Film festival favorites
Whisky (from Uruguay; with multiple awards at Cannes, soon to screen at the Toronto Film Festival),
Uniform (China, award winner at Rotterdam and Vancouver festivals),
Buffalo Boy (Vietnam, to be screened at Toronto) and
What's A Human Anyway (Turkey, award at Istanbul Film Festival) are among the titles to be distributed in the U.S. in 2005 by
The Global Film Initiative, it was announced today by Susan Weeks Coulter, Chairperson of the Initiative, and Holly Ornstein Carter, the Initiative's Executive Director.
All are part of the slate of developing-world films that comprise the Initiative's 2005
Global Lens touring series, to be seen in major cities across the United States.
The full roster of titles includes:
Buffalo Boy (Vietnam; Minh Nguyen-Vo) A coming-of-age tale set in 1940 French-occupied Vietnam about 15-year-old Kim, his aged father, and their lives raising water buffaloes in the country's southernmost landscape. Premiere
at 2004 Locarno Film Festival.
Daughter of Keltoum (Algeria; Mehdi Charef) A young woman raised in urban Switzerland, returning to a remote part of Algeria to reunite with her estranged mother, confronts her past and culture.
Fuse (Bosnia/Herzegovina; Pjer Zalica) A comedic look at an opportunistic town in Bosnia preparing for a visit from President Clinton.
Hollow City (Angola; Maria Joao Ganga) The story of an Angolan orphan and the characters he meets on the run in a country wracked by a 30-year war. Winner of prizes at the Film Festival of African, Asian and Latin American Cinema and at the Paris Film Festival.
Kabala (Mali; Assane Kouyate) A young African, banished from his village in shame, returns four years later to experience the conflict between local traditions and modern ways.
Lili's Apron (Argentina; Mariano Galperin) A broad comedy about Argentina's economic crisis, involving an out-of-work man who masquerades as a woman to work as a live-in maid.
Uniform (China; Diao Yinan) New guises alter the lives of a man and his girlfriend in an industrial city in a remote part of China. Winner of awards at Vancouver International Film Festival and International Film Festival Rotterdam.
What's A Human Anyway (Turkey, Reha Erdem) The chaos of daily life consumes a large cast of characters in Istanbul, involving the loss of memory and the mystery of a precious ring. Winner of the FIPRESCI (International Critics' Association) Award at the 2004 Istanbul Film Festival.
Whisky (Uruguay; Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll) The story of the owner and his employee in a sock factory in Montevideo, who, having barely communicated over the years, are suddenly forced to pose as a long-married couple. Winner, Prize of Regard Original from the Un Certain Regard Jury and the FIPRESCI (International Critics' Association) Award at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival
Five of the films are recipients of the Initiative's completion grants to films from the developing world.
# posted by Steve Gallagher @ 9/07/2004 03:17:00 PM
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