Huesca Film Festival
Catalogue
37th Edition
2009
EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY CONTEST
GERMANY
HOTEL SAHARA
(ALEMANIA) -2008- Betacam / ByN y Color / 88 min. Documental.
- DIRECTOR: Bettina Haasen.
- GUIÓN: Bettina Haasen.
- FOTOGRAFÍA: Jacko Van T'Hof.
- MONTAJE: Kristine Langner.
- MÚSICA: karsten Höfer & The Durgas.
- SONIDO: Pascal Capitolin.
- VERSIÓN: Original con subtítulos en español. con subtítulos en español.
- PRODUCTORA: Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion. info@gebrueder-beetz.de
A metaphor for transition of migrants who left their old life behind and who haven't reached what they have been dreaming of. The focus of the film is Nouhadibou, or Hotel Sahara in Mauretania, a transit location for thousands of immigrants on their way to Europe. Travellers from Sub-Saharan countries arrive in this melting pot which has been a platform of human traffic for centuries. Located between the past and the future, this film offers an intimate inside look into this place of waiting, of hope, of unfulfilled dreams, of invented and true stories, of double identities.
HAASEN, Bettina
She was born in 1969. She studied African Languages and Political Sciences in Hamburg and Paris. She was a producer for Egoli Films/Berlin and Wueste Film/Hamburg and lived and work in Niger/Africa. Her films include: Between Two Worlds (1999), Nomads Don't Kiss (2000), Sisters of a Long Night (2004), Fremde Liebe (2004), Schatten der Wueste (2006), Ma Vie - Irene Dische (2007), Malick Sidibé (2007), Chily Gonzales - A Thousand Faces (2007), Between Illusion and Reality, the Life of Victor Vasarely (2007), and Hotel Sahara (2008).
WAGAH
(ALEMANIA) -2009- Betacam / Color / 13 min. Documental.
- DIRECTOR: Supriyo Sen.
- GUIÓN: Supriyo Sen.
- FOTOGRAFÍA: Ranu Ghosh.
- MONTAJE: Szilvia Ruszev.
- SONIDO: SK Abdul Rajjak.
- VERSIÓN: Original con subtítulos en español.
- PRODUCTORA: DETAiLFILM. gasmia@detailfilm.de
Each night the only border crossing between India and Pakistan on a 1000 km stretch becomes the sight of an extraordinary event. Thousands of people gather to witness the ritual closing of the border, after which the masses get as close as possible to the gate to greet their former neighbours. This “festival“ is therefore on the one hand a celebration of the partition, but on the other hand also the only connecting element. What do the terms separation, home and proximity mean to the people on both sides?
SEN, Supriyo
He lives and works as a scriptwriter and director in Kolkata and New Delhi. His previous works include documentaries: Way Back Home (2003) and Hope Dies Last (2006). Wagah (2009) is the last and final part of his trilogy about the separation of India and Pakistan. He is currently working on his first feature film together with his French co-producer and Detailfilm.
WAS ÜBRIG BLEIBT
(ALEMANIA) -2008- Betacam / Color / 13 min. Documental.
- DIRECTOR: Fabian Daub, Andreas Gräfenstein.
- GUIÓN: Fabian Daub, Andreas Gräfenstein.
- FOTOGRAFÍA: Ulf Behrens.
- MONTAJE: Fabian Daub, Andreas Gräfenstein.
- MÚSICA: Philipp Meiers.
- SONIDO: Pablo Paolo Kilian.
- ANIMACIÓN: Iris Mayer.
- VERSIÓN: Original con subtítulos en español. con subtítulos en español.
- PRODUCTORA: Polski Fiat Produktion. daub@bildfolge.com
In Waldenburg, situated in the Lower Silesian Coalfield, all mines are closed down. Lukasz and his elder friend Jacek have been digging coal at their own risk for several years now. Like hundreds of other former miners, they are illegally digging for the black gold on the outskirts of their city. The local police are constantly after them. The miners have also been trapped in the tunnels several times. But they keep going.
DAUB, Fabian
He was born in 1972 in Aachen, Germany. He studied visual and media film at the Ecole Superieure d’Art Visuel Geneve and then at the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg. He directed documentaries and short films, movies for tv and animations. In 2008 he has co-written and co-directed together with Andreas Gräfenstein the documentary film Was übrig bleibt.
