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by newsletter＠filmfestivals.com 29 Jan '04

29 Jan '04

NEWSLETTER N°176: Jan 29 - Feb 3, 2004 RESEND, sorry for any inconvenience if you received this one twice. ______________________________________________________________ AWARDS UPDATE: RED HOT from awards season. * Oscar nominees: 11 for LOTR: ROTK and a few surprises * Golden Globes awards * Sundance awards announced * Writers Guild of America award nominees * Cesar nominees * Fipresci awards in Dhaka, Palm Springs and Tromsø http://www.filmfestivals.com/htm/festivals_wrapup.shtml ____________________________________________________________ FILMFESTIVALS OFFER TO FILMMAKERS SAVE 5$ on these entry fees through filmfestivals. NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL Final call for entries: http://filmfestivalspro.com/bulletin/03/november/newport.shtml _________ WORLDFEST HOUSTON dedicated to Independent Film calling for entries now. 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AFM - NO REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED for GERMANY!
by Trident Releasing 29 Jan '04

29 Jan '04

Friends, We are offering INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITIES for GERMANY (all German language rights in Europe) on our catalog of 92 Feature Films -1990 to 2004 & in All Genres. It would be our pleasure to meet with you during AFM and MIP-TV to discuss your specific needs. NO Reasonable OFFER REFUSED !! See our Flyers, Synopses & Credits at www.IMDb.com OUR OFFERINGS: YOU can choose a tailor-made PACKAGE OF ANY 5 FILMS from our catalog for the UNBELIEVABLY LOW PRICE OF $75,000 ($15,000 each) !! Please contact us for details. There are 74 titles to choose from in this offer. (Three of these titles are already dubbed in German, they are Road Kill, Liars Poker and the Unknown Cyclist.) YOU can also BUY selected films from our catalog in PERPETUITY (Forever) for $10,000 each !! There are 42 Titles to choose from. ALL RIGHTS are included where available. If you are Interested in One Film or a package of Films, we should Talk. If you would like to receive more information on our offer before the market, email us your address and phone/fax number, and we will send you a complete package. LOCATIONS: AFM Loew's Hotel: Suite 740 Tel 310 458 6700 Fax 310 458 6761 MIP TV 2004 c/o AFMA Stand 01:02 at the Palais MAKE YOUR AFM/MIP-TV APPOINTMENT NOW! (Please fill in a time convenient for you): AFM and/or MIP-TV: COMPANY/TERRITORY: NAME: DATE: TIME: MARKET: CONTACT US AT: Tel: 1 (323) 655 8818 Fax: 1 (323) 655 0515 email: sales(a)tridentreleasing.com Included in this offering are our top titles in every genre (thriller, action, action adventure, romantic comedy, horror, sci-fi, fantasy, drama, comedy, family) with such stars as: AMANDA PEET: Somethings Gotta Give, Woody Allen 2004, Whole Ten Yards, Identity RON LIVINGSTON: The Cooler, Pirates, Adaptation, Sex and the City, Little Black Book WILLIAM H. MACY: Seabiscuit, Jurassic Park III, Cellular (2004) RICHARD TYSON: Black Hawk Down, Battlefield Earth ELIAS KOTEAS: Traffic, Simone, Thin Red Line, Collateral Damage STEVE ZAHN: Sahara, Employee of the Month, Daddy Day Care, Shattered Glass ANABELLA SCIORRA: American Crime, Chasing Liberty, The Soprano's LAUREL HOLLOMAN: Boogie Nights, Tumbleweed ED ASNER: Elf, National Lampoon Christmas Vacation II, The Commission AUSTIN PENDLETON: Finding Nemo, A Beautiful Mind, Uptown Girls JOSH HAMILTON: The Bourne Identity, West of Here WENDIE MALICK: Racing Stripes (in Production), Manna from Heaven CHRISTOPHER McDONALD: Spy Kids II, Nurse Betty, The Perfect Storm LAURA FRASER: A Knight's Tale, Titus, Vanilla Sky JEROEN KRABBE: Ever After, An Ideal Husband, Left Luggage JAMES WILBY: Gosford Park, Original Sin JONATHAN FIRTH: Luther, Sparkling Cyanide JASON CONNERY: Shanghai Noon, Wishmaster 3, Merlin GLENN PLUMMER: Shade, The Salton Sea ANN CUSAK: America's Sweethearts, Stigmata, What Planet Are You From? PATRICK DEMPSEY: About A Boy, Sweet Home Alabama, The Emperor's Club JOHN HURT, MAXIMILLIAN SCHELL, LAUREN HUTTON, ISABELLA ROSSELINI, SAM WATERSTON, SADIE FROST, LEA THOMPSON, DAVID CARRADINE, ROBERT PASTORELLI, JOHN SAVAGE, RUPERT GRAVES, DAVID WARNER, BRAD DOURIF, DANIEL BENZALI, GLENN PLUMMER, JAMES RUSSO, MARTIN COVE, PRISCILLA BARNES, and more. DISTRIBUTION: All of these films have been delivered internationally with full technical acceptance of the masters. Some of the distributors who have purchased films from the catalog are, in the USA: Lionsgate, HBO, Showtime, Starz Encore, Fox, and the Sundance Channel; Showtime in Australia; HBO in Asia; Canal + in France, Scandinavia, the Benelux and Poland; TF1 in France; Eagle in Italy; BSkyB and Entertainment in the UK; Buena Vista in Europe; Gaga in Japan; Fox in Benelux; Taurus/Beta and Concorde in Germany; Scanbox in Scandinavia; etc. Some of the titles have been released theatrically in the U.S., and most have been released on video in the U.S. to such distributors as Paramount, Fox, Columbia, Miramax, Lionsgate, Trimark, Blockbuster, etc. Many of the films have been broadcast on U.S. television. We look forward to hearing from you and hope to see you at AFM 2004 and/or MIP-TV! With our very best regards, Jean Ovrum <jovrum(a)tridentreleasing.com> Victoria Plummer <vplummer(a)tridentreleasing.com>

