VHS KAHLOUCHA

Great fan of 70s genre movies, Moncef Kahloucha, a house painter, shoots hilarious feature films in VHS with the help of the inhabitants of Kazmet, a poor district of Sousse (Tunisia).
He produces, directs and stars in his films which are an opportunity for the locals to get away from their dull lives and to experience unique moments, from preparation to the screening of the movie in the local café.
Our cameras followed Kahloucha shooting his latest film: “Tarzan of the Arabs.”

DIRECTOR
Néjib Belkadhi

ACCLAIM
* This beloved, audience favourite also captured hearts of critics’ at the 2007 Cannes Market
* Official Selection: 2007 Sundance Film Festival
* Official Selection: 2007 Dubai Film Festival

PRODUCTION
2006 Tunisia/ 80 min./ Colour/ Arabic/ Documentary

CZECH DREAM

Two students from the Czech Film Academy commission a leading advertising agency to organize a huge campaign for the opening of a new supermarket named Czech Dream. The supermarket however does not exist and is not meant to. Will people believe in it and show up for the grand opening?

DIRECTORS
Vít Klusák, Filip Remunda

ACCLAIM
* Hilarious doc seen at London, Tribeca, True/False, Hong Kong film festivals.

PRODUCTION
2004 Czech Republic/ 90 min./ English Sub-titles/ Colour/ Documentary

DOUBLE DARE

Double Dare is a double-barreled, action-packed documentary about two Hollywood stuntwomen, Jeannie Epper and Zoë Bell. Epper, who refuses to retire at sixty-four, doubled for Wonder Woman in the Seventies, and Bell landed the coveted job doubling Xena at the age of eighteen. With star-studded interviews and rollicking live-action stunt sequences, Double Dare is a candid look at two strong, dedicated women who pursue tough careers in male-dominated Tinseltown.

DIRECTOR
Amanda Micheli

CAST
Starring Zoë Bell (GRINDHOUSE), Jeannie Epper and featuring Lynda Carter, Lucy Lawless, Steven Spielberg and Quentin Tarantino

ACCLAIM
* Official Selection, 2004 Toronto Int’l Film Festival
* Audience Awards for Best Documentary at 2004 AFI and 2004 San Francisco Int’l Film Fest.
*This beloved, audience favourite also captured numerous critics’ 2005 top ten lists and best doc lists

PRODUCTION
2004 USA /81 min./ Colour/ English/ Documentary

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TELL ME CUBA

A Miami based terrorist, a Mafia chauffeur, ambitious members of Congress and a secret negotiator unravel the complexities behind the relationship between Cuba and the United States. Through bombings to political strong-arming, this richly textured documentary reveals how a determined exile community has influenced US foreign policy.

DIRECTOR
Megan Williams

CAST
Narrated by Gina Gershon

ACCLAIM
* Winner! Spirit of the Independent, Ft. Lauderdale Int’l. Film Festival

PRODUCTION
2006 USA/ 85 min./ English/ Colour/ Documentary

WHALEDREAMERS

Over fifteen years in the making, across five continents and oceans, WHALEDREAMERS is a personal odyssey for British filmmaker, Kim Kindersley in his quest to find his spiritual roots, while experiencing the extraordinary connection, both ancient and modern, between humanity and the cetaceans.

DIRECTOR
Kim Kindersley

CAST
Appearances by: Pierce Brosnan, John Hurt, Julian Lennon, and Geoffrey Rush

ACCLAIM
* Winner! Best Film 2007 Monaco International Film Festival

PRODUCTION
2006 Australia/ 90 min./ English/ Colour/ Documentary

UGANDA RISING

Every day across Acholi-land something remarkable happens. Against a backdrop of dismal statistics, miniscule opportunity and unpredictable terror, in a part of Uganda forgotten by the world, children who have never known peace, face the day as if to live this way is normal, as if they still believe in the future. These children are the embodiment of resilience and hope. This film is the story of Uganda, her stolen children, and the fight to be free.

