng /Wang Ziren
SYNOPSIS
When the society was going through a huge revolution in the 90’s, an independent Chinese young woman is motivated by her illusion about her future and is bold to take unknown advantage. With all her braveness, she went to Moscow to do trade between China and Russia. After battled with obstacles in life, she transformed from a poor girl to a strong businesswoman.
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Infotainment China Media is founded by Cindy Lin who has been working in film for 20 years, and as the 1st private international sales agent from mainland China, we are named as «Independent Spirit» by «Variety». We formed the 1st co-production market with Shanghai film festival together called<China film pitch and Catch Forum> acting as the match maker for Script and Investment in China. We are the Angel platform to bring the Chinese new film force to international. We are also specialized in Co-production with foreign producers in China, we worked with French film firms including TF1, TF3, Rosem film, and also US Syfy Channel by providing the tremendously cost saving in shooting.
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Cindy Mi Lin As the founder of Infotainment China Media, Ms. Cindy Mi Lin has involved with many Chinese film and television productions as international sales, domestic distribution,producer and financier. The films including <Memory of Love>,<The Robbers>, <The Cold Flame>, <Trouble Makers>, <The Story of Xiaoyan>, <Plastic Flowers>, <Teeth of Love>, <Ganglamedo>, <A World Without Thieves>, <The Coldest Day>â&#x20AC;Ś the television dramas are <Whatever, Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Fall In Love>, <Cai Xin Miao Shou>. In year 2009, she led her excellent international sales team to international film markets to promote the Chinese blockbuster action feature <Kung Fu Cyborg: Metallic Attraction>.
CONTACTS Infotainment China Media Contacts: Xinke Feng (assistant to president) Address: #108 Dragon Film Building,No.40 North 3rd Ring Rd,Beijing,China,100088 Tel: +86-10-8201-1656 Fax: +86-10-82011516 E-mail: xinkef@gmail.com Web: www.infotainmentchina.com
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40 DAYS OF SILENCE
Connecting Cottbus is an East -West co-production market which paves the way for ideas to be realized. Producers could submit new feature film projects together with their screenwriter or director. An expert jury selects the projects which are presented to the professional audience of experienced producers, buyers and financiers - often for the first time outside of the home country. The audience reaction soon makes it clear whether the project will have a chance of finding its audience in the various countries. Topical insights into the production landscape of East and Central European countries are offered in discussions and case studies. Over time, not only exiting co-productions but also a lively network have been created between Eastern and Western Europe. www.connecting-cottbus.de
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40 Days of Silence
The Netherlands; Uzbekistan; France & Germany Art Title – 40 Days of Silence Genre – Fiction / Drama Country (s) – The Netherlands; Uzbekistan; France & Germany Shooting dates – November 2010 – December 2010 Locations – Uzbekistan Total Budget – 715,980 Financiers/Partners – Roh Film – Germany, MAP Productions – Uzbeki-
stan, Hubert Bals Fund DEV + Plus, Göteborg Film Festival Fund, Global Film Initiative, World Cinema Fund, Rotterdam Media Fund, Fonds Sud Confirmed Financing – 55% Producers – Denis Vaslin Director – Saodat Ismailova Photography – TBD Scriptwriter – Saodat Ismailova & Ulughbek Sadikov
SYNOPSIS
Logline In a small mountain village in Uzbekistan, Bibicha, a young woman, suddenly refuses to speak. The reason of her vow of silence remains mysterious; does she desire the return of her disappeared beloved or is she scared of an illicit pregnancy? an arresting portrait of four women trying to find their place within the still archaic social order of an Uzbek village. Synopsis In a small mountain village in Uzbekistan, Bibicha, a young woman, suddenly refuses to speak. The reason of her vow of silence remains mysterious; does she desire the return of her disappeared beloved or is she scared of an illicit pregnancy? Scared of the neighbours’ gossip, her mother hides Bibicha in the grandmother’s house. There Bibicha shares a room with Khamida, a woman who returned to the village after year’s of absence. During Bibicha’s forty days of silence, this family of women whose destinies seem to repeat from generation to generation confront their past and future and will come to terms with their destinies. 40 days of silence is an arresting portrait of four women trying to find their place within the still archaic social order of an Uzbek village. It opens up a space for a feminist, differentiated and poetic view on women in a rural Muslim society with its traditions of strong family ties and ancient role models without ever falling back onto ostentatious accusations typical of Western readings. The story also affords us an insight into a very contemporary conflict of a Central Asian, post Soviet country that’s struggling with its sense of culture and to get to grips with its various contradicting layers and histories. COMPANY
VOLYA FILMS was established in Rotterdam in 2004 producing author fiction films and creative documentaries, mainly as international co-productions. Volya Films works with both young and experienced filmmakers andd worked with and sold our films to various broadcasters: IKON, NPS, TV Catalunya, YLE, NHK, ARTE France etc.
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Our recent films include THE LIGHT THIEF (Svet-Ake) by Aktan Arym Kubat (Quinzaine / Directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fortnight Cannes 2010), PRISONERS OF THE GROUND by Stella van Voorst van Beest (Closing Night Film Netherlands FF; IDFA; BAFICI), and DOUBLE TAKE by Johan Grimonprez (Berlinale Forum Expanded; Middle East IFF Abu Dhabi Award Best Documentary Director; Sundance FF). DIRECTOR
Saodat Ismailova Saodat Ismailova (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) studied filmmaking at the Tashkent State Art Institute. She spent two years in the Cinema department of Fabrica (Research and Communication Centre, United Colors of Benetton). There she made the documentary Aral â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Fishing In an Invisible Sea which won the prize for Best Documentary at the Torino Film Festival. Since 2004 Saodat is in charge of music documentaries in Central Asia for Smithsonian Folkways. In 2005 the DAAD Program in Berlin invited her as artist in residence. Saodat is interested in telling stories from Central Asia. In January 2010 she participated in the Sundance Screenwriters Lab and in June she is taking part in their Directors Lab. PRODUCER
Denis Vaslin Denis Vaslin graduated from the department of Slavic Culture & Languages of the Institute of Oriental Languages in Paris in 1994. After five years of working as a distributor and then for a production company in France, he moved to The Netherlands. From 1999 until 2004, he worked as a production coordinator/manager and as a line producer. Denis started Volya Films in 2004 to produce/co-produce author fiction films and creative documentaries. The company develops projects with young directors and more experienced filmmakers mainly in the frame of international co-productions. Denis completed the Binger Lab in 2004 and is a graduate of EAVE 2006 and EURODOC 2007.
CONTACTS Volya Films Contacts: Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts Address: Mauritsweg 56, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 3012JX
Tel: +31 10 415 5621 Fax: +31 10 437 5934 E-mail: info@volyafilms.com Web: www.volyafilms.com
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HANAAN
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Hanaan
Uzbekistan, Korea Art Title – Hanaan Genre – Drama Country (s) – Uzbekistan, Korea Shooting dates – September 2010 – November 2010 Locations – Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Korea Total Budget – 400,000 EURO
Financiers/Partners – Seoul Film Commission,Uzbek Film Center Confirmed Financing – 80,000 EURO, 20 %. Producers – Ellen KIM Director – Ruslan PAK Photography – Wonho SON Scriptwriter – Ruslan PAK
SYNOPSIS
Two Korean guys in Uzbekistan, one of the first generation and the other of the forth generation of forced immigrants, take a journey to the Far East on the route of Korean migration some 70 years ago. They look for a buried family treasure at the the old man’s hometown only to find a piece of truth... COMPANY
Flying Tiger Pictures was founded by Ellen KIM in 2001. Its first co-production was a Chinese film Cry Woman by Liu Bingjian (co-producer Ellen Kim) premiered at Cannes Film Festival, Un Certain Regard in 2002. In 2009, Flying Tiger Pictures coproduced God Is D_ad by Abraham LIM (co-producer Ellen Kim) in collaboration with Lincolnlog Films. Flying Tiger Pictures currently develops and produces innovative genre films including «Ringwanderung». It also pursues the co-production among Korea, Uzbekistan, Russia and France for Hanaan, a unique film by new talent Ruslan Pak. Most recent films produced by the company: «God Is Dad» 2009, Directed by Abraham LIM
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Ruslan PAK Ruslan was born in 1981 in Uzbekistan. He started filmmaking in 2001. After working for 7 years as assistant to film director, he began filming short films. He joined the filming course at Graduate school of Korean National University of Arts in 2006. He was recognized as one of the best young film directors of Uzbekistan in the project Film on conducted by the British Consul. In 2006, Ruslan made a short film «One Shoot» («Talent campus» of the 57th Berlin International Film Festival). In 2007 he made the film Healing (7th Third Eye Asian Film Festival, Mumbai) His recent work «Dance of a Free Bird» was invited to numerous film festivals. PRODUCER
Ellen Kim Ellen Kim worked for Unikorea in 2000, heading the international marketing of «Peppermint Candy» by Lee Changdong, premiered at Cannes Film Festival, Directors Fortnight, and «Virgin Stripped by Her Bachelors», premiered at Cannes Film Festival, Un Certain Regard by Hong Sangsoo. From 2001-2004 she was the programmer of the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival. After working on the Asian Film Market in 2006, she moved to bom Film Productions, one of the top production houses in Korea. With bom, she co-produced «Night and Day» by Hong Sangsoo in 2008, premiered at Berlin International Film Festival, Competition.
