The Selected Documentary Films for the International Competition Section

 Refuge

Title: Refuge
Director: Phil Hunt
Category: Documentary
Format: 16 mm/ Betacam
Time: 15'
Year:
Country: England/India
Script: Phil Hunt
Photography: Dirk Nell
Editor: Raimond Aiello
Sound:
Music: Robin Evans
Producer: Head Gear Films

Synopsis: This documentary film centers around images of current Tibetan culture with particular reference to Tibetan Buddhism.

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 Howrah, Howrah

Title: Howrah, Howrah
Director: Till Passow
Category: Documentary
Format: 35 mm
Time: 25'
Year: 2001
Country: Germany
Script: Till Passow
Photography: Lars Lenski
Editor: Sudip Chattopad Hyaya
Sound: Marcus Robin
Music: Gautam Ghosh
Producer: HFF, Konrad Wolf

Synopsis: Howrah station, is the central station of Calcutta ( India ) and one of the largest stations in Asia.

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 Survived'n lived through one more day

Title: Survived'n lived through one more day
Director: Alma Becirovic
Category: Documentary
Format: Beta Cam
Time: 12'
Year: 2000
Country: Bosnia & Herzegovina
Script: Alma Becirovic, Haris Kulennovic
Photography: Mustafa Musdafic
Editor: Amir Kenovic
Sound: Bogdan Zurovac
Music: Mustafa Santic
Producer: Haris Kulennovic

Synopsis: The story of an extraordinary woman who works as a mine expert, a traditionally man's job

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 The razor's edge

Title: The razor's edge
Director: Vipin Vijay
Category: Documentary
Format: 35 mm/ Betacam
Time: 30'
Year: 2001
Country: India
Script: V.Vijay
Photography: V.Vijay
Editor: Debkamal Ganguly
Sound: Subha Deep S.
Music:
Producer: PSBT/ Rajiv Mehrotra

Synopsis: " Kshura Dhara " is a vital symbol in " Katha Upanished ". It says,
" Arise, Awake and learn by approaching the excellent ones".

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  Pyong Yang Robogirls

Title: Pyong Yang Robogirls
Director: Youni Hokkanen
Category: Documentary
Format: 35 mm
Time: 3',10"
Year: 2001
Country: Finland
Script: Youni Hokkanen
Photography: Simo Jukla Ruppio
Editor: Jouni Koponen
Sound:
Music: Ari Leppa
Producer: Finnish Film Foundation

Synopsis: The girls who control the circulation in the city.

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 Deserter

Title: Deserter
Director: Sergei Bossenko
Category: Documentary
Format: 35 mm
Time: 30'
Year: 2002
Country: Russia
Script: Irina Semashko
Photography: Konstantin Mirimanov
Editor: Natlya Tabova
Sound: Nikolai Ustimenko
Music:
Producer: Risk Film Studio

Synopsis: The hero of the film is a young man who has sold his personal weapon to the enemy and has fled the army.

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 The long night

Title: The long night
Director: Katrina Fish
Category: Documentary/ Experimental
Format: Beta Cam
Time: 9'
Year: 2001
Country: Australia
Script: Katrina Fish
Photography: K. Fish, P.Warren
Editor: Katrina Fish
Sound: Sally Corbet
Music: Sally Corbet
Producer: Katrina Fish

Synopsis: In the early hours of the morning a young Tibetan man left his village with his best friend. It was too dangerous to utter good byes.

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 Zapata's Shoes

Title: Zapata's Shoes
Director: Luciano Larobina
Category: Documentary
Format: 35 mm
Time: 27'
Year: 2000
Country: Mexico
Script: L.Larobina
Photography: L.Larobina
Editor: Roberto Bolado
Sound: Osvaldo Ferrari
Music: Ruben Luengas
Producer: Institute Mexicano de Cinematografia

Synopsis: Stock shots, documentary testimonials and animation combine to offer a playful and original look at the indelible left by Emiliano Zapata on the people's imaginations.

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 The clock

Title: The clock
Director: Vladimir Perovic
Category: Documentary
Format:
Time: 12',34"
Year: 2000
Country: Yugoslavia
Script: Vladimir Perovic
Photography: Drasko Plavsic
Editor: Dejan Urosevic
Sound: Marko Janjic
Music:
Producer: BK Telekom

Synopsis: Everyday, the same rocky path, with the same pace, an old man walks up half a mountain to wind the old clock of the village.

