FILM TITLE (Original): Babel
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA
YEAR OF COMPLETION: 2006
RUNNING TIME: 2h 22
FORMAT/COLOR/BW: 35mm, Color
LANGUAGE : English-Spanish-Arabic- Japanese
Spanish Subtitles
SHORT FILM SYNOPSIS:
A powerful conclusion to the trilogy begun with Amores
Perros, and 21 Grams, Babel is a modern version of the
story of the Tower of Babel. Shot in four languages
on three continents by a Mexican director with an international
cast it reminds us of our inability to communicate between
individuals, and culture. It also reminds us of the
hidden tight connectivity between events, and people
lives. Starring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael Garcia
Bernal, and Adriana Barraza.
SYNOPSIS:
It all starts with a rifle bullet fired by a couple
of innocent kids playing with their newly acquired weapon
as they tend their goats in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains.
In the US, a nanny (Adriana Barraza) cares for the children
of an American couple traveling in Morocco. As her son
is getting married in Mexico, she illegally embarks
on a traumatic journey with the children, and her nephew
(Gael Garcia Barnal). Back in Morocco, the American
couple (Brad Pitt, and Cate Blanchett) get faced with
matters of life and death when the wife is shot as their
tour bus passes through a mountain village. In Japan
in parallel story we encounter the turmoil of a deaf
and mute teenager who has a conflicted relationship
with her father.
A powerful conclusion to the trilogy begun with Amores
Perros, and 21 Grams, Babel is a modern version of the
story of the Tower of Babel. Shot in four languages
on three continents by a Mexican director with an international
cast it reminds us of our inability to communicate between
individuals, and culture. It also reminds us of the
hidden tight connectivity between events, and people
lives.
FILM CREDITS:
Director Alejandro González Iñarritu
Producer Jon Kilik, Steve Golin, Alejandro González
Iñarritu,
Screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga
Cinematographer Rodrigo Pietro
Editor Stephen Mirrione
Music Gustavo Santaolalla
Cast: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael Garcia Bernal,
Koji Yakusho, Adriana Barraza, Rinko Kikuchi, Boubker
Ait el Caid, Said Tarchani
FILM HISTORY/ PRIZES:
2006 Cannes Film Festival: Best Director
DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY:
Alejandro González Iñarritu was born in
Mexico City and started his career as a radio DJ. His
highly acclaimed first feature, Amores Perros (00),
won numerous awards, including the Grand prix de la
Semaine de la Critique at the Cannes Film Festival.
His second feature, was 21 Grams (03). Babel (06) is
his third feature and won several awards at the Cannes
Film Festival including best director.
FILM TITLE (Original): Bamako
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France, Mali, USA
YEAR OF COMPLETION: 2006
RUNNING TIME: 115mn
FORMAT/COLOR/BW: 35mm/color
LANGUAGE: Bamara
Spanish subtitles
SHORT FILM SYNOPSIS:
In the courtyard of a house shared by various families,
a trial is set up; the plaintiff is Africa, the defendant
the World Bank, IMF, and other international bodies,
variously accused of causing or increasing Africa’s
woes. From this simple conceit Sissako creates a richly
commanding film of considerable poetry, wit, wisdom,
and power.
SYNOPSIS:
…. “The courtroom is set up in the unpaved
courtyard of Mele and Chaka's home in a poor section
of Bamako, Mali. The trial is against international
institutions like the International Monetary Fund and
World Bank, whose policies have brought Africa to its
knees with national debt. Unable to develop industry
or social services with the little money that is left
over after interest has been paid, Africans are trapped
in a disastrous situation … Abstract as all this
sounds, Sissako brings dry concepts to life through
the sometimes humorous, sometimes dramatic words of
"witnesses" drawn from every walk of life
as well as lawyers who eloquently present the case for
the plaintiffs and, less convincingly, the defendants.
… The warm, gorgeous colors of Mali are captured
in Jacques Besse's delightful, eye-catching cinematography.
Africa's great new music sounds are heard via Aissa
Maiga's opening and closing song numbers (sadly, left
untranslated in the subtitles) and a soul-piercing chant
executed by veteran Zegue Bamba … Talented Mauritanian
director Abderrahmane Sissako ("Life on Earth,"
"Waiting for Happiness") hits a high note
with this warm winner.” Deborah Young, Variety.com
FILM CREDITS:
Director Abderrahmane Sissako
Executive Producer Danny Glover, Joslyn Barnes
Producer Denis Freyd, Abderrahmane Sissako
Screenwriter Abderrahmane Sissako
Cinematographer Jacques Besse
Editor Nadia ben Rachid
Music Dana Farzanehpour
Cast: Aïssa Maïga, Tiécoura Traoré,
Hélène Diarra, Habib Dembélé
FILM HISTORY/ PRIZES:
Cannes 2006, Section Officielle - Hors competition
DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY:
Abderrahmane Sissako was born in Kiffa, Mauritania and
raised in Mali. After studying at the Russian State
Institute of Cinematography in Moscow, he directed several
short films including Octobre (93) and Sabriya (96),
followed by the documentary Rostov-Luanda in 1997. His
feature films include La Vie sur terre (98), and Waiting
For Happiness (02), and Bamako (06).
FILM TITLE (Original): Good Night and Good Luck
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: US
YEAR OF COMPLETION: 2006
RUNNING TIME: 93mn
FORMAT/COLOR/BW: 35mm/B&W
LANGUAGE: English
Spanish Subtitles
SHORT FILM SYNOPSIS:
In the early 1950's, the threat of Communism created
an air of paranoia in the United States and exploiting
those fears was Senator Joseph McCarty of Wisconsin.
However, CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn)
and his producer Fred W. Friendly (George Clooney) decided
to take a stand and challenge McCarthy and expose him
for the fear monger he was. However, their actions took
a great personal toll on both men, but they stood by
their convictions and helped to bring down one of the
most controversial senators in American history.
FILM SYNOPSIS:
The year is 1953, television is still in its infancy
and the esteemed broadcast journalist, Edward R. Murrow
(David Strathairn) anchors the popular news documentary
show, “See it Now,” on CBS. With a desire
to report the facts and enlighten the public, the ground-breaking
Murrow, and his dedicated staff - headed by his producer
Fred Friendly (George Clooney) - defy corporate and
sponsorship pressures to examine the lies and scaremongering
tactics perpetrated by Senator Joseph McCarthy during
his communist ‘witch-hunts’.
