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SUMMARY

SUMMARY ...................................................................................................................................................... 2

HIGHLIGHTS ..................................................................................................................................................... 5

FOR AHKEEM ................................................................................................................................................. 5 I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO ................................................................................................................................. 6 LINDY LOU, JUROR NUMBER 2 ...................................................................................................................... 7 THE GERMAN NEIGHBOUR ............................................................................................................................ 8

FOCUS ON CINEMA .......................................................................................................................................... 9

HITLER’S HOLLYWOOD ................................................................................................................................... 9 THE GRADUATION ....................................................................................................................................... 10 BECAUSE I AM GENIUS! Lorenza Mazzetti ................................................................................................... 11 FRITZ LANG .................................................................................................................................................. 12 THE DYING OF THE LIGHT ............................................................................................................................ 13 MOVE! DANCE YOUR LIFE ............................................................................................................................ 14

LAST ACQUISITIONS ............................................................................................ ERREUR ! SIGNET NON DEFINI.

EXODUS........................................................................................................................................................ 15

IN COMPLETION - DELIVERY 2017 ................................................................................................................... 16

CONSTRUCTING ALBERT .............................................................................................................................. 16 RENZO PIANO, AN ARCHITECT FOR SANTANDER ......................................................................................... 17 I AM MAX: Life and Death of Max Linder .................................................................................................... 18 ALL THINGS ARE PHOTOGRAPHABLE ........................................................................................................... 19

ART & CULTURE .............................................................................................................................................. 20

FEATURE FORMATS ................................................................................................................................................ 20 Backstage .................................................................................................................................................... 20 WHO IS ODA JAUNE ..................................................................................................................................... 20 OUR LAST TANGO ........................................................................................................................................ 21 KOUDELKA, SHOOTING HOLY LAND............................................................................................................. 22 Maiko: Dancing Child ................................................................................................................................... 23 Porno & Libertà ............................................................................................................................................ 23 HAROLD AND LILLIAN: A HOLLYWOOD LOVE STORY ................................................................................... 24 SOMETHING’S GONNA LIVE ......................................................................................................................... 25 MAN FALLING .............................................................................................................................................. 26 ELISABETH VIGEE LE BRUN: A Touch of Grace ............................................................................................. 26 The Great Museum ...................................................................................................................................... 27 Ballet Boys ................................................................................................................................................... 27 FROM CALIGARI TO HITLER .......................................................................................................................... 28 Ulyana Lopatkina ......................................................................................................................................... 29 Agnès Letestu: a shining star ....................................................................................................................... 29 Sagrada: The Mystery of Creation ............................................................................................................... 30 Tony Curtis: Driven to stardom .................................................................................................................... 30 Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance ........................................................................................................ 30 A Life for Ballet (Une Vie de Ballets) ............................................................................................................ 31 Through Korean Cinema: A historical journey into Korean cinema ............................................................. 31 Dancing Across Borders ............................................................................................................................... 31 Like a Dream (Comme un rêve).................................................................................................................... 32

TV LENGTH .......................................................................................................................................................... 32 Anna Piaggi .................................................................................................................................................. 32 Mr G ............................................................................................................................................................. 32 MAN FALLING .............................................................................................................................................. 33 The Man Who Saved the Louvre .................................................................................................................. 33

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Sagrada: The Mystery of Creation ............................................................................................................... 34 Tony Curtis: Driven to stardom .................................................................................................................... 34 Marvel 14: Super heroes vs. censorship ....................................................................................................... 34 Out of Frame ................................................................................................................................................ 35 Les enfants terribles du cinéma ................................................................................................................... 35 Roma Fantastica .......................................................................................................................................... 35 Warsaw, the Fortified Forest (Varsovie, la Forêt forteresse) ....................................................................... 36 THE MAN ON LINCOLN’S NOSE .................................................................................................................... 36

LIFE STYLE ....................................................................................................................................................... 37

Paris Style Architecture, Season 3 (Last Season) ......................................................................................... 37 Paris Style Architecture, Saison 1 & 2 .......................................................................................................... 38 Luxe Factory ................................................................................................................................................. 39 Craving Asia, Luxury and Ecology (Envie d’Asie) .......................................................................................... 39

ONE-OFFS ......................................................................................................................................................... 39 High Parisian Jewelry ................................................................................................................................... 39

SPORTS........................................................................................................................................................... 40

CHEER UP ..................................................................................................................................................... 40 YOUNG WRESTLERS ..................................................................................................................................... 41

CURRENT AFFAIRS .......................................................................................................................................... 42

FEATURES ............................................................................................................................................................ 42 Shadow World ............................................................................................................................................. 42 Nuclear Nation II .......................................................................................................................................... 43 Plot for Peace ............................................................................................................................................... 43 All of us Guinea-Pigs Now? .......................................................................................................................... 44 Nuclear Nation ............................................................................................................................................. 44 Open Sky (À Ciel ouvert) .............................................................................................................................. 45 Cara a Muerte - La Vida Loca ...................................................................................................................... 45

TV LENGTH .......................................................................................................................................................... 47 TOO BLACK TO BE FRENCH? ........................................................................................................................ 47 WHOSE COUNTRY ........................................................................................................................................ 48 Nuclear Nation II .......................................................................................................................................... 49 Plot for Peace ............................................................................................................................................... 49 Nuclear Nation ............................................................................................................................................. 50 Open Sky (À Ciel ouvert) .............................................................................................................................. 50 Cara a Muerte - La Vida Loca ...................................................................................................................... 50

HISTORY AND ARCHIVES ................................................................................................................................ 52

FEATURE FORMAT ................................................................................................................................................. 52 The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975 ......................................................................................................... 52 The First Rasta (Le Premier Rasta) ............................................................................................................... 52 Mai 68, La Belle Ouvrage ............................................................................................................................. 52 Angry Monk: Reflection on Tibet ................................................................................................................. 53

52 MIN FORMAT ................................................................................................................................................... 53 The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975 ......................................................................................................... 53 The First Rasta (Le Premier Rasta) ............................................................................................................... 54 Mai 68, La Belle Ouvrage ............................................................................................................................. 54 Angry Monk: Reflection on Tibet ................................................................................................................. 54

HUMAN STORIES & SOCIAL ISSUES ................................................................................................................. 55

FEATURE FORMAT ................................................................................................................................................. 55 Bolingo. The Forest of Love .......................................................................................................................... 55 Our War ....................................................................................................................................................... 55 The Last Resort ............................................................................................................................................ 56 Les Sauteurs (Those who jump) ................................................................................................................... 57 The Nature of Things ................................................................................................................................... 58 COOKING AT THE WORLD’S END (Cocinando En El fin del Mundo) ............................................................. 59 The Circle ..................................................................................................................................................... 59

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The Special Need .......................................................................................................................................... 60 New Life ....................................................................................................................................................... 60 In My Mother’s Arms ................................................................................................................................... 61 Honk! ........................................................................................................................................................... 61 Scena del Crimine......................................................................................................................................... 61 Severn, The Voice of our Children (Severn, la voix de nos enfants).............................................................. 62 That Should Not Be (Nos enfants nous accuseront) ..................................................................................... 62 Her Name Is Sabine (Elle s’appelle Sabine) .................................................................................................. 62 Czech Swan .................................................................................................................................................. 63 Key to The Castle ......................................................................................................................................... 63 Matthieu Ricard, On the Path to Compassion ............................................................................................. 63 In My Mother’s Arms ................................................................................................................................... 64 Biblioburro, The Donkey Library .................................................................................................................. 64

LGBT ............................................................................................................................................................... 65

Misfits .......................................................................................................................................................... 65 Before You Know It ...................................................................................................................................... 65 The Circle ..................................................................................................................................................... 66 Meanwhile in Beirut..................................................................................................................................... 66 Hello Stranger .............................................................................................................................................. 66

MUSIC BOX .................................................................................................................................................... 67

FEATURE FORMAT ................................................................................................................................................. 67 We always lie to strangers........................................................................................................................... 67 Bajari ........................................................................................................................................................... 67 Sons of the wind .......................................................................................................................................... 68 Tropicalia ..................................................................................................................................................... 68 Redemption Song ......................................................................................................................................... 68 Sonic Mirror ................................................................................................................................................. 69

52 MINUTES FORMAT ....................................................................................................................................... 69 Immaterial Treasure .................................................................................................................................... 69

SELF-DISCOVERY ............................................................................................................................................. 70

Slow ............................................................................................................................................................. 70

RELIGION / ESOTERICISM ............................................................................................................................... 71

Vaudou ........................................................................................................................................................ 71

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FOR AHKEEM

DCP – HD – USA – 2017 – 90 min Directed by Jeremy S. Levine & Landon Van Soest Original language English Produced by Weissman Studio, Transient Pictures, ITVS

“There are so many bigger and better things out there, you wouldn’t even believe it.”

After a school fight lands 17-year old Daje Shelton in a court-supervised alternative high school, she’s determined to turn things around and make a better future for herself and her rough St. Louis neighborhood. Focusing on school is tough as she loses multiple friends to gun violence, falls in love for the first time and becomes pregnant with a boy, Ahkeem, just as Ferguson erupts a few miles down the road. Through Daje’s intimate coming-of-age story, For Ahkeem illuminates challenges that many Black teenagers face in America today, and witnesses the strength, resilience, and determination it takes to survive.

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I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO DCP / HD – 2016 – USA / FRANCE / BELGIUM /

SWITZERLAND – 93’

Directed by: Raoul Peck Produced by: Velvet Film, Close up Films, Artémis Productions, Arte, ITVS, RTS, RTBF

Original language: English

With the voice of Samuel L. Jackson

Told entirely in the words of James Baldwin, through both personal appearances and the text of his final unfinished book project, Director Raoul Peck's I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO touches on the tragic deaths of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., and Medgar Evers to bring powerful clarity to how the image (and reality) of Blacks in America today is fabricated and enforced.

AWARDS: Best Documentary Feature Award – Philadelphia Film Festival Best Writing – IDA Creative Recognition Award Best Documentary – LA Film Critics Award Best Documentary – The San Francisco Film Critics Circle Best Documentary – Southeastern Film Critics Association Special Mention of the Ecumenical Jury – Berlinale 2017 Best Documentary Award – Luxembourg City Film Festival 2017 Stephan Jarl International Documentary Award – Tempo Documentary Festival 2017 Amnesty International Award – Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2017 Gilda Vieira de Mello Prize – International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH)

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LINDY LOU, JUROR NUMBER 2 DCP & HD – 2016 – France – 85 min

Directed by: Florent Vassault Original Language: English

Produced by: Jean-Baptiste Legrand & Arnaud Dommerc (Andolfi Production) In co-production with: Studio Orlando

Lindy, a former juror, starts a journey through Mississippi looking for the 11 jurors alongside who she sentenced a man to death, 20 years ago.

Looking like 12 ANGRY MEN, Lindy’s story is all but fictional. For 20 years, she has lived with an unbearable feeling of guilt and no one, in this Republican and Protestant community, understood her distress. In 2006, Lindy met the man, Bobby Wilcher, who didn’t have a single visitor on death row in Parchman. She sought his forgiveness and became his friend. This friendship shocked and she lost dear friends along the way. Lindy saw him the day of his execution and she remembers seeing him in shackles in the middle of the room, glancing one last time in her direction before passing away. Traumatized, this is how Lindy begins her journey and finds her 11 fellow jurors since they sentenced this man to death and questions the impact this experience had on them. FESTIVALS:

True/False Film Festival – Official Selection – WORLD PREMIERE

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THE GERMAN NEIGHBOUR DCP- HD - 2016 – 94 min – ARGENTINA

Directed by: Rosario Cervio & Martin Liji Original Language: Spanish, German, English, Hebrew, Yiddish

Produced by: Nana Cine

“Long live Germany! Long live Austria! Long live Argentina! These are the countries with which I have been most

connected and which I will not forget. I had to obey the rules of war and my flag. I am ready.” Last words of Adolf Eichmann,

Thursday evening on May 31st, 1962 at the gallows of Ramla prison

In 1960 Adolf Eichmann was kidnapped in San Fernando (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and taken illegally to Jerusalem for a trial. By using the classical register procedures for documentaries and by integrating archive material, “The German Neighbor” shows through the eyes and research work of Renate the awkward and unusual life of Adolf Eichmann in our country and his remarkable defense in his trial in Jerusalem FESTIVALS: Mar Del Plata Film Festival – Argentina

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FOCUS ON CINEMA

HITLER’S HOLLYWOOD DCP & HD – 2016 – Germany – 100 & 2x52’

Directed by: Rüdiger Suchsland Original Language: German

Produced by: LOOKS Filmproduktionen GmbH in collaboration with The Murnau-Foundation, Arte/ZDF and funded by Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg and Hessische Filmförderung.

Hitler’s Hollywood tells the story of one of the most important and dramatic period in the German cinema history. Once again, what does cinema know that we don’t know?

The Third Reich cinema was a heavily censored industry and at the same time, longed to be a German dream factory. It produced, among others, the Nazi blockbuster "Münchhausen", at the request of Joseph Goebbels. It established its own celebrity star system and used the latest marketing tools. About 1000 feature films were produced in Germany between 1933 and 1945 and only a few were openly Nazi propaganda films and even fewer could be considered harmless entertainment. We look at these films and the people behind them. How stereotypes of the “enemy” and values of love and hate managed to be planted, into the viewers’ minds, through the screens.

THE SECOND CHAPTER AFTER FROM CALIGARI TO HITLER!

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THE GRADUATION

DCP – HD – France – 2016 – 115 min Directed by Claire Simon Original language French Produced by Andolfi With THE WHIZ KIDS the director will delve into the daily life of the Parisian cinema school, la Fémis, where a specific Republican ideal of excellence is practiced and entry into which can be summed up as follows: "everyone’s equal, but only the best get in…" Through the admission process, the hard work all year and the graduation exams, THE WHIZ KIDS will establish a portrait of our relationship to excellence in the Art world and of one of the most prestigious art school in France. A place of culture where generations intermingle.

Claire Simon has been selected three times in Cannes (including twice at Directors’ Fortnight in 2006 and 2008

with On Fire and God's Offices) and was recently competing in Locarno with Gare du Nord.

AWARD: True Vision Award – True/False Film Festival 2017 FESTIVALS: BFI London Film Festival 2016 – Documentary Competition RIDM 2016 – Rencontres de Montréal DOC NYC 2016 IDFA 2016 – Masters Göteborg Film Festival 2017 – Classics True/False Film Festival 2017 – Official Selection Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival 2017 CPH:DOX 2017 – Artists and Auteurs Section Febiofest 2017

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BECAUSE I AM GENIUS! Lorenza Mazzetti DCP / HD – 2016 – ITALY – 62’

Directed by: Steve della Casa and Francesco Frisari Original language: Italian

Produced by: TANGRAM FILM In association with: Francesca Padula

With the support of: British Film Institute and Roma Lazio Film Commission In collaboration with: SKY ARTE

Lorenza Mazzetti’s “genius” resides in her fantastic and profound outlook she uses to tell her extraordinary story and create the most part of her works. Adopted by the Einstein family, which was exterminated by the SS in the early 1950s, Lorenza decided to go to London to forget the tragedy she witnessed when she was just a little girl. Once in London she managed to enter the well-known Slade School of Fine Art where she stole a movie camera and shoot "K", a reinterpretation of Kafka’s Metamorphosis. Thanks to this incredible first film she got in contact with Lindsay Anderson, Karel Reisz and Tony Richardson establishing the Free Cinema Manifesto and revolutionized British cinema. Her second film "Together" was awarded in 1956 Cannes Film Festival. Having returned to Italy, she joined Paola, her twin sister with whom she lives nowadays. Through Lorenza’s memories, animation of her paintings and the everyday life we discover a funny old woman who still exhibits all the freedom and the innocence of childhood.

