2004
France - Morocco
Color/35mm/108min/Orig. Language: French/Subtitles: Arabic |
| Reda, summoned to accompany his father on a pilgrimage to Mecca, complies reluctantly - as he preparing for his baccalaureat and is involved in a secret love relationship. The two set out in a broken-down car across Europe. Upon arrival in Mecca, both Reda and his father are no longer the characters they were at the start of the movie. Avoiding the hackneyed subject of the return to the homeland, the film uses the theme of departure to renew a connection between two generations. |
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- Screenplay and Direction: Ismail Ferroukhi
- Cinematography: Katel Dijan
- Sound: Xavier Griette
- Editing: Tina Baz-Legal
- Costumes: Christine Brottes
- Cast: Nicolas Cazale- Mohamed Majd-Jacky Nercessain- Kamel Belgashi- Atik Mohamed
- Producer: Humbert Balsan
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2004
UK - South Africa
Color/35mm/110min/Orig. Language: English
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Police officer Dirk Hendrick files an amnesty application for Alex Mpondo, a member of the South African Parliament who can’t rememeber the torture he once endured as a captive political activist. Meanwhile, South African-born attorney Sarah Barcant returns to her homeland to represent Mpondo, as well as Steve Sizela, Mpondo’s friend who was arrested along with him and never heard from again. |
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- Written by: Troy Kennedy-Martin, from Gillian Slovo’s
- Cast: Hilary Swank, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ian Roberts
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2005
Germany - Spain
Color/35mm/95min/Orig. Language: Russian / Turkish / English / French / German / Spanish
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| French couple Claude and Rachida are street performers who travel through “new” Europe looking for adventure and success and fortune. But when their van has broken down they find themselves utterly broke. Frustrated, Claude figures that staging a fake mugging could net them enough insurance money to keep them going. They walk through different neighborhoods, but through their Parisian eyes everything seems too clean and orderly. With the help of a travel guide, they finally decide that Kreuzberg, with its huge Turkish population, would be the likeliest place to be mugged. Claude starts to “practice” their mugging, and as fate would have it, a police van suddenly pulls up. As they start confusing Russians and Turks, their story appears more and more ridiculous. Spontaneously, they come up with a rather drastic change of plan, which turns out to be a drastically bad idea… |
- Cast: Florian Lukas, Erdal Yildiz, Peter Scherer, Miguel de Lira, Megan Gay
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2005
Germany
Color/35mm/117min/Orig. Language: German
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Munich, 1943: Sophie and Hans Scholl are members of the "Wei?e Rose" (White Rose), a resistance group against the Nazi regime. When the siblings lay out fliers at the university, they are caught by the caretaker who calls the Gestapo. After their imprisonment, they are interrogated for days. In the beginning, Sophie manages to bluff the questioning official Robert Mohr, but Hans finally confesses everything.Now Sophie vindicates her ideals, but also tries to protect the other group members. |
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On February 22nd, the Scholls and their aide Christoph Probst are accused of high treason and sentenced to death. In her last days, Sophie exhibits remarkable courage. |
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- Cast: Julia Jentsch, Fabian Hinrichs, Julia Jentsch
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| Les Dames De Cournouailles |
2004
UK
Color/35mm/103min/Orig. Language: English-German-Polish-French
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| Set in 1936, Ladies in Lavender is the charming and sweetly melancholic story about two ageing spinster sisters whose peaceable Cornwall existence is disrupted when they take a young man into their care... and their hearts. |
- Cast: Judi Dench, Maggie Smith - Natascha McElhone - Daniel Brühl
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2005
France - Netherlands - Palestine - Germany
Color/35mm/87min/Orig. Language: Arabic
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| Two palestinian men, childhood friends, who work as mechanics are instructed to carry out a bombing operation in Tel Aviv. Honored to be martyrs, the two cross the border. But things don't workout as planned. |
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- Script: Hany Abu Assad, Bero Piyar
- Cast: Lubna Azabal, Hiam Abbas, Kais Nashef
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2003
France
Color/35mm/117min
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Abdelkrim, better known as Krimo, is 15 years old and lives in a low income housing project in a Parisian suburb. His mother works in a supermarket; his father is in prison. Krimo’s dream: to sail around the world. In the meantime, accompanied by his best friend Eric and the rest of the gang, Krimo deals with the banalities of daily life. |
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- Cast: Sara Forestier, Osman Elkharraz, Sabrina Ouazani
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2005
France/ Belgium
Color/35mm/95min/Orig. Language: French
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Dispossessed twenty-year old Bruno lives with his eighteen-year-old girlfriend Sonia. They live off Sonia's unemployment benefits and the panhandling and petty theft committed by Bruno and his gang. But their lives change drastically when Sonia gives birth to their child, Jimmy. |
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- Screenplay and Direction: Jean-Pierre et Luc Dardenne
- Cinematography: Alain Marcoen
- Camera Operator: Benoit Dervaux
- Sound: Jean-Pierre Duret
- Editing: Marie-Hélène Dozo
- Mixage: Thomas Gauder
- Decors: Igor Gabriel
- Costumes: Monic Parelle
- Cast: Jérémie Renier, Déborah François, Jérémie Segard
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2004
France - UK
Color/35mm/89min/Orig. Language: French
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2003
DigiBeta /108 min. / German version with Arabic subtitles
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Four acting students are the focus of Andres Veiel’s long-term observational documentary. We meet Stephanie, Karina, Constanza and Prodromos while they are preparing for their acting school auditions. The selection procedure takes months; it is a trying, nerve-racking time spent vacillating between hope and anxiety. All four make it into the school, but their initial euphoria about commencing their studies – including group exercises, role play and obligatory fencing lessons – is soon followed by deflation in the face of merciless criticism by their tutors of even the slightest shortcoming. In this way, their passion for their chosen vocation is constantly put the test.
