IDFA Docs for Sale 2015 Catalogue

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Films 2015The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Maddin 1010 Billion - What’s on Your Plate? 1115 Minutes - The Dvor Massacre 1216 Years Till Summer 13The 24 Hour Art Practice 143½ Minutes, Ten Bullets 1535 and Single 1650 Years with Peter, Paul and Mary 178000 Miles from Hip Hop 18About Heaven 19According to Protocol 20The Adventurers of Modern Art 21Affliction 22Afghanistan Night Stories 23Against Your Will 24Agar-agar. Grass from the ocean. 25AGFA 1939 26Aida 27Alice Cares 28Alisa in Warland 29All the Time in The World 30The Alphabet of Fear 31The Altruism Revolution 32Alumbrones 33The Amina Profile 34Amnesia 35Among the Believers 36Animal Machine 37Anthill 38Arab Movie 39Aracati 40Arlette. Courage Is a Muscle. 41Art of the Prank 42Astrid Lindgren 43At Home in the World 44Atlan 45Atlantis of Russian North 46Backlight: Branding Europe 47Backlight: Greece for Sale 48Backlight: The Bitcoin Gospel 49Backlight: The Smart State 50Backlight: TTIP Might is Right 51Backstreet Girls - Return to Muotathal 52Banking Nature 53Baptism of Fire 54BATTLE MOUNTAIN Graeme Obree’s Story 55The Battle with Satan 56Becoming Bulletproof 57Behemoth 58Berlusconi and the Mafia: The Italian Boss 59Best of Enemies 60Between Sisters 61Beyond My Grandfather Allende 62Beyond the Snowstorm 63Bikes vs Cars 64Bird Skin 65Björk. The Creative Universe of a Music Missionary 66Blood Sisters 67BOI, Song of a Wanderer 68

Bonnie and the Thousand Men 69Borsalino City 70Bounce: How the Ball Taught the World to Play 71A Boy’s Dream 72Brave New World 73Breaking the Ice in Sochi 74Brothers 75Business Club 76By Sidney Lumet 77Café Nagler 78Call Me Marianna 79Calling Ukraine 80Carolina’s World 81Cartel Land 82Casa Blanca 83Catching Haider 84Cecilia 85Censored Voices 86The Ceremony 87The Chaos Within 88Chapter 11 89Chechen 90Checks and Balances 91Children of the Hippies 92China Sea: War of the Archipelagos 93The Chinese Mayor 94Chinese Verses 95Christ Lives in Siberia 96Cinema, mon amour 97Citizen Khodorkovsky 98Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah 99Clear Years 100The Closer We Get 101Coal India 102Collusion 103Coming of Age 104Concerto - A Beethoven Journey 105Cool Cats 106The Coolest Memory Team Ever 107The Country Where Trees Fly 108Coups de foudre 109A Courtship 110Crafting an Echo 111Credit for Murder 112Crocodile Gennadiy 113Crossing Rachmaninoff 114The Crossing 115Crosswords: Matta-Clark Friends 116Czech Swan 117Daddy’s Girl 118Dancing for You 119A Dangerous Idea 120The Dangerous World of Doctor Dolecek 121Daniel’s World 122Daughter of the Lake 123David & Me 124The Day the Sun Fell 125Death of a Female Artist 126Democracy 127Democrats 128Despot Housewives 129

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Digital Dissidents 130District Zero 131Diving Into the Unknown 132Dolls Don’t Know 133Don Juan 134Double Aliens 135Doug Seegers – Cinderella Man 136Dreamcatcher 137Dressed as a Girl 138Driving with Selvi 139Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story

of the National Lampoon 140The Dybbuk: A Tale of Wandering Souls 141Dynamic Salt 142Ebola’s Children 143Elisabeth Vigée le Brun: A Touch of Grace 144Emery Tales 145The Empire of the Scents 146The End of the Day 147End of the World 148Eritrea Stars 149Every 28 Days 150Every Face Has A Name 151The Experiment 152Facebookistan 153Fair Chase 154Falciani’s Tax Bomb 155A Family Affair 156Farewell Tour 157A Farm of Passage 158Fast Eddy’s Old News 159The Fear of 13 160Finders Keepers 161Finding Gaston 162Fireflies in the Abyss 163A Flickering Truth 164Flowers of Taipei - Taiwan New Cinema 165The Fog of Srebrenica 166Foodies 167For Kibera! 168For My Sisters 169Forengie 170Free Falling 171Free to Run 172The Free Voice of Egypt - Nawal El Saadawi 173Freedom or Death! 174The French Pill, a Revolution for Women 175Fresh Dressed 176From This Day Forward 177Fukushima: A Nuclear Story 178Furusato 179Gabo: The Creation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez 180Gangbé! 181Garage 2.0 182Gayby Baby 183The Good Life - La Buena Vida 184Grace of God 185Grand Hotel, Memories of the Salons 186The Grand Masters of The Chauvet Cave 187Grassroots in Dry Lands 188The Great Alone 189

Gringo Trails 190Grozny Blues 191Grumant. Island of Communism 192Guantanamo Child 193The Gymnast Who Learned to Walk 194The Gypsy Baron 195Hadwin’s Judgement 196The Hard Stop 197A Haunting History 198HAVEABABY 199He 200Hebei Taipei 201Hello Dakar! 202Hold Me Tight(s) 203Holy Cow 204Home Sweet Home 205Homme Less 206An Honest Liar 207Horizon 208Horizons 209The Horseshoe’s Happiness 210Hot Sugar’s Cold World 211Hotline 212Human 213I Am Dublin 214I Am Not Afraid of the Soldiers 215I Am the Blues 216I Like That Super Most the Best 217I Shot JFK, The Confession of the Grassy Knoll Gunman 218I Still Being (Kachkaniraqmi) 219Imaginary Feasts 220Impact 221In California 222In My Father’s House 223In Search of Putin’s Tiger 224In the Image: Palestinian Women Capture the Occupation 225India’s Daughter 226Ingrid Bergman - In Her Own Words 227Inside a Box 228Inside Fur 229Inside the Chinese Closet 230Inside the Mind of Favela Funk 231The Intern Chef 232Into Darkness 233Iris 234Is There a Shaman in the Tribe? 235Jane & Payne 236The Jazz Loft according to W. Eugene Smith 237Jesus Town, USA 238Jheronimus Bosch - Touched by the Devil 239Jonas and the Backyard Circus 240Journey to the West 241Jungle Sisters 242Just Listen 243K2. Touching the Sky 244Ka-Ching! Pokie Nation 245Katsuobushi 246Khao Lak 247Kick Out Your Boss 248Killing Time 249Korla 250

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Lampedusa in Winter 251Land Grabbing 252The Land of Many Palaces 253The Landscape Within 254Larisa’s Crew 255Last Harvest 256A Leak in Paradise. Swiss Bank Whistleblower 257Leaving Africa 258Life in Flames 259Life is Sacred 260Life of a Butterfly 261Life Should Be Lived 262Like the Others 263Limited Partnership 264Listen, Darling 265Little Angels 266The Longest Run 267Look Love 268A Lullaby Under the Nuclear Sky 269Lyari Notes 270Madonna 271The Madonna Case 272Maiko, Dancing Child 273Mali Blues 274Mallory 275The Man and the Music 276Man Falling 277The Man Who Mends Women - The Wrath of Hippocrates 278The Many Sad Fates of Mr. Toledano 279March of the White Elephants 280Marzia, My Friend 281Master and Tatyana 282Matachindé 283Me and Dad 284Men’s Choice 285MH17: A Nation’s Grief 286Milk 287Minding Our Own 288Miso Hungry: The Effortless Japanese Diet 289Model Boys 290Model Girls 291Moments of Campaign 292Monalisa Story 293Moriom 294Mother & Grunberg 295Mother’s Wish 296Mountain Spirits 297Mr. Hu and the Temple 298Muelheim Texas - Helge Schneider here and there 299The Muses of Bashevis Singer 300Mussa 301The Mute’s House 302My Cancer 303My Curious Documentary 304My Father the Banker 305My Hottest Year on Earth 306My Leftover Ladies 307NapolIslam 308Nasser 309Natural Disorder 310NaturePlay 311

Nazareth Cinema Laday 312A Nazi Legacy: What Our Fathers Did 313Nelsons Nr. 5 314The New Plastic Road 315New York Cuts 316Next Stop: Utopia 317Nice People 318Ninnoc 319Ninth Floor 320No Land’s Song 321No Man Is an Island 322The Noise of Trains 323North 324Not All Is Vigil 325November 84 326Nuclear Nation II 327Ode to Joy 328The Odyssey of Sister Ann 329Old Age 330Old South 331The Oligarchs’ Wives - Russia, Rubles, and Love 332Olmo and the Seagull 333An Omnivorous Family’s Dilemma 334On the Edge 335On the Rim of the Sky 336One Light, Many Candles 337Only the Dead 338Oratorio Without a Purpose 339Oriented 340Original Copy 341Orion: The Man Who Would Be King 342Our Man in Tehran 343Out of Fashion 344Paradise on Earth 345Parchim International 346Passeurs 347Patience, Patience You’ll Go To Paradise! 348Patient 349The Pawn 350Peace Officer 351Pelota II 352The Perfect Circle 353Pervert Park 354Piano 355Planetary 356Please Remember Me 357Plus Minus or Fly’s Trips to the East 358A Poem Is a Naked Person 359Portrait of Aida 360Possessed by Djinn 361Pulling Out All the Stops 362Quilapayún, Beyond the Song 363Reach for the SKY 364Rebellious City 365Rebels 366Remember This House 367Remember Your Name, Babylon 368Rendezvous at Erasmus 369Requiem for the American Dream 370Return of the Atom 371Riot 372



Road to Recovery 373Rock in the Red Zone 374Roshmia 375Rough Stage 376Roundabout in My Head 377Running Waters 378Ruth 379Rwanda & Juliet 380Safari Tourism: Paying to Kill 381Salero 382Samurai and Idiots: The Olympus Affair 383Satudarah - One Blood 384Saving Uncle Jacob 385Say Something 386Scenes from a Divorce 387Scouts 388Sea Is My Country 389Sembene! 390Sempervirens 391Sergio Herman, FUCKING PERFECT 392Seven Songs for a Long Life 393Shedding Light on Dracula 394Shipping Pollution 395The Show of Shows: 100 years of Vaudeville,

Circuses and Carnivals 396Siberian Floating Hospital 397Siblings Are Forever 398Sick 399SILA and the Gatekeepers of the Arctic 400The Silence of Mark Rothko 401A Sinner in Mecca 402The Siren of Faso Fani 403Sketches of Siberia 404Skin and Bones 405Snowden’s Great Escape 406So Far, So Near 407Soccer Millionaire from East 408Somos Cuba - We Are Cuba! 409Song of Lahore 410Songs from the North 411Sonita 412SOS Friendship 413South Africa - The Post-Apartheid Generation 414Spain: Facing Uncertainty 415Speed Sisters 416Spirit in Motion 417The Spirit of the Ancestors 418The Squatters of The Devil’s House 419Stella ciao 420Still Loved 421A Strange Love Affair with Ego 422A Struggle for Home: The Crimean Tatars 423Strung Out 424The Successor 425Sugar Coated 426Sunflower Occupation 427Surire 428Switzerland’s Dark Past: In The Name

of Order and Morality 430The Swedish Theory of Love 429Symmetry & Symmetry Unravelled 431

A Syrian Love Story 432(T)error 433A Tale of Love, Madness and Death 434Talk to Me 435Tashi and the Monk 436Tashi Delek! 437The Tchaikovsky Files - Confessions of a Composer 438Tchindas 439Thank You for Playing 440Third Person 441This Is Exile: Diaries of Child Refugees 442Thru You Princess 443Thy Father’s Chair 444The Touristic Revolution 445Traces in the Snow 446Train to Adulthood 447Transcend 448Trapped at Sea, Lost in Time 449Trapped by Law 450The Tsunami Generation 451Ukrainian Sheriffs 452Unbranded 453Under the Skin of Design 454Under the Sun 455UNDERFIRE: The Untold Story of Tony Vacarro 456Unfinished Plan: The Path of Alain Johannes 457Unlearning 458Unstoppables 459Varicella 460Victor’s Last Class 461Vilanova Artigas: The Architect and the Light 462The Visit 463Vita activa, the Spirit of Hannah Arendt 464Voice – Sculpting Sound with Maja S K Ratkje 465Wacken 3D - The Movie 466Waiting for B. 467The Walkers 468Walls 469A Walnut Tree 470Wanted: A New Home for Serayah 471Wastecooking 472We Are Not Alone 473We’re Still Here: Johnny Cash’s Bitter Tears Revisited 474The Wedding Contract 475Wedding: A Film 476When the Earth Seems to Be Light 477Who Are You Mr Courbet ? 478Who Killed Eloá? 479Who’s There? 480Wild Women, Gentle Beasts 481Winter Buoy 482Women in Sink 483The Wrecking Crew 484Written by Mrs Bach 485A Year with the Swedish Royal Family 486A Year Without My Parents 487The Yes Men Are Revolting 488A Young Patriot 489Zimbelism 490Zombie 491

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Sales Companies3 Tigres Films 323Aakar 470Ablaze Image 165, 468AH Production 407Allfilm 159AMA FILM 299Andana Films 37, 54, 76, 187, 190, 220, 241ANTIPODE Sales & Distribution 191Anywhere Films 454Arena Comunicación Audiovisual 131ARTE France 21, 70, 309, 414Asuntos y Cuestiones Varias 473Atzmor Productions 443AU Films 464Autlook Filmsales 11, 64, 87, 89, 94, 98, 119, 155, 208, 248, 252, 263, 379, 410, 460, 463, 466, 469, 472Avanti Media 150BALDR Film 20Basmati Film 405Basque Films 352Beliane 175, 235BODA Media Group 364Borsboom Filmproducties 68Boujabel Productions 375Boulder Creek International 442Breakwater Studios 380Cargo Film & Releasing 33, 124, 206, 207, 238, 280, 356, 448, 456, 474CAT&Docs 97, 256, 278, 350, 364, 412, 421, 432, 439, 444China Europe Docsalon 298Chou Chen Ting 201Cinédoc films 403CinemaDAL 334CineMark 271CineNordic LLC 311Cinephil 36, 77, 99, 140, 197, 229, 260, 300, 301, 302, 332, 440, 488Cinetic Media 223Clin d’oeil films 61CNEX Limited 489CNEX Studio Corporation 268Colectivo MEJODA 283Conch Studios 340Conijn Film 156Cronopio Film 81CTM Docs 431Cusicanqui Films 323

Deckert Distribution 63, 84, 150, 353, 361, 371, 386, 397, 398, 455DEFC 45, 133, 200dffb 465DFI 153DK Productions 174Doc Eye Film 365Doc & Film International 19, 59, 62, 93, 127, 129, 142, 478Doc’n’World Foundation 29Doctela 479Doctribute 476Dogwoof 15, 82, 86, 137, 160, 176, 304, 338, 396, 416, 453Dok Mobile 294DR Danish Broadcasting Corporation 12, 44, 69, 92, 106, 107, 128, 143, 152, 153, 226, 284, 293, 306, 310, 354, 395, 405, 406, 451, 482Dream Big Pictures 16ECAL - Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne 391Éclipse Film 447EiE film 203Elamedia 276El dedo en el ojo 325Elf Films 221Endorfina Studio 261Enter-tain 458Esperamos Films 34Eterna Filmes 65Eternity Co. 95Exitfilm 376Eyesfull 139EyeSteelFilm 216Eyeworks 136FAOS TV ProductionS 145Filament Pictures 270Filmdelights 281Filmhaus Wien 206Filmografik 315Film Republic 79Films 59 473Films Transit International Inc 30, 66, 132, 146, 178, 193, 230, 239, 296, 370, 426, 481Film Tower 96First Hand Films 115, 258, 318, 429, 443Fluid Produzioni - Ubulibri 425Fortissimo Films 167, 392Forward Entertainment 328, 362FraKas Productions 388Fuglene 366



Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion 274, 438Ginestra Film 134Go2Films Distribution and Marketing 24, 39, 78, 88, 212, 369, 374, 441, 464Good Company 205Gorky Film Studios 335Hikayet films 91Hulahop Film & Art Productions 217IFProductions 198IKON 215, 413, 471, 487Illumina Films 14, 321INA 58Intent Produccions 158Invercine Producciones 116Java Films 32, 53, 180, 259, 381, 415, 430JMT Films Distribution 312, 385Jour2Fête 172Journeyman Pictures 57, 71, 130, 138, 161, 189, 253, 287, 289, 436Journey Pictures Ltd 55Just a Moment 282JWProductions 180Kino Lorber, Inc. 225, 411Kinotar 371Koocheh Film 387Korela Film 157Korla LLC 250Krakow Film Foundation 26, 75, 83, 141, 148, 185, 261, 345, 355, 358, 435, 459Kurt Mayer Film 84La Claqueta Metalica 259LADOC srl 308La Elefanta Producciones 147Lame Duck Productions 329Lobo Ronco Media Contents 419Looking Glass Pictures PTY 245LOOKS DISTRIBUTION 485LSDLIVE 236Lumiere Productions 237Luminaria 434MAGNETFILM 104, 125, 181, 184, 341Magnolia Pictures 60, 234, 484Mahatua Producciones 418Manjusha Films 36Mass Appeal 176MasterFilm, s.r.o. 121Médecins Sans Frontières 22Media 3.14 415

Mexiko Media 318Minerva Productions 114Mirada Filmes 40Mistrus Media 305Mockofiction 112ModoViral Productions 457Monoduo Films 211Mosaico Filmes Distribuciones 186Movie Plus Productions Tel Aviv 424MTU Otaku 157MyPlanet 213Nakuy S.A.C. 219Nanushka Television 290, 291National Film Board of Canada 34, 188, 196, 320, 490NEGATIV 275NEW DOCS 179, 336, 346, 400, 409NewRed TV 103Nic Penrake & Associates 373Noempie Holding BV 210No Permits Produktions 444NPO Sales 28, 31, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 149, 182, 243, 286, 295, 303, 314, 319, 343, 384, 401O2 Play 462Olympic Films 72Ostinato Cine 292Ostrov Studio 417Palenque Producciones 363Paradiso Films Documentaries 166Paschyn Productions 423Pauxa SC 445Peace Officer LLC 351Penny Wise Films 85Perdurabo Film 195Perut + Osnovikoff 428Petunia Productions 331PF Pictures 370Pink Productions 97PLAESION Film + Vision e.U. 169Plano 3 Filmes 240Pohjola-filmi 281Point du Jour International 383, 389Point of View 192Popcon Produções 467Pop Twist Entertainment, Inc. 17, 337Pretty Pictures 227PS Film 41Quechua Films 123, 219, 360Ragusa Film 35, 73

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Ravi Films 410Reflexion Films 46, 285, 446Relight Films 42Rise and Shine 100, 118, 151, 183, 204, 244, 349Rits Filmschool Brussel 233Rocky&Estrella 368ro*co films international 113, 382, 433Romawood 450Roya Film House 23RSI Radiotelevisione Svizzera 74, 394, 420, 480Rufy’s 27Runaway Films 199Sakdoc 135sarabandefilm 173Sasha Klein Productions 332Scottish Documentary Institute 393Seftel Productions 279SEVEN Film- und Postproduction 169Seventh Art Productions 105Sideways Film 461Slingshot Films International Sales 61SND Films 264, 431Somewhere 101Sonuma 348Starline Entertainment 266Stefi &Lynx Productions 267Story AB 214Strix Television 52Studio Ostrov 417Stumpsfilm, LLC 372Surela Film 324SVT 43, 120, 136, 194, 202, 232, 247, 262, 272, 290, 291, 486TAG/TRAUM 412Taipei Documentary Filmmakers’ Union 427Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation 307Talent United BV 408TAM Films 80Taskovski Films 10, 13, 38, 56, 67, 110, 209, 242, 249, 251, 269, 333, 452, 477Tesseract Films Corporation 264Thank You & Good Night Productions 339The 3rd Vision Films LTD 297The Filmmaker Fund 15The Film Sales Company 154, 164, 177, 313, 342, 390, 402The Open Reel 222, 347Thomas Carlé Filmproduktion 330Upfront Films 128

Van Lieshout Filmproducties 404Ventes - CBA/WIP Sales 109, 257Vertov. Real cinema 455VFS Films 135, 452Videosfera 467Visible Film 122, 317, 322, 399VLC, LLC 461VPRO 149Wajda Studio 244Wanted Films 108Wide House 117, 144, 162, 273, 277, 327, 491Windmill Film BV 170WNYC 237YLE 168Zentropa Entertainment 333Zuidenwind FilmProductions 422

MiscellaneousAziz, Ammar 470Barel, Yariv 78Blank, Harrod 359Bravo, Djanira 378Capranico, Andrea 254Colucci, Laura 280Dankbaar, Wim 218Dawkins, David 475Feng, Violet Du 357Gapchenko, Ksenia 90Hai, Fen Lu 201Huang, Patrick Mao 449HUNG, Mingchuan 126Kaeppeli, Markus 400Kaplansky, Mor 78Khanyutina, Maria 255Killikh, Evgenia 25Landsmann, Silvina 212Lorentzen, Luke 316Mariyati, Ketut 475McNamara, Michael 124Nuss, Jessi 246Olmi, Boy 236Parent, Stephan 326Parent, Stephan 326Pecotic, Peter 224Quadri, Jacopo 108Rajola, Cristina 108Ramonda, Pascale 377



Rebane, Priit 437Reddy, Chandrasekhar 163Röben, Felix 102Rojas, Fermin 33Roodenburg, Elise 231Roodenburg, Elise 231Russell, Leon 359Scharlatt, Emmy 225Shattuck Sharon 177Silverman, Jason 390Sington, David 160Stephenson, Hunter 211Su, Ming Yen 265Tammi, Emma 154Tsai, Tsung-lung 427Udomlertlak, Namfon 171Wang, Qihan 253Weinstein, Justin 207Yu, Kuang-Chong 18Yusuf, Inaya 288Zaki, Iris 483

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The story follows the mediumistic experiments of Guy Maddin - filmed during the “spirit’’ shootings presented in Europe and his cinephile wanderings in his quest for cursed and ghostly films.

Catalogue No. 407Art / Music / Culture

The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. MaddinYves Montmayeur

France, 2015 color / black and white, video/HDcam, 52’/65’Original Language: EnglishSubtitles: Frenchwww.taskovskifilms.com/?film=the-1000-eyes-of-dr-maddin

Guy Maddin, the Canadian David Lynch is doubtlessly one of the last remaining Magus of cinema. Despite living in the middle of the digital age, this heretical director hailing from the snowy plains of Canada has spent 25 years transposing the uncommon and the uncanny onto screens over-saturated with naturalistic imagery. A lover of primitive cinema, he has cunningly summoned the light-and-shadow techniques and experimentations of the Golden Age of film to resuscitate a unique cinematographic language which plays with the spectator’s unconscious by means of visual trickery as disturbing as it is absurd.

SALES / CONTACT:Aleksandra DerewienkoTaskovski Films19-21 Christopher StreetEC2A 2B LondonEnglandtel: +48 693 866 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONBrainworksThierry Tripod

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:CINE+ – France, CNC – France



In the middle of the heated debate about food security, comes this broad and analytic look into the enormous spectrum of global food Production and distribution.

Catalogue No. 408Nature / Environment | Politics / Society

10 Billion - What’s on Your Plate?10 Milliarden - wie werden wir alle satt?Valentin Thurn

Germany, 2015 color, video, 53’/102’Original Language: German/EnglishSubtitles: English

By 2050, the world population will grow to ten billion people. In the middle of the heated debate about food security, comes this broad and analytic look into the enormous spectrum of global food Production and distribution - from artificial meat, insects, industrial farming to trendy self-cultivation. Director, best-selling author and Food Fighter Valentin Thurn (box office hit Taste The Waste) seeks for solutions worldwide and gives place for innovation and visions for our future.

SALES / CONTACT:Andrea HockAutlook FilmsalesSpittelberggasse 3/141070 WienAustriatel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONAlte Celluloid FabrikJürgen KleinigTina Leeb

CO-PRODUCTION:Prokino – Germany, Thurnfilm – Germany

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Former company commander Kold travels back to Croatia, to the place where he 20 years earlier had to make the most difficult decision in his life.

Catalogue No. 53Author’s Point of View | Politics / Society

15 Minutes - The Dvor Massacre15 Minutter - Massakren i DvorGeorg Larsen, Kasper Vedsmand

Denmark / Croatia, 2015 color, 35mm, 58’Original Language: Croatian/Danish/English/SerbianSubtitles: English

The Danish soldiers in Camp Dannevirke were assigned by the United Nations to monitor the ceasefire between the Serbs and the Croats. They were only allowed to use weapons in self-defense. In the summer of 1995, the Croatian Army ceasefire broke. Once there was no longer a ceasefire to monitor, the soldiers were ordered to stay inside their camp and not interfere in the war. It was therefore up to one Danish officer, to make the crucial decision: to give orders to shoot or follow the UN mandate and not intervene.

SALES / CONTACT:Kim ChristiansenDR Danish Broadcasting CorporationEmil Holms Kanal 200999 København CDenmarktel: +45 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONFinal Cut for RealMonica HellströmAnne Köhncke

CO-PRODUCTION:Nukleus Film – Croatia

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:TV2 – Denmark



A man returns to his village in the Scottish Highlands after 16 years in prison, but as past traumas resurface, it becomes a daily battle for him to rebuild his life.

Catalogue No. 33Politics / Society | Human Interest / Social Issues

16 Years Till SummerLou McLoughlan

Scotland / Iceland, 2015 color, video, 82’Original Language: EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.taskovskifilms.com/?film=16-years-till-summer

When Uisdean returns home to nurse his dying father, after spending 16 years in prison, he attempts to re-build a normal life in his home village. Set in the healing and beautiful landscape of the Scottish Highlands, the film inevitably explores themes of redemption but the director’s main focus is on the trusting relationships Uisdean builds with his father and girlfriend; both of whom are inspired by the ‘new start’ he promises to share with them. But is Uisdean able to change his destructive ways?


PRODUCTIONLou McLou FilmsLauren Fox

CO-PRODUCTION:Zik Zak Filmworks – Iceland

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In over 30 years, Dr. Oei amassed the most significant collection of modern Indonesian art. When it was alleged that he had the art forged, the Indonesian art world exploded.


The 24 Hour Art PracticePatricia Chen

Singapore, 2015 color, HDcam, 51’Original Language: English/IndonesianSubtitles: English

The 24 Hour Art Practice traces the journey of Dr. Oei (OHD), a whimsical Indonesian art collector who amassed one of the most significant collections of modern Indonesian art by adopting a round-the-clock open-door policy for sellers and visitors to his home. When he was accused of authenticating fake works in his collection, the Indonesian art world became incensed and knotted over issues of provenance, authentication and accountability

SALES / CONTACT:Robin BrinsterIllumina FilmsLeidsestraat 106-lll1017PG AmsterdamThe Netherlandstel: +31 20 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONSekel Media Asia LLPPatricia Chen



In 2012 a white male and a black teenager exchanged angry words over the volume of music in the boy’s car. A gun entered, one of them was left dead.


3½ Minutes, Ten BulletsMarc Silver

USA, 2015 color, HDcam, 98’Original Language: Englishwww.3andahalfminutes.com

In 3½ Minutes, two lives intersected and were forever altered. On Black Friday in 2012, two cars parked next to each other at a Florida gas station. A white middle-aged male and a black teenager exchanged angry words over the volume of the music in the boy’s car. A gun entered the exchange, and one of them was left dead. Excluding Aus, USA, Canada,

SALES / CONTACT:Ana VicenteDogwoof19 - 23 Ironmonger RowEC1V 3QN LondonEnglandtel: +44 207 253 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONMotto PicturesCarolyn HepburnThe Filmmaker FundMinette Nelson

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An Argentine filmmaker explores her humorous and intimate 10 year search for long lasting love in hopes of understanding why she is 35 and single.

Catalogue No. 55Experimental | Author’s Point of View

35 and Single35 y solteraPaula Schargorodsky

Argentina / USA / Spain, 2015 color, HDcam, 73’Original Language: Italian/English/SpanishSubtitles: Englishwww.facebook.com/35andsingle

I’m Paula. 35. Argentine. Over the past 10 years I’ve been compulsively shooting everyone and everything for no particular reason. All my love stories and breakups have been recorded and systematically stored. While I kept changing boyfriends every 2 years, I shot my friends with their boyfriends, husbands, their bellies and now surrounded by children.Yes, some of us just don’t follow the norm. Should I settle down or remain a free spirit?The movie was sold to Pivot and Univisión broadcasters for the following territories: USA, Canada, Mexico, Venezuela, Bermuda and Caribbean. Estimated release: last quarter 2015.

SALES / CONTACT:Paula SchargorodskyDream Big PicturesForest 1771, Capital Federal, Buenos Aires1430 Buenos AiresArgentinatel: +0054 11 45524568www.facebook.com/[email protected]

PRODUCTIONMotto PicturesJulie Goldman

CO-PRODUCTION:Talatala Filmmakers – Spain

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:Univision – USA, Pivot/Univision – USA



The definitive look at Peter, Paul and Mary. Greenwich Village, the Sixties, American Civil Rights, Viet Nam. Their decades of passionate music continue to inspire future generations today.

Catalogue No. 56Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture | Politics / Society

50 Years with Peter, Paul and MaryJim Brown

USA, 2014 color / black and white, video, 80’Original Language: English

This new documentary by multi-Emmy®-winner Jim Brown presents an astonishing look at the iconic folk trio’s career. It unearths rare and previously unseen 1960s footage, along with the trio’s best performances and most popular songs. This is PPM at the peak of their artistry, a time when this influential trio changed the music scene forever. Greenwich Village … the American Civil Rights and anti-Viet Nam War eras … five decades of passionate advocacy and music. Their legacy continues to inspire generations today. This is the definitive celebration and examination of their lasting impact.

SALES / CONTACT:Doug ZwickPop Twist Entertainment, Inc.8162 Manitoba Street, Suite 11590293 Playa del ReyUSAtel: +1 310 734 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONPop Twist Entertainment, Inc.Jim Brown

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:PBS – USA

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Odyssey of crazy wannabe gangsta rappers in China.

Catalogue No. 411Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture | Youth

8000 Miles from Hip HopKuang-Chong Yu

Finland, 2014 color, HDcam, 80’Original Language: ChineseSubtitles: English/Finnish/Chinese

Four Chinese wannabe gangster rappers imitate their heroes Cypress Hill while trying to break it in censored Chinese music market, not knowing the harsh reality awaiting to betray their dreams. It shows the same dilemma that the young people share regardless of where they come from. When is the time to realize that maybe your dream doesn’t come true after all?

SALES / CONTACT:Kuang-Chong Yu6F., No.292, Sec. 2, Fuxing S. Rd., Da’an Dist.10663 TaipeiTaiwantel: +886 925 358 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONJanne Niskala



A group of Swiss senior citizens discusses their ideas about life after death in a series of remarkable, moving and funny conversations.

Catalogue No. 412Human Interest / Social Issues

About HeavenFragments du paradisStéphane Goël

Switzerland, 2015 color, HDcam, 85’Original Language: FrenchSubtitles: English

If Switzerland is sometimes perceived as heaven on earth, the question that follows is: do its inhabitants believe in heaven? Believers, agnostics and atheists all feel the need for a narrative when confronting death. So, what is left of paradise, which once promised eternal happiness? Encountering people in the twilight of their years, this film offers a moving, offbeat and personal quest within the depictions of this place common to all of humanity, faced with hope and shared doubt.

SALES / CONTACT:Gorka GallierDoc & Film International13 rue Portefoin75003 ParisFrancetel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONClimageStéphane Goël

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According to Protocol follows the responsible but also emotional work of two employees of the emergency services 112, who are expected to adapt to the commercialization of health care.

Catalogue No. 413Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society

According to ProtocolVolgens protocolAnne-Marieke Graafmans

The Netherlands, 2015 color, video, 49’Original Language: DutchSubtitles: English

According to Protocol shows the responsible but also emotional work of the dispatchers of the emergency services 112. They are expected to adjust their way of assistance to the new protocol that took effect recently. For the optimization of health care the dispatchers have to follow a tight schedule of questionnaires. The one dispatcher is coping better to this commercial change in work than the other.Director Anne-Marieke Graafmans shows us the dilemma employees in the care increasingly have to face: realize the best possible care for the clients versus the commercialization in health care.

SALES / CONTACT:Katja DraaijerBALDR FilmOudezijds Achterburgwal 771012 DC AmsterdamThe Netherlandstel: +31 20 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONBALDR FilmKatja Draaijer

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:Human – The Netherlands



Plunge into Parisian life at the turn of the 20th Century with Picasso, Dali, Apollinaire, Man Ray, Kiki and more... Episode 2: “Picasso and his Gang”.


The Adventurers of Modern ArtLes aventuriers de l’art modernePauline Gaillard, Amélie Harrault, Valérie Loiseleux

France, 2015 color / black and white, HDcam, 52’Original Language: Englishhttp://sales.arte.tv/fiche/4023/LES_AVENTURIERS_DE_L_ART_MODERNE

Adapted from Dan Franck’s literary trilogy ‘Bohemian Paris, Libertad!, Midnight’, the story plunges us into Parisian life in the beginning of the 20th century, a hotbed of artistic creation with the blossoming of Fauvism, Cubism, Dadaism, and Surrealism. Through original illustrations, animation and archives, the films trace the highs and lows, scandals and celebrations, tragedies and the triumphs that shaped the phenomenal period of Modern Art up until the end of World War II. The infamous protagonists include Picasso, Dali, Apollinaire, Man Ray, Kiki and more… artists, art dealers, poets and muses who left an indelible mark on our time. The film is a part of a six episode series

SALES / CONTACT:Heidi FleisherARTE France8 Rue Marceau92785 Issy Les MoulineauxFrancetel: +33 1 55 00 77 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONSilex FilmsPriscilla Bertin

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:ARTE France – France

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The human side of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. A story of fear and frustration, of stigma and disbelief, of grief but also of immense joy and courage.


AfflictionPeter Casaer

Belgium, 2015 color, video, 70’/52’Original Language: English/FrenchSubtitles: Dutch/English/Frenchwww.afflictionfilm.com

Shot in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, the film provides a compelling view of the impact of the Ebola outbreak on the lives of individuals. From the remote village where the first victim was identified the film takes us through the three affected countries.The film explores the different aspects of the outbreak as village chiefs, patients, survivors, national and international aid workers talk about the fear and rejection, the stigma, the impact of quarantine, the mortality of health personnel, the failure of the international response, the lack of adequate medical treatment. Excluding Belgium, Netherlands

SALES / CONTACT:Joffrey MonnierMédecins Sans FrontièresRue de l’Arbre Bénit 461050 BrusselsBelgiumtel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONMédecins Sans Frontières Peter CasaerJoffrey Monnier



A story of war, love, life and death, it is an unprecedented look at these elite fighters, and the hopes and dreams they have rarely spoken of until now.

Catalogue No. 415Politics / Society | History | Human Interest / Social Issues

Afghanistan Night StoriesQasa hay shab AfghanistanAlka Sadat

Afghanistan, 2015 color, 16mm, 60’Original Language: AfghanSubtitles: Englishwww.royafilmhouse.org/staff/alka-sadat

A group of Afghan Commodes fighting Taliban for a better Afghanistan. Nights of high tension in the battle against an invisible enemy. Four soldiers, who seal their fate to one another, ready for death at any time. Unexpected accounts of longing and of love from steal formed fighters, in the midst of an unforgivable war. And finally death awaiting the bravest of the group. An unprecedented journey in the private heart of the Afghan Army, never told before.

SALES / CONTACT:Alka SadatRoya Film HouseFirst street of demazan house, nr. 75KabulAfghanistantel: +93 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONRoya Film HouseAlka Sadat

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After Amit committed suicide in the army, his religious kibbutz called it “a gun accident”. When their second son committed suicide, his parents refused to remain silent.


Against Your WillAl KorchechaAssaf Banitt

Israel, 2015 color, video, 51’Original Language: HebrewSubtitles: Englishwww.go2films.com/Cannes-and-Other-Delights/Against-Your-Will

Gilles and Esther Alexandre struggle with both the loss of their two sons to suicide committed during their military service and with the condemnation by their religious community, which regards suicide as a sin and source of shame expecting the grieving parents to swallow their pain. The Alexandres refuse to succumb and launch a public campaign to reshape Jewish Orthodoxy’s discourse on suicide. Now their youngest son Binyamin is about to enter the army and wants their permission to join the combat unit. Loyal to his kibbutz’s standards, he implores his parents to find another way to commemorate his siblings.

SALES / CONTACT:Hedva GoldschmidtGo2Films Distribution and Marketing37/8 Issar Natanzon St.97787 JerusalemIsraeltel: + [email protected]

PRODUCTIONAssaf Banitt

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:Channel 10 – Israel



The film is about red algae catcher’s work on the Atlantic Coast. For many in Morocco it’s the only mean to earn their living. For others - it’s natural gelatine.

Catalogue No. 61Human Interest / Social Issues | Nature / Environment

Agar-agar. Grass from the ocean.Evgenia Killikh

Russia, 2014 color, video, 26’Original Language: ArabicSubtitles: English/Russian

Agar-agar is a product obtained by extraction from red seaweed. It’s a natural vegetable gelatine counterpart used in the food processing industry, especially wide - in the confectionery industry. Algae catches in Morocco manually cut the plant from the ocean floor with a high risk for their lives spending sometimes 8 hours per day in the boat. They bring algae ashore and dry it in order to sell it later for a few dirhams to the state. For many in Morocco this is the only possible mean to earn their living.

SALES / CONTACT:Evgenia KillikhZorge 14, 123125252 MoscowRussiatel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONEvgenia Killikh

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Catalogue No. 62Investigative | Politics / Society | History

AGFA 1939AGFA 1939. Podróz w czasy wojnyMichal Wnuk

Germany / Poland, 2015 color, video, 52’Original Language: German/English/PolishSubtitles: English

Young Polish filmmaker Michal Wnuk finds an Agfa box of 120 photographs and 2 reels of 16mm film. For the first time, he gets to see World War II through the eyes of his grandfather, who served in the Wehrmacht. Soon Michal discovers that the box didn’t belong to his grandfather but to his great-uncle Elek - an anti-German fighter and a decorated war hero. Michal uncovers the intriguing story behind the Agfa box, travelling across Poland and Germany in a journey that leads him back to the last summer days of 1939.

SALES / CONTACT:Katarzyna WilkKrakow Film FoundationBasztowa 15/8a31-143 KrakowPolandtel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONBalabustaMagdalena Kaminska



The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock, whence the stone would fall back. They thought that there is no more dreadful punishment than hopeless labor.


AidaMaysoon El-Massry

Egypt, 2015 color, HDcam, 20’

Following the daily journey of the 86 years old Aida, the oldest flower vendor in Alexandria while she is roaming the city streets. An ongoing Sisyphean journey for 50 years. Aida is a familiar face for the city residents yet they don’t know much about her. A face that holds within a long history of untold stories.

SALES / CONTACT:Mohamad El-HadidiRufy’s25 Mina St. Off Kafr Abdou St., Roshdy21529 AlexandriaEgypttel: +2 (03) 54 10 473www.rufysstudio.tk/[email protected]

PRODUCTIONRufy’sMohamad El-Hadidi

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In order to meet future care demands for elderly who are lonely and suffering from dementia, carebot Alice has been developed. Can a robot build a human relationship?


Alice CaresIk ben AliceSander Burger

The Netherlands, 2014 color, video, 53’/80’

Carebot Alice leaves the laboratory to visit Mrs. Remkes, Mrs. Schellekens-Blanke and Mrs. van Wittmarschen, each in their own house. The three women are getting on in age and are therefore exceptionally suited for the services of Alice, who has been developed by SELEMCA. This is a research group which tries to discover, with the help of community nurses and family, how ‘sociobot’ Alice should talk and react to stem the effects of loneliness on older women. The outcome of the experiment is surprising for all involved.

SALES / CONTACT:Kaisa KriekNPO SalesBart de Graaffweg 21217 ZL HilversumThe Netherlandstel: +31 35 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONKeyDocsJanneke Doolaard

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:KRO/NCRV – The Netherlands



The film describes young Ukrainian filmmaker Alisa and her journey from Euromaidan to the war in the East. It’s a sensitive diary of modern woman in the shaky world.

Catalogue No. 418Author’s Point of View | Politics / Society | Human Interest / Social Issues

Alisa in WarlandAlisa w krainie wojnyLiubov Durakova, Alisa Kovalenko

Poland, 2015 color, video, 72’Original Language: English/French/Russian/UkranianSubtitles: Englishwww.alisa.org.pl

Alisa in Warland describes young Ukrainian filmmmaker and her journey from Euromaidan to the war of the East of Ukraine. It’s a sensitive diary of young woman lost in the shaky world. Living picture of her tragic experiences, feelings, pains, when personal live meets history.Alisa is not just a director anymore, she becomes a participant of the events. She was taken captive by separatists.It’s also a film about love between Alisa and her French boyfriend, French journalist, Stephane. Will love conquer the war?Poland - this territory is sold.

SALES / CONTACT:Miroslaw DembinskiDoc’n’World FoundationPlac Zwyciestwa2d/2 LodzPolandtel: +48 42 676 75 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONDoc’n’World FoundationMiroslaw Dembinski

CO-PRODUCTION:TVP 2 – Poland, Polish Television Belsat – Poland

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:Polish Television Belsat – Poland, TVP 2 – Poland

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A unique story of a family leaving the comforts of home to live for 9 months in the remote wilderness of the Canadian Yukon Territory,

Catalogue No. 64Nature / Environment | Human Interest / Social Issues

All the Time in The WorldSuzanne Crocker

Canada, 2014 color, HDcam, 52’Original Language: Englishwww.allthetimeintheworld.ca

Would you sometimes not dream of disconnecting from our hectic and technology laden lives in order to reconnect with each other, ourselves and our natural environment? A unique story of a family leaving the comforts of home to live for 9 months, with their three young children, in the remote wilderness of the Canadian Yukon Territory, spending the long cold winter living in a small cabin with no road access, no electricity, no running water, no internet and not a single watch or clock.

SALES / CONTACT:Jan RöfekampFilms Transit International Inc21 Place EpernayJ6Z 4K9 Lorraine, (Quebec)Canadatel: + 1 514 844 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONDrift Productions Inc.Suzanne Crocker



A documentary about the Rumanian-German Nobel Prize Laureate Herta Müller: her collages, her traumas and her fears.


The Alphabet of FearHet alfabet van de angstJohn Albert Jansen

The Netherlands, 2015 color / black and white, video, 55’www.nposales.com/the-alphabet-of-fear/

Herta Müller (1953) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2009. Müller’s parents were German speaking Rumanians. Her adult life were darkly overshadowed by the repression of the Ceausescu regime and the continuous harassment of the Securitate. The fears and traumas resulting from those experiences largely continue to dominate her life. When Herta Müller is not working on a novel, she composes so-called ‘collage poems’. The bewilderment and fear that characterize her prose also pervade her poetry.


PRODUCTIONJohn Albert Jansen

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Catalogue No. 65Science / Technology | Investigative | Human Interest / Social Issues

The Altruism RevolutionLa Révolution AltruisteSylvie Gilman, Thierry Vincent de Lestrade

France, 2015 color, HDcam, 90’Original Language: FrenchSubtitles: English

For generations, we have believed that man is driven by ruthless self-interest. But over the past decade, this idea has been increasingly challenged. New research from fields as diverse as political science, psychology, sociology and experimental economics is forcing us to rethink human actions and motivation. There are strong biological reasons to believe why group co-operation may beat being selfish.But if altruism is intrinsic in man and we can all benefit from acting in a selfless manner then a society structured around altruism should be possible.

SALES / CONTACT:Kathryn BonniciJava Films38 Quai du Point du Jour92100 Boulogne-BillancourtFrancetel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONVia Découvertes ProductionJean-Pierre Devorsine




Alumbrones explores the lives and work of 12 Cuban artists whose work captures a country at a time of significant transformation.

Catalogue No. 66Politics / Society | Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture

AlumbronesBruce Donnelly

USA / Brazil / Cuba, 2014 color, DCP, 57’/75’Original Language: English/SpanishSubtitles: Englishwww.cargofilm-releasing.com/home/films/alumbrones/

Alumbrones is an insiders-look at the lives of twelve contemporary Cuban artists, ranging in age and sociopolitical backgrounds, all living in Havana today. Through in-depth interviews, the film covers a diverse range of subjects, from supply shortages and constant blackouts, to family life, love, sex and music. Alumbrones, with its multi-dimensional appeal, combines a love of art with the enduring curiosity that people have about life in Cuba today. Not available in US

SALES / CONTACT:David PiperniCargo Film & Releasing611 Broadway, suite 63010012 New YorkUSAtel: +1 212 995 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONJames KubeschFermin Rojas

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The Amina Profile is part love story, part international thriller, and a gripping chronicle of an unprecedented media and sociological hoax.


The Amina ProfileSophie Deraspe

Canada, 2015 color, HDcam, 86’Original Language: EnglishSubtitles: Frenchwww.nfb.ca

During the Arab Spring, a love story between two women—a Canadian and a Syrian American—turns into an international socio-political thriller spotlighting media excesses and the thin line between truth and falsehood on the Internet.

SALES / CONTACT:Lorne PriceNational Film Board of Canada3155 Cote de liesse RoadH4N 2N4 MontrealqCanadatel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONNational Film Board of CanadaNathalie CloutierEsperamos FilmsIsabelle Couture



Recently Peter has found out about the tragedy that took place in the city of Kielce, Poland, on 4 July 1946. His own grandfather was personally involved in this crime. Peter starts his private investigation.

Catalogue No. 67History | Author’s Point of View | Human Interest / Social Issues

AmnesiaAmnezjaJerzy Sladkowski

Poland, 2015 color, HDcam/DCP, 54’Original Language: PolishSubtitles: English

Peter finds out during a trip to Washington Holocaust Museum about the pogrom, that took place in his hometown (Kielce) in 1946. He decides to return to Poland to confront the silence of his family and town’s community. Speaking with eyewitnesses and trying to comprehend their motivations creates a conflict with his mother, who informs him that her own father was actively involved in this crime. Will Peter be able to uncover the truth about the role his grandfather played in the pogrom, putting to the test his relations with the loved ones?

SALES / CONTACT:Lucyna KowalskaRagusa Film15 Bzowa ap. 302-708 WarsawPolandtel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONRagusa FilmLucyna KowalskaDariusz Kowalski

CO-PRODUCTION:TVPTelewizja Polska S.A. – Poland

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:TVPTelewizja Polska S.A. – Poland

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An eye opening exploration into the radical Islamic school Red Mosque in Pakistan, which trains legions of children to devote their lives to jihad from a very young age.

Catalogue No. 420Politics / Society | Human Interest / Social Issues | Investigative

Among the BelieversMohammed Ali Naqvi, Hemal Trivedi

USA / Pakistan / India, 2015 color, HDcam, 84’Original Language: Urdu/EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.amongthebelieversfilm.com

An unsettling and eye opening exploration into the spread of the radical Islamic school Red Mosque in Pakistan, which trains legions of children to devote their lives to jihad, or holy war, from a very young age. With Incredible access and chilling footage, Among the Believers charts the personal quest of a firebrand Pakistani cleric, to impose a strict version of Shariah law throughout the country, as a model for the world. Excluding USA

SALES / CONTACT:Philippa KowarskyCinephilLevontin Street 186511207 Tel AvivIsraeltel: +972 35 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONChangeworxJonathan Goodman LevittManjusha FilmsHemal Trivedi



From exploiting the cow’s physical body to manipulating its cells, a new 21st-century farm animal is under construction.

Catalogue No. 69Science / Technology | Nature / Environment | Politics / Society

Animal MachineBernard Bloch

France, 2015 color, video, 52’Original Language: Portugese/French/EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.andanafilms.com/catalogueFiche.php?idFiche=1212&rub=Nouveaut%C3%A9

Since the 19th century, the fate of cows has been tied to new methods and progress in animal science. Genetics and new ways of rearing animals have accelerated bovine biological transformation and manipulation. These are no longer the same cash cows of yesteryear; men have adapted the bodies of cattle to stricter quantity and quality standards. From exploiting the cow’s physical body to manipulating its cells, a new 21st-century farm animal is under construction.

SALES / CONTACT:Stephan RiguetAndana Films25 route de l’Echelette07170 LussasFrancetel: +33 4 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONL’Oeil SauvageFrédéric Féraud

CO-PRODUCTION:CNRS Images/Media – France

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:France Télévisions – France

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Anthill is a portrait of a giant garage located in the largest Soviet blockhouse area of Tallinn.


AnthillSipelgapesaVladimir Loginov

Estonia, 2015 color, video, 83’Original Language: EstonianSubtitles: Englishwww.anthilldoc.com/#news

Anthill is a portrait of a giant garage located in the largest Soviet blockhouse area of Tallinn. Here 700 garage box owners form an extraordinary men’s club and vary from those who just keep their cars to those who adapt their boxes for living. The complex is a unique biosphere with the existence of private saunas, a restaurant, an animal clinic and other artifacts of life stuck in time 20 years back.


PRODUCTIONAllfilmElina Litvinova



Israelis still wax nostalgic about that old Friday afternoon ritual, back in the times when television had just one channel and everyone would watch the Arab movie of the week.

Catalogue No. 70Politics / Society | History

Arab MovieSeret aravitEyal Sagui Bizawe, Sara Tsifroni

France / Israel, 2015 color / black and white, video, 60’Original Language: Hebrew/ArabicSubtitles: Englishwww.go2films.com/New-Releases/Arab-Movie

So many people still wax nostalgic about that old Friday night ritual when everyone would watch the Arabic-language Movie of the Week. But did anybody ever wonder why Israel’s official TV station, insisted on showing movies made by “the enemy”? The films let us peek out from our “villa in the jungle” and catch a glimpse at our neighbors across the border. But most of us didn’t really want to see those people, whose culture, anguish, and aspirations flickered on our screens.


PRODUCTIONOsnat Trabelsi


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Blown by the aracati wind, the documentary brings up the transformations of landscapes and ways of life in the countryside of Brazil.

Catalogue No. 422Human Interest / Social Issues | Nature / Environment | Science / Technology

AracatiJulia De Simone, Aline Portugal

Brazil, 2015 color, video, 62’Original Language: PortugeseSubtitles: English

Jaguaribe Valley, Northeast Brazil. Departing from the seacoast, we follow the path of the Aracati wind, sweeping into the heartland. Along the course, we observe the relationship between man and landscape, spatial transformations and the limits separating nature from artifice.

SALES / CONTACT:Julia De SimoneMirada FilmesRua Pinheiro Guimaraes, 15022281080 Rio de JaneiroBraziltel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONMirada FilmesJulia De SimoneAline Portugal

CO-PRODUCTION:Alumbramento – Brazil



A journey from Africa to Berlin turns into an unexpected journey from childhood to adulthood. The film centers around Arlette, a 15-year old girl from war-torn Central African Republic.

Catalogue No. 423Politics / Society | Youth | Human Interest / Social Issues

Arlette. Courage Is a Muscle.Arlette. Mut ist ein Muskel.Florian Hoffmann

Switzerland / Germany, 2015 color, HDcam, 84’/52’Original Language: French/GermanSubtitles: French/English/German

The film centers around Arlette, a 15-year old girl from the Central African Republic who suffered severe injuries during the last war. In Berlin a surgery frees her from her year-long pain. But then war breaks out again in her homeland. What was planned to be a short stay in Berlin turns into a journey without a foreseeable end. Arlette is forced to grow up and take her own decisions about her future. This film is a long-term observation – told resolutely from the perspective of a young girl from the Central African Republic. All available.

SALES / CONTACT:Peter SpoerriPS FilmMutschellenstr. 1058038 ZurichSwitzerlandtel: +41 44 481 31 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONDeutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (dffb)Tim Oliver SchultzPS FilmPeter Spoerri

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:SRF – Switzerland, 3sat – Germany

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A story of determination and will, Art of the Prank follows the escapades of audacious media prankster and social satirist Joey Skaggs from the 60s through his latest hoax.

Catalogue No. 73Art / Music / Culture | History | Human Interest / Social Issues

Art of the PrankAndrea Marini

USA, 2015 color / black and white, video, 80’Original Language: Englishwww.artoftheprank-themovie.com

Art of the Prank is an emotional and humorous journey following the evolution of artist Joey Skaggs—a fierce proponent of independent thinking and the man who has turned the media hoax into an art form. With unprecedented access to the man and his archives, the 80-minute documentary interweaves a current unfolding hoax with a look behind-the-scenes at some of his classic performance pieces (all reported as fact by a wide range of prestigious journalists) plus commentary from co-conspirators and others.

SALES / CONTACT:Andrea MariniRelight Films1259 Lakeview Drive32789 Winter ParkUSAtel: +1 917 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONJudy DrosdRelight FilmsAndrea Marini



Astrid Lindgren is one of the world’s ten most read authors, but who was she and where did her stories come from?

Catalogue No. 35Human Interest / Social Issues | History | Art / Music / Culture

Astrid LindgrenKristina Lindström

Sweden, 2015 color / black and white, HDcam, 178’Original Language: SwedishSubtitles: Englishwww.svtsales.com/programme-sales/astrid-lindgren/

Born in 1907, Astrid Lindgren grew up in a strongly religious environment in rural Sweden. Throughout her life she bore traces of a secret which she turned into stories about strong girls and lonely boys. She became an icon to a whole world. She influenced politics and the public debate. Taught us respect for the children and was an activist against war, racism and nuclear power. Kristina Lindström’s three-part documentary series tells the story of Astrid Lindgren’s life and time through hitherto unknown footage, letters and stills. It is also available as a 90-minute feature documentary.

SALES / CONTACT:Paulette Rosas HottSVTOxenstiernsgatan 26S-10510 StockholmSwedentel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONSVTOtto FagerstedtKristina LindströmIngemar Persson

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:SVT – Sweden

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A vivid insight into the life of refugee children in a Red Cross School.


At Home in the WorldEt hjem i verdenAndreas Koefoed

Denmark, 2015 color, 35mm, 58’Original Language: EnglishSubtitles: English

Magomed (10) is a thoughtful and quiet boy from Chechnya who is undergoing an existential transformation. Slowly Magomed gains confidence and starts making friends and after months of waiting he and his family gets a residence permit to stay in Denmark. The joy though soon comes to an end when it becomes clear that his father, as the only person in the family, can’t stay in Denmark and risks being sent back to Chechnya. Magomed now embarks on a mission to understand what happened to his father back in Chechnya and with the fact that he might lose his father.


