DOCUMENTAIRES INSCRITS AU 21/08/2004
ABOUT BAGHDAD (FFM) Iraq / USA - 2004 - Arabic / English f.s.t. - documentary - DV - R�al. / Dir.: In Counter Productions Production: In Counter Productions Synopsis: In 2003, after twelve years of exile in the United States, Iraqi poet Sinan Antoon returned to his native Baghdad. He searches the city for familiar places and faces only to discover that they�ve been covered under the wrinkles drawn by tyranny, time sanctions and yet another war. Ventes / Sales: IN COUNTER PRODUCTIONS InCounter Productions is an independent filmmaking collective established in 2003, composed of political activists including Sinan Antoon, Bassam Haddad, Dirar Hakeem, Maya Mikdashi, Suzy Salami, Nadya Sbaiti, Sherene Seikaly and Adam Shapiro. Most of the members have roots in the Middle East and work to improve the condition of people in the region. ABOUT BAGHDAD marks the collective�s first feature-length documentary.
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ALIENATIONS (FFM) France / Alg�ria - 2003 - Arab e.s.t. - documentary - vid�o - color - 105:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Malek Bensmail Production: INA Synopsis: Portrait of a society in turmoil. For over a century Algeria has struggled to reconcile the cultural differences, between tradition and modernity, between religious values and democratic ideals, introduced along with French colonization. Algerian psychiatrists must cope daily with the disintegration of their society. Ventes / Sales: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L'AUDIOVISUEL Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all except: France and Switzerland
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AUNG SAN SUU KYI: THE PRISONER OF RANGOON (TV) Switzerland - 2003 - English - documentary - video - color - 43:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Claude Schauli Production: Manisanda Productions Synopsis: In Burma, one of the most repressive states in the world, Aung San Suu Kyi has single-handedly spearheaded the nation's struggle for democracy. This unauthorized documentary looks at her extraordinary transformation from Oxford housewife to democratic heroine. She abandoned her British husband and two children to return to her native land, then, despite years of house arrest, emerged as the darling of the democracy movement - a single unarmed woman, preaching passive resistance, feared by Burma's all powerful generals. But will she ever have her chance to lead Burma and tackle the country's bitter social problems?
Ventes / Sales: MUNDOVISION LTD International Distribution & Co-Production Funding of major documentary films.
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BEING DOROTHY (TV) Canada - 2004 - English - documentary - vid�o - - 52:00 / 46:00 / 65:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Howard Goldberg Production: Productions La F�te Ventes / Sales: DISTRIBUTION LA F�TE Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all
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BEING OSAMA (TV) Canada - 2004 - English - documentary - vid�o - - 42:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Mahmoud Kaabour / Tim Schwab Production: Diversus Inc. Synopsis: BEING OSAMA is an intimate exploration of six people highly diverse in the backgrounds, interests, and personalities, united by their name and by their experience as Arabs living in Canada in the post-9/11 world. Ventes / Sales: DIVERSUS INC. Since 1999, Diversus has been producing contemporary, original content for audiences' world-wide. Dedicated to developing and completing entertaining projects that are high in concept and has multiple social-cultural benefits, Diversus endeavours to create compelling films and TV programs, with original, cinematic vision and offbeat topics that reflect the diversity and complexity of the human condition.
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BETRAYAL! GERALD BULL: A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL (TV) Canada - 2003 - English - documentary - DV - color - 46:13 min. R�al. / Dir.: Tim Wolochatiuk Production: Associated Producers Ltd. Ventes / Sales: ASSOCIATED PRODUCERS LTD. Territoires disponibles / Territories available: Alliance Atlantis holds the distributions rights. Contact Greta Krutzen: (416) 504-6662 ext. 226
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BETWEEN THE LINES (ZWISCHEN DEN FRONTEN) (TV) Germany / Columbia - 2003 - Spanish e.s.t - documentary - DV - color - 30:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Jakob Wehrmann / Sacha Knoche Production: dffb / ZDF/ 3Sat Synopsis: "Those who make war don't allow peace". A portrait of twelve-year-old John William a Columbian boy, who had been working for the guerrilla, haversting cocaine plants. Ventes / Sales: ACCENTO SALES Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all
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BOITE D�ALICIA, LA (TV) Canada - 2004 - French E.s.t. *English version available - documentary - HiDef - color, b&w; - 38:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: France Benoit Production: France Benoit Ventes / Sales: 7e ART DISTRIBUTION INC Fond� en 1998, 7e Art/distribution inc. s'int�resse aux films d�auteurEs. Sous cette banni�re on retrouve des courts, moyens et longs m�trages, fictions et documentaires. 7e Art/distribution inc. offre une alternative de choix � la distribution ind�pendante au Canada.
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BUMP & GRIND (TV) Canada - 2004 - English - documentary - vid�o - color - 46:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Lynn Booth Production: Make Believe Media Synopsis: In the Wild West, strippers like KITTY travel from club to club, city to city, in search of Big Money. The lifestyle is hard to give up, though Kitty, like many dancers, has to hide her profession from her family. In "Bump and Grind", Kitty, Sindy, and others dancers take us to the backstages of three western strip bars, but the days of fancy stage shows may soon be a thing of the past. Ventes / Sales: MAKE BELIEVE MEDIA / FILMOPTION INTERNATIONAL Make Believe Media Inc. is an independent documentary television production company committed to documentary film excellence. Based in Vancouver, BC and founded by President Lynn Booth in 1999 the company has produced several documentaries for the Canadian and international market in collaboration with the CBC, CTV, History, Vision, APTN, Knowledge, SCN, the Independent Film Channel and Global.