GRÄFENSTEIN, Andreas
He was born in 1975 in Bernburg, Germany. He studied Philosophy and History of the Arts and then Visual and Media Film at the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg. He worked as a scriptwriter for Deutsche Welle Tv and as line producer for NDR and ARTE Tv. In 2008 he has co-written and co-directed together with Fabian Daub the documentary film Was übrig bleibt.
BELGIUM
10 MIN
(BÉLGICA) -2008- Betacam / Color / 19 min. Documental.
- DIRECTOR: Jorge León.
- GUIÓN: Jorge León.
- FOTOGRAFÍA: Jorge León.
- MONTAJE: Marie-Hélène Mora.
- SONIDO: Gilles Laurent, Lazlo Umbreit.
- DIRECCIÓN ARTÍSTICA: Jorge León.
- INTÉRPRETES: Josse de Pauw (voz).
- VERSIÓN: Original con subtítulos en español.
- PRODUCTORA: Niels asbl. info@niels.be
Through the reading of a witness declaration, ‘10 min.’ narrates how a young girl winds up in a prostitution ring.
LEÓN, Jorge
He studied at L’Insas (National Institute of Arts and Spectacle) at Brussels until 1990. As head operator and photographer he worked with different directors, among them Xavier Lukomski, Thierry De Mey, Mary Jimenez. He also worked as a videographer, photographer and playwright with important choreographers such as Meg Stuart, Stefan Putcher, Wim Vna de Keybus, Olga de Soto and Simone Augtherlony. Filmography: De Sable et de Climent (2003), Vous êtes Ici (2006), Between two chairs (2007), 10 min. (2008).
LE BARBIER
(BÉLGICA) -2008- Betacam / Color / 20 min. Documental.
- DIRECTOR: Julie Decarpentries.
- GUIÓN: Julie Decarpentries.
- FOTOGRAFÍA: Julien Lambert.
- MONTAJE: Perrine Beckaert.
- SONIDO: Marcel Chuinard, Richard Lavoie.
- VERSIÓN: Original con subtítulos en español.
- PRODUCTORA: Insas (Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle). julielabulle@gmail.com
Roger is an eighty-year-old voluntary barber in a centre for homeless persons in Montreal. A particular relationship sets in between Roger and his clients. They talk about the cold, the street, illness, women... and haircut. And about the importance, for those men, of a gesture, a human contact and a good hair cut.
DECARPENTRIES, Julie
She was born in Brussels in 1983. She has attended Brussels Film Institute (INSAS) in 2004. Filmography: Métro (2005), View-Master (2007), Le Barbier (2008).
BELGIUM - ETHIOPIA
MY FUTURE
(BÉLGICA-ETIOPÍA) -2008- Betacam / Color / 50 min. Documental
- DIRECTOR: Lieven Corthouts.
- GUIÓN: Lieven Corthouts.
- FOTOGRAFÍA: Lieven Corthouts.
- MONTAJE: Nathalie Cools.
- MÚSICA: Ethiopiques.
- SONIDO: Steve Thielemans.
- DIRECCIÓN ARTÍSTICA: Lieven Corthouts.
- INTÉRPRETES: Tsega Kiros, Zebreabruk Kidane, Mama Tegle.
- VERSIÓN: Original con subtítulos en español.
- PRODUCTORA: Off World. info@offworld.be
Ethiopia, July 2007, three months before the start of the Ethiopian millennium. Hagere Selam, a small village in the northern highlands of Ethiopia. The students of grade 10 just finished their final exam. The result will be so important that it will change their lives. If they pass, they can go to the city of Mekelle. So also Tsega, if she passes and her mother lets her go, she can study in Mekelle. If she fails she has to stay in the village, marry and get children. Just like her older sisters.
CORTHOUTS, Lieven
He didn’t study in any film school, but has a huge interest for photography and film. Thanks to the Flemish filmfund, Belgian Cooperative, Off World and Rolf Orthel (Bert Haanstra), he could make his first documentary in 2008, My future. The premiere in Belgium and Ethiopia was a huge success. He attended the Idfa academy and the Berlinale talent Campus.