The real-life conflict between Murrow, McCarthy and
the House Un-American Activities Committee develops
into a very public feud when McCarthy accuses anchor
Murrow of being a communist. In this climate of fear
and reprisal, the CBS crew carries on regardless, and
their tenaciousness eventually pays off when McCarthy
is brought before the Senate and made powerless as his
lies and bullying tactics are finally uncovered. Yet
Murrow and his team have paid a high price and the show
is shifted to a lesser time slot. Their legacy, however,
has remained intact and even reverberates today as the
standard for high quality broadcast journalism.
FILM CREDITS:
Director: George Clooney
Exec. Producer: Steven Soderbergh, Grant Heslov, Jeff
Skoll
Producer: Grant Heslov
Screenplay: George Clooney, Grant Heslov
Cinematographer: Robert Elswit
Editor: Stephen Mirrione
Cast: David Strathairn, Jeff Daniels, Robert Downey
Jr., Patricia Clarkson, George Clooney
DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY:
George Clooney
An acclaimed television actor and blockbuster film actor,
George Clooney made his directorial debut in 2002 with
"Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" (Miramax),
for which he won the Special Achievement in Film award
from the National Board of Review. He also works with
Section Eight television division and has served as
executive producer and directed five of the episodes
of ?Unscripted,? a reality-based show that debuted on
HBO in January. He also was an executive producer and
cameraman for "K-Street," also for HBO.
FILM HISTORY/ PRIZES:
Six Oscar Nominations, 2005 LAFCA Awards, 2006 Independent
Spirit Awards, 2005 European Film Awards, and many other
Nominations and Awards.
FILM TITLE (Original): Crónica de una Fuga
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Argentina
YEAR OF FILM COMPLETION: 2006
RUNNING TIME: 102mn
FORMAT/COLOR/BW: 35mm, Color
LANGUAGE: Spanish
SHORT FILM SYNOPSIS:
Based on true story: A “task group” working
for the Argentine military government kidnaps Claudio
Tamburrini, goalkeeper of a B-league soccer team, and
takes him to a clandestine detention center known as
Sere Mansion: After four months of imprisonment, and
torture, Claudio and three other inmates forced open
a window and jump out in the middle of a storm, completely
naked. At that point their future begins.
FILM SYNOPSIS:
The filmed version of a real life horror tale, Crónica
de una Fuga turns the chilling story of Argentina's
military regime and its large scale political murders
into a tense, exciting escape thriller. The 1976 coup
détat led to Argentina’s military regime
– which remained in place until 1983 – is
remembered for the thirty thousand people who disappeared
during that period. Based on true story. a “task
group” working for the Argentine military government
kidnaps Claudio Tamburrini, goalkeeper of a B-league
soccer team, and takes him to a clandestine detention
center known as Sere Mansion: After four months of imprisonment,
beatings, humiliations, betrayals, relentless violence,
mental and physical, Claudio and three other inmates
forced open a window and jump out in the middle of a
storm, completely naked. At that point their future
begins.
… Last third of the film is a masterful exercise
in non-stop tension that ends on a high note. Forceful
acting plays a key role in giving the story credibility,
with De La Serna and Casero lighting the way.
FILM CREDITS:
Director: Israel Adrian Caetano
Producers: Oscar Kramer, Hugo Sigman
Screenwriter Israel Adrian Caetano, Esteban Student,
Julian Loyola
Cinematographer Julian Apezteguia
Editor Alberto Ponce
Music Ivan Wyzsogrod
Cast: Rodrigo de la Serna, Nazareno Casero, Pablo Echarri,
Lautaro Delgado
DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY:
Israel Adrián Caetano was born in Montevideo,
Uruguay. At the age of sixteen, he moved to Argentina
and began directing short films. In 1997, he co-directed
his first feature, Pizza, Beer and Cigarettes, which
became an enormous critical and commercial success in
Argentina. His next two features, Bolivia (01) and A
Red Bear (02), won numerous International awards. Chronicle
of an Escape (Crónica de una Fuga) (06) is his
most recent feature.
FILM HISTORY/ PRIZES:
Nominated, Golden Palm, 2006 Cannes film Festival
FILM TITLE (Original): An Inconvenient Truth
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: US
YEAR OF COMPLETION: 2006
RUNNING TIME: 94mn
FORMAT/COLOR/BW: 35mm/color
LANGUAGE: English
Spanish Subtitles
SHORT FILM SYNOPSIS:
Humanity is sitting on a time bomb. If the vast majority
of the world’s scientists are right, we have just
ten years to avert a major catastrophe that could send
our entire planet’s climate system into a tail-spin
of epic destruction beyond anything we have ever experienced.
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore offers a passionate
and inspirational look at the myths and misconceptions
that surround global warming and inspire actions to
prevent it.
FILM SYNOPSIS:
Humanity is sitting on a time bomb. If the vast majority
of the world’s scientists are right, we have just
ten years to avert a major catastrophe that could send
our entire planet’s climate system into a tail-spin
of epic destruction beyond anything we have ever experienced
involving extreme weather, floods, droughts, epidemics
and killer heat waves. Former U.S. Vice President Al
Gore offers a passionate and inspirational look at the
myths and misconceptions that surround global warming
and inspire actions to prevent it. In this eye-opening
and poignant portrait of Gore and his “traveling
global warming show,” Gore is funny, engaging,
open and downright on fire about getting the surprisingly
stirring truth about what he calls our “planetary
emergency” out to ordinary citizens before it’s
too late.
Gore pulls no punches in explaining the dire situation.
Interspersed with the bracing facts and future predictions
is the story of Gore’s personal journey: from
an idealistic college student who first saw a massive
environmental crisis looming; to a young Senator facing
a harrowing family tragedy that altered his perspective;
to the man who almost became President but instead returned
to the most impassioned cause of his life – convinced
that there is still time to make a difference.