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EFM Berlin 2004 - WIDE - Line up & Meeting request.
by Wide Management 28 Jan '04

28 Jan '04

BERLIN 2004 Dear Friends, Loïc Magneron (Cell : + 33 6 60 43 96 86) and Matteo Lovadina (Cell : + 33 6 14 45 62 78) will be attending the upcoming "EUROPEAN FILM MARKET 2004" in Berlin from the 5th till the 15th of February 2004. Please note our location : BERLIN OFFICE Booth N°60 (Unifrance) Tel: + 49 30 200 57 360 Fax: + 49 30 200 57 359 Please find here after our line-up and screening schedule for the market. Looking forward to seeing you in Berlin, our best regards, Loic Magneron & Matteo Lovadina To schedule an appointment during the market please complete the following and return via e-mail : wide(a)widemanagement.com or fax : + 33 1 53 95 04 65 Name(s): Company: Date: Time: SCREENINGS BERLIN 2004 BALLROOM - DANCING France - 2003 - 93 minutes - 35mm - Color Directed by : Patrick Mario BERNARD, Xavier BRILLAT, Pierre TRIVIDIC Cast : Patrick Mario Bernard, Pierre Trividic, Peter Bonke, Jean-Yves Jouannais. Synopsis : Rene is an artist. His studio is set up in a disused dance hall and he lives on the premises with his boyfriend. Life swims along nicely, only he seems to be coming down with something such is the expression used. Its not that he feels sick exactly, more that he is getting distinctly oversensitive.Things pop into his mind and then won't leave. Like that picture of two spooky clowns seen in a magazine. Hard work and play make no difference at all. The image becomes an idée fixe and with every passing day Rene is increasingly tormented by obsessions that, in his rational mind, he rejects. Until one fine day his world goes off the rails as he finds himself face to face with a doppelganger. Produced by : Ex Nihilo - Patrick Sobelman SCREENING : February8th, 12.00, CINEMAXX STUDIO 14 BROTHERS - FRERES France - 2003 - 80 minutes - 35mm - Color Directed by : Xavier de CHOUDENS Cast : Serge Riaboukine, Matthieu Genet, Elisabeth Kaza, Bruce Myers. Synopsis : Vincent is a young man of 20 leading a mundane existence. One day, he narrowly escapes being mugged. His life turns upside down when he finds out that the mugger is actually his own brother Serge, whom he hadn't seen since childhood, and who has just escaped from prison. By and by each one reveals his true self in this quest for the other and the discovery of past made of grief, silence and absence. Produced by : Agat Films & Cie Nicolas Blanc SCREENING : February 6th, 4.00 PM, CINEMAXX STUDIO 14 THE WALL - LE MUR France 2004 100 minutes 35mm - Color - DOCUMENTARY Directed by : Simone BITTON Synopsis : In June 2002, the israeli authorities began the construction of a gigantic security fence, aimed at preventing palestinian terrorists infiltrations. With an original cinematographic approach, the director, jewish and arabian as well, aims to go to the human universal heart of israeli and palestinian tragic reality. Produced by : Cinesud Promotion - Thierry Lenouvel SCREENING : February 7th, , 11.00 AM, CINEMAXX STUDIO 19 February 11th , 5.00 PM, CINEMAXX STUDIO 19 LINE UP 2004 A SON - UN FILS France 2003 58 minutes 35mm - Color Directed by : Amal BEDJAOUI Cast : Mohamed HICHAM - Hammou GRAIA - Isabelle PICHAUD - Aurélien RECOING Synopsis : Selim, young man with derive, is disguised and prostitue. It seeks to be made like of sound avoids. Omar, who lives locked up in a mourning since the disappearance of his wife. The father and wire pass one to with dimensions of the other without managing to meet. Only the destiny will bring them closer a little too late... Produced by : ML Productions SUN'S END - LE SOLEIL ASSASSINE France 2003 85 minutes 35mm - Color Directed by : Abdelkrim Bahloul Cast : Charles Berling, Mehdi Dehbi, Ouassini Embarek Synopsis : The Assassinated Sun, based on actual events in the newly independent Algeria of the 1970s. Following the country's liberation in 1962, the police didn't take kindly to gay poet Jean Senac. Nevertheless, he was appreciated by a large liberal audience. The police also don't approve of writing student Hamid who writes and stars in a French-language play during a national theater