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Line up DOCUMENTARIES SPRING-SUMMER 2019 Presales TV line up DOCUMENTARIES SPRING-SUMMER 2019 presales ARTS & CULTURE HOUSE OF CARDIN by P. David Ebersole & Todd Hughes Featuring: Philippe Starck, Jean Paul Gaultier, Jean-Michel Jarre, Naomi Campbell, Sharon Stone, Alice Cooper... Millions know the iconic logo and ubiquitous signature but few know the man behind the larger than life label. Ultimately we seek to answer the question: who is Pierre Cardin? What is the story behind this legendary icon? House of Cardin is a rare peek into the mind of a genius, an authorized feature documentary chronicling the life and design of Pierre Cardin. A true original, Mr. Cardin has granted the directors the exclusive access to his archives and his empire and promises unprecedented interviews at the sunset of a glorious career. The Ebersole Hughes Company - 13th Gen / USA / Delivery Fall 2019 SOCIAL ISSUES SONS OF HONOR by Sophia Luvarà In the most violent region of Italy - Calabria - the "Ndrangheta" mafia rules. One of the few who dares to stand up against the mafia is the President of the juvenile court, Roberto Di Bella. He took a drastic step by starting a re- education programme titled "Free to Choose". The programme separates teenage boys from their mafia families to break a generational cycle of criminality. The goal is straightforward: to show the teenager, who has been groomed for a life of violence and criminality, that there is another way of life. Sons of Honor is an epic coming-of-age drama that follows the crusade of Roberto Di Bella, a man living under protection 24/7. Through him and his team of the Juvenile Court, we will meet the sons of some of the most dangerous men in Italy. Witfilm - DocLab / The Netherlands - Italy / Delivery Fall 2019 presales ARTS & CULTURE © Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, [LC-DIG-ppmsca-03054] Prints© Library FSA/OWI & Photographs Division, Congress, of THE GRAPES OF WRATH: THE GHOST OF MODERN AMERICA by Priscilla Pizzato Symbol of indignation and rebellion, The Grapes of Wrath written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939 raised a scandal. 80 years later, the themes tackled in the novel are more than ever current: labour, justice, capitalism devastation, financialization of the economy, migrants… Featuring movies excerpts and current footage, unseen Steinbeck's audio- video archives and correspondences, interviews with historians, Steinbeck's specialists and writers, the film will guide us into the analyse of a cult book which became prophetic. Ex Nihilo / France / 52' / Delivery Fall 2019 new FEATURE LENGTH SUNDANCE 2019 / BERLINALE 2019 / THESSALONIKI 2019 / CPH:DOX 2019 MIDNIGHT TRAVELER by Hassan Fazili & Emelie Mahdavian When the Taliban puts a bounty on Afghan director Hassan Fazili's head, he is forced to flee with his wife and two young daughters. Capturing their uncertain journey, Fazili shows both the danger and desperation of their multi-year odyssey and the tremendous love shared between them. Old Chilly Pictures / USA - Qatar - Canada - UK / 87' / 2019 CURRENT AFFAIRS CPH:DOX 2019 THE COLOR OF JUSTICE by Marjolaine Grappe In July 2014, Eric Garner died in the street after being violently arrested by a NYC Police officer who is seen throwing his arm around his neck and pulling him to the ground. His death was recorded in an amateur video that shows him telling the police repeatedly "I can't breathe". Five months later, a grand jury declined to indict the policeman because of insufficient proof and the case was dismissed. In 2018, a legal team conducted a mock trial to rectify this denial of justice. Memento Productions / France / 52' & 72' / 2019 CURRENT AFFAIRS LATIN AMERICA: A GIANT IN TURMOIL by Marco Enriquez & Rodrigo Vásquez Political defeat in Argentina, Ecuador turning right, demonstrations in Venezuela, victory of the Far-right in Brazil, new era in Cuba… Following a wave of success these last years, the left-wing political forces are undergoing critical defeats. With an unprecedented access to the political leaders in Latin America (Dilma Roussef, Nicolás Maduro, Pepe Mujica, Evo Morales, Rafael Correa), the film gives us an insight view on the new challenges the continent is facing. Cinétévé / France / 52' / 2018 HISTORY 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF WORLD WAR II THE NAZI-SOVIET PACT: THE FIASCO OF THE EUROPEAN DIPLOMACY by Cédric Tourbe The pact concluded in August 1939 between Hitler and Stalin is