MIPTV - MIPDOC 2013 PRE-MARKET UNABRIDGED COMPREHENSIVE PRODUCT GUIDE SPONSORED BY: NU IMAGE – MILLENNIUM FILMS SINCE 1998 10 FRANCSS 10 Francs, 28 Rue de l'Equerre, Paris, France 75019 France, Tel: + 33 1 487 44 377 Fax: + 33 1 487 48 265. www.10francs.fr, [email protected] Distributor At MIPTV: Christelle Quillévéré (Sales executive) Market Stand: MEDIA Stand N°H4.35, Tel: + 33 6 628 04 377 Fax: + 33 1 487 48 265 COLORS OF MATH Science, Education (60') Language: English Russian, German, Finnish, Swedish Director: Ekaterina Erementp Producer: EE Films Year of Production: 2011 To most people math appears abstract, mysterious, complicated, inaccessible. But math is nothing but another language to express the world. Math can be sensual. Math can be tasted, it smells, it creates sound and color. One can touch it - and be touched by it... Incredible Casting : Cedric Villani (french - he talks about « Taste »). Anatoly Fomenko (russian - he talks about « Sight »), Aaditya V. Rangan (american - he talks about « Smell »), Gunther Ziegler (german - he talks about « To touch » and « Geométry »), Jean- Michel Bismut (french - he talks about « Sound » … the sound of soul …), Maxime Kontsevich (russian - he talks about « Balance »). WILD ONE Sport & Adventure, Human Stories (52') Language: English Director: Jure Breceljnik Producer: Film IT Country of Origin: 2012 "The quest of a young man, athlete and disabled, to find the love of his mother and resolve the past" In 1977, Philippe Ribière is born in Martinique with the Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome. Abandoned by his parents, he is left to the hospital, where he is bound to spend the first four years of his life and undergo a series of arm and leg operations. He is alone and different. At the age of four, he is taken to France to be adopted by a French family. In 1994, Philippe discovers climbing, which is much more of a challenge to him than it is to others. However, he also discovers how to turn his handicap into an advantage trough climbing and so make his way into the society. The story of Philippe Ribière is a story of loneliness, searching for the answers, discovering of being different, it is a story of courage, will, fearlessness, freedom, seeking for love and overcoming the impossible. THE BATTLE OF ALEPPO Current Affairs (52') Language: French, English Director: Pierre Piccinin de Prata Producer: Pierre Piccinin de Prata Year of Production: 2012 In response to the Arab Spring the Syrian people started demanding the downfall of the regime and the creation of democratic institutions in March 2011. The government responded to these protests with repression and violence, all the while promising reform. Yet on May 7th 2012 elections took place without the participation of any of the opposition groups who had been uniformly branded 'terrorists'. In the weeks following the vote, Syria's towns and villages rose up, as one, against the regime. The revolution had started. In July 2012 the newly-formed Free Syrian Army launched an offensive on two key fronts: the capital Damascus, to the south, and Syria's economic power-house, Aleppo, in the north. Shot in August 2012 in the heat of the battle, this documentary reveals the suffering of a people struggling, alone, against the war machine of one the most barbaric dictatorships still in existence. It captures, in close-up, the shelling of civilians and the field hospitals in which they are treated; the refugees abandoned by the international community; and the front lines where lightly-armed freedom fighters clash with the regime's arsenal of fighter planes and tanks. In order to carry out this exceptional piece of investigative journalism the filmmakers risked their lives to enter Aleppo and live night and day alongside its residents under constant bombardment. In making this film Pierre Piccinin da Prata and Eduardo Ramos Chalen desired, above all else, to focus the public's attention on the anguished cries of a people dying while an indifferent world looks on. MESSAGE FROM GREECE Current Affairs (49') Language: German, Greek, English Director: Mosjkan Ehrari & Vassilis Vougiatzis Producer: Mosjkan Ehrari & Vassilis Vougiatzis Year of Production: 2012 Being young in Greece is not very promising these days. Being unemployed or leaving for Australia? « message from greece » is a documentary about the young generation stuck between not having a chance and emigration. Many see themselves as being captured in the stranglehold of Europe. The reality of their lives shows a future with a back-breaking heritage. And on top of this, they struggle to survive under these difficult circumstances with average wages of 600€, often without health security. It is these feelings of desperation and struggle, of powerlessness and betrayal that we are showing. THE SON OF THE OLIVE MERCHANT Current Affairs (77') Language: French, English Director: Mathieu Zeitindjioglou Producer: Z Films Year of Production: 2012 For their honeymoon, Anna and Mathieu went to Turkey. With camera in hand, to investigate about Garabed, the