Canarian Competition
Nicolás Melini / 7´ / 2007 / Spain / Betacam SP
A foggy dawn. Four Spaniards are driven through Bucharest by a Rumanian taxi-driver. He tells them a few things about the city. He really wants to talk to them about Ceausescu. His story is hilarious and unusual. And perhaps not very accurate.
DIRECTION / SCRIPT: Nicolás Melini - PRODUCTION: Nicolás Melini - CINEMATOGRAPHY: Nicolás Melini - EDITING: Cristina Otero - SOUND: Gerardo Pietrafesa
Miguel G. Morales / 44´ / 2007 / Spain / Betacam SP
En el ala del sueño is a close look at the work of the Canarian surrealist painter and poet, Juan Ismael, through friends and critics. He was a key figure in the Culture of the islands and a founder of the most important magazines of the time he lived. He had superb technique in Painting, Collage and Drawing which reflects on the island in the interpretation of objects and the horizons. A taciturn man who said less than he knew.
DIRECTION / SCRIPT: Miguel G. Morales - PRODUCTION: Miguel G. Morales - EDITING: Jorge Rojas - ORIGINAL MUSIC: Fabián Yanes
Víctor Moreno / 5´ / 2008 / España / Spain / Betacam SP
The greatest difference anywhere in the world between the per capita income of the host population and immigrants reaching their frontiers is in the Canary Islands.
DIRECTION / SCRIPT: Víctor Moreno - PRODUCTION: Víctor Moreno, Guillermo Carnero Rosell - CINEMATOGRAPHY: Santiago Torres - EDITING: Víctor Moreno - SOUND: Víctor Moreno
National Competition
BUCHAREST, MEMORY LOST
Albert Solé / 80´ / 2008 / Spain / Betacam SP
"Bucarest, la memoria perdida" tells of the personal search made by Albert (a journalist born in exile in 1962) to recover his own roots, which are set in a double exile. His father, the Spanish politician, Jordi Solé Tura, who would become a key figure in the Spanish Transition, was obliged to go into exile due to his anti-Franco militancy in the late 1950s. Now, after a life full of fantastic political and personal experiences, Jordi has begun a new internal exile, this time without the possibility of return: a fight against Alzheimer.
His memory is being lost day by day. This documentary aims to recover the memories of a number of atypical lives, in which historical characters such as Santiago Carrillo, Jorge Semprún, Manuel Fraga and Jordi Pujol are involved, with little-known episodes of the fight against Franco and the Cold War.
DIRECTION: Albert Solé - SCRIPT: Albert Solé - PRODUCTION: Loris Omedes - CINEMATOGRAPHY: Ibon Olaskoaga - EDITING: Ibon Olaskoaga - SOUND: Dani Zacarías - ORIGINAL MUSIC: David Giró
FLOWERS OF RWANDA
David Muñoz / 24´ / 2008 / Spain / Betacam SP
Rwanda. Thirteen years after the genocide which put an end to the lives of 800,000 people. What is the situation in the country now? What emotions are in the hearts of the victims? Can victims and executioners live together? What is the value of education?
DIRECTION: David Muñoz - SCRIPT: David Muñoz, Francesca Prince - PRODUCTION: David Muñoz - CINEMATOGRAPHY: David Muñoz - EDITING: David Muñoz - SOUND: Beltrán Rengifo - ORIGINAL MUSIC: Felipe Milano
HARRAGA
Eva Patricia Fernández, Mario de la Torre / 20´ / 2008 / Spain / Betacam SP
Harraga is an illegal immigrant who travels over land, sea and air. Always without papers, without a visa, without a passport. An outlaw. (...) Yes, that is the key, an outlaw.... but what happens when the Harragas are children?
DIRECTION / SCRIPT: Eva Patricia Fernández, Mario de la Torre - PRODUCTION: Rafael Linares, Miguel Becerra, Rafael Álvarez, Jean David Lefebvre - CINEMATOGRAPHY: Laura Sánchez-Vizcaino - EDITING: Antonio Gómez-Escalonilla - SOUND: Noemi Guillén Broncano, Jose Tomé -Pollo-, Jose Luis Alcaine Bartolomé - ORIGINAL MUSIC: Sergio de la Puente
THE EYES OF ARIANA
Ricardo Macián / 90´ / 2007 / Spain / Betacam SP
After the overthrow of the Taliban regime, a young director, exiled in Pakistan, returns to Afghanistan and to his place of work, the Afghan Film Institute. His tale tells us the story of nine workers from this institution who challenged the regime.
