Films for Africa

France/Germany 2006, English and French with English subtitles, 35mm, 96 min
Director: Julie Delpy
Screenplay: Julie Delpy
Cinematography: Lubomir Bakchev
Cast: Julie Delpy, Adam Goldberg, Daniel Brühl
Print Source: Rezo Films

Canada 2006, French with English subtitles, 35mm, 86 min
Director: Ghyslaine Côté
Screenplay : Martin Girard, Ghyslaine Côté
Cinematography: Pierre Mingot
Cast: Ginette Reno, Céline Bonnier, David Bolutin
Print Source: Seville Pictures 

Korea 2006, Korean with English subtitles, 35mm, 90 min
Director: Joe Bum-jin
Screenplay: Jung Hye-Won, Jang Sang-Kyun
Cinematography: Kim Youn-Ki
Cast: Ryu Seung-Bum, Yim Chang-Jeong, Hyun Young, Shin Hyae-Chul, Lee Gyu-Hwa, Seo Hye-Jeong
Print Source: Tube Entertainment/ Studio 2.0 

Denmark 2006, Danish with English, 35mm, 122 min
Director: Susanne Bier
Screenplay: Anders Thomas Jensen
Cinematography: Morten Søborg
Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Sidse Badett Knudsen, Rolf Lassgård
Print Source: Danish Film Institute 

Brazil 2006, Portuguese with English subtitles, 35mm, 90 min
Director: Tata Amaral
Screenplay: Roberto Moreira, Tata Amaral
Cinematography: Jacob Sarmento Solitrenick
Cast: Negra Li, Leilah Moreno, Cindy, Quelynah, Thaide
Print Source: O2 Filmes/ Lumina Films 

France 2006, French with English subtitles, 35mm, 83 min
Director: Benoit Delepine and Gustave Kerven
Screenplay: Benoit Delepine and Gustave Kerven
Cinematography: Hugues Poulain
Cast: Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern, Velvet, Fernando Arrabal,

Israel 2006, Hebrew with English subtitles, 35mm, 107 min
Director: Shemi Zarhin
Screenplay: Shemi Zarhin
Cinematography: Itzik Portal
Cast: Asi Levy, Rotem Abuhav, Dror Keren, Levena Finkelstein
Print Source: Lilach-Adler 

Italy/Senegal 2006, Italian and Wolof with English subtitles, 35mm, 110 min
Director: Laura Muscardin
Screenplay: Marco Bonini, Mbacke Gadji, Laura Muscardin, Lucilla Schiaffino
Cinematography: Teresa Punzi
Cast: Marco Bonini, Paolo Gasparini, Luisa De Santis, Thierno Thiam, Susy Laude, Lella Costa, Paul N'Dour, Carmen De Santos, Daba Soumarè, Boubacar Ba
Print Source:

South Africa 2007, English, Video, 127 min
Director: Kumaran Naidu
Screenplay: Kumaran Naidu
Cinematography: Kumaran Naidu
Cast: Parry Govender, Kogie Naidoo, Maeshni Naiker, Alisha Ramsunder, Derosha Moodley, Kajal Maharaj, Neel Pillay, Ashrika Seeripat, Sathie Moodley, Bruce Gounder, Rani Pillay, Roshni Moodley, Suren Naiker, Kumaran Naidu
Print Source: AFRICOM AND GARUDA MOTION PICTURES

South Africa 2006, English, 35mm, 90 min
Director: John Barker
Screenplay: David Kibuuka, Salah Sabiti, Joey Rasdien, John Barker
Cinematography: Zeno Petersen
Cast: Kagiso Lediga, David Kibuuka, Kim Engelbrecht, Joey Rasdien, Keren Neumann, Angela Chow Print Source: Dv8 Films 

UK 2006, English, 35mm, 92 min
Director: Sean Ellis
Screenplay: Sean Ellis
Cinematography: Angus Hudson
Cast: Sean Biggerstaff, Emilia Fox, Shaun Evans, Michelle Ryan
Print Source: GAUMONT 

Italy 2006, Italian with English subtitles, 35mm, 97 min
Director: Carmine Amoroso
Screenplay: Carmine Amoroso, Filippo Ascione
Cinematography: Paolo Ferrari
Cast: Luca Lionello, Eduard Gabia, Chiara Caselli, Francesco Dominedò, Gabriel Spahiou, Luciana Littizzetto
Print Source: ISTITUTO LUCE

Hong Kong/China 2006, Mandarin with English subtitles, 35mm, 111 min
Director: Zhang Yimou
Screenplay: Zhang Yimou, Wu Nan, Bian Zhihong
Cinematography: Zhao Xiaoding
Cast: Chow Yun Fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou, Liu Ye, Chen Jin, Ni Dahong, Li Man, Qin Junjie
Print Source: UIP 

Malaysia 2006, Tamil, Malay and Mandarin with English subtitles, 35mm, 99 min
Director: Deepak Kumaran Menon
Screenplay: Vimala Peruman
Cinematography: Albert Hue, Mohd. Abdul Halim
Cast: Dhaarshini Sankran, Ramesh Kumar, Kaplana Sundraju, Bala Sundram, Shangkara, Ramli Ibrahim, Gandhi Nathan, Amir Muhammad
Print Source: ONE HUNDRED EYE SDN. BHD.

