INTERNATIONAL MANGA AND ANIME FESTIVAL IMAF 2005
October 21st – 25th 2005
County Hall
Riverside Buildings
Westminster Bridge Road
London SE1 7PB

Free Entry
Opening Times 10.00 am – 6.00 pm every day plus
exclusive screenings from 6.00 pm

The organisers of IMAF 2005, the International Manga and Anime Festival at London’s County Hall on the South Bank from October 21st – 25th, have just released some exciting new details of the Festival programme.

Junko Mizuno, one of Japan’s leading Manga artists whose work is seen on everything from T-shirts to nightclub décor will be speaking* at an IMAF workshop in the Debating Chamber. Junko has an impressive international following and is perhaps best known for her work in PULP and her full-length Manga version of Cinderella.

Paul Gravett, the UK’s greatest expert, journalist, curator, lecturer and broadcaster on comic art, and author of the seminal work ‘Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics’ is a guest speaker at the Festival and he’ll be hosting a range of seminars*.

On-screen in the Debating Chamber, Streetfighter - Alpha Generation – will be enjoying its Europe Premiere at a special evening screening*. Tickets are £5.00 each or £4.00 for students and concessions. There are special screenings of Millennium Actress, Mobile Suit Gundam and Spriggan*, and the Debating Chamber will also be showing almost continuous child-friendly free film screenings during the day.

The pioneering Sweatdrop studio team is participating at IMAF 2005, running drawing workshops through the Festival to help budding Manga artists perfect their skills. The workshops will be held in the impressive Atrium at County Hall.

There are some outstanding trade stands with many big names in Manga and Anime attending, including ADV Films, Neo Magazine, J-Pop, Cartoon Passion, Japan Journeys, Blackwells Bookshops and Letraset.

The Eyeko cosmetics house will be there with their new japanime-inspired makeup range, as well as Garnier with its Manga haircare range.

If you want to know what you would look like with a completely different haircut and bold new make-up, Manga-style, you can pop into the Festival photo-booth, choose your look, and record it on camera.

The IMAF Exhibition is going to be even bigger and better than expected, and visitors will be able to see some fabulous entries to the IMAF competition including artwork from artists all over the world.

There will be delicious food at the Festival Café, including Japanese speciality Sushi and Bento boxes.

If you want to arrive at the Festival looking the full part (cosplayers excepted), IMAF are offering personalised top quality Festival hoodies at £25.00 for advance sale on their website at www.imaf.co.uk, but you’ll need to order these quickly if you want them to arrive in time.

*Please note that dates and times of these events are to be confirmed.

BRIEF ENCOUNTERS

Mini Masterpieces, the national competition which offers filmmakers the chance to screen their film at Brief Encounters International Film Festival, is still open for entries.

For the third year, Calling the Shots is offering Mini Masterpieces in partnership with South West Screen, Northern Film and Media, EM Media and North West Vision. Forty filmmakers from across the partners regions will be selected to pitch their ideas to industry professionals on Wednesday 19th October 2005. From this, two filmmakers from each region will be selected to develop scripts and finally one winner from each region will get an all-expenses paid trip to the city to create their movie with a team of professionals. Their productions will be screened at the Brief Encounters Short Film Festival.

The competition is still open for filmmakers and South West Screen, the public agency that promotes film, television and digital media in the region, welcomes pitch proposals from filmmakers.

For more information please contact Emma Blackburn at South West Screen on Emma.Blackburn@swscreen.co.uk or 0117 9529977. The deadline for receiving the pitch proposal is 12 noon on 7th October 2005. Details of the pitch criteria can be found at www.minimasterpieces.org.uk.

Jeremy Howe, Head of Short Drama at BBC said, “Mini Masterpieces is a great opportunity to escape from development hell and make a film in one hit - from pre-production to a screening in front of an audience in less than a week is a sure fire way of concentrating your mind as a film maker.”

Caroline Norbury, Chief Executive of South West Screen said, “South West Screen supports Mini Masterpieces and importantly Calling the Shots, the company behind it, because it provides a unique opportunity for local, talented filmmakers to get their work made and seen by a large audience.”

Lexar Launches Memory Stick PRO Duo™ Gaming Edition For Sony® PSP™ Gamers To Save Music and Video

Limited Edition Will Include Popular PSP Xploder™
Media Centre Lite Software

London, September 2005 – Lexar Media, Inc. (Nasdaq: LEXR), a world leader in advanced digital media technologies, announced Memory Stick PRO DuoTM Gaming Edition, a high speed memory card with capacities suitable for the popular Sony® PlayStation® Portable (PSPTM) gaming and multimedia handheld, allowing gamers to experience the total capabilities of the PSP console beyond gaming.