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 Nina

Title: Nina
Director: Jeroen Kooijmans
Category: Documentary
Format: Beta Cam
Time: 7',30"
Year: 2001
Country: Netherlands
Script:
Photography:
Editor:
Sound:
Music:
Producer: Netherlands Media Art Institute

Synopsis: A documentary film about the cargo ships and the lives of the people living on them.

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 We are living on the edge

Title: We are living on the edge
Director: Victor Asliuk
Category: Documentary
Format: DV Cam
Time: 22'
Year: 2000
Country:Belarus
Script: V.Asliuk
Photography: Anatol Kazazaev
Editor: Irina Aksyonenko
Sound: V.Miroshniczenko
Music:
Producer: Belarus Film

Synopsis: This film shows the hard way of life of a few old people in a village, " on the edge of Europe ".

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 Five days in Qana

Title: Five days in Qana
Director: Taghreed El Asfoury
Category: Documentary
Format: Beta Cam
Time: 22'
Year:
Country: Egypt
Script:
Photography: Hassam Hassan
Editor: Mohammad Azab
Sound:
Music:
Producer: Egyptian Radio & TV Union

Synopsis: This documentary presents the historical monuments of "Qana", the people's lives and their professionals.

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 Lokman-His dream, his reality

Title: Lokman-His dream, his reality
Director: Moynul Huda
Category: Documentary
Format: Beta Cam
Time: 22'
Year: 2001
Country: Bangladesh
Script: M.Huda
Photography: Tarun Karmaker
Editor: Fouzia Khan
Sound: Sattya Ranjan Das
Music:
Producer: Steps Towards Development

Synopsis: Lokman is a singer. He wants to become a big artist. His mother and blind father are also singers.

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 Break

Title: Break
Director: Anil Calcali
Category: Documentary
Format: Beta Cam
Time: 16',15"
Year: 2001
Country: Turkey
Script: Haldun Ozkanli
Photography: Haldun Ozkanli
Editor: Cem Gurdal
Sound:
Music:
Producer: Ankara University

Synopsis: This documentary is about the road and the road side. Telling the lives of drivers and workers who live their lives on the breaks for 20 minutes.

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 Olive Tree

Title: Olive Tree
Director: Liana Badr
Category: Documentary
Format:
Time: 35'
Year:
Country: Palestine
Script: Liana Badr
Photography: Abdelsalam Shehadeh
Editor: Kais Alzubaidi
Sound:
Music: Bashar Abd Rabou
Producer:

Synopsis: The Palestinians have always believed that the " olive " is the present of " God " to the human-kind.
Throughout the world in all times, the olive-tree has been the source of light, fire, food and health.

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 The joy of fire

Title: The joy of fire
Director: Ali Mohammad Ghasemi
Category: Documentary
Format: DV Cam
Time: 13'
Year: 2002
Country: Iran
Script: A.M.Ghasemi
Photography: A.M.Ghasemi
Editor: A.M.Ghasemi
Sound: A.M.Ghasemi
Music:
Producer: Iranian Young Cinema Society

Synopsis: The war, drought, a cold night under the sky and the joy of fire.

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 Varjam

Title: Varjam
Director: Mohammad Moghadam
Category: Documentary
Format: DV Cam
Time: 23'
Year: 2002
Country: Iran
Script: Mohammad Moghadam
Photography: Foad Nadjafzadeh
Editor: Mohammad Moghadam
Sound: Arash Zahedi
Music: Malak Iraj Panahi
Producer: IRIB, Channel 1

Synopsis: This documentary tries to observe from different points of view the evolution of the ancient cultures in " Sialk Hills ", one of the most well known and oldest centers of ancient civilizations in the world.

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 Caravan

Title: Caravan
Director: Mohsen Amir Yousefi
Category: Documentary
Format: DV Cam
Time: 15'
Year: 2002
Country: Iran
Script: M.A.Yousefi
Photography: Bayram Fazli
Editor: M.A.Yousefi
Sound: Behrouz Shahamat
Music:
Producer: Documentary and Experimental Film Center

Synopsis: An annual processional march in the province Isfehan in memory of the martyr " Imam Hossein " ( Peace be upon him ).

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 Burnt Land

Title: Burnt Land
Director: Ali Orouji
Category: Documentary
Format: Beta Cam
Time: 25'
Year: 2001
Country: Iran
Script:
Photography: Seyed Djalil Aghdash
Editor: A.Orouji
Sound:
Music:
Producer: IRIB, West Azerbaijan Center

Synopsis: This documentary film is about " Kani Brazan " pond, which was dried up.

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