The Athens International Film Festival was the latest festival to fall for the charms of UK director Molly Manning Walker’s directorial debut How to Have Sex this week, presenting the drama with the €2,000 Golden Athena award for best film.
The coming-of-age film about a group of teenagers on holiday shot in Greece and was co-produced by George Karnavas and Konstantinos Kontovrakis’ Heretic which also handles world sales. Local theatrical distributor and platform Cinobo picked up Greek rights.
How To Have Sex debuted at Cannes where it won the Un Certain Regard prize and nost recently won best film at Germany’s Filmfest Hamburg.
The coming-of-age film about a group of teenagers on holiday shot in Greece and was co-produced by George Karnavas and Konstantinos Kontovrakis’ Heretic which also handles world sales. Local theatrical distributor and platform Cinobo picked up Greek rights.
How To Have Sex debuted at Cannes where it won the Un Certain Regard prize and nost recently won best film at Germany’s Filmfest Hamburg.
- 10/11/2023
- by Alexis Grivas
- ScreenDaily
“Pari,” the story of an Iranian mother’s search for her missing son in Athens, directed by Siamak Etemadi, an Iranian who lives in Greece, won the top feature film prize at the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, an annual showcase for Greek cinema that wrapped its fifteenth edition on May 30.
“Parontes,” under its English title “Being Present,” a penetrating look at the Covid-19 crisis in Greece (pictured above), directed by Yorgos Avgeropoulos, took home Lagff’s documentary honor.
The waning pandemic once again prevented Lagff from holding its traditional red carpet closing night and Orpheus Awards Gala, but it didn’t dampen the international enthusiasm for the virtual event, which reached a global audience via the internet and spotlighted features, shorts, documentaries and – for the first time this year – animation. It also presented a series of webinars as well as live and prerecorded Q&As.
Artistic and Festval Director...
“Parontes,” under its English title “Being Present,” a penetrating look at the Covid-19 crisis in Greece (pictured above), directed by Yorgos Avgeropoulos, took home Lagff’s documentary honor.
The waning pandemic once again prevented Lagff from holding its traditional red carpet closing night and Orpheus Awards Gala, but it didn’t dampen the international enthusiasm for the virtual event, which reached a global audience via the internet and spotlighted features, shorts, documentaries and – for the first time this year – animation. It also presented a series of webinars as well as live and prerecorded Q&As.
Artistic and Festval Director...
- 5/31/2021
- by Peter Caranicas
- Variety Film + TV
Since, for the past few years we have intensified our coverage of films that do not belong in the S/Se Asia or the Asean countries, we decided, for the first time, to have a list that deals with movies from outside these regions, essentially including movies from all Asian countries that do not belong in the aforementioned three. The list is probably the most diverse, as it includes films from Israel, Kazakhstan, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, Palaistine and Kurdistan, although, expectedly, being one of the largest film industries in Asia, Iran has the lion’s share.
Without further ado, here are the best West Asian films of 2020, in reverse order. Some films may have premiered in 2019, but since they mostly circulated in 2020, we decided to include them.
*By clicking on the title, you can read the full review of the film
20. The Death of Cinema and my Father
“The Death...
Without further ado, here are the best West Asian films of 2020, in reverse order. Some films may have premiered in 2019, but since they mostly circulated in 2020, we decided to include them.
*By clicking on the title, you can read the full review of the film
20. The Death of Cinema and my Father
“The Death...
- 12/22/2020
- by AMP Group
- AsianMoviePulse
Bulgarian films shine at the country’s biggest gathering for domestic productions, which kicks off today. With so many festivals having been cancelled in Europe since March, Bulgarian films almost haven’t been introduced to the world at all this year, which means that the 38th edition of the Golden Rose Film Festival has been eagerly awaited by the Bulgarian film industry. Organised by the Bulgarian National Film Center in the seaside city of Varna, this edition (24 September-1 October) will screen pretty much everything that Bulgarian cinema has to offer this year, including minority co-productions. The edition kicks off tonight with the screening of Iranian director Siamak Etemadi’s Pari (Greece/France/Netherlands/Bulgaria/Switzerland), which was co-produced by Bulgarian production company Chouchkov Brothers. The 19 features competing for the Golden Rose Trophy are Viktor Chouchkov's 18% Grey (Bulgaria/Germany/Serbia/North Macedonia/Belgium), Yana Titova's A Dose of Happiness...
