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To Our Guests:

In 2003, a small seed was planted: to create a new and innovative platform that was dedicated to promoting and supporting new and emerging fi lmmakers from around the world. It took the dedication and effort of many people to bring the Festival to life in this, the inaugural edition of the International Emerging Talent Film Festival.

Over the years, ideas have grown, changed, and have been molded into IETFF 2007, a platform dedicated to new and emerging fi lmmakers on an international scale, now focused on nurturing and promoting new fi lmmakers from the developing nations of the world. Through our Film Pro meetings, we offer these new cinema talents the opportunity to interact with some of the leaders of the international motion picture industry.

We owe a special debt of gratitude to our sponsors, advertisers, donors and to our home, the Principality of Monaco. And we couldn’t be more pleased by the programs we offer here in the beautiful Grimaldi Forum. During the course of the Festival, we are presenting 25 short and feature fi lms, including eleven Feature and eleven short fi lms in our Offi cial Competition. Amongst the feature fi lms, there are two World Premieres, two International Premieres, four European Premieres and two French Premieres. In addition, we have three Special Screenings, six amazing conversations and panels and an extraordinary assemblage of fi lmmakers, VIP guests, fi lm industry representatives and world press.

The IETFF is an organization that will provide fi lm education as a means of expression in developing nations through its Global Film Expression. And in 2008, the IETFF’s parent, the International Emerging Film Talent Association, will launch the Global Film Forum, an initiative dedicated to educating governments and businesses in developing regions of the world on the policies and practices required to attract commercial fi lm productions to their homelands.

This is both the beginning and the realization of a dream.

Thank you for your presence and support. The journey begins here. Engage, enjoy and be challenged by IETFF 2007!

Max Ryerson Marco Orsini Noriko Katayanagi-Bonafede Irina Peterson Founder Founding Board Member Founding Board Member Founding Board Member Creative Director Executive Director IETFA President IEFTA Secretary General FESTIVAL ORGANIZATION, STAFF AND SPECIAL THANKS

International Emerging Film Talent Association (IEFTA) Founders: Noriko Bonafede, Marco Orsini, Irina Peterson, Max Ryerson President: Noriko Bonafede Secretary General: Irina Peterson Members: Marco Orsini, Max Ryerson Advisory Board Founding Members: Nigel Dick, Tricia Van Klaveren Members: Marc Brockbank, Effi e Brown, Christopher Buckeridge, Bruce Cohen, Andria Litto, George Litto, Christophe Medecin, Ramona Ramtej IETFF Ambassadors Oliver de Rothschild Angela Van Wright Ikuro Takano Organization Founder & Creative Director: Max Ryerson Executive Director: Marco Orsini Festival Producer: Mitch Levine – The Film Festival Group Director of Administration: Saori Tanichi USA Representative: Andreas Cerdan Accountant: Stephane Garino Lawyer: Maitre Olivier Marquet Programming Selection Committee: Huguette Marquand-Ferreux, Marco Orsini, Max Ryerson Advisors: Shaz Bennett, Jennifer Perrott, Peter van Bueren, Bird Runningwater, Shari Frilot, Mitch Levine Publicity International: Gary Springer, Geraldine Kuster – Springer & Associates PR Local: Kristina Lynn – Kristina Lynn and Associates Public Relations Talent & Special Projects: Louie Jones Catalogue, Poster and Logo Design: Olivier Fredenucci, Federall Website Design: Alex Chierici, Process Strategy Liaison to the Diplomatic Corps and Guest Services Coordinator: Biljana Aleksik Travel Agent: Christopher Campbell Volunteer Coordinator: Saori Tanichi Special Events Coordinators: Jo-Ann Flohil, Antoaneta Iossifova Interns: Yann Allain, Irina Bliznashka, Natasa Filipovic, Jo-Ann Flohil, Antoaneta Iossifova, Vanessa Erbaggio Very Special Thanks H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco And... Mehdi Amar, Tracey Bing, Anny Bormans, Michel Bouquier, Mark Brockbank, Effi e Brown, Madeleine Carpenter, Bruce Cohen, Shaela & Steven Cook, Rachael Leigh Cook, Alain Corneau, Carol Davis, Nathalie Delon, Georges Dick, Nigel Dick, Michael Donaldson, Richard Donner, Ava Dupre, Stephane Dray, Vanessa Erbaggio, Bernard Fautrier, Mina Fujita, Moira Griffi n, Thomas Ethan Harris, Jean Henoschsberg, Amber Hess, Yvette Hutchinson, Kouji Ito, Louis Jones, Freda Katritzky, Ian Khan, Ken Kuroyanagi, Elizabeth Lahey, Andria Litto, George Litto, Sophie de Lorenzo, Huguette Marquand-Ferreux, Christophe Medecin, Hidetoshi Nakata, Susanne de Olivier-Hossie, Tony Poser-Adams, Alan Poul, Ramona Ramtej, Vitto Romeo, Bruce Ryerson, Lauren Shuler Donner, Strategies Monte-Carlo, Keiko Takahashi, Saburo Takahashi, Jennifer Tilly, Nadine Trintignant, Tricia Van Klaveren, Henk Van de Meens, Angela Van Wright, Rolland Vervaet, Stuart Watts, Billy Zane, Hans Zimmer, the staff of the Grimaldi Forum and all of our other many supporters and volunteers.

4 | International Emerging Talent Film Festival | Monte-Carlo 2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page 2 Welcome Letter Page 3 Welcome Letter from the Board Page 4 Organization | Staff | Special Thanks Page 6 Partnership with NRDC Page 7 Our Sponsors Page 9 Festival Schedule Page 11 Opening Night: Page 12 A Letter Concerning Page 13 Special Screening and Panel: INVISIBLE CHILDREN Page 14 Global Film Expression | Global Film Forum Page 15 Closing Night: The Wing Awards | SAND AND SORROW Page 16 Conversations and Panels Page 19 Feature Film Competition Page 20 BUNNY CHOW Page 21 DRIVING WITH MY WIFE’S LOVER Page 22 ENTRY LEVEL Page 23 MARTA Page 24 QUE TAN LEJOS Page 25 A TALE OF TWO GENERALS Page 26 TIE A YELLOW RIBBON Page 27 SATANÁS Page 28 SHOONYA Page 29 SOVIA Page 30 TÉLÉ GUERRE Page 35 New World/Old World Shorts Competition Page 36 THE CAT AND CLAUDIA Page 37 CRICKET HEAD Page 38 DEWENTI Page 39 DI Page 40 KIBERA KID Page 41 LOST MY HEAD Page 42 LUCIA Y LAS COSAS Page 43 MEANDER Page 44 MY FRIEND ANA Page 45 UMA VIDA E OUTRA Page 46 YEARS OF SOLITUDE Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is pleased to join forces with the International Emerging Talent Film Festival in its commitment to cultivate environmental awareness by the general public and by professionals in the fi lm industry.

In the spirit of a Festival that celebrates the world-wide talents of rising fi lmmakers, the collaboration of NRDC with the IETFF in the greening of their event is a powerful means of merging each organization’s goals: Educating the world about critical ecological issues.

In collaboration with NRDC, this international festival will work to minimize its environmental footprint by identifying environmentally friendly solutions, from waste management to recycling to the purchasing of carbon offsets.

NRDC is pleased to support the IETFF’s efforts to spearhead a growing awareness of ecological issues for a sustainable future and a healthy, livable planet. NRDC and the IETFF will use the Festival’s forums and events to educate audiences, fi lmmakers, government leaders and studio executives on ecologically sound life practices and on environmentally responsible fi lm production techniques.

MISSION STATEMENT of the NRDC

The Natural Resources Defense Council’s purpose is to safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals and the natural systems on which all life depends.

We work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life -- air, land and water -- and to defend endangered natural places.

We seek to establish sustainability and good stewardship of the Earth as central ethical imperatives of human society. NRDC affi rms the integral place of human beings in the environment.

We strive to protect nature in ways that advance the long-term welfare of present and future generations.