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FRITZ LANG The real thrilling story behind the creation of M.

DCP / HD - 2016 – 104 min – GERMANY – Docudrama

Directed by: Gordian Maugg Original Language: German

Produced by: BELLE EPOQUE FILMS GMBH Co-produced by: Gordian Maugg Film, ZDF/ ARTE

With the support of: Film-und Medienstiftung NRW, BKM, DFFF, Filmförderung Hamburg / Schleswig-Holstein, Nordmedia, Filmförderung Hessen

Fritz Lang. He was regarded a genius, an egocentric sex maniac and a sadist. Violence and love became subjects that would not let go of Fritz Lang for the rest of his life. In Vienna, as the son of a violent father, under whom his much-loved Jewish mother suffered. As a soldier in Galicia, where he experienced the horrors of the First World War. And finally, as a young director in Berlin, accused of murdering his own wife. Fritz Lang researches the "Evil" in all of us and in himself. FESTIVALS: Rome film fest 2016 – Official selection Stockholm International FF 2016 – Open Zone Mar del Plata FF 2016 - Panorama IFFI Goa 2016 – Documenting the Legends AWARD: Best Feature Film – Hessen Film & Cinema Awards 2016

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THE DYING OF THE LIGHT For 120 years, they brought the light to our screens. Now their light is dying.

DCP & HD – 2016 – USA – 95/56 min Directed by: Peter Flynn Original language: English Produced by: Peter Flynn

Largely unchanged for more than a century, the projection of photochemical film faces an uncertain future in the digital age. The practice of handing and projecting film is in danger of being lost; and the role of film projectionist is nearing extinction. THE DYING OF THE LIGHT explores at the history and craft of motion picture presentation through the lives and stories of the last generation of career projectionists. By turns humorous and melancholic, their candid reflections on life in the booth reveal a world that has largely gone unnoticed and is now at an end. The result is a loving tribute to the art and romance of the movies—and to the unseen people who brought the light to our screens.

FESTIVALS: Vilnius Film Festival 2016 Mar del Plata 2016 – Documentary section FIFF Fribourg 2017 – Section Décryptage

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LAST ACQUISITIONS

MOVE! DANCE YOUR LIFE

DCP- HD - 2016 – 76 min – FRANCE

Directed by: Fanny Jean-Noël Original Language: Arabic, Spanish, Hindi, English (and others) Produced by: Guillaume Rappeneau (Rappi Productions)

MOVE! is a "poetrip". It’s a unique, poetic and aesthetic film about dance around the world! Its primary language is Dance, a universal medium.

The film takes place in 18 different destinations around the world. With over 20 dancers, amateurs or professionals, from childhood to old age, from womb to tomb, MOVE! shows humanity’s vital need for dance.

« We should con by sider each day lost in which we have not danced at least once »

Friedrich Nietzcshe

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EXODUS Where I come from is disappearing.

DCP - HD - 2016 – Brazil/Germany – 105/90/52 min Directed by: Hank Levine Original language: Arabic, English, Brazilian-Portuguese, German Produced by: O2 FILMES (Fernando MEIRELLES, Fernando SAPELLI) & Hank Levine Film

EXODUS tells intimate refugees stories from different parts of the world and follows their personal journey for two years. Napuli, a political activist, had to flee South Sudan to Germany, where she is fighting for the right to stay. Tarcha, born in Western Sahara, escaped to Algeria in 1975 because of the Moroccan invasion and lived in refugee camps ever since. Born in Syria, Dana arrived in Brazil via Turkey and is desperate to reunite her family in Canada. Nizar, a Palestinian-Syrian, is on his journey from Brazil via Cuba to Europe, where he is hoping to find refuge and bring his family. Bruno, from Togo, spent 9 years in German camps, until he legalized and now helps refugees. Lahtow and Mahka from Kachin, Myanmar, left due to the ongoing military conflict and even though located in a war zone, Mahka visits his abandoned home with his family. FESTIVALS: Mostra de Sao Paulo – WORLD PREMIERE

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IN COMPLETION - DELIVERY 2017

CONSTRUCTING ALBERT

DCP & HD – 2017 – Spain – 90/60 min TBC

Directed by Laura Collado & Jim Loomis Original language Spanish Produced by Trueday Films In co-production with Televisio De Catalunya and Alexandra Films

Albert Adrià has all the ingredients of a creative genius. Playing a key role in the creation of elBulli, the greatest restaurant in history, wasn’t enough. Escaping the shadow of his famous brother ferran, Albert is now seeking his own success. The most important revolution in culinary history took place in a remote cove of Catalan coast. ElBulli, the “Big Bang” of creative discovery sparked from two minds of two brothers: Ferran and Albert Adrià. Since then, the name Ferran became synonymous of creativity. The film is about Albert’s constructing himself and entering the Pantheon of great chefs.

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RENZO PIANO, AN ARCHITECT FOR SANTANDER

DCP & HD – 2016 – Spain - 80 & 52 min TBC

Directed by Carlos Saura Original language Spanish and English Produced by Morena Films (Alvaro Longoria)

A very special building, the Botín Center of Arts and Culture, from its conception to its inauguration in the Santander Bay, in the North of Spain. The architect, a contemporary genius, Renzo Piano. The director, another contemporary genius, Carlos Saura.

Carlos Saura and Renzo Piano will unfold their view on the relationship between architecture and cinema and show us the magic surrounding this gigantic building as imagined by Renzo Piano. The Botin Center, through time, will modify the soul of the city forever. By the director of Argentina and Flamenco Flamenco! By the architect who designed Paris’ Pompidou Center, Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz and the New York Times building!

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I AM MAX: Life and Death of Max Linder Can we think about Buster Keaton without Charlie Chaplin?

Can we think about Charlie Chaplin without Max Linder?

DCP & HD – Poland/France - 2016 – approx. 90 & 52 min –

IN PRODUCTION

Directed by Edward Porembny Original language French Produced by AMP Polska, Ladybirds Films, ARTE

Only a few people, passionate of cinema’s history, know who Max Linder was. The only monument named after him is the beautiful Parisian cinema called Max Linder Panorama. However, Max Linder was the first international movie star, earning fortunes in Europe and in America, venerated by millions of fans on both continents. It was on the basis of Linder’s created character – a resourceful and gallant boulevardier finding his way out of every situation – that Charlie Chaplin started his career. Why didn’t he survive his predecessor’s fame?

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ALL THINGS ARE PHOTOGRAPHABLE

DCP & HD – 2017 – USA - 75 & 52 min Directed by: Sasha Waters Freyer Original language: English Produced by: Pieshake Pictures LLC

All Things Are Photographable is the first documentary film on the life and work of acclaimed

photographer Garry Winogrand (1928-1984) – the epic storyteller of America across three

turbulent decades.

Photo Copyright John F. Kennedy, Democratic National Convention, Los Angeles, 1960

His artistry encompassed the heartbreak, violence, hope and turmoil of postwar America, from the frenzy of its urban core to the alienation of its emergent suburbs. Thirty years on, his most well-known photos – of Marilyn Monroe, her skirt blown askew on the set of The Seven Year Itch; Norman Mailer’s 50th birthday party; tourists at Dealy Plaza in Dallas following the Kennedy assassination and among hundreds of others – remain unforgettable. He also captured city streets teeming with women newly liberated from the repressive 1950’s; rowdy Texas rodeos, political conventions and angry protests, zoos, parades and celebrity balls. His camera seized upon the spectacle of a massive social upheaval – that age when our now-global mania for self-promotion and exhibitionism was beginning.

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ART & CULTURE

Feature formats

Backstage The last film of Marlène Ionesco’s collection!

HD - France - 2016 – 90 min Directed by: Marlène Ionesco

Original language: French, English Produced by: Delange Productions

Synopsis: BACKSTAGE takes us behind the scenes of the Paris Opera Ballet,

using stage performances from classic and modern ballet; Romeo & Juliette (with

Mathieu Ganio), La Bayadère but also choreographies by Alexei Ramantsky and

William Forsythe.

With the participation of Mathieu Ganio, Aurélie Dupont, Nicolas Le Riche, Agnes Letestu; all the Rudolph Nureyev generation is there interacting with the newcomers such as Amandine Albisson, Laura Hecquet and the children learning the basics and looking up to them. “My desire with this movie was showing the invisible and secret part of the work of dancers. Backstage could not be created without my archives from my last movies about stars’ ballet from Opera de Paris and Marinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg.” Marlène Ionesco

WHO IS ODA JAUNE Speaking softly but painting loud.

DCP & HD – 2016 – Germany - 75 min Directed by Kamilla Pfeffer Original languages German and French Produced by Gebrueder beetz filmproduktion In coproduction with Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM) Funded by Film- und Medienstiftung NRW

Oda Jaune paints mutilated and disfigured, naked and sexless bodies. Disturbing paintings, painful paintings. And she paints faces radiating happiness, people in paradise, people who can fly. Tender, touching paintings. Originally from Bulgaria, Oda Jaune studies at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, becomes a master scholar of Jörg Immendorff and she becomes his wife. After Immendorff’s death in 2007, she leaves Germany to move to Paris. Getting in touch with her there is a challenge. Almost two years pass before she agrees to being in this film. The plan seems simple: over the course of several weeks the director and her cinematographer will join her in the studio and capture the process of creating new paintings for an upcoming exhibition. FESTIVALS: BERLINALE 2016 – Perspective Deutsches Kino BERLINALE 2017 – Lola Award Nomination – Special Screening

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OUR LAST TANGO Maria Nieves and Juan Carlos Copes. Divided by life, united by Tango

DCP - HD – 2015 – 85 min – Germany, Argentina Directed by: German Kral Produced by: German Kral Filmproduktion, Lailaps Pictures Original Language: Spanish Co-producer: Birgit Rothörl, Josef Brandmaier From executive Producers: Wim Wenders Rodrigo Furth, Jakob Abrahamsson With the participation of: Schubert International Filmproduktions, Monogatari Films, Mateina Producciones

Our Last Tango is above all a love story. A story of love between the two most famous dancers in tango’s history. And the story of their tremendous love of tango. María Nieves Rego (80) and Juan Carlos Copes (83) met when they were 14 and 17, and they danced together for nearly fifty years. In all those years, they loved and hated each other and went through several painful separations but always got back together. No other man danced like Juan and no other woman danced like María! Eventually, he left her for good for a woman 20 years younger with whom he fathered two children. Now, Juan and María are willing to open up about their love, their hatred, and their passion. In Our Last Tango Juan and María tell their story to a group of young tango dancers and choreographers from Buenos Aires, who transform the most beautiful, moving and dramatic moments of Juan and Maria’s lives into incredible tango-choreographies. These beautifully-shot choreographies compliment the soul-searching interviews and documentary moments of the film to make this an unforgettable journey into the heart of the tango.

Starring the famous dancer Pablo Verón from Sally Potter’s film TANGO LESSON and Sexteto Mayor, the most famous Tango Orchestra in the world who brought Tango to Broadway

FESTIVALS: Toronto International Film Festival 2015 – TIFF DOCS Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2015 – International Competition Magnificent 7 Festival 2016 - Serbia Epos 7 FilmArtFestival – Israël Beijing International Film Festival 2016

VIMEO LINK AVAILABLE ON DEMAND

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KOUDELKA, SHOOTING HOLY LAND Forty years after capturing the Soviet invasion of

Prague, the Czech photographer Joseph Koudelka

(Magnum agency), goes to Israel and Palestine.

DCP & HD – 2015 – Czech Republic & Germany - 72 min - COMPLETED Directed by

Original language English, Hebrew Produced by Nowhere Films & Produkce Radim Prochazka

The film follows Koudelka and his journey photographing the Holy Land from one enigmatic and visually

spectacular location to the next. In each location - soon to become a new “Koudelka” photo - a new scene unfolds,

gradually introducing us to Koudelka’s method of working and his perception of the world he is documenting as

well as the people he encounters.

A fascinating dialogue emerges between the moving images Baram creates and Koudelka’s still photographs, as

Baram places the photographer in his own breathtaking compositions. Austere images of landscape divided by

concrete walls and barbed wire reveal the horrifying absurdity of the infamous conflict.

Baram’s long-term documentation of the photographer on-field together with the exclusive use of Koudelka’s

photographic archive result in a unique record that offers a rich and intimate look into the solitary creative process

of one of photography’s greatest living masters.

AWARD: Young Audience Award – Corsica Doc 2016 FESTIVALS: Jihlava International Film Festival 2015 - Opus Bonum & First Lights Docaviv 2016 – Official selection One World Festival 2016 – Czech Perspectives Dok Fest Munchen FILAF – Official selection Rencontres photographiques d’Arles – Cinémas San Fransisco Jewish Film Festival Trieste Film Festival 2017

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Porno & Libertà

DCP – HD – 2015 – Italy - 78 min Directed by Carmine Amoroso Written by Carmine Amoroso Produced by Zut Film "A free and civilised society should be judged by its willingness to accept porn." Salman Rushdie Synopsis: PORNO E LIBERTA is the first documentary giving an insight on the Italian 70’s and tracing porn’s incredible genesis from the first magazines, photoshoots, censorship issues to its political and social repercussions — such as the election of Porn-star Ilona Staller (Cicciolina), the first to become parliament’s member. It also offers food for thought about the 70’s & 80’s periods, years of transformations in which, pornography became a tool of protest and liberation, a real language. The documentary brings to light a wide range of exclusive materials and interviews – pornographers, porn stars, writers, intellectuals, philosophers and feminists, from Lasse Braun to Riccardo Schicchi, from Marco Pannella to Ilona Staller, from Helena Velena to Judith Malina – who recall and recount what deserves to be defined as the most important sexual revolution in decades. FESTIVAL: IFFR ROTTERDAM 2016– Community Cameras Section– WORLD PREMIERE BAFICI 2016 - Panorama / Cinefilias Docs Against Gravity – Fetish and culture Moscow International Film Festival – Out of Competition Festival du film de Fesses – Panorama contemporain Pacific Meridian Vladivostok IFF – After Midnight Festival du Nouveau Cinéma - TEMPS Ø

Maiko: Dancing Child Life as a prima ballerina over 30 is tough enough for Maiko when she decides to start a family....

DCP – HD – 2015 - Norway – 70 min

Directed by: ÅSE SVENHEIM DRIVENES Original language: English, Norwegian and Japanese Produced by: Sant & Usant Maiko's destiny was decided before she was born. Her name Maiko means dancing child. Her mother, the driving force behind her career, sold their house and car to send 14-year-old Maiko to the most prestigious dancing schools in Europe. She knew she couldn't return to Japan as a failure. Today Maiko is 32 on top of her career as a prima ballerina at the Norwegian National Ballet. Maiko is not a young dancer anymore and talented newcomers are longing for her position. Competition is getting tougher when Maiko decides to start a family... We follow Maiko at a breaking point in her life, where she is forced to make decisions that might jeopardize everything she has worked for.