CONTACTS Flying Tiger Pictures Contacts: Ellen KIM Address: Suite 304, Sangheon Village, 26-1 Hyehwa-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Korea, 110-530 Tel: +82-10-4573-3010 E-mail: ellen.yd.kim@gmail.com
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GOOD LUCK WITH THE JACKET
The 7th Sofia Meetings will take place from 11th till 14th March 2010 in the frameworks of the 14th Sofia International Film Festival (5th â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 21th March 2010). Sofia Meetings, supported by the MEDIA and MEDIA International programme of the EU, is an event that aims to promote new projects from young European filmmakers and new films from Bulgaria and the Balkan region to European film festivals, sales agents and distributors. Sofia Meetings is orientated towards professional audience (producers, directors, world sales, distributors, representatives of financing organizations and film festivals). It has two separate modules: Second Films Pitching â&#x20AC;&#x201C; presentation of first, second and third feature film projects looking for financial support and cooperation. Balkan Screenings â&#x20AC;&#x201C; showcase of the latest Bulgarian and regional feature and short films for directors and programmers from different international festivals, world sales companies and journalists. Additional events such as lectures, training programs presentations and discussions will happen in the time of Sofia Meetings. sofiaiff.com
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GOOD LUCK WITH THE JACKET BULGARIA
Art Title – КЪСМЕТ С ЯКЕТО (KUSMET S IAKETO) Genre – Drama/Comedy Country (s) – BULGARIA Shooting dates – 10 / 2011 Locations – BULGARIA, ITALY, RUSSIA Total Budget – 1 487 720 EUR Financiers/Partners – in negotia-
tions RFilms, Russia; Juppiler Generale Cinematografica, Italy Confirmed Financing – Producers – IVAN VLADIMIROV TONEV Director – Alexandra Val Photography – Rosen Daskalov-Teacher Scriptwriter – Alexandra Val
SYNOPSIS
One Jacket. Ten Owners. A dialogue between body and soul. The film story follows the life of a men’s black leather Jacket size 46. The Jacket has the faculty of observing and analyzing the actions and the thoughts of its owners. It starts the story from the designers’ studio of an Italian artist, who creates its form – cut, colour, size, seams, pockets, zippers. The designer hands over the Jacket to the owner of a boutique for leather clothing. A fashion art directress decides to use the Jacket in a photo session – the owner of the Jacket becomes a model with luxury perfume, long fingers and several love affairs. The directress returns the jacket to the boutique, where a rich, 50-year old lady buys it. She decides to give it as a present to her husband for his birthday jubilee. The husband banker likes the Jacket and takes it with him on a business trip to Bulgaria, where he meets his mistress. Having been followed by the jealous husband of the mistress, the lovers are attacked and both the Jacket and the banker are stabbed with a knife. Trying to hide the evidence of his deeds, the husband throws the Jacket into a garbage container. An old totter discovers the Jacket. Two young men attack him and take away the Jacket. They decide to sell it in the nearest second-hand shop. The owner of the second-hand shop buys the Jacket and takes it to the dry cleaner’s. One day, a Russian rock musician, vocalist, falls in love with the Jacket, buys it from the second-hand shop and demonstrates it to his group. The musicians are getting ready for an important concert. On the day of the performance, the vocalist takes off his Jacket and throws it in the audience. The Jacket gets into the hands of a teenage boy, who, unbelieving his good luck, runs home with the valuable object. The parallel structure of the action – the story of the Jacket and the story of its owners – becomes the starting point of a dialogue between body and soul.
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ARS Ltd. During the last 10 years Ars Digital Studio has become one of the major producers, delivering world-class artistic and technical Film, Video and TV production and post production services and full music supervision, coordination and production in Bulgaria. Our company has been the major producer in more than 30 documentaries and features distributed on the territory of Bulgaria and in European countries. Ars Digital Studio has been a co-producer in many film projects and also has executed the postproduction in Bulgarian and international projects, international documentary and special educational productions. DIRECTOR
ALEXANDRA VAL Graduated from the Sofia University Saint Kliment Ohridski, Master in Bulgarian Philology. Wrote two poetry books, stories, reviews, fairy tails for children. In 2002 received The Best Story award of a popular Bulgarian lifestyle magazine Egoist. 2007-2009 directed/produced more than 40 teleshopping commercials for direct marketing products. Studied Master Program of Film and Television Art in New Bulgarian University, Sofia. 2010 directed a short feature PIXEL Y, registered and presented at Short Film Corner, Festival de Cannes. Took part in MAIA Wokshops training Program: Marketing&Distribution in the development of the audiovisual project, Modra, Slovakia, 2009. Adores swimming. PRODUCER
IVAN VLADIMIROV TONEV Director of photography and director since 1987 Producer, since 2000 Manager in Ars Digiatl Studio, since 2000 Board Member – Outward Bound BG, since 2004 President of BULGARIAN ASSOCIATION of CINEMATOGRAPHERS, since 2006 Vice President IMAGO, since 2008 He has a 25 year experience in documentary and feature film industry as producer, director and cinematographer. CONTACTS Contacts: IVAN TONEV Address: 4 B, LEONARDO DA VINCI, SOFIA, BULGARIA, 1124 Tel: 00359 2 846 83 61 Fax: 00359 2 846 83 62 E-mail: office@arsdigital.org Web: www.arsdigital.org
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Official selection
RIGA MOTION PICTURES STUDIO Riga Motion Pictures Studio founded in 1948 is one of the oldest motion picture studios in the Northeastern Europe. In 2008 the Studio celebrated its 60th anniversary which marked the end of a long slowdown period and gave a new start to film production and participation in both, Latvian and foreign projects. Ĺ merÄźa str. 3, Riga, LV-1006, Latvia, phone +371 67790303, fax +371 67790324. e-mail: office@studio.lv, web: www.studio.lv
OFFICIAL SELECTION KHARMS NEKHLYUDOV NOT A SIMPLE STORY FINAL CALL THE COSMONAUT ESCAPE TO THE SKY, DEVYATAEV BONUS PROJECT BUDDHA: the inner warrior
Selection BOARD Gabriele Brunnenmeyer (Artistic Director of Connecting Cottbus - Germany)
Leonid Vereshchagin (producer, Russia)
Sam Klebanov (producer, Russia)
Petri Kemppinen (Head of Production Department The Finnish Film Fundation)
Sergey Selyanov (producer, Russia)
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Kharms Russia
Art Title – Хармс Genre – Comedy, Drama Country (s) – Russia Shooting dates – TBD Locations – Russia Total Budget – 2 000 000 € Financiers/Partners – Hubert Bals Fund, Netherlands
Confirmed Financing – 600 000 € 30 % Producer – Elena Evstigneeva, Svetlana Kuchmaeva Director – Ivan Bolotnikov Photography – Oleg Lukitchev Scriptwriter – Sergey Solovyov, Ivan Bolotnikov
SYNOPSIS
1930s. Leningrad, Russia. The focus of this film is an image of the poet, writer and dramatist Daniil Kharms (Daniil Ivanovich Yuvachyov) seen from the present day. The film is not biographical but an attempt to create a reasoned and accurate image of a man whose life is devoted exclusively to his art and consists of a never-ending game ‘in all seriousness’, a game that absorbs him as intently as a child in play. Running throughout the film is the theme of a union of friends joined by common positions in their understanding of life and art. A basic approach to the construction of the film should be a combination of different degrees of reality and conditionality in artistic representation. Facts from the life of Kharms are glimpsed through a fabric woven from his fantasy. Storytelling is built on the basis of real-life occurrences known to us from various sources and ‘incidents’ in his prose, on the interlacing of several dramatic lines important for our comprehension: relations with his father and with friends in his literary circle, his love-life, his conflict with the realities that surrounded him. The world portrayed at the beginning of the film maintains a certain equilibrium and life seems feasible in this context, but gradually this world grows more and more threatening. Increasingly it invades Kharms’ life so that writing becomes impossible and genuine human connections are broken off. The accumulating general motif is revealed in his fate – the tragic destruction of individual human identity. Through his specific surroundings – objects, everyday life, characters, reverberations from certain events – the world in the film is seen through the eyes of Kharms the artist. This should be shown by means of a gradual confusion in the actual correlation of space and man. Kharms becomes a kind of Gulliver and the city diminishes and loses its real-life proportions – through the windows of Kharms’ apartment we see ‘all St Petersburg’ at once. In this way the total environment participates in the creative act and Kharms is absolute, the natural primacy of creation over life.
