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Docs for Sale Shortlist Films A-Z Docs for Sale 24Th International Documentary Market Amsterdam Docs for Sale 24Th International Documentary Market Amsterdam Docs for Sale Shortlist Films A-Z TH TH Docs for Sale 24 International Documentary Market Amsterdam Docs for Sale 24 International Documentary Market Amsterdam Please note: all Docs for Sale films are available for distribution worldwide except regions indicated in red. Politics / Society Human Interest / Social Issues Author’s Point of View | Art / Music / Culture 1982 African Bride | Human Interest / Social Issues Lucas Gallo, Argentina, Brazil, 90’ Roy Dames, Jos Driessen, Kenya, The Amazing Johnathan Documentary Argentineans, towards victory! Belgium, Netherlands, 86’ Benjamin Berman, United States, 92’ chango.tv – Santiago Guidi – [email protected] African Bride is a tragicomic portret of Gilbert, What begins as a documentary about ‘The a retired Belgian soldier that seeks love in Amazing Johnathan’ becomes a bizarre story Human Interest / Social Issues Kenya. (Racist) prejudices, Gilbert’s drinking about the unravelling of his documentarian. 21 Days Inside and cultural differences make true love nearly United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark, Zohar Wagner, Israel, 65’ impossible. Greenland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, 21 days of detention and interrogation of a MM Filmprodukties – Joost Verheij – [email protected] Iceland, Australia, New Zealand Bedouin woman accused of murdering her Kew Media Group – Jonathan Ford – own son. Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society [email protected] Go2Films – Hedva Goldschmidt – [email protected] African Catwalk Paolo Pisacane, Italy, 54’ Art / Music / Culture | History Human Interest / Social Issues | Investigative African Catwalk leads us through the The Amber Light #387 intricacies of South Africa, of its society, its Adam Park, United Kingdom, 93’ Madeleine Leroyer, Madeleine contradictions and its boundless energy An ode to the origins of whisky and Scottish Leroyer, France, 62’ through the revealing lens of fashion. culture. Every day, more migrants die in the GA&A Productions Srl. – Elisa Antonelli German-speaking Europe, Mediterranean. Nameless. – [email protected] Australia, New Zealand A team of forensic pathologists fight to restore Dartmouth Films – Wayne D’Cruz – the treasure of identity. Politics / Society [email protected] By giving the dead their dignity back, they After Your Revolt, Your Vote! Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth | Nature / Environment vouch for ours. Kiswendsida Parfait Kaboré, Burkina Faso, 87’ Industry Anbessa Forum France, Belgium, Italy, Middle-East, Poland, October 2014, Burkina Faso commits to a Harvest Mo Scarpelli, United States, 86’ Spain, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, historic vote and a new movement is born: Anbessa follows one boy caught between two Denmark,Canada, Iceland, Finland, the ‘Balai Citoyen’ led by the young Burkina worlds as he navigates modernization on his Greece, French speaking Switzerland, generation. own terms and comes of age in a brave new Italian-speaking Switzerland. Les Valseurs – Justin Pechberty – [email protected] world. Java Films – Kathryn Bonnici – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View | Politics / Society Sweet Spot Docs – Anna Berthollet – error 99-dfs-subject Ahead of me the South [email protected] ABBA Forever: The Winner Takes It All Pepe Danquart, Germany, 116’ Inspired by Pier Paolo Pasolini’s famous Human Interest / Social Issues Chris Hunt, United Kingdom, Sweden, 54’ Angels on Diamond Street This definitive ABBA doc is an expert inside journey, filmmaker Pepe Danquart travels Petr Lom, Netherlands, Norway, 90’ look at their music, career and lasting impact. over 4000 km through Italy, with an old Fiat A film about three inspiring women fighting The band tell their story while we explore the Millecento. for social justice in an African American making of all of the major songs. Albolina Film – Roberto Cavallini – [email protected] church in impoverished North Philadelphia. Pop Twist Entertainment, Inc. – Doug History / Politics One day, a Mexican undocumented Zwick – [email protected] All Against All immigrant asks the church for sanctuary. Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth Luuk Bouwman, Netherlands, 86’ the Netherlands Accept the Call A comical mess of quarreling Dutch fascists ZIN documentaire – Corinne van Eunice Lau, United States, 83’ and would-be führers developed into a violent Egeraat – [email protected] A father seeks to understand why his son is machinery. All Against All investigates the Human Interest / Social Issues | History / Politics | Politics / Society accused of terrorism, as they journey to repair nature of fascism on the basis of this unknown Another Paradise their relationship after breaking each other’s history. Olivier Magis, Belgium, 82’ hearts. Doc.Eye Film – Joost Verheij – [email protected] Fifty years ago the entire Creole population of The Youth Film LLC – Eunice Lau – [email protected] Author’s Point of View the Chagos Islands was expelled by the British Youth | Politics / Society All Cats Are Grey in the Dark authorities. This secret operation took place in Adolescentes Lasse Linder, Switzerland, 18’ order to install a US Navy military base. Sébastien Lifshitz, France, 136’ Christian lives with his two cats Marmelade Andana Films – Stephan Riguet – [email protected] From the age of 13 to 18, Adolescentes and Katjuscha. As he is yearning to become Youth | Human Interest / Social Issues follows two teenagers during these years a father, he decides to fertilize his beloved The Arctic Camels where radical transformations and first times cat Marmelade by an exquisite tomcat from Karl Emil Rikardsen, Norway, 75’ punctuate daily life. abroad. When Torarin and the family move to the Drom, Tom, Com Pom, Monaco, SND Films – Sydney Neter – [email protected] small village in northern Norway, he and his Andorra, Local Authorities Art / Music / Culture | History / Politics | Human Interest sister Svalin want a horse. Instead of a horse, Doc & Film International – Estelle De however, the parents buy two Mongolian Araujo – [email protected] All I Can Say Danny Clinch, Taryn Gould, Colleen camels. Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society Hennessy, Shannon Hoon, United States, 100’ Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – Industry [email protected] Advocate Forum Shannon Hoon, singer of Blind Melon, filmed Rachel Leah Jones, Philippe Harvest from 1990-95 with a Hi8 camera, recording up Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture | Youth Bellaiche, Israel, 108’ until hours before his death at age 28. Created Are You There? Lea Tsemel defends Palestinians: from 23 years later, this intimate autobiography is Maartje Nevejan, Netherlands, 92’ feminists to fundamentalists, from non-violent Hoon’s last work. Are you There? is a poetic essay film about demonstrators to armed militants. As far as CAA – Amanda Lebow – [email protected] where we are when we are not here. A journey most Israelis are concerned, she defends the Human Interest / Social Issues deep into inner space, regarding absence indefensible. epilepsy. Israel, Canada, Switzerland, Denmark, Alone Together Cerutti Film – Willemijn Cerutti – [email protected] Finland and the Netherlands, UK, Maya Tiberman, Kineret Hay-Gillor, Israel, 54’ US, Sweden, Norway, Germany Ravit spends her nights hugging abandoned Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View Cinephil – Philippa Kowarsky – [email protected] babies in the birthing ward until her 50th Arguments birthday creeps up on her and she realizes Olivier Zabat, France, 108’ that maybe she too, needs someone to hug Ron Coleman and his wife Karen Taylor her. welcome in their home people from all over Go2Films – Hedva Goldschmidt – [email protected] Europe. Their guests hear invasive voices commenting on their thoughts and their daily actions. Andana Films – Stephan Riguet – [email protected] 2 TH Docs for Sale 24 International Documentary Market Amsterdam Human Interest | Art / Music / Culture | Experimental Human Interest / Social Issues | Nature / Environment Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture | History Industry Army Forum Balolé, the Golden Wolf Berlin Bouncer Kelvin Kyung Kun Park, South Korea, 90’ Harvest Aïcha Chloé Boro, Burkina Faso, France, 65’ David Dietl, Germany, 87’ All Korean men must serve in the military in A documentary about the life in a granite Berlin – from a divided city to metropolis - seen their youth. Army follows a South Korean soldier quarry in Burkina Faso. through the eyes of three famous bouncers. Woochul’s entire journey of the mandatory Sudu Connexion – Dorothee Oum – [email protected] They all came in the 80s and started living the service. nightlife. Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth Mon Films – Junho Park – [email protected] Baracoa Germany Magnetfilm GmbH – Georg Gruber – Art / Music / Culture Pablo Briones, Switzerland, 90’ [email protected] The Art of Museums - In a quiet Cuban village, Leonel, an Kunsthistorische Museum Vienna introspective boy, contemplates change as his Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society Kurt Mayer, Germany, 52’ older friend Antuán moves to the city. Best Unkept Secret “A breathtaking journey through the museums Sweet Spot Docs – Anna Berthollet – Ilan Mizrahi, Israel, 57’ of this world” - Welt.de [email protected] A story of an adolescent boy who discovers one day that he had been manipulated Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – Art / Music / Culture [email protected] and used throughout his life by fanatic Barbara
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