Productions inscrites à la vidéothèque 2008
14 KILOMETERS / 14 KILÓMETROS (136)
Réal./ Dir.: GERARDO OLIVARES, SPAIN, 2008, 35mm, color, 95min, original version : ENGLISH, sub titles : SPANISH,
SYNOPSIS : 14 Kilometers is the short distance between North Africa and Spain: For immigrants, it is an incredibly long journey…
SALES : LATIDO FILMS, C/ VENERAS 9,6th floor, 28013 MADRID, ( T ) +34 915 488 877, ( F ) + 34 915 488 878, Internet site: www.latidofilms.com,
E-mail : latido@latidofilms.com,
contact : Massimo Saidel (Cell: +34 635 431 270)
16 ans (381)
Réal./ Dir.: Pierre-Luc Laganière, Canada, 2008, Color, 23 min.
SYNOPSIS : The friendship between two young people in the suburbs of Quebec City. A portrait of contemporary adolescence.
SALES : UQAM, 6561 De Larouche, Montréal (QC), E-mail : petou25@hotmail.com, contact : Pierre-Luc Laganière
419 - The Nigerian Scam (382)
Réal./ Dir.: Sorin Mihailovici, Canada, 2008, Color, 20 min.,
SYNOPSIS : L'histoire d'un homme floué par la promesse de gagner de l'argent sur Internet. contact : Sorin Mihailovici
522 (576)
Réal./ Dir.: Tewodros, Ethiopia, 2007, video, Color, 106 min., original version : Amharic, sub titles : English,
SYNOPSIS : In one instance the protagonist discovers that he is incapable of making sexual moves. Following this he chooses a dangerous path. A woman offers him help but it backfired. The situation pulled lifetime friends in to the conflict. A shocking development put a big question mark on Ethiopia's justice system.
SALES : Festival International du Film Panafricain, 32, rue Louis Périssol - 06400 Cannes, ( T ) + 33(0)493 997 587, Internet site: www.festivaldufilmpanafricain.org, E-mail : filmpanafricain@yahoo.com, company profile ; Distribution - Promotion - Film Sales.
9 TO 5 - DAYS IN PORN (528)
Réal./ Dir.: Jens Hoffmann, Germany, 2008, Color, 114 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Ten different stories, offering an insight into the personal lives of people in the adult movie business, their hopes and their dreams.
SALES : Media Luna Entertainment GmbH & Co. KG, Hochstadenstr. 1-3, 50674 Cologne (Allemagne), ( T ) 49-2 21-1 39 22 22, E-mail : idamartins@compuserve.com
A City in Five Minutes (383)
Réal./ Dir.: Laurynas Navidaustas, Canada, 2007, Color, 5 min.
SYNOPSIS : EXPERIMENTAL.Taking its cues from the tradition of city movies in the first half of the 20th century, A City in Five Minutes is a lighthearted look at a day in life of a major city.
A Good Life (503)
Réal./ Dir.: Emily Engkent, Canada, 2008, Color, 9 min.,
SYNOPSIS : In February 1940, Soviet soldiers came to Zofia's house in Poland and forced her and her family to leave.
contact : Emily Engkent
À L'AVENTURE (540)
Réal/Dir.: Jean-Claude Brisseau, France, 2008, Color, 102 min.
SYNOPSIS : Sandrine is sexually unsatisfied by her boyfriend. Through Greg, a young psychologist, she will meet Sophie, who intrigues Sandrine with accounts of her sexual experimentation.
SALES : Moby Dick Films, E-mail : contact@mobydickfilms.fr, contact : Frédéric Niedermayer, Moby Dick Films
À Mère et Marées (621)
Réal./ Dir.: Alain Fournier, Canada, 2008, HD video, Color, 19 min., original version : French, sub titles : English,
SYNOPSIS : La vie de Fred prend une tournure tragique quand il réalise qu'il se transforme en quelque chose d'inhumain. Tandis que sa mère veut le cacher à tout prix des regards, Fred ne pense qu'à une chose : la mer.
SALES : Travelling, 542, rue des Ursulines Trois-Rivières, PQ G9A 5B2, Canada, ( T ) 514-467-8160, Internet site: www.travellingdistribution.com, E-mail : info@travellingdistribution.com , contact : Catherine Thériault, company profile; Distribution de courts métrages.
A no-hit no-run summer / Un été sans point ni coup sûr (618)
Réal./ Dir.: Francis Leclerc, Canada, 2007, 35mm, Color, 104 min., original version : French / Anglais, sub titles : French,
SYNOPSIS : It's the summer of '69. Man prepares to walk on the Moon. In a farmer's field in upstate New York, Woodstock is about to happen. Martin is 12-years-old and dreams of playing on the neighbourhood baseball team. When he doesn't make the cut, his father steps in and organises a B team. After the initial euphoria, Martin realises that his team's biggest talent is finding new ways to lose and that his father doesn't know a thing about baseball, 12 year-old boys or his very own son.
SALES : Max Films International, 1751, rue Richardson (suite 2.102), Montréal (Québec) H3K 1G6, ( T ) 514.282.8444, ( F ) 514.282.9222
Internet site: www.unetesanspointnicoupsur.com,
E-mail : international@maxfilms.ca, company profile ; Max Films is a Montreal-based production and international sales company specialised in developing, producing and licensing international rights of feature films from talented young directors.
A Reggae Girl (501)
Réal./ Dir.: Raphael Alberto Argüello Ruiz, Canada, 2008, Color, 10 min.,
SYNOPSIS : One man's immigration from Jamaica brings a culture that influences the development of his daughter's mixed identity in Canada.
SALES : Raphael Alberto Argüello Ruiz
A SONG OF GOOD (195)
Réal./ Dir.: Gregory King, New Zealand, 2008, Color, 84 min.,
SYNOPSIS : After committing a shocking crime, Gary Cradle secretly decides to change his life and become a good person. However, deciding is one thing; changing a life is another...
SALES : NZ Film, P.O. Box 11 546, Level 3, 119 Ghuznee Street, Wellington (Nouvelle-Zélande), ( T ) (64-4) 382 76 82, E-mail : kathleen@nzfilm.co.nz, contact : Kathleen Drumm
A Spanish Tale (509)
Réal./ Dir.: Mary Alemany-Galway, Raphael Bendahan, Canada, 2008, B&W, 5 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A documentary film that uses family photos to tell the story of Spanish immigrants who came to Canada in the early 1950s.
SALES : Camino Prod Inc, contact : Camino Prod Inc
A Thousand Words (384)
Réal./ Dir.: Brianna Brown, Canada, 2008, Color, 13 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Photographer Vaughan Edwards ends up with the responsibility of caring for his niece following his sister's untimely death. His paternal skills need some honing.
A Winter Tale / A Winter Tale (116)
Réal./ Dir.: Frances Anne Solomon , Canada, 2007, 35mm, color, 100, original version : English, sub titles : French,
SYNOPSIS : Shots ring out one winter night and a bullet meant for a local street dealer kills a ten-year-old boy. In the downtown Toronto community of Parkdale, grief and suspicion hang heavily in the air, while the nightly patrons at Miss Gâ?Ts Caribbean Take Away resume their ritual of beer and banter. But one of them, Gene Wright, cannot go on. He begs his friends for help. In a most unusual development, six Black men make a pact to form a support group in hopes of salvaging their broken spirits and redeeming their besieged community. A Winter Tale is set against the backdrop of a multicultural community's unrealized hopes and dreams. Bitter and tragic, funny and hopeful, the film tells a uniquely Canadian story that features Toronto as a central character.
SALES : Frances Anne Solomon , 99 Gore Vale Ave. Toronto,ON, M6J 2R5, ( T ) 416-598-1410, ( F ) 416-598-1354, Internet site: www.awintertale.ca,
E-mail : francesanne@ledaserene.ca, contact : Frances Anne Solomon , company profile ; Film,TV, Film festival
Abstract Trilogy (385)
Réal./ Dir.: Ileana Daniela Darie, Canada, 2008, Color, 4 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A movie about three existential aspects of life: freedom, relationship, emotion.
ABSURDISTAN (145)
Dir.: Veit Helmer, Germany / Azerbaijan, 2008, Color, 87 min.
SYNOPSIS : Welcome to Absurdistan, a water-starved village somewhere between Asia and Europe, where two childhood sweethearts must postpone the consummation of their love until the lazy locals can fix the aging water pipe.
SALES : Beta Cinema / Dept. of Beta Film GmbH, Gruenwalder Weg 28 d, 82041 Oberhaching (Allemagne), ( T ) (49-89) 67 34 69 80, ( F ) (49-89) 67 34 69 888, E-mail : arothbauer@betacinema.com, contact : Andreas Rothbauer
ACHING HEART / Det svider i hjärtat (609)
Réal./ Dir.: Oscar Hedin, Sweden, 2006, HD video, 93 min., original version : Swedish, sub titles : English,
SYNOPSIS : Det svider i hjärtat (Aching Heart) is a Swedish documentary that provides a glimpse into the world of young European Muslims who dedicate themselves to jihad, or holy war. It was nominated by the Swedish Film Institute for the 2007 Guldbagge Awards in the category of 'Best Documentary'.
SALES : HILTZ SQUARED MEDIA, 23 Hollywood, suite 210
Toronto, Ontario, M2N 7L8, ( T ) 416.760.9155, Internet site: www.hiltz2.com, E-mail : myles@hiltz2.com, company profile ; Production and distribution.
ADIEU GOULSARY / FAREWELL GULSARY / PROSHAI GULSARY (523)
Dir.: Ardak Amirkulov, Kazakhstan , 2008, Color, 102 min.
SYNOPSIS : A timeless saga of human (and animal) heroism, FAREWELL GULSARY has an old nomad of the steppes reminiscing about the parallel lives of himself and his old horse Gulsary, who is dying.
SALES : Kazakhfilm JSC & Ardfilm Ltd.,
E-mail : ardfilm@mail.ru, kinostudia_kaz@mail.ru,
contact : Ardfilm Ltd.
Adult Entertainment (638)
Réal./ Dir.: Lance Tracy, Canada, 2007, Digital Beta, Color, 54 min, 108 min, original version : English,
SYNOPSIS : A fresh, scientific and sometimes humorous look at the affects of the $57 billion-a-year Adult Entertainment Industry on a single man and a married couple who view porn & frequent xxx-clubs for 30 days. Strip club owners, dancers, porn stars and top experts reveal the industry in a fiery debate. Is porn really addictive? Are children being sexually exploited? Who should teach sex education? Is porn a healthy sexual arousal tool for consenting adults? The film explores possible answers to these hard questions, providing an unexpected conclusion.
SALES : Filmoption International Inc., 3401 St-Antoine, Westmount, QC H3Z 1X1, Canada, ( T ) (514) 931-6180 ext.283, ( F ) (514) 939-2034,
Internet site: www.filmoption.com,
E-mail : nrybina@filmoption.com, contact : Natasha Rybina, company profile ; In business for almost 30 years Filmoption specializes in theatrical distribution, DVD releases and television sales in Canada and internationally. Our interests lie in the field of feature films, animation, documentaries and series. Latest acquisitions for Canada include Rumba, Paranoid Park, Anna M., 3 amis...
AFTER SCHOOL (254)
Réal./ Dir.: Kenji Uchida, Japan, 2008, Color, 102 min.,
SYNOPSIS : When a Japanese private investigator is hired to find a man in a photo, he discovers that the woman in photo with him is the grlfriend of a powerful yakuza boss. There must be a more profitable way of using that information...
SALES : Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc., 5-3-6- Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-8006 (Japon), ( T ) (81-3) 5571 30 85, E-mail : miyuki-t@green.tbs.co.jp
Aìe (123)
Réal./ Dir.: Virginie Gourmel, Belgium, 2007, 35mm, color, 11, original version : silent,
SYNOPSIS : One evening at a funfair, a Latino vampire falls head over heels in love. How can he charm the young woman who resists him and flees? It's time to start dancing!
SALES : Versus Production, Quai de la Goffe, 94000 Liege Belgium, ( T ) +324223183, ( F ) +3242232171, Internet site: www.versusproduction.be, E-mail : info@versusproduction.be, contact : Elena Battisti assistant@versusproduction.be
ALBERT FISH (604)
Dir.: John Borowski, United States, 2006, HD video, 86 min.
SYNOPSIS : Albert Fish, the horrific true story of elderly cannibal, sadomasochist, and serial killer, who lured children to their deaths in Depression-era New York City. Distorting biblical tales, Albert Fish takes the themes of pain, torture, atonement and suffering literally as he preys on victims to torture and sacrifice.
SALES : HILTZ SQUARED MEDIA, 23 Hollywood, suite 210
Toronto, Ontario, M2N 7L8, ( T ) 416.760.9155
Internet site: www.hiltz2.com, E-mail : myles@hiltz2.com, company profile ; Production and distribution.
ALICIA AU PAYS / ALICE IN THE LAND / ALICIA EN EL PAIS (157)
Réal./ Dir.: Esteban Larraín, Chile, 2007, Color, 86 min.,
SYNOPSIS : The improbable and magic story of a girl, who in December 2004 walked 180 kms. from Soniquera, her home village in the south of Bolivia, to go to work at the touristic town of San Pedro de Atacama, in the north of Chile.
SALES : Piranha Films, Simón Bolívar
5978, # 202, La Reina, Santiago (Chile), ( T ) (52-2) 8852884, E-mail : esteban_larrain@yahoo.com.ar,
contact : Esteban Larrain
ALL INCLUSIVE / ALL INCLUSIVE (201)
Réal./ Dir.: Rodrigo Ortúzar Lynch, Mexico - Chile, 2008, 35mm, color, 91 min, original version : Spanih, sub titles : English,
SYNOPSIS : A family visits an idyllic five-star resort in the Mayan Riviera in order to spend some quality time together for the first time in many years. A series of events will affect each member of the family that will change them forever.
SALES : FILMSHARKS INT'L, AV. Diaz Velez 4323, Buenos Aires 1200, Argentina, ( T ) +5411 6380 3803, ( F ) +5411 6380 3803, Internet site: www.filmsharks.com, E-mail : alpha@filmsharks.com, contact : Valeria Fanego, valeriafanego@filmsharks.com, company profile ; Sales - Production
ALL WILL BE WELL / WSZYSTKO BEDZIE DOBRZE (212)
Réal./ Dir.: Tomasz Wiszniewski, Poland, 2007, Color, 98 min.,
SYNOPSIS : To save his ailing mother, Pawel decides make a pilgrimage of faith by jogging all the way to the Santuary of Jasna Góra, where an especially powerful Madonna is reputed to cure the sick. Aided only by his alcoholic trainer, he really will need a miracle.
SALES : TVP SA - Film Agency, 17 J.P. Woronicza Str., 00-999 Varsovie (Pologne), ( T ) (48-22) 547 81 67, ( F ) (48-22) 547 42 25, E-mail : festivals@tvp.pl
American Savannah / La Savanne Américaine (612)
Réal./ Dir.: Jean François Méan / Ian Lagarde, Canada, 2007, HD video, Color, 76 min.
SALES : Les Films de L`Isle, 210-B Avenue Mozart Ouest,
Montréal, (Qc), H2S 1C4, ( T ) 514.842.2055, ( F ) 514.842.6726, Internet site: info@filmisle.com, E-mail : www.filmisle.com
Americano (620)
Réal./ Dir.: Carlos Ferrand, Canada, 2007, HD, Betacam digital, DVD Master, Color/ B&W, 110 minutes, original version : Français, sub titles : Version anglaise et version espagnole,
SYNOPSIS : De la terre de feu à la terre de glace:
Americano est le voyage personnel d'un cinéaste québécois-péruvien parcourant les ruelles des Amériques. De la Patagonie au Nunavut, au cours de quatre années, Carlos Ferrand a revu des amis chers, des hommes et des femmes rencontrés jadis lors de ses vagabondages américains : des parents, des cinéastes et professeurs, la cuisinière de son enfance, un médecin, tous porteurs d'une mémoire et d'histoires fortes et signifiantes, qu'il a voulu tirer de l'ombre. Des histoires qui témoignent des grands bouleversements politiques des dernières années et qui nous invitent, chacune à leur façon, à un questionnement sur l'identité.
SALES : F3M , 2065 Parthenais, bureau 277 Montréal, Québec, H2K 3T1, ( T ) 514-523-8530, ( F ) 514-523-1291, Internet site: www.f3m.ca, E-mail : info@f3m.ca,
company profile ; La mission du centre de distribution Les Films du 3 mars est de distribuer, diffuser, éditer et promouvoir le cinéma indépendant et d'auteur de tout genre (fiction, documentaire, animation, ou expérimental) et de toute durée (court, moyen et long métrages) principalement québécois dans un premier temps, puis canadien et international, dont la démarche soit d'abord cinématographique indifféremment du support de tournage ou de diffusion qui lui peut être le film ou la vidéo.
Amma (387)
Réal./ Dir.: Aparna Kapur, Canada, 2008, Color, 5 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A poetic narration of a young girl's life and her deep relationship with her grandmother.
AMOUR, SEXE ET MOBYLETTE (479)
Réal./ Dir.: Maria Silvia Bazzoli, Christian Lelong, France - Germany, 2008, Color, 95 min.,
SYNOPSIS : The varieties of love in a small town in Bukina Faso. Love in Africa in the age of AIDS.
SALES : Cinédoc Films (France) / FechnerMEDIA (Allemagne), ( T ) 33684509995, E-mail : ch_lelong@cinedoc.fr , contact : Christian Lelong, Carl-A. Fechner, Cinédoc Films
An Ranger (343)
Réal./ Dir.: P.J. Dillon, Ireland, 2008, Color, 10 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Conamara, West of Ireland 1854. Five years after the Great Famine. After many years abroad in the service of the British army, a soldier returns home to find that his family are all dead. He visits a neighbour to establish what happened to them.
SALES : Carbon Films, E-mail : rangerfilm@gmail.com,
contact : Carbon Films
ANIMAL CRISIS / LA CRISIS CARNIVORA (130)
Réal./ Dir.: PEDRO RIVERO, SPAIN, 2008, 35mm, Color, 80, original version : Spanish, sub titles : ENGLISH,
SYNOPSIS : What would happen if all animals made a vegetarian pact?
SALES : LATIDO FILMS, C/ VENERAS 9, 6th floor, 28013 MADRID, ( T ) +34 915 488 877, ( F ) +34 915 488 878, Internet site: www.latidofilms.com, E-mail : latido@latidofilms.com, contact : Massimo Saidel (Cell: +34 635 431 270), company profile ; International Sales
Animated American (361)
Réal./ Dir.: James Baker, Joe Haidar, United States, 2008, B&W, 15 min.,
SYNOPSIS : The future is about to collide with the past. Eric, a digital loving executive on a mansion hunting expedition finds himself crossing swords with his realtor, Max, an out of work toon rabbit.
SALES : Grinnel Dr. Productions,
E-mail : jimbeaux4@mac.com,
contact : James Baker, Joe Haidar, Grinnel Dr. Productions
Animation (388)
Réal./ Dir.: Dmitri Tcherbadji, Canada, 2007, Color, 7 min,
SYNOPSIS : An ode to the ups and downs of life, Animation portrays happiness in dance and trials through the life and death of a flower.
ANITA O'DAY: THE LIFE OF A JAZZ SINGER (594)
Réal./ Dir.: Robbie Cavolina, Ian McCrudden, United States, 2007, HD video, 90 min., original version : English,
SYNOPSIS : Force of personality and terrific vintage performance clips make a keeper of "Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer," which chronicles the rocky yet royal road of the titular bebop queen.
SALES : HILTZ SQUARED MEDIA, 23 Hollywood, suite 210
Toronto, Ontario, M2N 7L8, ( T ) 416.760.9155,
Internet site: www.hiltz2.com, E-mail : myles@hiltz2.com, company profile ; Production and distribution.
Ants and Elephants (389)
Réal./ Dir.: Simon Trépanier, Abraham Lifshitz, Canada, 2007, Color, 27 min.,
SYNOPSIS : In post tsunami Sri Lanka affected by war, reconstruction is a task for everybody, from all walks of lifes and ages.
Art & Apathy Documentary Project: Israeli Culture and Conscience (269)
Réal./ Dir.: Jessica Habie, Canada - United States - Israel, 2008, Color, 55 min.,
SYNOPSIS : ART AND APATHY is a look at the relationship between conflict and creativity in Israel.
SALES : EyesInfinite Films, 3726 Ave Laval, Montreal QC H2X 3C9 (Canada), ( T ) (1) 305 766-6664,
E-mail : nirah@eyesinfinite.com / jessica@eyesinfinite.com
As old as my Tongue, the myth and life of Bi Kidude (577)
Réal./ Dir.: Andy Jones, United Kingdom / Zanzibar, 2006, video, Color, 66 min., original version : English,
SYNOPSIS : An intimate portrait ok living legend Bi Kidude, probably the oldest perfomer on the world music stage today…Controversial, her behaiour questions the role of women in muslim society…
SALES : Festival International du Film Panafricain, 32, rue Louis Périssol - 06400 Cannes, ( T ) + 33(0)493 997 587 , Internet site: www.festivaldufilmpanafricain.org, E-mail : filmpanafricain@yahoo.com,
company profile ; Distribution - Promotion - Film sales.
Asylum (505)
Réal./ Dir.: Rumbi Zatedza, Zimbabwe, 2007, Color, 5 min.,
SYNOPSIS : An experimental film that explores the psychological effects of war on a Sudanese woman who seeks asylum in the UK.
SALES : Helen Goossens, contact : Helen Goossens
ATHANASIA (461)
Réal./ Dir.: Panos Karkanevatos, Greece, 2008, Color, 95 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A young American woman who returns to her Greek roots in search of her real father, uncovers an unlikely relationship.
SALES : Vergi Film Productions, E-mail : panos@otenet.gr, contact : Panos Karkanevatos, Vergi Film Productions
Aujourd`hui / Ullumi (611)
Réal./ Dir.: Lena Ellsworth, Qajaaq Ellsworth, Eric Mark, Tunu Napartuk, Canada, 2006, HD video, Color, 52 min., original version : English / French / Inuktitut, sub titles : English / French / Inuktitut
SALES : CINÉFÊTE, 1586 Fleury Est, bureau 210, Montréal (Qc), H2C 1S6, ( T ) 514.858.0300, ( F ) 514.858.0442, Internet site: www.cinefete.ca,
E-mail : paulmaltais@cinefete.ca, contact : Paul Maltais,
company profile ; Distributors for Canada & United States.
Distributors for the rest of the world: CLAP FILMSALES, www.clapdortfilms.eu, contact: mo@clapdortfilms.be
AUTOMNE / AUTUMN / SONBAHAR (563)
Réal./ Dir.: Özcan Alper, Turkey, 2008, Color, 106 min.,
SYNOPSIS : After ten years in jail, Yusuf returns to his hometown to his sick and elderly mother and his old friend Mikhail. When a woman enters his life, she becomes Yusuf's desperate attempt to elude loneliness.
SALES : Media Luna Entertainment GmbH & Co. KG, Hochstadenstr. 1-3, 50674 Cologne (Allemagne), ( T ) 49-2) 21-1 39 22 22, E-mail : idamartins@compuserve.com
Avant-goût de printemps (326)
Dir.: Jean-François Nadeau, Canada, 2008, Color, 6 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Félix has decided that tonight will be the night to woo his inaccessible Roxane. Everything has got to be just right...
SALES : Les productions jeux d'Ombres, E-mail : info@pjo.ca, contact : Les productions jeux d'Ombres
AWAKENING (591)
Réal./ Dir.: David Francis, Canada, 2007, HD video, 90 min., original version : English,
SYNOPSIS : Death is only the beginning. They are all that's left of humanity. Nothing remains, yet the horror that emerges when the light has faded is not all they have to fear.
SALES : HILTZ SQUARED MEDIA, 23 Hollywood, Suite 210
Toronto, Ontario, M2N 7L8, ( T ) 416.760.9155,
Internet site: www.hiltz2.com, E-mail : myles@hiltz2.com, company profile ; Production, Distribution.
Awkward (318)
Réal./ Dir.: Kellie Ann Benz, Canada, 2008, Color, 6 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A dinner party conversation takes an unexpected turn.
SALES : Shocking Buckwheat Pictures,
E-mail : kelliebenz@hotmail.com,
contact : Shocking Buckwheat Pictures
Babysitting Andy (325)
Réal./ Dir.: Pat Mills, Canada, 2007, Color, 11 min.,
SYNOPSIS : What do you do if you're nine and nobody will tell you what "fellatio" means?
SALES : Alyson Richards Productions Inc,
E-mail : alysonrichards@gmail.com
contact : Alyson Richards Productions Inc
BACK SOON (477)
Réal./ Dir.: Sólveig Anspach, Iceland - France, 2008, Color, 92 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Anna, who runs a profitable maijuana business in Reykjavik, is tired of the Icelandic climate and decides to move away with her two sons. She's willing to transfer her client base... for a fair price.
SALES : BAC Films International, E-mail : c.neel@bacfilms.fr, contact : Skuli Fr. Mamquist, Pórir S. Sigurjónsson, Patrick Sobelman, BAC Films International
Bamiyan (285)
Réal./ Dir.: Patrick Pleutin, France, 2008, Color, 14 min.,
SYNOPSIS : In the year 632, the Chinese monk Xuanzang discovered the prodigious statues representing Buddha in the valley of Bamiyan, in Afghanistan. In 2008, children living in the valley recount the myths and legends about the tragic destiny of these statues that were destroyed by Taliban in 2001.
SALES : Les Films de l'Arlequin, 23, rue Meslay, 75003 Paris (France), ( T ) 33 1 42 77 20 55,
E-mail : arlequin@wanadoo.fr, contact : Dora Benousilio
BARCELONA A MAP / BARCELONA UN MAPA (134)
Réal./ Dir.: VENTURA PONS, SPAIN, 2007, 35mm, color, 90, original version : ENGLISH, sub titles : SPANISH, CATALAN,
SYNOPSIS : Six characters - contemporary archetypes of urban solitude - meet in an old apartment located in the city center of Barcelona. An elderly married couple, her brother and three tenants: a blonde woman who gives French classes, a young security guard, ex-football player and a young, pregnant South American girl.
SALES : LATIDO FILMS, C/ VENERAS 9, 6th floor, 28013 MADRID, ( T ) +34 915 488 877, ( F ) +34 915 488 878, Internet site: www.latidofilms.com,
E-mail : latido@latidofilms.com, contact : Massimo Saidel (Cell: +34 635 431 270), company profile ; International Sales
Battements de coeur / Heartbeats / Hartslagen (312)
Réal./ Dir.: Vincent Coen, Sebastiaan Lagrou , Belgium, 2007, Color, 13 min.,
SYNOPSIS : The night before leaving the parental nest, Fannie revisits key moments in her life through her dreams: when she had to choose between holding on or letting go, the times when she truly felt her heart beat.
SALES : Luna Films, rue Bois des Rêves 61, Ceroux-Mousty 1341 (Belgique), E-mail : willem.wallyn@skynet.be, contact : Willem Wallyn,
BAVARIAN REBEL / RÄUBER KNEISSL (379)
Réal./ Dir.: Marcus H. Rosenmüller, Germany, 2008, Color, 114 min.,
SYNOPSIS : At the beginning of the 20th century, one man stirred popular emotions in Bavaria: the legendary Robber Kneissl. While the authorities make the capture of the alleged felon their top priority, the common people love their hero; he is one of them and he defies every injustice done to him, right to the end...
SALES : Telepool GmbH, Sonnenstr. 21, 80331 Munich (Allemagne), ( T ) (49-89) 558 760,
E-mail : cinepool@telepool.de
BE CALM AND COUNT TO SEVEN / ARAM BASH VA TA HAFT BESHMAR (556)
Réal./ Dir.: Ramtin Lavafipour, Iran, 2008, Color, 89 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A lyrical portrait of a remote Persian Gulf fishing village where smuggling of consumer products -- and people -- has changed the traditional way of life.
SALES : Ramtin Lavafipour, no 20, Mina Alley, Meyson St.Payambor ave, Ashratiesfahani blvd, Téhéran (Iran), ( T ) 98 912 458 2977, ( F ) 98 214 407 8744,
E-mail : ramtin@yahoo.com
BE LIKE OTHERS (249)
Réal./ Dir.: Tanaz Eshaghian, United States - United Kingdom - Canada - France, 2008, Color, 74 min.,
SYNOPSIS : In Iran, according to Islamic law, homosexuality is punishable by death. Ironically, sex-change operations are not only legal; they are embraced by a society that accepts male or female but nothing in between.
SALES : Steven Beers, New York (États-Unis), ( T ) (212) 801-9294, E-mail : beers@btlaw.com, contact : Steven Beers
Bébé (337)
Réal./ Dir.: Clément Michel, France, 2008, Color, 17 min.,
SYNOPSIS : The joys and vicissitudes of paternity.
SALES : Sombrero Productions,E-mail : info.films@sombrero.fr, contact : Sombrero Productions
Berni's Doll (335)
Réal./ Dir.: Yann Jouette, France, 2008, Color, 11 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Berni, a lowly factory worker, relieves his solitude by buying a woman in spare parts from Third World countries.
SALES : Dummy Production, E-mail : gdecrecy@club.internet.fr, contact : Dummy Production
Beyond Blue & Gray Documentary Project: Portraits of Palestinian Creativity Under Occupation (268)
Réal./ Dir.: Jessica Habie, Canada - United States - Israel - Palestine, 2008, Color, 43 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A documentary look at at the relationship between conflict and creativity in Palestine.
SALES : EyesInfinite Films, 3726 av. Laval, Montreal QC H2X 3C9 (Canada), ( T ) (1) 305 766-6664, E-mail : nirah@eyesinfinite.com / jessica@eyesinfinite.com
Bianco Nero Grigio (390)
Réal./ Dir.: Sonya Stephan, Canada, 2007, B&W, 6 min.,
SYNOPSIS : EXPERIMENTAL. This film follows two characters through dance. The characters explore four states: representation, conversation, chaos and memory; but one state is left behind.
BIENVENUE À FAREWELL-GUTMANN / WELCOME TO FAREWELL-GUTMANN / BIENVENIDO A FAREWELL-GUTMANN (172)
Réal./ Dir.: Xavi Puebla, Spain, 2007, Color, 106 min.,
SYNOPSIS : When the head of human resources at a big pharmaceutical company dies, his subordinates engage in a fierce competition to succeed him.
SALES : Just Films, C/Provenza, Nº 120, Entlo 4ª, 08029 Barcelone (Espagne), ( T ) (34-93) 363-0666, ( F ) (34-93) 363-1090, E-mail : justfilms@justfilms.com,
contact : Jordi Domingo, Joan Ginard
BITTER & TWISTED (521)
Dir.: Christopher Weekes, Australia, 2008, Color, 85 min.,
SYNOPSIS : The Lombard family has been steadily disintegrating since the death of oldest son Liam three years before. The descent is slow and soft, manifesting itself in a personal crisis for each family member.
SALES : Odin's Eye Entertainment,
E-mail : info@odinseyeent.com, contact : Michael Favelle
Blackspot Culture (391)
Réal./ Dir.: Wayne Robinson, Canada, 2008, Color, 10 min.,
SYNOPSIS : An inquiry into the blackspot anti-corporation.
Bloc 1 (392)
Réal./ Dir.: Abraham Lifshitz, Canada, 2008, Color, 11 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Bloc 1 is the first immersion class in French language given to immigrants in Quebec. It is also their first contact with people from their new society.
Blue / Bleu (289)
Réal./ Dir.: Jonathan Lacasse, Canada, 2008, Color, 9 min.,
SYNOPSIS : For over three years, Eric Tabardel has worked on constructing his sailboat to compete in the Transat Québec-Saint-Malo 2008. The big day is approaching...
SALES : INIS, E-mail : festival@inis.qc.ca,
contact : INIS - Institut national de l'image et du son
Blueprint (105)
Réal./ Dir.: Kirk Shannon - Butts, United States, 2007, Video, Color, 75 min., original version : English,
SYNOPSIS : Blueprint is the story of Keith and Nathan whose worlds collide to the rhythm and chaos of New York City. Whether it is the sound of cars, subway, cash registers, kids, birds, cell phones, radio, television or the thump of the human heart, Keith and Nathan are on their way to something.
SALES : ArtMattan Productions, 535 Cathedral Parkway Suite # 14B, New York, NY, 10025, ( T ) 212.864.1760, ( F ) 212.316.6020, Internet site: www.africanfilm.com,
E-mail : artMattan@aol.com,
contact : Reinaldo Barroso Spech & Clemencia Acevedo
Hyatt Regency Montreal, 1255 Jeanne Mance, Tel.: 514.982.1234, company profile ; ArtMattan Productions is a film distribution company and the producer of the African Diaspora Film Festival. Based in New York City, the company has been in business for 16 years. Recently acquired titles by ArtMattan Productions are Made In Jamaica by Jerome Laperrousaz, Cape Verde My love by Ana Ramos Lisboa, Homecoming by Norman Maake.
BOMB HUNTERS (596)
Réal./ Dir.: Skye Fitzgerald, United States, 2006, HD video, 57 min., original version : English,
SYNOPSIS : Bombhunters explores the long-term consequences of war and genocide in Cambodia that persist in the form of landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO), and other munitions. Through the lives and experiences of rural villagers who seek out and dismantle UXO to sell the scrap metal for profit, Bombhunters examines the social, cultural, and historical context of the legacy of war long after armed conflict has ended.
SALES : HILTZ SQUARED MEDIA, 23 Hollywood, suite 210
Toronto, Ontario, M2N 7L8, ( T ) 416.760.9155,
Internet site: www.hiltz2.com, E-mail : myles@hiltz2.com, company profile ; Production and distribution.
Borderline (600)
Réal./ Dir.: Lyne Charlebois, CANADA, 2007, 35mm, Color, 110 min., original version : Français, sub titles : Anglais
SYNOPSIS : Borderline, a film version of the novels Borderline and La Brèche, tells the story of Kiki at various stages of her life. With her mother institutionalized, she is raised by her grandmother, where left to her own devices, she takes refuge in school. Her life before 30 is a far cry from fairy-tale. Sex and alcohol are her only outlets and her daily reality. She goes through men one after another. But at 30, Kiki faces the hardest challenge of all: learning to love herself.
SALES : Max Films International, 1751, rue Richardson (Suite 2.102) Montréal (Québec) H3K 1G6 Canada, ( T ) 514.282.8444, ( F ) 514.282.9222,
Internet site: www.maxfilms.ca,
E-mail : international@maxfilms.ca,
company profile ; Max Films is a Montreal-based production and international sales company specialised in developing, producing and licensing international rights of feature films from talented young directors.
Boreal Forest Expedition (393)
Réal./ Dir.: Lindsay Bradford-Ewart, Nick Bradford-Ewart, Canada, 2008, Color, 14 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A super-8 film about family and fur-trapping in the forests of Saskatchewan.
Bouillabais(s)e (497)
Réal./ Dir.: Sébastien Godron, Canada, 2007, Color, 8 min.,
SYNOPSIS : On Christmas day, Ms. Giguère receives a visit from Maximilien, a congenial encyclopedia salesmen with a Provençal accent.
contact : Sébastien Godron
Break (284)
Dir.: Jean-François Hassoun, France, 2008, Color, 17 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Two old friends confront each other on the tennis court. One player dominates the other. It is an unbalanced affair, but hard fought, a mixture of triumph and humiliation. But what is going on in these men's heads? There are no spectators; the men are alone with their consciences.
SALES : Libero Films, 111, Corniche Kennedy, 13007 Marseille (France), ( T ) 33 6 74 93 98 71, E-mail : jf@phprod.fr
BRIDES OF ALLAH / SHAHIDA (189)
Réal./ Dir.: Natalie Assouline, Israel, 2008, Color, 76 min.,
SYNOPSIS : An Israeli filmmaker paints an intimate portrait of four Arab women jailed for planning or taking part in suicide bombing. The film provides few clear answers. But its questions are always powerful.
SALES : First Hand Films, Fritz-Heeb-Weg 5, 8050 Zurich (Suisse), ( T ) (41-44) 312 20 60, ( F ) (41-44) 312 20 80,
E-mail : esther.van.messel@firsthandfilms.com
Bruiser (394)
Réal./ Dir.: Jessica Parsons, Canada, 2008, Color, 11 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Bruiser is the bad girl archetype, masculine and feminine. Bruiser is Dr. Gabrielle Shore -- a young, successful intellectual whose body is beginning to rot.
BULL (568)
Réal./ Dir.: Kent Tessman, Canada, 2008, Color, 99 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A hapless stockbroker gets caught up in a twisted web of greed and, ultimately, murder in this comic neo-noir where no one -- no one at all -- is telling the truth.
SALES : GCC Productions, E-mail : general@generalcoffee.com, contact : GCC Productions
Bunny Games / Ni oui ni nom (122)
Réal./ Dir.: Delphine Noels, Belgium, 2007, 35mm, color, 28, original version : French, sub titles : English,
SYNOPSIS : An ordinary Sunday morning. The parents, Paul and Estelle, would like to stay in bed.The children, Camille and Louise, grow impatient and argue. The family gets into the car for its Sunday outing. The situation becomes increasingly tense and the rabbit won't help things.
SALES : Versus Production, Quai de la Goffe, 94000 Liege, Belgium, ( T ) +324223183, ( F ) +3242232171, Internet site: www.versusproduction.be, E-mail : info@versusproduction.be, contact : Elena Battisti, assistant@versusproduction.be
BURNING MUSSOLINI (458)
Réal./ Dir.: Conrad Pla, Canada, 2008, Color, 89 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Paul wants to give his fiancée a huge wedding but can't pay for it. He and his friends decide that "burning" a local drug kingpin would be an easy score. They are very wrong...
