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East European Forum: 16 Projects in Weekend Presentations

This weekend, 16 East European documentary projects take the floor to make the most of the 10 minutes they have for presentation. The East European Forum takes place March 10-11 from 10AM at Archa Theatre. After public presentations, the filmmakers and producers will discuss their projects with international broadcasters, distributors, buyers and funds at round table meetings.

 

EAST EUROPEAN FORUM
Public Presentations
Saturday + Sunday, March 10-11, 2012
Archa Theatre

On the East Doc Platform opening night, Zvalka by Hanna Polak received the East Doc Platform / Golden Funnel Award for Best Project of the East European Forum.


Over the weekend March 10-11, 16 East European Forum projects will be presented in the following order:


Saturday, March 10 @ 10AM, Archa Theatre

MY SIX MILLION DOLLAR FATHER (Latvia)
Ieva Ozoliņa / Līga Gaisa
Archive, Creative, Personal View
A runaway banker chased by the Interpol and his family.

ON THE SEA WITH BADJAO (Poland, UK, USA)
Eliza Kubarska / Monika Braid / Braidmade Films Ltd, Vertical Vision Film Studio
Creative, Environmental, Human Rights, Personal View, Social Issues
A tribe of nomadic free-divers in Southeast Asia faces new dangers.

WITHOUT FEAR (Latvia)
Herz Frank, Maria Kravchenko / Guntis Trekteris / Ego Media
Politics, Portrait, Society
A woman leaves her family to marry the man who killed Yitzhak Rabin.

MY FATHER'S NAME (Germany, Romania)
Andrei Dinu / Sorin Manu / Evolution Film Production, Latemar Film, FilmFörderung Hamburg GmbH
Arts and Culture, Longitudinal, Music, Portrait
Eugen Cicero, an acclaimed Romanian pianist, through the eyes of his son.

PLAY 9/11 (Czech Republic)
Richard Komárek / Jiří Strnad / Filmium o.s.
Society, History, Politics
11 original stories of people affected by 9/11.

FUNERAL & WEDDING ORCHESTRA (Macedonia)
Atanas Georgiev / Darko Popov, Siniša Juričić / Trice Film, Nukleus Film
Creative, Entertainment, Portrait, Religion, Social Issues
Fifteen musicians of a Macedonian funeral orchestra struggle to survive.

EXERCISE OF LIFE (France, Sweden)
Wiktoria Szymańska / Estelle Robin-You / Les films du balibari, Luna W
Arts and Culture, Creative, Portrait
A portrait of the German puppeteer Michael Meschke.

MAKHACHKALA FIGHT STAR (Germany, Russia)
Katharina von Schröder / Inka Dewitz / Perfect Shot Films
Adventure and Sports, Creative, Politics
The story of a martial arts school in Dagestan.

ZVALKA (Poland, USA)
Hanna Polak / Hanna Polak / Goats Hill
Creative, Human Rights, Longitudinal, Portrait, Social Issues
11 years at a garbage dump in Russia.

ESCAPE FROM SOMALIA (Czech Republic)
David Čálek / Jeffrey Brown, Pavel Vácha / U.F.O. Pictures, Bratři s.r.o.
Anthropology, Creative, Current Affairs, Environmental, Human Rights, Politics, Social Issues
A probe into the origins of modern-day piracy.

 

Sunday, March 10 @ 10AM, Archa Theatre

SUBMARINE MAN (Russia, UK)
Michelle Coomber / Michelle Coomber / Medina Films Archive
Arts and Culture, Creative, Current Affairs, Social Issues
A Russian rebel inventor and his private and political struggles.

WORD IN PAIN (Armenia)
Davit Stepanyan / Taguhi Torosyan / Erasing Images
Archive, Drama Doc, Experimental, Human Rights, Social Issues
Stories of unexplained deaths in the Armenian military.

THE FINALISTS (Czech Republic)
Lenka Lindaurová / Bára Příkaská / IdeaFilm s.r.o.
Arts and Culture, Creative, Current Affairs, Longitudinal, Personal View, Portrait, Society
5 finalists of a Czech art award and their lives over 5 years.

THE END OF LIGHT (Croatia)
Željka Suková, Aleš Suk / Željka Suková / Udruga Ukus
Creative, Experimental, Mockumentary, Social Issues
7 people get a chance to fulfill their dreams.

MONK OF THE SEA (Poland)
Rafał Skalski / Jacek Nagłowski / Centrala Sp. z o.o.
Anthropology, Creative, Personal View, Religion, Social Issues, Society
A young Thai abandons ordinary life to join a Buddhist monastery.

LENINLAND (Russia)
Askold Kurov / Vlad Ketkovich, Simone Baumann / Ethnogeographic Research Foundation, Saxonia Entertainment GmbH
Creative, History, Politics
A Lenin museum reflects the state of contemporary Russia.