2007 CIDF OFFICIAL SELECTION


2007 CIDF JURY

GRAND PRIX JURY
SHORT FILM GRAND PRIX JURY
INTERNATIONAL PRESS JURY
FILM CRITICS JURY

GRAND PRIX COMPETITION

THE BIG SELLOUT dir. Florian Opitz, GERMANY
BUDDHA’S LOST CHILDREN dir. Mark Verkerk, THE NETHERLANDS
HAVE YOU SEEN ANDY? dir. Melanie Perkins, USA WORLD PREMIERE
HIS BIG WHITE SELF dir. Nick Broomfield, UK
HOT HOUSE dir. Shimon Dotan, ISRAEL
LOSERS AND WINNERS dir. Ulrike Franke & Michael Loeken, GERMANY
MANDA BALA (SEND A BULLET) dir. Jason Kohn, USA
THE MONASTERY– MR. VIG AND THE NUN dir. Pernille Rose Gronkjaer, DENMARK
MYSTIC BALL dir. Greg Hamilton, USA/CANADA
SHAME dir. Mohammed Ali Naqvi, USA/PAKISTAN
SOUVENIRS dir. Shahar Cohen & Halil Efrat, ISRAEL
WAR/DANCE dir. Sean Fine & Andrea Nix Fine, USA
THE WEST LUSAKA MAN dir. Walter Stokman, THE NETHERLANDS
WORLD WAR IV dir. Don Craven, USA WORLD PREMIERE

SHORT GRAND PRIX COMPETITION

BLOCKADE dir. Sergiej Loznica, RUSSIA
BEST FRIENDS dir. Jerzy Sladkowski, FINLAND/SWEDEN
THE BLOOD OF YINGZHOU DISTRICT dir. Ruby Yang, CHINA/USA
CHILDREN OF DARFUR dir. Camille Nielsson, DENMARK
CIVIL STATUS dir. Alina Rudnitskaya, RUSSIA
FREEHELD dir. Cynthia Wade, USA
IN MEMORIAM ALEXANDER LITVINENKO dir. Jos de Putter & Masha Novikova, THE NETHERLANDS WORLD PREMIERE
MY HUSBAND ANDREY SAKHAROV dir. Inara Kolmane, LATVIA/FRANCE
ON A TIGHTROPE dir. Petr Lom, NORWAY/CANADA
RECYCLED LIFE dir. Leslie Iwerks, GUATEMALA/USA
RETURN TO THE BORDER dir. Zhao Liang, CHINA/FRANCE
THE TEA BOY OF GAZA dir. Olly Lambert, UK WORLD PREMIERE

ULTIMATE DOCS COMPETITION

638 WAYS TO KILL CASTRO dir. Dollan Cannell, UK
A HEBREW LESSON David Ofek, Ron Rotem, ISRAEL
A LAWYER WALKS INTO A BAR… dir. Eric Chaikin, USA
A STORY OF PEOPLE IN WAR AND PEACE dir. Vardan Hovhanisyan, ARMENIA
ANGEL'S FIRE dir. Marcelo Bukin, SPAIN/PERU/GUATEMALA
BLINDSIDED dir. Talia Osteen, USA
BREAD dir. Marcelo Bukin, SPAIN/PERU/GUATEMALA
BRITAIN'S FIRST SUICIDE BOMBERS, dir. Jonathan Hacker, UK
CALCUTTA CALLING dir. André Hörmann, GERMANY/INDIA
CRAZY SEXY CANCER dir. Kris Carr, USA
DALE dir. Rory Karpf & Mike Viney, USA
EXCELLENT CADAVERS dir. Marco Turco, ITALY
GHOSTS OF ABU GHRAIB dir. Rory Kennedy, USA/TURKEY
GHOSTS OF CITE SOLEIL dir. Asger Leth, DENMARK
GRACE KELLY, DESTINY OF A PRINCESS dir. Patrick Jeudy, FRANCE
THE GREAT HAPPINESS SPACE dir. Jake Clennel, USA/UK
HEAVY METAL JR. dir Chris Waitt, SCOTLAND
JOSH'S TREES dir. Peter Entell, SWITZERLAND
KILL THE MESSENGER dir. Mathieu Verboud & Jean-Robert Viallet, FRANCE
KING CORN dir. Aaron Woolf, USA
LIFE AS A CORPORATE HOLIDAY dir. Paolo Muran, ITALY
LIMA’S STREETS dir. Marcelo Bukin, SPAIN/PERU/GUATEMALA
LION IN THE HOUSE dir. Julia Reichert & Steven Bognar, USA
MERCHANTS OF MIRACLES dir. Gilles Remiche, FRANCE
MY EYES dir. Erlend E. Mo, DENMARK
OCTOBER'S CRY dir. Julie Gal, ISRAEL WORLD PREMIERE
ORANGE REVOLUTION dir. Steven York, USA WORLD PREMIERE
PORTRAITS OF EMOTION dir. Slawomir Grunberg, USA WORLD PREMIERE
PUPUSERA: A TALE FROM MY KITCHEN dir. Tanya Curnow, AUSTRALIA
ROW HARD NO EXCUSES dir. Luke Wolbach, USA
SECOND SPRING dir. Christine Choy, CHINA
SENIOR YEAR dir. Zhou Hao, CHINA
THREE COMRADES dir. Masha Novikova, THE NETHERLANDS
THE ZHANG EMPRESSES dir. Christina Höglund, SWEDEN
WELCOME TO POPTUN dir. Marcelo Bukin, SPAIN/PERU/GUATEMALA
WHEN ADNAN COMES HOME dir. Andrew Berends, USA/IRAQ
THE WISE CAT CATCHES MICE dir. Francesco Conversano & Nene Grignaffini, ITALY