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HAROLD AND LILLIAN: A HOLLYWOOD LOVE

STORY

DCP- HD – 2015- USA- 96’

Directed by: Daniel Raim Original Language: English Produced by: Adama Films

From the Oscar® Nominated

Director Daniel Raim and Executive Producer Danny DeVito

HAROLD AND LILLIAN: A HOLLYWOOD LOVE STORY is a fascinating and humanistic account of the romantic

and creative partnership of storyboard artist Harold Michelson and his wife, film researcher Lillian Michelson—a

talented couple once considered “the heart of Hollywood.” Harold and Lillian worked on hundreds of iconic films

during Hollywood’s golden age including The Ten Commandments, The Apartment, The Birds, Who’s Afraid of

Virginia Woolf? The Graduate, Rosemary’s Baby, Fiddler on the Roof, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Scarface, Full

Metal Jacket and more. Although the couple was responsible for some of Hollywood’s most iconic examples of

visual storytelling, their contributions remain largely uncredited. Through an engaging mix of love letters, film clips

and candid conversations with Harold and Lillian, Danny, DeVito, Mel Brooks, Francis Coppola and others, this

deeply moving documentary chronicles their remarkable relationship and two extraordinary careers spanning six

decades of movie-making history.

FESTIVALS: Cannes Classic 2015 - Official Selection – WORLD PREMIERE IFFR 2016 – Official selection Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2016 – Section Global Hollywood AWARD: Audience Award at the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival 2016

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SOMETHING’S GONNA LIVE An intimate portrait of six Grandmasters from the Golden Age of Hollywood

DCP- HD - 2015 - USA – 78’

The Los Angeles Times Critics’ Pick SOMETHING'S GONNA LIVE is an intimate portrait of life, death, friendship

and the movies, as recalled by some of Hollywood's greatest cinema artists. The film captures the late life coming together of renowned production designers Robert Boyle (North by

Northwest, The Birds), Henry Bumstead (To Kill a Mockingbird, The Sting) and Albert Nozaki (The War of the Worlds, The Ten Commandments), storyboard artist and production designer Harold Michelson (The Graduate, Star Trek: The Motion Picture), and master cinematographers Haskell Wexler (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,

Medium Cool) and Conrad Hall (In Cold Blood, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid). These prolific artists have worked on a total of 400 films, garnering 25 Academy Award® nominations and 8 wins.

From snapshots, sketches, and vintage footage interwoven with interviews and contemporary footage of these artists visiting former studios and locations, we get a behind-the-scenes look at moviemaking in the golden age of

cinema. As we watch iconic scenes of our collective imaginations emerge from their drawings, models, matte paintings, and sets, we hear tales of Mae West, "Hitch," and DeMille, and experience their longing for the sense of

community that made working on these films so great. Not a nostalgia piece, but an exploration of the artist's moral obligation to truthfully portray the human condition, SOMETHING'S GONNA LIVE is a thought-provoking and "deeply moving" (LA Times) celebration of the human

stories behind the glamorous edifice of Hollywood.

“A revelation! ... An eye-opening tribute to one of the least understood or appreciated aspects of

filmmaking, and a challenge to filmmakers to believe in what they do!”

Chicago Sun-times

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MAN FALLING Falling apart in a blink of an eye Awakening with passion.

DCP - HD – 2015 – 105 min – Denmark Directed by: Anne Wivel Original Language: Danish Produced by: Danish Documentary - Production (Sigrid Dyekjær)

A brain injury after a fall forces Per Kirkeby - one of Denmark's most famous artists - to stop painting. In an instant, Kirkeby loses his life's foundation as well as his ability to work. No longer able to see colors, he cannot orient himself in the large canvases that made him a figurehead for Danish and international contemporary art. "Man Falling" is the story about Per Kirkeby’ s universe - marked by deep melancholy as well as astounding beauty; a story about a personal struggle for life and work, a return to the universal language of painting that has been his way to get his visual and emotional impulses out. Per Kirkeby is one of Denmark's greatest and most famous painters worldwide. He has an unusual and extremely rare linguistic gift. The film contains a continuous series of registrations and reflections on what human life means; a passion for leaving a mark and being present until the end.

ELISABETH VIGEE LE BRUN: A Touch of

Grace

“Painting and living have always been one and the same thing for me” Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun

DCP - HD – 2015 – 90 min – France

Directed by Arnaud Xainte Original Language French Produced by Illégitime Défense

« Between two centuries as at the confluence of two rivers». These words of Chateaubriand seem to be written for Louise-Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun. Born in 1755 and died in 1842, Louise-Elisabeth lived numerous and various periods of time, thanks to her exceptional longevity. Official painter of Marie Antoinette, whose portrait she painted 30 times, she knew eight political systems, two revolutions, painted more than 660 portrayals, and received in her salon the whole political and artistic intelligentsia of the late 18th century until 1840. She fled the revolution in October 1789, for a 13-year long exile, going through Italia, Russia, Austria, England, and Switzerland. Everywhere, she was received by all the greatest courts of Europe and, besides posterity, was paid the highest fees of her time. The freedom of Louise Elisabeth, nonetheless an 18th century woman, echoes strongly with today’s women struggle, being the first French female painter to be recognized around the world.

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The Great Museum A unique look behind the scenes

DCP - HD - Austria - 2014 - 94 min

Directed by: Johannes Holzhausen

Original language: German Produced by: Navigator Film

With the participation of: Austrian Film Institute, Film Fund Vienna, ORF (Film/Fernseh -Abkommen), FISA

Synopsis: This feature documentary portrays one of the most important museums in the world: Vienna’s Museum of Art History or the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien.

It presents a unique look behind the scenes of this fascinating institution and encounters a number of charismatic protagonists and their working fields unfolding the museum’s special world – as an art institution as well as a vehicle for stately representation.

Awards:

Berlin 2014: FORUM SECTION - CALIGARI FILM PRIZE Diagonale Festival 2014: Best Artistic Editing and Best Cinematography for a Documentary Perpignan FILAF 2014: Silver Filaf

Ballet Boys Being a teenage isn’t easy, being a ballet boy even less!

DCP - HD - Norway - 2014 - 73 min & 58 min Directed by: Kenneth Elvebakk

Original language: Norwegian Produced by: Carsten Aanonsen (Indie Film)

Synopsis: Lukas, Syvert and Torgeir experience some very important years in the beginning of their ballet careers. But how do they deal with pressure from parents and teachers? They face new challenges in ballet competitions throughout France and Sweden and the most important is the audition to enter the Norwegian Ballet Academy. Out of the blue, Lukas is offered a try-out in the final audition at the Royal Ballet School in London, despite not having even applied! This may be his opportunity of a lifetime to secure his career. During the course of four years we see those boys become young men, and friends being seperated. These kids sacrifice parties and friendships for school to fulfill their dreams, as admission to a ballet academy means everything to them. Ballet Boys takes you through disappointments, victories, forging of friendship, first loves, doubt, faith, growing apart from each other, finding your own way and own ambitions, all mixed with the beautiful expression of ballet.

Award: Chicago International Children’s film festival - 2nd Prize for the Documentary Feature Film, Children’s Jury

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FROM CALIGARI TO HITLER What does Cinema know, that we don’t know?

DCP- HD – 2014 - 118 min – GERMANY Directed by: Rüdiger Suchsland Original language: German Produced by: LOOKS Filmproduktionen GmbH In Collaboration with: Arte/ZDF

The film tells the story of German Cinema in the Twenties between Expressionism and New Sobriety. This was the most important period of German Cinema, a time full of wonders and invention. The aesthetic foundations were laid for the "seventh art". FROM CALIGARI TO HITLER is the first feature documentary ever on German Cinema of the Twenties. It shows well known films, but furthermore forgotten, never shown or totally unknown material. This is an entertaining rollercoaster-trip to the best period of German Cinema and into the abyss of sub-consciousness.

FESTIVALS: Venice Classics- World Premiere Vienna International Film Festival IDFA 2014 - Best of Fest Goteborg International Film Festival – Goteborg Classics Hong Kong International Film Festival - Filmmakers and Filmmaking Istanbul Film Festival BAFICI – Secret Story of Weimar Cinema IndieLisboa – Director’s Cut Section Shanghai International Film Festival – Documentary Section Jerusalem International Film Festival - Cinemania section

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Ulyana Lopatkina "You have to treat your body like a child: Don’t indulge its whims, but know the limits of what it can endure."

Ulyana Lopatkina

HD - France - 2014 – 90 min Directed by: Marlène Ionesco

Original language: French, Russian Produced by: Delange Productions

Synopsis: Born in 1973 is a small Ukrainian village, Ulyana Lopatkina reveals

herself as a precocious dancer and enters the prestigious Vaganova Academy in

Saint-Petersburg from which she graduates with a Grand Prix in 1991.

This is when she starts collaborating with the Marinski theatre where she quickly

becomes a Prima Ballerina with incredible performances.

Injured, she will stop dancing for two years and come back with more insurance and more characters personification. She then triumphs with Swan Lake and according to specialized critics, she is to date the most beautiful swan they ever seen in the history of classical ballet.

Agnès Letestu: a shining star

HD - France - 2014 – 93 min Directed by: Marlène Ionesco

Original language: French, English Produced by: Delange Productions

Synopsis: The film focuses particularly on the last two years of Agnes Letestu's career at the prestigious Opera Garnier. It takes us to the official farewell of Agnès Letestu with "La Dame Aux Camelias" by John Neumeier in the evening of October 10th 2013 and captures those ultimate emotional and magical moments on stage as well as in rehearsals and backstage. The testimonies of major choreographers of our time such as William Forsythe, Carolyn Carlson, Jiri Kylian, Rudolf Nureyev, George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Pierre Lacotte, and other ballet stars like Jose Martinez, Stephane Bullion, Ghislaine Thesmar, bring a unique insight on Agnes Letestu's work and personality.The film shows many excerpts from classical and contemporary ballet: "Cinderella" and "Swan Lake" by Nureyev, "The Prodigal Son" by Balanchine, "Dances at a Gathering" by Jerome Robbins, “Signs” by Carolyn Carlson, “Wound Work” by William Forsythe... In a long interview, this extraordinary dancer opens up and reveals her past, present and future: a life devoted to ballet dancing.

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Sagrada: The Mystery of Creation The Mystery behind Gaudi’s masterpiece

HD - Switzerland - 2013 – 90 min Directed by: Stefan Haupt

Original language: Spanish, Catalan, English, German, French Produced by: Fontana Film GmbH

Synopsis: The “Sagrada Família” in Barcelona is a unique and fascinating building.

It is the brainchild of the architect Antoni Gaudí, a once controversial genius, and the

work of an army of laborers. The edifice has a history with many highs and lows and

raises a multitude of questions.

We normally experience a cathedral or church in its finished form, as the witness of

a period long gone. By contrast, the construction of the Sagrada Família is anything

but complete. We can see with our own eyes how the edifice is growing and

evolving, even today, as it has done for the past 130 years.

SAGRADA is a film about the mysterious process of artistic creation, revolving around the question of our human creative power and how we want to use it. .

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Tony Curtis: Driven to stardom

HD - 2012 – France – 96 min – Black & White / Color Directed by Ian Ayres

Original language: English

Produced by FRENCH CONNECTION FILMS

Synopsis: Tony Curtis, the man who influenced Elvis Presley and James Dean, was one of the very first teen idols and one of the last real movie stars. From his difficult upbringing in the Bronx, where he was born Bernie Schwartz, to his unprecedented fame and infamous way with women. TONY CURTIS: DRIVEN TO STARDOM explores the man's rebellious demeanor, his struggle as a Jew in Hollywood, his difficult childhood, the brief love affair with Marilyn Monroe and his failed marriages to actresses Janet Leigh and Christine Kaufman, his courageous stance to break the color barrier with The Defiant Ones (the film that earned him an Oscar Nomination), and his entire six-decade career.

Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance

HD - 2012 – USA – 82min Directed by Bob Hercules

Original language: English

Produced by Lakeview Films Production In Association with Ocean Films Synopsis: Mavericks of American Dance tells the story of this groundbreaking cultural treasure, known as the first truly American dance company. Narrated by Tony and Emmy Award winner Mandy Patinkin and directed by Bob Hercules (Bill T. Jones-A Good Man), the film documents how The Joffrey Ballet revolutionized American ballet by daringly combining modern dance with traditional ballet technique, combining art with social statement, and setting ballets to pop and rock music scores.

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A Life for Ballet (Une Vie de Ballets)

HD – 2011 – France – 95 min Directed by: Marlène Ionesco Original language: French Produced by DELANGE PRODUCTION, WIDE MANAGEMENT & SUPERSONIC PRODUCTIONS Synopsis: The new feature length documentary by Marlène Ionesco focuses on the talented choreographer, Pierre Lacotte & on his muse Ghislaine Thesmar, prima ballerina & highly skilled professor at the Opéra de Paris. They dedicated their whole life to the Ballet. Pierre Lacotte dancer and choreographer, has composed the most beautiful choreographies (Marco Spada, The Voice, The Night is the Witch, La Sylphide, Ondine, etc.) performed by the prima ballerinas of the Bolchoï, the Kirov and the Opéra de Paris. Nowadays Pierre Lacotte is considered by his peers as the precious guardian of the romantic ballet. Ghislaine Thesmar continues teaching to the prima ballerinas of the Opera de Paris. A Life for ballet explores 60 years of ballet, from 1954 to 2010, through archives unseen before. Forty-five minutes of ballets excerpts (with the foremost ballerinas such as Rudolf Noureev, Agnès Letestu, Michael Denard, Evgenia Obratsova, Svetlana Zakharova…) illustrate the strong testimonies of this unusual couple and give resonance to this poetic, aesthetic and contemporary opus.

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Through Korean Cinema: A historical journey into Korean cinema

HD - 2011 – Italy – 70 min Directed by Leonardo Cinieri Lombroso

Original language: Korean & English

Produced by BLUE FILMS

Synopsis: The history of Korean cinema, narrated by a new Italian director through interviews with five of the most representative directors of the country: Im Kwon-taek, Park Gwang-soo, Lee Hyun-sae, Lee Chang-dong, and Park Chan-wook. A chronological journey through the history of the Korean events: the Japanese invasion, the Korea war, the economic development, the censures, the political repressions, up to our days.

Dancing Across Borders

HD – 2010 – USA – 87 min Directed by Anne Bass Original languages: English & Cambodian Produced by 123 PRODUCTIONS, INC With the participation of Benjamin MILLEPIED (choreographer of BLACK SWAN)

Synopsis: On a trip to Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia in January 2000, filmmaker Anne Bass came across a sixteen-year-old boy who moved her immensely with his amazing natural charm and grace as a dancer. A long-time devotee of the world of dance, Bass felt compelled to give this young boy the opportunity to leave his home and follow a dream that he could not yet have fully imagined. From the serene countryside of Southeast Asia to the halls of New York’s School of American Ballet to the stage of the Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle, DANCING ACROSS BORDERS peeks behind the scenes into the world of dance and chronicles the intimate and triumphant story of a boy who was discovered, and who only much later discovered all that he had in himself. Award: Best Documentary – Milan International Film Festival AWARDS 2010

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Like a Dream (Comme un rêve)

HD - France – 90 min Directed by Marlène ionesco Original languages: French, Russian& English Produced by DELANGE PRODUCTION Synopsis: This documentary focuses on two “prima ballerina” of The Opéra de Paris, Dominique Khalfouni and her son Mathieu Ganio, who was nominated when he was only 20-year-old. His mother followed another path and left the Opera de Paris. She joined the Ballet de Marseille of Roland Petit. This touching documentary goes through Marseille, Paris and St Petersbourg, a story about dance and emotions, thru life, work, memories, regrets and hopes.