Ivan Ikić’s second feature is a love triangle drama set in an institution for youngsters with special needs.
Athens-based sales agent Heretic Outreach has picked up Ivan Ikić’s love-triangle drama The Users (working title) and will begin discussions at the virtual Cannes market.
It marks the second feature from Serbian director Ikić and was developed through the Cannes-backed Cinéfondation Residence.
Set in an institution for youngsters with special needs, it features two young women in the facility who both fall for a withdrawn young man. The film was shot in an actual institution and the cast comprises real residents,...
Athens-based sales agent Heretic Outreach has picked up Ivan Ikić’s love-triangle drama The Users (working title) and will begin discussions at the virtual Cannes market.
It marks the second feature from Serbian director Ikić and was developed through the Cannes-backed Cinéfondation Residence.
Set in an institution for youngsters with special needs, it features two young women in the facility who both fall for a withdrawn young man. The film was shot in an actual institution and the cast comprises real residents,...
- 6/18/2020
- by 57¦Geoffrey Macnab¦41¦
- ScreenDaily
There are few tropes older than one about a person in a desperate search for something in a foreign land. With the refugee crisis that occupied the headlines in the not so distant past, the trope evolved to a sub-genre of its own, to so-called migration cinema. On the surface, “Pari”, a European co-production film by an Iranian filmmaker Siamak Etemadi, could be confused with such a film. But this Berlinale title that premiered in Panorama section of the festival is something completely different: a unique cinema experience that defies simple labeling.
“Pari” is screening at Berlinale 2020
We meet our eponymous protagonist on a plane to Athens. She is played gracefully by Iranian-German actress Melika Foroutan as a quiet, dignified woman who radiates with kindness and whose face, framed by hijab and some of the visible tar-black hair, is still beautiful. Pari is coming to Athens together with her bearded...
“Pari” is screening at Berlinale 2020
We meet our eponymous protagonist on a plane to Athens. She is played gracefully by Iranian-German actress Melika Foroutan as a quiet, dignified woman who radiates with kindness and whose face, framed by hijab and some of the visible tar-black hair, is still beautiful. Pari is coming to Athens together with her bearded...
- 2/26/2020
- by Marko Stojiljković
- AsianMoviePulse
Stunned to discover that her son has vanished while studying abroad in Athens, an Iranian woman sets off on a desperate search across the Greek capital to find him. Navigating a foreign and forbidding landscape, she’s forced to also travel deep within herself, uncovering buried truths and offering a chance for her own reinvention.
“Pari” is the feature debut of writer-director Siamak Etemadi, who was born and raised in Iran and lives in Athens. Produced by Heretic (Greece), Le Bureau (France), Topkapi (Netherlands), and The Chouchkov Brothers (Bulgaria), it had its world premiere Feb. 25 in the Panorama section of the Berlin Film Festival. Heretic Outreach is handling world sales.
Conceived in part as what Etemadi calls a “love letter” to his mother, the film is a portrait of a woman (Melika Foroutan) unbowed by her own fears and inhibitions, driven by an almost blind determination to find her son.
“Pari” is the feature debut of writer-director Siamak Etemadi, who was born and raised in Iran and lives in Athens. Produced by Heretic (Greece), Le Bureau (France), Topkapi (Netherlands), and The Chouchkov Brothers (Bulgaria), it had its world premiere Feb. 25 in the Panorama section of the Berlin Film Festival. Heretic Outreach is handling world sales.
