Agora Market Manual 2010

Works in Progress51st Thessaloniki IFF-2010 - Agora/Market ManualAMNESTYAlbania/ Greece/ France, 2010Production Company: 90 ProductionDirector: Bujar AlimaniScreenwriter: Bujar AlimaniCast: Luli Bitri, Karafil Shena,Todi Llupi, Mirela NaskaProducer: Bujar AlimaniCo-producers: Thanos Anastopoulos /Fantasia Audiovisual - GreeceGuillaume de Seille/ Arizona Films - FranceProduction Stage: Post-productionDuration: 90 minBudget: 800.000 euroSecured Financing: 75%Looking For: World SalesSYNOPSISAlbania 2008. Elsa, a 35-year-old woman who lives in the country with her two kids and Shpetim a 50-year-oldman who works nights at a printer’s are united by the fact that both have spouses in jail. Once a month, bothElsa and Shpetim visit them. In the small café across from prison a relationship is born between the two. ForElsa, the journey to Tirana is an opportunity to escape from the life she has been living so far. When her fatherin-lawthrows her out of the house, Elsa arrives in Tirana with her two children, unemployed and homeless.Maya, a 20-year-old, helps her find a job as a cleaning lady in the kitchen of a hospital. Despite the difficultiesher relationship with Shpetim grows stronger. On New Year’s Eve, and just when the two of them realize thatthe basis of their relationship is clearly love, the government announces that it is pardoning 200 prisoners.Shpetim’s wife and Elsa’s husband are on the list.Amnesty participated in the Crossroads Co-production Forum in 2008 and was also presented in Greece: GenerationNext event, an initiative of the Greek department with the collaboration of Agora / Market.Director’s filmography:The Compass, 2007, shortCine Cinecourts Award, Mediterranean Intl Film Festival MontpelierSpecial Jury Prize, Sienna Intl Film FestivalJury Special Mention, Mediterranean Intll Film Festival TetouanGas, 2006, shortBest Director, Special Mention, Greek Film Critics Association, Drama Intl Film FestivalBest Fiction, Tirana Intl Film FestivalThe Kennel, 2002, shortBest Balkan Film, Drama Intl Film Festival2nd Award, Auburn Intl Film FestivalBest Albanian Film, Tirana Intl Film FestivalContact Person:Thanos AnastopoulosFantasia Audiovisual:T. +30 2109210882M. +30 694905220anastato@gmail.com69