A limited edition, and available initially in Europe, Memory Stick PRO Duo Gaming Edition will include the popular XploderTM Media Centre Lite Software. A Windows® based application, Xploder Lite, from BLAZE, is a media management solution with a simple interface to easily drag and drop files, copy, upload and view content on a PSP. With the Memory Stick PRO Duo, the added software makes it easy to download game saves and cheats, download video and listen to music.

“Consumers are looking for ways to maximize their experience whether it’s playing Midnight Club III, saving video from this summer’s X Games or listening to Green Day,” said Fraser MacDonald, Product Marketing Manager at Lexar. “Lexar’s Memory Stick PRO Duo with the added Xploder Lite software makes it possible to enjoy the gaming experience and easily organize and navigate video and music capabilities of the Sony PSP.”

Available from major retailers, video game outlets and online stores, Lexar’s Memory Stick PRO Duo Gaming Edition will offer the high capacities, high-speed performance and reliability necessary to maximize use of the PSP as a multimedia centre.

Lexar’s Memory Stick Pro Duo Gaming Edition will be available from September 1st 2005 in 256MB (£34.99), 512MB (£49.99) and 1GB(tbc) formats at most retail stores and comes with a lifetime warranty. Customers are able to upgrade from the included Lite version of Xploder to the full version, PSP Xploder Movie Player and Media Centre, via www.xploder.net. The full version allows for the conversion of movie files from a PC to the PSP.

The eighth IFFR Trainee Project for Young Film Critics of the
International Film Festival Rotterdam offers three young (under 30
years), motivated and talented film critics a chance to get acquainted
with the Rotterdam festival and the independent cinema of the world.

The project was created in 1998 motivated by the fact that young and
upcoming film critics get less opportunities to explore this range of
cinema and the festivals, like the International Film Festival
Rotterdam, that present it. The IFFR also organises trainee projects for
young film producers (Rotterdam Talent Lab) and young filmmakers from
Europe (Passions & Promises).

In the past seven editions we have welcomed trainee film critics from
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China,
France, Hungary, India, Italy, Lithuania, Russia, Sri Lanka, Sweden, UK
and USA.

Mila Voinikova (Bulgaria), participant in 2000: ‘If it wasn’t for the
trainee project I would have never had the chance to visit a big
festival like this. I met lots of interesting people, saw films from all
over the world, and was inspired by the spirit of the festival for my
future work. It was very interesting to hear discussions of experienced
critics. And since the trainee project, the editors leave me more
freedom in writing and choosing films.’

What to expect:
We offer three young film critics a press accredi¬ta¬ti¬on, budget hotel
accommodations during the festival and (part of) their airfare according
to their country of origin. The trainees are allowed to use all the
press facilities and will have time to explore all aspects of the
festival, the film and exhibitions program¬me as well as the debates and
talk shows. The trainees will operate among hundreds of international
critics, and are supported to meet filmmakers and industry representatives.

We want the selected film critics to really participate in the festival:
attend the FIPRESCI Jury-meetings, contribute to the IFFR Daily Tiger
and/or report their experiences on the IFFR website. In addition, they
should work on articles to be published in their home country. The three
trainees will form a small team, supported by the IFFR Press Office and
Daily Tiger Editorial Staff.

Criteria for application:
Age under 30 years / Fluent command of the English language (written and
spoken) / Demonstrable experience in film criticism (printed media,
radio/television, online) / Not yet established enough to profit from
facilities as attending international festivals outside your country /
Have agreement(s) with printed and/or online media to publish a report
or reports on the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2006.


Your application should include all of the following documents and
information:

• a motivation letter to support your application: explain why this
project and the Rotterdam festival appeals to you.

• your resume (CV) including your contact details and date of birth.

• up to three proofs, signed with your name, of recent work published on
(independent) film or film festivals (including English translations).
We appeciate receiving complete copies of your affiliation with your
articles or reviews.

• Information about your affiliation(s) (title, name of chief editor,
address, phone, fax, email account, periodicity, circulation, web
address, estimated page views per month).

• a recommendation letter (on company letterhead) of your principal
affiliation’s editor assigning you to cover IFFR 2006 and confirming
that your IFFR 2006 report will be published.

Deadline for applications: Friday November 11, 2005, notification before
Dec 9, 2005
We will confirm receiving the application to you and to your (chief) editor.

