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To set up a meeting with
our MIPCOM sales team; Nelleke Driessen (Managing Director) or Niloufar Siassi
(Director of TV and Ancillary Sales), kindly contact us by email on market@fortissimo.nl. You are also
welcome to visit our stand #11.01 during
MIPCOM (Monday Oct 8th – Thursday Oct 11th).
We will be happy to discuss
our library of more than 300 Award Winning Features from around the world. Some
of the Regions, Genres and Titles we are highlighting are shown below. Looking forward to meeting you
soon.
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MENA (MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA) |
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ON THE EDGE (SUR LA
PLANCHE)
by LEÏLA KILANI
Morocco / France / Germany, 2011,
35mm, 106 min, Arabic, Drama
Cast: Mouna Bahmad, Nouzha Akel, Sara Betioui, Soufia Issami
Award: Best Actress, Best Film and Best Director - Taormina
Film Festival; Fipresci - Oslo Films Form
the South; Best Film - Antalya
Golden Orange Festival
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“a striking and intriguing fiction feature.”
– SCREEN INTERNATIONAL
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SEA SHADOW
by NAWAF AL-JANAHI
United Arab Emirates, 2011, 98’, Arabic, Coming of Age/Drama
Cast: Omar Al Mulla, Neven Madi,
Abrar Al Hamad, Khadeeja Al Taie
Official Selection: Abu Dhabi, Palm Springs
| “SEA SHADOW is yet another milestone for Emarati cinema… it’s
well-scripted and beautifully directed.” – T-BREAK |
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CAIRO 678
by MOHAMED DIAB
Egypt, 2010, 100’, Arabic, Drama
Cast: Nelly Karim, Bushra, Maged El Kedwany
Award: Best Actress Awards for Bushra and Maged El Kidwaany – Dubai
IFF; Winner Special Jury Prize and Best Actor Award - Chicago
Film Festival; Special Jury Prize - Taormina
Film Festival
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230, 000 admissions in France.
Top 10 first week of release in Norway.
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Also Available: CAPTAIN ABU RAED by AMIN
MATALQA / BURIED SECRETS by RAJA AMARI / GOODBYE by MOHAMMAD RASOULOF / SONG OF
SPARROWS by MAJID MAJIDI / LEILA’S BIRTHDAY by Rashid Masharawi / THE SILENCE OF THE PALACE by Moufida Tlatli
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UNA NOCHE
by LUCY MULLOY
Cuba / UK / USA, 2012, 90’, Spanish, Drama
Cast: Dariel Arrechaga, Anailín de la Rúa de la Torre, Javier Núñez Florián
Award: Winner of Best New
Director, Best Actor & Best Cinematography – Tribeca Film Festival; Jury Prize – Deauville
| “SEXY, PULSING; A Vibrant Evocation Of Havana Street Life... Marked by a vibrant evocation of Havana street life and excellent performances from three non-pro naturals, UNA NOCHE throws off a restless energy." – VARIETY |
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MISS LOVELY
by ASHIM AHLUWALIA
India, 2012, 115’, Hindi, Drama
Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui,
Niharika Singh, Anil George
Official Selection: Cannes Un Certain Regard, Toronto "City to City"
| “Something new in Indian filmmaking, neither Bollywood nor traditional
art cinema, the picture provides a unique, immersive experience that will need
kudos and critical support to boost international arthouse sales." –
VARIETY |
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WHITE FROG
by QUENTIN LEE
USA, 2012, 93’, English, Coming of Age/Drama
Cast: Booboo Stewart, Joan Chen,
BD Wong
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Also Available: WETLANDS [MARÉCAGES] by GUY
ÉDOIN / ISZTANBUL by FERENC TÖRÖK / COME RAIN COME SHINE by LEE YOON-KI /
SILENT SONATA by JANEZ BURGER / WINTER’S BONE by DEBRA GRANIK / 16 YEARS OF
ALCOHOL by RICHARD JOBSON / AGAINST THE CURRENT by PETER CALLAHAN / DARKHARBOR by ADAM COLEMAN HOWARD
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MARLEY
by KEVIN MACDONALD
USA , 2012, 144’, English, Music/Documentary
Official Selection: Berlin Special Gala
| Excellent results in the UK with a box office in excess of US$1,5 million and in N. America US$1,3 million. |
| “Kevin Macdonald provides us with the ecstasy of Marley. Through the extraordinary music, the colour, story-telling and imagery you will emerge from the cinema transformed." – HUFFINGTON POST |
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EL GUSTO
by SAFINEZ BOUSBIA
France/UAE/Ireland/Algeria, 2011, 93’, French/Arabic, Documentary
Award: Best Director Prize and FIPRESCI Prize – Abu Dhabi; IDFA in Competition for Music
Documentary
| “An Algerian variation on THE BUENA
VISTA SOCIAL CLUB…fascinating and ultimately moving.”
