[Videonews] New Release LOSERS AND WINNERS

Leila McCullough (leila@frif.com)
Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:11:54 -0400

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Dear Videonews Subscribers,

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We at First Run / Icarus Films are pleased to announce that LOSERS AND =
WINNERS is now available to VideoNews subscribers.

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=E2=80=9CDisillusioned Germans meet highly motivated Chinese. With =
tactfulness, a sharp eye and a sense of unintentional comedy, the =
authors observe downsizing.=E2=80=9D=E2=80=94Nadja Naumann, =
Middeldeutsche Zeitung

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=E2=80=9CA haunting, calm and precisely observed film on globalization =
and its effects; a work that makes both sides comprehensible and =
stimulates thought.=E2=80=9D=E2=80=94Joachim Kurz, Kino-Zeit

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** Best International Feature, 2007 Hot Docs Canadian International =
Documentary Festival **

** Film Critics Award, 2007 Chicago International Documentary Festival =
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** Best Film, 2007 One World Human Rights Festival **

** Gold Remi Award, 2007 Worldfest Independent Film Festival **

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LOSERS AND WINNERS

A Film by Ulrike Franke & Michael Loeken

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Two cultures collide in this unusual tale of globalization, which =
documents the dismantling of a massive smelting complex in Germany for =
shipment to and reassembly in China. A state-of-the-art facility built =
at a cost of more than 650 million Euros in 1992, the Kaiserstuhl coke =
factory in the Ruhr Valley was closed only eight years later when the =
cost of importing coke became cheaper than manufacturing it.

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A Chinese investor, recognizing the growing demand for steel in =
China=E2=80=99s booming economy, agreed to purchase the plant. Overseen =
by 30 German =E2=80=9Cshutdown managers,=E2=80=9D a community of 400 =
Chinese workers is soon working sixty-hour weeks, under often dangerous =
conditions and pressures and perks from their Chinese managers, to =
complete the disassembly as quickly as possible.

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LOSERS AND WINNERS, filmed over an eighteen-month period, chronicles the =
entire amazing process, featuring interviews with the Germans, who must =
watch as their former workplace is broken down into moveable sections, =
and the Chinese managers and low-paid workers, isolated from their homes =
and families, most of whom will receive their salary only upon =
completion of the project.=20

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Tensions quickly become evident between the Germans and Chinese over =
workplace issues, especially the Germans=E2=80=99 concerns about safety =
measures and environmental issues, and the Chinese indignation over =
their hosts=E2=80=99 cultural condescension and criticism of the lazy =
work habits of the =E2=80=9Cold foreigners.=E2=80=9D

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In addition to the disparity between feelings of national pride, LOSERS =
AND WINNERS reveals the ironies and ambiguities inherent in such global =
economic changes, the respective sensations of loss and accomplishment, =
and of differing personal prospects for the future.

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<http://frif.com/new2007/lose.html> Read more here!

<http://frif.com/pdf.html> or see our new Globalization catalog

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96 minutes / color / 2006
Sale/DVD: $440
Rental/DVD: $100
Order # C717

- Please refer to Order # on all purchase orders and written requests.

- Free preview for purchase consideration is available.

- Purchase price includes Public Performance Rights.
- This film is available to our Canadian customers.

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First Run/Icarus Films

32 Court Street, 21st Floor

Brooklyn, NY 11201

Email: mailroom@frif.com
Phone: (718) 488-8900

Fax: (718) 488-8642

<http://www.frif.com/> http://www.frif.com

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Dear Videonews =
Subscribers,<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

We at First Run / Icarus Films are pleased to announce that =
LOSERS AND
WINNERS is now available to VideoNews =
subscribers.<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

=E2=80=9CDisillusioned =
Germans meet highly
motivated Chinese. With tactfulness, a sharp eye and a sense of =
unintentional
comedy, the authors observe =
downsizing.=E2=80=9D=E2=80=94Nadja Naumann,
Middeldeutsche Zeitung<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

=E2=80=9CA haunting, calm =
and precisely
observed film on globalization and its effects; a work that makes both =
sides
comprehensible and stimulates =
thought.=E2=80=9D=E2=80=94Joachim Kurz, =
Kino-Zeit<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

** Best =
International
Feature, 2007 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival =
**<o:p></o:p>

** Film =
Critics Award, 2007
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International Documentary Festival ** <o:p></o:p>

** Best Film, =
2007 One
World Human Rights Festival **<o:p></o:p>

** Gold Remi =
Award, 2007
Worldfest Independent Film Festival **<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

LOSERS
AND WINNERS<o:p></o:p>

A
Film by Ulrike =
Franke &
Michael Loeken<o:p></o:p>

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Two cultures collide in this unusual tale of globalization, =
which
documents the dismantling of a massive smelting complex in =
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in <st1:place
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A state-of-the-art facility built at a cost of more than 650 million =
Euros in
1992, the Kaiserstuhl coke factory in the <st1:place =
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was closed only eight years later when the cost of importing coke became
cheaper than manufacturing it.<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

A Chinese investor, recognizing the growing demand for steel in =
<st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">China</st1:country-region></st1:place>=E2=80=99s
booming economy, agreed to purchase the plant. Overseen by 30 German =
=E2=80=9Cshutdown
managers,=E2=80=9D a community of 400 Chinese workers is soon working =
sixty-hour weeks,
under often dangerous conditions and pressures and perks from their =
Chinese
managers, to complete the disassembly as quickly as =
possible.<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

LOSERS AND WINNERS, filmed over an eighteen-month period, =
chronicles
the entire amazing process, featuring interviews with the Germans, who =
must
watch as their former workplace is broken down into moveable sections, =
and the
Chinese managers and low-paid workers, isolated from their homes and =
families,
most of whom will receive their salary only upon completion of the =
project. <o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

Tensions quickly become evident between the Germans and Chinese =
over
workplace issues, especially the Germans=E2=80=99 concerns about safety =
measures and
environmental issues, and the Chinese indignation over their =
hosts=E2=80=99 cultural
condescension and criticism of the lazy work habits of the =E2=80=9Cold =
foreigners.=E2=80=9D<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

In addition to the disparity between feelings of national pride, =
LOSERS
AND WINNERS reveals the ironies and ambiguities inherent in such global
economic changes, the respective sensations of loss and accomplishment, =
and of
differing personal prospects for the =
future.<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> <=
/o:p>

<a
href=3D"http://frif.com/pdf.html">or
see our new Globalization =
catalog</a><o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p></span=
>

96 minutes / color / =
2006 
Sale/DVD: $440 
Rental/DVD: $100 
Order # C717<o:p></o:p>

- Please refer =
to Order #
on all purchase orders and written =
requests.<o:p></o:p>

- Free preview =
for
purchase consideration is available.<o:p></o:p>

- Purchase price =
includes
Public Performance Rights. 
- This film is available to our Canadian customers.<o:p></o:p></s=
pan>

<o:p> </o:p>

<o:p></o:p>

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