Applications can be send by email to press@filmfestivalrotterdam.com
and/or by regular mail to IFFR, Attn. Press Department, PO Box 21696,
3001 AR Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

OCTOBER-DECEMBER LEEDS FILM QUARTER PROGRAMME LAUNCHED

The latest programme from Leeds Film Quarter is a diverse and exciting delve into the extremes of cinema. With special previews, rare archive films and major discoveries from around the globe this season is a treat for all fans of cinema, no matter what you’re interested in.

Carlos Reygadas, one of the world’s most promising filmmakers, is showcased in Emerging Talent: Mexico. The season contains the extraordinary Japón, garnered enthusiastic reviews and a slew of prizes on the international festival circuit in 2002-3, whilst a preview of his latest film Battle In Heaven proves that Reygadas is a daring talent with a highly idiosyncratic and committed aesthetic.

A shocking yet compelling canon of work is appraised in Confrontation 24 Frames A Second: The Cinema Of Michael Haneke. With has latest film Hidden showing at the GNER 19th Leeds International Film Festival, this will be an opportunity to discover the director’s earlier films with screenings of the disturbing treatise on violence Funny Games and the explicit The Piano Teacher.

In conjunction with the major new exhibition at Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds Film Quarter contributes a season of films about the varying nature and experience of the city at night in Something Of The Night. With some atmospheric chillers such as An American Werewolf In London and Kontroll, there are also some evocative classics in the shape of Nights Of Cabiria and ‘Round Midnight. Lumen also provide an opportunity to see some rare films, included a showing of the first reel of Andy Warhol’s legendary Empire.


Past master Sergei Paradjanov, who was the most idiosyncratic and controversial of post-war Soviet auteur equalled in artistic achievement only by his contemporary Tarkovsky, is explored with rare opportunities to see such films as The Legend Of The Suram Fortress and Ashik Kerib.

The work of legendary composer Bernard Herrmann is celebrated to commemorate the 30th anniversary of his passing. Working with a veritable ‘Who’s Who’ of the cinema, there’s a chance to see his wonderful music accompanying the work of Welles, Hitchcock and Scorsese.

Finally, the LFQ Specials provide the usual mix of exclusive previews and exciting one-off’s including Jim Jarmusch’s latest film Broken Flowers and the excellent Slovenian war film Valley of Peace.

JVC’s ProHD* camcorder delivered across Europe

Interchangeable lenses, ergonomic design, SD and progressive HDVTM images are the major selling points

RAI Centre, Amsterdam, Holland, 9-13 September, 2005 – JVC is now shipping the 1/3-inch 3-CCD GY-HD100E camcorder across Europe. Literally thousands of orders have been taken and JVC are fulfilling the orders to meet customer demand.

ProHD products can be used in combination with existing equipment and accessories, facilitating a seamless link between the current SD formats and the HD formats of the future. The JVC GY-HD100E is ideal for users who want to phase in HD production and ProHD is today’s most affordable and most adaptable HD solution. The ability to record on Mini-DV tape has enabled this remarkable revolution to take place.

Physical qualities and benefits

The camcorder is provided with a standard detachable 16x servo Fujinon lens and is equipped with a standard 1/3-inch bayonet lens mount enabling the user to work with a wide variety of professional lenses. As a professional system, ProHD products naturally include timecode reading and writing ability. The convenient menu operation makes it easy to present time code at the beginning of a tape. The camera is lightweight enabling it to be either shoulder mounted or hand held. A range of film accessories is now available with the camcorder including lenses, stabilisers, light controls and battery adaptors.

Philip Johnston, an experienced Director and Cameraman from the Small Video Company Limited based in Scotland invested in the GY-HD100E in August, 2005 to make corporate and educational videos for a range of clients’ needs. Philip is currently working on a corporate video on Diabetes for the Scottish Executive. The production will be shot using the GY-HD100E in 16:9 standard definition mode for final output to DVD for distribution throughout Scotland. Philip explains why he chose the JVC camcorder, “I chose it for the size. It is a professional camera with a proper lens without all the hardware added on. I have been waiting for this camera to appear because it is just the right size and it is not too heavy. It has a manual lens which is necessary for SD production. Basically, it has all the right ingredients. A bonus is that it comes with more ingredients such as the ½-inch and wide-angle adaptors as an optional accessories. This is the first camera that I have seen that has two headphone outputs which a bonus for sound mixing. I can’t ask for a better camera to suit my needs.”

