Angelo - Anica

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Angelo - Anica

The New Cinema Network
Introduction
The 2014 edition of New Cinema Network, the Festival’s coproduction market, will present 27 international
projects selected by the committee composed of Marco Müller, Marie-Pierre Duhamel and Laura Buffoni, together
with the staff of NCN.
This year’s edition will feature quality, international projects, a higher than ever number of attending producers
from all over the world, and a range of awards.
Once again, New Cinema Network is honoured to count on the participation of Eurimages - the Council of
Europe’s Film Fund - which will delegate the NCN jury to confer the Eurimages Co-Production Development
Award: a cash prize of 30,000 Euro to the project most in line with the principles of collaboration and
coproduction that inspire Eurimages.
This year’s Eurimages jury for NCN is:
Marie-Pierre Duhamel: film critic and film translator, she teaches at the French film school La Fémis, Universitat
Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona) and other film schools. She worked for CNC, La Sept/ARTE and Centre Pompidou, and is
a programmer for various international film festivals.
Sandra Hebron: she is a freelance film consultant with over twenty years of experience in independent film
exhibition, and is the board member of numerous arts and cultural organizations. She was the Artistic Director of
the BFI London Film Festival from 2003-2011, as well as Cinemas Director of Manchester’s Cornerhouse.
Elena Kotová: as scriptwriter, script editor and presenter for Czechoslovak (later Slovak) Television in Bratislava,
she was the author of over 300 programs. She was the editor-in-chief of the magazine Kinofilm and was head of
acquisitions for the distribution companies Remake and Itafilm. From 2005-2007, as creative producer, she made
the documentary series within the program EQUAL of the European Union. Between 2009 and 2012 she was the
script reader for Eurimages, and in 2012 she became the Czech national coordinator for Eurimages.
This year’s edition will not only feature a larger number of projects than the past years, but it will also introduce a
new set of prizes. Among them, the UNICEF Italia Special Mention, in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the
Convention on children’s rights. This Special Mention will be awarded to the Italian project that most effectively
and delicately gives a voice and a face to children’s rights everywhere.
The synergy between a talent platform like NCN and UNICEF Italia, which has always had special consideration for
the relationship between culture, creativity and children’s rights, wants to support initiatives that will be able to
promote knowledge as a key for freedom and growth, both in individuals and society as a whole.
Finally, thanks to the new collaboration with Cubix International, this year New Cinema Network will also feature
the Cubix International Award: a 5,000 Euro cash prize awarded to the best emerging European producer. The
award is funded by Cubix International to support a production during its delicate phase of project development.
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NCN ProjECtS
Argentina
Break
Hernán Guerschuny
ProjECt INForMAtIoN
original title
Recreo
English title
Break
Screenplay by
Hernán Guerschuny,
Jazmín Stuart
Format
HD
Shooting Language
Spanish
Main Locations
Capilla del Señor, Buenos
Aires, Argentina
Main Producer
HC Films
Bonpland 1343 7° “C“
1414 Buenos Aires
Argentina
Ph. +54 1147759072
pablou
@haciendocine.com.ar
Estimated budget
€ 400.398
Financing in place
€ 281.050
Synopsis
Director’s Profile
During the four days of the Easter weekend, three couples and their children gather
in the countryside. In these four days we'll see the combination of the various
components of the modern-day upper middle class generation of forty-somethingyear-olds: children of divorce, psychoanalyzed, crossed by the new age of hyper
communication. Deep reflections on the search for “meaning”, blended with shallow
ambitions and various anxieties will come together in an unusual context: a field
flown by hot air balloons, troubled by the mysterious death of a dog, and watered by
litres of good red wine . The escaping time, the midlife pending matters, the
repressed wild sides, the duality of family life, the fantasy of running away and
returning to adolescence, success and failure, competition, appearances, the ghost of
old age and death, the comfort of bourgeois life, the drugs and rock and roll.
Hernan Guerschuny majored in film directing at CIC
(Centre of Film Investigation) and has a Social
Communications degree from the University of
Buenos Aires. Since 1995 he has directed the film
business magazine Haciendo Cine. As a film director
he’s been experimenting with short films for many
years. In 2006 his short film La Cita won the Telefe
Contest (local TV network) and the AXN Film Festival.
His feature film debut came in 2014 with The Critic.
Guerschuny is currently in pre-production for his next
film project Break.
Director’s Statement
2014 the Critic
FEATURE FILM
2006 La Cita
SHORT FILM
Telefe Contest: Best Short Film Award
AXN Film Festival: Best Short Film Award
The scenes in Break will seek as much realism as possible, in a way that will identify a
generation of people in their 40’s that have common concerns. In order to achieve this,
there will be an emphasis on working closely with the actors to find the characteristics
and particularities of each character. The choice of the actors is as important as the
characters in the film, which were written with specific actors in mind. The film will be
shot with two cameras. The coverage will be nervous but decisive, seeking the
combination between realism and the aesthetics offered by the countryside location.
The photography will represent different moments with different looks. The first, more
pastel-like with less contrast, when the families enjoy their weekend; the second with
more contrast and stronger lighting, for when the problems start to arise. The airballoons sequence will serve as a visual rest from this increasingly oppressive world.
The music won’t highlight the situation, only a few songs from the 80’s will serve as an
element to show a world where sex, drugs and baby milk bottles can co-exist.
Company Profile
HC Films SrL
Haciendo Cine has 19 years of experience as a company
of cultural products and contents in Argentina. It was
founded by filmmakers Hernán Guerschuny and Pablo
Udenio. In 1995 they founded Haciendo Cine, a leading
magazine publication about the film industry in Latin
America. Since 2001, they organize courses and
seminars with professionals of the industry, including
Pablo Trapero and Alejandro Agresti.
Since 2009 they have organized and selected projects
that will be involved in the section “Primer Corte“ of
the film market of Ventana Sur. As a production
company, HC Films has produced several commercials,
documentaries and TV shows. The company has also
managed the distribution of Argentinean films from
fellow Argentinean directors like Santiago Giralt and
Pablo Fendrik.
HC Films has acquired the rights to adapt Abzurdah,
the bestselling novel by Cielo Latini, into a motion
picture. In early 2014 they premiered their first feature
film The Critic written and directed by Hernan
Guerschuny, and produced by Pablo Udenio.
Financiers/partners
already involved
INCAA (Argentina ):
€ 226.654
Alta Definicion Argentina
SA (Argentina ): € 27.198
Zub Sonido (Argentina ):
€ 27.198
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NCN ProjECtS
Austria
Angelo
Markus Schleinzer
ProjECt INForMAtIoN
original title
Angelo
Screenplay by
Markus Schleinzer
Format
ARRI RAW, DCP
Shooting Language
French, German,
Italian, Czech
Main Locations Austria,
Czech Republic, Italy,
Germany
Synopsis
Angelo is the story of an African man sold into slavery and sent to Europe, where he
receives his eponymous name through the holy sacrament of baptism. The story
begins in 1720 in Messina, and will find its symbolic ending in the 1848 October
Revolution in Vienna.
It is the story of a man who, with a career unusual for his time, went from being
object to subject, to object again. It is a story about obtaining identity in a time
marked by roll-playing and conformity. The protagonist lives a life entirely dedicated
to the needs of others; the story of a servant is always the story of his masters.
Angelo is an “exotic” foreigner who, recognizably so, cannot operate in incognito but
who nonetheless uses his only means available – his servitude to others- to move
ahead; to progress farther than anyone would have ever thought possible.
Main Producer
Novotny & Novotny
Filmproduktion GmbH
Weinmarerstrasse 22
1180 Vienna – Austria
Ph. +43 14787170
Fax +43 14787170-20
alexander.glehr
@novotnyfilm.at
www.novotnyfilm.at
Angelo Soliman is a semi-mythical figure from Viennese history, whose fame extends
far beyond our country's borders, and whose name is, in academic circles, often
mentioned in the same breath as Sarah Bartmann, El Negro or Truganini, the last
Aboriginal Tasmanian woman. In some ways he is considered an icon of European culture.
Angelo is a story about so many different things: identity, mythmaking, self-esteem,
the invention of the self, the staging of the self, the futility of fighting lone battles, the
impossibility of existing with the facts, and even star dust.
It is all of this, and above all a subject of strong historical, current and European
significance - one that necessarily must be told in Vienna - making Angelo such a
fascinating character to me.
Born in Vienna in 1971, Markus Schleinzer worked as a
casting director from 1994 to 2010, contributing to five
television series, including Kommissar Rex und Julia –
die Bezirksrichterin, as well as some fifty feature films,
among which Jessica Hausner's Lovely Rita, Hotel and
Lourdes, Ulrich Seidl's Dog Days, Shirin Neshat's
Women without Men, and Michael Haneke's The Piano
Teacher, The Time of the Wolf, and, most recently,
casting the children's roles for Haneke's The White
Ribbon. Michael, his feature film debut as director and
scriptwriter, premiered in competition at the Cannes
Film Festival in 2011, and has been sold in numerous
territories and garnered many prizes at festivals
around the world.
