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1 or the Dance Circle / 2004
Djamihou Aladé
Synopsis: The message behind the film is a universal message of love, peace, tolerance, compassion and forgiveness that our young hero Olamidé addresses to all consciences, all people all nations, for a new world with justice and equality.
2 of 80 / 2006
Kika Moura
Synopsis: A bus journey can more be than a daily fact:
a moment of discovery, nostalgia, meeting and imagination.
31 / 2006
Damián Dionisio
Synopsis: Ariel, a 28 years old boy, invest the money he saved to fly to Spain in fireworks to sell for New Year Celebrations and save some more money. But the sells are a complete disaster, because off the tragic accident in Cromañon disco-bar that took place that same day. Ariel feel his dream of travelling to Spain vanish.
33 / 2003
Kiko Goifman
Synopsis: A search documentary in which the director sets out to find his biological mother. The film is like a journal disclosing the director's initiatives, anguishes and uncertainties.
50... and One World - Alexander Vlad / 2000
Ion Muslea
Synopsis: Like a writer invaded by his thoughts, Alexander Vlad, with a military rhythm presses the keys of the typewriter. This fanfare of letters tells a story: his story. From the remote memories to the 1989 revolution, Alexander sees again his whole life in front of him. He remembers his fears, distresses, unending days, loneliness... he remembers when he was chased by the political police. Only books could allow him a glance to the exterior world... After the revolution, nothing was the same. If until now, in waiting for the future, I was too young... after the change, I suddenly became too old... but I have no regrets."
50... and One World - Carl de Souza, writer / 2000
Vijay L. Seedoyal
Synopsis: Carl de Souza is a Mauritian writer of Indian, French and African origins. At 50, he describes events that had a great impact on his life: his beginning in writing, the publishing of his book "La Sang des Anglais", his passion for badminton, biology, his wedding with Geneviève, the birth of his children etc. Now, the writer is worried about the American influence and the rise of materialism on his island. He hopes that the 3rd millennium will be devoted to mankind. He sees aging like a state of spirit to be appreciated with a certain peace in mind.
50... and One World - I Will Never Leave my Island / 1999
Ralph Lablache
Synopsis: This movie opens on a magnificent sunset on a beach where people are dancing the moutia and Victorin, on the drum, plays a song that evokes life in Diego Garcia. This drum player is the protector of black parrots, a bird only found in the valley of Mai. Also found in this garden is the country's pride: the world's biggest coconut, the sea coconut. Victorin works for the environment saving and protection. He is today proud of his numerous successes because he has allowed many species to survive. Despite his many travels, his heart remains in the Seychelles. Victorin thinks of Diego Garcia, of good and bad memories of the past. What bothers him the most is the future of his children and the protection of the environment.Finally, this nature lover hopes to spend the next fifty years of his life in his Garden of Eden, the valley of Mai.
50... and One World - Kazungu, The Half-caste / 1999
George Kamanayo
Synopsis: Fiction or reality? In his mother's language, his name is Kamanayo, but in our language it means: "accept the life that destiny has for you". George Kamanayo was born in 1947 from a Rwandan mother and Belgian father and is, above all, the pure product of the colonial time. His parents were separated because of their skin colour, their culture and the spirit of the time. Born out of wedlock, Kamanayo is in three ways a forbidden fruit. His mixed blood has allowed him to leave his native land and study in the country of the white man: Belgium. However, he has always felt torn between two cultures. It is only at an adult age that he looks for his father. At 50, he finally understands the meaning of his name.
50... and One World - Konomba, the motley destiny / 2000
Rédo Porgo
Synopsis: In "La Statue de sel", Albert Memmi wrote "One who wants to sit on two chairs, at the end finds no place to sit"
This is not the case of Konomba, former prefect, music teacher and bearer of magic powers inherited from his father. This fifty-year old man has one foot in modernity and one foot in tradition and he perfectly deals with these two worlds.
We are facing a many-faceted person: respected fetishist, a well organized polygamist, inspired painter, highly skilled dancer, talented musician, musicologist... In brief, Konomba is syncretist.
50... and One World- My World / 2000
Gheorghe Sfaiter
Synopsis: Meeting oneself! What a challenge! In this self-portrait, the director, Gheorghe Sfaiter, finally leaves the back-scene and shares with us moments that had an impact on his life. The filmmaker remembers scents of his childhood: the smell of sheep, apples, raisins... He looks back at his youth during communism, his beginning in the job... Very few Romanians of his generation have dared to open themselves in front of cameras. Today, Gheorghe breaks the doors of silence; in 26 minutes he will try to take us through the 50 years of his life in Romania.