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In July 2012, Libyans lived their first democratic national elections, after 42 years of Gaddafi’s dictatorship, 6 months of Civil War and more than 20.000 dead. 3.702 candidates ran for the Libyan National Congress. For the very first time, women could also be part of it. 625 took their chance. «Pionneers» reveals a country in an historical moment, through the struggle of two of these women. Myriam El-Tayab took part in the revolution from the very beginning. She was pregnant by then, but active on the front line of the war, and even fought against her own family. By running for elections in the Tripoli area, she wanted to build a country where Gaddafi’s supporters would live together, in peace with revolutionaries. Layla El-Sounoussi went up and down the 400 km desert’s of the Mourzouk region, in south-east of Lybia, in order to campaign in villages, talking to men when they go out from the Mosq, explaining them what elections and democracy are about. She struggled for women to have a space in politics. Within the Libyan people, Myriam and Layla, navigate through the unknown territories of democracy, in asociety that never allowed women to be the leaders.
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THE WIRES
FILM RESUMES-EN 2014THE WIRES
2014 | SHORT | 6′ | RUS
A word becomes alive on a phone line and decides to move along and affect the lives of the people it meets.
THE RICE BOMBER
FILM RESUMES-EN 20142014 | Fiction | 80′ | TAI | vo Ch st Fr Nl
Set during an economically turbulent period in Taiwan’s recent history, the film follows the small town boy from his life on a rice farm in the central Changhua region, to the military service that taught his the tricks of his trade and finally to full blown agitator trying to bring attention to the plight of the island’s farmers. As Taiwan enters the WTO and struggles beneath the burden of a newly globalized food supply, Yang Rumen (Huang Chien-Wei) transforms into an advocate for local farmers. Progressing from letters to the editor, to petitions at government agencies and finally his renowned rice bombs, Rumen (in reality now a major proponent and practitioner of organic farming after 7 years in prison) doesn’t want to hurt anybody, one of the reasons his 17 bombs (which spray rice like buckshot) are planted in reasonably empty spots. That’s not the case of his likeminded friend Troublemaker (Nikki Hsieh), a rich gangster’s daughter who prefers more militant action. (Elizabeth Kerr, the Hollywood Reporter)
“I still hope that through films, we can let the world become a better place. Perhaps, every deteriorating society would need a ‘Rice Bomb’!”
Cho Li
THE DEATH OF LESBIANS
FILM RESUMES-EN 20142013 | Short | 10′ | CH |
Creative street action in China to protest against violence against lesbians.
SON NOM ’CELLE QUI MEURT’
FILM RESUMES-EN 2014With a less idealistic vision of the charities in India, a young woman goes back to Calcutta to find out who she is.
SCARRED SKIES
FILM RESUMES-EN 20142014 | Short | 4′ | UK |
The pollution does not only cause noise and damages, it can also create something visually beautiful.
RUNNING DRY
FILM RESUMES-EN 20142013 | Short | 10′ | GR | vo GR st Fr Nl
A journey into today’s Athens, a city hardened by thecrisis, with an unexpected ending.
PLAYING WITH FIRE
FILM RESUMES-EN 20142013 | Documentary | 58′ | GR | vo st Fr Nl
“Playing with Fire” is a documentary about the actresses in Afghanistan who are courageous enough to be involved with theatre arts and find themselves facing harsh criticism, social disapproval and even threats about their lives and the lives of their families. Acting has even caused a girl’s death in Kabul and many young actresses have been forced to flee the country. Anneta Papathanassiou, actress and director from Greece, visits Kabul to teach ancient Greek theatre and record the lives of Afghan artists, who try to combine art and culture under very difficult circumstances in this troubled country.
Women and Art can change the world!
Anneta Papathanassiou
PIONNIÈRES
FILM RESUMES-EN 20142014 | Documentary | 40′ | FR | vo Ar st Fr
In July 2012, Libyans lived their first democratic national elections, after 42 years of Gaddafi’s dictatorship, 6 months of Civil War and more than 20.000 dead. 3.702 candidates ran for the Libyan National Congress. For the very first time, women could also be part of it. 625 took their chance. «Pionneers» reveals a country in an historical moment, through the struggle of two of these women. Myriam El-Tayab took part in the revolution from the very beginning. She was pregnant by then, but active on the front line of the war, and even fought against her own family. By running for elections in the Tripoli area, she wanted to build a country where Gaddafi’s supporters would live together, in peace with revolutionaries. Layla El-Sounoussi went up and down the 400 km desert’s of the Mourzouk region, in south-east of Lybia, in order to campaign in villages, talking to men when they go out from the Mosq, explaining them what elections and democracy are about. She struggled for women to have a space in politics. Within the Libyan people, Myriam and Layla, navigate through the unknown territories of democracy, in asociety that never allowed women to be the leaders.
PERSONAL IMAGES : PERSONAL SEMIOTICS OF WAR
FILM RESUMES-EN 20142013 | Documentaire |10‘ | BOS/CZE | vo Bos st Fr Eng
“Personal Images: Personal Semiotics of War’ deals with my personal experience and memory of the war. It is an experimental video with documentary elements that presents parts of my collection of articles, diaries, letters, and photographs I was collecting during the war in Bosnia, from 1992 to 1995. The diaries cover different periods including the beginning of the war, police interrogations of my father, hiding in the basements, living without electricity and water, falling in love, separations, and wish to escape… The whole video also contains video footage of an intimate talk with my family discussing the dilemma and decision to remain in Bosnia during the war, as well as their emotional experiences of that period. The music used in the video was composed by my sister. I named the video ‘Personal Images: Personal Semiotics of War’ because it deals with the meaning of signs and language I was subconsciously creating as teenager during the war. It also deals with the language as such,broken communication, and letters as the only possible communication during the war, without phones or any other way of communication with the outside world.”
PEDALS AND HEELS
FILM RESUMES-EN 20142013 | Documentaire |15‘ | TU | vo Turc st Fr Nl
Three female bus drivers in Turkey. Between heels and engines.