TV Length

Anna Piaggi A Dreamer in the Fashion World

HD - France - 2016 – 52 min Directed by: Alina Parazzi

Original language: English, French, Italian Produced by: Mir Cinematografica

Synopsis: Celebrated for her eccentric outfits and an intimate friend of designers

Karl Lagerfeld, Dolce & Gabbana, de Castelbajac and Manolo Blahnik, Anna Piaggi

was the living testament to the cross pollination of art, society and culture, changing

fashion and proclaiming its success on a global scale.

The film retraces the story of this amazing journalist, touching on the capital cities of

fashion - Paris, London, Milan -and making use of selected archive footage,

unpublished photos provided by the archive of Alfa Castaldi – her husband and

noted fashion photographer –, Ugo Mulas, Baldo Fabiani, and the testimony of

some of the most known designers in the world.

“Anna worked with the outfits like a painter with its paint tubes. In a century, no one will care about commercial fashion: all will want to know who was that woman.” Bill Cunningham, fashion photographer of the New York Times.

Mr G Monsieur Hulot meets Gilbert Garçin

HD – 52min – France - 2016 Directed by Ryan Kampfe Original language French, English Produced by Scotto Productions

Gilbert Garcin, now in his eighties, is an internationally recognized photographer. Born in Marseille, he led a quiet life as a shopkeeper for 40 years, making and selling lights when in 1993, at an age where most people think about retirement, he found his vocation.

At 65, he reveals his true nature and discovers himself. He then becomes an ageless man through his double “Mister G”, a truly unclassifiable personality.

The film follows this “young” artist for 5 years and for the first time, the photographer reveals his methods and talks about his atypical journey. Through his photographs, Mr G is telling stories and illustrating his dreams.

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MAN FALLING Falling apart in a blink of an eye Awakening with passion.

DCP - HD – 2015 – 52 min – Denmark Directed by: Anne Wivel Original Language: Danish Produced by: Danish Documentary - Production (Sigrid Dyekjær)

A brain injury after a fall forces Per Kirkeby - one of Denmark's most famous artists - to stop painting. In an instant, Kirkeby loses his life's foundation as well as his ability to work. No longer able to see colors, he cannot orient himself in the large canvases that made him a figurehead for Danish and international contemporary art. "Man Falling" is the story about Per Kirkeby’ s universe - marked by deep melancholy as well as astounding beauty; a story about a personal struggle for life and work, a return to the universal language of painting that has been his way to get his visual and emotional impulses out. Per Kirkeby is one of Denmark's greatest and most famous painters worldwide. He has an unusual and extremely rare linguistic gift. The film contains a continuous series of registrations and reflections on what human life means; a passion for leaving a mark and being present until the end.

The Man Who Saved the Louvre We don’t choose our enemy, but we pick our fight. Jacques Jaujard (1895-1967)

HD – France – 60 min Directed by: Jean-Pierre Devillers & Pierre Pochard Original language: French & ENGLISH DUBBED VERSION Produced by : Ladybird Films

Synopsis: At the dawn of World War II, a group of resistance and arts lovers

organizes an incredible exfiltration of masterpieces of the Louvre Museum in order

to save it off the Nazis’ hands. The man leading the operation is Jacques Jaujard,

the Louvre Museum’s director. Jaujard is a man who made a mark in his time by his

extraordinary personality, love and passion for the arts. Although he was a high

officer and devoted servant to the State, he put his knowledge of the system,

strategic and incredible audacity to serve a universal cause: to save the national

heritage. With the French voice-over of Award winning actor and director Mathieu Amalric. Co-produced with France Television AWARD: International Emmy® Award 2015 – Winner Art Programming Section

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Sagrada: The Mystery of Creation The Mystery behind Gaudi’s masterpiece

HD - Switzerland - 2013 – 52 min Directed by: Stefan Haupt

Original language: Spanish, Catalan, English, German, French Produced by: Fontana Film GmbH

Synopsis: The “Sagrada Família” in Barcelona is a unique and fascinating building.

It is the brainchild of the architect Antoni Gaudí, a once controversial genius, and the

work of an army of laborers. The edifice has a history with many highs and lows and

raises a multitude of questions.

We normally experience a cathedral or church in its finished form, as the witness of

a period long gone. By contrast, the construction of the Sagrada Família is anything

but complete. We can see with our own eyes how the edifice is growing and

evolving, even today, as it has done for the past 130 years.

SAGRADA is a film about the mysterious process of artistic creation, revolving around the question of our human creative power and how we want to use it. .

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Tony Curtis: Driven to stardom

HD - 2012 – France – 55 min – Black & White / Color Directed by Ian Ayres

Original language: English

Produced by FRENCH CONNECTION FILMS

Synopsis: Tony Curtis, the man who influenced Elvis Presley and James Dean, was one of the very first teen idols and one of the last real movie stars. From his difficult upbringing in the Bronx, where he was born Bernie Schwartz, to his unprecedented fame and infamous way with women. TONY CURTIS: DRIVEN TO STARDOM explores the man's rebellious demeanor, his struggle as a Jew in Hollywood, his difficult childhood, the brief love affair with Marilyn Monroe and his failed marriages to actresses Janet Leigh and Christine Kaufman, his courageous stance to break the color barrier with The Defiant Ones (the film that earned him an Oscar Nomination), and his entire six-decade career.

Marvel 14: Super heroes vs. censorship

HD –2012 – France, 26 & 52 min

Directed by: Jean Depelley, Philippe Roure Original language: French Produced by Metaluna Productions Synopsis: “Marvel 14: super heroes vs. censorship” is a documentary that tells the tale of issue 14 of French comic book Marvel, who was censored and banned before publication. The Marvel comic books were at the time censored in France, being largely redrawn and cut for content. Both the left wing (American comics supposedly were symbols of the American imperialism) and the right wing (for the violent and immoral content) put pressure on the editors, even with death threats, to stop the mag. Issue 14 was not never released, but a few copies may have survived and it became an urban legend. The documentary also establishes the history of Marvel comics and widens to the censorship situation in the late 60s in France. ENGLISH VOICE OVER AVAILABLE

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Out of Frame

HD - 2012 – France & Germany – 52 min

Directed by Jean Barat

Cast : Volker Schlöndorff, Franck Liaigre, Pierre-Louis Basse and the French resistant Odette Nilès

Original language: French

Produced by LES FILMS INGENUS and LES CANARDS SAUVAGES

Synopsis: Jean Barat has followed Volker Schlöndorff during the shooting of CALM AT SEA to deliver us a wonderful documentary that exceeds the simple making-of and becomes an overwhelming documentary digging into the history of French Resistance. Among Volker Schlöndorff’s interviews and working scenes on the set, the historian Franck Liaigre and Pierre-Louis Basse, author of “Guy Môquet, a childhood cut short”, bring to light the casualties of war and dig into Guy Moquet’s intimacy. Guy Moquet, a seventeen-year-old hero against his will.

Les enfants terribles du cinéma

HD - 52 min - 2012 – France – Black & White / Colour Directed by Ezéquiel Fernandez

Original language: French

Produced by AMO FILMS & FRANCE TELEVISIONS

Synopsis: How did a generation of post-war cinephiles manage to change the course of cinematic history? In 1948, a handful of cinema enthusiast founded “Objectif 49”, a “Cine-Club” in Paris whose existence would be as dazzling as it would be brief. A few months later, they came up with the idea of a showcase demonstration for art house films, thus giving birth, in the summer of 1949, to the “Festival du Film Maudit”. Jean Cocteau played the leading role in this effort with support from Jacques Rivette, Eric Rohmer, Jean Charles Tacchella, Alexandre Astruc, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze and Pierre Kast…

Roma Fantastica

HD – 2011 - France – 60 min – Color / Black & White Directed by Luigi Cozzi

Scenario and interviews: Jean-Philippe Guigou

Original language: Italian

Cast: Luigi Cozzi, Dario Argento

Produced by FONDIVINA

Synopsis: Under the guidance of Luigi Cozzi, cult director, we invite the public to the discovery of Rome from a weird and fantastic point of view, a Rome that is far away from the description in tourist guides…Starting from the catacombs, passing by the Pantheon and Piazza Navona and ending at Cinecitta, Cozzi retraces the history of the city through the B- movies of the following Italian directors from the 70’s: Dario Argento, Michele Soavi, Mario and Lamberto Bava.

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Warsaw, the Fortified Forest (Varsovie, la Forêt forteresse)

HD - 2011 – France – 61 min Directed by Jean-Philippe Guigou et Jean-François Robin

Original languages: French & Polish

Produced by FONDIVINA FILMS

Synopsis: Once upon a time, there was a totalitarian country in which existed an unlikely island of intelligence and résistance self-called Principality of Warsaw. Some intellectuals tried to survive the best they could such as Andrezj Zulawski, the director of “L’important c’est d’aimer” (starring Romy Schneider) and “La Fidélité” (starring Sophie Marceau & Guillaume Canet).

THE MAN ON LINCOLN’S NOSE

DCP – HD - 2001 – USA- 40’ Production design has always been a key part of the Hollywood filmmaking process, but until recently the field received very little critical attention. But thanks to Daniel Raim’s lucid and concise Oscar nominated documentary about Robert Boyle, one of Hollywood’s best art directors, a general audience now has a chance to savour what these masters of their craft have contributed. Boyle tells stories about working on everything from Hitchcock’s “North by Northwest,” “The Birds” and “Marnie” to “Fiddler on the Roof.” Boyle is quite eloquent and witty in explaining his craft, and others, including fellow art director Henry Bumstead, are also interviewed. Raim has done an imaginative job of editing production storyboards and sketches with photographs and film segments so that we ‘get’ what the production designer actually does. The detailed segment on constructing Mt. Rushmore in the studio (thus the film’s title!) is fascinating, as we learn more about how actual photos of a location can be skilfully blended with a constructed set.

A special highlight is Raim’s coverage of “The Birds,” in which Raim has Boyle revisit the actual location as film footage from Hitchcock’s memorable film is intercut with continuity sketches drawn for Boyle by his draftsman, Harold Michelson. We see a black-and-white line drawing of Tippi Hedren with a bird attacking her, which then becomes that actual shot in the film. Raim’s film is a welcome gift to everyone anywhere who wants to know more about what has and continues to make Hollywood.

Academy Award® ‐ Nominated Documentary Short Subject

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LIFE STYLE

Paris Style Architecture, Season 3 (Last Season)

HD – 2015 – France – 4 X 26 min – Color – Documentary Directed by: Christophe Kilian & Amandine Ceccaldi Original language: French Produced by Les Producteurs Associés EPISODE 1 Basques Houses More than just a house, the « Etxe » symbolizes the familial heritage, the base of the Basque community social and political system. Let us push the door of several houses to understand the characteristics of the three types of the Basque house. EPISODE 2 Biarritz: Architecture in a seaside resort The Biarritz architecture is characterized by a surprising architectural variety, at least a motley one. By going and meeting numerous houses, we will be able to enjoy the different styles that coexist harmoniously in the city. EPISODE 3 Panorama of Architecture in Normandy Norman house and timbered cottage represent all by themselves the symbol of Normandy and its archetypal shape. Above the postcard imagery, this is a guided tour of the mythical architectures of the Norman grove and coast. EPISODE 4 Le Havre: the poetry of cement Enlisted in UNESCO World Heritage of mankind of 2015, Le Havre downtown is an exceptional sample of the post war architecture and town planning. Let yourself led through innovative exploitation of concrete potentials. EPISODE 5 The bungalows of Bordeaux The city of Bordeaux has been for several centuries significant commercial place. As a witness of this prosperity acquired since the 18th century, town planning of ancient part of the city reflects the first function of Bordeaux: little warehouses, stalls and shops form the main part of the urban link inside the historic districts. EPISODE 6 Bordeaux: the architectural spring Committed in an ambitious project of urban requalification since 1996, Bordeaux, the 5th city in France by population, continues its transformation, mixing its architectural heritage with a new contemporary architecture. EPISODE 7 Lyon: a trade city Lyon became at a very early stage a significant commercial place. As the city grew, a specific figure of the town appeared on the hill of the Croix Rousse district that used to be from the beginning of the 19th century the silk industry place. EPISODE 8 Lyon: the architectural turn Sometimes regarded as wise and discrete, Lyon seemed henceforth to present the ambition to move on from its prestigious architectural past. A bold and fantasy wind blow on the facilities of nowadays, with a steady elegance.

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Paris Style Architecture, Saison 1 & 2

HD – France – 2 seasons of 4 X 26 min – Color – Documentary Directed by: Christophe Kilian & Amandine Ceccaldi Original language: French Produced by Injam

Season 1 EPISODE 1 11th District Industrial Architecture During this episode, we will discover the industrial architecture in the 11th district of Paris, whose evolution followed, overt time, and the evolution of material and building techniques. The analyses of these buildings will allow us not only to understand a specific kind of architecture but also the history of this laborer district and his work memory. We will show that the industrial heritage leaved an important mark on the 11th but this trace isn’t at all frozen but it is something that lives through the craftsmen who always work in the district and the inhabitants who engage to transform ancient work places to residential buildings but always keeping the industrial aspect of the area.

EPISODE 2 The Bohemian spirit of the 18th district In this episode, we will discover the bohemian spirit which still reigns in the heart of the 18th district and above all in Montmartre. The architecture here, as his inhabitants and quarters, has an exceptional variety, with a melting pot of times and architectural styles and it is impossible to collect everything in one single category. But there are also enough buildings with a very particular style so that the heterogeneous character of the quarter doesn’t give only a colorful impression, but make rather the effect of the district in its entirety, real village where still live many artists. EPISODE 3 Transformed factories – Ivry sur Seine – at Paris’doors At Paris border, between the Seine’s banks and railways, the city of Ivry has seen the birth of a new trend in the art of housing, with the transformation of huge abandoned industrial complex in small condominium paradise. Often hidden behind walls, arise exceptional homes that don 'have nothing to envy to Parisian chic. EPISODE 4 The village spirit in the 20th district– Paris The youngest district of Paris, the 20th changed itself from a rural tradition to urban habits, this making a symbolic "village atmosphere." So after one hundred and fifty years, renovation plans have followed and the destruction of unhealthy buildings, slums, shacks has not stopped. People and organizations have struggled to prevent the spread of large groups, and intertwining alleyways nestled in small bungalows with gardens, the peculiarity of this district, have been preserved. These houses have yet eventually grow old. Now the bet is to modernize the housing without sacrificing the architectural and urban color that makes the charm of this district.

Season 2 EPISODE 1 Paris’ Grands Boulevards – Haussmann Style Paris “Grands Boulevards” are symbolic of an elegance that Parisians associate with the architecture of their city. This style represents the most famous image of Paris. In this episode, we will push the door of several apartments to see how we play with the codes of this so "classic" style. EPISODE 2 Architects Houses in Paris You know Paris from Haussmann with its buildings and main avenues. Leaving the heart of the city to the suburb, the urban landscape offers more diversity: neighborhoods are more intimate, bucolic and some houses even become a setting. If most of Parisian houses are part of the urban landscape for more than a century, architects are still building today. However, vacant spaces are rare nowadays... Let’s visit those architectural masterpieces. EPISODE 3 Art nouveau in Paris in 1900 At the southern border of Paris, between the Seine and the railroads, Ivry-Sur-Seine city gave birth to a new housing trend, with the transformation of huge industrial buildings in small condominium paradises. Often private hideaways, those exceptional accommodations have nothing to envy to the Parisian chic. EPISODE 4 Ecological Architecture in Paris At the time of global warming and major environmental issues, ecological architecture becomes essential. In a city like Paris, is it an easy implementation? We will look for answers and visit several ecological homes located in Paris and its surroundings.