Russia 2006, Russian with English subtitles, 35mm, 139 min
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Screenplay: Timur Bekmambetov, Laeta Kalogridis
Cinematography: Sergei Trofimov
Cast: Konstantin Khabensky, Aleksei Chadov, Yuri Kutsenko, Igor Lifanov, Sergei Lukyanenko, Rimma Markova, Vladimir Menshov, Nikolai Olyalin, Mariya Poroshina, Galina Tyunina, Viktor Verzhbitsky, Valeri Zolotukhin
Print Source: Nu Metro 

France/Morocco/Algeria/Belgium 2006, French and Arabic language with English subtitles, 35mm, 119 min
Director: Rachid Bouchareb
Screenplay: Olivier Morelle, Rachid Bouchareb
Cinematography: Patrick Blossier
Cast: Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Roschdy, Sami Bouajila, Bernad Blancan, Mathieu Simonet
Print Source: Films Distribution 

Macedonia/The Netherlands/UNMI Kosovo 2007, Macedonian, English and Dutch with English subtitles, Video, 98 min
Director: Aneta Lesnikovska
Screenplay: Aneta Lesnikovska
Cinematography: Lennert Hillege
Cast: Irina Ristik, Igor Dzambazov, Dejan Lilik, Visar Vishka
Print Source: AKA Film

Iraq/Kurdistan/France/Germany 2006, Kurdish with English subtitles, 35mm, 90 min
Director: Hiner Saleem
Screenplay: Hiner Saleem
Cinematography: Andreas Sinanos
Cast: Nazmî Kirik, Belçim Bilgin, Sipel Dogu Lesar Erdogan
Print Source: mîtosfilm

Iraq/UK/The Netherlands 2006, Arabic with English subtitles, 35mm, 110 min
Director: Mohamed Al-Daradji
Screenplay: Mohamed Al-Daradji
Cinematography: Mohamed Al-Daradji
Cast: Asel Adel, Basher Al Maijde, Mohamed Hashem
Print Source: Humanfilm 

France/Canada/Burkina Faso 2006, French and Bambara with English subtitles, 35mm, 86 min
Director: Laurent Salgues
Screenplay : Laurent Salgues
Cinematography: Crystel Fournier
Cast: Makena Diop, Rasmané Ouedraogo, Fatou Tall-Salgues
Print Source: WIDE Management

France/Belgium/Chad/ Austria 2006, French and Arabo-Chadian with English subtitles, 35mm, 93 min
Director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Screenplay : Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Cinematography: Abraham Haile Biru
Cast: Ali Bacha Barkaï, Youssouf Djaoro, Hisseine Aziza, Khayar Oumar Defallah
Print Source: Pyramide International 

Germany /Switzerland 2005, English, 35mm, 98 min
Director: Michael Hofmann
Screenplay : Michael Hofmann
Cinematography: Jutta Pohlmann
Cast: Josef Ostendorf, Charlotte Roche, Devid Striesow, Max Rüdlinger, Leonie Stepp
Print Source: The Match Factory 

Japan 2006, Japanese with English subtitles, 35mm, 94 min
Director: Kaori Momoi
Screenplay : Kaori Momoi
Cinematography: Shiji Kugimiya
Cast: Hanako Yamada, Kaori Momoi, Saburo Ishikura, Katsumi Takahashi, Ryo Iwamatsu, Ken Mitsuishi, Makiko Watanabe, Hiroyuku
Print Source: Open Sesame Co., Ltd. 

