Football for Freedom! WH EN Football Becomes a CITIZEN SPORT! Eric Cantona Recounts the Story of Footballers That Have Resisted
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
MAKE YOUR VOTE MATTER! FOOTBALL FOR FREEDOM! WH EN FOOTBALL BECOMES A CITIZEN SPORT! ERIC CANTONA RECOUNTS THE STORY OF FOOTBALLERS THAT HAVE RESISTED. Telling the story of great players who I’m going to speak to you about real values, I’m going to speak to you about my football. became great men. The one I played, and the one I love – a football of solidarity, fraternity, and freedom. GILL ES ROF & GILLES PEREZ I’m going to speak to you about my football and why, in this world, we need it more than ever. Because, you see, still today we can change this world. ERIC CANTONA FOOTBALL REBELS - 5 X 26’ – 2012 – HD PRODUCED BY 13 PRODUCTIONS (CYRILLE PEREZ) - CANTO BROS PRODUCTIONS AND ARTE FRANCE AUTHORS/DIRECTORS: GILLES ROF AND GILLES PEREZ WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF ERIC CANTONA W hen football becomes a citizen sport! At a time when business seems to be corrupting our relationship with sport, the indomitable Eric Cantona shows us footballers who've managed to resist. Their names are Mekloufi, Sócrates, Pasic, Caszely, Drogba. 5 players who took part in disputes or fought back against the spheres of power, becoming figureheads of resistance or rebellion, well beyond their sole sporting achievements. A DOCUE M NTARY SERIES/MANIFESTO THAT REASSERTS THE VALUES OF SPORT AMONG CITIZENS, VIA 5 STORIES THAT ARE DEAR TO ERIC CANTONA. CASZELY MEKOI L UF AN D THE DEMISE AN D THE FLN TEAM OF ALLENDE (ALGERIA-FRANCE) (CHILE) R achid Mekhloufi was a player with the French football team, The Chilean player Carlos Caszely, close to Salvador Allende, who during the Algerian war, chose to go underground and rally was one of the rare top-calibre footballers to openly defy the his country to defend Algeria in 1958, in the FLN football team. dictator Pinochet in 1973. SOCRATES DIDIER DROGBA AN D THE CORINTHIAN’S AN D THE IVORIAN DEMOCRACY CIVIL WAR (BRAZIL) (IVORY COAST) The story of the Brazilian Sócrates, who in the middle of the I n 2004, in the middle of the Ivorian civil war, Didier Drogba dictatorship in the early 1980s, transformed every match into a ignored warnings from his club and agents, and defied Ivory political meeting for democracy. The mythical player of the early Coast President Gbagbo to stop the civil war, by making an 80s fought for democracy alongside future-president Lula. appeal for Peace as national selection captain. I love those men. They have taken the risk of losing everything, of becoming mere shadows of their former selves, of putting their destinies on the line, just to change things. Eric Cantona PEDA R G PASIC AN D THE SIEGE OF SARAJEVO We also chose those five men because they all (BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA) tell us something about our world today, about The story of Predrag Pasic, the Yugoslavian international player, the need to live together, about the beauty of who chose to start a multi-ethnic football school in a besieged collective action. Sarajevo, rather than returning to a Western Europe club, in Gilles Perez the 1990s. TTIHE UL MATE REFERENCE IN DOCUMENTARY DISTRIBUTION A CR EATIVE AND INVESTIGATIVE SERIES AT THE HEART OF PUBLIC DEBATE. WY H BROADCASTERS SUPPORT US ON THIS FILM: KY E THEMES BROACHED IN THE FILM: • During major international football events (the World Cup, the UEFA Cup, the Olympic Games in London, etc.), the series • The issue of democracy in the face of • Football from a offers channels an opportunity for committed and alternative civil war and dictatorship. different angle. programming, at a time when viewers are at their most recep- • Resistance and commitment. • Courage and generosity. tive. • Revolt in the face of • The need to live together, and • In today’s world, the role of broadcasters is to inform, to inves- social injustice. the beauty of collective action. tigate and to analyse, but also to provoke debate, whilst remai- ning free from private and political interests. THE FILM’S STRENGTHS FUEL pubLIC debATE The purpose of this series is to provide a better understanding of the world, to denounce an uncomfortable truth. • The choice of using the universal angle of football, embo- The media are agents of democracy and counterpower: died by a star, Eric Cantona, has enabled this documentary to information moves things forward. be viewed everywhere, even in countries experiencing severe political, social and religious tension. The film’s success is also • The role of the media is also to defend certain values: com- due to this. mitment and generosity. In a world governed by money - as the world of football is - these players set a fine example of personal • A subject concerning each and every one of us, as well as courage. future generations. • Widely admired, internationally recognised, and charismatic characters