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DEAR FRIENDS;
All of us at Fortissimo Films want to take this opportunity to wish you all the best for the Year of the Dragon and for 2012.
We are pleased to present our initial newsletter for Berlin covering just our films in Official Sections and our upcoming titles. In a subsequent newsletter we will present to you all of the screening times, a listing of our films showing in the EFM and an update on news about new films and projects.
In the meantime we look forward to setting an appointment with you and to seeing you in Berlin next month.
Warm regards,
FORTISSIMOFILMS
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| MARLEY by KEVIN MACDONALD |
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USA, 2012, English, Music/Documentary
Featuring: Bob Marley
| Bob Marley’s universal appeal, impact on music history and his role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. His music and message transcend culture, language and creed while still resonating around the world today as powerfully as when he was alive. As one of the most accomplished documentary and feature filmmakers of a new generation, Kevin Macdonald delivers the definitive work on Bob Marley, his life and a truly global influence. Filming has taken place in countries worldwide, in addition to his beloved Jamaica and the USA. |
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| BUGIS STREET REDUX by YONFAN |
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Hong Kong, 2012, 98’, English & Mandarin, Drama
Cast: HIEP Thi Le, Michael LAM, Greg-O, Ernest SEAH, David KNIGHT
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In revisiting and reworking his earlier cult classic, Director Yonfan had all the contemporary film restoration tools and toys at his disposal. BUGIS STREET REDUX is the outcome of that effort. When it first hit the film and festival circuit BUGIS STREET was a groundbreaking film for the director and for Asia. Shot on location in Singapore, the actual spot (then called Bugis Junction/Bugis Street) was long known to locals as the center of the real nightlife there. It was where one could find local transvestites, prostitutes, and transsexuals mixing it up with both Singapore’s high society and underground gay culture together with US sailors and soldiers on military leave. The film features actress Hiep Thi Le in her first role right after her film debut in Oliver Stone’s HEAVEN AND EARTH. The film also featured and co-starred many of the real locals from Bugis Street. The film marked Yonfan’s first collaboration with Fruit Chan who served as screen writer and later went on to become a renowned director in his own right.
BUGIS STREET REDUX presents a wonderful and time encapsulated look at the color, glory, sounds and beauty of a very special timeless era of Singapore.
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| LOST IN PARADISE by VU NGOC DANG |
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Vietnam, 2011, 103’, Vietnamese, Drama, Gay
Cast: Luong Manh Hai, Ho Vinh Khoa, Hieu Hien, Phuong Thanh
| LOST IN PARADISE takes a provocative yet compassionate look at a group of people who live, love and exist on the fringes in modern Vietnam. Khoa, a naive, innocent 20 year old guy from the countryside arrives in Saigon to begin a new life. He is soon befriended by Dong, a handsome smooth talker who offers him a place to stay. But he discovers that there is another guy, Lam, living there too. The two guys who turn out to be boyfriends, steal all his cash and belongings and run away. Lam, who then in turn is abandoned by Dong, returns to the street as a prostitute, while Khoa, disillusioned and left penniless, takes on menial jobs to survive. Realizing that both are lonely, they begin a loving yet delicate relationship. |
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| UPCOMING TITLES |
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CAMERA
by JAMES LEONG
Singapore, Suspense/Thriller
Status: In Production
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DJINN
by TOBE HOOPER
UAE, Arabic/English, Supernatural Horror Thriller
Cast: Khalid Laith (THE DEVIL’S DOUBLE), Razane Jammal (CARLOS)
Status: In Post Production
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HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES
by JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL
USA, English, Romance/Sci-Fi/Music
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WHAT MAISIE KNEW
by SCOTT MCGEHEE and DAVID SIEGEL
Cast: Julianne Moore, Alexander Skarsgård, Steve Coogan,
Onata Aprile
Status: In Post Production
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WHITE FROG
by QUENTIN LEE
USA, English, Coming of Age/Drama
Cast: Joan Chen, BD Wong, Kelly Hu, Harry Shum Jr.,
Booboo Stewart
Status: In Post Production
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