Japan 2006, Japanese with English subtitles, 35mm, 114 min
Director: Hiromasa Hirosue
Screenplay : Takahashi Izumi
Cinematography: Hashimoto Kiyoaki
Cast: Hirosue Hiromasa, Namiki Akie, Kagawa Teruyuki
Print Source: PIA Film Festival 

Sweden 2006, German and Swedish with English subtitles, 35mm, 96 min
Director: Anders Banke
Screenplay : Daniel Ojanlatva
Cinematography: Chris Maris
Cast: Petra Nielsen, Jonas Karlström, Grete Havnesköld, Carl-Åke Eriksson, Måns Nathanaelson, Thomas Hedengran
Print Source: Swedish Film Institute

Argentina 2006, Spanish with English subtitles, 35mm, 115 min
Director: Alexis dos Santos
Screenplay : Alexis dos Santos
Cinematography: Natasha Braier
Cast: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Nahuel Viale, Ines Efron, Verónica Llinás, Héctor Díaz, Florencia Braier
Print Source: The Bureau Film Company

USA 2007, English, 35mm, 97 min
Director: Davis Guggenheim
Screenplay : Karen Janszen, Lisa Marie Petersen
Cinematography: Chris Manley
Cast: Carly Schroeder, Dermot Mulroney, Andrew Shue, Elisabeth Shue
Print Source: Videovision Entertainment

Iran/Iraq/Austria/France 2006, Kurdish and Persian with English subtitles, 35mm, 114 min
Director: Bahman Ghobadi
Screenplay : Bahman Ghobadi
Cinematography: Nigel Block, Crighton Bone
Cast: Ismail Ghaffari, Allah Morad Rashtiani, Hedieh Tehrani, Golshifteh Farahani, Hassan Poorshirazi
Print Source: The Matchfactory 

South Africa 2006, English, IsiZulu, SeSotho and IsiXhosa with English subtitles, Video, 95 min
Director: Angus Gibson
Screenplay : Angus Gibson
Cinematography: Dewald Aukema
Cast: Mpho Joseph Molepo, Mduduzi Mabaso, Thabo Tshabalala, S'thandiwe Kgoroge, Mbongeni Ngema
Print Source: Curious Pictures

Germany 2007, German with English subtitles, 35mm, 85 min
Director: Ann-Kristin Reyels
Screenplay : Marek Helsner, Ann-Kristin Reyels
Cinematography: Florian Foest
Cast: Constantin von Jascheroff, Josef Hader, Luise Berndt, Sven Lehmann, Judith Engel, Ulrike Krumbiegel, Marek Harloff
Print Source: Credofilm GmbH

Taiwan/France/Austria 2006, Malay, Mandarin and Bengali with English subtitles, 35mm, 115 min
Director: Tsai Ming-Liang
Screenplay : Tsai Ming-Liang
Cinematography: Liao Pen-Liang
Cast: Lee Kang-Sheng, Chen Siang-Chyi, Norman Bin Atun, Lee Long-Yu
Print Source: New Crowned Hope

Belgium/Germany/Luxemburg/Great Britain /France 2007, English, 35mm, 103 min
Director: Sam Garbarski
Screenplay : Philippe Blasband, Martin Herron
Cinematography: Christophe Beaucarne
Cast: Marianne Faithfull, Miki Manojlovic, Kevin Bishop, Siobhán Hewlett, Dorka Gryllus, Jenny Agutter
Print Source: Pyramide International

Australia 2006, English, 35mm, 123 min
Director: Ray Lawrence
Screenplay : Beatrix Christian, based on the story “So Much Water So Close to Home” by Raymond Carver
Cinematography: David Williamson
Cast: Laura Linney, Gabriel Byrne, Deborra-lee Furness, John Howard, Leah Purcell
Print Source: Celluloid Dreams 

Japan 2005, Japanese with English subtitles, 35mm, 114 min
Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita
Screenplay : Wakako Miyashita, Kôsuke Mukai, Nobuhiro Yamashita
Cinematography : Yoshihiro Ikeuchi
Cast: Du-na Bae, Jason Gray, Yu Kashii, Aki Maeda, Shiori Sekine
Print Source: Bitters End, Inc

Peru 2006, Spanish with English subtitles, 35mm, 122 min
Director: Claudia Llosa
Screenplay : Claudia Llosa
Cinematography : Raul Perez Ureta
Cast: Magaly Solier, Carlos de la Torre, Yiliana Chong, Ubaldo Huaman, Melvin Quijada
Print Source: The Matchfactory

Tunisia/France/Germany/Morocco 2006, Arabic and French with English subtitles, 35mm, 120 min
Director: Nouri Bouzid
Screenplay: Nouri Bouzid
Cinematography : Michel Baudour
Cast: Lotfi Abdelli, Lotfi Dziri, Afef Ben Mahmoud, Fatma Ben Saïdane, Foued Litaïem
Print Source: CTV Services 

Italy 2007, Italian with English subtitles, 35mm, 72 min
Director: Mohsen Melliti
Screenplay : Mohsen Melliti
Cinematography : Maurizio Calvesi
Cast: Raoul Bova, Giovanni Martorana
Print Source: 20th Century Fox 

Iran 2006, Farsi with English subtitles, 35mm, 75 min
Director: Mani Haghighi
Screenplay : Mani Haghighi
Cinematography : Koohyar Kalari
Cast: Mahnaz Afshar, Ahmad Hamed, Mamoud Kalari, Reza Kianian
Print Source: Iranian Independents