2011 Michael
FEATURE FILM
Cannes Film Festival 2011: in competition
Company Profile
Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion GmbH
Based in Vienna, Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion
has, since its creation in 1995, produced dozens of
projects for film and television.
With both advertising and film departments, the
company produces theatrical features, documentaries,
television series, ads and corporate films. In addition
to international co-productions with Germany, France,
Great Britain, Italy and various East-European
countries, it has also been behind a number
of low-budget first feature productions.
Novotny & Novotny Filmproduktion coproductions has
participated in competition at festivals such as Berlin,
Toronto, Sarajevo, Locarno, San Sebastian, Montréal
and Moscow, among others. The long list of national
and international awards won by its films attests to
the company's ongoing, high-caliber work.
Estimated budget
€ 6.999.547
Financing in place
€ 3.061.953
Financiers/partners
already involved
Luminor (France):
€ 1.266.309
X-Filme (Germany):
€ 1.481.068
Novotny & Novotny
Filmproduktion GmbH
(Austria): € 3.552.170
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NCN ProjECtS
Brazil
Duetto
Bruno Barreto
ProjECt INForMAtIoN
original title
Duetto
English title
Duet
Screenplay by
Rita Buzzar, Joao Segall
Format
Digital 4k
Shooting Language
Italian, Portuguese
Main Locations
Tuscany, Liguria,
Sanremo, Sao Paulo
Main Producer
Nexus Cinema
Rua da Consolação, 3726/92
01416-000 Sao Paulo
Brazil
Ph. +55 1130881594
ritabuzzar@nexuscinema
.com.br
www.nexuscinema.com.br
Synopsis
Duetto takes place in Italy, in the coastal town of Sanremo, during the Italian Song
Festival of 1967. It tells the story of an imaginary and human encounter between
Cora, a 16-year-old Brazilian girl, and the famous and controversial Italian singersongwriter Luigi Tenco, just hours before his death. But the story begins in São Paulo.
After a tragic car accident that kills her father, Cora travels with her 65-year-old
paternal grandmother Lucia to her hometown, Sanremo, known for its music
festival. Lúcia goes to visit her sister Sofia, 60, to decide if they are going to sell the
old family farm in Sanremo. They haven't seen one another in forty years, because
Sofia married Gino, Lucia’s ex fiancé. Between her family past and the dramas and
the stories of Sanremo, Cora will find her own path to a mature and adult life.
I often think about this moving story.
Duetto is about jealousy and forgiveness. This film reminds me very much of Cronaca
Familiare, directed by the great Valerio Zurlini.
Bruno Barreto was born on March 16, 1955 in Rio de
Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is a director and
producer, known for Flores Raras (2011), Voando Alto
(2003), Última Parada 174 (2008) and Dona Flor e Seus
Dois Maridos (1976).
2013 Crô: o Filme
FEATURE FILM
2011 Flores raras
FEATURE FILM
2008 Última Parada 174
FEATURE FILM
2007 Caixa Dois
FEATURE FILM
2005 o Casamento de romeu e julieta
FEATURE FILM
2003 Voando Alto
FEATURE FILM
2000 Bossa Nova
FEATURE FILM
1976 Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos
FEATURE FILM
Company Profile
Nexus Cinema
Nexus Cinema is the producer of Vera by Sergio Toledo
(Silver Bear in Berlin, Best Actress in 1987), Olga by Jayme
Monjardim based on the book by Fernando Morais,
Brazilian candidate for the 2004 Academy Awards, and a
box office success, with over three million viewers in
cinemas and with over one hundred thousand DVDs
sold. The company also produced the successful
international co-production Budapest, based on the
novel by Chico Buarque. Last September, Nexus released
the film and series for Globo Brazilian television Time
and the Wind, a new undertaking with director Jayme
Monjardim, based on the epic work of celebrated
Brazilian writer Érico Veríssimo. The company is
currently producing Duetto, a Brazilian-Italian coproduction, to be directed by Bruno Barreto.
Estimated budget
€ 2.970.490
Financing in place
€ 2.570.490
Financiers/partners
already involved
Imagem Distribution
Company (Brazil):
€ 500.000
Telecine (Brazil):
€ 100.000
Art.A Audiovisual (Brazil):
€ 1.470.490
Fundo Setorial (Brazil):
€ 500.000
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145
NCN ProjECtS
China
Il fu Mattia Pascal
Zhi Min Sheng
ProjECt INForMAtIoN
original title
Il fu Mattia Pascal
Screenplay by
Gu Zheng, Zhi Min Sheng
Format
1:1.85
Shooting Language
Chinese
Main Locations
Hong Kong
Main Producer
Shenglai tV and Film
Culture Company
Wangjing District
100102 Beijing - China
Ph. +86 1051357916
Fax +86 1051357916
[email protected]
Estimated budget
€ 1.500.000
Financing in place
€ 500.000
Financiers/partners
already involved
Shenglai TV and Film
Culture Company (China):
€ 500.000
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Synopsis
Xiaoyu’s mother is a mysterious woman, always surrounded by dignitaries and
wealthy men. Xiaoyu doesn’t question his mother’s lifestyle, but he hates living in
Beijing, which he considers just another boring city. His mother sends him to a posh
private boarding school and takes off to some other international location. Xiaoyu is
used to it by now, and starts his new life at the boarding school, where he makes two
friends: Xiaoran, another pupil, and his diving coach.
A passionate swimmer, Xiaoyu is gay, but keeps it a secret. At night, he sneaks out to
gay bars to hook up with random men, but at school he splits his time between
Xiaoran and his coach. He likes the bright, sunny disposition of Xiaoran, but he also
enjoys the physical, athletic relationship he has with his coach. Xiaoran is straight
but he develops a platonic crush on Xiaoyu, completely unaware of the fact that his
friend is gay.
Several months later, Xiaoyu learns that his mother has died overseas, leaving
nothing behind for him but a box of ashes and a newborn baby brother. He drops out
of school and begins a new stage of his life.
The police begin harassing Xiaoyu in an attempt to get information about all the
important men who surrounded his mother; police intimidation becomes a constant
part of his life. His next-door neighbor was involved in a suicide and she gets trapped
at home as well. She sees Xiaoyu’s little brother and volunteers to take care of him,
and Xiaoyu accepts her kindness. And so, a peculiar family of three is formed.
Suffering non-stop questioning from the police, Xiaoyu loses his dignity and even
considers killing himself and his little brother, but he knows that this act of
cowardice would disappoint everyone. To get his normal life back, he decides to find
his brother’s real father and give him up.
This film is inspired by a story by Luigi Pirandello. In the original novel the main
character chooses suicide, but in this adaptation I want him to choose compromise and
survival (as opposed to life).
Whenever I see Beijing with its bright lights and all those smiling faces full of simple
happiness I feel pessimistic.
There are no rules or restrictions on our behavior these days, but I believe we have paid
a terrible price for this freedom. This high-speed development has brought on a kind of
madness. Human nature is warm and strong at heart, even though many people
consider those qualities weakness. I cannot believe that we have lost this part of who
we are. Only human nature can conquer the madness of modernity and this film is my
way of encouraging people to stay strong no matter how crazy the world may get.
Sheng Zhimin has organized and planned many
performance events, from rock band concerts
to experimental plays. In 1997 he started working as
a filmmaker, and was involved in the creation and
production of many film and TV series. In 2002 he
made the independent film Two Hearts, thanks to
which he became one of the up and coming directors
in Mainland China. The film was selected at the Berlin
Film Festival’s Youth Forum. In 2005 he directed Bliss,
which won the Best Asian Film NETPAC award at the
Locarno International Film Festival. In 2008 he made
the Chinese rock music documentary Night of an Era,
and in 2009 he filmed the Chinese contemporary art
documentary China, The Empire of Art?. In 2010 he
signed a contract with Le Vision Pictures (Beijing) Co.,
Ltd. and in 2012 he made film The Zodiac Mystery.
Company Profile
Shenglai tV and Film Culture Company
Shenglai TV and Film Culture Company has produced
the documentary film Night of an Era, and strives to be
involved in the production of many more quality films
in the future.
2012 the Zodiac Mystery
FEATURE FILM
2009 China, the Empire of Art?
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
2008 Night of an Era
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
2005 Bliss
FEATURE FILM
2002 two Hearts
FEATURE FILM
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NCN ProjECtS
Colombia
Oscuro Animal
Felipe Guerrero
ProjECt INForMAtIoN
original title
Oscuro Animal
English title
Obscure Animal
Screenplay by
Felipe Guerrero
Format
2K
Shooting Language
Spanish
Main Locations
Colombia
Main Producer
Gema Films
San Luis 3122
1186 Buenos Aires
Argentina
Ph. +54 1149660110
[email protected]
www.gemafilms.com
Mutokino
Calle 12B
N59A24 Cali - Colombia
Ph. +57 3214325979
[email protected]
www.mutokino.com
Estimated budget
€ 507.300
Financing in place
€ 266.500
Financiers/partners
already involved
Fondo Cinematográfico
de Colombia (Colombia):
€ 128.000
Instituto Nacional de
Cine y Artes
Audiovisuales
(Argentina): € 119.000
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Synopsis
Oscuro Animal is the story of three women forced to flee their homes in the midst of
the Colombian armed conflict. After an intense storm, dawn breaks on the different
jungle settings of the stories.