DIRECTION: Ricardo Macián - SCRIPT: Carlos Muguiro, Ricardo Macián - PRODUCTION: Javier Benito - CINEMATOGRAPHY: Jesús Sorní - EDITING: Javier López- SOUND: José Manuel Sospedra - ORIGINAL MUSIC: Josep Vicent
FOR THEM
Aymée Cruzalegui Bazzetti / 16´ / 2007 / Spain / Betacam SP
What is a woman capable of doing in order to give her children a better life? Norma, just another Latin American immigrant in Barcelona, is fi ghting against loneliness and the barriers in order to keep her family who are missing her many kilometres away.
DIRECTION: Aymée Cruzalegui Bazzetti - SCRIPT: Aymée Cruzalegui Bazzetti, Irene Garcia Perez - PRODUCTION: Aymée Cruzalegui Bazzetti - CINEMATOGRAPHY: Juan Pablo Zurita - EDITING: Aymée Cruzalegui Bazzetti - SOUND: Ane Mari Aakernes - ORIGINAL MUSIC: Guillermo Blamey
TAPÓLOGO
Gabriela Gutiérrez Dewar, Sally Gutiérrez Dewar / 94´ / 2008 / Spain, South Africa / Betacam SP
Freedom Park is a shanty settlement in northwest South Africa, located close to some important platinum mines, which attract thousands of African immigrants who are looking for work. Their presence and salaries bring women from all over Africa.
DIRECTION: Gabriela Gutiérrez Dewar, Sally Gutiérrez Dewar - SCRIPT: Gabriela Gutiérrez Dewar, Sally Gutiérrez Dewar - PRODUCTION: Gabriela Gutiérrez Dewar, Rehad Desai - CINEMATOGRAPHY: Pablo Rodríguez - EDITING: Ana Rubio, Pablo Zumárraga - SOUND: Pelayo Gutiérrez - ORIGINAL MUSIC: Joel Assaisky
Internacional Competition: Full Lenght Films
Yaniv Berman / 65´/ 2007 / Israel / Betacam SP
An unprecedent, groundbreaking and voyeuristic look into military reserve life in Israel, this film was shot over a 5 year period in director and reserve soldier Yanin Berman´s life.
DIRECTION: Yaniv Berman - PRODUCTION: Avi Kleinberger - CINEMATOGRAPHY: Gad Emile - EDITING: Michael Goorevich - SOUND: Ronit Porat, Gabi Shihor
Olaf de Fleur / 80´/ 2008 / Iceland / Betacam SP
Raquela, a transsexual from the Philippines, dreams of escaping the streets of Cebu City for a fairy tale life in Paris.
DIRECTION: Olaf de Fleur - PRODUCCIÓN / PRODUCTION: Arleen Cuevas, Olaf de Fleur, Stefan Schaefer, Helgi Serrisson
Pietra Brettkelly / 95´/ 2008 / New Zealand / Betacam SP
Thirty African women lie on a canvas. Eyes shut, bodies motionless. Controversial artist Vanessa Beecroft makes wild red paint strokes. Genocide. Darfur. Jackson Pollock.
PRODUCTION / SCRIPT / DIRECTION: Pietra Brettkelly - CINEMATOGRAPHY: Jacob Bryant - EDITING: Irena Dol - SOUND: Beth Tredray - ORIGINAL MUSIC: Anika Moa
Juan Manuel Sepúlveda / 90´/ 2007 / Mexico / Betacam SP
Every year, hundreds of thousands of Central Americans get into Mexico in a clandestine fashion on their way to the United States. The infi nite frontier is a story about will and hope, through the contemplation of men and women who travel looking for a better future.
DIRECTION: Juan Manuel Sepúlveda - PRODUCTION: Patricia Coronado Nóbregas - CINEMATOGRAPHY: Arturo Villela Vega - EDITING: Roberto Bolado Muñoz - SOUND: Armando Narváez del Valle
Carlos Larrondo / 93´/ 2007 / Spain / Betacam SP
Buenos Aires, Argentina. From the gardens of the J.T. Borda Psychiatric Hospital comes the broadcast of "LT22 Radio La Colifata". A radio station which is wholly created by the inmates of the Hospital. A radio space in which a hearing is given to those who have been denied it for too long: "the mad". The central characters, the "colifatos", show us the operation of this radio which broadcasts to the world. We feel that the radio acquires new functions, breaks down the walls that separate the mentally ill from society, serving as an effective therapy for the patients. We accompany the "colifatos" on their journey round Europe, where they can see the distant effects of their pioneering project: other psychiatric hospitals have taken up their idea and have created their own radio stations.