PRODUCTIONSonntag PicturesSara Stockmann



Ali is a Turkman horse trainer.Horses are his life. Ilhan is the name of the horse that has won him many prizes.

Catalogue No. 425Nature / Environment | Art / Music / Culture | Human Interest / Social Issues

AtlanMoein Karimoddini

Iran, 2014 color, HDcam, 62’Original Language: FarsiSubtitles: English

Ali is a Turkman horse trainer. Horses are his life, Ilhan is the name of the horse that has won him so many prizes, Ali is planning to use Ilhan’s and his other horses awards money to pay for his wedding. But not everything goes favourably in a course. Ilhan gets in an unexpected condition and Ali needs to fight for Ilhan’s championship. On Turkman language, Atlan means: “Moumt a horse and depart”.

SALES / CONTACT:Leila HosseiniDEFC - Documentary and Experimental Film CenterNo.15,Ghandi sq,Shariati ave15569 TehranIrantel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONDEFC - Documentary and Experimental Film CenterMoein Karimoddini

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Atlantis of Russian NorthSofya Gorlenko

Russia, 2015 color, HDcam, 73’/52’Original Language: RussianSubtitles: Englishwww.reflexionfilms.com

Russian North - the most original and the unique part of the cultural and historical heritage of Russia, which is on the verge of total extinction. The unique wooden architecture, peasant way of life, identity, community, religious. What will happen to these treasures tomorrow? Is there hope for a revival?

SALES / CONTACT:Konstantin NafikovReflexion FilmsKhokhlovsky 10-7107078 MoscowRussiatel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONSirin CinemaSofya Gorlenko



There is an increasing urgency for Europe to restate its raison d’être. A clear and emotional story about what we are and what that is worth to us.


Backlight: Branding EuropeTegenlicht: Branding EuropeSarah Sylbing

The Netherlands, 2015 color, video, 50’http://tegenlicht.vpro.nl

The extent to which the IS caliphate seems to appeal to young Muslims, the strong Kremlin propaganda machine, and the unstoppable flow of migrants at the gates: Europe can feel the threat of it all breathing down its neck. There is an increasing urgency for Europe to restate its raison d’être. A clear and emotional story about what we are and what that is worth to us.


PRODUCTIONJeroen Beumer

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:VPRO – The Netherlands

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All state property of Greece is weighed and sold. What dangers are lurking, and how will the Greek sellout change the country?


Backlight: Greece for SaleTegenlicht: Greece for SaleFloris-Jan van Luyn


Now that a Grexit seems to have been averted, and the strictest cutbacks ever have been announced, Greece is entering a new chapter. The welfare state is dismantled even further and all state property is weighed and sold. What dangers are lurking, and how will the Greek sellout change the country?


PRODUCTIONMarie Schutgens




Is bitcoin the blueprint for a bankless currency, or the biggest pyramid scheme ever?


Backlight: The Bitcoin GospelTegenlicht: Het bitcoin evangelieHans Busstra


What if we could create money ourselves, without the need for banks? Money that can’t be forged, that will appreciate rather than depreciate, and that can be used worldwide without transaction costs. It exists, and some people consider it to be the digital version of gold: bitcoin. Is this really a perfect bankless alternative for the failing finance sector, or are we dealing with one of the biggest pyramid schemes ever?


PRODUCTIONVPROThu Ha Nguyen Thi

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:VPRO Television – The Netherlands

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We think new technology is developed by hip companies like Google and Apple. But is this true?


Backlight: The Smart StateTegenlicht: De slimme staatMartijn Kieft

The Netherlands, 2015 color, video, 50’www.tegenlicht.vpro.nl

What would the iPhone be worth without the internet, GPS and touchscreen technology? All these components didn’t originate from Apple, but from research institutes, universities and government-funded companies. Backlight explores where new technologies, from medicines to gizmos, come from, who finances their development and who profits from them.


PRODUCTIONVPROThu Ha Nguyen Thi




This documentary examines the concerns of the proposed free trade agreement between the US and Europe (TTIP) regarding the European right to self-determination.


Backlight: TTIP Might is RightTegenlicht: TTIP Recht van de SterksteRoland Duong

The Netherlands, 2015 color, video, 50’www.tegenlicht.vpro.nl

The proposed free trade agreement between the US and Europe (TTIP) causes concern about the European right to self-determination. The most controversial part of TTIP is ISDS: investor-state dispute settlement. ISDS will make it possible for companies to sue governments that damage their investments. But is this arbitrage system where a few investment lawyers decide over billions of taxpayers money a protection of our business interests, or a threat to our democracy?


PRODUCTIONJolanda Segers


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A film about a unique comradery who’s common wish to lead different lives - in the name of rock - has led them to an obscure sidetrack distanced from conventional society.


Backstreet Girls - Return to MuotathalBackstreet Girls - Tilbake til MuotathalStian Andersen, Morten Kjølberg

Norway, 2015 color / black and white, HDcam, 90’Original Language: Norwegian/English/Swedish/GermanSubtitles: English/Norwegian

Over the past 30 years, the legendary Norwegian Boogie Rock band Backstreet Girls, has kept the dream of World dominance and Rock God status alive, despite minimal - or no - commercial success. Come their anniversary year, the band embarks on a tour that eventually will take them to the remote Swiss alp village of Muotathal - a self claimed Backstreet Girls stronghold where the 3000 residents are die-hard fans and the village mayor is the president of the local Backstreet Girls fan club. Norway

SALES / CONTACT:Morten KjølbergStrix TelevisionFrøyasgt. 15273 OsloNorwaytel: +47 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONStrix TelevisionMorten Kjølberg

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:TV 2 – Norway



We investigate the global stranglehold that financial institutions have on living resources and the commercialisation of the natural world.

Catalogue No. 431Investigative | Human Interest / Social Issues | Nature / Environment

Banking NatureNature, le nouvel eldorado de la financeDenis Delestrac, Sandrine Feydel

France, 2014 color, HDcam, 90’Original Language: French/English/SpanishSubtitles: English

We investigate the commercialization of the natural world. Protecting our planet has become big business with companies like Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan Chase promoting new environmental markets. This involves species banking, where investors buy up vast swathes of land, full of endangered species, to enable them to sell ‘nature credits’. Companies whose actions destroy the environment are now obliged to buy these credits and new financial centres have sprung up, specializing in this trade.


PRODUCTIONVia Découvertes ProductionJean-Pierre Devorsine

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Catalogue No. 77Youth | Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society

Baptism of FireUn baptême du feuJérôme Clément-Wilz

France, 2014 color, video, 52’/62’Original Language: English/FrenchSubtitles: Englishwww.andanafilms.com/catalogueFiche.php?idFiche=1208&rub=Nouveaut%C3%A9

A new generation of freelance photographers flies low-cost to war zones on their own dime in the hope of selling images to printed media or websites. The carefree attitude of their youth is quickly lost when they are confronted with reality. Take Corentin Fohlen, a young photo-journalist who travels around covering the Arab Spring. When a colleague is killed in Syria, his thirst for adventure turns into a deeper reflection on the meaning of his work and life.


PRODUCTION2p2lJerome Caza




Graeme Obree an ageing former world champion goes in search of self-respect. Can he break another world record to prove he is still alive and still matters in today’s world.

Catalogue No. 78Human Interest / Social Issues | Nature / Environment | Science / Technology

BATTLE MOUNTAIN Graeme Obree’s StoryDavid Street

Scotland, 2015 color, video, 100’Original Language: Englishwww.gobattlemountain.com

Ex world record holder and world champion cyclist Graeme Obree sets out to re discover his mojo. Can a genius who revolutionized cycling 20 years ago with a bike he built himself, do what it takes to break another world record on another home made bike. It covers two years in the life of the man who inspired Sir Chris Hoy and millions of other cyclists. This emotional roller coaster of a film is an observational documentary, shot in high definition. It is a visual treat as It travels from Saltcoats in Ayrshire to the Nevada desert.

SALES / CONTACT:David StreetJourney Pictures Ltd60 Woodlinn AvenueG44 5TT GlasgowScotlandtel: +44 141 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONJourney Pictures LtdDavid Street

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150 Polish Catholic priests exorcise demons. Thousands undergo the ritual. Can they be helped or are the exorcists taking over psychiatrists’ jobs - playing the role of religious state vanguard?


The Battle with SatanWalka z szatanemKonrad Szolajski

Poland, 2015 color, HDcam, 75’/58’/50’Original Language: PolishSubtitles: English

At the end of the 20th century Pope John Paul II reintroduced the ritual of exorcism into the Roman Catholic Church. In Poland, exorcisms quickly gained popularity.We follow three girls who believe they are possessed and undergo the ritual regularly. This gives us an insight to the world of exorcists as well as their ‘patients’. Father Radon, a Catholic priest (and a psychotherapist) attempts to research the subject, discovering Pentecostal roosts of the ritual – ‘borrowed’ by the Catholic Church from American Protestants. Excluding Sweden, Denmark, Ireland, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Albania, Ukraine, The Netherlands


PRODUCTIONZK StudioMalgorzata ProciakKonrad Szolajski

CO-PRODUCTION:HBO Europe – Czech Republic

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:SVT – Sweden, DR – Denmark, TG4 – Ireland



Becoming Bulletproof documents the making of an original Western film called Bulletproof, featuring actors with and without disabilities who meet annually to write, produce, and star in original short films.

Catalogue No. 80Art / Music / Culture | Human Interest / Social Issues

Becoming BulletproofMichael Barnett

USA, 2014 color, video, 80’Original Language: EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.becomingbulletproofmovie.com

Becoming Bulletproof documents the making of an original Western film called, Bulletproof. Bulletproof features actors with and without disabilities who meet every year at Zeno Mountain Farm to write, produce, and star in original short films. Founded by two brothers and their wives, Zeno Mountain Farm’s philosophy is to create a truly inclusive community that builds genuine friendships that transcend stigma and stereotypes. Becoming Bulletproof chronicles the genesis of a riveting film and a personally and socially transformative experience, capturing the essence of artistic expression through vibrant human bonds and powerful insights. Excluding North America

SALES / CONTACT:Grace FletcherJourneyman Pictures4-6 High StreetKT7 0RY Thames DittonEnglandtel: +44 208 786 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONTheodore James

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Zhao Liang travels through the prairies of Inner Mongolia, from coal mines to ironworks, up to Ordos, a ghost city, attentive to workers and the ecological impact of accelerated development.

Catalogue No. 432Author’s Point of View | Human Interest / Social Issues | Nature / Environment

BehemothLiang Zhao

China / France, 2015 color, video, 94’Original Language: ChineseSubtitles: English/French

In the sunlight, crisp grasslands are about to be buried by mines. Proceeding as a dream-voyage, the film wander from coal mines, to an iron smelter, to a steel factory, and then to Ordos, a ghost city. In the course of tracing this supply chain, we grow more attentive to industrial workers and to the catastrophic impact of accelerated development on people and the environment—in order to reflect on how humankind is conducting itself at this moment in history. A film with narration, no dialogueExcluding France, Germany, Finland and Switzerland (French speaking territory)

SALES / CONTACT:Michèle GautardINA4 avenue de l’Europe94360 Bry sur MarneFrancetel: + 33 1 49 83 29 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONINASylvie Blum




Catalogue No. 82Politics / Society

Berlusconi and the Mafia: The Italian BossBerlusconi et la Mafia - Scandales à l’italienneOlivier Toscer

France, 2015 color, HDcam, 52’Original Language: French/ItalianSubtitles: English

This documentary shows how Silvio Berlusconi has succumbed to a mad desire, to lease an entire country to serve his own interests. At the heart of the comedy of power and through the back alleys of money laundering, we discover how the media mogul-turned-head of government has never been reluctant to use the Mafia’s money and influence to maintain his power and consolidate his fortune.


PRODUCTIONCinétévéEstelle Mauriac

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This fierce TV debate between political opponents in 1968 is a frightening harbinger of today’s unforgiving media landscape in the United States.


Best of EnemiesRobert Gordon, Morgan Neville

USA, 2015 color / black and white, HDcam, 87’Original Language: English

A documentary about the legendary series of nationally televised debates in 1968 between two great public intellectuals, the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F. Buckley Jr. Intended as commentary on the issues of their day, these vitriolic and explosive encounters came to define the modern era of public discourse in the media, marking the big bang moment of our contemporary media landscape when spectacle trumped content and argument replaced substance. Best of Enemies delves into the entangled biographies of these two great thinkers and luxuriates in the language and the theater of their debates, begging the question, ‘What has television done to the way we discuss politics in our democracy today?

SALES / CONTACT:Scott VeltriMagnolia Pictures49 W 27th Street10001 New YorkUSAtel: +1 212 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONTremolo ProductionsRobert GordonMorgan Neville



Should a family secret be told before it’s too late?


Between SistersManu Gerosa

Italy / Belgium / Qatar, 2015 color, HDcam, 78’Original Language: ItalianSubtitles: English/French/Dutch

The two Italian sisters Ornella and Teresa have cared for each other through their whole lives. Teresa is now in her life’s twilight and having problems facing fate, whilst her memory is slowly fading out. Before it’s too late, Ornella decides to confront Teresa with a painful untold story that goes back to their childhood and might change their close bond forever. The film is a warm portray of an Italian family, seen through the eyes of Ornella’s son, Manu. With humour and tenderness it brings out what it means to build a life upon a secret. We have worldwide rights

SALES / CONTACT:Manuela BuonoSlingshot Films International SalesVia Salita di Gretta 7/134136 TriesteItalytel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONOneworld DocumakersManu GerosaClin d’oeil filmsHanne Phlypo

CO-PRODUCTION:Oneworld Documakers – Italy, Doha Film Institute – Qatar

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Through an intimate journey, curious Marcia struggles to recover the ordinary and intimate side of her grandfather Allende, buried by decades of silence about own pains of her wounded family.

Catalogue No. 434Author’s Point of View | Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society

Beyond My Grandfather AllendeAllende mi abuelo AllendeMarcia Tambutti Allende

Mexico / Chile, 2015 color / black and white, DCP, 98’Original Language: SpanishSubtitles: French/English/Spanishwww.errante.cl

35 years after the coup d’état that overthrew her grandfather, Salvador Allende, Marcia wishes to change the family custom of not speaking about him. She believes it’s time to recover the family memories snatched away during the coup and to unveil their intimate past buried under Allende s political transcendence, family exile and pain. A family portrait that addresses the complexities of irreparable losses and the role of memory in three generations of a wounded family.

SALES / CONTACT:Gorka GallierDoc & Film International13 rue Portefoin75003 ParisFrancetel: +33 1 42 77 98 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONErrante ProduccionesPaola Castillo

CO-PRODUCTION:Mart films – Mexico, Fragua Cinematografía – Mexico



Following intense conversations with his grandfather, who used to be stationed in the Ukraine as soldier of the Wehrmacht, director travels there, looking to trace what he has heard.

Catalogue No. 85Author’s Point of View | Human Interest / Social Issues

Beyond the SnowstormLevin Peter

Germany, 2015 color, HDcam/DCP, 92’Original Language: Russian/German/UkranianSubtitles: Englishwww.deckert-distribution.com/film-catalogue/beyond-the-snowstorm/

Following long and intense conversations with his grandfather, who used to be stationed in the Ukraine as soldier of the Wehrmacht, director Levin Peter travels there, looking to trace what he has heard. What follows is an attempt to uncover, to envision and to endure biographical anomalies. At the end of this process, both will have an altered view of the fissures and flaws of a human life. A film about the search for those shadows that we call memories.

SALES / CONTACT:Heino DeckertDeckert DistributionMarienplatz 104103 LeipzigGermanytel: +49 341 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONFilmakademie Baden-WürttembergSarah Schmidt

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The bicycle, an amazing tool for change. Activists and cities all over the world are moving towards a new system. But will the economic powers allow it?


Bikes vs CarsFredrik Gertten

Sweden, 2015 color, video, 88’/58’Original Language: Portugese/Spanish/EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.bikes-vs-cars.com

Bikes vs Cars depicts a global crisis we must talk about: Climate, earth’s resources, cities where the surface is consumed by cars. The bike is a great tool for change, but the interests who gain from cars invest billions each year on lobby and ads to protect their business. Shot in the US, Canada, Brazil, Colombia and Europe, we meet people fight for better cities, cities with a human scale.


PRODUCTIONWG Film ABMargarete JangårdElin Kamlert

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:YLE – Finland, SVT – Sweden, NRK – Norway, VPRO – The Netherlands, YesDocu – Israel



Catalogue No. 436Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture

Bird SkinPele de pássaroClara Peltier

Brazil, 2015 color, video, 20’Original Language: PortugeseSubtitles: English

A Brazilian dancer named Tuane transcends her life in the favelas with dazzling performances in glittering costumes.

SALES / CONTACT:Clara PeltierEterna FilmesAv Henrique Dumont 53, 302, Ipanema22410060 Rio de JaneiroBraziltel: +55 21 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONEterna FilmesClara Peltier

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Björk is one of the most versatile and influential artists of our time, tearing down the limits of art genres and constantly redefining the process of creating music.


Björk. The Creative Universe of a Music MissionaryHannes Rossacher

Germany, 2015 color, HDcam, 52’Original Language: Englishwww.kobalt.de

Musician, actress, scientist, visionary, video artist, composer and educator – Björk is one of the most versatile and influential artists of our time, tearing down the limits of art genres and constantly redefining the process of creating music. For three decades now Björk knows how to use the power of images and her own art persona to inspire unforgettable emotions. Her music videos are unique collaborations with a wide range of artists and are reference milestones in the video art world. But Björk does not only want to be creative herself: she wants to pass on her knowledge.


PRODUCTIONKobalt ProductionsAnahita Nazemi



Blood Sisters is a feature documentary film about the unconditional love and sister symbiosis between the twins Julia and Johanna from Malmö, Sweden.


Blood SistersBlodssystrarMalin Andersson

Sweden / Denmark / Finland / Norway / Ireland / France, 2015 color, video, 83’Original Language: SwedishSubtitles: Englishwww.bloodsisters.se

Twins Julia and Johanna arrive in Sweden from Azerbaijan, carrying unspeakable emotional baggage. The siblings promise to always be there for one another, sharing grievous past and memories. But when Julia decides to get married their paths separated and their special bond seems to loosen.


PRODUCTIONMalin Andersson FilmMalin Andersson

CO-PRODUCTION:Final Cut for Real – Denmark

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For 12 years, Israeli Nitzan is being followed. Travelling the world with her camera, Nitzan discovers that she is neither a woman, nor a man but a “boi”.

Catalogue No. 88Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture | Youth

BOI, Song of a WandererAnne Marie Borsboom

The Netherlands, 2015 color, HDcam, 59’Original Language: Hebrew/Dutch/EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.songofawanderer.com

For twelve years, Israeli Nitzan is being followed. Travelling the world with her camera, Nitzan discovers that she is neither a woman, nor a man but a “boi”. But apart from a liquid sexual identity this portrait in the first place is about someone who wants to stay out of the cathegorizing and fixed structures, and tries out how and where you can live in freedom, openness and peace. Broadcasted 1 nov 2015 NPO2 by BOSExcluding The Netherlands

SALES / CONTACT:Anne Marie BorsboomBorsboom FilmproductiesPrinsengracht 4131016 HM AmsterdamThe Netherlandstel: +31 20 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONBorsboom FilmproductiesAnne Marie Borsboom

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:Buddhist Broadcasting Foundation – The Netherlands



Bonnie and the Thousand Men is an extreme close up and an honest portrait of the ex-tremely hard and vulnerable life working as a prostitute for more than 2 decades.


Bonnie and the Thousand MenBonnie og de Tusinde MændMette Korsgaard

Denmark, 2015 color, 35mm, 58’Original Language: DanishSubtitles: English

Bonnie was 18 when she began working as a prostitute. After her first client she cried endlessly, but a few days later it became easier and she could use the money for a vacation to the Caribbean. Today, twenty years later, Bonnie still works as a prostitute. She is proud of her job, she works hard, and the men are waiting in line in their cars outside the brothel. But Bonnie is sick and her body is weak. She knows that her job is wearing her out. Still, she continues her self-destructive course – she can’t stop.

SALES / CONTACT:Kim ChristiansenDR Danish Broadcasting CorporationEmil Holms Kanal 200999 København CDenmarktel: +45 3520 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONHansen & PedersenMalene Flindt Pedersen

CO-PRODUCTION:Krage FIlm – Denmark

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:DR – Denmark

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An insight into the story of the most popular hat in the world, from its factory settled in a small provincial town of northern Italy, to the glittering sunlights of Hollywood

Catalogue No. 437Art / Music / Culture | History | Human Interest / Social Issues

Borsalino CityEnrica Viola

France / Italy, 2015 color / black and white, HDcam, 75’/52’Original Language: English/French/ItalianSubtitles: French/Italian/English

Borsalino hat is an icon created by noir movies. In Hollywood golden years everyone wore a Borsalino. What few people know is that all these hats were made in Alessandria, Italy. During 120 years this was a one-family one-company town. We will discover how a myth was accidentally born through the voices of those who made their living from the Borsalino hat as well as the ones who loved to wear it. These two worlds make one main dialogue in the film, with the Borsalino hat acting as the uniting force.


PRODUCTIONApapajaSimone Bachini

CO-PRODUCTION:Les Films d’Ici – France, Apapaja – Italy, Les Films d’Ici 2 – France

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:ARTE France – France, Rai Cinema – Italy, RSI – Switzerland



What is it about the ball that fascinates humans and animals? Bounce crosses time, languages and continents to discover how the ball has staked its claim on our lives.

Catalogue No. 91Science / Technology | History | Human Interest / Social Issues

Bounce: How the Ball Taught the World to PlayJerome Thelia

USA, 2015 color, video, 76’Original Language: EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.bouncethemovie.com

What is it about the shape of a ball that fascinates humans and animals? Bounce explores the origins of our captivation with the ball. The film crosses time, languages and continents to discover how it has staked its claim on our lives and fuelled our passion to compete. From games of marbles in the school playground, to the mesmerising tricks of a juggler and the raucous cheers of the World Cup, stunning cinematography and expert interviews capture the collective human experience of the ball. A far-reaching and compelling exploration of the significance of the sphere.

SALES / CONTACT:Grace FletcherJourneyman Pictures4-6 High StreetKT7 0RY Thames DittonEnglandtel: +44 208 786 6054www.journeyman.tv/[email protected]

PRODUCTIONAnne Carkeet

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Theo Jansen pursues an impossible dream. Making new life out of plastic tubes. His strandbeasts are meant to conquer the world. Is this self appointed God pursuing an impossible fairytale?


A Boy’s DreamDe jongensdroomCinta Forger, Walther Grotenhuis

The Netherlands, 2015 color / black and white, video, 70’Original Language: Dutch/EnglishSubtitles: English

Playful and elegant strandbeasts walk along Dutch beaches. Their master, Theo Jansen, wants to make new life that will outlive his own lifespan. Only plastic tubes, tiewraps and sails are allowed. Electronical devices banned.As an explorer he tries to understand the creation. His strandbeasts are part of a dream that is meant to conquer the world. Is this self appointed God pursuing an impossible fairytale? And is he able to convince the world to dream along with him?

SALES / CONTACT:Walther GrotenhuisOlympic FilmsD.L.Hudigstraat 381019 TR AmsterdamThe Netherlandstel: +31 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONOlympic FilmsWalther Grotenhuis

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:NTR – The Netherlands



How to create a new left in Poland where some right-wing politics are still hunting the post-communists.

Catalogue No. 439Politics / Society | Author’s Point of View | Human Interest / Social Issues

Brave New WorldNowy wspanialy swiatMaria Zmarz-Koczanowicz

Poland, 2014 color, HDcam, 55’Original Language: PolishSubtitles: English

A left-wing group has managed Cultural Centre in the most representative shopping street of Warsaw’s downtown (Warsaw is the capital of the Poland) – New World St. , and some populist right-wing groups complained that local authorities could offer such a prestigious address to a leftist group. The film is about this conflict, and wider - how to create a new left in Poland.

SALES / CONTACT:Lucyna KowalskaRagusa Film15 Bzowa ap. 302-708 WarsawPolandtel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONRagusa FilmLucyna KowalskaDariusz Kowalski



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A peek behind the scenes of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic ceremonies: a show of pure magic and poetry by Swiss choreographer Daniele Finzi Pasca and his company.


Breaking the Ice in SochiSochi: Rompendo il ghiaccio dietro le cerimonieFacundo Ponce de León, Juan Ponce de León

Switzerland, 2014 color, HDcam, 70’/100’Original Language: English/French/ItalianSubtitles: Englishwww.rsi.ch/la1/programmi/cultura/storie/documentari/SOCHI-rompendo-il-ghiaccio-3319555.html

Millions of people watched the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic ceremonies on TV, but only a few took a peek behind the scenes. This making-of follows Swiss choreographer Daniele Finzi Pasca, Julie Hamelin and Hugo Gargiulo directing the Finzi Pasca company and thousands of artists from 35 different countries to achieve the greatest technological feat in the history of olympic games ceremonies. A show of pure magic and breathtaking poetry.

SALES / CONTACT:Stella BoglianiRSI Radiotelevisione SvizzeraVia Canevascini6903 LuganoSwitzerlandtel: +41 91 803 54 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONFinzi PascaAntonio Vergamini

CO-PRODUCTION:RSI Radiotelevisione Svizzera – Switzerland

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:RSI Radiotelevisione Svizzera – Switzerland




BrothersBraciaWojciech Staron

Poland, 2015 color, video, 68’Original Language: PolishSubtitles: English

After 80 years of exile two brothers come back to Poland from Kazakhstan. The aim is to set their place in the new world. They face obstacles of character differences. One of them is a painter and a dreamer, the other one – a pragmatic engineer. They want to rebuild their lives in spite of dramatic events that the fate sends down on them when their house burns down and when one brother has put the other brother in the center for elderly people. The race against time begins now. Will they be fast enough?


PRODUCTIONStaron FilmsMalgorzata Staron


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Business ClubChloé Mahieu, Lila Pinell

France, 2015 color, video, 52’Original Language: FrenchSubtitles: Englishwww.andanafilms.com/catalogueFiche.php?idFiche=1214&rub=Nouveaut%C3%A9

Arthur is a young aristocrat and a businessman. His name and noble title have always helped him. He knows it and he loves it. With the crisis and changing times, he needs to adapt. “Change everything so that everything remains the same. “ This is the project that Arthur will attempt to carry out where ever it takes him, from China to breakdance schools…


PRODUCTIONthe factory ProductionsFrank Eskenazi





By Sidney LumetNancy Buirski

USA, 2015 color / black and white, HDcam, 110’Original Language: Englishwww.cinephil.co.il/by-sidney-lumet

In a never-before-seen interview filmed a few years before his death, Sidney Lumet guides us through his life and work. Powerfully dramatic and wildly entertaining films such as Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, 12 Angry Men, and Network, are just part of the canon of one of the most socially conscious directors in the history of cinema. Peabody and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Nancy Buirski (Afternoon of a Faun, The Loving Story) presents an intimate portrait of Lumet. With his typical candor, humor and grace, he reveals what mattered to him as an artist and a human being. Excluding USA


PRODUCTIONAugusta Films, LLCNancy Buirski

CO-PRODUCTION:THIRTEEN ProductionS LLC – USA

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:WNET – USA

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Seeking the legendary Café Nagler owned by her family in Berlin in the 1920s, the director gets caught in the gap between the family myth and the historic facts.

Catalogue No. 98Human Interest / Social Issues | History | Author’s Point of View

Café NaglerMor Kaplansky

Germany / Israel, 2015 color / black and white, video, 55’Original Language: German/Hebrew/EnglishSubtitles: English

The director embarks on a journey following the story behind the famous, legendary Café Nagler – owned by her family during the 1920s in Berlin. Her grandmother follows the filming with great anticipation. However, the director discovers that the true story behind the café isn’t as glamorous as her grandmother had always believed. Apparently, Café Nagler was just another café, lost in Berlin’s history. Unable to break her grandmother’s heart, the director decides to recreate the myth of the café. She creates a fictional documentary, telling the story of the unforgettable Café Nagler. for TV sales - Germany, Canada and Italian speaking Switzerland, Sweden - are not available


PRODUCTIONLiran AtzmorYariv BarelMor Kaplansky

CO-PRODUCTION:MDR / ARTE – Germany

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:MDR / ARTE – Germany, CBC – Canada, Société Radio Canada – Canada, RSI – Switzerland, Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company (UR) – Sweden



How much would you sacrifice to be yourself?


Call Me MariannaMów mi MariannaKarolina Bielawska


Marianna is an attractive 40-year-old woman who has just sued her parents in order to obtain a sex change. Confronted with the idea of losing what she holds dearest to her - her family - she must face the chilling reminder of the sacrifices one takes to be themselves.

SALES / CONTACT:Xavier Henry-RashidFilm Republic270 Mare StreetE81HE LondonEnglandtel: +44 203 287 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONKalejdoskop Film StudioZbigniew Domagalski

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:Telewizja Polska S.A. – Poland

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Calling UkraineJean Counet

The Netherlands, 2015 color, video/DCP, 12’Original Language: RussianSubtitles: English/French/Dutchwww.tamfilms.com/217329/5810841/portfolio/calling-ukraine

Through a Skype call the daily life, dreams and fears of a family in Eastern-Ukraine is revealed while the bombs are falling in the background. A grandmother in Latvia phones with her sister and child who live in the war zone of Eastern-Ukraine, months without often having water and electricity. We see the traces of the war on the face of the grandmother who, like the viewer, is powerless.

SALES / CONTACT:Jean CounetTAM FilmsMeeuwenlaan 203-B1021JD AmsterdamThe Netherlandstel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONDeepFocus Web DocsJos de Putter

CO-PRODUCTION:TAM Films – The Netherlands

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:De Correspondent – The Netherlands



This film is about the meeting of two women and about the way they start to know each other.


Carolina’s WorldEl mundo de CarolinaMariana Viñoles

Uruguay, 2015 color, video, 72’Original Language: SpanishSubtitles: Englishwww.carolinasworld.com

In ordinary life, around the table, Mariana meets Carolina. Days and months go by, seasons change, while we witness a story of life and this caring relationship strengthens in time.

SALES / CONTACT:Stefano TononiCronopio FilmSoriano 153111200 MontevideoUruguaytel: +598 2 410 47 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONCronopio FilmStefano Tononi

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With unprecedented access, Cartel Land is a harrowing look at the journeys of two modern-day vigilante groups and their shared enemy – the murderous Mexican drug cartels.


Cartel LandMatthew Heineman

USA / Mexico, 2015 color, HDcam, 100’Original Language: English/SpanishSubtitles: Englishwww.cartellandmovie.co.uk

In the Mexican state of Michoacán, Dr. Jose Mireles, a small-town physician known as “El Doctor,” leads the Autodefensas, a citizen uprising against the violent Knights Templar drug cartel that has wreaked havoc on the region for years. Meanwhile, in Arizona’s Altar Valley – a narrow, 52-mile-long desert corridor known as Cocaine Alley – Tim “Nailer” Foley, an American veteran, heads a small paramilitary group called Arizona Border Recon, whose goal is to stop Mexico’s drug wars from seeping across our border. US & Canada, Mexico, Germany, NZ & Aus, Zylo


PRODUCTIONThe Documentary GroupTom Yellin




Casa BlancaAleksandra Maciuszek

Poland / Mexico, 2015 color, video, 62’Original Language: SpanishSubtitles: English

Casa Blanca is a small fishing village on Cuba. Nelsa and her son Vladimir, who has Down syndrome, share a tiny room in an overcrowded multi-family building. Vladimir is the only caretaker for ailing Nelsa, and Nelsa is the only person to watch over Vladimir, who easily gets into trouble. Their relationship is filled with conflicts: she is trying to control her son, while he prefers to help fishermen at work, have fun and drink rum with them, rather than spend time with his mother. One day, she falls ill.


PRODUCTIONKijoraAnna Gawlita

CO-PRODUCTION:Nomadas Y Compania – Mexico

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How can it be that, despite the corruption scandals he has been associated with, Austrian right wing populist Joerg Haider is portrayed as a hero after his accidental death?

Catalogue No. 104Investigative | Author’s Point of View | Politics / Society

Catching HaiderFang den HaiderNathalie Borgers

Austria / Germany, 2015 color, HDcam, 91’Original Language: German/FrenchSubtitles: Englishwww.deckert-distribution.com/film-catalogue/catching-haider/

Dead in a car crash in 2008, Joerg Haider, former leader of Austria’s Freedom Party, was the first to bring a far right populist party to power in Europe. Catching Haider is a subjective voyage in Haider’s political, geographical, familial, and emotional world, seeking to glimpse the real person behind Haider’s contradictory personas, his goals, and his strategies, and finally identifying the illusionary and deceptive methods of populist politics which have since spread all over Europe.


PRODUCTIONma.ja.de FilmproduktionHeino DeckertKurt Mayer FilmKurt Mayer

CO-PRODUCTION:ma.ja.de. Filmproduktions – Germany



When Cecilia’s 14 year old daughter is trafficked and found dead, she decides to fight for justice but soon finds herself caught in a web of corrupt cops and traffickers.

Catalogue No. 444Author’s Point of View | Investigative | Human Interest / Social Issues

CeciliaPankaj Johar

India / Norway, 2015 color / black and white, video/HDcam, 84’Original Language: Bengali/English/HindiSubtitles: English

Cecilia is the story of a woman from the tribal parts of India whose daughter is trafficked and found dead in New Delhi. In a country where thousands of tribal children get trafficked every year to cities, Cecilia decides to fight for justice for her daughter with the help of her employers Pankaj and Sunaina. As they battle corruption at all levels, they find themselves navigating a complex network of cops, traffickers, judges, lawyers, villagers and family members. When Cecilia’s husband is kidnapped and her two sons are forced to leave the village, Cecilia begins to lose all hope.

SALES / CONTACT:Pankaj JoharPenny Wise FilmsB-1/500, Janak Puri110058 New DelhiIndiatel: +911141587120www.pennywisefilms.compankaj.johar@pennywisefilms.com

PRODUCTIONPenny Wise FilmsPankaj Johar

CO-PRODUCTION:Lightsource Film Productions – Norway

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One week after the 1967 war, a group of young kibbutzinks recorded intimate conversations with soldiers returning from the battlefield. Censored Voices reveals these original recordings for the first time.

Catalogue No. 445History | Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society

Censored VoicesMor Loushy

Israel / Germany, 2015 color / black and white, HDcam, 84’Original Language: English/HindiSubtitles: Englishwww.censoredvoices.com

The 1967 war ended with Israel’s victory; conquering Jerusalem, Gaza, Sinai and the West Bank. It is a war portrayed as a righteous undertaking – a radiant emblem of Jewish pride. One week after the war, a group of young kibbutzinks, led by author Amos Oz and Editor Avraham Shapira, recorded intimate conversations with soldiers returning from the battlefield. The recording revealed an honest look at the moment Israel turned from David to Goliath. The Israeli army censored the recordings, allowing the kibbutzninks to publish only a fragment of the conversations. Censored Voices reveals the original recordings for the first time. Excluding Australia, France, Germany, USA, Italy

SALES / CONTACT:Ana VicenteDogwoof19 - 23 Ironmonger RowEC1V 3QN LondonEnglandtel: +44 20 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONkNow ProductionsHilla MedaliaDaniel SivanNeta Zwebner-Zaibert




The CeremonyLa cérémonieLina Mannheimer

Sweden, 2014 color, video, 75’Original Language: FrenchSubtitles: English

The most famous dominatrix in France creates sadomasochist “Ceremonies” in her chateau. Catherine Robbe-Grillet, age 84, defies the relations between power and submission, sensuality and physical pain. She surrounds herself with brilliant characters, depicting complex lives on the other side of social conventional boundaries. Catherine writes sadomasochistic novels under pseudonym Jeanne De Berg.

SALES / CONTACT:Andrea HockAutlook FilmsalesSpittelberggasse 3/141070 WienAustriatel: +43 720 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONFrench Quarter FilmMathilde Dedye

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A journey through Kabbalah, heroin, chaos & redemption. Instead of becoming a Messiah as his mother wished, Yanai just wants to find home and love.

Catalogue No. 106Youth | Art / Music / Culture | Author’s Point of View

The Chaos WithinMul Tohu She-baLein Yanai Yakov

Israel, 2014 color, video, 87’Original Language: Hebrew/RussianSubtitles: Englishwww.go2films.com/Coming-Soon/The-Chaos-Within

Director’s mother, Faiga, is a Holocaust survivor who at the age of 45 married Rabbi Ashlag, 40 years her senior. He taught her the secrets of Kabbalah before passing away. Since then, Faiga’s goal is to save the world from self-annihilation. She wanted her son Yannai to become the Messiah and help her save the world by spreading Kabbalah. But he ran away from home at the age of 14 and became a heroin addict. The film follows his 10 years old journey through Kabala, heroin, dance and redemption, in search of home and love.


PRODUCTIONZen ProductionsSylvain Biegeleisen

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:YesDocu – Israel



There are great expectations upon BMX-rider Anita and pressure grows with popularity in the media. As entering her teenage years, her priorities start shifting and cause frictions with her team.

Catalogue No. 446Youth

Chapter 11Sports Kids - Kapitel 11Ania Winiarska

South Africa / Sweden / Denmark, 2015 color, video, 28’Original Language: English/XhosaSubtitles: English

There are great expectations upon south african BMX rider Anita and the pressure grows with popularity in the local media. As she’s entering her teenage years, her priorities start to shift and cause frictions with her team. She struggles to see herself as a future champion and act like one.


PRODUCTIONStory ABMalin Hüber

CO-PRODUCTION:Sant & Usant – Norway, Final Cut for Real – Denmark

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Ruslan, a Chechen, fought earlier in the First and Second Chechen Wars. He came to Ukraine to continue his struggle against Russian authorities.


ChechenBeata Bubenets

Russia, 2015 color, video, 76’Original Language: Russian/UkranianSubtitles: English

Story takes place during Ukraine crisis, namely its major events - Maidan protests, Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the War in Donbass. Main character is Ruslan, a Chechen, fought earlier in the First and Second Chechen Wars. He came to Ukraine to continue his struggle against Russian authorities.

SALES / CONTACT:Ksenia GapchenkoDriehoek 7-46711DH EdeThe Netherlandstel: +31 6 27 59 62 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONMarina Razbezhkina



Malek Bensmail set up his camera in the newsroom of the algerian famous daily paper El Watan.


Checks and BalancesContre-pouvoirsMalek Bensmaïl

Algeria / France, 2015 color, HDcam, 97’Original Language: Berber/Arabic/FrenchSubtitles: French/Englishwww.contre-pouvoirs-le-film.com

Accommodated since Algeria’s Bloody Decade of the 1990s in the “House of the Press”, the journalists of the famous daily newspaper El Watan await the completion of their new offices, a symbol of their independence. My camera is embedded in their newsroom as they follow the events of this new Algerian spring… President Bouteflika has set his sights on a 4th term.

SALES / CONTACT:Hachemi ZertalHikayet filmsCité Mentouri25000 ConstantineAlgeriatel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONHikayet filmsMalek Bensmaïl

CO-PRODUCTION:Magnolias Films – France, INA – France

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The untold story of the Hippietown “Christiania” in Copenhagen. A playground for adults - not for children.


Children of the HippiesNille Westh

Denmark, 2015 color, HDcam, 59’Original Language: DanishSubtitles: English

A symbol of tolerence and openness towards alternative lifestyles, the Freetown of Christiania, Copenhagen also hold taboos and brutal stories, which the inhabitants have successfully hidden from the world. The ideas and dreams were beautiful at the time of inaguration in 1971. The young peolple who moved in and truly believed that they could create rewarding lives for themselves and their children built on freedom, imagination and community.


PRODUCTIONDRAnders Thomsen

CO-PRODUCTION:Nordvision Fund – Denmark

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:DR – Denmark, SVT – Sweden, NRK – Norway, YLE – Finland, RUV – Iceland




China Sea: War of the ArchipelagosMer de Chine, la guerre des archipelsMarc Petitjean


Sinking ships, sailors imprisoned, chases at sea, illegal landings, acts of vandalism, military confrontation; incidents of this type have multiplied in the China Sea, now one of the world’s most sensitive areas. In the face of China’s growing power, neighbouring countries Japan, Vietnam, and the Philippines have been reinforcing defences to protect maritime borders and uphold sovereignty over the archipelagos they control. Yet more than territorial disputes which regularly raise tensions, it is China’s overall political ambitions that worry adjacent countries, as well as the United States.


PRODUCTIONTS ProductionsDelphine Morel

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The mayor of the Chinese city of Datong embarks on an immense demolition and building project to transform his city into a tourist attraction.

Catalogue No. 449Politics / Society | Nature / Environment | Human Interest / Social Issues

The Chinese MayorDa TongHao Zhou

China, 2015 color, video, 58’/86’Original Language: ChineseSubtitles: Englishwww.zhaoqifilms.com

How power works in the Chinese Communist Party, focused through the mission of one local mayor who is determined to transform the coal-mining centre of Datong into a tourism haven (showcasing clean energy). In order to revitalize the city, he must first destroy. With remarkable access, the film follows him out and about facing battles on the street, mostly from within the Communist party itself.


PRODUCTIONZhaoqi FilmsQi Zhao



A special group existing lively in the China—worker poet, they assemble in front of camera with the poems they have written hold in their hands.

Catalogue No. 450Art / Music / Culture | Politics / Society | Human Interest / Social Issues

Chinese VersesXiaoyu Qin, Feiyue Wu

China, 2015 color, HDcam, 96’Original Language: ChineseSubtitles: English

Poetry is the last secret of an era. We found six special workers through the Internet. There are the suicide worker from Apple Production; forklift operator; blaster; garment worker; minority worker and even more, the miner from 800 mils beneath…meanwhile, they are all the excellent poet. They are talking about the stories that covered behind “Chinese Miracle” and “Made in China” to not just national people also the worldwide.

SALES / CONTACT:Qingzeng CaiEternity Co.Room 101,Flat D,Block 7,128 Huayuan Road, Hongkou District200083 ShanghaiChinatel: +086 138 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONEternity Co.Qingzeng Cai

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In a remote taiga of Siberia there lives a religious leader who calls himself Christ Vissarion, a reincarnation of Jesus Christ.


Christ Lives in SiberiaKristus elab SiberisJaak Kilmi, Arbo Tammiksaar

Finland / Estonia, 2015 color, HDcam, 73’Original Language: RussianSubtitles: English

Danial, Mariam and Zaur lived in St Petersburg with their mother Sveta and father Magomed. One day, the mother took her three children and moved to the Vissarionites community far in Siberia. This is the world’s largest sect, detached from civilization, gathered around their Teacher Vissarion, the reborn Jesus Christ. After a year the mother married a vissarionite bell ringer Dmitri, who became the children’s stepfather. Danial’s, Mariam’s and Zaur’s real father has struggled for years to get his children back. Film director Arbo Tammiksaar moved with his family to Siberia for about a year, to live in the Vissarionites village.

SALES / CONTACT:Margus OunapuuFilm TowerGonsiori 2710147 TallinnEstoniatel: +372 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONFilm TowerMargus Öunapuu

CO-PRODUCTION:Making Movies Oy – Finland



Every cinema has a story - a tale of loneliness, friendship, hope and unfulfilled dreams.

Catalogue No. 113History | Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture

Cinema, mon amourAlexandru Belc

Romania / Czech Republic, 2015 color, HDcam/video, 70’/52’Original Language: RomanianSubtitles: English

Cinema, mon amour follows the story of Viktor Purice - manager, former projectionist and lifetime cinephile and his two loyal employees, Cornelia & Lorena, in their everyday battle to preserve Dacia Panoramic Cinema in Piatra Neamt - one of the last remaining cinemas in Romania today. Having lived through “the golden age” of cinema, Viktor dreams of bringing back the good old glory days, yet struggles to keep up with the new harsh reality. In a theater that lacks heating and is slowly falling apart, with no support from the State who owns the place, it’s almost a Don Quixote fight.

SALES / CONTACT:Catherine Le ClefCAT&Docs18, rue Quincampoix75004 ParisFrancetel: +33 1 44 61 77 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONLibra FilmTudor GiurgiuPink ProductionsViktória Hozzová

CO-PRODUCTION:Pink Productions – Czech Republic

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:HBO Europe – Czech Republic

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After a decade in jail, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once Russia’s richest man and head of energy giant Yukos, is back to challenge Putin’s grip on power.


Citizen KhodorkovskyEric Bergkraut

Israel / Switzerland / Russia / Germany, 2015 color, video, 52’/87’Original Language: Russian/English/FrenchSubtitles: English

Mikhail Khodorkovsky is back to challenge Putin’s grip on power. Once Russia’s richest man and head of energy giant Yukos, he spent a decade in jail after challenging the Kremlin. His takedown sent a strong signal to Russia’s powerful tycoons not to meddle in politics. For the first time after his release, he talks about his time behind bars and his vision for a new Russia. He relaunched the Open Russia Movement to strengthen democracy in Russia - a move towards presidency?


PRODUCTIONp.s. 72 ProductionsEric Bergkraut



‘Lanzmann’ features previously unseen outtake footage that was shot during the creation of ‘Shoah,’ to illustrate Lanzmann’s journey from the bright-eyed journalist of 1973 to the world-weary auteur of 1985.

Catalogue No. 115History

Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the ShoahAdam Benzine

Canada / England / USA, 2015 color / black and white, video/HDcam, 40’/58’Original Language: French/German/EnglishSubtitles: English

This documentary reveals for the first time the trials and tribulations the French iconoclast faced. Notably, the film features an array of previously unseen outtake footage that was shot during the creation of Shoah, to illustrate Lanzmann’s journey from the bright-eyed journalist of 1973 to the world-weary auteur of 1985. In addition, the documentary reflects on several key points in Lanzmann’s life, including his teenage years fighting in the French resistance, his love affair with Simone de Beauvoir and his deep friendship with Jean-Paul Sartre, as well as his hopes and expectations for the future. Excluding Denmark, Germany, France


PRODUCTIONJet Black IrisAdam BenzineKimberley Warner

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:ZDF/ARTE – Germany, DR – Denmark

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Shot during nine years, this movie tries to tell the pregnancy of a father, the quest of hapinness and the mystery of love.


Clear YearsLes années clairesFrédéric Guillaume

Belgium, 2015 color, HDcam, 75’Original Language: FrenchSubtitles: English

“I wasn’t told. I wasn’t told it would be so difficult to live together. To keep a family. To maintain love and happiness. I wasn’t told, and if someone had told me I wouldn’t have listened. I chose to live with my camera in my hand, filming the trajectory of feelings, from the golden age to the lost paradise, from being born to being reborn. “

SALES / CONTACT:Diana KarklinRise and ShineSchlesische Strasse 29/3010997 BerlinBelgiumtel: +49 39 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONImages d’à côtéFrédéric Guillaume

CO-PRODUCTION:Wrong Men – Belgium



Before it’s too late, a family that never really talked - starts to.

Catalogue No. 116Author’s Point of View | Art / Music / Culture | Human Interest / Social Issues

The Closer We GetKaren Guthrie

England / Scotland, 2015 color, HDcam/video, 88’Original Language: EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.thecloserweget.com

After her mother Ann suffers a devastating stroke, Karen moves back home for what will be a long goodbye. But Karen isn’t the only one who comes back to care for Ann in the crisis: Her prodigal father - the endearing yet unfathomable Ian, who’s been separated from Ann for years - also reappears. Reunited so unexpectedly, and armed with her camera, Karen seizes this last chance to find out the real story of her family and the truth behind a secret her father had tried - and failed - to keep from them all before it’s too late.

SALES / CONTACT:Ged FitzsimmonsSomewhereGoodings Pie & Mash Shop, 257 Well St, LondonE9 6RG LondonEnglandtel: + 44 7403 397 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONSomewhereKaren GuthrieNina Pope

CO-PRODUCTION:Somewhere – England

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Coal India portrays people who work under pre-industrial conditions in the coalfields near Dhanbad, India. The film shows heaviest physical labour which becomes increasingly invisible in our technologized 21st century.

Catalogue No. 452Nature / Environment | Human Interest / Social Issues | Experimental

Coal IndiaAjay Koli, Felix Röben

Germany, 2015 color, video, 47’Original Language: HindiSubtitles: English

Coal India portrays people who work under pre-industrial conditions in the coalfields near Dhanbad, India. The film shows heaviest physical labour which becomes increasingly invisible in our technologized 21st century. The shift of media interest imposes the question of whether material work has become obsolete or rather urgent as an object of examination.

SALES / CONTACT:Felix RöbenKesslerstrasse 9031134 HildesheimGermanytel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONHochschule OWLFelix Röben



The shocking truth of how British security forces used loyalist terrorists as a policy instrument in their deadly battle with the IRA. Hundreds of innocent civilians died.

Catalogue No. 453Human Interest / Social Issues | Investigative | History

CollusionBrendan McCourt

Northern Ireland, 2015 color, HDcam, 82’Original Language: Englishwww.newred.tv

The true and untold story of the fight for truth by families of hundreds of people murdered by paramilitaries who were controlled by the British security forces during four decades of the Northern Ireland Troubles. The film contains exclusive interviews and explosive new revelations and admissions by former British ministers and members of the security forces which has resulted in new legal action by families.

SALES / CONTACT:Brendan McCourtNewRed TV98 University StBT7 1HE BelfastNorthern Irelandtel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONNewRed TVBrendan McCourt

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:RTE – Ireland

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In the village of Ha Sekake, deep in the mountains of Lesotho, four teenagers face choices that will affect the rest of their lives.

Catalogue No. 454Youth | Human Interest / Social Issues

Coming of AgeTeboho Edkins

South Africa / Germany, 2015 color, video, 63’Original Language: SesothoSubtitles: English/Germanwww.steps.co.za

Coming of Age is a film that follows teenagers over two years as they grow up deep in the southern African mountain kingdom of Lesotho. Lefa, sees her world fall apart when her best friend Senate leaves the village, and must decide whether to stay or leave in search of a better education. Retabile takes care of the family’s livestock up in a remote cattle post, helped by his younger brother Mosaku, who watches as he goes through a rite of passage that marks his transition into manhood. The summer of youth is quickly over, doors into adulthood open and close.

SALES / CONTACT:Georg GruberMAGNETFILMIlsensteinweg 3514129 BerlinGermanytel: +49 163 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONDeutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (dffb)Teboho Edkins

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:AfriDocs – South Africa



Filmed over the course of four years award-winning director Phil Grabsky follows leading concert pianist Leif Ove Andsnes’s attempt to understand and interpret Beethoven’s five piano concertos.


Concerto - A Beethoven JourneyPhil Grabsky

England, 2015 color, HDcam, 92’Original Language: Englishwww.seventh-art.com/concerto-2

Leif Ove Andsnes is undoubtedly one of the best pianists of our age. This exquisite and revealing film goes behind-the-scenes of his ambitious plan to dedicate four years of his life to performing and recording Beethoven’s five piano concertos. By following this journey, the film also builds up a fresh and revealing biography of Beethoven – presenting a man much understood in a new light. Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra played to sell-out crowds around the world – and our film captured that journey and the staggering music that emerged.

SALES / CONTACT:Phil GrabskySeventh Art ProductionsSeventh Art ProductionsBN1 1AE BrightonEnglandtel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONSeventh Art ProductionsPhil Grabsky

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:BBC 4 – England

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Cool Cats tells the story of two jazz giants, Ben Webster and Dexter Gordon, who are forced to relocate to a musical small town.


Cool CatsJanus Koster-Rasmussen

Denmark, 2015 color, 35mm, 83’/60’Original Language: Danish/EnglishSubtitles: English

Cool Cats tells the story of two jazz giants who are forced to relocate to a musical small town. In the mid-1960s, tenor saxophone stars Ben Webster and Dexter Gordon leave behind America and its fierce political climate – as well as a long trail of heavy alcohol and heroin abuse. They settle down in Copenhagen, where they are greeted as musical saviors. But the attractions of the small, fairy tale-like Scandinavian capital soon turn out to be a threat to their music – and their lives. The film’s visual backbone consists of Ben Webster’s own 8MM footage which resurfaces here for the first time.


PRODUCTIONDRMorten Thomsen Højsgaard




The Coolest Memory Team EverSveriges Coolaste LandslagPer-Eric Malm

Sweden, 2015 color, HDcam, 58’Original Language: English/SwedishSubtitles: English

The World Memory Championship is a mental decathlon - the participants warriors of the mind. The competitors are challenged to quickly memorize incredible amounts of information about playing cards, words, images and numbers. In The Coolest Memory Team Ever this strange world unfolds in a competitive drama between reigning masters and highly capable newcomers challening the hierarchy.


PRODUCTIONPistolero MediaPer-Eric Malm


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Eugenio Barba and his Odin Teatret on the 50th anniversary


The Country Where Trees FlyIl paese dove gli alberi volanoDavide Barletti, Jacopo Quadri

Italy, 2015 color, HDcam, 89’Original Language: ItalianSubtitles: Englishwww.ilpaesedoveglialberivolano.com

In a quiet Danish province preparations are underway for the 50th anniversary of the Odin Teatret, the company which changed the direction of theatre in the 20th century under the guidance of Eugenio Barba. From the most far-reaching countries – Kenya, Bali, Brazil, India and Europe – teams of children, youths and artists come to Denmark bringing energy to this collective event with their acrobatics, music and voice, all under the impetuous gaze of the barefoot, white-haired director. The Odin Teatret is not just a theatre company; it is an extensive and timeless community, a visionary flow and uncompromising pace of life. all available except italy

SALES / CONTACT:Anastasia PlazzottaWanted FilmsVia Mantova 720135 MilanoItalytel: +39 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONDavide BarlettiJacopo QuadriCristina Rajola

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:SKY Arte – Italy



Their love story turned to nightmare


Coups de foudreChristophe Reyners


Five women share their “love” story, a thunderbolt, a meeting with a wonderful man who later became a tormentor. They tell about the grip that is slowly but firmly induced, the violence leading to their fleeing to protect her children, their taking shelter, their attempt to rebuild and regain self-esteem.

SALES / CONTACT:Thierry DetailleVentes - CBA/WIP Salesc/o WIP, PIL, Bât. T, 36 rue de Mulhouse4020 LiègeBelgiumtel: +3243401040www.ventes-cbawip-sales.beventes-cbawip-sales@skynet.be

PRODUCTIONDérivesJulie Frères

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:RTBF – Belgium

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Kelly is saving herself for marriage and following Christian Courtship, an arranged marriage ritual where parents, in conjunction with God, search for their daughters’ husbands.