competition. Senac, however, enjoys the play and proceeds to develop a friendship with Hamid. Even though the two were never publicly declared. Produced by : Mact Productions WHEN I SEE THE SUN - QUAND JE VOIS LE SOLEIL France 2003 88 minutes 35mm - Color Directed by : Jacques Cortal Cast : Florent Pagny, Marie-Claude Pietragalla, François Cluzet, Sophie Broustal, Delphine Rouffignac. Synopsis : Raphaël and Margot like themselves. But one day, the young woman, a star dancer, learns that she is condemned. They both choose to burn their mad love during these last months instinctively. But Margot, that her body betrays gradually, accept the idea that he will love another when she will have left... Produced by : Odessa films A SUBMARINE IN TROUBLED WATERS LE KOURSK France 2004 52 minutes (100 minutes in production) - 35mm Color - DOCUMENTARY Directed by : Jean-Michel Carré Produced by : Films du grain de sable Synopsis : In August 2000, 118 men die on board the state of the art submarine, Kursk, in the Barents Sea. Kursk, the pride and glory of the Northern Fleet, was said to be invincible. What were the real reasons for this tragic accident, why, were these men not saved ? Behind these questions lies a deeper one concerning the role of power in Russia today, but also that of world powers in general and the current evolution in East- West relations. THE LIVING WORLD - LE MONDE VIVANT France 2003 35mm - 75 minutes - Color Directed by : Eugene GREEN Cast : Adrien Michaux, Alexis Loret, Laurène Cheilan, Christelle Prot, Achille Trocellier. Synopsis : Two children are captured by an ogre equipped with a wife as beautiful as good. The ogre has another captive, a blonde girl locked up in a vault. He intends to eat the children and to marry the young lady of the vault. Two young knights, one occur accompanied by a lion and which got excited of the young prisoner. They will achieve the prowess to deliver the victims of the ogre. The knight with the lion will know death, but will come back to life. VANISHED - DISPARUES - Shooting February 2004 France 2004 90 minutes - Color - DOCUMENTARY Directed by : Alain Mazars Synopsis : Thanks to the help of a young medium, the investigation, led through Laos, permits to establish that the young child of Khema, a chamane singer vanished , could be even living. The ghosts of this mother and her daughter, mysteriously vanished to 12 years of interval, will they end up taking life at the end of this road movie "initiatique" to the heart of the Laotian forest? Produced by : New Deal Films THE SOUL OF STAX - L'AME DE STAX France 2003 52 minutes (90 minutes in production) - 35mm Color - DOCUMENTARY Directed by : Philippe Priestley Cast : Isaac Hayes, Rufus Thomas, Booker T. Jones. Produced by : Films du grain de sable. Synopsis : It's in first place the history of a music, the Soul, and of a record company, the Stax, who will live forever during the years of the american life. Soul of black american music, Stax is part of the recent history of their actors : the riots of Watstax, the Black Panters... FROM HEAVEN QUAND TU DESCENDRAS DU CIEL France 2003 100 minutes - 35mm Color Directed by : Eric GUIRADO (Best short film César 2001) Cast : Serge Riaboukine, Benoît Giros, Jean-François Gallotte. Produced by : Harpo Films Synopsis : Jerôme, since the death of his father, has not a single day off in five years. He and his mother struggle to maintain a small dairy farm. Its December and Jerôme uses the Christmas vacations to find a work in the city. Once in the city he realises the harshness of life outside of the countryside WIDE Management 42Bis, rue de Lourmel - 75015 Paris T. 331 53 95 04 64 - F. 331 53 95 04 65 Email : wide(a)widemanagement.com Web : www.widemanagement.com ********************************************************************************************************************************* The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addresses and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, transmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. 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Screen's European Film Summit - only 1 week left
by email＠conferencesites.co.uk 28 Jan '04