Selling factors and benefits

The camera uses the 720p HDV format where it can capture and record progressive high definition and standard definition images with full resolution. If necessary, these 720p (1,280 x 720) images can be converted into interlaced format (1,080i) without degradation. It captures images that match those available from today’s top HDTV displays including JVC’s new LCD monitors, rear-projection HDTV displays and DT-V monitors.

Capturing and recording data at the film frame rate of 24fps, the GY-HD100E offers extensive user customisation of settings like exposure, gamma, and detail. 24fps recordings can be easily transferred on to 16mm or 35 mm film if needed.

Dave Blackham, Head of Operations at Granada Bristol comments on the camcorder, “The GY-HD100E looks to be a good choice of compact camcorder where acquisition of progressive 720 HDV images required. It is also good for shooting both interlaced and progressive DV. The 1/3 bayonet lens mount allows the use of high quality optics and converters such as P+S Technik optical converter and looks set to produce pleasing images. In operation the camcorder is ergonomically designed and is easy to operate.”

It records using the broadcast industry standard MPEG-2 main profile at HL-14. Offering far greater efficiency than frame bound systems, ProHD records at data rates at or above commercial broadcast rates.

Recent advancements in non-linear editing have made it possible to edit ProHD on virtually all popular NLE systems. Direct digital transfer through IEEE 1394 ensures the quality is maintained throughout the process.

*ProHD

ProHD is a concept of JVC’s affordable high definition solution and its format HDV. From the outset all ProHD models have been designed strictly for professional use and JVC has implemented professional features in areas such as timecode and audio.

HDV and HDV logo are trademarks of Sony Corporation and Victor Company of Japan, Limited (JVC).

Corrie Roadshow

Coronation Street star Shobna Gulati has spoken out in praise of North West Vision?s move to host diversity roadshows across the Northwest.

Shobna, who plays Sunita in ITV?s flagship programme, has endorsed the roadshows, which will help to reach communities that have not yet had the opportunity to work with the regional film and TV agency.

Taking place at venues well-know for embracing diversity such as Workers? Film Association (WFA), First Take,The Dukes, The Northwest Disability Arts Forum (NWDAF) and with KinoFilm BlueFiRe, the roadshows are intended to explain more about the schemes, funding and support available, and more importantly allow people to build relationships with North West Vision. The aim of this move is to sustain a more diverse range of talent in England?s Northwest.

The roadshows will be hosted by Emerald Hunte who was recently appointed as Diversity Officer for North West Vision. The UK Film Council (UKFC) selected North West Vision out of the nine regional screen agencies to pilot the Diversity Officer role. North West Vision has always been committed to diversity and over the last three years 32% of all lottery awards have benefited people from diverse groups/backgrounds*.

Emerald brings to the role years of experience in the field and is using her knowledge, energy and drive to make links with communities, identify barriers, find solutions and foster accesibility. In the future, she will develop a specific scheme to benefit emerging talent from wider communities and give input to trainee induction programmes.

Emerald and North West Vision are working closely with the BBC, BECTU and other partners on the Move On Up North event, which takes place in Manchester on 18th November 2005. This cross-industry, all-day event provides valuable networking opportunities between B&ME industry professionals and potential employers.

Shobna Gulati, Coronation Street Actress says:

"I am really pleased that North West Vision are taking the first steps towards encouraging and nurturing both existing and new talent through Emerald Hunte?s appointment. Addressing diversity in its widest context needs this type of action. I wish her all the very best in her position, and am looking forward to a new equality in film and television in the Northwest."

Alice Morrison, Chief Executive at North West Vision says:

?We are delighted that the film council has chosen North West Vision to pilot the Diversity Officer role and we are sure that we have picked the right person for the job. Diversity is extremely important to us and we already work to make our schemes and funding as accesible as possible, but now we have the resources to create internal and external strategies to ensure a level playing field and access to all.?

Emerald Hunte, Diversity Officer at North West Vision says:

?I love my job ? it gives me the opportunity to go out and meet some fascinating people and help to develop talented individuals that may not otherwise have access to our services. My aim is to actively champion diversity in the Northwest?s TV and film industry and to ensure that diversity is an integral part of North West Vision's work?

John Woodward, Chief Executive of the UK Film Council says:

?North West Vision is taking vital step forward in helping to achieve a more diverse workforce both behind, and in front of, the camera. The whole film industry recognises that film is a rich and popular part of our national life and that movies are a very powerful form of entertainment. But it is imperative that we create a more socially and culturally diverse industry in which people from all backgrounds can achieve their potential and give audiences a better chance of seeing films which reflect their own cultures and interests. This initiative is a great example of the charter in practice.?