DIRECTION: Carlos Larrondo - SCRIPT: Carlos Larrondo - PRODUCTION: Loris Omedes
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Carlos Larrondo - EDITING: Alejandro Ligido, Carlos Larrondo - SOUND: Juan Sánchez Cuti - ORIGINAL MUSIC: Manu Chao
John Petrizzelli / 81´ / 2007 / Venezuela / Betacam SP
The story of a native princess, carried off by an anaconda is the starting point of this documentary which explores the myth and the worship of María Lionza, always undergoing transformation since colonial times.
DIRECTION: John Petrizzelli - SCRIPT: John Petrizzelli - PRODUCTION: John Petrizzelli
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Rubén Belfort - EDITING: Miguel Ángel García - SOUND: Frank Rojas, Danny Rojas - ORIGINAL MUSIC: Roberto Tarzieris
Brian Hill / 75´/ 2007 / UK / Betacam SP
"There are days when I think I'm just scum. Days when I can't face the world." (Rob Troman) Rob is 23 years old and recently served with British forces in Iraq. He saw and did things that have profoundly affected him. He has nightmares and fl ashbacks, he drinks heavily to try and forget what he did in Basra. Rob suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). So does 78-year-old Cliff who fought in the British army in Malaya in 1951. Even though it was 50 years ago, every night he relives in his mind the incident when his comrades were slaughtered. Eddie served with UN peacekeeping forces in Bosnia and has made multiple suicide attempts.The Not Dead tells the stories of these three men.
DIRECTION: Brian Hill - SCRIPT: Simon Armitage - PRODUCTION: Elodie Gornall - CINEMATOGRAPHY: Graham Smith - EDITING: Stuart Briggs - SOUND: Ian Maclagan
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Duncan Glasson
Mahmoud al Massad / 80´/ 2008 /Jordan, Netherland, Germany / Betacam SP
"What makes a terrorist In Zarqa, Jordan's second largest city with close to a million people?". It is a muchdebated question. Zarqa was the birthplace of Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the leader of Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia before being killed by American forces.
SCRIPT / DIRECTION: Mahmoud al Massad - PRODUCTION: Mahmoud al Massad, Paul Augusteijn, Omar Massad - CINEMATOGRAPHY: Mahmoud al Massad - EDITING: Anwar Haddad, Sammy Chekhes - SOUND: Giel van Geloven - ORIGINAL MUSIC: Gingger Shankar
Eun-hee Ihm / 66´ / 2007 / Mexico / Betacam SP
This is a search for the values of life through people who have survived extreme agony.
SCRIPT / DIRECTION: Eun-hee Ihm - PRODUCTION: Ángeles Castro - CINEMATOGRAPHY: Eun-hee Ihm y Diego G. - EDITING: Eun-hee Ihm - SOUND: Eun-hee Ihm
Ernesto Cabellos Damián, Stephanie Boyd / 85´/ 2007 / Peru / DVCAM
A wave of pioneers transform a desert into a fertile valley of mangoes and lemons. The effort of their lives is threatened when a deposit of gold is discovered under their lands. The indignation, violence and a murder shake up what was once a quiet village in the north of Peru. In the midst of chaos, the vision of one man brings together the farmers and guides them along a revolutionary pathway of effective peaceful mobilisation.
DIRECTION: Ernesto Cabellos Damián, Stephanie Boyd - PRODUCTION: Ernesto Cabellos Damián, Stephanie Boyd - SCRIPT: Ernesto Cabellos Damián, Stephanie Boyd
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Ernesto Cabellos Damián - EDITING: Ernesto Cabellos Damián, Stephanie Boyd - SOUND: José Balado - ORIGINAL MUSIC: Somos Tambogrande, José Balado, Martin Choy-Yin, Raúl Gómez
P. Morath, N.Peart / 52´/ 2007 / Switzerland / Betacam SP
This documentary proposes to seize from the interior the Togolese society through its perception of the World cup 2006 and the course of the Togolese national team within the framework of this event.
DIRECTION: P. Morath, N.Peart - SCRIPT: P. Morath, N.Peart - PRODUCTION: Joseph Rouschop
P. Morath, N.Peart / 88´/ 2007 / México / Betacam SP
Aleida Gallangos has known her true identity for hardly fi ve years. Her parents disappeared in 1975 during the so-called dirty war in Mexico. She and her elder brother
were adopted by different families and they lost each other for many years.