We work to foster the fundamental right of all people to have a voice in decisions that affect their environment. We seek to break down the pattern of disproportionate environmental burdens borne by people of color and others who face social or economic inequities. Ultimately, NRDC strives to help create a new way of life for humankind, one that can be sustained indefi nitely without fouling or depleting the resources that support all life on Earth

6 | International Emerging Talent Film Festival | Monte-Carlo 2007 OUR PARTNERS & SPONSORS

International Emerging Talent Film Festival | Monte-Carlo 2007 | 7 The IEFTA would like to thank our angel Mark Brockbank for his unfl ailing dedication, commitment and support of our dreams for the IETFF. FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

SUNDAY, MAY 13TH 2007

Salle PRINCE PIERRE Salle CAMILLE BLANC Other Venues

DI (SGP) 10.00 - 11.30 NEW WORLD SHORTS 10.15 - 12.15 QUA TAN LEJOS (ECU) 13.30 - SALLE BOSIO THE CAT AND CLAUDIA (AUS) UMA VIDA E OUTRA (BRA) Everything you wanted 12.00 - 14.00 13.00 - 15.15 TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ( USA) DRIVING WITH MY WIFE’S LOVER (KOR) to know about fi lms but were afraid to ask LOST MY HEAD (ISL) DEWENETI (SEN) 14.30 - 16.15 15.45 - 18.00 ENTRY LEVEL (USA) SHOONYA (IND) 15.30 - SALLE BOSIO NRDC CONVERSATION MEANDER (BEL) 16.45 - 18.45 SATANÀS (COL) 22.00 - OPENING NIGHT 19.30 - 22.00 OPENING NIGHT FILM - THREE NEEDLES SOIRÉE at Fashion TV Bar

MONDAY, MAY 14TH 2007

DEWENETI (SEN) 10.00 - 12.00 INVISIBLE CHILDREN (USA/UGA) + PANEL 10.15 - 12.30 SHOOONYA (IND) KIBERA KID (KEN) LUCIA Y LAS COSAS (ARG) 12.30 - 14.15 13.00 - 14.30 MARTA (CZE) TÉLÉ GUERRE (BFA) 13.30 - SALLE BOSIO DI (SGP) THE CAT AND CLAUDIA (AUS) IETFF fi lmakers Roundtable: 14.45 - 16.45 15.00 - 17.00 QUE TAN LEJOS (ECU) YIE A YELLOW RIBBON (USA) How i made a movie and found myself in Monaco YEARS OF SOLITUDE (MKD) 17.15 - 19.00 17.30 - 19.00 OLD WORLD SHORTS A TALE OF TWO GENERALS (LBN) MY FRIEND ANA (CAN) CRICKET HEAD (USA) 20.00 - 22.00 19.30 - 21.15 SOVIA (DEU) BUNNY CHOW (ZAF)

TUESDAY, MAY 15TH 2007

LOST MY HEAD (ISL) KIBERA KID (KEN) 10.00 - 11.45 10.15 - 12.00 ENTRY LEVEL (USA) MARTA (CZE) 13.30 - SALLE BOSIO Financing fi lms in the MY FRIEND ANA (CAN) YEARS OF SOLITUDE (MKD) 12.15 - 14.15 12.30 - 14.15 global marketplace SOVIA (DEU) A TALE OF TWO GENERALS (LBN) UMA VIDA E OUTRA MEANDER (BEL) 14.45 - 16.45 14.45 - 17.00 DRIVING WITH MY WIFE’S LOVER (KOR) SATANÀS (COL) 15.30 - SALLE BOSIO Panel - Crisis in Darfur: LUCIA Y LAS COSAS (ARG) CRICKET HEAD (USA) 17.15 - 18.45 17.30 - 19.30 Cinema responds TÉLÉ GUERRE (BFA) BUNNY CHOW (ZAF) 22.00 - CLOSING NIGHT 20.00 - 22.00 THE WING AWARDS + SAND AND SORROW SOIRÉE - Venue TBA

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3 NEEDLES | THOM FITZGERALD | CANADA | OPENING NIGHT GALA

As Thom Fitzgerald, the fi lm’s director has said, 3 NEEDLES is really a prayer, the storytelling EUROPEAN PREMIERE and characters inspired by questions to God, the fi lm a meditation on fi nding answers to the TYPE : NARRATIVE, FEATURE unanswerable. YEAR : 2005 Three tales of redemption create a mosaic portrait of the worldwide AIDS pandemic. In , a smuggler sets up a blood clinic in a hillside farming village. In Canada, a waitress discovers her son RUNNING TIME : 127 min. is a notorious porn star. In South Africa, a novice missionary compromises her faith in order to sustain SCREENING TIMES : a family of orphans. Sunday, May 13, Salle Prince Pierre, 19:30 The structure of the fi lm rests on religious rituals, which are pieced together as a mosaic. We follow the stories of several characters who are not connected by personal interaction, but who are very PRODUCER : Thom FITZGERALD, Mark BENNETT much connected through the AIDS plague and through their individual spirituality. The movie fl ows like SCREENPLAY : Thom FITZGERALD a book of short stories rather than a novel. PHOTOGRAPHY : Tom HARTING Many of the supporting cast had never even seen a movie, so it required a great deal of faith and trust by the fi lmmakers to engage in this strange endeavour. The remarkable cast, including , MUSIC : Christophe BECK & Trevor MORRIS Chloë Sevigny, Stockard Channing, Shawn Ashmore, , and Sook-Yin Lee EDITING : Susan SHANKS all brought their own ideas to their roles, breathing individuality into an incredibly broad spectrum CAST : Lucy LIU, Shawn ASHMORE, Stoackard CHANNING, of characters. A truly remarkable exploration of a powerful subject by a gifted fi lmmaker and his ensemble of players, 3 NEEDLES is fi lled with stunning cinematography and exception performances. Chloe SEVIGNY, Olympia DUKAKIS, Sandra OH, Sook-Yin LEE We are very pleased to be presenting it as our Opening Night presentation. COMPANY : Bigfoot Entertainment ADDRESS : Los Angeles WEBSITE : www.3-needles.com www.bigfootentertainment.com

International Emerging Talent Film Festival | Monte-Carlo 2007 | 11 A LETTER CONCERNING AFRICA...

I spent the month of January shooting a documentary in Ethiopia. I was amazed at the size of the country, the richness of the culture and, at the same time, the degree of destitution. However, everywhere I went, I was greeted with wonderful hospitality. The people of Ethiopia are hungry for knowledge, friendship and opportunities from the world abroad.

It is a perfect place to launch our Global Film Expression. This program uses fi lm as a tool to motivate and eventually encourage future fi lmmakers – in a country that has been ravaged by civil war, famine, drought and AIDS. It could very well be the success story for the Horn of Africa. Ethiopia sits in the middle of mayhem and is struggling for its very own survival. We believe in Ethiopia and in its chance to succeed.

Not so lucky are its neighbors; Somalia to the southeast, Sudan to the north and Uganda to the southwest. Each country has been gripped in a never-ending civil war. The effects have been disastrous. Two fi lms highlight the plight of the people caught in this struggle.

In 2004, three students from Southern California traveled to Africa for a trip of their lifetime. Their documentary, INVISIBLE CHILDREN, shows the plight of thousands of kids in Uganda kidnapped in the middle of the night and forced to fi ght. Some of these children are as young as fi ve. More important than the fi lm is what the fi lmmakers have done since. They have started a movement that has raised money and awareness – directly impacting the affected children and others throughout Uganda. Since 2004, schools have been built and fi ghting between the rebels and the government has decreased. We are honored to have these fi lmmakers with us to discuss their adventure as well as their commitment to their cause. We knew it would be a great fi lm to share with the young people and residents of Monaco.

Geocide. We continually say, «Never Again», but history demonstrates that it does happen again... and again... and again. It is happening now and there isn’t much being done about it. Genocide is a word we all know. The citizens of the Darfur region of Sudan know its meaning all too well. SAND AND SORROW is a fi lm by Peabody Award winner Paul Freedman, produced and narrated by George Clooney. At our Closing Night, SAND AND SORROW will play before an international audience for the fi rst time. This powerful piece takes a look at the slow destruction of an entire population by its own government, while the rest of the world stands by.

During our Festival, we are hoping to create awareness of the plight of both countries. It also highlights why Ethiopia is so important in launching our initiative. In such a volatile area of the world, it is easy to see how you and I can make a difference for future generations in Africa.