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CALL IT KARMA (TV) Canada - 2004 - English Chinese s.t. - documentary - Digital Beta - color - 48:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Geoff Browne Production: Boundless Light Productions / Holiday Pictures Synopsis: Tibetan monk, Gyalten Rinpoche, was sent by his Master to walk 1,000 miles across the rooftop of the world into the sacred lands of India. Six years later, he establishes a Buddhist center in Vancouver and befriends filmmaker Geoff Browne. Together, they embark on a emotional return to the Rinpoche's village, inspiring Geoff to retell his friend's remarkable life story. Ventes / Sales: HOLIDAY PICTURES LTD.
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CENTER, THE (DIE MITTE) (FFM) Germany - 2004 - German, Polish, Slovak, Lithuanian, Ukranian. A.s.t. - documentary - 35 mm - color - 85:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Stanislaw Mucha Production: Strandfilm Francfort Synopsis: Where exactly is the centre of Europe? Polish filmmaker Stanislaw Mucha and his crew travel around the continent examining the conflicting -- and often hilarious -- claims of over a dozen towns in half a dozen countries. Ventes / Sales: TELEPOOL GmbH TELEPOOL ranks among the leading media distribution companies in Europe. Founded in 1963 as a distribution arm for several stations that make up ARD, Germany's first television network, as well as Swiss Television network, it has broadened its operations over the years to include worldwide sales, acquisitions, cofinancing and coproductions as well as theatrical and video distributions in Germany.
Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all except : Germany, France (TV), Poland (TV), The Netherlands (TV), Finland (TV)
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CITIZEN BLACK (FFM) Australia / Canada / UK - 2004 - English - documentary - - color - 86:23 min. R�al. / Dir.: Debbie Melnyk Production: Persistence of Vision Productions Synopsis: This documentary follows controversial media baron Conrad Black during the most tumultuous period of his life, as his publishing empire crumbles and he weathers lawsuits and racketeering charges. Ventes / Sales: PERSISTENCE OF VISION PRODUCTIONS Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all except: UK, Australia, Ontario (Canada)
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COMPETITION (KONKURS) (TV) Poland - 2003 - Polish e.s.t. - documentary - Betacam SP - color - 26:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Maciej Adamek Production: Telewizja Polska S.A. Synopsis: Girls aged from 6 to11, take part in a beauty contest for small hildren, "Mini Miss Poland". The film shows their dreams, wich usually concerne quick and easy success. And success means for them fame and money. Ventes / Sales: TELEWIZJA POLSKA S.A Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all
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CRUISING QUEBEC (CC) Canada - 2004 - English - documentary - vid�o - - 90:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Ari A. Cohen Production: Diversus Productions Inc. Synopsis: CRUISING QUEBEC is a film that takes six young adults diverse in culture and personalities on a wild road trip across Quebec. Ventes / Sales: DIVERSUS INC. Since 1999, Diversus has been producing contemporary, original content for audiences' world-wide. Dedicated to developing and completing entertaining projects that are high in concept and has multiple social-cultural benefits, Diversus endeavours to create compelling films and TV programs, with original, cinematic vision and offbeat topics that reflect the diversity and complexity of the human condition.
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CUECA SOLA, LA (TV) Canada - 2004 - Spanish E.& F.s.t. *English version available - documentary - HiDef - color, b&w; - 52:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Maril� Mallet Production: Les Films de l'Atalente Ventes / Sales: 7e ART DISTRIBUTION INC Fond� en 1998, 7e Art/distribution inc. s'int�resse aux films d�auteurEs. Sous cette banni�re on retrouve des courts, moyens et longs m�trages, fictions et documentaires. 7e Art/distribution inc. offre une alternative de choix � la distribution ind�pendante au Canada.
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DANCE SCHOOL (�COLE DE DANSE) (TV) Canada - 2003 - French e.s.t. - documentary - video - color - 26:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Jean-Philippe Duval / Carlos Ferrand Production: Productions Galafilms Inc. Ventes / Sales: DISTRIBUTION MICHELLE S. IMPORT-EXPORT INC. Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all
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DAYS UNDER (UNTERTAGE) (TV) Netherlands - 2003 - German e.s.t . - documentary - 16 mm - color - 25:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Jiska Rickels Production: NFTA / Fu Works Synopsis: An impressionistic journey into an unknown world, deep underground. Ventes / Sales: ACCENTO SALES Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all except: Finland
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DIGNA... WORTHY TO HER FINAL BREATH (DIGNA... HASTA EL ULTIMO ALIENTO) (TV) Mexico - 2004 - Spanish e.s.t. - documentary - 35 mm - color - 117:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Felipe Cazals Production: Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE) Synopsis: "Digna...Worthy to Her Final Breath" is a dramatized faeture lenght documentary film describing the life and works of the Mexican Lawyer Digna Ochoa y Placido, through het death. Ventes / Sales: IMCINE Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all
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DRAWING MASTER, THE (TV) Canada - 2004 - English - documentary - DV - - 50:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Nick Sheehan Production: CeLL Productions Ventes / Sales: CELL PRODUCTIONS Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all / tous
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DUST (SKONI) (FFM) Greece - 2004 - Greek e.s.t - feature film - 35 mm - - 98:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Psarras Tassos Production: Greek Film Centre Synopsis: When a prominent Athens journalist sees documentary footage of his father in the Greek Civil War, he is shocked to discover that his father had apparently defected to the communist rebels. He embarks on a quest to find out what happened during those turbulent times. Ventes / Sales: GREEK FILM CENTRE
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EMBEDDED IN BAGHDAD (TV) Canada - 2003 - English - documentary - video - color - 43:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Alexandre Trudeau Production: Juju Films Synopsis: March 2003: the spectre of war looms over Iraq. In the last days of peace, Canadian filmmaker Alexandre Trudeau decides to go witness it from a unique perspective. He finds shelter with a family in middle class Baghdad. What follows is a day to day chronicle of how real people struggle to live out their lives as their world is torn apart. Embedded in Baghdad is a glimpse of Baghdad without the usual media filters, a personal look at ordinary people living in extraordinary circumstances. For the world that watched it on TV, this war was an unreal event. For this Iraqi family, it was inescapably and horribly real?