SPAIN
A LA SIERRA DE ARMENIA
(ESPAÑA) -2008- Betacam / Color / 15 min. Documental.
- DIRECTOR: Juan Rodrigáñez.
- GUIÓN: Juan Rodrigáñez.
- FOTOGRAFÍA: Martín Sampedro.
- MONTAJE: Paco Cózar.
- MÚSICA: Popular.
- SONIDO: Jaime Barros.
- INTÉRPRETES: Vecinos del barrio de Tetuán (Madrid).
- VERSIÓN: Original con subtítulos en español.
- PRODUCTORA: Tajo Abajo - 100 ojos. maria.martin@100ojos.com
Josig Jurg lives in the district of Tetuán in Madrid. Josif likes going down to the street and sing. One morning, while Josif is singing, a hen escapes from a nearby farm.
RODRIGÁÑEZ, Juan
A bachelor of History (Universidad Complutense de Madrid). He has worked as a school teacher, archivist and publisher. He is the founder and publisher of “Vera. Revista de poesía”. In 2006 he coproduced El viaje de Said, an animation short film directed by Coke Rioboo (“Premio Goya 2007”). A la sierra de Armenia, his first film as a director, is an outline or rough draft of the feature film La ruina de Jerusalén, presently in production.
ESCRITO EN EL CUERPO
(ESPAÑA) -2008- Betacam / Color / 77 min. Documental.
- DIRECTOR: Javier Estella, José Manuel Fandos.
- GUIÓN: Javier Estella.
- MONTAJE: José Manuel Fandos.
- INTÉRPRETES: Ana Continente.
- VERSIÓN: Original en español.
- PRODUCTORA: Nanuk P.A. nanukpa@yahoo.es
Through the eyes of the dancer and choreographer Ana Continente we get to know the stories of several women who have suffered violence at the hands of men in Guatemala and their risky fight to break the wall of impunity. Their testimonies and those of their relatives reveal the scale of these crimes which cost the lives of 500 women every year in that country.
ESTELLA, Javier
Born in Saragossa in 1970. After working for various production companies and television channels (TVE 1, TV2 Aragón and Antena Aragón) in different positions (realization, production or edition) he founded in 1999 together with José Manuel Fandós, Nanuk P.A production company, specialized in the direction and production of documentary films and in the realization of theatre, music and dance shows. Selected filmography: Tierra, agua, aire y fuego (2000); Yo me acuerdo… Gitanos en la Guerra Civil Española (2001); Marcianos (2002); Poporopos (2002); En el agua (2003); La niña y el unicornio (2004); Olelé. Prohibido no soñar (2006), Escrito en el cuerpo (2008).
FANDÓS, José Manuel
Born in Teruel in 1969. After working for various production companies and television channels (TVE 1, TV2 Aragón and Antena Aragón) in different positions (realization, production or edition) he founded in 1999 together with Javier Estella Nanuk P.A production company, specialized in the direction and production of documentary films and in the realization of theatre, music and dance shows. Selected filmography: Tierra, agua, aire y fuego (2000); Yo me acuerdo… Gitanos en la Guerra Civil Española (2001); Marcianos (2002); Poporopos (2002); En el agua (2003); La niña y el unicornio (2004); Olelé. Prohibido no soñar (2006), Escrito en el cuerpo (2008).
FRANCE - BELGIUM
AU-DELÀ DE LA VENGEANCE - LA BESA DE LUCE
(FRANCIA - BÉLGICA) -2008- Betacam / Color / 52 min. Documental.
- DIRECTOR: Nathalie Rossetti, Turi Finocchiaro.
- GUIÓN: Nathalie Rossetti, Turi Finocchiaro.
- FOTOGRAFÍA: Yannick Dolivo.
- MONTAJE: Rudy Mertens, Sébastien Calvez.
- SONIDO: Marietta Lombardi.
- VERSIÓN: Original con subtítulos en español.
- PRODUCTORA: Les Productions du Lagon. lagonproductions@wanadoo.fr
In Albania, Luce's son was murdered. At the end of a personal and spiritual journey, the mother forgives today the assassin, further to the "Besa" of the traditional Kanun law. The “Forgiven” considers Luce from then on as his own mother, and he's rehabilitated. Luce as now become an ombudsman and helps other families to refuse Blood justice.
