Arts & Culture Pitch

Official Selection
Membres du jury:
- Susana Guardiola, Director (Spain)
- Patrice Gellé, Senior Documentary Producer, Bleu Kobalt (France)
- Sean Wheatley, Head of Acquisitions, Passion Distribution (United Kingdom)

BLOWING UP AMERICA
Produced by: Heimatfilm GmbH + CO KG (Germany)
Directed by: Veit Bastian
Logline: An unlimited budget of millions, an Art House Italian arthouse director, a first time lead actor with a history of psychiatric problems, riots, the Black Panthers, FBI wire taps and a house to explode. What could possibly go wrong? --- Blowing Up America tells the extraordinary true story of director Antonioni and the making of Zabriskie Point.

CELTIC UTOPIA
Produced by: MDEMC (Sweden)
Logline: A feature music documentary about contemporary Irish identity, told through a new wave of young traditional musicians and archive material.

HUGO IN VENICE
Produced by : Fiumi Film (Switzerland)
Directed by : Stefano Knuchel

THE HIDDEN EYE
Produced by: Wanda Films (Spain)
Logline: What brings us together as humans? How do we celebrate life, love, beauty, death? With these questions in mind and her camera in hand, Spanish photographer Cristina García Rodero continues to travel the world alone at 72 to capture the strikingly different ways in which humans engage in rituals, festivities and celebrations.

MATRIX, INSIDE & OUT
Produced by: Bellota Films (France)
Directed by: Benjamin Clavel
Logline: From the moment of its release, Matrix is a phenomenon of considerable influence, a moment of anthology that turned the history of cinema on its head. Matrix is also the birth certificate of the "bit generation", the kids of the eighties and nineties who are about to be propelled into cyberspace and the new millennium.

CAMERRAMAN
Produced by: Bridge Films (Czech Republic)
Directed by: Jana Hojdová
Logline: An aspiring Czech filmmaker, Jana Hojdova, embarks on a journey into the mind of cinematographer Robert Richardson, a three-time Oscar winner who has shot some of Hollywood’s most iconic films. As the two form a meaningful bond, Jana discovers his hidden scars and struggles, and learns that friendship and success both come at a price.
A word from the Pitch Sponsor

West Lake
"Holding a camera, setting up a microphone, and editing videos on his phone or her computer, documentary filmmakers set off on a metamorphic journey to perceiving the aura of the objet d’art that begins with reproducing the physical world. IDF is committed to sharing its perception and knowledge with the community. We’d like to conclude by quoting the Chinese philosopher and scholar, Lu Jiuyuan: 'Our ancestors upheld integrity and disapproved stratagems. They often present facts before making arguments.' "
DU Haibin, Director of West Lake International Documentary Festival