Competition 2

SODEC et le Ministère du Tourisme presents
Friday march 10th > 15 h > Salle Marguerite-Tellier
Sunday march 13th > 13 h > Petit théâtre de l’UQAC

• Albert’s winter
  Danemark > 2009 > documentaire > Beta SP > 30 min

  Albert is at his window. Watching the snow dance through the cold winter. Eight years old and feeling the pressure of the world. His mother is sick and in chemo therapy. Albert would rather not talk about it. Meanwhile his parents want him to start choir school.

  Direction/screeplay > Andreas Koefoed
  Visual > Niels Thastum
  Editing > Jacob Schulsinger
  Distribution > Koefoed Films
  Contact > [email protected]

• Smolarze
  Poland > 2010 > documentary > .MOV > 15 min

  “This film is like perfume. First appears the head note which leads to the heart note and finally lets the base note emerge” – Anna Stadnik, Programmer of Two Riversides Film Festival

  Direction/screenplay > Piotr Zlotorowicz
  Visual > Malte Rosenfeld
  Editing > Barbara Snarska
  Contact > [email protected]

• Warchild
  Canada > 2010 > documentary > Digital Betacam > 5 min 41 s

  On a solitary portage between the barren wilderness and a desolate city, a young man reflects on his troubled past and hopeful future. Honest, thoughtful and personal narration illuminates a survivor’s state of mind that seeks serenity, while a background drumbeat accelerates the pace of this starkly resilient, black and white cinematic portrait.

  Direction > Caroline Monnet
  Screenplay > Caroline Monnet, Cody Pierre
  Visual > Mike Maryniuk
  Editing > Daniel Lavoie
  Music > Norman Dugas
  Acting > Wayne Mallett
  Production/distribution > Itwé
  Contact > [email protected]

• Tussilago
  Sweden > 2010 > documentary, animation > Digital Betacam > 14 min

  In 1977, West German terrorist Norbert Krocher was charged for planning to kidnap Swedish politician Anna-Great Leijon. Among the suspects arrested was his then-girlfriend. In her youthfulness, she was swept up in the high drama life of bank robberies and kidnapping plans.

  Direction/Editing > Jonas Odell
  Visual > Per Helin
  Music > Martin Landquist
  Acting > Malin Buska, Camaron Silverek
  Contact > [email protected]

• Born Sweet
  USA/Cambodia > 2010 > documentary > Digital Betacam > 28 min

  Arsenic-laced water has poisoned a 15-year-old boy from a small, rural village in Cambodia, who fashions dreams for karaoke stardom in spite of his illness.

  Direction/screenplay > Cynthia Wade
  Visual > David Teague, Dan Gold, Cynthia Wade
  Editing > David Teague
  Contact > [email protected]