Conceived in part as what Etemadi calls a “love letter” to his mother, the film is a portrait of a woman (Melika Foroutan) unbowed by her own fears and inhibitions, driven by an almost blind determination to find her son.
- 2/26/2020
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Writer-director Siamak Etemadi’s debut feature is set to world-premiere in the Panorama section of the upcoming Berlin International Film Festival. Iranian mother Pari and her older husband Farrokh, both devout Muslims, travel abroad for the first time. They arrive at Athens airport and are surprised to find that their son, Babak, who is studying in Greece, is not there to meet them. As they cannot find any trace of him, Pari embarks on a desperate search through an alien landscape to find him. Isolated by custom, language and clothing, Pari begins to shed her identity along the way in order to blend in, and gradually finds her own displacement becomes a vehicle for reinvention that may mirror her son’s. This is the story presented by Iranian-born, Athens-based writer-director Siamak Etemadi in his debut feature, Pari, set to world-premiere in the Panorama section of the 70th Berlin International Film Festival.
Matteo Garrone to present ‘Pinocchio’ as the first Berlinale Special Gala.
The Berlinale has revealed the first films set to be screened at the 70th edition of the festival.
They include the live-action adaptation of Pinocchio, from Italian director Matteo Garrone, which is the first Berlinale Special Gala to be announced – a category that replaces ‘out of competition’. It will mark the international premiere of the film, starring Roberto Benigni, which is released in Italy this weekend.
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The first 18 films selected for the Panorama strand have also been named, including 11 world premieres.
Among...
The Berlinale has revealed the first films set to be screened at the 70th edition of the festival.
They include the live-action adaptation of Pinocchio, from Italian director Matteo Garrone, which is the first Berlinale Special Gala to be announced – a category that replaces ‘out of competition’. It will mark the international premiere of the film, starring Roberto Benigni, which is released in Italy this weekend.
Scroll down for full list of titles
The first 18 films selected for the Panorama strand have also been named, including 11 world premieres.
Among...
- 12/17/2019
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Matteo Garrone to present ‘Pinocchio’ as the first Berlinale Special Gala.
The Berlinale has revealed the first films set to be screened at the 70th edition of the festival.
They include the live-action adaptation of Pinocchio, from Italian director Matteo Garrone, which is the first Berlinale Special Gala to be announced – a category that replaces ‘out of competition’. It will mark the international premiere of the film, starring Roberto Benigni, which is released in Italy this weekend.
Scroll down for full list of titles
The first 18 films selected for the Panorama strand have also been named, including 11 world premieres.
Among...
The Berlinale has revealed the first films set to be screened at the 70th edition of the festival.
They include the live-action adaptation of Pinocchio, from Italian director Matteo Garrone, which is the first Berlinale Special Gala to be announced – a category that replaces ‘out of competition’. It will mark the international premiere of the film, starring Roberto Benigni, which is released in Italy this weekend.
Scroll down for full list of titles
The first 18 films selected for the Panorama strand have also been named, including 11 world premieres.
Among...
- 12/17/2019
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Not long ago, it would have been difficult for Greek production outfit Heretic to board a project such as “Do Not Hesitate,” an ambitious, Afghanistan-set war drama that is partly being filmed on the island of Crete.
But for Giorgos Karnavas, who is producing “Hesitate” alongside the Netherlands’ Lemming Film, the calculus has changed since Greece introduced a 35% cash rebate last year. “The cash rebate gives us the [ability] to step into projects that we would not be able to otherwise, and is also a tool to attract new projects that appeal to us,” Karnavas says.
The rebate has given a fresh jolt to an industry still recovering from the country’s crippling economic crisis, with a wave of majority and minority co-productions in the cards from Greek producers. The 35% cash rebate on qualifying spend is available to feature films, documentaries, TV drama series, animated films and digital games, with a...