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Luxe Factory

HD – France– 9 x 23 min - Documentary Serie Directed by Eric Le Seney Original language: French & English Produced by INJAM PRODUCTION, MISS LUNA FILMS & STYLIA Synopsis: Trade secrets, unexpected anecdotes, moving portraits, small and big histories: Luxe Factory regroups an exceptional circle of creators, artists and craftsmen who maintain the flame of the excellence and transmit the breath of Luxury, also called the art of the detail. ENGLISH VOICE-OVER AVAILABLE

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Craving Asia, Luxury and Ecology (Envie d’Asie)

HD – 6 x 26 min – Documentary Serie Directed by Thierry Bellaiche Produced by MISS LUNA FILMS

Synopsis: An enchanting trip into marvellous landscapes of Thailand, India (Rajasthan) and Bali

where sumptuous hotels shelter lucky visitors. All those 6 outstanding hotels stand in complete harmony with nature. 6 episodes: Aman-I-Khas Hotel: A Treasure Of Rajasthan Amanpuri Hotel: An Millennium Oasis Amanusa Hotel: A Pearl On The Ocean Raj Palace Hotel: A Palace Of Maharadjas Hotel Six Senses: A Dream On The Gulf Of Siam Ubud Hotel: In The Heart Of The Primeval Forest AVAILABLE VERSIONS: FRENCH AND ENGLISH SOME TITLES ARE AVAILBALE IN HD

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High Parisian Jewelry

HD - 2012 – France– 52 min

Directed by Eric Le Seney Original language: French Produced by INJAM PRODUCTION, MISS LUNA FILMS & STYLIA Synopsis: Diamonds, ruby, sapphires, and emeralds …Three of the most important Parisian jewelries opened their doors of their studios to tell the secrets of their knowhow: Lorenz Baumer, the youngest, Mellerio also named Meller the elder and Chaumet, the most emblematic.

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SPORTS

CHEER UP DCP & HD – 2016 – Finland/Canada 75 & 52min

Directed by Christy Garland Original language Finnish & English

Produced by Napafilms Miia, the ambitious coach of Finland’s worst competitive cheerleading team, is sick of losing and stuck in Rovaniemi, on the Arctic Circle. So she takes a trip to the motherland, Texas, where she’s inspired by the American mindset and focus of the world’s best cheerleaders. Returning to Finland a tougher coach, she pushes her girls to the breaking point… but is that what the team really wants? For Aino and Patricia, the team’s success is the least of their concerns as they struggle to fight painful battles in their teenage lives. For them, the cheerleaders are like another family, a stepping stone and a source of support along the path of life. Miia thinks a winning team is all she needs, until life steps in and surprises her. Cheer Up takes us into the teenage lives of a team of losing cheerleaders who try their best to get better and look perfect doing it, while really, life just sucks. For Patricia, Aino and Miia, finding out who they are, where they belong and what family means is much more important than any trophy.

FESTIVALS: Hot Docs 2016 – Canadian Spectrum – WORLD PREMIERE Edinburgh International Film Festival – Focus on Finland Section Dok Leipzig – International section DOC NYC San Francisco Indie Fest 2017

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YOUNG WRESTLERS Living, Learning and Suffering for their passion.

DCP & HD - 2016 – The Netherlands, Turkey – 90 min Directed by Mete Gümürhan Original languages Turkish Produced by Kaliber Film, Filmaltı With the support of Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry’s General Directorate of Cinema, Netherlands Film Fund

The 26 boys living at the sports academy in the Turkish province of Amasya will endure a lot to realize their wrestling dream. In Young Wrestlers (Genç Pehlivanlar) they face the usual challenges of adolescence in a male dominated environment and contradictory contemporary Turkey. The camera remains observational and discreet while still allowing us to experience their everyday life at close range – somewhere between camaraderie and competition. AWARD: BERLINALE 2016 – GENERATION K+ SECTION Special mention from the International Jury FESTIVALS: Dok Fest Munchen - Panorama

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CURRENT AFFAIRS

Features

Shadow World

DCP – HD – 2016 - 100 min (TV Version 90 min A JOHAN GRIMONPREZ FILM A DILLYWOOD and LOUVERTURE FILMS production Co-produced by ONOMATOPEE FILMS, FINAL CUT FOR REAL In association with BERTHA FOUNDATION, FORK FILMS, VITAL PROJECTS FUND, ITVS, RTBF TELEVISION BELGE- UNITE DOCUMENTAIRES, BRITDOC CIRCLE ZAP-O-MATIK

Directed by Johan Grimonprez and based on Andrew Feinstein's globally acclaimed book The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade, the film SHADOW WORLD reveals how the international trade in weapons - with the complicity of governments and intelligence agencies, investigative and prosecutorial bodies, weapons manufacturers, dealers and agents - fosters corruption, determines economic and foreign policies, undermines democracy and creates widespread suffering. SHADOW WORLD posits alternative perspectives through the experience of a peace activist and war correspondent, as well as through the provocative stories of Eduardo Galeano; but ultimately the film reveals the real costs of war, the way the arms trade drives it, how the weapons of war are now being turned against the citizens of liberal democracies, and how the 'shadow world' is taking over. In shedding light on how our realities are being constructed, the film offers a way for audiences to see through this horror, in the hopes of creating a better future.

Based on the book THE SHADOW WORLD by ANDREW FEINSTEIN Stories written and read by EDUARDO GALEANO Directed by JOHAN GRIMONPREZ Story by JOHAN GRIMONPREZ, ANDREW FEINSTEIN Director of photography NICOLE MACKINLAY HAHN Edited by PER K. KIRKEGAARD, PEDRO COLLANTES DE TERAN BAYONS, DIETER DIEPENDAELE Original music by KARSTEN FUNDAL Produced by JOSLYN BARNES, ANADIL HOSSAIN Executive producers BERTHA FOUNDATION, ABIGAIL DISNEY, DANNY GLOVER, DRISS BENYAKLEF Executive producer for ITVS SALLY JO FIFER Responsable co-productions documentaires RTBF WILBUR LEGUEBE Co-executive producers DAVID MENSCHEL, VITAL PROJECTS FUND, MICHAEL J. ZAK, DONALD RUBIN, JODIE EVANS,

MATTHEW PALEVSKY, SUSAN ROCKEFELLER Co-producers SIGNE BYRGE SØRENSEN, EMMY OOST Broadcasters DR, RTBF, RTS, SBS, SVT, VRT/CANVAS, YES DBS Major funding support provided by FLANDERS AUDIOVISUAL FUND, VITAL ADVISED FUND, VITAL PROJECTS FUND,

SUNDANCE INSTITUTE DOCUMENTARY FILM PROGRAM, SUNDANCE INSTITUTE CATALYST INITIATIVE, CINEREACH, GUCCI TRIBECA DOCUMENTARY FUND, WALLACE ACTION FUND OF TIDES FOUNDATION, DANISH FILM INSTITUTE – FILM COMMISSIONER HELLE HANSEN, THRESHOLD FOUNDATION’S HIGH IMPACT DOCUMENTARY FUND, CODEPINK Pitching forums GOOD PITCH EUROPE, IDFA FORUM, CPH: DOX FORUM, SUNDANCE CATALYST INITIATIVE,

SHEFFIELD DOCFEST MEETMARKET

FESTIVALS: Tribeca International Film Festival 2016 - Spotlight - WORLD PREMIERE San Francisco International Film Festival - Official Selection

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Nuclear Nation II Many people have forgotten what happened in Fukushima. Four years later, for 130 000 residents, temporary housing became a modern-day refugee

camp.

DCP - HD – 2015 – Japan – 114 & 90 min

Directed by: Atsushi Funahashi Original language: Japanese Produced by: Big River Films & Documentary Japa Following the 2011 events and the first documentary Atsushi Funahashi directed, NUCLEAR NATION II analyses the evolution as of December 2014. It follows a new group of people exiled from Futaba, the region occupied by the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Nothing has changed yet for the refugees, away from their home like lost souls and still hoping to be compensated. Through their agonies and frustrations, the film unravels the cost of capitalism and nuclear energy FESTIVAL: BERLIN 2015 – Official selection – FORUM section GREEN FILM FESTIVAL SEOUL 2015 – Special Mention Cinéma Du Réel – International Competition BOZAR cinéma – Special Screening

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Plot for Peace

DCP – HD – South Africa – 2013 – 84 min Directed by: Carlos Agullo', Mandy Jacobson Original languages: English, French, Portuguese, Afrikaans, Spanish Produced by: INDELIBLE MEDIA PTY LTD Synopsis: This is the untold story behind History, a well-kept secret behind the world-wide icon: Nelson Mandela's release was a Plot for Peace. For the first time, heads of state, generals, diplomats, master spies and anti-apartheid fighters reveal how Africa's front line states helped end apartheid. Their improbable key to Mandela's prison cell was a mysterious French businessman, dubbed "Monsieur Jacques" in classified correspondence. His trade secret was trust.

Awards: Festival Internacional de Cine Politico: Primera Mención Competencia Oficial Internacional de Largometrajes. Festival Regards sur le Cinéma du Monde 2014: Jury Galway Film Festival 2013: Human Right Documentary Competition – Best International Feature Documentary Hamptons Intl Film Festival 2013: Brizzolara Family Foundation Award for a film depicting positive Conflict & Resolution Sao Paulo Intl Film Festival 2013: Best International Documentary Award from the jury & audience Palm Springs International Film Festival – Jury Price

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All of us Guinea-Pigs Now?

DCP - HD – 118 minutes – France – 2012 Directed by: Jean-Paul JAUD Original Languages: French/Japanese/English Produced by J+B Séquences Synopsis: From 2009 to 2011, under a total secrecy, Professor Séralini and the *CRIIGEN led an experience on a *GMO and the herbicide Roundup. The conclusions are appalling… After Chernobyl’s disaster, the invisible radioactivity reappeared in March 2011 with the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident. GMO’s, NUCLEAR POWER: we use and accept those technologies without medical or environmental independent tests. Are we all of us guinea-pigs now? *Committee for Research and Independent Information on Genetic Engineering *The Monsanto corn NK 603

As if we were catching a cobra

DCP – HD – 2012 –Syria – 120 min Directed by Hala ALABDALLA Original languages: Syrian Produced by LES PRODUCTIONS DE L’OEIL SAUVAGE and RAMADFILM Synopsis: During the two years of the production of the film – from the beginning of the summer of 2010 to that of 2012 – major upheavals occurred in the Middle East, especially in the two countries the film focuses on, Egypt and Syria. It was hardly surprising that a film on the freedom of expression and its repression in these countries should be drawn into the wake of the turbulent events of the revolutions under way there… By questioning Egyptian and Syrian cartoonists about their experiences before and after these major historic movements against despotism, the film attempts to gauge the new-found freedom that will also guarantee our future and our right of expression, and preserve us from censorship. The Syrian writer and journalist Samar Yazbek provides us with her insight and impressions from Damascus in the months preceding the Syrian revolution up until her exile in France five months later.

Nuclear Nation

HD – 2012 – Japan – 90 min – Documentary Directed by: Atsushi Funahashi Original language: Japanese Produced by Big River Films & Documentary Japan Synopsis: A documentary about the exile of Futaba’s residents, the region housing the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The day after the magnitude 9.0 earthquake on March 11, 2011, Futaba locals heard the hydrogen explosion at Reactor Number 1 and were showered with nuclear fallout. In response, the Japanese government designated the whole town as an "exclusion zone" and 1,400 of the town's residents fled to an abandoned high school 250 kilometers away. The entire community, including the Town Hall office, was moved into the four-story building, making the residents nuclear refugees. The film portrays the evacuees as the nuclear disaster situation changes over time.

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Open Sky (À Ciel ouvert)

HD – 2011 – France – 94 min – Documentary Directed by Iñès Compan Original language: Spanish Produced by MOSAÏQUE FILMS & LE HAMAC ROUGE PRODUCTION Synopsis: Puna, Argentina. Kollas natives suddenly find themselves in the center of national and international stakes because of their underground natural resources. Indeed, Standard Silver, a Canadian company, launches an ambitious project of an open sky silver mine on the abandoned site of Mina Pirquitas, 4,500 m high. This mine is to become one of the most productive one in Latin America, Standard Silver getting the monopole over the underground natural resources disturbing also the fragile balance of the Kollas natives living on poverty. Kollas thus become victims of the globalization with this new mining boom associated to the decreasing metal exchange rate, the latter being essential to the technological development of our modern societies.

Cara a Muerte - La Vida Loca

HD & 35 mm - 2010 – France / Spain / Mexico – 90 min – Documentary Directed by Christian Poveda Original language: Spanish Produced by LA FEMME ENDORMIE, AQUELARRE & EL CAIMAN Synopsis: In Central America, they are called Maras, these groups of youngsters who have modeled themselves on the Los Angeles youth gangs. They are extremely violent and are propagating terror in El Salvador and elsewhere. This is a study, through photography and the personal stories of these gang members, of a violent phenomenon that has been imported from the USA. Available bonuses: MADE IN USA, a presentation of LA VIDA LOCA 12 ' - in 3 languages (French, Spanish, English) - AVAILABLE ON DVD OCTV, an interview of POVEDA about his personal relations with the Maras. 21 minutes - AVAILABLE ON DVD ZARAFA FILMS – “REVOLUCION O MUERTE”, one of Poveda's old reportages (1981) 51'- ONLY ON QUICKTIME FOR NOW FESTIVAL HORIZONTES LATINO, SAN SEBASTIAN, an interview of Poveda 1 x 2'30'' and 1 x 18' - AVAILABLE ON DVD CAPA TV - "L'EFFET PAPILLON", a French reportage about Poveda's death (made 4-5 days after) 7'46'' - AVAILABLE ON DIGITAL BETA CAPA TV – “CARNET DE ROUTE”, a French reportage about Poveda's death, about the investigation, about what people he interviewed think about his death etc. 31' - AVAILABLE ON DIGITAL BETA

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Children of Don Quixote (act 1) (Les Enfants de Don Quichotte Acte 1)

2008 – France – 75 min – Documentary Directed by Ronan DENECE, Augustin LEGRAND, Jean-Baptiste LEGRAND Original language: French Produced by Jean-Baptiste Legrand (SOCIETE CENTRALE ELECTRIQUE) Co-produced by Mathieu Kassovitz (MNP production) with Augustin LEGRAND “13 TZAMETI Synopsis: On October 26th 2006, two citizens, Augustin Legrand and Pascal Oumaklouf decided to federate the homeless people and force the French government to respect their fundamental rights. They set up a true entrenched camp in the heart of Paris, on the Canal St Martin, where a new resistance stood up. This is the story of their struggle and this film was conceived as a tool, a weapon to extend their fight. FESTIVALS: Cannes International Critics' Week 2008, France Mar del Plata International Film Festival 2008, Argentina CPH: DOX, Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival 2008, Denmark

Carla’s List (La liste de Carla)

2006 – Switzerland – 95 min – Documentary Directed by Marcel SCHUPBACH Original language: French, English, Italian, Serbian Produced by Jean-Louis Porchet (Cab Productions) Synopsis: Inside the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, a woman is fighting to get the last fugitive war criminals under arrest. They are called Ratko Mladic, Radovan Karadzic, and Ante Gotovina. Her name is Carla Del Ponte. For the very first time, a camera has been allowed behind the scenes of the ICTY, and follows day by day the work of the Attorney General and his team. The journey brings us from The Hague to New York, from Belgrade to Washington, Zagreb or Luxemburg, in a thrilling atmosphere of manhunt, gambling and risk. We follow her quest between truth and lies, between success and deceived hopes, fake news, and lobbying. AWARDS: Swiss Cinema Award for Best Documentary Film 2007

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TV Length

TOO BLACK TO BE FRENCH?