Armenian grand-father of Mathieu, who escape the 1915 genocide. A road movie across the country mixing animation with documentary, to report what currently, the Turkish people think about 1915 tragedy. FRAMING THE OTHER Today's World, Discovery (25') Language: English Director: Ilja Kok, Willem Timmers Producer: I CAMERA YOU Year of Production: 2011 The Mursi tribe lives in the basin of the Omo River in the Southeast of the African state of Ethiopia. The women are known for placing large plates in their lower lips and wearing enormous, richly decorated earrings. Every year hundreds of Western tourists come to see the unusually adorned natives; posing for camera-toting visitors has become the main source of income for the Mursi. To make more money, they embellish their "costumes" and finery in such a manner that less of their original authentic culture remains. The film contrasts the views of Mursi women and those of Dutch tourists preparing for a meeting. This humorous and at the same time chilling film shows the destructive impact tourism has on traditional communities. INDIAN OR NOT INDIAN Today's World, Discovery Language: French, English, Bengali Director: Timothée Alazraki Producer: Avant Production For the last ten years, Patrice has been living in Digha, a small village on the coast, near Calcutta, in India. He is married to a woman from the village, and he has now three children with whom he speaks only Bengali. He never went back to France He has no official papers He has no permanent visa He has left everything, He is no longer French, He will never be totally Indian... Neither from here nor there, he does occasional odd jobs to survive, while organizing his life on the fringe of society. NIKOLA TESLA - VISIONARY OF MODERN TIMES Health, Science and Technology (52') Language: English, German Director: Michael Krause Producer: Rich & Famous Films Year of Production: 2012 Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) is one of the masterminds of the modern age and the visionary of an ecological energy concept for the 21st century. His influence until today is gigantic! Tesla invented AC (Alternating Current) and he presented the transmission of electromagnetic waves for the first time; today we call it: radio. His “worldwidewireless system” anticipated Internet. The film is based on the book “All About Tesla”. It tells the story of his life and analyses his impact on the development of our modern world. Tesla’s life story is told as a fascinating mix of ingenious inventiveness and narcissistic hubris against the background of the emerging modern world. His life is like a thriller about science, money and power. “If we use fuel to get our power, we are living on our capital and exhausting it rapidly. This method is barbarous and wantonly wasteful and will have to be stopped in the interest of coming generations.” Nikola Tesla, 1900. “He’s a role model for all of us. He was a great genius and he envisioned entire systems and they got put together and they worked.”David L. Goodstein, Professor of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology. DOCTORS Health, Science and Technology (54') Language: Polish, English, Greek Director: Tomasz Wolski Producer: Kijora Anna Gawlita Year of Production: 2011 What happens behind the closed doors of surgical wards, treatment rooms and other spaces where specialist medical consultations take place? The film follows the everyday work of doctors in a surgical ward: the hierarchy between them, the need to take important decisions, the struggle with economic problems. Although usually they use a vernacular incomprehensible to an average person, they also tell jokes or insider’s anecdotes. Their work, despite the knowledge and experience acquired, may still involve surprising moments. THE BLOOD OF THE CHAMPIONS Discovery & Lifestyle (26') Language: French Director: Boris Ehrgott Producer: Mister G Bros Year of Production: 2012 Star of the racetracks, Jean-Paul Gallorini is one of the greatest thoroughbred coaches in the world. "The most beautiful conquest of Man" has not much mystery to him. His outstanding track record includes the biggest races at Auteuil. "I started at 14 years and I've keep working following “old-style” methods”. The man creates fantasies since, penniless, he was forced to give a chance to slaughter horses, which had become great champions. He opens the doors from the world of horse racing, meeting the countless professionals that participate in the glory of his team: the lads, jockeys, stable boys, and the veterinarian, the massage therapist, the farrier, etc. Link between a humble world and the sumptuous universe of the owners, the coach remains the prisoner of his emotions during the major annual events where his horses run, as the Grand Steeple Chase de Paris. TALES OF THE TATRA MOUNTAINS PEAKS Discovery & Lifestyle (52') Language: Slovak, English Director: Pavol Barabas Producer: K2 Studio Year of Production: 2012 The High Tatras, Slovakia's symbol - offer shelter and asylum to all those who seek calm and refuge for their souls..