Dear friends, We hope that you had a great holiday and that the 7th art & new business season will be successful for all of us. We are proud to announce that our new acquisitions are selected in the forthcoming main events : Toronto, San Sebastian, Montreal, Pusan, Vancouver, Carthage ... Loic Magneron will be present in Toronto (10 -16 September 2004) and San Sebastian (19 - 23 September 2004), and he really do hope to meet you in these occasions. You can always join him on his mobile phone : + 33 6 60 43 96 86. Please find here below the detail of his staying and the upcoming main events for our films. If you wish to schedule a meeting with us, please fill up the following table: Name(s) : Company : Date : Time : We really do hope to meet you soon. With my best regards, MAIN FORTHCOMING EVENTS Toronto International Film Festival - September 9 / 18 Loic Magneron will be present September 10 / 16 at : THE STRATHCONA HOTEL - 60 York Street - Toronto Tel : (416) 363-3321 Fax : (416) 363-4679 Moolaade : Official Selection San Sebastian Film festival - September 17 / 25 Loic Magneron will be present September 19 / 23 at HOTEL SILKEN AMARA PLAZA - Plaza Pio XII, n° 7 - San Sebastian Tel : (34) 943 464 600 Fax : (34) 943 472 548 Moolaade : Zabaltegi - Perles Special Event Tarfaya : Official Competition Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival - September 23 / October 7 Wall : Official Selection Hollow city : Official Selection Vancouver International Film Festival - September 23 / October 8 Wall : Official Selection Moolaade : Official Selection The sun's end : Official Selection Carthage Film Festival - September 30 / October 9 Wall : Official Selection Hollow city : Official selection Pusan International Film Festival - October 7 / 15 Hollow city : Official Competition Moolaade : Official Selection Montreal International Festival New Cinema - October 14 / 24 Claude Sautet and the invisible magic : Official Selection Wall : Official Selection We take this opportunity to introduce or remind you about our last acquisitions and news: · Wall : by Simone Bitton – 2004 – Color - 100 Minutes - France 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. French Release: October20th. Already 5 festivals: - Cannes 2004 : “Directors Fortnight” - Marseille : Grand Prize, Best Documentary - Jerusalem: Grand Prize, Best Documentary - Pesaro, Italy: Grand Prize, Best Film - Melbourne, Australia: Official Selection (Great reviews) · Moolaadé : by Ousmane Sembene – 2004– Color – 120 Minutes – France – Sénégal With Fatoumata Coulibaly, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, Salimata Traoré Synopsis: Collé Gallo Ardo Sy, a circumcised woman, had managed to help her only daughter escape from the ritual of purification organized every seven years. This year, four young girls have fled from the village to escape from excision and are seeking protection (Moolaadé) from Ardo. The village is on the boil. We are witnessing a confrontation between two kinds of values: the right to protection and the attachment in tradition symbolized by excision. French Release: beginning 2005. Already 1 festival and few coming: - Cannes 2004: “Un Certain Regard” Grand Prize - Toronto 2004: Official Selection - Pusan Film Festival 2004: Official Selection - San Sebastian 2004: Special Events (Las Perlas) · Hollow City : by Maria Joao Ganga – 2004 – Color – 90 Minutes – France – Portugal – Angola With Júlia Botelho, Ana Bustorff, Domingos Fernandes Fonseca Synopsis: A group of war refugee children accompanied by a Nun fly off to Luanda. Upon their arrival at the airport, one of the children, N’dala, escapes the group and runs off to discover the town. While the Nun begins a search for the child, N’dala – a war orphan, makes his way through the messed-up town imagining himself coming back home to find his deceased parents. In the twilight of this degraded city, the revolutionary illusions have turned to dust, encounters are troubled even fascinating. Joka, a marginal in this already marginal city, lures N’dala, offering him a little money in exchange for his help in a robbery. Already 5 festivals - Jury Special Award - Paris Film Festival - Audience Award - Milan COE Festival Africa, South America, Asia - 3rd Jury Award - " " " " " - "Graines de Cinéphage" - Women Films Festival, Créteil France - Jury Special Mention - "Images de Femmes" Vues d’Afrique Montréal · Tarfaya : by Daoud Aoulad Syad – 2004 – Color – 90 Minutes – France – Morocco Synopsis: Myriam, 28, arrives in a little village up North carrying nothing but a suitcase and an address in her pocket. Her goal is to leave to Spain. On her journey, she will meet Nouh, an 8 year-old-boy who will advise her to contact Riki, a friendly smuggler. Lhajja’s boarding house harbours all sorts of girls waiting indefinitely for their turn to leave. Waiting there in transit, their life is bound to the rhythm of random illegal departures. Girls meet other girls, finding in each other comfort and a provisional friend. There is Zoubida, who is engaged to Bassou and who works in Germany. There is the girl who never leaves and that girl who made it and sends postcards from the country of her dreams. After having stolen Myriam’s suitcase and money, Hassan, a marginal young man who has a passion for birds will be her guide. He will fall madly in love with her. To win her love, he will go as far as stealing from Did, the leader of his group so that Myriam, who lost all her money following her first failed attempt to escape could leave again. The police chief officer will also fall under Myriam’s charms. Lalla Fatima, Myriam’s former boss who has been looking for her once she discovered Myriam stole a substantial amount of money from her, will find in the police chief officer someone unscrupulous and of great help. Myriam will eventually manage to leave but she will have to pay a very high price for her freedom. Festivals: - San Sebastian 2004: Official Competition - Honest people live in France - 2004 - 90 minutes - France / Colombia - Post Production Director: Bob Decout Cast: Victoria Abril, Bruno Putzulu, Hélène de Fougerolles, 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: DMVB Films French Release : December 2004 And in our documentary section : · The Man Who Knew Bush : by Marc Berlin – 2004 – Color – 80 Minutes – USA With Gary Boyd Roberts, Alejandro Castro, Vernon Craig Synopsis: George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States, had a storybook life before assuming office via a contentious 2000 election. Guiding us through elite places and institutions which played a role in forming George W.'s right-wing politics, "The Man Who Knew Bush", wryly explains what George W. Bush is, and how, ultimately, he became the most powerful man in the world. · Liberty bound : by Christine Rose – 2004 – Color – 90 Minutes – USA With Michael Parenti, Christine Rose, Howard Zinn 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. · Rolling : by Gretchen Berland – 2004 – Color - USA With G. Buckwalter, V. Elman, E. Wallengren Synopsis: Using video cameras, Galen Buckwalter, Vicki Elman and Ernie Wallengren spent 18 months documenting their lives; all from wheelchairs. “Rolling” depicts the human struggle to maintain independence with dignity; from the perspective of three feet off the ground. · Vanished : by Alain Mazars – 2004 – In post production – France 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. If you wish to screen one of these films we will send you upon your request the VHS K7 and/ or the DVD with the information correspondent. WIDE is a leading independent sales agent currently representing 10 new features every year and a library of more than 400 titles. The catalogue contains an impressive variety of movies from internationally acclaimed directors and actors. 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