FILM CREDITS:
Director: Davis Guggenheim
Executive Producers: Jeff Skoll, Davis Guggenheim, Diane
Weyermann, Ricky Strauss, Jeff Ivers
Producers: Laurie David, Lawrence Bender, Scott Z. Burns
Co-Producer: Lesley Chilcott
Cinematography: Bob Richman, Davis Guggenheim
Editor: Jay Cassidy, Dan Swietlik
Music: Michael Brook
Featuring: Al Gore
DIRECTOR BIO:
Davis Guggenheim
Davis Guggenheim, Executive Producer on Training Day
and Director of the feature film Gossip, received the
2002 Peabody Award and Grand Jury Prize at Full Frame
Film Festival for The First Year, a PBS documentary
about the challenging initial year of several public
school teachers. Guggenheim is also producer and director
of the Emmy Award winning HBO series “Deadwood”
and has directed episodes of such critically acclaimed
programs as NYPD Blue, ER, The Shield, Alias, and 24.
Guggenheim’s other documentary films include Norton
Simon: A Man and His Art, and JFK and the Imprisoned
Child”.
FILM HISTORY:
Sundance Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Durban
International Film Festival, Edinburgh International
Film Festival, Los Angeles Film Festival, Brisbane International
Film Festival
FILM TITLE (Original): The Last King of Scotland
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
YEAR OF COMPLETION: 2006
RUNNING TIME: 121mn
FORMAT/COLOR/BW: 35mm, Color
LANGUAGE: English
Spanish Subtitles
SHORT FILM SYNOPSIS:
In 1971, in an incredible twist of fate, a Scottish
doctor (James McAvoy) on a Ugandan medical mission becomes
irreversibly entangled with one of the world's most
barbaric figures: Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker) who was
responsible by the end of his “reign” for
the execution of over 300,000 of his own people. Loosely
based on a book by Giles Foden.
FILM SYNOPSIS:
In an incredible twist of fate, in 1971, a Scottish
doctor (James McAvoy) on a Ugandan medical mission becomes
irreversibly entangled with one of the world's most
barbaric figures: Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker. Impressed
by Dr. Garrigan's brazen attitude in a moment of crisis,
the newly self-appointed Ugandan President Amin hand-picks
him as his personal physician and closest confidante.
Though Garrigan is at first flattered and fascinated
by his new position, he soon awakens to Amin's savagery
- and his own complicity in it. Horror and betrayal
ensue as Garrigan tries to right his wrongs and escape
Uganda alive.
The film features a towering performance from Forest
Whitaker as Amin and carves two unforgettable portraits:
one of a charismatic but psychopathic ruler who ravaged
his country and the other, of a witness to history who
finally finds the courage to make a stand.
FILM CREDITS:
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Executive Producers: Tessa Ross, Andrew Macdonald, Allon
Reich
Producer: Andrea Calderwood, Lisa Bryer, Charles Steel
Screenplay: Peter Morgan, Jeremy Brock, based on the
novel by Giles Foden
Cinematographer: Anthony Dod Mantle
Editor: Justine Wright
Music: Alex Heffes
Cast: Forest Whitaker, Gillian Anderson, James McAvoy,
Kerry Washington
DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY:
Kevin Macdonald was born in Glasgow and studied at Oxford
University. He is a journalist, author, director, and
producer. His documentary One Day In September (99)
won an Academy Award for best documentary feature in
2000. His other films include Chaplin’s Goliath
(96), A Brief History of Errol Morris (99), and Touching
The Void (03). The Last King of Scotland is his most
recent film.
FILM TITLE (Original): The Lost City
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: US
YEAR OF FILM COMPLETION: 2005
RUNNING TIME: 143 minutes
FORMAT/COLOR/BW: Color
LANGUAGE: English
Spanish Subtitles
SHORT FILM SYNOPSIS:
Andy Garcia directs and stars in this intensely personal
tribute to his native land. This family drama of impossible
love is a poignant remembrance of a time gone by, when
so much was lost forever. Respectfully and elegantly
rendered, with an extraordinary musical tapestry. Written
by novelist Guillermo Cabrera Infante. With: Bill Murray,
Dustin Hoffman, Inés Sastre, Tomás Milian
and Steven Bauer.
FILM SYNOPSIS:
The Lost City realizes an 18-year dream by actor/director/composer
Andy Garcia to bring the story of his native Cuba to
the screen against the backdrop of its historic revolution,
vibrant music, and a passionate story of impossible
love. He succeeds on all levels with a richly textured
screenplay by the late, acclaimed author G. Cabrera
Infante.
In 1958, the lively city of Havana, the Paris of the
Caribbean, is caught in the throes of change. Urban
rebels plot the violent overthrow of Dictator Fulgencio
Batista while Che Guevara and Fidel Castro plan their
revolution. El Tropico, Havana's classiest nightclub,
is a haven in the midst of turmoil. Its owner, Fico
Fellove (Garcia), is as steadfastly apolitical as his
two brothers (Nestor Carbonell and Enrique Murciano)
are fervent about their dissent. Discreetly, Fellove's
gaze rests on the lovely face of his coveted sister-in-law,
Aurora (Inés Sastre).
Through Fico's eyes, we watch a culture vanish and
witness a family's disintegration. These are the ghosts
of the people so many Cuban exiles left behind. A common
bond. History, passionate love stories and music, and
the country's lifeblood are constant reminders of what's
been lost. This life-altering epoch is perfectly recollected
with period costumes by Deborah L. Scott (Oscar Winner,
Titanic) and Emmanuel Kadosh's stylish cinematography.
Tomas Milian, Dustin Hoffman, Bill Murray and Steven
Bauer co-star. Garcia composed the exquisite musical
score, which features stellar musicians like the legendary
Israel "Cachao" López. His vast respect
and passion for the subject is evidenced by his astute,
evenhanded direction. Masterfully, he sends a love letter
to the Cuban people, postmarked from 1950s Havana.
