She is a self taught animator and film maker and theatre artist. She has independently produced, directed and animated two Award winning short films, Orange and Printed Rainbow. Gitanjali also conducts workshops and presentations and has been in the jury at various International Film Festivals and Animation Conferences. She has been working on two feature length animation films and is currently pursuing her next short animation film.
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Walid Tayaa
Director
After studies in sociology, Walid Tayaa focused his attention on filmmaking. He directed amateur short films and worked on a variety of films as the First Assistant Director. In 2006, he directed his first professional short film Madame Bahja which was selected in the category “All the Cinemas of the World” at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. He took part in a continuing education course at the FEMIS in 2007 under the direction of Eve Deboise. He directed two short films in 2009: Prestige and Vivre which received international awards.SYNOPSIS
Characters strive to solve their personal problems in a Tunis which is filmed from morning to evening in a frenzied and burlesque ambiance due to the Arab Summit. Set in the backdrop of a deprived neighbourhood, a hospital, a rundown building and a theatre, the paths of these characters cross but they never actually meet by chance. The Arab Summit is a success and a credit for the country. The Arab Heads of State are proud but our characters’ day finishes in the police van which makes its way through the euphoric, dancing crowd at the fun fairs which have been organised in the wake of the Arab Summit. -
Hubert Laba Ndao
Director
After studying law at the Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar and several internships, including one which lasted for 6 months at the PBS Audiovisual Institute and another at the Media Centre of Dakar, the director Hubert Laba Ndao began his film career in 2000 with two short fiction films: Les Infortunés and Le Chemin des ombres. In 2004, he co-directed a 52-minute documentary film with Manuel Gasquet: Blanc de mémoire. He has been working as an Assistant director and then Casting Director for the past ten years on several films which have been shot in Senegal. His telefilm Teuss Teuss, which he directed in 2007, received several awards including Le Python Children (public prize) at the Quintessence festival in Benin in January 2009, the Prize for the Best Feature-Length Drama in the Digital Africa category at the Vues d’Afrique (Views of Africa) festival in Montreal in April 2008 and the Ébène du Public (Public Prize) at the International Neighbourhood Film Festival in 2007. Teuss Teuss was also officially selected to compete at the 2007 Fespaco at Ouagadougou.SYNOPSIS
Dakar trottoirs (Sidewalks of Dakar) is the story of a burning passion between Salla and Siirou in this microcosmic world of the “sidewalks” of Dakar. Here the surrealist characters of a paradoxical theatre intermingle in the heart of the city. Behind the facades of the posh districts which stand alongside slums, the “deal” is the rule; grace and misery go hand in hand; sensuality is omnipresent and violence too. Here all dreams are possible but sometimes they become nightmares. -
Ayten Amin
Director
Ayten Amin was born in Egypt, studied Cinema independently. She directed her first short fiction Her Man in 2006, and also directed a number of commercials. Her next short fiction Spring 89 in 2009 received many national awards in Egypt. She is currently working in her feature project 69 Messaha Square which she’s co-writing with a young writer Muhammed El Hajj. The project won the prize of the Cairo film Connection for best project in December 2010.SYNOPSIS
69 Messaha square is the address of an old house where all the action takes place. This house is the only one left in the street as a witness of a beauty that once existed. It is also the place where our protagonist Hussein El-Gallad was born and lived most of his life. He is a 62 years old man, a retired interior designer, a charismatic snobbish person, and is terminally ill. For personal reasons Abdul Hamid, his personal assistant, leaves to his home town for a vacation of three weeks. Enter Nadra, Hussein older sister as a replacement for Abdul Hamid to take care of Hussein. With Nadra’s arrival problems arise in Hussein life. -
Vano Burduli
Director
Vano Burduli was born in Tbilisi in Georgia in 1974. He studied cinema in Moscow. His short film, Graffiti (2006) won several prizes (in particular the C+ grand prize at the Mediterranean Film Festival of Montpellier). He directed his first feature film in 2009: The conflict zone.
SYNOPSIS
Beautiful love story of well-known actor and talented artist turned into the most controversial tragedy in modern history of Georgia. On November 18th 1983 the newly married couple and their 5 friends hijacked the aircraft in desperate attempt to escape from Soviet Iron Curtain. Search of the Promised Land ended in execution cells for all of the survived hijackers, except teenage bride, sentenced 15 years. -
Gilbert Ndunga Nsangata
Director
Gilbert Ndunga Nsangata He was a film and television director, writer and theater producer in the city of Brazzaville when Congo’s civil war hit us in 1998. Afer leaving his country, he arrived to Catalonia where he lives now. He is currently one of the founders of Talatala a film production company focused on building bridges between North and South in terms of audiovisual production and audiovisual education. In 2009, he directed Children of Inkisi – River of happiness and Makanisi.SYNOPSIS
A community lives far from civilisation in the forest of the Bas Congo. This united group’s daily life is centred on the myth of the liberation of the Congo people. The army of faithful followers does penance by covering their bodies with ashes while at the same time chanting a passage from the Old Testament (Jonas 3, 5-6). Their ancestors had been quite correct in their predictions: the black man has regained his position with the election of Barack Obama and the day of their liberation is drawing near.
Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza
Producer
Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza Founder and partner of the Colombian producer company Antorcha Films. Among his experience of almost twelve years be find his work like a producer of the feature films: Dog eat dog, Dr. Aleman, Hiroshima, In Coma, of the animation movie Anina and the documentary Children of Inkisi – River of happiness, just to mention the most representative projects of which he has been part. Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza has also done co-productions with various countries such as Argentina, Venezuela, Uruguay, Ecuador, Spain and the United States. Creditor of several important prizes with which had been possible each project where he has participated. Screenwriter and director of Choco, Saudó and El Féretro.
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Gitanjali Rao
Director
SYNOPSIS
Girgit tells the story of three young friends, Salim, Kamala and Unni, who have migrated to Bombay from villages in different parts of India. Their lives, their stories and their reasons for leaving their roots are as distinct as their languages, their villages and their traditions. In a city like Bombay, their struggle for survival brings them closer to each other. The film silently speaks about the survival of their spirit, their dreams, and their innocence in the harsh reality of a big city.
Dakar Trottoirs
69 Messaha Square
Flight Tbilisi-Tbilisi
Ashes of pardon
1994
Girgit
Fataria
Girgit
Fataria
Dakar Trottoirs
69 Messaha Square
Flight Tbilisi-Tbilisi
Ashes of pardon
1994