SALES : Quantum Releasing, Burbank, CA (États-Unis),
E-mail : info@quantumreleasing.com
BUSHMEN OF THE KALAHARI (605)
Réal./ Dir.: Paul Ely, United States, 2006, HD video, 55 min.,
SYNOPSIS : The San people, more commonly known as Bushmen, are believed to be the earliest inhabitants of southern Africa. They have lived for 80,000 years as hunter-gatherers in the Kalahari Desert, and are well-known for their expert survival skills in a harsh environment. Their unique clicking languages and their astonishing method of healing through trance dancing have made them a source of worldwide fascination. But these peaceful people are not immune from the problems of modern society, and have faced oppression and eviction from their homelands for years.
SALES : HILTZ SQUARED MEDIA, 23 Hollywood, suite 210
Toronto, Ontario, M2N 7L8, ( T ) 416.760.9155,
Internet site: www.hiltz2.com, E-mail : myles@hiltz2.com, company profile ; Production and distribution.
Butoh (395)
Réal./ Dir.: Robert Johansen, Canada, 2007, Color, 8 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Butoh is an art form developed out of a need to express individuality and eschewing western style dance.
C Block (396)
Réal./ Dir.: Vladimir Kooperman, Canada, 2008, Color, 3 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A canine separated from his favourite chew toy, goes off on a fantastic and frustrating quest to get it back.
CACTUS (223)
Dir.: Jasmine Yuen-Carrucan, Australia, 2008, Color, 89 min.,
SYNOPSIS : To gain some much needed cash John Kelly accepts a job to kidnap and deliver professional gambler Eli Jones to his keepers in the Australian outback...
SALES : New Town Films (Australie) / Open Space Films (Australie), ( T ) (612) 9810 98 22 (New Town Films) / (614) 7695 822 Open Space Films , E-mail : newtownfilms@ozemail.com.au, jasmine@openspacefilms.net, contact : Bryan Brown, Paul Sullivan (New Town Films)
Café Paraíso (347)
Réal./ Dir.: Alonso Ruizpalacios, Mexico, 2008, B&W, 10 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Two Mexican immigrants work as cooks at the Paradise Café. While preparing an endless array of dishes, the youngest rehearses his heroic resignation, through which he hopes to regain his dignity and even the love of a waitress.
SALES : Mexican Film Institute IMCINE, E-mail : difuinte@imcine.gob.mx,
contact : Mexican Film Institute IMCINE, Pablo Briseño
CALL GIRL (270)
Réal./ Dir.: António-Pedro Vasconcelos, Portugal - Brazil, 2007, Color, 124 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A top call girl is used as bait by a lobbyist to bring a small town mayor to approve a controversial real estate project. When the call girl's old boyfriend, a cop, gets wind of the scheme, everything becomes complicated.
SALES : Media Luna Entertainment GmbH & Co. KG, Hochstadenstr. 1-3, 50674 Cologne (Allemagne), ( T ) (49-2) 21-1 39 22 22, E-mail : idamartins@compuserve.com
Calling an Angel / Llamando a un Angel (203)
Réal./ Dir.: Pancho Rodríguez, Héctor Rodríguez & Rodolfo Guzmán, Mexico, 2007, 35mm, color, 90 min, original version : Spanish, sub titles : English,
SYNOPSIS : Three men share nothing but the same name: Angel Flores Fuentes. When a woman in search for her lost true love opens the telephone book, she has no option but to send a desperate love message to the three, hoping to obtain a response from the real one. The men who are not the real Angel Flores Fuentes, believe that the message was left by a different woman, their own lost or impossible love.
SALES : FILMSHARKS INT'L, Av. Diaz Velez 4323, Buenos Aires 1200, Argentina, ( T ) +5411 6380 3803, ( F ) +5411 6380 3803, Internet site: www.filmsharks.com, E-mail : alpha@filmsharks.com, contact : Valeria Fanego, valeriafanego@filmsharks.com, Sales - Production
Calvin Carrington (397)
Réal./ Dir.: Raj Nandy, Canada, 2008, Color, 13 min.,
SYNOPSIS : An upper class white couple mysteriously give birth to a brown-skinned child. They try to raise him like a "good white boy", with hilarious results.
CAMILO - THE LONG ROAD TO DISOBEDIENCE / CAMILO - DER LANGE WEG ZUM UNGEHORSAM (248)
Réal./ Dir.: Peter Lilienthal, Germany, 2007, Color, 84 min.,
SYNOPSIS : This documentary tells the story of a Nicaragua-born former US soldier who fought in Iraq and subsequently became a deserter and anti-war activist.
SALES : Steelecht GmbH / Fimwerkstatt Münster, E-mail : dps@steelecht.com / film@muenster.de,
contact : Winfried Bettmer, David P. Steel, Steelecht GmbH / Fimwerkstatt Münster
Cape - Verde My Love / Cape - Verde Mon Amour (103)
Réal./ Dir.: Ana Ramos Lisboa, France, 2007, Video, Color, 77 min., original version : Portuguese, sub titles : English,
SYNOPSIS : Praïa, Cape Verde. Laura, Flavia and Bela are childhood friends. Each leads her own life and they sometimes meet to dance, dine and have fun. But one day the calm rivers of their lives break their banks and become wild torrents: Ricardo, Flavia's husband, rapes his pupil Indira, Laura's 13-year old eldest daughter. Cape-Verde my Love takes a critical look at the lives of women in Cape Verde.
SALES : ArtMattan Productions, 535 Cathedral Parkway Suite # 14B, New York, NY, 10025, ( T ) 212.864.1760, ( F ) 212.316.6020, Internet site: www.africanfilm.com, E-mail : artMattan@aol.com, contact : Reinaldo Barroso Spech & Clemencia Acevedo, Hyatt Regency Montreal, 1255 Jeanne Mance, Tel.: 514.982.1234
Carretera del Norte (346)
Réal./ Dir.: Rúben Rojo Aura, Mexico, 2008, B&W, 10 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Along a highway in the northern Mexican desert, a family struggles to survive by selling animals to the passing drivers.
SALES : Mexican Film Institute IMCINE,
E-mail : difuinte@imcine.gob.mx, contact : Mexican Film Institute IMCINE, Pablo Briseño
CARRIED ON A SEA BREEZE / UMIKAZE NI FUKARETE (243)
Réal./ Dir.: Toshiki Sato, Japan, 2008, Color, 110 min.,
SYNOPSIS : When Tetsuro returns from to his seaside hometown after many years away in Tokyo, he runs into an old flame and other people from his past who cause him to re-evaluate his life's priorities.
SALES : Open Sesame Co., Ltd., 1-14-6 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061 (Japon), ( T ) (81-3) 5159 08 71,
E-mail : kaho@open-sesame.jp
CASUAL DAY / CASUAL DAY (131)
Réal./ Dir.: MAX LEMCKE, SPAIN, 2008, 35mm, color, 93, original version : ENGLISH, sub titles : SPANISH,
SYNOPSIS : Rodrigo has always made what he wanted. He is a smart boy, but now he is in a commitment.
SALES : LATIDO FILMS, C/ VENERAS 9, 6th floor, 28013 MADRID, ( T ) +34 915 488 877, ( F ) +34 915 488 878, Internet site: www.latidofilms.com, E-mail : latido@latidofilms.com, contact : Massimo Saidel (Cell: +34 635 431 270), company profile ; International Sales
CELUI QUI ÉTEINT LA LUMIÈRE / THE ONE WHO SWITCHES OFF THE LIGHT (515)
Réal./ Dir.: Andrei Libenson, Russia, 2008, Color, 86 min.,
SYNOPSIS : The city of St. Petersburg is terrorized by a serial killer. Police captain Moiseyev is determined to solve the case, but first of all, he needs to conquer his own fears.
SALES : Non-Stop Production Film Company, E-mail : anna.k@nonstop-kino.ru, contact : Non-Stop Production Film Company
CHAÏM SOUTINE (184)
Réal./ Dir.: Valérie Firla, France, 2007, Color/ B&W, 52 min.,
SYNOPSIS : This documentary on Chaïm Soutine (1893-1943), a Russian-Jewish painter of the School of Paris who was the main representative in France of a dynamic expressionism, tracks down the last remaining traces of the man and his era.
SALES : Les Productions du Golem,
E-mail : murielle.levy@lesproductionsdugolem.com,
contact : Murielle Levy, Les Productions du Golem
Champs de guerre (496)
Réal./ Dir.: Manar Idriss, Veronica Torres, Canada, 2008, Color, 7 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A family from Cameroon comes to Canada to start over. This film explores the ups and downs of their integration process. contact : Manar Idriss, Veronica Torres
CHEEESE... (311)
Dir.: Hüseyin Tabak, Austria - German, 2008, B&W, 12 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A Kurdish family is waiting during the Iraq War in 2003 under their collapsed house in their basement for the help of the American Troops. Bombs are falling down around their house. But in their small world they still have their own small problems.
SALES : Hüseyin Tabak, Hafengasse 1/11, 1030 Vienna (Autriche), ( T ) 43 650 704 55 39, E-mail : htabak@yahoo.de
CHERRY BLOSSOMS - HANAMI / KIRSCHBLÜTEN - HANAMI (144)
Réal./ Dir.: Doris Dörrie, Germany, 2008, Color, 122 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A Bavarian husband who is nearing retirement, loses his wife suddenly, and flies to Japan to visit sites that she never had a chance to see while abiding by his strict routine. A bittersweet story of mourning and the futility of trying to recover something lost
SALES : Bavaria Media GmbH, Bavariafilmplatz 8, 82031 Geiselgasteig (Allemagne), ( T ) (49-89) 6499 26 87, ( F ) (49-89) 649 25 07, E-mail : info@olgafilm.de (Olga Film GmbH)
CHILDREN OF THE PYRE (267)
Réal./ Dir.: Rajesh S. Jala, India, 2008, DV, Color, 74 min., original version : Hindi, sub titles : English,
SYNOPSIS : A self-narrative of seven children who make their living off the dead at Manikarnika, the busiest cremation ground in India.
SALES : Rajesh S. Jala, 412 / 459 Bholi Nagar, Masjid Moth, South Extn. Part-2, New Delhi UP 110049, India, ( T ) +91 9811011685, Internet site: www.rajeshsjala.com, E-mail : rajeshjala@gmail.com, contact : Rajesh S.Jala (Producer-Director)
Chino (Chinese) (499)
Réal./ Dir.: Rogelio Sastre Rosa, Spain, 2008, Color, 8 min.,
SYNOPSIS : José Manuel is a Chinese man imprisoned in the body of a Spaniard. A mockumentary dealing with issues of identity, race, immigration and nationality.
SALES : Rogelito Sastre Rosa, contact : Rogelito Sastre Rosa
Christmas Story / Joulutarina (607)
Réal./ Dir.: Juha Wuolijoki, Finland, 2007, 35mm, couleur, 80 minutes, original version : Finnish,
SYNOPSIS : Have you ever wondered how Santa Claus grew up to be Santa? Set against a breathtaking landscape, discover the untold story of Santa's life, as he overcomes personal tragedy and hardship to develop a big and pure heart filled with love for children around the world.
SALES : Delphis Films Inc, 225 Roy Street East, Suite 200, Montreal, Quebec, H2W 1M5, ( T ) 514-843-3355, ( F ) 514-843-9574, Internet site: www.delphisfilms.com, E-mail : distribution@delphisfilms.com, contact : Marie-Soleil Courcy (mscourcy@delphisfilms.com), company profile ; Delphis Films, the worldwide distribution division of FRV Media, acquires and licenses all rights to award-winning and quality film and TV productions. Our catalogue features a wide variety of genres: family films, documentaries, drama and animation series, produced by our affiliated production companies such as Cité Amérique and Altau/Tutti Frutti or acquired from third parties in Canada and around the world. Headed by sales and acquisitions executives with over 20 years experience in international distribution, Delphis Films offers dedicated and specialised services for independent producers as well as a well-selected collection of high quality programs to buyers.
Chucha Tu Madre / Chicha Tu madre (160)
Réal./ Dir.: Gianfranco Quattrini, Peru, Argentina, 2006, 35mm, color, 90 min, original version : Spanish, sub titles : English,
SYNOPSIS : When he learns that his teenage daughter has become pregnant, Julio Cesar understands the time has come for him to change his destiny, stop driving a taxi and assume his vocation as a Tarot reader. Guided by the wisdom of the cards, he will soar through the unpredictable city of Lima, Peru, in search of his salvation. In his journey lies a young prostitute, an enigmatic Argentine nurse and a Second League football championship, where his beloved team, led by an Argentine Coach, stakes its last chance to become champion.
SALES : FILMSHARKS INT'L, Av. Diaz Velez 4323 Buenos Aires 1200 Argentina, ( T ) +5411 6380 3803, ( F ) +5411 6380 3803, Internet site: www.filmsharks.com,
E-mail : alpha@filmsharks.com,
contact : Valeria Fanego, valeriafanego@filmsharks.com,
company profile ; Sales Agent - Producer
Cienfuegos (364)
Dir.: R.J. McFarlane, United States, 2008, Color, 15 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Two childhood friends are reunited after many years in a Cuban rebel prison camp in 1959. Once the closest of friends they now find themselves on opposing political sides. One man is a prisoner facing unimaginable torture, and the other a soldier in the Communist army charged with being his keeper.
SALES : StoneBound Productions, E-mail : LBraun@Stonebound.com, contact : StoneBound Productions
CINÉMA QUÉBÉCOIS - L'IVRESSE DES DÉBUTS (238)
Réal./ Dir.: Georges Privet, Yvonne Defour, Canada, 2008, Color, 52 min.,
SYNOPSIS : L'IVRESSE DES DÉBUTS raconte non sans humour l'émergence, au cours des années 50 et 60, d'un cinéma québécois inventif et audacieux.
SALES : Les Productions Eurêka!, 400, avenue Atlantic, bureau 103, Montréal, QC H2V 1A5 (Canada), ( T ) (514) 272-3500, ( F ) (514) 272-9452, E-mail : jroy@eureka-tv.com, contact : Claude Godbout, France Choquette, Jean Roy
CINÉMA QUÉBÉCOIS - LA POLITIQUE (239)
Réal.: Georges Privet, Jean Roy, Canada, 2008, Color, 52 min,
SYNOPSIS : Fin des années 50. L'enthousiasme des cinéastes pour la politique s'étiole quand il ne disparaît pas totalement. Sommes-nous passés de la politique au politique?
SALES : Les Productions Eurêka!, 400, avenue Atlantic, bureau 103, Montréal, QC H2V 1A5 (Canada), ( T ) (514) 272-3500,
( F ) (514) 272-9452, E-mail : jroy@eureka-tv.com,
contact : Claude Godbout, France Choquette, Jean Roy
Cinemission / Cinémission (615)
Réal./ Dir.: Simon Dallaire, Stéphanie Allaire, Canada, 2008, video, Color, 26 X 24min., original version : French, sub titles : English,
SYNOPSIS : Do kids know how movies are made and what happens behind-the-scenes? Here is a ground-breaking live action children's series where kids uncover all the secrets. By kids, with kids and for kids!
SALES : Delphis Films Inc., 225, Roy Street East, Suite 200, Montreal, Quebec, H2W 1M5, ( T ) 514-843-3355, ( F ) 514-843-9574, Internet site: distribution@delphisfilms.com, E-mail : www.delphisfilms.com , company profile ; Delphis Films, the worldwide distribution division of FRV Media, acquires and licenses all rights to award-winning and quality film and TV productions.
Citizen Lambert: Jeanne d'Architecture / Citizen Lambert: Joan Of Architecture (626)
Réal./ Dir.: Teri Wehn-Damisch, Canada/France, 2007, HD video, Color, 52 minutes, original version : Anglais, sub titles : Français,
SYNOPSIS : ``a remarkable film about a remarkable woman…playful, informative…enthralling``Brendan Kelly, The Gazette, Montreal ****
SALES : Filmoption International Inc., 3401 St-Antoine ouest
Westmount, QC H3Z 1X1, Canada, ( T ) (514) 931-6180 ext.283, ( F ) (514) 939-2034,
Internet site: www.filmoption.com, E-mail : nrybina@filmoption.com, contact : Natasha Rybina, company profile ; In business for almost 30 years Filmoption specializes in theatrical distribution, DVD releases and television sales in Canada and internationally. Our interests lie in the field of feature films, animation, documentaries and series. Latest acquisitions for Canada include Rumba, Paranoid Park, Anna M., 3 amis...
CLAUDETTE (227)
Réal./ Dir.: Sylvie Cachin, Switzerland, 2008, Color, 65 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Claudette is a 60ish, married hermaphrodite with grandchildren. She is also a prostitute and a campaigner for prostitutes' rights.
SALES : Lunafilm, E-mail : luna@lunafilm.ch,
contact : Sylvie Cachin, Lunafilm
Commando Cottage (399)
Réal./ Dir.: Hugo Gauvreau, Canada, 2007, Color, 7 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Mathis and Viny cannot stand their summer jobs anymore. They plan a desperate escape.
COMME UNE ÉTOILE DANS LA NUIT (542)
Réal./ Dir.: René Féret, France, 2008, Color, 90 min.,
SYNOPSIS : When Anne and Marc decide to have a child, they make a terrible discovery: Marc has Hodgkin's Disease. The only antidote is love...
SALES : WIDE MANAGEMENT , 40, rue Sainte-Anne, 75002 Paris (France) Les Films Alyne (Films du XXème) 35, rue du Retrait, 75020 Paris , ( T ) 0143159710, ( F ) 0672726234, Internet site: www.reneferet.com, E-mail : cr@widemanagement.com, contact : Camille ROUSSELET
Condemned (400)
Dir.: Paul Aflalo, Liz Bono, Myriam DesCormiers, AJ Korkidakis, Saba Shahsiah, Nania Sergi, Canada, 2008, Color, 5 min.,
SYNOPSIS : The former foreman of an old factory comes to visit the building before they tear it down for good.
Contrechamp - La rébellion des cinéastes / REVERSE SHOT - REBELLION OF THE FILMMAKERS / GEGENSCHUSS - AUFBRUCH DER FILMEMACHER (255)
Réal./ Dir.: Laurens Straub, Dominik Wessely, Germany, 2008, Color, 118 min.,
SYNOPSIS : The story of the new wave of young filmmakers such as Werner Herzog, Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Wim Wenders, who revolutionized the 7th art in Germany in the early 1970s. Interviews, films excerpts and some rare, unpublished archive footage.
SALES : Kinowelt International GmbH / Stelios Ziannis, Kinowelt International GmbH, Karl-Tauchnitz-Strasse 10, 04107 Leipzig (Allemagne), ( T ) (49-3) 41-35 59 60,
( F ) (49-3) 41-35 59 64 19, E-mail : filmverlag@kinowelt.de,
contact : Rainer Koelmel / Stelios Ziannis
Coons (377)
Réal./ Dir.: Chris Cloyd, United States, 2007, Color, 14 min.,
SYNOPSIS : An innocent joyride is not all it seems when Rich discovers his brother and friend have kidnapped a black teen and thrown him in the back of their truck.
SALES : University of Southern California,
E-mail : mbfielder@cinema.usc.edu, contact : University of Southern California
CORDIALLY INVITED / CORDIALLY INVITED (597)
Réal./ Dir.: MICHAEL D. FOUTHER, 2008, Color, 115 minutes, original version : English
E-mail : maroscenars@hotmail.com
Corps d'argile (376)
Réal./ Dir.: Michel Lam, Canada, 2008, Color, 6 min.,
SYNOPSIS : The traces of an amorous evening fill the space of a peaceful apartment.
SALES : Laterna Films,, E-mail : disk4t@gmail.com,
contact : Laterna Films
Coups de foudre (295)
Réal./ Dir.: Stefan Ludwig, Johannes Rosenstein, Canada, Allemagne, 2008, Color, 17 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Three different stories of a first love in Montreal. Love at first sight, three times.
SALES : INIS / Coproduit par l'Académie pour film et télévision de Munich (Allemagne), E-mail : festival@inis.qc.ca,
contact : INIS - Institut national de l'image et du son
COWARDS / COBARDES (459)
Dir.: José Corbacho, Juan Cruz, Spain, 2007, Color, 89 min.
SYNOPSIS : Gaby, 14, is afraid to go to school. Is he afraid of Guille, the class bully, or is it a fear of disappointing his father who, in turn, is afraid of losing his job?
SALES : Castelao (Filmax GP),, c/Miguel Fernández, 81-87, Dist. Economic l'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelone 08908 (Espagne), ( T ) (34-933) 368 555,
E-mail : v.canales@filmax.com
Cross Words (514)
Réal./ Dir.: Eric T. Finkel, Canada, 2008, Color, 13 min.,
SYNOPSIS : On his 50th birthday, George, an arrogant, agoraphobic crossword puzzle maker is mistaken for dead and must crash his own funeral to learn how to live.
SALES : Finkelfilms BC, Inc., E-mail : eric@finkelfilms.com, contact : Finkelfilms BC, Inc.
Cuban Song / Comme à Cuba (120)
Réal./ Dir.: Fernand Bélanger, Louise Dugal et Yves Angrignon, Canada, 2008, video, couleur, 63 min, original version : espgnol, sub titles : français ou anglais,
SYNOPSIS : Cuban Song simply shows the effusion of life at the heart of the everyday - observing the ordinary, accessing the extraordinary and the unusual, and rendering the joy of discovering another culture. This travel journal is a reverie, a meditation, a hymn to Cubans and their vitality. We are carried away by anodyne details, much to the pleasure of eye and heart. The film finds its rhythm and breath in the music that pervades Cuban life. On July 6, 2006, filmmaker Fernand Bélanger passed away, leaving behind the first cut of Cuban Song. His long-time collaborators, Yves Angrignon and Louise Dugal, finished the film, respecting the spirit of their friend's work. This final film gives us privileged insight into the art of this great filmmaker, too soon departed.
SALES : Jeannine Gagné, 5905 Louis-Hémon, Mtl, Qc, H2G 2K5, ( T ) 514-393-3560, ( F ) 514-393-3565, Internet site: www.amazonefilm.com, E-mail : info@amazonefilm.com, contact : Jeannine Gagné, company profile ; Fondée en mai 1999 par Jeannine Gagné, la compagnie Amazone Film se consacre à la production de films d'auteur pour la télévision et le grand écran.
CYRANO FERNANDEZ (180)
Dir.: Alberto Arvelo, Venezuela - Spain, 2008, Color, 95 min.,
SYNOPSIS : This modernized Venezuelan version of Edmond Rostand's classic novel features a love triangle between Cyrano Fernandez, Roxana Padilla, and Cristian Santana, and is set in the labyrinthine slums of Caracas.
SALES : Cinema Sur / Indogomedia, E-mail : +alberto.arvelo#@gmail.com / jtrullenque@indigomedia.es, contact : Cinema Sur / Indogomedia
Damian and Ende (402)
Réal./ Dir.: Benjamin Schnetze, Canada, 2008, Color, 10 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Two childhood friends. Damian has grown up but Ende remains emotionally a child. The two negotiate the changing seasons and the memory of the tragic event that brought them there.
Dead Air (403)
Réal./ Dir.: Ace Dixon, Canada, 2008, Color, 11 min.,
SYNOPSIS : The outside air is no longer breathable and three men are stranded in a shelter. While waiting for the rest of the group to return, one of them decides to take a risk.
DEAD GAY MEN AND LIVING LESBIANS / TOTE SCHWULE - LEBENDE LESBEN (147)
Dir.: Rosa von Praunheim, Germany, 2008, Color, 85 min.,
SYNOPSIS : In his latest documentary, Rosa von Praunheim reassesses the history of gay rights in Germany in light of recent shifts placing lesbians in the vanguard of so-called queer movement.
SALES : Rosa von Praunheim Film, Konstanzer Str. 56, 10707 Berlin (Allemagne), ( T ) (49-30) 883 54 96, ( F ) fax: (49-30) 881 29 58, E-mail : rosavp@aol.com,
contact : Rosa von Praunheim
DEAR ZACHARY: A LETTER TO A SON ABOUT HIS FATHER (236)
Réal./ Dir.: Kurt Kuenne, United States, 2008, Color, 95 min.,
SYNOPSIS : On November 5, 2001, Dr. Andrew Bagby was murdered. To memoralize him, his friend Kurt Kuenne beagan making a documentary film.
SALES : Submarine Entertainment, 132 Crosby Street, New York, NY 10012 (États-Unis), ( T ) (212) 625-1410, ( F ) (212) 625-9931, E-mail : josh@submarine.com, contact : Josh Brown
Délai / Dead Line (287)
Dir.: Joseph Bakhash, United States, 2008, Color, 18 min.
SYNOPSIS : When a tortured ex-con confronts a formerly abusive guard at a diner in the middle of nowhere, his plan for exacting revenge is slowly undone as he discovers he might not be the man he thought he was.
SALES : Secret Hideout Films, 30 W. 61st Street, apt 24B, New York, N.Y. (U.S.A.), ( T ) 1-646-831 0601,
E-mail : info@secrethideoutfilms.com
Demain peut-être (334)
Réal./ Dir.: Guilhem Amesland, France, 2008, Color, 12 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Harry wakes up in the house of a woman he met the night before. He goes off to work and visits a prospective construction site. But his mind keeps wandering...
SALES : Caïman Productions, E-mail : info@caiman-prod.com, contact : Caïman Productions
DÉPARTS / DEPARTURES / OKURIBITO (193)
Réal./ Dir.: Yojiro Takita, Japan, 2008, Color, 131 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Daigo, a young cellist who suddenly finds himself out of work when his orchestra disbands, moves back to his hometown and takes a job as an undertaker. It's a job everyone hates but Daigo finds that his daily encounters with death teach him about life.
SALES : Shochiku Co., Ltd., International Sales and Licensing, 13F Togeki Building, 4-1-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8422 (Japon), ( T ) (81-3) 5550 16 23, ( F ) (81-3) 5550 16 54, E-mail : ibd@shochiku.co.jp, contact : Yasuhiro Mase, Toshiaki Nakasawa, Toshihisa Watai
Desierto Sur / Desierto Sur (199)
Réal./ Dir.: Shawn Garry, Chile - Spain, 2007, 35mm, color, 100 min, original version : Spanish, sub titles : English,
SYNOPSIS : Sofia is a young Spanish girl who loses her mother to an illness. An enigmatic letter falls into her hands, one that her mother sent to Chile when she was alive. The letter is returned by the post office when the recipient could not be found. The content of the letter raises stirring questions in Sofia, who then embarks on an adventure filled journey south of the world. The destination: An unknown and remote town called "Desierto Sur".
SALES : FILMSHARKS INT'L, Av. Diaz Velez 4323, Buenos Aires 1200, Argentina, ( T ) +5411 6380 3803, ( F ) +5411 6380 3803, Internet site: www.filmsharks.com, E-mail : alpha@filmsharks.com, contact : Valeria Fanego, valeriafanego@filmsharks.com,
company profile ; Sales - production
Destinations (617)
Réal./ Dir.: Claudia Bérubé, Canada, 2007, DV, Color, 80 min., original version : French,
SYNOPSIS : L'Inde demeure une terre mythique dans l'esprit des occidentaux. "Destinations" nous amène à l'arrière de la carte postale et nous confronte à la réalité de l'étranger qui s'y risque. Nous vivons par procuration le voyage d'un groupe à la recherche de réponses d'ordre spirituel. Se rendre si loin pour se retrouver en vaut-il vraiment la peine? On ne le sais avec certitude, mais du chaos de Delhi aux rives du Gange, en passant par les majestueux sommets de l'Himalaya, la magie semble opérer.
SALES : Claudia Bérubé, 8145 av. Wiseman #1 Montréal, QC, ( T ) 514-961-9118, ( F ) 514-288-0081,
Internet site: http://destinationslefilm.wordpress.com/,
E-mail : productionsdelirium@gmail.com, contact : Claudia Bérubé, company profile ; Production indépendante de courts et longs métrages
Destiny / El Destino (165)
Réal./ Dir.: Miguel Pereira, Argentina-Spain, 2006, 35mm, color, 102 min, original version : Spanish, sub titles : English,
SYNOPSIS : A foreign man on the run wearing a priest´s cassock seeks refuge in a God forsaken village in the north of Argentina.There is a chance that he might really find the asylum he longs for,but only if he accepts the role the villagers assign to him...Irony and black humor in a story about the destiny we try to change...
SALES : FILMSHARKS INT'L, Av. Diaz Velez 4323, Buenos Aires 1200, Argentina, ( T ) +5411 6380 3803, ( F ) +5411 6380 3803, Internet site: www.filmsharks.com,
E-mail : alpha@filmsharks.com,
contact : Valeria Fanego, valeriafanego@filmsharks.com,
company profile ; Sales - Production
DÉTACHÉ / CUT LOOSE / LOS (276)
Réal./ Dir.: Jan Verheyen, Belgium - Netherlands, 2008, Color, 90 min.
SYNOPSIS : Tom, a young and idealistic left wing journalist, is about to settle down with his girlfriend when his life and views get shaken by the young and beautiful Pakistani refugee Nadia.
SALES : Eyeworks / Bos Bros Film & TV Productions, E-mail : drama.belgium@eyeworks.tv , contact : Eyeworks / Bos Bros Film & TV Productions
Die Seilbahn (358)
Dir.: Claudius Gentinetta, Switzerland, 2008, Color, 7 min.
SYNOPSIS : In a mountain cable car, an old man treats himself to some snuff. With every sneeze cabin begins to disintegrate. But the man is not ready to accept his fate that easily.
SALES : Gentinettafilm, E-mail : mail@gentinettafilm.ch,
DIED YOUNG STAYED PRETTY (177)
Réal./ Dir.: Eileen Yaghoobian, Canada - United States, 2008, Color, 95 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A candid look at the underground poster movement in North America, a faction of artists devoted to picking through the detritus of American pop culture and piecing it all back together in their own peculiar fashion.
SALES : Norotomo Productions Inc., 1106-1108 Cambie Street, Vancouver BC (Canada) V6B 6J7, ( T ) (781) 929-6932, E-mail : eileen@yagoobian.com
Dimples / Dimples (205)
Réal./ Dir.: Dusty DePree, USA, 2007, 35mm, color, 87 min, original version : English,
SYNOPSIS : On a saturday morning, Frances jolts awake from a frightening dream about a blood thirsty monster. That afternoon, while on a road trip with four friends, a bizarre chain of events leads Frances to a secluded house where a little girl lives with a man she refers to only as, "The Doctor". Here, Frances uncovers grisly horrors the little girl is subjected to and as Frances fights to save her young soul, her friends fight to save themselves from the monster the doctor has created.
SALES : FILMSHARKS INT'L, Av. Diaz Velez 4323, Buenos Aires 1200, Argentina, ( T ) +5411 6380 3803, ( F ) +5411 6380 3803, E-mail : valeriafanego@filmsharks.com, contact : Valeria Fanego, , company profile ; alpha@filmsharks.com
Disbelief Will Save Your Soul (307)
Réal./ Dir.: Samuel Welkopf, Germany, 2008, Color, 11 min.,
SYNOPSIS : An old man awakens alone in the dark and confounds the TV set for his long awaited children...
SALES : Konrad Wolf Film and Television Academy (HFF Konrad Wolf), E-mail : distribution@hff-postdam.de, contact : Konrad Wolf Film and Television Academy (HFF Konrad Wolf)
DISCORAMA, SIGNÉ GLASER (191)
Réal./ Dir.: Esther Hoffenberg, France, 2007, Color, 67 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Throughout the 1960s, millions of Frenchmen gathered in front of their TVs to watch Denise Glaser's Discorama, just before the traditional Sunday dinner. A variety show that ran for 15 years, the greats of French song were among its regular guests.
SALES : INA (France), ( T ) (33-01) 49 83 29 92, ( F ) (33-01) 49 83 31 82, E-mail : mgautard@ina.fr ,
contact : Michèle Gautard
Divine Waters (329)
Réal./ Dir.: Steve Rosenberg, Canada, 2007, Color, 7 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Divine Waters is an experimental seven-minute dance. It begins with a mermaid crashing into a rock. Shortly after this near death experience, the mermaid is re-incarnated into human form as an amputee. As a human she evolves as a dancer and experiments with a prostetic leg before discarding it.
SALES : Steve Rosenberg, E-mail : blinktv@shaw.ca,
contact : Steve Rosenberg
DOG EAT DOG / PERRO COME PERRO (158)
Réal./ Dir.: Carlos Moreno, Colombia, 2007, Color, 97 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Set in the Colombian crime world, Carlos Moreno's smartly scripted debut feature depicts a brutal universe where gangsters are as vicious as rabid street dogs and voodoo reigns as the supreme form of punishment, doling out karmic fate to its thuggish denizens.
SALES : Antorcha Films, E-mail : diego@antorchafilms.com, contact : Diego F. RamÍrez, Carolina Barrera, Rodrigo Guerrero, Antorcha Films
Dolor / Harmsaga (518)
Réal./ Dir.: Valdimar Jóhannsson, Iceland - Finland, 2008, Color, 13 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Due to an unintentional accident, the life of a happy family is transformed into a larger than life tragedy.
SALES : Tröllarkirkja / TC Films, E-mail : tcfilms@internet.is, contact : Tröllarkirkja / TC Films
DOT / NOKTA (483)
Réal./ Dir.: Dervis Zaim, Turkey, 2008, Color, 80 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Persuaded by a friend, Ahmet is reluctantly involved in the theft of an antique Koran. There are fatal consequences and Ahmet struggles to make amends...
SALES : Marathon Film, E-mail : marathon@superonline.com / baranseyhan@sarmasiksanatlar.com,
contact : Dervis Zaim, Baran Seyhan, Marathon Film
DREAMING AWAKE / YUME NO MANIMANI (463)
Dir.: Takeo Kimura, Japan, 2007, Color/ B&W, 106 min.,
SYNOPSIS : The story of the relationship between the dean of a college and a brash, headstrong student. Dealing with this troubled youth brings back memories of the war and of Hiroshima for the elderly man.
SALES : Pal Entertainments Production, 2-2-6 Komagata, Taitou-ku, Tokyo 111-0043 (Japon), ( T ) (81-3) 3847 31 41,
( F ) (81-3) 3847 31 42, E-mail : pal@pal-ep.com, contact : Shuichi Isoda
Drux Flux (282)
Réal./ Dir.: Théodore Ushev, Canada, 2008, Color, 5 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A meditation on the links between the artist and modern political philosophy, Drux Flux presents the one-dimensional man as imagined by Herbert Marcuse: the alienated citizen of industrialized society.
SALES : National Film Board of Canada, 3155, Côte-de-Liesse Road, Ville Saint-Laurent QC H4N 2N4 (Canada), ( T ) 514-283-2703, ( F ) 514-496-1895, E-mail : international@nfb.ca , contact : Johanne St-Arnauld
DU BRUIT DANS LA TÊTE / THE NOISE IN MY HEAD (259) Dir.: Vincent Pluss, Switzerland - Germany, 2008, Color, 90 min.
SYNOPSIS : When a young street kid tries to sell Laura a soaked newspaper, she offers him a drink, a shower and a place to stay. But who is this boy and why is a man after him?
SALES : Intermezzo Films SA (Suisse) / Komplizen Film (Allemagne), E-mail : info@intermezzofilms.ch
contact : Isabelle Gattiker - Intermezzo Films SA (Suisse)
DUNYA & DESIE (263)
Réal./ Dir.: Dana Nechustan, Netherlands - Belgium, 2008, Color, 98 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Dunya and Desie are best friends in Amsterdam. Both girls are 18 years old but that's about all they have in common. Dunya is Moroccan born and bred, and Desie is Dutch. Then Dunya learns that her family have arranged a marriage for her...
SALES : Delphis Films, 225, rue Roy Est, suite 200, Montréal, QC H2W 1M5 (Canada), ( T ) (514) 843-3355,
E-mail : distribution@delphisfilms.com
During the Absence of Muse (404)
Réal./ Dir.: Irina Iskhakova , Canada, 2008, Color, 2 min.,
SYNOPSIS : An ironic pixilated animation about a crisis of creativity.
Echoes (405)
Dir.: T. Anthony Gharzouzi, Canada, 2008, B&W, 6 min.,
SYNOPSIS : EXPERIMENTAL. Space and time, industrialism and the solar system, through the mind of an inventor.
Échouée (406)
Dir.: Philomène D. Laurendeau, Canada, 2008, Color, 9 min.
SYNOPSIS : After meeting a charming stranger, Eve is deeply affected. Life with her boyfriend is no longer the same.
EL CAMINO / EL CAMINO (179)
Dir.: Ishtar Yasin, Costa Rica - France, 2008, Color, 91 min.
SYNOPSIS : Two young Nicaraguan children, Saslaya and her mute brother Dario, must travel from Managua to Costa Rica to find their long-lost mother.
SALES : Wide Management, 40, rue Sainte-Anne, 75002 Paris (France), ( T ) +33 1 53 95 04 64, ( F ) +33 1 53 95 04 65, E-mail : wide@widemanagement.com , contact : Adrían Cruz,. Vinicio Musmanni, Luis Javier Castro
El epigrafe API (332)
Réal./ Dir.: Salvador Cuevas, Spain, 2008, Color, 8 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Andrea, a young computer programmer, is searching for a job. Her employment office comes up with a unexpected work offer -- in prostitution.