FILM CREDITS:
Director: Andy Garcia
Executive Producers: Tom Gores?Johnny O. Lopez
Producers: Frank Mancuso, Jr.?Andy Garcia
Screenwriter: G. Cabrera Infante
Cinematographer: Emmanuel Kadosh
Editor: Christopher Cibelli
Music: Andy Garcia
Cast: Andy Garcia, Inés Sastre, Tomás
Milian, Bill Murray, Dustin Hoffman, Steven Bauer, Elizabeth
Peña
DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY:
Andy Garcia is a renowned actor, producer, composer
and director. His performance in Godfather III was nominated
for an Oscar, and he recently appeared in Ocean’s
Twelve. Garcia has won Grammies for his collaborations
with legendary musician Israel “Cachao”
Lopez. He marked his directorial debut with the documentary
Cahao … Como Su Ritmo No Hay Dos. He is the producer,
composer, and first time director of The Lost City.
FILM TITLE (Original): Mad Hot Ballroom
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA
YEAR OF COMPLETION: 2005
RUNNING TIME: 105mn
FORMAT/COLOR/BW: 35mm /color
LANGUAGE: English
Spanish Subtitles
SHORT FILM SYNOPSIS:
MAD HOT BALLROOM is an inspiring look inside the lives
of eleven-year-old New York City public school kids
from Washington Heights, who journey into the world
of ballroom dancing and reveal pieces of themselves
along the way. Told from their candid, sometimes hilarious
perspectives, they are transformed from typical urban
kids to “ladies and gentlemen,” as they
strive toward the final citywide competition.
SYNOPSIS:
MAD HOT BALLROOM is an inspiring look inside the lives
of eleven-year-old New York City public school kids
from Washington Heights, who journey into the world
of ballroom dancing and reveal pieces of themselves
along the way. Told from their candid, sometimes hilarious
perspectives, they are transformed from typical urban
kids to “ladies and gentlemen,” as they
strive toward the final citywide competition. Scenes
from their training, rehearsals, pep talks, and intimate
episodes with the students, along with the lively action
from the exciting competitions, provide a very close
and personal look into the lives of these hopeful children
and their parents.
Celebrating these intricate lives, MAD HOT BALLROOM
reminds us of what it was like when anything was possible.
Living with the complexities of big city life, these
kids take on something unfamiliar and rise to the occasion.
Filled with emotion and triumph, this documentary feature
is a resounding exclamation point for growing up in
America.
FILM CREDITS: Director Marilyn Agrelo
Producer Amy Sewell, Marilyn Agrelo
Base on the article by Amy Sewell
Cinematographer Claudia Raschke-Robinson
Editor Sabine Krayenbuhl
Music Steven Lutvak and Joseph Baker
FILM HISTORY/ PRIZES:
Audience Award for Best Documentary at Sydney Int’l
Film Festival, Special Jury mention Competition at Karlovy
Vary Film Festival, Best International Film at Encouters
South African Documentary Festival.
DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY: Marilyn Agrelo has over 15 years of experience
producing independent films (most recent, Smash The
Kitty, 03), and numerous commercial and fundraising
films. She is continuing work on the documentary Us
& Them, a chronicle of her divided family, shot
in both the US and Cuba. Other documentary works include
The Orbis Story, a short about an international humanitarian
project. Mad Hot Ballroom is her directorial feature
debut.
FILM TITLE (Original): Maquilapolis (City of
Factories)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: US/Mexico
YEAR OF COMPLETION: 2006
RUNNING TIME: 68 min
FORMAT/COLOR/BW: HDCAM/Color
LANGUAGE: English
Spanish Subtitles
SHORT FILM SYNOPSIS:
Carmen and Lourdes work in Tijuana’s maquiladoras,
the foreign-owned factories which came to Mexico for
its cheap labor. Every day, these workers confront labor
violations, environmental devastation and urban chaos.
In MAQUILAPOLIS, they reach beyond the daily struggle
for survival to organize for change. They also use video
cameras to document how globalization has transformed
their city and to share their hopes for the future.
SYNOPSIS:
Carmen works the graveyard shift in one of Tijuana’s
800 maquiladoras, the multinationally-owned factories
that came to Mexico for its cheap labor. After making
television components all night, Carmen comes home to
a shack she built out of recycled garage doors, in a
neighborhood with no sewage lines or electricity. She
suffers from kidney damage and lead poisoning from her
years of exposure to toxic chemicals. She earns six
dollars a day. But Carmen is not a victim. She is a
dynamic young woman, busy making a life for herself
and her children. As Carmen and a million other maquiladora
workers produce televisions, electrical cables, toys,
clothes, computer keyboards, batteries and IV tubes,
they weave the very fabric of life for consumer nations.
They also confront labor violations, environmental devastation
and urban chaos -- life on the frontier of the global
economy.
In MAQUILAPOLIS, Carmen and her friend Lourdes reach
beyond the daily struggle for survival to organize for
change: Carmen takes a major television manufacturer
to task for violating her labor rights. Lourdes pressures
the government to clean up a toxic waste dump left behind
by a departing factory. The women also use video cameras
to document their lives, their city and their hopes
for the future.
As they work for change, the world changes too: a global
economic crisis and the availability of cheaper labor
in China begin to pull the factories away from Tijuana,
leaving Carmen, Lourdes and their colleagues with an
uncertain future.
FILM CREDITS:
Director Vicky Funari, Sergio De La Torre
Executive Producer Vivian Kleiman
Producer Vicky Funari, Sergio De La Torre
Co-Producers Darcy McKinnon, Annelise Wunderlich
Screenwriter
Cinematographer Daniel Gorrell, Sophia Constantinou
Editor Vicky Funari
Music Pauline Oliveros, Nortec Collective, John Blue
Cast: Carmen Durán, Lourdes Luján
In collaboration with the women of Grupo Factor X, the
Chipancingo Collective for
Environmental Justice and Women’s Rights Advocates
FILM HISTORY/ PRIZES:
World Premiere, International Film Festival Rotterdam,
February 2006.
Latin American Premiere, Guadalajara International Film
Festival, Competition, March 2006.
North American Premiere, Tribeca Film Festival, Documentary
Competition, April-May 2006
DIRECTORS’ BIOGRAPHY: Vicky Funari, Producer/Director/Editor: Funari
produced, directed and edited the acclaimed non-fiction
feature film Paulina, which received a Grand Jury Prize
at the 1998 San Francisco International Film Festival
and Lifetime Television's Vision Award at the 1998 Hamptons
Film Festival. Live Nude Girls Unite!, won a Golden
Spire and the Audience Award at the San Francisco International
Film Festival, and aired on Cinemax in 2001. Funari
began her film career in 1985 by assistant directing
the indie feature Working Girls, directed by Lizzie
Borden.