The four students couldn’t be more different: Karina appears to have very few problems; Stephanie, however, has to endure several auditions. Constanze immerses herself in her roles, whilst Prodromos always seems to be at odds with himself, his roles and his dreams. Then, at the end of their studies, comes the real test: trying to gain a foothold in the profession. All of a sudden, they find themselves faced with a new set of questions. What is the nature of success? How high is the price for achievement? And what has become of their original dreams and aims, seven years on?” |
2005
UK
Color/35mm/104min
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| Selected for the Cannes 2005 festival favourite, Kim Longinotto's latest work (co-directed with Florence Ayisi) looks at |
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| the work of one small courthouse in south-west Cameroon. The two women at the heart of the documentary - State Counsel and Court President - dispense wisdom, wisecracks and justice in fair measure. The victims of crime - an abused child, a woman daring to accuse a man of rape, and another trying to end a brutal marriage in a society where divorce is taboo - are handled with fierce compassion. You'll feel like cheering when justice is served. |
- Editor: Ollie Huddleston
- Director of Photography: Kim Longinotto
- Sound: Mary Milton
- Music: D'Gary
- Cast: Beatrice Ntuba, Vera Ngassa
- Producer: Kim Longinotto
- Production Company: Vixen Films, tg@tgraham.demon.co.uk
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Set in Marseilles, this coming-of-age tale centers on a Lolita-esque teen who is a big tease to a shy Arab kid. Lila is a gorgeous 16-year-old girl who has just moved with her rather strange aunt into a poor neighborhood populated primarily by Arab families. |
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The two leaders of the suburb's main gang fall in love with her. One is the film's poetic narrator, a quiet boy with a talent for writing named Chimo; the other is Mouloud, a headstrong punk. One day, Lila dares Chimo to look up her skirt - if he can handle it - and by doing so, puts into motion a sequence of raw, devastating events. The ensuing maelstrom that develops out of this romantic triangle reveals the dangers inherent in sexual game playing. |
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- Cast: Vahina Giocaute, Mohammed Khouas, Karim Ben Haddou, Carmen Lebbos
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| L’endroit que j’appelle "chez moi" |
2006
Egypt
Color/DV-cam/52min/Orig. Language: Arabic
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| Four young Egyptians take a journey on different paths to find the place they can each call “Home.” Whether it is for financial, family, religious, career or personal reasons, they search to find true belonging. For some the answer is immigration and for others the answer is right around them. These stories are not only touching, humorous and dramatic, but they are real as well. |
- Directed & Produced: Tamer Ezzat
- Screenplay: Nadine Shams
- D.O.P.: Sherif Helal
- Sound: Tamer El Demerdash
- Editing: Tamer Ezzat
- Music: Tamer Karawan
- Unesco Executive Producer: Michel Gelinas
- Production Manager: Moataz Abdel-Wahab
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2006
Egypt
Color / 35min / DV-cam / Orig. Language: Arabic
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| The film is an attempt to understand the nature of misunderstanding that controls daily human relationships; which sometimes makes individuals live a moment that does not actually belong to them.
Not only that, but also they tend to make out on their intimate moment, without even recognizing them for what they really are.
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- Script: Islam El-Azzazi
- Director of photography: Nancy Abdel Fattah
- Editor: Dina Farouk
- Production: SEMAT Production & Distribution
- Cast: Basem Samra, Hend Sabri
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