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2009 official selection
 
 
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la tuerca

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  La Tuerca (The Nut)
(Spain, 2007, 10 mins.) Thailand Premiere

This is the story of a little girl and a nut. It is also the story of a middle-aged woman who has lost all contact with dreams. La Tuerca is about magic, memories and the significance of small things that we sometimes forget when we become adults.

 

     
temples in the clouds

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  Temples in the Clouds
(India, 2008, 56 mins.) Asian Premiere

Temples in the Clouds is the story of a challenging paragliding safari to the ancient and remote temple of the Goddess Himani Chamunda by India-lovers James Mallinson (UK) and Enrico Patuzzi (ITA). As they struggle to reach their destination, situated at 2,500 meters altitude, their skills, endurance, faith, and commitment are being tested and ultimately reinforced. Shot beautifully on location in the Dhauladhar range of the Himalayas.

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tesfaye's story   Tesfaye's Story
(Ethiopia/USA, 2008, 5 mins.) World Premiere

Ethiopia suffers from some of the most environmental damage the world has ever seen. Over deforestation has left tracts of land in ruin driving away animals, sapping the ground of nutrients, and even drastically altering precipitation patterns.
This short documentary follows Tesfaye, a middle-aged native Ethiopian who has witnessed over the past 30 years the consequences of such environmental abuse, and his search for a hope of restoration.

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what about me@PFF 2009

"Everybody knows we're all one human family. Trouble is it's a dysfunctional one."

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  What About Me?
(United Kingdom, 2008, 85 mins.) Thailand Debut

Following the success of their first double Grammy nominated film & album, What About Me? is the latest unmissable multimedia masterpiece from 1 Giant Leap.

This visionary project took Jamie Catto and Duncan Bridgeman to over 50 global locations as they explore through music, the complexities of human nature, and reveal how we are all connected not only through our creativity and beliefs, but mostly through our madness. Covering universal topics such as God, Sex, Death and Money, What About Me? features an incredibly diverse collection of collaborators from Noam Chomsky to Will Young, Maxi Jazz to Tim Robbins, Billy Connolly to Michael Stipe, Eckhart Tolle to Baaba Maal, among many others.

www.whataboutme.tv

     
the water bearer   The Water Bearer
(Canada, 2007, 52 mins.) Thailand Premiere

This film follows the efforts made by the men and women of Flores Island in Indonesia, to re-invent their daily lives after 32 years of dictatorship. Amongst them, we find a Canadian, Gilles Raymond, in search of a code of ethics where action coincides with words.

Through the simple quest for clean running water, Catholics and Muslims work together to instil a direct democracy and sustainable autonomy. This is a road movie of sorts, the ancient Ngada warrior culture serving as a backdrop, where solidarity rubs shoulders with defeatism and generosity overcomes corruption.

Beyond money, beyond religion and politics, this film reminds us that all men are born brothers.

     
desolation angel

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  Desolation Angel
(Thailand, 2007, 46 mins.) World Premiere

This documentary juxtaposes the desolation of modern life amongst the faceless shadows in the often-chaotic megalopolis of Bangkok with the warmth and closeness felt with strangers in the traditional, relaxed setting in provincial Thailand.

Desolation Angel takes us on a journey of discovery and acculturation as we follow our actor opening various doors in his adopted culture. By following some local contacts and using his fluency in the language his journey to provincial Thailand unravels a new pathway. The catalyst is the ancient, complex culture as he experiences a personal re-birth along his experience with the Thai New Year, known as Songkran.

Above all, this is a film about the pleasure of simplicity.

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