Sergio De La Torre, Producer/Director: Sergio De La
Torre is a photographer, performance artist and installation
artist. De La Torre grew up in the Tijuana/San Diego
border area and migrated to San Francisco. His photographic,
performance and installation works have focused on issues
regarding diaspora/tourism and identity politics. In
1995, De La Torre co-founded the performance/installation
group Los Tricksters. His works, among them Access Denied,
Disappearing and Mexiclone, have appeared in many Performance
Arts Festival around the world, and his film and video
work has included photography for La Raza, directed
by Alfonso Dávila, and assistant to the art director
on Garden of Eden, directed by Maria Novaro.
FILM TITLE (Original): Pan's Labyrinth
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain/Mexico
YEAR OF COMPLETION: 2006
RUNNING TIME: 112 minutes
FORMAT/COLOR/BW: 35mm, Color
LANGUAGE : Spanish
SHORT FILM SYNOPSIS:
"Pan's Labyrinth" is the story of a young girl that travels with her mother and adoptive father to a rural area up North in Spain, 1944. After Franco´s victory. The girl lives in an imaginary world of her own creation and faces the real world with much chagrin. Post-war Fascist repression is at its height in rural Spain and the girl must come to terms with that through a fable of her own.
DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY:
Guillermo del Toro was born in Guadalajara, Mexico and began making Super 8 films in his youth. In 1985, he started Necropia, a special-effects company, and he worked as a makeup supervisor for nearly a decade. In 1993, he completed his feature directorial debut, Cronos. Since then, he has produced several films and directed Mimic (97), The Devil's Backbone (01), Blade II (02) and Hellboy (04). Pan's Labyrinth (06) is his sixth feature film.
PHOTO GALLERY AND VIDEO:
Cinematography: Master Class: Guillermo Navarro, Nov. 11th 2006 in FUNGLODE Photo Gallery | Video
COMPLETE SYNOPSIS:
One of the horrific manifestations of the dark side of human nature is the capacity to wage war, and nothing is more perverse or destructive than civil war - it separates friends and neighbours, and sets brother against brother. The 1936 civil war that led to Franco's nearly forty-year dictatorship was a terrible time in Spain's history. Guillermo del Toro's 2001 film The Devil's Backbone was a gothic ghost story infused with the nightmare of that war. His latest film, Pan's Labyrinth, revisits the war's aftermath, once again crossing historical drama with genre and bringing the horrors of Spain's fascist regime to life. It's a thriller with elements of the fantastic and classic del Toro gore.
The year is 1944. Young Ofélia (Ivana Baquero) is forced to move into her stepfather's home, now that her mother, Carmen (Ariadna Gil), is about to give birth. She hates her new life and her new father, the tyrannical Captain Vidal (an incredibly creepy performance by Sergi López). He is intent on snuffing out the brave maquis, rebel forces who, despite all odds, refuse to allow their spirits to be crushed by the fascists. Ofélia finds an ally in Mercedes (Maribel Verdú), Vidal's servant, who is secretly helping the rebels. She also discovers a labyrinth near the house and meets its grotesquely fawnlike keeper, Pan (Doug Jones), who gives her three dangerous tasks to complete.
With great ingenuity, an incredible sense of timing and an ability to connect the real and the imaginary with his themes and characters, del Toro is able to weave seamlessly between reality and fantasy, giving the story a fluidity that maintains its suspense throughout. One of the most amazing features of this fairy tale for adults is the imagination del Toro and his crew exhibit. Characters like the Pale Man, whose eyes are in the palms of his hands, will chill you to the bone. Pan's Labyrinth is a testament to the power of the imagination, a force Franco's fascists did everything in their power to eradicate. - Diana Sanchez, Toronto International Film Festival.
FILM CREDITS:
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Executive Producer : Belen Atienza, Elena Manrique
Producer: Guillermo del Toro, Bertha Navarro, Alfonso Cuarón, Frida Torresblanco, Álvaro Áugustin
Screenplay: Guillermo del Toro
Cinematographer: Guillermo Navarro
Editor: Bernat Vilaplana
Production Designer: Eugenio Caballero
Sound: Miguel Polo
Music: Javier Navarrete
Cast: Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Doug Jones, Ivana Baquero, Ariadna Gil, Alex Angulo, Federico Luppi
FILM TITLE (Original): Secuestro Express
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Venezuela
YEAR OF COMPLETION: 2005
RUNNING TIME: 86mn
FORMAT/COLOR/BW: 35mm color ratio 1.85:1 Sound : Dolby Digital
LANGUAGE : Spanish
Spanish Subtitles
SHORT FILM SYNOPSIS:
Carla and Martin (Jean Paul Leroux) are a well-heeled couple headed home
at dawn after a night of drug-and-alcohol-soaked clubbing. Before they make it,
they're abducted at gunpoint by professional kidnappers looking for an easy payday.
On the surface, "Secuestro Express" is an action film but upon closer inspection,
however, the film surfaces as a poetic treatise on the devastation of class conflict,
and a social commentary on the chasm between the rich and poor.
SYNOPSIS:
Secuestro Express, the chilling debut by writer/director Jonathan
Jakubowicz, goes to the street level in Caracas for a fictional account
that is all too real for many Venezuelans caught somewhere between the
bottom and the top.
Carla and Martin (Jean Paul Leroux) are a well-heeled couple who, after
a night of drug-and-alcohol-soaked clubbing, make their way home around
dawn. But before they make it, they're abducted at gunpoint by
professional kidnappers looking for an easy payday. Carla's father
(Ruben Blades), a prominent doctor, will provide that payout, but it's
up to Carla and Martin to make it through the sizzling Caracas morning
before their captors go too far.
Kidnap Express draws a clear and disturbing class line yet, vicious as
the depictions are, no one side fares better. As ultra-violent and
seemingly remorseless as the captors are, they have families to support.