A CourtshipAmy Kohn

USA, 2015 color, video, 71’Original Language: EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.taskovskifilms.com/?film=a-courtship

Amy Kohn’s fascinating documentary offers a peek into the practice of Christian courtship, wherein a woman hands over the responsibility of finding a husband to her parents and the will of God. SALES / CONTACT:

Aleksandra DerewienkoTaskovski Films19-21 Christopher StreetEC2A 2B LondonEnglandtel: +48 693 866 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONMad TwinAmy Kohn



Catalogue No. 401

Crafting an EchoMarco Williams

USA, 2016 color, HDcam, 90’Original Language: English

Crafting an Echo is a feature length documentary that examines the creative method of Greek choreographer Andonis Foniadakis commissioned dance—Echo in 2013-2014, for the Martha Graham Dance Company.

PRODUCTIONHiptruth ProductionsDanielle BeverlyMarco Williams

ROUGH CUT PROJECT

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The Secret of Russia’s most infamous racial murder.

Catalogue No. 457Politics / Society | Investigative

Credit for MurderVladi Antonevicz

Israel / Russia, 2015 color, HDcam/video, 85’Original Language: Russian/EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.facebook.com/Mankurt.the.movie

Russia. A shocking video of a double murder appeared on YouTube in August 2007. The police investigation reached a dead end. Two years later, director Vladi Antonevicz and his friend Dima “Shuravi” set off on a daring investigation of their own. Snooping around the darkest crevices of Russia’s Neo-Nazi underground, they are determined to find the killers.

SALES / CONTACT:Vladi AntoneviczMockofictionHA Hagana 7067721 Tel AvivIsraeltel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONMockofictionVladi Antonevicz




Gennadiy spent years rescuing drug-addicted kids from Mariupol’s streets, using any means necessary. But Ukraine’s civil unrest could threaten everything that he has fought for.

Catalogue No. 458Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society | Youth

Crocodile GennadiySteve Hoover

USA, 2015 color, HDcam, 96’Original Language: Russian/EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.gennadiyfilm.com

Gennadiy Mokhnenko has made a name for himself by forcibly abducting homeless drug-addicted kids from the streets of Mariupol, Ukraine. As his country leans towards a European Union inclusion, hopes of continued post-Soviet revitalization seem possible. In the meantime, Gennadiy’s center has evolved into a more nebulous institution.

SALES / CONTACT:Annie Roneyro*co films international80 Liberty Ship Way, Suite 894965 SausalitoUSAtel: +1 415 332 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONAnimalDanny Yourd

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An aspiring pianist preparing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 for the biggest night of his career must reconcile with his past and battle personal demons.


Crossing RachmaninoffRebecca Tansley

New Zealand, 2015 color, video/HDcam, 79’Original Language: Italian/EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.crossingrachmaninoff.com

Crossing Rachmaninoff follows aspiring piano soloist Flavio Villani as he prepares Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 for his first orchestral performance. Flavio must challenge traditional musical thinking and battle personal demons for a chance to make music his life. Wrapped around a performance of the Concerto, Crossing Rachmaninoff is a personal odyssey, with all the elements of drama and catharsis that Rachmaninoff himself depicts so splendidly. It explores the fundamental desire to be accepted for who we are, the beauty of music and the courage of those who make it. Sometimes the hardest journey is one we choose. All territories are currently available.

SALES / CONTACT:Rebecca TansleyMinerva ProductionsPO Box 2974, Shortland Street1140 AucklandNew Zealandtel: +64 9 303 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONMinerva ProductionsRebecca Tansley



The Crossing takes us along with a group of Syrians fleeing war, crossing a sea, two continents and five countries, searching for Hope.


The CrossingGeorge Kurian

England, 2015 color, video, 55’Original Language: Arabic/NorwegianSubtitles: English

The Crossing takes us along on one of the most dangerous journeys of our time with a group of Syrians fleeing war and persecution, crossing a sea, two continents and five countries, searching for a home to rekindle the greatest thing they have lost – Hope. They make it to Europe, only to find out that the hardest part of their journey still lies ahead. Months of uncertainty and waiting, living in one centre after another, takes a toll on their spirits, as they confront what being a “refugee” means.

SALES / CONTACT:Nicole BiermaierFirst Hand FilmsNeunbrunnenstrasse 508050 ZurichSwitzerlandtel: +41 44 312 20 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONGründer FilmBente Olav

CO-PRODUCTION:George Kurian – Turkey

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:NRK – Norway, SVT – Sweden, IKON – The Netherlands, YLE – Finland, RUV – Iceland

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Gordon Matta-Clark is an artists, founder of the movement “Anarchitecture”. He developed an extensive creative career. His friends tell us his adventures and stories in the suburbs of New York


Crosswords: Matta-Clark FriendsPalabras cruzadas: Los amigos de Matta ClarkMatias Cardone

Chile, 2014 color / black and white, HDcam, 65’Original Language: EnglishSubtitles: Spanishwww.matta-clark.org

Gordon Matta-Clark, who died in 1978 at age 35, was considered one of the United States’ most interesting and valuable independent artists. Son of the celebrated Chilean painter Roberto Matta, the artist was born in New York, where he developed most of his work, founding the movement known as “anarchitecture”. This documentary uses images from photographic and video archive, as well as recordings of the artist’s performances, while the voices of Matta-Clark scholars and collaborators narrate his adventures and anecdotes in the New York suburbs.

SALES / CONTACT:Matias CardoneInvercine ProduccionesCopihue 29887510210 SantiagoChiletel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONInvercine ProduccionesMacarena Cardone



It’s never too late to dance Swan Lake.

Catalogue No. 126Author’s Point of View | Art / Music / Culture | Human Interest / Social Issues

Czech SwanCzeski labedzAleksandra Terpinska

Poland / Czech Republic, 2015 color, HDcam, 52’Original Language: CzechSubtitles: English

Czech Swan is a humorous and uplifting story about a group of elderly women from a small Czech village, whose age doesn’t stop them from pursuing their dreams and caprices with unbeatable enthusiasm. Hanna and her eleven friends are members of a locally famous dancing group Majorettes, with only two years left before they can celebrate its 15th anniversary. To overcome temporary crisis of popularity, they decide to incorporate Tchaikovsky’s classic Swan Lake into their Majorette dancing routine with the help of the director of Ostrava National Ballet and his debuting prima ballerina.

SALES / CONTACT:Anaïs ClanetWide House9 rue Bleue75009 ParisFrancetel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONCoLab PicturesDanuta GegotekKatarzyna Siniarska

CO-PRODUCTION:Film Produkcja – Poland

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:Ceská Televize – Czech Republic

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Daddy’s Girl is a tragicomic breaking-up story between a Turkish father, Cengiz, living in Finland, and his 26-year-old half-Finnish daughter, Melisa, a story about rebellion, growing up and letting go.

Catalogue No. 127Author’s Point of View | Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth

Daddy’s GirlIsän tyttöMelisa Üneri

Finland, 2015 color, video, 52’Original Language: Finnish/TurkishSubtitles: Englishwww.riseandshine-berlin.de/portfolio_page/daddys-girl/

Daddy’s Girl is a tragicomic breaking-up story between a Turkish father, Cengiz, living in Finland, and his half-Finnish daughter, Melisa. Their symbiotic relationship begins to deteriorate when Melisa moves to Turkey to start a life of her own. Cengiz’s inability to deal with Melisa breaking free starts a chain of events where Melisa cuts her father off and Cengiz - after years of deliberately avoiding Turkey and his dominating mother - travels to Istanbul to meet Melisa, and is thus forced to face his mother and Melisa’s Turkish boyfriend. This is a story about rebellion, growing up and letting go. Excluding Finland

SALES / CONTACT:Diana KarklinRise and ShineSchlesische Strasse 29/3010997 BerlinGermanytel: +49 30 47372980www.riseandshine-berlin.de

PRODUCTIONKlaffi ProductionsMika Ronkainen

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:YLE – Finland



Vilde wants to be the first female ‘Halling’ champion, a traditional folk-dance for men only. She shares her passion for sports with her grandfather, which fundaments their loving grandfather-grandchild bond.


Dancing for YouSports Kids - Dans for livetErlend E. Mo

Norway / Denmark / Sweden, 2015 color, video, 29’Original Language: NorwegianSubtitles: English

Vilde (12) wants to be the first female ‘Halling’ folk dance champion. A traditional dance for men only. Her greatest challenge isn’t the competition – she’s convinced that her strength and passion for dance and life are helping her beloved grandfather to win his fight against cancer. A beautifully crafted portrait of two generations of sports champs and a affectionate/loving grandfather-grandchild bond.


PRODUCTIONSant & UsantAnita Rehoff Larsen

CO-PRODUCTION:Final Cut for Real – Denmark, Story AB – Sweden

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A Dangerous IdeaEn farlig idéPeter Löfgren

Sweden, 2014 color, HDcam, 58’Original Language: Hebrew/English/Arabic/SwedishSubtitles: Englishwww.svtsales.com/programme-sales/a-dangerous-idea/

After yet another bloody war in Gaza, the voices against the violence are getting louder. The hundreds of organisations demanding peace and reconciliation, experience fast-growing support among Palestinians and Israelis. This new peace movement contains people from all quarters: refugees, officers, housewives – and settlers. In the film we meet several people who in different ways have had their lives affected by the conflict between Israel and Palestine. Many of them have lost loved ones in the conflict, but still they choose a path of non-violence instead of seeking revenge.


PRODUCTIONMålahiå Television ABPeter Löfgren

CO-PRODUCTION:SVT – Sweden




What advice can a girl with Bosnian family receive from a Serbian nationalist and friend of Ratko Mladic? A dialogue about overcoming one’s own prejudices and ideologies that seeks reconciliation.

Catalogue No. 128History | Author’s Point of View

The Dangerous World of Doctor DolecekNebezpecn svet Rajka DoleckaKrist na Bartosová

Czech Republic, 2015 color, HDcam, 75’Original Language: Serbian/CzechSubtitles: English

The young director meets Rajko Dolecek, a 90 year old dietitian and a former TV star, who used to promote healthy lifestyle, but who is also a convinced nationalist and a close friend of Ratko Mladic, who is held on trial in The Hague. In her feature-length film, Krist na Barto ová delves into the personal life of Doctor Dolecek, who is very charming, and the director has struggles between her affinity towards him and his unacceptable opinions.The Dangerous World of Doctor Dolecek is a film about manipulation, but also a search for mutual understanding, acceptance, and reconciliation.

SALES / CONTACT:Dagmar SedláckováMasterFilm, s.r.o.Bubenská 1170 00 Praha 7Czech Republictel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONMasterFilmKristyna Hnevsova

CO-PRODUCTION:Studio Famu – Czech Republic, MagicLab – Czech Republic

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:Czech Television – Czech Republic

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The film introduces the rises and falls of people living with pedophilia and forbidden love, in a constant struggle to come to terms with oneself and the society.


Daniel’s WorldDanieluv svetVeronika Lisková

Czech Republic, 2014 color, HDcam, 72’Original Language: CzechSubtitles: English

Daniel is a young man, a student and a writer. He is a pedophile. He keeps no secret about his sexual orientation, not even from the parents of his beloved boy, who allow him to visit. Daniel, nor any of his community of czech pedophiles, is no child offender, and considers chemical restrain option while speaking out loud about his condition. The film introduces the rises and falls of people living with pedophilia and forbidden love, in a constant struggle to come to terms with oneself and the society, while only a few cross the line of criminality.

SALES / CONTACT:Thierry DetailleVisible FilmRue Dethy 1641000 BrusselsBelgiumtel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONVernesZdenek Hol



At the height of the Peruvian gold rush, an Andean woman uses her powers to prevent a mining corporation from destroying the lake she considers her mother.

Catalogue No. 129Nature / Environment | Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society

Daughter of the LakeHija de la lagunaErnesto Cabellos

Peru / Bolivia, 2015 color, video, 84’Original Language: SpanishSubtitles: Englishwww.hijadelalaguna.pe

Nelida is an Andean woman able to communicate with nature’s spirits. She feels she is the daughter of the lakes that provide water to her village. But just beneath her lakes, Yanacocha, Latin America’s largest gold mine, has discovered a deposit valued at billions of dollars. They have the Peruvian government’s support to mine it, even though it means drying out the lakes. All available but USA.

SALES / CONTACT:Sergio García LocatelliQuechua FilmsCalle Rodríguez San Pedro 2 oficina 40128015 MadridSpaintel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONGuarango Cine y VideoNuria Frigola Torrent

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A small group of unlikely people set about to exonerate a man convicted of a murder he did not commit after 29 years in jail.

Catalogue No. 130Politics / Society | Investigative | Human Interest / Social Issues

David & MeRay Klonsky, Marc Lamy

Canada, 2015 color, video, 76’Original Language: Englishwww.cargofilm-releasing.com/home/films/david-me

Revised from it’s original version in 2014, David & Me is a gritty, gut-wrenching doc about two unlikely friends – a convicted murderer and a young filmmaker. David McCallum has served 29 years of a life sentence for a crime he did not commit. Despite a mountain of evidence that should exonerate him, Ray Klonsky and a pro-bono team are stymied by a justice system that has proven reluctant to exonerate the wrongly convicted until the most remarkable thing happens. . . Sold in the following territories: Israel, Switzerland, Brazil, Canada, Belgium


PRODUCTIONAaron HancoxMichael McNamara



The filmmaker’s grandfather worked at the Red Cross after the Hiroshima bombing. Her quest to learn why he never talked about his experiences takes a turn after Fukushima.

Catalogue No. 131History | Author’s Point of View | Human Interest / Social Issues

The Day the Sun FellAls die Sonne vom Himmel fielAya Domenig

Switzerland / Finland, 2015 color / black and white, HDcam, 78’/52’Original Language: JapaneseSubtitles: English/German/Frenchwww.thedaythesunfell.com

While tracing the story of her grandfather, who worked as a young doctor at the Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital after the detonation of the atomic bomb, Swiss-Japanese filmmaker Aya Domenig meets a former doctor and a nurse who lived a similar experience. Throughout his life, her grandfather never spoke about what he has went through, but talking to her protagonists brings her closer to him. When the nuclear disaster occurs in Fukushima on March 11, 2011 history seems to repeat itself.


PRODUCTIONican filmsMirjam von ArxTanja Meding

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:SRF – Switzerland, YLE – Finland

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Hsu Su-Chen died of cancer. This film tells an extraordinary story and unseen visions of a distinct artist who endlessly discovers real issues of human life.


Death of a Female ArtistMingchuan Hung

Taiwan, 2014 color, HDcam, 80’Original Language: Taiwanese/ChineseSubtitles: Chinese/English

It came as a shock at the peak of her artist career, Hsu Su-Chen died of cancer. She went cross-disciplinarily in a short 14 years of her creative life. From early work such as “Self-Portrait” revealing multi layers of her own images to “Plant-Paradise” which collaborated with many people of different expertise lead her to the winning of Taishin Bank Arts Annual Award. Hsu always walks out of the box to touch all of us from deep inside herself to ordinary plants as well as neglected communities in foreign countries. Every step of her attempts raised applause.

SALES / CONTACT:Mingchuan HUNGNo. 20, Beiping East Road,10049 TaipeiTaiwantel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONMingchuan HUNG




DemocracyDavid Bernet

Germany / France, 2015 black and white, HDcam, 100’Original Language: English/German/FrenchSubtitles: English

Pre-Snowden times - Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Justice, is in charge of manoeuvering a new European law for efficient data protection and privacy through the legislative process. The law will not only affect all the European citizens but the whole economy that relies more and more on data as a major resource for bigger profits. For two years, chief negotiator Jan Philip Albrecht and his team fight against the growing pressure of industry stakeholders, diverse lobbyists and adverse political groups. Their political standing is fragile - until Snowden enters the world stage and changes the game.


PRODUCTIONIndi FilmArek GielnikSonia Otto

CO-PRODUCTION:Seppia – France, Atmosfilm – Germany

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In a country with little respect for human rights, impeded by economic sanctions and hyperinflation running rampant, two political enemies are forced on a joint mission to write Zimbabwe’s new constitution.


DemocratsCamilla Nielsson

Denmark, 2014 color, HDcam, 100’/60’Original Language: ShonaSubtitles: English

The two top politicians, MP Paul Mangwana (ZANU-PF) and MP Douglas Mwonzora (MDC) have been appointed to lead Zimbabwe through the process of writing a new constitution. Going behind the scenes of the constitutional process, Democrats offers a unique insight into the Zimbabwean government at a critical and history-changing juncture as the political elite struggles to find a new postcolonial identity - a struggle that may be the harbinger of a new epoch in the development of modern African states. Sold territories: Canada (English speaking part), Czech Republic, United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and Ireland, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, Norway, Sub-Saharan Africa (all of Africa), Sweden, Netherlands, Finland


PRODUCTIONDRMorten Thomsen HøjsgaardUpfront FilmsHenrik Veileborg




Catalogue No. 134Investigative | History | Politics / Society

Despot HousewivesJoel Soler

France, 2015 color, video, 6x52’ & 1x90’Original Language: French/FilipinoSubtitles: English

For the first time ever the most infamous first ladies (Imelda Marcos, Philippines; Agathe Habyarimana, Rwanda; Nexhmije Hoxha, Albania; Jewel Taylor, Liberia; Lucia Pinochet, Chile) are gathered together in this documentary saga that steps into the lives of these controversial women.


PRODUCTIONDay for Night FilmsJan Vasak

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Digital dissidents fight for transparency and privacy in an advancing technological world. This documentary gives a fresh insight into whistleblowing and those called to serve its complex, life-changing mission.

Catalogue No. 135Science / Technology | Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society

Digital DissidentsDigitale DissidentenCyril Tuschi

Germany, 2015 color, video, 90’Original Language: EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.gebrueder-beetz.de/en/Productions/digital-dissidents-documentary

Whistleblowers: patriots or traitors? Do the secrets they reveal ultimately liberate or damage their nation and its citizens? Digital Dissidents delves deep into the heart of what it means to be a whistleblower and the nature of their quest to disclose radical truths hidden from society. Offering a poignant insight into the personal experiences of the most famous whistleblowers of the 21st century, including Julian Assange and Edward Snowden, it asks what drives them to blow the whistle? What is so wrong with the surveillance climate at large in our current culture?Excluding Germany and German speaking territories, Norway and Australia


PRODUCTIONGebrueder Beetz FilmproduktionChristian Beetz

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:WDR – Germany



When people flee their countries, they keep the link to their homeland inside their smartphones. This film chronicles the life of a mobile shop in the refugee camp of Zaatari.


District ZeroJorge Fernández Mayoral, Pablo Iraburu, Pablo Tosco

Spain, 2015 color, video, 65’Original Language: ArabicSubtitles: English/Italian/Spanishwww.districtzero.org

What can a smartphone of a refugee reveal to us about his world? A smartphone contains clues to a refugee’s memories, his past, his identity and a list of contacts from the world he had to flee from. This film narrates the daily life of a tiny mobile phone shop in one of the largest refugee camps in the world.

SALES / CONTACT:Itziar García ZubiriArena Comunicación AudiovisualSan Blas 2, bajo31014 PamplonaSpaintel: +34 948 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONArena Comunicación AudiovisualMarga Gutiérrez

CO-PRODUCTION:OXFAM Intermón – Spain, Txalap.Art – Spain, European Commission – Belgium

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Diving Into the UnknownTakaisin pintaanJuan Reina

Finland / Norway, 2015 color, HDcam, 84’Original Language: FinnishSubtitles: English

For a group of Finnish cave divers, their worst nightmare becomes real during an accident where two of their friends drown deep inside a cave in Norway.They decide to undertake a secret operation to retrieve the bodies, after the official retrieval operation has been called off.Diving Into the Unknown is more than just a rare insight into a secret operation. The team has promised the victims families to bring their loved ones back home even if it means endangering the teams’ own lives.With multiple cameras, both on the surface and under water this extraordinary story unfolds….


PRODUCTIONMonami AgencyJuho Harjula

CO-PRODUCTION:Fuglene – Norway




Dolls Don’t KnowAroosak ha nemidanandNava Rezvani


A documentary film about children’s marriage in Iran


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Don JuanJerzy Sladkowski

Sweden / Finland, 2015 color, HDcam, 92’Original Language: RussianSubtitles: English

A four-sided love triangle, spiced with autism, neuroses and life crises in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod. The 22-year-old autistic young man Oleg is seeking approval and love. He is surrounded by many who wants to help him, but no-one succeeds. Suddenly help comes from an unexpected direction.

SALES / CONTACT:Maya KesslerGinestra FilmKällängsvägen 61181 44 LidingöSwedentel: +46 709 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONGinestra FilmAntonio Russo Merenda

CO-PRODUCTION:MADE – Finland

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:SVT – Sweden, YLE – Finland, ARTE G.E.I.E. – France, ERR – Estonia



A breathtaking road movie about Samtskhe-Javakheti, an isolated region in the south of the republic of Georgia, where Georgians and Armenians live. A trip around the dead end.


Double AliensUgis Olte

Latvia / Georgian Republic, 2015 color, HDcam, 56’Original Language: Russian/LatvianSubtitles: Englishwww.facebook.com/doublealiens/

Road maps are open, endless texts that may contain any number of stories, including the story of the traveler himself. A filmmaker from the North and a photographer from the South travel to a strange place. It is a land where people are worn out by their history, where time tends to freeze, and every encounter is in the curve of a mirror that makes you look into familiar eyes. With associative, poetic and breathtaking imagery, a filmmaker and a photographer convey the stories of people who appear to cross their paths arbitrarily.

SALES / CONTACT:Uldis CekulisVFS FilmsLapu 17LV-1002 RigaLatviatel: +371 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONVFS FilmsUldis CekulisSakdocAnna Dziapshipa

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:LTV – Latvia

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In november 2013 the homeless country musician Doug Seegers played the streets of Nashville. Today he is one of Sweden’s most beloved artists. This film tells his unlikely story.


Doug Seegers – Cinderella ManEfter Jills veranda: Doug SeegersAfshin Tamoury

Sweden, 2014 color, HDcam, 59’Original Language: English/SwedishSubtitles: Englishwww.svtsales.com/programme-sales/doug-seegers-cinderella-man/

In late 2013 the homeless country musician Doug Seegers is playing the streets of Nashville, just as usual. One day he is discovered by Swedish country star Jill Johnson and her TV crew. Johnson immediately recognizes Seegers uniqueness and offers him to record his song “Going Down to the River”. When the episode is aired on SVT the audience just goes crazy and Seegers’ song instantly hits the top spot of the Swedish iTunes-list. This film tells the unlikely story of Doug Seegers’ breakthrough and we get to follow him on his Sweden tour in the summer of 2014.


PRODUCTIONSVTHenrik BurmanEyeworksÅsa Jacobsson




Brenda Myers-Powell, a former teenage prostitute who worked the streets of Chicago defies the odds to become a powerful advocate for change in her community.


DreamcatcherKim Longinotto

England, 2015 color, HDcam, 98’Original Language: Englishwww.dreamcatcherfilm.com

Dreamcatcher takes us into a hidden world through the eyes of one of its survivors; Brenda Myers-Powell. A former teenage prostitute who worked the streets of Chicago, Brenda defied the odds to become a powerful advocate for change in her community. With warmth and humour, Brenda gives hope to those who have none. Her story is their inspiration. Excluding USA


PRODUCTIONRise FilmsTeddy Leifer

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A celebration of East London’s drag scene with touching personal stories at its’ heart. Individuals questioning their friendships, family and personal ambitions whilst dressing up to shock the world.


Dressed as a GirlColin Rothbart

England, 2015 color, video, 100’Original Language: Englishwww.dressedasagirl.com

Jonny Woo landed in London in 2003 with his beard and high heels and found himself at the forefront of a new drag army. After a brief history of drag from key figures on the scene, Dressed as a Girl meets the stars who talk about their dragtastic times, and the personal demons that often hide beneath the mascara. We follow the highs and lows of their colourful lives, from boob jobs and breakdowns, to high heels and high drama. An inspirational, occasionally heartbreaking, but always entertaining, insight into alternative gay culture and a celebration of being true to yourself. Excluding UK and Ireland


PRODUCTIONChris Amos



On a ten-year journey, Selvi, a former child bride, escapes her violent marriage to become South India’s first female taxi driver.

Catalogue No. 464Author’s Point of View | Politics / Society | Human Interest / Social Issues

Driving with SelviElisa Paloschi

Canada, 2015 color, video, 74’/54’Original Language: Tamil/EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.drivingwithselvi.com

Selvi, like so many girls living in India, is forced to marry at a young age, only to find herself in a violent and abusive marriage. One day, in deep despair, she chooses to escape, and goes on to become South India’s first female taxi driver. We see a remarkable change as Selvi finds her voice and transforms from abused child bride to empowered working woman. This is the ten-year journey of a charming, strong, and utterly courageous young woman who defies all expectations, moving beyond the pain she’s experienced to create a new life. Not available - India and Bangladesh territoriesAvailable versions: 74’ and 54’

SALES / CONTACT:Elisa PaloschiEyesfull111 Marion St.M6R 1E6 TorontoCanadatel: +1 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONEyesfullElisa Paloschi

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Amid the cultural shift of the 1970s, American comedy got a sharper edge when a newly minted magazine named National Lampoon stuck its middle finger up at the establishment.

Catalogue No. 142Politics / Society | Art / Music / Culture

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National LampoonDouglas Tirola

USA, 2015 color, HDcam/video, 92’Original Language: English

The story of the Rise and fall of National Lampoon. Amid the cultural shift of the 1970s, American comedy got a sharper edge when a newly minted magazine named National Lampoon stuck its middle finger up at the establishment. Energetic, revolutionary, and often hilarious, Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead elevates nostalgia to a roof-raising experience. Excluding USA, Canada, Italy


PRODUCTION4th Row FilmsSusan Bedusa



Catalogue No. 465Politics / Society | Human Interest / Social Issues | History

The Dybbuk: A Tale of Wandering SoulsDybuk. Rzecz o wedrówce duszKrzysztof Kopczynski

Poland / Ukraine / Sweden, 2015 color, video, 85’Original Language: Ukranian/Hebrew/EnglishSubtitles: English

30 thousand Hasidim journey to Ukraine to celebrate the Jewish New Year at the gravesite of their holy leader Rebbe Nachman. The film shows tensions which are formed amongst the pilgrims and the local inhabitants. In the poor post-communist town, which comes to life thanks to the Jewish guests, the demons of nationalism and religious intolerance also come to life.


PRODUCTIONEureka MediaKrzysztof Kopczynski

CO-PRODUCTION:Momento Film – Sweden, National Cinemateque of Ukraine – Ukraine

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Catalogue No. 144Science / Technology

Dynamic SaltDu sel dans mon moteurJérome-Cécil Auffret


Could we get all our energy needs from sea water and the salt it contains?Are we to witness a time when salt will power our engines and factories, and light up our cities? Could this be the final curtain not only for shale gas and oil, but also the burning of fossil fuels and the beginning of a gentler form of energy that is definitely renewable? This documentary explores the latest research on sea water and the way scientists allover the world are working on “Blue Energy”. This research could bring about a major change in our time.


PRODUCTIONAltomediaGabriel Turkieh



In this deeply touching documentary, we go back to Sierra Leone to follow the work at one of many orphanages trying to make a difference.


Ebola’s ChildrenEbolas BørnJacob Krogh

Denmark, 2015 color, HDcam, 42’Original Language: EnglishSubtitles: English

Ever since, orphanages in Sierra Leone have been faced with incredible challenges as social workers go searching for family members who may have survived the epidemic. The mission is to find a new home for the children When 10-year-old Kadiatu nursed her Ebola-infected mother she too became infected but recovered after weeks in hospital – only to discover that both of her parents had died. Now, she is hoping to reunite with her grandmother.


PRODUCTIONDR TVJacob Krogh


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

Catalogue No. 146Art / Music / Culture | Politics / Society | History

Elisabeth Vigée le Brun: A Touch of GraceLe fabuleux destin d’Elisabeth Vigée le BrunArnaud Xainte


The freedom of Louise Elisabeth Vigée Lebrun, official painter of Marie Antoinette, nonetheless an 18th century woman, echoes strongly with today’s women struggle, being the first French female painter to be recognized around the world.


PRODUCTIONIllégitime DéfenseArnaud Xainte



A tour of the villages in the mountains of Naxos island, meeting the people who try to survive in their barren place, harvesting stones


Emery TalesSusanne Bausinger, Stelios Efstathopoulos

Greece / Germany, 2015 color, HDcam, 66’Original Language: GreekSubtitles: English

In the mountainous landscape of Naxos, a Cycladic island, the villagers make a living out of collecting… stones. Ever since the Ottoman rule, six communities have had the right to mine emery, which is hidden in mount Ammomaxi. In the old days, the black stone, used as an abrasive was very in demand. Nowadays, it is given to the government in return for health and pension insurance. The workers struggle with their barren fields in order to earn a living. The younger generations flee.Emery is their life. Will it have a future, though?

SALES / CONTACT:Stelios EfstathopoulosFAOS TV ProductionSNikis 50A10558 AthensGreecetel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONFAOS TV ProductionSStelios Efstathopoulos

CO-PRODUCTION:TEAMFAOS TV ProductionS HELLAS O.E. – Greece

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It is through our sense of smell that we feel, lust and create and yet we know almost nothing about this most direct of our senses.


The Empire of the ScentsKim Nguyen

Canada, 2014 color, HDcam, 52’Original Language: FrenchSubtitles: English

This unique film embarks on a kaleidoscopic portrait of what is the sense of smell, exploring the rarest of saffrons, exotic perfumes, follows Italian truffle hunters as they explain the aphrodisiac powers of the praised mushroom. Astronaut Chris Hadfield describes the smell of space, food molecule expert François Chartier talks about the sound of flavors, and Guido, a metaphysical perfumer who has created the scent of a woman, explains how his perfume came to be.The film also talks about whale poop, also known as ambergris, the rare and expensive substance that gives perfumes their seductive animalistic odor.


PRODUCTIONLowik MediaLucie Tremblay



During the day of the apocalypse, a polluted village lives its own end of the world.

Catalogue No. 148Nature / Environment | Author’s Point of View | Human Interest / Social Issues

The End of the DayEl final del díaPeter McPhee

Chile, 2015 color, video, 60’Original Language: SpanishSubtitles: English

During the December 21, 2012, the people of Quillagua expects the “end of the world” that Mayans supposedly predicted. Quillagua is an Oasis located in the Desert of Atacama; a village that has a polluted river due to mining companies. The land cannot be worked; young people are emigrating and only the elderly stay behind. For this indigenous community, with an ancestral and cultural relationship with the land, this reality presents itself as their true end of the world. During the day of the “apocalypse”, the people of Quillagua will reflect on the need to care mother Earth.

SALES / CONTACT:Peter McPheeLa Elefanta ProduccionesNueva Providencia 2211, of. 516, Providencia7510122 SantiagoChiletel: +569 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONLa Elefanta ProduccionesPeter McPhee

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End of the WorldKoniec swiataMonika Pawluczuk


Intimate, creative and visual documentary where couple of stories meet in one night. During that one night, people in a big city, troubled by loneliness, want to talk to someone. Some of them call 112, even if it is not really necessary, and others call the radio, where the speaker asks the question about the end of the world: what it means to each one of us. They talk about things that are tragic, painful, small, funny. Their need to be heard, to share their experience with someone else is evident and moving.


PRODUCTIONWajda StudioKatarzyna Slesicka




Eritrea StarsJohn Appel

The Netherlands, 2015 color / black and white, video, 55’Original Language: English

In 2012, the Eritrean soccer team defected during a tournament in Uganda. Two years later, the players turn up in the Dutch city of Gorinchem. They are given a place to stay, clothing and of course soccer training. Team members are filmed practicing, in Dutch class and at the apartment they share. While the soccer team dreams of success, the players have other things on their minds. Will the players make their dreams come true?


PRODUCTIONJohn AppelVPRONicoline Tania


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Every 28 Days is a radically personal documentary about the filmmaker s attempts to become pregnant in her late thirties.

Catalogue No. 467Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View

Every 28 DaysAlle 28 TageIna Borrmann

Germany, 2015 color, DCP, 52’/89’Original Language: GermanSubtitles: French/Englishwww.deckert-distribution.com/film-catalogue/authors-documentaries/every-28-days/

Ina and Marc have been a couple for years. Ina never saw herself as a mother but one day the desire to have children was there. What should you do if nature is not cooperating? Every 28 Days is a radically personal documentary about the filmmaker s attempts to become pregnant in her late thirties.


PRODUCTIONShoot From The HipIna BorrmannAvanti MediaCordula Kablitz-Post

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:RBB – Germany, MDR – Germany, ARTE MDR – France



Elsie, Bernard, Nerit and other survivors from the German Camps tell their stories as they discover themselves in an archive reel shot on April 28, 1945, day of their liberation.


Every Face Has A NameMagnus Gertten

Sweden, 2015 color / black and white, video, 76’/58’Original Language: Swedish/EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.everyfacehasaname.com

On April 28, 1945, survivors of the Nazi terror disembark a ship in Malmö. 70 years later they experience the magical moment when they each recognize themselves in the archive footage shot on the day of their liberation. A 4k-animated archival tour de force meets today‘s memories of the survivors. Their anonymous faces turn into names, fates and stories. They remind us that behind every ship of refugees arriving in a harbor today, there is a name and a human being. A masterpiece by the director of “Harbour of Hope”. Excluding Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Iceland, The Netherlands, Estonia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Ireland, Australia


PRODUCTIONAuto ImagesMagnus GerttenLennart Ström

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:SVT – Sweden, IKON – The Netherlands

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With exclusive access to a medical unit at a leading cancer hospital in Denmark the film follows a team of doctors as they work on a new treatment to cure cancer.

Catalogue No. 152Science / Technology | Human Interest / Social Issues

The ExperimentForsøgetLouise Detlefsen, Louise Kjeldsen


Cancer is a major cause of death and for doctor’s it is a constant challenge to “crack the code”. With exclusive access to a medical unit at a leading cancer hospital in Denmark the film follows a team of doctors over a 12 months period as they work on a new treatment to cure cancer called T-cell therapy. The treatment is still experimental, but doctors are tremendously optimistic of the effect. In the trials half of the patients experience that the tumors get smaller and 20% of patients are cancer free at the end of the treatment.


PRODUCTIONPlus PicturesMette Heide

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:TV 2 – Denmark



‘Like’ it or not, here is a film that will make you think twice before leaving your next digital footprint on Facebook’s eternal memory.

Catalogue No. 469Human Interest / Social Issues | Investigative | Politics / Society

FacebookistanJakob Gottschau

Denmark, 2015 color, HDcam, 59’Original Language: English/Danish/GermanSubtitles: English

1. 4 bn people are on Facebook. We voluntarily share our otherwise private information with the social network, and we voluntarily give Facebook permission to use our information and make money on it, and yet very little is known about the secretive business itself. How is the world’s largest public space controlled and monitored? Why are pages and posts censored? And why does Facebook keep data, even after the user has deleted it? Facebook is the most visible symptom of an increasingly closed and centralised internet, but it’s also a social revolution with great democratic potential.


PRODUCTIONJakob GottschauDFIAnne Marie Kürstein

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:DR – Denmark, YLE – Finland

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Inspired by the best-selling book “Born to Run”, this is a look at the extreme fitness

Catalogue No. 153Art / Music / Culture | Science / Technology | Nature / Environment

Fair ChaseAlex Cullen, Emma Tammi

USA, 2015 color, video, 52’Original Language: English

Testing the notion that man was meant to hunt down his prey, nine distance runners attempt to chase down the fastest animal in the world. Inspired by the best-selling book “Born to Run”, this is a look at the extreme fitness SALES / CONTACT:

Lucas VergaThe Film Sales Company165 Madison Ave, # 60110016 New YorkUSAtel: +1 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONAlex CullenEmma Tammi




Falciani’s Tax BombFalciani und der BankenskandalBen Lewis

Germany / Spain, 2015 color, video, 52’/82’Original Language: Spanish/German/French/Catalan/Greek/EnglishSubtitles: English

An insightful documentary on the professed HSBC whistleblower Hervé Falciani and the global controversy over banking privacy and intranational tax regulations of the last decade. In 2008, the former employee of HSBC stole over 300,000 bank accounts and distributed them to tax authorities worldwide - the biggest leak of secret bank accounts ever. Falciani’s list hit the international financial sector like a bomb and changed the course of history.


PRODUCTIONGebrueder Beetz FilmproduktionChristian BeetzBettina Walter

CO-PRODUCTION:Polar Star Films S.L. – Spain

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Tom Fassaert explores the brittle history of his own family, which is characterised by conflict. His journey, leading past four generations, becomes complicated when his grandmother makes an unexpected confession.

Catalogue No. 610Investigative | Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View

A Family AffairTom Fassaert

The Netherlands / Belgium / Denmark, 2015 color / black and white, video, 110’Original Language: Dutch/EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.afamilyaffair.nl

On his 30th birthday, Tom Fassaert receives a mysterious invitation from his 95-year-old grandmother Marianne to come visit her in South Africa. At that time, the only thing he knows about her are the myths and predominantly negative stories his father told him. She was a femme fatale who went through countless men, a famous model in the 1950s, and a mother that put her two sons into a children’s home. Fassaert decides to accept her invitation. But when his grandmother makes an unexpected confession, his venture becomes much more complicated than he could ever have imagined. A Family Affair is licensed to Netflix for a period of 48 months. Territory: ‘The Universe’ (except for The Netherlands).

SALES / CONTACT:Wout ConijnConijn FilmBlokmakerstraat 221013DH AmsterdamThe Netherlandstel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONConijn FilmWout Conijn

CO-PRODUCTION:Danish Documentary – Denmark, Clin d’oeil films – Belgium, Danish Documentary Production – Denmark

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:KRO/NCRV – The Netherlands




Farewell TourViimane TurneeTatjana Mühlbayer

Estonia / Kyrgyzstan, 2015 color, HDcam, 89’Original Language: Uzbek/Estonian/RussianSubtitles: English

A little boy is walking on a wire stretched in between two thin metal posts. His name is Saifulloh. He is just 6 years old and, no doubt, the youngest funambulist in the world. . .

SALES / CONTACT:Artur VeeberKorela Film7 Silikaat, Saku vald, Harjumaa75516 RoobukaEstoniatel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONKyrgyzfilm StudioTatjana MühlbayerMTU OtakuArtur Veeber

CO-PRODUCTION:Kyrgyzfilm Studio – Kyrgyzstan

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People affected by the Spanish mortgage crisis drive us into the deep contradictions of our exhausted society, the need to rethink our future and the intense desire to be free.


A Farm of PassageLa granja del pasSilvia Munt

Spain, 2015 color, video, 82’Original Language: SpanishSubtitles: English

The instability created by the present economic recession affects us on a daily basis. But the stark figures actually say very little of the real suffering that people endure under such circumstances and they speak even less of the transformative changes that they are experiencing. After spending an entire year living together, the movie portrays a reality from which questions of the most essential sort arise. It shows us the deep contradictions of a society that’s reached the end of its rope, the need to rethink the future and the intense desire to be free.

SALES / CONTACT:Silvia MuntIntent ProduccionsCamí Del Mas Roig Al Mas Fuster08197 Sant Cugat Del VallèsSpaintel: +34 677 360 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONIntent ProduccionsRamon MadaulaSilvia Munt

CO-PRODUCTION:Televisió de Catalunya – Spain

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:Televisió de Catalunya – Spain



Ed Vaar, a freelance cameraman who earned his nickname Fast Eddy by often arriving at the scene of accident before the police and CBC’s crime reporters.


Fast Eddy’s Old NewsFast Eddy vanad uudisedMarko Raat

Estonia, 2015 color, HDcam, 90’Original Language: EstonianSubtitles: English

Ed Vaar (1929 Kuressaare, Estonia - 2014 Toronto, Canada), a freelance cameraman who earned his nickname Fast Eddy by often arriving at the scene of accident before the police and CBC’s crime reporters. A lot of his material was used on the TV by CBC. The rest – hundreds of hours’ worth of tape that he didn’t manage to sell – is piled up in the rooms and the cellar at Eddy’s penthouse in central Toronto. Can you sell old news? What does Ed remember and what do his old film reels say about his interests?

SALES / CONTACT:Ivo FeltAllfilmSaue 1110612 TallinnEstoniatel: +372 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONAllfilmIvo Felt

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After 23 years on Death Row a convicted murderer petitions the court asking to be executed, but as his story unfolds, it becomes clear that nothing is what it seems.


The Fear of 13David Sington

England, 2015 color, HDcam, 95’Original Language: Englishwww.thefearof13.com

The Fear of 13 is a psychological thriller, where Nick, a death row inmate, petitions the court to be executed. As he goes on to tell his story, it gradually becomes clear that nothing is quite what it seems. His story has all the twists and turns of classic crime drama with a final shocking twist casts everything in a new light.


PRODUCTIONChristopher RileyDavid Sington




Finders KeepersBryan Carberry, Clay Tweel

USA, 2015 color, video, 82’Original Language: Englishwww.journeyman.tv/68438/documentaries/finders-keepers-hd.html

A man loses his leg in an accident. Another man accidentally buys it at a North Carolina auction. The story only gets stranger from there. It is rare to find a truly laugh-out-loud doc, but as this expertly crafted narrative delves into lives that are forever changed when a crazy small-town feud becomes a national media circus, the result is both hilarious and tragic. An astonishing, stranger-than-fiction tale of greed, ego and redemption. Excluding USA and Norway. Available for Free TV only.


PRODUCTIONJ. Clay Tweel

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A magical journey into the heart and soul of the Peruvian food revolution following the dreams of Peruvian lead chef Gaston Acurio, in his mission to bring his culture to the world.


Finding GastonBuscando a GastonPatricia Perez

Peru, 2014 color / black and white, HDcam, 78’Original Language: French/Spanish/Italian/Swedish/QuechuaSubtitles: Englishwww.gastondoc.com

This documentary follows Chef Gaston Acurio to find out the stories, the inspirations and the dreams behind it. He took cuisine outside his kitchen in a mission to change his country. Because people passionate enough to believe they can make a difference, are actually the ones who do. World except Peru, Canada, USA, Japan and Norway


PRODUCTIONCHIWAKE FILMSPatricia Perez



Even with the odds stacked against him, an 11-year-old boy fights his way out of a life in the ‘rat-hole’ coalmines, to put himself in school


Fireflies in the AbyssChandrasekhar Reddy

Nepal / India, 2015 color, HDcam, 88’Original Language: English/Nepalese/HindiSubtitles: English/Frenchwww.firefliesintheabyss.com

The ‘rat-hole’ mines in the Jaintia Hills of NorthEast India, are hostile pits where men and boys risk their lives everyday to scratch coal out of hard rock. Each of them comes to the coalpit for different reasons. But once there, all of them are looking for a chance to breakout. Some escape, most don’t. Even with the odds stacked against him, Suraj, an 11-year old boy, grapples his way out of this abyss to eventually put himself in school. The film follows Suraj and other miners whose lives intertwine with his, to reveal lives under unusual and extraordinary circumstances. All rights currrently available

SALES / CONTACT:Chandrasekhar Reddy23 Shantivana 2nd Cross, Sahakarnagar PO560092 BangaloreIndiatel: +919880628388www.firefliesintheabyss.comchandra@mayabazaarProductions.com

PRODUCTIONMayabazaar ProductionsChandrasekhar Reddy

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Director Pietra Brettkelly directs this harrowing, compelling film about the power of cinema to preserve our history and in so doing potentially change our futures.

Catalogue No. 471Politics / Society | Art / Music / Culture | Human Interest / Social Issues

A Flickering TruthPietra Brettkelly

New Zealand, 2015 color, video, 91’Original Language: DariSubtitles: English

Director Pietra Brettkelly (The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins) directs this harrowing, compelling film about the power of cinema to preserve our history and in so doing potentially change our futures. SALES / CONTACT:

Lucas VergaThe Film Sales Company165 Madison Ave, # 60110016 New YorkUSAtel: +1 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONPBK LtdPietra Brettkelly



In 1982 a small group of Taiwanese filmmakers reinvented Asian cinema. Travelling from Europe to Latin America to Asia, the film assesses the global influence of Taiwan New Cinema.

Catalogue No. 161Author’s Point of View | Art / Music / Culture | History

Flowers of Taipei - Taiwan New CinemaGuangyin de Gushi - Taiwan Xin DianyingChin-Lin HSIEH

Taiwan, 2014 color, HDcam, 109’Original Language: English/Italian/French/Chinese/Thai/JapaneseSubtitles: Italian/English/Chinese

In 1982, a small group of Taiwanese filmmakers reinvented Asian cinema, among them, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Edward Yang and their peers. Taiwan New Cinema not only inaugurated modern cinema in the Chinese world, it also secured itself a firm place on the world map of contemporary filmmaking. Flowers of Taipei sets out to assess the global influence of Taiwan New cinema. Travelling from Europe to Latin America to Asia, a remarkable list of filmmakers, critics and artists tell us what this cinema means to them, how it influenced their work, and what is left of that legacy today.

SALES / CONTACT:June WUAblaze Image7F-2, No.2, Sec. 2 Shin-Sheng S. Rd.10650 TaipeiTaiwantel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONRice Flower FilmsAngelika Ken-Yu WANG

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The heartbreaking and shocking stories of survivors of the genocide, Srebrenica, Europe at the end of 20th century.


The Fog of SrebrenicaIzmaglica SrebreniceSamir Mehanovic

Scotland / Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2015 color, HDcam, 60’Original Language: BosnianSubtitles: Englishwww.thefogofsrebrenicafilm.com

Srebrenica genocide, the only holocaust in Europe since the Second World War: 8,372 Bosnian men and boys were killed within a week.This is the story of the long-term impact of the massacre through a series of interviews with men and women, survivors of Srebrenica, whose lives were altered for ever during those days. The film raises serious and profound questions about the nature of human existence, war, forgiveness. Bosnia and countries of the former Yugoslavia are not available anymore

SALES / CONTACT:Samir MehanovicParadiso Films Documentaries10a/3 Leslie Place,EH4 1NH EdinburghScotlandtel: +447415870194www.thefogofsrebrenicafilm.comsmehanovic@yahoo.co.uk

PRODUCTIONParadiso Films DocumentariesSamir Mehanovic



A documentary on the fine dining subculture of Foodies.

Catalogue No. 7Author’s Point of View | Art / Music / Culture | Politics / Society

FoodiesThomas Jackson

Sweden, 2014 black and white, video, 94’Original Language: Swedish/EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.b-reel.com/projects/feature-films/case/489/foodies

The interest in haute cuisine has grown exponentially. Now, we enter the world of the most influential people on the food scene - the foodie. A subculture of blogging food critics with a mission to eat at the best restaurants on earth. Through our close study, we get access to the world’s most exclusive restaurants and get to know a group of slightly bizarre but charming food maniacs.

SALES / CONTACT:Nelleke DriessenFortissimo FilmsVan Diemenstraat 1001013 CN AmsterdamThe Netherlandstel: +31 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONB-ReelPatrik AnderssonFredrik HeinigMattias Nohrborg

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So much aid, but no change.


For Kibera!Kati Juurus

Finland, 2015 color, HDcam, 56’Original Language: FinnishSubtitles: English

A story of the life of a slum-dweller turned to radio personality, journalist and self-made cameraman: Boy Dallas of Kibera. The film combines the unique video diary of Dallas to carefully shot images by the crew. It looks for answers to the complicated question: Why is it so hard to beat poverty?We learn the tough rules of slum life with Dallas as our guide. He notes the large amount of aid projects in his slum, Kibera, and he starts learning about the complicated mechanisms of aid. His learning process also becomes a learning process for his listeners.

SALES / CONTACT:Maria KivinenYLERadiokatu 5 Box 9700240 HelsinkiFinlandtel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONYLEErkko Lyytinen



For My Sisters is a cinematic journey back to the roots of Jazz and at the same time an encounter with today’s American society and the currently arising racism.


For My SistersStephanus Domanig

Austria, 2015 color, video/HDcam, 94’Original Language: English/GermanSubtitles: German/Englishwww.formysisters.net

African American singer and dancer Carole Alston came to Vienna 30 years ago. The research for a new stage Production brings her back to her homeland where she follows the traces of her music sisters Alberta Hunter, Nina Simone and Sarah Vaughan. The search for the origins of blues and jazz brings Carole closer to her own roots. The history of slavery and segregated America becomes palpable through the music and the remarkable stories about the brave women who defied the hardship of their times.

SALES / CONTACT:Peter JanecekPLAESION Film + Vision e.U.Schlosshofer Strasse 8/4/32301 Gross-EnzersdorfAustriatel: +43 660 213 69 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONPLAESION Film + Vision e.U.Peter JanecekSEVEN Film- und PostproductionAlex Reindl

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:ZDF/3sat – Germany

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Forengie is a road movie about development aid brimming with good intentions, misunderstandings and dilemmas, but at times it is also hilariously funny.


ForengieEline Flipse

The Netherlands, 2015 color, HDcam, 73’Original Language: English/DutchSubtitles: Englishwww.windmillfilm.com

Development aid has turned into a lucrative industry, from which many Europeans are making a decent living, however it is making poor countries increasingly dependent in the first place. Because of the worldwide financial crisis, countries donate seriously less money to developing countries. Private individuals are more and more reluctant to contribute financially claiming they have no idea how the money is spent. Two small groups, with totally different backgrounds and motives, will be travelling separately across Ethiopia. Their adventures and encounters on the road help us to understand this truly complex issue.

SALES / CONTACT:Annemiek van der HellWindmill Film BVKloveniersburgwal 871011 KA AmsterdamThe Netherlandstel: + 31 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONWindmill Film BVAnnemiek van der Hell

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:IKON – The Netherlands



This docufiction explores the notion of reality and its ambiguity. It is a self discovery journey of a girl who plays both; director’s role and the youngest daughter in family.

Catalogue No. 474Author’s Point of View

Free FallingNamfon Udomlertlak

Thailand, 2015 color, HDcam, 53’Original Language: ThaiSubtitles: Englishwww.freefallingmovie.wordpress.com

Free Falling is a docu-fiction film that aims to explore the notion of reality and its ambiguities in both the real and the virtual world. It’s a story about self-discovery and traces the journey of a young woman who plays both the role of the film director and that of the youngest daughter in a Thai family. The daughter uses the making of the film to investigate the relationship between her and her family and understand the complexities involved, before telling her parents about her life’s decision. . .

SALES / CONTACT:Namfon Udomlertlak86/3 suksawad 35, rajaburana10140 BangkokThailandtel: +66 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONMaenum Chagasik

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Free to Run tells the amazing unknown story of the running movement over the past five decades.


Free to RunPierre Morath

France / Switzerland / Belgium, 2015 black and white, video, 95’Original Language: English/FrenchSubtitles: English

Free to Run tells the amazing story of the running movement over the past five decades, the struggle for the right to run - especially for women – against conservative Federations, the explosion of grass roots road races and marathons, until the boom of running as a vast business enterprise…

SALES / CONTACT:Samuel BlancJour2Fête9 rue Ambroise Thomas75009 ParisFrancetel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONYUZU ProductionsFabrice Esteve



The Free Voice of Egypt is the coming-of-age story of a woman risking her life for her convictions more than once - world-famous Egyptian writer and feminist Nawal El Saadawi


The Free Voice of Egypt - Nawal El SaadawiDie Löwin vom Nil - Nawal El SaadawiKonstanze Burkard

Egypt / Germany, 2015 color, video, 52’Original Language: English/ArabicSubtitles: English/French/German

The Free Voice of Egypt is the coming-of-age story of world-famous writer and Egyptian feminist Nawal El Saadawi. Together we leave the intimate setting of her “writer’s refuge” above the roofs of Cairo and are taken out to the village in which Nawal was born, where she too had to endure the terrible experience of genital mutilation. El Saadawi’s striking biography encompasses more than eight decades of contemporary Egyptian history outliving dramatic social and political ruptures. Original quotations from Nawal El Saadawi’s autobiographical works being woven in our documentary observations create a vivid dramaturgical interplay between past and present.

SALES / CONTACT:Konstanze BurkardsarabandefilmAn der Ronne 15250859 KölnGermanytel: +492223900722www.sarabandefilm.deKonstanzeburkard@sarabandefilm.de

PRODUCTIONsarabandefilmKonstanze Burkard

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:WDR/ARTE – Germany

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Freedom or Death film examines how peaceful, pro European demonstrations in Kyiv, Ukraine are transformed into a hybrid war between Russian and Ukraine that has had global and international ramifications.

Catalogue No. 167History | Politics / Society | Author’s Point of View

Freedom or Death!Volya abo Smert!Damian Kolodiy

Ukraine / USA, 2015 color, DCP, 72’Original Language: UkranianSubtitles: English

Ukrainian American filmmaker Damian Kolodiy’s voice narrates the film, which focuses on events in Kyiv, starting with the peaceful demonstrations in support of Ukraine signing a trade agreement with the European Union. The film examines how those peaceful demonstrations are transformed into a violent conflict between Ukrainian activists and the Ukrainian government headed by corrupt President Victor Yanukovych. Through on the ground footage, the viewer learns about the chain of events that provoked a revolutionary uprising within Ukraine that escalated into a hyrbid war between Russian and Ukraine that has had global and international ramifications.

SALES / CONTACT:Damian KolodiyDK Productions122 1st Ave #2s10009 New YorkUSAtel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONDK ProductionsDamian Kolodiy



The fight of women to have control over their own bodies and a final say on reproduction is far from over. Why would a medical abortion be so controversial?

Catalogue No. 168Human Interest / Social Issues | Science / Technology

The French Pill, a Revolution for WomenL’autre pilule, un combat pour les femmesTed Anspach, Charles Castella

France, 2015 color, HDcam, 80’/52’Original Language: French/EnglishSubtitles: English

In 1982, the discovery of the abortion pill triggered intensely passionate debates. Immediately targeted by the pro-life movements, it became the focus of a virulent ban campaign, never on scientific grounds but on ideological ones. Today in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, or in the US, women’s rights activists are rallying to challenge highly organized oppositions. Why would a medical abortion be so controversial? It is a less invasive procedure which can be initiated earlier and at a lesser cost than surgery. It still comes down to the issue of the rights of women to have a final say on reproduction. Available in 80’ and 52’ version

SALES / CONTACT:Anne LittardiBeliane11 rue Adolphe Mille75019 ParisFrancetel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONEffervescenceSimone Halberstadt Harari


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Catalogue No. 169Youth | Art / Music / Culture

Fresh DressedSacha Jenkins

USA, 2015 color / black and white, HDcam, 84’Original Language: Englishwww.dogwoofglobal.com/films/fresh-dressed

Fresh Dressed is the fascinating chronicle of hip-hop, urban fashion, and the hustle that brought oversized pants and graffiti-drenched jackets from the New York discount markets to high fashion’s catwalks and shopping malls all around the world. Director Sacha Jenkins’ music-drenched history draws from a rich mix of archival materials and in-depth interviews with rappers, designers, and other industry insiders. The result is a passionate telling of how the reach for freedom of expression and a better life by a culture that refused to be squashed, would, through sheer originality and swagger, take over the mainstream. Excluding USA, Canada, Poland


PRODUCTIONMarcus A. ClarkeMass AppealPeter Bittenbender




From This Day ForwardSharon Shattuck

USA, 2015 color, video, 75’Original Language: English

With her own wedding just around the corner, director Sharon Shattuck comes home to unearth her biggest personal mystery: how her transgender father Trisha and her straight-identified mother Marcia stayed together against all odds.