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Centre of National Film is a cessionary of the world-famous nonfiction film studio, TPO Tsentrnauchfilm, whose films have received prestigious prizes. The new governing body of the Studio plans to expand the specialization of the enterprise in several directions: feature films, animation, documentary and popular science films using traditional and cutting-edge digital equipment. Most recent films produced by the company: Belka and Strelka. Star Dogs (2010) Sakura Jam (2010) Georg (2008)
Open Air (2008) Flashcard (2006) Parnikovyy Effect (2005) Courser (2005)
DIRECTOR
Ivan Bolotnikov Ivan Bolotnikov was born in 1969. After graduating with a degree in art history he went on to study scriptwriting and directing under Alexei German. Since receiving his filmmaking diploma in 2004 Ivan has worked as scriptwriter and director. His short film ‘The Day I Approach Myself’ (2003) has been shown at international film festivals around the world including Edinburgh, Rome, Teheran, Abu Dhabi and Rotterdam. He recently completed the documentary film ‘Touch Line’ about young Russians and Chechens injured during military operations in Chechnya and is now developing a project for first feature film ‘Kharms’ with the support of the Rotterdam International Film Festival’s Hubert Bals Fund. PRODUCERS
Elena Evstigneeva Studio director, head of film production.
Svetlana Kuchmaeva Producer of the ‘Kharms’ project, and other projects.
CONTACTS Centre of National Film Contacts: Svetlana Kuchmaeva, Ivan Bolotnikov Address: PJSC ‘Centre of National Film’, 16 Valdaisky proezd, Moscow 125445, Russia
Tel: +7 (495) 234-88-34, +7 (916) 655-05-11 Fax: +7 (495) 455-92-13 E-mail cnf@cnf.ru ivan_bolotnikov@mail.ru Web: www.cnf.ru
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NEKHLYUDOV Russia
Art Title – Нехлюдов Genre – Drama Country (s) – Russia Shooting dates – TBD Locations – Russia Total Budget – 2 300 000 $ Financiers/Partners – Capcher Media
Confirmed Financing – 690 000 $, 30 % Producers – Arsen Gottlieb Director – Dmitry Mamuliya Photography – Alisher Khamidkhodjiev Scriptwriter – Dmitry Mamuliya
SYNOPSIS
(Based on «Resurrection» by Lev Tolstoy) Some man, a Moscow manufacturer, Dmitry Nekhlyudov, who has got a wife and a child, once gets a request for summons as a jury. To his horror in one of the women sitting on the wrong side of the bar he recognizes Katyusha Maslova, the one he loved 15 years ago. His ex-lover appears in the guise of prostitute. She is charged with working as a prostitute at the hotel and poisoning of one of her clients hunting for the bounty. Being totally in dismay Nekhlyudov stops short of speaking in defense of Maslova. The judgment is passed. Ekaterina Maslova is convicted to long term prison sentence. From the very day all Nekhlyudov’s life changes dramatically.Keeping it secret from his family, he manages to arrange an appointment with Katyusha in prison but soon gets disappointed. Nekhlyudov wants to make everything out. And there he founds out that he has a daughter. Can she be his child? He compares the dates. She is most likely to be his daughter. Nekhlyudovs allots less and less time to his family and work. Wandering through bawdy-houses he looks for the girl bearing her mother’s surname. He finds a fifteen-year old girl. Her eyes are green and animal-wild. The wheel of fate carries him further and further. He has to understand something. His mother dies. Having no desire to participate in the abomination of existence he involuntary descends to a life of an outcast. The world does not want to get off his back. The family is broken. The old life has reached its final point. Nekhludov follows Maslova to the gaol. She does not accept Nekhlyudov’s sacrifice. Another man is close to her.He is also a prisoner. Nekhlyudov suggests Maslova to marry him out of pure generosity. But the prisoner’s love is pure: he loves her as she is and just because of being in love. Nekhlyudov is totally at a loss. Having lost everything in the world he escaped from, he fails to find anything.
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MetronomeFilms Feature films, art-house cinema Most recent films produced by the company: «Another sry» directed by Dmitry Mamuliya, 89 minute 2010 «Who wasn’t there» directed by Ramil Salakhutdinov, 109 minute 2010 DIRECTOR
Dmitry Mamuliya Director, script writer Screenplay by the film «Adam and Eve» directed by B.Bakurdze The director of film: «Moscow» (together with the B.Bakurdze) short-footage film , 2007. The director and script writer (together with the L.Sitov) of film: «Another sry», 89 minute ,2010 PRODUCER
Arsen Gottlieb Feature films, art-house cinema Producer by the films: «Moscow» Directed by А. Zeldovich. / 137 мин / 2000, VENICE FILM FESTIVAL 2000 OFFICIAL SELECTION «977/Nine seven seven» Directed by N.Khomeriki ./ 87 min / 2006, Festival de Cannes participant by official program «UN CERTAIN REGARD» «Another sry» directed by Dmitry Mamuliya, 89 minute 2010 «Who wasn’t there» directed by R. Salakhutdinov, 109 minute, 2010
CONTACTS MetronomeFilms Contacts: Arsen Gottlieb Address: 8,Sergey Eisenstein street, Moscow, Russia Tel: +7 499 181-05-84, +7 916 130-82-48 Fax: +7 499 181-05-84 E-mail: MetronomeFilms@gmail.com
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NOT A SIMPLE STORY Russia
Art Title – Совсем не простая история Genre – Drama Country (s) – Russia Shooting dates – TBD Locations – Russia Total Budget – € 1 200 000
Financiers/Partners – TBD Confirmed Financing – € 360 000, 30 % Producers – FEDOR POPOV Director – FEDOR POPOV Photography – TBD Scriptwriter – Anatoly SHATSKIKH
SYNOPSIS
Life of two people, a grown man and a teenager, intertwined when both decide to start a new life. This is the main plot of the film where two people meet, sometimes funny, sometimes sad, describing difficult relations, which had formed between them and with those around. A life of an adult – a life of a person who is tied up in his daily affairs, his correlation with modern times, who made several life-changing mistakes and who tried to end his quite unclear past, resulting in him ending up gagged and on train tracks. He sees that the guy who saved his life is walking on the same dangerous road, and now decides to take an active part in his faith not purely off charitable reasons. COMPANY
STELLA STUDIO Was founded in 1990. The studio produces full-length fiction films. The studio has its own technical base and professional potential. Most recent films produced by the company: 2010 – THAT’S ALL RIGHT, MAMA F.Popov 2009 – PETE ON THE WAY TO HEAVEN N.Dostal (Moscow Int. Film Festival 2009 Main Award – «Golden Saint George» to the best film)
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FEDOR POPOV Member of the Union of Cinematography since 1990. Member of the Managing Committee of Producers Guild of Russia since 2008.