Ventes / Sales: MUNDOVISION LTD International Distribution & Co-Production Funding of major documentary films.
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EN ATTENDANT MARTIN (WAITING FOR MARTIN) (TV) Canada - 2004 - English f.s.t. - documentary - video - color - 80:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Magnus Isacsson / Sophia Southam Production: Magnus Isacsson and Sophia Southam Synopsis: "WAITING FOR MARTIN" combines documentary material shot over a period of three years with animated sequences inspired by dada collage art of the 1920s. Raising many questions about Paul Martin's record and present policies, it is a timely film about democracy and the politics of protest in Canada. Ventes / Sales: CINEMA LIBRE Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all
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FINAL SOLUTION (M/W) India - 2004 - Hindi, Marathi e.s.t. - documentary - DV - color - 99:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Rakesh Sharma Production: Carnage Film Synopsis: "Final Solution" is a study of politics of hate set in Gujarat during the period February 2002 - July 2003. The film examines the consequences of Hindu-Moslem polarization including the rise of militant right wing partie. Ventes / Sales: INDO CANADIAN FILMS INTERNATIONAL
Engaged in creating links between the film and television and industries in Canada and India. Activities include production, distribution/marketing and festival screenings.
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FINDING EL�AZAR (FFM) U.S.A. / Austria - 2003-2004 - English - documentary - vid�o / DV - - R�al. / Dir.: Paula Heil Fisher Production: Millennial Arts Productions Synopsis: A chronicle of renowned tenor Neil Shicoff and his journey to revive Hal�vy's 1835 La Juive seven decades after it was banned by the Nazis. The opera's themes of intolerance and fanaticism take on new meaning through the interplay of current affairs and live performance. Ventes / Sales: MILLENNIAL ARTS PRODUCTIONS Territoires disponibles / Territories available: Contact sales agent
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FIRST STEPS: AN INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE TO THE LANDMINE CRISIS. (TV) U.S.A. - - English - documentary - vid�o - color - 56:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Jon Silvers Production: Say Brook Productions Ventes / Sales: MONARCH FILMS INC. Monarch films is a domestic and entertainment sales agency that distributes single documenteries and documentery series on Current Affairs, Crime and Punishment, Cultural Affairs, History, Wildlife, Adventure, Reality, Science, and Social Issues in all media's around the world.
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FRANK TRUTH, THE (TV) Canada - 2001 - English - documentary - vid�o - color - 85:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Rick Caine Production: Persistence of Vision Productions Ventes / Sales: PERSISTENCE OF VISION PRODUCTIONS Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all
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GENERATION 89 (POKOLENIE 89) (TV) Poland - 2002 - Polish e.s.t. - documentary - - color - 61:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicx Production: Telewizja Polska S.A. Synopsis: A documentary portrait of the first grown-up generation in the free Poland. Born around 1968, in their late thirties today, they were university students during the collapse of communism in 1989, facing new possibilities: to stay in the academic milieu, to create new independent media or non-governmental organizations, to get involved in politics, or start a private business or work in the field, like advertising. Through the different choices made by its protagonists, the film shows the first two decades of Poland's newly regained freedom. Ventes / Sales: TELEWIZJA POLSKA S.A Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all
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GLAUBER THE FILM, LABYRINTH OF BRAZIL (GLAUBER O FILM, LABIRINTO DO BRASIL) (FFM) Brazil - 2001 - Portuguese E.s.t. - documentary - 35 mm - color - 75:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Silvio Tendler Production: Caliban Producoes Synopsis: Glauber Rocha was at once a real person, a father, a husband, a friend, and a mythological figure. The man who revolutionized Brazilian cinema in the 1960s and whose influence on Latin American films persists even today. This documentery tries to reconcile the two into a complete portrait of the man. Ventes / Sales: GRUPO NOVO DE CINEMA E TV Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all
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HAUNTING DOUGLAS (TV) New Zealand - 2003 - English - documentary - 16 mm - color - 55:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Leanne Poley Production: Spacific Films Synopsis: Life was never going to be easy for dancing boy Douglas Wright. Unwilling to learn the collective sidestep of the rugbymad New Zealand of this birth Wright subsumed his gifts with drugs, alcohol and sex. Now facing death, this world renowned choreographer deals with demons even he can't dance away. Ventes / Sales: RHOMBUS INTERNATIONAL Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all
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HEALING WORDS (PAROLE DE GU�RISON) (TV) Canada - 2004 - English / French / Innuk E.s.t. - documentary - DV - color - 60:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Denis Boivin Production: K8e K8e Productions Artistiques et Culturelles inc. Synopsis: A series of 6 documentaries, shares with us the cruelty experienced by Quebec Aboriginal people and the social, identity and cultural consequences of this treatment over three generations. Ventes / Sales: LES DISTRIBUTIONS NETIMA LT�E Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all