* This fact has been compiled by North West Vision?s Production Department and taken from equal opportunities forms completed by individuals and organisations funded over the past three years.

THE BUSINESS

This new film is directed by THE FOOTBALL FACTORY'S Nick Love is a story of passion, crime and friendships tested to the limit.

Set in the Thatcher era with the cool sounds of the Eighties, THE BUSINESS is an action packed gangster flick set in Spain's sun drenched Costa del
Crime.

Frankie (Danny Dyer) is on the run from the high-rise's of South London to a new life in Malaga with nothing but a tin stuffed full of cash. Having no
Idea that this delivery of cash to super-suave playboy and ex-con, Charlie (Tamer Hassan), will change his life forever, he soon becomes one of the gang, and inds himself drawn into a flamboyant and violent world of organised crime.

Things can get tough when you attract the wrong sort of attention, especially when that happens to be SAMMY’S (GEOFF BELL) girl CARLY (GEORGINA
CHAPMAN), coupled with the attention of The Mayor of Puerto Banus, the Colombian mafia and the Spanish Coastal Guards.

Frankie’s about to find out that the Spanish coast of dreams can quickly turn sour as loyalties shift, business gets out of control and friendships
are tested to breaking point.

Produced by Vertigo Films’ Allan Niblo and James Richardson (THE FOOTBALL FACTORY, ITS ALL GONE PETE TONG)


The soundtrack featuring Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Duran Duran will be released by EMI in September 2005 and will take you back to the heady days of the yuppie 1980s, The Tube and shoulder pads.

35th International Film Festival Rotterdam
January 25 – February 5, 2006


• Hubert Bals Fund supported films in Venice and Toronto Festivals
• CineMart Project LES AMANTS RÉGULIERS in Venice Competition

Within their various programme sections the Venice, Toronto and San Sebastian film festivals have selected many new films supported by
Hubert Bals Fund and CineMart of the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Philippe Garrel’s LES AMANTS RÉGULIERS, presented at CineMart
2004, is selected for Venezia 62 In Competition. Ali Mohammad Ghasemi’s extraordinary début WRITING ON THE EARTH, supported by the Hubert Bals
Fund, is presented in the Critics Week, Rashid Masharawi’s WAITING will be shown in the Venice Days. A full list follows below.

The Toronto festival presents the world premieres of SOMETHING LIKE HAPPINESS by Bohdan Sláma, (winner of a Tiger Award in 2002 for WILD
BEES), Zhang Yang’s SUNFLOWER, and THE BETRAYAL by Philippe Faucon, all three CineMart Projects. Already honoured with the FIPRESCI Prize in
Locarno, Hubert Bals Fund supported A PERFECT DAY by Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige also turns up in the Toronto programme.

Congratulating all involved with the selection of their films, Rotterdam festival director Sandra den Hamer adds: “The combined platforms of our
festival, Hubert Bals Fund and CineMart continue to focus on talented and innovative filmmakers. We are proud to see their films selected for
Cannes, Venice, Toronto, San Sebastian and many other festivals. Already, hundreds of new and promising projects are being sent to us for
consideration. I am looking forward to present our latest harvest and selection in Rotterdam next year.”

Europe’s acknowledged showcase for independent cinema, the International Film Festival Rotterdam combines the presentation and active support of
adventurous and creative film-making. The festival sections include the Tiger Awards Competition, Filmmakers in Focus, extensive sections of
recent fiction and documentary features and short films as well as special thematic sidebars, Exploding Cinema, the What (is)
Cinema-debates and cutting edge film-related exhibitions. Each year, the festival attracts a large and dedicated audience and almost 3,000
international guests among which around 350 filmmakers. IFFR 2006 entry deadlines are October 1 (short films and documentaries) and November 1
(fiction features).

IFFR’s CineMart, the world’s first and largest international
co-production market, invites a select number of directors and producers
to present their latest projects to potential co-producers, TV-networks,
distributors, financiers, sales agents and funding bodies. The 23rd
CineMart will take place next January 29 – February 2 as part of the
35th IFFR (January 25 – February 5, 2006). The 2005 CineMart project
entry deadline is October 1, 2005.