Director and Producer
Producer: 2010 «That’s All Right, Mama» (in production) «The Russian Seasons» documentary (in production) «Masha and Gosha» animation (in production) 2008 «Peter On The Way To Heaven» 2007 «Fun to the Fullest» 2006 «Fatherland or Death» (Russia-Belarus) «Horror which is Always with You» «Sky Birds» and many others Director: 2010- «THAT’S ALL RIGHT, MAMA» 2006- «FOUR TAXI DRIVERS AND A DOG-2» 2005- «FOUR TAXI DRIVERS AND A DOG» 2003- «CAUCASIAN ROULETTE» 1998 – «GEIDAR ALIEV» documentary
CONTACTS “STELLA» STUDIO Contacts: Fedor Popov Address: Mosfilmovskaya Street, 1, Moscow, 119991, Russia Tel: +7 499 1439289 Fax: +7 499 7830260 E-mail: Stella-studio@mail.ru Web: www.stella-kino.ru
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Final call France, China
Art Title – DERNIER APPEL Genre – Contemporary Drama Country (s) – France, China Shooting dates – TBC Locations – France, China Total Budget – 3 400 000 € Financiers/Partners – Oriental Picture Film Co. Ltd. (China) ,Wise Growth Group ‐ Advertising Division
(Shanghai office), Opus Film (Poland), LUXX Studios (Germany) Confirmed Financing – 900 000 €, 26,5 % Producer – Laurence Kaufmann Director – Gabriele Iacovone Photography – Szymon Lenkowski Scriptwriter – Gabriele Iacovone, French writer TBC
SYNOPSIS
Solene is an architect in Paris. Lu is into the fashion business in Shanghai. One lives a happy life, the other doesn’t. But nothing is forever. Fate makes them switch cities. This is the start of a self-discovering journey that will lead them into deep personal changes… COMPANY
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT MEDIA IDM is Paris-based production and distribution company owned by Laurence KAUFMANN, former 10 years executive at France 2. IDM is the French co-producer of BECOMING MANRICO, Canadian DVIANT films production. It is the French distributor of acclaimed film «THE WIND GOES ROUND». the French partner of highly-praised TV series «LOCKIE LEONARD» and the world distributor of international hit «HEARTBREAK HIGH». IDM offers good knowledge of corporate and content sides of French TV and Cinema and helps international companies to be identifiable in this rich and highly competitive environment. As former Granada’s Group Paris office, IDM organized the Group’s cinema studio and feature films co productions.
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Gabriele Iacovone Graduated in Business Economics from Rome University, Gabriele works in the business consultancy and marketing till 1994 when he decides to quit and dedicate himself to cinema. He makes his first short film «False start» and studies at the National Film, TV and Theatre School in Lodz, Poland. His diploma «Please Do Not Disturb» is selected by many international festivals. In 2003 he shoots first feature «It’s not me». Best Feature at the 55th International Film Festival in Salerno, Italy. In 2004 he is invited by the Shanghai International Film Festival with «It’s Not Me». He stays in China for some time and this experience gives him the idea for «Shanghai’s Enigma» developed into «Final Call». PRODUCER
Laurence Kaufmann After studies in Paris ESIT School followed by the University of Chicago, Laurence joined France 2 where she managed business affairs, international sales ,co-productions and new media. She started the first interactive operations of a TV channel in France. She taught in Sorbonne within the graduate studies of «Media and Communication» and «Audiovisual Law and Management». In 1989, Laurence created IDM, working in production and coproduction of documentaries, fiction, entertainment, and feature films, counseling to international media companies and TV distribution. Laurence is the associate producer of LONGFELLOW (2010), a film written and directed by Martin Donovan.
CONTACTS International Development Media Contacts: Laurence Kaufmann Address: 149 rue Perronet, Neuilly, France, 92200 Tel: ++33 1 47472509 E-mail: lk@idmtv.fr
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The Cosmonaut Spain
Art Title – El Cosmonauta Genre – Sci-Fi Country (s) – Spain Shooting dates – Spring 2011 Locations – Spain / Russia Total Budget – 945.754,18 € Financiers/Partners – RTVE (Public television of Spain),
Vodka «Russian Standard” Confirmed Financing – 440.968,41 €, 46,63 %. Producers – Nicolás Alcalá Director – Nicolás Alcalá Photography – TBD Scriptwriter – Nicolás Alcalá
SYNOPSIS
In 1975, the first Russian cosmonaut on the Moon is unable to make his way back and is declared missing in Space. However, through ghostly radio messages, he claims to have come back to Earth and found it empty, not a living soul. COMPANY
Riot Cinema Collective Riot Cinema Collective is born in 2005, with the desire of Nicolás Alcalá, Bruno Teixidor and Carola Rodríguez for «taking cinematography to all possible media». exploring the «cinematographical side» of all fields of audiovisual communication.
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Nicolás Alcalá Producer, screenwriter and director. Nicolás collaborates frequently with argentinian director Eduardo Milewicz and acting coach Bob McAndrew. He has written the screnplays for several feature length films, such as «Noches Transarmónicas». with Velasco Broca and Nacho Vigalondo.
Director and Producer
PRODUCER
Carola Rodríguez She founded Riot Cinema Collective, her own production company, at the age of 21. She has worked in hundreds of shortfilms, adverts and corporate videos. Now, she runs a team of 45 people in the production of her first feature film: The Cosmonaut.
CONTACTS Riot Cinema Collective Contacts: Alberto López Address: C. Fuencarral 29, 1C, Spain, 28004 Tel: +34 91 523 2366 E-mail: info@riotcinema.com Web: www.riotcinema.com
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Escape to the sky. Devyataev. Russia
Art Title – Побег в небо. Девятаев. Genre – Historical thriller Country (s) – Russia Shooting dates – April – August 2011 Locations – Russia, Germany Total Budget – 6 500 000 $ Financiers/Partners – Gorvernment
of Mordovia, Karo Premier Confirmed Financing – 1 500 000 $ (23%) Producers – Denis Filyukov Director – Nikolay Lebedev Photography – Yuri Nevskiy Scriptwriter – Aleksnadr Sokolov
SYNOPSIS
Film «Escape to the sky. Devyataev» is an exciting adventure based on fact story. On 8 February 1945 a group of Soviet army prisoners consisted of 10 persons captured the German bomber Heinkel He 111 H-22 and escaped on it from the island. Devyataev piloted it. The Germans sent the fighter plane in pursuit of the bomber, but it couldn’t find them. The plane was detected by the fighter plane of Luftwaffe pilot Helmut Berngardt returning after the mission, but he didn’t execute the order of the German command to «shoot down the lonely Heinkel». Question: «Why didn’t Helmut Berngardt down the bomber piloted by the prisoners?» – remained without an answer… And maybe, finally the authors of the film will be able to reveal what happened between Mikhail Devyataev and Helmut Berngardt in the sky in February, 1945. The main hero – Devyataev – goes through three German concentration camps. It’s a terrible ordeal for a one man. In the camps Devyataev, as well as his fellow inmates see and experience terrible things. Here, like in the purgatory, everyone has to know oneself: either to find point of support, become stronger and survive, or to give up and die. Devyataev tried to escape for the first time in August 1944, but it was unsuccessful attempt. The escapee was caught, declared a prisoner sentenced to death. But soon he was sent to the island of Usedom where engineering of the Third Reich’s new weapon – V-1 cruise missiles and V-2 ballistic missiles – was carried out in the Peenemünde missile center. Antiwar theme sets the tone of the whole narration in the film. All wars unleashed by every «Hitlers» in the name of their own goals are in fact anti-humane. «Hitlers» send armies to fight, seeing only murder machines in them. We show through the images of Helmut Berngardt and Devyataev that ordinary alive people, with hearts and souls, whether the Germans or the Russians, are sent to fight. And at a certain moment they understand that nothing justifies the war between them. COMPANY
LLC Film Company «Major Film” Was founded in 2005. Main company profile: feature and documentary films production. A debut film project – «Cinematorture». entered the competition Short Film Conner of the Cannes Film Festival (2006) – the first Russian film for the last five years. Since 2005 the company produced «Best documentary series of Russia»
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– «The secrets of forgotten victories». awarded by the «Gold Laurel» prize. Since 2007 the company produced popular science newsreels «What, How and Why?». «Studies about great events». In 2008 the company worked on co-production of a full-length Russian-Ukrainian feature film «Blessed». prize winner of the 41st festival «Worldfest» in Houston. PRODUCER
Denis Filyukov Graduated from Russian State Institute of Cinematography (2002). Graduating student of production studio of RSIC (2005) – movie and television producer. Prize winner of the «Moscow International Festival of Advertising-1998». contestant of the «Epica-98». Since 2002 he is author and director of the documentary series «The secrets of forgotten victories». Since 2005 he is Director general and producer of LLC Film company «Major Film». Selected filmography: «Outrageous constructor». «His rocket majesty». «Alekseev’s effect» etc. – documentary films, scriptwriter and director; «Cinematorture». a live-active short film, producer and director, 2005; «Blessed». a feature film, producer, 2008. DIRECTOR
Nikolay Lebedev Graduated a journalism department of the Moscow State University in 1991 and a script and study of the film art department of RSIC in 1993. He worked in youth press and on TV as a correspondent, author and anchorperson. Co-author of several detective novels. Laureate of the state prize of the Russian Federation. Member of Filmmakers’ Union of Russia, academician of The Motion Picture Academy «Nika». Filmography: «Source of a snake» (1997), «Admirer» (2000), «Star» (2002), «ExLife» (2004) (USA), «Wolfhound» (2007).