DCP- HD - 2015 – 53 min – FRANCE

Directed by: Isabelle Boni-Claverie Original Language: French Produced by: Dan Weingrod (Quark Productions)

Filmmaker Isabelle Boni-Claverie, a black woman who grew up in a privileged environment, has none of the supposed social handicaps that could impede social integration. And yet, she is often an object of discrimination. Has the Republic lied to her? A brazen question illuminated by the analysis of Eric Fassin, Pap Ndiaye and Achille Mbembe regarding the inequalities of our society.

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WHOSE COUNTRY

DCP- HD - 2016 – 57 min –EGYPT –FRANCE - USA

Directed by: Mohamed Siam Original Language: Arabic & English (with English subtitles) Produced by: Linked Productions Ltd & ArtKhana Egypt With the participation of: ITVS With the support of: IDFA Bertha Found, Sundance Institute, Hot Docs Blue Ice Group Documentary Production Fund, Fonds Image de la Francophonie, Arab Fund for Arts & Culture (AFAC), Screen Institute Beirut

Spanning the period from the outbreak of the Egyptian revolution in 2011 until the ouster or ex-President Morsi

three years later, Whose Country? is a first-person account of one Cairo-based filmmaker’s interactions with an

Egyptian policeman, Abou H, who experienced the brutality and the violence of his superiors towards the civilians

just after the revolution- the kind of security personnel who had become notorious in Egypt for widespread

corruption and abuses of civilians.

Through verité footage and in one-on-one interviews, Abou H reveal the ways in which the security forces abused

his role in society. Abou is torn between his convictions and the risk to lose his job. He hopes to change the system,

speaking directly to the director, who at the same time, grapples with issues of guilt and morality and the memory of

his father, a former criminal investigator.

FESTIVALS: Hot Docs 2016 - COMMAND + CONTROL Section – WORLD PREMIERE Karlovy Vary Intl Film Festival – Documentary competition New York Film Festival – Documentary section IDFA 2016 – Best of Fests IF Istanbul – Love & Change Competition CinemAfrica 2017 Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival 2017

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Nuclear Nation II

DCP - HD – 2015 – Japan –52 min

Directed by: Atsushi Funahashi Original language: Japanese Produced by: Big River Films & Documentary Japa Following the 2011 events and the first documentary Atsushi Funahashi directed, NUCLEAR NATION II analyses the evolution as of December 2014. It follows a new group of people exiled from Futaba, the region occupied by the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Nothing has changed yet for the refugees, away from their home like lost souls and still hoping to be compensated. Through their agonies and frustrations, the film unravels the cost of capitalism and nuclear energy

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Three Letters from China

DCP - HD – 2013 – Switzerland – 52min – Color Directed by: Luc Schaedler Original language: Chinese Produced by : Go Between Films gmbh – Luc Schaedler I Josie Meier Synopsis: Based on three different places, the film portrays the infractions to which people living in modern day China are subjected due to rapid developments: in the deceptively idyllic Jiuxiancun in the rainy south; in the apocalyptic coal mining site of Minqin and Wusutu in the parched north; and in Chongqing, the megacity on the Yangtze River. The protagonists give their moving accounts of an unresolved past, an uncertain present and their tentative steps into the future. The film thus paints a complex image of the mental state of the people in this complicated country. “Watermarks” is a subjective snapshot in time that takes a poetic look at the changing everyday life in China. Awards: Silk Road Film Festival 2014 – Best Documentary TRT Documentary Award 2014- Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture & Tourism Special Prize

Plot for Peace

DCP – HD – South Africa – 2013 – 57 min Directed by: Carlos Agullo', Mandy Jacobson Original languages: English, French, Portuguese, Afrikaans, Spanish Produced by: INDELIBLE MEDIA PTY LTD This is the untold story behind History, a well-kept secret behind the world-wide icon: Nelson Mandela's release was a Plot for Peace. For the first time, heads of state, generals, diplomats, master spies and anti-apartheid fighters reveal how Africa's front line states helped end apartheid. Their improbable key to Mandela's prison cell was a mysterious French businessman, dubbed "Monsieur Jacques" in classified correspondence. His trade secret was trust.

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Nuclear Nation

HD – 2012 – Japan – 52 min – Documentary Directed by: Atsushi Funahashi Original language: Japanese Produced by Big River Films & Documentary Japan Synopsis: A documentary about the exile of Futaba’s residents, the region housing the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The day after the magnitude 9.0 earthquake on March 11, 2011, Futaba locals heard the hydrogen explosion at Reactor Number 1 and were showered with nuclear fallout. In response, the Japanese government designated the whole town as an "exclusion zone" and 1,400 of the town's residents fled to an abandoned high school 250 kilometers away. The entire community, including the Town Hall office, was moved into the four-story building, making the residents nuclear refugees. The film portrays the evacuees as the nuclear disaster situation changes over time.

Open Sky (À Ciel ouvert)

HD – 2011 – France – 52 min – Documentary Directed by Iñès Compan Original language: Spanish Produced by MOSAÏQUE FILMS & LE HAMAC ROUGE PRODUCTION Synopsis: Puna, Argentina. Kollas natives suddenly find themselves in the center of national and international stakes because of their underground natural resources. Indeed, Standard Silver, a Canadian company, launches an ambitious project of an open sky silver mine on the abandoned site of Mina Pirquitas, 4,500 m high. This mine is to become one of the most productive one in Latin America, Standard Silver getting the monopole over the underground natural resources disturbing also the fragile balance of the Kollas natives living on poverty. Kollas thus become victims of the globalization with this new mining boom associated to the decreasing metal exchange rate, the latter being essential to the technological development of our modern societies.

Cara a Muerte - La Vida Loca

HD - 2010 – France / Spain / Mexico – 52 min – Documentary Directed by Christian Poveda Original language: Spanish Produced by LA FEMME ENDORMIE, AQUELARRE & EL CAIMAN Synopsis: In Central America, they are called Maras, these groups of youngsters who have modeled themselves on the Los Angeles youth gangs. They are extremely violent and are propagating terror in El Salvador and elsewhere. This is a study, through photography and the personal stories of these gang members, of a violent phenomenon that has been imported from the USA. Available bonuses: MADE IN USA, a presentation of LA VIDA LOCA OCTV, an interview of POVEDA about his personal relations with the Maras. “REVOLUCION O MUERTE”, one of Poveda's old reportages (1981) FESTIVAL HORIZONTES LATINO, SAN SEBASTIAN, an interview of Poveda "L'EFFET PAPILLON", a reportage about Poveda's death (made 4-5 days after) “CARNET DE ROUTE”, a French reportage about Poveda's death, about the investigation, about what people he interviewed think about his death etc.

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Carla’s List (La liste de Carla)

2006 – Switzerland – 52min – Documentary Directed by Marcel SCHUPBACH Original language: French, English, Italian, Serbian Produced by Jean-Louis Porchet (Cab Productions) Synopsis: Inside the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, a woman is fighting to get the last fugitive war criminals under arrest. They are called Ratko Mladic, Radovan Karadzic, and Ante Gotovina. Her name is Carla Del Ponte. For the very first time, a camera has been allowed behind the scenes of the ICTY, and follows day by day the work of the Attorney General and his team. The journey brings us from The Hague to New York, from Belgrade to Washington, Zagreb or Luxemburg, in a thrilling atmosphere of manhunt, gambling and risk. We follow her quest between truth and lies, between success and deceived hopes, fake news, and lobbying.

White Terror

2006 – France/Switzerland – 52min Directed by Daniel SCHWEIZER Original language: French, English, Russian Produced by Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion (Samir) Synopsis: White Terror is the last part of a trilogy on skinheads, hate and racism. Over two years of investigation on the most active extremist group revealed the international links between them from Stockholm to Dallas via Moscow. Daniel Schweizer, director of acclaimed documentary skinhead Attitude, investigates the forces that hide behind the “White Power” and the “New Racist” slogans.

Skinhead Attitude

2003 – Switzerland – 52min - Documentary Directed by Daniel SCHWEIZER Original language: French, English, German Produced by Samir (Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG) Synopsis: «Skinhead Attitude» is a road movie following Karole, a modern skinhead girl, traditional and anti - racist. The film is a musical journey which draws a portrait of contemporary young skinheads. The documentary outlines the history of forty years of skinhead movement through unpublished archives and witnesses. The documentary reconstructs the history of the movement, originated by the left wing proletarian youth; and of its transformation and radicalization by the extreme Right, and the neonazis have turned away this movement from its original roots.

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HISTORY AND ARCHIVES

Feature format

The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975

HD – 2011 – Sweden / USA – 92 min Directed by Göran Hugo Olsson Original languages: English, Swedish Produced by STORY AB Co-Produced by LOUVERTURE FILMS & SVERIGES TELEVISION Synopsis: The Black Power Mixtape examines the evolution of the Black Power Movement in the black community and Diaspora from 1967 to 1975. The film combines music, startling 16mm footage (lying undiscovered in the cellar of Swedish Television for 30 years), and contemporary audio interviews from leading African American artists, activists, musicians and scholars. Award: World Cinema Documentary Editing Award at the Sundance Film Festival 2011 Co-produced by Danny Glover & Joselyn Barnes Music produced by Ahmir Questlove Thompson & Om’Mas Keith

The First Rasta (Le Premier Rasta)

HD - 2011 – France – 85 min Directed by Hélène Lee & Christophe Farnarier Original language: English Produced by KIDAM & CYPER PRODUCTION Synopsis: At the beginning of the last century, the young Leonard Percival Howell (1893 – 1981) left Jamaica, became a sailor and travelled the world. On his way, he chanced upon all the ideas that stirred his time. From Bolshevism to New Thought, from Gandhi to anarchism, from Garveyism to psychoanalysis, he sought to find his promised land. With this cocktail of ideas Leonard “Gong” Howell returned to Jamaica and founded Pinnacle, the first Rasta community in 1939. Featuring: Bunny Lee, Groundation , Max Romeo, The Abyssinians

Mai 68, La Belle Ouvrage

DIGITAL - 1968/2008 – France – 117 min – Black & White Directed by Jean - Luc Magneron Original language: French Produced by WIDE MANAGEMENT Synopsis: A rare documentary about the Mai 68 riots in Paris with many testimonies from unknown and well-known witnesses. Shot during the events by Jean - Luc Magneron, this poignant documentary with interviews brings a new light on the events. On April 1998, some excerpts, entitled “It was your May 68”, were broadcasted during french TV show “La Marche du siècle” hosted by Jean-Marie Cavada, at the occasion of the 30th birthday of the events.

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Angry Monk: Reflection on Tibet

DIGITAL– 2005 – Switzerland – 97 min – Color & Black / White – Documentary Directed by Luc Schaedler Original languages: English & Tibetan Produced by ANGRY MONK PRODUCTIONS Synopsis: Tibet – the mystical roof of the world, peopled with enlightened monks? Only one of them wouldn't toe the line: Gendun Choephel, the errant monk who left the monastic life in 1934 in search of a new challenge. A free spirit and multifaceted individual, he was far ahead of his time and has since become a seminal figure, a symbol of hope for a free Tibet. A rebel and voluble critic of the establishment, Gendun Choephel kindled the anger of the Tibetan authorities.

52 min format

In search for Josephine [2 X 52’]

HD - 2012 – France – 2 X 52 min – Docu-Drama Series / History Directed by Eric Elléna Original language: English & French versions Synopsis: This two-part documentary series revisits the life of an incredibly modern woman from her childhood spent in the island of Martinique, to her coronation as an Empress at age 41, and finally to her death – from a simple cold – ten years later in her palace, Malmaison. We find ourselves retracing her steps in France and Italy and discover a character much more complex and interesting than what has been written about her by previous historians. With the help of historical reenactments, paintings and illustrations, this revealing documentary series reconstructs the important moments of her extraordinary life. Having survived a devastating hurricane, a death sentence, firing cannons, a bombing and even a balcony fall, Josephine continues to fascinate millions of people worldwide, not only because she was wife to one of the most well-known characters in history, but also because the life she led – full of drama and grandeur – was greater than any role ever imagined in fiction. Produced by FRENCH CONNECTION FILMS Co-Produced by Quasar Multimedia, Vosges Television

The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975

HD – 2011 – Sweden / USA – 52 min Directed by Göran Hugo Olsson Original languages: English, Swedish Produced by STORY AB Co-Produced by LOUVERTURE FILMS & SVERIGES TELEVISION Synopsis: The Black Power Mixtape examines the evolution of the Black Power Movement in the black community and Diaspora from 1967 to 1975. The film combines music, startling 16mm footage (lying undiscovered in the cellar of Swedish Television for 30 years), and contemporary audio interviews from leading African American artists, activists, musicians and scholars. Award: World Cinema Documentary Editing Award at the Sundance Film Festival 2011

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The First Rasta (Le Premier Rasta)

HD - 2011 – France – 52 min Directed by Hélène Lee & Christophe Farnarier Original language: English Produced by KIDAM & CYPER PRODUCTION Synopsis: At the beginning of the last century, the young Leonard Percival Howell (1893 – 1981) left Jamaica, became a sailor and travelled the world. On his way, he chanced upon all the ideas that stirred his time. From Bolshevism to New Thought, from Gandhi to anarchism, from Garveyism to psychoanalysis, he sought to find his promised land. With this cocktail of ideas Leonard “Gong” Howell returned to Jamaica and founded Pinnacle, the first Rasta community in 1939. Featuring: Bunny Lee, Groundation , Max Romeo, The Abyssinians

Mai 68, La Belle Ouvrage

DIGITAL - 1968/2008 – France – 52 min – Black & White Directed by Jean - Luc Magneron Original language: French Produced by WIDE MANAGEMENT Synopsis: A rare documentary about the Mai 68 riots in Paris with many testimonies from unknown and well-known witnesses. Shot during the events by Jean - Luc Magneron, this poignant documentary with interviews brings a new light on the events. On April 1998, some excerpts, entitled “It was your May 68”, were broadcasted during french TV show “La Marche du siècle” hosted by Jean-Marie Cavada, at the occasion of the 30th birthday of the events.

Angry Monk: Reflection on Tibet

DIGITAL– 2005 – Switzerland – 52 min – Color & Black / White – Documentary Directed by Luc Schaedler Original languages: English & Tibetan Produced by ANGRY MONK PRODUCTIONS Synopsis: Tibet – the mystical roof of the world, peopled with enlightened monks? Only one of them wouldn't toe the line: Gendun Choephel, the errant monk who left the monastic life in 1934 in search of a new challenge. A free spirit and multifaceted individual, he was far ahead of his time and has since become a seminal figure, a symbol of hope for a free Tibet. A rebel and voluble critic of the establishment, Gendun Choephel kindled the anger of the Tibetan authorities.

