films deAlexandra Grau de Sola

"le saut des deux fous" - filmed in Lortet in the haute pyrenées in February 2008,

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« Un film qui ne cesse de pousser les limites du cinéma et de notre imaginaire". C’est en ces termes que le jury a décerné le Grand prix au film Le saut des deux fous* d’Alexandra Grau de Sola, lors de l’édition 2009 du Festival de court-métrage méditerranéen de Tanger.

Les limites… de la vie sociale et de la marginalité, de la fiction et du documentaire, du fait divers et du mythe, autant de « lieux » investis par le travail de cette jeune réalisatrice, dont nous vous invitons à venir découvrir les deux derniers films et à prendre date car un bel horizon lui est promis.

Une scène de violence aux abords d'une route.Un cavalier. Un vieil homme échappé d'une maison de retraite.

La rencontre de deux marginaux. Le cours de deux vies en déni de la société changé par cette confrontation.

Grand Prix du Festival de court-métrage méditerranéen de Tanger, 2009.

France, 2009,

Fiction, 35mm,

Durée : 18 mn

Production :BASIC (Grégory Escure)

Interprétation :

Christian Bertranne,

Valérie Muzetti,

John Kilby,

Guillaume Méziat

• Ce film a bénéficié de l’Aide au film court, dispositif de soutien à la création du Conseil général de la Seine-Saint-Denis.
  

Cachés dans Paris

Angelika, ethnologue, Paris 2ème. Aldo, serrurier, Paris 18ème. Jarry, artiste, quai de Seine, Paris 9ème. Un triptyque d’atypiques dans une ville extrêmement codifiée.

La parole redonnée aux aînés. Gepetto, la gardienne des oies à la fontaine,

Diogène : trois références littéraires qui poétisent trois portraits.

France, 2009

Documentaire, Béta,

Durée : 52 mn

Production :

BASIC & Alexandra Grau de Sola

Pascal Reneric - Director and actor

"The White Crocodile" (le crocodile blanc) filmed in the Auvergne August 2003, is a french spaghetti western (western/manouche) set in itinerant theatreland and follows the story of Terry Poorest (played by Guillaume Méziat) and how he came to have a hole in the head. The sheriff (played by Pierre Samuel) is forced to find the elusive white crocodile, but beware all is not as it seems! God (played by Christian Dumont) has his part to play. The film was made just after the Avignon Festival in 1993 at Footsbarn's base La Chaussée. It was filmed just after the strike by "intermittants de spectacle" (actors and techniciens) cancelled the festival, a hot summer indeed and the story of the intermittants was woven into the storyline during the shooting of the film. The White Crocodile was the first artistic reaction to the problem, that still exists today in 2008. I played the part of the mystery tramp and wrote the song "Shooting Stars" for the credit roll. 52 mins.

"Invisible" filmed at the Footsbarn 35th anniversary in August 2006. The film centres on the children of the artists during the celebration, but more than this Pascal was inspired by finding his milk teeth in a matchbox! 30 mins.

Pascal made the video clip for The Shiels "Born to Die" see it on Myspace

Both the Crocodile Blanc and Invisible are available on DVD, for copies please write to johnkilby03(at)yahoo.fr

Buchinger's Boot Showtoons

Hope you enjoy these eclectic links:

White Rose Movement

Los Bomberos de Santa Cruz

White Crocodile

Joakim and The Disco


My Sister Klaus

Jean Verdu

Abhinaya Theatre from Trivandrum, Kerala, Southern India

Abhinaya will place the first stone (of many) of their THEATRE VILLAGE. on February 10th 2008, wishing them all good luck with their visionary project

Their next creation will be "MACBETH" W. Shakespeare for 2008

See critic from La Marseillaise

Eric Butler's a young singer/songwriter that I met in Galway in September 2006 we went out on the tare one day/night, great craic!.

Here are a couple of songs from the new CD "Oh Man" on YOUTUBE - SLIVERSLIDE and also REMEMBRANCE

Ton und Kirschen based in Glindow (30 k's west of Berlin) David Johnston and Margaret Biereye started their group in 1992 after nearly 20 years with Footsbarn and perform worldwide.

Jargon - Maurice Horsthuis

Chris Thomas from Trevalga, Cornwall

Here is a link to Keith and Miranda Payne's gallery in the Lot region of France, it's beautiful situation and well worth a visit of you're passing through.


http://www.galeriepomie.com/