CONTACTS LLC Film company «Major Film” Contacts: Filyukov Denis Address: Moscow, 129347, Kholmogorskaya str., 2, build.2, str.2 Tel: +7(495)5026348 Fax: +7(499)1584279 E-mail: mail@mfilm.ru Web: www.devyataev.ru
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BUDDHA: the inner warrior India
Art Title – BUDDHA: the inner warrior Genre – Epic / Drama Country (s) – India/USA/Italy/France Shooting dates – January 2011 Locations – Thailand & Cambodia Total Budget – Euros 9.5 million Financiers/Partners –
Confirmed Financing – Euros 2.5 million (25%) Producers – Jennifer Pipolo, Nadia Riletti, Pan Nalin Director – Pan Nalin Photography – TBA Scriptwriter – Pan Nalin & Tinker Lindsay
SYNOPSIS
Over 2500 years ago a young prince set out from his sheltered home to roam a dangerous world seeking solutions to the relentless inexplicable suffering that haunted him even in the face of plenty. After years of painful searching he finally discovered the source of suffering lay within as did the path to freedom. Today the external world has utterly changed but our inner battle with suffering remains the same. We still struggle even in the face of plenty. We still constantly look outside ourselves for happiness. And with the current global turmoil when our very core identities have been shaken Siddhartha’s dramatic transformation from entitled Prince to enlightened Buddha is as timely as ever and as inspiring. Pan Nalin’s BUDDHA: the inner warrior explores the compelling journey of a spiritual warrior—Prince Siddhartha’s extraordinary yet utterly human struggle to uncover the mind’s deepest truths and the heart’s hidden mysteries. A deeply personal investigation into pain and redemption, BUDDHA chronicles the tumultuous fifteenyear period of change and growth—from youth to manhood, from secular to spiritual leader—in the true story of one of history’s most profound inner warriors. Born into luxury Crown Prince Siddhartha abandons his destiny as ruler—at what should be his peak moment of personal achievement—choosing instead the solitary role of seeker. He leaves his father, his son, his beloved wife. He leaves his role as leader and king. His quest takes him through multiple landscapes: luxury and denial; lust and love; society and solitude; leadership and loneliness. Trying to find balance he indulges in extremes. Looking for answers he encounters only more questions. In the end he leaves everything and everyone behind except of course his own self… COMPANY
Monsoon Films Jennifer Pipolo Before joining Monsoon Films, Jennifer has produced her first international play and tour at the age of 22. After numerous experiences in theatre in Italy, Germany, UK and the US she moved onto film, heading the international affairs department at E D Film International. She then specialized in project development working on various international feature films
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with a transformational appeal. Later on she developed her skills and became partner of E D Film taking administrative responsibilities for several projects as well. DIRECTOR
Pan Nalin Pan Nalin, came into the limelight with his debut feature film SAMSARA. SAMSARA was a huge commercial and critical success worldwide and won him some thirty awards besides grossing Rs. 120 Crores Internationally. Samsara has been acqui red by Miramax/Disney for the US. Nalin’s feature documentary Ayurveda: Art of Being has also won numerous awards and continues its commercial success through home video. Nalin’s latest feature film VALLEY OF FLOWERS was filmed in remote, high altitude Himalayas and in Japan. In 2006 Pan Nalin was awarded Spain’s highly prestigious award Vida Sana for his contribution as a filmmaker to the ecology, thus an earth keeper. Also in early 2007, TMG (David Flint’s Triangle Media Group UK) honored Pan Nalin as one of the Top 50 Achievers in Global Mainstream Media in the field of Film, Theatre & Drama. PRODUCER
INDIANA FILMS FRANCE Indiana Film France, participated by Indiana Italia, is a French production company that develops the same business and productive Italian model and is focused on the Feature Films, Tv Films, Cinematic Events and Commercials. Nadia Roletti, CEO of Indiana Film France comes from a long experience working for BuenaVista/Disney France – Marketing Dept. and Production/acquisition Dept.
CONTACTS Monsoon Films Contacts: Jennifer Pipolo Address: 606 Palm Spring Center, Link Road, Malad West, Mumbai 400064 Tel: + 39 389 7933917 E-mail: jennifer@producingbuddha.com Web: www.monsoon-films.com
PRESENTS
ERNA’S JOURNEY SIBERIAN TRIANGLE ORDINARY CAPITALIST THE WHITE REINDEER
Baltic Event for East
In 2010 Baltic Event will introduce a new initiative with the support of Media International – BE‘E (Baltic Event for East). The aim of Baltic Event for East is to increase interest towards film projects from Russia and Ukraine.
• To assist with financing and distribution of films from the region • To promote films and production companies from this region • To build up a network for further co-productions with European professionals • To improve the global circulation of the European audiovisual works from the above mentioned region BE´E 2010 in Baltic Event (Tallin)
• 4 projects from Ukraine and Russia will be selected to be presented during the BE co-production market in Tallinn from December 1-3 • Presentation of Ukrainian and Russian projects in progress • Presentation/panel about co-production possibilities with Ukraine and Russia during Industry Day • Screenings of selected Russian and Ukrainian films with high potential for international distribution BE´E 2010 in MIFF Business Square (Moscow)
• 2 projects from Baltic countries and 2 projects from Scandinavian countries will be presented during Moscow co-production forum - June 18-20 • Round table: Co-production and distribution in Russia
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ERNA RAID or JOURNEY FROM ST PETERSBURG TO TALLINN Estonia
Art Title – ERNA RETK ehk TEEKOND SANKT PETERBURIST TALLINNASSE Genre – comedy Country (s) – Estonia Shooting dates – Summer 2011 Locations – Estonia, Russia Total Budget – 2 mln USD Financiers/Partners – The film planned supported by Estonian Film Foundation,
Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Estonian Ministry of Culture, MEDIA and co-producer Deboshir Film Studio Russia Confirmed Financing – Producers – Reet Sokmann, Elena Klochko Director – Valentin Kuik Photography – TBD Scriptwriter – Valenti Kuik
SYNOPSIS
Origin Russian Erna was born in Saint-Petersburg. Recently she had married Estonian guy Allan and now they both live in Tallinn. But her connections with Russia weren’t cut off and time by time she visits her parents in Russia. Once coming back to Tallinn from St.Petersburg she came out of the bus at the station in a small North-Eastern Estonian town and left the bus. The money, all the documents, her cell phone are left in the bus That’s why Erna got to the police office, since she failed to reach the bus by taxi and she has neither money to pay the bill, nor documents. The contemporary world is dangerous and unpredictable. The bus kept going on and Erna’s bag got everyone in panic. The bus stopped. The police and rescue service came to the place. They didn’t find a bomb in the bag and the bus moves on. In the morning Erna also started. Now by feet along the country roads. Nowadays it’s not so easy for a Russian stranger in Estonia to ask the way or a bednight and supper. Though there were some elder Russian speaking hospitable Estonians who took care and fed of Erna. With nostalgia they reminded of unconcerned life they have before the Soviet Union crush and showed her photos from family albums. On the half-way home Erna turns to English and it becomes much easier to communicate. But the turn of language changes the tone of commentaries. Now photos which reflect Soviet times country life cause depressive mood. To turn the impression now we can anticipate to the people who helped Erna. Now they watch international TV show «ERNA». Food, bednight and language barrier are the most significant difficulties on the way home. The trip full of interesting meetings with natives and representatives of other nations living in Estonia comes out as some initializing ritual or even examination for citizenship. All this reveals the world and widen the scope of young Russian girl, greatly influences her conscious and relations with her Estonian husband. COMPANY
F-Seitse OÜ F-SEITSE is an independent film production company in Estonia. It was founded in March 1998.
