EUROPEAN DOCS



The documentaries from Europe selected for this section of the programme are all uniquely written and recount a filmmaker’s view of the world, of emerging or disappearing cultures.
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Moving testimonials or political statements, these Docs of Europe also feature witnesses of history, touching characters, colourful personalities.
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The documentaries chosen for this section, composed of 5 sessions, are awarded-winning films from previous years or were hand-picked during the selection process.

> From Monday 7 to Friday 11 December at 12:30 and 7 pm at TAP. 1 hour showings.


Round table – professionals, open to the public
Documentary writing in European film schools - Saturday 12 December at 9:30 am at TAP Cinema.
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At the end of the week, after having screened the Docs of Europe and the CREADOC session (Masters in Documentary Creation at Angoulême), a round table debate will gather together filmmakers and representatives from European film schools as well as specialists in the subject in a bid to investigate documentary writing in European schools.
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This debate will also be the opportunity to create links between the schools present, while offering avenues to explore based on the selected films.

Un soir d’été, un étranger
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Olivier Bertrand - 2007 - 46 min - Video
Ateliers Varan, FRANCE
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In 1997, inhabitants of the Ile-de-France region have hidden a young illegal Moroccan. An underground network was created. Ten years later, Miloud has disappeared. We went back to Janvry to understand what made those people open their door.
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Screenplay: Olivier Bertrand / Image: Olivier Bertrand / Editing: Sylvie Renaud / Sound: Stéphane Prince.

Zo is dat
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Elizabeth Rocha Salgado - 2006 - 31 min - Super 16 mm
NFTA (Nederlandse Film en Televisie Academie), NETHERLANDS
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73-year-old Jan is as dull as the landscape of Groningen, his hometown, is flat. He is used to changeable weather and goes on with his daily routine in every climate. Whatever happens.
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Screenplay: Elizabeth Rocha Salgado / Production: Frieder Wallis / Editing: Faye de Wilde / Image: Coen Stroeve / Music: Anne Le Berge / Sound: Gijs Stollman.



Grey Matter
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Ina Van Beek - 2006 - 25min - Video
NFTA (Nederlandse Film en Televisie Academie), NETHERLANDS
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The reality of daily life in a retirement home shows how absurd life can get.
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Screenplay: Ina van Beek / Production: Juri Keuter, Bo Polak / Image: Steffie Phlippen / Editing: Axel Skovdal Roelofs / Sound: Michael Sauvage.

Tant que sifflera la mine danseront les épis
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Marie Devuyst - 2008 - 55 min - Video
Saint Lukas, BELGIUM
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In Cransac, there had been the mines. Yesterday still, coal rythmed the life of this little Aveyron town, where working class and rural cultures blended together. Then, the pickaxes stood silent.
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Screenplay: Marie Devuyst / Image: Dieten Deswarte / Editing: Arno Aubert / Sound: Guilhem Donzel.

Ãœber die Schwelle - mit Walter Ruge
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Stefan Mehlhorn - 2006 - 62 min - Video
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, GERMANY
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The film recounts the extraordinary destiny of Walter Ruge, a German communist who was born in Berlin in 1915. Because of his political opinions, he fled Germany in 1933 to go into exile in the URSS. Eight years later, he was condemned for obscure reasons to 10 years of hard labor in several Siberian work camps.
> website of the film
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Image: Lars Drawert / Editing: Andre Nier / Music: Cornelius Renz / Production: Linda Kramer.
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> Photography's Prize in Rencontres Henri Langlois 2007.