ROSSETTI, Nathalie
After studies of arts, production and writing, she became a screenwriter and co-screenwriter of several films, including La rose au puits and D'abondance. Together with Turi Finocchiaro she wrote and directed several films including Plein ciel (2004), Yiddish Soul (2004), Concert Yiddish Soul (2004), Anima Klezmer (2006), and Au-Delà de la Vengeance - La Besa de Luce (2008).
FINOCCHIARO, Turi
He started his professional activity after a technical and artistic training both in direction teams and executive production. Together with Nathalie Rossetti she wrote and directed several films including Plein ciel (2004), Yiddish Soul (2004), Concert Yiddish Soul (2004), Anima Klezmer (2006), and Au-Delà de la Vengeance - La Besa de Luce (2008).
HUNGARY
CSEMPELEVÉL
(HUNGRÍA) -2008- 16 mm / Color / 23 min. Documental.
- DIRECTOR: Gergö Somogyvári, Judit Feszt.
- GUIÓN: Gergö Somogyvári.
- FOTOGRAFÍA: Gergö Somogyvári.
- MONTAJE: Judit Feszt.
- MÚSICA: Dead Combo.
- INTÉRPRETES: Nobert Sanders, Joana Sanders.
- VERSIÓN: Original con subtítulos en español.
- PRODUCTORA: Duna Workshop. dorotea.szorenyi@filmunio.hu
Nobert, who emigrated to Portugal 10 years ago, originating from the Amazonas region, Ji-Parana formulate his personal experiences of his migration and his new environment using cinematographic possibilities. Nobert has learnt the art of painting of Portuguese tiles, the "azulejos" with which he earns his living until today. Through Nobert’s painting, he tries to take up contact with his distant family.
SOMOGYVÁRI, Gergö
Born in 1978. From 1998 to 2000 he studied photography and video at Szellemkép College. Between 2000 and 2002 he studied at Kodolányi János College at Székesfehérvár, Faculty of Communication. Since September 2002 student of photography at the University of Film and Drama of Budapest. In 2003 he took part at a DP master course in Budapest. He has directed music videos and fiction and documentary short films including Utasok (2003), Zuhanás a környéken (2004) and Csempelevél (2008).
MÁSIK BOLYGÓ
(HUNGRÍA) -2008- Betacam / Color / 96 min. Documental.
- DIRECTOR: Ferenc Moldoványi.
- GUIÓN: Ferenc Moldoványi.
- FOTOGRAFÍA: Tibor Máthé.
- MONTAJE: Anna Kornis.
- MÚSICA: Tibor Szemzö.
- SONIDO: Rudolf Várhegyi.
- DIRECCIÓN ARTÍSTICA: Ferenc Moldoványi.
- INTÉRPRETES: Felizardo Olivas de Tegamochi, Diana Concepcion Sandoval Bastillos, Luz, Jonathan, Moise, Mbiye, Barly, Merveille, Marthe, Ngalunda, Guylan Mbaô, Giovanni, Pao, K’ej, Musoka, Bayomba, Buenge, Mulamba, Ndombe.
- VERSIÓN: Original con subtítulos en español.
- PRODUCTORA: Engram Film Productions. engram@c3.hu
This documentary, shot on four continents, presents the hidden face of our planet and the general and moral crisis of our world. We can follow the various, irrational stages of defencelessness as the characters in all seven stories, all minors, accept their fate with quasi humility. The appalling everyday life of child labourers, child prostitutes and child soldiers is revealed to us in Congo, Cambodia and Ecuador.
MOLDOVÁNYI, Ferenc
He was born in Debrecen in 1960. In 1982 graduated from the Debrecen Teacher Training College. From 1982 to 1986 worked as an assistant director at Pannonia Film studios. From 1987 to 1990 he studied at the Budapest Academy of Drama and Film. He first graduated as a documentary then as a feature film-director. Spent a year at the Paris Film School Louis Lumière. He taught creative documentary at the Lóránd Eötvös University in Budapest. He has made several documentaries shown and awarded in numerous festivals, among them Ha megeszünk egy hódot… (1995), Az út (1997), Gyerekek – Koszovó 2000 (2001), Másik bolygó (2008).
IRELAND
WATER BODIES
(IRLANDA) -2008- Betacam / Color / 15 min. Documental.