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HENRI CARTIER BRESSON - THE IMPASSIONED EYE (BIOGRAPHIE D'UN REGARD) (TV) Switzerland - 2003 - French e.s.t. - documentary - - color - 52:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Heinz Butler Production: N22 Film Synopsis: The intense vitality and presence of Cartier-Bresson's recollections bear eloquent testimony to his "impassioned eye". An incomparable visual journey traces half a century of photographic assimilation of the world, exploring entire continents and introducing us to people whose often delightfully humorous portraits by Cartier-Bresson are frequently as famous as the sitters themselves. Actress Isabelle Huppert, playwright Arthur Miller, publisher Robert Delpire and the photographers Elliott Erwitt, Josef Koudelka and Ferdinando Scianna present their own very personal views on Cartier-Bresson as friend and photographer. Ventes / Sales: M&L; BANKS Territoires disponibles / Territories available: Contact sales agent
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IMAGINARY WITNESS: HOLLYWOOD AND THE HOLOCAUST (FFM) U.S.A. - 2004 - English - documentary - 35 mm - color - 93:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Daniel Anker Production: Daniel Anker / Ellin Baumel Synopsis: This documentary tells for the first time the fascinating story of the American film industry's complex and contradictory responses to the horrors of Nazi Germany. Ventes / Sales: FILMS TRANSIT INTERNATIONAL
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IMPACT OF TERROR (TV) Canada - 2004 - English / Hebrew e.s.t. - documentary - DV - color - 52:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Tim Wolochatiuk
Production: Associated Producers Ltd. Ventes / Sales: ASSOCIATED PRODUCERS LTD. For the past 20 years, under the leadership of Simcha Jacobovici, Associated Producers Ltd. has been of Canada's leading independent production compagnies.With such hits as "Hollywoodism", "Penn & Teller's Magic And Mistery Tour", "Quest For The Lost Tribes" and "Deadly Currents", we have demonstrated that we have a knack for creating documenteries that are both critical and popular successes.
Territoires disponibles / Territories available: Alliance Atlantis holds the distributions rights. Contact Greta Krutzen: (416) 504-6662 ext. 226
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IN SEARCH OF SLEEP (TV) Canada - 2004 - English - documentary - video - color - 50:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: John Freed Production: Galafilm Productions Synopsis: This is a light-hearted personal journey by someone who hasn't slept like a baby since he was one. Insomniac Josh Freed seeks out sleep merchants, sleep scientists, sleep doctors and sleep gurus to explain why a third of the western world can't sleep. He tries everything from insomnia clinics to new age therapies to learning to siesta in Spain. He uncovers sleep�s darkest secrets -- but can he sleep?
Ventes / Sales: MUNDOVISION LTD International Distribution & Co-Production Funding of major documentary films.was an unreal event. For this Iraqi family, it was inescapably and horribly real?
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IN THE SHADOW OF GOLD MOUNTAINS (FFM) Canada - 2004 - English - documentary - video - color - 43:04 min. R�al. / Dir.: Karen Cho Production: National Film Board of Canada Synopsis: Stories from the last living survivors of one of the darkest chapters in Canadian history: the Chinese Head Tax and Exclusion Act. In effect from 1885-1947, this legislated racism plunged Canada's Chinese community into decades of dedt and family separation. Ventes / Sales: NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all
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JONGLERIE (TV) Canada - 2004 - French *English version available - documentary - DV - color - 38:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Benoit Ranger Production: Les Transporteurs de r�ves Ventes / Sales: 7e ART DISTRIBUTION INC Fond� en 1998, 7e Art/distribution inc. s'int�resse aux films d�auteurEs. Sous cette banni�re on retrouve des courts, moyens et longs m�trages, fictions et documentaires. 7e Art/distribution inc. offre une alternative de choix � la distribution ind�pendante au Canada.
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JUNKET WHORE (TV) U.S.A. - 1999 - English - documentary - vid�o - color - 56:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Debbie Melnyk Production: Persistence of Vision Productions Ventes / Sales: PERSISTENCE OF VISION PRODUCTIONS Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all
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KOREA: THE UNFINISHED WAR (TV) Canada - 2003 - English - documentary - video - color - 4 x 52:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Brian McKenna Production: Galafilm Productions Synopsis: Korea: the Unfinished War documents the first war of the nuclear era, just five years after Hiroshima, when huge armies from east and west faced off in a remote land. They fought a barbarous and vicious war with serious thought given to use of the Atomic bomb, and hundreds of millions of dollars spent to take the next step to germ warfare that would kill only people. The filmmakers had rare access to the hermit kingdom of North Korea and visited major battlefields with veterans. Dramatic and moving episodes are re-enacted from the war that had a higher death rate than Vietnam.
Ventes / Sales: MUNDOVISION LTD International Distribution & Co-Production Funding of major documentary films.