And as scared and blameless as Carla and Martin are, they seem to have
paid little thought to their less fortunate countrymen until staring up
the barrel of a gun at them. On the surface, "Secuestro Express" is an action
film but upon closer inspection, however, the film surfaces as a poetic treatise
on the devastation of class conflict, and a social commentary on the chasm
between the rich and poor.
FILM CREDITS:
Director Jonathan Jakubowicz
Executive Producer Elizabeth Avellán
Executive Producer Eduardo Jakubowicz
Producer Sandra Condito
Producer Saloman Jakubowicz
Producer Jonathan Jakubowicz
Screenwriter Jonathan Jakubowicz
Cinematographer David Chalker
Editor Ethan Maniquis
Music Angelo Milli
Cast: Mia Maestro, Carlos Julio Molena, Pedro Perez, Carlos Madera, Jean Paul Leroux, and Rubén Blades. FILM HISTORY/ PRIZES:
DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY:
Jonathan Jakubowicz (Venezuela) wrote and directed Kidnap Express and
the documentary Ships of Hope, which screened at the Director's Guild of
America's Angelus Awards and the Havana Film Festival and won Best
Documentary at the Premios a la Calidad de CENAC. Ships of Hope,
purchased by HBO OLE and History Channel Latin America, was in
programming rotation for two years.
FILM TITLE (Original): The Refugees All Stars
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Guinea, Sierra Leone, USA
YEAR OF COMPLETION: 2005
RUNNING TIME: 80mn
FORMAT/COLOR/BW: Digital Betacam/Color
LANGUAGE : Krio, English
Spanish Subtitles
SHORT FILM SYNOPSIS:
And the beat goes on! Refugees, victims of the brutal
Sierra Leon war, form a band and perform reggae-tinged
music in their safe-haven camp in Guinea. While their
music inspires, their powerful personal stories quickly
dispel the stereotype of refugees as helpless victims
of war. A moving and elating experience. Winner of the
Best Documentary Award at the A.F.I. Film Festival 2005.
SYNOPSIS: MIFF
The civil war in Sierra Leone devastated a nation and
ripped apart countless families, but it could not break
the bond that developed among six remarkable musicians.
The Refugee All Stars documents their struggle to testify
to the day-to-day realities of the refugee experience,
using the universal language of music.
In many ways, they are like the aspiring lyricists
one can see rapping on the street corners of any large
American city. Yet these bandmates have a unique story
to tell, a first-person depiction of life in the refugee
camps, where they were shuttled by the United Nations
High Commission on Refugees during Sierra Leone's brutal,
decade-long civil war. They face overwhelming obstacles
in their pursuit of a place to jam and record, from
displacement and separation to physical disfigurement
and emotional despair. Yet, the All Stars persevere,
and whenever they get together, they make wonderful
music, a soulful blend of reggae, R&B, and traditional
West African sounds that provides an exuberant backdrop
to the topical lyrics. The filmmakers follow the musicians
over the course of three years, as they move among various
refugee camps and ponder the advisability of ever returning
to their homeland. While their music inspires, their
powerful personal stories quickly dispel the stereotype
of refugees as helpless victims of war.
FILM CREDITS:
Directors Zach Niles, Banker White
Executive Producers Steve Bing, Shelley lazar
Producers Zach Niles,
Screenwriters Zach Niles, Banker White, Jim Bruce
Cinematographers Christopher Jenkins, Andy Mitchell
Editors Jim Bruce, Banker White
Music The Refugee All Stars band, The Emperors Dance
band, Chris Velan
FILM HISTORY/ PRIZES:
2005 Documentary Award at AFI , Audience Award Miami
International Film Festival
DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY:
Zach Niles is the associate producer for the eight-part
television series Live at The Fillmore, which aired
on the UPN Television Network in 2001. Zach has a personal
and professional interest in the music and culture of
Africa. Banker White is a multidisciplinary artist and
accomplished musician in the Bay Area. He received his
MFA from the California College of Arts and Crafts.
In 1994-96, he helped start the Kokrobitey institute
in Ghana.
The Republic of Baseball: The Dominican Giants of the American Game
FILM TITLE (Original): The Republic of Baseball:
The Dominican Giants of the American Game
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Republica Dominicana/United States
YEAR OF COMPLETION: 2006
RUNNING TIME: 83 min.
FORMAT/COLOR/BW: Digibeta/Color
LANGUAGE: English
Spanish subtitles
FILM SHORT SYNOPSIS:
The Republic of Baseball: The Dominican Giants of the
American Game is the story of Felipe Rojas Alou, Juan
Marichal, Manny Mota, Ozzie Virgil and Felipe’s
brothers Mateo and Jesus who preprared the way for the
Dominicans who dominate Major League Baseball today.
Despite their fame, the story of the heroism they showed
in their fight for to triumph has gone largely untold
– until now.
FILM CREDITS:
Director: Daniel Manatt
Executive Producers:
Producer: Daniel Manatt, Rob Ruck
Screenwriter: Rob Ruck
Cinematographer: Lance Gewer
Editor: Bret Granato
Music: Mark Kilian, Paul Hepker
Particiapnts: Presley Chweneyagae, Terry Pheto, Kenneth
Nkosi, Mothusi Magano, Zenzo Ngqobe
FILM TITLE (Original): Tsotsi
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: South Africa/ UK
YEAR OF FILM COMPLETION: 2005
RUNNING TIME: 94mn
FORMAT/COLOR/BW: 35mm/Color
LANGUAGE : Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans
Spanish Subtitles
SHORT FILM SYNOPSIS:
A twenty something thug is prone to robbing, mugging
and backstabbing fellow crooks. The day he carjacks
and shoots a middle-class woman is a new low. The victim's
baby is in the back seat. Is anybody beyond redemption?
Winner of Audience Awards at both the Edinburgh and
Toronto International Film Festivals. A nail-biting
emotional
Rollercoaster.
SYNOPSIS:
Is anyone beyond redemption? Renowned and prolific South
African playwright Athol Fugard (Master Harold and the
Boys) is an equally perceptive author. His first and
only novel, Tsotsi, proves that good storytellers have
no boundaries. This evocative screen adaptation by writer/director
Gavin Hood proves that good stories make great films.