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During this period the company has acquired a strong position in Estonia and has produced 20 creative documentaries, 3 feature films (in coproduction with Finland and Norway) and several television series. Most recent films produced by the company: Letters to Ingel (Kirjad Inglile), Feature, 35mm, 110 min, Directed by Sulev Keedus The film was supported by Estonian Film Foundation, Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Estonian Ministry of Culture, Finnish Film Foundation. Planned premiere: February 2011 The Snow Queen (Lumekuninganna), Feature, 35mm, 95 min, Directed by Marko Raat
The film was supported by Estonian Film Foundation, Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Estonian Ministry of Culture, Norwegian Film Institute, FilmCamp and MEDIA. Premiere on the 25th of February 2010 in Tallinn The Views (Vaated), Documentary, Digibeta, 58 min, Directed by Valentin Kuik The film was supported by Estonian Film Foundation, Cultural Endowment of Estonia. Planned premiere: September 2010
PRODUCER
Reet Sokmann (F-SEITSE) As a producer has she acted for 50 documentaries and short fiction films and been a producer for YLE (FIN) and Estonian co-productions, worked with Israel, ARTE, ZDF and Great Britain production companies, took part as a Head of the Project in two EU Phare TV productions and two EU Structural Funds INNOVE and RIA and also MEDIA. 1998 - present F –Seitse (production and distribution company) Chairman of the board, Managing director, Producer Elena Klochko (Deboshir Film Studio) October 2007 – Deboshir Film Studio – creative producer DIRECTOR
Valentin Kuik is a writer and director. He was born in 1943 near Novgorod in Russia, and that same year his family returned to Estonia. He studied at the Moscow Institute of Cinematography, graduating in 1975 as a film director. He has made several feature films and documentaries. In 1997 Kuik was named the best screenwriter in Estonia. Besides making films, Kuik has published novels and short stories. Feature films: 1992. ».he Battlefields of Love». / «Armastuse lahinguväljad» /. Script & Director 22. International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands 1993. 4. Espoo Cine International Film, Finland 1993. “An Affair of Honour». / «Lurjus». Script & Director
Minsk International Film Festival «The Falling of Leaves» , Belorussia 2000. Award. 2000. Riga International Film Festival «Arsenal». Latvia 2000. Award. 2006. «Fed up». Anapa International Film Festival. Award.
CONTACTS F-SEITSE Contacts: Reet Sokmann Address: Koidu 17-1, 10137 Tallinn Tel: +372 6015983
Fax: + 372 6015982 E-mail: reet@fseitse.ee Web: www.fseitse.ee
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Siberian Triangle Latvia
Art Title – Ljubovj v lagere Genre – Drama Country (s) – Latvia Shooting dates – Summer 2011 Locations – Latvia, Russia Total Budget – 2,5 million US$ Financiers/Partners – Latvian Na-
tional Film Centre; Media Plus Confirmed Financing – 100,000 US$, 4% Producers – Guntis Trekteris Director – Boris Frumin Photography – TBC Scriptwriter – Boris Frumin
SYNOPSIS
“Siberian Triangle» is about people, who were destroyed by political struggle, which they did not initiate. Script is addressing experience of intellectual elite, which was forcefully removed from Latvian society, through arrests, imprisonment and extermination during Stalin’s regime. The main character is Irma, university professor in her 30-ies sent to Siberia for nonessential crime. Despite of surrounding brutality she is able to maintain humanity herself and to find it in other people. What is different in this story – specifics of every day existence in un-human conditions. It is reminder of simple things, which are substantial, simple behavior, which is heroic. It is about reliance on humanity, it is about finding humanity in un-expected places: young solder opens door of prison truck, to get fresh air, poems, which women read to each other on the way to Siberia, mute prisoner, who defends woman from rape, prison officers learning literature from released prisoner. Life in complexity is concern of «Siberian Triangle». COMPANY
Ego Media Company founded in 2005 by experienced film producer Guntis Trekteris specializing on documentaries and fiction. Most recent films produced by the company: The Hunt – fiction, 2009; The Olympic Man – documentary, 2009; My Mother’s Farm – documentary, 2008.
Moscow Co-production Forum DIRECTOR
Boris Frumin Boris Frumin graduated from VGIK in 1972. Currently he is teaching film directing at Graduate film program of New York University. “The Diary of the School Principal» – 1975; «The Family Melodrama» – 1976; «The Errors of Youth» – 1978 banned by the censorship, completed in 1989 (New Directors/ New Films, New York, «Un Certain Regards» Cannes, London, Edinburgh, Pesaro film festivals); “The English Lesson». 1983; “Black and White» – 1991 (Sundance IFF, Rimini/Second prize, Mannheim/Audience prize, Filmfest at Museum of Modern Art, New York); “Viva Castro» – 1993; «Undercover» – 2006 (Vyborg film festival/Directing prize) PRODUCER
Guntis Trekteris has produced 7 fiction and more than 40 documentaries, including coproductions with Sweden, Germany, UK, Austria, Netherlands.
CONTACTS Ego Media Contacts: Guntis Trekteris Address: Baznicas iela 8-20, Riga, Latvia, LV 1010 Tel: (+371)29219373; 67291720 Fax: +371 67270542 E-mail: guntis@egomediaweb.com Web: www.egomedia.lv
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An Ordinary Capitalist Finland
Art Title – An Ordinary Capitalist Genre – Comedy Country (s) – Finland – Russia – Ukraine Shooting dates – Summer 2011 Locations – Russia –Ukraine – Finland Total Budget – 1.5 m. € Financiers/Partners – Finnish Film Foundation To Be ConfirmedRussian co-producer, Ukrainian co-producer German co-producer Financing plan: Finnish Film Foundation700.000 € TV-presale Finland150.000 €
Minimum guarantee by distributor100.000 € Russian co-producer – 150. 000 € Ukrainian co-producer100.000 € German distr. guarantee and Tvpresale – 100.000 € Nordic Film and Tv Fund – 50.000 € Eurimages – 150.000 € TOTAL – 1.500 000 € Producers – Pekka Lehto, Mika Purola Director – Pekka Lehto Cinematography – Kasimir Lehto Scriptwriter – Mika Purola / Pekka Lehto
SYNOPSIS
In the situation comedy east and west meet at the threshold of a new era. A film about two businessmen, one Finnish (Arvo Uskola) and one Russian ( A.N.Basmakov), and their true friendship. For the Finnish businessman, Basmakov is an image of himself. He chases his Russian friend in Moscow at night and through the beaches of Odessa. Basmakov becomes an obsession for Uskola. COMPANY
4TH Wall Production Company A Finnish production company focusing on development and production work and specialized in 3D stereoscopic productions.
Moscow Co-production Forum
Pekka Lehto Films produced by Pekka Lehto DESERTED SOUL, 2010 GAME OVER, 2005 THE FOREST BROTHERS, 2004 THE REAL McCOY, 2000 BOY HERO 001, 1997 Films Directed by Pekka Lehto: IN THE SHADOW OF DOUBT 2010 DESERTED SOUL 2010 GAME OVER 2005 THE FOREST BROTHERS 2004 TANGO CABARET 2001 THE REAL McCOY 2000 BOY HERO 001 1997 THE WELL 1992 THE TEMPLE 1990 ALONE 1989 DA CAPO 1985 250 GRAMMES 1983 FLAME TOP 1980 SWASTIKA 1979 KAINUU 1977 THEIR AGE 1976
Director and Producer
PRODUCER
Mika Purola
CONTACTS Pekka Lehto 4Th Wall Productions Company Kapteeninkatu 1 F 60 00140 Helsinki Finland Tel: +358-40-812 7652 E-mail: pekka.lehto62@gmail.com
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The White Reindeer Finland
Art Title – Valkoine n Peura Genre – Fantasy thriller Country (s) – Finland Shooting dates – July 2011 – December 2011 Locations – Lappland (TBC) Total Budget – 2 000 000 € Financiers/Partners –
Finnish Film Foundation, MTV3, Disney Finland, SVT, ZDF Arte Confirmed Financing – 500 000 €, 25 % Producers – Pauli Pentti Director – Peter Lindholm Photography – Kjell Lagerroos Scriptwriter – Peter Lindholm
SYNOPSIS
A remake of the legendary Cannes and Golden Globe winner. The White Reindeer is about a witch who in urge of real love turns into a men-killing white reindeer. COMPANY
Petfilms Oy Petfilms has produced features, tv-films, tv-series and documentaries since 1986. Most recent films produced by the company: TITLE: Three in Love (Kolmistaan) GENRE: Drama DIRECTED BY: Peter Lindholm CO-PRODUCED BY: Yleisradio, Finnish Film Foundation, Media Plus, Disney Finland YEAR: 2008 AWARDS: Two nominations for the Jussi-award
Moscow Co-production Forum DIRECTOR
Peter Lindholm Graduated as director 1990 (Director Schooling Co-Operation Project of the Finnish Film Foundation, the Finnish Broadcasting Company and the commercial Finnish tv-channel MTV3; teachers e.g. Krzystztof Kieslowski, Paul Schrader). DirectorScreenwriter Peter Lindholm is spezializd in contemporay dramas; crime and sexual relationships. He speaks fluent swedish, finnish and english. PRODUCER
Pauli Pentti Former collaborator of Kaurism채ki bros.