SALES / CONTACT:Lucas VergaThe Film Sales Company165 Madison Ave, # 60110016 New YorkUSAtel: +1 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONMartha ShaneShattuck Sharon

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An exclusive journey of four years inside the Fukushima disaster and tsumani that hit Japan on March 11, 2011, following Italian reporter Pio d’Emilia.


Fukushima: A Nuclear StoryMatteo Gagliardi

Italy, 2015 color, HDcam, 90’Original Language: Englishwww.nuclearstory.com

Pio travels across the municipalities hit by the tsunami and enters the “exclusion zone” established but loosely enforced by the government.He had to wait until June 2013 when the plant’s operator Tepco allows the first pool of foreign journalists in. In his quest to chronicle and unfold Fukushima’s still on-going nuclear disaster, he collected over 300 hours of footage consisting of shocking images and interviews with local people, local authorities and officers. An in-depth exclusive interview on what really happened at Fukushima with ex-Prime Minister Naoto Kan eventually tells us how Japan was saved from a greater catastrophe.


PRODUCTIONTeatro Primo Studio - Film BeyondChristine Reinhold




FurusatoThorsten Trimpop

Germany, 2015 color, HDcam, 90’/52’Original Language: Japanese/EnglishSubtitles: English

A small town in Fukushima’s exclusion zone searches for normalcy after the world’s biggest nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl. A teen rocker, a media-savvy activist, a conflicted TEPCO engineer, and a female horse breeder cope with the loss of their homes and the unseen danger of radiation. Furusato is an unsettling portrait of daily life amid an ongoing cataclysm, one with repercussions far beyond Japan’s shores. Culminating in a samurai horse race with a thousand-year tradition, the film offers a space to reflect on the larger issues of progress, its sacrifices, and the true cost of the way we live today.

SALES / CONTACT:Elina KewitzNEW DOCSDasselstraße 75-7750674 CologneGermanytel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONBüchner FilmproduktionTobias Büchner

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More than just a biography, this film is a powerful narrative following the interwoven threads of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s life and work to reveal the incredible power of human imagination.

Catalogue No. 172Politics / Society | Investigative | Art / Music / Culture

Gabo: The Creation of Gabriel Garcia MarquezGabo: La magia de lo realJustin Webster

Spain / England, 2015 color / black and white, HDcam, 90’Original Language: English/SpanishSubtitles: Englishwww.gabothefilm.com

How did a boy from a backward town on the Caribbean coast become a writer who won the hearts of millions, from the poorest to the most powerful political leaders, and whose works changed our perception of reality? The answer is the incredible story of Gabriel García Márquez – ‘Gabo’ to all of Latin America – winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature, author of the globally popular masterpiece ‘100 Years of Solitude’, and ‘the most popular and perhaps the best writer in Spanish since Cervantes’.


PRODUCTIONHorne ProductionsKate HorneJWProductionsJustin Webster

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:Canal+ – Spain, Canal Caracol – Colombia



The Gangbé Brass Band is travelling to Lagos to perform with Femi Kuti while they encounter contemporary ideals of Pan-Africanism and find themselves immersed in a world of new ideas.

Catalogue No. 173Art / Music / Culture | Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society

Gangbé!Arnaud Robert

Switzerland, 2015 color, HDcam, 58’Original Language: French/English/Yoruba/FonSubtitles: French/Englishwww.gangbe-film.ch

Arnaud Robert faithfully describes the adventures of a Benin musical combo – the irresistible Gangbé Brass Band. They depart to conquer the city of Lagos in Nigeria to perform with Femi Kuti, the son of the late and legendary Fela Kuti. In this exciting journey to the metropolis, the adventures of a continent are revealed; the new cultural poles of the South and the gaps that still separate these neighboring countries. It’s a journey in a contemporary and different Africa, one that no longer solely aspires to the European dream. In a poetic and funky fashion, it opens up new horizons.


PRODUCTIONIntermezzo FilmsAline Schmid

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:RTS - Radio Télévision Suisse – Switzerland

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Garage 2.0Catherine van Campen

The Netherlands, 2015 color, video, 85’Original Language: DutchSubtitles: Englishwww.zuidenwind.nl/De-Garage

Gert is the ambitious managing director of a car dealership in Vianen who is way ahead of his troops. With a boundless energy he encourages his employees to be the best. No department is spared in learning ‘The New Way of Working’ through countless training sessions. But will he manage to eventually turn employee 1. 0 into employee 2. 0? How does a family business survive in a time of economic crisis?The lives of the colourful characters in Garage 2. 0 are surprisingly tied to cars. Cars that provide success, profit, progress, employment and freedom. But also peril, stress, disappointment and grief.


PRODUCTIONZuidenwind FilmProductionsJoost Seelen




Gayby Baby is a living, moving portrait of same-sex families that offers a refreshingly honest picture of the value systems that really count in modern life.


Gayby BabyMaya Newell

Australia, 2015 color, video, 85’/52’Original Language: Englishwww.thegaybyproject.com

Gayby Baby is a feature documentary following four kids - Gus, Ebony, Matt & Graham - whose parents all happen to be gay. As they each wrestle with personal change and oncoming adolescence, the outside world debates marriage equality, and whether kids with same-sex parent are ‘at risk’. Excluding Australia


PRODUCTIONMarla HouseCharlotte Mars

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The Wayúu village in Colombia has to resettle for the expanding El Cerrjón coal mine. Their charismatic leader fights for survival in a world of rising global energy consumption.

Catalogue No. 95Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society | Nature / Environment

The Good Life - La Buena VidaDas gute Leben - La Buena VidaJens Schanze

Germany / Switzerland / Colombia, 2015 color, HDcam, 94’/52’Original Language: German/Spanish/EnglishSubtitles: German/French/English/Spanishwww.thegoodlife-film.com

The village of Tamaquito lies in the forests of Colombia. Here, nature provides the people with everything they need. But the Wayúu community’s way of life is being destroyed by the vast and rapidly growing El Cerrejón coal mine. Determined to save his community from forced resettlement, Jairo Fuentes negotiates with the mine’s operators and communicating with their representatives isn’t easy. The villagers are promised the blessings of progress, but the Wayúu place no value on the so-called “better life”. Instead, they embark on a fight to save their life in the forest, which soon becomes a fight to survive.


PRODUCTIONMascha FilmJens Schanze

CO-PRODUCTION:soap factory – Switzerland

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:ZDF/3sat – Germany



Catalogue No. 175Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View | Nature / Environment

Grace of GodBoza laskaKristján Lo mfjör

Poland, 2015 color, video, 45’Original Language: IcelandicSubtitles: English

A documentary reflecting on the complex relationships between humans and domesticated animals. Thirteen individuals share their stories of personal experiences with a particular animal, relaying everything from profound friendships to a range of unusual interactions. There are stories of farm animals as well as beloved family friends. Even touching on the symbolism associated with animals that appear to humans as visions from the afterlife. The film takes place in the countryside of rural Iceland.


PRODUCTIONSputnik PhotosMarzena Michalek-Dabrowska

CO-PRODUCTION:Lortour Production – Iceland

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Grand Hotel, Memories of the SalonsGrande Hotel, memórias dos salõesPaulo Murilo Fonseca

Brazil, 2014 color, video, 84’Original Language: PortugeseSubtitles: Englishwww.facebook.com/ghoteldoc

In the small town of Araxá, Brazil in 1944 was opened the Grand Hotel Barreiro by Governor Benedito Valadares and President Getúlio Vargas. The hotel was built to be one of the largest resorts in the world. The documentary shows customs and behavior of a time in a scenario full of contradictions. Casino, thermal baths and carnavals halls are some of the elements that made this very singular universe.

SALES / CONTACT:Paulo Murilo FonsecaMosaico Filmes DistribucionesRua Itamiami,04120-100 São PauloBraziltel: +55 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONPaulo Murilo Fonseca



A close-up on the oldest human artistic expression to date, inside the Chauvet Cave.

Catalogue No. 176Art / Music / Culture | Science / Technology

The Grand Masters of The Chauvet CaveLes génies de la grotte ChauvetChristian TRAN

France, 2015 color, video, 52’Original Language: English/FrenchSubtitles: Englishwww.andanafilms.com/catalogueFiche.php?idFiche=1211&rub=Nouveaut%C3%A9

The paintings and drawings of the Chauvet cave – made thirty six thousand years ago and discovered twenty years ago in the south of France – are the oldest human artistic expression to date. Their strength and modernity changed radically all the ideas we had on prehistorical art. The creation of an important museum devoted to the reproduction of the works allows a close-up on the paintings, the drawings and the engravings. The film enables us to understand their incredible techniques and feel their intact emotional power.


PRODUCTIONQuark ProductionsJuliette GuigonPatrick Winocour

CO-PRODUCTION:ARTIS – France


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Small steps towards big change.


Grassroots in Dry LandsHelene Klodawsky

Canada, 2015 color, HDcam, 90’Original Language: Englishwwww.nfb.ca/distribution

Community organizers from Palestine, Israel and Jordan take us into their countries’ war-scarred neighbourhoods to witness how ordinary people are creating alternatives to despair, showing us why empowering disenfranchised families is key to shaping cultures of peace.


PRODUCTIONInformAction Films Inc.Nathalie BartonNational Film Board of CanadaKat Baulu

CO-PRODUCTION:InformAction Films Inc. – Canada



The Great Alone captures the inspiring comeback story of champion sled dog racer, Lance Mackey and his emotional journey to become one of the greatest sled dog racers of all time.

Catalogue No. 178Art / Music / Culture | Nature / Environment | Human Interest / Social Issues

The Great AloneGreg Kohs

USA, 2015 color, video, 80’Original Language: Englishwww.thegreatalone.com

The Great Alone is a feature length documentary shot in the arctic wilderness of Alaska that captures the inspiring comeback story of champion sled dog racer, Lance Mackey. From his sunniest days as a boy by his famous father’s side to cancer’s attempt to unseat him, The Great Alone pulls viewers along every mile of Lance’s emotional journey to become one of the greatest sled dog racers of all time. Excluding USA


PRODUCTIONHock FilmsJonathan Hock

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Gringo Trails traces stories over the course of thirty years to show the dramatic long-term impact of tourism on cultures, economies, and the environment.

Catalogue No. 179Nature / Environment | Politics / Society | Human Interest / Social Issues

Gringo TrailsPegi Vail

USA, 2014 color, video, 52’/79’Original Language: EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.andanafilms.com/catalogueFiche.php?idFiche=1210&rub=Nouveaut%C3%A9

Are tourists destroying the planet—or saving it? How do travelers change the remote places they visit, and how are they changed? From the Bolivian jungle to the party beaches of Thailand, and from the deserts of Timbuktu, Mali to the breathtaking beauty of Bhutan, Gringo Trails traces stories over the course of thirty years to show the dramatic long-term impact of tourism on cultures, economies, and the environment. For North America please refer to Icarus Films.


PRODUCTIONZebra FilmsPegi Vail



Grozny Blues follows the daily lives of a handful of people living in Grozny, the capital of war-torn Chechnya.

Catalogue No. 477History | Politics / Society | Human Interest / Social Issues

Grozny BluesNicola Bellucci

Switzerland, 2015 color, HDcam, 104’Original Language: RussianSubtitles: English

Grozny Blues follows the daily lives of a handful of people living in Grozny, the capital of war-torn Chechnya. The film’s protagonists – human rights activists, a group of young musicians, the owner of a Blues club – are trying to survive in a divided society shaped by repression, archaic customs, Islamification and the failure to come to terms with recent history.

SALES / CONTACT:Natalia ArshavskayaANTIPODE Sales & DistributionNovolesnoy lane 5-38127055 MoscowRussiatel: +79 1 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONsoap factoryFrank Matter

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Catalogue No. 478Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society | Nature / Environment

Grumant. Island of CommunismGrumant: ostrov kommunizmaIvan S. Tverdovskiy

Russia, 2014 color, HDcam/video, 54’Original Language: RussianSubtitles: English

The films tells about Russian operating mine on the Norwegian arctic archipelago called Spitsbergen. And it also tells about miners from Donetsk and Lugansk, who work there.

SALES / CONTACT:Ivan S. TverdovskiyPoint of ViewKorolenko st. 6B -10107014 MoscowRussiatel: +7 903 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONPoint of ViewIvan S. Tverdovskiy



Child soldier or unrepentant terrorist? The now 28-year-old Canadian has been a polarizing figure since he was 15.


Guantanamo ChildPatrick Reed, Michelle Shephard

Canada, 2015 color, HDcam, 80’Original Language: French/EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.whitepinepictures.com

In 2002, Khadr was captured by Americans in Afghanistan, charged with war crimes and locked up in Guantanamo. In October 2010, Khadr, being the only juvenile ever tried for war crimes, pleaded guilty to five war crimes in return for a plea deal that gave him an eight-year sentence and chance to complete his sentence in Canada.After spending nearly half his life behind bars, including a decade at Guantanamo, Khadr is then suddenly released on bail on May 7th, 2015.Guantanamo’s Child: Omar Khadr features unprecedented access and exclusive interviews with Khadr during his first few days of freedom.


PRODUCTIONWhite Pine Pictures Inc.Peter RaymontPatrick ReedMichelle Shephard

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“You will never walk and you will always breathe through a respirator”. That’s what the doctors told the gymnast Marcus Lilliebjörn after his severe accident. But Marcus begged to differ…


The Gymnast Who Learned to WalkGymnasten som lärde sig gåTom Alandh

Sweden, 2014 color, video, 81’Original Language: SwedishSubtitles: Englishwww.svtsales.com/programme-sales/the-gymnast-who-learned-to-walk/

At 19 Marcus Lilliebjörn was a very promising gymnast, but one fateful day a practice jump went terribly wrong and he broke his neck. The fracture was serious and it left Marcus completely paralyzed, hooked up to a respirator. Doctors told him that his future prognosis didn’t look good. But suddenly a miracle happens and Marcus is able to move his legs and arms a tiny bit. With almost unbelievable effort and persistence he slowly begins to rebuild his atrophied muscles. This film is a heartwarming tribute to life and a portrait of a young person with exceptional stamina.


PRODUCTIONSVTTom Alandh




A documentary about wealthy and settled Romani people, living in their fairytale-like village Soroca, in the North of the Republic of Moldova.


The Gypsy BaronDer ZigeunerbaronAnthony Jacobson, Michaela Ronzoni

Austria / Moldovan Republic, 2014 color, HDcam, 72’Original Language: Russian/German/Romany/RomanianSubtitles: Englishwww.der-zigeunerbaron.com

The Gypsy Baron is about settled Roma in Soroca, in the Republic of Moldova right at the Ukrainian border. Small palaces with golden domes and curious façades with marbled halls and luxury cars in the drive way. The whole settlement equals a gigantomaniac, surreal and colourful Potemkin village. The film accompanies Artur Cherrari, the real Baron of all Roma of the Republic of Moldova and thus the head of the Roma in Soroca, as well as Vale who might become Baron in future through the world of the Roma, illustrating their traditions, customs and everyday life.

SALES / CONTACT:Anthony JacobsonPerdurabo FilmFriedlgasse 7/41190 ViennaAustriatel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONPerdurabo FilmAnthony Jacobson

CO-PRODUCTION:Somiol Art – Moldovan Republic

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Environmentalism. Obsession. Myth.

Catalogue No. 183Investigative | Nature / Environment | Human Interest / Social Issues

Hadwin’s JudgementSasha Snow

Canada / England, 2015 color, HDcam, 91’Original Language: Englishwww.nfb.ca/distribution

From the producing teams behind the acclaimed Searching for Sugar Man and Stories We Tell comes the story of Grant Hadwin, a logger-turned-environmentalist who mysteriously disappeared after destroying North America’s most sacred tree, the Golden Spruce.


PRODUCTIONPassion PlanetDavid AllenNational Film Board of CanadaDavid Christensen

CO-PRODUCTION:Passion Planet – Canada, True West Films – Canada



Catalogue No. 480Human Interest / Social Issues | Investigative | Youth

The Hard StopGeorge Amponsah

England, 2015 color, HDcam, 85’Original Language: English

The police killing of Mark Duggan in London, 2011, ignited the worst civil unrest in recent British history and made headlines around the globe. Filmed over the course of 24 months, while the judicial inquiry into Duggan’s killing plays out in the background, The Hard Stop gives us unprecedented access to Duggan’s neighborhood. The film follows his closest friends Marcus and Kurtis as they fight for justice while struggling against discrimination. George Amponsah’s timely documentary about North London and its black community brings a lyrical beauty to these forbidding streets.


PRODUCTIONGa FilmsGeorge AmponsahDionne Walker

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Lawyer Anuol, who studied in England returns to his homeland South Sudan. When a bloody civil war breaks out all his old war trauma’s revive again.


A Haunting HistoryIlse & Femke van Velzen

The Netherlands, 2015 color, HDcam, 70’Original Language: Dinka/EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.ifProductions.nl

Anuol Deng (30) is a newly qualified lawyer who, after studying in Britain, returns to South Sudan soon after the country’s independence. But coming home is not easy; the readjustment of living and working there holds more challenges than he has foreseen. When a new bloody civil war breaks out he suddenly has to flee the same bullets that chased him as a little boy. History is repeating itself and his motherland’s violent past haunts him down. Will Anuol be able to overcome all the hardship and reconcile with his past?

SALES / CONTACT:Ilse & Femke van VelzenIFProductionsBinnen Oranjestraat 171013HZ AmsterdamThe Netherlandstel: +31 6 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONIFProductionsIlse & Femke van Velzen

CO-PRODUCTION:IKON – The Netherlands, DR Danish Broadcasting Corporation – Denmark

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:IKON – The Netherlands, DR Danish Broadcasting Corporation – Denmark, TVO – Canada



Catalogue No. 402

HAVEABABYAmanda Micheli


Some think an in vitro fertilization contest sounds crazy, but for countless Americans desperate to start a family, this social media experiment may be their only hope.

PRODUCTIONSerin MarshallRunaway FilmsAmanda Micheli

ROUGH CUT PROJECT

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Catalogue No. 400Politics / Society | Art / Music / Culture

HeSam Kalantari


A mannequin is an often articulated doll used by artists, tailors, dressmakers, windowdressers and others especially to display or fit clothing




Director’s father was a former soldier from Hebei, China. The War brought him to Taipei, Taiwan, where it became his home for the next six decades…

Catalogue No. 186History | Human Interest / Social Issues

Hebei TaipeiLi Nien Hsiu

Taiwan, 2015 color, HDcam, 91’Original Language: ChineseSubtitles: English

Li, a former soldier born in Hebei China, had joined the army since youth to survive. The war brought him to Taiwan, never had a chance to return to his hometown for six decades, but has revisited it countless times in his dreams, with blood flowing scenes somehow. At the age of sixty, he decided to separate from his family and lived alone for 20 years, having no idea how his eventful life would come to an end…

SALES / CONTACT:Fen Lu Hai4F., No.252, Jiankang Rd.,105 TAIPEITaiwantel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONChou Chen Ting

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Hello Dakar!Hallå Dakar!Magdalena Rosen, Marcus Rosen

Sweden, 2014 color, HDcam, 58’Original Language: English/French/Swedish/WolofSubtitles: Englishwww.svtsales.com/programme-sales/hello-dakar/

When a Swedish company opens a call centre in Senegal the hunt for local language wizards is on. After many tests 24 gifted young people are selected for the course in Swedish. They have just seven months to learn the language fluently and only the best of them will pass the tough final exam. The films main characters – Denise, Al Housseunou and Seynabou – all come from poor circumstances. Do they have what it takes to pass the crash course in Swedish? This film is a warm and humorous documentary about ambitious young people striving to improve their conditions.


PRODUCTIONMästerkattMagdalena RosenSVTMarcus Rosen





The rise and fall of Emilia and Angiolo who, by giving up everything, were able to reclaim their biggest ability: dreaming and have a fresh start together in China.


Hold Me Tight(s)Il segreto delle calzeNicola Contini

China, 2015 color, video/HDcam, 52’Original Language: Italian/ChineseSubtitles: English

China seen through the eyes of Emilia and Angiolo, small business entrepreneurs from Tuscany who, after their company producing women’s stockings went bankrupt, emigrated from the small industrial district of Empoli in Italy, to Yiwu, in the People’s Republic of China. Thanks to their knowledge of craftsmanship, from a small Italian district, they catapulted themselves into the new Chinese reality at 65 years old becoming protagonists of the world’s most booming economy. After 10 years spent in China, they have another challenge to face: find the courage to come back home. Territories Excluding Italy, China, Germany, France

SALES / CONTACT:Alessandro CarroliEiE filmCorso Casale, 3410125 TorinoItalytel: +39 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONEiE filmAlessandro Carroli

CO-PRODUCTION:Da Neng Culture Media – China

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:NDR/ARTE – Germany

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One man’s dream of bringing a European cow in his picturesque village in Azerbaijan unsettles the conservative community that wants to keep their secular traditions intact.


Holy CowImam Hasanov

Azerbaijan / Germany / Romania, 2015 color, video, 75’/52’Original Language: Farsi/AzerbaijaniSubtitles: German/Englishwww.riseandshine-berlin.de

Tapdig has a dream of bringing a European cow into his picturesque village in Azerbaijan to improve the condition of his poor family. He decides to call it Madona. His passion unsettles the traditional community. The Old Men see a threat in having a foreign cow as they say its milk is full of chemicals. Even his wife Vafa does not want to take care of such a strange breed. But Tapdig is ready to risk it all and challenges the conservative mentality to rethink the attitude. How do human beings handle change while remaining true to their own traditions?Excluding Germany


PRODUCTIONKloos & Co. MedienStefan Kloos

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:ZDF/ARTE – Germany



Salimah is a refugee from Myanmar. Her father fled to Denmark when she was a baby. Now 10 years later she gets the chance to be reunited with him.

Catalogue No. 483Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth

Home Sweet HomeKatrine Philp


Salimah grew up as a refugee in Malaysia. Now she is 10 years old and about to move to the unknown country Denmark where her father and big sister live. Salimah has to learn a new language, a new culture and how to be a Dane. We follow her from her goodbye in Malaysia through her first difficult time in the new country where she not only has to adapt and get to know her father but is also facing the challenges of becoming a teenager.

SALES / CONTACT:Katrine SahlstrømGood CompanyKnabrostræde 3, st. th.1210 København KDenmarktel: +45 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONGood CompanyKatrine Sahlstrøm


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New York fashion photographer Mark Reay appears to have it all, but what no one in the industry knows is that he has been secretly homeless for six years.


Homme LessThomas Wirthensohn

USA / Austria, 2014 color, video, 83’/57’Original Language: Englishwww.cargofilm-releasing.com/home/films/hommeless/

From all outside appearances, Mark seems to have the glamorous New York City life that many would envy. Handsome and always impeccably dressed, the charismatic former male model works as a fashion photographer, appears in movies and attends the best parties. When he leaves those events, however, he heads to the East Village— not to an overpriced loft, but to a hidden corner of a rooftop to sleep each night. Thomas Wirthensohn exposes the dark underbelly of the American Dream in an often-merciless city. The film rights have been sold in the following locations:New Zealand, Sweden, Finland, German Switzerland, Israel, Canada, Taiwan, The Netherlands, Flemish Belgium


PRODUCTIONThought Engine MediaKarol Martesko-FensterFilmhaus WienWolfgang Ramml



The film tells the story of world-renowned magician and escape artist James “the Amazing” Randi who dedicates his life to exposing fake psychics and others who claim paranormal powers.


An Honest LiarTyler Measom, Justin Weinstein

USA, 2014 color / black and white, video, 92’/58’Original Language: Englishwww.cargofilm-releasing.com/home/films/anhonestliar/

An Honest Liar is about the world-famous magician, escape artist, and enemy of deception, James ‘The Amazing’ Randi. The film brings to life Randi’s intricate investigations that publicly exposed psychics, faith healers, and con-artists with quasi-religious fervor. A master deceiver who came out of the closet at the age of 81, Randi created fictional characters, fake psychics, and even turned his partner of 25 years, the artist Jose Alvarez, into a sham guru named Carlos. But when a shocking revelation in Randi’s personal life is discovered, it isn’t clear whether Randi is still the deceiver – or the deceived. The rights have been sold to: Sweden, Denmark, Australia, UK, Norway, Israel, Netherlands, Canada, USA.


PRODUCTIONTyler MeasomJustin Weinstein

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A gorgeous portrait about influential painter Georg Gudni, whose innovative interpretations of forms and ideas paved the way for a renaissance in Icelandic landscape-painting and earned him an international following.


HorizonSjóndeildarhringurBergur Bernburg, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson

Iceland / Denmark, 2015 color, video, 80’/60’Original Language: English/Icelandic/DanishSubtitles: English

A gorgeous portrait about the influential painter Georg Gudni, whose innovative interpretations of forms and ideas paved the way for a renaissance in Icelandic landscape painting and earned him an international following, inspiring collectors such as Viggo Mortensen. Gudni explains his philosophies of life and art in archival interviews that are interwoven with looks at his paintings, inspiring Icelandic landscapes, and interviews with his family members, art historians and Gudni appreciators. “Horizon is a visually striking excursion into the spirit of a land” TIFF


PRODUCTIONSjondeildarhringur / ResearchGruppen ApsBergur BernburgFridrik Thor FridrikssonBill RathjeMagnus Arni Skulason



Run-down rehearsal rooms along the infamous halls of the Grand Theatre of Havana, Amanda and Viengsay dedicate themselves wholeheartedly to the demanding routine of classical ballet.


HorizonsHorizontesEileen Hofer

Switzerland, 2015 color, video, 70’Original Language: SpanishSubtitles: Englishwww.horizontes-film.ch/en

A spiritual celebration of classical ballet, paying tribute to the discipline and dedication it takes to dance, while offering a glimpse at contemporary life in Cuba. Run-down rehearsal rooms along the infamous halls of the Grand Theatre of Havana, Amanda and Viengsay dedicate themselves wholeheartedly. Their every step and aspiration echo the great achievements of their predecessor, Alicia Alonso, the prima ballerina assoluta, still invincible even at the grand age of 90.


PRODUCTIONIntermezzo FilmsAline Schmid

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A musical journey of discovery


The Horseshoe’s HappinessHet geluk van het hoefijzerJeroen Stultiens

The Netherlands / Spain, 2015 color, video, 63’Original Language: Dutch/EnglishSubtitles: English

Tijs Groen is a former Dutch athletics champion who gave up his running career to live in a van and pursue an unknown musical adventure in southern Spain. He is drawn to the inspiring and creative beach town of La Herradura (‘horseshoe’) where he meets like-minded people, studies the guitar and arranges gigs from his nomadic home. The Horseshoe’s Happiness follows Tijs during his first year in Spain in which he is slowly confronted with the consequences of his choices. More and more he has to find answers to questions about where he comes from and where he’s heading to.

SALES / CONTACT:Jeroen StultiensNoempie Holding BVzuiderstraat 596006EP weertThe Netherlandstel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONCostamundoJeroen Stultiens



A documentary that follows electronic musician Hot Sugar in his quest to capture, transform and extract meaning from the sounds and silences of every day life.

Catalogue No. 484Science / Technology | Art / Music / Culture | Youth

Hot Sugar’s Cold WorldAdam Bhala Lough

USA, 2015 color, video, 85’Original Language: Englishwww.hotsugarscoldworld.com

Hot Sugar composes powerful, spellbinding music, his highly individual electronica brooding with melancholy which has won the artist many plaudits and found him referred to as the modern day Mozart of the electronic music scene. A very public break up with his rapper girlfriend and doyen of social media, Kitty, results in a soul-searching trip to Paris. There, he compulsively samples the sounds of the city of love, looping, chopping and manipulating them into music that channels his angst. At once quirky, lyrical and fun, this is a fascinating portrait that captures the highly evolved creative process of an exciting artist. Excluding USA, Canada

SALES / CONTACT:Ben BassauerMonoduo FilmsWildenbruchplatz 512045 BerlinGermanytel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONAdam Bhala LoughHunter Stephenson

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Hotline for Refugees and Migrants, a Tel Aviv based NGO, fights an uphill battle against both the rising xenophobia and the legislation which treats illegal border crossing as criminal offense.


HotlineSilvina Landsmann

Israel / France, 2015 color, video, 99’Original Language: Hebrew/French/EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.go2films.com/Coming-Soon/Hotline

Hotline for Refugees and Migrants, a small Tel Aviv based NGO, works around the clock. The activists, all of them women, look after the rights of people without papers, giving them legal advice, dealing with government bureaucracy and promoting public campaigns for their cause. The camera catapults us right into the midst of action. The activists are often attacked, verbally and physically. The organization has to fight both the rising xenophobic public mood and the legislation, which treats any illegal border crossing as criminal offense.


PRODUCTIONPierre-Olivier BardetSilvina Landsmann



Human is a collection of stories about and images of our world, offering an immersion to the core of what it means to be human.


HumanYann Arthus-Bertrand

France, 2015 color, HDcam, 52’/190’/131’Original Language: Afghan/English/Israeli/Russian/Italian/French/Arabic/SpanishSubtitles: French/Englishwww.human-themovie.org

Human is a collection of stories about and images of our world, offering an immersion to the core of what it means to be human. Through these stories full of love and happiness, as well as hatred and violence, Human brings us face to face with the Other, making us reflect on our lives. From stories of everyday experiences to accounts of the most unbelievable lives, these poignant encounters share a rare sincerity and underline who we are – our darker side, but also what is most noble in us, and what is universal. Excluding France, Benelux

SALES / CONTACT:Charles TchekhoffMyPlanet1 Carrefour de Longchamp75016 ParisFrancetel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONHumankind ProductionFlorent Gilard

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A documentary beginning in a fictional story. The film portrays Ahmed who is playing a character whose life mirrors his own. Ahmed is in a limbo, his fingerprints decide his future.


I Am DublinJag är DublinAhmed Abdullahi, David Aronowitsch, Sharmarke Binyusuf, Anna Persson

Sweden, 2015 color, video, 75’Original Language: Swedish/English/SomaliSubtitles: Englishwww.story.se/films/im-dublin/

The film portrays Ahmed who is a Dublin-case. He gets a role in a fiction film playing a character in the same situation. Ahmed has been in Europe for six years, three years in hiding in Sweden. When he arrived by boat to the Italian island Lampedusa, he was forced to leave his fingerprints. The Dublin Regulation decides that he can only apply for asylum in Italy as his arrival country. The Dublin Regulation has created a large group of young people drifting around Europe. The Dublin-cases are deprived of their rights and deported from country to country in Europe.

SALES / CONTACT:David AronowitschStory ABKocksgatan 31116 24 StockholmSwedentel: +46-8-15 62 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONStory ABDavid Aronowitsch

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:UR – Sweden



Catalogue No. 487Youth | Politics / Society | Human Interest / Social Issues

I Am Not Afraid of the SoldiersIk ben niet bang voor de soldatenRinske Bosch

The Netherlands, 2015 color, HDcam, 20’Original Language: ArabicSubtitles: English

Soldiers who throw tear gas at you with, keep an eye on you everyday and even burst into your home and take your brother . . . Yazan has experienced this. He lives in a Palestinian refugee camp, with a big wall around it and watch towers. Yazan wants change, but how? Though Israeli soldiers are not listening to the children at the Wall they are watching. Together with his friends Yazan makes a poster with his story. They want to hang it on the most dangerous place in the camp. Near the soldiers. They will succeed?

SALES / CONTACT:Anouk DonkerIKONOude Amersfoortseweg 791213AC HilversumThe Netherlandstel: +31 35 647 4208www.omroep.nl/[email protected]

PRODUCTIONIKONAnouk DonkerLisa de SmetMoira Veenhof

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From juke joints to church halls, up the mountain and down to the bayou, I Am the Blues travels the back roads with the last of the blues legends.

Catalogue No. 488Art / Music / Culture | Human Interest / Social Issues | History

I Am the BluesDaniel Cross

Canada, 2015 color, HDcam, 96’Original Language: EnglishSubtitles: English

I Am the Blues takes the audience on a musical journey through the swamps of the Louisiana Bayou, the juke joints of the Mississippi Delta and Moonshine soaked BBQs in the North Mississippi Hill Country. Visiting the last original blues devils, many in their 80’s, still living in the deep south, working without management and touring the Chitlin’ Circuit. Let Bobby Rush, Barbara Lynn, Henry Gray, Carol Fran, Lazy Lester, Bilbo Walker, RL Boyce, Jimmy ’Duck’ Holmes, Lil Buck Sinegal, LC Ulmer and their friends awaken the blues in all of us.

SALES / CONTACT:Damien DetcheberryEyeSteelFilm7095 Marconi #201H2S 3K4 MontrealCanadatel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONEyeSteelFilmDaniel CrossBob Moore

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:CBC – Canada



A portrait of two sisters, the director Eva Kraljevic and her sister Mia, born with Down Syndrome.


I Like That Super Most the BestLijepo mi je s tobom, znasEva Kraljevic

Croatia, 2015 color, HDcam/video, 43’Original Language: CroatianSubtitles: Englishwww.hulahop.hr/en/projects/film_and_tv_production/i_like_that_super_most_the_best

Eva and Mia are sisters. Mia is cheerful, open, has Down syndrome, doesn’t care much about the fashion and loves people. For ten years Eva has been filming the two of them, trying to comprehend their relationship. Her efforts result in a portrait of the two sisters, filled with happiness, fear and urge to overcome petty-bourgeoisie taste that sets the borders to sisterly love.

SALES / CONTACT:Matea MilicHulahop Film & Art ProductionsNova Ves 1810 000 ZagrebCroatiatel: +385 1 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONHulahop Film & Art ProductionsDana BudisavljevicMiljenka Cogelja

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Documentary about James Files, who tells about his role in the JFK assassination.


I Shot JFK, The Confession of the Grassy Knoll GunmanWim Dankbaar, Robert Kiviat

USA / The Netherlands, 2014 color, video, 60’Original Language: English

This groundbreaking documentary special on James Files and his relationship to the JFK assassination, features rare, never-before-seen footage and interviews that have never aired on television from witnesses, participants, historians, and from Files himself. James Files received no compensation for these interviews and he remains the only person in history to have admitted to shooting President John F. Kennedy.

SALES / CONTACT:Wim DankbaarRuysdaelweg 142051 EM OverveenThe Netherlandstel: +31 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONWim Dankbaar



A reflection on personal stories apparently very far apart in a country also immersed in the struggle to find itself and create its own identity: Peru.

Catalogue No. 199Art / Music / Culture | Author’s Point of View | Human Interest / Social Issues

I Still Being (Kachkaniraqmi)Sigo siendo (Kachkaniraqmi)Javier Corcuera

Peru / Spain, 2013 color, video, 120’Original Language: Spanish/QuechuaSubtitles: English/Frenchwww.sigosiendo.pe

A film about characters, characters who are part of a country. Although the film talks about music and musicians, it is not strictly a musical but rather a reflection on personal stories apparently very far apart, stories that look for one another in a country also immersed in the struggle to find itself and create its own identity: Peru.


PRODUCTIONLa Zanfoña ProduccionesGervasio IglesiasNakuy S.A.C.Rolando Toledo

CO-PRODUCTION:La Zanfoña Producciones – Spain

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Catalogue No. 200Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society | History

Imaginary FeastsFestins imaginairesAnne Georget

France, 2014 color, video, 52’/70’Original Language: English/FrenchSubtitles: Englishwww.andanafilms.com/catalogueFiche.php?idFiche=1206&rub=Nouveaut%C3%A9

In Nazi concentration camps, the Gulag and Japanese war camps, deportees wrote cooking recipes. Hundreds of those recipes were copied in small notebooks by starving human beings of all origins–women, men, young, old, French, Russians, Americans–who took huge risks to write and keep them. Telling about these objects of survival, the film explores a phenomenon of incredible Resistance. Until now, no study or publication had ever been made on them.


PRODUCTIONOctobre ProductionValérie Salvy

CO-PRODUCTION:Néon Rouge Productions – France

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:Planète – France, RTBF – Belgium



On Christmas Eve in 1986, an Icelandic cargo ship sank in the North Atlantic Ocean. Of the eleven men on board, five lived.

Catalogue No. 201Investigative | Politics / Society | Human Interest / Social Issues

ImpactHöggidAgusta Einarsdottir

Iceland / Denmark, 2014 color / black and white, HDcam, 75’Original Language: Danish/IcelandicSubtitles: Englishwww.facebook.com/Hoggid-aka-Impact-Documentary-105201162851911/timeline/

Impact depicts the story of a tragic accident that took place one fateful night on Christmas Eve in 1986, when an Icelandic cargo ship unexpectedly sank in the North Atlantic Ocean. Of the eleven men on board, only five lived to tell of their 14 hour struggle to combat impossible conditions. Several nations took part in the heroic search and rescue mission, ultimately it was the Danish Coast Guard that saved the men. The much speculated cause of the accident was believed to be the ship’s shifting cargo, but conflicting reports suggest that a Russian submarine may be the cause. Iceland is not available.

SALES / CONTACT:Birna Paulina EinarsdottirElf FilmsSpitalastigur 6101 ReykjavikIcelandtel: +354 772 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONElf FilmsAgusta EinarsdottirBirna Paulina EinarsdottirHelena Einarsdottir

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Catalogue No. 490Experimental | Author’s Point of View | Art / Music / Culture

In CaliforniaCharles Redon

France, 2015 color, video, 78’Original Language: FrenchSubtitles: Englishwww.theopenreel.com/portfolio-item/in-california/

Charles Redon immerses himself in his wife’s environment, the ballet dancing, and starts documenting it. Slowly, he begins to understand that he can build a drama with his own life.

SALES / CONTACT:Cosimo SantoroThe Open ReelVia Giuseppe Gené N 410152 TorinoItalytel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONThe Open ReelCharles Redon



In My Father’s House is a yearlong journey from homelessness and alcoholism to self-discovery and redemption as Grammy-award winning rapper Che “Rhymefest” Smith reunites with his homeless father.

Catalogue No. 202Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth | Art / Music / Culture

In My Father’s HouseRicki Stern, Annie Sundberg

USA, 2015 color, video, 93’Original Language: Englishwww.inmyfathershousefilm.com

In My Father’s House explores identity and legacy in the African-American family, as Grammy award-winning rapper Che “Rhymefest” Smith and his long-lost father reconnect and try to build a future in Chicago’s turbulent South Side. Che, whose work as a rapper/writer includes “Jesus Walks” and “Glory”, hasn’t seen his father, Brian, in over 20 years. But after buying his father’s childhood home, Che sets out to find him, and learns that he is a homeless alcoholic living only blocks away. Determined to rehabilitate him Che soon realizes Brian may not be ready to take on the responsibilities asked of him.

SALES / CONTACT:John SlossCinetic Media555 West 25th Street, 4th Floor10001 New YorkUSAtel: +1 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONBreak Thru FilmsRicki Stern

CO-PRODUCTION:Jameka Autry – USA

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Catalogue No. 491Nature / Environment | Investigative | Human Interest / Social Issues

In Search of Putin’s TigerXiaoqing He, Peter Pecotic

China / Australia, 2015 color, HDcam, 15’Original Language: English/Russian/ChineseSubtitles: English

An escaped Tiger, the Russian President, 1 man’s 3000 mile quest into the heart of this little known border region between China and Russia. A journey full of colourful characters, set in a stunning, remote, and severe landscape. Propelled by a desire to find the tiger, we discover a much deeper story: one of hope, friendship, search for identity and a realisation that sometimes the journey itself becomes the destination.

SALES / CONTACT:Peter PecoticBondi Road2026 SydneyAustraliatel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONPeter Pecotic



Catalogue No. 492Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society | Art / Music / Culture

In the Image: Palestinian Women Capture the OccupationJudith Montell, Emmy Scharlatt

USA / Israel / Palestine, 2014 color / black and white, video, 60’Original Language: English/Hebrew/ArabicSubtitles: French/English/Spanish

A documentary about Palestinian women in the West Bank who partner with an Israeli human rights organization and use cameras to capture human rights violations by settlers and the military, as well as the nuances of their own lives. Through interviews and using the shocking footage they have filmed, the film introduces these non-violent activists, humanizes them and sheds light on the complicated situations that have become daily life for Palestinian citizens living in the occupied territories. It shatters the media stereotypes we have come to accept.

SALES / CONTACT:Elizabeth SheldonKino Lorber, Inc.333 West 39th St. Suite 50310018 New YorkUSAtel: +1 212 629 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONJudith MontellEmmy Scharlatt

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A closer examination of the rape case that shocked India and the world.


India’s DaughterLeslee Udwin

Denmark / India / England, 2015 color, HDcam, 58’Original Language: English/HindiSubtitles: English

India’s Daughter is the story of the short life, and brutal gang rape and murder in Delhi in December 2012 of an exceptionally inspiring young woman. The rape and death of the 23 year old medical student, sparked unprecedented protests throughout India and led to the first glimmers of a change of mindset. Interwoven into the storyline are the lives, values and mindsets of the rapists whom the filmmakers have had exclusive access to interview before they hang. The film examines the society and values which spawn such violent acts, and makes an optimistic and impassioned plea for change. Excluding Australia, Canada, Republic of Korea, USA, its territories and possessions including Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands a.o., Norway, Austria, Taiwan, Ireland, Switzerland, Sweden, Poland, Switzerland, Spain, Netherlands, Flemish speaking Belgium, Israel, Finland


PRODUCTIONAssassin Films LimitedLeslee Udwin

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:DR – Denmark, SVT – Sweden, IKON – The Netherlands, SFR – France, RTS – Serbia




Ingrid Bergman - In Her Own WordsJag är IngridStig Björkman

Sweden, 2015 color / black and white, video, 114’Original Language: SwedishSubtitles: Englishwww.prettypictures.fr/catalogue/2015/ingrid-bergman-in-her-own-words/

Through never-before-seen private footage, notes, letters, diaries and interviews with her children, Ingrid Bergman – In Her Own Words presents a personal portrait and captivating look behind the scenes of the remarkable life of a young Swedish girl who became one of the most beloved and celebrated actresses of American cinema.

SALES / CONTACT:James VelaisePretty Pictures33, rue du Faubourg St Antoine75011 ParisFrancetel: +33 1 43 14 10 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONMantaray FilmStina Gardell

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Catalogue No. 403

Inside a BoxAlessandro Cassigoli, Casey Kauffman

Italy, 2015 color, DCP, 80’Original Language: English/Italian/Arabic/FrenchSubtitles: English

Two friends discover the world and themselves as they follow the lives of people in today’s major political conflicts.

PRODUCTIONNoreen Moustafa

ROUGH CUT PROJECT



Catalogue No. 495Investigative | Human Interest / Social Issues

Inside FurOla Waagen

Norway, 2015 color, HDcam/video, 57’Original Language: NorwegianSubtitles: Englishwww.nfi.no/english/norwegianfilms/search/Film?key=137363

Psychologist Frank Nervik exposes the grim truth about the Nordic fur industry. Posing as a new fur farmer, his hidden camera captures riveting footage of his training and day-to-day work, culminating in him being forced to experience the process all the way to the painful end. Excluding Norway, Sweden


PRODUCTIONPiraya Film ASTorstein Grude

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:NRK – Norway

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Inside the Chinese Closet is the intricate tale of Andy and Cherry looking for love and happiness in vibrant Shanghai.


Inside the Chinese ClosetSophia Luvara

The Netherlands, 2015 color, HDcam, 70’Original Language: Chinese/EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.witfilm.nl

Andy and Cherry are looking for love and happiness in Shanghai. They are both homosexual but their families demand a (heterosexual) marriage and a baby from them. Because being single and childless would mean an unacceptable loss of face for their rural families, particularly in the remote countryside where they live. Will Andy and Cherry deny their happiness and sexual orientation to satisfy their parents’ wishes? The stories of Andy and Cherry mirror the legal and cultural progress that is happening in China against the backdrop of a nation coming to terms with new moral values.


PRODUCTIONWitfilmJantien EkkesBoudewijn KooleIris LammertsmaSophia Luvara



Set in Rio de Janeiro’s most notorious favelas, the underprivileged youth share their perspective on the extremely popular, pornographic favela funk music with respect to their personal (love) lives.

Catalogue No. 498Youth | Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture

Inside the Mind of Favela FunkFleur Beemster, Elise Roodenburg

The Netherlands, 2015 color, 35mm, 76’Original Language: PortugeseSubtitles: Englishwww.facebook.com/favelafunkdocumentary

Inside the Mind of Favela Funk is a documentary about love and relationships in the world of the extremely popular ‘favela funk’: pornographic music from Rio de Janeiro’s deprived neighborhoods. The documentary shows the perspective of the favela youth and aims to find the relation between the favela funk lyrics and their personal, daily (love) lives, dominated by a lawless subculture of drug gangs, violence and sex.Inside the Mind of Favela Funk gives an insight in the current Brazilian underground music and its corresponding sexual values, but it also shows a search for faith, hope and love.

SALES / CONTACT:Elise RoodenburgRoemer Visscherstraat 32s1054EZ AmsterdamThe Netherlandstel: +31 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONFleur BeemsterElise Roodenburg

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The Intern ChefNiklas matMikael Hansson

Sweden, 2015 color, HDcam, 30’Original Language: Swedish/EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.svtsales.com/programme-sales/the-intern-chef/

Swedish Michelin-starred chef Niklas Ekstedt sets out to work in the kitchens of some of the top chefs in the world, to learn their secrets and pick up inspiration. In only five days he is to compose and cook a meal that hopefully will make it all the way into the restaurants menu. In the first episode Niklas meets the British chef Paul Cunningham, who runs the Danish tavern Henne Kirkeby Kro. In the fourth episode Niklas works as an intern at restaurant Pujol in Mexico City, run by the head chef Enrique Olvera.


PRODUCTIONSVTMikael HanssonFredrik Norberg





Into DarknessRachida El Garani

Belgium, 2015 color, HDcam, 31’Original Language: ArabicSubtitles: English/Dutch

Little Mohamed and his family live in a small village Taroudant, Morocco. 11 of the family members are blind. Living in extreme poverty and excluded from society they try to keep their hopes and dreams alive. Mo is smart and playful. He has one big dream and that is to keep his sight. Naïma is the first that pursues higher education. She wants to get her family out of poverty. The constant lack of money makes her dream very doubtful. Into Darkness gives us an insight of a deeply religious family that does not give up believing in a better future.

SALES / CONTACT:Lai Kin ChangRits Filmschool BrusselAntoine Dansaertstraat 701000 BrusselsBelgiumtel: +32 (0)2 507 14 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONRits Filmschool BrusselLai Kin Chang

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Iris is the charming new documentary about fashion icon Iris Apfel from legendary documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles.


IrisAlbert Maysles


Iris is the charming new documentary about fashion icon Iris Apfel from legendary documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles (Grey Gardens, Gimme Shelter). It pairs the 87-year-old Maysles with Iris Apfel, the quick-witted, flamboyantly dressed 93-year-old style maven who has had an outsized presence on the New York fashion scene for decades. More than a fashion film, the documentary is a story about creativity and how, even at Iris’ advanced age, a soaring free spirit continues to inspire.

SALES / CONTACT:Scott VeltriMagnolia Pictures49 West 27th Street10001 New YorkUSAtel: +1 212 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONMaysles Films Inc.Laura Coxson



Without a shaman and having lost their bearings, facing modern intrusion from an outside world, the Palawan people feel like orphans. Will they survive?


Is There a Shaman in the Tribe?Y a-t-il un chaman dans l’ethnie?Pierre Boccanfuso

France, 2014 color, video, 52’Original Language: French

In one of the last remote areas of the Philippines, on Palawan island: Medsinu, an old shaman, dies. A foreign mining company is considering settling on Palawan land of which the earth abounds with nickel. An open cast mine means large scale deforestation and a large use of chemical products, river pollution, a global and definitive destruction of the forest‘s natural resources. Without a shaman and having lost their bearings, facing modern intrusion from an outside world, the Palawan people feel like orphans. Will they survive?

SALES / CONTACT:Anne LittardiBeliane11 rue Adolphe Mille75019 ParisFrancetel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONCopsi VideoEmmanuel Durand

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:France 5 – France

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Jane & Payne is a documentary film about the meeting between Jane Goodall and Roger Payne. Two legends in conservation, that took place in Argentine Patagonia.

Catalogue No. 501Nature / Environment

Jane & PayneBoy Olmi

Argentina, 2014 color, HDcam, 52’Original Language: English/SpanishSubtitles: English

She dedicated 50 years of her life to the chimpanzee refuge that she herself created in Gombee, Tanzania, Africa. Today, she helps young people in 150 countries. He spent his life studying whales in the ocean. Discovering underwater chants. And the sounds that he recorded have been traveling to other galaxies aboard the Voyager since 1977. Roger built the camp to study the whales. Jane and Payne embody the energy of the jungle and the sea.

SALES / CONTACT:Boy OlmiAzopardo 477 2 4To1107 Buenos AiresArgentinatel: 54 11 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONBoy OlmiLSDLIVEDylan Williams



In a dingy loft building in 1950s Manhattan, musicians gathered all night, every night, to play jazz – all of it quietly captured in pictures and audiotape by one brilliant, obsessive photographer.

Catalogue No. 211History | Art / Music / Culture

The Jazz Loft according to W. Eugene SmithSara Fishko

USA, 2015 color / black and white, video, 88’Original Language: Englishwww.jazzloftthemovie.com

In 1950s Manhattan, a dingy five-story wreck of a loft building becomes the home and the obsession of brilliant photographer W. Eugene Smith – who leaves his family and moves there to live the artist’s life. Smith, crashing after his stellar but frustrating career as a LIFE Magazine photojournalist, photographs and records the music and life in the loft for nearly a decade. During that time, Thelonious Monk rehearses there; Hall Overton becomes a “jazz-guru” to musicians both famous and obscure; and the music soars until things change in the mid-60s. Finally Smith, the musicians and other loft-residents move on.

SALES / CONTACT:Sara FishkoWNYC160 Varick Street10013 New YorkUSAtel: +1 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONWNYCSara FishkoLumiere ProductionsCalvin Skaggs

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For 88 years a small town has performed the story of Christ in a ‘unique’ construction of Jerusalem built into an Oklahoma Buffalo reserve.

Catalogue No. 212Experimental | Author’s Point of View | Human Interest / Social Issues

Jesus Town, USABillie Mintz, Julian T Pinder

Canada / USA, 2014 color, video, 57’/78’Original Language: Englishwww.cargofilm-releasing.com/home/films/jesustown/

In a remote corner of the United States, one God-fearing community has staged the longest-running outdoor Easter Passion Play. The comedic Jesus Town, USA captures the behind-the-scenes preparations of the 300 quirky volunteers who stage this epic Biblical tale as the well as the crisis of faith of the person “chosen” to play Jesus. A Showtime Documentary. Sold in the following territories: USA, Canada, Australia, UK


PRODUCTIONTyler Measom



The journey of a research team, with a mobile lab, unveiling the mysteries in the work of Bosch so far unseen. Discovering the life and work of this visionary artist.

Catalogue No. 502Art / Music / Culture | History | Science / Technology

Jheronimus Bosch - Touched by the DevilPieter van Huystee

The Netherlands, 2015 color, video/DCP, 83’Original Language: Dutch/English/Spanish/ItalianSubtitles: English/Dutchwww.pvhfilm.nl

2016 will mark the 500th anniversary of the death of Jheronimus Bosch (1460 - 1516) one of the most celebrated painters of all times, known worldwide for his fantastic imagery of heaven and hell, at the same time filled with an extraordinary sense of humanity.For four years a team of Bosch experts traveled the world to examine all known Bosch paintings. With high-res macro, x-ray and infrared cameras they examine the wooden panels. For the first time we will be able to see behind the varnish, to penetrate into his paintings and to unveil the unseen creative process. This film is also available in a 58 minute version.


PRODUCTIONPieter van Huystee FilmPieter van Huystee


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Jonas is 13 years old and his life s dream is to maintain the circus created in his backyard. While he faces this challenge, he will live the adventure of growing up.

Catalogue No. 504Author’s Point of View | Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth

Jonas and the Backyard CircusJonas e o circo sem lonaPaula Gomes

Brazil, 2015 color, video, 82’Original Language: PortugeseSubtitles: English/Spanishwww.facebook.com/plano3filmes

Jonas has 13 and his dream is maintain the circus that he created in his backyard. He was born in a travelling circus. But his family left the circus and settled down in a violent neighborhood. Jonas never was adjusted to the new lifestyle, so he created his own circus. Now, Jonas is growing up and the adolescence imposes upon him with thousands of challenges. So, while Jonas’ circus goes crumbling he realizes his powerlessness, leading us to a journey where we’ll at least find a great question: What do we do with our dreams when we grow up?

SALES / CONTACT:Ernesto MolineroPlano 3 FilmesRua Território do Rio Branco, 316, apt. 1203, Pituba41830530 Salvador, BahiaBraziltel: +557133595411www.facebook.com/[email protected]

PRODUCTIONPlano 3 FilmesHaroldo BorgesErnesto Molinero



Europe seen by Chinese tourists.


Journey to the WestVoyage en OccidentJill Coulon

France, 2015 color, video, 56’Original Language: ChineseSubtitles: Englishwww.andanafilms.com/catalogueFiche.php?idFiche=1209&rub=Nouveaut%C3%A9

Journey to the West is an embedded documentary film into a bus of Chinese tourists visiting Europe for the very first time (6 countries in 10 days!). This road movie captures with humor and spirit the cultural differences between China and Europe in a play of mirrors and contrasts. It also destroys the stereotypes about the emerging Chinese middle class and reveals what they think about the “others” who are “us”, the Westerners.


PRODUCTIONFuturikonPhilippe DelarueVirginie Francois

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:PLANETE+ – France

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Migrants from the rural areas of India make up a significant percentage of the labour force in India- many hopeful young women try their luck working for garment factories.