SALES : Salvador Cuevas, E-mail : salvadorpas@gmail.com , contact : Salvador Cuevas
El Segundo / El Segundo (206)
Réal./ Dir.: Hank Jacobs, USA, 2006, 35mm, color, 90 min, original version : Spanish - English, sub titles : English,
SYNOPSIS : El Segundo known as an ancient jewel which brings eternal life to the possessor. A wealthy Tejano rancher who is seeking El Segundo and his quest threatens to tear apart the community that depends on him. Sam, a misfit oil rigger hired to retrieve the jewel, bears witness to the passion it inspires, and the destruction it leaves in its wake, as he falls for the rancher's spitfire daughter, Delicia. It's a story of greed, mystery, and desire.
SALES : FILMSHARKS INT'L, Av. Diaz Velez 4323, Buenos Aires 1200, Argentina, ( T ) +5411 6380 3803, ( F ) +5411 6380 3803, Internet site: www.filmsharks.com,
E-mail : alpha@filmsharks.com,
contact : Valeria Fanego, valeriafanego@filmsharks.com,
company profile ; Sales - Prodcution
ELDER WIFE (225)
Réal./ Dir.: Ivan Solovov, Russia, 2008, Color, 90 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Baira and Syezd are an inseparable couple of Kalmyk peasants who tend farm, raise sheep and cannot think of any other life. Until, fulfilling a promise he made to a dying neighbour, Syezd brings home a new wife. Baira plots revenge...
SALES : Mentor Cinema / Objective Art, E-mail : mentorcinema@mail.ru / objectiveart@mail.ru ,
contact : Ivan Solovov, Mentor Cinema / Objective Art
En compagnie de la poussière (316)
Réal./ Dir.: Jacques Molitor, Belgium, 2008, Color, 19 min.,
SYNOPSIS : At the end of their adolescence, François loves Michel. Michel is not too sure about his feelings. François is devastated; he can't live without Michel's love...
SALES : Frakas Productions, E-mail : info@frakas.be ,
contact : Frakas Productions
EN PLEIN CŒUR (154)
Réal./ Dir.: Stéphane Géhami, Canada, 2008, Color, 105 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Benoît and Jimi, a big guy and a small man, two hypersensitive people looking to be loved, like everyone else. Except that these two steal Jeeps for a gang and Benoît is 32 years old and Jimi... 14.
SALES : Wide Management, 40, rue Sainte-Anne, 75002 Paris (France) , ( T ) (514) 277-2613 / 33 1 53 95 04 64, ( F ) (514) 277-3598 / +33 1 53 95 04 65,
E-mail : ldussault@filmisle.com / wide@widemanagement.com
En trans (291)
Réal./ Dir.: Jonathan Durand, Canada, 2008, Color, 9 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Jacky Vallée, anthropologist and leader of a drag king troupe, prepares a last show before undergoing the transformation into a man.
SALES : INIS, E-mail : festival@inis.qc.ca,
contact : INIS - Institut national de l'image et du son
Enquête Champlain / Enquête Champlain (570)
Réal./ Dir.: Marie Nadeau, Canada, 2008, Digital Beta, couleur, 2 x 47 min, original version : Français,
SYNOPSIS : " Enquête Champlain " s'intéresse à cet homme qui, le 3 juillet 1608, débarque à Québec pour fonder la première colonie française en Amérique. Cela fait-il de lui l'unique fondateur de Québec ? En dépit des siècles, Champlain reste un personnage énigmatique et controversé. Menée par le plus patriote des anglophones, Christopher Hall, cette enquête va donc au bout d'une investigation pour nous révéler les facettes méconnues de l'homme et son héritage. Le ton osé et parfois décapant de cette mini-série documentaire est aussi original que percutant. Elle nous présente ce personnage historique comme il n'a jamais été raconté auparavant.
SALES : Marie Nadeau, 1000 rue Fullum, Bureau B 110, Montréal, Qc , H2K 3L7, ( T ) 514 529 2840, ( F ) 514 521 6499, Internet site: www.hyperzoom.ca,
E-mail : marie@hyperzoom.ca ,
company profile ; Fondée en 1997, HYPERZOOM se consacre à la production de projets destinés à la télévision. Ses œuvres sont principalement de type documentaire et magazine de services. HYPERZOOM produit entre autres le magazine " À vos marteaux ", diffusé sur HISTORIA. Ce magazine a pour but de rénover une pièce d'une maison afin de mettre en valeur un vieil objet appartenant au patrimoine du Québec. HYPERZOOM a également produit pour TV5 Québec-Canada " Village en vue ", série de 26 épisodes qui rendent hommage aux plus beaux villages du Québec. La liste complète de ses réalisations se trouve sur son site Internet :ww.hyperzoom.ca
Escape from Luanda / Escape from Luanda (125)
Réal./ Dir.: Phil Grabsky, Angola; UK, 2007, video, color, 72, original version : English, sub titles : Portuguese,
SYNOPSIS : In Luanda, one of the world's poorest and most dangerous places, three students from Angola's only music school work towards their end-of-year concert. This film asks if, despite the ravages of 27 years of civil war, musical passion can overcome terrible hardships.
SALES : Seventh Art Productions , 63 Ship Street, Brighton, BN1 1AE, UK, ( T ) +44 1273 777678, ( F ) +44 1273 323777, Internet site: www.escapefromluanda.com ,
E-mail : lgibson@seventh-art.com
contact : Leigh Gibson , company profile ; Feature Documentaries; Arts and History Programmes
ESCORTE SPÉCIALE / SPECIAL ESCORT / STELLUNGSWECHSEL (139)
Réal./ Dir.: Maggie Peren, Germany, 2007, Color, 97 min,
SYNOPSIS : Five male losers with chronic cash problems start up an escort service for needy femmes. "German delicacies, please touch" is their hopeful slogan...
SALES : Telepool GmbH, Sonnenstr. 21, 80331 Munich (Allemagne), ( T ) (49-89) 558 760,
E-mail : cinepool@telepool.de
Europa 66 (327)
Réal./ Dir.: Roger Otis, Canada, 2008, Color, 7 min.,
SYNOPSIS : From Lake Balaton in Hungary all the way to the Atlantic coast of Ireland, 10,000 kilometres of European blacktop in search of an American dream.
SALES : Filmotis Production, E-mail : filmotis@yahoo.ca , contact : Filmotis Production
Eve and the Fire Horse (610)
Réal./ Dir.: Julia Kwan, Canada, 2005, 35mm, Color, 92 min., original version : English,
SYNOPSIS : Eve, a precocious nine year-old with an overactive imagination, was born in the Year of the Fire Horse, notorious among Chinese families for producing the most troublesome children. Dinners around Eve's family table are a raucous affair, where old world propriety and new world audacity mix in even measure. But as summer approaches, it seems like Eve's carefree childhood days are behind her.
SALES : Delphis Films Inc., 225, Roy Street East, Suite 200, Montreal, Quebec, H2W 1M5, ( T ) 514-843-3355, ( F ) 514-843-9574, Internet site: www.delphisfilms.com, E-mail : distribution@delphisfilms.com, company profile ; Delphis Films, the worldwide distribution division of FRV Media, acquires and licenses all rights to award-winning and quality film and TV productions.
EVERY NIGHT, LONELINESS / HAR SHAB, TANHEE (530) Dir.: Rasoul Sadrameli, Iran, 2008, Color, 100 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Radio host Atieh answers questions from listeners on how to treat their spouses, on how to improve their married lives. But far from the studio, Atieh herself is having marital problems...
SALES : IRIB Channel 1 / Cima Media International (Iran), ( T ) (98-21) 2254 80 32, E-mail : cmi@cmi.ir, contact : Seyed Kamal Tabatabaee, IRIB Channel 1 / Cima Media International (Iran)
Every Other Weekend (369)
Réal./ Dir.: Tim Slade, Australia, 2008, Color, 14 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A story of the unending love of parents for their children, the grief of separation, and the chance moments that shape our lives.
SALES : Vast Productions Pty Ltd,
E-mail : tim@vastproductions.com.au ,
contact : Vast Productions Pty Ltd
FAIRY TALE (599)
Réal./ Dir.: Naomi Hiltz, Canada, 2006, HD video, 39 episodes X 24 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Fairy Tale is the world's first ever gay dating show.
SALES : HILTZ SQUARED MEDIA, 23 Hollywood, suite 210
Toronto, Ontario, M2N 7L8, ( T ) 416.760.9155, Internet site: www.hiltz2.com, E-mail : myles@hiltz2.com ,
company profile ; Production and distribution.
Fal (279)
Réal./ Dir.: Hans Van Nuffel, Belgium, 2007, Color, 13 min.,
SYNOPSIS : The son of a dead arms dealer takes shooting lessons from a Congolese ex-child soldier. The weapon of choise: the FAL. A glorified extension of his manhood for one, a brutal tool of destruction in the hands of the other. A story about mutual fascination, tragic loss and automatic assault rifles.
SALES : Flanders Image, Handelskaai 18/3, B-1000 Bruxelles (Belgique), ( T ) 312 2 226 0630,
E-mail : flandersimage@vaf.be
Femme en peine (579)
Réal./ Dir.: Aminata Diallo Glez, Burkina Faso, 2007, video, Color, 52 min., original version : French,
SYNOPSIS : The conditions of detention at the Ouagadougou jail are more than rude in the women's quarter as well as the rest of the jail. How do they react to such a situation?
SALES : Festival International du Film Panafricain, 32, rue Louis Périssol - 06400 Cannes, ( T ) + 33(0)493 997 587 , Internet site: www.festivaldufilmpanafricain.org,
E-mail : filmpanafricain@yahoo.com,
company profile ; Distribution - Promotion - Film sales.
Fereshtegan Dar Khat Mimirand (342)
Réal./ Dir.: Babak Amini, Iran - Iraq - Kurdistan, 2008, Color, 30 min.
SYNOPSIS : An Iraqi-Kurdish girl earns a living by selling the bones of Iranian soldiers remaining from the Iran-Iraq war. One day she comes across a terrorist incident targetting an American soldier. She tries to help...
SALES : Mij Film, E-mail : babiamini@yahoo.com , info@mijfilm.com, contact : Mij Film
Fertilize (313)
Dir.: Senne Dehandschutter, Belgium, 2007, Color, 8 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A pretty girl in a futuristic and imaginary environment, is surrounded by thousands of warriors, in a choreography of dance and struggle. "I wanted to make a perfect transition from a choreography of dance to a choreography of fight, blending the characteristics of oriental Kung Fu films with elements of African dance." -- Senne Dehandschutter
SALES : Senne Dehandschutter, E-mail : info@senne-d.com , contact : Senne Dehandschutter
FIGHTER (159)
Réal./ Dir.: Natasha Arthy, Denmark, 2007, Color, 100 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Aïcha, a Turkish high-school student in Copenhagen defies her conservative, immigrant parents and indulges her passion for martial arts by secretly training at a co-ed club. There she meets a local boy, Emil, and quickly discovers that the rules of life are more complicated than those of kung fu
SALES : Delphis Films, 225, rue Roy Est, #200, Montréal, QC H2W 1M5 (Canada), ( T ) (514) 843-3355,
E-mail : distribution@delphisfilms.com
FIM DA LINHA (602)
Réal./ Dir.: Gustavo Steinberg, Netherlands, 2008, 35mm / HD video, 76 min.,
SYNOPSIS : What would happen if money fell from the sky in Brazil?
SALES : HILTZ SQUARED MEDIA, 23 Hollywood, suite 210
Toronto, Ontario, M2N 7L8, ( T ) 416.760.9155, Internet site: www.hiltz2.com, E-mail : myles@hiltz2.com ,
company profile ; Production and distribution.
Firebear Called Them Faith Healers (407)
Réal./ Dir.: Kelvin Redvers, Canada, 2008, Color, 16 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Six storytellers. One story. Many different powers.
First Winter Last (508)
Réal./ Dir.: Ana de Lara, Canada, 2008, Color, 4 min.,
SYNOPSIS : In her first winter in Canada, a young Filipina falls into the eyes of a dead crow. A racist incident awakens from her daydream to a cold reality.
contact : Ana de Lara
Fishers of a Second Chance (580)
Réal./ Dir.: L. L. Lumpkins-O'Bryant, United States, 2007, video, Color, 113 min., original version : English, sub titles : English,
SYNOPSIS : Wanda and Carl, a Deaf couple are in the fight of their lives. A doctor unable to communicate with them becomes annoyed and calls social services. Harriet, the social worker who takes the case has enough drama in her life and has a hidden past with the Deaf couple's lawyer. Meanwhile, over burdened by the reality of raising a Deaf son, George tries to find Wanda and Carl to ask them the unthinkable! A timeless story of six people desperate for redemption as they each fish for the rare opportunity of a second chance.
SALES : Festival International du Film Panafricain, 32, rue Louis Périssol - 06400 Cannes, ( T ) + 33(0)493 997 587, Internet site: www.festivaldufilmpanafricain.org,
E-mail : filmpanafricain@yahoo.com ,
company profile ; Distribution - Promotion - Film sales.
FOLLE DE DIEU (465)
Réal./ Dir.: Jean-Daniel Lafond, Canada, 2008, Color, 75 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Jean-Daniel Lafond draws an astonishing portrait of Marie Guyart, known latterly as Marie de l'Incarnation, who became an Ursuline nun after her husband died, then left her son in Tours while she crossed the Atlantic to found the Ursuline order and the first hospital in New France.
SALES : National Film Board of Canada, 3155, Côte-de-Liesse Road, Ville Saint-Laurent QC H4N 2N4 (Canada), ( T ) 514-283-2703, ( F ) 514-496-1895, E-mail : international@nfb.ca , contact : Johanne St-Arnauld
Food for Thought (511)
Réal./ Dir.: Louvens Remy, Canada, 2007, Color, 9 min.,
SYNOPSIS : After a hearty meal and passionate discussion with Chef Bounty, an inspired poet writes and recites a poem to stunned commuters on the train ride home.
SALES : Black Sunrise Pictures,
contact : Black Sunrise Pictures
Fool Moon (323)
Réal./ Dir.: Terry Lewis, Canada, 2008, Color, 15 miun.,
SYNOPSIS : Brain-damaged, homeless, and terrified of water, Joey tries to get his childhood friend and protector, now succesful businessman, Adrian, to help him save the moon from drowning.
SALES : Infernal method productions,
E-mail : heddboan@hotmail.com ,
contact : Infernal method productions
FOR MY FATHER / SOF SHAVUA BE-TEL AVIV (265)
Dir.: Dror Zahavi, Israel - Germany, 2008, Color, 98 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Tarek is a young Arab who comes from Tulkarem to commit suicide in Tel Aviv. He arrives in the market, takes a deep breath and tries to blow himself up. But the device will not go off. He is forced to spend the weekend in Tel Aviv.
SALES : Relevant Films, Hoheluftchaussee 95a, 20253 Hambourg (Allemagne), ( T ) (49-40) 413 27 10, ( F ) (49-40) 413 27 177, E-mail : h.wiehletimm@relavantfilm.de
For Wendy (408)
Réal./ Dir.: Jacquelyn Mills, Canada, 2008, Color, 10 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Three children try to understand the death of their mother through innocent yet deep questionning. Inspired by a true story.
Forty Men for the Yukon (409)
Réal./ Dir.: Tony Massil, Canada, 2008, Color, 20 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Having lived in the Yukon for more than 55 years, 75-year-old Frank still works as a gold miner and 82-year-old Geordie is the proprietor of a recently closed bar in Keno City, population 14. They share a common history and landscape.
Foul Gesture / Tnuah Meguna (163)
Réal./ Dir.: Tzahi Grad, Israel, 2007, 35mm, color, 95 min, original version : Hebrew, sub titles : english,
SYNOPSIS : Michael is your typical next-door neighbor, married with a child, the one you think you figured out already. One day, on the morning of the Holocaust Memorial Day, Michael runs into Dreyfus. Tamar, Michael's wife, insults Dreyfus and he deliberately hits Michael's open car door almost hitting her. Michael must deal with the harsh and corrupt reality that endangers his life and liberty.
SALES : FILMSHARKS INT'L, Av. Diaz Velez 4323, Buenos Aires 1200, Argentina, ( T ) +5411 6380 3803, ( F ) +5411 6380 3803, Internet site: www.filmsharks.com,
E-mail : alpha@filmsharks.com,
contact : Valeria Fanego, valeriafanego@filmsharks.com ,
company profile ; Sales - production
Found Objects / Found Objects (117)
Réal./ Dir.: David Birnbaum, Canada, 2007, 35mm, color, 18:00, original version : No dialogue, sub titles : None,
SYNOPSIS : In a future-past world crumbling and wracked by perpetual war, frantic preparations for a music recital are underway in a disintegrating theatre.
SALES : David Birnbaum, 725 College St., POB 31001, Toronto, ON M6G 4A7, ( T ) +1 416 871-0250, Internet site: http://www.oldworldfilm.com , E-mail : info@oldworldfilm.com , company profile ; Feature Film Development and Production
FOUR CHAPTERS / CHATURANGA (110)
Réal./ Dir.: SUMAN MUKHOPADHYAY, INDIA, 2008, 35mm, color, 125 MINS, original version : BENGALI, sub titles : ENGLISH,
SYNOPSIS : Chaturanga is the story of a love that is caught between conflicting worlds of ideas. The lead protagonist Sachish cannot square his abstract ideals with the powerful presences of two women in his life. One of them is Damini, a young Hindu widow, and the other is Nanibala, an abandoned prostitute. Chaturanga becomes, after a point, a psychodrama of unbelievable cruelty.
SALES : CAMPFIRE FILMS, 6/7A, ACHARYA JAGADISH CHANDRA BOSE ROAD, KOLKATA 700017, INDIA, ( T ) +91 98310 91115, ( F ) +91 33 22879610, Internet site: www.chaturangathefilm.in , E-mail : mallikajalan@gmail.com , company profile ; PRODUCTION OF FEATURE FILMS
FOUR OF A KIND (192)
Réal./ Dir.: Fiona Cochrane, Australia, 2008, Color, 115 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Four different women, each with a well-hidden secret they are coaxed, tricked or forced into revealing...sometimes it's better to omit the truth.
SALES : f-reel pty Ltd., 112 Wellington Street, St. Kilda, 3182 Melbourne (Australie), ( T ) (61-3) 9510 18 80, ( F ) (61-3) 9529 10 79, E-mail : f_reel@optusnet.com.au,
contact : Fiona Cochrane
Fractal (410)
Dir.: Xavier Beauchesne-Rondeau, Canada,2008, Color, 6 min.
SYNOPSIS : Julien, 10 years old, discovers the power of images when his mother is victim of a voyeur.
Frail (537)
Réal./ Dir.: Alex Murawski, Australia, 2007, B&W, 6 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A stark confrontation with death forces Dorothy to question her mother's stoic manner and discover a simple beauty in her sister's childish ways.
SALES : Azure Production Pty Ltd,
E-mail : ajbell@azureproduction.com.au ,
contact : Almaree J. Bell, Azure Production Pty Ltd
FRAZETTA, PAINTING WITH FIRE (608)
Réal./ Dir.: Lance Laspina, United States, 2006, HD video, 93 min., original version : English,
SYNOPSIS : The film documents the life and work of Frazetta, fantasy artist while exploring the Universal theme of inspiration. Visual Effects are used in a very unique way to bring his paintings to life. And when you combine this technique with an outstanding original score, it makes for a very original documentary. Bo Derek, Ralph Bakshi, John Milius, Glenn Danzig, and Forrest Ackerman are just a few of the people who appear in this movie.
SALES : HILTZ SQUARED MEDIA, 23 Hollywood, suite 210
Toronto, Ontario, M2N 7L8, ( T ) 416.760.9155,
Internet site: www.hiltz2.com , E-mail : myles@hiltz2.com , company profile ; Production and distribution.
Frère, frère / Brother, Brother / Bruder, Bruder (277)
Réal./ Dir.: Lars Kreyssig, Germany, 2007, Color, 11 min.,
SYNOPSIS : What starts off as harmless fun between 13-year-old Josh and his 9-year-old brother Alex soon turns into a power struggle in which Alex is eventually forced to fight for his life.
SALES : Academy of Media Arts, E-mail : dilger@khm.de , contact : Academy of Media Arts / Ute Dilger
GARRISON KEILLOR: THE MAN ON THE RADIO IN THE RED SHOES (462)
Réal./ Dir.: Peter Rosen, United States, 2008, Color, 88 min.,
SYNOPSIS : An intimate portrait of America's foremost radio humorist and commentator, Garrison Keillor, as he takes his skits and jokes, music and monologues across the country, spinning his stories into American gold.
SALES : Peter Rosen Productions,
E-mail : rosenprod@aol.com ,
contact : Peter Rosen Productions
GEORG (545)
Réal./ Dir.: Peeter Simm, Estonia - Finland - Russia, 2007, Color, 107 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A poignant portrait of Georg Ots (1920-1975), Estonia's best-known classical singer, a man of extraordinary talent who never made it to the world's great opera stages largely because of his era's political climate.
SALES : Nordisk Film, Mosedalvej 14, 2500 Valby (Danemark), ( T ) 45 36 18 82 00
George (411)
Réal./ Dir.: Jason Riley, Canada, 2008, Color, 10 min.,
SYNOPSIS : EXPERIMENTAL. A fantastical representation of one man's journey into madness. As his world consumes him, he develops a strange affliction that causes him to vomit out his frustrations in the form of words.
Girl Any More (500)
Réal./ Dir.: Ellen Tang, Canada, 2008, Color, 8 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Can you choose who you become? A first-person exploration of two generations' experience with choices and transitions.
SALES : Sean Van Delft, Heidi Yang, Francis Hanneman, contact : Sean Van Delft, Heidi Yang, Francis Hanneman
Goodbye Momo / A Dios Momo (101)
Réal./ Dir.: Leonardo Ricagni, Uruguay, 2005, Video, Color, 108 min., original version : Spanish, sub titles : English,
SYNOPSIS : Obdulio is an 11-year-old Afro-Uruguayan boy who lives with his grandmother and sells newspapers for a living while he cannot read or write. Obdulio is not interested in going to school until he finds out that the night watchman of the newspaper's office is a charismatic magical "Maestro" who introduces him to the world of literacy.
SALES : ArtMattan Productions, 535 Cathedral Parkway Suite # 14B, New York, NY, 10025, ( T ) 212.864.1760, ( F ) 212.316.6020, Internet site: www.africanfilm.com ,
E-mail : artMattan@aol.com , contact : Reinaldo Barroso Spech & Clemencia Acevedo, Hyatt Regency Montreal, 1255 Jeanne Mance, Tel.: 514.982.1234,
company profile ; ArtMattan Productions is a film distribution company and the producer of the African Diaspora Film Festival. Based in New York City, the company has been in business for 16 years. Recently acquired titles by ArtMattan Productions are Made In Jamaica by Jerome Laperrousaz, Cape Verde My love by Ana Ramos Lisboa, Homecoming by Norman Maake.
GRIEFWALKER (258)
Réal./ Dir.: Tim Wilson, Canada, 2008, Color, 73 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A Harvard-trained theologian who has travelled far from Western religion, has made it his mission to help people understand the meaning of death and that it is something to be "befriended".
SALES : National Film Board of Canada, 3155, Côte-de-Liesse Road, Ville Saint-Laurent QC H4N 2N4 (Canada), ( T ) 514-283-2703, ( F ) 514-496-1895, E-mail : international@nfb.ca , contact : Johanne St-Arnauld
Hail Mary (412)
Dir.: Jean-Sébastien Di Fruscia, Canada, 2007, Color, 9 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Clarice will soon take her final vows and become a nun. After witnessing Father Herald molesting Luke at the orphanage, her trust in the Church begins to fade.
Halim / Halim (198)
Réal./ Dir.: Sherif ARAFA, Egypt, 2006, 35mm, color, 155 min, original version : Arabic, sub titles : English,
SYNOPSIS : The film delves into the life and times of legendary Arab male singer Abdel "Halim" Hafez who has known more success then any Arab singer over the past century. Gathering two legends in one film, Legendary "Black Tiger" Ahmed Zaki and "The Nightingale" Abdel Halim Hafez. With the endearing modesty and purity of spirit for which he is loved, the singer traces his tumultuous life from childhood to stardom to legend.Even after his passing away the legend's songs are still played and treasured all over the world. To the Arabs Halim is and will always be the symbol of Romance and Patriotism for he lives in their hearts and minds. You don't know music until you have seen HALIM. A feature Drama directing by award winning Sherif Arafa. Starring the all star cast of late Ahmed Zaki, rising star Mona Zaki, Gamal Soliman, Haitham Ahmed Zaki, Solaf Fawakhergy, Ezzat Abou Ouf as the famous "Abdel Wahab" and much more
SALES : FILMSHARKS INT'L, Av. Diaz Velez 4323 Buenos Aires 1200 Argentina, ( T ) +5411 6380 3803, ( F ) +5411 6380 3803, Internet site: www.filmsharks.com,
E-mail : alpha@filmsharks.com ,
contact : Valeria Fanego, valeriafanego@filmsharks.com , company profile ; Sales - Producer
Haze (354)
Réal./ Dir.: Anthony Chen, Singapore, 2008, Color, 14 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A hot, tropically humid day. The city is covered in a haze that makes everybody sweat. Two teenagers decide to play truant. After their initial boredom, questions of love and sex arise. Spring awakenings in Singapore.
SALES : Fisheyes Pictures, E-mail : info@fisheye-pictures.com contact : Fisheyes Pictures
Hello Goodbye (413)
Réal./ Dir.: Antoine Bourges, Canada, 2008, Color, 15 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Danny Park, a foreign student in architecture, moves to Vancouver for a one-year exchange. Hello Goodbye depicts his first and last day in the city, from his initial observations to his last farewells.
Hésitation (371)
Réal./ Dir.: Virginia Gilbert, France - United Kingdom, 2007, Color, 16 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Everything is in place: a beautiful resort drenched in sunshine, lazing holiday-makers, a middle-aged married couple, Paul and Rebecca, reading by the poolside. When a spirited French boy tears his way through the picture-perfect scene, he becomes the focus of Paul's irritation. He loses his sense of morality...
SALES : 1.85 films, ( T ) 01 42 77 06 31, contact : 1.85 films
HH HOLMES (603)
Réal./ Dir.: John Borowski, United States, 2006, HD video, 64 min.,
SYNOPSIS : This docu-drama tells the story of America's first serial killer H.H Holmes.
SALES : HILTZ SQUARED MEDIA, 23 Hollywood, suite 210
Toronto, Ontario, M2N 7L8, ( T ) 416.760.9155,
Internet site: www.hiltz2.com ,
E-mail : myles@hiltz2.com ,
company profile ; Production and distribution.
Hidden Love / L'Amour Cache (571)
Réal./ Dir.: Alessandro Capone, Italy, 2007, 35mm, color, 90 mins, original version : French, sub titles : English,
SYNOPSIS : A powerful and moving film revealing the difficult and intense relationship between a mother (Isabelle Huppert) and her daughter (Melanie Laurent).
SALES : Parkland Pictures, 1, Putney Bridge Approach, London SW6 3JD, UK, ( T ) +447872627911, ( F ) Riverbank House, Internet site: www.parklandpictures.com ,
E-mail : ivo@parklandpictures.com ,
company profile ; Sales; Film Production
HOME (235)
Dir.: Mary Haverstick, United States, 2008, Color, 84 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A mother attempts to break the cycle of addiction in her family by taking her daughter on a summer road trip during the late 1960s
SALES : The Home Project LLC,
E-mail : thisgirlsmusic@aol.com ,
contact : Mary Haverstick, Chad Taylor, Michele Mercure, The Home Project LLC
Hope Springs Eternal (365)
Réal./ Dir.: Ron Noble, United States, 2007, Color, 7 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Heartbroken Mort decides to commit suicide, but he's a complete loser. His suicide attempts fail, becoming accidental homicides instead. Mort leaves a trail of hilarious deaths while growing more depressed. Then Mort dies accidentally and goes to heaven, but the angels aren't happy to see him.
SALES : Nobletown Studios, ( T ) (310) 729-8708, Internet site: www.Nobletown.co, E-mail : ronoble007@yahoo.com , contact : Ron Noble
Hôtel Provençal, été 76 (333)
Réal./ Dir.: Julien Donanda, France, 2008, Color, 15 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Barbara is at a convention in Antibes. She has one hour of free time in her agenda.
SALES : Sedna Films , E-mail : sednafilms@free.fr,
contact : Sedna Films
I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU (598)
Réal./ Dir.: Naomi Hiltz, Canada, 2006, HD video, 13 episodes X 24 min.,
SYNOPSIS : I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU stars comedian Trevor Boris (Stars Gone Wild) as he travels the world assisting gay couples engage in marriage.
SALES : HILTZ SQUARED MEDIA, 23 Hollywood, suite 210
Toronto, Ontario, M2N 7L8, ( T ) 416.760.9155,
Internet site: www.hiltz2.com ,
E-mail : myles@hiltz2.com ,
company profile ; Production and distribution.
I USED TO LOVE HER / I USED TO LOVE HER (592)
Réal./ Dir.: Mark Harris, USA, 2008, DVD, Color, original version : English
SALES : 1555 Film Work,
E-mail : markharrisfilms@sbcglobal.net ,
contact : Eitel Basile / Mark Harris
In Her World (414)
Réal./ Dir.: Étienne Gravrand, Canada, 2008, Color, 10 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A young woman goes to the psychiatrist, pretending to possess mysterious powers. The therapist tries to distinguish between truth and fantasy.
In Iddo's Place (303)
Réal./ Dir.: Judith Leconte, Canada - United States, 2008, B&W, 4 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Even if life seems to kill our dreams, our desires bring them back within reach.
SALES : Judith Leconte,, 5158 Casgrain Montreal QC H2T 1W7 (Canada), ( T ) 514-272-0275
IN SEARCH OF KENNEDY (455)
Dir.: Chuck Workman, United States, 2008, Color, 86 min.,
SYNOPSIS : This film takes a 21st century look back at the most charismatic and controversial U.S. president of the 20th century, John F. Kennedy. It examines his triumphs, failures, scandals, style, and influence, and asks how the world would be different today had he survived.
SALES : Emerging Pictures Corporation, 245 West 55th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10019, ( T ) (212) 245-6767,
( F ) (212) 202-4984, E-mail : josh@emerging pictures.com , contact : Josh Green, company profile ;
In transit (415)
Réal./ Dir.: Dan Pierce, Canada, 2008, Color, 12 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Strangers from many different walks of life come together one rainy evening on one of Vancouver's electric trolley buses. A film about chance encounters in public spaces, unfinished conversations and magical moments.
Induction / Induction (124)
Réal./ Dir.: VirginieGourmel, Belgium, 2007, 35mm, color, 10, sub titles : mute,
SYNOPSIS : The unexpected meeting of a lonely woman, a young boy and a shaman, whose paths will cross and slip away in a labyrinthic world of unresolved mystery.
SALES : Versus Production, Quai de la Goffe, 94000 Liege Belgium, ( T ) +324223183, ( F ) +3242232171, Internet site: www.versusproduction.be, E-mail : info@versusproduction.be contact : Elena Battisti , assistant@versusproduction.be
INLAWS & OUTLAWS (601)
Dir.: Drew Emery, United States, 2006, HD video, 100 min.,
SYNOPSIS : What do you get when you fall in love? Inlaws & Outlaws cleverly weaves together the true stories of couples and singles both gay and straight and all into a collective narrative that is as hilarious as it is heartbreaking.
SALES : HILTZ SQUARED MEDIA, 23 Hollywood, suite 210
Toronto, Ontario, M2N 7L8, ( T ) 416.760.9155,
Internet site: www.hiltz2.com ,
E-mail : myles@hiltz2.com ,
company profile ; Production and distribution.
Into the Fountain (416)
Réal./ Dir.: Evan Warner, Canada, 2008, Color, 12 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A survivor of the failing ship building industry in North Vancouver, Jon now works as a menial custodian watching his hopes and dreams sink like coins in a wishing fountain.
IVF (466)
Réal./ Dir.: Ilse Somers, Belgium, 2007, Color, 12 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A woman of 40 desperately wants to have a baby. This won't happen without a colourful army of doctors and series of fertilization treatments. Before she realizes, they turn her into a breeding machine.
SALES : Latcho Drom nv, E-mail : info@latchodrom.be , contact : Latcho Drom nv
J'ME VOYAIS DÉJÀ (464)
Réal./ Dir.: Bachir Bensaddek, Canada, 2008, Color, 88 min.,
SYNOPSIS : This documentary follows 13 young aspiring actors as they make their way into and/or through the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal. Not an unfamiliar story, but rarely told with as much backstage urgency or intimacy.
SALES : National Film Board of Canada, 3155, Côte-de-Liesse Road, Ville Saint-Laurent QC H4N 2N4 (Canada), ( T ) 514-283-2703, ( F ) 514-496-1895, E-mail : international@nfb.ca , contact : Johanne St-Arnauld
Jacinta (345)
Réal./ Dir.: Karla Castañeda, Mexico, 2008, Color, 4 min.,
SYNOPSIS : In a seniors' home, where loneliness reigns, an old woman decides to take fate in her hands.
SALES : Mexican Film Institute IMCINE,
E-mail : difuinte@imcine.gob.mx ,
contact : Mexican Film Institute IMCINE, Pablo Briseño
JAMES BOND: THE TRUE STORY (637)
Réal./ Dir.: David Lint, Canada, 2007, HD video, Color, 55 minutes, original version : English, sub titles : French,
SYNOPSIS : James Bond is an extraordinary worldwide icon. The film lifts the veil of secrecy that has obscured a remarkable true story for over 50 years and reveals how Ian Fleming used his powerful imagination to weave the war-time exploits of a real-life double agent Dusko Popov into Casino Royal and into subsequent James Bond stories. Remarkable archive footage, James Bond film clips, amazing interviews.
SALES : Filmoption International Inc., 3401 St-Antoine, Westmount, QC H3Z 1X1, Canada, ( T ) 514) 931-6180 ext.283, ( F ) (514) 939-2034
Internet site: www.filmoption.com ,
E-mail : nrybina@filmoption.com , contact : Natasha Rybina
company profile ; In business for almost 30 years Filmoption specializes in theatrical distribution, DVD releases and television sales in Canada and internationally. Our interests lie in the field of feature films, animation, documentaries and series. Latest acquisitions for Canada include Rumba, Paranoid Park, Anna M., 3 amis...
Je me souviendrai (488)
Réal./ Dir.: Julien Blais, Pierre-Olivier Pineau, Canada, 2008, Color, 7 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A narrator explains that immigrants are frustrated. Perhaps she has good reason to be so herself.
SALES : Théâtre de l'Abysse, Pierre-Olivier Pineau,
contact : Théâtre de l'Abysse, Pierre-Olivier Pineau
JERUSALEMA (475)
Réal./ Dir.: Ralph Ziman, South Africa, 2008, Color, 120 min.,
SYNOPSIS : All Lucky Kunene ever wanted was a BMW and a house with a sea view. But born into a poor family in Soweto in the dying years of Apartheid, the odds are stacked against him. There is, however, an "easier" option...
SALES : Muti Films, E-mail : tendeka@mutifilms.co.za,
contact : Tendeka Matatu, Ralph Ziman, Muti Films
JOIN US (593)
Réal./ Dir.: Ondi Timonre, United States, 2007, HD video, 100 min., original version : English,
SYNOPSIS : "Join Us" follows four families as they leave a controlling and abusive church in South Carolina and come to realize that they have been members of a cult. The film documents them intimately as they enter the only accredited live-in cult treatment facility in the world. At Wellspring, they learn how they were brainwashed to give up control of their lives to the Pastor and his wife, allowing their children to undergo severe abuse to make heaven.
SALES : HILTZ SQUARED MEDIA, 23 Hollywood, suite 210
Toronto, Ontario, M2N 7L8, ( T ) 416.760.9155,
Internet site: www.hiltz2.com ,
E-mail : myles@hiltz2.com ,
company profile ; Production, Distribution.
Jour 866 (292)
Réal./ Dir.: Mireille Couture, Canada, 2008, Color, 9 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Abdelkader Belaouni has sought refuge in a sanctuary to avoid deportation. Rather than examine the legal aspects of the case, the film offers an intimate look at what Abdelkader is experiencing
SALES : INIS, E-mail : festival@inis.qc.ca,
contact : INIS - Institut national de l'image et du son
Joy Ride (300)
Réal./ Dir.: Manisha Issrani Misra, India, 2007, Color, 10 min.,
SYNOPSIS : The ferris wheel riders thrill with delight as they go round and round. Will their lives be as happy?
SALES : Milipeed Pistures, A-Z Income Tax Department, CHS, Behind RTO, Four Bunglows, Andheri, CNJ, Mumbai, 400053 (Inde), ( T ) 09 82 00 59 424
Joyeux anniversaire (293)
Réal./ Dir.: Étienne Hansez, Canada, 2008, Color, 9 min.,
SYNOPSIS : His mother gives Jonathan a car for his birthday. Jonathan has a surprise for her too.
SALES : INIS, E-mail : festival@inis.qc.ca,
contact : INIS - Institut national de l'image et du son
JURY DUTY / LE SEPTIÈME JURÉ (183)
Réal./ Dir.: Edouard Niermans, France - Belgium, 2008, Color, 88 min.,
SYNOPSIS : In the early 1960s a French pharmacist kills a young woman in a fit of madness. There are no witnesses. The woman's last lover is accused of murder and the pharmacist is called upon to serve on the jury for the very crime he committed...