DIRECTION: Christiane Burkhard - SCRIPT: Christiane Burkhard - PRODUCTION: Christiane Burkhard - CINEMATOGRAPHY: Christiane Burkhard - EDITING: Lucrecia Gutierrez Maupome - SOUND: Matías Barberis - ORIGINAL MUSIC: Guillermo González Phillips
Internacional Competition: First Work
Stavros Stagos / 78´ / 2006 / Greece / Betacam SP
This documentary deals with the Bhopals catastroph.
DIRECTION / SCRIPT: Stavros Stagos - PRODUCTION: Stavros Stagos - CINEMATOGRAPHY: Stelios Apostolopoulos - EDITING: Stathis Avgoustatos
Gary Marks / 81´ / 2007 / USA / Betacam SP
In August, 1994, more than 33,000 Cubans attempted to escape the island by sea. Two writers, friends since adolescence, are faced with a choice-continue struggling with the hardships of the island or brave the open water on a homemade raft.
DIRECTION / SCRIPT: Gary Marks - PRODUCTION: Gary Marks - CINEMATOGRAPHY: Ernesto Granado - EDITING: Maximilla Lukacs, Jamie Lee Godfrey - SOUND: Ronen Nagel - ORIGINAL MUSIC: Descemer Bueno
Dilip Mehta / 90´ / 2008 / Canada / Betacam SP
Internationally renowned as a photographer, Dilip Mehta was working as the production designer on Water, his sister's Oscar-nominated feature about widows in 1930s India, when he learned that 40 million women lived in the same conditions today. Appalled, he felt compelled to make this powerful documentary that testifies to the contemporary realities behind the historical fiction. The film opens in the ancient temple city of Vrindavan with striking images of thousands of widows living in poverty. It then travels to rural villages to hear from women beginning to organize for their rights and to New Delhi to listen to war widows.
DIRECTION: Dilip Mehta - SCRIPT: Deepa Mehta - PRODUCTION: Noemi Weis, David Hamilton - CINEMATOGRAPHY: Dilip Mehta - EDITING: Dilip Mehta - SOUND: Various - ORIGINAL MUSIC: Various
Krzysztof Kopczynski / 51´ / 2007 / Poland / Betacam SP
A 29-year old woman suspected of adultery was killed in Spingul village in the high mountains of northern Afghanistan. Information, which spread all over the world on April 23rd, 2005, has become the incipience of this story.
DIRECTION / SCRIPT: Krzysztof Kopczynski - PRODUCTION: Krzysztof Kopczynski - CINEMATOGRAPHY: Hanna Polak, Jacek Petrycki - EDITING: Anna Dymek - SOUND: Jaroslaw Roszyk, Jafar Panahi - ORIGINAL MUSIC: Krzysztof Knittel
Saartje Geerts / 48´ / 2008 / Belgium / Betacam SP
Little is known about life in the Nigerian community in Europe. The documentary Nollywood Abroad lifts the veil by an original combination of four thematic threads: immigration, prostitution, religion and... filmmaking.
DIRECTION / SCRIPT: Saartje Geerts - PRODUCTION: Mark Daems - CINEMATOGRAPHY: Marc Appeltans - EDITING: Geert De Doncker - SOUND: Steven Van Roy - ORIGINAL MUSIC: Antoon Offi ciers
Levin Peter, Jonas Ginter, Ira Wilke / 52´ / 2008 / Germany / Betacam SP
Sao Paulo, 2007: Brazil on its way to become an economic superpower. Right in the centre of the 20-million Metropolis Sao Paulo, Prestes Maia Road 911, lays the bastion of the underclass: A huge and proud bastion. 468 families on 22 fl oors, 1379 inhabitants.
DIRECTION / SCRIPT: Levin Peter, Jonas Ginter, Ira Wilke - PRODUCTION: Reinhardt Beetz - CINEMATOGRAPHY: Levin Peter, Florian Pfeiffer - EDITING: André Nier - SOUND: Albrecht Schuch, Luise Walter de Souza - ORIGINAL MUSIC:
Hen Lasker / 63´ / 2007 / Israel / Betacam SP
Seven years after completing an IDF course for female combat soldiers, the director returns to the place where, for the fi rst time, she fell in love with a woman - her commanding offi cer. Over the course of 66 days and nights, the fi lm follows the girls.