Since its foundation by IFFR in 1989, the Hubert Bals Fund has given
financial support to over 500 feature film projects of talented
independent filmmakers in southern or developing countries. HBF
supported films that earned worldwide acclaim were, among others, JAPÓN
by Carlos Reygadas, DIVINE INTERVENTION by Elia Suleiman, UZAK (DISTANT)
by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, KHAMOSH PANI (SILENT WATERS) by Sabiha Sumar, GORI
VATRA (FUSE) by Pjer Zalica, DÍAS DE SANTIAGO (DAYS OF SANTIAGO) by
Josué Mendez. Hubert Bals Fund application deadlines are March 1 and
August 1.


Festival website: www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com


LIST OF TITLES


A. Hubert Bals Fund supported films and/or former CineMart projects
within the programme of
62nd Venice Film Festival, August 31 - September 10, 2005:

Venezia 62. In Competition:

LES AMANTS RÉGULIERS by Philippe Garrel
France/Italy, 2005
CineMart Project 2004


Giornate degli Autore/Venice Days:

ATTENTE (WAITING) by Rashid Masharawi
France/Palestine, 2005
Supported by the Hubert Bals Fund


Settimana internazionale della critica/International Critics Week:

YADASHT BAR ZAMIN (WRITING ON THE EARTH) BY Ali Mohammad Ghasemi
Iran, 2005
Supported by the Hubert Bals Fund

B. Hubert Bals Fund supported films and/or former CineMart projects
within the programme of
30th Toronto International Film Festival, September 8-17, 2005:

Contemporary World Cinema:

BATALLA IN EL CIELO (BATTLE IN HEAVEN) by Carlos Reygadas
Mexico, 2005
Supported by the Hubert Bals Fund

PARADISE NOW by Hany Abu-Assad
The Netherlands/France/Germany/Israel, 2005
CineMart Project 2001

STESTI (SOMETHING LIKE HAPPINESS) by Bohdan Sláma
Czech Republic, 2005
CineMart Project 2003

XIANG ER KUI (SUNFLOWER) by Zhang Yang
China, 2004
CineMart Project 2003


Discovery:

BENARES by Barlen Pyamootoo
France/Mauritius, 2005
CineMart Project 2004

NAOUSSÉ (A PERFECT DAY) by Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige
Lebanon/France, 2005
Supported by the Hubert Bals Fund


Special Presentations:

3 NEEDLES by Thom Fitzgerald
Canada, 2005
CineMart Project 2004

LES AMANTS RÉGULIERS by Philippe Garrel
France, 2005
CineMart Project 2004


Visions:

ATTENTE (WAITING) by Rashid Masharawi
France/Palestine, 2005
Supported by the Hubert Bals Fund

THE FORSAKEN LAND by Vimukthi Jayasundara
Sri Lanka, 2004
Supported by the Hubert Bals Fund
CineMart Project 2004

MONOBLOC by Luis Ortega
Argentina, 2005
Supported by the Hubert Bals Fund

LA TRAHISON (THE BETRAYAL) by Philippe Faucon
France, 2005
CineMart Project 2004




C. Hubert Bals Fund supported films and/or former CineMart projects
within the programme of
53rd San Sebastian International Film Festival, September 15-24, 2005


Competition:

STESTI (SOMETHING LIKE HAPPINESS) by Bohdan Sláma
Czech Republic, 2005
CineMart Project 2003

XIANG ER KUI (SUNFLOWER) by Zhang Yang
China, 2004
CineMart Project 2003


Zabaltegi-New Directors:

LOS SUICIDAS (SUICIDALS) by Juan Villegas
Argentina, 2005
Supported by the Hubert Bals Fund


Zabaltegi – Festival’s Top:

BATALLA IN EL CIELO (BATTLE IN HEAVEN) by Carlos Reygadas
Mexico, 2005
Supported by the Hubert Bals Fund

ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW by Miranda July
USA, 2005
CineMart Project 2004

PARADISE NOW by Hany Abu-Assad
The Netherlands/France/Germany/Israel, 2005
CineMart Project 2001


Horizontes Latinos Competition:

CINEMA, ASPIRINAS E URUBUS (CINEMA, ASPIRIN AND VULTURES) by Marcelo Gomes
Brazil, 2005
Supported by the Hubert Bals Fund

MONOBLOC by Luis Ortega
Argentina, 2005
Supported by the Hubert Bals Fund

LA SAGRADA FAMILIA (THE SACRED FAMILY) by Sebastián Campos
Chile, 2004
Supported by the Hubert Bals Fund

SANGRE by Amat Escalante
Mexico, 2005
CineMart Project 2005
Supported by the Hubert Bals Fund