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| TITLE | The Ambassador |
| SYNOPSIS | Mads Brügger buys a Liberian diplomatic passport from an online broker for $150,000, then sets up a match stick factory run by pygmies in the Central African Republic to cover up his diamond smuggling intentions. |
| PROGRAMMER QUOTES | It portrays the “hypocrisy of the world diplomatic core and the rape of Africa by the West.”"In on the joke so not too heavy” |
| GARDNER SAYS | My top rated documentary. I really want to see it. |
| DIRECTOR | Mads Brügger |
| SCREENWRITER | Maja Jul Larsen |
| PRODUCERS | EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Peter Garde PRODUCERS Peter Engel, Carsten Holst ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Julie Elmquist E. Neergaard |
| CAST | This is not the Wil Arnett Dreamworks project, BTW. |
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[11] The Ambassador
Film, Sundance, Want a Ticket!, World Documentary
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Jan 082012
[21] The Imposter
Sundance, World Documentary
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Jan 012012
| Title | The Imposter |
| Synopsis | It’s 1994: a 13-year-old boy disappears from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three and a half years later, he is found alive, thousands of miles away, in Spain. Disoriented and quivering with fear, he divulges his shocking story of kidnap and torture. His family is overjoyed to bring him home, but all is not what it seems. Sure, he has the same tattoos, but he looks decidedly different, and he now speaks with a strange accent. Why doesn’t the family seem to notice these glaring inconsistencies? It’s only when an investigator starts asking questions that this astounding true story takes an even stranger turn. |
| Programmer Quotes | Where is the truth? Keeps you guessing. |
| Gardner says: | I am so hooked, I have to know the truth. |
| Director | Bart Layton |
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| Producers | John Battsek, Simon Chinn, Molly Thompson, Katherine Butler, Bob DeBitetto |
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[25] 5 Broken Cameras
Sundance, World Documentary
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Dec 302011
| Title | 5 BROKEN CAMERAS |
| Synopsis | When his fourth son, Gibreel, is born, Emad, a Palestinian villager, gets his first camera. In his village, Bil’in, a separation barrier is being built and the villagers start to resist this decision. For more than five years, Emad films the struggle, which is lead by two of his best friends, alongside filming how Gibreel grows. Very soon it affects his family and his own life. Daily arrests and night raids scare his family; his friends, brothers and him as well are either shot or arrested. One Camera after another is shot at or smashed, each camera tells a part of his story. |
| Programmer Quotes | Moving, gorgeous, work of art, outrageous |
| Gardner says: | The title alone says so much. This one really should be higher. Watch the trailer. |
| Directors | Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi |
| Screenwriters | Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi |
| Producers | Christine Camdessus, Serge Gordey, Emad Burnat, Guy David |
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| Country | Palestine/Israel/France |
Bonus Pick: Shut up Little Man!
Film, Sundance, World Documentary
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Jan 112011
Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure (2011)
Cast: Ivan Brunetti, Daniel Clowes, Mitch Deprey
Director: Matthew Bate
Genre: history, drama, comedy
Shut up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure
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World Documentary
Eavesdropping punks treated to an endless stream of vodka-fueled altercations between two unlikely roommates: a raging homophobe and a flamboyant gay man.
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Dec 292010
Senna (2010)
Cast: Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Frank Williams
Director: Asif Kapadia
Genre: sport, biography, documentary
| Title | Senna [ Official Film Site | IMDB ] |
| Logline | A documentary on Brazilian Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna, who won the F1 world championship three times before his death at age 34. |
| Director | Asif Kapadia (Twitter) |
| Screenwriter | Manish Pandey (Twitter) |
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| Country | UK |
| Quotes | “Shakespearean tragedy” “Blown away by this movie” “I was yelling at the screen!” |
| Gardner says: | A must see for F1 fans and, according to my source (who, admittedly, was a little tipsy) for everyone. |
15 – Project Nim
Film, Sundance, World Documentary
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Dec 292010
| Title | PROJECT NIM |
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| Director | James Marsh |
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| Cast | A chimpanzee in diapers |
| Country | UK |
| Quotes | “DON’T MISS!!!” Were the exact words from my source close to the festival. |
| Gardner says: | Having some experience in non-human communication research (and shaving rats) I am familiar with this experiment. Personally I am torn about seeing this film as I chose to change careers for ethical reasons. That said, it is from the maker of “Man on a Wire” and will no doubt be a poop-slingingly good movie. |