– SCREENDAILY |
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JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI
by DAVID GELB
USA / Japan 2011, 83’, Japanese
Featuring: Jiro Ono, Yoshikazu Ono, Takashi Ono, Masuhiro Yamamoto
Award: Audience Award – Monterrey IFF
| Excellent results in North America,
with a box office in excess of US$2,5 million. |
| “An appetizing portrait of 85-year-old Jiro Ono, the oldest chef to win
three Michelin stars.” – VARIETY |
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CORMAN'S WORLD
EXPLOITS OF A HOLLYWOOD REBEL
by ALEX STAPLETON
USA, 2011, 95’ English, Documentary
Featuring: Robert de Niro, Jack Nicholson, Jonathan Demme, Martin Scorsese and
many others
Official Selection: Cannes
Classics
| “a delightful film that is akin to spending a couple of hours with a good friend." – SIGHT ON SOUND |
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SHINE A LIGHT
by Martin Scorsese
USA , 2008, 122’, English, Concert Documentary
Official Selection: Berlin Opening Film
| “SHINE A LIGHT is the Stones as up close and personal you’re ever going to get... We can scrutinize those faces, those bodies, those figures that encapsulate – really, truly, properly – the rock of ages... The result is a remarkable document, a living, breathing, rock’n’rolling portrait of a bunch of blokes in their sixties who sound like the most vital young cats on the block.” – THE OBSERVER |
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Also Available: SUPERSIZE
ME by MORGAN SPURLOCK / MAMA AFRICA by MIKA KAURISMÄKI / MAGIC TRIP: KEN
KESEY’S SEARCH FOR A KOOL PLACE by ALEX GIBNEY and ALISON ELLWOOD/ JEAN-MICHEL
BASQUIAT: THE RADIANT CHILD by TAMRA DAVIS / FOOD, INC. by ROBERT KENNER /
FREEDOM'S FURY by COLIN KEITH GRAY
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HORROR / THRILLER / ACTION |
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WARRIORS OF THE RAINBOW:
SEEDIQ BALE
by WEI TE-SHENG
Taiwan, 2011, 150', Seediq language & Japanese. Action Epic
Cast: LIN Ching-Tai, Umin Boya, ANDO Masanobu, Vivian HSU
Award: Best Film, Audience award, Best Supporting Actor – Taipei Golden Horse Awards; Audience Award – Osaka Asian FF
| The highest grossing domestic film in Taiwan’s history with box office over US DOLLARS 26,000,000 |
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TORMENTED
by TAKASHI SHIMIZU
Cinematography by
CHRISTOPHER DOYLE
Japan, 2011, 83’, Japanese, 3D Horror/Thriller
Cast: Hikari Mitsushima, Teruyuki
Kagawa, Takeru Shibuya
Award: Winner – Brussels Int'l Fantastic FF
| “TORMENTED works perfectly adequately, deploying all the usual tricks of
the trade.” – VARIETY |
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MICHAEL
by RIBHU DAS GUPTA
India, 2011, 98’, Bengali/Hindi, Psychological drama
Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Mahie Gill, Purav Bhandare, Sabyasachi Chakraborty
Official Selection: Toronto 2011
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Also Available: VAMPIRE by
SHUNJI IWAI / REIGN OF ASSASSINS by SU CHAO-PIN/JOHN WOO / DREAM HOME by PANG
HO-CHEUNG/ WASTED ON THE YOUNG by BEN C. LUCAS / ALIEN GIRL by ANTON BORMATOV /
SHOCK LABYRINTH by TAKASHI SHIMIZU
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LOST IN PARADISE
by VU NGOC DANG
Vietnam, 2011, 103’, Vietnamese, Drama, Gay
Cast: Luong Manh Hai, Ho Vinh Khoa, Hieu Hien, Phuong Thanh
Official Selection: Berlin Panorama 2012, Discovery Toronto 2011,
Busan 2011
| “There is also an
innocuousness that provides pleasures hard to come by in Western films. The
aforementioned pimps are ruthless and unsympathetic, but there is an absurd
cuteness in how they zoom around on a scooter and act like a bunch of
knuckleheads. There is also a homoerotic introduction with a twist that