Marco A. Orsini Executive Director, IETFF INVISIBLE CHILDREN | JASON RUSSELL | USA | SPECIAL SCREENING

Can a story change the world? In the spring of 2003, three young Americans traveled to Africa in INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE search of such a story – and found a devastating one. What started out as a fi lmmaking adventure TYPE : DOCUMENTARY in Africa transformed into much more. What these three boys from Southern California found was a tragedy that disgusted and inspired them – a story where children are the weapons and the victims. COUNTRY : USA / LEBANON / UGANDA For the past 21 years, a war has been waged between the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and the YEAR : 2006 Ugandan government. Innocent civilians are vulnerable in this struggle between two sides that have SCREENING TIMES : lost sight of the people. The government of Uganda has failed to protect its citizens from a rebel militia that has abducted thousands of children, subjected them to torture or sexual violence, and Monday, May 14, Salle Prince Pierre, 10:00 forced them to fi ght as child soldiers. And while peace talks are currently underway to bring much- DIRECTORS : Carol MANSOUR, Laren POOLE, Jason RUSSELL needed resolution to this humanitarian crisis, the most devastating aspect of this war still exists: the SCREENPLAY : Carol MANSOUR Ugandan government forcibly evicted its Northern citizens from their homes—giving them 48 hours to relocate into camps that lack adequate security and insuffi cient provisions for survival. More than PHOTOGRAPHY : Carol MANSOUR 1.5 million Northern Ugandans remain far from secure, suffering nearly 1.000 deaths per week due to EDITING : Carol MANSOUR the inhumane living conditions in the Internally Displaced Persons camps. PRINT CONTACT : Carolyn SAMS This wonderfully reckless documentary is fast-paced, with an MTV beat, and is truly unique. To see Africa through young eyes is humorous and heartbreaking, quick and informative – all in the same COMPANY : Invisible Children, Inc. breath. And it is a deeply human – and humane – call to action that has ignited a movement around ADDRESS : 2705 Via Orange Way, Suite B, the world. Spring Valley, CA 91978 - USA The screening will be followed by a conversation with the fi lmmakers. TEL : +1 619 562 2799 - FAX : +1 619 660 0576 This fi lm program is strongly recommended for young people, students, and all those who care about improving our world. EMAIL : [email protected] WEBSITE : www.invisiblechildren.com

International Emerging Talent Film Festival | Monte-Carlo 2007 | 13 GFE/GFF PROGRAMS

This year, the IETFF announces two extraordinary initiatives, the Global Film Expression and the Global Film Forum. The work of the Global Film Expression has already begun; the fi rst Global Film Forum will be held in conjunction with IETFF 2008:

The IETFF Global Film Expression

The Global Film Expression (GFE) will provide both opportunity and education to those who lack the resources for cinematic expression. Focusing on impoverished and oppressed regions of the world, the IETFF (in collaboration with other partners and NGO’s) will dispatch fi lmmakers and educators to conduct hands-on outreach, including:

Develop educators that can teach cinema and fi lmmaking to the nation’s young people;

Screen fi lms for communities that have had only limited access, if any, to cinema;

Educate young people about the craft of fi lmmaking, with an emphasis on the practical, expressive capabilities of moving pictures and about the employment opportunities available in local fi lm and television for those with these skills

Assist interested persons and groups in producing their own fi lms, depicting the stories, events and ideas that inspire and inform them.

At the annual IETFF in May, fi lms produced as a result of the Global Film Expression will be screened and then made available to audiences worldwide.

The IETFF Global Film Forum

The Global Film Forum (GFF) is a place where government leaders, fi lm commissioners and representatives of national fi lm communities can meet fi lmmakers, producers, studio executives and other potential partners.

The GFF seeks to provide delegates from the developing world the tools, incentives, procedures and infrastructure necessary to attract feature fi lm production to their locales. Producers will offer “case studies,” and share their experiences of shooting in developing countries. Keynotes and panels will be conducted with established entertainment industry professionals on various themes, including Investment Opportunities, Financial Structures and Tax Laws; Production and Safety Issues; Financial Procedures, and developing a core of professionalism in local crews and vendors. SAND & SORROW | PAUL FREEDMAN | USA | WING AWARDS | CLOSING GALA

Offered exclusive and unparalleled access to the situation inside Darfur, Peabody award-winning INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE fi lmmaker Paul Freedman joins a contingent of African Union peacekeeping forces in Darfur while a tragic and disturbing chapter in human history unfolds. TYPE : DOCUMENTARY, FEATURE SAND AND SORROW leads us through burgeoning refugee camps along the Chad-Sudan border, past YEAR : 2007 mass graves inside Darfur itself, and into offi ces of the United States Senate to plead on behalf of the RUNNING TIME : 93 min. innocents of Darfur. Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel, U.S. Senators Barak Obama and Sam Brownback, rebel leader Minni Minawi, African Union peacekeeper Major Reuben Colince Ondoua and many others FORMAT (original) : DIGITAL BETACAM provide powerful and touching insight into the confl ict. George Clooney was the Executive Producer of SCREENING TIMES : the fi lm and provides its narration. As the fi lm ventures deep inside Darfur, we come face to face with the collective sorrow of a people Tuesday, May 15, Salle Prince Pierre, 20:00 devastated by others’ shameful indifference. As many as 2.5 million displaced persons have had PRODUCER : Paul FREEDMAN, Brad KAPLAN no choice but to settle inside squalid camps to wait and hope (an estimated four-hundred thousand civilians have perished so far). These people have joined the growing spectral chorus of others SCREENPLAY : Paul FREEDMAN who waited for help in genocides past – help that we know may never come. It is an extraordinary PHOTOGRAPHY : Alexandre NAUFEL documentary that you will never forget. MUSIC : Jamie DUNLAP A panel discussion, Crisis in Darfur: Cinema Responds, will be held prior to the screening at 15.30, featuring the fi lm’s director, Paul Freedman, Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times, the African Union’s EDITING : Paul FREEDMAN Major Reuben Colince Ondoua, and author John Prendergast (who co-authored “Not on Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond” with HOTEL RWANDA star Don Cheadle). CAST : George CLOONEY (narr.); Ahmed ALI, Abdulrahman Al ZUMA, Hilary BENN, Oliver BERCAULT, Sabina BLAY. The evening begins with the presentation of the IETFF Wing Awards, recognizing Outstanding Achievement in the Festival’s competition and the Inspiration Award, presented to an PRINT CONTACT : Natalie Lum FREEDMAN internationally respected artist. TEL : +1 323 356 9504 Before the screening, a very special celebrity art project will be unveiled that will begin a EMAIL : [email protected] worldwide effort in support of the people of Darfur. WEBSITE : www.sandandsorrow.com

International Emerging Talent Film Festival | Monte-Carlo 2007 | 15 IETFF CONVERSATIONS AND PANELS

Everything You Wanted to Know About Filmmaking But were Afraid to Ask Sunday, 13 May – 13.30 – Grimaldi Forum– Free How do projects come together? And once they do, how do they get from script to fi lm (or video!) and then to a cinema near you? Have you ever wondered a Director, Producer, Agent and of those others listed in the fi lm’s credits really? Then this is the panel for you! Industry insiders will offer a crash course on the process of making a movie. Come prepared with questions because... here you will fi nd the answers.

A Conversation with NRDC Sunday, 13 May – 15.30 – Grimaldi Forum – Free The Natural Resources Defense Council’s purpose is to safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals and the natural systems on which all life depends. It works to foster the fundamental right of all people to have a voice in decisions that affect their environment. Ultimately, NRDC strives to help create a new way of life for humankind, one that can be sustained indefi nitely without fouling or depleting the resources that support all life on Earth. The IETFF has created a special partnership with NRDC and is one of the world’s very fi rst “green” festivals. Please join a special conversation with NRDC’s Senior Scientist, Allen Hershkowitz as he addresses the environmental issues facing our world today.

Invisible Children: The Movie and the Movement Monday, 14 May – 10.00 – Grimaldi Forum Can a story change the world? In the spring of 2003, three young Americans traveled to Africa in search of such a story. What started out as a fi lmmaking adventure in Africa transformed into much more, when these three boys from Southern California found themselves stranded in Northern Uganda. What they found was a tragedy that disgusted and inspired them – a story where children are the weapons and the victims. They discovered children being abducted from their homes and forced to fi ght as child soldiers. And so they made a movie, and started a worldwide movement that has had a tremendous impact on the lives of these children. Join the fi lmmakers of INVISIBLE CHILDREN as they discuss the making of their fi lm and what we can all do to help. This screening and conversation is particularly recommended for students and young people – as well as anyone else who cares about improving the lives of these children.