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LABOUR OF LOVE, A (TV) Canada - 2004 - English - documentary - vid�o - color - 56:01 min. R�al. / Dir.: Andre Bennett, Nikola Curcin Production: Andre Bennett Productions Synopsis: A documentary profiling the importance of the Mannheim - Heidelberg International Film Festival (Germany) for young new talented filmmakers from around the world. Since its origins more than fifty years ago, the Festival has continued to focus exclusively on director's 1st and 2nd feature films. Some, eventually becoming world famous filmmakers, had their debut features showcased at Mannheim before receiving public recognition in their own countries and prestigious invitations to Cannes, Venice and/or Berlin later on in their careers. For example, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Alain Resnais, Fran�ois Truffaut, Agn�s Varda, Jiri Menzel, Krzysztof Zanussi, Jim Jarmusch and Atom Egoyan were "discovered" at Mannheim. Ventes / Sales: INTERCINEMA XXI CENTURY Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all
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LEFT SIDE OF THE FRIDGE, THE (MOITI� GAUCHE DU FRIGO, LA ) (CC) Canada - 2000 - French e.s.t. - feature film - 35 mm - color - 90:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Philippe Falardeau Production: Quatre Par Quatre Films Synopsis: The Best Debut Canadian Feature at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival is set up as a mock documentary about unemployment. A documentary filmmaker and his subject looking for a job find themselves at odds in this dark comedy. Like the reality TV craze of today or the cinema verite style of the 1960s-70s, this �documentary� will become an event in itself, change the dynamic of our hero's job search, shift his priorities and alter his relationships. Ventes / Sales: FILMOPTION INTERNATIONAL INC.
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LIFE AND TIMES OF ARTHUR ERICKSON, THE (TV) Canada - 2004 - English - documentary - 16 mm - color - 52:00
min. R�al. / Dir.: Gordon McLennan Production: Dilemma Productions Inc. Synopsis: Documentary on the art, work and life of one of Canadian's greatest architects whose life is an astonishing legacy of achievement combined with fascinating drama and passion. Ventes / Sales: DILEMMA PRODUCTIONS INC. DPI is a Canadian film and TV production company developing independent Canadian projects that balance quality and budget, ensuring best production values without compromising creative goals.
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MARCH OF THE LIVING, THE (MARSZ ZYWYCH) (TV) Poland - 2003 - Polish e.s.t. - documentary - Betacam SP - color - 50:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Grzegorz Linkowski / Grzegorz R. Wroblewski Production: Telewizja Polska S.A. Synopsis: A catholic priest learns at the age of 35 that he is a Jew saved from the ghetto. His Jewish parent died in Nazi extermination camps. A documentary on his story, "Cross Inscripted in the Star of David", gained worldwide fame. One day, he gets a call from the son of Martin Bormann, a close associate of Hitler. Some days later, he receives an autobiographical book from his caller. After much effort and correspondence evoking emotions on both sides, it is possible for the son of the oppressor and the son of holocaust victims to meet. Ventes / Sales: TELEWIZJA POLSKA S.A Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all
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MATCH POINT (BALLE DE MATCH) (TV) Canada - 2001 - English and French E.& F.s.t. - documentary - video - color - 58:00 & 52:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Mark Chatel Production: Balestra Productions inc. Ventes / Sales: FILMOPTION INTERNATIONAL Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all
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MEN DON'T CRY (TV) Canada - 2003 - English - documentary - video - color - 50:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: John Zaritsky Production: Big Deal Productions Synopsis: One in eight men gets prostate cancer. Since it�s become the most common cancer among men, Oscar-winning John Zaritsky spent twelve months filming the crisis-torn lives of three victims over 50 and, as he finished shooting, doctors told him that he, too, had prostate cancer. Now he says: This is not a film about me. It�s about men who have made the difficult decisions I now face about impotence, incontinence and even life and death.
Ventes / Sales: MUNDOVISION LTD International Distribution & Co-Production Funding of major documentary films.
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MUSKOX PATROL, THE (PATROUILLE ARCTIQUE, LA) (TV) Canada / Netherland - 2004 - English * French version available - documentary - DV - color - 74:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Ole Gjerstad Production: 274 5054 Canada inc
Ventes / Sales: 7e ART DISTRIBUTION INC Fond� en 1998, 7e Art/distribution inc. s'int�resse aux films d�auteurEs. Sous cette banni�re on retrouve des courts, moyens et longs m�trages, fictions et documentaires. 7e Art/distribution inc. offre une alternative de choix � la distribution ind�pendante au Canada.
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NELSON FREIRE (TV) Brazil - 2003 - Portuguese E.s.t. - documentary - 35 mm - color - 102:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Joao Moreira Salles Production: Video Films Synopsis: Nelson Freire tells the story of the eponymous piano-playing who went on to become an international legent and the man they call "the pianist's pianist". The documentary follows Freire in his concert and recitals, from his first contact with the piano as a child, to backstage receptions. Ventes / Sales: GRUPO NOVO DE CINEMA E TV Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all
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NO EXCUSES (FFM) U.S.A. - 2004 - English - documentary - DV - color - 71:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Matt Martin Production: Ventes / Sales: SEVENTH ART RELEASING Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all except: USA TV and New Zealand TV
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NO KIDDING: THE SEARCHE FOR THE WORLD'S FUNNIEST JOKES (TV) Canada - 2003 - English - documentary - video - color - 50:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: John Zaritsky Production: K.B.Productions Synopsis: Surprise! Surprise! Men�s jokes are aggressive, sexual and demean women. Women prefer jokes that involve word-puns. And that�s the conclusion of the world�s most stupendous study of humour. The British Association for the Advancement of Science backed the global Laughlab web site set up by psychologists. They claimed they were looking for the world�s funniest joke and got 40,000. Judges were 100,000 people in 70 countries. In No Kidding Oscar-winning John Zaritsky takes the funniest on the road and finds Germans have the most sense of humour. The U.S. and Canada have the least.