- DIRECTOR: Jennifer Keegan.
- FOTOGRAFÍA: Ciaran Tanham.
- MONTAJE: Roisín O’Donnell.
- VERSIÓN: Original con subtítulos en español.
- PRODUCTORA: Speers Film. JENNIFERK@eircom.net
Set in two sites of so-called ‘pilgrimage’, the Ganges in India and the Forty Foot in County Dublin, this documentary takes a gentle, reflective look at our need to rejuvenate ourselves through bathing.
KEEGAN, Jennifer
She is an Irish director and scriptwriter. She has previously directed a number of documentaries for TG4 and RTE including Singles, Real Men Don’t Wear Togs, The Beauty Room and The Last Tango. Water Bodies (2008) is her latest documentary film so far.
NORWAY
GENDER ME
(NORUEGA) -2008- Betacam / Color / 52 min. Documental.
- DIRECTOR: Nefise Özkal Lorentzen.
- GUIÓN: Nefise Özkal Lorentzen.
- FOTOGRAFÍA: Nefise Özkal Lorentzen, Nils Petter Lotherington, Cengiz Tanc.
- MONTAJE: Mette Chang Munthe-Kaas.
- MÚSICA: Tor Lindberg.
- SONIDO: Hákon Lammetun.
- ANIMACIÓN: Morten Haslerud, Simon Tyridal.
- VERSIÓN: Original con subtítulos en español.
- PRODUCTORA: Integral Film as.
A road-movie about Mansour's voyage into the world of Islam. It is a personal voyage in a world of taboos, full of contradictory images. He searches the question of faith and gender in Islam and he wants to collect the unusual stories of Muslim gays. Mansour is a homosexual Iranian refuge and pharmacist; he has been living in Oslo for 18 years. Now he wants to travel back to Istanbul, where he lived two years before he got asylum in Norway.
ÖZKAL LORENTZEN, Nefise
Born in 1964 in Ankara, Turkey, she is a Turkish Norwegian film director living in Norway. She has a B. A. in political science (Bosphorous University, Istanbul, Turkey) and a M.A in Media and Communication (University of Oslo). In addition to making films, she has also written several books. In 2008 she has written and directed the documentary film Gender me.
THE NETHERLANDS
DEUREN NAAR DE ZIEL
(PAÍSES BAJOS) -2008- Betacam / Color / 48 min. Documental.
- DIRECTOR: Elizabeth Rocha Salgado.
- GUIÓN: Elizabeth Rocha Salgado.
- FOTOGRAFÍA: Peter Lataster.
- MONTAJE: Boris Gerrets.
- MÚSICA: Vladimir Chab.
- SONIDO: Hugo Dijkstal.
- VERSIÓN: Original con subtítulos en español.
- PRODUCTORA: Appel & Honigmann. john.appel@planet.nl
Our senses recall memories, excites desires, intensifies feelings, accelerates the heart beat. Each of the five protagonists of this film is obsessed by a special sensibility of his senses. A blind man, a music composer, a cook, an astronomer and a homicides investigator. Through their eyes, ears, nose, tongue and taste the film gets into their minds, and explores their creativity and passions.
ROCHA SALGADO, Elizabeth
She was born in Brazil at the state of Minas Gerais where she graduated in Radio and Television Communications at the University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil. For one and a half year she worked at the radio and as a independent video maker. After making several short movies she decided to study cinema in Amsterdam. In 2006 she graduated at the Dutch Film and Television Academy in Amsterdam with the short documentary Zo is dat (The way it is). She has also directed: Kopzorgen (2003), Diamanda (2004) Le monde et nous (2004-2006) and Deuren Naar De Ziel (2008).
POLAND
LATAWCE
(POLONIA) -2008- Betacam / Color / 79 min. Documental.
- DIRECTOR: Beata Dzianowicz.
- GUIÓN: Beata Dzianowicz.
- FOTOGRAFÍA: Jacek Petrycki.
- MONTAJE: Katarzyna Maciejko-Kowalczyk P.S.M.
- MÚSICA: Ibrahim.
- SONIDO: Jaroslaw Roszyk.
- VERSIÓN: Original con subtítulos en español.