Rocio’s husband has gone missing and she must leave her hometown, which has
been cornered by paramilitary troops. La Mona has stabbed her boyfriend, a young
abusive paramilitary commander. She escapes, but is left physically weak after a selfinduced abortion. Nelsa has deserted the paramilitary after completing the
assignment of burying the dismembered bodies of executed peasants. Each on their
own, they embark on a journey from the rainforest to Bogotá, encountering
characters that will accompany them in their search for shelter. Once in Bogotá, they
will be able to breathe again and face their new lives.
After an intense storm, dawn breaks on the different Bogotá settings of the stories.
Rocio and Rufina are in a diner preparing a sign asking for help as war refugees. La
Mona cleans potatoes under the plastic awning of a street stand on the market
square. Nelsa mops the lodge’s corridors as drops of rain caress her face.
I intend to make a film that focuses on those who have suffered the violent impact of
war and are thus forced to flee and find a new place in the world to go to.
The narrative mechanism I propose intertwines three stories about the loss of one’s
home and place of origin; stories of women who are forced to flee on their own and
who must face different hardships in their search for shelter.
I want to especially work with the inner strength of these characters, who go through
an intense and painful process of survival.
I want to reflect on the Colombian conflict. Violence is a topic often addressed by
artists working with the current situation in Colombia. In Oscuro Animal I want to
focus on the underlying fear that resides in the country; the tense pressure that has
become part of Colombian daily life, in which war is expected to break out at any
moment. And beyond the violent impact the protagonists suffer, I am particularly
interested in the reverberation of violence, which settles into their bodies like an illness
all throughout the film.
Director and editor Felipe Guerrero was born in
Colombia in 1975. His first film Paraíso (2006) received
the Mention Spécial for First Films at FID Marseille.
Corta (2012), his second film, premiered in the Bright
Future Section at the Rotterdam FF 2012, and was
exhibited in festivals around the world (FICCI
Cartagena de Indias, BAFICI Buenos Aires, JIFF Jeonju,
FIDOCS Santiago de Chile, DISTRITAL México DF, SPLIT
Croacia, DOKLeipzig, La Habana).
As an editor, he worked on films exhibited and awarded
internationally, among them: Los Hongos (2014), La playa
DC (2012), El páramo (2011), El vuelco del Cangrejo (2009).
2012 Corta
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Rotterdam Film Festival 2012: Official Competition
2006 Paraíso
FEATURE EXPERIMENTAL DOCUMENTARY
FID Marseille: Mention Spécial for First Films
Viennale 2006: Official Competition
IFFR 2006: Official Competition
Company Profile
Gema Films
Gema Films is a Buenos Aires based film production
company that develops and produces author films. It is
currently producing Francisco Varone’s Camino A La
Paz, in coproduction with Habbekrats (Netherlands),
and 327 Cuadernos a documentary by Andres Di Tella
based on Ricardo Piglia’s personal diaries. The company
is developing Oscuro Animal by Felipe Guerrero, in
coproduction with Mutokino (Colombia) and
Biencuidao by Abner Benaim, in coproduction with
Apertura Films (Panama). Producer Gema Juárez Allen’s
previous credits include Vivan Las Antipodas! (Victor
Kossakovsky, opening film Venice Film Festival 2011),
Corta (Felipe Guerrero, competition in Rotterdam 2012)
and El Ojo Del Tiburon (Alejo Hoijman, CinemaXXI
Competition in Roma 2012, winner of Enel Cuore Award).
Mutokino
Mutokino is a production and distribution company
interested in author cinema with an emphasis on
formal experimentation and disruptive narratives.
Mutokino is currently producing Oscuro Animal in
coproduction with Gema Films (Argentina) and has
previously made Corta (2012) by Felipe Guerrero. Its
catalogue as a distribution company counts titles such
as Mambo Cool (2013) and Señoritas (2013, Lina
Rodríguez).
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NCN ProjECtS
Egypt
Ghosts of the City
Montasser Hegazy, Marianne Khoury
ProjECt INForMAtIoN
original title
Afareet El Balad
English title
Ghosts of the City
Screenplay by
Montasser Hegazy
Format
HD
Shooting Language
Arabic
Main Locations
Cairo’s Shantytown
Main Producer
Misr International Films
35, Champollion street
11111 Cairo - Egypt
Ph. +2 01005220086
Fax +2 0225788033
[email protected]
www.misrinternationalfilms
.com
Estimated budget
€ 1.000.000
Financing in place
€ 100.000
Financiers/partners
already involved
(Egypt): € 100.000
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Synopsis
Ghosts of the City is a musical depicting a love story between a young man, Mousha
and a girl, Nema who both live in the slum area of Boulaq in the heart of Cairo. They
come from different parts of the same layer of society that struggles to make a living
mostly through illegal means. Mousha works as a delivery boy using his motorcycle,
and is a member of a band of young snatchers. Nema’s uncle is Nasr El Dakhakhny,
head of a group of burglars and a long lasting enemy of Mousha’s band. When the
25th of January Revolution erupts, on the engagement day of the two lovers,
Mousha’s friends abandon their old rivalry and go from being snatchers to
ambulance service providers inside the square. This makes them uncover human
sides of their personalities that they didn’t know existed. Dreaming of a better
tomorrow after the revolution’s demands of social justice, Mousha tries to enter the
hotel on the Nile, in order to make Nema’s only wish come true: to have dinner in the
hotel next to the burning National Party. Not only the two lovers, but the community
as a whole, realize that their dream of a decent life is not unattainable. Ghosts of the
City is the tale of a generation, the Egyptian youth suppressed by decades of injustice
and unemployment and forced to go out and express themselves through music and
dance. But it is also the tale of a city, the great Cairo where impoverished
neighbourhoods such as Boulaq, hide in the shadow of the tall buildings and giant
towers which house the most powerful businessmen. Ghosts of the City is a unique
story, sung, danced, played, written and directed by those Egyptian youths who have
fought for their rights for 18 days in Tahrir square.
Slum areas are sweeping through Cairo filled with a young, marginalized generation.
They roam the city trying to make a living through their own means, though not
always legally. They have an enormous energy that goes wasted. So, eventually, drugs
become as important as food, to them. I lived with them, laughed with them and
fought with them on the square. I felt close to them, at least close enough to feel their
pain and suffering. When the January 2011 revolution started, they saw a glimpse of
hope in its slogan; a hope to achieve their dream for social justice. Their eyes
shined with hope for a better tomorrow, where they could find a place for themselves.
The purpose of writing this film was to depict an accurate account of their life,
struggles and simple dreams through a musical drama. Despite the rarity of Egyptian
musicals, music is still the fastest way to bring joy to Egyptians. Although this film
might not solve their problems, it could bring music to their ears and a smile to their
face. I was looking for a way to help them and make them happy. I don’t know if I have
succeeded. But I know for sure that I enjoyed what I wrote. For, writing about them
and for them is a true joy!
Directors’ Profile
Montasser Hegazy is a young Egyptian poet and
director. He has written lyrics to Egyptian independent
bands since 1999 and has received several awards for
his work. Since 2004, he has worked in TV as a writer
and director and specialized in musical programs
which introduced a lot of colloquial Arabic poets and
most of the Egyptian pop music on TV. He is the
scriptwriter of Ramses Wagon, an award winning film
in the 2007 Egyptian Film Festival and Train to Marg
(2004), an adaption of Mohamed Maghout’s novel.
Marianne Khoury is a Cairo-based filmmaker who
produces and directs films that engage the audience on
an intimate level and tackle controversial themes such as
identity, memory, and social exclusion. She has worked
in close cooperation with the great Egyptian director
Youssef Chahine for almost 30 years. The documentaries
she directed won many awards and critical recognition.
Her current project, Misr Film Focus, is dedicated to assist
and produce emerging Egyptian talents.
Company Profile
Misr International Films (MIF) was founded in 1972 by
the late, world-renowned Egyptian filmmaker Youssef
Chahine. It is commonly acknowledged as the most
prestigious film company in the Middle East. Youssef
Chahine’s films, which have been key in depicting
modern Egypt and capturing the complexity of its
society, have received international acclaim, winning
numerous international prizes culminating in the
Lifetime Achievements Award at the Cannes Film
Festival. Today, MIF, an integrated film company with
substantial experience in every aspect of the
production, distribution and exhibition processes,
remains instrumental in designing the landscape of
the Egyptian film industry. MIF has also been very
active on the international scene, pioneering several
major co-productions, and as executive producer,
providing comprehensive services to foreign
companies filming in Egypt.