Tsotsi (Presley Chweneyagae) is a twenty-something
thug, prone to robbing, mugging, and backstabbing fellow
crooks. Memories of an abused childhood haunt him and
fuel his anger. No one in his Johannesburg shanty town
is safe. The day he carjacks and shoots a middle-class
woman (Nambitha Mpumlwana) is a new low, a pivotal point.
Classic drama prevails in this violent, heart-wrenching
urban allegory.
The film won the 2006 Foreign Film Oscars and the Edinburgh
and the Toronto Film Festival Audience Awards.
FILM CREDITS:
Director Gavin Hood
Executive Producer Sam Bhembe Little, Doug Mankoff,
Basil Ford, Joseph D’Morais, Alan Howden
Producer Peter Fudakowski
Screenwriter Gavin Hood ( based on novel by Athol Fugard)
Cinematographer Lance Gewer
Editor Megan Hill
Music Mark Kilian, Paul Hepker
Cast: Presley Chweneyagae, Terry Pheto, Kenneth Nkosi,
Mothusi Magano, Zenzo Ngqobe, Nambitha Npumlwana
FILM HISTORY/ PRIZES:
Oscar, Best Foreign Language Film of the Year, 2005
AFI: Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award, Winner at
Denver, Toronto Film Festivals among others.
DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY:
Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Gavin Hood studied
at the University of the Witwatersrand and at the University
of California, Los Angeles. He directed educational
dramas for the South African Education of Health before
directing his first short film, The Storekeeper, in
1998. His first feature film was A Reasonable Man, which
he also co-produced, wrote and starred in. His other
features are the Polish-language film In Desert, Wilderness
and Tsotsi.
FILM TITLE (Original): Va Vis et Deviens
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: France, Belgium, France, Italy
YEAR OF COMPLETION: 2005
RUNNING TIME: 140mn
FORMAT/COLOR/BW: 35mm, Color
LANGUAGE: Amharic, Hebrew, French
Spanish Subtitles
SHORT FILM SYNOPSIS: Sudan, 1984 --- hundreds of thousands from
26 famine-struck countries find themselves in refugee
camps in Sudan. Operation Moses, a vast project initiated
by Israel and the United States, is undertaken to bring
the Ethiopian Jews (Falashas) to Israel. A Christian
mother pushes her 9-year-old son to declare himself
Jewish, in order to survive … He grows up fearing
that his secrets and lies will be discovered: he is
neither Jewish nor orphan.
FILM SYNOPSIS: In 1984, hundreds of thousands from 26 famine-struck
countries find themselves in refugee camps in Sudan.
Operation Moses, a vast project initiated by Israel
and the United States, is undertaken to bring the Ethiopian
Jews (Falashas) to Israel. A Christian mother pushes
her 9-year-old son to declare himself Jewish, in order
to survive.
The child arrives in the Promised Land. Officially
an orphan, he is adopted by a French Sephardi family
living in Tel-Aviv. He grows up fearing that his secrets
and lies will be discovered: he is neither Jewish nor
orphan, only black. Schlomo will discover love, Western
culture and Judaism as well as racism and war in the
Occupied Territories. He will become Jewish, Israeli,
French and Tunisian all at once – a human Tower
of Babel.
FILM CREDITS:
Director Radu Mihaileanu
Producers Marie Masmonteil, Denis Carot, Radu Mihaileanu
Screenwriter Radu Mihaileanu, Alain-Michel Blanc
Music Armand Amar
Cinematography Rémy Chevrin
Editor Ludo Troch
Cast: Yael Abecassis, Roschdy Zem, Moshe Agazai, Mosche
Abebe, Sirak M. Sabahat
DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY: Radu Mihaileanu was born in Bucharest and worked
as an actor, playwright and theatre director before
enrolling at L’Institut des Hautes Études
Cinématographiques (IDHEC) in Paris. He worked
as an assistant director in France, where he is now
based, and made the short films Les Quatre Saisons (80),
Un Vieux (81), Happy End (83), Naissance de Blimp (84)
and Mensonge d?un clochard (89). As well as directing
for television, he has made the feature films Betrayal
(93) and Train of Life (98), which won the FIPRESCI
Prize at the Venice International Film Festival. Va,
vis et deviens (05) is his most recent film.
FILM HISTORY/ PRIZES:
Berlin Film Festival: 2006 Panorama Audience Award,
2006 Best César award for screenwriting. Copenhagen
International Film Festival, Golden Swan
FILM TITLE (Original): El Violin
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Mexico
YEAR OF COMPLETION: 2006
RUNNING TIME: 99 minutes
FORMAT/COLOR/BW: 35mm/ BW
LANGUAGE: Spanish
SHORT FILM SYNOPSIS:
Set in a small Mexican village during the uprisings
of the seventies, the film portrays the tensions between
the peasants and military in the Guerrero region. A
tender and poignant drama shot in stunning black and
white, The Violin is a beautiful story about a father's
love for his family and the sacrifice of an unlikely
hero. The film premiered at the 2006 Cannes Festival,
Un Certain Regard.
FILM SYNOPSIS:
Set in a small Mexican village during the uprisings
of the seventies, the film portrays the tensions between
the peasants and military in the Guerrero region. Don
Plutarco, his son Genaro and his grandson Lucio live
a double life: on one hand, they make a humble living
as traveling musicians, and on the other hand they also
collect supplies and ammunition for the guerrilla movement
that has arisen to fight the oppressive government,
Upon returning to their hometown from one of their journeys,
they find their village has been overtaken by the army.
The musicians flee to the sierra hills, forced to leave
behind their stock of ammunition. Playing up his appearance
as a harmless violin player, the quietly dignified Plutarco
has a plan: charm the army captain with his music and
visit his cornfield to secretly smuggle his hidden arms.
Don Plutarco has the music and wants the ammunition.
A tender and poignant drama shot in stunning black
and white, The Violin is a beautiful story about a father's
love for his family and the sacrifice of an unlikely
hero. The film premiered at the 2006 Cannes Festival,
Un Certain Regard.