- PRODUCTORA: Eureka Media. katarzyna@kff.com.pl; eureka@eurekamedia.info
In 2006 in the Art School in Kabul a film course “Kabul – My City” was held. Students were given cameras and professional help from a young polish director Jacek Szaranski. And no more than that. They themselves came up with the ideas what they want their films to be about, and in what way they would show Kabul. They trained their lenses on their closest surrounding – neighbour’s children, ubiquitous kites and themselves.
DZIANOWICZ, Beata
Born in 1969 in Katowice, she studied literature at the local university, then directing (film and theatre) for three years. She soon demonstrated her interest in social problems, with documentaries about blind prisoners (The Cell with a View, 1996) and young anorexia sufferers (Dreams and Death, 1998). In 2002 she made the documentary short Lessons of Hope, on the re-opening of the Kabul Art School. This also led to the subject of her new film: Latawce. Alongside her filmmaking, she is also a playwright and a theatre director.
SZKLANA PULAPKA
(POLONIA) -2008- Betacam / Color / 15 min. Documental.
- DIRECTOR: Pawel Ferdek.
- GUIÓN: Pawel Ferdek.
- FOTOGRAFÍA: Wojciech Staron.
- MONTAJE: Jan Przyluski.
- MÚSICA: Mikolaj Trzaska.
- VERSIÓN: Original con subtítulos en español.
- PRODUCTORA: Kosma Film, Polish Filmmakers Association, TVP Kultura. katarzyna@kff.com.pl; kuba@kosma.net
Cash, a car and a mobile phone… as well as fish. A group of tough men from near Warsaw organize a new form of entertainment. Their customary meetings over alcohol and drugs start to include fights between aggressive aquarium fish, which are, of course, accompanied by bets for large sums of money. Such is the extent of this hobby that one of the characters hopes that his champion will contribute significantly to the purchase of a new Subaru.
FERDEK, Pawel
Born in 1977. Scriptwriter, author of documental films. Graduated from K. Kieslowski Faculty of Radio and Television at the University of Silesia. Student of the European Programme EKRAN at Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing. He has directed the documentary films The lord of the rims (2008) and Szklana Pulapka (2008).
PORTUGAL
OUTSIDE
(PORTUGAL) -2008- Betacam / Color / 15 min. Documental.
- DIRECTOR: Sérgio Cruz.
- GUIÓN: Sérgio Cruz.
- FOTOGRAFÍA: Sérgio Cruz.
- MONTAJE: Sérgio Cruz.
- SONIDO: Sérgio Cruz
- VERSIÓN: Original con subtítulos en español.
- PRODUCTORA: Sérgio Cruz. sergio.xx@gmail.com - sergio.xx@gmail.com
In China, culture and the arts are very closely linked to people and their lives. The street life in Beijing is a 24-hour live show full of music, dance and sports. Over a period of a the author was observing Chinese life, collecting "road images", documenting quotidian performances. A city that's literally exploding, in early transition from the ancient to the modern, adding skyscrapers and other buildings at a breakneck pace, clearly in the process of preparing for hosting the -2008- Olympics."
CRUZ, Sérgio
He was born in Portugal in 1977. He studied Sound and Image in Portugal and in Amsterdam. In 2005 he moved to London to undertake the post-graduation Dance for the Screen at The Place - London Contemporary Dance School. Currently he lives and works between England and Portugal as a filmmaker/artist, sound designer, camera operator and editor. Since 2004 he has been creating film and video for international broadcast, galleries and film festivals. In 2006 he won the Young Creators - Video area, in 2007 The Red Mansion Art Prize and in 2008 the FNAC New Talent Award. Outside (2008)is his first documentary film.
UNITED KINGDOM
LONG DISTANCE
(REINO UNIDO) -2009- Betacam / Color / 27 min. Documental.
- DIRECTOR: Moritz Siebert.
- GUIÓN: Moritz Siebert.
- FOTOGRAFÍA: Moritz Siebert.
- MONTAJE: Josh Levinsky.
- MÚSICA: Jon Opstad.
- SONIDO: Duncan Warrick.
- VERSIÓN: Original con subtítulos en español.
