WIDE in Cannes - Booth F.18 – WIDE in Cannes Booth F.18 – WIDE in Cannes Booth F.18
Contact: Loïc
Magneron + 33 6 60 43 96 86
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2004
Directors' Forthnight
May 17th
(Official Screening)
Théâtre Noga Croisette
5.00 PM
&
May 17th
(Press Screening)
Théâtre Noga Croisette
9.00 AM
&
Studio 13
7.30 PM
&
Cinéma Les
Arcades
11.30 AM
Palais E
11.30 AM
&
Palais D
3.30 PM
30 minutes
looped preview
Palais G
10.00 AM
Riviera 8
6.00 PM
&
Palais G
9.30 AM
Dear Friends,
Loïc Magneron (Cell : + 33 6 60 43 96 86) and Andrew Preston
(Cell : + 33 6 03 70 66 81) will attend the upcoming CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2004
from the 11th of May until the 24th of May 2004.
The company WIDE will be located at the Riviera booth F.18
Please find our line-up here after.
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Best regards,
Loic Magneron.
To schedule an appointment during the market, please
complete the following and return it
via e-mail at wide@widemanagement.com
or
by fax to the following number: + 33 1 53 95 04 65
Name(s) :
Company :
Date : Date :
Time : Time :
WALL Directors'
Forthnight Selection - 2004 - 98 minutes - France
Directed by: Simone Bitton
Synopsis: In June 2002, the
Israeli authorities began the construction of a gigantic security fence, aimed
at preventing Palestinian terrorists from infiltrating Israeli territory. The
wall imprisons Palestinians and Israelis alike. The WALL is visual, human, and
psychological study.
Produced by: Thierry Lenouvel /
Cinésud Promotion
HONEST PEOPLE LIVE IN FRANCE - 2004 -
90 minutes - France / Colombia
Directed by: Bob Decout
Cast:
Victoria Abril, Hélène de Fougerolles, Bruno Putzulu, Artus de Penguern.
Synopsis: In order to be able to
adopt a child in Latin America, a woman marries an influential politician. This
one intends to exploit this marriage to develop its image.
Produced by: Thierry Forte / DMVB
Films
LIBERTY BOUND - 2004 -
90 minutes - France / USA
Directed by: Christine Rose
Synopsis: A film by a girl who had
many questions about 9.11 From the unanswered questions and unprecedented
events of 9.11 to the unjust, illegal war and occupation of Iraq, the Bush
administration has been lying. The film sets out to exposure those lies and to
get the world population thinking about the so-called "benevolent
Empire", the United States of America.
Produced by: Andre Lazare / Take
Off
ROLLING – 2004 –
90 minutes - France / USA
Directed by: Gretchen Berland and
Mr. Mike Majoros
Synopsis: “Rolling” depicts the
struggle to maintain independence with dignity through the harsh reality of
daily life in the wheelchair. Galen, Vicki and Ernie spent 18 moths
individually documenting their lives in “real-time” perspective. Emotional,
powerful, and darkly humorous.
Produced by: Four-wheel drive
Production
CHINA ENIGMA – 2004 – 90 minutes - France
Directed by: Jean-Serge Breton
Synopsis: Part-fiction, part documentary, the director leads us into contemporary China through the eyes of Karine, for an amazing voyage of initiation. First in a trilogy commencing with “J’ai dû heurter un astre (2001 – 81mn)” and “Une boudeuse en Thaïland (2002 – 86mn)”.
Produced: New Deal Films
VANISHED – 2004 –
90 minutes - France
Directed by: Alain Mazars
Synopsis: An investigation lead by
a young medium through Laos traces the young Khema, a chamane singer who has
apparently vanished. The ghosts of this mother and her daughter mysteriously
vanished at 12-year interval. End journey to the heart of the Laotian forest.
Produced by: New Deal Films
THE KOURSK – 2003 –
100 minutes - France
Directed by: Jean-Michel Carré
Synopsis: In August 2000, 118 men
die on board the state of the art submarine, Koursk. What were the real reasons
for this tragic accident, why, where these men not saved? Behind these
questions lies a deeper one concerning the role of power in Russia today.
Produced by: Film du Grain de
Sable
THE SOUL OF STAX – 2003 –
52 minutes – France (100 minutes)
Directed by: Philippe Priestley
The history of music, the Soul,
and of a record company called Stax, who will live forever. Soul of black
American music, Stax is part of recent history: the riots of Wats, the Black
Panthers…
Produced
by : Film du Grain de Sable
CLAUDE SAUTET ET LA MAGIE DE L’INVISIBLE – 2003 – 90 minutes - France
Directed by: N.T. Binh
Synopsis: What are the secrets of
a filmmaker for whom directing has to do with an “invisible magic ”? After his
death, through memories of work and moments shared, the figure of the creative
talent was completed. Including interviews of B. Tavernier, P. Sarde, J-P
Rappeneau, G. Sautet…
Produced by: Productions Bagheera
BROTHERS - FRERES - 2003 –
90 minutes - France
Directed by: Xavier de CHOUDENS
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
BALLROOM - DANCING - 2003 -
93 minutes - France
Directed by: Patrick Mario
BERNARD, Xavier BRILLAT,Pierre TRIVIDIC
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. It’s not that he feels sick exactly.
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
SUN'S END - LE SOLEIL ASSASSINE– 2003
– 85 minutes – France
Directed by : Abdelkrim Bahloul ·
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 – 2003 – 88 minutes – France
Directed by : Jacques Cortal
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
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