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	EURO KIDS - SCREENINGS 2004/2005

THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL

Original Title	Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel
Director	Byambasuren Davaa Luigi Falorni
Genre	Documentary/Drama
Country of origin	Germany/Mongolia
Language spoken	Mongolian
Year of production	2003
Admissions	302,805 (Germany, as at 31^st December 2004)
Box Office	$ 1,742,832 (USA, as at 3 October 2004) £ 215,817 (UK, as at 25 July 2004)
Production	Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (HFF) Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
Domestic distribution/World Sales	Prokino Filmverleih (Germany) ThinkFilm Inc. (USA) ARP Sélection (Taiwan) Sunfilm Entertainment (Germany) With Cinema (Korea)
Domestic release	8 January 2004 (Germany)
Official website	www.kamelfilm.de www.thinkfilmcompany.com/weepingcamel
Awards	Directors Guild of America 2005 (DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary) Bavarian Film Awards 2004 (Bavarian Film Award - Best Documentary) Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2004 (Audience Award - Foreign Film, SIGNIS Award Special Mention - Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni) Guild of German Art House Cinemas 2004 (Best Documentary) Indianapolis International Film Festival 2004 (Audience Award - Outstanding Feature Film) Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2004 (Audience Award - Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni) San Francisco International Film Festival 2004 (FIPRESCI Prize - Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni)

List of Distributors

Release date	Country	Distributor
12 February 2004	Switzerland (German speaking region)
2 April 2004	Norway
7 May 2004	Austria
4 June 2004	USA (New York City)
9 July 2004	UK
19 August 2004	Netherlands
28 August 2004	Japan (Tokyo)	The Klock Worx Company
30 September 2004	Australia
6 October 2004	France	ARP Sélection
8 October 2004	Greece	Filmtrade
14 October2004	Singapore	Golden Village
14 October 2004	Thailand
27 October 2004	Belgium
29 October 2004	Sweden
9 December 2004	Israel
10 December 2004	Spain
7 January 2005	Denmark
7 January 2005	Finland
7 February 2005	Czech Republic	Asociace Ceských Filmových Klubu (ACFK)

SYNOPSIS

Springtime in the Gobi Desert, South Mongolia. A family of nomadic shepherds assists the births of their camel herd. One of the camels has an excruciatingly difficult delivery but, with help from the family, out comes a rare white colt. Despite the efforts of the shepherds, the mother rejects the newborn, refusing it her milk and her motherly love. When any hope for the little one seems to have vanished, the nomads send their two young boys on a journey through the desert, to a a backwater town in search of a musician who is their only hope for saving the colt's life.