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CONTACT IN CANNES (MAY 13-22):
Residences du Grand Hotel
Entrance “Dauphin”, 1st floor, Room 1E
45 La Croisette, 06400 Cannes
Office tel: 33-4-93 68 05 77
Mobile: 33-6-86433212
XIAOJUAN ZHOU, VP
AUDE CAPRA, Manager, Acqu. & Adm.

EMAIL (blackberry): xiao@delphisfilms.com

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Berlinale/EFM Line-up 2008  
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Official competition at Berlinale Generation 2008
Selection at Karlovy Vary FF 2008

DUNYA & DESIE

DIRECTED BY:
Dana Nechushtan

STARRING:
Maryam Hassouni
Eva Van de Wijdeven

The Netherlands, 2008, 94’

A heart-warming road movie about the friendship between two best friends, Dunya and Desie, who leave Amsterdam for an eventful journey through Morocco. Inspired by Emmy Award nominated TV series and starring Maryam Hassouni, Emmy Award winner and "Shooting Star" at Berlinale 2008.

***** “A cross-cultural road picture has “popular hit” written all over it… Could be a Bend it like Beckham-level smash.” Variety, Jay Weissberg

 
SCREENINGS
Fri - May 16 - 16:00 - Palais G
Mon - May 19 - 16:00 - Lerins 2
   

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World Premiere of the English version
#1 domestic film at box office 2007

CHRISTMAS STORY

BY:
Juha Wuolijoki (feature debut)

STARRING:
Hannu-Pekka Björkman
Otto Gustavsson
Kari Väänänen

Finland, 2007, 80’

Have you ever wondered how Santa Claus grew up to be Santa? Against breath-taking landscape in Lapland, discover the untold story of this magical character with a big and pure heart filled with love for children around the world. The English version features the voices of Golden Globe nominated John Turturro and Noah Emmerich.

***** "Bambi, the best film of all time, has got a worthy equal" (City-magazine)

 
SCREENINGS
Thur - May 15 - 12:00 - Olympia 6
Mon - May 19 - 14:00 - Olympia 4
   

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Official competition at Berlinale Generation 2008
Official selection at Karlovy Vary FF 2008

FIGHTER

BY:
Natasha Arthy (Mirakel; Old, New, Borrowed and Blue)

STARRING:
Semra Turan
Nima Nabipour
Berhuz Banissi

CHOREOGRAPHED BY:
Xian Gao (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)

Denmark, 2007, 97’

The rules of life are not as simple as the rules of martial arts. From award-winning producers (Soap).

***** “Quality teen drama boasts an appealingly feisty heroine and high-energy martial arts action… The first Danish action picture to employ international stunt and wire specialists.” Variety, Alissa Simon

Official competition at Gothenburg 2008
Opening film & official competition at BUFF 2008
Official selection at Tribeca Film Festival 2008

 
SCREENINGS
Wed - May 14 - 19:30 - Star 3
Sun - May 18 - 18:00 - Olympia 3
   

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Official competition at Berlinale Generation 2008, Opening film of K+ Section
WHERE IS WINKY’S HORSE?

BY:
Mischa Kamp

STARRING:
Ebbie Tam
Pim de Pimentel
Jan Decleir

The Netherlands, 2007, 80’

Winky Wong is the happiest girl in the world because she gets to take care of Saint Nicholas’ horse, Amerigo; only this turns out to be not as easy as she thought it would be.

FIFEM; Sprockets; Zlin; 2008

 
SCREENINGS
Sun - May 18 - 18:00 - Palais I
 

 

 

 

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MAX MINSKY AND ME

DIRECTED BY:
Anna Justice

STARRING:
Zoe Moore
Emil Reinke
Adriana Altaras

PRODUCED BY:
Maria Köpf (Run Lola Run)

Germany, 2007, 94’

Nelly is a highly intelligent and no-nonsense girl who spends all her time in her books and idolizes the prince of Luxembourg. When Nelly finds out that her school basketball team will compete in Luxembourg, she cuts a deal with 16-year-old Max Minsky: She’ll tutor him in exchange of basketball lessons. Will she find her prince?

Adapted by Holly-Jane Rahlens from her best-selling novel.

Sarajevo 2007: Audience Award
Kristiansand; Sprockets

 
SCREENINGS
Sat - May 17 - 17:30 - Arcades 3
Tue - May 20 - 20:30 - Arcades 3
   

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MORRISON

BY:
Nicole van Kilsdonk

STARRING:
Tobias Lamberts
Barry Atsma
Bracha van Doesburgh

The Netherlands, 2008, 75’

Five-year-old Morrison thinks that he will no longer have a room after the new baby is born and decides to run away from home. To complicate things even more, he takes his newborn sister with him...

From the scriptwriter of Emmy-Award winning film Penknife.

 
 
Screening at our Cannes office
   

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LEAPS & BOUNDS

BY:
Petter Naes (Oscar nominated for Elling)

STARRING:
Ali Ali
Peter Stormare
Per Fritzell

Sweden, Germany, Norway, 2007, 86’

Azad has big dreams for his older brother: he wants Tigris to become a championship high jumper. After a bombing in their native Iraq, their parents send the boys away but they get stuck in Sweden by mistake. Character is tested and high jumping skills meet high flying smarts as the brothers learn that there is more than one way to become a true champion!

Kristiansand: Audience Award
Lucas: Don Quijote Award
Chicago: 1st Prize (Live Action)

 
Screening at our Cannes office
   

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MOZART IN CHINA

BY:
Bernd Neuburger (Summer with the Ghosts)

STARRING:
Kaspar Simonischek
Marco Yuan
Mingmei Quan

Austria, 2008, 90’

A young Chinese Austrian boy invites his friend Danny to spend their summer vacation at his grandfather’s house in China. Mozart, a theater marionette, comes alive that night and hides in Danny’s suitcase. Coming to life in gradfather’s restored shadow theater only, Mozart, the shadow puppets and the kids must find a solution to save keep the theater intact. Will they succeed?

Zlin 2008

 
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PAULA'S SECRET

DIRECTED BY:
Gernot Kraa

STARRING:
Thelma Heintzelmann
Vincent Paul de Wall
Juergen Vogel


Germany, 2007, 95’

The theft of her most precious diary opens a young girl’s eye to the inequalities around her in this smart and dynamic film. Stand up to injustice while so many choose to look away.

 
Screening at our Cannes office

 

 

 

 

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YOU AND ME

BY:
Ma Liwen

STARRING:
Jin Yaqin
Gong Zhe
Zhang Shufang

China, 85’

Largely based on writer/director's own experiences, You and Me features two feisty women, one in her 80s and the other a young and fresh university student. The unlikely couple who happen to share a Beijing courtyard find themselves at constant loggerheads, over the course of 4 seasons, before gradually becoming interested in each other's lives and building an emotional bond.

***** "Ma's direction is so good it could be used as a textbook" Variety

 
Screening at our Cannes office

 

 

 

 

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EVE & THE FIRE HORSE

DIRECTED BY:
Julia Kwan

STARRING:
Vivian Wu (The Joy Luck Club, Iron and Silk)
Lester (Chit Man) Chan
Phoebe Jo Jo Kut


Canada, 92’

Eve, a precocious nine year-old with an overactive imagination, was born in the Year of
the Fire Horse, notorious among Chinese families for producing the most troublesome
children. Caught between her sister’s quest for premature sainthood and her own sense
of right and wrong, Eve faces the challenges of childhood with fanciful humour and wideeyed wonder.

***** “Exceptional! A slice of delicately captured childhood.” - Variety

 
Screening at our Cannes office

 

 

 

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