IETFF Filmmaker Roundtable: How I Made a Movie and Found Myself in Monaco Monday, 14 May – 13.30 – Grimaldi Forum – Free Come and meet the fi lmmakers of the 1st Annual IETFF. Hear about their fi lmmaking journey, share their passion, discover what went right – and what went wrong – and cheer their triumphant fi lms!

Financing Films in the Global Marketplace Tuesday, 15 May – 13.30 – Grimaldi Forum – Free As Jerry McGuire once said, “Show me the money!” Key entertainment industry producers, distributors and agents will discuss the maze known as the “money trail,” including private investing, hedge funds, equity sources, foreign pre-sales, product placement and the ever mysterious, “negative pick up.” Understand the art of the distribution deal, how money comes in and how it goes out.

The Crisis in Darfur: Cinema Responds Tuesday, 15 May – 15.30 – Grimaldi Forum – Free Before the Festival’s Closing Night special screening of SAND AND SORROW, producer George Clooney’s remarkable documentary on Darfur, we will explore the genocide and ongoing tragedy there with a remarkable panel, including the fi lm’s director, Paul Freedman, Nicholas Kristof of the NY Times, the African Union’s Major Reuben Colince Ondoua, and author John Prendergast (who co-authored “Not on Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond” with HOTEL RWANDA star Don Cheadle). Notre univers devient le vôtre.

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This program is the result of a worldwide search for documentary and narrative feature fi lms that entertain while exploring the human condition. Our Feature Films Offi cial Competition has fi lms from ten countries on fi ve continents. Each uses the language of cinema in compelling ways. We hope you enjoy. BUNNY CHOW | JOHN BARKER | SOUTH AFRICA

Imagine a fi lm that combines narrative storytelling with a bit of improvisation. That is exactly what FRENCH PREMIERE BUNNY CHOW has done. A combination of the two forms has given the freedom to a group of actors TYPE : NARRATIVE FEATURE to do what they do best...act! YEAR : 2006 Set in South Africa, the story slowly sets up the main characters: comedians and their love interests. RUNNING TIME : 95 min. As the story develops, we become painfully aware of the different levels each comedian has attained FORMAT (original) : 35 mm / B&W in their career. It’s clear that some of these comedians should pursue other interests, but their tenacity SCREENING TIMES : and love for stand-up comedy keeps them going. Monday, May 14, Salle Camille blanc, 19:30 It’s not until a road trip to a concert gathering that these four comedians’ professional lives collide with Tuesday, May 15, Salle Camille Blanc, 17:30 their personal ones. BUNNY CHOW is a contemporary and urban South African tale about young people PRODUCER : Kagiso LEDIGA and their journeys to self discovery, self destruction, self delusion and a good dose of selfi shness. SCREENPLAY : John BARKER & David KIBUUKA PHOTOGRAPHY : Zeno PETERSEN MUSIC : Joel ASSAIZKY EDITING : Saki BERGH CAST : David KIBUUKA, Kagiso LEDIGA, Joey (Yusuf) RASDIEN, Kim ENGELBRECHT PRINT CONTACT : Jeremy NATHAN COMPANY : DV8 Films ADDRESS : Suite 2B, 1st Floor - 8 Arnold Road Rosebank, 2196 - South Africa 2121 TEL : +27 11 880 0191 / +27 83 454 8997 FAX : +27 11 880 0192 EMAIL : [email protected] / [email protected]

20 | International Emerging Talent Film Festival | Monte-Carlo 2007 DRIVING WITH MY WIFE’S LOVER | TAI-SIK KIM | KOREA

After realizing that his wife has been cheating on him, a mild-mannered stamp maker leaves the FRENCH PREMIERE small Korean seaside town of Naksan, determined to track down his wife’s lover, a taxicab driver. TYPE : NARRATIVE, FEATURE Once found, the two embark on a long journey of revenge and frank discussions of the opposite sex. YEAR : 2006 This dark comedy takes the audience on a beautiful journey through South Korea, mixing comedy with RUNNING TIME : 92 min. raw emotions. The ending explores themes that will confront anyone’s views on marriage, monogamy FORMAT (original) : 35 mm and friendship. Beautifully shot and well acted, DRIVING WITH MY WIFE’S LOVER is a wonderful tale, SCREENING TIMES : twisted in emotional deceit and internal growth. Sunday, May 13, Salle Camille Blanc, 13:00 Tuesday, May 15, Salle Camille Blanc, 14:45 PRODUCER : Hyo-jeong KIM SCREENPLAY : Jun-han KIM / Tai-sik KIM PHOTOGRAPHY : Sun-bong JANG MUSIC : Yong-jin JUNG EDITING : Sung-won HAM PRINT CONTACT : Jay LEE COMPANY : Mirovision Inc. ADDRESS : 4F Shinyoung Bldg., 1-128 Sinmunno 2-ga, jongno-gu, Seoul 110-062 - Korea TEL : +82 2 3443 2553 / +82 2 3443 2502 FAX : +82 2 3443 4842 EMAIL : [email protected] WEBSITE : www.mirovision.com

International Emerging Talent Film Festival | Monte-Carlo 2007 | 21 ENTRY LEVEL | DOUGLAS HORN | USA

Imagine being certain of your professional course all your life, and it not working out. This is exactly WORLD PREMIERE what happens in ENTRY LEVEL. After losing his restaurant, chef CLAY MAGUIRE must start his career TYPE : NARRATIVE, FEATURE all over – at the bottom. Pushing forty with no «corporate skill-set», Clay enters the strange world of YEAR : 2007 the Unemployable Interviewees of America. RUNNING TIME : 85 min. He soon meets others who share his plight. Lacking experience of almost any kind, Clay is forced into FORMAT (original) : HD VIDEO the world of unemployment. He competes for the same positions as applicants almost half his age, SCREENING TIMES : possessing many more skills for today’s ENTRY LEVEL position. Without a knowledge of email, typing, Sunday, May 13, Salle Prince Pierre, 14:30 texting or any other skills considered valuable in today’s workplace, Clay can’t get a job. His friends in Tuesday, May 15, Salle Prince Pierre, 10:00 the unemployment pool are closer to his age and also considered dinosaurs not worth hiring. PRODUCER : Reuben LIM, Mark E. LEE, Ben BUFFANDEAU & Douglas HORN Spurred along by the total lack of encouragement by his job counselor, the self-serving “wisdom” SCREENPLAY : Douglas HORN of a homeless friend, and the most bizarre series of job interviews imaginable, Clay and his fellow PHOTOGRAPHY : Aasulv WOLF AUSTAD, fnf job-seekers strive for dignity, success, or at least a minimum-wage job taking customer-service calls MUSIC : Brandon ROBERTS from prison inmates. A hilarious, insightful look at job interviews, fi nding the courage to start all over, EDITING : Paco FARIAS and life at the ENTRY LEVEL. CAST : D.B. SWEENEY, Missi PYLE, Kurtwood SMITH, Cedric YARBROUGH PRINT CONTACT : Reuben LIM & Mark E. LEE COMPANY : Entry Level Films, LLC ADDRESS : 13727 Valerio Street- Van Nuys, CA 91405 - USA TEL : +1 310 490 9926 / +1 310 883 8480 FAX : +1 310 388 3080 EMAIL : reuben@halfl ifemovie.com / [email protected] WEBSITE : www.entrylevelthemovie.com

22 | International Emerging Talent Film Festival | Monte-Carlo 2007 MARTA | MARTA NOVAKOVA | CZECH REPUBLIC

Far away, in war-torn country, there is a secret. A female soldier on the run is determined to keep that FRENCH PREMIERE secret until... she is caught in a trap, literally. TYPE : NARRATIVE, FEATURE Marek, a fur trapper, is caught by surprise when he fi nds Marta unconscious and close to death. YEAR : 2006 He quickly bundles her up and takes her home to recover. Marek lives deep in the forest with his RUNNING TIME : 77 min. handicapped father, who relies on his son to survive. FORMAT (original) : MINI DV As Marta begins to recover, the three form a tense relationship. Each will betray the other. But when SCREENING TIMES : soldiers come looking for Marta, the three bond to protect one another. Unfortunately, the bond is short Monday, May 14, Salle Prince Pierre, 12:30 lived as distrust and isolation lead all three down a dark road. Tuesday, May 15, Salle Camille Blanc, 10:15 Wonderfully shot in a snowy wonderland, MARTA is a story of mental and physical survival. The ending Ex. PRODUCER : Eva POSPÍŠILOVÁ will be sure to challenge the viewer’s ideas of humanity. SCREENPLAY : Jan COUFAL, Marta NOVAKOVA PHOTOGRAPHY : Matej CIBULKA MUSIC : Dorota BAROVA EDITING : Simon SPIDLA CAST : Petra SPALKOVA, Jan NOVOTNY, Vojtech STEPANEK PRINT CONTACT : [email protected] COMPANY : Fresh Films ADDRESS : Kubelikova 27, Prague 3 - Czech Republic TEL : +420 296 330 940 - FAX : +420 296 330 951 EMAIL : eva@freshfi lms.cz WEBSITE : www.martafi lm.cz