CONTACTS Petfilms Oy Contacts: Peter Lindholm Address: Pit채j채nm채en asema, Finland, 00370 Tel: +358-40-5014942 E-mail: petfilms@petfilms.fi Web: www.petfiloms.fi
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FILMS OF CINE FANTOM STUDIO Directed by Aleinikov Brothers: M.E. 1986 Severe Illness of Men. 1987 Tractors.1987. Waiting for de Bil. 1987 Someone was here. 1989. Tractor Drivers 2. 1992 Ameriga. 1990-2000. Directed by Boris Yukhananov: Crazy Prince Esther 1987-2006 Crazy Prince Nipponese 1988-2006 Crazy Prince Fassbinder 1988 -2006 ХО Game 1988-2006 Yes, Downs 1997
Berlin 2009
Riga 1988, 1989, 1995
Washington 1990
Zen boxing. Dir.: Alexander Doulerain, Gleb Aleinikov. 1998 Emma Tsunts. Dir.: Oleg Khaibullin 1998 Volga-Volga. Dir.: Pavel Labazov, Andrey Silvestrov. 2006 Brain. Dir.: Andrey Silvestrov 2010 Dream of an Oligarch. Dir.: Oleg Khaibullin. In production Spring - Dir.: Gleb Aleinikov. In production Anton’s Retina - Dir.: Lenka Kabankova. In production Short films by Evgeniy Kondratiev 1987 - 2010 Short films by Alexander Doulerain 1991- 2005 Short films by Andrey Silvestrov 1995 - 2007 Short films by Olga Stolpovskaya 1996 - 2001 Video art by The Bluesoup group Video art by AES group
Ann Arbour 1991
MIFF 1997-2010
Cottbus 1992, 1995
Kinotavr
Zagreb
Taormina
Oberhausen
Hamburg
Сельб
1992, 2007
2007
1992
1991, 2000
1995, 1998
1995, 1996
Rotterdam
Split
Pesaro
Tribeca
Kinoshok
Molodist
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2010
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2003-2009
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MOSCOW MINI EAVE PRESENTS
Last November KAMCHA THE FIND BROKEN LINE RuLES OF LOVE
EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs), Europe’s leading annual educational program for European producers will present within «MIFF BUSINESS SQUARE» three-day master class for producers from Russia. Master class is aimed primarily for independent producers who already experienced and want to expand their knowledge in the field of co-production and European cooperation. The master class purpose - go through the entire development process of the project, from script writing, marketing strategy to preparation a full package of presentation and subsequent project pitching by leading European professionals of film business. From Russian site to participate in the workshop will be selected 5 producers with projects under development and producers without projects. The master class will also be able to attend scriptwriters of selected projects. Moscow MINI EAVE participants will have a unique opportunity to present their projects at pitching, which will be held the next day after the end of the MINI EAVE workshop within Moscow co-production forum.
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Last November Russian, Germany
Art Title – Последний ноябрь Genre – Drama Country (s) – Russian, Germany Shooting dates – Spring 2011 Locations –Russia Total Budget – 2 825 000 EURO Financiers/Partners – CTB Film Company, Amselfilm Productions GmbH & Co KG
Confirmed Financing – TV presales & distribution guarantee in CIS – 300.000 € CTB’s investment with support of the Fond of support of cinematography – 400.000 €, 25 %. Producers – Natalia Drozd Director – Benjamin Quabeck Photography – TBA Scriptwriter – Armen Gasparyan
SYNOPSIS
The story is set in the post-war Kaliningrad, in the late autumn of 1947. Once the former German city of Königsberg becomes part of the Soviet Union, the new area gets populated by Soviet settlers, according to Joseph Stalin’s decree. By that time, some 130,000 German civilians were registered and lived in the city and surrounding area. A young couple, Masha and Kolya, come as recruited settlers and move into a building, not suspecting that its former owners, a German family including Martha, her old father and her daughter Hannah, are now living in the basement of the same house. Russian settlers, who come from the areas recently liberated from German occupation and who were also instructed by Soviet agitators, fear Germans. Along with the main problem – the language barrier, – they feel distrust, hatred and suspicion to all things German, beginning with failure to understand the German lifestyle and ending with a completely different landscape. In turn, Germans fear Russians as winners. Overcoming their distrust and the language barrier, the two families come into contact with each other, little by little. COMPANY
CTB Film Company The CTB Film Company is one of Russia’s most prolific and successful producers and distributors of theatrical motion pictures. Founded in 1992 CTB has produced more than fifty features in a range of styles unmatched in Russian production from action, drama and comedy to animation, auteur and feature debuts. Since 1995 CTB has been a leader in theatrical and video distribution in Russia with hit releases of their live action films «Mongol». «Cargo 200». «Morphine». «Rock Head». «Brother». «Shultes». «Nirvana». «The Peculiarities Of National Fishing». «War». «The Cuckoo». «Bimmer» and many others. The director of the CTB is screenwriter, film director, and producer Sergei Selyanov.
Moscow Co-production Forum DIRECTOR
Benjamin Quabeck Benjamin Quabeck is a German author and director. His highly acclaimed theatrical debut NO REGRETS in 2001 won several awards like the Munich Film Festival’s Director’s Promotional Award and the Best Feature Film Debut Award from the German Film Critics Association Awards and got nominations for the German and European Film Awards. 2003 he directed PLAY IT LOUD which was a good success at the BO. Besides, he directed numerous music videos and advertisements for TV. PRODUCER
Natalia Drozd Natalia Drozd has been working for CTB Film Company since 1999. Over the first 9 years she went the way from a production lawyer to General Counsel of the company. In 2008 she began to act as a producer responsible for international coproduction projects. In the same year, together with Sergey Selyanov, she founded a company named Amselfilm Productions GmbH & Co KG (based in Berlin, Germany) with focus on Russian-German co-productions.
CONTACTS CTB Film Company Contacts: Natalia Drozd Address: Office 318, 64, Sutshevsky val, Moscow, Russia, 129272 Tel: +7 495 688 88 48 Fax: +7 495 684 58 17 E-mail: drozd@ctb.ru Web: www.ctb.ru
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KAMCHA Lithuania
Art Title – KAMCHA Genre – Psychological melodrama Country (s) – Lithuania Shooting dates – 04.06.2011 – 14.08.2011 Locations – Russia Total Budget – 2 990 000 euro Financiers/Partners – SIA «LEDALAT”
Confirmed Financing – 600 000 euro, 20 % Producers – Marina Kozhevnikova, Oksana Chernovskaya Director – Vasiliy Chiginskiy Photography – Igor Kozhevnikov Scriptwriter – Vasiliy Chiginskiy
SYNOPSIS
In a severe and stately nature of Kamchatka destinies of people brightly reveals. It is not a faceless city where it would be possible to disappear in a crowd and to be dissolved in a grey labyrinths of streets. History of the boy in a small town on an ocean coast where honour, love, friendship yet have not lost the true value.. COMPANY
«Litfilmas» Film production Most recent films produced by the company: “Hunger» 35mm, Kodak
Moscow Co-production Forum DIRECTOR
Vasiliy Chiginskiy Pervyy posle Boga (2005) “The First After God» – International (English title) (informal title) Zerkalnie voyni: Otrazhenie pervoye (2005) “Mirror Wars: Reflection One» – International (English title) Red Streptocide (2002) Ya idu iskat (1995) PRODUCER
Marina Kozhevnikova, Oksana Chernovskaya 1999 TV show «Politic on the childrens playground” 2000 «Third country” 2005 «Posilka s Marsa” 2005-2007 Film company «BudhaBar» general manager 2006-2007 Production center «DTV-MA” 2007-2009 «Little Robbers” 2008 «Hunger” 2008-2010 Film company «SeptElephants” 2009-… Film company «LitFilmas»
CONTACTS «Litfilmas» Contacts: Marina Kozhevnikova, Oksana Chernovskaya Address: Ruko-14, Vilnius, Lithuania, Lt-04126 Tel:+7 985 220 77 91, +37065769307 Fax: +37052305023 E-mail: marina@litfilmas.com, oksana@litfilmas.com Web: www.litfilmas.com
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The Find Russia
Art Title – Находка Genre – Drama Country (s) – Russia Shooting dates – October 2010 Locations – Russia Total Budget – 1 200 000 EUR Financiers/Partners –
Klepatski production, several private investors. Confirmed Financing – 40 % Producers – Dimitri Klepatski Director – Victor Dement Photography – TBC Scriptwriter – Victor Dement
SYNOPSIS
The senior fishery control inspector Trofim Rusanov, elderly, morose and unsociable, considers all people surrounding him criminals and is unforgiving of even the slightest deviation from fishing rules and norms of humanity . During his usual route across lakes Trofim gets into conflict with local fisherman’s and loses his boat. On his 20 km way home around the huge lake he finds abandoned child in hunters lodge. His 5 days quest through the forest and search after that for guilty mother of the child turns out a quest for Trofim’s soul . He finds his own soul and maybe for the first time in his life feels compassion …. COMPANY
Klepatski Production Klepatski production based in Moscow and was created in 2008 as a feature film production company. Owner and General manager of the company is Dimitri Klepatski. Several project were completed since 2008 ( «Move». «Probation period». some projects are in different stage of production ( «Find». «Imperial Dogs». «Sand». Company is focused on coproduction with Asian and European production companies.