28 Jan '04

'' '' '' There are only a few days left register to attend the second Screen International European Film Summit in Berlin to hear the latest on film finance, distribution, co-production and film marketing. We are also delighted to announce that Anthony Minghella will open the event with an exclusive on stage interview - this is your opportunity to interact with one of the most important figures in international cinema. The event, taking place on the eve of the Berlinale, will once again provide you with the opportunity to gain decision-shaping insight from the individuals leading the way in shaping the future of the film industry including: Peter Aalbaek Jensen, Zentropa Gary Hamilton, Arclight Films Kees Kasander, Kasander Films San Fu Maltha, A-Film Kim Magnusson, Nordisk Film Andrea Occhipinti, Indie Circle/Lucky Red Donald K Ranvaud, Buena Onda John Sloss, Cinetic Media Adrian Ward, The Lewis Horwitz Organisation And many more. For a full programme and to register please visit www.screendaily.com/eurosummit The perfect festival warm-up Building on the huge success of the inaugural European Film Finance Summit 2003 this event will be an exceptional networking opportunity. Don't miss the chance to attend the highest profile event of the year! Book your place now! We look forward to seeing you in Berlin. Yours sincerely '' Colin Brown Editor-in-Chief Screen International '' Patrick Frater International Editor Screen International To register contact the customer service team and quote EM4: Call: +44 (0)20 7505 6044 Fax: +44 (0)20 7505 6001 Email: conferences(a)emap.com Online: www.screendaily.com/eurosummit Sponsored by: '' '' '' To unsubscribe to further emails about Screen International conferences please click here

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*****SPAM***** Sarasota Film Festival Press Release (15)
by Eric 28 Jan '04

28 Jan '04

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MIFED 2004 NEWSLETTER
by Mifed, Segreteria (FMI) 27 Jan '04

27 Jan '04

Here attached please find an important MIFED newsletter. SEE YOU AT MIFED 2004!

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Minerva Screenings in Berlin
by Sara Polese 27 Jan '04

27 Jan '04

GRUPPO MINERVA INTERNATIONAL IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE ITS SCREENING SCHEDULE : European Film Market, Berlin LENA -THE BRIDE OF ICE Sentimental/Germany-UK/2003 MARKET PREMIERE!! Directed by Polly Steele with Valentina Cervi, Ciaran McMenamin A contemporary take on the story of the greatest muse of the 20th century, Alma Mahler. Trapped on an emotional roller coaster a young woman must untangle a web of ill-fated love affairs before their sinister connections to a past life destroy her. Screening Time: February 6 at 16:00 CINEMAXX2 ... THE LETTER SentimentalDrama/ Italy/ 2003 Directed by Luciano Cannito With Vittoria Belvedere, Dino Abbrescia, Timothy Dalton, Raffaella Appià The Battle of a class of 18 children of an elementary school and their young teacher, to safe the life of a death row in Austin, Texas. Nothing can stop them: The Mafia, neither the mentality of the village's people nor the Governor of Texas... Screening Time: February 11 at 16:00 CINEMAXX2 --- LADY Sentimental/Italy/2003 Directed by Francesco Laudadio With: Sonia Aquino, Paolo Seganti, Angela Finocchiaro The passionate and romantic love affair between a bourgeois lady and the leader of an anti-fascist group. Screening Time: February 7 at 20:00 CINEMAXX2

