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| Xavier Grin, producteur associé | |||||||||||||||||||
Born in Paris. Studies at Ecole Supérieure des Beaux Arts, Geneva, graduated dep,t cinema. Works first as location manager, then as production manager on about 40 feature length movies, notably Krzysztof Kieslowski, Jean-Luc Godard, Francis Reusser, Alain Tanner, Claude Goretta, Jacqueline Veuve, Jean-François Amiguet, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Claude Chabrol, Sabine Boss. Creates Ps. Productions in 2000. Established in 2004 in Vevey, Switzerland, creates the Riviera Film Commission in order to promote and welcome foreign shootings in the lemanic region. Works as a consultant for FOCAL - training Cinema audiovisual new media – in the production area. Xavier Grin is presently developing his activities as a producer with a focus on fictional first works as well as documentaries linked to a specific region but thematically universal. Filmography
In postproduction The moon over the snow – feature length fiction by Pilar Anguita-Mackay, line producer In development Rapport aux bêtes – feature length fiction by Séverine Cornamusaz (in coproduction with ADR productions, Paris) Un cadeau du ciel – feature length fiction by François Rossier Plus là pour personne – feature length fiction by Jean-Laurent Chautems |
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After its public successES in SWITZERLAND, Belgium, AT FILM FORUM IN NEW-YORK and IN QUEBEC, Desert Wind WILL BE AVALAIBLE ON DVD. DESERT WIND on DVD The DVD is avalaible, in a co-publishing with the Canadian National Film Board. The DVD includes an interview with Guy CORNEAU, Canadian psychoanalist, writer and lecturer. Interviews also with group leader Alexis Burger and director François Kohler. Film and interviews are subtitled in English and German. TO ORDER THE DVD:SF 35.- (Including VAT 7.6%) + SF 5.-- postage /SF 10.- for Europe. To order from SWITZERLAND, click here. To order from EUROPE, click here. For any other informations, write to info@lesouffledudesert.com. CANADA, USA and the rest of the world :
With the support of Guy CORNEAU November 2006, psychiatrist, writer and lecturer Guy CORNEAU took part in a series of events organised along DESERT WIND's DVD release in Switzerland and Belgium.
USA and CANADA : NEW-YORK, Desert Wind was screened at the Film Forum in February 2006
“Tracks thirteen men who have been brought together for a two-week trek in the Tunisian desert…the true subject matter is the men’s worries, their thoughts on relationships, and, in general, the psyche of the modern male…Watching the subjects’ emotional inhibitions get gradually peeled away is often fascinating.” New York Magazine “As the rigors of the trek become more grueling, the revelations grow more intimate. In the funniest scene, the men take turns stripping naked and talking about their bodies…DESERT WIND manages to take us to a seldom-visited place: the hidden corners of the straight male mind.” Dana Stevens, The New York Times “Led by a Swiss psychotherapist, the men confront their emotions and explode our beer-and-football notions of male bonding…their newfound openness with each other and themselves makes for funny, moving and riveting viewing.” Steve Gartland, The L Magazine “Fascinating.” Jan Stuart, Newsday |
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