SALES : Télé Images International, 8, boulevard des Capucines, 75009 Paris (France), ( T ) (33-01) 53 10 94 00,
E-mail : mmlmontironi@teleimages.com
KAMATAKI / KAMATAKI (628)
Réal./ Dir.: Claude Gagnon, Canada/Japan, 2005, 35mm, couleur, 110, original version : English, sub titles : French,
SYNOPSIS : Surviving a suicide attempt, a young Montrealer is sent to Japan for a shock treatment of sake, mystery, sexual tension, art and hard work administered by his eccentric uncle.
SALES : Filmoption International Inc, 3401 St-Antoine, Westmount, QC H3Z 1X1, Canada, ( T ) (514) 931-6180 ext.283, ( F ) (514) 939-2034,
Internet site: www.filmoption.com ,
E-mail : nrybina@filmoption.com , contact : Natasha Rybina, company profile ; In business for almost 30 years Filmoption specializes in theatrical distribution, DVD releases and television sales in Canada and internationally. Our interests lie in the field of feature films, animation, documentaries and series. Latest acquisitions for Canada include Rumba, Paranoid Park, Anna M., 3 amis.
KATYN (211)
Réal./ Dir.: Andrzej Wajda, Poland, 2007, Color, 118 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Andrzej Wajda's film takes the perspective of an imprisoned Polish captain in telling the story of a country pinned precariously between Germany and Russia during their respective incursions in the dark years during and after World War II.
SALES : TVP SA - Film Agency, 17 J.P. Woronicza Str., 00-999 Varsovie (Pologne), ( T ) (48-22) 547 81 67, ( F ) (48-22) 547 42 25, E-mail : festivals@tvp.pl
Ke Nâ De En (502)
Réal./ Dir.: Marc Arellano, Canada, 2008, Color, 8 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A documentary exploring the notion of identity.
SALES : Marc Arellano, contact : Marc Arellano
Key Tumi ? (417)
Réal./ Dir.: Kunal Sen, Canada, 2007, Color, 7 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Caramel custard, ping pong and potty all play an important role in this charming animation about a young Indian boy exploring where he came from as he prepares for the performance of a lifetime.
Konvex-T (356)
Réal./ Dir.: Johan Lundh, Sweden, 2008, Color, 18 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Axel consults the company physician and shows him the big, unpleasant boil he has on his buttock. Given a remedy Axel goes home. Later that night, the boil bursts and a strange creature crawls out.
SALES : Riviera Film, E-mail : johan@riviera.cd ,
contact : Riviera Film
L'atelier de mon père / My Father's Studio (121)
Réal./ Dir.: Jennifer Alleyn, Canada, 2008, video, couleur, 72 min, original version : 2 versions: française et anglaise , sub titles : français ou anglais ,
SYNOPSIS : A voyage through the imaginings of Canadian artist Edmund Alleyn. Who was the man I called father? A painter, an artist, a secretive soul. After ten years of filmmaking in both documentary film and fiction, Jennifer Alleyn takes up the challenge any artist must face: seeking one's origins. Inheriting her father's studio, she finds herself drawn to the intimate space, still exuding the artist's imagination. She decides to bring the camera inside. In a point-of-view documentary, the same child that spent hours observing the artist at work now challenges her secretive father and embarks in turn on a quest for answers.
SALES : Amazone Film, 5905 Louis-Hémon, Montréal, Qc H2G 2K5, ( T ) (514)393-3560 , ( F ) (514)393-3565 ,
Internet site: www.amazonefilm.com ,
E-mail : info@amazonefilm.com, contact : Mirouna Oana
L'Encan (290)
Réal./ Dir.: Caroline Boily, Canada, 2008, Color, 9 min.,
SYNOPSIS : André Settecasi has spent his entire life on the family farm that his father, a Sicilian immigrant, bought on arriving in Quebec. Now in his sixties, without heirs, he is forced to sell everything. When the horses are gone, his link with the land will be broken.
SALES : INIS, E-mail : festival@inis.qc.ca ,
contact : INIS - Institut national de l'image et du son
L'ÉTRANGER EN MOI / THE STRANGER IN ME / DAS FREMDE IN MIR (560)
Réal./ Dir.: Emily Atef, Germany, 2008, Color, 99 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Rebecca, 32, and her boyfriend Julian, 34, are full of pleasant expectations when Rebecca gives birth to a healthy boy. But, instead of the unconditional motherly love she was expecting, Rebecca experiences emotional turmoil...
SALES : Bavaria International Film (Allemagne), ( T ) (49-89) 6499 26 86, E-mail : international@bavara-film.de
L'ÉTRANGÈRE / THE STRANGER / LA EXTRANJERA (536)
Réal./ Dir.: Fernando Díaz, Argentina, 2007, Color, 93 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Maria is a shy and introverted Argentine woman who lives in Barcelona. When her grandfather and last relative dies, she finds herself obliged to return to a remote village in the Argentine hinterlands...
SALES : Machao Films, Salguero 1916 5ºB (C1425DEQ), Buenos Aires (Argentine), ( T ) 5411 4823 22 80,
E-mail : fer@machaofilms.com.ar ,
contact : Fernando Díaz, San Luís Cine
L'HÉRITAGE D'ESTHER / ESZTER'S INHERITANCE / ESZTER HAGYATÉKA (187)
Réal./ Dir.: Joseph Sipos, Hungary, 2008, Color, 90 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Eszter, a middle-aged woman who lives alone in her family home, has long since accepted her life's disappointments and is seemingly reconciled to living alone in the family home. That's when she receives a letter from the man who jilted her twenty years earlier. He wants to visit. Can Eszter come to terms with her fears?
SALES : RAI Trade, via u. Novaro 18, 00195 Rome (Italie),
( T ) (39-06) 374 49 81, ( F ) (39-06) 370 13 43,
E-mail : cifola@raitrade.it
L'HEURE MAGIQUE / THE MAGIC HOUR (273)
Réal./ Dir.: Koki Mitani, Japan, 2008, Color, 136 min.,
SYNOPSIS : When a gangster having an affair with the wife of his boss is found out, he promises to save face by recruiting a famous hitman. Instead, when he can't find the real thing, he hires an actor to fill the role until he can find a suitable replacement.
SALES : Fuji Television Network, Inc, 2-4-8 Daiba Minato-ku, Tokyo 137-8088 (Japon), ( T ) 81 3 5500-8294, ( F ) 81 3 5500-8052,
E-mail : yu_nomu@ponycanyon.ca (Pony Canyon Inc)
L'histoire d'une pièce en or / The Story of a Golden Coin (118)
Réal./ Dir.: Cristiana Nicolae, Canada, 2008, HD, couleur / n&b, 47:32, original version : anglais, sub titles : s.o.,
SYNOPSIS : La vie au Canada et les traditions ancestrales des enfants Roma(gitanes) immigrants de la Roumanie
SALES : Golden Coin productions inc., 5205, rue Bourret, #2, Montréal, Québec, Canada , H3W 1L8, ( T ) 514 344 0525,
( F ) 514 344 0525,
Internet site: www.moviegoldencoin.com ,
E-mail : cristiana.n@videotron.ca ,
contact : Cristiana Nicolae, company profile ; Créée en 2006, la compagnie Productions Golden Coin est engagée dans la création des documentaires qui visent à combattre la discrimination et le racisme.
L'Homme de ma vie (588)
Réal./ Dir.: Serge Gouin, Canada, 2008¸, DV, Color, 6 minutes, sub titles : Anglais disponible,
SYNOPSIS : Si l'on refait toujours les mêmes erreurs, comment Élise, qui vient de redécouvrir l'amour, parviendra-t-elle à ne pas retomber dans ses vieux pièges. L'histoire de trois femmes ayant les mêmes amours, le même destin. L'homme de ma vie explore cette pathologie humaine, ou il est difficile de se guérir de nos mauvais comportements, de nos habitudes destructrices.
SALES : Serge Gouin, 8077 De Chateaubriand, Montréal, Qc H2R 2M7, ( T ) 514-528-8720
Internet site: hommedemavie.com ,
E-mail : sergegouin@sympatico.ca,
contact : Serge Gouin
L'INVENTION DE LA SAUCISSE AU CURRY / THE INVENTION OF CURRIED SAUSAGE / DIE ENTDECKUNG DER CURRYWURST (241)
Réal./ Dir.: Ulla Wagner, Germany, 2008, Color, 107 min.,
SYNOPSIS : In the final days of World War II, Lena Brücker, now in her early 40s, falls in love with a young sailor who has deserted. She hides him in her apartment and shields him from the news of Germany's defeat. Because she knows the end of the war will mean the end of their affair.
SALES : TAG/TRAUM Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. / Känguruh Film GmbH, E-mail : info@tagtraum.de / volker.ulrich@kaenguruh-film.de , contact : Gerd Haag, TAG/TRAUM Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. / Känguruh Film GmbH
La Consecuencia de la lluvia (401)
Réal./ Dir.: Marie-Saroja Ponnumbalam, Canada, 2008, Color, 17 min.
SYNOPSIS : Set in Caracas, Venezuela, this film explores the communication problems between the people living in the barrio and their communal council leaders.
LA DERNIÈRE POÉTESSE PUNK / THE LAST PUNK POETESS / LA COLORINA (525)
Réal./ Dir.: Fernando Guzzoni, Werner Giesen, Chile, 2008, Color, 66 min.,
SYNOPSIS : This documentary is a portrait of the Chilean punk poetess and pugilist Stella Díaz Varín, known popularly as La Colorina.
SALES : Parafina Films, E-mail : fernando@lacolorina.cl , contact : Parafina Films
La File / The Line (288)
Réal./ Dir.: Richard Sabatte, United States, 2008, Color, 9 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Waiting isn't eternity, it just feels like it. The agony, the ecstasy, the waiting, the line.
SALES : Herod Productions, P.O.Box 250482 Glendale, CA USA 91225-0482, ( T ) 818-389-1873,
E-mail : tangotu@sbcglobal.net , contact : Anita Merzel, company profile ; Herod Productions P.O.Box 250482 Glendale, CA USA 91225-0482 Anita Merzel 818-389-1873
LA FIN DE LA PAUVRETÉ? / THE END OF POVERTY? (482)
Réal./ Dir.: Philippe Diaz, United States, 2008, Color, 104 min.,
SYNOPSIS : With so much wealth in the world, why is there still so much poverty? The film looks for the truth behind the official explanations concluding that our chosen system is at fault.
SALES : Cinema Libre Studio,
E-mail : cbettler@cinemalibrestudio.com ,
contact : Cristian Bettler, Cinema Libre Studio
La Forêt mélancolique (360)
Réal./ Dir.: Ming-Hsia Wang, Taiwan, 2008, Color, 12 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Some time in the future, when the environment has been almost destroyed by climate change, a man wants to become a tree so that he can return to the forest...
SALES : Ming-Hsia Wang, contact : Ming-Hsia Wang
LA FORMULE DE BÉBÉS / THE BABY FORMULA (107)
Réal./ Dir.: Alison Reid, Canada, 2008, HD, Color, 81 min, original version : English,
SYNOPSIS : The story of two adventurous women in love who are desperate to have their own biological child. They take a chance on an experimental scientific process and make sperm from their own stem cells.
SALES : Grindstone Media, 66 Seventh Street Toronto, ON (Canada), M4V 3B2, ( T ) (416) 255-3640, Internet site: www.thebabyformulamovie.com ,
E-mail : paul@grindstonemedia.ca , contact : Paul Zimic
LA GRANDE MAISON / THE BIG HOUSE / EL KASERÓN (175)
Réal./ Dir.: Pau Martínez, Spain, 2008, Color, 93 min.,
SYNOPSIS : The city council wants to transform an abandoned house into a community centre, but the squatters currently inhabiting it have no intention of leaving. A young city lawyer gets to work...
SALES : Just Films, S.L. / Galavis Films,
E-mail : justfilms@justfilms.com ,
contact : Joan Ginard, Jesús Martínez, Pepe Flores
La Marque / La Marque (624)
Réal./ Dir.: Jonathan Barbe, Canada, 2008, HD video, Color, 92 minutes, original version : French, sub titles : French, English,
SYNOPSIS : Lorsqu'il avait dix ans, David, enfant d'une famille à problème, a commis un geste qui a définitivement marqué le cours de sa vie. Il a mis à mort le symbole de l'autorité à ses yeux: un adulte.
SALES : Ramez El-Hajj, 4812, Fulton, numéro 3, Montréal, QC, H3W 1V3, ( T ) 514-332-2288,
E-mail : ramez@eeprofilm.com , contact : Ramez El-Hajj
La mia obiezione di coscienza (150)
Réal./ Dir.: Bruno di Marcello, Italy, 2006, DV, Color, 45 minutes, original version : Italian, sub titles : French,
SYNOPSIS : Italy, 2006, in his simple house in Florence, Pietro Pinna, 75' years old, tells about his story, after the II World War, when he told "no" to the wars all over the world and for this reason he was prisoned and judjed 2 times and he was sent around Italy. But from that "no" to the army and violence, the law on Objection started in the Italian Parliament to came out on the 1972.
SALES : Bruno di Marcello, Via Pentone 19 - 00173 ROMA,
( T ) 0039 347 8865025,
Internet site: www.gothic-produzioni.it ,
E-mail : brunodimarcello@libero.it ,
contact : Bruno di Marcello, company profile ; Gothic Produzioni, born 5 years ago, is specialized in historical documentaries and horror and theilling movies streight to dvd.
LA MUSIQUE / MUSIC / MUZIKA (565)
Dir.: Juraj Nvota, Slovakia - Germany, 2007, Color, 99 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Martin, an engineer in 1970s Czechoslovakia, loves to play his saxophone during work breaks at the plant, but the Communist authorities are not very appreciative. Nor are his cantankerous in-laws...
SALES : ALEF Film and Media Group / box! Film GmbH,
E-mail : alef@webdesign.sk / office@boxfilm.de ,
contact : Marian Urban, Andreas Eicher, ALEF Film and Media Group / box! Film GmbH
LA NUIT DU BABY DOLL / THE BABY DOLL NIGHT / LAYLAT AL BABY DOLL (171)
Réal./ Dir.: Adel Adeeb, Egypt , 2008, Color, 140 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Hossam, an Egyptian travel agent in New York is eager to return to Cairo to see his wife after a year's absence. He buys her a sexy gift and is looking forward to a romantic reunion, but Middle East politics intervenes in every possible way...
SALES : Good News 4 Film & Music, 8 Abdel Kawi Shams El din, Dokki, le Caire (Égypte), ( T ) (20 2) 37 60 30 92, ( F ) (20-2) 37 60 20 46,
E-mail : ntonny@gn4me.com , contact : Emad Adeeb
LA PEAU PEINTE / PAINTED SKIN / WA PEI (534)
Réal./ Dir.: Gordon Chan, China - Hong Kong - Singapore, 2008, Color, 120 min.,
SYNOPSIS : General Wang saves a beautiful girl, Mei-ling, from a team of bandits. Despite the spate of brutal murders that accompany her arrival in town nobody suspects her as the killer.
SALES : Eastern Mordor Film Co. Ltd. (Hong Kong), E-mail : info@easternmordor.com, contact : Pang Hong / Kathy Lan / Michael Lai, Eastern Mordor Film Co. Ltd. (Hong Kong)
LA RABIA (527)
Réal./ Dir.: Albertina Carri, Argentina, 2008, Color, 83 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Tragedy unfolds in Argentina's arid pampas when adultery, hatred and misunderstandings lead to an explosion of rage and violence that destroys two families.
SALES : Bavaria Film International,
E-mail : agustina@matanzacine.com.ar ,
contact : Pablo Trapero, Albertina Carri, Mantaza Cine, company profile ; , Stefanie.Zeitler@Bavaria-Film.de , +49 89 6499 3728.
LA RAGE DE L`ANGE / ANGEL`s RAGE (629)
Réal./ Dir.: Dan Bigras, CANADA, 2006, 35mm, Color, 107 minutes, original version : French, sub titles : English,
SYNOPSIS : A story about the love and friendship that unites Francis, Lune and Éric through thick and thin, from their stormy childhoods, to finding refuge in the street at adolescence, right up until reaching adulthood. Theirs is a story of resilience and rebuilding. A story about the price of violence and the strength of love.
SALES : Filmoption International Inc., 3401 St-Antoine, Westmount, QC H3Z 1X1, Canada , ( T ) (514) 931-6180 ext.283, ( F ) (514) 939-2034,
Internet site: www.filmoption.com ,
E-mail : nrybina@filmoption.com,
contact : Natasha Rybina, company profile ; In business for almost 30 years Filmoption specializes in theatrical distribution, DVD releases and television sales in Canada and internationally. Our interests lie in the field of feature films, animation, documentaries and series. Latest acquisitions for Canada include Rumba, Paranoid Park, Anna M., 3 amis...
LA SIRÈNE / MERMAID / RUSALKA (215)
Réal./ Dir.: Anna Melikyan, Russia, 2007, Color, 115 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Once upon a time a little girl named Alisa lived by the sea. An ordinary girl leading an ordinary life. Except for one thing: Alisa has the thoroughly extraordinary gift of being able to make her wishes come true. The tides of life wash her up in Moscow...
SALES : Central Partnership (Russie), Prechistenskaya nab. 13, bld. 1, 119034 Moscou (Russie), ( T ) (7-495) 98 18 214, ( F ) fax: (7-495) 98 00 624, E-mail : asya@centpart.ru
LA TOURNÉE / THE TOUR / TURNEJA (271)
Réal./ Dir.: Goran Markovic, Serbia, 2008, Color, 106 min.,
SYNOPSIS : In 1993, at the height of the civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a group of actors from Belgrade embark on a search for a few quick dinars - a "tour" of Serbian Krajina. Breaking a leg is soon the least of their worries...
SALES : Eurovision Fiction-EBU, EBU-UER, L'Ancienne-Route, 17A CP45, CH1218, Grand-Sarconneux GE (Suisse),
E-mail : svetozarc@atelje212.sr (Testament Films),
contact : Nicole Jeanrenaud
LA VAGUE / THE WAVE / DIE WELLE (240)
Réal./ Dir.: Dennis Gansel, Germany, 2008, Color, 93 min.,
SYNOPSIS : When a popular German high school teacher finds himself teaching autocracy as part of the school's project week, he's less than enthusiastic, as are his students who grumble, "The Nazis sucked. We get it." Struck by the teenagers' complacency and unwitting arrogance, he devises an unorthodox experiment that quickly spirals out of control.
SALES : Celluloid Dreams, 2, rue Turgot, 75009 Paris (France), ( T ) (33-01) 49 70 03 70, ( F ) (33-01) 49 70 03 71,
E-mail : info@celluloid-dreams.com
Labyrinth (321)
Réal./ Dir.: Patrick Jenkins, Canada, 2008, Color, 8 min.,
SYNOPSIS : After being given a strange locket to protect, a detective encounters weird phenomenas and beings from the afterlife.
SALES : Patrick Jenkins, E-mail : pjekins@interlog.com , contact : Patrick Jenkins
Lan et Lea (418)
Réal./ Dir.: Khoa Le, Canada, 2008, Color, 7 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Lan and her daughter Léa, Vietnamese immigrants, wait for a bus in the rain. They face many cultural and generational barriers.
Lay Down This World (380)
Réal./ Dir.: Pim Braeckevelt, Belgium, 2007, Color, 6 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A man is about to commit suicide by jumping off a tall building when an angel appears and tries to persuade him not to jump. But this angel is unprepared for his job. Everything he comes up with to make the man happier, backfires...
SALES : Rits (Audiovisual & Performing Arts School) Erasmushogeschool Brussel,
E-mail : laikin.chang@docent.ehb.be ,
contact : Rits (Audiovisual & Performing Arts School) Erasmushogeschool Brussel
Le colombo de l'art / Le colombo de l'art (232)
Réal./ Dir.: Yves Bernard & Bernard Lafrenière, CANADA, 2007, Video, Color, 53 min., original version : French,
SYNOPSIS : Comment peut-on prouver qu'un tableau est authentique? Suivez les traces du Colombo de l'art pour le découvrir! Le marché de l'art est reconnu comme étant une des méthodes les plus faciles et les moins dangereuses de blanchir de l'argent; la contrefaçon et le vol d'œuvres d'art mobilisent des milliards de dollars de transactions dans le monde. Bon an, mal an, près de 150 affaires de vol et de faux arrivent sur le bureau du seul enquêteur spécialisé dans ce domaine au Canada : l'inspecteur-détective Alain Lacoursière. De Bruxelles à Paris en passant par Montréal, ce documentaire explore l'univers trouble du vol et de la contrefaçon d'œuvres d'art à travers le regard pénétrant d'Alain Lacoursière, le Colombo de l'art.
SALES : FilmOption International inc., 3401, rue St-Antoine Westmount (Québec) H3Z 1X1 , ( T ) 514-931-6190, ( F ) fax_vent=514-939-2034, E-mail : lizanne@filmoption.com / www.orbi-xxi.ca , contact : Lizanne Rouillard,
company profile ; Depuis sa création en janvier 2000, au tournant du siècle, ORBI-XXI Productions a voulu dès le départ tenter de mieux comprendre la société dans laquelle nous vivons en privilégiant des projets de séries et de films documentaires télévision dans les créneaux " culture et justice & société ". ORBI-XXI se veut aussi un lieu d'accueil ouvert et respectueux pour les auteurs qui lui soumettent des projets, pour les réalisateurs qui y contribuent par leur talent et leur créativité ainsi qu'à tous les artisans qui ont le goût de se dépasser dans le cadre de productions qui ne veulent, ultimement, laisser personne indifférent.
Le dernier mot / Le dernier mot (230)
Réal./ Dir.: Antoine Laprise, CANADA, 2006, video, couleur, 52 min. 10, original version : French,
SYNOPSIS : LE DERNIER MOT dresse le portrait d'un cas d'exception dans le milieu de la critique au Québec: Robert Lévesque, journaliste chevronné et critique de théâtre au journal Le Devoir de 1981 à 1996. Robert Lévesque s'est toujours démarqué par son style incisif et sa passion exigeante pour le théâtre. Témoin privilégié de l'évolution culturelle au Québec, il clame haut et fort que la critique est un art en soi. En dévoilant les multiples facettes du personnage, LE DERNIER MOT passe du collectif (les règles sous-jacentes au métier de critique et son impact sur le milieu artistique) au personnel. Mais ce qui ressort avant tout, c'est le profond amour que porte Robert Lévesque au théâtre et son désir d'entretenir la flamme, de pousser plus loin la réflexion à travers son rôle de passeur.
SALES : Natalie Mejia, 2006, rue Plessis, bureau 300 Montréa (Québec) H2L 2Y3, ( T ) 514-843-6919, ( F ) 514-843-9321, E-mail : natalie@orbi-xxi.ca / www.orbi-xxi.ca ,
contact : Natalie Mejia, company profile ; Depuis sa création en janvier 2000, au tournant du siècle, ORBI-XXI Productions a voulu dès le départ tenter de mieux comprendre la société dans laquelle nous vivons en privilégiant des projets de séries et de films documentaires télévision dans les créneaux " culture et justice & société ". ORBI-XXI se veut aussi un lieu d'accueil ouvert et respectueux pour les auteurs qui lui soumettent des projets, pour les réalisateurs qui y contribuent par leur talent et leur créativité ainsi qu'à tous les artisans qui ont le goût de se dépasser dans le cadre de productions qui ne veulent, ultimement, laisser personne indifférent...
Le Diable au Corps (619)
Réal./ Dir.: Johanne Prégent, Canada, 2007, Video, Color, 52 min, original version : French,
SYNOPSIS : "Le Diable au corps" pulvérise nos préjugés sur la question. Des artistes atteints de troubles psychiques se confient avec une authenticité touchante et dérangeante. En les voyant peindre et dessiner, en approchant les oeuvres si magnifiquement filmées, on prend conscience de leur talent et de leur humanité. Des passages oniriques imaginées par la réalisatrice Johanne Prégent (La peau et les os) et l'écrivaine Nelly Arcand (Putain, Folle) nous font pénétrer dans l'univers mystérieux de leurs délires et de leurs créations.
SALES : Johanne Prégent, 3430 St-Denis #300 Montreal, QC,
( T ) 514-288-0080 , ( F ) 514-288-0081,
Internet site: www.bbrprod.com , E-mail : info@bbrprod.com , contact : Johanne Prégent,
company profile ; Production cinéma/télé
LE LOUP / WOLF / VARG (218)
Réal./ Dir.: Daniel Alfredson, Sweden - Norway - Finland, 2008, Color, 95 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Set in the remote mountains of northern Sweden, the film follows an indigenous Sami family, who are trying to protect their herd of reindeer from the wolves, but, in doing so get entangled in the modern machinery of justice.
SALES : SF International, Svensk Filmindustri, SE, 16986 Stockholm (Suède), E-mail : international@sy.se
LE MIRACLE DE BERLIN / THE MIRACLE OF BERLIN / DAS WUNDER VON BERLIN (142)
Dir.: Roland Suso Richter, Germany, 2008, Color, 103 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Based on a true story, this film chronicles the life of an East German punk rocker and his politically-divided family in the months before the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989.
SALES : ZDF Enterprises GmbH, Lise-Meitnerstr. 9, 55129 Mainz (Allemagne), ( T ) (49-61) 319 910, ( F ) (49-61) 319 91 259, E-mail : thauberger.a@zdf.de
Le Mirage / The Mirage (278)
Réal./ Dir.: Leonie Savvides, Australia, 2008, Color, 10 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Ali, dying and lost in a war ravaged desert, is seduced by a mirage from a distant world where pop culture reigns. In the heart of this illusion lies the answer to all his strife, held in the hands of two lustful teenagers trapped in their own game of seduction
SALES : Vertical Sun, 119A, Cotter Rd, Western Creek, Act, 2611 (Australie), ( T ) 61 40 977 8278,
E-mail : clarermyoung@gmail.com ,
contact : Clare Young, Mark Bradshaw
LE PRISONNIER / THE INMATE / SELDA (210)
Réal./ Dir.: Paolo Villaluna, Ellen Ramos, Philippines, 2007, Color, 120 min.,
SYNOPSIS : THE INMATE tells the story of a friendship that develops between two prison inmates, Rommel and Esteban, who acts as his friend and protector. Out of jail, however, their attempt to define and explore the boundaries of their relationship leads to tragedy.
SALES : Ignatius Films Canada, 1412 Seaview Drive, Mississauga, ON L5J 1X5 (Canada), ( T ) (632) 747-6742, ( F ) (632) 531-9831, E-mail : ignatiusfilmscanada@yahoo.ca
LE QUATRIÈME HOMME / THE FOURTH MAN / CETVRTI COVEK (217)
Dir.: Dejan Zecevic, Serbia - Hungary, 2007, Color, 107 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A man awakens from a two-month-long coma. He's told he's an officer of the military security agency and his family has been killed. He needs to know who did it and a man from the secret police is willing to help him. But he may not like what he learns...
SALES : Viktorija Film, Ljubostinjska 5, Belgrade (Serbie), ( T ) (381-11) 344 09 87, ( F ) (381-11) 344 04 56,
E-mail : viktorijafilm@ssb.com , contact : Nikolina Vucetic, Slobodan Jocic, Zeljko Mitrovic
LE RETOUR / THE HOMECOMING / I EPISTROFI (275)
Réal./ Dir.: Vassilis Douvlis, Greece, 2007, Color, 98 min.,
SYNOPSIS : After 35 years working in a factory in Germany, Ilias returns to his almost deserted village of Ioannina and buys a service station on the main street. He wants to make a new start.
SALES : Greek Film Centre, Panepistimiou 10, Athènes 10671 (Grèce), ( T ) (30-210) 367 85 00, E-mail : info@gfc.gr
Le Soupçon / Suspect / Der Verdacht (306)
Réal./ Dir.: Felix Hassenfratz, Germany, 2007, Color, 25 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Conny and her husband runs a traditional bakery in a small German village. Conny's world crumbles when her husband is suspected of murder by the villagers. Her love for him gives her the strength to fight the rumours and her own suspicions.
SALES : Internationale Filmschule Cologne, Werderstr. 1
50672 Köln, Germany, ( T ) ++49 221 92018826, ( F ) ++49 221 92018885, Internet site: www.filmschule.de
E-mail : bremen@filmschule.de
contact : Mathias Casanova, Monika Bremen
Le Temps Scellé / Le Temps Scellé (196)
Réal./ Dir.: Jean-François Morin, Canada, 2008, Super 16mm, Color/ B&W, 18 minutes, original version : French, sub titles : None,
SYNOPSIS : Au travers d'un autoportrait, un photographe nous ouvre les portes de son passé. Un passé marqué par un éveil précoce face à la vie, la mort, et une prise de conscience du Temps. Témoins des événements qui ont imprégné sa mémoire et des conséquences engendrés par ses choix, il nous permet d'explorer et de partager les souvenirs d'une expérience humaine imprégnés dans la mémoire scéllée d'un médium, la photographie.
SALES : Metis Art Films, 43 Alphonse, Ste-Victoire de Sorel, Qc, Canada, J0G 1T0, ( T ) (514) 608-3896,
Internet site: www.jeanfmorin.com ,
E-mail : jeanf_morin@hotmail.co ,
contact : Jean-Francois Morin,
company profile ; Compagnie de Production (video clip, publicité, court & long Métrage)
Le Viel Homme et la Mer / THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA (635)
Réal./ Dir.: Alexander Petrov, Canada/Russia/Japan, 1999, 35mm, IMAX, HD, Color, 48 minutes, original version : English, sub titles : French,
SYNOPSIS : Won an Oscar in 2000
SALES : Filmoption International Inc., 3401 St-Antoine, Westmount, QC H3Z 1X1, Canada, ( T ) (514) 931-6180 ext.283, ( F ) (514) 939-2034,
Internet site: www.filmoption.com ,
E-mail : nrybina@filmoption.com , contact : Natasha Rybina, company profile ; In business for almost 30 years Filmoption specializes in theatrical distribution, DVD releases and television sales in Canada and internationally. Our interests lie in the field of feature films, animation, documentaries and series. Latest acquisitions for Canada include Rumba, Paranoid Park, Anna M., 3 amis...
LE VOYAGE AUX PYRÉNÉES (374)
Réal./ Dir.: Jean-Marie Larrieu, Arnaud Larrieu, France, 2008, Color, 102 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Since her trip to Italy, celebrated actress Aurore Lalu has been plagued by bouts of nymphomania. To keep her mind out of temptation's way and perhaps re-establish her sexual equilibrium, a lack of which can be somewhat embarassing at her age, her husband Alexandre Dard, also a well-known actor, organizes a stay in a remote mountain cabin. He hopes the majestic panorama of the Pyrenees and the fresh air will temper his wife's sexual appetite, which he hasn't been able to satisfy for some time now, and restore Aurore to her previous self. So, the pseudonymous "Mr. and Mrs. Go" arrive at their destination in the middle of the night. All is well until Aurore hears the rumours of a bear prowling the valley, a story perfectly calculated to pique the lady's interest. She'd just love to confront the wild beast...
SALES : Celluloid Dreams, 2, rue Turgot, 75009 Paris (France), ( T ) (33-01) 49 70 03 70, E-mail : info@celluloid-dreams.com
LE VOYAGE DE LA VEUVE (469)
Réal./ Dir.: Philippe Laïk, France, 2008, Color, 91 min.,
SYNOPSIS : During the First World War, abrogating half a century of de facto death penalty abolition, Belgium decides to borrow a guillotine and an executioner from France. The need to execute one more man entails the death of many others...
SALES : Le Don Films, E-mail : ad.ledonfilms@yahoo.fr , contact : Alain Drahy, Le Don Films
LE XANADU BLEU / THE BLUE XANADU (531)
Réal./ Dir.: Zhuo Gehe, China, 2007, Color, 90 min.,
SYNOPSIS : An ex-con, paroled so that he can take care of his motherless daughter, maintains the fiction that he is her uncle. He doesn't want her to grow too attached to him, but he finds that fate and attraction aren't so easily controlled.
SALES : Ayunga Inner Mongolia Culture Communication Co., Ltd, E-mail : yunga-1110@163.com , contact : Ayunga Inner Mongolia Culture Communication Co., Ltd
LEO (220)
Réal./ Dir.: Josef Fares, Sweden, 2007, Color, 78 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Leo celebrates his 30th birthday. Surrounded by family and friends, he toasts to the future. But as the party ends, Leo and his girlfriend walk back home, something happens that will forever change their lives.
SALES : TrustNordisk, Filmbyen 12, DK-2650 Hvidovre, ( T ) +45 3686 8788, ( F ) +45 3677 4448,
E-mail : info@trustnordisk.com
Les bons débarras (625)
Réal./ Dir.: Francis Mankiewicz, Canada, 1981, Color, 114 min. original version : French
SYNOPSIS - Recognized as one of the 10 best Canadian films of all times by a panel of experts of the Toronto International Film Festival; Official Canadian candidate for an Academy Award nomination.
SALES : Filmoption International Inc., 3401 Saint-Antoine oust, Westmount QC Canada H3Z 1X1, ( T ) (514) 931-6180 ext.283, ( F ) (514) 939-2034,
Internet site: www.filmoption.com,
E-mail : nrybina@filmoption.com , contact : Natasha Rybina, company profile : In business for almost 30 years Filmoption specializes in theatrical distribution, DVD releases and television sales in Canada and internationally. Our interests lie in the field of feature films, animation, documentaries and series. Latest acquisitions for Canada include Rumba, Paranoid Park, Anna M., 3 amis.
Les Camions Thibault (398)
Réal./ Dir.: Yan Descheneaux, Benoit Thomassin, Canada, 2008, Color, 17 min.
SYNOPSIS : Documentary about a hundred-year-old fire truck factory in a small town, its workers and their future.
LES CITRONNIERS / LEMON TREE / ETZ LIMON (188)
Dir.: Eran Riklis, Israel-Germany-France, 2008, Color, 106 min.
SYNOPSIS : Salma Zidane, a 45-year-old widow, lives alone in a tiny Palestinian village on the West Bank. When the Israeli minister of defence builds a house on the other side of the green line, Selma's lemon trees come to the attention of his bodyguards. Her trees are a security risk. But Salma finds an unlikely ally in the minister's wife...
SALES : Films Distribution, 34, rue du Louvre, 75001 Paris (France), ( T ) (33-01) 53 10 33 93,
E-mail : fry@filmsdistribution.com
LES DÉMONS DE ST-PETERSBOURG / THE DEMONS OF ST. PETERSBURG / I DEMONI DI SAN PIETROBURGO (522)
Réal./ Dir.: Giuliano Montaldo, Italy, 2007, Color, 118 min.,
SYNOPSIS : St. Petersburg, 1860. A member of the Imperial family is assassinated. A few days later the writer Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky meets a young man in a hospital. He is part of a terrorist conspiracy. Dostoevsky must find the leader and convince her to call off a new attack...
SALES : Rai Trade International Distribution, Via Umberto Navarro, 18-00195 Rome (Italie), ( T ) (39-06) 3749 82 44,
( F ) (39-06) 3751 62 22, E-mail : info@raitrade.it
LES ENNEMIS DU CINÉMA (Une histoire de la censure au Québec) (109)
Réal./ Dir.: Karl Parent, Canada, 2008, Video, Color / n&b, 52 min. , original version : français, sub titles : français,
SYNOPSIS : LES ENNEMIS DU CINÉMA raconte la lutte qui a opposé pendant près de soixante ans l'Église catholique et l'État québécois (par le biais du Bureau de censure) aux amateurs de cinéma et aux défenseurs de la liberté d'expression artistique. Le documentaire donne la parole à des victimes et à des personnes qui se sont retrouvées au cœur de la controverse de la censure, entre autres : Denys Arcand, André Lussier, Roger Fournier, Roger Cardinal, Francine Laurendeau, Fernand Dansereau, André Guérin…
SALES : Filmoption International Inc., 3401 St-Antoine, Westmount QC, H3Z 1X1, ( T ) (514) 931-6180 (#66), ( F ) (514) 939-2034, Internet site: http://www.filmoption.com ,
E-mail : mrodier@filmoption.com , contact : Marie-Pierre Rodier
LES FEMMES DE NIMA / NIMA'S WOMEN (178)
Réal./ Dir.: Zhuo Gehe, China, 2008, Color, 90 min.,
SYNOPSIS : The men in Nima's family have all left home leaving three single women at home. Now the aging matriarch has a birthday coming up and her two daughters would like to bring home some good news as a birthday gift...
SALES : Ayunga Inner Mongolia Culture Communication Co., Ltd, E-mail : yunga-1110@163.com
Les Gratteux (328)
Réal./ Dir.: Maxim Rheault, Canada, 2008, Color, 8 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Lucien découvre que son colocataire Léo fait une collection de gratteux-loto encore intacts! Pour Léo, ces billets de loterie sont de vraies oeuvres d'art. Mais pour Lucien, ils sont plutôt une occasion de gagner le gros lot! Résistera-t-il à la tentation de gratter les gratteux? Lucien discovers that his roommate Leo make a collection of lottery tickets still intact! For Leo, these tickets are real work of Art. But for Lucien, they are rather an occasion to gain the jack pot!
SALES : MxM Films, E-mail : mxm_montreal@hotmail.com
LES HÉROS DU VOISINAGE / HEROES FROM THE NEIGHBOURHOOD / DIE HELDEN AUS DER NACHBARSCHAFT (143)
Réal./ Dir.: Jovan Arsenic, Germany, 2008, Color, 89 min.