International Emerging Talent Film Festival | Monte-Carlo 2007 | 23 QUE TAN LEJOS | TANIA HERMIDA | ECUADOR

A college girl scorned by love, a young Spanish woman on a journey and a man returning his dead TYPE : NARRATIVE, FEATURE FILM relative’s ashes all have one thing in common. They are affected by the strikes of the indigenous YEAR : 2006 people deep in the hills of Ecuador. RUNNING TIME : 93 min. Esperanza (Hope) and Tristeza (Sadness) meet on a bus, which stops its journey because of a FORMAT (original) : 35 mm roadblock. The two embark by foot to reach their destination, meeting fellow travelers on the way. As SCREENING TIMES : the story unfolds, so do the motives of their journey . The two girls become fast friends, offering each Sunday, May 13, Salle Camille Blanc, 10:15 other advice, although it is usually not asked for. Monday, May 14, Salle Prince Pierre, 14:45 In this compelling work, no one dies, nothing blows up and no crimes are committed. The pacing of the fi lm draws you into the beauty of the landscape and the self-discoveries of these two young women. PRODUCER : Paula PARRINI QUE TAN LEJOS is a truly elegant fi lm. SCREENPLAY : Tania HERMIDA PHOTOGRAPHY : Armando SALAZAR MUSIC : Nelson GARCIA EDITING : Ivan MORA CAST : Cecilia VALLEJO, Tania MARTINEZ PRINT CONTACT : Estrella ARAIZA COMPANY : Latinofusion ADDRESS : Parque de las Estrellas 2755 - col. Jardines del Bosque Guadalajara, Jalisco - 44510 Mexico TEL : +52 333 647 3705 EMAIL : [email protected] WEBSITE : www.latinofusion.com.mx

24 | International Emerging Talent Film Festival | Monte-Carlo 2007 A TALE OF TWO GENERALS | LORNE THYSSEN | LEBANON

The continuing confl ict in Lebanon is almost impossible to comprehend. There are more parties to EUROPEAN PREMIERE the struggle than can be counted. It is a web of intrigue and self-interest that has continually defi ed TYPE : NARRATIVE solution. YEAR : 2006 A TALE OF TWO GENERALS takes place in Lebanon during its lengthy civil war, which brought in RUNNING TIME : 86 min. Palestinians, Syrians, Lebanese, Americans, French, Israelis, Iranians, and many, many others. FORMAT (original) : 35 mm Clarifying such a complex struggle is an overwhelming task, but Lorne Thyssen does just this in his SCREENING TIMES : fi rst narrative feature. Monday, May 14, Salle Prince Pierre, 17:15 With impressive war battles, a love story, documentary footage and actors from several countries, A Tuesday, May 15, Salle Prince Pierre, 12:30 TALE OF TWO GENERALS is an epic undertaking. One might try and lay blame on who or what is the PRODUCER : Lorne THYSSEN culprit, but the fi lm manages to balance the players like a game of chess. Assassinations, snipers, SCREENPLAY : Lorne THYSSEN bombings and alliances of many kinds are the fabric of this massive work. We are confronted by the PHOTOGRAPHY : Enio GARNIERI players’ seeming inability to wage peace in this beautiful nation, constantly confronted by struggle. MUSIC : Geoffroy BURGON EDITING : Jean-Luc DARMON CAST : Charles DANCE, Nabila KHASHOGGI, Jean-Marie WINLING, Ivan KAYE, Nidal ASHKAR PRINT CONTACT : Tim LEWISTON COMPANY : Movietrack LTD ADDRESS : 66-68 Vanderbilt Road - London SW183BQ - UK TEL : +447798750666 - FAX : EMAIL : [email protected] WEBSITE :

International Emerging Talent Film Festival | Monte-Carlo 2007 | 25 TIE A YELLOW RIBBON | JOY DIETRICH | USA

Jenny Mason is a twenty-something Korean adoptee who carries around intense hurt and anger from EUROPEAN PREMIERE her experiences with her adoptive, Caucasian family. Walking around in despair and uninterested in TYPE : NARRATIVE connecting with others, Jenny ends up moving in with Bea, who embodies a type of sweet, wide-eyed YEAR : 2007 naïveté that preying men fi nd endearing. Sandy is a skittish, shy girl who lives across the hall from RUNNING TIME : 87 min. them. Dubbed a “mouse,” she can’t seem to fi nd her own voice enough to be respected and noticed. FORMAT (original) : 35 mm The three girls have one thing in common; they are three females of Asian descent living in America. SCREENING TIMES : Their similarities end here. They each represent a different Asian culture and a completely different Sunday, May 13, Salle Prince Pierre, 12:00 take on life. Monday, May 14, Salle Camille blanc, 15:00 Jenny will sleep with anyone because of her damaged past. But she refuses to kiss anyone because PRODUCER : Joy DIETRICH, Thomas YONG she feels this is too intimate. Bea follows the strict wishes of her family, pursuing the “professions” SCREENPLAY : Joy DIETRICH even though she wants to be a poet. Sandy cleans the hallways and empties the trash of their building PHOTOGRAPHY : Lars BONDE while in nursing school to keep her rent low. Men circle them like hawks, and all are damaged by past or current relations. As relationships among the three women unfold, each woman must decide MUSIC : John SCHMERSAL how to deal with the obstacles that appear before them. Who will survive and who will not? Who will EDITING : Ramus HOGDALL, Stephen T. MAING ultimately take the fi rst step to connect? One of the fi rst feature fi lms to address the abnormally high CAST : Kim JIANG, Jane KIM, Patrick HEUSINGER, Ian WEN, rates of suicide and depression among Asian-American women, this is a truly groundbreaking work. Theresa NGO, Gregory WALLER PRINT CONTACT : Joy DIETRICH COMPANY : Tie a Yellow Ribbon, Inc. ADDRESS : 55 Newel Street #3R - Brooklyn, NY 11222, USA TEL : +1 718 383 0484 FAX : +1 718 383 0484 EMAIL : [email protected]

26 | International Emerging Talent Film Festival | Monte-Carlo 2007 SATANÁS | ANDRES BAIZ | COLUMBIA/MEXICO

In every soul lies good and evil, fi ghting one another for dominance. In each of its characters, SATANÁS EUROPEAN PREMIERE blurs the border between the two, with its characters causing pain, death and destruction along the way. TYPE : NARRATIVE, FEATURE Trailing the lives of three different characters, the story quickly unfolds with a triple murder by a YEAR : 2006 mother who claims to be possessed by evil. A priest trying to do good, a female hustler and an English RUNNING TIME : 95 min. school teacher feel the presence of evil and do what they can to fi ght it. FORMAT (original) : HD VIDEO Powerful and graphic from start to fi nish, SATANÁS is a riveting study of cause and effect that tackles SCREENING TIMES : the themes of love, sex, money, power, and revenge. In the end, their insecurities and selfi sh ways give Sunday, May 13, Salle Prince Pierre, 16:45 in to the dark side. As they attempt to they do escape evil’s grip, dirty work is done by all. SATANAS will leave you looking deep inside yourself, and challenge your confi dence in the balance good and evil. Tuesday, May 15, Salle Camille Blanc, 14:45 PRODUCER : Rodrigo GUERRERO SCREENPLAY : Andres BAIZ PHOTOGRAPHY : Mauricio VIDAL MUSIC : Angelo MILLI EDITING : Alberto DE TORO CAST : Damian ALCAZAR, Blas JARAMILLO, Marcela MAR PRINT CONTACT : Rodrigo GUERRERO COMPANY : Dynamo ADDRESS : Calle 80 #8-44 - Bogota, Cundinamarca, 00000, Columbia TEL : +57 311 208 3311 - FAX : +57 1 345 2278 EMAIL : [email protected] WEBSITE : www.satanasthemovie.com / www.dynamocapital.net