But for Giorgos Karnavas, who is producing “Hesitate” alongside the Netherlands’ Lemming Film, the calculus has changed since Greece introduced a 35% cash rebate last year. “The cash rebate gives us the [ability] to step into projects that we would not be able to otherwise, and is also a tool to attract new projects that appeal to us,” Karnavas says.
The rebate has given a fresh jolt to an industry still recovering from the country’s crippling economic crisis, with a wave of majority and minority co-productions in the cards from Greek producers. The 35% cash rebate on qualifying spend is available to feature films, documentaries, TV drama series, animated films and digital games, with a...
- 10/24/2019
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Ten works in progress also screened at Coming Soon showcase.
Laura Samani’s Italian-Slovakian project Small Body and Mikko Myllylahti’s Finnish drama The Woodcutter Story received the TorinoFilmLab’s two prestigious €40,000 production awards on the final night of Tfl’s Meeting Event which marked the culmination of the 11th edition of the TorinoFilmLab.
The event presented all of the projects developed at Tfl through the year and took place from November 23-24.
Four co-production awards of €50,000 each were also presented to Mounia Akl’s Costa Brava, Lebanon (Lebanon-France-Sweden-Norway), Felipe Gálvez’s The Settlers (Chile-Argentina-Denmark), Jianjie Lin’s Blood And Water...
Laura Samani’s Italian-Slovakian project Small Body and Mikko Myllylahti’s Finnish drama The Woodcutter Story received the TorinoFilmLab’s two prestigious €40,000 production awards on the final night of Tfl’s Meeting Event which marked the culmination of the 11th edition of the TorinoFilmLab.
The event presented all of the projects developed at Tfl through the year and took place from November 23-24.
Four co-production awards of €50,000 each were also presented to Mounia Akl’s Costa Brava, Lebanon (Lebanon-France-Sweden-Norway), Felipe Gálvez’s The Settlers (Chile-Argentina-Denmark), Jianjie Lin’s Blood And Water...
- 11/27/2018
- by Gabriele Niola
- ScreenDaily
Konstantinos Kontovrakis and Giorgos Karnavas to receive prestigious prize.
Konstantinos Kontovrakis and Giorgos Karnavas, the founders of Greek production outfit Heretic, have won the 2018 Eurimages Co-Production Award.
The prize will be presented during the European Film Awards ceremony on December 15 in Seville. It “acknowledges the decisive role of co-productions in fostering international exchange” and comes with
The decision marks the first time a Greek company has won the award. Last year’s award went to Foxtrot producer Cedomir Kolar (under the moniker of the European Co-Production Award).
Founded in 2013, Athens-based Heretic focuses on international co-productions and to date has produced...
Konstantinos Kontovrakis and Giorgos Karnavas, the founders of Greek production outfit Heretic, have won the 2018 Eurimages Co-Production Award.
The prize will be presented during the European Film Awards ceremony on December 15 in Seville. It “acknowledges the decisive role of co-productions in fostering international exchange” and comes with
The decision marks the first time a Greek company has won the award. Last year’s award went to Foxtrot producer Cedomir Kolar (under the moniker of the European Co-Production Award).
Founded in 2013, Athens-based Heretic focuses on international co-productions and to date has produced...
- 11/20/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Films presented last year include Golden Bear wiunner Touch Me Not and Critics’ Week winner Diamantino.
This year’s Torino Film Lab (Tfl) will once again showcase 10 films developed within its programmes at the upcoming Meeting Event (23-24 November).
The projects, to be presented at the Coming Soon night, are all works in progress in their final stages of completion, half of which are still looking for a sales agent.
2018 has been an important year for many of the films previewed at last year’s Coming Soon event. Adina Pintilie Touch Me Not went on to win the Golden Bear at the Berlinale,...
This year’s Torino Film Lab (Tfl) will once again showcase 10 films developed within its programmes at the upcoming Meeting Event (23-24 November).