MArIANNE KHoUrY
1999 the times of Laura
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
2004 Women who Loved Cinema
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
2010 Zeal
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
2010 Venice Film Festival: Nominee
2011 Dubai Film Festival: FIPRESCI Award
MoNtASSEr HEGAZY
2014 rosewood
SHORT DOCUMENTARY
2007 Halawat rouh
SHORT DOCUMENTARY
2004 train to Marg
SHORT FILM
2007 ramses Wagon
SHORT DOCUMENTARY
2007 Egyptian Film Festival: Winner
155
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Egypt
In Which Land You Die
Ahmed Maher
ProjECt INForMAtIoN
original title
In che terra muori
English title
In Which Land You Die
Screenplay by
Ahmed Maher
Format
35mm
Shooting Language
Italian
Main Location
Rome
Main Producer
Escape Home Production
El Mohandesin
Cairo - Egypt
Mob. +20 1143223322
[email protected]
Estimated budget
€ 2.000.000
Financing in place
€ 200.000
156
Synopsis
Reyad immigrated illegally to Italy hoping to find a brighter future, but ended up in
the crime world instead. Twenty years after not seeing his beloved mother, he learns
that she is terminally ill and arranges for her to come to Italy to receive better
medical care. Upon her arrival at the Rome airport, however, she unexpectedly dies
thus turning their 20-year separation into their final farewell. Reyad wants to bury
his mother’s body in Egypt, but does not have the papers to legally do so, so asks his
boss for help. In his violent and emotional quest to smuggle his mother’s body back
to Egypt, Reyad will discover his true identity and maybe even find redemption.
One of the reasons that pushed me to explore this story was the duality of civilizations
contained within it: the Roman civilization of life, and the Egyptian one of immortality.
Raid left Egypt hoping to find a better life in Rome but ends up a criminal instead. He
carries around a gun which he never uses, but just having it with him makes him feel
safe and protected, maybe even immortal. His mother’s death becomes the death of
his history, of his Egyptian personality. The sweet nature of his relationship with his
mother, his respect for death, and his Islamic subconscious push Raid to offer his own
life and body in order to save the dead body of his mother.
Born in Cairo, Ahmed Maher won the Grand Prix de
Rome in Cinema, and received a grant to study in Italy.
Upon his arrival in Rome in 1993, he studied Film and
Painting and later went on to work in cinema. In 1997
he became a member of UNESCO. He teaches directing,
screenwriting and acting in a number of film schools in
different countries. In 2007 he was invited by the USA
State Department to hold seminars in several film
schools. Over the past fifteen years Maher has written
and directed four short and medium-length films,
several episodes for American TV series, and six
documentaries. He wrote and directed the feature film
The Traveler, starring Omar Sharif, which was selected
in the official competition at the 66th Venice Film
Festival.
Company Profile
Escape Home Production
Escape Home Production can list, among its
productions and documentaries, Every Day,
a three-part documentary about the Arabic
revolutions; Short Cuts, a two-part documentary
about independent film makers; the docu-fiction
Far Away; The City of Egypt, a TVfilm about Cairo;
and Capri, a TV series between Italy & Lebanon.
2011 Singing Freedom
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
2009 the traveler
FEATURE FILM
66th Venice Film Festival
2005 From far Away
SHORT DOCUMENTARY
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Estonia
The Spy and the Poet
Toomas Hussar
ProjECt INForMAtIoN
original title
Luuraja Ja Luuletaja
English title
The Spy and the Poet
Screenplay by
Toomas Hussar
Format
4K
Shooting Language
Estonian
Main Locations
Tallinn, Estonia
Main Producer
Allfilm
Saue 11
10612 Tallinn – Estonia
Ph. +372 6729070
Fax +372 6729071
[email protected]
www.allfilm.ee
Synopsis
Nobody knows what anybody knows
Gustav, an intelligence officer with a drinking problem, crosses paths with a
beautiful gypsy woman whom he falls in love with. Unfortunately, she turns out to
be a Russian secret agent. The feeble mind of a man in love is further blurred by poet
Miku’s outlook on life that lacks of concepts which cripple the free spirit - discipline,
order and allegiance. Gustav gets his act together and decides to reject the woman,
but the intelligence service finds it necessary for their flirtation to continue. This
leads the ones involved into a complete dead end, as loyalty demands sacrifice.
I’ve always wanted to confuse the audience. My intention is not to mock them, but
rather to provoke them to rethink their moral beliefs, posing a series of paradoxes in
front of them. Hence morality becomes intuitive as opposed to rational, and it becomes
clear that interpretation of morality changes over time. Such interpretations are not
coherent in different cultures.
The Spy and The Poet looks at a mixture of themes: patriotism, xenophobia,
conservative and liberal attitudes to life, abstinence, slackness, order and chaos, loyalty
and betrayal. These lines of power come out in the film through its three characters,
the three different life identities - a spy, a poet, and a gypsy. The main theme of the
film, in a more general sense, would be identity or self-determination of the characters,
which will grow deeper as the events unfold.
Toomas Hussar (born 1962) is an award-winning
Estonian film director, screenwriter and actor. Toomas
writes and directs for both cinema and the stage.
His 2012 film Mushrooming was a national box office
hit, drawing up 75.000 spectators in a country with 1.3
million inhabitants. The film was a success at
international festivals as well - it premiered at Karlovy
Vary and at the Toronto IFF. It won the FIPRESCI Jury
Prize at Mannheim-Heidelberg, the Best Actress Award
at Marrakech, and was recognized as the Best Estonian
Film of 2012.
2012 Mushrooming
FEATURE FILM
Karlovy Vary 2012
Toronto IFF 2012
Best Estonian Film of 2012
1999 What Happened, Waldemar?
SHORT FILM
Company Profile
Allfilm
Allfilm was established in 1995 with the aim to create
an environment where exciting and original ideas
meet the best professional management. The
company’s scope of activity varies from developing and
producing documentaries, series and quality features
to producing TV commercials. The company also
provides services for producing international films.
Allfilm has received the Media Plus Slate Funding
twice, and three of its productions have been
supported by Eurimages. Allfilm is the first film studio
in Estonia to have more than one producer onboard.
Today, with a permanent staff of ten, Allfilm is the
biggest production company in Estonia with partners
in Great Britain, Finland, Sweden, Poland, Germany,
Georgia, Russia, Latvia and the USA.
Estimated budget
€ 720.000
Financing in place
€ 85.000
Financiers/partners
already involved
Estonian Film Institute
(Estonia): € 29.000
Estonian Cultural
Endowment (Estonia):
€ 6000
Allfilm (Estonia):
€ 10.000
EU MEDIA Slate Funding
(EU): € 40.000
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159
NCN ProjECtS
Ethiopia
Child of the Breast
Haile Gerima
ProjECt INForMAtIoN
original title
Yetut Lij
English title
Child of the Breast
Screenplay by
Haile Gerima
Format
HD
Shooting Language
English, Amharic,
Tigringya
Main Locations
Ethiopia
Main Producer
Negodgwad Film
Productions, Inc.
2714 Georgia Ave NW
20001 Washington DC
USA
Ph. +1 (202)234-4755
[email protected]
Estimated budget
€ 1.478.462
Financing in place
€ 1.090.000
Financiers/partners
already involved
EU/EDF contribution (EU):
€ 500.000
Negodgwad (Ethiopia):
€ 50.000
Fonds Sud Cinéma
(France): € 140.000
Velvet Film (France):
€ 35.000
WDR and ARTE
(Germany): € 350.000
160
Synopsis
Yetut Lij is set in northern Ethiopia in the late 1960s. It tells the story of Aynalem, a
peasant girl forced into a life of servitude. We first meet her at 13, as her single
mother gives her up to a wealthy judge, hoping to give her a better life.
When the judge is promoted to a position in Gondar, Aynalem goes with him, his
wife and their son Kassahun.
Five years later, in Gondar, Aynalem’s life is nowhere close to her mother’s dream.
She works as a slave under the scrutiny of the judge’s wife and spurns constant
advances from Kassahun.
At a celebration for the holy day of Timkit, she meets a policeman named Tilahun,
and they fall in love. The two begin to meet secretly and he proposes. Unfortunately,
Kassahun has his way: he rapes Aynalem and she becomes pregnant. Then, after a
brutal beating from the judge’s wife, she miscarries. Desperate to help, Tilahun
secures a ride back to her village. But things don’t go according to plan. Five years
later, Aynalem is working as a “shackup girl” at an Asmara nightclub, where
American GIs procure local women. Tilahun, newly released from prison, is on his
way to find her. But as he quickly learns, Aynalem has a whole new life.
Haile Gerima is an independent Ethiopian filmmaker.