still nowadays a symbol of the duplicity and cynicism of the Soviet dictator. However, the true story of this pact, starting point of World War II, is way more ambiguous than it seems. It is, first of all, the story of an astonishing collective failure in which Britons and French share a lot of responsibility. Following the events that led to its signature, this is an account of this fiasco through the eyes of the ones that tried their best to avoid the worst. Agat Films & Cie / France / 104' & 2 x 52' / 2018 4 new ARTS & CULTURE MARIUS PETIPA, THE FRENCH MASTER OF RUSSIAN BALLET by Denis Sneguirev A unique documentary on the most popular creator of ballets Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake and Cinderella. Born in 1818, Marius Petipa, a French dancer exiled in Russia in the middle of the romantic 19th century, became a ballet master at the court of the tsars. It was there that he would give, for 50 years, until his death in 1903, his letters of nobility to one of the most respected arts of the 20th and 21st centuries: classical dance. Les Poissons Volants / France / 52' / 2019 ARTS & CULTURE MICHEL LEGRAND, LET THE MUSIC PLAY by Grégory Monro Michel Legrand was the composer of some of the most famous scores of cinema (F for Fake, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Thomas Crown Affair to name a few). In the same vein, he moved from arrangement to composition, from jazz to classical, from New Wave to Hollywood, where he won three Oscars and 5 Grammys. He collaborated with renowned French and American filmmakers (Godard, Welles, Varda) but also with jazzmen (Miles Davis, John Coltrane) and singers (Barbara Streisand, Frank Sinatra, Boris Vian). Cinétévé / France / 52' / 2018 ARTS & CULTURE JOHN FORD, THE MAN WHO INVENTED AMERICA by Jean-Christophe Klotz Oscar-winning director John Ford helped create the legend of the American West during a career that spanned over fifty years and nearly 150 movies - Stagecoach, The Grapes of Wrath, The Battle of Midway to name a few. Bringing to life America's founding myths and heroes, dreams and disillusions, he captured the American soul like no one else. This film draws his portrait and explores the many echoes between his works and the turbulence that America is now going through. Hauteville Productions - Lobster Films / France / 52' / 2018 ARTS & CULTURE VENICE 2018 - DAVID DI DONATELLO NOMINATION FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY 2019 FRIEDKIN UNCUT by Francesco Zippel Featuring: Francis Ford Coppola, Quentin Tarantino, Willem Dafoe, Matthew McConaughey Friedkin Uncut offers an introspective insight into the life and artistic journey of William Friedkin, an extraordinary and offbeat director of cult films such as The French Connection, The Exorcist & Sorcerer. For the first time Friedkin opens up, guiding the audience on a fascinating journey through the themes and stories that have influenced his life and artistic career. We discover stories, anecdotes, and discuss what being an artist really means in order to celebrate the one and only Billy Friedkin. Quoiat Films / Italy / 107' / 2018 5 best of fests BERLINALE FORUM 2019 130TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OUR DEFEATS by Jean-Gabriel Périot Nowadays in France, a group of teenagers reenact iconic films from the 1968's era. While barely able to define neither political commitment nor the idea of revolution at first, they gradually realize that the perspectives from the past still echoe on our present politics and that within our defeats may rise the strength to face today's chaos and its challenges. Envie de Tempête Productions / France / 95' / 2019 SUNDANCE 2018 - OSCAR NOMINATION FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY 2019 HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING by RaMell Ross Composed of intimate and unencumbered moments of people in a community, this film is constructed in a form that allows the viewer an emotive impression of the Historic South - trumpeting the beauty of life and consequences of the social construction of race, while simultaneously existing as a testament to dreaming - despite the odds. Idiom Film - Louverture FIlms / USA / 76' / 2018 VENICE 2018 / TIFF 2018 / NYFF 2018 MONROVIA, INDIANA by Frederick Wiseman Monrovia, Indiana, 2017. 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Artkhana - Abbout Productions - Andolfi - Sara Bökemeyer - Good Company Picture - Barentsfilm / Egypt - Lebanon
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