Jungle SistersChloe Ruthven

England, 2015 color, video, 80’Original Language: EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.taskovskifilms.com/?film=jungle-sisters

Catastrophe of the garment factory in Bangladesh brought to public awareness, horrific conditions that exist in the fabric industry in Asia. The biggest companies are forced to changed their policies and guarantee better working conditions for their employees. Through the eyes of 2 Indian workers and British social worker we see the real face of the industry, which very often resembles modern slavery.


PRODUCTIONRoast Beef ProductionsChloe Ruthven



Just Listen addresses the taboo of talking about suicidal thoughts. Why is this so complicated, and what happens when you open up about it?


Just ListenStrohalmLian Priemus

The Netherlands, 2015 color, video, 50’Original Language: DutchSubtitles: Englishwww.nposales.com/?s=Just+Listen

Just Listen addresses the taboo of suicidal thoughts. This documentary follows a couple of volunteers working at 113Online, an anonymous online helpline for people with suicidal thoughts. The Netherlands is the only country in the world with an online chatroom operated by volunteers and professionals, where people with suicidal thoughts can anonymously chat. We see how the volunteers are trained, and how they chat with people wanting to end their life. Clearly, one doesn’t have to be a professional to help a person in despair. Just listening without judgement can be a life-saver.


PRODUCTIONDe Familie Film & TVMonique Busman

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:Human – The Netherlands

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It is a multilayered psychological portrait of people who are coping to understand the choices of their parents or their own passion.

Catalogue No. 507Human Interest / Social Issues | Nature / Environment | Author’s Point of View

K2. Touching the SkyK2. Dotknac niebaEliza Kubarska

Poland / England / Germany, 2015 color, video, 72’/52’Original Language: Polish/EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.riseandshine-berlin.de/portfolio_page/k2-touching-the-sky/

K2: Touching the Sky is an emotional film set against breathtaking vistas of Karakorum Mountains. It is a multilayered psychological portrait of people who are coping to understand the choices of their parents or their own passion. Filmmakers were allowed unique access to private letters, audio tapes and films of the protagonists, including Kurt Diemberger’s - a legend of alpinism, the only living person who climbed two 8 thousand meters peaks as first man ever (in 1957 and 1960). ALready sold: Germany, Austria, German-speaking Switzerland, UK


PRODUCTIONBraidmade FilmsMonika BraidWajda StudioKatarzyna Slesicka

CO-PRODUCTION:Inselfilm Produktion – Germany, HBO POLAND – Poland, HBO Europe – Czech Republic, Vertical Vision – Sweden

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:Servus TV – Austria



The Pokies. They’re rigged, they’re addictive, and they’re everywhere. For the first time, the masterminds behind the machines reveal how they’re programmed for addiction.

Catalogue No. 218Human Interest / Social Issues | Science / Technology | Politics / Society

Ka-Ching! Pokie NationJane Manning

Australia, 2015 color / black and white, HDcam, 55’Original Language: Englishwww.lookingglasspictures.com.au

Ka-Ching! delves behind the flashing lights and spinning reels to find out what makes pokies (slot/fruit machines) so treacherous, leading one expert to call them the ‘crack cocaine of gambling’. We speak exclusively to the masterminds behind the machine, who reveal how carefully they program Pokies for addiction. It is no accident that these machines are now listed alongside cocaine and heroin in the ‘psychiatric Bible’, the DSM. What we find is a highly organised network of mathematicians, musicians and designers, working together on a single vision: to make sure you lose, and keep on losing.

SALES / CONTACT:Mitzi GoldmanLooking Glass Pictures PTYPO Box 3622021 PaddingtonAustraliatel: +61 402 255 653www.lookingglasspictures.com.aumitzi@lookingglasspictures.com.au

PRODUCTIONLooking Glass Pictures PTYMitzi Goldman

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:Australian Broadcasting Corporation – Australia

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A look into the world of the Production of katsuo-bushi, a key ingredient in many Japanese dishes, and the people behind the process.

Catalogue No. 508Art / Music / Culture | Nature / Environment

KatsuobushiYu Nakajima

Japan, 2015 color, HDcam, 25’Original Language: JapaneseSubtitles: Englishwww.katsuo-bushi.jp

Washoku (Japanese cuisine), having been put on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list, has ascended to new heights within the food Production industry. Supporting washoku have been chefs who have protected the traditional methods of preparing the food, and craftsmen whose efforts and demanding tastes have in turn supported the chefs. In recent years, Production methods have changed, affecting the people who make and use katsuo-bushi, a key ingredient in many Japanese dishes. However, in the world’s smallest katsuo-bushi works, craftsmen continue to make it according to the traditional methods.

SALES / CONTACT:Jessi Nuss2F 3-2-4 Hongoku-cho, Chuo-ku, Nihonbashi103-0021 TokyoJapantel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONBeethovenMika Nishide



This film is a unique document about how the tsunami in 2004 affected and transformed the beach resort Khao Lak, the place in Thailand hit hardest by the disaster.

Catalogue No. 18Author’s Point of View | Nature / Environment | Human Interest / Social Issues

Khao LakJens Lind

Sweden, 2014 color, HDcam, 58’Original Language: English/Swedish/ThaiSubtitles: Englishwww.svtsales.com/programme-sales/khao-lak

SVT’s reporter Jens Lind escaped the tsunami in 2004 by a whisker. The days before the disaster he was in the Thai resort Khao Lak relaxing with his family, and also filming for a documentary. Khao Lak was the place in Thailand hit hardest by the enormous tsunami and Lind’s film turned out to be a unique document of a place that disappeared and then reappeared again. Since the catastrophe Jens Lind has returned several times to document Khao Lak’s transition, from a quiet place with small bungalow villages to a luxury resort with fancy hotels and lavish villas.


PRODUCTIONJens Lind ProduktionJens Lind



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Kick Out Your BossElisabeth Scharang

Austria, 2014 color, video, 48’/90’Original Language: English/Serbian/Portugese/GermanSubtitles: Englishwww.kickoutyourboss.com

Restructuring of work has already begun. 197 million unemployed worldwide and burnout turning into the new national disease are sufficient arguments for finding alternative work and company structures. Looking at examples in Brazil, Serbia and Austria, we see how such systems can work in different ways: workers’ participation, profit-sharing and abolition of hierarchy.


PRODUCTIONKGPGabriele Kranzelbinder



A film about small military town named Twentynine Palms, neighbouring a large marine corps base, it welcomes troops coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan all year around.


Killing TimeKilling Time - Entre deux frontsLydie Wisshaupt-Claudel

France / Belgium, 2015 black and white, video, 88’Original Language: EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.killingtime-film.com

Deep in the rocky Californian desert lies a small military town named Twentynine Palms. Neighbouring a large marine corps base, it welcomes troops coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan all year around. On leave or already back to training, these young man kill time by themselves, among brothers in arms or with their family, in a surrounding constantly reminding them of the warzone they just left behind. The banality of everyday life shows how difficult it will be for these men to reclaim a life that will seem forever foreign.


PRODUCTIONCellulo ProdAurélien Lévêque

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KorlaJohn Turner

USA, 2015 color / black and white, video, 78’Original Language: Englishwww.korlathemovie.com

Korla is a documentary about a television pioneer, a spiritual seeker, and the godfather of exotica music, organist Korla Pandit. It is also an enterprising American story that mixes Hollywood in the 1950’s with racial reinvention, as it looks at the career of Mr. Pandit (aka John Roland Redd), who successfully passed as an Indian from New Delhi, when in fact he was the son of an African American minister from Columbia, Missouri.

SALES / CONTACT:John TurnerKorla LLC1645 9th Street94710 BerkeleyUSAtel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONKorla LLCEric Christensen



The tiny community at the edge of Europe engaged in a desperate fight for dignity and solidarity with those who many consider the cause of the ongoing crisis-African boat people.


Lampedusa in WinterJakob Brossmann

Austria / Switzerland / Italy, 2015 color, HDcam, 93’Original Language: Tigrigna/English/Italian/ArabicSubtitles: Englishwww.finali.at

The Italian “refugee island” of Lampedusa is in the firm grip of winter’s tristesse. Tourists have left, the remaining refugees fight to be taken to the mainland. As a fire destroys the worn down ferry, that connects the island to Italy, the mayor Giusi Nicolini and the local fishermen struggle for a new ship. The tiny community at the edge of Europe is engaged in a desperate struggle for solidarity with those who many consider the cause of the ongoing crisis: the African boat people.


PRODUCTIONFinali Film & Wortschatz ProduktionJakob Brossmann

CO-PRODUCTION:Miramontefilm – Italy

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The world’s farmland is at risk. Demand for land has soared as investors look for places to grow food for export, grow crops for biofuels or buy up land for profit.


Land GrabbingLandraubKurt Langbein

Austria, 2015 color, video, 56’/94’Original Language: Khmer/Tigrigna/Amharic/German/Romanian/English/TemneSubtitles: Englishwww.land-grabbing.com

“Buy land, they’re not making it anymore. “ - Mark Twain s quote become of urgency. The world’s farmland is at risk. Demand for land has soared as investors look for places to grow food for export, grow crops for biofuels or simply buy up land for profit. The film gives an inside look into the world of investors in the international agro-business and how the politics of the European Union is involved. Land Grabbing doesn´t only happen in Asia and Africa, but also in Europe s breadbasket Romania. Land Grabbing takes a closer look into Europe and also challenges investors and their practices.


PRODUCTIONLangbein & Partner MediaKurt Langbein



An extraordinary and often comic ob-doc following the huge changes in rural China as people are transplanted to a ready-made metropolis and abandon their ancient way of living.

Catalogue No. 221Human Interest / Social Issues | History | Politics / Society

The Land of Many PalacesAdam Smith, Ting Song

China / England, 2015 color, video, 61’Original Language: ChineseSubtitles: Englishwww.thelandofmanypalaces.com

In the next 20 years, the Chinese government aims to move a quarter of a billion farmers from the countryside to new cities: the largest migration of people in the history of the world. What does this progress look like? And what is being left behind? This extraordinary and often comic ob-doc follows the huge changes in the lives of rural people as they are transplanted to a ready-made metropolis and abandon their ancient way of living. Excluding China, Taiwan and Hong Kong


PRODUCTIONTing SongQihan Wang

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Catalogue No. 222Art / Music / Culture | Experimental | Human Interest / Social Issues

The Landscape WithinAndrea Capranico

Philippines, 2015 color / black and white, video, 94’Original Language: Filipino/EnglishSubtitles: English

Eric Nui Cabales, body-painter, costume designer, photographer and conceptual artist struggles to find new directions after the death of his father. With a strong desire to move forward, and with the support of family and a group of friends and artists, Eric finds purpose at the roots of his affections: Kayama, where the river and the sea meet, the landscape of his memories and the inner source of his inspiration.

SALES / CONTACT:Andrea CapranicoUnit49C North Tower PPT Fort Bonifacio Taguig Global City1634 Taguig MetromanilaPhilippinestel: +63 916 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONAndrea Capranico



A crew of female artists mass produces oil paintings to satisfy the mass-market demand for interior decoration objects. Their routine work hasn’t however deprived the artists of creative ambition.


Larisa’s CrewLarisina artelElena Laskari

Russia, 2015 color, HDcam, 62’Original Language: RussianSubtitles: English

Our film focuses on a crew of seven female artists led by the entrepreneur Larisa Gamidova who replicate the same landscapes and still lives day in day out to satisfy the mass-market demand for interior decoration. Their routine work hasn’t however deprived the artists of creative ambition. They rejoice at success, complain about the audience’s bad taste, and cantankerously compare their creations with the works of Russian art classics.

SALES / CONTACT:Maria KhanyutinaChernyakhovskogo 2-43125319 MoscowRussiatel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONNO ART-PROJECT FoundationEkaterina Meliksetva

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Displaced by a powerful state, can this aging farm couple make new roots in their older years, or simply become cogs in a new machine?


Last HarvestJane Hui Wang

Canada, 2015 color, video, 78’/52’Original Language: ChineseSubtitles: English

Last Harvest follows the remarkable journey of Mr. and Mrs. Xu, an elderly Chinese farming couple, on a forced relocation by the government’s mammoth South-to-North Water Diversion Project. Lyrical and intimate, the film brings us into the life of two compelling peasants facing major disruption late in life. It continues the story where other documentaries left off – after the people have been relocated and have to re-build their lives, and offers a direct experience of the collision between traditional culture and modernization, through which we see the imminent extinction of Old China as New China emerge.

SALES / CONTACT:Catherine Le ClefCAT&Docs18, rue Quincampoix75004 ParisFrancetel: +33 1 44 61 77 48www.catndocs.com/[email protected]

PRODUCTIONRedbean ProductionsHui WangJane Hui Wang



Rudolf Elmer, the man who would destroy bank secrecy


A Leak in Paradise. Swiss Bank WhistleblowerDavid Leloup

Belgium, 2015 color, HDcam, 76’/52’Original Language: English/FrenchSubtitles: English/Frenchwww.ventes-cbawip-sales.be

The investigative character driven story of Rudolf Elmer, a Swiss whistleblower banker who defied secrecy when revealing to newborn WikiLeaks, the seedy secrets of a Cayman Islands bank. After being tailed, harassed and jailed, the banker plunges us into the world of offshore banking, worth 21K billion dollars, whose driving role in tax evasion and finance deregulation weakens our democracies and destroys the social contract. Excluding Belgium, The Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden

SALES / CONTACT:Thierry DetailleVentes - CBA/WIP Salesc/o WIP, PIL, Bât T, 36 rue de Mulhouse4020 LiègeBelgiumtel: +3243401040www.ventes-cbawip-sales.beventes-cbawip-sales@skynet.be

PRODUCTIONDomino ProductionSergio Ghizzardi

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Before leaving Africa, Finnish Ritta and Ugandan Catherine need to complete a course for priests and imams, establishing a taboo breaking discussion on women’s rights in Uganda.


Leaving AfricaIiris Härmä

Sweden / Finland, 2015 color, video, 58’Original Language: English/Finnish/LugandaSubtitles: English

Finnish Riitta and Ugandan Catherine have something in common; work, a shared home and a sense of humor. Riitta has been working in aid work in Uganda for more than 25 years, and soon it is time for her to retire and to return to Finland. Before that, Riitta and Catherine will invite religious leaders to a course in which they challenge the priests and the imams to a straightforward, taboo breaking discussion on women’s right to their bodies, sexuality and life.


PRODUCTIONGuerilla FilmsVisa Koiso-Kanttila



Life in Flames follows a team of elite firemen over the course of a summer in Andalucia, Spain. One of the world’s worst places to fight fire …

Catalogue No. 226Nature / Environment | Investigative | Human Interest / Social Issues

Life in FlamesLa vida en llamasDavid Beriain, Manuel H. Martin

Spain / France, 2015 color, HDcam, 58’Original Language: SpanishSubtitles: English

Andalucia, Spain. One of the world’s worst places to fight fire, where temperatures of up to 45º c meet with vast vegetation, creating 50 meter walls of flames that threaten the whole region. Life in Flames follows a team of elite firemen over the course of a summer. Gustavo, 41, leads the team. At the peak of his career, and driven by one obsession - to keep his men alive. Abarca, 61, could have left the team years ago but he refused, year after year. Meanwhile Curiño is about to work his first summer and live his ‘baptism of fire’. . . .


PRODUCTION93 Metros SLDavid BeriainLa Claqueta MetalicaOlmo Figueredo González-Quevedo

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:Canal Sur TV – Spain, Veo TV / Discovery MAX – Spain

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Life is SacredAndreas Møl Dalsgaard

Denmark, 2014 color, HDcam/video, 80’Original Language: SpanishSubtitles: Englishwww.lifeissacred-film.com

Violence is a fact of everyday life in Colombia. Drug cartels have kept the country in armed conflict for decades. Presidential candidate Antanas Mockus fights to solve this conflict. As mayor of Bogotá, and dressed in a Superman costume and with an indomitable trust in the good of his fellow citizens, Mockus overcame both towering crime rates, unruly students and people’s bad traffic habits. But his idealism is both his strength and his weakness in a corrupt political system, where his opponent plays a dirty game, and where the people have lost faith in being able to make a difference. Excluding Denmark, Sweden, Norway


PRODUCTIONFinal Cut for RealSigne Byrge SørensenAnne Köhncke

CO-PRODUCTION:Savage Productions – Ireland, Sant & Usant – Norway, Elk Film – Denmark

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:DR – Denmark, NRK – Norway, SVT – Sweden



An MMA fighter at the peak of his career will do anything to stay in the game. A tale of fear, hatred, constant escape, and unconditional love.


Life of a ButterflyZycie motylaPiotr Bernas

Poland, 2015 color, HDcam, 52’Original Language: PolishSubtitles: English

An insight into mechanisms of human self-destruction. Marcin Rózalski (35), a veteran of martial arts, is a modern gladiator. His life is a continuous fight tinted with conscious and steady destruction of his body and health. Life of a Butterfly is a story about the price one pays for adamant and uncompromising ambition to stay at the top. It is a tale of fear, hatred, constant escape, and unconditional love.

SALES / CONTACT:Katarzyna WilkKrakow Film FoundationBasztowa 15/8a31-143 KrakowPolandtel: +48 12 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONPiotr BernasEndorfina StudioMarta Golba

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A heartwarming film about 18 Swedish seniors who gets the unlikely chance to travel to Greece, on what is possibly the last longer journey they will make in life.


Life Should Be LivedGreklandsresanUlric Bellman, Eva Lofroth

Sweden, 2015 color, HDcam, 59’Original Language: SwedishSubtitles: Englishwww.svtsales.com/programme-sales/life-should-be-lived/

Dimitrios ”Tackis” Sahpekidis is a true powerhouse, working with arranging activities and outings for the elderly in his small town community. One day he gets the impossible idea to organize a trip to his native country Greece for a large group of Swedish seniors. Many of the elderly are disabled or demented, but that doesn’t stop Dimitrios plans. ”Life should be lived, all the way to the end” – that is his cheerful motto. This feelgood film was a huge success when aired in Sweden, and social media virtually exploded with likes and shares.


PRODUCTIONSVTUlric BellmanEva Lofroth




A rare insight into life at a child and adolescent psychiatric centre meeting therapists, parents and patients with very different problems, united in the fight to feel ‚like the others’.


Like the OthersWie die AnderenConstantin Wulff

Austria, 2015 color, video, 95’Original Language: GermanSubtitles: English

Mental illness is still a taboo in our society, even more so when it concerns children. A rare insight into the daily life at a child and adolescent psychiatric centre – we meet dedicated therapists, parents and patients with very different problems, united in the fight to feel ‚like the others’.


PRODUCTIONNavigator FilmJohannes Rosenberger

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The historic 40-year struggle of Richard, a gay Filipino-American, and his Australian spouse, Tony, to remain together, in spite of U.S. laws that attempt to force them apart.


Limited PartnershipThomas Miller

USA, 2015 color / black and white, video/HDcam, 55’/75’Original Language: Englishwww.limitedpartnershipmovie.com

A 40-year love story between Filipino-American Richard and Australian Tony, who, in 1975, became one of the first same-sex couples to be legally married. After applying for a green card for Tony, the couple received a denial letter from the Immigration and Naturalization Service stating, “You have failed to establish that a bona fide marital relationship can exist between two faggots. ” Outraged at the tone, tenor and politics of this letter and to prevent Tony’s impending deportation, the couple sued the U. S. government, filing the first federal lawsuit seeking equal treatment for a same-sex marriage in U. S. history. Excluding Australia, USA, Canada (most rights).

SALES / CONTACT:Sydney NeterSND FilmsP.O. Box 157031001 NE AmsterdamThe Netherlandstel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONTreehouse Moving ImagesKirk MarcolinaTesseract Films CorporationThomas Miller

CO-PRODUCTION:Tesseract Films Corporation – USA, Treehouse Moving Images – Australia

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:ITVS – USA



The blind man, Li Si-Yong, takes his wife and their baby still in utero out for a walk in the ruins of a city, trying to collect some fragmented memories.

Catalogue No. 230Experimental | Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View

Listen, DarlingMing Yen Su

Taiwan, 2014 color / black and white, HDcam, 12’Original Language: ChineseSubtitles: Chinese/English

It’s Mom’s birthday today. The blind man Li Si-Yong with weak sighted Wu Wen-Ru and their child still in utero had a walk outside in the ruins of a city, trying to collect some fragmented memories. SALES / CONTACT:

Ming Yen Su3F., No.31-2, Aly. 4, Ln. 319, Liancheng Rd.,235 New Taipei CityTaiwantel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONMing Yen Su

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Little Angels is a personal film, touching on some universal themes. A symbiosis between mother and child and how a traumatising experience can continue to dominate many generations ahead.

Catalogue No. 601Author’s Point of View | Human Interest / Social Issues | History

Little AngelsMarco Niemeijer

The Netherlands, 2015 color / black and white, HDcam/video, 76’Original Language: English/DutchSubtitles: English

Just before her death, the filmmaker’s step-grandmother, Enny (97) from NY, takes him by surprise by showing him family videos illustrating her first marriage in Amsterdam. She had never talked about this life. The only witness to this distant past is the framed picture of Enny’s first two kids. Glenda and Myrna, both lost their lives in Auschwitz. Daughter Tascha (68) is still incapable of detaching herself from her mother. She is surrounded by her mother’s items, wearing her jewellery, refusing to cut off her hair to continue to look like her.

SALES / CONTACT:Piers NightingaleStarline Entertainment213 Haverstock HillNW34QP LondonNot applicabletel: +44207 998 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONWindmill Film BVAnnemiek van der Hell

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:Joodse Omroep – The Netherlands



Two teenage refugees are wrongly accused of smuggling illegal immigrants. The film follows the two friends closely in a Greek juvenile prison before, during and after their trial.

Catalogue No. 233Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth | Politics / Society

The Longest RunMarianna Economou

Greece, 2015 color, HDcam/DCP/video, 77’/55’Original Language: Arabic/Kurdish/GreekSubtitles: English

Jasim and Alsaleh are underage refugees in a Greek prison. Coming from Syria and Iraq they were arrested and accused of smuggling illegal immigrants. With unique access in the juvenile prison and court room, the film follows the two friends closely while in custody, during the trial and after the verdict through a narrative of suspense which reveals how youngsters are forced to transport migrants across the border to Greece while the smugglers stay behind and continue their job uninterrupted. If Jasim and Alsaleh are found guilty, they will face extremely long prison sentences.

SALES / CONTACT:Spyros MavrogenisStefi &Lynx Productions24, Amyklon street15231 AthensGreecetel: +30 210 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONStefi &Lynx ProductionsSpyros Mavrogenis

CO-PRODUCTION:DOC3 Productions – Greece, Marni Films – Greece

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Look Love depicts the lives of a father and his sons living in the mountain area of China, and thousand miles away, a mother and her boarding school-attending daughter in Beijing.


Look LoveYun Ye

China, 2015 color / black and white, HDcam, 146’Original Language: ChineseSubtitles: English/Chinese

Two Chinese children, Linsheng and Xinyuan, grow up in completely different circumstances, but both are confronted with a similar situation. Linsheng lives with his impoverished father and two younger brothers in a village in Hunan, where he works the land. Xinyuan lives in Beijing where she attends an expensive boarding school. Although both parents just want the best for their children and love them dearly, the children feel lost and abandoned. Director Ye Yun observes the day-to-day lives of Linsheng and Xinyuan in a calm and loving manner. Look Love shows the consequences of failing family values and high expectations.

SALES / CONTACT:Christy WuCNEX Studio Corporation6F., No.223, Sec. 1, Tiding Blvd., Neihu Dist., Taipei City 11494, Taiwan11494 TaipeiTaiwantel: +886 2 2796 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONYeyun StudioWen ChangCNEX Studio CorporationRuby Chen



The reflexive documentary makes a detailed record, proving that “the personal is political.”

Catalogue No. 234Human Interest / Social Issues | Nature / Environment | Politics / Society

A Lullaby Under the Nuclear SkyTomoko Kana

Japan, 2014 color, HDcam, 69’Original Language: JapaneseSubtitles: English

As a documentary director and a citizen who used power created at the nuclear plant, Kana Tomoko feels it her responsibility to report the leak situation in tsunami-battered Fukushima. After returning to Tokyo she finds out that she is pregnant. She is overjoyed yet terrified by what the effects of her exposure to radiation may have on the baby. She realizes that her body is the site that may expose the Fukushima disaster, and that she and her baby’s story is the story of Fukushima.

SALES / CONTACT:Aleksandra DerewienkoTaskovski Films19-21 Christopher StreetEC2A 2B LondonEnglandtel: +48 69 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONHorizon Features Co.Mari Mukai

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Four young girls who live in Karachi’s most volatile district decide to attend weekly music classes in a school run by a Pakistani rockstar... A poignant narrative of music and resistance

Catalogue No. 513Art / Music / Culture | Politics / Society | Youth

Lyari NotesMiriam Chandy Menacherry, Maheen Zia

India / Pakistan, 2015 color, HDcam, 75’/52’Original Language: Hindi/UrduSubtitles: Englishwww.lyarinotes.com

Hamza Jafri travels in an armed vehicle. He is a musician famous for his hard hitting political lyrics since the 1990s. Since then religious fundamentalism has been on the rise with shops selling music torched, concerts bombed and musicians threatened with death. Seeing the shrinking space for music and artists Hamza decides to fight back by opening a music school. Captured over 3 years Lyari Notes is the narrative of four young girls who attend Hamza’s music school and learn what it takes to express oneself despite the cycles of violence.

SALES / CONTACT:Miriam Chandy MenacherryFilament PicturesMapleleaf 1020-21 E Wing Raheja Vihar400072 MumbaiIndiatel: +91 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONFilament PicturesMiriam Chandy MenacherryMaheen Zia

CO-PRODUCTION:apnakam – Pakistan

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:Al Jazeera International – Qatar, YLE – Finland



A documentary portrait about the only female public bus driver in Georgia.

Catalogue No. 236Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View | Politics / Society

MadonnaNino Gogua

Georgian Republic, 2015 color, HDcam, 58’Original Language: GeorgianSubtitles: English

57 years old Madonna is the only female public bus driver in Georgia. Once a famous Soviet proletarian tram driver, today she struggles against patriarchal society which perceives her occupation as a “man’s job”. She refuses to give up driving and demands to be accepted as a woman. Meanwhile, after waiting for Government’s attention for years in vain, Madonna begins to renovate her little apartment with her own hands. Inside the former Tram administrative building, she tries to build a peaceful home to share with her old mother.

SALES / CONTACT:Natia GuliashviliCineMark10 Kipshidze str., 20 app0162 TbilisiGeorgian Republictel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONCineMarkNatia Guliashvili

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A shocking film about a brutal Romanian trafficking ring operating in Gothenburg, Sweden’s second largest city.

Catalogue No. 26Investigative | Human Interest / Social Issues

The Madonna CaseMadonnafalletNadia Dyberg

Sweden, 2015 color, HDcam, 57’Original Language: English/SwedishSubtitles: Englishwww.svtsales.com/programme-sales/the-madonna-case/

The police in Gothenburg, Sweden, pursues a criminal ring involved in trafficking and sex slavery. It is a complex investigation of a brutal gang, which shocks even the most hardened policemen. In the film we get to follow two Gothenburg police officers working on a case that the media soon terms ”Sweden’s biggest trafficking case”. The league they are chasing is based in Romania and deals with prostitution and sex slavery. The brutality of the criminal gang is appalling and the complexity of the case makes the investigation difficult and tedious.


PRODUCTIONKibera ProductionsNadia Dyberg





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


Maiko, Dancing ChildÅse Svenheim Drivenes

Norway, 2015 color, HDcam, 58’/70’Original Language: Norwegian/English/JapaneseSubtitles: English

Maiko’s destiny was decided before she was born. Her name Maiko means dancing child. Her mother, the driving force behind her career, sold their house and car to send 14 year old Maiko to the most prestigious dancing schools in Europe. She knew she couldn’t return to Japan as a failure. Today Maiko is 32 on top of her career as a prima ballerina at the Norwegian National Ballet. Maiko is not a young dancer anymore and talented newcomers are longing for her position. Competition is getting tougher when Maiko decides to start a family. . . World except all countries of Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Finland, Denmark.


PRODUCTIONSant & UsantAnita Rehoff Larsen

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:SVT – Sweden, SRF – Switzerland, TVO – Canada

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Mali Blues tells the stories of four musicians who will never accept hatred, mistrust, violence or a radical Islam – neither in Mali nor in the rest of the world.


Mali BluesLutz Gregor

Germany / Spain, 2015 color, HDcam, 90’Original Language: French/Bambara/TamasheqSubtitles: Englishwww.gebrueder-beetz.de/en/produktionen/mali-blues#sthash.rkn5G2xH.dpuf

Mali Blues, a musical road-movie about the rich musical culture of this West-African country, depicts the threat of Sharia and the fight of Malian artists for peace and freedom of speech. Together with Fatoumata Diawara, acclaimed Malian shooting star and actress in the Oscar nominated and with 7 Césars awarded film Timbuktu by Abderramahne Sissako, we embark on a journey from Bamako in the South West to Timbuktu in the North - Mali’s agitated heart. Other protagonists are ngoni-virtuoso Bassekou Kouyaté as well upcoming rapper Master Soumi. Music for change, music for life!

SALES / CONTACT:Georg TschurtschenthalerGebrueder Beetz FilmproduktionHeinrich-Roller-Straße 1510405 BerlinGermanytel: +49 (0)30 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONGebrueder Beetz FilmproduktionChristian Beetz



13 years on the way from down and out in a documentary by Helena Trestíková


MalloryHelena Trestíková

Czech Republic, 2015 color / black and white, DCP/video, 101’Original Language: CzechSubtitles: English

Mallory is determined to return to a normal life after many difficult mishaps. Life hasn’t been easy on Mallory but after the birth of her son she tries desperately to kick her drug habit, and to stop living on the street. She wants to turn her back on her dark past and help those she knows best – people on the fringes of society. In her latest long-term documentary, Helena Tre tíková demonstrates that even seemingly hopeless lives needn’t be cut short halfway. Excluding Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia

SALES / CONTACT:Daniel VadockyNEGATIVNeumannstr.2813189 BerlinCzech Republictel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONNEGATIVKaterina CernáPavel Strnad

CO-PRODUCTION:Czech Television – Czech Republic

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Antón García Abril, the genius, the composer, the man.


The Man and the MusicEl hombre y la musicaLaura Sipán

Spain, 2014 color, HDcam, 60’Original Language: SpanishSubtitles: English

The interior of an empty theater. The hall seats, the curtain, the lights. On the stage, occupying the center with solemnity, a piano. The atmosphere speaks of a roomful, where a piano plays intimate but surely a composition of García Abril. We feel the breath of the public we don’t see, it sounds then La Gitanilla, a Garcia Abril masterpiece. We hear the applause of a theater that vibrates excited. Who is behind this music that crossed borders and touches us irremediably? Who is this man, sensible and wise, who celebrates 80 years?

SALES / CONTACT:Roberto ButragueñoElamediaC/ Eros, 728045 MadridSpaintel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONElamediaRoberto Butragueño



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


Man FallingAnne Regitze Wivel


A brain injury after a fall forces Per Kirkeby - one of Denmark’s most famous artists - to stop painting. In an instant, Kirkeby loses his life’s foundation as well as his ability to work. Man Falling is the story about Per Kirkeby’ s universe - marked by deep melancholy as well as astounding beauty; a story about a personal struggle for life and work, a return to the universal language of painting that has been his way to get his visual and emotional impulses out.


PRODUCTIONDanish DocumentarySigrid Dyekjær


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Doctor Mukwege, known as the man who mends thousands of women for 20 years now lives under protection in his hospital in Bukavu, where he continues his fight.


The Man Who Mends Women - The Wrath of HippocratesL’homme qui répare les femmes - la colère d’HippocrateThierry Michel

Belgium, 2015 color, video, 115’/52’Original Language: French/English/SwahiliSubtitles: Englishwww.mukwege-themovie.com

Doctor Mukwege is known as the man who mends thousands of women who have been raped during the 20 years of conflicts in the East of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. His endless struggle to put an end to these atrocities and denounce the impunity enjoyed by the perpetrators is not welcome.Threatened with death, he lives cloistered in his hospital under the protection of the United Nation peacekeepers. But he is no longer alone in his struggle. The women to whom he has restored physical integrity and dignity, stand beside him, true activists for peace, hungry for justice.


PRODUCTIONLes Films de la PasserelleChristine PireauxRYVA ProductionEric van Zuylen

CO-PRODUCTION:RYVA Production – Belgium

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:RTBF – Belgium, RTS – Switzerland, Public Senat – France



Phillip Toledano endures three years of DNA tests, psychics, and prosthetic makeup sessions on a comically dark quest to overcome his fear of the future.


The Many Sad Fates of Mr. ToledanoJoshua Seftel

USA, 2015 color, video, 27’Original Language: Englishwww.seftel.com/toledano

Photographer Phil Toledano is obsessed with the idea of his own demise. He spends his days undergoing hours of prosthetic applications with the help of a special effects makeup artist, and photographing himself in every dark and scary depiction of his future, including obesity, desolation, stroke, isolation, suicide, and violent death. Meanwhile, his wife and daughter sit on the sidelines, worrying that this project will leave Phil unable to envision a positive future. Through a journey of unexpected turns and revelations, Phil’s obsession changes him and his family forever.

SALES / CONTACT:Jill Landaker GrunesSeftel Productions20 Jay Street Suite M0211201 BrooklynUSAtel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONSeftel ProductionsJill Landaker GrunesJoshua Seftel


The Man Who Mends Women - The Wrath of HippocratesL’homme qui répare les femmes - la colère d’HippocrateThierry Michel

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March of the White Elephants explores how FIFA prowls the globe, pocketing billions while leaving behind host countries with a legacy of economic debt, social distress and empty stadiums.


March of the White ElephantsCraig Tanner

Brazil / South Africa / USA, 2015 color, video, 52’Original Language: English/PortugeseSubtitles: English

March of the White Elephants reveals the real legacy of the FIFA World Cup - state of the art stadiums that were built to stage a four-week tournament will stand idle, soaking up funds needed for basic services and for health, housing and education. The filmmakers visit the sites of the last two World Cups, Brazil & South Africa, to get testimony from social activists who make it clear that FIFA is a modern day parasite abusing countries for the love of Football.


PRODUCTIONNeil BrandtLaura Colucci



Tells the story of 20 year old Marzia, who – just like all young people – dreams of love, freedom and an interesting job. In Afghanistan her dreams are revolutionary.


Marzia, My FriendMarzia, ystäväniKirsi Mattila

Finland, 2015 black and white, HDcam, 80’Original Language: FinnishSubtitles: Englishwww.filmdelights.com/sales/marziamyfriend

Marzia, My Friend is the story of an Afghan woman in her twenties, who – just like all young people – dreams of love, freedom and an interesting job. Marzia dreams of peace and independence. But because she lives in Afghanistan, her dreams are revolutionary. Ultimately Marzia’s story becomes a symbol of the wider struggle of Afghan women: it is about the right to make decisions about your own life. The film follows Marzia’s life from spring 2011 to the end of 2014, when international troops were supposed to leave Afghanistan.

SALES / CONTACT:Christa AuderlitzkyFilmdelightsLindengasse 25/101070 WienAustriatel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONPiia NokelainenPohjola-filmiElina Pohjola

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Master and Tatyana is a story about Vitas Luckus - a rebellious genius of photography, his passionate love and another life destroyed by the Soviet system.


Master and TatyanaMeistras ir TatjanaGiedre Zickyte

Lithuania, 2014 color / black and white, video, 84’Original Language: Lithuanian/RussianSubtitles: Englishwww.facebook.com/meistras.ir.tatjana

Vitas Luckus was an extremely colourful bird standing out from drabness the Soviet era. He kept a live lion in his apartment. He was the first to go beyond Lithuanian surroundings and document the spontaneous reality of Soviet Republics. His photographs, just like his eccentric lifestyle, make an impression until nowadays. He lived in Vilnius with his beautiful wife Tatyana. They were the vibrant couple of the ‘60s. Just as vibrant was their home, always full of people, wine, nightlong conversations, guests from the farthermost places of the Soviet Union. He was engulfed by his passion for truth and photography. Excluding Sweden

SALES / CONTACT:Justinas VanceviciusJust a MomentPylimo 9 - 13LT01118 VilniusLithuaniatel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONJust a MomentDagne Vildziunaite




In a hidden small town of the Colombian Pacific coast, an afro community has re-appropriated of the Easter Celebration with their African roots.

Catalogue No. 245Art / Music / Culture | Human Interest / Social Issues | Nature / Environment

MatachindéVíctor Palacios

Colombia, 2014 color, video, 60’Original Language: SpanishSubtitles: Englishwww.matachinde.wordpress.com

Eight hours ago from the city of Buenaventura (in Colombia) there is the small village of “Juntas de Yurumanguí”, an afro community has re-appropriated of the Easter Celebration with their African roots. Far from clergy’s control, the settlers have autonomy in their religious practices, and they have made of the Easter celebration a cultural resistance practice. During the celebration, the “matachines” wake up to life, and after an appropriation and ingrained process they become the spiritual representation of the community. Available in all territories except Colombia

SALES / CONTACT:Víctor PalaciosColectivo MEJODACra 28d1 120a15760001 CaliColombiatel: +57(2)[email protected]

PRODUCTIONColectivo MEJODAVíctor Palacios

CO-PRODUCTION:Tikal Producciones – Colombia

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Me and DadKathrine Ravn Kruse


Armed with a shaky camera and a loving gaze the now adult Kathrine steps back into her father’s alcoholic world. A world of chaos and a constant fear of loss, but also lots of little jokes and big dreams of a better life. And what appears to be a film about social deroute is suddenly transformed into a warm and humorous feel good story about second chances when the unthinkable happens: Palle quits drinking!Excluding Norway


PRODUCTIONMade in CopenhagenMille HaynesMathilde Lippmann





Men’s ChoiceMuzhskoy VyborElena Demidova

Russia / Norway / Finland, 2014 color, video/HDcam, 75’/63’Original Language: RussianSubtitles: English

This film tells us three stories about men extracting natural gas on the Yamal Peninsula. They are forced to leave their families for a long time to be able to support them. For all of them working in Gazprom is the only opportunity to earn real money because there is no high paid job in their hometowns so they are forced to leave their families for a long time to be able to support them. One day they have to decide whether earned money is worth all the problems with families. Each of them makes his own choice.


PRODUCTIONEthnogeographic Research FoundationVlad Ketkovich

CO-PRODUCTION:Relation04 Media – Norway, Illume Oy – Finland

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This film gives an insight into how the MH17-tragedy has affected families of victims and reflects on the traumatic stories of Ukrainian villagers who saw bodies falling down from the sky.


MH17: A Nation’s GriefMH17: Het verdriet van NederlandMichiel van Erp

The Netherlands, 2015 color, video, 71’

In 2014, The Netherlands received the devastating news that a plane was shot down in Ukraine. There were no survivors: two hundred Dutch people were killed. Following the tragedy, the nation turned to mourning, sympathizing with all people who lost a loved one that day. Seen through the eyes of three very different families, this film gives an impressive insight into the way the tragedy has affected these people personally. Besides that, it also portrays the Ukrainian villagers who witnessed dead bodies falling down in their streets, backyards and through their roofs, on the day of the crash.


PRODUCTIONDe Familie Film & TVMichiel van Erp

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:VARA – The Netherlands



Catalogue No. 247Politics / Society | Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth

MilkNoemi Weis

Canada, 2015 color, video, 90’Original Language: EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.milkhood.com

Through an intimate and artistic lens, Milk brings a universal perspective on the politics, commercialization and controversies surrounding birth and infant feeding over the canvas of stunningly beautiful visuals and poignant voices from around the globe. Inspiring, informative, provocative and sensitive, Milk celebrates bringing a new life into this world with a strong call to action and reflection. In a seamless narrative, Milk follows stories of mothers from different cultures on a world journey spanning 11 countries, as it reveals the universal issues and challenges facing motherhood and birth today. excluding Canada and Isreal


PRODUCTIONFilmblancCarolyn Allain

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Minding Our OwnInaya Yusuf

USA, 2015 color, video, 40’Original Language: Englishwww.mindingourownfilm.com

Minding Our Own is a compassionate portrayal of two families and their quest to understand the world of caregiving. While unearthing relationship dynamics, these unlikely heroes provide an intimate look into what it takes to truly care for another person and is a meditation on life’s surprises as well as its immeasurable rewards. Minding Our Own unveils the raw emotions that surfaces from the complexity of parenthood, adulthood and partnership, while redefining the meaning of love and friendship.

SALES / CONTACT:Inaya Yusuf231 Warren St11201 BrooklynUSAtel: +1 646 648 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONInaya Yusuf



Through a series of entertaining and educational scenarios filled with culinary secrets and cultural chaos, Craig Anderson investigates why the Japanese population are the healthiest on the planet.


Miso Hungry: The Effortless Japanese DietTim Delmastro

Australia, 2015 color, video, 90’/58’Original Language: EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.misohungry.tv/#!about/cjg9

In a dieting experiment similar to Supersize Me, but towards improving health, award-winning actor and comedian Craig Anderson eats nothing but traditional, authentic Japanese cooking for 12 weeks. Through a series of entertaining and educational scenarios filled with culinary secrets and cultural chaos, Craig investigates how the traditional Japanese diet, along with their active lifestyles, results in the Japanese population being the healthiest and longest living people on the planet. Miso Hungry is a light-hearted documentary about one man’s journey to find a simple, painless path towards a healthier life.


PRODUCTIONTim Delmastro

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A documentary series depicting the lives of seven Swedish male models. Originally commissioned for the web.


Model BoysModellpojkarNathanael Goldman

Sweden, 2014 color, HDcam, 86’Original Language: English/SwedishSubtitles: Englishwww.svtsales.com/programme-sales/model-boys/

In the series we follow the models to castings, photo shoots and fashion shows in New York, Hong Kong, Hamburg, Istanbul and Stockholm. They have all left their hometowns and the safe haven of family and friends, to pursue their dream of glamour and big money. But even if their respective carreers are starting to take off, life as an international male model is not a walk in the park. Endless castings, cheap hotels, extreme food discipline and loneliness are all part of the everyday life for the models, as they struggle to get a big breakthrough.


PRODUCTIONSVTPatrick BrattNanushka TelevisionNathanael Goldman




This documentary series, originally commissioned for the web, follows the lives of eight Swedish top models.


Model GirlsModellflickorNathanael Goldman

Sweden, 2014 color, HDcam, 28’Original Language: English/SwedishSubtitles: Englishwww.svtsales.com/programme-sales/model-girls/

A behind-the-scenes look at an industry with extreme demands and an absolute obsession with bodies and looks. The Swedish supermodels lead extraordinary lives in cities such as Los Angeles, New York, London and Stockholm. But although the girls lifestyle may seem fancy and glamorous it is also tough and destructive to be constantly judged by your looks. Or as one of the models put it: If a girl has issues with self-esteem and self-image and comes into a job where it’s all about that, it can really fuck her up.


PRODUCTIONSVTPatrick BrattNanushka TelevisionNathanael Goldman


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Beyond being a historical record of Rafael Correa’s 2013 presidential re-election campaign, Moments of Campaign is an examination on the implied duality of his public figure.

Catalogue No. 45Politics / Society | History | Author’s Point of View

Moments of CampaignInstantes de campañaTomás Astudillo

Ecuador, 2015 black and white, HDcam, 52’Original Language: Spanish/QuechuaSubtitles: Englishwww.instantes.ec

Tomás Astudillo followed the Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa during the 42 days of campaigning that preceded his re-election as head of the country for the third consecutive time. The “mise en scène” with a political agenda is the real story of this film, which is also a meditation via direct cinema on a collective neurosis: the tenacious belief in the right man. Excluding Ecuador

SALES / CONTACT:Tomás AstudilloOstinato CineStubel N27-98EC170108 QuitoEcuadortel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONOstinato CineTomás Astudillo



A film about love, struggles and heroin. Eight dramatic years in the life of a drug addict.


Monalisa StoryMonalisa Story - En Film om Kamp, Kärlek och HeroinJessica Nettelbladt

Denmark / Sweden, 2015 color, HDcam, 90’/58’Original Language: SwedishSubtitles: English

After years of drug abuse, she meets Fredrik, another soul marked by his background. They decide to put their faith in love, to fight their addiction and to make their dreams come true. We closely follow the ups and downs in MonaLisa’s life over the course of eight years. The result is a poignant and unique tale of a different kind of reality in our midst. It is an ode to love, a mournful blues and an honest portrait that will draw you in and deeply touch your heart. Excluding Sweden, Norway


PRODUCTIONLejoni Production ABJessica Nettelbladt

CO-PRODUCTION:Magic Hour Films – Denmark, True Fiction – Sweden

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:SVT – Sweden, DR – Denmark, NRK – Norway

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Summer 2014. Rural Bangladesh. When the tragedy happens, Moriom becomes a flower-angel to destroy all the bad things in the world. And to rescue herself.


MoriomMark Olexa, Francesca Scalisi

Switzerland, 2015 color, video, 12’Original Language: BengaliSubtitles: Englishwww.dokmobile.ch/moriom.html

Summer 2014. Rural Bangladesh. “I came from Heaven. I came to destroy all bad things in the world. I’m a police officer. I’m a flower angel. I got a job at police station. I will punish them. I will put them in jail.” The history of a girl and the tragedy that changed her life.

SALES / CONTACT:Mark OlexaDok MobileRue de la Sarine,41700 FribourgSwitzerlandtel: +41 79 718 48 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONDok MobileMark OlexaFrancesca Scalisi



The documentary gives an extraordinary insight into the special relationship between the Dutch writer Arnon Grunberg and his mother, which is scarred by the tragic story of his mother’s life.


Mother & GrunbergMoeder & GrunbergSilvia Bromet


At the age of 18 Arnon Grunberg leaves Amsterdam with the ambition to become an actor and to escape his dominant mother and his taciturn father. Now, 44 years old and a successful writer living in New York, he decides that it is time to return to his family home. The conversations are alternated with intimate scenes, where we catch a glimpse of the real world, which the writer had always carefully hidden from his public life.


PRODUCTION&BrometSilvia Bromet

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:Joodse Omroep – The Netherlands

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Mother’s Wish tells 10 stories of women around the world, connected by the theme of motherhood.


Mother’s WishJoonas Berghäll

Finland / Portugal / Sweden / Denmark, 2015 color, HDcam, 90’Original Language: FinnishSubtitles: Englishwww.oktober.fi

Like his award-winning Steam of Life, the equally episodic Mother’s Wish tells 10 stories of women around the world, connected by the theme of motherhood. The stories form an intense ensemble of motherhood and love: a first childbirth, the pride of being able to offer your children education and the bright moments of everyday life. But the stories also show tragic events, such as mother’s worry when her child falls sick or is being mistreated. Above all the stories speak of survival: These women have struggled through life against all odds. They give the viewer hope of a better tomorrow.


PRODUCTIONOktober OyJoonas BerghällSatu MajavaTimo Vierimaa



This is a documentary about the WANG Wen-Chih’s belief and philosophy in creating arts, and how the spectators discover the moving and surprising moments in his works.


Mountain SpiritsSinging Chen, Kuo-liang Chiang

Taiwan, 2014 color, HDcam, 67’Original Language: Chinese/TaiwaneseSubtitles: English/Chinese

WANG Wen-Chih shows a special artistic characteristic in contemporary art. The creative energy comes endlessly from where he was born. By that he uses the oriental material, bamboo to express the power and image of Asian culture. This is a documentary about the artist’s belief and philosophy in creating arts, and how the spectators discover the moving and surprising moments in his works.

SALES / CONTACT:The 3rd Vision Films LTD3F, No.5, Ln. 75, Tien-yu St.,11156 TaipeiTaiwantel: +886 955 096 [email protected]

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The Chinese community in Utrecht set out an a journey with one of China’s four most prestigious Buddhist Temples, Putuoshan, to establish a branch temple in The Netherlands.


Mr. Hu and the TempleMeneer Hu en de tempelYan Ting Yuen

The Netherlands, 2015 color, video, 55’Original Language: Mandarin/DutchSubtitles: English

In China, Buddhist temples are more popular than ever, motivating the Chinese community in The Netherlands to undertake the plan to establish a branch of the Putuo Temple, a prestigious Buddhist mountain in China. From the challenge of finding half a million euros to fund a location and onwards, nothing seems impossible for project leader Mr Hu, an overseas Chinese gentlemen. With a solemn nod the abbot of Putuo gave his blessing. The dream plan seems to take off smoothly, but it is just the beginning of a journey to find out what it takes to be a real Buddhist.

SALES / CONTACT:Jia ZhaoChina Europe DocsalonPresident Brandstraat 131091XD AmsterdamThe Netherlandstel: +31 6 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONChina Europe DocsalonArjen OosterbaanJia Zhao

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:Boeddhistische Omroep – The Netherlands



With this documentary we take the extraordinary artist Helge Schneider into spotlight. More than being a classical portrait, the film reflects Schneider’s attitude towards life choosing a special narration.


Muelheim Texas - Helge Schneider here and thereMülheim Texas - Helge Schneider hier und dortAndrea RoggonGermany, 2015 color / black and white, HDcam, 93’Original Language: GermanSubtitles: Englishwww.muelheim-texas.de

Helge Schneider is one of the most extraordinary German artists. Jazz musician, entertainer, film director, actor and clown. His exceptional talent is his improvisational skill. This is where he shows his bubbling creativity. “I make the everyday grey colorful,” is what he says about himself. In his world, the fantastic coexists with the everyday and it is difficult to define the boundaries between reality and fiction. Even in his communication with his audiences, this element of disguise is used, humorously conveying his attitude toward the world. But how does Helge Schneider react to a filmmaker who approaches him?Excluding Germany, Austria

SALES / CONTACT:Ulla LehmannAMA FILMInnerer Nordahnhof 1c70191 StuttgartGermanytel: +49 173 64 61 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONAMA FILMUlla Lehmann

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:ZDF – Germany

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A film about both the very art of translation and Isaac Bashevis Singer, one of the greatest figures of twentieth century literature.


The Muses of Bashevis SingerShaul Betser, Asaf Galay

Israel, 2014 color, HDcam/video, 72’Original Language: English/Yiddish/HebrewSubtitles: Englishwww.the-muses-of-bashevis-singer.com

Isaac Bashevis Singer, the famous Yiddish writer and Nobel Prize winner wrote with a ‘harem’ of dozens of translators behind him. Beyond simple translation, these women were a vital source of his creativity. The inspiration he drew from them came in many forms, often mixing romance with professional aspirations. Today nine remain to tell his story. Intimate interviews and exclusive archival footage combine to portray the story of an author who charmed his audiences, just like he charmed his translators. A film about both the very art of translation and one of the great figures of twentieth century literature. Excluding Israel


PRODUCTIONAntenna ProductionsShaul Betser

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:yes.docu – Israel



Aged twelve, African refugee Mussa lives in Tel Aviv and is bussed every day from his troubled neighborhood to an upscale private school.


MussaAnat Goren

Israel, 2015 color, video/HDcam, 60’Original Language: English/Arabic/Hebrew/AmharicSubtitles: English

Twelve-year-old Mussa won’t speak and no one knows why. He is an African refugee living in Tel Aviv, and for the past five years he’s been bussed from his troubled neighborhood to an upscale private school. Moussa’s Israeli classmates are his best friends, but he chooses to communicate with them only through gestures. Despite the bond he shares with his friends and teacher, Mussa is alone; his parents struggle to make ends meet and are seldom home, leaving Mussa with his voiceless thoughts and a real fear of being deported back to Ethiopia. Excluding Israel, South Korea


PRODUCTIONDrucker and Goren MediaAnat Goren

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:Keshet – Israel

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A deserted building in Israeli Hebron is called “The Mute’s House” by the Israeli soldiers stationed there and by the tour guides- its occupants are a deaf woman and her son.


The Mute’s HouseBeit ha’IlemetTamar Kay

Israel, 2015 color, HDcam, 31’Original Language: Hebrew/ArabicSubtitles: English

A building in Israeli Hebron, which has been deserted by its Palestinian occupants, is called “The Mute’s House” by the Israeli soldiers stationed there and by the tour guides who pass by daily. The building’s only occupants are a deaf woman, Sahar, and her 8-year-old son, Yousef. The family’s unique story, in the midst of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, unfolds through the eyes of the young and charismatic Yousef, as he goes through his daily routine on both sides of the torn city.


PRODUCTIONThe Sam Spiegel Film & TV SchoolTamar KayAriel Richter



My Cancer is a documentary about the breastcancer that invaded my life.


My CancerMijn kankerMeral Uslu


My Cancer is a documentary about the breastcancer that invaded my life. In most films about cancer, the camera always stands between the filmmaker and the patient. In this film the camera is the patient: during my treatment I filmed especially my doctors and therapists. I myself am hardly in the picture, only my voice is. Confidence in my body is completely lost. Why do I have cancer? How much chance of survival do I have? But my doctors can’t give me the answers I long for. Do I have to live with cancer for the rest of my life?


PRODUCTIONCEM mediaMeral Uslu

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My Curious DocumentaryAdam Low

England, 2015 color, HDcam, 75’Original Language: Englishwww.dogwoofglobal.com/mycuriousdocumentary

This feature doc uses the successful stage adaptation of Mark Haddon’s novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time to frame a cinematic exploration of the autistic spectrum. The film will use the story of the play, in which Christopher Boone travels to London to find his mother and solve the mystery of who killed his neighbor’s pet dog, as a spine from which to jump off and explore the journeys of people who are the real life equivalents of the characters in the play. Excluding United Kingdom


PRODUCTIONLone Star ProductionsMartin Rosenbaum



My Father the Banker is an emotional story about a man who loses himself in times of change in post soviet Latvia ... and the daughter who hopes to find him.

Catalogue No. 257Author’s Point of View | History | Investigative

My Father the BankerMans tevs bankierisIeva Ozolina

Latvia, 2015 color, HDcam, 68’/52’Original Language: Latvian/English/Russianwww.mistrusmedia.lv

Self-made banker Boriss Osipovs achieves quick success immediately after the collapse of the USSR, but flees Latvia to avoid arrest for illegal operations. Fifteen years later, his family receives a photograph from Interpol of an elderly gentleman with the same name who resides in a Malaysian mental asylum. His daughter, documentary director Ieva Ozolina starts an investigation to find out the truth about the man in the photograph. Film is an emotional story about a man who loses himself in times of change. . . and the daughter who hopes to find him.