DIRECTION / SCRIPT: Hen Lasker - PRODUCTION: Edna & Elinor Kowarsky - CINEMATOGRAPHY: Lior Kipod & Hen Lasker - EDITING: Sari Ezouz - SOUND: Ronen Nagel - ORIGINAL MUSIC: Uri Ophir
Internacional Competition: Shorts
Yanko Del Pino / 16´ / 2008 / Brazil / Betacam SP
Very popular in Curitiba in the 1970s, Gilda really defined an epoch. He was a street-wise folk type, who was said to be a transvestite. Whoever did not want to get a kiss, quickly gave him money. Everybody fl ed from his jokes.
DIRECTION: Yanko Del Pino - SCRIPT: Eduardo Prante - PRODUCTION: Geni Cruz - INEMATOGRAPHY: Yanko Del Pino - EDITING: Piu Gomes - SOUND: Roberto Carlos Oliveira - ORIGINAL MUSIC: Celso Piratta
Kavita Joshi / 9´ / 2007 / India / Betacam SP
Irom Sharmila is a young woman of Manipur who has been on a fast-to-death for nearly 7 years now. She has been demanding the removal of a brutal law from her land.
DIRECTION / PRODUCTION: Kavita Joshi - CINEMATOGRAPHY: Sunayana Singh - EDITING: Saikat S. Ray - SOUND: Asheesh Pandya
Adriano Lima / 16´ / 2007 / Brazil / Betacam SP
José Raimundo Cavalcante, known as Zé Sozinho, leaves home at 12 towards Fortaleza, where begins his love for movies, sweeping the exhibition room to watch movies for free. Later doing other services for meals. This was his fi rst job. Back to Caririaçu, after some
years, he starts to exhibit movies in the Círculo Operário, using a 16 mm projector which belongs to the institution. In 1970, with his own projector, goes through different cities of the Northeast country, exhibiting in improvised rooms like garages, warehouses, etc. This activity would last for over 50 years.
DIRECTION / SCRIPT: Adriano Lima - PRODUCTION: J A Lima Produções - CINEMATOGRAPHY: Eusélio Gadelha (Xuxu) - EDITING: Rui Ferreira - SOUND: Lènio Oliveira - ORIGINAL MUSIC: A Mar a Lina
This coming of age story depicts the three ages and stages of democracy as seen through the eyes of a girl growing up. The Kenyatta era, a time of great optimism and post-independence euphoria is reflected in the innocence and naivety of the young girl.
DIRECTION / SCRIPT: Judy Kibinge - PRODUCTION: Brian Tilley - CINEMATOGRAPHY: Kyalo Thomas - EDITING: Ronelle Loots, Kyalo Thomas - SOUND: David Jalenga - ORIGINAL MUSIC: Gabriel Omondi
Peter Jordan / 15´ / 2007 / Sudan, USA / Betacam SP
Told in childrens voices and recorded through their eyes, this fi lm takes us into the hearts of Sudans children.
DIRECTION / SCRIPT: Peter Jordan - PRODUCTION: Peter Jordan - CINEMATOGRAPHY: Peter Jordan - EDITING: Peter Jordan - SOUND: Peter Jordan - ORIGINAL MUSIC: Peter Jordan
Armando Capó / 14´ / 2008 / Cuba / DVCam
In the cabin, the driver takes the lever and activates the gear. The inertia is broken. The station lies behind. Images of the machinery, of the resignation of the travellers and the landscapes. The events become stranger and stranger. There is no destination. Only the journey as a metaphor.
DIRECTION: Armando Capó - SCRIPT: Jennifer Piñeiro - PRODUCTION: Alberto Valhondo - CINEMATOGRAPHY: Germán Peters - EDITING: Andrés Rojas - SOUND: Rodrigo Melo
Huaqing Jin / 20´ / 2007 / China / Betacam SP
There is a small town with a twenty-year history of dismantling and decomposing metal scraps. More than 50,000 workers from other places are the main force behind the industry.
DIRECTION / SCRIPT: Huaqing Jin - PRODUCTION: Xinjing Lv - CINEMATOGRAPHY: Huaqing Jin - EDITING: Huaqing Jin - SOUND: Xuedan Yu
Sergi Agusti / 26´ / 2007 / Spain / Betacam SP
Football and Peace. When passion joins dreams. War icons turned into symbols for hope. The journey of the amputees' football team from Sierra Leone looking for their self-respect. Not just one goal. But also one passion. This documentary short fi lm makes us witnesses of the way towards Peace that a group of young amputees began some years ago. Thanks to their powerful play, they have managed to become an example for their society. Originally war icons, they have managed to turn their lives into future icons by means of a passion: football.
