LABEL:
Giornate degli Autori, Venice Days 2008 • Production: 2008
• Director: Uberto Pasolini
• Cast: Dharmapriya Dias (Stanley), Gihan de Chickera (Manoj), Dharshan Dharmaraj (Suresh), Namal Jayasinghe (Vijith), Sujeewa Priyalal (Piyal), Dayadewa Edirisinghe (Naseem)
• Nationality: Italy - Sri Lanka
Synopsis :Colombo, Sri Lanka. A group of desperate slum dwellers, living on the margins of society under impossible pressures, believe an invitation to a handball tournament in Bavaria to be the answer to their prayers, a one way ticket to the West and the wealth that will solve all their problems.
Sales •
Beta CinemaDistributors and release dates • MIKADO : released date in Italy : 12 september 08
• 20th Century Fox : released in Germany and Austria
• Rialto Film AG : released in Switzerland
• UGC : released in France
Jury of the Label Ana Santos(Dundee Contemporary Arts in Dundee, UK)
Mario Lorini (Cinema Garibaldi in Poggibonsi, Italy)
Fredrik Jönsson (Folkets Bio in Lund, Sweden)
Alexander Syllaba (Cinema Paradiso in St Pölten, Austria)
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