Harald Bergmann?s film ?Brinkmanns Zorn? portraits the poet Rolf Dieter Brinkmann, who demands everything at once ? love, death, pop, hate, art. Based on Brinkmann?s original tape recordings and Super8 clippings, Harold Bergmann has made a fascinating film about the literary icon. A film that ? just like Brinkmann himself ? uses different media and cinematic devices to depict modern reality. Here documentary and biography merge and become an outstanding work of art; one that in regards to authenticity and fascination is nearly unsurpassable.

Little time after the shock of September 2001, appear on the roofs of Paris, Cats. By a simple and perfectly controlled graphic, which slices on the sometimes muddled by tags virtuosity, they post a broad smile. Thus somebody, during the night is likely to break the neck to make float a message of benevolence on this city which needs some so much. It is while following the track of the Smiling Cats that this film was built, active of surprised in surprise.

"Chris Marker, born in 1921

Filmmaker, part-time photographer, computer geek, traveller, catlover

Selected movies:

La Jet?e (1962)

A Grin without a Cat (1977)

Sans Soleil (1982)

The Last Bolshevik (1993)

One day in the life of Andrey Arsenevich (1999)

The Case of the Grinning Cat (2004)"

"For the first time public and political lives of Chinese villages are captured through the lens of the people who belong there. Villages can never be so real if filmed by an outsider.

This video is a collection of ten short documentary films, each of ten minutes in length, made by ten villagers (ages ranging from 24 to 59 at the time of filming) from around China. The ten filmmakers were the successful candidates selected among villagers who sent in their proposals for the competition. Each of them was awarded a DV camera (which ?is worth something like at least an equivalent of the costs of raising 15 handsome pigs back home?) by the EU project. They are eager to rediscover their home villages through the DV lens and to tell stories and be heard, for the first time in their lives.

It is the first time that Chinese villagers took up a DV camera to shoot a documentary of their own on the changing rural public lives and the changing countryside dynamics in their home villages within the developing democratic system known as ?village selfgovernance.? The interaction between the villagers in front of the DV camera and the one who is holding it from behind can never be the same if the film were to be shot by a ?professional? from outside the village."

The selected villager filmmakers are diverse in their background: their ages range from 24 to 59; two of them are women; the eldest man in the group is an ethnic Zhuang from Guangxi and the youngest filmmaker is an ethnic Tibetan girl from Yunnan; eight of the ten filmmakers live and work in their home village, while the other two are currently making a living in the city; the villagers come from nine different provinces, ranging from the impoverished Northwestern province of Shaanxi to the prosperous coastal province of Zhejiang.

None but two of the ten villagers had ever touched a video camera before they received the awarded digital video (DV) camera from the project. One of the two who did have some previous experience is the 24-year-old Tibetan girl and the 26-year-old man who left his home village a few years ago to earn a living doing camerawork for a wedding company in a nearby town.

For a number of years last decade, a British conman, Alan Conway, lived fairly large: ambling around London society pretending to be the great Stanley Kubrick. He was aided in no small part by the filmmaker's legendary reclusiveness, which ensured that few ordinary mortals knew what he looked or sounded like. Played here by John Malkovich, Conway is a compelling rogue, so confident in his deception that he barely bothered to learn his own supposed filmography (or even see Kubrick's films in the first place) - and his exploits are detailed with a cool, picaresque delight: not for nothing is this subtitled 'A true ... ish story.' Packed with insider film references, from the visuals to the score (both the screenwriter and director worked for some time with the real Stanley K), this is a study

of celebrity, deception and good old-fashioned grifting

BRIAN COOK (Director / Producer), after a distinguished career as an assistant director and producer, is making his directorial debut. His thirty-year working relationship with Stanley Kubrick made Colour Me Kubrick the perfect choice?Cook worked as first assistant director on Barry Lyndon (1975), The Shining (1980), and Eyes Wide Shut (1996); he was also co-producer on Eyes Wide Shut. He worked as first assistant director on five Michael Cimino films, including Heaven?s Gate (1980), Year of the Dragon (1985), and Desperate Hours (1990); Mel Brooks? History of the World Part I (1981); Casualties of War, the 1989 Brian de Palma film; Robert Benton?s Billy Bathgate (1991); and two films directed by Sean Penn?The Crossing Guard (1995) and The Pledge (2001 Cook also worked as production supervisor on Ridley Scott?s Academy Award-winner Gladiator (2000).

