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Agora/Market Manual - 51st Thessaloniki IFF-2010Crossroads ProjectsMy Brother LazarusFYROM / Croatia / BulgariaProduced by:SMALL MOVES LTD/MAINFRAME/GEOPOLYDirector: Svetozar RistovskiScriptwriter:Svetozar Ristovski, Grace Lea TrojeProducer: Svetozar RistovskiCo-Producers: Igor A. Nola,Mainframe-Croatia, Georgi Cholakov,Pavlina Jeleva, Geopoly Ltd.-BulgariaBudget: 1.157.474 euroSecured Financing: 30%Location: FYROMLooking for:Co-producers, Sales Agent, Pre-salesSYNOPSISLazar and Tegla are teenage smugglers and best friends. In order to improve their meager existence, Lazar, with Tegla’smoney, becomes involved with Miki and his mob, in an undercover human trafficking operation. Lazar spends all hismoney on his girlfriend’s, Kate singing career instead of paying Tegla back. Strung out from trafficking, Lazar beats Kateup for cheating on him. Kate goes to Tegla for support. Tegla, offended by Lazar’s violence and betrayal, rats on him to apolice informant. Lazar’s illusions of grandeur are shattered by an altercation at the border where Toni, Lazar’s partnerand brother – in – law, shoots an immigrant. Sick to his stomach, Lazar sabotages his car to avoid trafficking and Tonigoes alone only to be thrown in jail, where he is murdered by Miki’s men. Lazar confronts Miki, with no result. In his lastattempt to escape, he steals money from Kate’s lover, but at the last minute he decides to come clean.DIRECTORS’ STATEMENTMy Brother Lazarus is a crime drama with elements of a coming of age story. It is a story of friendship and deceit.It is also a story of crime and corruption, and one young man’s disillusionment with the glamorous world of thecriminals that he aspires to, and finding the courage to confront it. The story follows the lives of two best friends,Lazar and Tegla, and the disintegration of their friendship. As a filmmaker, I am drawn to the neo-realistic narrative,and my interest is in exploring the psychological and emotional transformation of characters in a simple humanstory. To me, the stories are about characters and how they react and change to circumstances beyond theircontrol, or the difficulties they bring upon themselves and others through their actions. I envision this film as anemotional cinematic journey, where the visual style will speak as much as the dialogue.SMALL MOVES LTD.PRODUCER’SCONTACT INFORMATIONSMALL MOVES LTD – FYROMT. +389 23211 073M. +389 70315761sristovski@yahoo.comMAINFRAME FILM PRODUCTION - CroatiaT. + 385 1 382 11 55, + 385 1 382 20 22info@mainframeproduction.comwww.mainframeproduction.comGEOPOLY LTD – BulgariaT. +359 2 9630 661M. +359 888 627 357, +359 888 605 350geopoly@gmail.comwww.geopoly-film.comSmall Moves Ltd was established in 2000. In 2002, Small Moves produced a successful feature length documentary,Joy of Life, which won Best Documentary at the GoEast Film Festival (Wiesbaden, Germany) and at the WineCountry Film Festival (Glen Ellen, CA,US). Small Moves also produced the acclaimed feature film, Iluzija/Miragewhich premiered at the Toronto Intl Film Festival in 2004. Iluzija/Mirage was in the official selection at numerousmajor film festivals and was awarded at Anchorage IFF, Rotterdam IFF, Zlin, AVANCA and Mamers en Mars.Iluzija/Mirage was also successful commercially; distributed in many countries, and theatrically released inNorth America through Picture This! Entertainment, and in Russia, France, Portugal and FYROM through EastwestFilm Distribution. It was also released for TV through HBO, Astra Via Sat, Bravo! etc. In 2005, Small Moves coproducedthe Slovakian film, The Flower of Sakura, and was involved in the development of theCroatian/FYROM/Austrian documentary Cash & Marry.MAINFRAME FILM PRODUCTIONEstablished in 2000 by Igor A. Nola, Mainframe Film Production and its crew have worked with some of theleading international production companies, including HBO, Dreamworks, BBC, MJZ, Roue and Production International.The combined experience of our professional crew adds up to well over 200 feature films and 200commercials. Mainframe’s most recent production, Just Between Us, directed by Rajko Grlic, has recently wonBest Director at Karlovy Vary IFF and seven awards at Pula including the Grand Golden Arena and Best Director.GEOPOLY LTD.Established in 1995 by Georgy Cholakov and Pavlina Jeleva as a film production company, Geopoly has become oneof the most reliable companies in Bulgaria. Over the years it has pushed and moved numerous creative projectsfrom the script to the screen. Geopoly also offers legal, financial and production services to foreign partners38