SYNOPSIS : Attila the fireman can eat glass, but it doesn't help his love life. His girlfriend, Sabine, breaks up with him, she wants more from life, she wants to become a talk show host. Despite being a talk show host, Erika is unhappy. She can no longer connect with her husband Ulf, who is living his second youth and utilizing his prowess in psychology to conquer feminine hearts. Their pubescent son Niko avoids both parents as he makes his own way through life, driven by his sex drive. The next guest on Erika's show, TV junkie and shy bakerwoman Rosine, who once made the largest donut in the world, cancels on short notice. When Erika has to find a new candidate, she discovers Attila in the house next door... This tragic comedy by Jovan Arsenic weaves the stories of six neighbors in Berlin who are trying different ways out of loneliness.
SALES : HELDENFILM Production, Muskauer Str. 23, 10997 Berlin (Allemagne), ( T ) (49-30) 610 74 748, ( F ) (49-30) 610 74 748, E-mail : mail@helden-film.de, contact : Jovan Arsenic, Till Rothmund, company profile ; HELDENFILM Production, Muskauer Str. 23, 10997 Berlin (Allemagne)
LES HÔTES DE LA NUIT / NIGHT LODGERS / HÓPEDES DA NOITE (213)
Réal./Dir.: Licinio Azevedo, Mozambique, 2007, Color, 53 min.,
SYNOPSIS : In the colonial era the Grande Hotel in the city of Beira was the largest in Mozambique: 350 rooms, luxurious suites, an Olympic-sized swimming pool. Today, the building, which is in ruins, has no electricity or running water, and is inhabited by 3,500 people
SALES : Marfilmes, Av. Duque de Lulé 79, R/C Dto. A, 1200-088 Lisbonne (Portugal), ( T ) (351-2) 1314 03 39, ( F ) (351-2) 1353 30 75, E-mail : marfilmes@netcabo.pt
LES LARMES DE MA MÈRE / MY MOTHER'S TEARS - BERLIN-BUENOS AIRES / DIE TRÄNEN MEINER MUTTER (190)
Réal./ Dir.: Alejandro Cardenas Amelio, Germany - Argentina, 2008, Color, 93 min.
SYNOPSIS : When young Alex and his family flee the military regime in Argentina in the late 1970s to settle in West Berlin, his mother adapts but his father remains homesick. That's when Alex discovers he has special powers to keep his family together...
SALES : Kevin Williams Associate, Galeón 32, Bajo A, 28092 Madrid (Espagne), ( T ) (34-91) 747 31 00,
E-mail : kwa@kevinwa.com
Les Lunette magiques / The Magic Glasses / Las Mofas Mágicas (283)
Réal./ Dir.: Daniel Rebner, Spain, 2008, Color, 14 min.
SYNOPSIS : Las mofas mágicas tells the story of Pablito, a very shy boy who manages to escape from reality by wearing his "mofas", a pair of glasses that helps him see the world in a happier way. But why does Pablito want to escape from his real life? The topic of domestic violence is seen from a different point of view.
SALES : Suevia Films / Promofest,, Franc Planas, Nacioness 12, 4 B, 28006 Madrid (Espagne), Internet site: www.promofest.org , E-mail : info@promoffest.org
Les Mots du pays (495)
Réal./ Dir.: Sydney Goyvaertz, France, 2008, Color, 7 min.
SYNOPSIS : This film captures the emotions of France's Portuguese community, featuring pictures, archives and memories of a population proud of its roots.
SALES : 2ième Acte
LES NAUFRAGÉS DES ANDES / STRANDED. I'VE COME FROM A PLANE THAT CRASHED ON THE MOUNTAINS / STRANDED. VENGO DE UN AVIÓN QUE CAYÓ EN LAS MONTAÑAS (558)
Réal./ Dir.: Gonzalo Arijon, Uruguay - Spain - France, 2007, Color, 130 min.
SYNOPSIS : The incredible story of the Uruguayan rugby team that survived a plane crash in 1972 and managed to stay alive for more than ten weeks on a 4000-metre high glacier in the Andes is retold by its survivors 35 years after the event.
SALES : Hilary Sandison, Marc Silvera, La Realidad (Uruguay) / Ethan Productions (France) / ARTE (France), contact : Hilary Sandison, Marc Silvera, La Realidad (Uruguay) / Ethan Productions (France) / ARTE (France)
Les Ordres (627)
Réal./ Dir.: Michel Brault, Canada, 1974, 35mm, Color/ B&W, 108 min., original version : French, sub titles : English,
SYNOPSIS : http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0071949/
Cannes 1975, Best Director - Cannes 1975, Grand Prize of l'Office Catholique international du Cinema ; Inspired by real life events the film clearly illustrates how even in the most democratic societies liberty and civil rights can be extremely fragile.
SALES : Filmoption International Inc., 3401 St-Antoine ouest
Westmount, QC H3Z 1X1, Canada, ( T ) (514) 931-6180 ext.283, ( F ) (514) 939-2034, Internet site: www.filmoption.com, E-mail : nrybina@filmoption.com, contact : Natasha Rybina, company profile ; In business for almost 30 years Filmoption specializes in theatrical distribution, DVD releases and television sales in Canada and internationally. Our interests lie in the field of feature films, animation, documentaries and series. Latest acquisitions for Canada include Rumba, Paranoid Park, Anna M., 3 amis.
Les Williams (336)
Réal./ Dir.: Alban Mench, France, 2008, Color, 15 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Among his wedding presents, Francis received a dog. He asks William, his childhood friend, to look after it while he's on his honeymoon...
SALES : Les films au long cours,
E-mail : production@longcours.fr
LIFE AFTER TOMMOROW (590)
Réal./ Dir.: Julie Stevens, United States, 2006, HD video, 85 min., original version : English,
SYNOPSIS : A delightful and insightful behind-the-curtain glimpse into the lives of a group of young girls who survived, "Annie".
SALES : HILTZ SQUARED MEDIA, 23 Hollywood, Suite 210
Toronto, Ontario, M2N 7L8, , ( T ) 416.760.9155, Internet site: www.hiltz2.com, E-mail : myles@hiltz2.com
company profile ; Production, Distribution.
Life of Charlie / Life of Charlie (575)
Réal./ Dir.: David Grimes, Canada, 2008, HD, Color, 91 minutes, original version : English, sub titles : Swedish English,
SYNOPSIS : Charlie, content coasting through life in small town Canada, wastes his days drinking with friends that he has little in common with. He dreams of being a successful musician, but his complete lack of drive prevents any progress. When he meets Sarah, who recently moved to town from the city, she opens his eyes to a world of possibilities. Reluctant to change, Charlie is forced to address the roadblocks in his life as the worlds of his past failures and his newly blossoming relationship collide.
SALES : Kenneth Molen, 348 Senlac Road, Toronto, ON, M2R 1R5, Canada, ( T ) 416 271 1951,
Internet site: http://www.iproductionsonline.com /,
E-mail : kenneth@molen.ca ,
company profile ; "Life of Charlie" is a Productions' first feature. Previously we've produced a number of shorts, music videos as well as a 1-hour documentary about the Toyota Landcruise line of vechiles titled "Legendary Landcruisers."
Lisa (338)
Réal./ Dir.: Lorenzo Recio, France, 2007, B&W, 19 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Lisa, 10, lives in an isolated house with her parents and two brothers. Her father tyrannizes the family. One day she steals his watch...
SALES : Local Films, E-mail : festival_local@yahoo.fr
LISSI AND THE WILD EMPEROR / LISSI UND DER WILDE KAISER (148)
Réal./Dir.: Michael Herbig, Germany, 2007, Color, 85 min.
SYNOPSIS : A tasty strudel of a comedy that pokes fun at the iconic Empress Elisabeth ("Sissi") of Austria-Hungary and her husband Franz-Joseph -- and at the famous "Sissi" films of the late 1950s, which launched Romy Schneider´s career.
SALES : Bavaria Film International, Department of Bavaria Media GmbH, Bavariafilmplatz 7, 82031 Geiselgasteig (Allemagne), ( T ) (49-89) 6499 26 86, ( F ) (49-89) 6499 37 20, E-mail : international@bavaria-film.de ,
contact : Michael "Bully" Herbig
Lola Bleue (419)
Réal./ Dir.: Sophie Dupuis, Canada, 2008, Color, 13 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Raphaël is ten years old. Today is a holiday. His mom takes him to her job at the Lola Bleue flower shop. Today, Raphaël will learn many things about women.
LONG TUNE / URTIIN DUU (244)
Réal./ Dir.: Hasichaolu, China, 2007, Color, 117 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A Mongolian folk singer suffers emotional problems when her husband dies and she loses her voice. It takes the cries of a baby camel to bring her voice back...
SALES : China Film Promotion International, Room 317, No. 25, Xinwai Street, Beijing 100082 (Chine), ( T ) (86-10) 6226 13 97, E-mail : zhanglu@cfpi.com.cn
LOSS / NEREIKALINGI ZMONÉS (214)
Réal./ Dir.: Màris Martinsons, Lithuania, 2008, Color, 95 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A dramatic story told across two countries, connected by the vast migration after the fall of the Soviet Union, and six people whose destiny is tied in more than one way after a tragic accident more than two decades ago.
SALES : ART&A, ( T ) + 370 68713375, ( F ) + 370 52319570, Internet site: www.lossmovie.com
E-mail : linda@art-a.lt , contact : Linda Krukle
LOST AND FOUND / WO JIAO LIU YUE JIN (543)
Réal./ Dir.: Ma Liwen, China, 2008, Color, 90 min.
SYNOPSIS : A construction site cook lost his bag with all his money. When he goes looking for it, he comes across with somebody else's lost bag -- in which a memory stick has the information that can put a few people's lives at stake.
SALES : China Film Promotion International (Chine), ( T ) (86-10) 6226 13 97, E-mail : zhengleyi@cfpi/com.cn ,
contact : Sanping Han, Wu Kebo
LOVE, SOCCER AND OTHER CATASTROPHES / AMORE, BUGIE E CALCETTO (219)
Réal./ Dir.: Luca Lucini, Italy, 2008, Color, 116 min.,
SYNOPSIS : One day a week week, at 8 pm sharp, a group Italian men of various ages and widely varying physical conditions meet at an indoor arena to do what middle-aged Italian men have got to do -- play beer-league soccer.
SALES : Cattleya SPA, E-mail : giada@cattleya.it , contact : Ricardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini, Marco Chimenz, Cattleya SPA
Ma place (420)
Réal./ Dir.:Jean-Philippe Garoute, Canada, 2007, Color, 6 min.
SYNOPSIS : The day before their father's funeral, disagreements between two brothers rise to the surface.
MACADAM CUMBIA / CUMBIA CONNECTION / CUMBIA CALLERA (194)
Réal./ Dir.: René U. Villarreal, Mexico, 2007, Color, 95 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Aspiring filmmaker Neto, who likes shooting candidly in the street, happens across a beautiful girl, Cori, and becomes obsessed. He follows her everywhere and eventually gets to meet her. Both are pleased, but her boyfriend isn't about to take it lying down.
SALES : Cumbia Regia Films, S.A. de C.V. / IMCINE (Mexique), Pachuca # 49-201, Col. Condesa, Mexico 06140 (Mexique),
( T ) (52-55) 5553 31 184, ( F ) (52-81) 833 82 346, E-mail : cumbiacallera@gmail.com , contact : René U. Villareal
Magik Malik (498)
Réal./ Dir.: Diana Goudrouffe, Canada, 2008, Color, 4 min.,
SYNOPSIS : This film explores African influences in the Caribbean and the birth of Afro-Caribbean culture.
SALES : Jocelyne Beaumont
MAKE IT LOOK LIKE AN ACCIDENT / QUE PAREZCA UN ACCIDENTE (133)
Réal./ Dir.: GERARDO HERARDO, SPAIN, 2008, 35mm, color, 90, original version : ENGLISH, sub titles : SPANISH
SYNOPSIS : Pilar is an aging widow who is happy with her comfortable routine. She's got her friend Angela, her daughter Marta... Only her son-in-law Gregorio, an electrician, drives her up the wall.
SALES : LATIDO FILMS, C/ VENERAS 9, 6th floor, 28013 MADRID, ( T ) +34 915 488 877, ( F ) + 34 915 488 878, Internet site: www.latidofilms.com,
E-mail : latido@latidofilms.com ,
contact : Massimo Saidel (Cell: +34 635 431 270)
Man of the Family (233)
Réal./ Dir.: Laura Turek, Canada, 2008, HD, couleur, 13:33, original version : English
SYNOPSIS : A little boy immigrates with his mother to Montreal where he is confronted with a lot more than just a new culture. Sanjit is the new kid. He's only been in Montreal for a few months and he is already in trouble for fighting at school. As he waits outside the Principal's office he replays the events that led up to his current predicament.
Is his uncle going to be proud of him or not?
SALES : Diffusion Multi-Monde, 4067, Saint-Laurent Montreal, suite 201, QC H2W 1Y7, ( T ) 514 842 4047, ( F ) 514 842 9858, Internet site: www.pmm.qc.ca,
E-mail : distribution@pmm.qc.ca , contact : Marie Boti
MARADONA BY KUSTURICA (550)
Réal./ Dir.: Emir Kusturica, Spain-France, 2008, Color, 95 min.
SYNOPSIS : The movie shines a spotlight on the cult of personality around the 47-year-old Maradona, who led Argentina to the 1986 World Cup title and to the final in 1990.
SALES : Wild Bunch Distribution, ( T ) 33 (0) 1 53 01 50 30,
E-mail : avicente@wildbunch.eu
Marco à la patinoire (486)
Réal./ Dir.: Maxime Pouliot, Canada, 2008, Color, 4 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A Chilean-born immigrant named Marco tries his hand at ice-skating. SALES : Maxime Pouliot
Mariage à la plage (487)
Réal./ Dir.: Mohamed Amin, Morocco, 2008, Color, 9 min.,
SYNOPSIS : On the north coast of Morocco, an army sentry observes a meeting between two young immigrants, Louisa and Aïssa. He decides to nip their relationship in the bud.
SALES : Mohamed Bouzaggou
Marie-Neige (490)
Réal./ Dir.: Jean Malek, Ly Than Kim Thuy, Karine Vanasse, Canada, 2008, Color, 4 min.,
SYNOPSIS : How can immigrants acquire a true identity rooted in their adopted land of Quebec?
SALES : Jean Malek, Ly Than Kim Thuy, Karine Vanasse
MASÁNGELES (266)
Réal./ Dir.: Béatriz Flores Silva, Uruguay - Belgium - Switzerland - Chile, 2008, Color, 122 min.
SYNOPSIS : Uruguay 1966. When her mother commits suicide, Masángeles, the illegitimate young daughter of prominent politician, learns to adapt to life in a family that is as dysfunctional as the political situation in the country at large
SALES : Saga Film, E-mail : contact@sagafilm.be ,
contact : Hubert Toint, Béatriz Flores Silva, Elena Pedrazzoli, Jean-Jacques Neira, Saga Film
MELODRAMA HABIBI / UNE CHANSON DANS LA TÊTE (541)
Réal./Dir.: Hany Tamba, France-Lebanon, 2008, Color, 98 min.
SYNOPSIS : Singer Bruno Caprice, a one-hit wonder in the 1970s, now laid off from his hotel job and broken up with his girlfriend, gets a call from a Lebanese businessman who wants him to sing at his wife's birthday party...
SALES : Bizibi, E-mail : elbizibi@free.fr,
contact : Emmanuel Agneray, Jérôme Bleitrach, Bizibi
MIRAGE OF EL DORADO / MIRAGES D'UN ELDORADO (457) Réal./ Dir.: Martin Frigon, Canada, 2008, Color, 75 min.
SYNOPSIS : Mirage of El Dorado leads us far into the Andes of northern Chile, where a pitched battle is taking place between a farming community and mining giants like Barrick Gold and its Pascua Lama project.
SALES : Diffusion Multi-Monde, Montréal, QC (Canada), ( T ) 514-842-4047, ( F ) 514-842-9858,
E-mail : distribution@pmm.qc.ca , contact : Lucie Pageau
MISCONCEPTIONS (454)
Réal./ Dir.: Ron Satlof, United States, 2008, Color, 105 min.
SYNOPSIS : A conservative Christian woman in the South gets a message from God to act as a surrogate mother for two gay men who live in Boston -- a Jewish doctor and an African-American dance choreographer.
SALES : Misconceptions Productions, ( T ) 1 310 508 3902, Internet site: www.misconceptionsmovie.com,
E-mail : tedperkins@ca.rr.com , contact : Ted Perkins
MISSING PERSONS UNIT / VERMIST (250)
Réal./ Dir.: Jan Verheyen, Belgium, 2007, Color, 85 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Nothing seems unusual when a rebellious 16-year-old girl runs away after being reprimanded by her father for hanging out in clubs, but the head of the Missing Persons Unit opens an investigation, nevertheless...
SALES : Eyeworks, E-mail : info@eyeworks.tv,
contact : Jan Huyse, Philippe De Schepper, Eyeworks
Mixed Bag (370)
Réal./ Dir.: Imogen Thomas, Australia, 2007, Color, 15 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Travelling from the city, a woman finds herself having to stop in a remote outback town only to be confronted by her own racial prejudices.
SALES : Imogen Thomas, E-mail : ithomas@tech2u.com.au ,
Mobilini Snovi (331)
Réal./ Dir.: Igor Drljaca, Canada, 2008, Color, 10 min.
SYNOPSIS : Asim and Fatima, an elderly Sarajevo couple, begin to lose their bond as the monotony of their lives erodes their ability to commucicate. When Asim brings home a mobile phone with the hope of rekindling their relationship, he finds he may be too late.
SALES : TimeLapse Pictures, E-mail : igor.drijaca.@gmail.com
Moi, dans mon pays (485)
Réal./ Dir.: Jose Fuca, Canada, 2008, Color, 9 min.,
SYNOPSIS : An immigrant of unspecified origin discusses his outlook on the world and the roles he's had to play in order to adapt.
SALES : Carolina Mencia, Jose Fuca
Monday (421)
Réal./ Dir.: Emma Campbell, Canada, 2008, Color, 4 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A man's unusual method of communication makes this more than just a regular Monday for an unassuming woman.
Monsieur Cok (517)
Réal./ Dir.: Franck Dion, France, 2008, Color, 10 min.
SYNOPSIS : Monsieur Cok is the owner of a large bomb factory. Looking for efficiency and profit, he decides to replace his workers by sophisticated robots. But one of the workers doesn't accept to be so easily discarded...
SALES : Richard Van Den Boom,
E-mail : rvdboom@papy3d.com ,
contact : Richard Van Den Boom
Montreal Stories 1944 (113)
Réal./ Dir.: Vanya Rose, Canada, 2008, HD, color, 16, original version : Polish, Yiddish, sub titles : English
SYNOPSIS : Autumn 1944. A young girl peers into the shadows of her immigrant family's apartment in the Mile-End district of Montreal. This is the final installment of Montreal Stories, a three part series of short films seen at festivals worldwide.
SALES : time's thievish progress to eternity FILMS, 5624 Hutchison, Montreal, Quebec, H2V 4B6, ( T ) 514 983 3052, E-mail :thievishprogressfilms@gmail.com , contact : Vanya Rose, company profile ; Directing, Screenwriting, Editing, Producing
Morning Will Come (422)
Réal./ Dir.: Pouyan Jafarizadeh Dezfoulian, Canada, 2008, Color, 17 min.
SYNOPSIS : EXPERIMENTAL. A journey into one man's identity.
Morrison (613)
Réal./ Dir.: Barbara Bredero, Netherlands, 2008, 35mm, Color, 75 min., original version : Dutch, sub titles : English,
SYNOPSIS : Morrison is a sweet and gentle boy, somewhat maladjusted and quite lonely at times. His parents' lack of involvement causes a huge misunderstanding that not only gets Morrison into lots of trouble, but also creates lots of work for his parents and the police.
SALES : Delphis Films Inc., 225, Roy Street East, Suite 200, Montreal, Quebec, H2W 1M5, ( T ) 514-843-3355, ( F ) 514-843-9574, Internet site: www.delphisfilms.com, E-mail : distribution@delphisfilms.com, company profile : Delphis Films, the worldwide distribution division of FRV Media, acquires and licenses all rights to award-winning and quality film and TV productions.
Mosaique / Mosaique (152)
Réal./ Dir.: Marie Ange Barbancourt, Canada, 2008, video, 30minutes, original version : French
SYNOPSIS : Nous vous proposons une émission sur l'architecture, la construction et le design. Une porte ouverte sur l'évolution de la construction: (l'influence, les similitudes, le contexte ethnographique ). Mosaique : un oeil nouveau sur la construction , l'architecture et le design.
SALES : Marie Ange Barbancourt, ( T ) 514 967 0107,
Internet site: Elktv.info , E-mail : inangelus@hotmail.com ,
company profile : Productions Télévisuelles
MUFF / THE FESTIVAL (631)
Réal./ Dir.: Phil Price, Canada, 2005, Video, Color, 6 X 30 ou 90 min, original version : English,
SYNOPSIS : …A six part series of savagely spot on wit that brilliantly spoofs the artsy pretentiousness and conceit of indie festival culture… The Hollywood Reporter
SALES : Filmoption International Inc, 3401 St-Antoine, Westmount, QC H3Z 1X1, Canada, ( T ) (514) 931-6180 ext.283, ( F ) (514) 939-2034, Internet site: www.filmoption.com, E-mail : nrybina@filmoption.com, contact : Natasha Rybina, company profile ; In business for almost 30 years Filmoption specializes in theatrical distribution, DVD releases and television sales in Canada and internationally. Our interests lie in the field of feature films, animation, documentaries and series. Latest acquisitions for Canada include Rumba, Paranoid Park, Anna M., 3 amis...
Music With Meaning (423)
Réal./ Dir.: Leah Michaud, Canada, 2008, Color, 4 min.
SYNOPSIS : The Music with Meaning Tour provides free concerts in high schools around Montreal. Their goal is to use music to raise awareness about racism, peer pressure and self respect.
My Dad Ralph (424)
Réal./ Dir.: Nicholas Wong, Canada, 2008, Color, 12 min.
SYNOPSIS : For single parent Ralph, how he's seen through his 7-year-old son Zack's eyes means the world. In his own eyes, he's a failed artist working as a house painter. But Zack's been developing his very own talent...
MY MAGIC (552)
Réal./ Dir.: Eric Khoo, Singapore, 2008, Color, 75 min.
SYNOPSIS : A single dad looks to give up drinking and his bartender job in order to impress his son and find work as a magician.
SALES : Wild Bunch (France), ( T ) 33 (0) 1 53 01 50 30,
E-mail : avicente@wildbunch.eu
MY STARS / MES STARS ET MOI (474)
Réal./ Dir.: Laetitia Colombani, France, 2007, Color, 95 min.
SYNOPSIS : Three glamorous French film stars decide to fight back when an intrusive fan begins to take over their lives.
SALES : Nord-Ouest Productions, E-mail : contact@nord-ouest.fr , contact : Christophe Rossignon
NE PENSE PAS AUX SINGES BLANCS / DON'T THINK ABOUT WHITE MONKEYS / NE DUMAI PRO BELYH OBEZIAN (513)
Réal./ Dir.: Yuny Mamin, Russia, 2008, Color, 125 min.
SYNOPSIS : A simple Russian waiter dreams of becoming an oligarch. While trying to make money and connections he meets three loonies who appear to be wiser than the guy thinks.
SALES : Fountain Cinema, E-mail : j_mamin46@inbox.ru , contact : Ludmila Samokhvalova
NE REGARDE PAS EN BAS / DON'T LOOK DOWN / NO MIRES PARA ABAJO (149)
Dir.: Eliseo Subiela, Argentina/France, 2008, Color, 90 min.
SYNOPSIS : The death of his father and his encounter with an older Spanish woman propel 19-year-old Eloy into an adulthood that he never anticipated but quickly learns to enjoy.
SALES : Primer Plano Film Group (Argentine), ( T ) (54-11) 4374 06 48, E-mail : primerplano@primerplano.com
New Love (352)
Dir.: Laurence Coriat, United Kingdom, 2007, Color, 20 min.
SYNOPSIS : Alma is a call operator aimlessly roaming from country to country. Lev Works in a new kind of club where women pay to explore erotic desire and create their own love stories. Alma and Lev meet and seem to be drawn to each other...
SALES : Revolution Films, ( T ) 44 (0) 20 7566 0700
Ni sauvage, ni barbare / Ni sauvage, ni barbare (229)
Réal./ Dir.: Roger Cantin, CANADA, 2007, HD, couleur, 90 min, original version : Français
SYNOPSIS : Qu'est-ce qui relie un peuple amérindien au monde berbère? Au premier regard, rien… Mais si on y regarde de plus près, les similitudes sont nombreuses. Le documentaire que nous proposons s'articule sur un échange entre deux hommes : Florent Vollant, musicien et chanteur innu très impliqué dans sa communauté, qui va à la rencontre de Yeschou, surnom de Lahbib Fouad, écrivain et peintre depuis toujours défenseur de la culture amazighe. Ils seront nos guides. Ils nous parleront avec cœur, passion et émotion du combat des cultures ancestrales, des valeurs et d'une vision du monde opposée à une mondialisation qui uniformise, détruit les identités, pour faire place à un rêve matérialiste et individualiste
SALES : Natalie Mejia, 2006, rue Plessis, bureau 300 Montréal (Québec) H2L 2Y3, ( T ) 514-843-6919, ( F ) 514-843-9321, E-mail : natalie@orbi-xxi.ca / www.orbi-xxi.ca, contact : Natalie Mejia, company profile ; Depuis sa création en janvier 2000, ORBI-XXI Productions a voulu dès le départ tenter de mieux comprendre la société dans laquelle nous vivons en privilégiant des projets de séries et de films documentaires télévision dans les créneaux " culture et justice & société ". ORBI-XXI se veut aussi un lieu d'accueil ouvert et respectueux pour les auteurs qui lui soumettent des projets, pour les réalisateurs qui y contribuent par leur talent et leur créativité ainsi qu'à tous les artisans qui ont le goût de se dépasser dans le cadre de productions qui ne veulent, ultimement, laisser personne indifférent.
NICK OF TIME (OLD FISH) (245)
Réal./ Dir.: Gao Qunshu, China, 2007, Color, 113 min.
SYNOPSIS : "Old Fish", a veteran policeman in Harbin, is the local explosives expert. Just before his scheduled retirement, Old Fish is called upon to defuse a series of bombs left in an illegal chicken plant. He has no choice: his wife is out of work and his son is just getting out of the army...
SALES : China Film Promotion International (Chine), Room 317, No. 25, Xinwai Street, Beijing 100082 (Chine), ( T ) (86-10) 6226 13 97, E-mail : zhanglu@cfpi.com.cn
Night shadows / Aux frontière de la nuit (578)
Réal./ Dir.: Nasser Bakti, Switzerland, 2006, video, Color, 108 min., original version : Français / Bambara / English,sub titles : English
SYNOPSIS : During 24 hours and through the experience of 5 destinies the film explores the fate of African illegal immigrants and how their dreams are shattered in Europe today. The film is topical and incisive in its presentation of the immigrant experience in Europe, and while it presents hopeful moments of intimacy, it refuses any easy optimism in its conclusions.
SALES : Festival International du Film Panafricain, 32, rue Louis Périssol-06400 Cannes, ( T ) +33(0)493 997 587, Internet site: www.festivaldufilmpanafricain.org,
E-mail : filmpanafricain@yahoo.com ,
company profile ; Distribution - Promotion - Film sales.
NILOOFAR (557)
Réal./ Dir.: Sabine El Gemayel, France - Iran - Lebanon, 2008, Color, 82 min.
SYNOPSIS : Niloofar is a twelve-year-old girl whose dream is to read and write in a village where education is only for boys. While assisting her mother during a delivery she meets a feminist woman who undertakes to teach her in secret...
SALES : Pyramide International, 5, rue du Chevalier de Saint-George, 75008 Paris (France), ( T ) (33-01) 42 96 02 20, ( F ) (33-01) 40 20 05 51, E-mail : pricher@pyramidefilms.com
No Quarter (425)
Réal./ Dir.: Michael Trent, Canada, 2007, Color, 2 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Two wealthy and greedy businessmen in the 1920s learn a valuable life lesson.
NOBODY TO WATCH OVER ME / DARE MO MAMOTTE KURENAI (272)
Réal./ Dir.: Riyoichi Kimizuka, Japan, 2008, Color, 120 min.
SYNOPSIS : A teenage girl whose brother has been arrested for murder, and the cop assigned to protect her: both are on the run from a relentless public braying for blood.
SALES : Fuji Television Network, Inc, 2-4-8 Daiba Minato-ku, Tokyo 137-8088 (Japon), ( T ) 81 3 5500-8294, ( F ) 81 3 5500-8052 , E-mail : yu_nomu@ponycanyon.ca
Noémie (114)
Réal./ Dir.: Eric Chaussé, Canada, 2008, HD, couleur, 11 min., original version : Français, sub titles : Anglais,
SYNOPSIS : Blanche, une petite fille de 8 ans, s'ennuie. Elle décide d'explorer les profondeurs du sous-sol de la maison. Durant son exploration, elle s'imaginera une sœur jumelle du nom de Noémie. C'est alors qu'à l'insu de Blanche, Noémie orchestre une machination afin d'emprisonner à tout jamais Blanche dans son imaginaire. L'imagination peut parfois jouer de mauvais tours…
SALES : Eric Chaussé, ( T ) 514-755-2992, Internet site: http://noemie-lefilm.com , E-mail : eric@gypsyxfilms.com
NOTHING REALLY MATTERS (456)
Réal./ Dir.: Jean-Marc Piché, Canada, 2008, Color, 105 min.
SYNOPSIS : Leo has been trapped in his apartment for over five years, living with a secret that continues to torture him. Carly, the woman he loves and with whom he lives tries to help and reach out to Leo. A complex and dramatic lover story full of emotion and betrayal.
SALES : Image In Distribution, 1600 De Lorimier, # 370, Montréal, QC, H2K 3W5 (Canada), ( T ) (514) 526-5959,
E-mail : mcdufour@imageinmedia.ca
NOWHERE MAN / (N)IEMAND (460)
Réal./ Dir.: Patrice Toye, Belgium - Norway - Netherlands - Luxembourg, 2008, Color, 96 min.
SYNOPSIS : Craving for a new start in life, forty-something Tomas stages his own death, but as soon as he has arrived on a tropical island, he starts regretting his cowardly decision.
SALES : Funny Balloons, 4bis, rue Saint-Sauveur, 75002 Paris (France), ( T ) (33-01) 40 13 05 84,
E-mail : pdanner@funny-balloons.com
Nuit et jour (426)
Réal./ Dir.: Dominic Lavoie-Laprise, Canada, 2008, Color, 12 min.
SYNOPSIS : Antoine is caught betwen his loyalty to his friend and his responsibility for his mother.
NY'S DIRTY LAUNDRY (595)
Réal./ Dir.: PATRICE JOHNSON, USA, 2007, Digital Beta, Color, 78 minutes, original version : English
SALES : Patrice Johnson, ( T ) 917 971 3370,
contact : Patrice Johnson
Ó PAÍ Ó / Ó PAÍ Ó (132)
Réal./ Dir.: MONIQUE GARDENBERG, BRAZIL, 2007, 35mm, color, 98, original version : SPANISH, sub titles : English,
SYNOPSIS : Ó paí, ó, moves the lenses towards the private space of a slum tenement, out of where icon-characters from Bahia's cultural industry are going to pop up.
SALES : LATIDO FILMES, C/ VENERAS 9, 6th floor, 28013 MADRID, ( T ) +34 915 488 877, ( F ) +34 915 488 878, Internet site: www.latidofilms.com, E-mail : latido@latidofilms.com , contact : Massimo Saidel (Cell: +34 635 431 270), company profile ; International Sales
O Zi Buna de Plaja (348)
Réal./ Dir.: Bogdan Mustata, Romania, 2008, Color, 10 min.
SYNOPSIS : Three juvenile delinquents who break out of prison, kidnap a prostitute and a truck driver and play with them on an empty beach.
SALES : Axel Film, E-mail : sabina@stradfilm.ro
Octotango (427)
Réal./ Dir.: Maude Coudé, Canada, 2008, Color, 10 min.
SYNOPSIS : A black comedy about dysfuntional couples.
ODE TO A REQUIEM (111)
Réal./ Dir.: DONALD WINKLER, CANADA, 2007, DV, color, 53min. 35sec., original version : ENGLISH, sub titles : FRENCH
SYNOPSIS : Ode to a Requiem tells the intriguing story of Mozart's Requiem as it unfolded both before and after the composer's death, and, with the help of musical director Bernard Labadie and pianist-musicologist Robert Levin, guides us through a performance of the work by the Violons du Roy at Montreal's Saint Jean Baptiste church.
SALES : CRAIG GRAHAM/PRODUCER, 254 Berlioz, #206 Ile-des-Soeurs, Quebec, Canada, H3E 1B9, ( T ) 1-514-768-4558, ( F ) 1-514-766-2865, E-mail : cinepro@qc.aibn.com , company profile ; DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION
OFF AND RUNNING / PASSE PASSE (476)
Dir.: Tonie Marshall, France- Switzerland, 2008, Color, 93 min.
SYNOPSIS : Darry, 35, an unemployed loser, has just stolen a BMW. Irène, 50, is the ex-mistress of a government minister. Irène and Darry hook up and the mismatched couple hit the road, soon discovering that they actually have a lot in common.
SALES : Tabo Tabo Films (France) / Saga Productions / Warner Bros. Pictures France, ( T ) (33-01) 72 25 10 82
Ombre (359)
Réal./ Dir.: Alberto Meroni, Switzerland, 2008, Color, 10 min.
SYNOPSIS : In the near future, young Gaia's dreams are shattered by the evil people who populate the city. Her grandfather tries to distract her by using her imagination. He creates fantastic places for her to hide from reality, a reality in which the oil reserves are almost finished and plastic has become a valuable material.
SALES : Imagofilm Lugano, Switzerland,
E-mail : info@imagofilm.ch
OMBRE / SHADOW / GÖLGE (549)
Dir.: Mehmet Güreli, Turkey - Italy, 2008, Color, 113 min.
SYNOPSIS : Two close friends, Halim and Nevzat, fall in love with the same woman. Her name is Selma Ragip. Her father, two husbands and a housekeeper have comitted suicide. Will Nevzat and Halim die for their love for Selma?
SALES : Lup Film, E-mail : buraky@loopagency.com ,
contact : Burak Yamanlica
On the Road to Tel Aviv (452)
Réal./ Dir.: Khen Shalem, Israel, 2008, Color, 15 min.
SYNOPSIS : A young Israeli finds himself in a scary situation when a suspicious Arab woman enters the same taxi van as his fiancée. Fearing the worst, he tries to get her out without creating too much of a scene. But panic erupts, and he's responsible...
SALES : Orit Fisher, E-mail : road2telaviv.film@gmail.com
Oncle Bob à l' Hôpital / Uncle Bob's Hospital Visit (330)
Réal./ Dir.: JoDee Samuelson, Canada, 2008, Color, 14 min.
SYNOPSIS : Uncle Bob is getting older but manages quite well, until illness changes everything. Suddenly he's thrust into the foreign and chaotic world of the hospital. But a very special visitor reminds him how much he is loved and needed...
SALES : National Film Board of Canada, 3155, Côte-de-Liesse Road, Ville Saint-Laurent QC H4N 2N4 (Canada), ( T ) 514-283-2703, ( F ) 514-496-1895, E-mail : international@nfb.ca , contact : Johanne St-Arnauld
One Hour Shine (428)
Réal./ Dir.: Antoine Bourges, Canada, 2008, Color, 2 min.
SYNOPSIS : EXPERIMENTAL. A sea of still images of Vancouver's rush hour blends concepts of time with Henry Van Dyke's poetry.
ONE MILLION YEN GIRL / HYAKUMAN YEN TO NIGAMUSHI ONNA (378)
Réal./ Dir.: Yuki Tanada, Japan, 2008, Color, 121 min.
SYNOPSIS : After a stint in jail for trouble with her co-workers, Suzuko decides she needs to get out of town. She promises herself that as soon as she'll earn enough yen, she'll move on. The scenario repeats itself... until she falls in love.
SALES : Nikkatsu Studio, 3-28-12 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113 0033 (Japon), ( T ) (81-3) 5689 10 18, ( F ) (81-3) 5689 10 44, E-mail : matsuda475@nikkatsu.co.jp
ONE SHOT (170)
Réal./ Dir.: Linda Wendel, Denmark, 2007, Color, 78 min.
SYNOPSIS : An uncompromising tale of a daughter's rebellion against her hippie mother, ONE SHOT is, as its title indicates, an experimental film, a feature shot entirely without any cuts or edits.
SALES : Babyfilms ApS, Øster Farimagsgade 32, 2100 København Ø (Danemark), ( T ) (45) 3526 50 28,
E-mail : wendel@babyfilm.dk , contact : Lene Børglum
One Weekend with an Artist Hannelore Storm / One Weekend with an Artist Hannelore Storm (589)
Réal./ Dir.: Ruey-wei Josephine How, Canada, 2007, DV, color, 12'43", original version : English, sub titles : none,
SYNOPSIS : A weekend spent with Hannelore an artist who greatly appreciates the beauty around her but must constantly deal with her on-going battle with cancer.
SALES : Ruey-wei J. How, 4282 rue Clark, Montreal, QC. H2W 1X3, ( T ) 514 842 8228,
Internet site: One Weekend with an Artist Hannelore Storm,
E-mail : ruey-wei@sympatico.ca , contact : Ruey-wei J. How,
company profile ; Independent film company.
