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Patrick Reed, Canada, 2010, color, HDcam, 56'
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Synopsis

Kenyans scramble to produce a controversial TV soap opera about a soccer team, confronting their tormented past and troubled present. The ethnically diverse cast struggle on and off the set to resolve differences, hoping to captivate an audience and save a nation teetering on the brink. Life imitates art when one of the actors is murdered as the final show is aired, casting a long shadow on the country’s future.

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Rithy Panh to present Top 10 at IDFA Cambodian director Rithy Panh (1964, Phnom Penh) is to compile this year’s IDFA Top 10. Rithy Panh broke through in 2003 with his documentary S21, The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine. His new film, l’Image Manquante, features in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes film festival, which begins this week.
Call for Entry IDFA Bertha Fund The IDFA Bertha Fund is looking for new creative documentary projects and documentary festivals from developing countries. The deadline to submit for the second selection round is May 15, 2013.
IDFA WorldView Summer School announces 2013 selection A total of 16 projects from participants all over the world have been selected for the sixth edition of the IDFA WorldView Summer School, which will take place July 1-6, 2013. The projects hail from 14 different countries and range from archive-driven narratives to stories shot in a cinema vérité style.
IDFA 2013 Film Entry now open! Submissions for IDFA 2013 can now be entered. Deadlines are May 1 (for documentaries completed before April 1) and August 1 (for documentaries completed after April 1).
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