The projects, to be presented at the Coming Soon night, are all works in progress in their final stages of completion, half of which are still looking for a sales agent.
2018 has been an important year for many of the films previewed at last year’s Coming Soon event. Adina Pintilie Touch Me Not went on to win the Golden Bear at the Berlinale,...
- 10/25/2018
- by Gabriele Niola
- ScreenDaily
Heretic Outreach, the sales arm of Greek boutique production company Heretic Films, and the Bureau Sales, the overseas licensing arm of London- and Paris-based production houses The Bureau/Le Bureau, are repping international sales rights in Cannes for “Pari,” by writer-director Siamak Etemadi.
The feature debut of the Iranian-born Etemadi, who lives in Greece, “Pari” is the story of an Iranian couple who arrive in Athens to visit their rebellious son, only to discover that he’s gone missing. When circumstances force the boy’s mother, Pari, to return to Iran, she decides to continue the search on her own, traveling into the darkest corners of an alien city to find the missing student.
“It’s a film of great emotional suspense and tension,” says Heretic’s Konstantinos Kontovrakis. “It’s a search…for a missing person that gradually becomes the story of a woman searching for herself and her own freedom.
The feature debut of the Iranian-born Etemadi, who lives in Greece, “Pari” is the story of an Iranian couple who arrive in Athens to visit their rebellious son, only to discover that he’s gone missing. When circumstances force the boy’s mother, Pari, to return to Iran, she decides to continue the search on her own, traveling into the darkest corners of an alien city to find the missing student.
“It’s a film of great emotional suspense and tension,” says Heretic’s Konstantinos Kontovrakis. “It’s a search…for a missing person that gradually becomes the story of a woman searching for herself and her own freedom.
- 5/1/2018
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Athens-set drama has been developed through Torino Film Lab and CineLink.
Dutch production outfit Topkapi Films (The Commune, Belgica) and France’s Le Bureau (Tramontane) have boarded Siamak Etemadi’s debut feature Pari and will co-produce with Greek company Heretic and Bulgaria’s The Chouvkov Brothers.
The Athens-set drama follows the devout Muslim parents of an Iranian student studying in the Greek capital who must search for their son after he goes missing. When the father returns to Iran following a tragic accident, the mother (the titular Pari) must continue the search alone in the darkest corners of the city.
Iran-born and Greek based writer-director Siamak Etemadi will make his feature debut on the project. His previous short films include Cavo d’Oro, which premiered in competition at Locarno Film Festival in 2012 and was nominated for best short film at the Greek Academy Awards
Pari has been developed through the Torino Film Lab, Cannes Film Festival...
Dutch production outfit Topkapi Films (The Commune, Belgica) and France’s Le Bureau (Tramontane) have boarded Siamak Etemadi’s debut feature Pari and will co-produce with Greek company Heretic and Bulgaria’s The Chouvkov Brothers.
The Athens-set drama follows the devout Muslim parents of an Iranian student studying in the Greek capital who must search for their son after he goes missing. When the father returns to Iran following a tragic accident, the mother (the titular Pari) must continue the search alone in the darkest corners of the city.
Iran-born and Greek based writer-director Siamak Etemadi will make his feature debut on the project. His previous short films include Cavo d’Oro, which premiered in competition at Locarno Film Festival in 2012 and was nominated for best short film at the Greek Academy Awards
Pari has been developed through the Torino Film Lab, Cannes Film Festival...
- 2/1/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
The 2015 Cinefoundation Atelier will host 15 projects from 14 countries.
The Cannes Film Festival (13 – 24 May) has unveiled this year’s Cinefoundation Atelier selection, comprised of 15 in-development projects from new director talents.
The 2015 selection features 15 projects from 14 countries. The directors and their producers are able to meet with potential funding partners during the festival.
Cinefoundation’s L’Atelier, created in 2005, has hosted 156 projects to date, 103 of which have been released theatrically, while 40 are in pre-production.