UK 2006, English, 35mm, 96 min
Director: Pratibha Parmar
Screenplay : Andrea Gibb
Cinematography : Simon Dennis
Cast: Art Malik, Kilvinder Ghir, Laura Fraser, Shelley Conn
Print Source: Fortissimo Films

Korea 2006, Korean with English subtitles, 35mm, 114 min
Director: Leesong Hee-il
Screenplay : Leesong Hee-il
Cinematography : Yun Ji-un
Cast: Lee Han, Lee Young-hoon, Cho Hyun-chul
Print Source: Fortissimo Films

Spain 2006, Spanish with English subtitles, 35mm, 112 min
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Screenplay : Guillermo del Toro
Cinematography : Guillermo Navarro
Cast: Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Doug Jones, Ivana Baquero, Ariadna Gil, Alex Angulo, Federico Luppi
Print Source: Videovision Entertainment

France/Argentina/Netherlands/Paraguay/Austria/Spain/Germany 2006, Guarini with English subtitles, 35mm, 78 min
Director: Paz Encina
Screenplay : Paz Encina
Cinematography : Willi Behnisch
Cast: Georgina Genes, Ramon del Rio
Print Source: New Crowned Hope

France 2006, English and French with English subtitles, 35mm, 120 min
Director: Bruno Podalydès, Gurinder Chadha, Gus Van Sant, Joel and Ethan Coen, Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas, Christopher Doyle, Isabel Coixet, Nobuhiro Suwa, Sylvain Chomet, Alfonso Cuarón, Olivier Assayas, Oliver Schmitz, Richard LaGravenese, Vincenzo Natali, Wes Craven, Tom Tykwer, Frédéric Auburtin, Gérard Depardieu, Alexander Payne
Screenplay : Various
Cinematography : Various
Cast: Bruno Podalydès, Florence Muller, Leïla Bekhti, Cyril Descours, Marianne Faithfull, Elias McConnell
Print Source: Celsius Entertainment   

France/Switzerland 2007, French with English subtitles, 35mm, 85 min
Director: Jeanne Waltz
Screenplay : Jeanne Waltz
Cinematography : Hélène Louvart
Cast: Isild Le Besco, Lio, Steven de Almeida, Yves Verhoeven, Christophe Sermet
Print Source: Pyramide International

Russia 2006, Russian with English subtitles, 35mm, 95 min
Director: Kirill Serebrennikov
Screenplay: Oleg Presnyakov, Vladimir Presnyakov
Cinematography: Sergei Mokritsky
Cast: Yuri Chursin, Vitaly Khaev, Anna Mikhalkova, Liya Akhedzhakova, Marat Basharov
Print Source: New People Film Co.

South Africa 2006, English, 35mm, 92 min
Director: Darrell James Roodt
Screenplay : Beau Bauman, Darrell James Roodt, Jeff Wadlow
Cinematography : Michael Brierley
Cast: Bridget Moynahan, Peter Weller, Carly Schroeder, Jamie Bartlett, Conner Dowds, Marius Roberts
Print Source: Videovision Entertainment

Denmark 2006, Danish with English subtitles, 35mm, 80 min
Director: Anders Morgenthaler
Screenplay: Anders Morgenthaler, Mette Heeno
Animation: Mads Juul, Kristjan Møller
Cast: Stine Fischer Christensen, Thure Lindhardt, Tommy Kenter, Christian Tafdrup, Margrethe Koytu, Søren Lenander
Print Source: Trust Film Sales ApS

Italy 2005, Italian with English subtitles, 35mm, 96 min
Director: Cristiano Bortone
Screenplay: Cristiano Bortone, Monica Zapelli, Paolo Sassanelli
Cinematography: Vladan Radovic
Cast: Luca Capriotti, Paolo Sassanelli, Marco Cocci, Simone Colombari, Rosanna Gentili
Print Source: Adriana Chiesa Enterprises Srl

New Zealand 2005, English, 35mm, 114 min
Director: Vincent Ward
Screenplay: Vincent Ward, Toa Fraser, Kely Lyons
Cinematography: Alun Bollinger
Cast: Samantha Morton, Kiefer Sutherland, Cliff Curtis, Temuera Morrison, Anton Lesser, David Rawiri Pene, Stephen Rea
Print Source: Videovision Entertainment 

Sri Lanka 2006, Sinhalese, 35mm, 85 min
Director: Prasanna Jayakody
Screenplay: Prasanna Jayakody
Cinematography: Palitha Perera
Cast: Thumindu Dodantenna, Sachini Ayendra, Nilupa Heenkenda
Print Source: Somaratne Dissanayake