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34th Flanders International Film Festival Ghent

Specials:
- Monday 8 Oct: Pre-Opening @ Kinepolis: Sicko – Michael Moore – USA 2007 (A-Film)

- Tuesday 9 Oct:
Official Opening Festivalpreviews @ Kinepolis: Closing The Ring – R. Attenborough – UK/Canada/USA 2007 (A-Film)
Official Opening competition @ Kinepolis: In The Valley Of Elah – Paul Haggis – USA 2007 (KFD)
Opening Almost Cinema in Vooruit: Sand And Sorrow – Paul Freedman – USA 2007 (Paradiso)

- Friday 19 Oct – 8pm: Closing Film: It’s A Free World – Ken Loach – UK 2007 (Cinéart)

- Saturday 20 Oct: Closing event
World Soundtrack Awards Ceremony + concert @ Music Center de Bijloke Ghent

Competing Films:
Brand new films with or without Belgian distributor, which are also interesting from a musical point of view (however no musicals). The idea is to get Belgian distributors interested in buying these films. These films should at least be Benelux premieres.
Jury:
Jury confirmed:
Kathleen Turner (Actress, USA),
Bálint Kenyeres (director, Hungary – Winner Best European Short),
Peter Van Den Begin (Actor, Belgium),
Stephen Woolley (producer, UK),
Maria Köpf (Producer, Germany),
Alex Heffes (Composer, UK) & Adam Norden (Composer, Norway)


Competing films:
1. The Band’s Visit – Eran Kolirin – Israel 2007 (Paradiso)
2. El Baño del Papa - Enrique Fernández & Cesar Charlone – Urugay 2006 (ABC Distributie)
3. Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame – Hana Makhmalbaf – Iran 2007 (Imagine)
4. Ekko – Anders Morgenthaler – Denmark 2007
5. Die Fälscher – Stefan Ruzowitzky – Austria/Germany 2007 (ABC-Distributie)
6. In Memoria di Me – Saverio Constanzo – Italy 2007 (Cinéart)
7. In The Valley Of Elah – Paul Haggis – USA 2007 (KFD)
8. La Léon - Santiago Otheguy - Argentina/France 2006 (Video - 80') (Filmmuseum)
9. The Savages – Tamara Jenkins – USA 2007 (FOX)
10. Savior’s Square – Krysztof Krauze & Joanna Kos-Krauze – Poland 2006 (35mm – 105’)
11. Takva – A Man’s Fear of God – Özer Kiziltan – Turkey/Germany 2006
12. This Is England – Shane Meadows – UK 2006 (35mm – 100’)
13. You The Living – Roy Andersson – Sweden 2007 (35mm) (Lumiere/BFD)


A.3 Competition for Belgian Shorts (Wednesday – October 10th @ Kinepolis) (131’)
Flemish and Walloon shorts to be viewed by a Belgian jury.
1. Les Corps silencieux – Luz Diaz – Belgium 2007 (17’)
2. A Day In A Life – Nicolas Daenens – Belgium 2007 (20’)
3. Dernier Voyage – Pierre Duculot – Belgium 2007 (16’)
4. L’Evasion – Arnaud Demuynck – Belgium 2007 (10’)
5. Hartslagen – Vincent Coen & Sebastiaan Lagrou – Belgium 2007 (13’)
6. Moment de Gloire – Hendrik Moonen – Belgium 2006 (10’)
7. Mompelaar - Marc Roels & Wim Reygaert – Belgium 2007 (20’)
8. Of Cats And Woman – Jonas Govaerts – Belgium 2007 (10’)
9. Personal Spectator – Emmanuel Jespers – Belgium 2007 (15’)
10. Zoë – Dorothee Van Den Berghe – Belgium 2007 (10’)