ULTIMATE DOCS COMPETITION

JOSH'S TREES

Switzerland, 2005, 80 min. English

Director: Peter Entell
Producer: Peter Entell
Script: Peter Entell
Cinematography: Marshall Leitner-Hanig , Josh Hanig , Leslie Leitner , Maxie Cohen , Alan Abrams , Rick Elion, Peter Entell
Editing: Peter Entell
Sound: Peter Entell, Blaise Gabiout
Production company: Show and Tell Films
Print Source:
Show and Tell Films
Chemin de Pacoty 22
CH-1297 Founex
Switzerland
Tel.: +41/22/361 97 90
e-mail: pentell@worldcom.ch


Josh's Trees

When filmmaker Josh Hanig died from pancreatic cancer in 1998 he left behind an infant son, Marshall, as well as a special request for his friends. He asked that they step in and be father figures to Marshall, that they take time out of their lives to take Marshall to ballgames, teach him to dunk a basketball and how to handle a camera – in essence fill the parenting rol that Hanig was denied. Peter Entell, a fellow filmmaker who worked and traveled with Hanig, took the request to heart and decided to make a film honoring his late friend’s memory – one that hopefully would act as a guide for Marshall. He joins Josh's wife in Italy where she and her son are visiting places where Josh traveled. Retracing their footsteps through home movie footage and personal letters allows Entell to open up about his friend, to reminisce, grieve and celebrate a life. The result is an intimate and touching film about the universality of love and loss.

Peter Entell was born in 1952 in New York, USA. Since 1975 lives in Switzerland. He has worked in Europe, Africa and Asia on social, political and environmental projects. He received the Guggenheim Foundation grant. In 1998, nominated for the Swiss Film Prize for the Best Documentary for Rolling.

Filmography (selected):

Josh's Trees (2005);
Le tube (2001);
Rolling (1997);
Martha (1994);
La maison du grand âge (1992).

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