Open Your Eyes (363)
Réal./ Dir.: Susan Cohen, United States, 2008, Color, 15 min.
SYNOPSIS : Life threw Julia a curve ball she never expected -- breast cancer. While attending a bridal shower, Julia finds herself locked in a bathroom with a stranger -- where she realizes life is not about what you lose, but what you find.
SALES : American Film Institute, E-mail : cschwartz@afi.com , contact : American Film Institute, Chris Schwartz
Opération Algeciras / Operacion Algeciras (586)
Réal./ Dir.: Jesús Mora, Spain, 2004, 35mm, Color, 85 min. original version : Spanish, sub titles : English,
SYNOPSIS : "Operacion Algeciras" documents an impossible attack intended to stop the Falkland war.
SALES : Federico Ribes, Elfo 38-3#A, 28027 Madrid, Spain,( T) 0034 609 58 07 19, Internet site: www.operacionalgeciras.com, E-mail : zetafilms@gmail.com
ORANGE TREE IN FLOWER / NARANJO EN FLOR (173)
Réal./ Dir.: Antonio González-Vigil, Argentina - Spain, 2008, Color, 93 min.
SYNOPSIS : Malena, a psychiatrist who specializes in feminist issues, comes to the aid of a prostitute being brutally attacked by a man. She accidentally kills the man, who was a well-connected policeman. Malena decides to help the man's widow and daughter...
SALES : El Dorado, Avenida de Burgos, 13, 10º G, 28036 Madrid (Espagne), ( T ) (34-91) 767 11 04,
E-mail : mocha@eldorado.es , contact : Mocha Aguilar
ORSON WELLES ET GOYA / ORSON WELLES AND GOYA / ORSON WELLES Y GOYA (176)
Réal./ Dir.: Emilio Ruiz Barrachina, Spain, 2008, Color, 55 min.
SYNOPSIS : Between 1957 and 1961 Welles travelled around his beloved Spain filming festivals and bullfights. That footage is reviewed in this documentary and its images of Franco-era Spain are compared with the Spain that Goya painted a century earlier.
SALES : Fama Films SL, c/San Juan 10, 28200 San Lorenzo de El Scorial, Madrid (Espagne), ( T ) (34-60) 918 74 99, ( F ) (34-91) 896 10 70, E-mail : l.lechner@line-pro.es
OU VAS-TU MOSHE? / WHERE ARE YOU GOING MOSHE? (633)
Réal./ Dir.: Hassan Benjelloun, Canada/Morocco, 2007, 35mm, HD, Color, 110 minutes, original version : Arabic, sub titles : English, French
SYNOPSIS : Morrocan filmmaker Hassan Benjelloun has delivered the unexpected -- a Capra-esque comedy-drama about the flight of Jews from Morocco in the early '60s following its independence from France and the concurrent plight of a local saloon owner plotting to keep his bar open after the non-Muslim population has left.
"An absolute charmer…a tiny rare gem - a historical-political piece that, not unlike the films of Frank Capra, is surprisingly and shamelessly amusing. " - Joe Baltake, Philadelphia Film Festival
SALES : Filmoption International Inc., 3401 St-Antoine, Westmount, QC H3Z 1X1, Canada, ( T ) (514) 931-6180 ext.283, ( F ) (514) 939-2034, Internet site: www.filmoption.com, E-mail : nrybina@filmoption.com, contact : Natasha Rybina, company profile ; In business for almost 30 years Filmoption specializes in theatrical distribution, DVD releases and television sales in Canada and internationally. Our interests lie in the field of feature films, animation, documentaries and series. Latest acquisitions for Canada include Rumba, Paranoid Park, Anna M., 3 amis...
Our Hero, Dave (429)
Réal./ Dir.: Kelvin Redvers, Canada, 2008, Color, 14 min.
SYNOPSIS : A mother, a son and a thief... all in the same house. Some things are more important than money.
OUT OF THE BLUE / ETSBA ELOHIM (547)
Réal./ Dir.: Igal Bursztyn, Israel, 2008, Color, 92 min.
SYNOPSIS : "Shabtai, a junk dealer, and Herzel, his aide, drive through Tel Aviv trading used up furniture. Betimes Shabtai daydreams of a seductive red-haired woman making love to him. When he discovers her photo in an advertisement, he sets out to find her. But it is Herzel who wins her attention and then her heart. - This is an urban fairytale, an inverted Cinderella story. Instead of a kind hearted girl - two elderly machos; instead of a prince - a princess; instead of a shoe found at midnight - a shabby ping-pong table. "
SALES : Shuki Friedman Productions (Israël)
E-mail : shuki@sfprod.co.il
OUT OF TUNE / OS DESAFINADOS (564)
Réal./ Dir.: Walter Lima Junior, Brazil, 2007, Color, 128 min.
SYNOPSIS : A group of friends who come of age during the political turmoil that plagued South America in the 1960s and 1970s. Together, these friends, musicians from the band Os Desafinados become a part of the ground-breaking Brazilian musical movement.
SALES : Tambellini Films e Producoes audiovisuais LtdA,,
E-mail : tambellinifilmes@tambellinifilmes.com.br
Oxygen (351)
Réal./ Dir.: Lisle Turmer, United Kingdom, 2008, Color, 7 min.
SYNOPSIS : Oxygen allows three former prisoners of conscience to tell their stories of tyranny, justice, brutality, courage, torture, redemption.
SALES : Amnesty International,
E-mail : martinaklich@hotmail.com
PACHAMAMA / EL REGARO DE LA PACHAMAMA (119)
Réal./ Dir.: Toshifumi Matsushita, JAPAN, BOLIVIA, 2008, HD, color, 104, original version : QUECHUA, sub titles : ENGLISH,,
SYNOPSIS : The life of a 13-year-old Quecha boy in the Bolivian Andes undergoes rapid change when his father takes him on a llama caravan to exchange salt along the Ruta de la Sal. Pachamama means Mother Earth
SALES : DOLPHIN PRODUCTIONS, ( T ) 212 979-5507, E-mail : dolphin-film@earthlink.net , contact : Toshifumi Matsushita, company profile ; PRODUCED ,HOLD COPYRIGHT.
Papelucho and the Martian / Papelucho y el Marciano (207) Réal./ Dir.: Alejandro Rojas Tellez, Chile, 2007, 35mm, color, 77 min, original version : Spanish
SYNOPSIS : Papelucho wanted to trap a Martian and in order to achive it he builts a trap , but when he befriends a Martian who magically bonds with him he must face new problems as this upsets his normal life . To solve it Papelucho is forced to attempt to return his new friend back to Mars in a magical adventure.
SALES : FILMSHARKS INT'L, Av. Diaz Velez 4323, Buenos Aires 1200, Argentina, ( T ) +5411 6380 3803, ( F ) +5411 63803803, Internet site: www.filmsharks.com,
E-mail : alpha@filmsharks.com,
contact : Valeria Fanego, valeriafanego@filmsharks.com
company profile ; Sales - Production
Paquet, Le (430)
Réal.: Samantha Leriche-Gionet, Canada, 2008, Color, 3 min.
SYNOPSIS : A shivering man finds an anonymous parcel.
PARIS 36 / FAUBOURG 36 (561)
Réal./ Dir.: Christophe Barratier, France, 2008, Color, 120 min.
SYNOPSIS : In a working class quarter in the north of Paris in 1936, the spring election of the Popular Front government has given rise to all sorts of crazy hopes and inspires a rash of extremism. Three unemployed show people decide to stage a "hit" show...
SALES : Galatée Fillms, ( T ) (33-01) 44 29 21 40,
E-mail : mail@galateefilms.com ,
contact : Jacques Perrin, Nicolas Mauvernay
PARKING / TING CHE (253)
Dir.: Chung Mong-hong, Taiwan (China), 2008, Color, 106 min
SYNOPSIS : Chen Mo is on his way to dinner with his estranged wife, hoping to revive their relationship, but an illegally parked car prevents him from keeping his date. There are, compensations, however...
SALES : Cream Film Production (Taiwan),
E-mail : cream.film@msa.hinet.net
Patoruzito 2, The Great Adventure / Patoruzito 2, La Gran Aventura (208)
Réal./ Dir.: JoséLuis Massa, Argentina, 2006, 35mm, color, 87 min, original version : Spanish
SYNOPSIS : Patoruzito must leave his love in its town to travel to the capital, where fairies are in extinction, to represent its race in a special date for the country. The last living fairy is kidnapped by the evil witch to increase her power and to conquer the world. Patoruzito and Isidorito will try to stop the plan of the evil witch.
SALES : FILKMSHARKS INT'L, Av. Diaz Velez 4323, Buenos Aires 1200, Argentina, ( T ) +5411 6380 3803, ( F ) +5411 6380 3803, Internet site: www.filmsharks.com,
E-mail : alpha@filmsharks.com ,
contact : Valeria Fanego, valeriafanego@filmsharks.com company profile ; Sales - Production
Patterns of Passion (104)
Réal./ Dir.: Patrick Coleman, United States, 2008, Video, Color, 80 min., original version : English
SYNOPSIS : This is the story of a young woman trying to come to grips with her past in order to move forward with her life. Passion is a working single mother struggling to control her volatile temperament. Her boss as a disciplinary action forces her into therapy. During her therapy session she explores the decisions she made and the patterns of dysfunction that have plagued her throughout her life.
SALES : ArtMattan Productions, 535 Cathedral Parkway Suite # 14B, New York, NY, 10025, ( T ) 212.864.1760, ( F ) 212.316.6020, Internet site: www.africanfilm.com
E-mail : artMattan@aol.com , contact : Reinaldo Barroso Spech & Clemencia Acevedo, Hyatt Regency Montreal, 1255 Jeanne Mance, Tel.: 514.982.1234, company profile ; ArtMattan Productions is a film distribution company and the producer of the African Diaspora Film Festival. Based in New York City, the company has been in business for 16 years. Recently acquired titles by ArtMattan Productions are Made In Jamaica by Jerome Laperrousaz, Cape Verde My love by Ana Ramos Lisboa, Homecoming by Norman Maake.
Paula's Secret/ Paulas Geheimnis(614)
Réal./ Dir.: Gernot Kraa, Germany, 2006, 35mm, Color, 90 min., original version : German, sub titles : English
SYNOPSIS : "Everyone has dreams, and dreaming is never stupid." So says Paula, a girl whose dreams are as big as her heart. For a long time, Paula has kept a diary, and written inside are her biggest secrets; the biggest one being the wish to be rescued from her boring life by a handsome prince.
SALES : Delphis Films Inc., 225, Roy Street East, Suite 200, Montreal, Quebec, H2W 1M5, ( T ) 514-843-3355, ( F ) 514-843-9574, Internet site: www.delphisfilms.com, E-mail : distribution@delphisfilms.com, company profile ; Delphis Films, the worldwide distribution division of FRV Media, acquires and licenses all rights to award-winning and quality film and TV productions.
PEACEFUL TIMES / FRIEDLICHE ZEITEN (529)
Dir.: Neele Leana Vollmar, Germany, 2008, Color, 98 min.
SYNOPSIS : West Germany in the 1960s. Irene, her husband Dieter and their three children are safely out of East Germany. But Irene is homsesick, Dieter is cheating and she wants to die young. Her three kids have got to straighten her out...
SALES : Royal Pony Film, E-mail : info@royalponyfilm.com , contact : Caroline Daube
Pelo ouvido (317)
Réal./ Dir.: Joaquim Haickel, Brazil, 2008, Color, 17 min.
SYNOPSIS : After an automobile accident, Keyt tries to restore the passion in her relationship with her husband, Charlie.
SALES : Guarnice Producoes e Mutantes Filmes
Père / Father (308)
Réal./ Dir.: Sebastian Danta, Australia, 2008, Color, 8 min.
SYNOPSIS : A boy struggles to understand his strange, silent father - an immigrant who has become an emotional refugee in his own home.
SALES : Second Sight Productions, Level 3, 301/11 Randle St Surry Hills NSW AUSTRALIA, ( T ) 61 402 959 866, ( F ) 61 2 9705 0527, Internet site: http://fatherfilm.wordpress.com,
E-mail:sjssite@optusnet.com.au ,contact : Samantha Jennings
Perfect Future / Futuro Perfecto (164)
Réal./ Dir.: Mariano Galperin, Argentina, 2007, 35mm, color, 85 min, original version : Spanish, sub titles : English
SYNOPSIS : Gaston must leave Daniela, his pregnant wife, in order to travel for the weekend to the glamorous summer-city of Punta del Este (Uruguay) during winter to sell the old family flat in the city's biggest building. Since the moment he arrives he must face an old new reality finding his mates when a teen today in order to solve part of the shaking past. His friends are not alive , they are phantons , and worse one of them was Daniela's boy-friend before he died. The situation gets more thrilling when Gaston discovers his friends were really dead and he must clarify his marriage with Daniela with one of his old mates.
SALES : FILMSHARKS INT'L, Av. Diaz Velez 4323, Buenos Aires 1200, Argentina, ( T ) +5411 6380 3803, ( F ) +5411 6380 3803, Internet site: www.filmsharks.com,
E-mail : alpha@filmsharks.com
contact : Valeria Fanego, valeriafanego@filmsharks.com company profile; Sales - Production
Perfect Harmony (431)
Réal./ Dir.: Daniel H.G. Weir, Aimee Mannella, Tristan Borys, Canada, 2008, Color, 28 min.
SYNOPSIS : Emma and Devon's relationship is put into test when Emma's life becomes an extravagant Hollywood musical. Unfortunately, the song and dance might all be in her head.
Permute (432)
Réal./ Dir.: Lydia Fu, Canada, 2008, B&W, 4 min.,
SYNOPSIS : A young woman's journey through a surrealist world fraught with mystery, anxiety and apprehension.
POE - LAST DAYS OF THE RAVEN (559)
Réal./ Dir.: Brent Fidler, Canada, 2008, Color, 80 min.
SYNOPSIS : POE - LAST DAYS OF THE RAVEN, the first feature film on the life of mystery and horror writer Edgar Allan Poe, recounts the extraordinary experiences that shaped his fascinating imagination (starring Brent Fidler).
SALES : Theater Crossing Film Corp.,
E-mail : theatercrossing@yahoo.com
contact : Theater Crossing Film Corp.
Poupées et bombes / Dolls & Bombs (298)
Réal./ Dir.: Aisha Jamal, Canada, 2008, Color, 40 min.
SYNOPSIS : An intimate look at the lives of Afghan children growing up amid war, bombs and raids. The film introduces six Pashtun children, members of the country's largest ethnic group. Fear of bombings keeps them out of school.
SALES : Pilum Productions, E-mail : aisha.jamal@utoronto.ca, contact : Aisha Jamal
POUR UN INSTANT LA LIBERTÉ / FOR A MOMENT, FREEDOM / EIN AUGENBLICK, FREIHEIT (533)
Dir.: Arash T. Riahi, Austria - France, 2008, Color, 110 min.
SYNOPSIS : Why are two 20-year-olds willing to abandon their normal lives in order to smuggle a couple of small children from Iran to Austria, so they can be reunited with their parents?
SALES : Les films du Losange, 22 avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie, 75116 Paris (France), ( T ) 33 1 44 43 87 10,
E-mail : l.zipci@lesfilmsdulosange.fr
Premier Plan Algérie, un cinéma a tout cri (581)
Réal./ Dir.: Sihem Merad, Elodie Wattiaux, France / Algérie, 2007, video, Color, 52 min., original version : French
SYNOPSIS : To explore today's Algeria through different actors who participate in the construction of a new picture stock and new representations of the country showing the complexity of Algeria's relation to pictures.
SALES : Festival International du Film Panafricain, 32, rue Louis Périssol - 06400 Cannes, ( T ) + 33(0)493 997 587, Internet site: www.festivaldufilmpanafricain.org
E-mail : filmpanafricain@yahoo.com
company profile ; Distribution - Promotion - Film sales.
Premier voyage (532)
Réal./ Dir.: Grégoire Sivan, France, 2007, Color, 10 min.
SYNOPSIS : Little Chloé and her dad are going on their first train ride together. Their first tête-à-tête. And maybe Dad will finally discover who exactly is this small creature that invaded his life 10 months ago...
SALES : Caïmans Productions, E-mail : info@caimans-prod.com , contact : Jérôme Bathélémy, Daniel Sauvage
Presidio Modelo (433)
Réal./ Dir.: Pablo Alvarez, Canada, 2008, Color, 15 min.
SYNOPSIS : The walls of a prison crumble revealing a past that had been covered by layers of thick yellow paint. Pain when left unvisited becomes amnesia.
PRINCESSE D'AFRIQUE / PRINCESS OF AFRICA (224)
Dir.: Juan Laguna, Spain - Senegal, 2008, Color, 78 min.
SYNOPSIS : The story of two dreams. Marem, a 14-year-old dancer from Senegal, has a dream to go to Europe, while that of Sonia, a Spanish dancer, is of the magic of Africa.
SALES : Producciones Bereberia,
E-mail : paco@bereberia.com
contact : Juan Laguna, Producciones Bereberia
Princesses d'un jour (294)
Réal./ Dir.: Karim Amin, Canada, 2008, Color, 9 min.
SYNOPSIS : A Montreal hairsdresser every year opens her shop to women of the street. Apart from getting a makeover, it is an opportunity for the women to regain some self-esteem and to socialize.
SALES : INIS-Institut national de l'image et du son,
E-mail : festival@inis.qc.ca
PRIVATE LESSONS / ÉLÈVE LIBRE (375)
Dir.: Joachim Lafosse, France - Belgium, 2008, Color, 105 min.
SYNOPSIS : Jonas, a teenager with difficulties at school, meets Pierre, in his thirties, who is moved by the young man and starts taking care of him. Incapable of setting the boundary lines of their relationship, his tutoring takes a turn that is more than merely academic.
SALES : Films Distribution, 34, rue du Louvre, 75001 Paris (France), ( T ) (33-01) 53 10 33 99,
E-mail : info@filmsdistribution.com
Profile (322)
Réal./ Dir.: Sharon Katz, Canada, 2008, Color, 4 min.
SYNOPSIS : A woman is profiled by a behavior detection device searching for evidence of Otherness or threat. This disquieting socio-political allegory is centered around the technology adopted by Western culture desperate to control and to contain.
SALES : Sharon Katz, E-mail : katz@sharonkatz.net
Pudge (319)
Réal./ Dir.: Anne Bradley, Canada, 2008, Color, 17 min.
SYNOPSIS : When 12-year-old Violet is hassled by schoolyard bullies about her ill-fitting winter coat, she vows to earn the money to buy herself a new one. But when she finds employment with Edith, an elderly eccentric shut-in, Violet earns an unlikely friendship that fits her best of all.
SALES : Canadian Film Centre,
E-mail : awong@cfccreates.com
Putti (341)
Réal./ Dir.: Jacob Varghese, India, 2008, Color, 14 min.
SYNOPSIS : What happens when nature stops supporting life? The film chronicles an innocent girl's understanding of this dire situation.
SALES : Sekar Babu, Alush Production,
E-mail : jacobfilms@gmail.com
Quand Alberto demande pardon au Canada (492)
Réal./ Dir.: Pedro Ruiz, Canada, 2008, Color, 5 min.,
SYNOPSIS : An immigrant from Honduras is expelled from Canada after living here for some time. He recounts the mistakes he made along the way.
SALES : Marie Gervais, Pedro Ruiz
Québec 2050 / Québec 2050 (231)
Réal./ Dir.: Luc Harvey, CANADA, 2007, HD, couleur, 90 min.42, original version : French
SYNOPSIS : Québec 2050 est un docudrame long métrage qui porte un regard percutant sur le Québec de l'avenir. À travers un univers 2050, nous découvrons un monde complètement bouleversé par les changements climatiques. Des entrevues avec des experts renommés comme Hubert Reeves et David Suzuki. Des révélations étonnantes sur la météo qui attend les Québécois dans les prochaines années. Des témoignages d'artistes, de personnalités, de jeunes et de moins jeunes. Des questions. Des peurs. De l'espoir. Le compte à rebours est déjà amorcé. Québec 2050 fait la preuve que nous vivons sur une bombe à retardement. Diffusé en 2008 à Canal D, Québec 2050 est réalisé par Luc Harvey et co-scénarisé par Gilles Brien. Une production d'Orbi XXI Productions Inc. 120 min.
SALES : Natalie Mejia, 2006, rue Plessis, bureau 300 Montréa (Québec) H2L 2Y3, ( T ) 514-843-6919, ( F ) 514-843-9321, E-mail : natalie@orbi-xxi.ca / www.orbi-xxi.ca, contact : Natalie Mejia, company profile ; Depuis sa création en janvier 2000, au tournant du siècle, ORBI-XXI Productions a voulu dès le départ tenter de mieux comprendre la société dans laquelle nous vivons en privilégiant des projets de séries et de films documentaires télévision dans les créneaux " culture et justice & société ". ORBI-XXI se veut aussi un lieu d'accueil ouvert et respectueux pour les auteurs qui lui soumettent des projets, pour les réalisateurs qui y contribuent par leur talent et leur créativité ainsi qu'à tous les artisans qui ont le goût de se dépasser dans le cadre de productions qui ne veulent, ultimement, laisser personne indifférent
Quitte ou double (434)
Réal./ Dir.: Patrice Tremblay, Canada, 2008, Color, 17 min.
SYNOPSIS : A man returns from abroad because his father is dying. He must face his past.
QUITTER LE BERCAIL / LEAVING THE FOLD (373)
Réal./ Dir.: Eric Scott, Canada, 2008, Color, 52 min.
SYNOPSIS : What happens when you are born into the ultra-orthodox Jewish Hassidic community but know that you don't belong? This film documents the predicament of young people born and raised in the Hassidic enclaves of Montreal, Brooklyn and Jerusalem who must pay a steep price, including ostracism and intimidation, for abandoning their parents and their complex, tightly-knit communities to seek the freedom to make their own choices. When once everything, including their marriage partners, was decided for them, they now must decide for themselves. But the answers don't always come easily.
SALES : Bunbury Films, Inc. / Onctic Media Inc.,
E-mail : fb@bunburyfilms.com / emb@onctmedia.com
Rain / Lluvia (202)
Réal./ Dir.: Paula Hernandez, Argentina, 2008, 35mm, color, 110 min, original version : Spanish, sub titles : English
SYNOPSIS : Rain has been intense for the last three days in Buenos Aires. Alma and Roberto have not met yet. A few days ago, Alma left the man she lived with for nine years. She has taken to the street with some of her belongings, making her car a temporary home. Roberto has come back to the country after almost thirty years abroad. In the middle of a traffic jam, Alma's car door open unexpectedly. Roberto gets in. Alma, not knowing exactly why, lets him in, unaware of the fact that this sudden encounter will modify the next days.
SALES : FILMSHARKS INT'l, Av. Diaz Velez 4323, Buenos Aires 1200, Argentina, ( T ) +5411 6380 3803, ( F ) +5411 6380 3803, Internet site: www.filmsharks.com,
E-mail : alpha@filmsharks.com
contact : Valeria Fanego, valeriafanego@filmsharks.com company profile ; Sales - production
RAIN OF THE CHILDREN (274)
Réal./ Dir.: Vincent Ward, New Zealand, 2008, Color,101 min.
SYNOPSIS : An indigenous New Zeland woman walks between the worlds of the living and the dead in search of her lost children.
SALES : NZ Films, Level 3, 119 Ghuznee St, Wellington 6001 (Nouvelle-Zélande), ( T ) 64(4 )382-7682, ( F ) fax: 64(4)384-9719, E-mail : marketing@nzfilms.co.nz
contact : Kathleen Drumm
Refractions (435)
Réal./ Dir.: Abraham Lifshitz, Canada, 2007, B&W, 5 min.,
SYNOPSIS : The director's exploration of his relationship with his 10-year-old daughter.
REFUGE : UN FILM SUR LE DARFOUR / REFUGE: A FILM ABOUT DARFUR (555)
Réal./ Dir.: Alexandre Trudeau, Jonathan Pedneault, Canada, 2008, Color, 63 min.
SYNOPSIS : Hungry for truth about Darfur, a young student teams up with Canadian filmmaker Alexandre Trudeau to secure passage to the region with a group of Sudanese rebels.
SALES : Mundovision Ltd, 3745 St-Jacques, # 201, Montréal, QC H4C 1H3 (Canada), ( T ) 514-985-2004,
E-mail : mundo@interlog.com
Rendez-nous nos Maliens (493)
Réal./ Dir.: Virginie Berda, France, 2008, Color, 7 min.
SYNOPSIS : A small town in Brittany mobilizes to prevent the expulsion of 23 Malian immigrants who have become part of their community.
SALES : Georges Bonopera
RÉPARATION / CORRECTION / DIORTHOSI (256)
Réal./Dir.: Thanos Anastopoulos, Greece, 2007, Color, 83 min.
SYNOPSIS : The film's unnamed hero is released from prison and finds himself on the streets with nowhere to go. What crime did he commit? And why does he wander about near the stadium during a football match between Greece and Turkey?
SALES : Greek Film Centre, Panepistimiou 10, Athènes 10671 (Grèce), ( T ) (30-210) 367 85 00, E-mail : info@gfc.gr
Rêver en couleur (494)
Réal./ Dir.: Jean-François Méan, Canada, 2008, Color, 7 min.
SYNOPSIS : A tourist's video camera is stolen, abandoned, then found by a Haitian diver, Marcel, who makes his own movies with it.
SALES : Jean-François Méan
Revolution Summer / Revolution Summer (574)
Réal./ Dir.: Miles Matthew Montalbano, USA, 2007, DV, Color, 80 minutes , original version : English
SYNOPSIS : A portrait of three restless urbanites searching for meaning in love, sex, drugs, and political rebellion. Directed with a nod to the French New wave, the film imagines a trio of responses to the current cultural and political climate. Engrossing and alert to the passing moment and the nuances of human behavior, REVOLUTION SUMMER is a sexy dangerous drama that dances on the razors edge between anomie and violence.
SALES : Gray Eminence Films , 3460 16th Street, #3
San Francisco, CA 94114, USA, ( T ) 510-282-4301 , Internet site: www.revolutionsummerfilm.com, contact : Liz Ross, Co-producer
company profile ; All EXCEPT US Video (US TV available)
REZ BOMB (472)
Réal./ Dir.: Steven Lewis Simpson, United States - United Kingdom, 2008, Color, 95 min.
SYNOPSIS : Set on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation Rez Bomb is a love story/thriller about a Lakota girl and a white guy who are very much in love but get themselves into trouble with a brutal money lender and its against the clock for them to bail themselves out.
SALES : Roaring Fire Film Production Limited, E-mail : roaringfire@hotmail.com , contact : Steven Lewis Simpson
ROAD TO BALEYA (471)
Réal./ Dir.: Bay Weyman, Canada, 2008, Color, 89 min.
SYNOPSIS : Canadian and Malian musicians come together on an journey of musical collaboration and friendship in Mali, West Africa.
SALES : Close Up Films, 36 Springhurst Avenue, Toronto, ON M6K 1B6 (Canada), ( T ) (416) 588-7482, ( F ) (416) 588-7483, E-mail : bayweyman@sympatico.ca,
contact : Bay Weyman
ROBYN ORLIN, FROM JOHANNESBURG TO THE PALAIS GARNIER / ROBYN ORLIN, DE JOHANNESBURG AU PALAIS GARNIER (182)
Réal./ Dir.: Philippe Lainé, Stéphanie Magnant, France, 2008, Color, 87 min.
SYNOPSIS : In April 2007, South African choreographer Robyn Orlin presented her latest work at the Opéra Garnier in Paris: L'Allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato, to Handel's music. This film documents the work's creation and its political echoes.
SALES : Zadig Productions, E-mail : hgoubaref@gmail.com , contact : Paul Rozenberg, Florence Mauro
Rolla Saor (344)
Réal./ Dir.: Cathal Watters, Ireland, 2007, Color, 25 min.
SYNOPSIS : A chance snapshot Marc takes of Ruth on the beach sparks a newfound interest in photographing each other. Their middle-aged, mundane relationship takes a dramatic turn until the drug store manager calls... he has some question regarding their photographs.
SALES : Fastnet Film, E-mail : rachel.lysaght@gmail.com
ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED (553)
Dir.: Marina Zenovich, United States, 2007, Color, 99 min.
SYNOPSIS : Why did Roman Polanski flee the U.S. after admitting to having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor some 30 years ago? "Who wouldn't think about running when facing a 50-year sentence from a judge who was clearly more interested in his own reputation than a fair judgment or even the well-being of the victim?" -- Marina Zenovich
SALES : Antidote International Films, c/o The Weinstein Company, 345 Hudson Street, 13th floor, 10014 New York, NY (États-Unis), ( T ) 646 862 3400,
E-mail : international@weinsteinco.com
RUMBA (153)
Réal./ Dir.: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Bruno Romy, Belgium / France, 2008, Color, 77 min.
SYNOPSIS : Fiona and Dom, small-town school teachers share a love for latin dancing and each other. One night, on their way home after a dance competition, they swerve to avoid a suicidal man on the road, and crash their car into a wall. And their life tips over...
SALES : MK2, ( T ) 00 33 1 44 67 30 76,
E-mail : mathilde.henrot@mk2.com ,
contact : Mathilde Henrot,
company profile ; Vente et Distribution
Canada : FILMOPTION INTERNATIONAL, 3401 St-Antoine, Westmount QC, H3Z 1X1, T.: (514) 931-6180 (#66) F.: (514) 939-2034, Contact: Marie-Pierre Rodier, Web site: http://www.filmoption.com, Email: mrodier@filmoption.com
Run for Life / Une année de sable (301)
Réal./ Dir.: Eric Liston Grant, Switzerland, 2008, Color, 26 min.
SYNOPSIS : Images of the Marathon des Sables act as a metaphor for one woman's fight against acute leukemia. An initiatory journey of fear and hope, despair and the desire to conquer overwhelming odds, and finally victory.
SALES : IDIP Films, 20, quai du Cheval-Blanc,127 Genève-Acacias (Suisse), ( T ) 41 22 800 21 08
E-mail : contact@idipfilms.com
RUNAWAY HORSE / EIN FLIEHENDES PFERD (146)
Réal./ Dir.: Rainer Kaufmann, Germany, 2007, Color, 96 min.
SYNOPSIS : The lakeside vacation routine of a middle-aged couple is thoroughly upset by the sudden appearance of the man's old schoolmate and his stunningly beautiful, much-too-young girlfriend.
SALES : Telepool GmbH, Sonnenstr. 21, 80331 Munich (Allemagne), ( T ) (49-89) 55 87 60, (F) (49-89) 55 87 62 29, E-mail : cinepool@telepool.de
S&M: SHORT AND MALE (639)
Réal./ Dir.: Howard Golberg, Canada, 2007, HD video, Color, 53 min. / 98 min., original version : English, sub titles : French
SYNOPSIS : From platform shoes to growth hormone injection, all the way to limb elongation surgery, S&M : Short and Male unveils the reality of the vertically challenged male trying to survive in the world where size does matter. Shot in North America, China and France S&M: Short and Male examines the obstacles that short men face every day in life, love and work and explores the relationship between height, self esteem and success.
SALES : Filmoption International Inc., 3401 St-Antoine, Westmount, QC H3Z 1X1, Canada, ( T ) (514) 931-6180 ext.283, ( F ) (514) 939-2034, Internet site: www.filmoption.com , E-mail : nrybina@filmoption.com , contact : Natasha Rybina, company profile ; In business for almost 30 years Filmoption specializes in theatrical distribution, DVD releases and television sales in Canada and internationally. Our interests lie in the field of feature films, animation, documentaries and series. Latest acquisitions for Canada include Rumba, Paranoid Park, Anna M., 3 amis...
SAGAN (569)
Réal./ Dir.: Diane Kurys, France, 2008, Color, 121 min.
SYNOPSIS : Diane Kurys pays homage to another French woman of the arts in this screen biography of internationally celebrated writer Françoise Sagan. The intimate portrait of a woman whose flame burned brightly at an early age, but only flickered intermittently afterwards.
SALES : EuropaCorp Distribution, 137, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris, (France)
E-mail : contact@europacorp.com
SANGUEPAZZO, UNE HISTOIRE ITALIENNE / WILD BLOOD / SANGUEPAZZO (551)
Réal./ Dir.: Marco Tullio Giordana, Italy, 2008, Color, 148 min.
SYNOPSIS : At dawn on April 30, 1945, five days after Liberation, two corpses were found in the outskirts of Milan: Osvaldo Valenti and Luisa Ferida, executed by the partisans. Idolized by the public, they were stars of the Facsist-endorsed "white telephone" cinema. Their private lives were as wild as the characters they portrayed.
SALES : Wild Bunch Distribution, ( T ) 33 (0) 1 53 01 50 20, E-mail : ecastro@wildbunch.eu
Sans Lendemain (467)
Réal./ Dir.: Valérie Lienardy, Antoine Duquesne, Belgium, 2008, Color, 14 min.
SYNOPSIS : Between the sheets, two bodies come apart. First thing, early morning, a misty covered sky.One woman, one desire…one loneliness.
SALES : On Move Production ASBL,
E-mail : on.move@skynet.be
contact : On Move Production ASBL
SATELLITES & METEORITES (546)
Réal./ Dir.: Rick Larkin, Ireland, 2008, Color, 82 min.
SYNOPSIS : Daniel, a novelist with what appears to be an overactive imagination, and Lucinda, a quirky and pretty American satellite engineer, meet randomly and start a timid romance. Strange events fill their lives as the worst meteor showers in history rain down on earth...
SALES : High Point Films, E-mail : info@highpointfilms.co.uk contact : Elmear O'Kane, Rick Larkin
Sauf moi (436)
Réal./ Dir.: Jean-Philippe Archibald, Nicolas Tremblay, Canada, 2008, Color, 10 min.
SYNOPSIS : Émilie has an accident which changes the course of her life and leads her to reconsider her identity.
Seeking Status (507)
Réal./ Dir.: Josh Usheroff, Canada, 2008, Color, 6 min.
SYNOPSIS : A documentary about two denied refugee claimants from Zimbabwe and their struggle to gain legal status in Canada.
SALES : Josh Usheroff
Serveuses Demandées / Waitresses Wanted (112)
Réal./ Dir.: Guylaine Dionne , Canada , 2008 , 35mm , color , 110 , original version: French, English, Portuguese, sub titles : English or French
SYNOPSIS : Brazilian native Priscilla wishes to stay in Montreal after her student visa expires. Desperate, she takes a job at the Elixir strip club, where she meets Milagro, a headstrong Quebecoise and fellow dancer who, ironically, longs to move to Brazil. Despite their differences, they develop a bond and attempt to transcend the harsh reality of constant threats of violence and deportation.
SALES : Parkexpictures.ca , 1000, rue Lenoir, suite B-2-37 , Montreal, Quebec, H3C 6G2 , Canada , ( T ) +1 514 933 4133 ( F ) +1 514 933 3199 ,
Internet site: www.parkexpictures.ca
E-mail : info@parkexpictures.ca, contact : Isabella Salas
company profile ; Feature Film Production
Shattered Soul / Beyza'nin Kadinlari (204)
Réal./ Dir.: Mustafa Altioklar, Turkey, 2006, 35mm, color, 120 min, original version : Turkish, sub titles : English
SYNOPSIS : A number of mutilated legs found around Istanbul push the city into the terror of a serial murderer. Doruk, The Police Lieutenant Faith investigates the gruesome murders with his new expert partner. As the police follows the trail of the murderer, Beyza, a muslin woman thrown of balance with strange, occasional memory blackouts faces the truth about herself and the victims.
SALES : FILMSHARKS INT'L, Av. Diaz Velez 4323, Buenos Aires 1200, Argentina, ( T ) +5411 6380 3803, ( F ) +5411 6380 3803, Internet site: www.filmsharks.com, E-mail : alpha@filmsharks.com, contact : Valeria Fanego, valeriafanego@filmsharks.com,
company profile ; Sales - production
SHATTERING SILENCE / DAS SCHWEIGEN DER QUANDTS (261)
Réal./ Dir.: Eric Friedler, Germany, 2007, Color, 60 min.
SYNOPSIS : This documentary reviews the link between the enormous fortune of the Quandt family (BMW etc.) and the rise of National Socialism in Germany in the 1930s and 40s.
SALES : NDR German Television, E-mail : srichter@udr.de , contact : NDR German Television
Shelter (437)
Réal./ Dir.: Pascal Archambault Bouffard, Anthony John Korkidakis, Canada, 2008, Color, 6 min.
SYNOPSIS : Portrait of the volunteers working at an animal shelter, their relationship to each other, to the animals and the shelter itself.
SHOW OF HANDS (264)
Dir.: Anthony McCarten, New Zealand, 2008, Color, 100 min.
SYNOPSIS : A struggling car dealership in New Zealand comes up with just the gimmick to get itself in the news: a contest in which entrants must place a hand on a new car and keep it there...
SALES : NZ Film, Level 3, 119 Ghuznee Street, CBC, PO Box 11 546 Wellington (Nouvelle-Zélande), ( T ) (64-4) 382 76 80, E-mail : marketing@nzfilm.co.nz
SHULTES (216)
Réal./ Dir.: Bakur Bakuradze, Russia, 2008, Color, 100 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Twenty-five-year-old Lesha Shultes, a former athlete who was seriously injured in a car accident, becomes a pickpocket. This is his only way of communicating with the outside world.