International Emerging Talent Film Festival | Monte-Carlo 2007 | 27 SHOONYA | ARINDAM MITRA | INDIA

A modern-day interpretation of T.S.Eliot’s, «Murder in the Cathedral», Shoonya explores the guilt, TYPE : NARRATIVE, FEATURE honor and paranoia of a life in the public domain. YEAR : 2006 Cricket is virtually a religion in India. When the captain of the cricket team is brought up on charges RUNNING TIME : 100 min. of match fi xing, his instinctive reaction is to accept the charges and be punished. But people around SCREENING TIMES : him won’t let that happen. Sunday, May 13, Salle Camille Blanc, 15:45 The fi lm centers on the complex web of forces that try to violently draw the captain away from confession. He fi ghts these forces – and demons within himself – in order to face the accusations and Monday, May 14, Salle Camille Blanc, 10:15 his punishment alone. PRODUCER : Shahnaab ALAM Shoonya is a dream-like journey into the soul of a tarnished champion. SCREENPLAY : Arindam MITRA PHOTOGRAPHY : Abhik MUKHOPADHYAY MUSIC : Indian Ocean EDITING : Debalay BHATTACHARYA CAST : Sohrab ARDESHIR, Seema BISWAS, Tulip JOSHI, Ninad KAMAT, Satish KAUSHIK, Kay Kay MENON COMPANY : Mirror Films ADDRESS : Flat No. 14, 9th Floor, Everest Bldg. 156 Tardeo Road, Tardeo - Mumbai 4000 034 - India TEL : +91 22 2352 8521 - FAX : +91 22 2351 2222 EMAIL : info@mirrorfi lms.in WEBSITE : www.mirrorfi lms.in

28 | International Emerging Talent Film Festival | Monte-Carlo 2007 SOVIA | ROBERT C. FRANKE | GERMANY

A psychological horror, this fi lm explores the journey of a dead woman seeking revenge in a bizarre WORLD PREMIERE fashion. It seems strangers who only had brief contact with her are dying, one by one, for no good TYPE : NARRATIVE reason. YEAR : 2007 The police investigating the deaths have no clue. A love story involving them turns to tragedy. But RUNNING TIME : 90 min. why? Who is this dead woman? And why does she want to kill? FORMAT (original) : HD VIDEO SCREENING TIMES : First-time director Franke masters style with good performances to deliver a captivating, visually Monday, May 14, Salle Prince Pierre, 20:00 interesting and intriguing fi lm which feels like pages out of a horror version of Vogue magazine – that Tuesday, May 15, Salle Prince Pierre, 12:15 will leave chills down your spine anytime you are alone in the dark. PRODUCER : Nicholas GRAEBERT, Christian MUELLER, Robert C. FRANKE SCREENPLAY : Raimund V. TABOR PHOTOGRAPHY : Christian MUELLER MUSIC : Jens van MEYER, Christoph CLEMENS EDITING : The YCR CAST : Diana RADNAI, Thomas HARBORT, Vera HUEBNER, Bernardus MANDERS, Sascha KUDELLA, Andrea GERHARDT, Carsten CLEMENS, Bernhard THOMANY PRINT CONTACT : Nicholas GRAEBERT COMPANY : Cmate Entertainment GmbH & Co. KG ADDRESS : Am Neuen Garten 1a - Potsdam Brandenburg 14469 - Germany TEL : +49.177.8927029 - FAX : +49.30.89690312 EMAIL : [email protected] WEBSITE : www.sovia.in

International Emerging Talent Film Festival | Monte-Carlo 2007 | 29 TÉLÉ GUERRE | LUC DAMIBA, ABDOULAYE DIALLO, GIDEON VINK | BURKINA FASO

TÉLÉ GUERRE traces the story of Télévision Notre Patrie, a television channel operated by rebels in FRENCH PREMIERE the north of the Côte d’Ivoire. At the same time, the fi lm tells the story of the rebellion that has divided TYPE : DOCUMENTARY Ivory Coast for over four years. It shows how the media in a war plays as important a role as the YEAR : 2006 physical battles during an armed confl ict. But what happens when the war is over? What happens to a TV channel whose sole purpose was to serve the rebellion? And what will become of the reporters RUNNING TIME : 55 min. who joined the rebellion to wage war with their cameras? FORMAT (original) : DV CAM TÉLÉ GUERRE is a fi lm about the thin line between information and propaganda, about the gap SCREENING TIMES : between the glamorous image that the rebels create of themselves and the reality of a region suffering Monday, May 14, Salle Camille Blanc, 13:00 under the ravages of civil war. It not only explores issues faced by any nation immersed in civil war, but Tuesday, May 15, Salle Prince Pierre, 17:15 questions what happens to people who join causes whose values they believe in, only to end up facing unexpected consequences when they are not recognized in the same manner as their machine-gun PRODUCER : Association SEMFILMS Burkina carrying peers. SCREENPLAY : Luc DAMIBA PHOTOGRAPHY : Serge HÉBERT ILBOUDO, Gideon VINK MUSIC : Issa BAGAYOKO ao. EDITING : Gideon VINK, Théodore SOMDA PRINT CONTACT : Abdoulaye DIALLO COMPANY : SEMFILMS Burkina ADDRESS : 09 BP 1308 - Ouagadougou 09 - Burkina Faso TEL : +226 70 258508 EMAIL : semfi lms@semfi lms.bf WEBSITE : www.semfi lms.bf

30 | International Emerging Talent Film Festival | Monte-Carlo 2007 MAGAZINE

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THE NEW WORLD...THE OLD WORLD Short Film Competition

In addition to their individual placement before each of our feature fi lm screening, the short fi lms in the competition can be seen in two programs:

NEW WORLD SHORTS SUNDAY MAY, 13 – 10.00 – Prince Pierre THE CAT AND CLAUDIA (AUS) MY FRIEND ANA (CAN) CRICKET HEAD (USA) LUCIA Y LAS COSAS (ARG) UMA VIDA E OUTRA (BRA)

OLD WORLD SHORTS MONDAY MAY 14 – 17.30 – Camille Blanc LOST MY HEAD (ISL) MEANDER (BEL) YEARS OF SOLITUDE (MKD) DI (LITTLE BROTHER) SGP) DEWENETI (SEN) KIBERA KID (KEN)

We thought the best way of dividing this year’s short program would be a look at the differences between the “New World” and the “Old World.” Our “New World” short fi lms come from the Americas and Australia. Our “Old World” shorts are from Europe, Asia and Africa. As one of the founding board members, I am the only one representative of the new world, therefore, I felt compelled to write about the fi ve incredible shorts coming from the new world – or a former colony of the old. – Marco Orsini

For me, the “Old World” calls to mind explorers in search of vast adventures far and wide. Our “Old World” short fi lms program strives to achieve such a sense of exploration and a thematic diversity. At the same time, these powerfully told stories offer a different style and cultural perspective from their “New World” siblings. – Max Ryerson THE CAT AND CLAUDIA | LILY COATES | AUSTRALIA

One might describe this fi lm as quite dark. Claudia is stuck in a world between life and death, in her FRENCH PREMIERE apartment – not able to escape, or use the phone. No one acknowledges her existence except a cat, TYPE : NARRATIVE, SHORT that is hungry...for her. How she fi nds herself in this predicament is odd enough. But her acceptance YEAR : 2006 of her situation brings the fi lm to a wonderful climax. Not so much for Claudia, but for her friend and RUNNING TIME : 13 min. of course, her cat. FORMAT (original) : HD VIDEO The wonderful storytelling in THE CAT AND CLAUDIA leaves the audience comfortable with the subject SCREENING TIMES : of death. We also feel comfortable with the main character being nude for her entire time on screen. Deliberately paced, eerie at times, THE CAT AND CLAUDIA is the beginning of a long career for a very Sunday, May 13, Salle Prince Pierre, 10:00 talented director. Sunday, May 13, Salle Prince Pierre, 12:00 Monday, May 14, Salle Camille Blanc, 15:00 PRODUCER : Victorian College of Arts SCREENPLAY : Lily Coates PHOTOGRAPHY : Matt WOOD MUSIC : Jarrod FACTOR, Paul GILLETT & Tom ROUCH EDITING : Lily COATES CAST : Clare REDENBACH, The Colonel PRINT CONTACT : Lily COATES ADDRESS : 170 Spensley Street, Clifton Hill Melbourne, VIC 3068 - Australia TEL : +61 3 0486 5451 /+61 417 302 397 EMAIL : [email protected]

