Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers
TFI Suppport
TFI Documentary Fund 2011
Logline
(2011 TFI/Insurgent Fellowship)
Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers, in their own words, the most successful jewel thieves of all time take you into their world: the post-Milosovic Balkans, the modern diamond trade and a 21st Century crime gang.
Havana Marking
Director
Havana Marking (Director and Producer) achieved international success with her feature documentary Afghan Star. This told the story of Pop Idol in Afghanistan and won both Best Director and Audience Awards at Sundance 2009. The film went on to win the Grierson for Best Doc on a Contemporary Issue and a Prix Italia. After a successful four week run at the ICA London, it went to over 100 cinemas across the US. The follow-up film 'Silencing the Song' is a short film (35 mins) funded by HBO. Due to TX in January.
Mike Lerner
Producer
Oscar-nominated producer, Mike Lerner has been producing arts, travel and popular culture documentaries for twenty five years. He has produced films in most countries around the world from the Middle East to South America and from Central Asia to the Far East.
He has produced films for BBC, Channel Four, Five, ITV, Discovery, HBO, PBS, Arte and Travel Channel; the subjects include Picasso, Turkmenbashi, The Sistine Chapel, Hawkwind and Afghanistan. He has won numerous awards including, Academy Nomination for Best Documentary Feature, 4 Sundance Awards (Grand Jury, Best Director, Audience, Cinematography), Grierson Award for Best Documentary, Prix Italia, nominated for 2 Royal Television Society Award and 2 IDA Awards, Cinema Eye Award, Independent Spirit Award, Gotham Independent Film Award, Winner of Alfred Dupont Award, Winner Best Documentary Moscow Film Festival, Winner Harrell Award for Best Documentary Camden International Film Festival.