Selected projects:
Butterfly Diaries, Paula Un Mi Kim (Brazil)
The Road to Mandalay, Midi Z (Burma)
The Contestant, Carlos Osuna (Colombia)
Compte tes blessures, Morgan Simon (France)
Pari, Siamak Etemadi (Greece/Iran)
Out, György Kristóf, (Hungary/Slovakia)
Twin Flower, Laura Luchetti (Italy)
Our Madness, João Viana (Portugal/Angola)
Borders, Ionuţ Piturescu (Romania)
Popeye, Kirsten Tan (Singapore)
The Tree, Louw Venter (South Africa)
Lands of Loneliness, Meritxell Colell (Spain)
The Mother, Alberto Morais (Spain)
Soundless Dance, Pradeepan Raveendran (Sri Lanka)
Hilal, Feza, and other...
The Cannes Film Festival (13 – 24 May) has unveiled this year’s Cinefoundation Atelier selection, comprised of 15 in-development projects from new director talents.
The 2015 selection features 15 projects from 14 countries. The directors and their producers are able to meet with potential funding partners during the festival.
Cinefoundation’s L’Atelier, created in 2005, has hosted 156 projects to date, 103 of which have been released theatrically, while 40 are in pre-production.
Selected projects:
Butterfly Diaries, Paula Un Mi Kim (Brazil)
The Road to Mandalay, Midi Z (Burma)
The Contestant, Carlos Osuna (Colombia)
Compte tes blessures, Morgan Simon (France)
Pari, Siamak Etemadi (Greece/Iran)
Out, György Kristóf, (Hungary/Slovakia)
Twin Flower, Laura Luchetti (Italy)
Our Madness, João Viana (Portugal/Angola)
Borders, Ionuţ Piturescu (Romania)
Popeye, Kirsten Tan (Singapore)
The Tree, Louw Venter (South Africa)
Lands of Loneliness, Meritxell Colell (Spain)
The Mother, Alberto Morais (Spain)
Soundless Dance, Pradeepan Raveendran (Sri Lanka)
Hilal, Feza, and other...
- 3/4/2015
- by mam27@bu.edu (Monica Mendoza)
- ScreenDaily
Debut film of Turkey’s Erol Mintas wins best film, best actor. Special Jury Award and best actress go to Brides
The 20th Sarajevo Film Festival (Aug 15-23) wrapped on Saturday night with Turkish writer-director Erol Mintaş ‘s first film Song of My Mother winning the main award Heart of Sarajevo for the best feature film and €16,000 provided by the Council of Europe.
In addition, the film’s lead Feyyaz Duman won best actor and €2,500.
The co-production between Turkey’s Mintasfilm, France’s Arizona Production and Germany’s mîtosfilm world-premiered at Sarajevo.
A mother-son relationship film set among Kurds in Istanbul, it was finished in June thanks to the 1000 Volt Post-Production Award the project won at the Istanbul Film Festival’s Meetings on the Bridge in April.
The Berlinale Panorama title Brides by Tinatin Kajrishvili won the Special Jury Prize and €10,000 from Agnes B., and first-timer Mari Kitia won the Heart of Sarajevo for best actress and €2,500.
The...
The 20th Sarajevo Film Festival (Aug 15-23) wrapped on Saturday night with Turkish writer-director Erol Mintaş ‘s first film Song of My Mother winning the main award Heart of Sarajevo for the best feature film and €16,000 provided by the Council of Europe.
In addition, the film’s lead Feyyaz Duman won best actor and €2,500.
The co-production between Turkey’s Mintasfilm, France’s Arizona Production and Germany’s mîtosfilm world-premiered at Sarajevo.
A mother-son relationship film set among Kurds in Istanbul, it was finished in June thanks to the 1000 Volt Post-Production Award the project won at the Istanbul Film Festival’s Meetings on the Bridge in April.