SALES : Intercinema, Druzinnkovskaya 15, 12342 Moscou (Russie), ( T ) tél.: (7-495) 255 90 52,
E-mail : post@intercin.ru
Silvester Home Run (305)
Réal./ Dir.: Sebastian Bieniek, Germany, 2008, Color, 13 min.,
SYNOPSIS : When Sven visited his parents for the first time with his boyfriend Dominik, they were a couple. When he left they had broken up.
SALES : Dffb (Deutsche Film und Fernsehakademie Berlin), ( T ) 49 30 257 59 152, ( F ) 49 30 257 59 162,
E-mail : wolff@dffb.de , contact : Jana Wolff
Singularity (438)
Réal./ Dir.:Nguyen-Anh Nguyen, Canada, 2007, Color, 12 min.
SYNOPSIS : In a world where human contact has become rare, technological progress will make smarter-than-human intelligence the logical outcome. Computers will reach a point called singularity.
Sistahood (582)
Réal./ Dir.: Nolda Di Massamba, France / Congo, Democratic Republic of the , 2008, video, Color, 90 min., original version : French
SYNOPSIS : This film puts in scene five chapters of love life of five young women Kilongo, Rita, Julie, Bijou, Micheline… Love, Jealousy, inaccuracy…
SALES : Festival International du Film Panafricain, 32, rue Louis Périssol - 06400 Cannes, ( T ) + 33(0)493 997 587, Internet site: www.festivaldufilmpanafricain.org,
E-mail : filmpanafricain@yahoo.com
company profile ; Distribution - Promotion - Film sales.
Sisters In Cinema (102)
Réal./ Dir.: Yvonne Welbon, United States, 2003, Video, Color, 60 min., original version : English
SYNOPSIS : Filmmaker Yvonne Welbon examines the phenomenon of Black female directors in American cinema revealing a rich, if sporadic, history. Fascinating, poignant interviews with new and established filmmakers such as: Neema Barnette, Julie Dash, Maya Angelou, Kasi Lemmons and Euzhan Palcy.
SALES : ArtMattan Productions, 535 Cathedral Parkway Suite # 14B, New York, NY, 10025, ( T ) 212.864.1760, ( F ) 212.316.6020, Internet site: www.africanfilm.com, E-mail : artMattan@aol.com, contact : Reinaldo Barroso Spech & Clemencia Acevedo, Hyatt Regency Montreal, 1255 Jeanne Mance, Tel.: 514.982.1234, company profile ; ArtMattan Productions is a film distribution company and the producer of the African Diaspora Film Festival. Based in New York City, the company has been in business for 16 years. Recently acquired titles by ArtMattan Productions are Made In Jamaica by Jerome Laperrousaz, Cape Verde My love by Ana Ramos Lisboa, Homecoming by Norman Maake.
SIX JOURS EN JUIN / SIX DAYS IN JUNE (634)
Réal./ Dir.: Ilan Ziv, Canada/France/Israel, 2007, HD video, Color, 110 min, 52'' x2, original version : English
SYNOPSIS : The shooting lasted only six tense days in June 1967, but the Six Day War has never really ended. Every crisis that has ripped through this region in the ensuing decades stems from those six fateful days. On its 40th anniversary, the region remains trapped in conflict and is every bit as explosive as it was in 1967.
SALES : Filmoption International Inc, 3401 St-Antoine, Westmount, QC H3Z 1X1, Canada, ( T ) (514) 931-6180 ext.283, ( F ) (514) 939-2034, Internet site: www.filmoption.com, E-mail : nrybina@filmoption.com, contact : Natasha Rybina, company profile ; In business for almost 30 years Filmoption specializes in theatrical distribution, DVD releases and television sales in Canada and internationally. Our interests lie in the field of feature films, animation, documentaries and series. Latest acquisitions for Canada include Rumba, Paranoid Park, Anna M., 3 amis...
Skies Falling (439)
Réal./ Dir.: Marly Reed, Canada, 2008, Color, 11 min.
SYNOPSIS : Where you only see an acorn another may know that the sky is surely falling.
SMALL COUNTRY / PAISITO (128)
Réal./ Dir.: Ana Díez, Spain, Argentina, Uruguay, 2008, 35mm, color, 88, original version : English, sub titles : Spanish
SYNOPSIS : Montevideo 1973; to be 12, different and in love, a week before the bloodiest military coup of South America's smallest country: Uruguay
SALES : Tornasol Films (Sp), Haddock (Arg), La Jolla (Urg) LATIDO FILMS, C/ VENERAS 9, 6th floor, 28013 Madrid, ( T ) +34 915 488 877, ( F ) +34 915 488 878,
Internet site: www.latidofilms.com
E-mail : latido@latidofilms.com
contact : Massimo Saidel (Cell: +34 635 431 270)
company profile ; International Sales
Solitaire (340)
Réal./ Dir.: Anne Zinn-Justin, France, 2008, Color, 9 min.
SYNOPSIS : Irene and Bruno, two friends in their mid-thirties, end-up alone together at the end of a party. As Irene tries to leave, Bruno manages to keep her there and invites her to play strange games...
SALES : Le G.R.E.C, E-mail : diffusion@grec-info.com
SON OF A LION (567)
Réal./ Dir.: Benjamin Gilmour, Australia - Pakistan, 2007, Color, 92 min.
SYNOPSIS : Sher Alam Afridi and his 11-year-old son Niaz live on Pakistan's Afghan border. Sher Alam has a workshop making weapons. He expects that one day Niaz will take over the family business, just as he did from his own father. But Niaz is bored with the daily routine...
SALES : Fortissimo Films, Van Diemenstraat 100, 1013 Amsterdam (Pays-Bas), ( T ) +31 20 627 32 15, ( F ) +31 20 626 11 55, E-mail : info@fortissimo.nl
Soul Carriage / Soul Carriage (162)
Réal./ Dir.: Conrad Clarck, China and Uk, 2007, 35mm, color, 88 min, original version : Chinese, sub titles : English
SYNOPSIS : A young building company employee has no money even to celebrate his birthday with a few beers. Asking his boss for a loan, the only thing he gets is the corpse of another employee dead on the job that the company wants done away with on the quiet. Carrying the body in his van, the youngster tries to return the dead man to his family.
SALES : FILMSHARKS INT'L, Av. Diaz Velez 4323, Buenos Aires 1200, Argentina, ( T ) +5411 6380 3803, ( F ) +5411 6380 3803, Internet site: www.filmsharks.com,
E-mail : alpha@filmsharks.com
contact : Valeria Fanego, valeriafanego@filmsharks.com company profile ; Sales - production
SOUS LA NEIGE / UNDER THE SNOW / NEVANDO VOY (174) Dir.: Candela Figueira, Maitena Muruzabal, Spain, 2008, Color, 99 min.
SYNOPSIS : As the snow falls outside and the orders for snow chains pile up inside, four factory workers find an unusual camaraderie. Their work becomes a game. Will it end when the snow stops falling?
SALES : Cronopia Films, Trav. Mº Cilveti 2, 9A, Pamplona, Navarra (Espagne), ( T ) (34-948) 174 855,
E-mail : cronopia@cronopia.com
contact : Candela Figueira, Maitena Muruzabal
SOUTH OF THE MOON (516)
Réal./ Dir.: Antonio DiVerdis, Canada, 2008, Color, 102 min.
SYNOPSIS : At the cusp of his sexual awakening, Coleman Hawkins turns to his uncle Matt for advice and direction. But Matt, an eccentric, hard-drinking musician, has his own demons to deal with.
SALES : Stargaze Pictures,
E-mail : info@thunderstormfilms.com
contact : Stargaze Pictures
Spoliation (440)
Réal./ Dir.: J. Adam Brown, Canada, 2007, Color, 17 min.
SYNOPSIS : Combining live action and classical animation, Spoliation pokes fun at humans' futile search for immortality.
Stagman / Stagman (126)
Réal./ Dir.: Virginie Gourmel, Belgium, 2007, 35mm, color, 23, original version : English, sub titles : French
SYNOPSIS : Amaury Athanam is a stagman who lives a secluded life. He can no longer stand the way he looks and wants to put an end to his depressing existence. Unable to pluck up the courage to commit suicide, he hires a killer. But Amaury then meets Corazon, a charming young woman with the face of a doe with whom he falls in love. Having recovered his taste for life, Amaury no longer wants to die but you cannot summon death only to send it away again.
SALES : Versus Production, Quai de la Goffe, 94000 Liege, Belgium, ( T ) +324223183, ( F ) +3242232171,
Internet site: www.versusproduction.be
E-mail : info@versusproduction.be
contact : Elena Battisti, assistant@versusproduction.be
STEEL TOES (630)
Réal./ Dir.: David Gow, Canada, 2006, 35mm, HD, Color, 107 minutes, original version : English, sub titles : French,
SYNOPSIS : www.steeltoesthemovie.com
Steel Toes is a provocative exploration of racial and religious intolerance. ''an engrossing portrayal by David Strathairn'' - Variety
SALES : Filmoption International Inc., 3401 St-Antoine, Westmount, QC H3Z 1X1, Canada, ( T ) (514) 931-6180 ext.283, ( F ) (514) 939-2034,
Internet site: www.steeltoesthemovie.com / www.filmoption.com, E-mail : nrybina@filmoption.com , contact : Natasha Rybina, company profile ; In business for almost 30 years Filmoption specializes in theatrical distribution, DVD releases and television sales in Canada and internationally. Our interests lie in the field of feature films, animation, documentaries and series. Latest acquisitions for Canada include Rumba, Paranoid Park, Anna M., 3 amis...
SUMMER BOOK / TATIL KITABI (222)
Réal./ Dir.: Seyfi Teoman, Turkey, 2008, Color, 94 min.
SYNOPSIS : The minor tensions of small town Turkish family life are thrown into sudden relief when the father suffers a brain hemorrhage while away on a business trip. A lyrical portrait of family life... and death.
SALES : Wide Management,, 40, rue Sainte-Anne, 75002 Paris (France), ( T ) 33 1 53 95 04 64,, ( F ) 33 1 53 95 04 65,
E-mail : wide@widemanagement.com
Summer Breaks (309)
Réal./ Dir.: Sean Kruck, Australia, 2008, Color, 12 min.
SYNOPSIS : A day in the life of two bored teenage boys looking for some kicks on a summer's day. As the day turns to night, things become a little more interesting than they expected.
SALES : Colour In Pictures, PO Box 7694, Bondi Beach, NSW 2026 (Australie), ( T ) 61 4040 82300,
E-mail : colourinpictures@bigpond.com
contact : Caroline Barry
Sunday Times (366)
Réal./ Dir.: Peter Crombie, Australia, 2008, Color, 8 min.
SYNOPSIS : An accidental moment of discovery unequivocally alters a father and son's relationship.
SALES : Forest Home Films,
E-mail : alimalone@optusnet.com.au
SUNNY HILL (473)
Dir.: Luzius Rüedi, Switzerland/Germany, 2007, Color, 83 min
SYNOPSIS : Six people, all wanting to end their miserable lives in dignity and without suffereing, meet on the Internet, then devise a plan to commit suicide in the Swiss mountains. But discussions on the Internet are very different from real life...
SALES : Das Kollektiv für audiovisuelle Werke GmbH,
E-mail : philip.delaquis@daskollektiv.ch
contact : Min Li Marti, Philip Delaquis, Stefan Zuber, Das Kollektiv für audiovisuelle Werke GmbH
Surviving Film School (441)
Réal./ Dir.: Tyson Hepburn, Canada, 2008, Color, 15 min.
SYNOPSIS : Tyler and Quinn are making their first movie in film school. It's a film about a crossing guard who works at a school and the boy with whom he develops a friendship. Their movie ends up saying a lot more they bargained for.
Swahilini (583)
Réal./ Dir.: Pierre Klochendler, Israel / Tanzania / France, 2005, video, Color, 52 min., original version : French
SYNOPSIS : Manifeste social et musical à la triste gloire de la pauvreté. Survivant à la misère, " Swahilini " conte en chantant la vie de Daddy, griot du plus dangereux squat de Dar es Salaam. De son amitié avec le réalisateur, nait un contrat moral et pratique…
SALES : Festival International du Film Panafricain, 32, rue Louis Périssol - 06400 Cannes, ( T ) + 33(0)493 997 587, Internet site: www.festivaldufilmpanafricain.org
E-mail : filmpanafricain@yahoo.com
company profile ; Distribution - Promotion - Film sales.
Sylvia Safdie , Earth Marks / Sylvia Safdie, Earth Marks (623) Réal./ Dir.: Doina Harap, Canada, 2000, video, color, 48 minutes, original version : English, sub titles : English
SYNOPSIS : Portrait of the visual artist Sylvia Safdie.
SALES : Doina Harap productions, 701 Grosvenor, Westmount, Québec H3Y 2T1, ( T ) 514 486 5490,
E-mail : doinaharap@hotmail.com , contact : Doïna Harap
TAKE ME HOME / KHUTHNI ILA ARDI (228)
Réal./ Dir.: Mais Darwazah, Jordan - United Kingdom, 2008, Color, 54 min.
SYNOPSIS : Portrait of a Palestinian matriarch who left her home in 1935-36 and established a new one in Syria, a place where family, friends and even strangers can meet, argue and find refuge in transit.
SALES : Mais Darwazah / Greyscale Films (Jordanie)
E-mail : maisd66@yahoo.co.uk / a.akka@greyscalefilms.com
Talib (304)
Réal./ Dir.: M. R. Sahibdad, Afghanistan, 2008, Color, 15 min.
SYNOPSIS : A young boy collects refuse and abandoned objects to help his family. One day he finds a school bag discarded by a rich family. His dream of going to school is a step nearer reality...
SALES : Kabul Film, Kabul Karte 3, Pole Sorkh Cross, Kabul (Afghanistan), contact : Habidullah Mohammadi
Tango Lola (357)
Réal./ Dir.: Sami Ben Youssef, Izabela Rieben, Switzerland, 2008, Color, 8 min.
SYNOPSIS : Lola imagines her new life as a lottery winner: trips around the world, a fancy car, her husband transformed into a romantic gentleman... that's unless she decides to dump him and keep it all for herself. Her husband has a few ideas of his own...
SALES : Tarantula Suisse, E-mail : diane@tarantulaprod.ch
TEARS / YASHI (234)
Réal./ Dir.: Sano Shinju, Erlan Nurmuhambetov, Kazakhstan - Japan - Russia, 2008, Color, 65 min.
SYNOPSIS : Ayub, a down-and-out young Uyghur who escaped the repression of his people in China, is taken in by fundamentalists in Almaty, the capital of Kazakhstan. Their message of terrorism finds a receptive ear in Ayub...
SALES : Studio-D, E-mail : film4.22@mac.com
contact : Sano Shinju
Tell Me About Love / Parlez-moi d'amour (297)
Réal./ Dir.: Alexia Bonta, Belgium, 2008, Color, 14 min.
SYNOPSIS : Two women at the end of their lives talk about love in a hospital room. Love as it was before. Love as it is now.
SALES : Médiadiffusion asbl, Rue des Wallons, 75, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgique), ( T ) 00 32 10 47 82 88,
E-mail : lescalier@iad-arts.be , contact : Bénédicte Lescalier
TENGRI - BLUE HEAVENS (526)
Réal./ Dir.: Marie Jaoul de Poncheville, France, 2008, Color, 110 min.
SYNOPSIS : Temür, a 30-year-old Kazakh, returns full of hope to find his father in the Kyrgyz mountains. He locates the nomad village, but his father has passed away . Temür decides to stay and meets Amira, a young woman. They invent a universe where life again becomes worth living.
SALES : Atrix Films GMBH, E-mail : lfilms@wanadoo.fr,
contact : Atrix Films GMBH
TEO'S VOYAGE / EL VIAJE DE TEO (247)
Réal./ Dir.: Walter Doehner, Mexico, 2007, Color, 90 min.
SYNOPSIS : Raised by his uncle in Oaxaca while his father Wenceslao is in jail, 9-year-old Teo sees his life turned upside down when Wenceslao shows up to take him north across the American border.
SALES : IMCINE (Mexique), Insurgentes sur 674, Piso 2, Col. del Valle, CP 031000 Mexico, D.F. (Mexique), ( T ) (52-55) 544 85 338, ( F ) (52-55) 544 85 380,
E-mail : mercaint@imcine.gob.mx
contact : Luis Urquiza, Lourdes García
Teo, the intergalactic hunter / Teo, Cazador Intergaláctico (209)
Réal./ Dir.: Sergio Bayo, Argentina - Spain, 2004, 35mm color, 80 min, original version : Spanish, sub titles : English,
SYNOPSIS : Teo is boy ET from planet Suaracia who lives with his grandpa Oldux. Oldux is the emperor of the planet and his wills to educate his grandson to be his successor but Teo only wants to have fun hunting . Intrigalus , the evil emperor advisor , wants to be the ruler and he will do his best for TEO to break the rules to lose his right to be the next emperor.
SALES : FILMSHARKS INT'L , Av. Diaz Velez 4323 Buenos Aires 1200 Argentina, ( T ) +5411 6380 3803, ( F ) +5411 6380 3803, Internet site: www.filmsharks.com
E-mail : alpha@filmsharks.com
contact : Valeria Fanego, valeriafanego@filmsharks.com company profile ; Sales - production
THAT MAN PETER BERLIN (606)
Dir.: Jim Tushinski, United States, 2006, HD video, 80 min.
SYNOPSIS : With his trademark Dutchboy haircut, Tom of Finland physique, and oh-so-tighttrousers, Peter Berlin was the poster boy for the hedonistic and sexually liberated 1970s. Director Jim Tushinski's fascinating, sexy, and ultimately touching portrait,That Man: Peter Berlin, traces Berlin's story over the past 40 years, from his birthin wartime Germany to his current life in San Francisco, turning the elusive sex icon into a human being.
SALES : HILTZ SQUARED MEDIA, 23 Hollywood, suite 210
Toronto, Ontario M2N 7L8, ( T ) 416.760.9155
Internet site: www.hiltz2.com , E-mail : myles@hiltz2.com , company profile ; Production and distribution.
THE 101 GENERATION / LA GÉNÉRATION 101 (226)
Réal./ Dir.: Claude Godbout, Canada, 2008, Color, 81 min.
SYNOPSIS : This documentary follows the different paths of four young immigrants to Quebec who, each in their own way, participate in their new society.
SALES : Les Films du 3 mars, 2065, rue Parthenais, #277, Montréal, QC (Canada), ( T ) (514) 523-8530, ( F ) (514) 523-1291, E-mail : info@f3m.ca
The Adventures of Princess Sydney (641)
Réal./ Dir.: , Canada, 2006, HD video, Color, 4x52 minutes, original version : English, sub titles : French,
SYNOPSIS : Sydney is a pretty teenage princess on the lookout for new adventures:Night of the Pumpkins (Halloween), The Pink Diamond Enigma (St-Valentine's Day),
The Adventures of Blue Rabbit (Easter), The Three Gold Coins (Christmas)
SALES : Filmoption International Inc., 3401 St-Antoine, Westmount, QC H3Z 1X1, Canada, ( T ) (514) 931-6180 ext.283, ( F ) (514) 939-2034,
Internet site: www.filmoption.com ,
E-mail : nrybina@filmoption.com, contact : Natasha Rybina, company profile ; In business for almost 30 years Filmoption specializes in theatrical distribution, DVD releases and television sales in Canada and internationally. Our interests lie in the field of feature films, animation, documentaries and series. Latest acquisitions for Canada include Rumba, Paranoid Park, Anna M., 3 amis...
The Almost Tragically Bizarre (386)
Dir.: Ericsson San Pablo Chu, Canada, 2008, Color, 5 min.
SYNOPSIS : As two off-screen characters discuss a possible idea, the world they are imagining starts to come to life and affects what is occurring on the screen
THE BANQUET / LE BANQUET (481)
Réal./ Dir.: Sébastien Rose, Canada, 2008, Color, 105 min.
SYNOPSIS : A university professor, its rector, its student leader and others are caught up in a campus conflict where heart and head, romantic sentiments and personal welfare, never seem to be on the same side.
SALES : Cirrus Communications inc., ( T ) (514) 270-1918, (F) (514) 270-1825, E-mail : info@cirruscom.ca
contact : Pierre Even, Josée Vallée, Richard Speer
The Box / The Box (115)
Réal./ Dir.: Chalart Sriwanna, Thai, 2007, HD, color, 90 min., original version : Thai, sub titles : English
SYNOPSIS : Jane, after giving away a wooden box that was left to her by her mother, has recurring nightmares of her long lost mother coming to her asking for the box. Jane tracks it down to a big lonely house. There she meets an old man who at first seems to be nice, but turns out to be a psychotic murderer, who killed his wife and hid her corpse in the box. In a bizarre twist, the victim turns out to be Jane's estranged mother. Jane ends up being the old man's prisoner, he treats her like a living doll and plans to make her his new bride.
SALES : Oscar Kahar, 43/10 Soi Phaya Piren, Rama IV Rd., Thungmahamek, Sathorn, Bangkok 10120, ( T ) +66(0)2 249 2331-2, ( F ) +66(0)2 249 9904,
Internet site: www.dewarrenne.com
E-mail : oscar@dewarrenne.com
company profile ; Film & TV production
The Boy (640)
Dir.: , Canada, 2006, HD video, Color, 26x26 minutes, original version : English, sub titles : French
SYNOPSIS : A stylish, fast-paced, action-adventure series that delivers on the ultimate kid fantasy.
SALES : Filmoption International Inc., 3401 St-Antoine, Westmount, QC H3Z 1X1, Canada, ( T ) (514) 931-6180 ext.283, ( F ) (514) 939-2034,
Internet site: www.filmoption.com
E-mail : nrybina@filmoption.com
contact : Natasha Rybina, company profile ; In business for almost 30 years Filmoption specializes in theatrical distribution, DVD releases and television sales in Canada and internationally. Our interests lie in the field of feature films, animation, documentaries and series. Latest acquisitions for Canada include Rumba, Paranoid Park, Anna M., 3 amis...
The Boy who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan / The Boy who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan (127)
Réal./ Dir.: Phil Grabsky, Afghanistan; UK, 2003, 35mm, color, 96, original version : English, sub titles : Dari
SYNOPSIS : For over 25 years, Afghanistan has been at war. Over two million civilians have been killed. In March 2001, the ruling Taliban destroyed the tallest stone statues in the world, the 'Buddhas of Bamiyan'. Over the course of a year, this film follows the story of one of the refugees who now lives in a cave among the ruins...an 8-year-old boy called Mir. British film-maker Phil Grabsky travelled alone to central Afghanistan a few months after the fall of the Taliban. His aim was to produce a cinema film that would explore the lives of ordinary Afghans. One young boy caught the film-maker's eye. Mir is ever-optimistic; a smile always on his face. He is cheeky, inquisitive and full of humour. And yet, when the film starts he is living on bread and water, and owns nothing - not one toy or book. Through summer, winter and spring we follow Mir's life - the scrapes, the fun and the naughtiness - against the magnificent backdrop of Bamiyan and its ruined statues. As Mir grows, the adults around him reveal what life has been like over the past two decades, a period in which hundreds of thousands of children like Mir have been killed.
SALES : Seventh Art Productions, 63 Ship Street, Brighton, BN1 1AE, UK, ( T ) +44 1273 777678, ( F ) +44 1273 323777, Internet : www.theboywhoplaysonthebuddhasofbamiyan.com
E-mail : lgibson@seventh-art.com, contact : Leigh Gibson, company profile ; Feature Documentaries; Arts and History Television programmes - www.seventh-art.com
THE BUSINESS (Season 2 of THE FESTIVAL) (632)
Réal./ Dir.: Phil Price, Canada, 2006, Video, Color, 16 X 30 minutes, original version : English
SYNOPSIS : Vic got hooked on respectability and came to realize his new dream: to produce and distribute "respectable" indie films. The only snag is Vic is bereft of things like taste and vision, so he enlists the help of seasoned IFC segment producer, Julia Sullivan (Kathleen Robertson). Together they will undertake the quest of producing their first indie-thriller, House of Fear, while Porn starlets, vapid PR execs, self-absorbed B-movie stars, eccentric Japanese investors, the American Beef lobby, and an unstable director create problems at every turn. Will Vic and Julia produce the film they dreamed of without compromising their integrity? Probably not, but the journey will be hilarious. ``Everything about the show is pitch perfect`` New York Times
SALES : Filmoption International Inc., 3401 St-Antoine, Westmount, QC H3Z 1X1, Canada, ( T ) (514) 931-6180 ext.283, ( F ) (514) 939-2034
Internet site: www.filmoption.com,
E-mail : nrybina@filmoption.com, contact : Natasha Rybina, company profile ; In business for almost 30 years Filmoption specializes in theatrical distribution, DVD releases and television sales in Canada and internationally. Our interests lie in the field of feature films, animation, documentaries and series. Latest acquisitions for Canada include Rumba, Paranoid Park, Anna M., 3 amis...
The Camp at Rivesaltes, the Final Day / Le Dernier jour à Rivesaltes (299)
Réal./ Dir.: Eric R. Scott, Canada, 2008, Color, 52 min.
SYNOPSIS : On the eve of its demolition, Sylvia Ruth Gutmann revisits the Camp Maréchal Joffre in the south of France, where she was interned. Established in 1938 as a French military camp, it later became a concentration camp for Jews and others.
SALES : Bunbury Films Inc., E-mail : fb@bunburyfilms.com
The Chef's Letter (349)
Réal./ Dir.: Sybil H.Mair, United Kingdom, 2008, Color, 14 min.
SYNOPSIS : A successful chef lives his life as he runs his kitchen, but his familiar regime of order and control is put to the test when he unexpectedly falls in love with one of his staff...
SALES : Daius Productions Ltd.,
E-mail : sybilhmairyahoo.co.uk
THE CHICKEN, THE FISH AND THE KING CRAB / EL POLLO, EL PEZ Y EL CANGREJO REAL (137)
Réal./ Dir.: JOSÉ LUÍS LÓPEZ LINARES, SPAIN, 2008, 35mm, color, 86, original version : SPANISH
SYNOPSIS : THE CHICKEN, THE FISH AND THE KING CRAB is a work-in-progress for a documentary about the world cuisine contest "Bocuse d'Or".
SALES : LATIDO FILMS, C/ VENERAS 9, 6th floor, 28013 MADRID, ( T ) +34 915 488 877, ( F ) +34 915 488 878, Internet site: www.latidofilms.com, E-mail : latido@latidofilms.com, contact : Massimo Saidel (Cell: +34 635 431 270), , company profile ; International Sales
The Desert Within / Desierto Adentro (200)
Réal./ Dir.: Rodrigo Pla, Mexico, 2008, 35mm, color, 110 min, original version : Spanish, sub titles : English
SYNOPSIS : Elías has committed a great sin against God and is convinced that his children will be punished by premature death. Hoping to prevent the dreaded punishment, he dedicates his life to building a church so that God will forgive him. The story is told through the eyes of Aureliano, the youngest and most vulnerable son, who will portray the family saga in religious altarpieces.
SALES : FILMSHARKS INT'L, Av. Diaz Velez 4323, Buenos Aires 1200, Argentina, ( T ) +5411 6380 3803, ( F ) +5411 6380 3803, Internet site: www.filmsharks.com, E-mail : alpha@filmsharks.com, contact : Valeria Fanego, valeriafanego@filmsharks.com
company profile ; Sales - Production
The Graffiti of Mr. Tupaia (372)
Réal./ Dir.: Chris Dudman, New Zealand, 2007, Color, 14 min.
SYNOPSIS : When a Cook Island school cleaner answers an unusual graffiti message, his life, and the life of the mysterious author will never be the same again.
SALES : New Zealand Film, E-mail : juliette@nzfilm.co.nz
The Heart of Amos Klein / Le Cœur d'Amos Klein (286)
Réal./ Dir.: Michal Pfeffer Kranot, Uri Kranot, France - Denmark - Israel, 2008, Color, 14 min.
SYNOPSIS : During an open heart operation, halfway between life and death, Amos Klein reflects on the milestones in his life and those of his country's history.
SALES : Les Films de l'Arlequin, 23, rue Meslay, 75003 Paris (France), ( T ) 33 1 42 77 20 55,
E-mail : arlequin@wanadoo.fr , contact : Dora Benousilio
THE HOME OF DARK BUTTERFLIES / TUMMIEN PERHOSTEN KOTI (181)
Réal./ Dir.: Dome Karukoski, Finland, 2008, Color, 105 min.
SYNOPSIS : After being bounced between foster homes and temporary families for several years, 14-year-old Juhani ends up in a boys' home on an island. The isolated community is a world onto itself.
SALES : TrustNordisk, Filmbyen 12, DK-2650 Hvidovre, ( T ) +45 3686 8788, ( F ) +45 3677 4448,
E-mail : info@trustnordisk.com
THE INVESTIGATOR / A NYOMOZÓ (185)
Réal./ Dir.: Attila Gigor, Hungary - Sweden - Ireland, 2008, Color, 107 min.
SYNOPSIS : A man trying to find the money needed for surgery to save his mother enters into a macabre bargain with a mysterious stranger. There are some surprises in store...
SALES : Magyar Filmunió / KMH Film (Hongrie) / TrustNordisk (Danemark), E-mail : filmunio@filmunio.hu , contact : Ferenc Pusztai
THE JILL & TONY CURTIS STORY, LE COMBAT POUR LA DIGNITÉ / THE JILL & TONY CURTIS STORY (538)
Réal./ Dir.: Ian Ayres, France, 2008, Color, 73 min.
SYNOPSIS : When screen legend Tony Curtis met equestrian Jill Vandenberg in 1992, he imagined he would be changing the life of his new companion by introducing her to Hollywood, but he never dreamed that it would be his own life that would be profoundly changed by the encounter...
SALES : French Connection Films, 12, rue Lamartine, 75009 Paris (France), ( T ) (33) 1 40 16 11 47,
E-mail : eric@frenchcx.com , contact : Eric Ellena
THE KAUTOKEINO REBELLION / KAUTOKEINO-OPPRØRET (242)
Réal./ Dir.: Nils Gaup, Norway - Sweden - Denmark, 2007, Color, 96 min.
SYNOPSIS : Set during the conflict between the Sami people and the Norwegian government representatives in the mid 19th century, the film focuses on the famous 1852 Kautokeino rebellion and its tragic consequences, including the be-heading of two of its leaders in 1854.
SALES : Nonstop Sales, Döbelnsgatan 24, SE 113 52 Stockholm (Suède), ( T ) (46-8) 673 99 80 Cell (+46) 707-332855, E-mail : michael.werner@millenniumgroup.se , contact : Michael Werner
The Killing Zone (106)
Réal./ Dir.: Joe Brewster, United States, 2002, Video, Color, 80 min., original version : English
SYNOPSIS : This psychological thriller by gifted director Joe Brewster (The Keeper) is a compelling tale set in West Africa and Brooklyn that examines obsession, duty, and coming to grips with one's own past.
SALES : ArtMattan Productions, 535 Cathedral Parkway Suite # 14B, New York, NY, 10025, ( T ) 212.864.1760, ( F ) 212.316.6020, Internet site: www.africanfilm.com, E-mail : artMattan@aol.com, contact : Reinaldo Barroso Spech & Clemencia Acevedo, Hyatt Regency Montreal, 1255 Jeanne Mance, Tel.: 514.982.1234, company profile ; ArtMattan Productions is a film distribution company and the producer of the African Diaspora Film Festival. Based in New York City, the company has been in business for 16 years. Recently acquired titles by ArtMattan Productions are Made In Jamaica by Jerome Laperrousaz, Cape Verde My love by Ana Ramos Lisboa, Homecoming by Norman Maake.
THE KING OF PING PONG / PING-PONGKINGEN (221)
Réal./ Dir.: Jens Jonsson, Sweden, 2008, Color, 107 min.
SYNOPSIS : An overweight ping-pong ace is forced to rely on his popular younger brother to defend him from bullies until a surprising revelation threatens their family unity.
SALES : Nonstop Sales, Döbelnsgatan 24, SE 113 52 Stockholm (Suède), ( T ) (46-8) 673 99 80
E-mail : info@nonstopsales.net
THE LAST FLIGHT / LE DERNIER ENVOL (339)
Réal./ Dir.: Yves Langlois, Canada, 2007, 35mm, 78 min., original version : French
SYNOPSIS : Ce film est une rencontre intime avec Claude Messier, auteur attachant. Les deux dernières années de vie de cet artiste qui a été un défenseur acharné des personnes handicapées comme lui. À travers sa création, son amitié avec le réalisateur, ses luttes pour le droit à la consommation thérapeutique de Marijuana et à un milieu de vie décent, on suit cet homme qui n'hésite pas à faire, sans bras ni jambes, du ski, de la plongée sous-marine, du traîneau à chiens et même du parachute.
Claude Messier was an author and handicapped person. He became a defender of the therapeutic use of cannabis. He was devoted to the rights of the disabled. He denounced their being treated like children, and defended their rights to have "normal" lives. He wrote several books which promote empowerment and creativity for the disabled. This isn't a film of voyeurism, pity or mockery, but a portrait of a man who lived fully and pushed the limits when most of us would have been stymie
SALES : Les Productions Lany, 18, huitième avenue, Saint-Armand (QC) J0J 1T0, Canada , ( T ) 450-248-3209, Internet site: www.lany.ca, E-mail : info@lany.ca
contact : Yves Langlois
company profile ; Production de documentaires.
THE LAST THINGS / DE SISTA SAKERNA (355)
Réal./ Dir.: Levan Akin, Sweden, 2007, Color, 20 min.
SYNOPSIS : Everybody keeps telling little Hugo how it is. But Hugo is certain that things are not as they seem. He knows that he can't move with his mother and baby sister and leave everything behind. Especially not his older brother and best friend Simon.
SALES : Filmlance International AB, Erika Stark,
E-mail : erika.stark@filmlance.se
The legacy of the Oka trappists / L'héritage des trappistes d'Oka (572)
Réal./ Dir.: Ninon Larochelle, Canada, 2008, HD video, couleur / n&b, 52 min., original version : Français, sub titles : Anglais,
SYNOPSIS : Après plus de 125 ans à Oka, les trappistes se préparent à quitter leur monastère, devenu trop grand pour la communauté. Ils ne sont plus que 28 et la moitié à plus de 75 ans. Avant leur départ, les moines ont accepté de nous faire partager leur quotidien et leur histoire. Ce film est une part de l'héritage, immense, qu'ils s'apprètent à nous laisser.
SALES : Les films du tricycle inc., 9172, Foucher, Montréal, Québec. H2M 1V8, ( T ) 514-488-3712, ( F ) 514-382-2435, Internet site: www.lesfilmsdutricycle.com ,
E-mail : info@lesfilmsdutricycle.com
company profile ; Maison de production spécialisé en documentaires.
The Lesson (510)
Réal./ Dir.: Punam Kumar Gill, Canada, 2007, Color, 9 min.
SYNOPSIS : A film about my father who helped his Punjabi community in Edmonton by teaching new immigrants how to drive.
SALES : Joga Punian, Punam Kumar Gill, EMMEDIA, Alberta Foundation for the Arts
THE LITTLE HEART / TRÁI TIM BÉ BONG (237)
Réal./ Dir.: Nguyen Thanh Van, Vietnam, 2008, Color, 90 min.
SYNOPSIS : Mai considers herself lucky when a broker in her village arranges a factory job for her in Ho Chi Minh City. Things are not what they seem though, and after she arrives in the city, she finds herself forced into prostitution.
SALES : Vietnam Media Corp., 18th Floor, Prime Center, 53 Quang Trung Street, Hanoi (Vietnam), ( T ) (844) 9434 133,
( F ) (844) 9434 135, E-mail : baomai@bhdvn.com
The Morning Party (320)
Réal./ Dir.: Ewan Crowe, Canada, 2008, Color, 16 min.
SYNOPSIS : Fueled by loyalty, three friends whose lives have taken different directions seek whoever is responsible for brutally assaulting one of their own. This long night's journey into morning reveals that revenge is now the only tie that binds as blinding rage is uncovered in a most unexpected place.
SALES : Canadian Film Centre,E-mail : awong@cfccreates.com
The Morse Collectors (353)
Réal./ Dir.: David Cooke, United Kingdom - Ireland, 2008, Color, 16 min.
SYNOPSIS : Ireland, 1942. While the adults are off fighting in the war, two children are forced to walk a fine line between responsibility and childhood fantasy.
SALES : Hub Media,, E-mail : crawford@hub-media.com
THE MYSTERY OF ARQIOQ (156)
Réal./ Dir.: Henry Naulaq, Ole Gjerstad, Canada, 2008, Color, 48 min.
SYNOPSIS : In the 1930s a German scientific expedition disappeared in the Canadian high arctic. All were presumed dead except for Inuk guide Arqioq who may or may not have survived.
SALES : Inuit Communications Systems Ltd. (ICSL) and Piksuk Media Inc., E-mail : mhamilton@icsl.ca
THE NECESSITIES OF LIFE / CE QU'IL FAUT POUR VIVRE (155)
Réal./ Dir.: Benoit Pilon, Canada, 2008, Color, 102 min.
SYNOPSIS : When Tivii, an Inuit hunter stricken with tuberculosis, is flown to a hospital in southern Quebec, he finds himself isolated and unable to communicate. Depressed, he decides to give up his fight to live. But a sympathtic nurse transfers a young Inuit to his ward to buoy Tivii's spirits and renew his will to live...
SALES : Films Séville, 147, rue Saint-Paul Ouest, bureau 200, Montréal, QC H2Y 1Z5 (Canada), ( T ) 514) 841-1910, ( F ) (514) 841-8030, E-mail : info@sevillepictures.com,
contact : Anick Poirier
The Necktie / Le Noeud cravate (281)
Dir.: Jean-François Lévesque, Canada, 2008, Color, 12 min.