Paris, La Chapelle. Pablo, 11 years old, indifferently endures the loose relationship to his mother. When she abandons him for the hundredth time he decides to look for his Spanish father. So he enganges Louis, poker player on the run, to whom he feels a mysterious connection. But his father is nothing but a delusion...

as director - producer

2003 ? 50/50 ?

Com?die musicale 18min DV num.

Production ARTWORX, la DDPJJ de Nancy et I.D. Jeunes

2002 ? VIRAGE ?

Fiction 20 min, DV num.

Production ARTWORX, la DDPJJ de Nancy et I.D. Jeunes

2001 ?The Streets are Hungry Baby?

Fiction 16 min, DV num.

Production ARTWORX

2000 ? LE PROBL?ME DE LA NUDITE ?

Fiction 10 min, 35 mm

Production : ARTWORX - Les Films du Garage ? Le Festival Cine-F?te Contis

Avec : Noelie Giraud, Gilles Gaston Dreyfus, Stephane Roger

2000 ? LES MOTS DE L?AMOUR ?

Remake de Court-M?trage de Fiction de Vincent Ravalec 10 min DV num.

Production ARTWORX

2000 ? Le MASSEUR ?

Remake de Court-M?trage de Fiction de Vincent Ravalec 10 min DV num.

Production ARTWORX

2000 CR?ATION D?ARTWORX

Association pour favoriser et promouvoir la formation professionnelle, les rencontres et les

collaborations sur des projets audio-visuels et multim?dia.

1993 ? HAPPY NEW YEAR ? (R?alisation et Production)

Fiction 40 min, Super 16. Sc?nario Kim Massee

Avec : Laurent Petitgand, Katia Medici, Clothilde de Bayser, Jean-Claude Adelin, Carole Jacobson,

Sophie Perez?

1990-92 Pr?paration de ? WESTERN LOVE DRIVE ?

Long-M?trage 35mm Scope. Ecriture, Casting, Montage financier pour le long M?trage Western Love

Drive. Une Coproduction Films du Dauphin (LUC BESSON), Road Movies (WIM WENDERS) et

Sattelite Prod. Film suspendu.

199O THE THERESA STERN STORY (PRODUCTION)

Kim Massee Production. NY. USA. Un film de Richard Hell. 26min, 16mm

Avec : Richard Hell, Kate Walk, Will Patton

1990 ? BOUQUET D?AMOR ?

Production Molly Bradford. N.Y. USA. 36min, 16mm

Avec : Melora Griffis, Michael Massee, Lucius Wyatt, Sean Bohary, Iris Hoffman

Selectionn? : Festival de Nouveau Cinema (Montr?al), Berlin Film Festival (rfa), Anthology of Film

Archives (NYC) Prix du meilleur R?alisateur 1991 Festival de Montecatini (Italie). Achet? en 1991 par

Les Films du Dauphin (Luc Besson).

Xiao-Yun is a 16-year-old high school student in a small riverside town in China?s South-Western Sichuan province in the repressive social climate of 1983. When her teacher discovers that she is pregnant, she and her boyfriend Wang Feng are expelled from school. Wang Feng leaves her after convincing his sister Wang Zheng-Yue, a nurse, to help Xiao-Yun give birth to her baby, then give it up for adoption. Ten years later, Xiao-Yun is reduced to being the lead singer in a humiliatingly crass local song and dance troupe. She manages to sustain a furtive relationship with a married man, but her only real companion is Xiao-Yong, a preternaturally curious and impish young boy from across the dam. He craftily begins to insinuate himself into her life, becoming her devoted friend, servant, ?little brother?, and even, in an innocent and playful way, a kind of preadolescent substitute ?boyfriend?. But Xiao-Yun still has to forge a future from her unresolved past. Even soul-mate Xiao-Yong is unable to help her take the fateful, agonising decision that will make this possible.

?I always maintain that this is a film full of hope. I say this because it tells a story about searching for a way out. Metaphorically speaking, Xiao-Yun is like a thirsty person suddenly finding a cup of water. I use a method quite close to traditional narrative to relate a contemporary story about a woman subject to the overwhelming pressure of an unchanging tradition.?

