The Selected Documentary Films for the International
Competition Section
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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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