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EFM Berlin 2004 - WIDE - Line up & Meeting request.
by Wide Management 26 Jan '04

26 Jan '04

BERLIN 2004 Dear Friends, Loïc Magneron (Cell : + 33 6 60 43 96 86) and Matteo Lovadina (Cell : + 33 6 14 45 62 78) will be attending the upcoming "EUROPEAN FILM MARKET 2004" in Berlin from the 5th till the 15th of February 2004. Please note our location : BERLIN OFFICE Booth N°60 (Unifrance) Tel: + 49 30 200 57 360 Fax: + 49 30 200 57 359 Please find here after our line-up and screening schedule for the market. Looking forward to seeing you in Berlin, our best regards, Loic Magneron & Matteo Lovadina Manager International Sales To schedule an appointment during the market please complete the following and return via e-mail : wide(a)widemanagement.com or fax : + 33 1 53 95 04 65 Name(s): Company: Date: Time: Date: Time: SCREENINGS BERLIN 2004 BALLROOM - DANCING France - 2003 - 93 minutes - 35mm - Color Directed by : Patrick Mario BERNARD, Xavier BRILLAT, Pierre TRIVIDIC Cast : Patrick Mario Bernard, Pierre Trividic, Peter Bonke, Jean-Yves Jouannais. Synopsis : Rene is an artist. His studio is set up in a disused dance hall and he lives on the premises with his boyfriend. Life swims along nicely, only he seems to be coming down with something such is the expression used. Its not that he feels sick exactly, more that he is getting distinctly oversensitive.Things pop into his mind and then won't leave. Like that picture of two spooky clowns seen in a magazine. Hard work and play make no difference at all. The image becomes an idée fixe and with every passing day Rene is increasingly tormented by obsessions that, in his rational mind, he rejects. Until one fine day his world goes off the rails as he finds himself face to face with a doppelganger. Produced by : Ex Nihilo - Patrick Sobelman SCREENING : February8th, 12.00, CINEMAXX STUDIO 14 BROTHERS - FRERES France - 2003 - 80 minutes - 35mm - Color Directed by : Xavier de CHOUDENS Cast : Serge Riaboukine, Matthieu Genet, Elisabeth Kaza, Bruce Myers. Synopsis : Vincent is a young man of 20 leading a mundane existence. One day, he narrowly escapes being mugged. His life turns upside down when he finds out that the mugger is actually his own brother Serge, whom he hadn't seen since childhood, and who has just escaped from prison. By and by each one reveals his true self in this quest for the other and the discovery of past made of grief, silence and absence. Produced by : Agat Films & Cie Nicolas Blanc SCREENING : February 6th, 4.00 PM, CINEMAXX STUDIO 14 THE WALL - LE MUR France 2004 100 minutes 35mm - Color - DOCUMENTARY Directed by : Simone BITTON Synopsis : In June 2002, the israeli authorities began the construction of a gigantic security fence, aimed at preventing palestinian terrorists infiltrations. With an original cinematographic approach, the director, jewish and arabian as well, aims to go to the human universal heart of israeli and palestinian tragic reality. Produced by : Cinesud Promotion - Thierry Lenouvel SCREENING : February 7th, , 11.00 AM, CINEMAXX STUDIO 19 & February 11th , 5.00 PM, CINEMAXX STUDIO 19 LINE UP 2004 A SON - UN FILS France 2003 58 minutes 35mm - Color Directed by : Amal BEDJAOUI Cast : Mohamed HICHAM - Hammou GRAIA - Isabelle PICHAUD - Aurélien RECOING Synopsis : Selim, young man with derive, is disguised and prostitue. It seeks to be made like of sound avoids. Omar, who lives locked up in a mourning since the disappearance of his wife. The father and wire pass one to with dimensions of the other without managing to meet. Only the destiny will bring them closer a little too late... Produced by : ML Productions SUN'S END - LE SOLEIL ASSASSINE France 2003 85 minutes 35mm - Color Directed by : Abdelkrim Bahloul Cast : Charles Berling, Mehdi Dehbi, Ouassini Embarek Synopsis : The Assassinated Sun, based on actual events in the newly