SALES / CONTACT:Gints GrubeMistrus MediaBlaumana 11/13-13LV1011 RigaLatviatel: +371 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONMistrus MediaGints Grube

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A weather man leaves his job to travel around the globe to meet some of the people, whose lives have been turned upside down due to extreme weather events.


My Hottest Year on EarthJagten på det vilde vejrHalfdan Muurholm

Denmark, 2015 color, HDcam, 58’Original Language: Danish/EnglishSubtitles: English

The search for wheather-affacted lives begins in the Philippines right after Hayan, the worst typhoon ever to hit the islands. Here he meets the amazing 12 year old boy, Ramses, who in the middle of the catastrophe speaks words of wisdom. The journey continues to the UK where the worst flooding in centuries has been experienced. In California he faces a never ending drought, the worst in 500 years, in Sweden he experiences a record breaking forest fire, and after that, in the German Spitzkoppe, a glacier melting at alarming speed.


PRODUCTIONDR TVAnders Roholt




Four Taiwanese women, the actual “leftover ladies” fighting to stay breathing in a stifling society. This asks: Do we feel the anxiety that comes along with being single?


My Leftover LadiesSheng Nu Jen DeTung-Yen Chou

Taiwan, 2015 color, HDcam, 55’Original Language: Chinese/JapaneseSubtitles: Japanese/English/Chinese

Meet four Taiwanese women, the actual “leftover ladies” fighting to stay breathing in a somewhat stifling society. Since 2012, their friend in common, Chou Tung-yen, has been “stalking” them, capturing on film moments of these women’s daily lives. Through the usually firm yet frequently hesitant steps of these leftover ladies, this documentary short prompts us to ask ourselves: Do we also feel the anxiety that comes along with being single? Are we aware of the isolation that is none but our own?

SALES / CONTACT:Ya-Ching TungTaiwan Public Television Service FoundationNo.70, Aly. 75, Sec. 3, Kangning Rd., Neihu Dist.,114 TaipeiTaiwantel: +886-2-26338051www.eng.pts.org.tw/[email protected]

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation – Taiwan

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Catalogue No. 526Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View | Politics / Society

NapolIslamErnesto Pagano

Italy, 2015 color, video, 75’Original Language: ItalianSubtitles: English

One fine day Naples wakes up and finds out that it has become Islamic. A camera goes through the city and enters into the lives of ten people who have converted to Islam. The result is Napolislam: a documentary with a comic twist that explains why the message of Allah is slowly conquering Europe.

SALES / CONTACT:Silvia AngrisaniLADOC srlBouleverd Richard Lenoir00100 ParisFrancetel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONLADOC srlLorenzo Cioffi

CO-PRODUCTION:Isola Film – Italy



Delve into the history of Nasser, legendary ruler of Egypt during the Suez Crisis and the Six-Day War, whose complicated legacy is vital to understand the modern Middle East.

Catalogue No. 261Politics / Society | History

NasserJihan El-Tahri

France / South Africa, 2015 color / black and white, video, 97’Original Language: Russian/Arabic/EnglishSubtitles: English

Filmmaker Jihan El-Tahri explores the history of Gamal Abdel Nasser, the revolutionary army officer whose reign as President of Egypt saw him build the infrastructure of the Post-colonial Egyptian State that has remained until today. He forged a system that harnessed military and religious powers, struck a delicate balance in foreign relations and muzzled a complacent civil society. But it is the struggle for power between the Army and the Muslim Brotherhood that has been at the heart of defining the country’s future. This dance between Egypt’s only two political forces continues to define the Egyptian politics landscape today. Nasser is the first installment of a trilogy on “Egypt’s Modern Pharaohs,” which also includes films on Anwar Sadat and Hosni Mubarak. (Available in a 3 x 58’ format)


PRODUCTIONBig SisterJihan El-Tahri

CO-PRODUCTION:ARTE France – France


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Jacob has decided to try re-defining the concept of ‘normality’, as perceived by most people and will investigate and challenge the concept of normality in modern society.


Natural DisorderNaturens uordenChristian Sønderby Jepsen

Denmark, 2015 color, HDcam, 60’/90’Original Language: English/DanishSubtitles: English

Jacob Nossell (24) is intelligent, but hardly fits the picture of a dream child: he suffers from a paralysis of the brain, a congenital physical handicap. It affects not only his powers of speech, but also causes cramps and stiffness. When he speaks, his words cluster together, and when he walks it is with difficulty. With a normal intelligence in a weakened body Jacob is the embodiment of the problem ‘what is normality’: he is too much of an invalid to be fully accepted by society and too ordinary for him to be able to accept his own fate.


PRODUCTIONMoving Documentary ApsMalene Flindt PedersenSidsel Lønvig Siersted

CO-PRODUCTION:Medieoperatørene – Norway, Zuidenwind FilmProductions – The Netherlands, docLander – The Netherlands

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:SVT – Sweden, IKON – The Netherlands, DR – Denmark, RUV – Iceland, ERR – Estonia



The high stakes testing beast prowls inside US schools, damaging kids with hyper testing. The Nordic North, opens the door to a playful escape-Outside.

Catalogue No. 263Nature / Environment | Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth

NaturePlayDaniel Stilling

USA / Denmark / Sweden / Norway, 2015 color, video/HDcam, 84’/52’Original Language: Danish/EnglishSubtitles: Englishnatureplayfilm.com

NaturePlay is a stunning 4K, Cinematic portrait of Childhood defining education and play. Upon the start of their own child’s education, the Danish/American filmmakers discover that in the USA rampant school testing has become a virus, turning the system into an infected beast. In their search for a cure, they go on an inspiring Nordic journey to uncover how children naturally learn and for a way to take childhood back. A secret defense is also unveiled to rescue these children. One that can drive social change. In a High Stakes education - What’s truly at stake? Our Children.

SALES / CONTACT:Aimie StillingCineNordic LLC10524 Moss Park Rd.32832 OrlandoUSAtel: +1 (321)[email protected]

PRODUCTIONCineNordic LLCAimie Stilling

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Safa Dabour, a religious Muslim woman from Nazareth, is having her path to freedom interwoven with the battle for her own cinematheque, the first and only Arab cinematheque in Israel.


Nazareth Cinema LadayHa’ishah Me’ha CinemathequeNurit Jacobs Yinon

Israel, 2015 color, video, 52’Original Language: Arabic/HebrewSubtitles: English/Hebrew/Arabicwww.jmtfilms.com

The story of Safa Dabour, a religious Muslim from Nazareth, who established the first and only Arab cinematheque in Israel. She succeeds in taking charge of her own fate and freedom and establishes the cinematheque.A single woman in a man’s world, she travels to bring Arab box-office hits from Arab states, and seeks, against all the odds, to create an island of culture for the society to which she belongs. This is a cinematic profile of a courageous woman whose path to freedom is interwoven with the battle for her own cinematheque. Excluding Israel

SALES / CONTACT:Michael TrevesJMT Films Distribution9 Haavoda St., Appt. 33.6382110 Tel AvivIsraeltel: +972- 3 - 525 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONAluma-FilmsNurit Jacobs Yinon

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:The Second Authority for Television and RadioChannel 2 – Israel



Three men are forced to confront the stark truths of their families past.

Catalogue No. 265Author’s Point of View | Politics / Society | History

A Nazi Legacy: What Our Fathers DidDavid Evans

England, 2014 color / black and white, video, 92’Original Language: EnglishSubtitles: English

World famous human rights lawyer and genocide expert, Phillipe Sands retraces the steps of two high ranking Nazi officers who ordered the incineration of the entire Jewish population of a small village, which happened to be Sands’ hometown and as a result, murdered most of his family. He is accompanied on his journey by one son of each officer and together these three men confront stark truths which lead to revelations none of the three could have imagined. Excluding UK, North America, Worldwide SVOD


PRODUCTIONWildgaze FilmsAmanda Posey

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:BBC – England

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In Nelsons No 5, the world-renowned Latvian conductor Andris Nelsons takes on the Shostakovich masterpiece together with one of the world’s most celebrated ensembles, Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.


Nelsons Nr. 5Carmen Cobos

The Netherlands, 2015 color, HDcam, 53’/72’www.nposales.com/nelsons-no-5/

There are a handful of symphonies that inspire both audiences and performers to vertiginous heights of appreciation. It just so happens that three of these are fifth symphonies, composed in turn by the musical titans Mahler, Beethoven and, of course, Shostakovich. In Nelsons No 5, Carmen Cobos’ second feature documentary, the world-renowned Latvian conductor Andris Nelsons – a man who is gentle and modest, but deeply passionate about his craft – takes on the Shostakovich masterpiece together with one of the world’s most celebrated ensembles, Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.


PRODUCTIONCobos FilmsCarmen CobosKees Rijninks

CO-PRODUCTION:AVROTROS – The Netherlands

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:AVROTROS – The Netherlands



The New Plastic Road is a character-driven documentary film that reveals the gradual economic and social change underway in the remote, destitute communities east of Tajikistan in the Pamir Mountains.


The New Plastic RoadMyrto Papadopoulos, Angelos Tsaousis

Greece / Germany, 2015 color, video, 44’Original Language: English/TajikSubtitles: Englishwww.thenewplasticroad.com

The New Plastic Road is a character-driven documentary film that reveals the gradual economic and social change underway in the remote, destitute communities east of Tajikistan in the Pamir Mountains. Our story is about the growth and change in this remote region of Tajikistan where our main character Davlat lives and evolves in his daily life. The road that connects the two countries – China and Tajikistan, the road that connects two different societies and cultures is part of the ancient Silk Road.

SALES / CONTACT:Angelos TsaousisFilmografikEnomenis Evropis 7, Panorama55236 ThessalonikiGreecetel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONFilmografikAngelos Tsaousis


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New York Cuts explores a variety of barbershops and hair salons throughout disparate cultural enclaves of New York City.

Catalogue No. 528Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture | Experimental

New York CutsLuke Lorentzen

USA, 2015 color, video/HDcam, 77’Original Language: Wolof/Spanish/English/RussianSubtitles: Englishwww.newyorkcutsfilm.com

New York Cuts observes conversations between hair stylists and clients throughout the cultural enclaves of New York City. The film includes six locations: a Russian hair salon, black barbershop, Dominican barbershop, premier men’s club, Senegalese hair braiding salon, and the high-end hair salon in the famous Plaza Hotel. The film is a series of observational portraits, which bring viewers to eavesdrop within this variety of cultural and socio-economic environments. The differences between these routines of everyday life are captured, as the film juxtaposes communities rarely seen by the same set of eyes.

SALES / CONTACT:Luke Lorentzen89 Butternut Hollow Rd06830 Greenwich, CTUSAtel: +1 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONStanford UniversityLuke Lorentzen



When a Greek factory goes bankrupt, the workers occupy it and attempt to run it on their own. Self-management proves no easy task; and they first need to change themselves.


Next Stop: UtopiaApostolos Karakasis

Greece, 2015 color, HDcam, 90’/52’Original Language: GreekSubtitles: Englishwww.visiblefilm.com

When a building material factory in Thessaloniki, closed down three years ago, its 70 employees faced the risk of never finding work again. After a year of unsuccessful efforts to reopen the factory Makis, the main character, suggested they occupied the factory and run it themselves. On the ruins of Europe’s most wrecked economy, an egalitarian utopia was being born. But a year after the occupation, internal conflicts rise. . .

SALES / CONTACT:Thierry DetailleVisible FilmRue Adolphe Lavallée 391080 BruxellesBelgiumtel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONMinimal FilmsEleni ChandrinouMarco Gastine

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Guys who have never known temperatures below 20 degrees become the national bandy team of Somalia. In a Swedish town sport unites 3000 Somalis with the people of this backland.


Nice PeopleFilip & Fredrik presenterar Trevligt FolkKarin af Klintberg, Anders Helgeson

Sweden, 2015 color, video, 58’Original Language: Swedish/English/SomaliSubtitles: Englishwww.firsthandfilms.com/#film-1000428

What do you do when 3000 Somalis run over your small town in the backlands of Sweden, and McDonalds starts being called ‘Little Mogadiscu’? Local journalist and jack of many trades Patrik Andersson has an idea: let sport unite the people. And so guys who have never known temperatures below 20 degrees become the national team for Bandy ice hockey of Somalia. Count on having some fun: they do for sure!


PRODUCTIONThelma/LouiseKarin af KlintbergMexiko MediaLars Beckung



A film about exclusion and inclusion, about being your own, group pressure and the consequences that appear to coincide in the head of the beautiful and self-willed protagonist Ninnoc.


NinnocNiki Padidar

The Netherlands, 2015 color, video, 19’Original Language: DutchSubtitles: Englishwww.ninnoc-film.com

Why do you have to do what everyone else does and why does everyone have to look the same? Ninnoc struggles when she is in a group. She doesn’t just want to adapt to the others, but she’s also afraid of being excluded. Can you deviate in a group? Or will you then end up alone?In the documentary Ninnoc you crawl in Ninnoc’s head. And find her in an empty school. Can she escape from the group or does she always carry it with her? What part of herself does Ninnoc show and what does she keep hidden?




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It started quietly when a group of Caribbean students, strangers in a cold new land, began to suspect their professor of racism.


Ninth FloorMina Shum

Canada, 2015 color, HDcam, 81’Original Language: Englishwww.nfb.ca/distribution

It began quietly enough, with a student protest against racism. But when riot police stormed the occupied ninth-floor computer room of the Hall Building at Sir George Williams University, it was clear that the turbulent 1960s had arrived.


PRODUCTIONNational Film Board of CanadaSelwyn JacobShirley Vercruysse



“Rocking the casbah: the gig of a lifetime that put Iranian women back on stage,” the Guardian. Sara Nafaji finesses her way through Iranian officialdom to stage a female concert


No Land’s SongAyat Najafi

Iran / France / Germany, 2014 color, HDcam, 58’Original Language: French/FarsiSubtitles: Englishwww.facebook.com/nolandssong

Since the revolution, women in Iran are banned from singing solo in public. Young composer Sara Najafi wants to organize a concert to bring back to the Iranian public the beauty of the female voice. Met by stern negativity and opposition by Iranian officialdom, she goes ahead anyway and invites singers Elise Caron, Jeanne Cherhal and Emel Mathlouthi from Paris to join her Iranian singers in Tehran for her public evening of song.

SALES / CONTACT:Robin BrinsterIllumina FilmsLeidsestraat 106-lll1017PG AmsterdamThe Netherlandstel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONHanfgarn & Ufer Film/TV ProductionGunter Hanfgarn

CO-PRODUCTION:CHAZ Productions – France

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:Al Jazeera – Not applicable, TV5 Monde – France

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Lampedusa: promised land or prison in the Mediterranean Sea? Through 2 unique adoption stories, we experience the search for freedom of both the Lampedusiani and its newcomers.


No Man Is an IslandTim De Keersmaecker

Belgium, 2015 color, HDcam, 72’/52’Original Language: Italian/ArabicSubtitles: French/English/Dutchwww.facebook.com/NoManIsAnIslandDocumentary

Doctor Bartolo found Omar, a 21-year-old Tunisian migrant stranded on Lampedusa’s coast. Despite the ongoing burden of death at sea, he offers Omar a family, a home and a job as an interpreter in the local detention centre.Around the same time also Adam, a 16-year-old from Ghana, is taken in by a hotelkeeper’s family and works as a valet. Both boys have been lucky. Or haven’t they?Lampedusa: promised land or prison in the Mediterranean Sea? Through 2 unique adoption stories, we experience the search for freedom of both the Lampedusiani and its newcomers.

SALES / CONTACT:Thierry DetailleVisible FilmRue Adolphe Lavallée 391080 BruxellesBelgiumtel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONCassette for TimescapesEmmy Oost

CO-PRODUCTION:Magellan Films – Belgium

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:VRT/CANVAS – Belgium



Catalogue No. 272Art / Music / Culture | Author’s Point of View | Nature / Environment

The Noise of TrainsEl ruido de los trenesCristian Saldía

Chile, 2015 color, video, 67’Original Language: SpanishSubtitles: Englishwww.cusicanquifilms.cl

Until the late 70s, one of the most important railway premises in the country operated in a small town called San Rosendo. Today, only two trains pass during the day, one in the morning and another in the afternoon. The film narrates what happens in the town between the trains passing: the activities the inhabitants have, the spaces they use and the routes they go over. Small gestures that show the relation between the man and the landscape in a place that is disappearing.

SALES / CONTACT:Catalina DonosoCusicanqui FilmsJosé Victorino Lastarria 394, dept.838320142 Santiago de ChileChiletel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONCusicanqui FilmsCatalina Donoso3 Tigres FilmsCristian Saldía

CO-PRODUCTION:Cusicanqui Films – Chile

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Bakur is a feature documentary about one side of the undeclared war going on in Turkey for decades: the PKK guerrillas.


NorthBakurCayan Demirel, Ertugrul Mavioglu

Turkey, 2015 color, HDcam, 92’Original Language: Kurdish/TurkishSubtitles: Englishwww.bakurfilm.com

Bakur is a feature documentary about one side of the undeclared war going on in Turkey for decades: the PKK guerrillas. What is their perception of state and justice? How do they manage to survive in the mountains? In search for answers Bakur introduces us to persons, who joined the resistance. It was the first time that a professional camera got ever access to the camps.Bakur’s forced removal from the Istanbul Film Festival’s program led to a censorship protest & cancellation of competitions.

SALES / CONTACT:Ayse CetinbasSurela FilmSinanpasa Köprüsü Sokak No:8 Güven Apt. D:2 BESIKTAS34353 IstanbulTurkeytel: 90 212 227 34 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONSurela FilmAyse Cetinbas



Antonio and Felisa are a couple of old people who have been together all their life. Their health is more fragile they are afraid of not being able watch their health.


Not All Is VigilNo todo es vigiliaHermes Paralluelo

Colombia / Spain, 2014 color, HDcam, 94’Original Language: SpanishSubtitles: English

Antonio and Felisa have been living together their whole life, in a little village of the province of Te-ruel. Now that their health is more fragile they are afraid of not being able to take care of each other. On the horizon the prospect of having to go into a retirement home appears as a threat. Not All Is Vigil portrays love in old age, tossing-and-turning nights due to the fear of loneliness, death and separation from the beloved. It portrays the fear of leaving one’s life in someone else’s hands and losing independence.

SALES / CONTACT:Uriel WisniaEl dedo en el ojoC/ París, 143. Local.08036 BarcelonaSpaintel: +34 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONEl dedo en el ojoUriel Wisnia

CO-PRODUCTION:Janus Films – Colombia

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Catalogue No. 275Investigative

November 84Novembre 84Stephan Parent

Canada, 2014 color, HDcam, 123’Original Language: FrenchSubtitles: English

The film respond to a detailed investigation on the tragedy occured on the first of november 1984. It attemps to establish police blunders and the system of justice. It focuses on the child murders of Maurice Viens, 4 years old, Denis Roux-Bergevin, 5 years old, Wilton Lubin, 12 years old, Tammy Leaky, 12 years old, Pascal Poulin, 10 years old, Marie-Ève Larivière, 12 years old; with Sébastien Métivier, 8 years old and Cédrika Provencher, 10 years old, missing, whose bodies have never been found, all cases are unsolved and possibly related to the same killer.

SALES / CONTACT:Stephan ParentSt-EustacheJ7P5N4 St-EustacheCanadatel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONUgo FredetteStephan Parent



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


Nuclear Nation IIFunahashi Atsushi

Japan, 2015 color, video, 52’/90’/114’Original Language: JapaneseSubtitles: English

Following the 2011 events and the first documentary Atsushi Funahashi directed, Nuclear Nation II analyses the evolution as of December 2014. It follows a new group of people exiled from Futaba, the region occupied by the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Nothing has changed yet for the refugees, away from their home like lost souls and still hoping to be compensated. Through their agonies and frustrations, the film unravels the cost of capitalism and nuclear energy.


PRODUCTIONBig River FilmsYoshiko Hashimoto

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A performance of Beethoven’s monumental Symphony No. 9 in a concert celebrating the 100th birthday of an extraordinary American hero, William H. Scheide. The Vienna Chamber Orchestra is featured.


Ode to JoyKaren McLaughlin


Ode to Joy is a full-length performance special designed for PBS featuring Beethoven’s monumental Symphony No. 9 “Choral,” with it’s famous Ode to Joy. John Lithgow Narrates. Mark Laycock conducts the Vienna Chamber Orchestra and the Westminster Choir. The concert took place in Alexander Hall, one of the most historic buildings at Princeton University. The occasion celebrated the 100th birthday of a remarkable, although private, American: William H. Scheide, scholar, musician, philanthropist, and champion of civil rights. Ode to Joy also tells the fascinating story of how this quiet American, born to extraordinary wealth, helped change America. USA is not available.

SALES / CONTACT:Michael ThorntonForward Entertainment125 East 87th Street, 15B10128 New YorkUSAtel: +1 212 300 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONPCK MediaEric Schultz



A 10 year investigation of a plane that tells the story of Human history, the love that has created, the leyend behind it, and the misterious life of this DC-3.

Catalogue No. 277Investigative | Human Interest / Social Issues | History

The Odyssey of Sister AnnDonald Soldini

India / England / USA / France / Cuba / Israel, 2015 color / black and white, video, 54’Original Language: EnglishSubtitles: Spanishwww.sisterannplane.wix.com/sisterannplane

The life of a plane that can tell the story of human history in the last century. Flew the second world war and the berlin airlift, it crashed in Japan by a mysterious premonition, it developed nuclear weapons in Israel, it was hijack from Cuba into the USA, it has it own living association and two movies have been made of this plane that still makes his own history. More than 10 years of investigation to solve the mystery of Sister Ann.

SALES / CONTACT:Donald SoldiniLame Duck Productions351 South Cypress Road St 310 Pompano Beach, Fl 33351 FloridaUSAtel: 954 973 6660www.sisterannplane.wix.com/[email protected]

PRODUCTIONLame Duck ProductionsDonald Soldini

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In 2000 we moved to my parents’ village in the countryside. At the time my mother was 80, my father 85. My documentary follows their painful journey over 12 years.


Old AgeLisbeths letzte ReiseThomas Carlé

Germany, 2015 color, HDcam, 80’Original Language: GermanSubtitles: English

In 2000 my wife and I moved to my parents’ village in the countryside. At the time my mother was 80, my father 85 and they needed help. My father, stricken by Alzheimer’s disease, had made a decision for himself. He chose the “short road” refusing any kind of medication. So he rapidly died during 2 or 3 weeks at home. That way was no option for my mother. She loved life too much and fought for every single day more. My documentary is a chronicle of their last ten years.

SALES / CONTACT:Thomas CarléThomas Carlé FilmproduktionLönsstraße 161250 UsingenGermanytel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONThomas Carlé FilmproduktionThomas Carlé



On one block in Athens GA, two communities steeped in history – one black, one white – struggle to keep their respective legacies relevant in a changing American South.


Old SouthDanielle Beverly

USA, 2015 color, HDcam, 54’Original Language: Englishwww.facebook.com/OldSouthFilm

Hope is 30 years old and fighting to save her historic African American neighborhood from encroachment by an elite white college fraternity, one known to fly a Confederate flag and hold an annual antebellum parade. In the aftermath of Ferguson, Baltimore, and now Charleston, everyone’s talking about race. But is it really so easy to speak openly and honestly? Or to change? Old South provides, through a quietly unfolding story, a window into the underlying dynamics of race relations that influence so many American communities. And ultimately inspires hope, reflection, and crucial steps forward. Danielle Beverly / Petunia Productions - World Rights, all territories (excluding North American broadcast), all rights;America ReFramed/World Channel - U.S. public television broadcast rights;Women Make Movies - North American Educational Distribution Rights

SALES / CONTACT:Danielle BeverlyPetunia Productions225 Eastern Parkway #4C11238 BrooklynUSAtel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONPetunia ProductionsDanielle Beverly

CO-PRODUCTION:Hiptruth Productions – USA

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Catalogue No. 532 Politics / Society

The Oligarchs’ Wives - Russia, Rubles, and LoveAlexander Gentelev, Viktoria Kurakova

Russia / Germany / Israel, 2015 color, HDcam, 52’/90’Original Language: RussianSubtitles: English

The dream of marrying rich can turn into a horrible nightmare, as some oligarchs’ wives have found out. Director Alexander Gentelev once again achieves amazing access to a hidden Russian world as he meets women before, during, and after their time as a trophy spouse. The film follows the stories of three individual women; Natalia, the ex-wife of billionaire Vladimir Potanin (the richest man in Russia), Alena, the former wife and wealthy co-owner of ‘Red Stars’, a major recording studio in Russia, and a country girl Maria, hoping for her own Cinderella story, and one day becoming the wife of a millionaire. Excluding Germany, France


PRODUCTIONSaxonia EntertainmentSimone BaumannSasha Klein ProductionsSasha Klein

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:YesDocu – Israel, ZDF/ARTE – Germany



Olmo and the Seagull is a journey through the labyrinth of an actress’s mind during the course of her pregnancy. .


Olmo and the SeagullOlmo et la mouettePetra Costa, Lea Glob

Denmark / Brazil, 2015 color, video, 82’Original Language: Spanish/FrenchSubtitles: Englishwww.olmoandtheseagull.com

Olmo and The Seagull is a mesmerising film about Olivia, the stage actress of Théâtre du Soleil and her partner Serge, during the course of her pregnancy. Finding out the limits of her own body she senses that the thin line between reality and the roles they play is swiftly disappearing. Overlying the past and present she is challenged with a new life philosophy, delivering her true self. Territories sold: Brazil, Portugal, France, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Italy and United States


PRODUCTIONBusca VidaTiago PavanZentropa EntertainmentChris Pedersen

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I fell in love with a pig


An Omnivorous Family’s Dilemmajap-sik-ga-jog-ui dil-le-maYun Hwang

South Korea, 2014 color, HDcam, 106’Original Language: KoreanSubtitles: Englishwww.cinemadal.com

When mass cull of livestock to put a stop to the foot-and-mouth disease is carried out in Korea, filmmaker Yun realizes that she has never seen a pig before, and decides to search for pigs. Yun finds a farm and names a piglet ‘Don-Soo’. As Yun develops a bond with the lovely pigs and acknowledges another side of the meat industry, she falls into a dilemma. Her awareness about eating meat begins to penetrate everyday level.

SALES / CONTACT:Hyejin LeeCinemaDAL5F,1-150,Dongsung-dong, Jongno-gu110809 SeoulSouth Koreatel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONCinemaDALKim Il-kwon



The movie about mysterious Russian soul


On the EdgeAnna Shishova

Russia, 2014 color, video, 49’Original Language: RussianSubtitles: English

On the edge of the village Ponazyrevo the local priest the Father Evgeniy organized “Rehab Center” to give the roof above the heads of people who have no way to go. How they live, about what they think and dream, what they feel, what helps them to survive? The movie On the Edge tries to give answers to all these questions.

SALES / CONTACT:Ellada BrotskayaGorky Film StudiosS. Ejzenshtejna str. 8129226 MoscowRussiatel: +7 499 181 60 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONGorky Film StudiosEllada Brotskaya

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In a remote village in western China, long-time primary school teacher Shen and newcomer volunteer Bao come into conflict. It’s a clash of generations: youth versus experience, trust versus suspicion.


On the Rim of the SkyMing Tian Hui Geng HaoHongjie Xu

China / Germany, 2014 color, HDcam, 100’/52’Original Language: ChineseSubtitles: English

Gulu is an idyllic village perched on the edge of a cliff in China’s Sichuan province. For 26 years, substitute teacher Shen has presided over the village’s primary school – that is, until young, idealistic volunteer teacher Bao appears on the scene. Bao is full of utopian visions, Che Guevara-inspired revolutionary ideas and Don Quixote fantasies. The teachers clash almost immediately over proposed improvements to the town and funds earmarked to build a new school. A story about intergenerational misunderstanding and disrespect and an epic take on the problems of outsider versus insider, youth versus experience and trust versus suspicion.


PRODUCTIONHongjie Xu



Betty and Noel Paul Stookey (Peter, Paul and Mary) explore the power of interfaith understanding, interweaving music and wisdom from many spiritual traditions/cultures. Produced by multi-Emmy® winner Jim Brown.


One Light, Many CandlesJim Brown

USA, 2015 color, video, 59’Original Language: Englishwww.onelightmanycandles.org

One Light, Many Candles explores and celebrates the global power of interfaith understanding. Created by Betty Stookey, and musician Noel Paul Stookey (of Peter, Paul and Mary), the program interweaves original songs by Noel with the wisdom of many spiritual traditions and cultures. The program shifts dynamically from the spoken word to the sung word and back again, with Betty reading and Noel singing. Produced and directed by the multi-Emmy® Award winning Jim Brown (Pete Seeger: The Power of Song, etc. )

SALES / CONTACT:Doug ZwickPop Twist Entertainment, Inc.8162 Manitoba Street, Suite 11590293 Playa del ReyUSAtel: +1 310 734 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONJim Brown ProductionsJim Brown

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A story of what happens when one ordinary man, Time magazine war correspondent Michael Ware, transplanted into the Middle East by the reverberations of 9/11, butts into history.

Catalogue No. 535History | Author’s Point of View | Politics / Society

Only the DeadBill Guttentag, Michael Ware

Australia, 2015 color, HDcam, 76’Original Language: English

Theatrical feature documentary Only the Dead is the story of what happens when one ordinary man, an Australian journalist transplanted into the Middle East by the reverberations of 9/11, butts into history. It is a journey that courses through the deepest recesses of the Iraq war, revealing a darkness lurking in his own heart. A darkness that he never knew was there.


PRODUCTIONOTD ProductionsPatrick McDonaldMichael Ware



A ‘true story’ told by supporters and opponents of the expansion of the port of Antwerp. 50 years of misery, without an end.


Oratorio Without a PurposeOratorium zonder doelManu Riche

Belgium, 2015 color, HDcam, 116’Original Language: DutchSubtitles: French/English

This ‘true story’ is told by supporters and opponents of the expansion of the port of Antwerp. A story of 50 years of misery, without an end. The actors of this many-voiced film tell, spit, shout, sing their stories against the background music by Walter Hus. A farmer ‘orates’ against the port manager, a senator gasps his last breath and vents his gall over the ‘big chiefs’ of Antwerp. Voices in context. No interviews, but long monologues competing against one another. The setting: the country that is slowly but certainly swallowed by a port full of containers.

SALES / CONTACT:Genevieve De BauwThank You & Good Night Productionsrue des Champs-Elysées 18 B, box 11050 BrusselsBelgiumtel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONRiche, Riche & RicheManu Riche

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:VRT - CANVAS – Belgium

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Oriented is a feature documentary exploring the lives of three gay Palestinian best friends confronting their national and sexual identity in Tel Aviv, Israel.


OrientedJake Witzenfeld

England / Israel, 2015 color, 35mm, 80’Original Language: Hebrew/Arabic/EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.orientedfilm.com

Oriented follows the lives of three Palestinian friends exploring their national and sexual identity in Tel-Aviv during the Israel-Gaza conflict of 2014. Khader is a Tel Aviv “darling” from a prominent Muslim mafia family living with his Jewish boyfriend, David, a local LGBT nightlife impresario, and their Dalmatian, Otis, in Tel Aviv. Khader is conflicted by his desire for change in the face of a seemingly hopeless situation. Fadi is an ardent Palestinian nationalist confronted by guilt-ridden Jewish love and Naeem must confront his family with the truth about his sexuality. Meanwhile, a war is brewing. . .

SALES / CONTACT:Jake WitzenfeldConch StudiosEilat 476684511 Tel AvivIsraeltel: +972(0)[email protected]

PRODUCTIONConch StudiosYoav Birenfeld



Rehman is an artist, comedian and philosopher. Mumbai’s last painter of posters works in an old Hindi cinema that struggles to survive. A delightful ode to life and the cinema.


Original CopyGeorg Heinzen, Florian Heinzen-Ziob

Germany, 2015 color, HDcam, 95’/52’Original Language: English/HindiSubtitles: German/Englishwww.originalcopyfilm.com

Sheikh Rehman is Mumbai’s last painter of film posters. His studio is an old Hindi film cinema. Here, Rehman is both artist, comedian and philosopher. But modernity is taking over and the audiences that have come in for generations are dwindling. With the theatre facing potential demolition, marketing has turned to more plastic movie posters replacing the need for Rehman’s original work. It’s a hopeless struggle but Rehman won’t give up . . . Original Copy is a delightful ode to life and the cinema. As Rehman says, movies are like life: “The reel keeps rolling, and the movie goes on. “


PRODUCTIONpolyphem FilmproduktionGeorg Heinzen

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A fascinating investigation into the legend of the masked singer, Orion.

Catalogue No. 285Investigative | Art / Music / Culture

Orion: The Man Who Would Be KingJeanie Finlay

England, 2015 color / black and white, video, 88’Original Language: English

Two years after the death of Elvis Presley, an independent record label began promoting a masked singer named Orion whose uncanny voice led many to believe ‘The King’ was still alive. The true story of that masked man is revealed in Jeanie Finlay’s wildly entertaining new film. Excluding United Kingdom, Israel (broadcast), North America


PRODUCTIONGlimmer FilmsJeanie Finlay

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:BBC – England, DBS – Israel



Curiosity brought Thomas Erdbrink to Iran and now he is living there as one of the last Western journalists in a country at odds with the rest of the world.


Our Man in TehranOnze man in TeheranRoel van Broekhoven

The Netherlands, 2015 color, video, 43’www.vpro.nl/programmas/onze-man-in-teheran.html

Curiosity brought Thomas Erdbrink (38) to Iran years ago, and now he’s married to an award-winning Iranian photographer and lives there as one of the last Western journalists in a country always at odds with the rest of the world. Our man in Teheran lives an exciting life, full of puzzles and obstacles. In Iran, where everything seems different than we thought, Thomas provides a unique insight into one of the last remaining isolated countries in the world.


PRODUCTIONVPRONicole Frints


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In our film, trash is fashion. It is the black conscience hidden behind the fashion industry’s radiant smile.


Out of FashionMoest väljasJaak Kilmi, Lennart Laberenz

Estonia, 2015 color, HDcam, 60’Original Language: EstonianSubtitles: English

We live in an era of global consumption where the speed of consumption keeps increasing. It’s no secret that the fashion industry is at the forefront of this consumerist rally. The result is a perishing environment and imperceptibly large amounts of waste. In our film, trash is fashion. It is the black conscience hidden behind the fashion industry’s radiant smile

SALES / CONTACT:Katrin KissaHomeless Bob ProductionTelliskivi 57-6810142 TallinnEstoniatel: +372 56 677 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONHomeless Bob ProductionKatrin Kissa




Paradise on EarthRaj na ziemiCecylia Malik


The film is an intimate record of a two-year friendship between Cecylia Malik, the film director and an artist from Krakow, and a homeless couple. The relationship started when Artur and Iwona invited the director to their wedding after which they continued to exchange experiences. The couple in love reveals a different world to the author, the city’s image she has not known so far, while the director invites the protagonists to participate in one of her artistic projects.


PRODUCTIONAkademia Multi ArtPiotr Lenar

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A Chinese investor buys the regional airport of Parchim in provincial north Germany to turn it into a hub for international cargo and passenger transport. Sheer megalomania or enviable drive and enthusiasm?


Parchim InternationalStefan Eberlein

Germany, 2015 color, HDcam, 90’/52’Original Language: German/ChineseSubtitles: English

In the small town of Parchim in northern Germany, a Chinese investor has bought a deserted military airport. He wants to create an international hub for air cargo transport – a new centre for global trade. Sheer megalomania or enviable drive and enthusiasm? A tragicomedy that takes a bitter look at the absurd reality of capitalism. Territories not available: Germany


PRODUCTIONLemme FilmKathrin Lemme

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:NDR - Norddeutscher Rundfunk – Germany



Recounting stories of several personal commitments, Passeurs outlines the key steps of an unprecedented mobilization, telling a story of AIDS which joins in with the wider field of social history.


PasseursPamela Varela

France, 2015 color, HDcam, 150’Original Language: English/French/BambaraSubtitles: English/Frenchwww.theopenreel.com/portfolio-item/passeurs/

The history of AIDS is part of social history, emphasizing more particularly the capacity of invention of associations and new modes of political action. We met famous people, characters, unknown people, and associative and political stakeholders in the United States, in France and in Africa. They tell how the AIDS virus made an intrusion into their lives and how they still defend today, commitments that are ever more important. AIDS can be considered as a generator, an initiator, a producer of new activism. Non exclusive contract

SALES / CONTACT:Cosimo SantoroThe Open Reelvia Gene’ 4 Torino10152 ItalyFrancetel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONAnanda ProductionsMichel DutheilPamela Varela

CO-PRODUCTION:SIDA:Fonds pour la Mémoire – France

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Patience, Patience You’ll Go To Paradise! is what North African women are repeatedly told to encourage them to put up with their lives without complaining... until one day they lose patience...

Catalogue No. 605Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society | Author’s Point of View

Patience, Patience You’ll Go To Paradise!Patience, patience, t’iras au paradisHadja Lahbib

Belgium / France, 2014 color, HDcam, 60’Original Language: Arabic/FrenchSubtitles: French/English/Dutch

Patience, Patience You’ll Go To Paradise! is the constant refrain heard by women who have never been given any choice. It’s a promise intended mainly to prevent them from complaining!One day in Morocco, Mina goes to a show for the first time in her life and discovers Tata Milouda. The encounter turns Mina’s life upside down.Inspired by this woman’s passion for freedom and autonomy, she is emboldened at last. She ventures outside her neighborhood and discovers the country where she’s lived for years.

SALES / CONTACT:Rita BoeySonumaBoulevard Raymond Poincaré, 154020 LiègeBelgiumtel: +32 2 737 43 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONLes Passeurs de LumièreHadja Lahbib

CO-PRODUCTION:Clair-obscur Productions – Belgium, RTBF – Belgium, ARTE France – France

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:RTBF – Belgium, ARTE France – France



Patient is not only the one who have the disease


PatientPacienteJorge Caballero

Colombia, 2015 color, video, 71’Original Language: SpanishSubtitles: Englishwww.pacientedoc.com

In Colombia, a country where the harsh health system requires its users to face absurd bureaucratic obstacles to access its services, Patient is not only the one who have the disease but also the one responsible for the daily struggle to ensure that his/her loved one receives all necessary needs. Nubia is a Patient, a mother who despite living with the anguish of losing her daughter by an aggressive cancer, firmly gets to overcome the labyrinths established by the Health System processes upon which depend the life of her daughter

SALES / CONTACT:Diana KarklinRise and ShineSchlesische Strasse 29/3010997 BerlinGermanytel: +49 39 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONGusano FilmsJorge CaballeroRosa Ramos

CO-PRODUCTION:Señal Colombia – Colombia

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:Señal Colombia – Colombia

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One child is kidnapped every day in Guatemala, a country with a rate of impunity of 98%.


The PawnLa prendaJean-Cosmes Delaloye

USA / Switzerland, 2015 color, video, 78’/52’Original Language: Spanish/EnglishSubtitles: English

Guatemalan teen Astrid was kidnapped and held for ransom. Her family paid and she was released, but the family still gets phone calls from her abductors, calling her a pawn and threatening to snatch her again. Desperate, she enters the U. S. illegally and faces deportation. In Guatemala, one person is kidnapped every day. Targets are frequently children who have family in the United States. Ninety-eight percent of the kidnappers are never punished. Swiss journalist and documentarian Jean Cosme Delaloye examines the problem of abductions for ransom by focusing on Astrid’s case, and two others.


PRODUCTIONTipi’mages ProductionsFrancine Lusser

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:RTS – Switzerland



A former sheriff will stop at nothing to confront the SWAT team he founded in the 1970s; the same SWAT team killed his son-in-law in 2008.

Catalogue No. 291Investigative | Politics / Society | Human Interest / Social Issues

Peace OfficerBrad Barber, Scott Christopherson

USA, 2015 color, video, 109’Original Language: Englishwww. peaceofficerfilm.com

Peace Officer is a feature documentary about the increasingly militarized state of American police as told through the story of William “Dub” Lawrence, a former sheriff who established and trained his rural state’s first SWAT team only to see that same unit kill his son-in-law in a controversial standoff 30 years later. Driven by an obsessed sense of mission, Dub uses his own investigative skills to uncover the truth in this and other recent officer-involved shootings in his community while tackling larger questions about the changing face of peace officers nationwide.

SALES / CONTACT:Scott ChristophersonPeace Officer LLC395 E. 100 N.84606 ProvoUSAtel: +011 608 628 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONPeace Officer LLCScott ChristophersonBrad Barber

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About the Basque sport of hand pelota. It revolves the relationship between the player and the ball, in a country where modern ways have not put paid to existential passions.


Pelota IIOlatz González Abrisketa, Jørgen Leth

Spain / Denmark, 2015 color, video, 71’Original Language: Basque/English/SpanishSubtitles: Englishwww.pelotaii.com

Thirty years after performing Pelota, the Danish filmmaker Jørgen Leth is back to Basque Country to film a new documentary about the game of pelota; this time together with the anthropologist Olatz Gonzalez Abrisketa. Olatz insists on something he had forgotten: “The ball is a living being. Each one is different from the rest and it has to be heard properly to recognize them.” The fascination to meet the personality of each ball is what makes possible Pelota II.

SALES / CONTACT:William MedinaBasque FilmsAv. Zumalakarregui 48 bajo48006 BilbaoSpaintel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONBasque FilmsCarlos Juárez

CO-PRODUCTION:Sunset Productions – Denmark

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:ETB – Spain



The Perfect Circle tells two love stories and the urge to find a meaning to life when death is around the corner.


The Perfect CircleIl cerchio perfettoClaudia Tosi

Slovenia / Italy / The Netherlands / England, 2015 color, video, 75’/52’Original Language: ItalianSubtitles: Englishwww.movimenta.it

Ivano and Meris are in a hospice for terminally ill persons, catching the last flashes of life. Meris runs in with her lovely husband and dreams to go back home to talk about silly thing, in the garden. Ivano kicks everyone out from his room under the patient look of his wife Carla. They are not going gently “into that good night”, but maybe no one ever goes away for good. “The perfect circle” tells two love stories and the urge to find a meaning to life when death is around the corner.

SALES / CONTACT:Heino DeckertDeckert DistributionMarienplatz 104103 LeipzigGermanytel: +49 (0) 341 215 66 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONMovimentaClaudia Tosi

CO-PRODUCTION:Cobos Films – The Netherlands, Petra Pan Film Production – Slovenia, Miafilm – England

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:Lichtpunt – Belgium

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Pervert Park concerns the people no one wants as a neighbor. It follows the everyday life of the sex offenders as they struggle to reintegrate into society.


Pervert ParkFrida Barkfors, Lasse Barkfors

Sweden / Denmark / Norway, 2014 color, HDcam, 52’/75’Original Language: EnglishSubtitles: English

The crimes committed by the residents range from misdemeanors to horrible acts unbearable to know of. The characters in Pervert Park are all fighting their own very different battles and demons. In this film they tell us their stories as they have never told them before. Pervert Park is a film about the people no one wants as a neighbor. It follows everyday life of the sex offenders in the park as they struggle to reintegrate into society, and tries to understand the offenders and how to end the circle of sex crimes being committed and lives destroyed. Excluding Israel/HSCC, Ireland, Australia, French speaking Switzerland, The Netherlands


PRODUCTIONDe AndraFrida Barkfors

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:DR – Denmark, SVT – Sweden, NRK – Norway, VGTV – Norway




PianoVita Maria Drygas

Poland, 2015 color, video, 45’Original Language: UkranianSubtitles: English

A piano rescued by a student of the conservatoire – which was meant to reinforce a barricade in the Ukrainian Euromaidan – became a participant in and symbol of the revolution. The instrument drew together the fates of the film’s protagonists, each of whom faced a different choice, in an attempt to occupy with dignity their due place in this dramatic conflict. The instrument turned out to be more dangerous than Molotov cocktails. . . The authorities called the players “piano extremists”.


PRODUCTIONDrygas ProductionMaciej Drygas


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Planetary is a provocative and breathtaking wakeup call, a cross continental, cinematic journey, that explores our cosmic origins and our future as a species.

Catalogue No. 295Experimental | Science / Technology | Nature / Environment

PlanetaryGuy Reid

England / USA, 2015 color, video, 85’/52’Original Language: Englishwww.cargofilm-releasing.com/home/films/planetary/

Before Greenpeace, this seminal moment in human history changed everything. . . In 1968, the biggest TV audience in history tuned in to watch the crew of Apollo 8 make its most important discovery in space: our planet. That voyage would result in the iconic, “Earthrise” image, driving home the powerful and simple ideas concerning our vulnerability in the universe and the interconnectedness of life on our planet. It is these grainy television images that would galvanize many and jumpstart the burgeoning environmental movement. Planetary does not bombard the viewer with facts and calls to action, but rather takes them on a cinematic journey to experience our world like never before. The film does for the young and old what other climate change films do not: spark awe and reflection. Official Selections SXSW, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Hot Docs and many others. Available in 4K. Excluding Korea, Israel, Canada, Sweden


PRODUCTIONPlanetary CollectiveChristoph FerstadSteve Watts Kennedy



Please Remember Me tells a story of an elderly couple living in Shanghai elegantly struggles with failing physical health and memory loss.


Please Remember MeQing Zhao

China, 2015 color / black and white, video/HDcam, 78’Original Language: ChineseSubtitles: Englishwww.lostandfoundfilmstudio.com

88-year-old Alzheimer’s patient Lou has forgotten everyone but her husband Feng, who has been her only caretaker for the past 10 years. At 87, Feng was diagnosed with a pancreas mass. The man who went through a life of hardship in good spirits finally bursts into tears. Before going to the hospital, he takes her out shopping and makes her pretty. Does it mean their time of separation is coming near? Can they still live a life with dignity and freedom? On the way home, they walk hand in hand as Lou says, “We are together no matter what.”

SALES / CONTACT:Violet Du FengLi Gao Wang Fu, East Li Hua Rd. Suite 5-7C101312 BeijingChinatel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONLost & Found Film StudioViolet Du Feng

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A phantasmagorical story about the personality cult of Josef Stalin, a figure of special importance in the director’s childhood.

Catalogue No. 297History | Author’s Point of View | Experimental

Plus Minus or Fly’s Trips to the EastPlus Minus czyli podróze muchy na WschódBogdan Dziworski

Poland, 2015 color, video, 40’Original Language: Russian/Polish/EnglishSubtitles: English

After 25 years of silence as an artist, Bogdan Dziworski makes a comeback with an extremely personal picture which is a journal of his journey to Georgia. Plus Minus or a Fly’s Trips to the East is a phantasmagorical story about the personality cult of Josef Stalin, a figure of special importance in the artist’s childhood. ‘A long time has passed since I decided to visit the leader’s homeland,’ comments the character off-screen.


PRODUCTIONPaisa FilmsMaciej Slesicki



Les Blank’s first feature-length documentary captures music and other events at Leon Russell’s Oklahoma recording studio during a three-year period (1972-1974).


A Poem Is a Naked PersonLes Blank

USA, 2015 color, 16mm, 90’Original Language: EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.lesblank.com

A Poem Is A Naked Person presents the beloved singer-songwriter and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Leon Russell as filmed by documentarian Les Blank between 1972 & 1974. Blank’s camera lets us into the world of Russell and his friends and fellow artists in and around his recording studio in NE Oklahoma, capturing intimate, off-the-cuff moments and combining them with mesmerizing scenes of Russell and his band performing live.

SALES / CONTACT:Harrod Blank10341 San Pablo Ave.94530 El CerritoUSAtel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONDenny CordellLeon Russell

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Portrait of Aida deals with the personal relationship that develops between the painter Guillermo Oyágüez Montero and the actress Aida Folch to do a portrait.

Catalogue No. 299Art / Music / Culture | Author’s Point of View

Portrait of AidaRetrato de AidaAntonio Gómez-Olea

Spain, 2014 color, video, 84’Original Language: SpanishSubtitles: English/French

Portrait of Aida deals with the personal relationship that develops between the painter Guillermo Oyágüez Montero and the actress Aida Folch over the course of more than a year, as they meet, session by session, to do a portrait.


PRODUCTIONMare FilmsAntonio Gómez-Olea



The belief in djinn is a little-known aspect of Islamic culture. The film follows the true story of Aya killed by her father who believed her to be possessed.

Catalogue No. 300Politics / Society | Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View

Possessed by DjinnDalia Al Kury

Jordan / Germany, 2015 color, HDcam, 52’/75’Original Language: ArabicSubtitles: English/French/Germanwww.deckert-distribution.com/film-catalogue/possessed-by-djinn/

The belief in demons, or “djinn”, is a little-known aspect of Islamic culture. In a subjective investigation of this controversial topic the film follows the true story of Aya, a four-year-old Jordanian girl killed by her father who believed her to be possessed. Investigating this case the director finds herself on a journey in an obscure world of traditions and ritual. Disturbing, yet intriguing encounters along the way, with both djinn exorcists and the possessed, reveal the contradictions of her society and ultimately force her to confront the fears and demons of her own.


PRODUCTIONLichtblick FilmproduktionLino Rettinger

CO-PRODUCTION:Kaynoona films – Jordan

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:ARTE France – France, ZDF – Germany

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Pulling Out All the Stops takes viewers through 10 days of musicianship and competition inspired by America’s “Gilded Age” at the inaugural Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition.


Pulling Out All the StopsEric Schultz


Pulling Out All the Stops takes viewers through 10 days of musicianship and competition inspired by America’s “Gilded Age” at the inaugural Longwood Gardens International Organ Competition in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. The one-hour documentary follows remarkable organists between the ages 18 and 30 from around the world, as they compete in June 2013 for the largest cash prize ever awarded in an organ competition. They also vie for a professional management contract as they keep a centuries-old musical tradition alive for a new generation.

SALES / CONTACT:Michael ThorntonForward Entertainment125 East 87th Street, #15B10128 New YorkUSAtel: +1 212 300 6677www.forward-entertainment.commthornton@forwardentertainment.us

PRODUCTIONPCK MediaEric Schultz



In Chile during the ‘60s, Quilapayún played the soundtrack of the revolution. But the world changed and so did they. Fallen dreams were not enough to abandon the music.

Catalogue No. 302History | Art / Music / Culture | Politics / Society

Quilapayún, Beyond the SongQuilapayún, más allá de la canciónJorge Leiva

Chile, 2015 black and white, HDcam, 73’Original Language: SpanishSubtitles: English

Quilapayun: Beyond the Song reviews the story of one of the most important Latin American musical groups, but places its perspective from within the lives of the musicians. A musical account along with unreleased archive material exposes this 50-year-long process, making this documentary a road-movie that moves back and forth between time. And it’s not only the musician’s process, but also an entire generation that continues to dream that a different world is possible, but that must live in this one, but in spite of their disappointments, they have renewed their convictions.

SALES / CONTACT:Paula TalloniPalenque ProduccionesJuan Moya 425, Ñuñoa7760181 SantiagoChiletel: +56 2 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONPalenque ProduccionesPaula Talloni

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Can one day shape the rest of your life?

Catalogue No. 542Politics / Society | Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth

Reach for the SKYWooyoung Choi, Steven Dhoedt

Belgium / South Korea, 2015 color, video, 90’Original Language: KoreanSubtitles: Englishwww.reachfortheskydoc.com

Every year, on the 2nd Thursday of November, the entire country of South-Korea is put to the test.That day, more than half a million senior high school students take part in the National University Exam, better known as Suneung. Reach for the Sky tells the story of several South-Korean high school students, their families and teachers, as they prepare for the annual National Exam. The exam will not only determine where the high school seniors will attend university but ultimately also their status in the Korean hierarchical society.


PRODUCTIONVisualanticsSteven DhoedtBODA Media GroupSinae Ha

CO-PRODUCTION:BODA Media Group – South Korea

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:ZDF/ARTE – Germany, Canvas (VRT) – Belgium, YLE – Finland



Rebellious City shows how a small group of young people in the Amsterdam of the Sixties provoked authority with anarchist élan and happenings, drove the police and mayor to despair, gave young people their own voice and changed The Netherlands forever.

Catalogue No. 304Politics / Society | History | Youth

Rebellious CityRebelse stadWilly Lindwer

The Netherlands, 2015 color / black and white, DCP/video/dvd, 120’Original Language: DutchSubtitles: Englishwww.rebelsestad.nl

Rebellious City shows how a small group of young people in the Amsterdam of the Sixties provoked authority with anarchist élan and happenings, drove the police and mayor to despair, gave young people their own voice and changed The Netherlands forever. Unintentionally, Provo became the mouthpiece of the desire for change. The documentary revives that period during which post-war youths were tired of being tied to the apron strings of the church, the authorities and their parents.

SALES / CONTACT:Frank van ReemstDoc Eye Filmvan Hallstraat 521051 HH AmsterdamThe Netherlandstel: +31 20 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONDoc Eye FilmFrank van Reemst

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A group of school-dropouts are given a new chance to get back on track. Will they take it, or will their old life grab them back?


RebelsPøblerKari Anne Moe

Norway, 2015 color, video, 90’Original Language: NorwegianSubtitles: Englishwww.pobler.no

Jan Olav (24) has dyslexia and spent his years in school fighting with the teachers. Kelly (19) was bullied and Maylen (24) has ADHD. Jakob (25) loves alcohol more than schoolwork. They are selected to a training course that is set to get them back on track. Jan Olav is the main-character. His story shows us how hard it can be to change how you look upon yourself, and grab a life-changing opportunity. If everyone expects you to cause trouble, the result might be just that. Sold Rights:Cinema distribution - Benelux, Nordic countriesTV - Norway, Sweden, Finland

SALES / CONTACT:Gudmundur GunnarssonFugleneThorvald Meyers gate 2a0555 OsloNorwaytel: +47 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONFugleneGudmundur GunnarssonTherese Naustdal

CO-PRODUCTION:HazazaH Pictures – The Netherlands

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:NRK – Norway, YLE – Finland, UR – Sweden



Catalogue No. 404

Remember This HouseRaoul Peck

France / USA, 2016 color, DCP, 90’Original Language: English

North-American writer James Baldwin (1924-1987) struggles to re-frame the story of race in America today through the lives of his friends: Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. Sold Rights: Public TV rights for France, Germany and the USA

PRODUCTIONVelvet FilmRémi GrelletyRaoul Peck

ROUGH CUT PROJECT

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In the heart of a breathless Eldorado, everyone tries to pick up the debris of a world that seems forever lost.