36 | International Emerging Talent Film Festival | Monte-Carlo 2007 CRICKET HEAD | GRANT GREENBERG | USA / SOUTH AFRICA

Poor Miss Head, or “just call me Cricket,” which is what she tells people upon fi rst meeting. After TYPE : NARRATIVE, SHORT being warned by her parole offi cer not to go near a high school student she had an affair with (and YEAR : 2006 went to jail for), the fi rst thing Cricket does after being released is to visit him. Shame means nothing RUNNING TIME : 19 min. for Cricket, who resembles any likeable teacher in your local high school. Soon however, Cricket Head goes after someone she claims is her soulmate, her love, no matter who or what stands in the way. FORMAT (original) : HD VIDEO This dark comedy will leave you wondering who the victim really is. CRICKET HEAD takes a taboo SCREENING TIMES : subject and turns it around. The main character truly is crazy. One can’t help but laugh at her Sunday, May 13, Salle Prince Pierre, 10:00 dysfunctional situation – and how really beyond help she is. Monday, May 14, Salle Camille Blanc, 19:30 Tuesday, May 15, Salle Camille Blanc, 17:30 PRODUCER : Justin NOWELL SCREENPLAY : Tommy NOWELL & Justin NOWELL PHOTOGRAPHY : Danny VECCHIONE MUSIC : Nico MUHLY EDITING : Grant GREENBERG CAST : Cathy CURTIN, Aquiles CONDE, Robert WALDEN PRINT CONTACT : Grant GREENBERG ADDRESS : 135 Hicks Street, Apt. 2B - Brooklyn, NY 11201 - USA TEL : +1 646 331 9098 / +1 718 797 9098 FAX : +1 718 797 9098 EMAIL : [email protected]

International Emerging Talent Film Festival | Monte-Carlo 2007 | 37 DEWENTI | DYANA GAYE | SENEGAL / FRANCE

DEWENETI is the story of Ousmane, a 7 year-old boy who begs on the streets of Dakar, Senegal. The TYPE : NARRATIVE SHORT fi lm is a wonderful lesson about educating children to realize what is good and what is bad. Ousmane YEAR : 2006 is fi lled guilt by his teacher because he is constantly conning people into giving him money. His guilt RUNNING TIME : 15 min. leads him to seek forgiveness by writing to «Santa Claus». It is a well produced and colorful fi lm, with FORMAT (original) : 35 mm COLOR great performances. DEWENETI may make you feel as if you were right there in Senegal, watching this boy with your own eyes. SCREENING TIMES : Sunday, May 13, Camille Blanc, 15:45 Monday, May 14, Camille Blanc, 10:15 Monday, May 14, Camille Blanc, 17:30 PRODUCER : ANDOLFI SCREENPLAY : Remi MAZET PHOTOGRAPHY : Remi MAZET MUSIC : Baptiste BOUQUIN EDITING : Gwen MALLAURAN CAST : Abbasse BA, Oumar SECK, Nianga DIOP PRINT CONTACT : Nadiege CARRIERE COMPANY : ANDOLFI ADDRESS : 10, passage Beslay - 75011 Paris - France TEL : +33 8 7171 8546 - FAX : +33 8 7171 8546 EMAIL : nadiege@andolfi .fr WEBSITE : www.andolfi .fr

38 | International Emerging Talent Film Festival | Monte-Carlo 2007 DI | LEONG-HUAT KAM |

DI is an extraordinarily pleasing fi lm with an exceptional color palette, embodying the simplicity of the FRENCH PREMIERE behavior of young siblings when left alone. The fi lm opens and engulfs the audience in the atmosphere TYPE : SHORT of toy airplane adventures and leads you into the “home alone” world of two young brothers. In a YEAR : 2006 matter of minutes the younger brother manages to annoy his older brother, who decides to seek RUNNING TIME : 7 min. revenge by confi scating his younger brother’s pleasures. The situation escalates to the point where the brothers fi ght, only to be caught by their mother as she returns from her errands. This is a story FORMAT (original) : HD VIDEO about much more than sibling rivalry that we may all relate to, and it is a story about being just and SCREENING TIMES : forgiving to each other. Sunday, May 13, Salle Camille Blanc, 10:15 Monday, May 14, Salle Prince Pierre, 14:45 PRODUCER : Sharon PHUAH SCREENPLAY : Leong-Huat KAM PHOTOGRAPHY : Amandi WONG MUSIC : Reuben KEE EDITING : Sam YAP CAST : Brendan PERNG, Banjamin PERNG PRINT CONTACT : Leong-Huat KAM COMPANY : Kampong Pictures ADDRESS : 85 cashew road, #05-04 Cashew Heights 679656 Singapore TEL : +65-9763-0074 - FAX : +65-6460-6494 EMAIL : [email protected]

International Emerging Talent Film Festival | Monte-Carlo 2007 | 39 KIBERA KID | NATHAN COLLETT | KENYA

A powerful and well executed short fi lm that presents a glimpse of poverty and its effect on a group in TYPE : SHORT, FICTION the heart of Kibera, the largest slum in Africa. KIBERA KID is a fi lm about of Otieno, a twelve-year old YEAR : 2006 orphan living with the Razors, a gang of petty thieves. After a theft gone bad, he is forced to choose RUNNING TIME : 12 min. between saving an innocent man’s life and the gang, the only family he knows. FORMAT (original) : HD VIDEO Ultimately, the fi lm delivers a message of hope to young people faced with extremely diffi cult lives SCREENING TIMES : in harsh environments, and which transcends their circumstance in a universally understandable Monday, May 14, Salle Prince Pierre, 12:30 message. All of the actors from the fi lm are from the Kibera slum where the fi lm is set, and KIBERA KID won the «Best Short Film» award at the fi rst-ever Kenya International Film Festival. Monday, May 14, Salle Camille Blanc, 17:30 Tuesday, May 15, Salle Camille Blanc, 10:15 PRODUCER : Nathan COLLETT, Leslie KHADONDI SCREENPLAY : Nathan COLLETT PHOTOGRAPHY : Collin BRINK MUSIC : Jermaine STEGALL EDITING : Jesse ELLIS CAST : Ignatius JUMA, Godfrey OJIAMBO PRINT CONTACT : Nathan COLLETT COMPANY : Hot Sun Films LTD ADDRESS : P.O. Box 34849 - Nairobi - GPO 00100 - Kenya TEL : +254 722 850 128 EMAIL : [email protected] WEBSITE : www.hotsunfi lms.com, www.kiberakid.com

40 | International Emerging Talent Film Festival | Monte-Carlo 2007 LOST MY HEAD | BJARGEY OLAFSDOTTIR | ICELAND

An esthetically engaging fi lm, LOST MY HEAD is a poetic and metaphorical psychological observation FRENCH PREMIERE of a relationship. The actors’ sublime performances compel us to care for their characters and what TYPE : NARRATIVE, SHORT is at stake between them, but each traces subtle yet beautiful changes in mood and costume toward YEAR : 2006 the story’s conclusion. RUNNING TIME : 7 min. This is the story of a woman who gets what she always hoped for, but fi nds herself missing what she had before. FORMAT (original) : HD VIDEO SCREENING TIMES : Sunday, May 13, Salle Prince Pierre, 14:30 Monday, May 14, Salle Camille Blanc, 17:30 Tuesday, May 15, Salle Prince Pierre, 10:00 PRODUCER : Hronn KRISTINSDOTTIR SCREENPLAY : Bjargey OLAFSDOTTIR PHOTOGRAPHY : Tuomo HUTRI MUSIC : Johann JOHANNSSON EDITING : Steinthor BIRGISSON CAST : Kristjan FRANKLIN, Thrudur VILHJALMSDOTTIR PRINT CONTACT : Hronn KRISTINSDOTTIR COMPANY : TC Films TEL : +354 899 2210 EMAIL : tcfi [email protected]

International Emerging Talent Film Festival | Monte-Carlo 2007 | 41 LUCIA Y LAS COSAS | PAULA ABRAMOVICH GULLCO, ANDRÉS RIVA | ARGENTINA