independent Algeria of the 1970s. Following the country's liberation in 1962, the police didn't take kindly to gay poet Jean Senac. Nevertheless, he was appreciated by a large liberal audience. The police also don't approve of writing student Hamid who writes and stars in a French-language play during a national theater competition. Senac, however, enjoys the play and proceeds to develop a friendship with Hamid. Even though the two were never publicly declared. Produced by : Mact Productions WHEN I SEE THE SUN - QUAND JE VOIS LE SOLEIL France 2003 88 minutes 35mm - Color Directed by : Jacques Cortal Cast : Florent Pagny, Marie-Claude Pietragalla, François Cluzet, Sophie Broustal, Delphine Rouffignac. Synopsis : Raphaël and Margot like themselves. But one day, the young woman, a star dancer, learns that she is condemned. They both choose to burn their mad love during these last months instinctively. But Margot, that her body betrays gradually, accept the idea that he will love another when she will have left... Produced by : Odessa films A SUBMARINE IN TROUBLED WATERS LE KOURSK France 2004 52 minutes (100 minutes in production) - 35mm Color - DOCUMENTARY Directed by : Jean-Michel Carré Produced by : Films du grain de sable Synopsis : In August 2000, 118 men die on board the state of the art submarine, Kursk, in the Barents Sea. Kursk, the pride and glory of the Northern Fleet, was said to be invincible. What were the real reasons for this tragic accident, why, were these men not saved ? Behind these questions lies a deeper one concerning the role of power in Russia today, but also that of world powers in general and the current evolution in East- West relations. THE LIVING WORLD - LE MONDE VIVANT France 2003 35mm - 75 minutes - Color Directed by : Eugene GREEN Cast : Adrien Michaux, Alexis Loret, Laurène Cheilan, Christelle Prot, Achille Trocellier. Synopsis : Two children are captured by an ogre equipped with a wife as beautiful as good. The ogre has another captive, a blonde girl locked up in a vault. He intends to eat the children and to marry the young lady of the vault. Two young knights, one occur accompanied by a lion and which got excited of the young prisoner. They will achieve the prowess to deliver the victims of the ogre. The knight with the lion will know death, but will come back to life. VANISHED - DISPARUES - Shooting February 2004 France 2004 90 minutes - Color - DOCUMENTARY Directed by : Alain Mazars Synopsis : Thanks to the help of a young medium, the investigation, led through Laos, permits to establish that the young child of Khema, a chamane singer vanished , could be even living. The ghosts of this mother and her daughter, mysteriously vanished to 12 years of interval, will they end up taking life at the end of this road movie "initiatique" to the heart of the Laotian forest? Produced by : New Deal Films THE SOUL OF STAX - L'AME DE STAX France 2003 52 minutes (90 minutes in production) - 35mm Color - DOCUMENTARY Directed by : Philippe Priestley Cast : Isaac Hayes, Rufus Thomas, Booker T. Jones. Produced by : Films du grain de sable. Synopsis : It's in first place the history of a music, the Soul, and of a record company, the Stax, who will live forever during the years of the american life. Soul of black american music, Stax is part of the recent history of their actors : the riots of Watstax, the Black Panters... FROM HEAVEN QUAND TU DESCENDRAS DU CIEL France 2003 100 minutes - 35mm Color Directed by : Eric GUIRADO (Best short film César 2001) Cast : Serge Riaboukine, Benoît Giros, Jean-François Gallotte. Produced by : Harpo Films Synopsis : Jerôme, since the death of his father, has not a single day off in five years. He and his mother struggle to maintain a small dairy farm. 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GEMINI FILMS at 54th BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
by Elisabeth Perlie 26 Jan '04