Ventes / Sales: MUNDOVISION LTD International Distribution & Co-Production Funding of major documentary films.
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O.COM: CYBERSEX ADDICTION (FFM) Canada - 2004 - English - documentary - vid�o - color - 47:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Malanie Wood Production: Stranger Productions and Soapbox Productions Synopsis: The internet seems to have removed touch and human contact from sex. Two cases: 35-year-old Nicole, a single mother, has withdrawn into the adult chat rooms, and Allan, a successful single lawyer with two grown children, has become obsessed with online pornography. Ventes / Sales: FILMS TRANSIT INTERNATIONAL
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PARKINSON'S ENIGMA: SCIENCE INVESTIGATION, THE (TV) Canada - 2003 - English - documentary - video - color - 46:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Jerry Thompson Production: Raincoast Storylines Synopsis: By contracting the dreaded Parkinson disease, film star Michael J. Fox may accidentally revolutionize medical science. The Parkinson Enigma shows how. Fox first worked in TV in Vancouver in 1976. Now he�s come down with Parkinson�s. But so have three of that Vancouver film crew. Coincidence or clue?
In this medical mystery distinguished scientists suggest Parkinson�s may not be a disease so much as a virus infection or even a pollution problem. Fox even hears that Parkinson�s and Alzheimer�s may be linked and, heresy of heresies, that coffee and cigarettes might turn out to be therapeutic. Ventes / Sales: MUNDOVISION LTD International Distribution & Co-Production Funding of major documentary films.
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PEOPLE OF ANGKOR, THE (GENS D'ANGKOR, LES ) (FFM) France - 2003 - Cambodian e.s.t. - documentary - vid�o - color - 90:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Rithy Panh Production: INA Ventes / Sales: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L'AUDIOVISUEL Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all except: France, Korea and Switzerland
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PILGRIM, THE (P�LERIN, LE ) (TV) Canada / France - 1997 - English, Polish and French E.s.t - documentary - video - color - 52:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Denis Boivin Production: Les Productions de film Dionysos inc. / EuroMedia T�l�vision Synopsis: An intimate portrait of history's most public pope: Karol Wojtyla- John Paul II. Ventes / Sales: LES DISTRIBUTIONS NETIMA LT�E Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all
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PINOCHET AND HIS THREE GENERALS (PINOCHET ET SES TROIS G�N�RAUX) (FFM) France - 2004 - Spanish e.s.t - documentary - vid�o - color - 101:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Jos� Maria Berzosa Production: INA Synopsis: Three years after Salvador Allende's democratically elected government was overthrown by a military junta led by Augusto Pinochet, a documentary filmmaker persuaded three of the Junta's leaders to be interviewed about their politics and their personal lives. This previously unseen film offers a remarkable portrait of "everyday fascim" and a unique perspective on a key event of 20th century history. Ventes / Sales: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L'AUDIOVISUEL Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all
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POLES, POLES (POLACY, POLACY) (TV) Poland - 2002 - Polish e.s.t. - documentary - Betacam SP - color - 30:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Borys Lankosz Production: Telewizja Polska S.A. Synopsis: A portrait of a portraying portraitist.
For decades the photographer Krzysztof Gieraltowski portrays eminent figures, thus creating a testimony of what thepoles are like. This time his "victimes" are the well-known Cracovians: Stanislaw Lem, Krzysztof Penderecki and Wislawa Szymborska. Ventes / Sales: TELEWIZJA POLSKA S.A Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all
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PRISON BALL (FFM) U.S.A. - 2003 / 2004 - English - documentary - 16 mm / 24p Digital - color - 90:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Jason Moriarty Production: Bombora Pictures Synopsis: Basketball was once considered a ticket out of the ghettos of American cities. In PRISON BALL, it offers a temporary escape from the hardships of life behind bars. Ventes / Sales: BOMBORA PICTURES Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all
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PRISONER OF THE IRON BARS, SELF PORTRAITS, THE (O PRISONEIRO DA GRADE DE FERRO, AUTO RETRATOS) (TV) Brazil - 2003 - Portuguese E.s.t. - documentary - 35 mm - color - 123:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Paulo Sacramento Production: Olhos de Cao Produ�oes Synopsis: "The Prisoners of The Iron Bars" is a documentary about the notorious Brazilian "House of Detention", Carandiru; a prison demolished in the aftermath of a riot in wich 111 prisoners were killed by shock troops brought in to restore order. Ventes / Sales: GRUPO NOVO DE CINEMA E TV Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all
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PUEBLO UNIDO, EL (FFM) Canada - 2004 - English / Spanish e.s.t. - documentary - DV - color - 105:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Thomas Chappel Production: Stonecutter Productions / Scott Lehane Synopsis: In the 1980s, the brutal civil war in El Salvador pitted U.S.-aided government troops and rightwing militias against the campesinos and guerrillas of the leftwing FMLN. The scars of that war are taking a long time to heal. Ventes / Sales: STONE CUTTER PRODUCTIONS Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all
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RAY BRADBURY: DANCING AMONG THE MUSES (TV) U.S.A. - 2004 - English - documentary - 35 mm - color - 52:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Morgan Cavett Production: Ray Bradbury Productions Synopsis: The story of American literary icon and master storyteller Ray Bradbury. Through intimate interviews with Mr. Bradbury and some of his closest friends and colleagues, the viewer becomes a first hand observer to Bradbury's childhood in Waukegan Illinois, where a mysterious carnival performer changes his life forever. Ventes / Sales: MONARCH FILMS INC. Monarch films is a domestic and entertainment sales agency that distributes single documenteries and documentery series on Current Affairs, Crime and Punishment, Cultural Affairs, History, Wildlife, Adventure, Reality, Science, and Social Issues in all madia's around the world.
