JAISALMER AYO: GATEWAY OF THE GYPSIES
Shot in Rajasthan, India, the homeland of the Gypsies, "Gateway fo the Gypsies" captures the lives and travels of vanishing nomadic communities from the Thar Desert who are believed to share common ancestors with the European Roma (Gypsies). TRT:54 min
Awards & Screenings : BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD Videofest, San Francisco, USA :2007• Museum of Modern Art, New York • Asian Museum, San Francisco • Roxie Theater, San Francisco 2006 • All Roads National Geographic Film Festival, Washington D.C, Los Angels & Santa Fe.• Document 4Documentary Festival, Glascow, Scotland • VIII Festival internctional de Cine y Video de los Pueblos Indigenas, Oaxaca, Mexico • Mediawave International Festival, Gyor, Hungary. • Tartu WorldFilm, Tartu, Estonia.2005: Zagreb Film Festival, Croatia.• 10o Mostra Int. do Filme Etnografico, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. • California Independent Film Festival, CA, USA. 2004• World Premiere at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, Rotterdam, Netherland.• Festival Globalisering, Amsterdam, Netherlands •Synchron /Szinkron international Human Rights Documentary Festival Budapest, Hungary.• Swedish Film Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. • Il Gigante Festival, Florence, Italy.
Directed by Pepe Ozan & Melitta Tchaicovsky
GANGA MA: A PILGRIMAGE TO THE SOURCE
Following the holiest pilgrimage of the Hindus from the mouth of the Ganges River in the Bay of Bengal to it's source in the Himalayan's glaciers; Ganga Ma presents with striking images festivals, funeral ceremonies, art and the daily life of the ancient Hindu culture thriving along the banks of the river.The Kumbha Mela 2001 -the largest spiritual gathering in the world- and the Himalayas are shown in an intense and engaging narrative of visuals and music. TRT:58 min
Awards
: Best Documentary Taos Mountain Film Festival 2002
Official
selection:
• Kadmandu International Mountain FIlm Festival2002
• Latino International Film Festival LA 2002
• Santa Cruz FIlm Festival 2002
• Telluride Mountain Film Festival 2002
•Taos Mountain Film Festival( Award of Best Documentary)
• Black Maria Film Festival (Director's Citation) 2002
Directed by Pepe Ozan & Melitta Tchaicovsky
WARRIORS OF THE RAINBOW
Since 1972, every summer, thousands of nature lovers have been holding large non-comercial gatherings in remote National Forests across the United States and since 1984 around the world. The annual "Rainbow Gathering" draws thousands over the first week of July, focusing on the 4th as a holy day of meditation and prayer for peace and freedom.
In "Warriors of the Rainbow" the audience meets members of the Rainbow family as they express their love and hope for the future of humankind through personal stories, dance and music. Interviews with Ram Dass, Rez Menelek and other Rainbow Warriors. TRT:24 min
Directed by Melitta Tchaicovsky
APHRODESIA BIOFUEL TOUR or
GOTTA DO SOMETHING
Following a San Francisco-based afrobeat band, from San Francisco to New York on two buses powered by recycled vegetable oil; this short documentary promotes the use of environmentally sound bio-fuel as one of the alternative solutions to the world's economic dependency to fossil fuels.
TRT: 15 min
Award : Second Best Short Documentary at the Marin County Shorts Film and Video Festival 2006
Directed by Pepe Ozan & Melitta Tchaicovsky
Work-In-Progress:
We are currently in the production stage of Sons of Darfur, a feature (one hour) documentary that tells the stories of survival and the daily lives of the refugees of the genocide in Darfur , Sudan, that have made the treacherous trek to Israel crossing the Egyptian border in search of a safe heaven.