Moscow Co-production Forum DIRECTOR
Victor Dement Victor graduated from GITIS ( theatrical Director) and VGIK ( movie Director). Has worked as a theatrical Director on 10 plays, 12 documentary films and 2 short films. Screenwriter of 5 projects ( his serial «Gypsies» was played on channel 1 in Russia). His script «Find» won first prize of Russia wide script contest «Exlibris» in 2009 PRODUCER
Dimitri Klepatski Dimitri Klepatski graduated from VGIK as a movie producer . Also studied acting in Los Angeles Playhouse west school in 1997-1999. Produced 2 films «Move» and «Probation period» and several animated commercials for computer industry. Dimitri has been in movie business since 1997 and has good experience in various roles of production in US, Russia and Vietnam.
CONTACTS Klepatski Production Contacts: Dimitri Klepatski Address: Moscow . Dybenko str. 6/1/51, Russia, Tel: +79629892416 E-mail: klepatski@rambler.ru
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BROKEN LINE Russia
Art Title – Broken line Genre – Docudrama Country (s) – Russia, Germany Shooting dates – September, 2010 Locations – Moscow, Munich, Paris Total Budget – 321 000 Financiers/Partners –
Confirmed Financing – Producers – Irina Belykh Director – Alexandra Kaufmann Photography – Scriptwriter – Alexandra Kaufmann, Irina Belykh
SYNOPSIS
Two young women, stuck in their present lives, are going back into the past of their grandmothers in order to find out who they are. Alexandra and Irina meet each other at the same stages of their lives, not knowing where they are heading and not knowing who they are. They find out that their families stories are very similar: both grandmothers have been medicines at the second world war. They also find out that they both have characteristics like their grandmothers which have been passed on to them. Irina’s isolation and Alexandra’s restlessness seem like characteristics that don’t belong to them but much more to the past – to their grandmothers pasts. Together the two young women go back into the lives of their grandmothers, who are both dead. Irina has a bag full of letters and Alexandra brought the diary, that her grandmother left her father. In their imagination they travel in the past. The imagination of the past is animated. Alexandra and Irina believe that every person is connected with it’s own spirit. When people like their grandmothers and million more at that time are thrown into war, they can be separated from their spirits. It seems like Irina’s grandmother has been separated from their spirit by building up a wall in order to forget all the cruel images during the war. Eva seemed always restless, moving from one point to another. Marrying the enemy she lost her home country and her children were called bastards. Alexandra and Irina go though the moments of her grandmothers where they think that they lives changed dramatically. Together they go to all the important places where they think that their grandmothers lived strong moments. The journey begins in Moscow and goes to Austria to the concentration camp and ends in Paris. COMPANY
TABOOREDFILMS TABOOREDFILMS is a production company focused on short films, TV advertisement, documentaries and corporate video. Besides inhouse projects, the company provides production services to outside projects: provide technical/artistic personnel, equipment for shooting and post-production, make adaptation of foreign language video for Russian-speaking audience and vice versa, as well as DVD dubbing. One of the company priority is to work in filmmaking. We carry out short film producing and production. Our films take part in Russian and International Festivals.
Moscow Co-production Forum DIRECTOR
Alexandra Kaufmann Was born in 1979 in Munich. Studied Tourism Management at the Munich University of Applied Sciences. During the studies worked in Cape Town. Then studied in San Sebastian, Spain. 2008-2009 worked at the „Istituto linguistico e culturale“ in Padova, Italy. Took a short film programme and several screenwriting courses. In 2009 produced a short film for a tour operator specialized on mentally disabled participants. Took part in filmmaking programme of the New York Film Academy in Florence. In 2009 worked as an Assistant Director on «Stille – das scheue Glück». In 2010 works for the production company Megaherz. She is going to attend the documentary film school ZELIG in Bolzano. PRODUCER
Irina Belykh Born in Moscow in 1981. Studied Translation and Interpreting in Moscow State Linguistic University and University de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, did documentary courses in VGIK and New York Film Academy filmmaking programme in Florence. In 2004 started working in film production and distribution company «Creative association Television-Documentary Film» as Deputy Head of International Department and was in charge of international sales and acquisitions and coproduction. From 2006 works in AKADO running projects related to the cinema: films acquisition for interactive PPV service and copromotion activities. In 2007 created an interactive PPV channel focused on arthouse films.
CONTACTS Contacts: Irina Belykh Address: 1st Ostankinskaya street, 7A bld 33 Moscow, Russia, 129515 Tel: +7 910 468 22 18 E-mail: ibelikh@gmail.com Web http://tabooredfilms.com
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Rules of Love Russia
Art Title – Правила Любви Genre – Romantic Comedy Country (s) – Russia Shooting dates – TBA Locations –TBA Total Budget – 2 000 000 Euros Financiers/Partners – Mika-Film
Confirmed Financing – 800 000 EURO, 40 %. Producers – Nina Kalashnikova Director – Vadim Apekhtin Photography – TBA Scriptwriter – Vadim Apekhtin
SYNOPSIS
Is it possible to save the excitement of love in a family daily life? How can we keep passion alive in today’s humdrum day-to-day world? Max and Christina are a typical modern family. He is a positive and successful top manager. She is a successful career woman in the City Hall with the perspective to become the mayor. But Max has a secret: he is a famous erotic art photographer. But he can’t share his success with Christina for his wife and her family is ultra conservative «high society elite» dividing the world into «permitted» and «forbidden». Boring family dinners, fading with the years love story… But Max still loves Christina. «By chance» appearing before Christina in the new image of a stylish and fun macho Max invites her for a ‘date’. Christina plays his game: at home they remain a serious couple never talking about their ‘dates’ but at their meetings outside their family home they re-learn to dive into the forgotten roles of naive romantics. As a result their passions flare up with renewed vigor. A new world opens up to Max’s eyes. Christina changes her attitude to her aroundthe-clock «career» life. She is the first to realize that their renewed feelings cannot be saved within the boundaries of the life they are accustomed to. She makes a decision to disappear. Max is looking for her. His work, environment, career, – anything is no longer as important and even as interesting except the photo shoots where he expresses his pain. Then Max finds Christina. Her life has changed: new job, new circle of friends, new cozy and beautiful home by the sea. She is waiting for Max in their new life where naturalness is stronger than image and desires are more important than responsibilities, where love prevails. Max makes their happy reunion unforgettably romantic – everything happens on the 5th anniversary of their wedding. And if someday their lives once again become a drab boring existence they know what to do because now they know «Rules of Love». And so do you…
Moscow Co-production Forum COMPANY
Mika-Film “Mika-Film» production company was founded by Mikhail Karasev in 2005. The company has produced a number of music videos and commercials and is currently financing and producing a feature film «To Hear Sea» (romantic drama, shooting in Majorca, Spain in June-July 2010). The company aims to promote young talents. DIRECTOR
Vadim Apekhtin Vadim Apekhtin (Born in 1970; Rudny College of Music; New York Film Academy) Vadim worked as a composer, songwriter, arranger and music producer; studied and worked in the fields of psychology and hypnotherapy. As a director gained experience working at music videos and commercials. PRODUCER
Nina Kalashnikova Nina Kalashnikova (Moscow State University, Cass Business School (London), New York Film Academy Producing Course) is a partner at the «Mika-Film» production company.
CONTACTS MIKA-FILM Contacts: Nina Kalashnikova Address: Office 1, House 1, Ulofa Palme Street, Moscow, Russia, 119590 Tel: +7(495)9796591, +7(905)7100259 E-mail: nina.kalashnikova@gmail.com Web: www.mikafilm.ru
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