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MIPDOC & MIP-TV
April 2018 , Cannes
Stand nr. P-1.A75

New documentaries - some available for screening at the Mipdoc video library (click on each title to access the film page with screener):

** A Day in the United Kingdom (85' or 55') - from the collection "A Day in...Europe.
** The United Kingdom, History Seen From Above (5 x 26') - accompanying the film "A Day in the UK..."
** A Day in Italy (90' or 53')- from the collection "A Day in...Europe.
** Green School Stories (52') - A year in the "most ecological school in the world".
** Children of Jihad (52') - How to deal with children of Islamist combatants returning to their country of origin?
** The Scientist, The Imposter and Stalin: How to Feed the People? (55') - Two extraordinary human destinies in the Soviet Union of the 1920s...
** Double Life, A Short History of Sex in the USSR (52') 70 years of communist rule through the prism of sexuality!
** Roundup Facing the Judges (90') - They came from all over the world to testify to the damage caused to health and the environment.
** Les Glénans: School of Sea, School of Life (52') - Unique French sailing school in the magical Glénans archipelago.
** Tackled (52') - A captivating immersion into the heart of a professional rugby club...
** Basahaideak - Wild Melodies - ancient Basque songs to the backdrop of the beautiful landscapes of the Soule province...
** How I made my Peace with Bordeaux - What's it like to return to one's home town?
** China, Empire of Time (2 x 52') - European science comes to China at the end of the 16th century...

PRODUCTION NEWS:
CURRENTLY EDITING OR SHOOTING:

** EDITING:
It's Their Life to Live (working title/ 52')

* * IN PRODUCTION
History of a Nation 4 x 52 min. (working title) The history of modern France through immigration. Delivery: Nov. 2018

* * IN PRODUCTION
Organic Wine (working title/ 52')

** IN PRE-PRODUCTION:
A Day in Spain (90' or 52') - New film of the collection "A Day in...Europe".

** SHOOTING in Kamchatka:
Wild Souls: A Winter with the Evens"(52'- working title), directed by Thibaut Martin. Estimated completion: autumn 2018

** SHOOTING:
BREXIT: Europe Up Against the Wall (90' & 52'). New current affairs investigation with exclusive access to Michel Barnier, the EU's chief Brexit negotiator. The film can only be shown after completion of Brexit, end March 2019.

** SHOOTING:
The Memory Illusion (52'), new film by Josh Freed ("Deluged by Data") for CBC "The Nature of Things". Estimated completion: August 2018





FESTIVAL NEWS:





Tackled: Festival selections:
* 2018: official selection - GIEFF “German International Ethnographic Film Festival” in Koblenz (May 2018)
* 2018: official selection - FIFEQ (Festival Intl. du Film ethnographique du Québec), Montréal & Québec -29 March to 1 April '18.

China, Empire of Time (2 x 52')
* official selection Pessac Festival for the "History film award 2017 - cat. Documentary

"Pas comme des loups" (Boys in Wolves' Clothing) - 59':
* among the 24 films selected for the "César 2018 of the Best Short Film" (the 5 nominees will be announced on 31 Jan. 2018)

Selections for TOKYO TRIAL: Judging Japan (57'):
* 2017: Nominated for PRIX EUROPA, TV Documentary category
* 2017: Finalist at the 14th FOCAL INTERNATIONAL Awards, category "Best Use of Footage in a History Production" (25 May 2017 London).

No Way Out (52'):
2017: SALENTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (1 - 10 Sept., Tricase, Italy), official selection.

"Aquarius, Rescue in Deadly Waters" at the festivals:
* 2017: Press Prize of the ICRC (Intl Red Cross) at the Monte Carlo Television Festival.
* 2017: Nominated for the Franco-German Prize of Journalism category video. Awards ceremony on July 4, 2017.
* 2017: * 2017: Prix FReDD 2017 "best feature doc" at 7th Festival FReDD (research / sustainable development) « Seas and Oceans » (Toulouse, France)


* * * Most recent AWARDS for "The Fruitless Tree":
* 2017: Winner, category documentary feature at "Les Trophées Francophones du Cinéma" ( Dec. 2017)
* 2017: Binga d'Or at the Mis Me Binga Festival (Intl women's festival), Yaoundé, Cameroon (25 June)
* Prix du Public & Prix Jury Jeune, 16th «Cinémas d'Afrique» festival (16 - 21 May 2017, Angers, France)
* Jury Prize & Audience Award at the "Concours 1er Doc Chroma" (2 - 4 Dec.16), Le Mans (France)
* "Best African Documentary " - Mashariki African Film Festival "My story, My passion, My Journey" (2017, Kigali-Rwanda)
* Premier Prix, documentary, Festival arabo-africain Zagora (8-12 nov. 2016, Maroc)
* "FIRST FILM Prize" and "FLEURY DOC.Prize" at the 35th International Jean Rouch Festival ( ethnographic films), 4 Nov. -6 Dec., Musée de l'Homme, Paris.

* * * Recent SELECTIONS for "The Fruitless Tree":
* 2017: Finalist of the JAPAN PRIZE (award ceremony on 18 Oct. )
* 2017: official competition at the 4th Africlap Festival, category “Documentaiy“, 30 Aug. to 03 Sept. 2017, Toulouse, France.
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