FILMS IN PANORAMA

Steel Wars
David Syz and Georges Böhler,  Ecodocs Foundation - George Boehler Production, 58', Switzerland, 2006, French
Steel Wars unveils the corridors of the WTO where a commercial and diplomatic fight for the control of the iron market plays out, dominated by the giants from the USA, Brazil, and Europe, which allows us to observe the machinery of globalization, and draw our own conclusions.

The Chinese Bubble
Floris-Jan van Luyn, VPRO Backlight, 46', Netherlands, 2011, English
The colossal profits generated by the booming real-estate sector seem more and more disconnected from society's needs, as numerous empty buildings testify.  Even more, the workers pay dearly for building these towers as far as the eye can see.

Une aventure nommée Brésil
(An Adventure Called Brazil)
Kakie Roubaud, AGAT Films & Cie et Arte France, 52, France, 2010, French
In a music school in the largest favela in Brazil, in the fields of Zé Roberto in the northeast, where chili peppers are cultivated in the air without evaporated water, Kakie Roubaud introduces us to those who, day after day, contribute to a communal and enduring Brazil.

Vodka Factory
Jerzy Sladkowski, Hysteria Films, 89', Sweden/Poland, 2010, s.t. English
In a small isolated village, Valentina, a young divorced mother, works in a vodka distillery while struggling to raise her two children.  She dreams of one thing : to become an actress in Moscow, cost what it may.  A profoundly beautiful and melancholic film.

Yulu
Jia Zhangke, Xstream production, 87', China, 2011, s.t. English
Six rising stars of the Chinese documentary scene set off to meet 12 young successful Chinese in fields as diverse as fine arts, investigative journalism, environmental activism, and real estate. A collective portrait of a rising China.

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