outsmarts one’s assumptions." – CINESNATCH |
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MISHIM A: A LIFE IN FOUR
CHAPTERS
by PAUL SCHRADER
USA, 1985, 121’, Japanese/English
Cast: Ken Ogata, Masayuki Shionoya,
Hiroshi Mikami
Award: Best Artistic Contribution – Cannes
| “MISHIMA is a rather glorious project, in these days of pragmatic
commercialism and rank cynicism in the movie industry. Although a
sensationalized version of his life might have had potential at the box office,
this is much more ambitious and intellectual film.” – CHICAGO
SUN-TIMES |
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QUEENS
by Manuel Gomez Pereira
Spanish, 2005, 107', Spanish, Drama, Gay
Cast: Marisa Paredes, Veronica Forqué, Carmen Maura
Official Selection: Pusan, Rio de janeiro, Taipei, Lesbian & Gay FF Hong Kong, Lesbian & Gay FF London
| “A lively, well-packaged amusementfrom writer-director Manuel Gomez Pereira’s one-man comedy factory, QUEENS is distinguished from a hundred other slick screwballers by virtue of its theme – the first mass gay wedding in Spain.” – VARIETY |
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Also
Available: YOSSI AND JAGGER by EYTAN FOX / BLACK WHITE + GRAY by JAMES CRUMP /
BURLESK KING by MEL CHIONGLO / NO REGRET by LEESONG HEE-IL / HUSH! by
HASHIGUCHI RYOSUKE / I DON'T WANT TO SLEEP ALONE by TSAI MING-LIANG / MIAO MIAO
by CHENG HSIAO-TSE / THE LIVING END: REMIXED AND REMASTERED by GREGG ARAKI / WALKING
ON WATER by TONY AYRES
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THE LAST DAYS OF EMMA BLANK
Netherlands / Belgium, 2009, 90’, Dutch, Comedy/Drama
Cast: Marlies Heuer, Gene Bervoets, Annet Malherbe, Eva van de Wijdeven,
Alex van Warmerdam, Gijs Naber, Marwan Kenzari
Award: Top Prize – Venice Days; Golden Calf for Best Screenplay – Netherlands Film Festival
| “Warmerdam’s gleefully perverseTHE LAST DAYS OF EMMA BLANK surprised and won over audiences… The film mixes comedy, drama, horror and noir, with the music offering yet another genre: the spaghetti western.” – CINEUROPA |
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Also Available: THE
NORTHERNERS / THE DRESS / LITTLE TONY / GRIMM / ABEL / WAITER
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BUGIS STREET REDUX
Hong Kong, 1995/2012, 98’, English & Mandarin, Drama
Cast: Hiep Thi Le (HEAVEN AND EARTH), Michael Lam, Greg-O, Ernest Seah,
David Knight
Official Selection: Berlin Panorama
| “Alternately funny and gritty; wise and touching” – LOS ANGELES TIME |
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Also
Available: BISHONEN / BREAKING THE WILLOW
/ BUGIS STREET
REDUX / A CERTAIN ROMANCE / COLOUR BLOSSOMS / DOUBLE FIXATION / IMMORTAL STORY
/ IN BETWEEN / LAST ROMANCE / PRINCE OF TEARS / PROMISING MISS BOWIE / STORY OF
ROSE / PEONY PAVILION
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ASHES OF TIME REDUX
Hong Kong, 2008, 93’, Chinese, Drama
Cast: Leslie Cheung, Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Carina Lau,
Tony Leung Ka Fai, Maggie Cheung (special appearance)
Official Selection: Out of Competition Cannes, Toronto, New York, Sydney, Pusan, Hong Kong, Antalya, Brisbane, Helsinki, Melbourne
| “ASHES OF TIME REDUX is Wong’s most important film and his first masterpiece.” |
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Also Available: 2046 / CHUNGKING EXPRESS / FALLEN ANGELS / HAPPY TOGETHER / IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
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Also Available: THE HAL HARTLEY Collection / THE PETER GREENAWAY Collection / THE SHUNJI IWAII Collection / THE HART SHARP Collection / THE ZHANG YANG Collection
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AT MIPCOM– Stand 11.01
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