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RED ROAD (TV) Canada - 2004 - English (French version available) - documentary - 16 mm / Betacam SP - color, b&w;/couleur, n&b; - 46:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Conrad Beaubien Production: Lost Heritage Productions Inc. Ventes / Sales: LOST HERITAGE PRODUCTIONS INC. Territoires disponibles / Territories available: Canada (French portion only & English portion available 2007), and the world
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SENDLER'S LIST (LISTA SENDLEROWEJ) (TV) Poland - 2002 - Polish e.s.t. - documentary - Betacam SP - color - 49:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Michat Dudziewicz Production: Telewizja Polska S.A. Synopsis: Irena Sendler rescued 2500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II. Three High school students in the US, having learned about Mrs Sendler's lot and heroic exploits, decide to come to Poland to meet the woman. Ventes / Sales: TELEWIZJA POLSKA S.A Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all
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SHIPBREAKERS (TV) Canada - 2004 - English - documentary - video - color - 42:30 min. R�al. / Dir.: Michael Kot Production: National Film Board of Canada Ventes / Sales: NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA Territoires disponibles / Territories available: UK, Japan, Australia, Spain and Italy
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SMARTER THAN THE REST OF US (TV) Canada - 2004 - English - documentary - vid�o - color - 46:50 min. R�al. / Dir.: Robert Duncan Production: International Documentary Television Corporation (DOC TV) Ventes / Sales: DOC TV / FILMWEST International Documentary Television Corporation is a privately owned Canadian television production company specialising in full length network documentary programming. We have been providing television programming at a network level for over 25 years. Our client list includes CTV, CBC, NFB, GLOBAL TELEVISION, HISTORY TELEVISION, DISCOVERY CHANNEL, PBS and HBO. We are based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Territoires disponibles / Territories available: All, excluding Canadian broadcast English language.
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SOCIAL GENOCIDE, A (MEMORIA DEL SAQUEO) (FFM) France / Argentina - 2003 - Spanish e.s.t. - documentary - 35 mm - color - 120:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Fernando Solannas Production: ADR Production Synopsis: Argentina, once prosperous, has suffered a steady economic and social decline over the past quarter century, accelerated recently by misguided financial policies. An examination of what went wrong. Ventes / Sales: FILMS DISTRIBUTION Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all except: France, Brazil and Spain
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SPIRITED ARTIST IV (ARTISTE DANS L'�ME IV) (TV) Canada - 2004 - English and French E.s.t. - documentary - video - color - 26:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Charles Th�riault Production: Cinemage Productions Inc. Ventes / Sales: DISTRIBUTION MICHELLE S. IMPORT-EXPORT INC. Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all
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STALIN'S WIFE (FFM) U.S.A. / Russia - 2004 - English - documentary - DV - color - 115:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Slava Tsukerman Production: Cinetron Productions Synopsis: In Joseph Stalin's time, the name of his second wife Nadezhda Alliluyeva (1901-1932) was spoken only in hushed whispers. Fourteen years after their marriage, Nadezhda was found in her bedroom, a revolver by her side, dead by apparent suicide. Ventes / Sales: CINETRON PRODUCTION / MYRABEL STUDIOS Territoires disponibles / Territories available: Contact producer
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SUITE HABANA (FFM) Spain / Cuba - 2003 - no dialogue E.s.t. - documentary - 35 mm - color - 80:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Fernando P�rez Production: Wanda Vision / ICAIC Synopsis: Dawn breaks in Havana. As the day progresses, we follow the lives of ten ordinary Cubans, with only sound and images accompanied by music. Ventes / Sales: Wanda Visi�n Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all except: Switzerland, Austria, France, Scandinavian countries, Aregentina, Mexico, Japan, Puerto Rico, Dominican Rep., Turkey, Poland and Germany.
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TEA & TATA - 2000 KM INDIA (M/W) Germany - 2004 - English, Hindi, Bengali e.s.t. - documentary - DV - color - 55:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Frank Schlichtmann Production: F. Schlichtmann & Co. Synopsis: "Tea & Tata" is a colorful 2000 km truck ride from the state Attimachal to Calcutta dedicated to the 3 million truck drivers of India. Ventes / Sales: INDO CANADIAN FILMS INTERNATIONAL Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all
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THIS WAY OUT (FFM) Canada - 2004 - English - documentary - DV - color - 32:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Jill Burnett / Antonin Lhotsky Production: Parlare Productions Synopsis: Three refugees who fled their home countriesof Brazil, Pakistan and Kenya speak about growing up gay in a society where their sexuality constituted a dangerous secret, which, if discovered, if discovered, could have destroyed their lives. Ventes / Sales: THE CINEMA GUILD INC. Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all
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THROUGH THESE EYES (FFM) Canada - 2004 - English - documentary - video - color - 55:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Charles Laird Production: National Film Board of Canada Synopsis: An examination of the politics and anxieties of the 1960s, a seminal era in American history, that draws subtle parallels to curent events. Ventes / Sales: NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all
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TINA IN MEXICO (TV) Canada / Mexico - 2002 - English - documentary - 16 mm - color - 59:46 min. R�al. / Dir.: Brenda Longfellow Production: Gerda Film Productoins Inc. Synopsis: A new independent feature documentary by acclaimed Canadian director Brenda Longfellow, "TINA IN MEXICO" follows the tumultuous and epic story of Tina Modotti, revolutionary, bohemian free spirit and renowned photographer, acclaimed for her innovative and impassioned depiction of social issues. Ventes / Sales: RHOMBUS INTERNATIONAL Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all
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TRUE INTREPID, THE (TV) Canada - 2004 - English f.s.t. - documentary - video - color, b&w; - 46:50 min. R�al. / Dir.: Terry McEroy Production: MidCanada Entertainment Ventes / Sales: MIDCANADA ENTERTAINMENT MidCanada Entertainment is the production arm of Manitoba's largest and most comprehensive independent production facility, specializing in all genres of film, television and new media production.