Best known for his acclaimed 1993 film Sankofa, his
filmography includes Teza (2008), Adwa (1999) and
Harvest: 3000 Years (1976), among many others.
A graduate of the University of Southern California in
Los Angeles (UCLA), Gerima is a Professor of Film at
Howard University. He conducts production and
scriptwriting workshops, nationally and abroad, and
invested the success of Sankofa into a film centre,
which goes by the same name. In the early 1990s, he
also established the production company Negodwad
Films to support independent films in Ethiopia, as well
as in the U.S.
As a filmmaker, Gerima applies a critical lens: whether
documentary or drama, he believes cinematic expression
should inspire change and engage its community.
2008 teza
FEATURE FILM
1999 Adwa
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
1993 Sankofa
FEATURE FILM
1976 Harvest: 3000 Years
FEATURE FILM
During the 1960s, when Yetut Lij is set, Ethiopia had just emerged from the brutal and
fascist occupation of Italy, and the United States was an uncontested global authority,
with a newly established military base in Asmara.
It is this intersection between Western forces and local feudalism that compounds
Aynalem and Tilahun’s relationship, and brings the story to its emotional peak.
I dedicate this film to those who have left a blistering effect on my consciousness,
specifically the young women who are typecast from birth as domestic servants.
In many ways, Yetut Lij is a follow up to the principal issue I confronted in my last film
Teza, in which a peasant family struggles against a feudal system. With Aynalem’s story,
I zoom in on the cavernous divides between wealth and power and use my narrative style
to shift back and forth between the real and the make-belief; a technique meant to
amplify what history has fated, regardless of my character’s wishes and hopes.
Company Profile
Negodgwad Film Productions, Inc.
Negodwad Film Productions, Inc. is an independent
film company established by Haile Gerima in the
1990s. In cooperation with its distribution arm,
Mypheduh Film, Inc., Gerima has developed, produced
and released several personal films dealing with the
African Diaspora, including Teza, Sankofa, Harvest:
3000 Years, and many others.
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France/Nigeria
Oil on Water
Newton I. Aduaka
ProjECt INForMAtIoN
original title
Oil on Water
Screenplay by
Newton I. Aduaka
Shooting Language
English, Pidgin English,
Ijaw
Main Locations
Niger Delta, Nigeria
Main Producer
Granit Films
14 rue Charles V
75004 Paris - France
Ph. +33 750601648
valerie.osouf
@granitfilms.com
www.granitfilms.com
Estimated budget
€ 2.471.394
162
Synopsis
Oil on Water tells the story of two journalists - keen, young Rufus and ageing, cynical
and alcoholic Zaq – as they search for the kidnapped wife of a European oil executive
in the badlands of the Niger delta. But "the story is not always the final goal", as Zaq
tells Rufus at the beginning of their Conradian journey along the labyrinthine
tributaries of the delta. Misty and hazy in the day and illuminated by the orange glow
of gas flares by night, the hauntingly ecologically devastated landscape gradually
seeps into their increasingly challenged psyche. As their quest for the woman
becomes personal, they find themselves lost in the multiple fragments of truth.
Struggling upriver in a canoe, ferried by an old man and a boy, curiosity draws the
reporters into a twisted maze of silence, treachery, intrigue, love and mystery. In this
world that they enter, nothing is spoken yet all is inferred. Initially guided by the
mentor but soon finding himself alone, the apprentice must evolve quickly and learn
to see things as they are.
Author Helon Habila and I are of the same generation: the one born in the mid-sixties at
the onset of the Nigerian-Biafran war in which upwards of two million people lost their
lives; the end of the illusion of the so-called Nigerian independence. We were the
generation that lived through not just the war, but also the half a dozen coups d’État and
equal numbers of military dictatorships that followed. We were a generation caught in the
turmoil of change. He said if I ever considered adapting his novel Oil on Water for cinema,
it was mine. I read the manuscript and it resonated for all of the above. There is a
mythological and dreamlike nature to Oil on Water: two men, an old washed-out alcoholic
journalist and his young protégé, in a canoe paddled along by an old man and a boy, in
search of a white woman. The three men and the boy in the canoe appear as if from thin
air on the foggy dilapidating landscape. This landscape is somewhat post-apocalyptic. But
this is not a film set sometime in the future. This is the Niger delta; this is now. Who is the
woman they seek? Or perhaps better still, who are these men and the boy? What are the
two journalists really looking for? With Oil on Water, I want to explore, cinematically, the
ecological disaster sweeping through our time, across the globe. This is the single most
important problem staring humanity in the face today. As filmmakers, we set out to
engage an audience in a story, something conjured up from imagination. We tell our
stories, but how much of the meaning of the story do we communicate? Is there one
meaning to a story, or does an audience devise its own meaning? To resolve this enigma, I
have offered one story told through multiple characters; Rufus’s story, Zaq’s story, Isabel’s
story, Solomon’s story… each, a piece of a jigsaw puzzle that resonates to form the whole.
On the surface, the story is a straight, linear narrative (two local journalists set out on a
journey along the river, into the heart of the Niger delta in search of a Woman). But to tell
that story a certain deconstruction and reconstruction of the elements, visual metaphors
and symbolisms are necessary.
Named by The Independent as one of the 50 best living
African artists, Newton I. Aduaka is a filmmaker whose
works hold incredible artistic and humanitarian value.
His 2007 film Ezra was named one of the most
important anti-war films ever made. Among other
prizes, it was awarded the United Nation’s prize for
Peace and Tolerance. In 2001 Newton’s debut feature
film Rage, became the first wholly independently
financed film by a black filmmaker in the history of
British cinema to be released nation-wide. In 2002
Aduaka was commissioned by the Society of French
Directors (SRF) and the Cannes Film Festival’s Quinzaine
des Réalisateurs to make a short film on “Cinema and
Globalization”. The result was Funeral, 2002. In 2007
Aduaka was invited to hold a Master class at the Cannes
Film Festival. In 2008 the Berlin Film Festival invited
him, as an expert, to speak on the aesthetics of cinema
at the Berlinale Talent Campus. The same year he was
invited as a Speak at TED, “Africa: The Next Chapter”.
2013 one Man’s Show
FEATURE FILM
Fespaco 2013: Critics Award
2007 Ezra
FEATURE FILM
Fespaco 2007: Grand Jury Prize
28th Durban International Film Festival: Grand Jury Prize
Amiens International Film Festival 2007: Grand Jury Prize
Sundance Film Festival 2007: World Cinema
Competition Nominee
Critics’ Week, Festival du Cannes 2007: Fipresci Award
2001 rage
FEATURE FILM
Fespaco 2001: Prix Oumarou Ganda, Best First Feature
Pan-African Film Festival Los Angeles 2001:
Best Director, First Feature
OCIC Award
Company Profile
Granit Films
Founded in 2009 by filmmakers Newton I. Aduaka and
Alain Gomis, documentary filmmaker Valérie Osouf
and actress Delphine Zingg, administered by JeanFrançois Fernandez, and joined by intellectual property
lawyer and entrepreneur Dayo Ogunyemi, Granit Films
aims to make auteur films with social relevance, open
to the international market. Granit Films has to date
produced three feature films and three shorts:
Aujourd’hui by Alain Gomis (Golden Stallion Fespaco
2013, official competition Berlinale 2012); One Man’s
Show by Newton I. Aduaka (Critics’ Prize Fespaco 2013,
official selection Mill Valley Film Festival, special
screening at Jeu du Paume, Paris); National Identity a
documentary by Valérie Osouf and her short film
Afterwards in coproduction with Divali Films. Esse and
The Web are the two commissioned short films by the
NGO Global Dialogue, directed by Newton I. Aduaka.
The films have been translated into numerous
languages and broadcast widely online. Granit Films’
new slate of films currently in development include
two feature films, a short film and one documentary:
Oil On Water by Newton I. Aduaka (development
funding from MEDIA, selected for L’Atelier du Festival
de Cannes & FilmCup, Brazil), Félicité by Alain Gomis
(development funding from the CNC and the Lower
Normandy Region), Lost Child by Abdou Ndiaye Khadre
(short) and Colonial Remix by Valerie Osouf
(documentary).
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France
9 Fingers
F.J. Ossang
ProjECt INForMAtIoN
original title
9 Doigts
English title
9 Fingers
Screenplay by
F.J. Ossang
Format
35 mm
Shooting Language
French
Main Locations
France, Portugal
Main Producer
CDP
25 rue Gambetta
92100 Boulogne
Billancourt - France
Ph. +33 146050022
Fax +33 1 46050259
[email protected]
www.cdpproductions.fr
oSS/100 Films
& Documents
2 bis rue Dupont de l’Eure
75020 Paris – France
Ph. +33 666062328
b.satarenko.gmail.com
www.fjossang.com
Estimated budget
€ 1.981.513
Financing in place
€ 500.000
Financiers/partners
already involved
CNC _ Avance sur recettes
(France): € 500.000
164
Synopsis
As evening approaches, an unexpected snowstorm hits a Mediterranean town,
forcing the trains at a station to halt. Magloire steps off one of the trains to smoke a
cigarette, but flees upon the sight of the police checking everyone’s ID.