actively engage in and fight for their ideals. A fine example of citizenship, for all people, of all ages. • To capture attention and create viewer loyalty, the series surfs on a genre that has strong international potential: emotion and We live in a society in which the individual is character-driven stories. king, and which denigrates the collective. Football shows it doesn’t work. • Harnessing the values of football - which speaks to the widest Ken Loach audience - to foster awareness amongst viewers. OUR STRATEGY, PROMOTIONNAL ACTIVITIES AND MARKETING TOOLS FOOT BALL REBELS CALLED FOR A veRY SPECIFIC WP E IM LEMENTED A STRONG PROMOTIONAL SALES AppROACH. STRATegy. • ARTE SALES was nominated for the “Prix Export” award for THE • A trailer WORLD ACCORDING TO MONSANTO in 2009 and won the award • Newsletters and email shots to our clients. in 2012 with WASTE: THE NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE. • Dedicated flyers and catalogue. • Pitch session in Latin America for the presales. As a result, the ARTE brand is now strongly associated with major • A brand new site allowing online screening and providing effi- international documentaries dealing with sensitive worldwide cient information to our clients. issues provoking public debate. • Advertising in major business magazines such as C21, REALS- CREEN, WORLDSCREEN. • While marketing FOOTBALL REBELS, we strongly connected • Relying on our network of journalists to disseminate informa- the ARTE channel and its brand. We demonstrated that broad- tion on a regular basis casters worldwide could rely on ARTE’s strong brand with its high • Strong market attendance with a specific ARTE Booth and pos- public profile and excellent image. ters during major TV events such as MIPTV. • Favouring festival, non-commercial screenings and par- • We built upon world sporting events to foreground the series, tnerships with major CRS actors, in order to promote the but not exclusively. purpose and obtain maximum exposure for these major issues facing our democracies. • The series was sufficiently strong to organise year-round, spe- cial programming for the channels. PICTH IN BUENOS AIRES - ARGENTINA (DECEMBER 2011) WEBSITE ARTE SALES - WWW.ARTEPRO.COM/SALES THE ULTIMATE REFERENCE IN DOCUMENTARY DISTRIBUTION SALES GEO 360° REPORTS DISCOVERY 128 X52' HD See the world through di erent eyes ! MIPTV 2012 - PALAIS DES FESTIVALS - CANNES, FRANCE (APRIL 2012) ÉRIC CANTONA AND THE FOOTBALL REBELS BALLAD FOR A QUEEN SPORT 5 X26' &90' HD CONTEMPORARY HISTORY 52' &90' HD BY GILLES PEREZ & GILLES ROF BY DON KENT The unmissable series with 2012: Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee. Éric Cantona. We prefer kids with footballs than with weapons. © Chris Levine - Lightness of being Contact Head of Sales: Cédric HAZARD ARTE Booth - C1-01 [email protected] — www.artepro.com/sales L’Est Eclair, AD PUBLISHED IN WORLDSCREEN SpECIAL MIPTV 2012 “The noble history of football” TTIHE UL MATE REFERENCE IN DOCUMENTARY DISTRIBUTION ARDSWA , SELECTIONS AND ROBUST MARKET ATTENDANCE AW ARDS AND SELECTIONS S ARTRONG M KET ATTENDANCE 1 2 3 PRIZE FOR beST SpORTS J URY’S SpeCIAL “G UIRLANDE D’HONNEUr” & SOLIDARITY FILM PRIZE AT THE AT THE SpORTS MOVIE & TV AT The BCN INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SpORT FESTIVAL, MILAN 2012 FICTS FESTIVAL 2013 (SpAIN) FESTIVAL 2012 (RUSSIA) (ITALY) 4 5 6 7 K ICKING AND SCREENING FL UTLICHT FUSSBALL DOCSDF Fe STIVAL DEL CINEMA SOCCER FILM FESTIVAL FILM FESTIVAL (MEXICO) EUROPEO (ITALY) (UNITED STATES) (SwITZERLAND) 8 9 10 11 FI R BOURG INTERNATIONAL S VARAJE O WATCH DOCS MB UM AI FILM FILM FESTIVAL FILM FESTIVAL FESTIVAL IN WARSAW FESTIVAL (SwITZERLAND) (BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA) (POLAND) (INDIA) 12 13 14 ITN ERNATIONAL FOOTBALL FILM EOUR P AN FILM FENRE ZO E FILM FESTIVAL OF BERLIN (GERMANY) FESTIVAL FESTIVAL OF BELGRADE (SeRBIA) OF LECCE (ITALY) 15 16 17 Ljub LJANA INTERNATIONAL LA LuCARNE FeSTIVAL ITN ERNATIONAL FILM FILM FESTIVAL IN PARIS FESTIVAL (SLOVENIA) (FRANCE) OF CARTAGENA (COLOMBIA) Broadcast on the circuit of more than 28 institutional anteannae including the World Future Council Foundation. Being a man is much more important than being a champion. ARTE EDITIONS DVD Cantona AI SER ES WITH A STRONG AND LASTING INTERNATIONAL IMPACT SLO D TO 32 TV ChANNELS 140 COUNTRIES REACHED (ALL medIA) Afghanistan Gambia N igeria Albania Georgia North Africa Algeria Germany Overseas France Angola Ghana Palestine Argentina Great Britain Poland Armenia Guatemala Qatar Azerbaijan Guinea Reunion Bahrain Guinea-Bissau Rwanda Belarus Guyana Sao Tome and Principe Belgium Haiti Saudi Arabia Benin Iran Senegal Bosnia-Herzegovina Iraq Serbia Botswana Israel Seychelles Brazil Italian - speaking Sierra Leone That is something very much needed in the absurd Bulgaria Switzerland Slovakia theatre of multimillion transfers and advertisement Burkina Faso Italy Somalia deals in todays football.