MIFED – October 12th - 16th Dear Friends, Loic Magneron will be present at the MIFED 2004 from October 12th to October16th STAND Pad.8 Stand A07. in Milan at : L’UNA HOTEL SCANDINAVIA – 15 via Fauche 20100 Milan T. + 39 02 33 63 91 F. + 39 02 33 10 45 10 Loïc’s cell Phone : + 33 6 60 43 96 86 If you want to shedule an appointment, please fill up the following : Company : Contact : Date : Time : We wish to meet you soon and we remind you to regulary visit our web sites www.widemanagement.com and www.wide-images.com Best regards, Loic Magneron SCREENING IN MIFED Honest People Live In France 12/10/04 at 11.30 am, sala Gasparotto 1 Les Invisibles 13/10/04 at 11.30 am, sala Camperio Tarfaya 13/10/04 at 5.30 pm, sala 3 Moolaadé 14/10/04, 9.30 am, sala Gasparotto 1. Wall 14/10/04 at 11.30 am, sala 8 Souli 14/10/04 at 5.30 pm, sala 7 NEWS Tarfaya : by Daoud Aoulad Syad – 2004 – Color – 90 Minutes – France – Morocco Cast : Touria ALAOUI, Mohamed BASTAOUI, Mohamed HARRAGA 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 Moolaadé : by Ousmane Sembene – 2004– Color – 120 Minutes – France – Sénégal Cast : 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. Festivals: - Cannes 2004: “Un Certain Regard” Grand Prize - Toronto 2004: Official Selection - Pusan Film Festival 2004: Official Selection - San Sebastian 2004: Special Events (Las Perlas) 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) Souli : by Alexander Abela – 2004 – Color – 95 Minutes - France Cast : Eduardo Noriega, Aurélien Recoing, Fatou N’Diaye Synopsis: Carlos arrives in Africa looking for Souli, an author who lives incognito. Souli is the final keeper of an ancient tale that Carlos hopes to transcribe, but he becomes the instrument in a vendetta between the people whose path he crosses. Festivals: - World cinema Film festival - Montréal 2004: Official Selection - Namur International Film Festival 2004: Official Selection 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 - Challenger Film (more than 250 prints) Les Invisibles : by Thierry Jousse – 2004 – Color – 90mn – France –Postproduction Cast: Laurent Lucas, Lio, Michael Lonsdale, Music by Matmos Synopsis: The Invisibles is a film focused on music and sound. Bruno is a musician. A contemporary musician who works on electro-acoustic and electronic sounds, and seems to live only for his research in music, as if he had to organize the chaos of the world’s background noise which surrounds him. His relation to the world, his way of life, his meetings all happen in a context linked to the sounds. Bruno listens, records and composes. Bruno is going to live a crisis which will be confused with his musical experience ; the invisibles is that story. In the same time he is experiencing a pivotal step in his professional life, Bruno is going to look for a woman who disappeared without notice, and for whom only memories are a few scattered elements : sighs, voice, hummings … With all these elements, which represent some milestones of their brief relationship, he will try to write a piece of music which could transcend this impossible love. In his quest as well as in his enquiry, the music has the leading role. It is both Bruno’s professional activity and his reason to live as well as a fundamental romantic motif. Finally, the music will make sense of his strange adventure. And his personal trajectory will draw the way of his creativity. Produced by: Bagheera Productions· Hollow City : by Maria Joao Ganga – 2004 – Color – 90 Minutes – France – Portugal – Angola Cast : 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 And in our documentary section : · Stand Up For Reggae: by Jérôme Laperrousaz – 2004 – Color – 85 Minutes – France. Synopsis: This is a documentary about people who made and still make reggae music in Jamaica. Interviews of the most well known Reggae singer now day. Festivals: Already selected in Official Competition for the upcoming FIPA . 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. 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. WIDE IMAGES is the recently established documentary division of WIDE and expresses a commitment to this important market sector. 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