Magloire runs into Delgado, a man on the brink of death. In an effort to save his life,
Magloire inherits a stack of cash from the dying Delgado.
Real trouble begins when the Kurtz Gang chase down Magloire, making him their
captive and eventually their accomplice. Magloire strikes a deal with them. That is
what he does: he makes deals, he strives to survive and adapt. He has nothing to lose.
The climate situation degenerates. As Europe freezes over, the only thing to do is
flee. The whole gang evacuates aboard the cargo ship Sri Ahmed Volkenson 5,
secretly carrying polonium.
The gang realizes that the ship has been circulating around an island of waste,
attracted to it almost like a magnet.
Poison and general madness invade the ship. With a polluted sea full of floating
containers, even time and weather have stopped functioning “normally”. As cynicism
predominates on the ship, the concepts of man, woman and climate cease to exist.
Realizing that the ship has no real destination, the gang decides to set fire to the
ship and board the lifeboats towards a new land… or is it the same one, just seen
from a different angle?
I want to combine the atmosphere of a classic film noir with the fury of old maritime
adventures, and explore themes such as solitude, power and money in a world whose
ever-changing climate becomes one of the characters.
I don’t want to approach these themes by making a “catastrophe” film, but rather I
want to return to the roots of noir films. I want to film a small group of men who know
all about catastrophe, both personal and social, and will therefore not cave into panic.
At the same time their personal natures start to dissolve under the effects of cynicism.
Man, woman and climate cease to exist.
Realizing that the ship has no real destination, Kurt’s men decide to set fire to their ship and
venture towards a new land… or could it be the same land, just seen from a different angle?
The story of The Ghost Ship, or The Flying Dutchman, becomes more than just a mere
legend or curse, it becomes a destiny. ‘Everything can mysteriously, or absurdly, begin
all over again’. The film will be shot both in colour and in black and white, using
monochromatic plates to achieve the dream-effect of polar nights. The whole film will
be haunted by disruptions like change in navigation and of the extreme weather
conditions (rain, snow, storms, lightning and thunder); while the imminent danger of
the unpredictable cargo will only add more tension.
The ship’s passengers are locked in a broken and decaying hotel in the middle of the
ocean, much like being stuck in a spaceship in the depths of space.
F.J. Ossang is a living cult legend. A writer, musician
and film director, his books include Génération Néant
(Warvillers & Via Valeriano, 1993), L’Ode à Pronto
Rushtonksy (Warvillers, 1994), Au bord de l’Aurore
(Warvillers, 1994), Les 59 jours (Diabase, 1999),
Lascapeetsilence – postfacedeClaudePélieu
(LaNotonecte, 2000), Tasman orient (Diabase, 2001),
W.S. Burroughs (J.M. Place, 2007), Hiver sur les
continents cernes (Le Feu Sacré, 2012), and Mercure
Insolent (Armand Colin, 2013).
Ossang’s music group MKB Fraction Provisoire,
founded in 1980, has released nine albums, and
composed and performed for Ossang’s films.
Ossang’s films have been selected and screened in
major festivals around the world, many of which have
honoured the director with dedicated retrospectives.
2011 Dharma Guns
FEATURE FILM
Venice Film Festival 2010
2008 Vladivostok
EXPERIMENTAL FILM
Curtas Vila Do Conde 2009: Prix du Film Expérimental
2008 Ciel Eteint
FEATURE FILM
2006 Silencio
FEATURE FILM
Prix Jean Vigo 2007
1998 Docteur Chance
FEATURE FILM
Locarno Film Festival 1997: Official Selection
1991 Le tresor des Iles Chiennes
FEATURE FILM
Belfort Film Festival 1990: Grand Prix
1984 L'affaire des divisions Morituri
FEATURE FILM
Cannes Film Festival 1985: Perspective Selection
Company Profile
CDP
Since 1994, Catherine Dussart has produced and coproduced feature films and documentaries through
her company CDP. Credits include The Missing Picture
by Rithy Panh (the Un certain regard Award at the
Cannes Film Festival and was the Academy Award
nominee for Best Foreign Language Film in 2014), Araf
by Y. Ustaoglu (Venise, Abu Dhabi Black Pearl Award,
Tokyo 2012), Goltzius by P. Greenaway (Rome 2012),
Duch, Master of the Forges of Hell by R. Panh (Cannes
2011), Bassidji by M. Tamadon (Grand Prize of the
international competition of the Jihlava film
international in Czech Republic), Nos lieux interdits by L.
Kilani (Nantes, Beyrouth 2009), The Sea Wall by R.
Panh (Toronto, Rome 2009), Paper cannot wrap up
embers by R. Panh (Fipa d’Or 2007), Serko by J. Farges
(Antalya, Los Angeles 2006), Roots by P. Lounguine
(Sotchi, Haifa 2006), The burnt Theatre by R. Panh
(Cannes 2005), Dunia by J. Saab (Cairo 2006), La petite
chartreuse by J.P. Denis (London, San Francisco 2005),
Tycoon by P. Lounguine (Jury Award Cognac 2003),
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge by S. Imamura
(Cannes 2001), The Wedding by P. Lounguine (Cannes
2000 –Best Actors), A matter of taste by B. Rapp
(Cognac 2000 – Best Film and Critics Award, 5
Nominations, César 2001) Kanzo Sensei by S. Imamura
(Cannes 1998).
oSS/100 Films & Documents
OSS/100 films & documents was founded in 2005 by
F.J. Ossang and other associates. The company owns
the rights to most written and directed films by F.J.
Ossang, such as: Zona Inquinata (1983), La derniere
enigme (1982), L’affaire des divisions morituri (1984), Le
tresor des iles chiennes, Docteur chance (1998).
OSS/100 has also produced the following F.J. Ossang
films: Silencio (2006 – Prix Jean Vigo 2007), Ciel eteint
(2008), Vladivostok (2008 – Prix du Film Expérimental,
Curtas VilaDo Conde 2009), and Dharma guns (2011).
The company is currently developing Ossang’s new
feature film project 9 Doigts.
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Hong Kong
Nessun dorma
Yim Ho
ProjECt INForMAtIoN
original title
Nessun dorma
Screenplay by
Yim Ho, Grady Granros
Format
35mm
Shooting Language
Chinese, English, Italian
Main Locations
Italy, China
Main Producer
Seasonal Film Corporation
Flat H, 12th Floor, Kim Tak
Building, 328 Nathan Road
Kowloon, Hong Kong
Ph. +852 23856125
Fax +852 27700583
[email protected]
Estimated budget
€ 8.820.000
Financing in place
€ 4.410.000
Financiers/partners
already involved
Seasonal Film
Corporation (Hong Kong):
€ 4.410.000
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Synopsis
Princes from all over Asia travel to find the legendary forbidden princess: the
beautiful Turandot. But to win her heart and break her solemn vow, ‘No one will ever
possess me!’, they must solve three enigmas: what is born each night and dies each
dawn? What flickers red like a flame, but is not fire? What is cold as ice, but burns
like fire? Failure to solve them will lead to death by decapitation. In 1917 Italy,
Giacomo Puccini is battling a terminal illness while striving to finish his opera
Turandot. His wife, Elvira, suspects he is having an affair with their young maid,
Doria Manfredi. Elvira blindly accuses Doria and slanders her. In the end, Doria
commits suicide and Elvira breaks down.
Meanwhile in China, apprentice monk Calaf struggles to solve the riddles to win
Turandot’s heart. A wise, elder monk, and a brave slave-girl, Liu, become his allies.
Liu’s sacrifice in the final act of the opera awakens Doria’s ghost and Puccini’s guilt.
The ailing composer looks for some kind of resolution in his work and private life.
None Shall Sleep is a love story that travels across time and space, interweaving
the true story of Puccini’s life with the drama of his renowned opera about the
legendary Chinese princess, Turandot.
None Shall Sleep brings together an international cast in a dramatic, action-filled,
and completely original imagining of Puccini's Turandot, the beautiful princess
who is as alluring as she is deadly.
Set to be stunningly designed and photographed, and accompanied by the most
romantic music the world has ever known, None Shall Sleep will take audiences
from the Eastern and Western realms on a sumptuous, cinematic journey about
creation and the power of love.
Yim Ho is a world-renowned director from Hong Kong.
His film The Sun Has Ears won the Best Director and the
International Film Critics awards at the Berlin Film
Festival. Homecoming won a total of six awards at the
Hong Kong Film Awards and it was recognized as one of
the hundred movie classics in China. The Day the Sun
Turned Cold won both Best Director and Best Film awards
at the Tokyo International Film Festival. Red Dust won
eight awards at Taiwan’s Golden Horse Film Festival.
