Greetings all from Berlin --<div><br></div><div>I'm posting this for a friend who is looking to find a subject for a documentary film that deals with foreigners attempting to get a drivers license in their new country of residence. A somewhat strange subject, I agree, but perhaps it could make for an interesting study. </div>
<div><br></div><div>If interested, or if you know anybody who might be a potential candidate, please write my friend Veronika at <a href="mailto:drivingdoc@googlemail.com">drivingdoc@googlemail.com</a></div><div><br></div>
<div>Details follow:</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-font-width:80%;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">LOOKING
FOR A PROTAGONST FOR A DOCUMENTARY FILM</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">We are a Berlin based
production company looking for </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">a protagonist based
in Tokyo for a feature documentary film </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">AND WHO TAUGHT YOU TO
DRIVE?</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> d</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">irected by young and talented
German filmmakers Andrea Thiele and Lia Jaspers.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB"></span></p>
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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB">The subject is a humorous look on globalization and how different people
in different countries try to adapt to another culture. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">The film deals with foreigners who are forced to take their driving test
again because their national driving license is not valid in their new country
of residence. It will be shot in three different countries: In Japan/Tokyo, in
Germany/Munich and in India/Mumbai. In Tokyo we will follow </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"MS Mincho";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">an American expat, in Mumbai a German and
a woman from South Korea in Munich. They a</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">ll have in common that they are in need of a driving </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US">license</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> in order to work and
establish themselves in their new countries.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></p>
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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Sharing a road just
like sharing our life with people of different backgrounds requires tolerance
and mental flexibility. Easier said than done. This film is about accepting
cultural differences. It is a celebration of diversity of cultures and their
underlying structure, rhythm and values. The film connects all our protagonists
through the driving lessons that they have to take. We will follow each
character also in their everyday lives as we want to document their individual
steps towards fitting into a completely new society. This means the driving
school is only a part in the film, but an important one.</span></p>
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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB">We will start shooting the project this autumn.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:
EN-US"> We would like to follow the overall steps it takes to get a license,
filming our protagonist taking the lessons with a driving instructor. </span></p>
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EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB"><br>
</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-GB"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Arial Black', sans-serif" size="2">OUR </font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Arial Black', sans-serif">PROTAGONIST</font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Arial Black', sans-serif" size="2"> SHOULD</font></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">- be relatively new in Japan, but
with the plan to live there for some time (we are not looking for tourists)<br>
- be US-American<br>
- be available this autumn for shooting (no other major job
obligations) and have time to meet us when we come for<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>research in September<br>
- either just started taking driving lessons or is eager to
get a Japanese licence out of personal or professional reasons as part of the
documentary deals with traffic in Tokyo.<br>
- be open to be filmed in their everyday life.<br>
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The driving lessons will be of course paid for as well as an appropriate
remuneration for the “job”.<br>
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Here you can check out our production company in Berlin: </span><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.kloosundco.de/"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">www.kloosundco.de</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB"><br>
A direct link to the project is </span><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.kloosundco.de/en/production/film/WTY.html"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">http://www.kloosundco.de/en/production/film/WTY.html</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB"><br>
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</span></p>-- <br>Andrew Grant<br>President, Benten Films<br><a href="http://www.bentenfilms.com" target="_blank">www.bentenfilms.com</a><br>
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