Catalogue No. 544Politics / Society | Human Interest / Social Issues | Nature / Environment

Remember Your Name, BabylonDiurno DolienteMarie Brumagne, Bram Van Cauwenberghe

Belgium, 2015 color, video, 77’Original Language: Berber/ArabicSubtitles: French/Englishwww.rocky-estrella.be

Between the corridors of greenhouses in a plastic-covered world grow small shantytowns, home to men and women who have crossed the sea looking for a better life. In the heart of this Eldorado that has run out of steam, they are trying to reassemble the debris of a world that seems to be lost forever. The days pass, waiting for news of documents and work that are slow to come. The rhythm of daily gestures hooks people back into the flow of time, strangling their anger.

SALES / CONTACT:Bram Van CauwenbergheRocky&EstrellaRue Gachard, 8, bte 21050 BrusselsBelgiumtel: +32 496 18 54 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONRocky&EstrellaMarie BrumagneBram Van Cauwenberghe



Through artful forging, the famous German illustrator and animator, Werner Klemke helped to save hundreds of Jews during his army time in The Netherlands during WWII.

Catalogue No. 307History | Art / Music / Culture | Human Interest / Social Issues

Rendezvous at ErasmusAnnet Betsalel

The Netherlands, 2015 color, video, 98’Original Language: English/Dutch/GermanSubtitles: Englishwww.go2films.com/New-Releases/Rendezvous-at-Erasmus

Recently an amazing story was discovered in the archives of a Jewish community in Holland: Through a chance meeting, two German soldiers- both artists - saved hundreds of Dutch Jews from the Nazis during World War II. Gerhardt sadly fell in battle in 1944, but Werner Klemke returned to East-Berlin, in the former GDR and made a career as a world famous illustrator – with a little help of his Dutch resistance friends. Germany - for theatrical rights and TV rights is not available


PRODUCTIONMezzo ProdJuan Morales Calvo

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:AT1 Amsterdam – The Netherlands, RBB – Germany

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20 years after Manufacturing Consent and 10 years after The Corporation, Noam Chomsky now dissects American democracy.


Requiem for the American DreamPeter Hutchison, Kelly Nyks, Jared P. Scott


20 years after Manufacturing Consent and 10 years after The Corpration, Noam Chomsky now dissects American democracy - relevant to societies worldwide as American economic and cultural trends take root globally. Requiem stands as the ultimate synthesis of Chomsky’s extraordinary insights and perceptions.


PRODUCTIONNaked City FilmsPeter HutchisonPF PicturesKelly Nyks



The film portrays the strange and stressful life in a small “nuclear town” in Finland during an era of nuclear renaissance.

Catalogue No. 546Politics / Society | Human Interest / Social Issues | Nature / Environment

Return of the AtomJussi Eerola, Mika Taanila

Finland / Germany, 2015 color, HDcam, 110’Original Language: German/French/Russian/Polish/English/FinnishSubtitles: German/French/Englishwww.deckert-distribution.com/film-catalogue/return-of-the-atom/

Finland was the first country in the west to give permission to build a new nuclear power plant after the Chernobyl disaster. The OL3 plant in Eurajoki was supposed to be ready after five years in 2009, being a calling card for nuclear industry’s second coming globally. However, the project has faced serious problems in planning, construction and safety automation and is delayed over nine years at the moment. The film portrays the strange and stressful life in a small “nuclear town” during an era of nuclear renaissance.


PRODUCTIONBlinker FilmproduktionMeike MartensKinotarLasse Saarinen

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:YLE – Finland, WDR – Germany, ZDF – Germany, ARTE France – France

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1967: The Summer of Love. But in Newark, New Jersey, there was only strife. See how one city spent 50 years trying to recover from its worst week ever.


RiotKevin McLaughlin

USA, 2015 color / black and white, video, 83’Original Language: Englishwww.riotthefilm.com

Riot is a documentary film that chronicles the city of Newark, New Jersey and the ways it was affected by the riots that took place there in the summer of 1967. While the rioting killed 26 people, countless others were affected in many ways. In the end, this is a story of how a city survives, and how its residents strive to move on after a tragedy. With recent events in Baltimore in the US, in Egypt, Ukraine, and elsewhere, this film’s message is more timely than ever.

SALES / CONTACT:Kevin McLaughlinStumpsfilm, LLC1253 Springfield Avenue, Suite 11107974 New ProvidenceUSAtel: +1 908 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONStumpsfilm, LLCKevin McLaughlin



Road To Recovery takes an in-depth look at what is being done to help victims make the transition back to some kind of civilized normality.


Road to RecoveryNic Penrake

England, 2015 color, HDcam, 30’Original Language: Englishwww.nicpenrakeandassociates.com/road-to-recovery/

Many films have dealt with the criminal activities of sex traffickers and the profound devastation they inflict on trafficked people and their families, but very little is known about how the victims who finally extricate themselves from these enslaved existences manage to put their lives back together again.

SALES / CONTACT:Nic PenrakeNic Penrake & Associates113 Swinderby Road, Wembley, MiddlesexHA0 4SE LondonEnglandtel: +447779102348www.nicpenrakeandassociates.comnic@nicpenrakeandassociates.com

PRODUCTIONNic Penrake & AssociatesNic Penrake

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From comfort zone to red zone: Laura, the filmmaker crosses the line between observer and participant in a tale of music and romance on the frontlines of a never-ending war.

Catalogue No. 311Author’s Point of View | Art / Music / Culture | Politics / Society

Rock in the Red ZoneLaura Bialis

USA / Israel, 2014 color, video, 87’Original Language: English/HebrewSubtitles: Englishwww.go2films.com/Middle-East/Rock-in-the-Red-Zone

On the edge of Israel’s Negev Desert lies Sderot, a city of factory workers and rock musicians, the children of refugees from North Africa and the Middle East. Despite being pummeled for years by homemade missiles, the people of Sderot persevere. In underground bomb shelters, they create unique rhythms that have transformed Israeli music, injecting Middle Eastern influences into traditional Western beats. Searching for a story about music, filmmaker Laura Bialis stumbles into a world she never imagined. Crossing the line between observer and participant, she presents a tale of music and romance on the frontlines of a never-ending war.


PRODUCTIONFoundation for Documentary ProjectsLaura Bialis



An elderly couple all alone in a final standoff with the local authorities to maintain their lifestyle in Roshmia; the last natural valley in Haifa.


RoshmiaSalim Abu Jabal

United Arab Emirates / Qatar / Palestine / Syria / Lebanon, 2014 color, HDcam, 70’Original Language: ArabicSubtitles: French/Italian/Korean/Englishwww.facebook.com/RoshmiaTheFilm

Yousef and Amna (80s) live in a shack all alone since 1965 in a life of serenity; far away from the loudness of novelty. Life remains quiet in Roshmia until the local authorities endorse a new road project and orders to confiscate the land, demolish the shack and throw out its inhabitants. A friend tries to secure a compensation but the shack is Yousef’s home that he insists on keeping. Negotiations continue and tension grows among the three and, besides the physical displacement and despair they are nearly facing, Yousef and Amna are about to go on separate ways.

SALES / CONTACT:Salim Abu JabalBoujabel Productions9 Almontazah St, PO Box 102102 RamallahPalestinetel: +970595508001 / +972526888180www.facebook.com/[email protected]

PRODUCTIONBoujabel ProductionsSalim Abu Jabal

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Modern take on the real war what is between dreams and tradition.

Catalogue No. 548Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society | Art / Music / Culture

Rough StageKarmil pinnalToomas Järvet

Estonia / Palestine, 2015 color, video, 74’Original Language: ArabicSubtitles: English

Maher, a former political prisoner, an electrical engineer by profession, but an artist at heart, is a man who starts a quest against the society in order to stage the first original contemporary dance performance in Palestinian history. To do so he must overcome several obsticles – time, money, insured dancer, his disapproving family and friends, and cultural norms. Set in today’s most contested location, Maher’s story is at once a parable about a society in conflict, and a modern take on - and inversion of - “The Jazz Singer,” where the real war is between dreams and tradition.

SALES / CONTACT:Eero TalvistuExitfilmMadala 110313 TallinnEstoniatel: +372 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONKinotehnikTõnis LiivamägiExitfilmEero Talvistu




Roundabout in My HeadFi rassi rond-pointHassen Ferhani

Algeria / France / Lebanon / Qatar, 2015 color, video, 140’Original Language: ArabicSubtitles: English

In the largest slaughterhouse in Algiers, men live and work in closed to the throbbing rhythms of their tasks and their dreams. Hope, bitterness, love, paradise and hell, the football stories as of the Chaabi and Rai melodies that set their lives and their world.

SALES / CONTACT:Pascale Ramonda10 rue de la république13005 MarseilleFrancetel: +33 6 51 60 29 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONAllers Retours FilmsNarimane Mari

CO-PRODUCTION:Centrale Electrique – France

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The vastness of man is a place suspended in time, bordered by sky, land, river and sea.

Catalogue No. 313Author’s Point of View | Art / Music / Culture | Nature / Environment

Running WatersDas águas que passamDiego Zon

Brazil, 2015 color, HDcam/video, 23’Original Language: PortugeseSubtitles: Spanish/English

Running Waters is a short film version (23’) from the observational Waters (26’), the first episode of Dwellers. This documentary series focus on the relation between men and places. In a poetic and observational way, the viewer is led to experience the intense interaction of man with the world.

SALES / CONTACT:Djanira BravoRua Dr. Jose Vieira Tatagiba, n8929500000 AlegreBraziltel: +55 28 99946-3994vimeo.com/[email protected]

PRODUCTIONDjanira Bravo



Cheerleader Ruth has been selected for the competing team within the club “Twisters”. She loves cheerleading for its physical demands and team spirit, but struggles with prejudices toward her sport.


RuthSport Kids - RuthHanna Heilborn

Sweden / Norway / Denmark, 2015 color, video, 25’Original Language: Swedish/EnglishSubtitles: English

Swedish cheerleader Ruth has been selected for the competing team within the club “Twisters”. She loves cheerleading for its physical demands and great team spirit, but struggles with prejudices toward her sport. Ruth’s family is ambivalent towards her choice of sport, but fully support her on her way to the national championships.


PRODUCTIONStory ABMalin Hüber

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An inspiring feature documentary about an American theater professor’s controversial Production of Romeo & Juliet in post-genocide Rwanda.


Rwanda & JulietBen Proudfoot

USA, 2015 color, video, 88’Original Language: EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.rwandaandjuliet.com

Rwanda & Juliet follows eccentric Dartmouth professor Andrew Garrod to Kigali, Rwanda, where he mounts Romeo & Juliet with a cast of students from Hutu and Tutsi backgrounds, twenty years after the Genocide. The cast of young Rwandans have stories as emotionally rich as those of the characters they are portraying. Garrod believes the parallels between Shakespeare’s tragedy and the events of the Genocide will serve as the foundation for reconciliation, but his Western perception is met with scrutiny, and potential mutiny. The result is a moving myriad of hopes and heartbreak, as cultures collide, and opening night draws closer.

SALES / CONTACT:Ben ProudfootBreakwater Studios4655 Kingswell Avenue90027 Los AngelesUSAtel: +1 323 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONBreakwater StudiosAndrea BatistaBen Proudfoot



Despite the global outrage, hundreds of Westerns come to South Africa every year to kill wild animals. In this film, we investigate the safari tourism industry

Catalogue No. 314Nature / Environment | Investigative

Safari Tourism: Paying to KillChasse: main basse sur la savaneOlivia Mokiejewski

France, 2015 color, HDcam, 52’Original Language: French/EnglishSubtitles: English

When King Juan Carlos paid an estimated $60,000 to kill an elephant in Botswana, it caused a major political scandal. The recent shooting of Cecil of the Lion provoked headlines all over the world. But despite the global outrage, hundreds of Westerns come to South Africa every year to kill wild animals. In this film, we investigate the safari tourism industry. For 15,000 euros, you can shoot a lion. A rhinoceros is 80,000 euros. Sometimes you can even choose the size and color of the animal …


PRODUCTIONMagneto PresseMarc Berdugo

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:Canal + – France

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When the future arrives to Bolivia’s vast, secluded salt flat, the region’s destiny is unearthed and a young salt gatherer becomes the last link between old world and new.


SaleroMike Plunkett

USA / Bolivia, 2015 color, video, 76’Original Language: SpanishSubtitles: Englishwww.salerofilm.com

The planet’s largest salt flat, Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni, is an otherworldly expanse of white. For generations, the only signs of life have been the “saleros” who harvest salt from its radiant surface. The secluded region is thrust into the future when Bolivia embarks on a plan to extract a precious mineral from the Salar and to build an infrastructure that will connect it to the modernized world. Salero is a poetic journey through the eyes of Moises, one of the last remaining salt gatherers, whose story explores how identity is formed by both tradition and progress.


PRODUCTIONCinereachAndrew Goldman



In October 2011, Japanese company Olympus, dismissed its CEO, British-born Michael Woodford, for blowing the whistle on the 1.7 billion dollar fraud the company had kept secret for two decades.


Samurai and Idiots: The Olympus AffairHyoe Yamamoto

Japan / France, 2015 color, HDcam, 75’Original Language: French/EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.pointdujour-international.com

The Olympus scandal remains one of the most polarizing and mystifying corporate scandals in the world. It also tells the story of the ultimate East-West cultural showdown where different sets of values collided. In Oct. 2011, Olympus Corporation, a multi-billion dollar Japanese optical company, suddenly dismissed its president and CEO, British-born Michael Woodford after 6 months into his tenure…for blowing the whistle on the 1. 7 billion dollar fraud that the company had been keeping secret for more than 20 years. But Woodford’s relentless appeal for truth eventually led to arrests of the top three executives of the company…Territories no longer available: Japan, France, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, UK, Norway, Canada (Engl.)

SALES / CONTACT:Doris WeitzelPoint du Jour International23 rue de Cronstadt75015 ParisFrancetel: +33 (0) 1 75 44 80 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONPoint du Jour InternationalLuc Martin-Gousset

CO-PRODUCTION:Vesuvius – Japan

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:ARTE/ZDF – Germany, BBC – England, SVT – Sweden, Danmarks Radio – Denmark

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Award-winning filmmakers were given unique access to the international motorcycle gang Satudarah and capture not only the violence embedded within its culture but also the more fragile side of its members.


Satudarah - One BloodJoost van der Valk

The Netherlands, 2015 color, video, 77’/55’Original Language: DutchSubtitles: Englishwww.nposales.com/satudarah-one-blood

International motorcycle gang Satudarah frequently makes the headlines in Holland, Spain, Germany and Indonesia because of alleged criminal activities. The club is also said to be at war with the Hell’s Angels. Like with all outlaw motor gangs, the secretive world of Satudarah is notoriously difficult to enter. EMMY- and BAFTA-winning filmmakers Joost van der Valk and Mags Gavan were given unique access to the club. Their film shows not only the violence embedded within its culture but also the more fragile side of its members.


PRODUCTIONDe Familie Film & TVMonique Busman




Sivan recruits his addicted family and sets out on a mission to quit smoking, and save Uncle Jacob whose life is in danger...


Saving Uncle JacobLehatzil et Dod YakovSivan Shtivi

Israel, 2015 color, HDcam, 71’/52’Original Language: HebrewSubtitles: Englishwww.cinemax-prod.co.il

Sivan – the Director - wants to quit smoking with his Uncle Jacob, a heavy smoker whose life’s in danger, and decides to recruit the entire addicted family. . .But the spontaneous plan to quit cigarettes, rapidly twists into an eventful and layered story. The painful memories of Sivan’s father’s suicide inevitably creep up on him, as he himself is about to become a father. And while they repeatedly attempt to quit, Jacob’s health continues to deteriorate. This tragic-comic film shares the story of a smoking, loving, self-destructive family, as they reach out to smokers everywhere - active or passive. . .

SALES / CONTACT:Michael TrevesJMT Films Distribution9 Haavoda St., Apt. 33.6382110 Tel AvivIsraeltel: +372 8136 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONCinemax ProductionsDavid Noy

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:YesDocu – Israel, Radio Canada – France

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Say Something is a coming of age documentary where the young person’s teenage years has been characterized by witnessing violence.


Say SomethingÅsa Ekman

Sweden / Norway, 2015 color, HDcam, 58’/74’Original Language: SwedishSubtitles: Englishwww.saysomethingdoc.org

Isabell grew up witnessing her mother’s boyfriend beating her mother. Say Something is a coming of age documentary where the young person’s teenage years has been characterized by witnessing violence. We follow the relationship between daughter and mother as they struggle not only to communicate but also to understand and forgive. Will her mother listen, and will they be able to reconcile?


PRODUCTIONFilm and TellOscar Hedin

CO-PRODUCTION:Giljotin AS – Norway, Åsa Ekman Film – Sweden

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:UR – Sweden, VGTV – Norway, DR – Denmark, C More – Sweden



An intimate look at the private life of a couple, Scenes from a Divorce explores the reasons behind Maryam and Bashoo’s decision to end their marriage and continue living together.


Scenes from a DivorceSahnehaie Az Yek TalaghShirin Barghnavard, Mohammad Reza Jahanpanah

Iran, 2015 color, video/HDcam, 73’Original Language: PersianSubtitles: English

After eight years of marriage, Maryam and Bashoo decide to get a divorce. But to keep their families from finding out, they continue to live together. In a society as traditional and religious as Iran, living together as an unmarried couple is not only illegal but also seen by many as a sin. An intimate yearlong look at the private life of a modern Iranian couple, Scenes from a Divorce explores the reasons behind Maryam and Bashoo’s decision to end their marriage and continue living together.

SALES / CONTACT:Shirin BarghnavardKoocheh FilmUnit 2, No 5, Hamid Dead End, 17th St, Sanaie St, Karimkhan Ave1586677713 TehranIrantel: +98 21 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONKoocheh FilmShirin BarghnavardMohammad Reza Jahanpanah

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Scouts portrays teenagehood through a gender-mixed scouts camp.


ScoutsEclaireursChristophe Hermans


Damien, Camille, Thomas, François, Maureen and the others. . . About 15 teenagers between the age of 12 and 15. They all belong to a scouts group in Belgium. Like each year, they get ready to go to summer camp. Through their experiences, Scouts portrays the teenage years with their joys and sorrows, their dreams and first disenchantments.

SALES / CONTACT:Mathieu PereiraFraKas ProductionsRue des Ixellois, 34000 LiègeBelgiumtel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONFraKas ProductionsJean-Yves RoubinCassandre Warnauts



On board the merchant marine ship African Forest, the young seamen in search of good pay, face the reality and isolation of life on the oceans, far from home.


Sea Is My CountryLa mer est mon royaumeMarc Picavez

France, 2015 color, HDcam, 52’Original Language: EnglishSubtitles: French/Englishwww.pointdujour-international.com

Andrei, Ramil, Wendel and their friends are sailors on the African Forest, a cargo ship ferrying precious goods between Africa and Europe.Cosmopolitan, resourceful young men from the Ukraine, the Philippines, from Ghana or Trinidad, enticed by the slogan “See the world for free” and the promise of a job! For 10 months, the film follows these new globalised sailors across the oceans while they gain experience and cope with the isolation. They communicate in “Globish”, a sort of scattered, heavily accented English and look towards Andrei, the “chief mate” from the Ukraine, a central figure on board…Excluding France, Germany

SALES / CONTACT:Doris WeitzelPoint du Jour International23 rue de Cronstadt75015 ParisFrancetel: +33 (0) 1 75 44 80 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONLes Films du BalibariEstelle Robin You


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A freedom fighter who used stories as weapons: meet Ousmane Sembene, the father of African cinema.

Catalogue No. 555Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture | Author’s Point of View

Sembene!Jason Silverman

USA / Senegal, 2015 color / black and white, video, 82’Original Language: English/FrenchSubtitles: English

In 1952, Ousmane Sembene, a Senegalese dockworker and fifth-grade dropout, began dreaming an impossible dream: to become the storyteller for a new Africa. This true story celebrates how the “father of African cinema,” against enormous odds, fought a monumental, 50-year-long battle to give Africans a voice.


PRODUCTIONSamba GadjigoJason Silverman



Catalogue No. 556Human Interest / Social Issues | Science / Technology

SempervirensRaphaël Dubach

Switzerland, 2015 color, video, 46’Original Language: FrenchSubtitles: English

Since he fell off his bike, Mr. Jacot hasn’t been himself; in fact he isn’t really anybody. The brain damage he sustained in the fall means his existence is reduced to the bare minimum of consciousness. He is treated at the acute neurorehabilitation centre at the CHUV by a group of highly specialized therapists. He begins a long journey, structured by the regular rhythm of these therapies, where he has to learn how to use his body again and to re-establish his personality.

SALES / CONTACT:Jean Guillaume SonnierECAL - Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne5 avenue du temple1020 RenensSwitzerlandtel: +41 21 316 92 33www.ecal.ch/fr/100/[email protected]

PRODUCTIONECAL - Ecole cantonale d’art de LausanneLionel Baier

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At the height of his culinary career, Master chef Sergio Herman feels he needs to let go of his 3-star restaurant Oud Sluis in order to fulfill his dreams.


Sergio Herman, FUCKING PERFECTWillemiek Kluijfhout

The Netherlands, 2015 color, video, 80’Original Language: English/DutchSubtitles: Englishwww.fortissimofilms.com

For 25 years, 3- Michelin-star chef Sergio Herman strives for perfection. At the height of his culinary career, Sergio decided that in order to further pursue his dreams; he must close his famous restaurant Oud Sluis. This documentary is an honest and intimate portrait that shows the struggles of a man in transition. It exposes how Sergio deals with the existential questions and doubts that many of us identify with in life. Sergio Herman, FUCKING PERFECT is an intense story of perfectionism, ambition and sacrifice.

SALES / CONTACT:Nelleke DriessenFortissimo FilmsVan Diemenstraat 1001013 CN AmsterdamThe Netherlandstel: +31 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONTrueworks, Inc.Reinette van de Stadt





Seven Songs for a Long LifeAmy Hardie

Scotland, 2015 color, HDcam, 82’/60’Original Language: Englishwww.sevensongsfilm.com

How did it happen? A movie about six hospice patients which you just want to keep watching! Funny, touching and passionate in their enjoyment of life. And they sing. A great score by Mark Orton leads us through one of the key issues of our age: medicine has recently changed our relationship with fatal disease: we can now live for years, rather than months, after a terminal diagnosis. Sometimes. How do we cope with this uncertainty? The documentary cast are quirky, wry front-runners in a journey that we will all face. Excluding UK, Finland

SALES / CONTACT:Sonja HenriciScottish Documentary Institute78 West PortEH1 2LE EdinburghScotlandtel: +44 131 651 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONScottish Documentary InstituteSonja Henrici

CO-PRODUCTION:Hard Working Movies – USA, Amy Hardie Productions – Scotland

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:YLE – Finland, BBC – Scotland

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A journey to Transylvania following the footsteps of Vald III the Impaler, the historical figure behind the legendary Count Dracula.

Catalogue No. 324Art / Music / Culture | Human Interest / Social Issues | History

Shedding Light on DraculaUn po’ di luce su DraculaAndrea Canetta

Switzerland, 2015 color, HDcam, 45’Original Language: Romanian/ItalianSubtitles: Englishwww.rsi.ch/la1/programmi/cultura/storie/documentari/Un-po%E2%80%99-di-luce-su-Dracula-3112237.html

Who is the historical figure behind the legend of Dracula, the father of all vampires? This documentary takes its cue from an old manuscript preserved in the library of St. Gallen, narrating the life of Vlad III the Impaler (1431-1477), whose name Dracula, meaning son of the Dragon, derives from the Order founded by Emperor Sigismund in his fight against heretics and Ottoman Turks. The search will take the viewer to the cradle of the son of the Dragon itself: Transylvania.


PRODUCTIONRSI Radiotelevisione SvizzeraLuca Jäggli




A shocking revelation of the environmental impact of harmful emissions and waste from increased shipping on the Baltic Sea.

Catalogue No. 325Nature / Environment | Investigative | Politics / Society

Shipping PollutionHotet på havetFolke Rydén

Sweden, 2015 color, HDcam, 54’Original Language: Swedish/EnglishSubtitles: English

Every day and night, thousands of commercial vessels traffic the Baltic Sea, belching out harmful exhaust fumes and dumping sewage water into the fragile ecosystem. Gigantic floating cities with thousands of inhabitants. All of them eating and drinking – and producing huge amounts of sewage and toilet water. But instead of using port facilities the cruise ships dump their toilet water straight into the sea. Shipping has impaired the Baltic Sea environment and its 90 million citizens to an extent that most people are unaware of. Excluding Sweden, Finland, Norway

SALES / CONTACT:Jan DaaeDR Danish Broadcasting CorporationDR Byn0999 CopenhagenDenmarktel: T +45 3520 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONFRP ABFolke Rydén

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Director Benedikt Erlingsson takes us back to the days when the most outlandish, skillful and breathtaking acts traveled the world.

Catalogue No. 326History | Art / Music / Culture

The Show of Shows: 100 years of Vaudeville, Circuses and CarnivalsBenedikt Erlingsson

Iceland / England, 2015 color / black and white, HDcam, 72’Original Language: English

Roll Up, Roll Up for an unforgettable experience! This film tells the story of itinerant circus performers, cabaret acts and vaudeville and fairground attractions. In this film, rarities and never-before seen footage of fairgrounds, circus entertainment, freak shows, variety performances, music hall and seaside entertainment are chronicled from the 19th and 20th century. We will see early shows that wowed the world and home movies of some of the greatest circus families. Excluding Iceland, Former Yugoslavia


PRODUCTIONCrossover LabsMark Atkin



The floating hospital crisscrosses the Siberian North bringing medical care to the remotest rural outposts.


Siberian Floating HospitalTatiana Soboleva

Russia, 2015 color, HDcam, 52’/93’Original Language: RussianSubtitles: Englishwww.deckert-distribution.com/film-catalogue/siberian-floating-hospital/

When the Siberian winter releases its grip every year in May, twenty doctors, mostly women, board a special ship - a floating hospital, leaving their families behind. The ship crisscrosses the Siberian North, bringing medical care to the remotest rural outposts. Locals wait for this ship, for them the doctors are heralds from the big world. And for the doctors it’s an adventure that alters them and that many of them have become addicted to.


PRODUCTIONEthnofundVlad Ketkovich

CO-PRODUCTION:Format TV – Russia

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A poetic documentary about a brother-and-sister couple, Magnar and Oddny who live like many Norwegians did 50 years ago. Far from wealthy but close to the nature surrounding them.


Siblings Are ForeverSøsken til evig tidFrode Fimland

Norway, 2014 color, DCP, 52’Original Language: NorwegianSubtitles: Englishwww.deckert-distribution.com/film-catalogue/siblings-are-forever/

The siblings Magnar and Oddny, both in their seventies, never left their childhood home. They run the family farm as it was run by several generations before them. Magnar and Oddny are far from wealthy but close to the nature surrounding them. The highlight of their existence is when they take their livestock on the annual pilgrimage to the mountains for summer grazing. But can this routine last forever? Advancing age and failing health are reasons for questioning whether there is to be summer grazing in the mountains this year. If so, will this be the last year of summer pastures?


PRODUCTIONFIMfilmFrode Fimland

CO-PRODUCTION:Relation04 Media – Norway

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:TV2 – Norway



A young girl on the brink of suicide, whose parents and psychiatrists try curing her homosexuality over years of treatment, wants justice and revenge, but finds something bigger than that.

Catalogue No. 329Youth | Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View

SickBolesnoHrvoje Mabic

Croatia, 2015 color, video, 95’Original Language: CroatianSubtitles: English

At the age of 16 Ana was locked up in a psychiatric hospital by her parents who arranged the treatment for curing her homosexuality with the hospital director. After all she went through, she longs for a girl who won’t think of her as insane because of her PTSD condition. She finds all that in Martina, her new love whom she plans the wedding with. However, Martina’s huge patience wanes with time as she finds Ana more obsessed with her traumatic past than with the life they’re sharing together. Sick is a film about love, betrayal, revenge and forgiveness.

SALES / CONTACT:Thierry DetailleVisible FilmRue Dethy 1641000 BrusselsBelgiumtel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONFade InMorana KomljenovicIva Tkalec

CO-PRODUCTION:Drugi Plan – Croatia, Zagreb Film – Croatia

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Catalogue No. 622Science / Technology | Nature / Environment | Human Interest / Social Issues

SILA and the Gatekeepers of the ArcticSILA und die Hüter der ArktisCorina Gamma

USA / Greenland / Switzerland, 2015 color, HDcam, 64’/52’Original Language: English/Greenlandic/DanishSubtitles: Englishwww.gatekeepersofthearctic.com

The documentary explores the Greenlandic concept of SILA, a term that encompasses weather, balance and consciousness. In the world’s most northern inhabited town, a small Inuit settlement struggles with the drastic change in weather pattern, their centuries-old lifestyle is vanishing. Their stories are woven together with international researchers on Greenland’s Inland Ice Cap. Both sides of witnesses bring a human face to the politicized issue of climate change and illustrate the impact our over-industrialized world has on a small isolated Arctic community.


PRODUCTIONCorina GammaMarkus Kaeppeli

CO-PRODUCTION:tellfilm – Switzerland



This documentary wanders through the life and work of Mark Rothko and visualize his sources of inspiration in an attempt to bring the artist closer to us.


The Silence of Mark RothkoDe stilte van RothkoMarjoleine Boonstra

The Netherlands, 2015 color, video, 52’Original Language: Englishwww.nposales.com/the-silence-of-rothko/

What lies hidden behind the imposing coloured planes in Mark Rothko’s paintings? We wander through the life and work of Mark Rothko and visualize his sources of inspiration in an attempt to bring the artist closer to us.Including Christopher Rothko, Mark Rothko’s son, who reads quotes from his father’s writings; Annie Cohen-Solal, Rothko’s biographer; Franz Kaiser, curator of the Rothko exhibition in the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague; and Carol Mancusi-Ungaro, a conservation specialist on Rothko.

SALES / CONTACT:Kiyomi MolinNPO SalesBart de Graaffweg 21202 JJ HilversumThe Netherlandstel: +31 35 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONApertaLies Janssen

CO-PRODUCTION:boonstra foto/film – The Netherlands

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:AVROTROS – The Netherlands

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Parvez Sharma’s film is a daring and provocative journey to the very heart of Islam.

Catalogue No. 558Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society | Author’s Point of View

A Sinner in MeccaParvez Sharma

USA, 2015 color, video, 79’Original Language: Hindi/Urdu/Arabic/EnglishSubtitles: English

Parvez Sharma’s (A Jihad for Love) new film is a daring and provocative journey to the very heart of Islam and tells a story about a life-long quest of finding faith and overcoming fear across two continents. Excluding France (broadcast), Germany (broadcast), USA, Canada


PRODUCTIONThe Film Sales CompanyParvez Sharma




The director meets the ex-employees of the famous Faso Fani textiles factory in Burkina Faso to reveal the disastrous consequences of a global economic policy blind to local realities.


The Siren of Faso FaniMichel K. Zongo

France / Burkina Faso / Germany, 2014 color, video, 89’Original Language: French/MoréSubtitles: German/English

The film explores the disastrous consequences of global economic policies that are blind to local realities. The famous factory Faso Fani (BF) shut-down in 2001 threw hundreds out of work, plunged thousands into poverty and left an entire city reeling: Koudougou, where I was born.A decade after, I return to the city to meet the former workers. Stripped of their livelihood and pride they remain convinced that reviving the cotton industry can offer a viable future for the whole community. In this film I bring their dream to life: hearing once again the gentle thrum of the spinning machines.

SALES / CONTACT:Christian LelongCinédoc films9 Rue du Travail74 000 AnnecyFrancetel: +33 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONPerfect Shot FilmsMichael BogarCinédoc filmsChristian Lelong

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:Lyon Capitale TV – France, Télé Paese – France

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Road/boat trip on the mighty Yenisei river and into the taiga, to the heart of gold. What became of Fridtjof Nansen’s land of the future?

Catalogue No. 620History | Author’s Point of View | Nature / Environment

Sketches of SiberiaBen van Lieshout

The Netherlands, 2015 black and white, video, 74’Original Language: English

In 1913, polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen took part in an expedition, to open up a regular trade connection between Norway and the interior of Siberia. His fascinating diary, Through Siberia, The Land of the Future, is an important inspiration for Sketches of Siberia, in which elements from Siberia’s past, and present are visualised. Within themes such as colonialism, exploitation of mineral resources, the destiny of native people and the influx of convicts and exiles, we search for the human dimension balancing precariously amid the influences from outside. Nansen’s observations and considerations at the time, are mirrored in a present day context.

SALES / CONTACT:Ben van LieshoutVan Lieshout FilmproductiesKerkstraat 83431 CR NieuwegeinThe Netherlandstel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONVan Lieshout FilmproductiesBen van Lieshout



We follow the guys coming of ages, peaking when they are helped going on a sex trip to Berlin that will ultimately change their lives forever.


Skin and BonesSvindlerneMichael Dinesen

Denmark, 2015 color, video/HDcam, 58’Original Language: DanishSubtitles: Englishwww.staalfilm.dk/SKINANDBONES.html

Three friends going on a trip that will change their lives forever. All three of them suffer from Progressive Muscular Dystrophy, and thus with a pinch of characteristic black humor refer to themselves as the “Skin and Bones” guys. They live their lives strapped to wheelchairs on which various devices and equipment are attached which enable them some mobility and constantly blow essential air into their fragile bodies.We follow the guys coming of ages, peaking when they are helped going on a sex trip to Berlin that will ultimately change their lives forever. Excluding Norway, Sweden


PRODUCTIONStaalfilmMichael DinesenBasmati FilmEllen Riis

CO-PRODUCTION:Staalfilm – Denmark

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Snowden’s Great Escape tells the true story of Edward Snowden in Hong Kong in the days after he gave journalists his cache of documents about the NSA.

Catalogue No. 332Politics / Society | Investigative

Snowden’s Great EscapeSnowdens store flugtJohn Goetz, Poul-Erik Heilbuth

Norway / Germany / France / Denmark, 2015 color, HDcam, 60’Original Language: EnglishSubtitles: English

What is stunning is how Snowden was able to take advantage of elementary mistakes made by the U. S. government and escape Hong Kong and evade the manhunt. The film also tells for the first time how Putin was close to deporting Snowden from Moscow after he landed at Sheretmetyevo. Told in a minute-by-minute reconstruction in conversations with the actual participants and mixed with news reports about the Snowden escape and the NSA revelations, Snowden’s Great Escape is a documentary thriller. Territories sold:Taiwan, Ireland, Australia, Poland, Canada - English speaking, The Netherlands (broadcast), Flanders, Finland


PRODUCTIONDR TVSidsel Marie Jacobsen

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:SVT – Sweden, ARD – Germany, NRK – Norway, WDR – Germany, RTS – Serbia



The film offers a look into the lives of people with autism while challenging generally held opinions in society about this developmental disorder.


So Far, So NearTak daleko, tak blízkoJaroslav Vojtek

Slovakia, 2014 color, HDcam, 80’Original Language: SlovakSubtitles: Englishwww.takdalekotakblizko.sk

This is an unusual film about the environment in families with autistic children, which reveals the day-to-day challenge of life with them. It is not, however, built on dialogue and testimony, but on specific, naturally occurring situations in which it contemplates the issues of familial and romantic love for people with autism. The documentary was made over the course of seven years in cooperation with a nonprofit organization called the Andreas Autism Centre, which provides expert and comprehensive support to people with autism, as well as to their families.

SALES / CONTACT:Barbara Harumová HessováAH ProductionIrkutská 14/D85110 BratslavaSlovakiatel: +421 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONAH ProductionBarbara Harumová Hessová

CO-PRODUCTION:Andreas – Slovakia

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:Slovak Television and Radio – Slovakia

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Soccer star Mbark Boussoufa faces dilemma’s, when his club in Russia is in money trouble, while he misses his family in The Netherlands and Morocco, who like him to marry.

Catalogue No. 334Art / Music / Culture | Investigative | Human Interest / Social Issues

Soccer Millionaire from EastVoetbalmiljonair uit OostCarin Goeijers

The Netherlands, 2015 color, HDcam, 85’Original Language: Russian/Dutch/French/ArabicSubtitles: English

Two time golden shoe-winner Dutch Morroccan soccer star Mbark Boussoufa faces dilemma’s at his club in Moscow, when the super rich owner gets money troubles. What will he future be? It becomes a lonely struggle, even more, because he misses his family in The Netherlands and Morocco, who like him to marry now. Directed by Carin Goeijers (“God is my DJ”)

SALES / CONTACT:Paul RuvenTalent United BVNieuwezijds Voorburgwal 290 BG1012RT AmsterdamThe Netherlandstel: + 31 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONTalent United BVPaul Ruven

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:BNN – The Netherlands



An intimate insight into the lives of 3 families in a poor neighborhood of Havana. A tribute to the ingenuity of Havana’s underdogs on the eve of change in Cuba.


Somos Cuba - We Are Cuba!Somos Cuba - Wir sind Kuba!Annett Ilijew

Germany, 2015 color, HDcam, 91’Original Language: SpanishSubtitles: English

A far cry from the familiar picturesque images of Cuba, amateur cameraman Andres recorded everyday life in a working class neighborhood of Havana for a period of 7 years. Filmmaker Annett Ilijew smuggled piles of tapes in and out of Cuba and edited his footage into an intimate document that shows the reality of ordinary Cubans on the eve of change. Excluding Germany


PRODUCTIONSaxonia EntertainmentSimone BaumannFriederike Freier

CO-PRODUCTION:Saxonia Entertainment – Germany

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:Westdeutscher Rundfunk – Germany

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A different kind of story about Pakistan – a story about its people, not its politics and how music has the ability to bring people together across cultural divides.


Song of LahoreSharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Andy Schocken

Pakistan / USA, 2015 color, video, 82’Original Language: English/Punjabi/UrduSubtitles: Englishwww.songoflahore.com

The town of Lahore was a center of musical culture - until music was considered sinful under Sharia law in 1977. Musicians were partly vilified and music was banned into private homes. After restrictions eased, an amazing recording of “Take Five” goes viral and several Pakistani musicians are invited by jazz legend Wynton Marsalis to perform at Lincoln Center. Andy Schocken and Academy awarded Sharmeen Obaid tell a different kind of story about Pakistan – a story about its people, not its politics and how music has the ability to bring people together across cultural divides.


PRODUCTIONSOC FilmsSharmeen Obaid-ChinoyRavi FilmsAndy Schocken




Songs from the NorthSoon-Mi Yoo

USA / South Korea / Portugal, 2015 color, HDcam, 72’Original Language: KoreanSubtitles: English

Filmmaker Soon-Mi Yoo offers a compelling and empathetic look at North Korea and its people, a group consistently viewed through a distorted lens. Yoo seamlessly interweaves archival footage, popular cinema and music, capturing both the mundane and emotionally intimate to paint a more detailed, and therefore complex, picture of the North Korean people. Yoo’s sincerity and deep affection for her subjects creates a powerful exploration of a troubled nation that also profoundly questions our own mythology about nationalism. Available world-wide broadcast expect Portugal and Brazil.

SALES / CONTACT:Elizabeth SheldonKino Lorber, Inc.333 West 39th St. Suite 50310018 New YorkUSAtel: +1 212 629 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONSoon-Mi Yoo

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Sonita wants to become the first female Afghan rapper in order to tell her story: Her family wants to sell her to an unknown husband: The bid is $9,000.

Catalogue No. 562Youth | Art / Music / Culture | Human Interest / Social Issues

SonitaRokhsareh Ghaem Maghami

Iran / Germany / Switzerland, 2015 color, HDcam/video, 91’/52’Original Language: Farsi/English/AfghanSubtitles: English

Sonita is an 18-year-old female, an undocumented Afghan illegal immigrant living in the poor suburbs of Tehran. She is a feisty, spirited, young woman who fights to live the way she wants, as an artist, singer, and musician in spite of all her obstacles she confronts in Iran and her conservative patriarchal family. In harsh contrast to her goal is the plan of her family – strongly advanced by her mother – to make her a bride and sell her to a new family. The price right now is about US$ 9. 000.


PRODUCTIONRokhsareh Ghaem MaghamiTAG/TRAUMGerd Haag

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:NDR/ARTE – France, DR – Denmark, KBS – South Korea, NHK – Japan, RTS - Radio Télévision Suisse – Switzerland



Catalogue No. 563Politics / Society | Youth | Human Interest / Social Issues

SOS FriendshipSOS VriendschapEls van Driel

The Netherlands, 2015 color, HDcam, 20’Original Language: ItalianSubtitles: English

They are not a burden to us. They are people with heart and a soul and all of them have talent. “ So says the twelve year old Letizia on the boat people arriving almost daily at her island of Sicily. That includes young people between, who are alone. Letizia takes care of them, along with her parents. The boys regard Letizia as a sister and tell her their special stories. Who, for example, Mohammed Mali - which like so much pink stuff? Letizia calls us to befriend them. Just because they are great fun!

SALES / CONTACT:Anouk DonkerIKONOude Amersfoortseweg 791213AC HilversumThe Netherlandstel: +31 35 647 4208www.omroep.nl/[email protected]


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An investigative documentary on the social and political crisis in South Africa, following the paths of five young people belonging to the post-Apartheid generation.


South Africa - The Post-Apartheid GenerationAfrique du Sud - Génération post-apartheidStéphanie Lamorré

France, 2014 color, HDcam, 58’Original Language: Englishwww.pltv.fr/fr/afrique-du-sud-generation-post-apartheid/

What has become of Nelson Mandela’s dream of a democratic and multi-racial South Africa? This documentary examines South Africa’s new issues, via the portrait of five young South Africans representing the “born free generation” in a country faced with intense issues of economic inequality, severe social tension and community withdrawal.

SALES / CONTACT:Heidi FleisherARTE France8 Rue Marceau92785 Issy les MoulineauxFrancetel: +33(0)1 55 00 72 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONPrémieres Lignes TélévisionLuc Hermann




Spain is on the brink of profound change. New parties like Podemos are challenging the establishment, while the massive Catalan pro-independence movement is questioning the very essence of the state.

Catalogue No. 338Investigative | Politics / Society

Spain: Facing UncertaintyEspagne face à l’incertitudeSergio Ghizzardi, Jaume Grau

Spain / France, 2015 color, HDcam, 52’Original Language: French/Spanish/English/CatalanSubtitles: English

Spain’s transition from dictatorship to democracy after Franco, amazed the world. Today, Spain amazes for the wrong reasons. Billions wasted in public works. Astronomical unemployment rates. A princess accused of tax fraud and over 600 public officials implicated in corruption cases. Meanwhile, the massive Catalan pro-independence movement is questioning the very essence of the state. As people realise the extent to which the old networks and affiliations continue to pull the threads, they are rejecting the current system. New parties like Podemos are challenging the establishment. Combining carefully selected archive, interviews and analysis, we examine the political forces shaping Spain


PRODUCTIONIdéale Audience InternationalFrancoise GazioMedia 3.14Joan Ubeda

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:ARTE France – France, TV3 – Spain

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Catalogue No. 339Politics / Society | Art / Music / Culture | Human Interest / Social Issues

Speed SistersAmber Fares

USA / Palestine / Canada, 2015 color, HDcam, 80’Original Language: Englishwww.speedsisters.tv

The Speed Sisters are the first all-woman race car driving team in the Middle East. Grabbing headlines and turning heads at improvised tracks across the West Bank, these five women have sped their way into the heart of the gritty, male-dominated Palestinian street car-racing scene. Weaving together their lives on and off the track, Speed Sisters takes you on a surprising journey into the drive to go further and faster than anyone thought you could.


PRODUCTIONSoc DocsJessica Devaney



The official documentary of the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games by request of International Paralymic Committee (Germany, Bonn).

Catalogue No. 340Human Interest / Social Issues | History | Experimental

Spirit in MotionSofia Geweiler

Russia, 2015 color, HDcam, 73’Original Language: Portugese/Russian/English/German/ChineseSubtitles: English/Spanishwww.facebook.com/spiritinmotionfilm

Eight of the strongest athletes from different parts of the World are fighting for the chance to come to Games and win a medal of the highest standard, but before this each of them must defeat the most serious opponent - his own disability. Before the Paralympic games started, the International Paralympic Committee (Germany, Bonn) became interested in the film, watched the material and made the decision to assign the film the status of the first official film of the Paralympic Games. The first time that’s happened in the more than 50-year history of the Paralympic movement.

SALES / CONTACT:Olga MitkoStudio OstrovBrusov pereulok, dom 2/14, str. 8125009 MoscowRussiatel: +7 495 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONProduction Center “VGIK-Debut”Vladimir MalishevOstrov StudioSergei Miroshnichenko

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:Rossia Channel – Russia

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This is the story of a grandfather and a girl who travel from the remotest island in the world, in search of the sacred power of their ancestors, the Mana.


The Spirit of the AncestorsTe Kuhane o te tupunaLeonardo Pakarati

Chile, 2015 color, video, 65’Original Language: French/English/Rapa Nui/SpanishSubtitles: Englishwww.mahatua.cl

Before dying, grandmother Noe wants to tell Mika girl the story of the Moai Hoa Haka Nana’ia…foreigners took him away from the island more than 100 years ago and never came back. She tells her in the island things have Mana, a supernatural power from their ancestors that today has weakened. A way to recover the Mana, so to bring back well being to the island, is to bring the spirit of the Moai Hoa Haka Nana’ia back.

SALES / CONTACT:Paula RossettiMahatua Produccionesrongo rongo s/n2770000 Easter IslandChiletel: +56 9 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONMahatua ProduccionesPaula Rossetti

CO-PRODUCTION:Sobras International Pictures – Chile



The squatters of a derelict house spend their shattered days together, finding among the remains what it takes to rise again.


The Squatters of The Devil’s HouseLos habitantes de La Casa del DiabloIván Reina Ortiz

Colombia, 2015 color, video, 86’Original Language: SpanishSubtitles: Englishwww.loboronco.com/cine/casadeldiablo

The Squatters of The Devil’s House is the polyphonic portrait of ‘Fercho’, ‘Devil’ and ‘Hippie’, the accidental owners of a no-man’s land, perhaps, the only place in the world they can call their own. The ruins shelter their shattered days, allowing them to overcome time and become a little family. With vestiges as the core of their lives, they will find what it takes to rise again.

SALES / CONTACT:Juan Felipe Ríos RodríguezLobo Ronco Media ContentsCra 3 # 17 - 37 Ap 1201110321011 BogotaColombiatel: +57 320 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONLobo Ronco Media ContentsIván Reina OrtizJuan Felipe Ríos Rodríguez

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Stella Ciao is the portrait of the last year and a half of existence of a peculiar place, a unique slice of life as it was seized right before its destruction.


Stella ciaoVito Robbiani

Switzerland, 2015 color, HDcam, 60’Original Language: German/Spanish/French/English/ItalianSubtitles: English/Italian/German/Frenchwww.mediatree.com/video/stella/

Fifty-year-old, Sardinian-born Silvio – a lover of jazz music and karaoke shows – manages the “Stella d’Oro” boarding house. Built on the Swiss side of Lake Maggiore more than a hundred years ago, the place has been accommodating less and less tourists, and a few asylum seekers. But its days are numbered: it is threatened by a property restoration project for a new private housing estate. Its few remaining days depict the passing of life in a place of encounter for the stories and dreams of people coming from different locations and cultures.


PRODUCTIONROUGH CAT saglNicola Bernasconi

CO-PRODUCTION:RSI – Switzerland

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:RSI – Switzerland



Is it better to have loved and lost? A story of loss, love and new life as families rebuild their lives after the loss of a baby


Still LovedDebbie Howard

England, 2015 color, video, 77’/52’Original Language: Englishwww.stilllovedfilm.com

When their dreams are shattered by the loss of a tiny life, families find a way to transform their heartbreak into hope. Some films simply demand to be made, no matter how challenging or unpopular their subject matter. 7,000 babies are stillborn every single day. Yet talking about it remains a taboo. Still Loved is a story of love, loss and courage. We witness the struggle, determination and surprising humour as families find challenging and inspiring ways to rebuild their lives after the loss of a tiny life.


PRODUCTIONDebbie Howard

CO-PRODUCTION:Studio of the North – England

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Admiration for her sister Rowan’s self-confidence prompts filmmaker Ester Gould to explore our narcissistic society, with disconcerting results.


A Strange Love Affair with Ego Ester Gould

The Netherlands, 2015 color, video, 95’Original Language: DutchSubtitles: Englishwww.zuidenwind.nl/A-strange-love-affair-with-ego

Ever since she was a child, filmmaker Ester Gould has been amazed by the sheer self-confidence of her sister Rowan, whose boundless creativity and natural beauty tended to make everyone jealous. But can such a well-developed sense of your own worth go too far? Self-assurance is greatly valued – until it spills over into an unhealthy overestimation of the self. In this incisive, personal visual essay, Gould explores our society’s increasing obsession with the self. She follows a number of seemingly successful people as they reflect on the level of self-confidence they display and how this relates to their actual “self”.

SALES / CONTACT:Joost SeelenZuidenwind FilmProductionsPostbus 46734803 ER BredaThe Netherlandstel: +31 76 [email protected]





For 200 years, the Crimean Tatars struggled to free the Crimea from Russian domination. In 2014 they thought they were finally free and safe in their homeland. They were wrong.


A Struggle for Home: The Crimean TatarsChristina Paschyn

Qatar, 2015 color / black and white, HDcam/video, 44’/43’Original Language: Turkish/Russian/EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.astruggleforhome.com

For centuries, Crimea was home to the Crimean Tatars, the Muslim-Turkic indigenous population. Then the Russian Empire conquered the peninsula. Since then the Tatars have struggled to reclaim it from Russian domination. They’ve suffered ethnic and religious persecution, including a Soviet genocide that saw their entire population deported from Crimea. When the Soviet Union collapsed, they thought they would be finally free and safe in their homeland. But in 2014 their dreams were dashed when Vladimir Putin invaded and re-annexed the peninsula. This film tells the rich and tragic history of the Crimean Tatar people from ancient times to today.

SALES / CONTACT:Christina PaschynPaschyn ProductionsPO BOX 341020000 DohaQatartel: +97466403530www.christinapaschyn.comchristina.paschyn@northwestern.edu

PRODUCTIONPaschyn ProductionsChristina Paschyn

CO-PRODUCTION:Mediadante – Qatar

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The film captures the world of young homeless women that their lives led them to drug and prostitution in the harshest place in Israel, the old bus station in Tel-Aviv.


Strung OutBat zonaNirit Aharoni

Israel, 2015 black and white, HDcam, 110’Original Language: HebrewSubtitles: English

This film tells the story of a group of young women living on the street, casualties of heroin and prostitution. Robbed of their childhood, they now find themselves trapped in a spiral of addiction that too often leads to death. These stories offer answers to questions about the director’s own past, as a child who was taken from her drug-addled mother, a prostitute, but more than that, just a girl.

SALES / CONTACT:David MandilMovie Plus Productions Tel Aviv163 Dizingoff st.6346140 Tel AvivIsraeltel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONMovie Plus Productions Tel AvivDavid Mandil

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:YES – Israel



An ex-producer of anti-personnel landmines undertakes a journey in Bosnia Herzegovina where he is able to reckon with himself and face the ghosts of his past.


The SuccessorIl successoreMattia Epifani

Italy, 2015 color, video, 52’Original Language: Bosnian/ItalianSubtitles: English

The engineer Vito Alfieri Fontana is the previous owner of Tecnovar, an Apulian company specialized in landmines Production and sale. A deep existential crisis brought the engineer to question himself, his own job and his family. Especially the relationship he had with his father, a charismatic as oppressive presence is his life. One question seems to be haunting him: how many were the victims caused by his work in Tecnovar? The answer is the beginning of an existential trip from Italy to a war-torn Bosnia Erzegovina, where teams of sappers and mine specialists are still working in land remediation.

SALES / CONTACT:Davide BarlettiFluid Produzioni - UbulibriProv.le Arnesano Novoli, km 370310 Arnesano, LecceItalytel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONApulia Film CommissionGiovanni AntelmiFluid Produzioni - UbulibriDavide Barletti

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Sugar: the world starts slowly to realize that we have a problem. But how did we get here?

Catalogue No. 350Science / Technology | Human Interest / Social Issues

Sugar CoatedMichèle Hozer

Canada, 2015 color, HDcam, 52’Original Language: English

100 years ago the average sugar intake for a human was 13 grams a day. Today this is almost 150 grams. 80% of our foods that we eat and drink daily contain sugar. Sugar is a global industry with billions of dollars at stake while global obesity and diabetes are spinning out of control causing future healthcare costs levels beyond imagination. Meet Robert Lustig tirelessly exposing the lies of the sugar industry and Christin Kearns, who discovered 60 years of secret sugar industry documents.The tactics smell of Big Tobacco, including misleading consumers, influencing politicians and ‘paying off’ distinguished scientists.


PRODUCTIONThe Cutting FactoryNathalie BibeauJanice DaweMichèle Hozer




Sunflower OccupationSunflower Occupation Documentary Project

Taiwan, 2014 color, video, 120’Original Language: ChineseSubtitles: Chinese/English

In 2014, when protesting against the Cross-strait Service Trade Agreement that was hastily approved, a group of protestors stormed into the Taiwanese parliament and occupied for 24 days. Why and how did it happen? What changes did the young generation go through?After they stormed through the side door of the Legislative Yuan, it was like the door to a bottomless black hole was thrown open. The most eternal and fundamental question is: What is democracy? What is the government? What is violence? What is the future? What is the happiness we seek? Who are “we”?

SALES / CONTACT:Taipei Documentary Filmmakers’ Union2F., No.16, Ln.10, Xingcheng St.103 TaipeiTaiwantel: +886-2-2557-1191www.docunion.blogspot.twsunflower318doc@gmail.com

PRODUCTIONChao-Ti HoTsung-lung Tsai

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An environmentally protected salt flat exploited as a mine while the last native inhabitants watch from their run-down towns how the wealth is extracted from their ancestral lands.

Catalogue No. 567Nature / Environment | Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View

SurireIvan Osnovikoff, Bettina Perut

Chile / Germany, 2015 color, video, 80’Original Language: Spanish/AymaraSubtitles: German/English/Spanishwww.perutosnovikoff.com

The Surire salt flat is located in the Chilean high plateau at 4,300 meters over the sea level, on the border with Bolivia. In its surroundings live a handful of elders, the last survivors of the Aymara culture in the area. As background, the machinery of a mine site roams the landscape, intermingled with flamingos, vicunas and llamas. Surire is a film that from observation and cinematic language portrays this unique space in which coexist natural beauty, human absurdity, and cultural decline.

SALES / CONTACT:Ivan OsnovikoffPerut + OsnovikoffLos Abetos Sur 1117 A8-61, Vitacura7630326 SantiagoChiletel: +56 2 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONTanja Georgieva



The Swedish Theory of Love digs into the true nature of Swedish life style, explores the existential black holes of a society that has created the most autonomous people in the world.