DIRECTORS
Jesse James Miller and Pete McCormack

FEATURING
Narrated by Kevin Spacey with commentary from Noam Chomsky, Hon. Lloyd Axworthy and Ugandan Peace Negotiator Betty Bigombe.

ACCLAIM
* Audience Award, 2006 Hot Docs!
* Official Selection, Vancouver Int’l. Film Festival
* Amnesty International Human Rights Film Festival

PRODUCTION
2006/ Canada 82 min. & 48 min./ Colour/ English/ Documentary

PAPER CLIPS

When the students of Tennessee’s Whitwell Middle School began studying the Holocaust as a way to learn about intolerance and diversity, nobody could have predicted the results. In 2001, the Paper Clip Project culminated in a unique memorial that changed the lives of those who created it, as well as touching Holocaust survivors and countless communities.
Because Norwegians invented the paper clip and used it as a symbol of solidarity against the Nazis, students started collecting them to help visualize such vast numbers of victims. As word spread online and in the media, paper clips poured in from around the world, 11 million of which are enshrined in an authentic German railcar standing in the schoolyard.

DIRECTORS
Elliot Berlin, Joe Fab

ACCLAIM
* Grossed over $1 million at US Box Office
* One of the Top Five Documentaries of 2004 - The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures
* 2004 Palm Springs International Festival Award for Best Overall Film

PRODUCTION
2004 USA/ 82 min./ Colour/ English/ Documentary

GRIM SWEEPERS

The docu-soap, Grim Sweepers, introduces a new household name in Christian Cadieux, the leader of a group of outcasts who dare to enter those creepy places and wash away bad memories. It takes a special kind of personality to handle the unique variety of contaminating challenges and to lead Canada’s most colorful, quirky and eccentric cleaning staff.

With the stress of growing a revolutionary cleaning business and competition on the rise, there’s never a dull moment for Cadieux and his intriguing cast of characters he counts as friends.

Add to the mix the birth of his twin girls and Christian is thrust into a whole new level of stress as he fights to balance time with his loving family and cleaning up the Grim Reaper’s mess.

PRODUCTION
Produced in association with Jim Mauro and Colin Brunton

STATUS
Pilot Episode completed.

PLAGUES AND PLEASURES ON THE SALTON SEA

Fabulously offbeat and refreshingly upbeat, this lovable film gets friendly with the natives of the Salton Sea, an inland ocean of massive fish kills, rotting resorts, and 120 degree nights - located just minutes from urban Southern California.
This award-winning film details the rise and fall of the Salton Sea, from its heyday as the “California Riviera” where boaters and Beach Boys mingled in paradise to its present state as a decaying, forgotten ecological disaster.

DIRECTORS
Chris Metzler and Jeff Springer

CAST
Narrated by John Waters
Music by The Friends of Dean Martinez

ACCLAIM
* Winner of 32 Awards for Best Documentary
* Winner HBO Producer’s Award
* Official Selection: Slamdance Film Festival

PRODUCTION
2004 USA 73/58 min./ Colour/ English/ Documentary

MAPLE FLAVOUR FILMS

In April 2006, the creators of the award-winning Canadian feature film “SIDEKICK” crossed Canada with the one and only print of their film, screening it for Canadians from Halifax to Vancouver. Besides chronicling the ups-and-downs of their coast-to-coast adventure, they also took to the streets to talk to everyday Canadians and film industry professionals about the current state of the Canadian English-language film industry.

DIRECTOR
Michael Sparaga

CAST
Includes on-the-street interviews with Canadian movie-goers and film industry professionals including:
*Michael Kennedy, Exhibitor (Cineplex Ent.)
*Brad Pelman, Distributor (Maple Pictures)
*Anna Stratton, Producer (EMOTIONAL ARITHMETIC)
*Louise Archambault, Director (FAMILIA)
*Shauna Macdonald, Actress (SAINT RALPH)
*Bern Euler, Canadian Filmmakers Festival
*Richard Crouse, Film Critic, Author
*Brendon Sawatzky, Producer, Funder (NSI)
*Joel Bakan, Screenwriter, Author (THE CORPORATION)

PRODUCTION
2008 Canada/ 46 min./ Colour/ English/ Documentary