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EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2011
LE CHAT DU RABBIN THE RABBI’S CAT
EFA Animated Feature Film
France 91 min. www.ugcdistribution.fr/le-chat-du-rabbin
DIRECTED BY: Joann Sfar & Antoine Delesvaux WRITTEN BY: Sandrina Jardel & Joann Sfar PRODUCED BY: Antoine Delesvaux EDITOR: Maryline Monthieux ORIGINAL SCORE: Olivier Daviaud ANIMATION: Banjo Studio
THE RABBI’S CAT
Algiers, the 1920s: Rabbi Sfar has more than one problem. His beautiful daughter is becoming a teenager and above all, his parrot-killing cat has just started talking! The delivery of a box from Russia further complicates things when a painter is discovered inside, more dead than alive. He is on a quest for a hidden tribe and its mythical city in Africa. Convinced that the city exists, he sets off on an incredible adventure, taking with him the Rabbi, his cat, a wise old Arab sheikh and an eccentric Russian millionaire.
Production: Autochenille Production 6, avenue Mathurin Moreau 75009 Paris FRANCE tel. +33 1 75 44 99 56
World Sales: TF1 International 6, place Abel Gance 92100 Boulogne FRANCE tel. +33 1 41 41 21 68 fax +33 1 41 41 21 33 sales@tf1.fr
Festival Participation/Awards: Annecy Int’l Animation FF 2011: Cristal for Best Feature Jerusalem IFF 2011 Taormina FF 2011: Special Jury Award
Joann Sfar & Antoine Delesvaux
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CHICO & RITA
EFA Animated Feature Film
Spain/Isle of Man 96 min. www.chicoandrita.com
DIRECTED BY: Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal & Tono Errando WRITTEN BY: Fernando Trueba & Ignacio Martinez de Pison PRODUCED BY: Cristina Huete, Santi Errando, Michael Rose & Martin Pope EDITOR: Arnau Quiles ORIGINAL SCORE: Bebo Valdes ANIMATION: Bojan Pantelic, Carlos Arroyo, David Campassol, Jose Carlos Jiménez, Nuria Puig
CHICO & RITA Festival Participation/Awards Toronto IFF 2010 AFI Fest 2010 Holland Animation FF 2010: Best Film Gothenburg IFF 2011 Stuttgart Animation FF 2011: Best Film
Javier Mariscal, Fernando Trueba & Tono Errando
Cuba, 1948: Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unites them, but their journey – in the tradition of the Latin ballad, the bolero – brings heartache and torment. From Havana to New York, Paris, Hollywood and Las Vegas, two passionate individuals battle impossible odds to unite in music and love.
Production & Press: Estudio Mariscal C/ Pellaires, 30-38 08019 Barcelona SPAIN tel. +34 93 303 69 40 eva@mariscal.com
Fernando Trueba Producciones C/ Antonio Cavero, 37 28043 Madrid SPAIN tel. +34 91 759 62 64 nerea@fernandotrueba.com
World Sales: Hanway Films 24 Hanway Street London W1T 1UH UK
UNE VIE DE CHAT A CAT IN PARIS
EFA Animated Feature Film
France/Belgium 70 min. www.uneviedechat-lefilm.fr
DIRECTED BY: Alain Gagnol & Jean-Loup Felicioli WRITTEN BY: Alain Gagnol PRODUCED BY: Jacques-Remy Girerd EDITOR: Hervé Guichard ORIGINAL SCORE: Serge Besset ANIMATION: Jean-Loup Felicioli & Alain Gagnol, Maryse Tuzi, Izu Troin, Constantin Beine, Xavier Cruz, Rémi Durin, Paul Jadoul, Antoine Lanciaux, Sylvie Léonard, Jérémie Mazurek, Laurent Repiton, Morten Riisberg Hansen, Marc Robinet, Pieter Samyn, Iouri Tcherenkov & Pascal Vermeersch
A CAT IN PARIS Festival Participation/Awards : Kristiansand Int’l Children FF 2011 Int’l Animation FF Annecy Berlin IFF 2011, Generation Washington IFF 2011 nominated for the César Awards 2010
A cat leads a secret double life: It spends its days with Zoe, the daughter of a police chief, but at night it accompanies a burglar on the rooftops of the city. One day, while Zoe’s mother is investigating a series of night burglaries, a criminal kidnaps the little girl.
Alain Gagnol & Jean-Loup Felicioli Filmography 1995 L’ÉGOÏSTE (The Egotist), short 1998 LES TRAGÉDIES MINUSCULES (Minuscule Tragedies), series of shorts 2001 LE NEZ A LA FENÊTRE (Bitter Sweet), short 2005 LE COULOIR (The Corridor), short 2006 MAUVAIS TEMPS (Bad Time), short
Production: Folimage - La Cartoucherie Rue de Chony 26500 Bourg les Valence FRANCE tel. +33 4 7 57 8 4868 fax +33 4 75 43 06 92 contact@folimage.fr
World Sales: Films Distribution 34, rue du Louvre 75001 Paris FRANCE tel. +33 1 53 10 33 99 fax +33 1 53 10 33 98
IMPRINT: European Film Academy e.V. * Pascal Edelmann (editor) * graphic design: Andrés Castoldi * Unless otherwise indicated all pictures appear courtesy of the respective production companies.
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