- PRODUCTORA: National Film and Television School. festivals@nfts.co.uk
Abiyot is one of several African long distance runners, trying to make a living and career in the US. Once he was a promising member of the Ethiopian national team, but two years ago he left his country to start a new life. Weekend after weekend, he races with fellow African athletes in road races, competing over a few hundred dollars of prize money. The film follows Abiyot as he prepares for an important race. His footsteps not only dictate the rhythm of his life, but also become the pervasive rhythm of the film.
SIEBERT, Moritz
Born in Stuttgart in 1973. Between 1995 and 1997 studied Medicine in Goettingen. From 1997 to 2003 also Cultural Anthropology at Humboldt University Berlin, and Medicine at Freie Universitaet Berlin. Since 2001 he works as a freelance journalist, cameraman and photographer. Between 2004 and 2007 he works as a medical doctor in Berlin. From 2007 to 2009 he studies at National Film and Television School (NFTS), Beaconsfield, UK, MA Documentary Direction. He has written and directed several short films, the latest Long Distance (2009).
PHOTOGRAPH OF JESUS
(REINO UNIDO) -2008- Betacam / Color / 7 min. Documental.
- DIRECTOR: Laurie Hill.
- FOTOGRAFÍA: Laurie Hill.
- MONTAJE: Laurie Hill.
- MÚSICA: Toolshed Music.
- SONIDO: Toolshed Music.
- DIRECCIÓN ARTÍSTICA: Laurie Hill.
- ANIMACIÓN: Laurie Hill.
- INTÉRPRETES: Matthew Butson.
- VERSIÓN: Original con subtítulos en español.
- PRODUCTORA: Basil Stephens - Pendulum Pictures. basil.stephens@talk21.com
Looking for photographs of Jesus, yetis and Hitler in 1948? Help is at hand with this documentary-fantasy based on true stories of requests for impossible images. Real-life archives become the stage where fact and fiction collide, belief runs amok and unruly images have a life of their own.
HILL, Laurie
Born in Norfolk, UK. She lives in London. She studied an English BA at R.H.B.N.C., Surrey; English MA at Kings College London; Art BA at Chelsea College of Art and Design, London. Worked for nine years as an information designer for a mainframe computer firm. Studied MA in animation at the Royal College of Art, London and graduated July 2006. Selected for Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2007. Finalist in Jerwood Moving Image Awards 2008. Winner of Short & Sweet / Getty Images Short Film Challenge 2008. Filmography: My life at 40 (2005), My first taste of death (2006), Photograph of Jesus (2008).
CZECH REPUBLIC
TRVALÉ BYDLIŠTE PRAHA
(REPÚBLICA CHECA) -2008- Betacam / Color / 27 min. Documental.
- DIRECTOR: Ivo Bystrican.
- GUIÓN: Ivo Bystrican.
- FOTOGRAFÍA: Ivo Bystrican.
- MONTAJE: Jakub Vomacka.
- SONIDO: Vitezslav Jira.
- VERSIÓN: Original con subtítulos en español.
- PRODUCTORA: Famu. vera.hoffmannova@famu.cz
We will expel the roofless people, the Prague town hall announced officially. The Metropolitan Police teams were put into the action to work all days and nights long and Prague officials started with the rhetoric of tidiness of the public space. The roofless man Jan Horváth is trying to survive in the city which became that hostile. He is refusing from offered social services and finds himself to be out of the border of legality. Starring Prague Mayor, Metropolitan policemen and roofless people.
BYSTRICAN, Ivo
Born in 1980, he graduated from Sociology and Social Policy-Social Work. Nowadays he studies Documentary Filmmaking at FAMU Prague, cooperates with the television and is preparing documentary project in Zambia. His films reflect topics of modern economy, power and domination, as is the case with Trvalé Bydlište Praha (2008).
RUSSIA
BUDKA
(RUSIA) -2008- Betacam / Color / 27 min. Documental.
- DIRECTOR: Mikhail Zheleznikov.
- GUIÓN: Mikhail Zheleznikov.
- FOTOGRAFÍA: Solmaz Guseynova.
- MONTAJE: Mikhail Zheleznikov.
- MÚSICA: Denis Sladkevich.
- SONIDO: Sergey Ekimov.
- DIRECCIÓN ARTÍSTICA: Evgenia Golant.
- VERSIÓN: Original con subtítulos en español.
