Cinéma du réel

10 min.

2009-02-09T11:41:03Z

Jorge Leon

19'

- Belgique

- Prod: Centre pour l'égalité des chances et lutte contre le racisme

2008

The reading of a legal statement reveals the vagaries of a young girl who was propelled, against her will, into a prostitution network.

A People in the Shadows

2009-02-09T11:41:01Z

Bani Khoshnoudi

90'

- Iran

- Prod: Pensée Sauvage Films

2008

A voyage into the heart of Tehran, a megalopolis of 14 million people. The city is still recovering from its past, as talk of sanctions and a possible American attack resonate. The population is caught up in the paradoxes and contradictions of their society, surrounded by images of past and future death.

Alle Kinder bis auf eines (All the Children But One)

2009-02-09T11:40:59Z

Andreas Bolm, Noëlle Pujol

40'

- Allemagne

- Prod: Pickpocket Production

2008

Karcsi, a young Roma-boy from a small Hungarian village died of pulmonary embolism in 2006, just before his 10th birthday. Now it's up to Karcsis faithful friends to tell his story. Memory and imagination blend into a sensitive and colourful narration about their dead friend. A story about the loss of childhood.

Americana

2009-02-09T11:40:58Z

Topaz Adizes

86'

- États-Unis

- Prod: Corinne Weber

2009

An exploration of American identity at home and abroad by juxtaposing the personal stories of Americans overseas and those of two teenagers in their last three months of high school before their US army enlistment.

Below Sea Level

2009-02-09T11:40:56Z

Gianfranco Rosi

115'

- États-Unis, Italie

- Prod: 21 one productions

2008

About 190 miles southeast of Los Angeles and 120 feet below sea level, a commune of outcasts lives in the middle of the desert. They're not some hippie colony, just a group of people who have turned their backs on society and want to be left alone.

CINEMA DU REEL GRAND PRIZE
YOUNG JURY AWARD - CINEMA DU REEL

Bagatela (Bagatelle)

2009-02-09T11:40:54Z

Jorge Caballero

74'

- Colombie

- Prod: Gusanofilms

2008

Selling pirated CDs, stealing a cell phone, or simply sleeping rough are most of the cases brought to court in Bogotá. Government officials systematically hand out heavy sentences for these petty crimes, even though they are largely the result of an abject social reality.

Bombhaye porteghali (Orange Bombs)

2009-02-09T11:40:50Z

Majed Neisi

19'

- Iran

- Prod: Documentary & Experimental Film Center

2008

War is over. The garden is full of cluster bombs. It is harvesting time. Husband and wife are defusing bombs and picking oranges.

Le Marcheur

2009-02-09T11:40:21Z

Jean-Noël Cristiani

29''

- France

- Prod: P.o.m. Films, Jean-Noël Cristiani, Yumi Productions, TVM

2009

The walker does not choose his pathways in the hope of encounters. Off the beaten track such meetings are rare. If encounters were his purpose, he would have chosen a region where pathways are still busy, as they are still useful to the job of living.

Los Herederos (The Inheritors)

2009-02-09T11:40:20Z

Eugenio Polgovsky

90'

- Mexique

- Prod: Telecote Films

2008

Children begin work in the Mexican countryside at an early age. These children's realities echo those of their ancestors. One generation after another has remained trapped in a perpetual cycle of inherited poverty.

SPECIAL MENTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL JURY

Mei You Ni Zai...

2009-02-09T11:40:18Z

Wei Hu

23'

- Chine, France

- Prod: Wei Hu, La Fémis

2008

A divorced Chinese immigrant earns her living by selling on Belleville market in Paris what she has gleaned from dustbins in the city's wealthy districts. She had a love affair with a Chinese man that she met in Paris, but he has now gone back to China.