Dear Friends,
Loic Magneron, will be attending the upcoming IDFA Festival & Market from November 19th through the 26th, 2004.
He will be pleased to meet with you in order to introduce you our new films, catalogue and library.
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Looking forward to meeting you soon,
Best regards,
-- Films Screenings & Line Up --
WALL
Screenings :
20/11/04 13 :00, FM Cinerama 2 (Amnesty goes IDFA)
21/11/04 10:00, City 2
22/11/04 14:30, FM Calypso
26/11/04 19:30, City 2
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, by the Films du Paradoxe, it has sold over 20 000 tickets in only 3 weeks.
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
- Montréal,
Best Documentary
In addition, Wall has been selected for : Valladolid Festival, Vancouver International festival, New York Film Festival, Feminale, Seville Festival, Helsinki Festival, Goteborg Festival, San Sebastian Festival...
The following documentaries and features will be screened at your request. Please note that Koursk and Liberty Bound can be screened at any time at the Video Library...
· A submarine in troubled waters : by Jean Michel Carré –2004- Color – 52 Minutes – France
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.
- Writers
: by Marc Aurele Vecchione.
150 Minutes (2 parts)
1983-2004, the 20 years history of graffiti in Paris, with the exclusive interviews of NTM (Joey Starr & Kool Shen), Jonone, Bando, Mode 2... With the voice over by Vincent Cassel
· 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
· 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.
AVANT PREMIERE : before the official selection at the FIPA
- Claude Sautet
or the invisible magic
Directed by N.T. Binh
Conception and interview N.T. Binh, Dominique Rabourdin
Production: Les Productions Bagheera / France 2
Documentary - France - 2003 - 35mm - 85min
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. A portrait who paradoxically served
to reinforce the mistery. Includes intervews of B. Tavernier, P. Sarde,
J.-P. Rappeneau, G. Sautet...
·
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.
· 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.
- THE SOUL OF STAX – 2003
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… with live music ,
performances and interviews of the main singers of the soul and motown music
of the 60's and 70's.
· 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.
· China Enigma : by Jean Serge Breton – 2004 – Color – 90 Minutes - USA
Synopsis : Part-fiction, part documentary, the director leads us into contemporaryChina through the eyes of Karine, for an amazing voyage of initiation. First in a trilogy commencing with “J’ai dû heurter un aster (2001 – 81’) and “Une boudeuse en Thaïland (2002 – 86’).
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