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BOMBAY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
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BEST
NON-FICTION FILM (ABOVE 40 MINS. DURATION)
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IN
THE LAND OF THE DEAF
Director
- Nicolas Philibert Country - France
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| Synopsis:
What is the world like for thousands of people
living in silence? Whoever ventures In the land of
the Deaf will be struck by the strangeness of the
choreography of signs they use to express themselves.
Since the beginning of time, these signs have constituted
a true language in which each world, each idea, is
translated into an image drawn in space. These signs,
as precise and nuanced as words, lend themselves equally
well to declarations of love as to higly detailed
technical descriptions. Jean-Claude, Abou, Claire,
Philo, Hubert, Karine and all the rest, profoundly
deaf since birth or early childhood, dream think and
communicate in signs, and see the world differently.
With them we shall discover this distant land where
looking and touching are so important. This film tells
their stories and allows us to see the world through
their eyes. "My ideaa was to make a film that would
plunge the viewer into the world of the deaf, a film
whose mother tongue would be sign language. I wanted
to give a voice to these people whom we know nothing
about and whose system of communication is totalyy
different from ours, to try to see the world through
their eyes. Beyond the question of the "handicapped",
what the film emphasises is the existence of a true
deaf culture, which has its own roots, codes, models
and customs. This si the culture that I wanted to
expose the viewer to and not in an abstrct or theoretical
way but by means of emotions. |
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DIRECTOR'S
BIO-DATA : Born 1951. Nicolas Philibert studied
Philosophy at the University of Grenoble. During
1973-76, he assisted Rene Allio and Alain Tanner
and worked as a production designer for Claude Goretta.
He also shot numerous adventure documentaries and
several portraits. To his credit are two books these
Enlighted Bosses Who Fear the Light, and Helen Vernet,
39 rue Chaptal, Levallois-Perret (with Suzel Galliard).
In 1986, he made a long trip to China with Joris
Ivens and Marceline Loridan for shooting A Tale
of the Wind.
CONTACT
ADDRESS : Les Films dl ICI 12 rue Clavel 75019
Paris, France Ph: 42-39-0200 Fax: 42-38-6044.
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SECOND
BEST NON-FICTINO FILM ABOVE 40MINS. DURATOIN
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MANUFACTURING
CONSENT: Noam Chomsky and the Media
Director
- Peter Wintonick / Mark Achbar Country - Canada
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| Synopsis:
In an energetic fusion of images and ideas, Manufacturing
Consent explores the political life and times of the
controvesrsial author, linguist and radical philosopher,
Noam Chomsky. As a boy during the despression, Chomsky
worked on his uncle's news-stand in Manhattan. Today,
he is an outspoken critic of the press and one of
America's leading dissidents. Highlighting Chomsky's
analysis of the media, Manufacturing Consent focuses
on democratic societies where populations, not disciplined
by force, are subjected to more subtle forms of ideological
control. Shocking example of media deception permeate
Chomsky's critique of the forces at work behind the
daily news. Chomsky encourages his listeners to extricate
themselves from this "Web of deceit" by understanding
a course of "intellectual self-defense." "Travelling
with him through Canada, Japan, Europe and across
the USA we witnessed a trieless activist challenging
and being cnfronted by the public and the press."
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DIRECTOR'S
BIO-DATA : Peter Wintonick has worked in films
for over two decades, Manufacturing consent, Wintonick's
first major non-fiction feature, focuses his wide
ranging experience and commitment to social action
film on a subject close to him - the media. He was
a witty and frequent contributor to Canada's national
film magazine, Cinema Canada, analysing film culture,
discovering new trends in young and independent
film and fomenting debate about the future of a
national cinema. During his career in the commercial
film industry, Wintonick worked for and with some
of the major movers (and snakes) in the motion picture
jungle. Mare Achbar: Since 1975, Marc Achbar ahs
applied a range of creative abilities and technical
skills to over 50 films, videos and books. Contributing
to many aspects of each project he undertakes, Achbar
has, in various combinations, directed, produced,
written, shot and edited experimental films and
videos, social service documentaries, and even corporate
production. Manufacturing Consent is Achbar's first
feature documentary.
CONTACT
ADDRESS : Films Transit 402 Notre Dame East
Montreal, Quebec, Cananda Ph: 514-344-3358 Fax:514-844-7298.
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