FILM CREDITS: Director: Francisco Vargas Quevedo
Producer: Francisco Vargas Quevedo
Screenplay: Francisco Vargas Quevedo
Cinematographer: Martín Boege Paré
Editor: Francisco Vargas Quevedo, Ricardo Garfias
Music: Cuauhtémoc Tavira, Armando Rosas
Cast: Don Ángel Tavira, Dagoberto Gama, Gerardo
Taracena, Fermín Martínez
DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY:
Francisco Vargas Quevedo was born in Ixtapaluca, Mexico.
He studied theatre at the Escuela National de Artes
Plásticas, communications at the Universidad
Autonoma Metropolitana and filmmaking at the University
Centre of Cinematography Studies. He has directed many
commercials, documentaries and short films, as well
as the acclaimed documentary Tierra caliente …
Se mueren los que la mueven (04). The Violin (El Violín),
based on his 2005 short film of the same name, is his
feature directorial debut.
FILM HISTORY/ PRIZES:
Best Male Performance, Un Certain Regard, Cannes 2006
FILM TITLE (Original): Volver
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Spain
YEAR OF COMPLETION: 2006
RUNNING TIME: 120 minutes
FORMAT/COLOR/BW: 35mm/Color
LANGUAGE: Spanish
SHORT FILM SYNOPSIS:
…” The power of motherhood and the blessing
of good friends run as themes through Pedro Almodovar's
entertaining fantasy "Volver," even though
the central topics are abuse and death.” Ray Bennett,
Hollywood Reporter. Starring, Penélope Cruz,
Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana
Cobo, Chus Lampreave.
SYNOPSIS:
Volver comes at family secrets and generation gaps from
several angles, looking at the split-second impulses
that hide the truth. Raimunda (cruz) lives in Madrid
with her daughter Paula (Yohana Cobo) and her husband
Paco who's always drunk. Her sister Sole (Lola Dueñas)
is separated and work clandestinely as a hairstylist
for women. The two sisters lost their parents in a fire
in La Mancha their birth village years ago. In the village
remains only their aunt Paula (Chus Lampreave) where
she is looked after by Agustina (Blanca Portillo), whose
own mother mysteriously disappeared on the day of the
fire. Paula continues to speak about her sister Irene
(Carmen Maura), mother of the two, like if she is still
alive ... When the old aunt die the situation change
and the past come back (Volver) again, in a twist of
mystery and suspense.
… “ Volver includes several kinds of coming
back for me. I have come back, a bit more, to comedy.
I have come back to the female world, to La Mancha.
I am working again with Carmen Maura, Penélope
Cruz, Lola Dueñas, and Chus Lampreave. I have
come back to maternity, and naturally, I have come back
to my mother. “ Pedro Almodóvar
FILM CREDITS: Director Pedro Almodóvar
Executive Producer Agustín Almodóvar
Producer Esther Garcia
Screenwriter Pedro Almodóvar
Cinematographer José Luis Alcaine
Editor José Salcedo
Music Alberto Iglesias
Cast: Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas,
Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, Chus Lampreave
FILM HISTORY/ PRIZES:
Cannes Film Festival, 2006: Best Screenplay: Pedro Almodóvar,
Best Female Ensemble: Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura,
Lola Dueñas, Blanca portillo, Yohana Cobo, Chus
Lampreave; San Sebastian 2006: FIPRESCI Film of the
Year. Spain's submission for the 2007 Foreign-language
Academy Award.
DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY:
Pedro Almodóvar was born in Calzada de Calatrava,
Spain. A self-taught filmmaker, he directed his first
feature, Pepi, Luci, Bom and the Other Girls, in 1980.
His 1999 film All About My Mother won the Academy Award
for best foreign language film. His other films include
Labyrinth of Passion (82), Dark Habits (83), What I
Have Done to Deserve This? (84), Matador (86), Law of
Desire (87), Women On The Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
(88), Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (90), High Heels (91),
Kika (93), The Flower of My Secret (95), Talk to Her
(02), Bad Education (04), and Volver (06).
FILM TITLE (Original): Water
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada, India
YEAR OF COMPLETION: 2005
RUNNING TIME: 117 mn
FORMAT/COLOR/BW:
LANGUAGE:
Spanish Subtitles
SHORT FILM SYNOPSIS:
Deepa Mehta's brave exploration of India's storied past
continues in her perfectly pitched, finely judged tale
of a young Hindu girl whose life is suddenly changed
by the traditions of her religion. Delving into Indian
society of the thirties, Mehta has made a remarkably
inspirational film about a girl who refuses to accept
her fate and struggles against powerful religious customs
that turn her into a prisoner without a future.
SYNOPSIS:
Deepa Mehta's brave exploration of India's storied past
continues in her perfectly pitched, finely judged tale
of a young Hindu girl whose life is suddenly changed
by the traditions of her religion. Delving into Indian
society of the thirties, Mehta has made a remarkably
inspirational film about a girl who refuses to accept
her fate and struggles against powerful religious customs
that turn her into a prisoner without a future.
The third film in her Elemental Trilogy - Fire and
Earth precede it - Water is set against the epic backdrop
of the River Ganges during Gandhi's rise to prominence.
Chuyia (Sarala) is an eight-year-old child bride whose
husband suddenly passes away. According to custom, her
head is shaved and she is taken to an ashram for Hindu
widows where she is expected to atone for the sins of
her past that resulted in the death of her husband.
It is a virtual exile, with no hope of escape. The ashram
is full of other widows, old and young, all with their
own stories, hopes and fears.
Some of them have accepted their fate, others are bitter
about their lot in life. The indefatigable Chuyia is
left to navigate this world and learn its lessons.
Water is Mehta's richest and most complex film to date.
It is the work of a humanist, made with incredible tenderness
and true concern for the plight of all her characters.
FILM CREDITS:
Director Deepa Mehta
Executive Producer Mark Burton, Doug Mankoff, Ajay Virmani
Producer David Hamilton
Screenwriter Deepa Mehta
Cinematographer Giles Nuttgens
Editor Colin Monie
Music Mychael Danna, A.R. Rahman
Cast: Lisa Ray, Seema Biswas, Kulbhushan Kharbanda,
Waheeda Rehman, Raghubir Yadav’,
FILM HISTORY/ PRIZES: Genie Awards 2006, Received Awards
at numerous Festivals, Canada entry for 2007 Oscars