26 Jan '04

Gemini Films at MIFED 2003 34, boulevard de Sébastopol 75004 Paris Tel : 33 1 44 54 17 17 Fax : 33 1 44 54 17 25 Email : elisabeth.perlie(a)gemini-films.com Berlin 2004 Dear friends, We are proud to present our list of titles for the upcoming European Film Market. Please, book your meeting now. Sales contacts : Paulo BRANCO Laurent BAUDENS, Acquisitions & Sales Manager : + 33 (0)6 70 79 05 17 Elisabeth PERLIE, Acquisitions & Sales : + 33 (0)6 63 86 77 02 GEMINI FILMS in Berlin : GEMINI FILMS will be on the Unifrance booth: n°60. Tel : 00 49 30 200 57 360 Fax : 00 49 30 200 57 359 E-mail back to: elisabeth.perlie(a)gemini-films.com or fax to : + 33 (0)1 44 54 17 25 Name:_________________ Company Name:_______________ Fax:_________________ Preferred meeting times: 1________________________________________________________ 2________________________________________________________ MARKET SCREENING TOMORROW WE MOVE (Demain On Déménage) Director : Chantal AKERMAN Status : Completed Language : French Genre : Drama Cast : Aurore CLEMENT - Sylvie TESTUD - Jean-Pierre MARIELLE - Natasha REGNIER Synopsis : It's the story of a mother, who after the death of her husband, comes to live with her daughter with piano, baggage and furniture in tow. It soon becomes a nightmare of clutter. The daughter can't manage to write her erotic story despite the judicious advice of her mother who knows quite a bit in the field while her daughter still has everything to learn. Thus they have to sell up and move. And that's when the round of visitors begins. And the tale takes a twist. Market Screenings February 8th at 3:30 pm at CinemaxX Studio 11 February 11th at 9:30 am at CinemaxX Studio 11 Panorama Screenings February 9th at 7:00 pm at Zoo-Palast February 10th at 11:30 am at CinemaxX 7 February 11th at 2:30 9m at International February 15th at 9:30 pm at Zoo-Palast LES TEMPS QUI CHANGENT Director : André TECHINE Language : French Status : pre-production Cast : Gérard DEPARDIEU - Catherine DENEUVE Pre Sales : Scripts availables MA MERE Director : Christophe HONORE Language : French Status : post-production Cast : Isabelle HUPPERT - Louis GARREL - Emma DE CAUNES Pre Sales : Scripts and pictures availables IN AMERICA Director : Jerzy SKOLIMOWSKY Language : English Status : pre-production Cast : Isabelle HUPPERT Pre Sales : Scripts availables at AFM 2004 ORDO Director : Laurence FERREIRA BARBOSA Language : French Status : post-production Cast : Marie-Jose CROZE - Roschdy ZEM ACTRICES Director : Valeria BRUNI TEDESCHI Language : French Status : pre-production POST-PRODUCTION SEVEN INVISIBLE MEN Director : Sharunas BARTAS Cast : Sharunas BARTAS SHOOTING LE DERNIER JOUR Director : Rodolphe MARCONI Cast : Gaspard ULLIEL - Nicole GARCIA - Mélanie LAURENT - Christophe MALAVOY PRE-PRODUCTION LE CINQUIEME EMPIRE Director : Manoel DE OLIVEIRA Cast : Ricardo TREPA - Luis Miguel CINTRA LA QUESTION HUMAINE Director : Nicolas KLOTZ Cast : Mathieu AMALRIC - Bruno GANZ TRANSE (TRANCE) Director : Teresa VILLAVERDE C'EST PAS TOUT A FAIT LA VIE DONT J'AVAIS REVE Director : Michel PICCOLI LA SEULE SOLUTION Director : Luc MOULLET CALL ME AGOSTINO Director : Christine LAURENT Cast : Michel PICCOLI - Jeanne BALIBAR GEMINI FILMS http:www.gemini-films.com

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CANNES FILM FESTIVAL: LOOKING FOR ACCOMMODATION?
by Riviera Connect Group Inc. 26 Jan '04

26 Jan '04

ARE YOU ATTENDING THE NEXT CANNES FILM FESTIVAL ? ARE YOU LOOKING FOR ACCOMMODATION? ARE YOU GOING TO CONTACT US? Dear Cannes Film Festival Participant, Should you require some help with your accommodation in Cannes: Please do not hesitate to contact us on the number below. We look forward to hearing from you, All the best, Liza ****************************************** Riviera Connect Group Inc. 2895 Biscayne Boulevard, # 339, MIAMI, Florida, 33137 - 4537 USA Fax: 001 501 621 4031 European Office Tel: +33 (0)4 93 86 76 14 Email : rivieraconnect(a)compuserve.com ******************************************

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