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TRUE MEANING OF PICTURES , THE (TV) Canada - 2002 - English - documentary - Digital Beta - color - 55:00 or 75:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Jennifer Bachwal Production: Mercury Films Inc. Synopsis: In eastern Kentucky's Appalachian mountains, a community exists as though suspended from the rest of world. Rejecting both modernity and mainstream America, these people live the same way they have lived for generations. They are known to outsiders as "hillbilles". Shelby Lee Adams calls them mountain people. He has been photographing them for thirty years. Ventes / Sales: RHOMBUS INTERNATIONAL Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all
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TYING THE KNOT (FFM) U.S.A. - 2004 - English - documentary - DV - color - 87:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Jim de S�ve Production: 1049 Films Synopsis: As politicians and social scientists debate same-sex marriage rights, we�re treated to an illuminating history of the evolution of the institution of marriage, from its murky ancient roots through its many surprising transformations. Ventes / Sales: EPSTEIN / LEVINSOHN / BODINE / HURWITZ Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all except: USA and Canada (Quebec is available)
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WAKING UP FRENCH (R�VEIL) (TV) U.S.A. - 2004 - English - documentary - DV - color - 103:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Ben Levine Production: Watching Place Synopsis: R�veil-Waking Up French is a powerful documentary film that explores the struggle for cultural survival among the French-Canadian, Franco-American communities of New England. The film traces the French heritage beginning with immigration from the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Acadia through persecution by Ku Klux Klan and language loss, to cultural renaissance and heritage preservation. Through their determined loyalty to the French Catholic faith, language and cultural values, the French of New England continue to discover new ways of renewal and cultural diversity through heritage language reacquisition. Ventes / Sales: 7e ART DISTRIBUTION INC Fond� en 1998, 7e Art/distribution inc. s'int�resse aux films d�auteurEs. Sous cette banni�re on retrouve des courts, moyens et longs m�trages, fictions et documentaires. 7e Art/distribution inc. offre une alternative de choix � la distribution ind�pendante au Canada.
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WAY TO THE WEST, THE (TV) Greece - 2003 - Greek e.s.t. - documentary - vid�o / 35 mm - color - 60:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Kyriakos Katzourakis Production: Omada Technis Synopsis: Immigration legal and illegal is one of the most important things occurring in today's world. In this searing yet at times intensely poetic documentary a veteran painter makes his film debut about a subject close to his heart - the horror endured by immigrants arriving in Europe from the Middel East and the former Soviet Union. Interweaving dramatized episodes with his own painting, news footage and interviews he creates a powerful cinematic elegy to the shattered dreams of those seeking nothing more then a better life. ***Screnning at the Tribeca Film Festival"*** Festivals: Montreal , Locarno, Yamagata, Thessoloniki***Winner of FIPRESCI Award*** Ventes / Sales: M&L; BANKS Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all except: Greece, Cyprus and Japan
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WITCHES IN EXILE (FFM) U.S.A. - 2004 - English - documentary - video / DV - color - 79:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Allison Berg Production: Satellite Pictures inc. Synopsis: In Ghana, woman accused of witchcraft are torn from their families and banished to isolated "witch villages". This film follows four ostensible "witches" through their daily struggle to survive in northern Ghana. Ventes / Sales: SATELLITE PICTURES INC. Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all
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WOMEN ON PATROL (FFM) Canada - 2004 - English - documentary - video - color - 54:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Barry Lank Production: National Film Board of Canada Synopsis: Canadian police constable Martine LeRoyer of Montreal and Debbie Doyle of Edmonton are on tour of duty with the United Nations Civilian Police in East Timor. Ventes / Sales: NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all
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WORD WARS (TV) U.S.A. - 2004 - English - documentary - DV - color - 80:30 min. R�al. / Dir.: Eric Chaikin / Julian Petrillo Production: Synopsis: A season in the lives of six members of US Disabled Ski Team as they prepare for the 2002 Paralympics and demonstrate that they are true athletes and remarkable human beings. Ventes / Sales: SEVENTH ART RELEASING Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all
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WROCLAW- CITY OF MANY NAMES (WROCLAW- IMIONA MIASTA) (TV) Poland - 2002 - Polish e.s.t. - documentary - Betacam SP - color - 51:00 min. R�al. / Dir.: Krzysztof Wierzbicki Production: Telewizja Polska S.A. Synopsis: Professor Norman Davies presents the history of the borderland city of Wroclaw as a particular example of the general history of Central Europe throughout the centuries. Ventes / Sales: TELEWIZJA POLSKA S.A Territoires disponibles / Territories available: all
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