2012 Floating City
FEATURE FILM
2004 A West Lake Moment
FEATURE FILM
2001 Pavilion of Women
FEATURE FILM
1997 Kitchen
FEATURE FILM
1996 the Sun Has Ears
FEATURE FILM
1994 the Day the Sun turned Cold
FEATURE FILM
1991 King of Chess
FEATURE FILM
1990 red Dust
FEATURE FILM
12 Taiwan Golden Horse Film Awards nominations
1986 the Happening
FEATURE FILM
1984 Homecoming
FEATURE FILM
10 Hong Kong Film Awards nominations
1978 the Extra
FEATURE FILM
Company Profile
Seasonal Film Corporation
Hailed as one of Hong Kong’s most innovative filmmakers, Ng See Yuen started his career in the film
industry in 1967.
Since 2002, Ng has been running his own group of
Cineplex theatres in the main cities of China under the
brand name UME. UME is now composed of 22
Cineplex complexes situated in Beijing, Chongqing,
Shanghai, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Nanjing,
Nantong, Ningbo and Jiaxing, with 350 screens
altogether. Each Cineplex is designed to accommodate
the most advanced audio-visual technologies in line
with the five-star standard.
Among Ng’s many achievements, he also holds office
in the following organizations:
- Chairman of Hong Kong Film Awards Association
(1995-2000)
- Advisor of Hong Kong International Film Festival
- Advisor of Hong Kong Leisure and Cultural Services
Department
- Member of Hong Kong Film Services Advisory
Committee
- Member of Selection Committee of HKSAR
- Member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative
Conference, Shanghai Committee
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The Secret of Caravaggio
Paolo Benvenuti, Paola Baroni
ProjECt INForMAtIoN
original title
Il Segreto di Caravaggio
English title
The Secret of Caravaggio
Screenplay by
Paolo Benvenuti,
Paola Baroni
Format
HD
Shooting Language
Italian
Main Locations
Sicily, Italy
Main Producer
Movie Factory S.r.l.
Lungotevere Flaminio, 80
00196 Rome – Italy
Ph. +39 063232937
Fax +39 063232937
movie_factory
@hotmail.com
www.moviefactorysrl.com
Estimated budget
€ 1.600.000
Financing in place
€ 480.000
Financiers/partners
already involved
Movie Factory S.r.l. (Italy):
€ 320.000
Financial Investors (Italy):
€ 160.000
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Synopsis
On October 9th 1608, Caravaggio lands in Sicily after escaping from his prison in
Malta. He is sentenced to death for murder, and the Pope’s spies are out to arrest
him. In Syracuse, the fugitive is welcomed by his friend Marino Minniti, who
introduces him to the archaeologist and historian Vincenzo Marabella. Marabella
commissions a painting from Caravaggio, who needs lenses and mirrors to create the
“optic room” to paint. Having studied Archimedes’ burning mirrors for years,
Mirabella personally gives Caravaggio all the equipment he needs. As the painter
hides in an abandoned fort, building the complex instrument that projects the
images of the models on the canvas, Minniti tells Mirabella (and us) the
extraordinary becoming of Caravaggio’s technique, as we watch the glorious
creation of one of Caravaggio’s most innovative works: The Burial of Saint Lucy.
Before the enormous painting is exhibited on the day of the Saint’s feast, December
13th, Caravaggio has already escaped.
When it comes to period films, I have always had to face the issue of understanding the
reality of a certain era from that era’s point of view. Through History of Art, we can see
how men of the Middle Ages had a different vision of the world from men of the
Renaissance who, in turn, had a different vision from the period that followed, and so on.
Thanks to the images that have been passed on to us, I was able to pick up on these
thought mutations, and I resorted to the screen to recreate the look of the period I was
narrating. But more often than not, the historical aesthetic I was going for ended up
being similar to the present. I therefore looked back in time for an “accomplice” who,
much like myself, expressed his repudiation for the times he lived in by creating works of
ethical vision to counterbalance ones of corruption. And so I found Michelangelo Merisi
da Caravaggio. Making a film about him and the mystery of his paintings meant I could
express, metaphorically, the ethics of aesthetics. To do this, I needed to find out how he
created the violent realism in his paintings, which continues to marvel us today.
We know of the rigor with which Caravaggio faced his works, much like a film: he
turned to the streets to look for the protagonists of his paintings, his “actors”, and
directed them as they played their part. He used a mirror to move the light of the sun
on their bodies, having them gently surface from the darkness in which they were
usually set. Thanks to this light, he bestowed immortality to his actors. Doesn’t cinema
perform much the same phenomenon?
One could think that the elements in common between Caravaggio and a filmmaker
today would end here, when in fact, there is a theory (that I believe) that this
extraordinary painter, after placing his “actors” on a scene, reproduced their image on
a canvas with the help of a darkroom, the predecessor of cinema.
After completing his Art studies at the Istituto d’Arte
and the Magistero in Florence, Paolo Benvenuti turned
to cinema and started making short films. In the early
70s, in cooperation with RAI, he directed a mediumlength film of historical and cultural value: Medea, il
teatro di Maggio di Buti, which participated at the
Berlin Film Festival in 1973. After working as a
volunteer assistant to directors such as Roberto
Rossellini, Jean Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, in
1982 Benvenuti founded the cineclub ‘Arsenale’ in Pisa,
one of Tuscany’s most popular film club associations,
which to this day holds over 10,000 subscribers. In 1988
Benvenuti debuted with his feature film Judas’ Kiss,
which received critical acclaim at the Venice Film
Festival that same year, when it participated in the
Official Selection. He directed Confortorio in 1992,
Tiburzi in 1996, Gostanza da Libbiano in 2000 and
Secrets of State in 2003. In 2001, he created the Cinema
school ‘Intolerance’ in Viareggio. With the
collaborators and students of the school, and with the
collaboration of photographer Enzo Cei, Benvenuti
worked on Puccini and the Girl, the story of the
disquieting incidents of the life of Giacomo Puccini.
The feature film was released in theatres in 2008, in
occasion of the celebration of the 150th year
anniversary of the composer’s birth.
Company Profile
Movie Factory S.r.l.
Movie Factory S.r.l. is an independent motion picture
production and distribution company founded in 1996
by Francesco Paolo Montini. Movie Factory has
produced and distributed various feature length films,
short films and documentaries, among which: feature
film Perfidia (2013, HD) by Bonifacio Angius, presented
in the International Competition at the 67th Festival of
Locarno; various documentary programs for the RAI
channels between 2009 and 2011; the feature film La
canarina assassinata (2008, 35mm) by Daniele Cascella;
the feature film Mala Tempora (2008, HD) by Stefano
Anselmi; the feature film Basta un niente (2006, HD) by
Ivan Polidoro.
2008 Puccini and the Girl
FEATURE FILM
2003 Secrets of State
FEATURE FILM
2000 Gostanza da Libbiano
FEATURE FILM
1996 tiburzi
FEATURE FILM
1992 Confortorio
FEATURE FILM
1988 judas’ Kiss
FEATURE FILM
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Italy
Menocchio
Alberto Fasulo
ProjECt INForMAtIoN
original title
Menocchio
English title
Menocchio
Screenplay by
Alberto Fasulo,
Enrico Vecchi
Format
1:85
Shooting Language Latin,
Furlan, Vernacular
Main Locations
Friuli, Alps of North-East
Italy, Venice, Vatican,
North-West Slovenia
Main Producer
Nefertiti Film Srl
via P. Amalteo, 68/B
33078 San Vito al
Tagliamento (PN) - Italy
Mob. +39 3389429241
[email protected]
www.nefertitifilm.it
Estimated budget
€ 1.572.000
Financing in place
€ 34.000
Synopsis
Domenico Scandella, known as Menocchio (1526 - 1599), was the miller of a small
town north east of the Italian Alps. He taught people to read and write in the hopes
that they could learn to think for themselves. He wanted a better world, where men
loved each other before they loved God. Although a man of faith, he condemned the
Roman Church at a time when it was desperately trying to resist the Lutheran reform
by controlling the minds and consciences of the people. Menocchio openly criticized
the methods and privileges of the Church, and accused priests of being more
interested in material wealth than in the wellbeing of the poor. By order of the Holy
Roman Inquisition he was put on trial and burned to death in the square of
Portogruaro, Venice, in a morbid, public spectacle that was to serve as a warning to
whoever dared follow his example i.e. that of a free man, determined to think for
himself and to question the dogmas of the Catholic faith.
Choosing to tell Menocchio’s story means invoking the freedom of thought everyone is
entitled to but which is sometimes denied, knowingly or not. It means making a
distinction between religion and faith, where the first is created by humans for humans,
while the second is perceived and lives within humans.
Furthermore, it means looking at my cultural roots and those of my country, of my
continent and every other place where power has crushed (and continues to do so) the
right to free will. Menocchio is a character beyond his time; he is universal and
contemporary because he wants to evoke the right to one’s own freedom of thought.