The Swedish Theory of LoveErik Gandini

Sweden, 2015 color, video, 75’Original Language: Swedish/EnglishSubtitles: English

Sweden is typically portrayed as having a perfectly organized society, a raw model and symbol of the highest achievements of human progress. The Swedish Theory of Love digs into the true nature of Swedish life style, explores the existential black holes of a society that has created the most autonomous people in the world.


PRODUCTIONFasadErik GandiniJuan Pablo Libossart

CO-PRODUCTION:Zentropa Entertainment – Denmark, Indie Film – Norway, SVT – Sweden, Film Väst – Sweden, Zentropa Productions – Denmark

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This documentary about Switzerland deciphers a political and social system that drove respectable citizens to exclude others for the sake of their own moral values.


Switzerland’s Dark Past: In The Name of Order and MoralityAu nom de l’ordre et de la moraleBruno Joucla, Romain Rosso

France, 2015 color / black and white, HDcam, 63’Original Language: FrenchSubtitles: English

For several decades up until the 1980s, thousands of young Swiss people were thrown into jail without trial, sent to live with foster families or forced into children’s homes, or even sterilized. Their crime? Behavior that was judged to be threatening by a society obsessed with order and conformity. This documentary uses witness testimony, personal archives and original documentation to tell the story of the ordeal suffered by these children, and deciphers a political and social system that drove respectable citizens to exclude others for the sake of their own moral values.


PRODUCTIONWHAT’S UP FilmsMatthieu Belghiti



A dance-opera film, centered around the hadron collider of CERN, in this case combined with the 23 min. making of.


Symmetry & Symmetry UnravelledRuben van Leer, Juliette Stevens

Switzerland / The Netherlands / Bolivia, 2015 color, HDcam, 25’/23’Original Language: Dutch/EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.symmetrymovie.com

Symmetry (28’) is a dance & opera film, in which CERN researcher Lukas is thrown off balance, while working on the theory of everything and the smallest particle. Through Claron’s singing he rediscovers love, in an endless landscape. She takes him back to the moment before the big bang, at a time of love with no end… Symmetry Unravelled (23’) shows the making-of of Symmetry. It’s filmed deep under the ground inside CERN and its detectors and far above sea level on the endless Bolivian mineral landscape Uyuni. Collaborating artists and renowned physicists unravel the relationship between art and science.

SALES / CONTACT:Sydney NeterSND FilmsP.O. Box 157031001 NE AmsterdamThe Netherlandstel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONMoving PortraitsJuliette StevensCTM DocsSander Verdonk

CO-PRODUCTION:CTM LEV Pictures – The Netherlands


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Filmed over 5 years, A Syrian Love Story tells one family’s incredible journey of hope, dreams and despair: for the revolution, their homeland and each other.


A Syrian Love StorySean McAllister

England, 2015 color, video, 76’Original Language: English/French/ArabicSubtitles: Englishwww.asyrianlovestory.com

Comrades and lovers Amer and Raghda met in a Syrian prison cell 15 years ago. When McAllister first meets their family in 2009, Raghda is back in prison leaving Amer to look after their 4 boys alone; but as the ‘Arab Spring’ sweeps the region, the family’s fate shifts irrevocably. Filmed over 5 years, the film charts their incredible odyssey to political freedom. For Raghda and Amer, it is a journey of hope, dreams and despair: for the revolution, their homeland and each other.


PRODUCTION10Ft FilmsSean McAllisterElhum Shakerifar

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:BBC – England, DR – Denmark, SVT – Sweden



(T)error is the story of Saeed Torres, a Black Panther turned FBI counterterrorism informant. It is the first film to document, on camera, a covert terrorism sting as it unfolds.


(T)error

USA, 2015 color, HDcam, 85’Original Language: Englishwww.terrordocumentary.org

(T)error is the first documentary to place filmmakers on the ground during an active FBI counterterrorism sting operation. Through the perspective of Saeed “Shariff” Torres, a 63-year-old Black revolutionary turned informant, viewers get an unfettered glimpse of the government’s counterterrorism tactics and the murky justifications behind them. Taut, stark and controversial, (T)error illuminates the fragile relationships between individual and surveillance state in modern America, and asks, ‘who is watching the watchers’?


PRODUCTIONCharlotte Street FilmsChristopher St. John

CO-PRODUCTION:ITVS – USA

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My uncle is schizophrenic and my grandmother suffers from a terminal illness. My grandfather, who is unable to take care of both, must decide between his wife and his son.


A Tale of Love, Madness and DeathUn cuento de amor, locura y muerteMijael Bustos Gutiérrez

Chile / Germany, 2015 color, video, 22’Original Language: SpanishSubtitles: English/French/Germanwww.luminaria.cl/cuentodeamorlocuraymuerte/

My oldest uncle is a schizophrenic and also a chronic smoker. My grandmother’s lungs started to fail due to the cigarette smoke and she had to go to live with one of her daughters. Since then, my grandfather has had to take care of my uncle all by himself, being a silent witness of the imminent death of his beloved wife.

SALES / CONTACT:Iván NakouziLuminariaRicardo Lyon 29947770157 SantiagoChiletel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONDobleRetina FilmsMijael Bustos GutiérrezPaulina Moya

CO-PRODUCTION:Verdolaga – Germany



An intimate journal presenting several months of friendship between the director and 21-year-old Krzysztof, a resident of the Monar rehabilitation centre in Warsaw who is addicted to marihuana.

Catalogue No. 356Youth | Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View

Talk to MeMów do mnieMarta Prus


Talk To Me is an intimate journal presenting several months of friendship between the director and 21-year-old Krzysztof, a resident of the Monar rehabilitation centre in Warsaw who is addicted to marihuana. What happens when trust and sympathy of the protagonist towards the director turn into love? Can the director remain just an observer, without any responsibility, if she constantly accompanies him? Marta Prus becomes a close friend who tries to help Krzysztof.


PRODUCTIONTelemarkMaciej Kubicki

CO-PRODUCTION:Polish National Film School Lodz – Poland

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Obsang is a former monk who returned to the Himalayas to set up a home for abandoned children. Tashi is its newest admittee, and the toughest challenge yet.


Tashi and the MonkJohnny Burke, Andrew Hinton

India, 2014 color, video, 53’Original Language: HindiSubtitles: Englishwww.tashiandthemonk.com

Obsang is a former Buddhist monk who spent years as a spiritual teacher in America, before returning to the Himalayan foothills of his infancy. There, he has set up Jhamtse Gatsal, a home for abandoned children. Tashi, a little girl with a traumatic past, is its newest admittee. She will be his toughest challenge yet. Tashi and the Monk is the story of a chaotic community with no higher purpose than giving its young members the joys of childhood. Excluding USA, Denmark, Australia, Netherlands


PRODUCTIONAndrew Hinton



A young monk’s journey through Tibet in search of his path

Catalogue No. 358Art / Music / Culture | Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth

Tashi Delek!Peeter Rebane

Estonia, 2015 color, video, 52’/55’Original Language: TibetanSubtitles: Englishwww.tashi-movie.com

Tashi faces the most important decision in his life: whether to devote his life to serving as a monk, or to leave the monastery and return to everyday life. We follow Tashi on his long journey home through the Himalayas to visit his father, witnessing the present day life and customs of Mustang - one of the best preserved traditional Tibetan communities in the world. On a wider scale, it is a story about a small nation struggling to keep its identity since opening of borders 22 years ago. It is a universal story about the conflict between spiritualism and materialism.

SALES / CONTACT:Priit RebaneEstonia pst.910143 TallinnEstoniatel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONThe FactoryPriit Rebane

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The film radically transfers Peter Tchaikovsky into the present time and draws an emotional psychological portrait. Being a gay artist in a homophobic environment comes up for current discussion.


The Tchaikovsky Files - Confessions of a ComposerDie Akte Tschaikowsky - Bekenntnisse eines KomponistenRalf Pleger

Germany, 2015 color / black and white, HDcam, 52’Original Language: German/EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.gebrueder-beetz.de/en/produktionen/tchaikovsky-confessions-of-a-compose

Tchaikovsky is regarded as Russia’s most famous composer. He is celebrated as a national hero. And Tchaikovsky was gay - then as now a taboo in Russia. With a radical cinematic artifice Tchaikovsky’s adventures are translated into the here and now. The composer’s struggle with his homosexuality, the serious consequences of his crisis, the fusion of life and work and the mysterious circumstances of his death are retold within modern scenarios. Tchaikovsky’s fate and his artistic legacy is confronted with the present. The contemporary relevance of his case and the avant-garde quality of his music is taken into account.

SALES / CONTACT:Georg TschurtschenthalerGebrueder Beetz FilmproduktionHeinrich-Roller-Straße 1510405 BerlinGermanytel: +49 (0)30 69566910www.gebrueder-beetz.deg.tschurtschenthaler@gebrueder-beetz.de

PRODUCTIONGebrueder Beetz FilmproduktionGeorg Tschurtschenthaler

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:ARTE France – Germany, ZDF – Germany



A tiny island works together to make something beautiful out of nothing: a Carnival. We’ll discover the struggles needed to achieve it through a person that coined a word: Tchinda


TchindasPablo García de Lara, Marc Serena

Spain, 2015 color, video, 94’/54’Original Language: CreoleSubtitles: English

Within a small, tropical Cape Verdean Island, the beloved Tchinda is hard at work preparing for a Carnival she hopes will capture the town’s imagination. Tchinda is openly transgender and deeply respected. Her choices, direction and vision centralize a collection of people that few beyond the island know to exist. A lush, perceptive documentary that at times feels akin to a fairy tale, Tchindas reveals a hidden landscape tucked far away from the world we know, where trans inclusion and teamwork make up the fundamental structure of a truly magical community and culture.


PRODUCTIONDoble BandaYolanda OlmosMarc Serena

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Ryan Green’s four-year-old son Joel has terminal cancer. Ryan is building a poetic, autobiographical video game to document raising a dying child, and to honor Joel while he is alive.


Thank You for PlayingDavid Osit, Malika Zouhali-Worrall

USA, 2015 color, HDcam, 80’Original Language: Englishwww.thankyouforplayingfilm.com

When one-year-old Joel is diagnosed with terminal cancer, his father Ryan begins working on an unusual and poetic video game to honour Joel’s life. Following Ryan’s family through the creation of the artful game and the day-to-day realities of Joel’s treatment, David Osit and Malika Zouhali-Worrall’s remarkable new film is a moving testimony to the empathetic power of art, examining how we process grief through technology in the twenty-first century and the implications of documenting profound human experiences in a new artistic medium: the video game. Excluding Canada

SALES / CONTACT:Philippa KowarskyCinephilLevontin Street 186511207 Tel AvivIsraeltel: +972 3 566 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONKinematic Films LLCDavid OsitMalika Zouhali-Worrall



Suzan isn’t either-or. Suzan isn’t both. Not quite male, not quite female. At 35 years old Suzan discovers this for the first time.


Third PersonGuf ShlishiSharon Luzon

Israel, 2015 color, HDcam, 54’Original Language: Arabic/HebrewSubtitles: Englishwww.go2films.com/New-Releases/Third-Person

Suzan was born with both male and female sex organs. When she was five months old, her parents decided she would be a female. It wasn’t until she was 35 that she first learned these facts. Ofer was born intersexual, too, but his parents decided against surgery and accepted him the way he was born. However, most people are not as tolerant and understanding of those who don’t comply with social norms and standard definitions. Suzan and Ofer are on a mission to change it.


PRODUCTIONGum FilmsAurit Zamir

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:YesDocu – Israel

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Filmed over one year, This is Exile is an extraordinary intimate portrait of child refugees forced to flee from the violence of Syria’s civil war to neighbouring Lebanon.


This Is Exile: Diaries of Child RefugeesMani Y. Benchelah

England / Lebanon / Switzerland, 2015 color, HDcam, 56’Original Language: ArabicSubtitles: English/French

This Is Exile is an extraordinary intimate portrait of child refugees forced to flee from the violence of Syria’s civil war to neighbouring Lebanon. The documentary tells the stories of the children’s lives in their own words and captures the moving truth of how they deal with loss, hardship and the poignancy of dashed hopes. Their testimony in this film is a beautifully crafted microcosm of the human cost of the ongoing civil war in Syria that has forced over 4 million people to flee; half of whom are children. There is still no end to the war in sight.

SALES / CONTACT:Pamela MartinezBoulder Creek International45 Great Guildford StreetSE1 0ES LondonEnglandtel: +44 (0) 207 642 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONMAKE ProductionsCharly Feldman



In the ocean of the Internet Kuttiman finds the princess and her video treasures. Kuttiman’s last Thru You Youtube album got more than two million clicks a week.


Thru You PrincessIdo Haar

Israel, 2015 color, video, 56’Original Language: Englishwww.firsthandfilms.com/#film-1000401

In the age of New Media, people all around the world are posting an endless stream of video clips online. Every day, thousands of web surfers cram their video notes into virtual bottles, toss them into the boundless ocean of the Internet. All they want is for someone to pick up their bottle and find the treasure hidden inside it. Kutiman is surfing and looking for new talents for his new album. Last time he released a Thru You album on Youtube it got more than two million clicks in a two weeks. Now he found the princess…


PRODUCTIONReconsiderStephen ApkonAtzmor ProductionsLiran Atzmor

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Under the threat of losing their home, two Orthodox twin brothers must accept the intervention of stranger people, who will push them to dig into their memories.


Thy Father’s ChairAlex Lora, Antonio Tibaldi

USA / Italy, 2015 color, video, 73’Original Language: English

Abraham and Shraga are Orthodox Jewish twins who live a secluded existence in their inherited Brooklyn home. Since the death of their parents, they have stopped throwing away anything, hosting stray cats and accumulating all sorts of stuff. Now, their upstairs tenant threatens to stop paying them rent unless the twins proceed to a radical cleaning. Abraham and Shraga have no choice but to open their doors to a professional company. A traumatic invasion of privacy ensues, forcing them to confront their memories in order to try to find a new beginning…


PRODUCTIONGraffitiDocEnrica CapraNo Permits ProduktionsAntonio Tibaldi



The Touristic Revolution speaks about the importance of tourism in the world as an emerging industry, analyzing the economic and social revolution that has caused in Ibiza and Formentera.

Catalogue No. 574Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society | History | Nature / Environment

The Touristic RevolutionPablo Alcántara, Rafael Alcántara

Spain, 2014 color, video, 55’Original Language: Spanish/English/CatalanSubtitles: Englishwww.larevolucioturistica.com

The Touristic Revolution speaks about the importance of tourism in the world as an emerging industry, analyzing the economic and social revolution that has caused in Spain, Balearic Islands, and in a very special way in Ibiza and Formentera.In the case of Ibiza and Formentera the arrival of tourism has caused a radical transformation, moving from a subsistence economy to a modern and affluent society, dedicated to tourism and services. It is an entertaining documentary film for all ages, full of familiar faces. Through interviews and pictures, it brings the audience the complex reality of the islands.

SALES / CONTACT:Pablo AlcantaraPauxa SCc/ sa Pobla nº1 - Residencial Bossamar 49-307817 Sant Jordi de ses Salines - IbizaSpaintel: +34 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONPauxa SCPablo Alcantara

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:IB3 TV (Balearic Islands TV) – Spain

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Traces in the Snow is a feature length documentary on Siberia’s punk scene in the 1980’s.


Traces in the SnowVladimir Kozlov

Russia, 2014 color / black and white, video, 64’Original Language: RussianSubtitles: English

Traces in the Snow is a feature length documentary on Siberia’s punk scene in the 1980’s. Directed by Russian author and film director Vladimir Kozlov, this first-of-its-kind documentary uses rare footage of Siberian punk legends including Yanka Dyagileva and Yegor Letov, along with contemporary interviews, to recount the story of Siberia’s improbable punk scene.


PRODUCTIONPlatzkart ProductionsVladimir Kozlov



Train to Adulthood tells the story of three children who work passionately at the Children’s Train – a space isolated from chaos and intolerance ruling in the rest of Hungary today.

Catalogue No. 363Youth | Author’s Point of View | Human Interest / Social Issues

Train to AdulthoodKlara Trencsenyi

Hungary, 2015 color, HDcam, 79’Original Language: HungarianSubtitles: Englishwww.facebook.com/TrainToAdulthood

Our story starts on the small gauge railway built in 1948 by the communist leaders of Hungary. The Train is entirely operated by children. Today over 500 teenagers work here for free - in exchange for an unforgettable community experience. We follow 3 young railway workers for whom the Children’s Train is a refuge, a place where comradeship and order are opposed to the chaos of the outside society. The Train is a metaphor to talk about current day Hungary, offering an insight into the intellectual and emotional development of a generation that will soon become responsible for our fate. HBO-Europe’s countries are not available.

SALES / CONTACT:Julianna UgrinÉclipse FilmJókai u. 1.1066 BudapestHungarytel: +36202128636www.facebook.com/[email protected]

PRODUCTIONÉclipse FilmJulianna Ugrin

CO-PRODUCTION:HBO Europe – Hungary

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:HBO Europe – Hungary

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Hoping to help his country escape poverty, Boston Marathon winner Wesley Korir risks his running career to run for office in his native Kenya.


TranscendMichael Del Monte, Tad Munnings

Kenya / USA, 2014 color, video, 52’Original Language: Swahili/EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.cargofilm-releasing.com/home/films/transcend/

Marathon running allowed Wesley Korir to escape the grinding poverty of Kenya. But the marathon winner risks it all when he returns home to help his fellow Kenyans by running for a seat in government as an independent against a well-financed, corrupt big-party candidate. With appearances and commentary from some of the world’s greatest runners and commentators (including Malcolm Gladwell and Haile Gebrselassie). Excluding Israel, Brazil, New Zealand, Poland, Taiwan, Canada, USA


PRODUCTIONScott Montgomery



A tuna fishing boat is departing for a three-year fishing trip. The crews are trapped at sea, caught between the dream of going home and the reality of being castaway.


Trapped at Sea, Lost in TimeChen-Ti Kuo

Taiwan, 2015 color, HDcam, 112’Original Language: ChineseSubtitles: English

A long distance tuna fishing boat is about to depart from Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Veteran Taiwanese crew leads a group of young sailors from China and Southeastern Asia, ready to set sail for the Pacific Ocean to embark on a three-year fishing trip. To go to the sea is to build a better home, but they are adrift farther and farther. They are trapped at sea, caught between the dream to go home and the reality of being castaway.

SALES / CONTACT:Patrick Mao Huang7F., No. 358, Zhonghe Rd.23574 New Taipei CityTaiwantel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONPatrick Mao Huang

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Catalogue No. 365Politics / Society | Art / Music / Culture | Youth

Trapped by LawSami Mustafa

Kosovo / Germany, 2015 color / black and white, HDcam, 90’Original Language: English/German/RomanySubtitles: Englishnakhinomovie.wordpress.com

An odyssey, coming of age and family separation story of two young rap artist brothers deported to Kosovo, a country they never been to. Kefaet was born in Kosovo and taken by his parents to Germany at the age of four. He was married and has two children. Selami was born in Essen and has never been to Kosovo at all. Separated from their family and friends they try to cope with their situation and do everything in their power to return to Germany. But administration and asylum laws are standing in their way.

SALES / CONTACT:Sami MustafaRomawoodPlemetina BB10 000 PristinaKosovotel: +386 49 58 22 66www.romawood.org [email protected]

PRODUCTIONRomawoodCharlotte BohlSami Mustafa

CO-PRODUCTION:HUPE Film – Germany, Crossing Brigdes Production – Kosovo



The Tsunami Generation - Ten Years Later revisits the main characters of the 2006 documentary The Tsunami Generation, telling their story since the catastrophy.


The Tsunami GenerationFolke Rydén

Sweden, 2014 color, 35mm, 52’Original Language: Indonesian/EnglishSubtitles: English

In the Aceh Province, the 2004 Tsunami left 170,000 people dead and some 500,000 homeless. In 2005, the internationally awarded documentary The Tsunami Generation profiled children and teens like Ebul and Desi struggling to get life back to normal. The Tsunami Generation - Ten Years Later follows the same main characters, telling their story since the catastrophy.


PRODUCTIONFRP ABFolke Rydén

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Ukrainian Sheriffs is a kind and funny story about average Ukrainians who take action and build their own,idealistic, country model combining wildness and kindness, immorality and humanity.


Ukrainian SheriffsRoman Bondarchuk

Ukraine / Latvia / Germany, 2015 color, HDcam, 52’Original Language: UkranianSubtitles: English

In the country with the biggest police force in Europe, Ukraine, there is a lack of policemen in rural communities therefore villagers of Stara Zburievka village have found a solution. They chose two local men – the smartest and the strongest – to take care of the public order. Villagers give them power, a car, and shiny tokens and name them “sheriffs”. Sometimes wild and violent, the other times awkward and funny, sheriffs’ actions, according to the village community, are always fair. However, the recent political events taking place in Ukraine have changed the situation in Stara Zburievka village, too.


PRODUCTIONSOUTHDarya AverchenkoVFS FilmsUldis Cekulis



Catalogue No. 368Author’s Point of View | Nature / Environment

UnbrandedPhillip Baribaeu

USA, 2015 color, HDcam, 105’Original Language: Englishwww.unbrandedthefilm.com

Four friends embark on a sublime, life-chaning adventure. They are to travel on wild mustangs across the American West, from the Mexican to Canadian border through the majestic Grand Canyon, Yellowstone and Glacier National Park. On an unprecedented 3,000-mile journey through the most pristine backcountry of the American West, four friends rode horseback across an almost continuous stretch of public lands, border to border, from Mexico to CanadaExcluding Germany, USA, Canada


PRODUCTIONFin & Fur FilmsDennis Aig

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Ornament, fashion, conflict and maths: award winning architecture where design is an agent of change. With world experts Charles Jencks and Alejandro Zaera-Polo (Foreign Office Architects).


Under the Skin of DesignAudrey Aquilina

England, 2015 color, HDcam/video, 60’Original Language: Englishwww.anywherefilms.com/undertheskinofdesign/

A film about ornament, fashion, conflict and maths - featuring world renowned theorist Charles Jencks and former Princeton Dean of Architecture Alejandro Zaera-Polo (Foreign Office Architects) - which tells the story of award winning architecture where design is an agent of change. Warmly human moments and startlingly frank interviews reveal not only vision and creativity but also pressure and politics under the skin of a unique iconic building. It takes a fresh look at how people and organisations affect the built environment, addressing economic, social and organisational dynamics, aesthetics and buildability - illustrating the power of place in everyday lives.

SALES / CONTACT:Audrey AquilinaAnywhere Films16 Alum WayPO16 8RJ FarehamEnglandtel: +44 07970 717 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONAnywhere FilmsAudrey Aquilina



A film about the ideal life in an ideal country. We can see how much effort the North Korean people have to undertake to make this ideal world work.


Under the SunVitaly Mansky

Russia / Latvia / Germany / Czech Republic / North Korea, 2015 color, HDcam, 90’/106’Original Language: KoreanSubtitles: Russian/German/English/Czechwww.deckert-distribution.com/film-catalogue/under-the-sun/

This is a film about the ideal life in an ideal country. About how new ideal people are joining this perfect world. We can see how much effort the North Korean people have to undertake to make this ideal world work. Every North Korean is ready to give his life for this world. We see the process of the creation of these ideals, we see a girl in an ideal school, the daughter of ideal parents, working at ideal factories, living in an ideal apartment in the center of the capital of North Korea.


PRODUCTIONSaxonia EntertainmentSimone BaumannVertov. Real cinemaNatalia Manskaya

CO-PRODUCTION:Korea Film Export and Import Corporation – North Korea

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:MDR – Germany

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Tony Vaccaro, a WWII infantryman, smuggled his $47.00 portable camera into battle to create one of the most comprehensive and intimate records of the war.

Catalogue No. 232Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture | History

UNDERFIRE: The Untold Story of Tony VacarroMax Lewkowicz

USA, 2015 color / black and white, video, 85’/60’Original Language: Englishwww.cargofilm-releasing.com/home/films/longexposure/

An HBO Documentary Film. UNDERFIRE: The Untold Story of Tony Vacarro is the remarkable story of WWII infantryman and photographer Tony Vaccaro, who created one of the most comprehensive, haunting and intimate photographic records of the war using a smuggled $47 camera while developing the negatives in his helmet at night. The film discusses the timeless ethical issues surrounding war photography and how images shape public perceptions of conflict. It features contributions from Pulitzer Prize-winning NY Times photographer Tyler Hicks, Anne Tucker, curator of the Fine Art Museum of Houston, James Estrin, of the Times, and John Morris, former photo editor of Life Magazine and Robert Capa. Executively Produced by Tim Van Patten, who has directed episodes of Game of Thrones, The Sopranos, The Wire and Boardwalk Empire. Directed by Max Lewkowicz. Excluding USA


PRODUCTIONdog green ProductionsValerie Thomas



The musician Alain Johannes travels to his homeland seeking refuge from pain. His wife, Natasha has died. Great rockers have this brilliant musical history, but overshadowed by tragedy.

Catalogue No. 371Author’s Point of View | Art / Music / Culture

Unfinished Plan: The Path of Alain JohannesRodolfo Gárate

Chile, 2015 color / black and white, HDcam, 95’Original Language: EnglishSubtitles: French/Spanishwww.modoviral.cl

Alain Johannes is a musician born in Chile and a part of the most influential generation of rock in the United States of the last 30 years. This brilliant story was tragically overshadowed. Natasha -his wife and musical partner- died. The existential void her loss left in him pushed him towards a sound journey that takes him back to his country of origin after 50 years. This is a story of resilience, where Alain has had to overcome the pain to be able to keep on playing, singing and living. Excluding Chile.

SALES / CONTACT:Rodolfo GárateModoViral ProductionsLa Cañada 6231, depto 101-C, La Reina7850370 SantiagoChiletel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONModoViral ProductionsRodolfo Gárate

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A six months family trip, without money.. Searching for a four legged chicken...


UnlearningLucio Basadonne, Anna Pollio

Italy, 2015 color, HDcam, 59’/73’/104’Original Language: Italian/EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.unlearning.it

As normal families, we both worked 8 hours a day, our little girl was at school until 4 PM and when it came dinner time when we can finally get together, we sadly figured out that we were simply too tired. . . Then, one day, we told ourselves … what if?What would happen if we would “unlearn” our way of living? How would we consider our previous life style, after our return? Would be truly eager to go back to it again?

SALES / CONTACT:Lucio BasadonneEnter-tainSalita di Montebello 1316126 GenovaItalytel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONEnter-tainLucio Basadonne



Unstoppables is a story of a passion, determination and the power of friendship.


UnstoppablesNiepowstrzymaniBartosz M. Kowalski


Unstoppables is a story of a passion, determination and the power of friendship. Its main characters are Krzysztof, Sebastian and Marcin - three different personalities, three different players of Seahawks Gdynia, brought together by the passion they share. There are many things that divide them but playing on one team blurs all divisions and makes them understand one another. They work and spend their free time at training sessions, making painstaking preparations for the upcoming games. The documentary offers a glimpse into their private lives, training routines and stunning matches.


PRODUCTIONHBO EuropeIzabela Lopuch

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:HBO POLAND – Poland

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Two sisters study in the prestigious Academy of Russian Ballet. Victor Kossakovsky portraits their tender relationship as they are training for the same dream: to become a soloist ballet dancer.

Catalogue No. 579Youth | Art / Music / Culture

VaricellaSport Kids - VaricellaVictor Kossakovsky

Norway / Denmark / Sweden / Russia, 2015 color, video, 25’Original Language: RussianSubtitles: English

Two talented sisters Nastia (13) and Polina (7) study in the most prestigious Academy of Russian ballet after being selected from 5500 kids. Acclaimed director Victor Kossakovyks portraits the tender and trustful relationship of the sisters, who share one big dream: to become a soloist ballet dancer. They are fully devoted to their 6 hours daily training at the Academy.


PRODUCTIONSant & UsantTone Grøttjord-GlenneAnita Rehoff Larsen

CO-PRODUCTION:Story AB – Sweden, Final Cut for Real – Denmark



A brazen acting teacher suffering from chronic pain announces he is going to end his life, and spends the next five months hashing the decision out with the young filmmaker.


Victor’s Last ClassBrendan Brandt

USA, 2015 color, HDcam, 83’Original Language: Englishwww.facebook.com/victorslastclass

Victor was living with severe chronic pain and “in remission” bone marrow cancer. He could not deny the pain that he was in or the dim prospects of relief, so he decided he was going to end his life. . . and be open and honest about it with everyone. Brendan convinced Victor to allow him to make a film exploring his decision. The two became very close. During this time, Brendan stops being just the filmmaker asking why, and becomes a close friend trying to change Victor’s mind.

SALES / CONTACT:Kazz BasmaSideways Film7 Bouverie Mews, Bouverie RoadN16 0AE LondonEnglandtel: +44 (0) 788 147 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONBelow the Arch ProductionsArielle AmsalemVLC, LLCBrendan Brandt

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The life and work of Vilanova Artigas, one of the most important modernist latinamerican architects.

Catalogue No. 375Politics / Society | History | Art / Music / Culture

Vilanova Artigas: The Architect and the LightVilanova Artigas: o Arquiteto e a LuzLaura Artigas, Pedro Gorski

Brazil, 2015 color, video, 93’Original Language: PortugeseSubtitles: Englishwww.vilanovaartigas.com/centenario/por-secao/documentario

The documentary Vilanova Artigas: The Architect and the Light rebuilds the life of the brazilian architect João Batista Vilanova Artigas. His relatives, friends, students and six of his major works tell the history of this iconic latinamerican modernist. Excluding Brazil

SALES / CONTACT:Margot BrandãoO2 PlayRua Baumann, 93005319-080 São PauloBraziltel: +5511 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONOlé ProduçõesGal BuitoniLuiz Ferraz



With unprecedented access to the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs and scientists from leading space agencies, The Visit sets out to explore man’s first ever encounter with alien intelligent life.


The VisitMichael Madsen

Denmark / Norway / Finland / Ireland / Austria, 2015 color, video, 83’Original Language: English

This film documents an event that has never taken place – man’s first encounter with intelligent life from space. With unprecedented access to the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs, the military, and experts from leading space agencies, the film explores a first contact scenario, beginning with the simplest of questions: Why are you here? How do you think? What do you see in humans that we don’t see in ourselves? A journey beyond a terrestrial perspective, revealing the fears, hopes, and rituals of a species forced not only to confront alien life forms, but also its own self image.


PRODUCTIONMagic Hour FilmsLise Lense-Møller

CO-PRODUCTION:Indie Film – Norway, Mouka Filmi – Finland, Venom Film – Ireland, Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion – Austria


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Hannah Arendt’s life story intertwined with her thoughts on the nature of evil, refugee condition, ideologies and totalitarianism. Her brilliant insights and humanism sound today more urgent than ever.


Vita activa, the Spirit of Hannah ArendtHannah Arendt: Ha-biografia Ha-rukhanitAda Ushpiz

Canada / Israel, 2015 color / black and white, video, 124’/68’/52’Original Language: Hebrew/German/EnglishSubtitles: French/Hebrew/Englishwww.go2films.com/Our-Premieres-Jerusalem-IFF/Vita-Activa-The-Spirit-of-Hannah-Arendt

Hannah Arendt caused a great uproar in the 1960s by coining the subversive concept of “banality of evil” when referring to the Nazi evil. Her private life was no less controversial thanks to her love affair with a renowned German philosopher and Nazi supporter Martin Heidegger. She was one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century who both lived through and wrote about the open wounds of modern times. Arendt’s insights about the refugee condition, nature of evil and totalitarian leanings of any ideology sound today more relevant than ever. Territories sold:USA and Israel (all)Canada (TV and theatrical)Germany, Switzerland - French speaking, Sweden (TV)


PRODUCTIONIntuitive Pictures Inc.Ina FichmanAU FilmsAda Ushpiz

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:Channel 8 – Israel, SRC – Canada, WDR/ARTE – Germany, SVT – Sweden, RTS – Switzerland



A film about an uncompromising artist challenged between conflicting poles of family and vocation. A film about finding your individual voice and intuition and being true to yourself.


Voice – Sculpting Sound with Maja S K RatkjeIJ. Biermann

Norway / Germany, 2015 color, HDcam, 93’Original Language: English/NorwegianSubtitles: English/German

The film follows the Norwegian musician/ composer/ sound artist Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje through the seasons all over Europe, presenting the variety and universalism of her work. Performances, sound recordings, and intimate personal scenes are composed into a complex portrait of an uncompromising artist challenged between conflicting poles of family and vocation. On several levels, a film about an individual’s voice whose vigor and enthusiasm are increasingly passed on to the viewer.

SALES / CONTACT:Laure TinettedffbPotsdamer Str. 210785 BerlinGermanytel: +49 30 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONMyrland FilmsIJ. BiermanndffbAndreas Louis

CO-PRODUCTION:Myrland Films – Norway, Genesis Films – Norway

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Wacken 3D takes you on stage and behind the curtain of the biggest Metal festival in the world. With Anthrax, Alice Cooper, Deep Purple, Motorhead, Rammstein and many more.


Wacken 3D - The MovieNorbert Heitker

Germany, 2014 color, video, 95’Original Language: German/English/Chinese/SpanishSubtitles: English

Wacken is the ultimate documentary about the biggest Metal festival in the world. Filmed with six camera units and 18 stereoscopic 3D cameras, the movie takes you on stage and behind the curtain with Anthrax, Alice Cooper, Deep Purple, Motorhead, Rammstein and many more. Award winning director Norbert Heitker captures the unique atmosphere and documents four days of music, mud and madness through the eyes of four fans from Asia, Germany and USA.


PRODUCTIONJumpSeat 3D plus GermanyTomas Erhart



A group of Beyoncé’s fans camped-out for two months in line for a concert in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This film is an intimate portrait of the these fans.

Catalogue No. 378Youth | Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture

Waiting for B.Esperando B.Abigail Spindel, Paulo Cesar Toledo

Brazil, 2015 color, HDcam/video, 72’Original Language: PortugeseSubtitles: English

Waiting for B. takes the viewer on a month long journey with young Beyoncé super-fans who, lacking the money to buy their way to the front, camped out for two months in order to be closer to the front of the standing room. This is a story about victims of hype, a community of hope, and the contradictions of humility and vanity at the heart of diva worship.

SALES / CONTACT:Daniela ParisiPopcon ProduçõesRua Joao Lourenço, 60604508-030 Sao PauloBraziltel: +55 11 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONPopcon ProduçõesDaniela ParisiVideosferaPaulo Cesar Toledo

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Catalogue No. 379Art / Music / Culture | Author’s Point of View

The WalkersXing ZheSinging CHEN

Taiwan, 2014 color, HDcam, 148’Original Language: MandarinSubtitles: English/Chinese

Filmed for over 10 years, this epic documentary presents the story of renowned Taiwanese choreographer Lin Lee-chen and her Legend Lin Dance Theatre. Extracting the essential details of Lin’s daily life, the film explores the origins of her dance, contemplates the poetic and ritualistic movements she creates, and delineates her lifetime pursuit of aesthetic concerns.

SALES / CONTACT:June WUAblaze Image7F-2, No.2, Sec. 2 Shin-Sheng S. Rd.10650 TaipeiTaiwantel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONThe 3rd Vision Films LTDSinging CHENLeh-Chyun Lin



A true cinematic experiment exploring walls as a global issue. Shot in Mexico/U.S., Spain/Morocco, Israel/Palastine and South Africa/Zimbabwe.


WallsMurosPablo Iraburu, Migueltxo Molina

Spain, 2015 color, video, 80’Original Language: French/English/Ndebele/Afrikaans/Spanish/ArabicSubtitles: Spanish/Englishwww.wallsthemovie.com

The world is increasingly more divided by walls. There are human beings on either side of them. Brilliant editing connects people living and working on different sides of decisive walls between Mexico/US, Spain/Morocco, Israel/Palastine and South Africa/Zimbabwe. A true cinematic experiment not entering the geopolitical discussion. But exploring walls as a global issue.


PRODUCTIONArena Comunicación AudiovisualItziar García ZubiriMarga Gutiérrez

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:Veo TV / Discovery MAX – Spain

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An internally displaced old man reminisces about a distant homeland which doesn’t exist anymore.


A Walnut TreeAmmar Aziz

Pakistan, 2015 color, video, 81’Original Language: PashtuSubtitles: English

An old man reminisces about a distant homeland. He wants to return. Internally displaced as a result of the ongoing war between the Pakistan army and the Taliban and forced to live in a camp, the family is caught between memories of what life was, an insecure present and a bleak future.

SALES / CONTACT:Ammar Aziz74 Ferozepur road54000 LahorePakistantel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONAmmar AzizAakarRahul Roy




Wanted: A New Home for SerayahGezocht: Een thuis voor SerayahXander de Boer

The Netherlands, 2015 color, HDcam, 20’Original Language: DutchSubtitles: English

It was really no longer with Serayah home. Her father’s upbringing could not cope and there was a lot of hassle, especially since the death of her mother. Serayah had left home and now she is in a foster home. But it can not continue to live. The judge who must decide about her situation, interferes with a lot of things and that is difficult for Serayah because they prefer to go her own way. What now? How do they find a new home where they will rest and feel safe? Maybe her aunt and uncle to help her . . .

SALES / CONTACT:Anouk DonkerIKONOude Amersfoortseweg 791213AC HilversumThe Netherlandstel: +31 35 647 42 08www.omroep.nl/[email protected]


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Author and cook David Gross goes on a road trip through Europe, cooking exclusively what others throw away, meeting unconventional top chefs, food activists, scientists and gourmets.


WastecookingGeorg Misch

Austria, 2015 color, video, 80’Original Language: French/English/German/DutchSubtitles: Englishwww.wastecooking.com

According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization a third of all food produced worldwide is thrown away. In Europe, this is equivalent to 89 tons of groceries per year. How can we stop this waste? Author and cook David Gross goes on a road trip through Europe, cooking exclusively what others throw away. He meets unconventional top chefs, food activists, scientists and gourmets and calls our everyday consumer lifestyle into question.


PRODUCTIONMischief FilmsRalph Wieser



The film portrays the strength and imagination of social movements in a period of spontaneous rebellion and civil society participation that will undoubtedly affect the future of Spain’s political life.


We Are Not AloneNo estamos solosPere Joan Ventura

Spain, 2015 color, video, 78’Original Language: Catalan/Spanish/BasqueSubtitles: Englishwww.facebook.com/proyectonoestamossolos

We Are Not Alone is a documentary film shot on the streets of Spain, scene of the various citizen revolts that have taken place in the country over the last six years. The film travels from Madrid and Barcelona to Valencia, Gijón and Seville, showing the collective strength of social movements that organize themselves spontaneously to denounce the downfall of democracy. The film follows a series of movements made up of countless individuals that one day became activists in order to demand a radical change in policy making.

SALES / CONTACT:Pasqual OtalFilms 59Rambla de Catalunya 72 ppal108009 BarcelonaSpaintel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONFilms 59Pere PortabellaAsuntos y Cuestiones VariasEl Gran Wyoming

CO-PRODUCTION:Asuntos y Cuestiones Varias – Spain

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We’re Still Here revisits the making of the 1964 Johnny Cash most obscure and controversial album Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian, which advocated for Native American rights.

Catalogue No. 590Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture | History

We’re Still Here: Johnny Cash’s Bitter Tears RevisitedAntonino D’Ambrosio

USA, 2015 color / black and white, HDcam, 60’Original Language: English

Based on Antonino D’Ambrosio’s book A Heart and a Guitar: Johnny Cash and the Making of Bitter Tears, We’re Still Here revisits the making of the 1964 Johnny Cash album Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian, a protest folk record advocating for Native American rights that was met with a severe backlash and placed him in the middle of fervent social upheavals gripping the US. The film includes performances and interviews from musicians Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, Rosanne Cash, and comes at a time when America is once again gripped by racial tension.

SALES / CONTACT:David PiperniCargo Film & Releasing611 Broadway, suite 63010012 New YorkUSAtel: +1 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONLa Lutta NMCAntonino D’Ambrosio

CO-PRODUCTION:Sony Music Masterworks – USA



In Bali, when the kidnapping of a bride spins out of control, The Wedding Contract digs deep into Hindu tradition and Balinese village culture to find a solution.

Catalogue No. 588Art / Music / Culture | Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View

The Wedding ContractDavid Dawkins

USA, 2014 color, 16mm/video, 92’Original Language: Indonesian/EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.theweddingcontract.net

When a Balinese girl is denied permission to marry outside of her clan, there is a traditional solution for the suitor: 1. Draw up a Wedding Contract. 2. Kidnap the Bride. The couple then flees for protection to the suitor’s village, and three days of tense negotiations begin.Hostilities often escalate between the two opposing clans, but the negotiations become raucous and bizarre in The Wedding Contract when the suitor turns out to be a Westerner. This intense personal narrative navigates deep into Balinese culture in a clash between village and village, East and West.

SALES / CONTACT:David Dawkins2575 Palisade Ave.10463 New YorkUSAtel: 1 646 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONDavid DawkinsKetut Mariyati

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A Documentary Filmmaker. An Ex-wife Film Editor. Their Wedding film.

Catalogue No. 589Author’s Point of View | Human Interest / Social Issues | Experimental

Wedding: A FilmYar Mobarak BaadMohammadreza Farzad

Egypt / Iran, 2015 color / black and white, HDcam, 60’Original Language: FarsiSubtitles: English

On the verge of divorce, upon making a documentary film about Wedding in Iran, filmmaker decides to re-watch his wedding footage with the possible mission of tracing back the break up into the happy ceremony. Now he is editing the current film with his ex-wife who is a documentary filmmaker as well. Wedding: A Film is a poetical essay film about how images mediate our fantasies of happy marriage.

SALES / CONTACT:Mohammadreza FarzadDoctribute#2, No.50, Kourosh Alley, N Sohrevardi st15597 TehranIrantel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONDoctributeMohammadreza Farzad



A story of kids, skaters, artists, musicians, in a post soviet country, being lost in a controversial reality, searching for non existing spots of freedom and romantic state of mind.

Catalogue No. 609Politics / Society | Youth

When the Earth Seems to Be LightRotsa dedamitsa msubukiaTamuna Karumidze, Salome Machaidze, David Meskhi

Georgian Republic / Germany, 2015 color, HDcam, 75’Original Language: GeorgianSubtitles: English

Young Georgian skaters, artists and musicians feel trapped between the powers of the church and the political world. They create their own open spaces beneath viaducts and at other “non-places” that lend themselves to romantic notions of a free existence. Questions are posed to them about God, love and freedom, but these boys would much rather just be skating – for many of them it has grown into an obsession. They may be unfazed by painful falls, but narrow-mindedness really gets to them.


PRODUCTIONGoslabJörg Langkau

CO-PRODUCTION:Zazarfilm – Georgian Republic

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Who Are You Mr Courbet ?Mais qui êtes vous M. Courbet ?Isabelle Brunarius


Gustave Courbet is one of the most important French painters of the XIXth century. This enfant terrible is full of contradictions and can be as endearing as annoying. Filmed in Paris, his Ornans native city and Switzerland – where he spent his last days in exile, this piece aims to better understand the paintings of this precursor of modern art by getting to know the human being itself. Archives and interviews with psychoanalysts and doctors will shed a new light, on the painter’s work. Gustave Courbet never ceases to amaze us!


PRODUCTIONSeppiaCédric Bonin



A critical analysis of the spectacularization of violence and of the television media approach in cases of violence against women.


Who Killed Eloá?Quem matou Eloá?Lívia Perez

Brazil, 2015 color, video, 24’Original Language: PortugeseSubtitles: English/Spanish

In 2009, 22-year-old Lindemberg Alves broke into his former girlfriend apartment, 15-year-old Eloá Pimentel, holding her hostage for five days. The crime was widely transmitted by television channes. Who killed Eloá? is a critical analysis of the spectacularization of violence and of the television media approach in cases of violence against women. It reveals one of the reasons why Brazil is seventh in a ranking of countries where more women are killed.

SALES / CONTACT:André MenezesDoctela2556, Costa Aguiar - Ipiranga04204002 São PauloBraziltel: +55 11 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONDoctelaGiovanni Francischelli

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A collection of testimonies of encounters with incorporeal entities intertwined with an exclusive interview with French journalist and medium Patricia Darré.


Who’s There?Chi c’è di là?Andrea Canetta

Switzerland, 2014 color, HDcam, 49’Original Language: French/ItalianSubtitles: Englishwww.rsi.ch/la1/programmi/cultura/storie/documentari/Chi-c%C3%A8-di-l%C3%A0-2826016.html

Ghost stories are as old as mankind, as attested by the ancient cult of the dead. All inexplicable phenomena that hint at the possibility of an existence after death are both thrilling and frightening. Experiences of this kind often create embarrassment in those who try to recount them. Yet this documentary has gathered a rich collection of testimonies of encounters with incorporeal entities. The accounts are juxtaposed with and often clarified by an exclusive interview with French journalist and medium Patricia Darré, who despite her own initial skepticism, has been called upon to deal first-hand with such supernatural occurrences.


PRODUCTIONRSI Radiotelevisione SvizzeraLuca Jäggli





Wild Women, Gentle BeastsAnka Schmid

Switzerland, 2015 color, HDcam, 96’Original Language: not applicableSubtitles: Englishwww.reckfilm.ch

Namayca, Carmen, Nadezhda, Aliya, and Anosa are five women from four countries, all are charismatic animal tamers.They are circus artists, train tigers, lions, and bears and perform with them.Between toiling and smiling, they disclose their passion for their “wild” animals and extraordinary profession, which is not without risk in dangerous shows full of total dedication, absolute presence, and physical perfection. Their ultra-close relationship with their animals is sensual and endearing Always in conflict between feminine gentleness and commanding toughness, the women struggle for their existence both as women and as tamers – a profession that may soon be outlawed.


PRODUCTIONRECK FilmproductionFranziska Reck

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Winter BuoyVinterbojFrida Kempff

Sweden / Denmark / France / Canada, 2015 color, HDcam, 58’Original Language: English

Winter Buoy is a poetic and intimate story about the guardian angels behind addicts who want to start a new life.In icy mid-winter Toronto, a group of pregnant women desperately strive to regain control of their lives. They have insurmountable forces against them: homelessness, drug addiction, violent relationships. But following these particular individuals are the attentive eyes of their guardian angels, the social workers of a unique public health initiative.


PRODUCTIONMomento FilmDavid Herdies

CO-PRODUCTION:Adomeit Film Aps – Denmark



In an Arab hair-salon in Israel, Iris installs a camera over the washing-sink, where she converses with the clients - Arab and Jewish women - on politics, life and love.


Women in SinkIris Zaki

England / Israel, 2015 color, HDcam, 36’Original Language: HebrewSubtitles: Englishww.facebook.com/Women.in.Sink

In a little hair salon in Haifa, Israel, owned by a Christian Arab, the director installs a mini film set over the washing basin. As she washes their hair, she converses candidly with the salon’s clients, who are Arab and Jewish, on topics ranging from politics to love. What emerges from these conversations is an honest and nuanced portrayal of contemporary Israel.

SALES / CONTACT:Iris Zaki6 Louisa CloseE9 7BZ LondonEnglandtel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONIris Zaki

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The Wrecking CrewDenny Tedesco

USA, 2014 color / black and white, 35mm/HDcam, 101’Original Language: English

What the Funk Brothers did for Motown…The Wrecking Crew did, only bigger, for the West Coast Sound. Six years in a row in the 1960’s and early 1970’s, the Grammy for “Record of the Year” went to Wrecking Crew recordings. The Wrecking Crew tells the story of the unsung musicians that provided the backbeat, the bottom and the swinging melody that drove many of the number one hits of the 1960’s.

SALES / CONTACT:Scott VeltriMagnolia Pictures49 West 27th Street10001 New YorkUSAtel: +1 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONSusanna Hoffs



This film follows the 20 year odyssey of a determined musician and historian who challenges and confronts the myths surrounding Johann S. Bach. Music history may never be the same....

Catalogue No. 393Science / Technology | Art / Music / Culture

Written by Mrs BachAlex McCall

England, 2015 color, 35mm, 60’Original Language: EnglishSubtitles: Englishwww.writtenbymrsbach.com

Masterpieces, previously thought penned by Johann S. Bach, have long since been re-attributed to other composers. That is until Prof. Martin Jarvis dares to suggest that evidence exists advocating the great maestro s 2nd wife, Anna Magdalena, as a serious contender for recognition. The reaction of the Bach Orthodoxy is swift and fierce. The film asks why such a misogynistic attitude still persists in the 21st century and sets out ‘The case for Anna Magdalena Bach’ and investigates the impact on the value of Bach autographes in the wake of Jarvis’ research. Written by Mrs Bach is a science-based investigative documentary.

SALES / CONTACT:Bettina OebelLOOKS DISTRIBUTIONEscherstrasse 2230159 HannoverGermanytel: +49 (0) 511 [email protected]

CO-PRODUCTION:Looks Film & TV – Germany, glasGOw films – England

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A unique film where we get to follow the Swedish royal family during the eventful year of 2014.


A Year with the Swedish Royal FamilyÅret med kungafamiljen 2014Sara Bull

Sweden, 2015 color, HDcam, 59’Original Language: SwedishSubtitles: Englishwww.svtsales.com/programme-sales/a-year-with-the-swedish-royal-family/

In the film we meet the royalties on official trips to countries such as Tanzania and The Netherlands, as well as on holiday at their beautiful summer residence in southern Sweden. Last year also saw a new member of the royal family, Princess Leonore, and the engagement between Prince Carl Philip and Sofia Hellqvist. The film also contains unique footage of the whole Swedish royal family on vacation at their summer paradise Solliden, located on the island of Öland.


PRODUCTIONSVTSara BullMarie Nyreröd





A Year Without My ParentsEen jaar zonder mijn oudersEls van Driel

The Netherlands, 2015 color, HDcam, 20’Original Language: Arabic/English/DutchSubtitles: English

“Hello mummy and daddy, I miss you a lot. Tomorrow I’m twelve. I’ll tell you where I sleep and what school I go to. I’ll show you everything with my selfie stick.” When Tareq flees Syria because of the war he has to leave with his parents, sister and brother behind. On to Europe, an uncertain future. When he will see his parents again? It is a dangerous journey and once he arrives in the Netherlands, the waiting begins. If he had known that it would take a year, would he have gone? Did he really have a choice?

SALES / CONTACT:Anouk DonkerIKONOude Amersfoortseweg 791213AC HilversumThe Netherlandstel: +31 35 647 42 08www.omroep.nl/[email protected]


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The Yes Men Are RevoltingThe Yes Men, Laura Nix

USA / France / The Netherlands / Denmark, 2014 color, video/HDcam, 91’Original Language: Englishwww.theyesmenarerevolting.com

Iconoclastic revolutionaries Mike Bonanno and Andy Bichlbaum lie their way into business events and government functions to expose the dangers of letting greed run our world. They are now well into their 40s, and their midlife crises are threatening to drive them out of activism forever – even as they prepare to take on the biggest challenge they’ve ever faced, climate change. The Yes Men Are Revolting is as much a character study as it is an entertaining depiction of their latest interventions. Revealing the real people behind the ruses, at its heart lies a hopeful message about fighting for change. Excluding Germany, Finland, Denmark, France, Italy, USA, Sweden, Poland, Norway, Benelux, Israel, Canada


PRODUCTIONHuman Race LLCAndy BichlbaumMike Bonanno

CO-PRODUCTION:Chili Film – Denmark, Motto Pictures – USA, Pieter van Huystee Film – The Netherlands, Senorita Films – France

INVOLVED TV CHANNELS:DR – Denmark, ZDF – Germany, YLE – Finland, ARTE France – France



A Young Patriot explores passionate patriotism in China’s youths born after 1990. It follows Xiao Zhao , a 19-year-old boy, flag-waving, slogan-shouting “patriotic exhibitionist” from his teenage years into adulthood.


A Young PatriotDu Haibin

China / France / USA, 2015 color, HDcam, 106’Original Language: ChineseSubtitles: French/English

A Young Patriot is a documentary about a post-90s young man Xiao Zhao. The film follows the protagonist Xiao Zhao’s life experience, from a 19-year-old boy waving flag and shouting slogan “Long live China! Go China!” on the street of Pingyao ancient town in Shanxi province, to a college student in Chengdu of Sichuan province, and as a volunteer teaching in Liangshan Yi autonomous region. It records his emotional and ideological change during the four years starting from his senior high school to sophomore year, and meanwhile witnesses and presents the restlessness and disturbance the Chinese society is currently undergoing.

SALES / CONTACT:Amie LiuCNEX Limited2 F., Building 1. Jing Yuan, No.3 Guangqu East Rd, Chaoyang District,100022 BeijingChinatel: +86 10 6407 [email protected]

PRODUCTIONCNEX LimitedRuby Chen

CO-PRODUCTION:24 Images – France, ITVS – USA

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Remarkable tales from the darkroom, on Marilyn Monroe, JFK and others, from one of the last working elders of street photography—humanist photographer George S. Zimbel.


ZimbelismJean-Francois Gratton, Matt Zimbel

Canada, 2015 color, HDcam, 90’/52’Original Language: Englishwww.nfb.ca/distribution

Zimbelism is a feature documentary about the work of humanist photographer George S. Zimbel. At 86, Zimbel is one of the last working elders of street photography. A wonderful storyteller, his tales from the darkroom recall shoots with JFK, Marilyn Monroe, Harry Truman, the real Mad Men of Madison Avenue and a David-and-Goliath rights battle with his beloved New York Times. It’s a photographic voyage across the back half of the 20th century—an honest and touching view of the human experience.

SALES / CONTACT:Lorne PriceNational Film Board of Canada3155 Cote de liesse RoadH4N 2N4 MontrealCanadatel: [email protected]

PRODUCTIONStudio ShootJean-Francois Gratton



Tim Zom breaks free from a dark, criminal life by falling in love, embracing the streets and redefining himself as one of Europe’s most distinguished Skateboarders.


ZombieBilly Pols

The Netherlands, 2014 color, HDcam, 72’Original Language: DutchSubtitles: Englishwww.zombiedoc.com

Tim Zom, born and raised in the South of Rotterdam, fights himself out of a dark past and stands at the point of becoming an international professional skateboarder. His career takes him from the cold Dutch reality into the American Dream, with big companies like Nike & Monster Energy supporting him. Zombie is a film about a unique and surprising character that through talent and personality, against all odds and hardships, grew out to become a hero. Excluding Benelux


PRODUCTIONHazazaH PicturesJeroen van de IdsertMaarten Kuit

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IDFA Docs for Sale 2015 Catalogue