LUCIA Y LAS COSAS deals with the “redistribution” of babies during Argentina’s dark years of military EUROPEAN PREMIERE rule. Who is Lucia? We don’t know, since our main character is Ana, but Ana is obsessed with Lucia. TYPE : SHORT She constantly worries about her. Ana’s obsession leads her to become disconnected from her family, YEAR : 2006 her school and her boyfriend. What is this obsession with someone she may or may not know? RUNNING TIME : 15 min. Through the fi lm’s clever narration, we slowly put the pieces together, using over a half dozen shards of FORMAT (original) : 35 mm poetry within this fascinating short fi lm. The extraordinary storytelling offers the sense that something SCREENING TIMES : is missing from Ana’s life, but you can’t quite put your fi nger on it. The chilling end reveals all. Sunday, May 13, Salle Prince Pierre, 10:00 Monday, May 14, Salle Camille Blanc, 13:00 Tuesday; May 15, Salle Prince Pierre, 17:15 PRODUCER : Maria Inés JIMÉNEZ SCREENPLAY : Paula ABRAMOVICH GULLCO PHOTOGRAPHY : Frederico GRAF, Paula ABRAMOVICH GULLCO MUSIC : Pablo IRRAZABAI EDITING : Lautaro COLACE CAST : Mariana PUNTA, Virginia LOMBARDO, Francisco Garcia FAURE PRINT CONTACT : Mario E. LEVIT COMPANY : Cruz del Sur CINE Srl ADDRESS : Aguirre 950 PB ‘E’ - Capital Federal Buenos Aires 1414 - Argentina TEL : +54 11 47789507 - FAX : +54 11 47789507 EMAIL : [email protected]

42 | International Emerging Talent Film Festival | Monte-Carlo 2007 MEANDER | JOKE LIBERGE | BELGIUM

MEANDER is a beautifully shot fi lm without dialogue from Belgium, it will take you back to those lazy TYPE : SHORT summer days of childhood when competition was friendly and girls... were not all that interesting. YEAR : 2006 It is a touching slice of life about youth who spend a day near the river, teasing each other and RUNNING TIME : 13 min. 22 sec. challenging each other with the sole purpose of just enjoying life. It’s full of the kind of childhood innocence we can all relate to and either experienced or always dreamed of experiencing. But it FORMAT (original) : 35 mm also explores the fragility of childhood and the exploration of one’s limits. And the disruption of an SCREENING TIMES : apparently calm day. Sunday, May 13, Salle Prince Pierre, 16:45 Tuesday, May 15, Salle Camille Blanc, 14:45 PRODUCER : Els VOORSPOELS SCREENPLAY : Joke LIBERGE PHOTOGRAPHY : Nicolas KARAKATSANIS MUSIC : Dagobert SONDERVAN EDITING : Els VOORSPOELS CAST : Guus TIJSSEN, Dirk GERRITS, Maaike VAN DEN BOSCH, Tahnee VAN LAERE, Tom MAASSEN PRINT CONTACT : Joke LIBERGE ADDRESS : Rue de Flandre 183-3 - 1000 Brussels Belgium EMAIL : [email protected] WEBSITE : www.jokeliberge.com

International Emerging Talent Film Festival | Monte-Carlo 2007 | 43 MY FRIEND ANA | LAURA TUREK | CANADA

At 14, Sophie’s life is suddenly turned upside-down. She fi nds herself in a surreal work camp with no FRENCH PREMIERE sentries and where the gates are wide open. In the camp, Sophie meets Ana, who offers to become TYPE : NARRATIVE, SHORT her friend and guide her through this very bizarre place. But just as Sophie seems to be able to free YEAR : 2006 herself, Ana begs her to stay. Will Sophie choose to stay with her friend? RUNNING TIME : 11 min. Not many fi lms have portrayed the inner torment of a young girl – who rates her self-worth according FORMAT (original) : DIGIBETA (NTSC) to pictures in a magazine, on television or on the Internet. Sophie is not a loser or a freak, but a normal, SCREENING TIMES : average young girl who is trapped by her own mind. It is no wonder that MY FRIEND ANA has screened Monday, May 14, Salle Prince Pierre, 10:00 so well on the international festival circuit. Monday, May 14, Salle Prince Pierre, 20:00 Tuesday, May 15, Salle Prince Pierre, 12:15 PRODUCER : Laura TUREK SCREENPLAY : Laura TUREK PHOTOGRAPHY : Claudine SAUVE MUSIC : Aras BUKAUSKAS EDITING : Annie ILKOW CAST : Nasuna STUART-ULIN, Jessica MALKA PRINT CONTACT : Elisabeth KLEIN COMPANY : Productions Multi-Monde ADDRESS : 4067 St. Laurent # 201 - Montreal Quebec, H2W 1Y7 - Canada TEL : +1 514 842 4047 - FAX : +1 514 842 9858 EMAIL : [email protected] WEBSITE : www.myfriendanathefi lm.com

44 | International Emerging Talent Film Festival | Monte-Carlo 2007 UMA VIDA E OUTRA | DANIEL ARAGAO | BRAZIL

Nara is pregnant. They say that she’s not going to be a good mother. But everything in life is a question TYPE : SHORT, DOCUMENTARY of choice. YEAR : 2006 UMA VIDA E OUTRA (ONE LIFE AND ANOTHER) is a narrative fi lm that was made in a documentary sort RUNNING TIME : 18 min. of way in a place (Recife, Brazil) where there is no such a thing as an industry or school of cinema. The FORMAT (original) : 35 mm, B&W fi lm’s protagonist, Nara, is a seventeen year-old girl from the Brazilian middle-class. She fi nds herself SCREENING TIMES : in an extreme situation that involves her sexuality, her body, her future – and how society looks at her Sunday, May 13, Salle Prince Pierre, 10:00 when she does a «wrong thing». The fi lm is an insightful examination of Ana’s plight and the way a particular society responds to her “condition.” Sunday, May 13, Salle Camille Blanc, 13:00 Tuesday, May 15, Salle Prince Pierre, 14:45 PRODUCER : Daniel ARAGAO & Juliano DORNELLES SCREENPLAY : Daniel ARAGAO & Luiz OTAVIO PEREIRA PHOTOGRAPHY : Daniel ARAGAO MUSIC : Tomaz ALVES SOUZA EDITING : Daniel ARAGAO CAST : Sarah VASCONCELOS, Rodrigo RISZLA PRINT CONTACT : Daniel ARAGAO COMPANY : Rec Produtores ADDRESS : Rua Joao Ivo da Silva 249 Recife, Pe 50720100 - Brazil TEL : +55 81 9242 6220 - FAX : +55 81 3301 2667 EMAIL : [email protected]

International Emerging Talent Film Festival | Monte-Carlo 2007 | 45 YEARS OF SOLITUDE | FILIP KONDOVSKi | MACEDONIA

In the mountains of Macedonia, a couple live peacefully together. He ploughs the fi elds; she takes care WORLD, FRENCH & EUROPEAN PREMIERE of the household. They are truly happy and in love, expecting their fi rst child. The beauty, tranquility, TYPE : NARRATIVE SHORT and happiness of this family is shattered one day when a jeep comes over the hill and tears away the YEAR : 2006 expectant father to go fi ght for his country. As years go by the son, now a grown man with his own RUNNING TIME : 11 min. family and his own child, is also visited by a jeep and taken to fi ght. It is a never-ending cycle, a story FORMAT (original) : HD VIDEO about patriotic duty, about war, and how both affect and destroy families. SCREENING TIMES : It is a sumptuously beautiful fi lm, astoundingly shot, with great performances, that will have you long Monday, May 14, Salle Prince Pierre, 17:15 refl ecting on the sadness of its story. Monday, May 14, Salle Camille Blanc, 17:30 Tuesday, May 15, Salle Camille Blanc, 12:30 PRODUCER : Ognen ANTOV SCREENPLAY : Filip KONDOVSKI PHOTOGRAPHY : Aleksandar KRSTEVSKI MUSIC : Aleksandar PEJOVSKI EDITING : Filip GRCEVSKI PRINT CONTACT : Ognen ANTOV COMPANY : Dream Factory Macedonia ADDRESS : lul. Kuzman Josifovski Pitu 34/1 Skopje 1000 - Macedonia TEL : +38 923 211 788 / + 38 975 414 555 FAX : +38 923 211 660 EMAIL : [email protected] WEBSITE : www.dream.com.mk

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