LI Yu was born in China's Shangdong province in 1973. At the age of 16, on her mother's urging, she started to work as television programme guest presenter. After graduating from university, she satisfied her mother's expectations and became a professional presenter at a local television station.. After some time working on documentaries as an off-screen narrator, she began making documentaries. Consequently, she joined the CCTV (China Central Television) feature programme ?Life Space? and became a documentary director. Apart from working as a documentary director, she has written a number of novels and screenplays. In 2000, she shot her first feature film, Fish and Elephant.

In Iran, capital punishment is carried out according to Islamic law, which gives the family of the victim ownership of the offender?s life. DAY BREAK - based on a compilation of true stories and shot inside Tehran's century-old prison - revolves around the imminent execution of Mansour, a man found guilty of murder. When the family of the victim does not show up on the appointed day of the sentencing, Mansour?s execution is postponed again and again. Stuck inside the purgatory of his own mind, he waits as time passes on without him, caught between life and death, retribution and forgiveness.

Hamid Rahmanian is a filmmaker and graphic designer. He holds a B.F.A. from the university of Tehran in Graphic Design and earned a M.F.A. in Computer Animation in 1997 from Pratt Institute in New York City. His 19 minute experimental short, AN I WITHIN, received Kodak?s ?Best Cinematography Award? and ?Best American Short? from the LA Int?l short film festival. Mr. Rahmanian has made three documentaries BREAKING BREAD (2000), SIR ALFRED OF CHARLES DE GAULLE AIRPORT (2001) and SHAHRBANOO (2002). In 2003, Mr.Rahmanian co-established ARTEEAST. He works as the adviser of film programs for Cinema East, which is now in its 5th Season. DAY BREAK is his first feature film.

"The Seventh Day (6 min), Beta SP, Animation, 1996

An I Within (19 min), 35 mm, Live action/animation, 1999

Breaking Bread (54 min), vd, Documentary, 2000

Sir Alfred of Charles de Gaulle Airport (29 min), dv, Documentary, 2001

Shahrbanoo (57 min), dv, Documentary, 2002"

Danielson: a Family Movie is a documentary about unbridled creativity vs. accessibility, Christian faith vs. popular culture, underground music vs. survival, and family vs. individuality. The film follows Daniel Smith, an eccentric musician and visual artist, as he leads his four siblings and best friend to indie-rock stardom. Beginning in 1994 when the youngest band member was 10 years old, the Danielson Famile performs in white, vintage nurse costumes to symbolize the healing power of the Good News, a recurring subject matter. Though tepidly received by the Christian music world, the South Jersey farmland-bred clan is widely embraced by the mainstream independent music community, written about in Rolling Stone, Spin, the New York Times and elsewhere as an outsider curiosity backed up by innovative, experimental music. But as with other family acts, and particularly those that don't make much money, members of the band begin to seek out their own paths as they go through college and Daniel eventually faces the struggle to become viable as a solo act. With production starting in 2002, at a high water mark for the band, all the drama is played out before the camera making Danielson: a Family Movie both engaging and entertaining. Collage, direct cinema, animation and memorable performances all contribute to this thoughtful and thought-provoking spectacle.

"JL Aronson?s own documentary and experimental film work includes ""Senior Picture"" (distributed on the Kill Rock Stars ?Starter Set? DVD) and the feature documentary, ""Punk Rock/ Heavy Metal Karaoke"" (2001). He is also the founder of Creative Arson Productions, creating TV commercials, marketing videos and full-length programs for the Village Voice, Siren Music Festival, Central Park Summerstage, Coney Island, and Wired Magazine, among many others. A feature documentary about pigeon fanciers in a changing Brooklyn landscape will be released in 2007. "

Dans Paris follows the romantic adventures of two brothers. It?s also the portrait of a family whose motto could be: Take time to ignore the sadness of the closest to you.

2006 DANS PARIS

2003 MA M?RE

2002 17 FOIS C?CILE CASSARD

2001 NOUS DEUX (Court M?trage)

Michael Kl?fkorn?s exciting six-minute film deals with the surprising amount of power wielded by cars in contemporary society. The film shows how much we already depend on automobiles to shape our societies.