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European Competition '19 – block 1

Szczecin Film Festival 2019: 25.10.2019, Friday, 20:00
Kino Zamek, Korsarzy 34 (where is that?)
Blok tematyczny: European Competition '19

Films

Capitaine France 21'54"
A documentary about the life of Capitaine France, the greatest French superhero the world has ever known, from 1900 to present day. His adventures lead him to Omaha Beach, all around France and bring him to face a giant robot that threatens to destroy his country.

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Authors:
- Thomas Robineau, Julien Paillet
Where the Wind Takes Us20'
Mariam fled her country, she is pregnant, and she is looking for a safe home for his baby. This travel led them to cross the sea in a small boat that carried only women until they arrived at the border city of Melilla. Due to the hazards along the way, women prefer to keep their stories secret. Nevertheless, Mariam has decided to tell her story to her child Treasure before giving birth on Christmas.

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Authors:
- Juan Antonio Moreno Amador
Evan, a survivor's story18'50"
“Evan, A Survivor's Story” is a documentary about a Kurdish journalist whose work filming and reporting on ISIS leads to threats to his life. He flees to the safety of Europe. The film reflects his struggle to learn English and not to lose hope despite the absurdities of the immigration system. This is a story of courage, love and survival, a story of Kurds everywhere and immigrants around the world.

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Authors:
- Rafiqfuad Yarahmadi
Entry Forbidden to Unauthorized Strangers22'24"
Unable to travel around the world, I decided to travel around the statue of the Ferdinand Magelan, the first man who (kind of...) circumnavigated the world, 500 years ago. Antonio Pigafetta, who accompanied Magellan, wrote in “Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo” and it's through his words I find the migrants who inhabit my neighbourhood in Lisbon.

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Authors:
- André Torres
Tracing Addai24'54"
In his early twenties Addai leaves his entire life behind and moves to Syria to help victims of the civil war. At first he is assigned kitchen duty together with Ilias. Addai writes to his mother: “Don’t worry about me, I’m fine.” Two years later Addai’s mother receives a letter from prison. Ilias has been sentenced for terrorism by a German court. He wants to meet her and writes: “One thing you have to believe me, we went there with good intentions.”

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Authors:
- Esther Niemeier
When the Light Goes Out5'
The documentary “When the Light Goes Out” aims to, through an experimental video essay and using images from the photos of the Fotocine Fund existing in the collection of the Municipal Museum of Coruche, to make known some aspects of the familiar reality of the mid-twentieth century in this Ribatejo region and its relation to photography.

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Authors:
- Esther Niemeier

Associated artists

Esther Niemeier
Esther Niemeier is a director and producer working in both the UK and Germany. Her first short documentary “Walz” screened in the official selection at the Edinburgh International Film Festival and was picked up for broadcast by Canal+, Future Shorts and Okto TV throughout Europe. In addition to her directorial work, Esther has extensive experience in production and is also working as a producer on the feature length nature documentary. Esther is currently enrolled in the MFA Documentary Directing at the Film University Babelsberg.

Filmography

Natura Urbana - The Brachen of Berlin (2017)

Simulant (2016)

Sterne (2016)

Walz (2007)
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Juan Antonio Moreno Amador
Juan Antonio Moreno Amador is director, scriptwriter and producer. His productions have been selected in more than 300 international festivals and have received more than 50 prizes. Carlos III University of Madrid gave him the Excellence Award for his career and in 2008 he received Reina Sofía Social Communication Award. Moreno has studied Library and Information Sciences, Script, Journalism and International Relations. He teaches at the Documentary Master Degree and at Carlos III University and at the Lens School. In 2010 he founded the production company Making DOC and he is member of the European Film Academy and of the Spanish Film Academy.

Filmography

Nuestra vida como niños refugiados (2018)

Palabras de Caramelo (2016)

Un trabajo de Verdad (2016)

Boxing for Freedom (2015)
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Rafiqfuad Yarahmadi
Rafiqfuad is a Kurdish-British filmmaker, currently living in the UK. Before becoming a filmmaker, he was working as a journalist and TV presenter in Kurdistan for up to ten years. He also has passion for photography and had two exhibitions in Iran and Iraq. He has currently graduated from the Northern Film School in Leeds with an MA in Documentary Filmmaking, where he directed and produced his own film („Evan-story of a survival)”. His main specialism is Directing/Producing. He is a fluent Kurdish, Persian (Farsi) and Dari speaker.

Filmography

Life on Water (2015)
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Tânia Prates
Tânia Sofia Oliveira Prates was born in 1984, in Santarém, Portugal. A graduate of Multimedia Education and Communication by Escola Superior de Educação de Santarém, she is currently employee in Coruche town hall at office communication, where she develops multimedia and audiovisual works.

Filmography

Negro de Carvão / Black Coal (2015)

A corda do Relógio / Rope clock (2012)

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Thomas Robineau, Julien Paillet
Julien Paillet and Thomas Robineau met in high school in 2008. They are both passionate about cinema and promised to make movies. Julien then enrolled at the film school in Bordeaux and wrote for Transfuse and Le Journal du Geek. Thomas, after an audiovisual BTS, integrates the assembly section of Fémis in Paris. He is now editor and assistant editor. The two meet regularly to direct short films and dream of feature films. “Captain France”, shot in 2018, is their most ambitious project.
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André Torres
Born in 1981 in Lisbon, Portugal. He saw and did many things and also lived in different places. Was a terrible student and never took the lead. Has worked as an Assistant Director in a few films.

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