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HUMAN STORIES & SOCIAL ISSUES

Feature format

Bolingo. The Forest of Love

DCP – HD – Spain – 2016 – 55 min Directed by Alejandro G. Salgado Original language English Produced by La Maletà

Synopsis: BOLINGO, THE FOREST OF LOVE tells the journey made by several women from the heart of Africa to North Morocco looking for the “European dream”. This journey will get them into a trip to motherhood at Bolingo or some other awaiting camp settled next to the Moroccan-Spanish border. Bolingo means love in Lingala; a language used by a group of Congolese migrants giving humanity to the migrants’ drama in North Africa. They created a camp where migrant women could live with their children until circumstances allowed them to cross the border to Europe. BOLINGO, THE FOREST OF LOVE shows mothers fighting for survival and raising their children in hostile circumstances. FESTIVAL: International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2016 (IDFA) – Mid-Length Competition AWARD: Seville European Film Festival 2016 – Imagenera Award (SEFF) Best Documentary Award – ASECAN Cine Andaluz

Our War

DCP – HD – Italy – 2016 – 68 min Directed by Benedetta Argentieri, Bruno Chiaravalloti, Claudio Jampaglia Original language Italian, English, Kurdish, Arabic Produced by PossibileFilm, Lorenzo Gangarossa, Rai Cinema Synopsis: Sometimes in your life, you just got to fight, fight for what’s right” Who fights against ISIS? Three westerners joined the Kurds of the People Protection Units (YPG) of Rojava, in Northern Syria, to fight the self-declared Islamic State. The documentary has original footage from the Syrian battlefield, which blends in with the protagonist's daily life in USA, Italy, Sweden. The three characters talk about choices, nightmares, hopes, comrades and friends lost and their continuous support the Rojava’s struggle and democratic dream. In volunteering to fight in a war so distant from their daily life the question is, what are they fighting for?

FESTIVALS: 73th Mostra delle Arti Cinematografiche di Venezia 2016 – Out of Competition Stockholm Film Festival 2016 – Competition

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We’ll be alright Crazy institutions, blooming generation.

DCP - HD - 2016 - France - 77 min Directed by: Alexander Kuznetsov Original language: Russian Produced by: Petit à Petit Production (Rebecca Houzel) Synopsis: In Siberia, Russia, Alexander Kuznetsov follows Yulia & Katia who went from an orphanage to a neuropsychiatric institution. Deprived of freedom, work and family, they had no say in it and getting those fundamental rights back is a long and painful bureaucratic process. WE'LL BE ALRIGHT is their path to freedom. AWARDS: Jury Prize For The Most feature Film – Visions du Réel 2016 Interreligious Prize – Visions du Réel 2016

The Last Resort A tragicomedy on human nature.

DCP / HD - 2016 – ITALY / GREECE / FRANCE - 135 min Directed by: Thanos Anastopoulos and Davide Del Degan Produced by : Nicoletta Romeo, Stella Theodorakis, Guillaume de Seille, Thanos Anastopoulos In collaboration with : Rai Cinema Supported by : Friuli Venezia Giulia Film Commission, Fondo Audiovisivo del Friuli Venezia Giulia, Greek Film Centre, Centre National du Cinéma et de l'image animée-Aide à la coproduction d'oeuvres cinématographiques franco-grecques Synopsis: THE LAST RESORT describes the lives stories of beach-goers revolving around a very popular beach located in Trieste, in the Northeast of Italy, where a wall still separates men from women. A film about boundaries, identities and discrimination.

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Les Sauteurs (Those who jump) By the producers of Academy Award Nominees THE LOOK OF SILENCE and THE ACT OF KILLING

DCP & HD – 2016 – Denmark - 82 min

Directed by Moritz Siebert & Estephan Wagner Co-Directed by Abou Bakar Sidibé Original languages French and Bambara Produced by Final Cut for Real (Heidi Elise Christensen & Signe Byrge Sorensen) Produced with the support of Danida, The Danish Film Institute / Film Workshop by Film Consultant Christina Rosendahl, BMU Foundation Produced in collaboration with DR Synopsis: THOSE WHO JUMP, ultimately a film about making a Film, is Abou's portrayal of the human struggle for dignity and freedom on one of the World's most militarized frontiers. In northern Morocco, lies the Spanish enclave of Melilla: Europe on African Land. On the mountain above, live over a thousand hopeful African migrants, watching the fence separating Morocco and Spain. Abou from Mali is one of them – the protagonist in front of the camera, as well as the person behind it. For over a year, he has ceaselessly attempted to jump the fence. At the fence, they have to overcome the razor-wire, automatic pepper spray and brutal authorities. After every failed attempt, they return to Mount Gurugú, scouring for food in the nearby villages, trying to uphold some sort of order in the camp and building up their confidence again. Some give up and return home, others never return. Through the lens, Abou gradually finds expression and meaning in his situation. "When filming, I feel that I exist". But after 16 months on the mountain, Abou is close to a tragic accident. Returning to Mali is not an option for him and he becomes more determined than ever to pursue his dream of a better life in Europe. AWARDS: Winner Ecumenical Jury Award - BERLINALE 2016 – FORUM SECTION 2nd Prize of the Jury - Documenta Madrid Special Mention – Hamptons Intl FF Special jury mention - Dok Fest Munchen – Dok Horizonte competition International Amnesty Award - Docs against gravity – Borderlines International Feature Award - Lichter Film Festival Tasca D’Almerita Award and Award for Best Editing - Salina Film Festival Camden International Film Festival – Special Jury Mention – Harell Competition for Best Jury Mention White Goose Award - DMZ Docs Jury Honorable Mention – Hamptons Film Festival Prémio Biberstein Gusmão for Best Emerging Director – Jury Honorable Mention – Porto Post Doc Spotlight Award – Cinema Eye Honors 2nd Documentary Audience Award – Würzburg International Film Festival

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The Nature of Things A journey through the human soul where the present merges with the past and the future.

DCP - HD - 2016 – Italy – 70 min

Directed by: Laura Viezzoli Original language: Italian Produced by: ladoc.it (Lorenzo Cioffi) in collaboration with con Home Movies – National Family Archives With the Support of: Fondazione Marche Cinema Multimedia, Crowdfunding Eppela, Milano Film Network

Synopsis: Laura Viezolli met Angelo Santagostino for the first time in July 2013

when he was already seriously ill with ALS. A man trapped in his own body except his moving eyes, so intelligent, lively and eager to communicate. Letter by letter, time after time, with the fundamental help of the eye-pointer translating their movements, he sharpened and transmitted his thoughts to his loved ones.

Up until June 2014, Angelo answered questions and allowed us an emotional immersion towards his own mortality.

In those precious moments, through a whole year of meetings and conversations between the young female filmmaker and the main protagonist, we explore the vibrant mobility of the brain with a hypnotic visual style.

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COOKING AT THE WORLD’S END (Cocinando

En El fin del Mundo)

A journey through Galicia’s nouvelle cuisine

DCP - HD – 2015 - 90 min – Spain

Directed by Alberto Baamonde Bello Produced by Esmerarte Servicios Artisticos Original Language Spanish

In 2003, nine young chefs joined their forces and their knowledge to transform the cuisine of their land: in Galicia, Grupo Nove was born.

Culinary revolution already emerged in other Spanish regions but Galicia remained known for its excellent products, not for its cooking techniques or for its chefs’ talent. Something had to change!

Along with a new generation of producers and farmers, the Grupo Nove developed an idea of gastronomy grounded in traditions, attached to the land and the product, though using radically new techniques.

Grupo Nove is now composed of twenty chefs, the veterans training the new generation. In a short period of time, Galicia multiplied its international recognition: 8 Michelin stars, 19 Repsol soles earned by names such as Pepe Solla, Xosé Cannas, Yayo Daporta, Beatriz Sotelo, Javier Olleros…

This is a silent revolution through gastronomy, between tradition and modernity, in a land full of contrasts.

FESTIVAL: San Sebastian IFF 2015 – Culinary Zinema Section

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The Circle Love ain’t a crime.

DCP - HD - Germany - 2014 – 101 min Directed by: Stefan Haupt

Produced by: Contrast film

Co-produced by: Schweizer Fernsehen SRF / SRG SSR

Synopsis: Zürich in the mid 50's: The young shy teacher Ernst Ostertag becomes a member of the gay organization DER KREIS. There he gets to know the transvestite star Röbi Rapp – and immediately falls head over heels in love with him.

Röbi and Ernst live through the high point and the eventual decline of the organization, which, in the whole Europe, is seen as the symbol of gay emancipation. Ernst finds himself torn between his "bourgeois" existence and his commitment to homosexuality, for Röbi it is about his first serious love relationship. A relationship which will last a lifetime.

From the present, the film looks back to the time when the “Mother” of all European homosexual organizations had its high point until it fell apart.

Awards:

Berlin 2014: TEDDY AWARD - Best Documentary/ Essay Film Berlin 2014: PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARD Boston LGBT 2014: Audience Award for Best Documentary Torino TGLFF 2014 – Best Feature Film Festroia Intl Film Festival - PRIZE MAN AND HIS ENVIRONMENT Outfest - Los Angeles 2014: Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature Audience Award for Best Documentary - Perlen Queer Film Fest Hannover Pittsburgh LGBT Film Festival 2014: Audience Award for Best Documentary Swiss Film Awards 2015: Best Feature Film / Best Screenplay / Best Actor / Best Performance in a Supporting Role.

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The Special Need

DCP - HD – 2013 – Germany / Italy - 82 min – Documentary Directed by: Carlo Zoratti Original language: Italian Produced by : DETAiLFILM and Videomante Synopsis Enea is 29 and looking for love – physical love that is. But as an autistic living in Italy, this is anything but easy.… From Bolzano to Linz, Zurich and Hamburg, Enea and his two best friends, Carlo and Alex embark upon a journey that will take them far beyond what they initially imagined. More people will join the mission and a series of unexpected events will divert the van from the initial destination towards new paths. What started as an expedition aimed at having sex soon becomes a journey into Enea’s most intimate feelings and a way for the three friends to explore their own conception of love, friendship and freedom. Awards: SXSW 2014 - SX Global: Audience Award ZagrebDox International Documentary FF 2014 - Small Stamp for the best film by a first-time filmmaker Trieste Film Festival - Best Documentary Award DOK Leipzig – German Competition - Golden Dove IDFF Flahertina -Special Jury Mention Edox - Lithuania - Special Jury Award -

213 The Gang Project

HD – 2012 – USA – 90 min Directed by ROBERT E. BALL, JR Original language: English Synopsis: 213 THE GANG PROJECT is a powerful, moving and highly stylized feature length documentary that dramatically captures the highs and horrors of Los Angeles’ infamous Gang culture -- Black, White and Brown -- behind prison bars and in the streets of L.A but also follows gang members’ wives. The documentary introduces Zone, Chako, Grumpy and Mr. Cholo with Devil Face, The Aryan Princess, Puppet, Bandit, Tanjareen and Jim Runion. Music is by Dirty Daniel and Otto of Never Dead, Bill Wandel, Zone, Rick Hard, Final War and Jose Reyes. “I’m sorry for my sins. Please forgive me. If not, then I deserve to go to hell.” Bandit, of Villa Boyz

New Life

DCP - HD – 2012 – Czech Republic, Slovak Republic - 80 min – Color and B&W

Directed by Adam Ol’ha

Original Language: Slovak & English

Produced by: Evolution Films

Synopsis: The big Slovak family. Seven women and just one man left. Father couldn't managed them and found another woman. Son, "the only man standing" is trying to understand father's act and women's world. Takes the tools of his father - camera and many photos left to find men's role in "such a family". How he can learn from parent's divorce and how can he teach his sisters to divorce well in the future?

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In My Mother’s Arms

DCP - HD – 2011 – UK, The Netherlands, Iraq – 85 min

Directed by Atia Al Daradji & Mohamed Al Daradji

Original Language: Arabic

Produced by: Human Film & Iraq Al Rafidain

Synopsis: Husham works tirelessly to build the hopes, dreams and prospects of the 32 damaged children of war, under his care at a small orphanage in Baghdad’s most dangerous district. Against this threatening backdrop, with funds running desperately low, the bittersweet dramas of childhood play out: 7-year-old SAIF can only remember his dead mother’s name, ‘Mejuda’, as he faces the taunts of other kids in constant playground battles; teenager MOHAMMED struggles to balance academic life with his search for self-identity; whilst young Salah fears he may never be able to go to school. When the landlord gives Husham and the boys just two weeks to vacate, a desperate search ensues.

Honk!

HD – 2011 – France – 65 min

Directed by Arnaud Gaillard & Florent Vassault

Original Language English

Produced by: ANDOLFI & CENTRALE ELECTRIQUE Synopsis: At nightfall, on the outskirts of Salt Lake City, surrounded by his family, a grandmother will attend the execution of her husband's murderer. In Oklahoma, a former death row inmate exonered after 22 years in prison tells his amazing story. In Texas, a woman struggles against the criminal justice system for his son to survive, while he is awaiting his execution for 14 years. In Huntsville, a small provincial town in eastern Texas, the Department of correction performs the executions by lethal injection almost as a weekly ritual.

Scena del Crimine

HD – 2010 – The Netherlands – 74 min

Directed by Walter Stokman

Original Language Italian

Produced by: ZEPPERS FILM & TV Synopsis: SCENA DEL CRIMINE is a film about the influence of the Camorra on the city of Naples and its residents. An increasingly violent and intimidating sphere unfolds from various perspectives. Juvenile prisoners from the Nisida prison show how difficult it is to escape the control and the attraction of the Camorra. Meanwhile, a forensic expert of the Neapolitan police deals with the consequences of the Camorra violence for over 30 years.

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Severn, The Voice of our Children (Severn, la

voix de nos enfants)

35 mm & JPEG 2000 & HD - 2010 - France - 100 min

Directed by Jean-Paul Jaud

Original Language French, English, Japanese

Produced by: J+B SEQUENCES Synopsis: « I am here to speak for all generations to come… ... What you do makes me cry at night… … Please make your actions reflect your words… » 1992: 1st Earth Summit, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For the first time in human history, a child, Severn, calls out to the whole planet. 18 years later, our actions are still different from our speeches. The Earth is still in the same state and Severn is now expecting a baby. She speaks again, showing that despite the emergency, it is still possible to change the course of things. In this documentary, full of hope and emotion, Severn embodies a reference for those people, from Canada to Japan going through France, who act in concrete and positive terms in order to respect biodiversity. Who will answer Severn’s call? 10 years later what will be the answer given by The Rio Earth Summit 2012 (the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development)?

That Should Not Be (Nos enfants nous accuseront)

HD & 35 mm – 112 min – 2009 – France Directed by Jean-Paul Jaud

Original Language French and English

Produced by: J + B SEQUENCES Synopsis: In Europe, every year 100,000 children die of diseases caused by the environment. In Europe 70% of cancers are linked to the environment: 30% to pollution and 40% to food. In Europe cases of cancer in children have been increasing by 1.1% yearly for 30 years. In France, the number of cancers in males has increased by 93% in 25 years. In a little French community at the foot of the Cévennes Mountains, the mayor has decided to take a stance by making the school canteen organic. Here as everywhere, people are confronted with the anxiety of the dangers of industrial and agro-chemical pollution. It’s the start of a fight against a process that could become irreversible, a fight to stop our children accusing us in the future. More than 2 million visitors on www.nosenfantsnousaccuseront-lefilm.com 280 000 admissions & more than 2 Million Euros gross receipt in France (oct 2009)

Her Name Is Sabine (Elle s’appelle Sabine)

35 mm – 2007 – France – 85min – Documentary

Directed by Sandrine Bonnaire

Original Language French

Produced by: MOSAIQUE FILMS Synopsis: A sensitive portrait of Sabine Bonnaire, a 38-year-old autistic woman, filmed by her closest sister. The film tells her story through personal footage filmed by the actress over a period of 25 years, and her life today in a suitable facility. After a tragic five-year stay in a psychiatric hospital, Sabine found a new lease on life-even if these capacities remain altered-in a home in the Charente region. The film exposes the penury of specialized institutions and the dramatic consequences they can lead to.