- PRODUCTORA: St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studio. cinedoc@peterstar.ru
The hidden world of booths on the streets of a big city and portraits of the people who work inside those booths day after day.
ZHELEZNIKOV, Mikhail
He was born in Leningrad in 1972. He graduated at Saint-Petersburg University of Cinema and Television. He has made films for ARTE and YLE, Corona Films, and St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studio. He has written and directed several documentary short films and video art. His films include, among others Ee Sobachestvo Lara (2003), Deti Kukuruzi (2004), Kollekcia No1 (2006), Budka (2008).
VIRGINITY
(RUSIA) -2008- Betacam / Color / 86 min. Documental.
- DIRECTOR: Vitali Mansky.
- GUIÓN: Vitali Mansky.
- FOTOGRAFÍA: Irinan Shatalova.
- MONTAJE: Roman Shklovskiy.
- MÚSICA: The singer "Fur-tree".
- SONIDO: Evgeniy Goryainov.
- INTÉRPRETES: Karina, Katya, Kristina.
- VERSIÓN: Original con subtítulos en español.
- PRODUCTORA: Russia Studio "Vertov.Realnoe cinema". studio@vertov.ru
Three young women, who each have a sought-after commodity – their virginity. Kristina, Karina and Katya each try to make their way in a world ruled by fame, popularity and money. Kristina auditions for a reality TV show, Karina wants to take Madonna’s place and Katya is simply looking for a fair price for her virginity on the internet.
MANSKY, Vitali
Born in 1963 in Lvov, Russia. One of the most known directors and documentarists in Russia. He debuted in cinema in 1989 and since then he has made 23 films, participating in over two hundred international film festivals, including San Sebastian, Oberhausen, San Francisco, Locarno, Amsterdam, Munich, Montreal, Turin, Tampere, etc., being awarded many prizes. His latest film is entitled Virginity (2008).
SERBIA
DO VIDJENJA, KAKO STE?
(SERBIA) -2009- Betacam / Color / 60 min. Documental.
- DIRECTOR: Boris Mitic.
- GUIÓN: Boris Mitic.
- FOTOGRAFÍA: Boris Mitic.
- MONTAJE: Boris Mitic, Aleksandar Uhrin.
- MÚSICA: Pascal Comelade.
- SONIDO: Ivan Uzelac.
- VERSIÓN: Original con subtítulos en español.
- PRODUCTORA: Dribblinig Pictures. info@dribblingpictures.com
A satirical documentary fairy tale about a hero of our time who could die for what he believes in, but doesn’t believe in anything anymore.
MITIC, Boris
Born in 1977 in southern Serbia. Lived on a few continents, settled back in Belgrade, fought a war, worked for 5 years for top-level international media, understood some things and dedicated the rest of his life to his family, football and creative documentaries. Filmography: Pretty Dyana (2003), Unmik Titanik (2004), Do Vidjenja, Kako Ste? (2009).
SWITZERLAND
SECOND ME
(SUIZA) -2008- Betacam / Color / 19 min. Documental.
- DIRECTOR: Anna Thommen.
- GUIÓN: Anna Thommen.
- FOTOGRAFÍA: Chari Maria Santos.
- MONTAJE: Risa Madörin, Anna Thommen.
- MÚSICA: Adrian Pfisterer, Voijslav Anicic.
- SONIDO: Chari Maria Santos, Anna Thommen, Hanspeter Giuliani.
- VERSIÓN: Original con subtítulos en español.
- PRODUCTORA: Hochschule Design & Kunst Luzern. edith.flueckiger@hslu.ch
Thirty something Bendix Freutel has no wife and no job in real life, but he has created a full and fulfilling life through his avatar on Second Life, a virtual 3-D world on the Internet.
THOMMEN, Anna
Born in 1980 in Arlesheim. In 2002 she receives her Teaching degree. Between 2002 and 2004 she works as a primary teacher. In the school year 2004-2005 she attends a preparatory course at the Schule für Gestaltung in Basel. In 2008 she receives BA Video from the HSLU (Hochschule Luzern, Kunst und Design). Selected filmography: Happy Flue (2005), Waggon Nr. 13 (2006), Himmelhoch betrübt (2006), mEinblick (2007) Kammerspiel (2007), flashback (2007), Second Me (2008).