The Berlinale Panorama title Brides by Tinatin Kajrishvili won the Special Jury Prize and €10,000 from Agnes B., and first-timer Mari Kitia won the Heart of Sarajevo for best actress and €2,500.
The...
- 8/25/2014
- by vladan.petkovic@gmail.com (Vladan Petkovic)
- ScreenDaily
Selected film projects will be presented at the 2014 event, which takes place during the Netherlands Film Festival from Sept 25-28.
21 projects from 15 different European countries will participate in this year’s Holland Film Market (Hfm) Co-Production Platform.
Run during the Netherlands Film Festival from Sept 25-28 in Utrecht, the selected film projects will be presented to co-producers, distributors, sales agents and financies to encourage co-productions between European countries.
This year will also see the second edition of the Hfm Work-in-Progress Session on Sept 26, where five projects previously pitched at the Hfm will present rushes and rough cuts of their film to international sales agents, festival representatives, distributors and funding partners.
The prize-winning projects of both the co-production platform and the Work-in-Progress Session will be announced during the Hfm closing ceremony on Sept 27.
Hfm Co-Production Platform 2014 projects
International projects:
Dew by Denijal Hasanovic – production company: Skorpion Arte (Poland)Female Falling Down by Therese Ahlbeck – eyefeed (Sweden)Game Over...
21 projects from 15 different European countries will participate in this year’s Holland Film Market (Hfm) Co-Production Platform.
Run during the Netherlands Film Festival from Sept 25-28 in Utrecht, the selected film projects will be presented to co-producers, distributors, sales agents and financies to encourage co-productions between European countries.
This year will also see the second edition of the Hfm Work-in-Progress Session on Sept 26, where five projects previously pitched at the Hfm will present rushes and rough cuts of their film to international sales agents, festival representatives, distributors and funding partners.
The prize-winning projects of both the co-production platform and the Work-in-Progress Session will be announced during the Hfm closing ceremony on Sept 27.
Hfm Co-Production Platform 2014 projects
International projects:
Dew by Denijal Hasanovic – production company: Skorpion Arte (Poland)Female Falling Down by Therese Ahlbeck – eyefeed (Sweden)Game Over...
- 8/13/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
New projects from Kutlug Ataman, Bogdan Mustata, Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross among the 14 titles.
The Turkish film industry, buoyed by the Palme d’Or win for Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Winter Sleep, dominates Sarajevo Film Festival’s upcoming co-production market, CineLink (Aug 20-23).
The selection committee has shortlisted a total of 14 projects from over 200 submissions from 18 countries across South-Eastern Europe. These have been split between the CineLink and CineLink Plus sections.
Turkey has four projects across the two strands included Hilal, Feza And Other Planets by Kutlug Ataman (The Lamb) and producer Emre Yeksan’s directing debut The Gulf.
Romania has three projects including In Between by Bogdan Mustata (last year in Sff competition with Wolf) and Lemonade, produced by Cristian Mungiu and directed by Ioana Uricaru (Tales From The Golden Age).
Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross, who directed 2012 festival hit In Bloom,will present their new project My Happy Family.
Additional titles...
The Turkish film industry, buoyed by the Palme d’Or win for Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Winter Sleep, dominates Sarajevo Film Festival’s upcoming co-production market, CineLink (Aug 20-23).
The selection committee has shortlisted a total of 14 projects from over 200 submissions from 18 countries across South-Eastern Europe. These have been split between the CineLink and CineLink Plus sections.
Turkey has four projects across the two strands included Hilal, Feza And Other Planets by Kutlug Ataman (The Lamb) and producer Emre Yeksan’s directing debut The Gulf.
Romania has three projects including In Between by Bogdan Mustata (last year in Sff competition with Wolf) and Lemonade, produced by Cristian Mungiu and directed by Ioana Uricaru (Tales From The Golden Age).
Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross, who directed 2012 festival hit In Bloom,will present their new project My Happy Family.
Additional titles...
- 6/3/2014
- ScreenDaily
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