DIRECTION / SCRIPT: Sergi Agusti - PRODUCTION: Sergi Agusti Films - CINEMATOGRAPHY: EDITING: Aurora Reinlein - ORIGINAL MUSIC: Fermín Dorado
Ramtin Lavafi pour / 25´ / 2007 / Iran / Betacam SP
This curious murder mystery revolves around an old woman who wanders about in an obscure, deserted village. She is not truly alone, but rather surrounded by the souls of all the people dear to her. She can see them clearly.
DIRECTION / SCRIPT: Ramtin Lavafi pour - PRODUCTION: Ramtin Lavafi pour - CINEMATOGRAPHY: Ramtin Lavafi pour - EDITING: Ramtin Lavafi pour - SOUND: Hasan Zohouri - ORIGINAL MUSIC: Daruos Namdar Zangeneh
Firouzeh Khosrovani / 22´ / 2007 / Iran / Betacam SP
The windows of the cloths shops attract the interest of the Iranian passers by who stop and pause in front of the displayed clothes. They meet the looks of the grotesque mannequins, disturbing reproductions of the female figure which have become a metaphor.
DIRECTION / SCRIPT: Firouzeh Khosrovani - PRODUCTION: Firouzeh Khosrovani - CINEMATOGRAPHY: Abbas Kowsari - EDITING: Bijan Mirbagheri, Kayvan Jahanshahi - SOUND: Amirhossein Ghasemi - ORIGINAL MUSIC: Farhad Asadian
Tim Sternberg / 15´ / 2007 / EE.UU., India / Betacam SP
Salim Muhammad is a 55-year-old man who lives in North Kolkata with his wife and five children. Since the age of ten he has made a living screening discarded film scraps for the kids in his surrounding neighborhoods using a hand-cranked projector that he inherited from his father. A pragmatic businessman as well as a cinephile, Salim runs his projector with his sons in the hopes that they will carry on his legacy of showing films to the local children.
DIRECTION / SCRIPT: Tim Sternberg - PRODUCTION: Francisco Bello, Scott Mosier, Raja Dey - CINEMATOGRAPHY: Francisco Bello, Raja Dey - EDITING: Tim Sternberg, Arturo Sosa - SOUND: Eric Strausser, Alexa Zimmerman - ORIGINAL MUSIC: David Darling
Óscar Pérez / 30´ / 2007 / Spain / Betacam SP
Mohamed, a Pakistani tailor, and Singh, his Indian helper, work together in an eight-square-metre shop in Barcelona. Their day-to-day work in the tailor's shop is hard and
difficult and the relationship between Mohamed and Singh deteriorates until it becomes unbearable.
DIRECTION / SCRIPT: Óscar Pérez - PRODUCTION: Mía de Ribot - CINEMATOGRAPHY: Óscar Pérez - EDITING: Óscar Pérez - SOUND: Óscar Pérez
Marco Pasquini / 25´ / 2007 / Italy / Betacam SP
Beirut, August 13 2006. First day of ceasefire. Inhabitants of the destroyed area go back to their quarter, searching what where once their houses. Stones and dust is what is left. Motionless eyes observe this absurd background of collapsed houses.
DIRECTION / SCRIPT: Marco Pasquini - PRODUCTION: Marco Pasquín, Federico Schiavi - CINEMATOGRAPHY: Marco Pasquini - EDITING: Luca Mandrile - SOUND: Marco Pasquini - ORIGINAL MUSIC: Frame
Kees van der Geest / 10´ / 2006 / The Netherlands / Betacam SP
Shit and Chicks is a short documentary about a poultry farmer in Northwest Ghana (Africa). He uses an age-old technique to feed his chickens. Detached, and seemingly
unnoticed by the farmer, the camera registers the man's activities.
DIRECTION / SCRIPT: Kees van der Geest - PRODUCTION: Sara Hohner - EDITING: Kees van der Geest
Zhenchen Liu / 10´ / 2007 / France / Betacam SP
City planners decide to pull down parts of Shanghai's old town in order to regenerate the city. Every year more then one hundred thousand families are forced to leave their homes and move into buildings on the edge of city.
DIRECTION / SCRIPT: Zhenchen Liu - PRODUCTION: Le Fresnoy - CINEMATOGRAPHY: Zhenchen Liu - EDITING: Zhenchen Liu - SOUND: Zhenyi Zhu - ORIGINAL MUSIC: Pierre-Laurent Cassiere