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52 MINUTES FORMAT

Czech Swan

It’s never too late to dance Swan Lake!

HD – 2015 - 52’– POLAND & CZECH REPUBLIC Directed by: Aleksandra Terpińska Original language: Czech Produced by: Colab Pictures The documentary Czech Swan is a compelling story about women aging, dance and beer. A group of pensioners from Horni Lhota, a small village near Ostrava, Czech Republic, lends beauty to the occasional village events with their dance performances, calling themselves Majorettes. Always ready to perfect their repertoire the ladies decide to incorporate the famous Russian classic – Tchaikovskyʼs Swan Lake – into their famous routine. They ask Igor Vejsada, the director of the Ostrava Ballet, for help. Igor, who is bewitched by their energy and enthusiasm, decides to help the beginner ballerinas. He asks a ‘Swan Lake’ debutant soloist Marketa Pospisilova to give the ladies a proper Ballet training.

Key to The Castle

Sometimes, wisdom is to move from your castle of habits

HD – 2015 – Scotland – 59 min

Directed by: Darren Hercher Original language: English Produced by: Darren Hercher Films A touching and often funny observational documentary about a charming couple in their twilight years, who have lived in their beloved Scottish Castle since rebuilding it from ruins forty years ago. Alisoun, for the first time in her long marriage to Sandy, has had to take control of their destiny by putting the castle up for sale. As the move approaches, we follow her as she faces the daunting task of downsizing to a modern bungalow. Facing the future with equal measures of trepidation and optimism, their unwavering commitment and love for each other is always at the heart of the film.

Matthieu Ricard, On the Path to Compassion

HD - 2012 – France – 52 min – Documentary Directed by: JEANNE MASCOLO DE FILIPPIS Original language: English Produced by DAMIA FILMS Synopsis: 40 years devoted to the study and practice of Tibetan Buddhism have made Matthieu Ricard an essential intermediary between East and West. Scientific, Buddhist Monk, French Interpreter of the Dalai Lama, photographer and author of many texts about Buddhism and meditation, Matthieu Ricard is today one the world’s expert about this subject. This film allows us to find out his thoughts, research and humanitarian, through its association KARUNA-SHECHEN. He is a man of his time, putting his knowledge and humanist philosophy in favor of well-being and vitality of many.

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In My Mother’s Arms

HD – 2011 – UK, The Netherlands, Iraq – 51 min – Documentary Directed by Atia Al Daradji & Mohamed Al Daradji Original language: Arabic Produced by Human Film & Iraq Al Rafidain Synopsis: Husham works tirelessly to build the hopes, dreams and prospects of the 32 damaged children of war, under his care at a small orphanage in Baghdad’s most dangerous district. Against this threatening backdrop, with funds running desperately low, the bittersweet dramas of childhood play out: 7-year-old SAIF can only remember his dead mother’s name, ‘Mejuda’, as he faces the taunts of other kids in constant playground battles; teenager MOHAMMED struggles to balance academic life with his search for self-identity; whilst young Salah fears he may never be able to go to school. When the landlord gives Husham and the boys just two weeks to vacate, a desperate search ensues.

Biblioburro, The Donkey Library

2009 – France/ Colombia/ Belgium - 52 min

Directed by Carlos RENDON ZIPAGAUTA Original language: Spanish Synopsis: Each week-end, Luis Humberto Soriano, a teacher living in the remote hamlet of La Gloria in the north of Colombia, brings, with the help of his two donkeys « ALPHA » and « BET », the written word and knowledge to communes as secluded as Nueva Granada. With the kids - who ever their parents are peasants or members of FARC, paramilitaries, drug cartels - Luis gives lectures and private tutoring, organizes puppet shows and board game sessions… Produced by GRENADE PRODUCTIONS (France) in coproduction with IMAGINARIA FILMS (Colombia) & IOTA PRODUCTION (Belgium) Luis Soriano, the teacher, nominated as CNN Hero 2010

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LGBT

Misfits In some places love equals courage

DCP – HD – 2015 – 74 min - Denmark, Sweden Directed by: Jannik Splidsboel Original Language: English Produced by: Sontag Pictures Co-produced by: Stina Gardell In Tulsa, Oklahoma, a tiny youth center called OpenArms Youth Project is squeezed in between two of the city’s two thousand churches. The center welcomes young LGBT kids between thirteen and nineteen, who have decided to come out in a very religious society. But the prize for being yourself is high – and you end up becoming a MISFIT. The three main characters: Larissa, Benny and “D” all go to the center, where they find love and support to confront the daily drama they are facing. While the general public opinion towards gays in the USA is slowly changing, this coming-of-age story closely follows the three young protagonists as they struggle to achieve a sense of self in a community that still widely condemns homosexuality. By the producer of Cannes Winner and Emmy Award Nominated ARMADILLO and lately IDFA-nominee ‘MERCY MERCY – A PORTRAIT OF A TRUE ADOPTION’. By the filmmaker behind the Berlin International Film Festival nominee HOW ARE YOU FESTIVAL: BERLIN 2015 – Official selection – PANORAMA DOKUMENTE

Before You Know It

DCP – HD - 2014 – USA – 110 min – Documentary Directed by: PJ Raval Original language: English Produced by: Untitled Film

Synopsis: BEFORE YOU KNOW IT is no ordinary documentary about senior citizens. Robert Ty and Dennis are unique characters among the 2.4 million lesbians, gay and bisexual Americans over the age of 55; many of whom facing discrimination, neglect and exclusion. However, the film is not about cold statistics and gloomy realities but about overcoming prejudice and defying expectation to form communities, create camaraderie in senior living facilities, lively activist enclaves or wacky queer bars brimming with glittered trinkets and colorful drag queens.

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The Circle Love ain’t a crime.

DCP - HD - Germany - 2014 – 101 min Directed by: Stefan Haupt

Produced by: Contrast film

Co-produced by: Schweizer Fernsehen SRF / SRG SSR

Synopsis: Zürich in the mid 50's: The young shy teacher Ernst Ostertag becomes a member of the gay organization DER KREIS. There he gets to know the transvestite star Röbi Rapp – and immediately falls head over heels in love with him.

Röbi and Ernst live through the high point and the eventual decline of the organization, which, in the whole Europe, is seen as the symbol of gay emancipation. Ernst finds himself torn between his "bourgeois" existence and his commitment to homosexuality, for Röbi it is about his first serious love relationship. A relationship which will last a lifetime.

From the present, the film looks back to the time when the “Mother” of all European homosexual organizations had its high point until it fell apart.

Awards:

Berlin 2014: TEDDY AWARD - Best Documentary/ Essay Film Berlin 2014: PANORAMA AUDIENCE AWARD Swiss Film Award 2015: Best Feature Film / Best Screenplay / Best Actor / Best Performance in a Supporting Role.

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Meanwhile in Beirut

HD - 2015 - Switzerland - 75 Min Directed by: Felipe Monroy Original language: English Produced by : Adokfilms Lea is a 30-year-old transsexual, a shemale, in the Hamra district of Beirut. In Liban, transsexuality is prohibited by law. The transgender community is constantly threatened which leads her to live at night, working as an escort girl and locked in her apartment at the Hotel Stars. She refuses to be a victim of her condition and finds a way to an existence that resembles as much as possible a "normal" life, the life of everyone...

Hello Stranger

HD – 2013 – Switzerland – 45 min Directed by: Ammann Thomas Original language: French Produced by : Haute école d'art et de design – Genève Thomas, the protagonist of this autobiographical film, lives with his husband Felipe in Geneva. They are both film students who love each other and also like women. However, these love triangles result in jealousy, and Thomas has a troubled relationship with his parents. This intimate and exuberant film presents an impressively honest and melodramatic snapshot of a phase in a life.

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MUSIC BOX

Feature format

We always lie to strangers

HD - USA - 2014 – 108 min Directed by: AJ Schnack & David Wilson

Original language: English Produced by: AJ Schnack, David Wilson and Nathan Truesdell

Synopsis: We Always Lie to Strangers is a story of family, community, music and tradition set against the backdrop of Branson, Missouri, one of the biggest tourist destinations in America. A remote Ozark Mountain town of just 10,500, Branson hosts more than 7.5 million tourists a year and generates nearly 3 billion dollars in annual tourism revenue. At the heart of Branson’s appeal is the more than 100 staged music shows earning the town the monicker of "the live music capital of the world". These shows are well known for their "traditional & family" style of entertainment - no cursing, no nudity, no gambling, healthy doses of gospel and respect for veterans. Crowds from around the country, and particularly from the American midwest, flock to Branson for this "return to old fashioned values".

Bajari

HD – 2013 – Spain – 84 min Directed by: Eva Vila

Original language: Spanish Produced by: A LASTOR MEDIA, CROMOSOMA, TV3, IDEC-UPF

Synopsis: Juanito is about to fulfill his dream of getting a pair of red boots and become a true flamenco dancer. His uncle Coco, a legendary singer in the flamenco tablaos of Barcelona, will help him achieve it. Flamenco is passed on within the family in the Gypsy community that bore Carmen Amaya, the greatest flamenco dancer of all time. Her grand-niece, Karime, comes to Barcelona to pick up her trail. The journey is only complete when Mercedes Amaya “Winny”, her mother, joins from Mexico in order to prepare a show with some of the city's biggest talent. Together they will discover the spirit of Bajarí, the name of the city of Barcelona in Caló, the language of the Gypsies. Awards: Academy of Catalan Cinema - nominated for a Gaudi Award for the best documentary

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Sons of the wind

HD - 2012 – France- 96’ - Documentary

Directed by Bruno LE JEAN Original languages: French Synopsis: They are Angelo Debarre, Moreno, Ninine Garcia and Tchavolo Schmitt. They are guitarists. They are gypsies. They play and perpetuate the music of Django Reinhardt. They have also a certain sense of humor, of friendship and a personal way to live their life standing. Penetrating in tiptoe in their camps, their caravans or their apartments, we discover between notes and words, a community that preserves an authentic and particular way of life, a taste for difference, where in spite of difficulties, the important thing is the pleasure of playing guitar. Produced by LES FILMS DU VEYRIER, SUPERSONIC

Tropicalia

DCP – HD – 2012 – Brazil – 87 min – Color and B & W Directed by: Marcelo Machado Original language: Portuguese & English Produced by: Bossa Nova Films Synopsis: The documentary "Tropicália" tells the story of the cultural movement with the same name that roused in the late 60's in Brazil. Headed by the musicians Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, the Tropicalist movement had its apogee in the popular music scene, with intense presence in Brazilian television, press and radio. A contemporary look into this important cultural movement, which exploded in Brazil in the late 1960s. It mixes valuable archive material especially recovered for the production and encounters with the icons of the movement such as CAETANO VELOSO, GILBERTO GIL, TOM ZE, MUTANTES and others.

Redemption Song

HD – 2009 – France – 90 min –Documentary Directed by Markus Hansen & Jean-Marie Boulet Original language: English Synopsis: In March 1967, Billy Bang was conscripted to fight in Vietnam, an experience that left him emotionally desolate and profoundly confused about his American identity. Upon his return, he tried to forget his nightmares through alcohol, drugs and music. Forty years later, he decides that the only way he will be able to repair his emotions and find some closure to his trauma, is to return to Vietnam, this time with his violin. This film is about the desire to overcome and transcend the trauma of war through music and art. Produced by WIDE MANAGEMENT

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Sonic Mirror

HD & 35 mm - 2007- Switzerland / Finland / Germany – 79min Directed by Mika Kaurismaki Original languages: Portuguese, German, English Synopsis: For most people music is a marvelous experience and part of their life whether or not they play an instrument themselves. They understand music and rhythm as a fundamental communication tool of mankind. Mika Kaurismäki`s new film SONIC MIRROR is a surprising and emotional dive into the world of rhythm - an extraordinary trip to discover the magic relationship between Life and Rhythm. Drum legend Billy Cobham takes us from the bandstands of the Western world to the primal music of African origin with kids in a Brazilian community and on to the completely secluded world of musical experiences of autists. These different worlds are yet connected in a mystical and secret way. The relation between the collective and the individual consciousness becomes obvious when, in a fantastic final, the symbiosis is achieved. Music is emotion. Music is communication. Music is identity. Music as a true universal language to express hope, love, ambition and joy. SONIC MIRROR is a film full of vibrancy and compassion, authentic and hypnotic from the first to the very last moment. Produced by MARCO FORSTER PRODUCTIONS, MARIANNA FILMS OY, UWE DRESCH FILMS LTD, DOC PRODUCTIONS

52 MINUTES FORMAT

Grandma Lo- Fi

HD – 2012 – Iceland – 62 min – Color and B & W Directed by: Orri Jónsson, Kristín Björk Kristjánsdóttir, Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir Original language: Icelandic Synopsis: At the tender age of 70 she started recording and releasing her own music straight from the living room. 7 years later she had 59 albums to her name with more than 600 songs – an eccentric myriad of catchy compositions mixing in her pets, found toys, kitchen percussions and Casio keyboards. Sigrídur Níelsdóttir is her name, and before long the Icelandic/Danish musician became an adored cult figure in the Icelandic music scene. Shot mostly on Super-8 and 16mm ‘Grandma Lo-fi’ is a cinematic tribute to her boundless creativity, created by three musicians and artists whom she inspired. Production company: Republik Productions in association with Killit Films

Immaterial Treasure

HD – 2009 – France – 52 min Directed by Markus Hansen & Jean-Marie Boulet Original languages: English & Vietnamese Synopsis: A musical documentary about an African American violinist in Vietnam, when musical encounters and creation overcome nationalism, traditions, borders and sorrows. A violin road movie. Produced by WIDE MANAGEMENT

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SELF-DISCOVERY

Slow A feature Documentary. A Wildlife Film. A Cinematic Meditation.

DCP - HD - Germany - 2013 – 86 min Directed by: Sascha Seifert

Original language: German

Produced by: Nicole Ackermann

Synopsis: Underneath bushes and hedges, along alleys and fields, in the woods and on meadows, they roam around peacefully, in beauty, with dignity. Unimpressed by the speed of life around them. Always careful but also constantly ready for stunts beyond human sense of gravity. They glide, they climb, they dive, they enjoy. A meditative journey into the mystical world of those marvelous creatures popularly known - but yet ignored far too often - as snails and a beautiful & cinematic walking meditation. Slow depicts quite fittingly the life of snails. A peaceful slow documentary about life in nature; the embodiment of slowness, far away from mechanical clocks which have caused so much trouble that we now have to create events like Slow Art Day to remind us that we’re moving too fast.

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RELIGION / ESOTERICISM

Vaudou

35 mm – 1972 – France – 100min – Documentary Directed by Jean-Luc Magneron Original language: French Synopsis: An exceptional insight into the initiation ceremonies of the vaudou cult, filmed in Dahomey, March 1972. The true Vaudou is in fact not situated in Haïti, neither in Brazil, like most people believe but in Dahomey, in the ancient kingdom of Bénin. “Vaudou, between life and death, blood”is a documentary but also a show. The Vaudou is an extraordinary and exciting phenomenem. Produced by CAMERA ONE