8 (2008 film)

8

Directed by	Abderrahmane Sissako Gael García Bernal Mira Nair Gus Van Sant Jan Kounen Gaspar Noé Jane Campion Wim Wenders
Produced by	LDM Productions, Ace & Company
Music by	Mark Bradshaw, Mychael Danna, Jean-Jacques Hertz, Nicolas Jorelle, Nadine Kaiser, François Roy, Rob Simonsen, Mark Tschanz, Walter Werzowa
Edited by	Nadia Ben Rachid, Marc Boucrot, Anny Danche, Allyson C. Johnson, Heidi Kenessey, Gaspar Noé, Alex Rodríguez, Gus Van Sant
Release dates	October 23, 2008 (2008-10-23) (Rome Film Festival)
Country	France
Language	English French

8 is an anthology film consisting of eight short films centered on the eight Millennium Development Goals.

Topics

Eight directors had "carte blanche" to treat one of the eight topics:

Segment by Abderrahmane Sissako: Tiya's Dream (Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger)
Segment by Gael García Bernal: The Letter (Achieve universal primary education)
Segment by Mira Nair: How Can It Be? (Promote gender equality and empower women)
Segment by Gus Van Sant: Mansion on the Hill (Reduce child mortality rate)
Segment by Jan Kounen: The Story of Panshin Beka (Improve maternal health)
Segment by Gaspar Noé: SIDA (Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases)
Segment by Jane Campion: The Water Diary (Ensure environmental sustainability)
Segment by Wim Wenders: Person to Person (Develop a global partnership for development)^[1]

References

↑ "8 Official website". Retrieved 25 November 2010.

External links

Films directed by Jan Kounen

Dobermann Blueberry 99 francs The Story of Panshin Beka Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky The Players Flight of the Storks

Films directed by Gaspar Noé

Full works	Carne I Stand Alone Irréversible Enter the Void Love

Segments	"We Fuck Alone" in Destricted "SIDA" in 8 "Ritual" in 7 Days in Havana

Films directed by Wim Wenders

Summer in the City (1970)
The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty (1972)
The Scarlet Letter (1973)
Road Movie trilogy
- Alice in the Cities (1974)
- The Wrong Move (1975)
- Kings of the Road (1976)
The American Friend (1977)
Lightning Over Water (1980)
Room 666 (1982)
Hammett (1982)
The State of Things (1982)
Paris, Texas (1984)
Tokyo-Ga (1985)
Wings of Desire (1987)
Notebook on Cities and Clothes (1989)
Until the End of the World (1991)
Faraway, So Close! (1993)
Lisbon Story (1994)
Beyond the Clouds (1995)
A Trick of Light (1995)
The End of Violence (1997)
Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)
"Twelve Miles to Trona" in Ten Minutes Older (2002)
The Soul of a Man (2003)
Land of Plenty (2004)
Don't Come Knocking (2005)
Palermo Shooting (2008)
"Person to Person" in 8 (2008)
Pina (2011)
The Salt of the Earth (2014)
Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015)

Films directed by Abderrahmane Sissako

Life on Earth (1998) Waiting for Happiness (2002) Bamako (2006) Stories on Human Rights (2008) 8 (2008) Timbuktu (2014)

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