UNESCO announces films selected for The Open Frame 2006
30-08-2006 (Paris)
Innovative, creative, public-service oriented documentaries, short fiction films and television magazines have now been selected to be screened at “The Open Frame: The International Festival & Forum on Public Service Broadcasting”, to be held in New Delhi, India from 15 to 21 September 2006.
These TY productions have been selected among more than 100 films from audio-visual directors and filmmakers from more than 50 countries by an independent, professional jury. They were submitted to UNESCO and the Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) of India further to a call for proposals earlier this summer
The following films were selected:
The submitted films are also being considered for UNESCO’s Audiovisual E-platform, an on-line catalogue and exchange mechanism for outstanding productions from all over the world. The final selection for the E-platform will be announced separately at a later stage.
The following films were selected:
- 1. Almita del Che (Soul of Che), Martin Salas Terin, Bolivia, 30 minutes
2. Eyes Wide Open, Kaushik G. Ray, India, 40 minutes
3. I Had Something To Say, Fauzia Khan, Bangladesh, 40 minutes
4. Angola Saudades De Quem Te Ama (From The One Who Loves You), Richard Pakleppa, Angola/South Africa, 65 minutes
5. Bullshit, Pea Holmquist & Suzanne Khardalian, Sweden, 73 minutes
6. El Cuerno Emplumado (The Plumed Horn), Anne Mette Nielson & Nicolenka Beltrain, Mexico, 54 minutes
7. A National Bomb, Vagif Mustafaev, Russia, 99 minutes
8. Roses for Signora Raisa, Natalya Ivanova, Russia, 40 minutes
9. Sisai, David Gavro, Israel, 57 minutes
10. White Walls, Meital Abekassis, Israel, 50 minutes
11. Mirada de Condor (View of the Condor), Cecilia Posada, Spain/Colombia, 54 minutes
12. Laji’oun Mada Al – Hayat (Refugees for Life), Hady Zaccak, UAE/Lebanon, 48 minutes
13. Revisiting Public Service Television (A series of 7 fiction films and documentaries) UNESCO
14. Frida Maestra, El Arte al Encuentro de la Vida (Frida Maestra – When Art meets Life), Luisa Riley, Mexico, 52 minutes
15. Welcome 2 My Deaf World, Helen Gaynor, Australia, 52 minutes
16. Rockin’ the Himalayan Kingdom, Dorji Wangchuk, Bhutan, 50 minutes
The submitted films are also being considered for UNESCO’s Audiovisual E-platform, an on-line catalogue and exchange mechanism for outstanding productions from all over the world. The final selection for the E-platform will be announced separately at a later stage.
Related themes/countries
· India: News Archive 2006
· Creative Content: News Archives 2006
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