SYNOPSIS : This is the story of Valentin, who, on his 40th birthday, discovers that the work he'd been doing for La Vie Inc. is completely useless.
SALES : National Film Board of Canada, 3155, Côte-de-Liesse Road, Ville Saint-Laurent QC H4N 2N4 (Canada), ( T ) 514-283-2703, ( F ) 514-496-1895, E-mail : international@nfb.ca, contact : Johanne St-Arnauld
THE ORPHANS' SEASON / LA SAISON DES ORPHELINS (478)
Réal./ Dir.: David Tardé, France, 2008, Color, 101 min.
SYNOPSIS : A middle-aged man comes to a small provincial town to find out exactly what happened thirty years earlier when he was the sole suvivor of a tragedy in which seven children disappeared.
SALES : Chrysalis Films, 4, passage Hanriot, 92400 Courbevoie (France), ( T ) (33-01) 43 33 77 62, E-mail : pfb@chrysalis-films.com , contact : Pierre-François Bernet
The Photograph / The Photograph (166)
Réal./ Dir.: Nan T. Achnas, Indonesia,FR,NL,Swiss,Sweden, 2007, 35mm, color, 94 min, original version : Indonesian, sub titles : English
SYNOPSIS : Sita, a stunning prostitute who sings at a Karaoke bar , works very hard to send money to her daughter in her hometown. Looking for a new place to stay, she comes to rent a room at the house of Mr. Johan who runs a photo studio. She soon discovers that Mr. Johan doesn't have much time to live and has three wishes before his death. To grant his wishes, Sita begins to learn photography from him and finally he takes a picture of himself through Sita's hands. Sita realizes the value of life watching Johan as he prepares for his death.
SALES : FILMSHARKS INT'L, Av. Diaz Velez 4323, Buenos Aires 1200, Argentina, ( T ) +5411 6380 3803, ( F ) +5411 6380 3803, Internet site: www.filmsharks.com,
E-mail : alpha@filmsharks.com, contact : Valeria Fanego, valeriafanego@filmsharks.com, company profile ; Sales - Production
The Pond (350)
Réal./Dir.: Sonja Philips, United Kingdom, 2008, Color, 16 min.
SYNOPSIS : For Maisie, Tom and Joe, the huge pond in their village means so many things. To Tom and Joe it is not only somewhere to go after school and great fun to swim in, it is also a chance to maybe get a glance at Maisie in her underwear. For Maisie it's a place to escape her troubled home life...
SALES : Andsome Films,E-mail : sonjaphillips@googlemail.com
THE PRICE OF PLEASURE (554)
Réal./ Dir.: Miguel Picker, Chyng Sun , United States, 2008, Color, 55 min.
SYNOPSIS : Once relegated to the margins of society, pornography has become one of the most visible and profitable sectors of the cultural industries in many countries of the world.
SALES : Mundovision Ltd, 3745 St-Jacques, # 201, Montreal, QC H4C 1H3 (Canada), ( T ) 514-985-2004,
E-mail : mundo@interlog.com
The Red Spot / Der Rote Punkt (108)
Réal./ Dir.: Marie Miyayama, Germany, Japan, 2008, 35mm, color, 82, original version : German / Japanese, sub titles : English, French
SYNOPSIS : The Japanese student Aki Onodera travels in her family's tracks from Tokyo to Germany. In idyllic East Allgaeu she meets the Webers, who take her in as their guest. But soon, the situation of the family becomes turbulent by her appearance…
SALES : tba. c/o Muenchner Filmwerkstatt e.V. , P.O.Box 860 525, Munich 81632, Germany, ( T ) +49 89 20333712, ( F ) +49 721 151377629, Internet site: http://www.muenchner-filmwerkstatt.de/theredspot.htm, E-mail : info@muenchner-filmwerkstatt.de, contact : Martin Blankemeyer
THE REINACTORS (587)
Réal./ Dir.: David Markley, United States, 2008, HD video, 75 min., original version : English
SYNOPSIS : The Reinactors interweaves the disparate lives of film character impersonaters and celebrity look-a-likes on Hollywood boulevard over the span of a year.
SALES : HILTZ SQUARED MEDIA, 23 Hollywood, Suite 210
Toronto, Ontario, M2N 7L8, ( T ) 416 760 9155, Internet site: www.hiltz2.com, E-mail : myles@hiltz2.com, company profile ; HSMG is a production and distribution company based out of Toronto, Canada.
The Sign / La Señal (197)
Réal./ Dir.: Ricardo Darin & Martin Hodara, Argentina - Spain, 2007, 35mm, color, 95 min, original version : Spanish, sub titles : English
SYNOPSIS : It is 1952. While Eva Perón is lying on her deathbed, Corvalán (Ricardo Darín), a small-time private detective, finds himself entangled in a story of betrayal and greed. Hired by Gloria (Julieta Díaz), a beautiful and mysterious woman, for what seems to be an ordinary surveillance job, he will gradually reveal a tangle of violence and revenge. Despite Santana\'s disagreement (Diego Peretti), his friend and partner at the investigation agency, Corvalán decides to move forward with the case knowing that just one wrong decision may lead him to his most tragic fate.
SALES : FILMSHARKS INT'L, Av. Diaz Velez 4323, Buenos Aires 1200, Argentina, ( T ) +5411 6380 3803, ( F ) +5411 6380 3803, Internet site: www.filmsharks.com, E-mail : alpha@filmsharks.com, contact : Valeria Fanego, valeriafanego@filmsharks.com
company profile ; Sales - production
THE SONG OF SPARROWS / AVAZE GONJESHK-HA (566)
Réal./ Dir.: Majid Majidi, Iran, 2008, Color, 96 min.
SYNOPSIS : Karim, a laid-off farmworker turns junk dealer to make a living and begins to prosper. Business trumps everything until one day Karim breaks his foot. Confined to bed, he must now rely on the kindness of others, people he previously spurned or ignored...
SALES : Fortissimo Films, Van Diemenstraat 100, 1013 Amsterdam (Pays-Bas), ( T ) +31 20 627 32 15, ( F ) +31 20 626 11 55, E-mail : info@fortissimo.nl
The Speed of Life / The Speed of Life (161)
Réal./ Dir.: Ed Radtke, USA, 2007, 35mm, color, 85 min, original version : English
SYNOPSIS : Sammer is a 13 year old boy who escapes the streets of New York City by stealing video cameras from tourists. He and his friends retreat to their working class neighborhood to quickly sell the cameras, but Sammer always keeps the tapes. Alone in his bedroom and editing on a rack of stolen computers, Sammer explores this world of footage, infatuated by all the far away places and other people's seemingly happy lives.
SALES : FILMSHARKS INT'L, AV. DIAZ VELEZ 4323, Buenos Aires 1200, Argentina, ( T ) +5411 6380 3803, ( F ) +5411 6380 3803, Internet site: www.filmsharks.com, E-mail : alpha@filmsharks.com, contact : Valeria Fanego , valeriafanego@filmsharks.com
company profile ; Sales and Production
THE SWEETEST EMBRACE: RETURN TO AFGHANISTAN (257) Dir.: Najeeb Mirza, Canada - Switzerland, 2008, Color, 74 min.
SYNOPSIS : Soorgul and Amir, both born in Afghanistan, return to their country after many years living in Canada. They have come in search of their families and their roots. But their paths diverge...
SALES : National Film Board of Canada, 3155, Côte-de-Liesse Road, Ville Saint-Laurent QC H4N 2N4 (Canada), ( T ) 514-283-2703, ( F ) 514-496-1895, E-mail : international@nfb.ca contact : Johanne St-Arnauld
The Terrace (151)
Réal./ Dir.: Bruno di Marcello, 2007, DV, Color, 75 minutes, original version : English, sub titles : Italian
SYNOPSIS : Italy, a monastery on the top of a hill. A misterious friar makes a massacre without reasons. The newspapers write about the case, but the Church stops the investigation. Mounths later, ten boys and girls are going to prepare a barbecue at the holiday's house: it will be an horror night. A pure Slasher in John Carpenter style.
SALES : Bruno di Marcello, Via Pentone, 19 - 00173 ROMA, ( T ) 0039 347 8865025, Internet site: www.gothic-produzioni, E-mail : brunodimarcello@libero.it, company profile ; Gothic Produzioni, born 5 years ago, is specialized in historical documentaries and horror and theilling movies streight to dvd.
THE THIRD PART OF THE WORLD / LA TROISIÈME PARTIE DU MONDE (519)
Réal./ Dir.: Éric Forestier, France, 2008, Color, 105 min.
SYNOPSIS : Emma, a mysterious young woman, slowly begins to realize that she possesses a strange power: when they come into contact with her, her lovers disappear...
SALES : Films Distribution, 34, rue du Louvre, 75001 Paris (France), ( T ) (33-01) 53 10 33 99,
E-mail : info@filmsdistribution.com
The Toes / Les Doigts de pied (314)
Réal./ Dir.: Laurent Denis, Belgium, 2008, Color, 11 min.,
SYNOPSIS : Arthur lives alone in a room at an old people's home. His days pass to the rhythm of visits by Julie, the nurse. No one else ever comes visit him. When Julie tells him about a visit by Bernard, Arthur gets all dressed up. But who is this visitor? Is he there for Arthur? And Julie, is she really a devoted nurse?
SALES : Cookie Films, E-mail : cookiesfilm@skynet.be
The Touch (362)
Réal./ Dir.: Jane Clark, United States, 2007, Color, 8 min.
SYNOPSIS : The Touch is a story set in 1906 and based on a true romance between Renee Vivien, a lesbian poet living in Paris, and Kerime, a Muslim woman and wife of a Turkish diplomat. The film structures their last moments together around Renee's poem, The Touch, as they meet in a Paris park.
SALES : Film McQueen, E-mail : janec@filmmcqueen.com
THE VANISHED EMPIRE / ISCHEZNUVSHAYA IMPERIA (480) Dir.: Karen Shakhnazarov, Russia, 2008, Color, 104 min.
SYNOPSIS : A love triangle between students in Moscow at the beginning of the 1970s. They never dream that the USSR that they are growing up in will soon disappear from the maps of the world.
SALES : Mosfilm Cinema Concern,E-mail : simagin@mosfilm.ru
THE WORLD IS BIG AND SALVATION LURKS AROUND THE CORNER / SVETAT E GOLYAM I SPASENIE DEBNE OTVSYAKADE (544)
Réal./ Dir.: Stephan Komandarev, Bulgaria - Germany - Slovenia - Hungary, 2008, Color, 105 min.
SYNOPSIS : In Bulgaria of 1980 clouds are gathering over Alex's serene childhood in the idyllic Communist society of a provincial town. The agents want him to spy on Alex's grandfather, Bai Dan, who persists in telling political jokes.
SALES : RFF International 1, 1, Bulgaria Sq., 1463 Sofia (Bulgarie), ( T ) 359 2 916 602 29, E-mail : office@sofiaiff.com
THEY KILLED SISTER DOROTHY / ILS ONT TUÉ SŒUR DOROTHY (470)
Réal./ Dir.: Daniel Junge, United States, 2008, Color, 94 min.
SYNOPSIS : "A documentary about the life and death of Sister Dorothy Stang, a 73-year old nun from Ohio who was murdered by illegal landowners who opposed her land reform work in the Brazilian Amazon; the film follows the trials of her killers and the work that continues for those she left behind."
SALES : Just Media, E-mail : info@just-media.org,
contact : Just Media
This Little Piggy (442)
Réal./ Dir.: Sarah Quinn, Sébastien Rist, Canada, 2008, Color, 14 min.
SYNOPSIS : A young Anglophone with money problems must live with a sixty-year-old French-speaking Québécoise. She's paranoid, he's laid back. They misunderstand and hate each other.
Tiny (504)
Réal./ Dir.: Kwong Yin Brian Hung, Ka Ho Yue, China (Hong Kong) - United States, 2008, Color, 9 min.
SYNOPSIS : Three young Koreans leave their home country to pursue their dreams in a paradise where opportunities abound -- America.
SALES : Jimmy Hung
Ton éphémère mémoire (443)
Réal./ Dir.: Paul Tom, Canada, 2008, Color, 2 min.
SYNOPSIS : Through a series of black and white drawings, a man causes us to reflect on memory.
TONY GOLDWASHER / TONI GOLDWASCHER (622)
Réal./ Dir.: NORBERT LECHNER, GERMANY, 2007, color, 85', original version : GERMAN, sub titles : ENGLISH on DVD
SYNOPSIS : The hero of the story is eleven-year-old Toni Sedlacek, known as TONI GOLDWASCHER, who lives outside the village, in the 'gold washer's house' with his mother and dog STRUPP. The story tells of his fight for acceptance by the farmer's son HANS BEIL, who not only terrorises Toni with the help of his gang, but wants to take over 'his' gold cove - the very spot where Toni tries to wash gold as his grandfather used to do.
SALES : Delphis Films Inc., 225 Roy Street East, Suite 200, Montreal, Quebec, H2W 1M5, ( T ) 514-843-3355, ( F ) 514-843-9574, Internet site: www.delphisfilms.com, E-mail : distribution@delphisfilms.com, company profile ; Delphis Films, the worldwide distribution division of FRV Media, acquires and licenses all rights to award-winning and quality film and TV productions. Our catalogue features a wide variety of genres: family films, documentaries, drama and animation series, produced by our affiliated production companies such as Cité Amérique and Altau/Tutti Frutti or acquired from third parties in Canada and around the world.
TORN FROM THE FLAG (468)
Réal./ Dir.: Klaudia Kovacs, Endre Hules, United States, 2007, Color, 95 min.
SYNOPSIS : In 1956, Hungary, a nation of 10 million, defeated the communist terror of the Soviet Union, a nation of 200 million, for 13 days. This event eventually led to the worldwide decline of communism and culminated in the fall of the Berlin Wall.
SALES : Homage to 1956, LLC,
E-mail : klaudiakovacs@msn.com
contact : Homage to 1956, LLC, Klaudia Kovacs
TOUT COMMENCE À LA MER / IT ALL BEGINS AT THE SEA / HAKOL METHIL BAYAM (260)
Réal./ Dir.: Eitan Green, Israel, 2008, Color, 93 min.
SYNOPSIS : Three episodes adding up to one story. The story of the coming of age of the Goldsteins, mother, father and small boy, an Israeli family coping with a familiar array of life experiences -- friendship, love, sex, death.
SALES : July August Productions, ( T ) (972-3) 210 02 23,
( F ) (972-3) 510 01 84, E-mail : mail@jap.co.il
contact : Eilon Ratzkovsky, Yossi Uzrad, Yochanan Kredo, Guy Jacoel
Toybox (324)
Réal./ Dir.: Wrik Mead, Canada, 2007, Color, 10 min.
SYNOPSIS : Toybox combines creepiness and playfulness in a series of animations that manipulate the most misused toy of all -- the penis.
SALES : Buyom Productions, E-mail : info@wrikmead.com
TRACING ALEIDA / TRAZANDO ALEIDA (251)
Réal./ Dir.: Christiane Burkhard, Mexico, 2008, Color, 88 min.
SYNOPSIS : Aleida, a child of the "dirty war" in Mexico in the 1970s, tries to uncover the truth about her past and look for her brother and family, who disappeared 30 years ago.
SALES : Mexican Film Institute IMCINE
E-mail : mercaint@mcine.gob.mx
Transit (484)
Réal./ Dir.: L'Atelier Collectif, Belgium, 2008, Color, 5 min.
SYNOPSIS : Refugee testimonials illustrated through animation and intercut with sequences that provide an overview of the issue.
SALES : Zorobabel
Traudl Maier (296)
Réal./ Dir.: Murielle Béasse, Véronique Glorieux, Canada, 2008, Color, 15 min.
SYNOPSIS : Trudering-Riem is a small Munich quarter that resembles a village. Nothing distinguishes it from other Munich districts. Save for the effervescent Traudi Maier and her quaint old shop. It's been around for 60 years...
SALES : INIS / Coproduit par l'Académie pour film et télévision de Munich (Allemagne), E-mail : festival@inis.qc.ca
Triple Concerto in D Minor (368)
Réal./ Dir.: Daniel Mitchell, Australia, 2007, Color, 8 min.
SYNOPSIS : Rebecca had always wanted to play her beloved triangle with an orchestra. When the National Youth Orchestra are in town holding auditions. Rebecca has the chance to make her everlasting dream come true.
SALES : Steely Pictures, ( T ) 61407 894 924 (W) , Internet site: www.steelypictures.com,
E-mail : dan@steelypictures.com , contact : Daniel Mitchell
Turbulence at the periphery of a romantic encounter / Turbulence à la périphérie d'une rencontre (amoureuse?) (138)
Réal./ Dir.: Jeannine Gagné, Canada, 2008, 35mm, couleur, 17 min, original version : Français, sub titles : anglais disponibles
SYNOPSIS : A writer who doesn't write, meets a woman. This unpredicted, unexpected encounter will wake up all his inner ghosts. A story lightly ironic about difficulties of being among others, of living, of loving.
SALES : Jeannine Gagné, 5905 Louis-Hémon, Montreal, Qc, H2G 2K5, ( T ) 514-393-3560, ( F ) 514-393-3565, Internet site: www.amazonefilm.com, E-mail : info@amazonefilm.com, company profile ; La compagnie Amazone Film se consacre à la production de films d'auteur pour la télévision et le grand écran.
TWO MEN'S CLASSROOM (246)
Réal./ Dir.: Dong Ling, China, 2007, Color, 90 min.
SYNOPSIS : When the villagers of remote Banshan discover that the father of a primary school pupil died of AIDS, they refuse to send their own children to school. The authorties are forced to designate a separate class for the boy...
SALES : China Film Promotion International (Chine), Room 317, No. 25, Xinwai Street, Beijing 100082 (Chine),
( T ) (86-10) 6226 13 97, E-mail : zhanglu@cfpi.com.cn
UN AUTRE MONDE / ANOTHER WORLD / ALTROMONDO (524)
Dir.: Fabiomassimo Lozzi, Italy, 2008, DV, Color, 108 min.
SYNOPSIS : A personal journey through male homosexuality in Italy, beginning in a dark place dominated by the Vatican and ending with today's open struggle for gay rights. An experimental docudrama inspired by interviews with real-life characters adapted into monologues performed by members of the Actor's Center Roma.
SALES : INTRAMOVIES, Via E. Manfredi 15, 00197 Rome, Italy ,( T ) +39 06 807 7252 / +39 06 807 7137 / +39 06 807 6157, ( F ) +39 06 807 6156, Internet site: www.altromondofilm.com , E-mail : mail@intramovies.com / j.nuyts@intramovies.com ,
contact : Jef Nuyts, Director of International Sales
UNE AUTRE PLANÈTE / ANOTHER PLANET (186)
Réal./ Dir.: Ferenc Moldaványi, Hungary - Finland - Belgium, 2008, Color, 96 min.
SYNOPSIS : According to the UN, 2008 is the International Year of Planet Earth. Yet we live in an extremely divided world, marked by shockingly unjust human conditions, reeling from the symptoms of massive ecological crises. This documentary, shot on four continents, focuses on its most vulnerable human inhabitants: children.
SALES : Engram Film Productions, Cseresznye u. 58, 1112 Budapest (Hongrie), ( T ) (36-30) 986 89 03, ( F ) (36-30) 788 14 17, E-mail : engram@c3.hu , contact : Ferenc Moldaványi
Une place dans le monde (491)
Réal./ Dir.: Elohim Sanchez, Canada, 2008, Color, 9 min.
SYNOPSIS : This film presents a day in the life of Montreal: a young cosmopolitan city where people from all walks of life cross paths.
SALES : Elohim Sanchez
Unique parmi tant d'autres (489)
Réal./ Dir.: Isabelle A. Girard, Canada, 2008, Color, 4 min.
SYNOPSIS : Immigration is a long journey filled with stories. A woman from Algeria's Kabylie region conquers the challenge by emulating the children of immigrants.
SALES : Isabelle A. Girard
Uranya / Uranya (167)
Réal./ Dir.: Costas Kapakas, Greece - Italy, 2007, 35mm, color, 98 min, original version : Greek, sub titles : English
SYNOPSIS : 1969 Greek summer village, five teenagers are eager to discover love and the whole world. Uranya is a very beautiful lady who lives just outside the village in a house by the sea. The kids swear a joint oath: to save enough money so they can visit Uranya and be initiated in the mysteries of love. Greece is living under the tyrannical rule of the military junta and its oppression is felt every where.
SALES : FILMSHARKS INT'L, Av. Diaz Velez 4323, Buenos Aires 1200, Argentina, ( T ) +5411 6380 3803, ( F ) +5411 6380 3803, Internet site: www.filmsharks.com, E-mail : alpha@filmsharks.com, contact : Valeria Fanego, valeriafanego@filmsharks.com
company profile ; Sales - Production
VALDÉS GIANTS / GIGANTES DE VALDÉS (512)
Réal./ Dir.: Alex Tossenberger, Argentina, 2007, Color, 110 min.
SYNOPSIS : A businessman travels to Patagonia and tries to convince people who live in the area to build an expensive hotel regardless that a building so big could destroy the beauty of the place. He will learn valuable lessons about humanity and environmentalism.
SALES : Primer Plano Film Group S.A., ( T ) (5411) 4375-0506, ( F ) (5411) 4374-0648, E-mail : sales@primerplano.com contact : Pascual Condito, Valeria Blanc
Vencíu (315)
Réal./ Dir.: Santos Hevia, Belgium - Spain, 2008, Color, 20 min.
SYNOPSIS : At the end of the Franco dictatorship in Spain, a teenage returns to his native village to look for his father's grave. He can't find it. Around him there is only silence and obliviousness.
SALES : Karma productions, ( T ) 32 477 391216
VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA (562)
Réal./ Dir.: Woody Allen, United States - Spain, 2008, Color, 96 min.
SYNOPSIS : Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamoured with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.
SALES : Dumaine Productions, S.L.c/o Perdido Productions, Inc., 136 W. 26 At # 11C, New York, NY 10001 (États-Unis),
( T ) 212 582-9061, E-mail : helen_robin@mac.com .
Villa Tranquila (585)
Réal./ Dir.: Jesús Mora, Spain, 2007, 35mm, Color, 82 min. original version : Spanish, sub titles : English
SYNOPSIS : Madrid looks different. I, myself, Ion Bengoa, am different. I leave behind what I was...
SALES : Federico Ribes, Elfo 38-3#A
28027 Madrid, Spain, ( T ) 0034 609 58 07 19, Internet site: www.villatranquila.es, E-mail : zetafilms@gmail.com
Violette Noziere (636)
Réal./ Dir.: Claude Chabrol, Canada / France, 1978, 35mm, Color, 123 minutes, original version : Français, sub titles : Anglais
SYNOPSIS : Isabelle Huppert delivers an award-winning performance in this Claude Chabrol classic based on the true story that shocked France. "enthralling…extraordinary…a triumph!" - The New York Times
SALES : Filmoption International Inc, 3401 St-Antoine, Westmount, QC H3Z 1X1, Canada, ( T ) (514) 931-6180 ext.283, ( F ) (514) 939-2034, Internet site: www.filmoption.com, E-mail : nrybina@filmoption.com, contact : Natasha Rybina, company profile ; In business for almost 30 years Filmoption specializes in theatrical distribution, DVD releases and television sales in Canada and internationally. Our interests lie in the field of feature films, animation, documentaries and series. Latest acquisitions for Canada include Rumba, Paranoid Park, Anna M., 3 amis...
Vivante des rêves / Vivid Dreams (302)
Réal./ Dir.: Jim Granato, United States, 2007, Color, 4 min.
SYNOPSIS : A young woman with aspirations to help people travels to Africa via the Peace Corps. Her experience quickly detours into a mental ward after just three months abroad.
SALES : Autonomy 16 Productions, 125 Dolores St. no.2, San Francisco, CA 94103 (États-Unis), ( T ) 415-786-0016, ( F ) 415-503-0253, E-mail : autonomy16@hotmail.com
VOYAGE DANS LES GHETTOS DU GOTHA (548)
Réal./ Dir.: Jean-Christophe Rosé, France, 2008, Color, 100 min.
SYNOPSIS : An peek into the rarified environment of the French aristocracy and haute borgeoisie in the guise of a sociological expedition.
SALES : Roche Productions, 45, rue de Louvain, 92400 Courbevoie (France), ( T ) (33-01) 43 34 07 12, E-mail : roche@rocheproductions.com , contact : Dominique Tibi
Waderra (367)
Réal./ Dir.: Diarmid Heidereich, Australia, 2008, Color, 7 min.
SYNOPSIS : An aboriginal father and his son are confronted by the body of a suicide victim. The father is compelled to tell his son the history of the cliffs they are fishing from and the spirits that continue to roam there today.
SALES : The Good Fight Enterprises,
E-mail : diarmidph@hotmail.com
Waiting for Conflict (444)
Réal./ Dir.: Jorge Zavagno, Canada, 2008, Color, 7 min.
SYNOPSIS : Two brainstormers have problems coming up with suitable story.
Wanda and Miles (445)
Réal./ Dir.: Lesley Loksi Chan, Canada, 2007, Color, 13 min.
SYNOPSIS : Wanda and Miles move a lot. But moving isn't easy when you've got a heavy suitcase and a heavy heart... not to mention a hole in your head!
WAR CHILD (262)
Dir.: Karim Chrobog, United States, 2008, Color, 92 min.
SYNOPSIS : This documentary tells the story of Emmanuel Jal, a former child soldier of Sudan's brutal civil war and an emerging international hip-hop star with a message of peace for his war-torn land.
SALES : Porchlight Entertainment, 11050 Santa Monica Boulevard, 3rd Fl., Los Angeles, CA 90025, ( T ) (310) 477-8400, E-mail : kdubow@porchlight.com , contact : Ken DuBow
WAR, LOVE, GOD & MADNESS (252)
Réal./ Dir.: Mohamed Al-Daradji, Iraq - Sweden - Netherlands - United Kingdom, 2008, Color, 72 min.
SYNOPSIS : Iraqi film director Mohamed Al-Daradji returns to Iraq to rebuild his country and culture through making his first feature film. An understanding of a nation at war with love, god and madness, through the eyes of a young man.
SALES : Human Film, E-mail : info@humanfilm.co.uk
WAS WENN DER TOD UNS SCHEIDET? / WHAT IF DEATH DO US PART? (140)
Réal./ Dir.: Ulrike Grote, Germany, 2008, Color, 92 min.
SYNOPSIS : A hospital drama full of intense emotions and surprising comedy. In one night, seven people are confronted with the finality of life. Fate strikes at high speed, relentlessly and unexpectedly, at times opening up new opportunities and new beginnings.
SALES : Fortune Cookie Filmproduction, Harkortstrasse 125 / 22765 Hamburg / Germany , ( T ) +49 40 300 35 475, ( F ) +49 40 32 871 303, E-mail : info@fortunecookiefilm.com , contact : Ilona Schultz, Fortune Cookie Filmproduction
Watermarked (446)
Réal./ Dir.: Daniella Sorrentino, Canada, 2007, Color, 11 min.
SYNOPSIS : A young women is forced to confront her past when her estranged brother reappears for their father's funeral.
WELTSTADT (141)
Réal./ Dir.: Christian Klandt, Germany, 2008, Color, 104 min.
SYNOPSIS : In a picturesque East German town, two drunk teenage boys attack a homeless man and, finding nothing to rob, batter him and set him on fire. A portrait of five townspeople caught between boredom and terror.
SALES : Film and Television Academy Konrad Wolf, E-mail : m.liebnitz@hff-postdam.de , contact : Martin Lischke
When She Jumped / Cuando Ella Salto (168)
Réal./ Dir.: Sabrina Farji, Argentina, 2007, 35mm, color, 97 min, original version : Spanish, sub titles : English
SYNOPSIS : Young Ramiro would probably have continued aimlessly contemplating his future if he hadn't witnessed the suicide of a young girl. Her words, recorded onto a CD, help Ramiro find himself, and he begins to see Buenos Aires as a city full of fascinating and friendly people.
SALES : FILMSHARKS INT'L, Av. Diaz Velez 4323 Buenos Aires 1200 Argentina, ( T ) +5411 6380 3803, ( F ) +5411 6380 3803, Internet site: www.filmsharks.com, E-mail : alpha@filmsharks.com, contact : Valeria Fanego, valeriafanego@filmsharks.com
company profile ; Sales - Production
Where is Winky's Horse?
/ Waar is het paard van Sinterklaas? (616)
Réal./ Dir.: Mischa Kamp, Netherlands, 2007, 35mm, Color, 80 min., original version : Dutch
SYNOPSIS : Winky Wong is the happiest girl in the world because she gets to take care of Saint Nicholas' horse, Amerigo; only this turns out not to be as easy as she thought it would be.
SALES : Delphis Films Inc., 225, Roy Street East, Suite 200, Montreal, Quebec, H2W 1M5, ( T ) 514-843-3355, ( F ) 514-843-9574, Internet site: distribution@delphisfilms.com, E-mail : www.delphisfilms.com, company profile ; Delphis Films, the worldwide distribution division of FRV Media, acquires and licenses all rights to award-winning and quality film and TV productions.
WHISPERING EMBERS / GEHALIM LOHASHOT (539)
Réal./ Dir.: Ali Nassar, Israel, 2008, Color, 90 min.
SYNOPSIS : Jamal, in his thirties, lives in an Arab village in northern Israel, and is facing the collapse of everything he has ever believed in: his political convictions, his religious beliefs and, most important, his love.
SALES : Praxis Films, 3 Harbarzel Street. Ramat Hachayal, Tel Aviv (Israël), ( T ) (972-77) 700 41 20, E-mail : praxis@netvision.net.i l, contact : Yael Hadassi-Bachar, Rami Damri, Eviatar Dotan, Ali Nassar
Who / Qui (280)
Réal./ Dir.: Renée Beaulieu, Canada, 2008, Color, 8 min.
SYNOPSIS : An exploration of the peripatetic nature of identity. A couple is strongly and strangely affected by a tragic incident.
SALES : Les Productions du Moment, 281, rue Principale, Saint-Basile-le-Grand, QC J3N 1J7 (Canada), ( T ) 1-450- 653 7807, E-mail : rochebeau@videotron.ca
WHO'S NEXT / TODOS ESTAMOS INVITADOS (129)
Réal./ Dir.: MANUEL GUTIÉRREZ ARAGÓN, SPAIN, 2008, 35mm, color, 95, original version : ENGLISH, sub titles : SPANISH
SYNOPSIS : Jon (Jaenada) a young Basque gunman has Memory loss after a bloody attack, and is released early from Prison…other Organization members want to enlist him again, to kill a university Professor (J. Coronado) who is increasingly isolated and threatened by colleagues & accomplices for differing political views…Who is Next? (Inspired by real events)
SALES : LATIDO FILMS, C/ VENERAS 9, 6th floor, 28013 MADRID, ( T ) +34 915 488 877, ( F ) +34 915 488 878, Internet site: www.latidofilms.com, E-mail : latido@latidofilms.com, contact : Massimo Saidel (Cell: +34 635 431 270), company profile ; International Sales
Why Aren't You Dancing? (447)
Réal./ Dir.: Jenya Patrief, Canada, 2007, Color, 15 min.
SYNOPSIS : Mobile clubbing works like this: participants find an event location via the Internet, bring their personal listening device to the site, and dance to the song of their choice at a predetermined time. Only the dancers can hear the music.
Why Say it? / Pourquoi le dire? (573)
Réal./ Dir.: Hélène Duchesneau, Canada, 2006, DV, Color, 99 min, original version : French, sub titles : English
SYNOPSIS : What pushes a forty year old man to have a romance with a young woman? Who lies? Who says the truth? Maria (Graziella Mossa) seeks these answers by making a documentary on the subject. Her best friend, Genevieve (Sylvie Legault), artist-painter, is confronted with the evasive answers of her husband, Pierrre (Jacques Drolet), a researcher who studies the effect of hormones on communication. During a supper of four, Pierre says he understands his fellow workers who left their wives for a girl. This answer will not cease to cause more questions, worries and anguishes.
SALES : Marc Poellhuber, 817 Poitiers, Mont Saint-Hilaire, (Quebec) Canada, J3H 3Y7, ( T ) 1 514 867-8763, ( F ) 1 (450) 446-0663, Internet site: www.why-say-it.com, E-mail : marc.poellhuber@oracle.com, contact : Marc Poellhuber, company profile ; Uninfluenced, micro budget creative feature films sharing revenues with artists
Will-o'-the-Wisp (448)
Réal./ Dir.: David Kennedy, Canada, 2008, Color, 6 min.
SYNOPSIS : EXPERIMENTAL. A single tracking shot of a man running down a barren country road, in the dead of winter, away from fading sunlight, with different translations of the first lines of Dante's Inferno playing over the soundtrack.
WORLDS APART / TO VERDENER (169)
Réal./ Dir.: Niels Arden Oplev, Denmark, 2008, Color, 108 min.
SYNOPSIS : Sara, who goes door to door for the Jehovah's Witnesses, is a staunch believer and obediant daughter, but her faith is sorely tested when she meets and falls in love with Teis, a young man who is not a Witness and unlikely to become one.
SALES : TrustNordisk, Filmbyen 12, DK-2650 Hvidovre, ( T ) +45 3686 8788, ( F ) +45 3677 4448,
E-mail : info@trustnordisk.com
WRAP UP / ABRÍGATE (135)
Réal./ Dir.: RAMÓN COSTAFREDA, SPAIN, ARGENTINA, 2007, 35mm, color, 90, original version : ENGLISH, sub titles : SPANISH
SYNOPSIS : Valeria, in her 25 she finds herself in the most surreal love crossroads of her life.
SALES : LATIDO FILMS, C/ VENERAS 9, 6th floor, 28013 MADRID, ( T ) +34 915 488 877, ( F ) + 34 915 488 878, Internet site: www.latidofilms.com,
E-mail : latido@latidofilms.com
contact : Massimo Saidel (Cell: +34 635 431 270)
company profile ; International Sales
WSIM: What Suffered Inside Me (449)
Réal./ Dir.: Jennifer Hardy, Canada, 2008, Color, 3 min.
SYNOPSIS : The main character sees himself as an incomplete stick figure with a crossed line on his face. He thinks simple figures wearing horizontal lines on their faces as unable to see his inner self. Depression can be invisible to others.
Xenophobia Unplugged: Featuring Adeson Nchimbi (506) Dir.: Sarah Van Borek, South Africa, 2008, Color, 9 min.
SYNOPSIS : The story, insights and passion-filled music of well-traveled Tanzanian musician, Adeson Nchimbi, from the village where he was born to the land of his ancestors: South Africa.
SALES : Sarah Van Borek
Xylophobia (450)
Réal./ Dir.: Jelena Stefulic, Canada, 2008, Color, 18 min.
SYNOPSIS : Xylophobia: defined as a persistent, abnormal, irrational and unwarranted fear of wood, wooden objects or forests.
Yermande and that's that / Yermande et puis voila (584) Réal./ Dir.: Gabrielle Schaff et Julie Rembauville, France, 2007, video, Color, 51 min., original version : French, sub titles : English
SYNOPSIS : Fodé is a griot percussionnist in Dakar. He embodies traditional music, but he seems sometimes lost between traditions and occidental dreams of success.
SALES : Festival International du Film Panafricain, 32, rue Louis Périssol - 06400 Cannes, ( T ) + 33(0)493 997 587, Internet site: www.festivaldufilmpanafricain.org
E-mail : filmpanafricain@yahoo.com
company profile ; Distribution - Promotion - Film sales.
Yolk (310)
Réal./ Dir.: Stephen Lance, Australia, 2007, Color, 15 min.
SYNOPSIS : Even if you're used to boys treating you badly it doesn't mean that things won't change one day. Daniel is different. And Lena, a fifteen-year-old girl with Down's syndrome, is in love. Even if she is still finding out what this feels like.
SALES : Head Pictures, 101/351 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley, AUS-4006 Brisbane (Australie), ( T ) 61 410 570620, E-mail : damon.escott@headpictures.com
contact : Damon Escott
YOUR NAME HERE (520)
Réal./ Dir.: Matthew Wilder, United States, 2008, Color, 106 min.
SYNOPSIS : The lines between reality and perception blur in this comic journey into the life and mind of one of science fiction's most brilliant authors.
Cast: Bill Pullman, Taryn Manning, Harold Perrineau, Traci Lords, M. Emmett Walsh, Ivana Milicivec
SALES : Raz Entertainment - Los Angeles, ( T ) 323.898.9336 / cellulaire: 213.949.2901,E-mail : wali@razentertainment.com contact : Mark Burman, Wali Razaki, Eric Ricart
Zhao Ni (451)
Réal./ Dir.: Jean-Julien Pous, Canada, 2008, Color, 3 min.
SYNOPSIS : A man looks for his loved one in the nights of Hong Kong, until he realizes he's not in love with the girl, but with the city itself.
ZIMBABWE (453)
Réal./ Dir.: Darrell James Roodt, South Africa - Zimbabwe, 2008, Color, 82 min.
SYNOPSIS : A young 19-year old country girl, named Zimbabwe by her patriotic father, is orphaned. She crosses the border into South Africa, in search of a new life at any cost...
SALES : DV8 Films, P.O. Box 308, Parklands, 2121 Johannesburg (South Africa), ( T ) (27-11) 880 01 91
E-mail : jeremy@dv8.co.za, contact : Jeremy Nathan
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