ULTIMATE DOCS COMPETITION / BEST OF CHICAGO DOCS

THE C NUMBER dir. Christopher Booker, USA WORLD PREMIERE
CHEAT YOU FAIR: THE STORY OF MAXWELL STREET dir. Phil Ranstrom, USA WORLD PREMIERE
DREAM HAVANA dir. Gary Marks, USA WORLD PREMIERE
TAMPICO dir. Suree Towfighnia, USA WORLD PREMIERE

REFLECTING HISTORY

CHERNOBYL: THE INVISIBLE THIEF dir. Christoph Boekel, GERMANY
CUBA THE AFRICAN EPIC dir. Jihan el-Tahri, FRANCE
EVEN IF SHE HAD BEEN A CRIMINAL... dir. Jean Gabriel Periot, FRANCE
MADRID BEFORE HANITA dir. Eran Torbiner, ISRAEL / SPAIN / FRANCE / GERMANY
THE MAN WHO SOLD EICHMANN AND MENGELE dir. Roelf van Til, THE NETHERLANDS
THE NANJING MASSACRE: MEMORY AND OBLIVION dir. Michael Prazan, FRANCE
THE PORTRAITIST dir. Ireneusz Dobrowolski, POLAND
THE SECRET NUREMBERG NOTEBOOKS dir. Jean Claude Denian, FRANCE
THEY CHOSE CHINA dir. Shuibo Wang, CANADA/FRANCE
TRELEW dir. Marianna Arruti, ARGENTINA
UKRAINE: BIRTH OF THE NATION - FOR AGES TOGETHER
dir. Jerzy Hoffman, POLAND/UKRAINE WORLD PREMIERE

WORK IN PROGRESS

CHILDREN OF THE WAR dir. Alexandre Fuchs, USA
THE STONE SILENCE dir. Krzysztof Kopczynski, POLAND
THE TEA FILM dir. Les Blank & Gina Leibrecht, USA
SENATOR OBAMA GOES TO AFRICA dir. Bob Hercules, USA

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON dir. David Sington, USA
THE MURDER OF FRED HAMPTON dir. Mike Gray, USA

FRED WISEMAN RETROSPECTIVE

BALLET dir. Frederick Wiseman, USA
BASIC TRAINING dir. Frederick Wiseman, USA
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE dir. Frederick Wiseman, USA
HIGH SCHOOL II dir. Frederick Wiseman, USA
PUBLIC HOUSING dir. Frederick Wiseman, USA
THE STORE dir. Frederick Wiseman, USA
TITICUT FOLLIES dir. Frederick Wiseman, USA
WELFARE dir. Frederick Wiseman, USA

CUBAN FILM SCHOOL RETROSPECTIVE

ZA 05 = THE OLD AND THE NEW dir. Fernando Birri, CUBA

DISCODECADE dir. Natalia Cabral, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
HOUSES ON THE SCREEN dir. Nelson Oyarzúa, CHILE
JOSE MANUEL, THE MULE AND THE TELEVISION SET dir. Elsa Cornevín, FRANCE
MY FRIEND ERNESTO dir. Jakov Dakovic, YUGOSLAVIA
NOTHING WITH NO ONE dir. Marcos Pimentel, BRASIL
SONATA FOR ARCADIO dir. FernandoTimossi, CUBA
SUBURB OF BELEN dir. Marité Ugás, PERÚ
SYMPHONIC EPISODES dir. Victor Mares, CUBA
THE MARTIAN INVASION dir. Wolney Oliveira, BRASIL
THE EARTH AND THE SKY dir. Marcos Pimentel, BRASIL
THOSE WHO STAYED BEHIND dir. Benito Zambrano, SPAIN

The CIDF reserves the right to make changes in the festival program.