The Story of Panshin Beka
Panshin Beka lives on the banks of an Amazonian river. She is going to have a baby soon. One morning, she feels sharp pains. Now she must brave a harsh journey with her husband and grandmother to get help.
- France
- 2006, 15 min
- Director: Jan Kounen
- Director of photography: David Ungaro
- Editor: Anny Danche
- Screenplay: Régine Abadia, Jan Kounen
- Music: Jean-Jacques Hertz, François Roy, Nadine Kaiser
- Cast: Loydi Hucshva Haynas, Olivia Aravelo Lomos, Denis Rafael Barbaran, Auristela Brito Valles
- Contacts: LDM Productions
- Producer: Marc Oberon, Lissandra Haulica
- Production: LDM Productions
Jan Kounen
Jan Kounen (1964, Netherlands) studied film and animation at Art Decoratifs in Nice. In the 1990’s he established himself as a respected director of music videos and author of original short films including Gisèle Kérosène (1989), L'Age de Plastic (1990), Vibroboy (1994), the unfinished Captain X and The Last Red Hood (1996). He made his feature debut, an original gangster film Dobermann, in 1997. His other films include Blueberry (2002), 99 Francs (2007), The Story of Panshin Beka (2008) – a short film for project “8”, and Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky, which closed last year’s Cannes festival.