Un business florissant (A Blooming Business)

  • Un business florissant (A Blooming Business)
Genre : Social
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2009
Format : Mid-length
Running time : 52 (in minutes)
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I fiori attraversano ogni frontiera, gli uomini no. Un toccante documentario che mostra il lavoro di Jane, Oscar e Kennedy, le cui vite dipendono dalla produzione di rose di Naivasha, Kenya.

NETHERLANDS
2009, colour, 52'
Vers: Inglese, Swahili - Sub: Ing

Regia: Ton van Zantvoort
Sceneggiatura: Ton van Zantvoort
Fotografia: Ton van Zantvoort
Montaggio: Ton van Zantvoort
Musiche: Roy Bemelmans
Suono: Ton van Zantvoort

Produzione: Newton Film (Breda)
Co-Produzione: VPRO (Hilversum)
Distribuzione: Leipziger Dok-Filmwochen GmbH (Leipzig)


Premi e selezioni:

2009 | MedFilm Festival | Roma, Italia
* Menzione Speciale Premio Open Eyes 2009
Tra le 17 opere in concorso, la giuria ha deciso all'unanimità di assegnare una Menzione Speciale a "A Blooming Business", per le toccanti e coraggiose testimonianze dei protagonisti di questo film, che ha saputo investigare su cosa si nasconde dietro la produzione, in Kenia, di fiori poi esportati nei paesi ricchi. Un viaggio nel mobbing, nel disastro ecologico, nello sfruttamento umano e sessuale di un business che nasce nell'Africa Orientale e che, comunque consente a molti esseri umani di sopravvivere lungo la filiera.

Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2009 (World Premiere), International Film Festival Breda 2009 (Dutch Premiere), Green Film Festival in Seoul 2009, Newport International Film Festival 2009
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The world of Jane, Oscar and Kennedy, who all depend some how on the huge flower farms in Naivasha, Kenya. A poetic, cinematic and poignant documentary in which director Ton van Zantvoort goes deep into the lives of the main characters. Is the smell of the imported rose so sweet indeed?


Director: Ton van Zantvoort
Screenplay: Ton van Zantvoort
Cinematography: Ton van Zantvoort
Editing: Ton van Zantvoort
Music: Roy Bemelmans
Sound: Ton van Zantvoort

Production:Newton Film (Breda, Holland)
Co-Production: VPRO (Hilversum, Holland)
Distribution: Leipziger Dok-Filmwochen GmbH (Leipzig, Germany)


Prizes and selections:
2009 | MedFilm Festival | ROMA, Italy | 7>15 nov
* Documentary International Competition
* Special Mention Open Eyes Award 2009
Among the seventeen works in competition, the Jury has unanimously chosen to assign a special mention to "A Blooming Business", for the moving and courageous experiences of the protagonists of a this film which has been able to inquire on what is hidden beside Kenya's production of flowers and their exportation to rich-countries.

2009 | Green Film
* Selection

2009 | Festival in Seoul 2009
* Selection

2009 | Newport International Film Festival 2009
* Selection

2009 | International Film Festival Breda 2009
* Dutch Premiere

2009 | Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2009
* World Premiere

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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