GEORGI AND THE BUTTERFLIES
11.5.2005
TV2
(Georgi ja perhoset)
Georgi Luchev has financial problems, so he runs his mental institute in Bulgaria in a rather peculiar way. The patients take care of snails, ostrich and caterpillars, among others.
Director: Andrey Paounov
Production: Agitprop Ltd, Bulgaria, 2004
DETSKY SAD / KINDERGARTEN
11.5.2005
TV2
(Lastentarha)
A charming film by the distinguished Russian director Victor Kossakovsky about friendship and romance in kindergarten. Katya is a little girl who is desperately in love with Sasha...
Production: Sreda Film GmbH, Germany, 2000
Photo: Sreda Film Gmb
AMANDLA! - SOUTH AFRICA PROTEST MUSIC
18.5.2005
TV2
(Amandla)
The movement against apartheid created an unbelievably rich and vivid music culture in South-Africa. This award-winning documentary introduces Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, Abdullah Ibrahim and many other great musicians who sang and played against apartheid but did not gain reputation outside the country.
Director: Lee Hirsch
Photo: Kwela Productions
HEROIC CINEMATOGRAPH
25.5.2005
TV2
(Sankarikuvaajat)
The cameramen left for the First World War to film the heroes who would be brought in front of the cameras. Step by step, the cameramen also ended up filming the actual war. Their experiences and observations about cinema, truth and war resemble the present day media.
Directors: Laurent Veray and Agnes de Sacy
Production: Quark Production, France, 2002
WAR PHOTOGRAPHER
25.5.2005
TV2
(Sotakuvaaja)
When the others run, James Nachtwey moves slowly and takes the best war photographs.
Director: Christian Frei
Production: Christian Frei Filmproductions, Switzwerland, 2001
Photo: TV2 Tiedotus