Menocchio is neither a saint nor a holy messiah, he is made of flesh and blood; he is a man
who is unable and unwilling to be denied of his own mind, not even in front of death.
Born in 1976, Alberto Fasulo started working in the film
industry as an assistant director on fiction and creative
documentaries, learning the trade on film sets. In 2008
he directed and produced his first feature length
documentary Rumore Bianco, which was selected by
many international film festivals and distributed in
theatres in Italy. Declared ‘a new and promising
author’ by the Italian press, in 2013 he directed his first
fiction film Tir, which won the Marc’Aurelio Award for
Best Film at the Rome Film Festival.
Company Profile
Nefertiti Film Srl
Nefertiti Film is an independent production company,
located in Friuli Venezia Giulia, which operates both
on a national and international level. Its productions
are always highly researched and have a strong
authorial feel.
2013 tir
FEATURE FILM
8th International Rome Film Festival:
Golden Marc’Aurelio for Best Film
2010 Break
SHORT DOCUMENTARY
2011 JJA Jazz Award ‐ New York: Finalist
2010 Act of Contrition
SHORT FILM
2011 Vision du reel ‐ Nyon: International Competition
2008 White Noise
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Ischia Film Festival: Ischia Award for Documentary
Golden Ciak: Nomination for Best Debut Film
Financiers/partners
already involved
Nefertiti Film Srl (Italy):
€ 10.000
Fondo audiovisivo Friuli
Venezia Giulia Development (Italy):
€ 24.000
Nora Film (Slovenia):
€ 5.000
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Driftwood Valentine
Giovanni Maderna
ProjECt INForMAtIoN
original title
Driftwood Valentine
Screenplay by
William Brookfield,
Giovanni Maderna
Format
16mm & Mini DV
Shooting Language
English
Main Locations
London, Kent
Main Producer
Ipso Facto Productions
56 Cambridge Road
TW1 2HL Richmond
United Kingdom
Ph. +44 1912302585
[email protected]
www.ipsofactofilms.com
Estimated budget
€ 2.000.000
Financing in place
€ 700.000
Financiers/partners
already involved
Cinedea (Italy):
€ 300.000
Tax Credit (UK):
€ 250.000
Regione Lazio (Italy):
€ 150.000
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Synopsis
Valentine Fitzclare lives on a barge moored on a London canal. A curtain of mystery
and loneliness hides his obsession with filming everyone with an old video-camera, a
relic from his darker days. When Valentine accidentally frames a pair of young lovers
trying to escape with the help of an attractive middle-aged woman, he finds a new
light and strength.
Through the act of filming, Valentine Fitzclare meets two lovers escaping from their
past, and his neighbour on the canal, George, a middle age attractive woman. In
helping each other, they become somewhat of strange family.
I loved the idea of a “normal” person who never reckoned he had a talent or something
to say, and then suddenly, by accident, have his world turned upside down. Like any
real artist, Fitz will keep on filming not because he wants to, not because he has to, but
because he can.
A moving and gripping film, Driftwood Valentine will show the city of London from
the unusual point of view of its waterways. It will draw from my experience with
artists and filmmakers who, much like people who live on the London canal barges, live
in town and at the same time out of it. There is a border, both real and symbolic,
between the “water people” and those who live on the “main land”.
Giovanni Maderna is an award-winning Italian
director. His first short La Place (1995) won Best Film at
the first edition of Nanni Moretti’s Sacher Festival and
his first feature This Is The Garden (Questo è il giardino,
1999) won the Luigi De Laurentiis Award for Debut Film
at the Venice Film Festival in 1999.
He also co-directed Heaven Without Earth (Cielo senza
terra, 2010) with Sara Pozzoli, and Carmela, Saved By
The Buccaneers (Carmela, salvata dai filibustieri, 2012)
co-directed with Mauro Santini, both of which
premiered in the official selection at the Venice Film
Festival. Maderna is also a freelance lecturer in various
universities and films schools such as Milano Film
School, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, IULM
(Milano) and SUPSI (University High School of Italian
Switzerland). As a producer, in 2007 Maderna founded
the company Quarto Film, which has produced
documentaries and feature films like Il paese sottile by
Filippo Ticozzi, Il figlio di Amleto (The Son of Hamlet) by
Francesco Gatti, Et mondana ordinare by Daniela
Persico and Cielo senza terra (Heaven Without Earth) by
Giovanni Maderna and Sara Pozzoli.
Company Profile
Ipso Facto Productions
Ipso Facto Productions is the production company of
producer Christine Alderson . Her last film Snow in
Paradise, the debut of Andrew Hulme, was officially
selected in Un Certain Regard Cannes ’14, represented
internationally by The Match Factory. It will be released
in the UK by Artificial Eye on February 15th.
Other credits include: Irina Palm directed by Sam
Garbarski and starring Marianne Faithfull, which was
selected In Competition at the prestigious 57th Berlin
Film Festival 2007 and won the Screen International’s
Critics Jury Award, and Valhalla Rising by Nicolas
Winding Refn (Drive) which premiered in Toronto,
starring Mads Mikklesen (Casino Royale).
2012 Carmela, saved by the Buccaneers
FEATURE FILM
2010 Heaven without earth
FEATURE FILM
Venice Film Festival 2010:
Official Selection Venice Days
2006 Schopenhauer
FEATURE FILM
Locarno Film Festival 2006
2001 Imperfect Love
FEATURE FILM
1999 this is the Garden
FEATURE FILM
Venice Film Festival 1999: Best Debut Film Award
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The Bizarre Journey of The Soul Traveler
Manetti Bros.
ProjECt INForMAtIoN
English title
The Bizarre Journey of
The Soul Traveler
Screenplay by
Zhong Hua Fu,
Michelangelo La Neve
Shooting Language
Chinese, English
Main Locations
China, Shanghai, Beijing
Main Producer
Huang Chao Ying Shi Gu
Fen You Xian Gong Si
Taiwan Shi, Nan Gang
Qu, Xiang Yang Lu 196
Gang, 27 Hao, 1st floor
115 Taipei, Taiwan - China
Ph. +886 227892532
Fax +886 227852532
kings16600000
@hotmail.com
christianbachini
@hotmail.com
Estimated budget
€ 2.370.000
Financing in place
€ 1.185.000
Financiers/partners
already involved
Private Investor (China):
€ 1.185.000
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Synopsis
The gold-embroidered silk Dharani sutra quilt was created during the late Qing
dynasty and was handed to the Italians as a token of peace during the Eight-Alliance
versus Emperor China warfare. The quilt mysteriously disappeared midway during the
transition. Legend has it that the quilt has magical powers that can render one
invincible and can even bring someone back from the dead… Modern Beijing 2014:
Quentin, a young Italian Interpol agent, worked undercover during a mission
sponsored by the Chinese and Italian governments to retrieve the Dharani sutra quilt.
With the national treasure now successfully retrieved, Quentin is briefed by his
Chinese commander Song Cheng and Italian head agent Joey Vincitori to ensure the
quilt is safely transported to the museum, where it will be donated during a
ceremony. But on the day, Quentin and his fellow agents are ambushed by the
Shadow Serpent, a deadly Japanese mercenary group. Quentin watches Agent Song
Cheng get executed by none other than Joey Vincitori who turns out to be the
mastermind behind the set-up. While fighting for the possession of the quilt,
Quentin is shot in the chest, just as he is holding the quilt. Lightning flashes and he
vanishes… Quentin wakes up and finds himself dressed as a cowboy back in 1900
China. He learns that he wasn’t physically transported to the past, but that his soul
and mind were taken through a time portal and reincarnated into the body of his
ancestor Guerino, who was a traveler in China in 1900. Discovering that the Dharani
sutra quilt was responsible for the time transport, Quentin embarks on a journey to
find it and get back to 2014. With everyone going after Quentin and the Dharani
sutra quilt, will Quentin, the Italian cowboy, be able to “kung fu” his way through
the enemies and return to 2014?
Despite creating very different films every time, our love for mainstream crowdpleasing cinema, fantasy and adventure films is what ties them all together. We also
always look for unlikely stories to tell; ones with characters that are deep and complex
and unpredictable. We want to offer points of view on aspects of daily life in an
unconventional manner, challenging the boundaries of political correctness.
We are intrigued and excited at the idea of shooting a film in China, a spy story with
elements of martial arts, adventure and fantasy. Such an endeavour fits perfectly with
our identity as filmmakers, and we want to approach it in our usual, unique manner:
with the ambition to make a classic, spectacular film with characters that are real and
deep, coated with our trademark sense of humour.
The Manetti Bros. are known in the panorama of
Italian cinema for their love and knowledge of films,
genre or not. They began their career directing several
videos for cinema, such as DeGenerazione in 1995 (the
episode Consegna a domicilio), wich won the Audience
Award at the Myfest in Cattolica, and Torino Boys in
1997 (Special Jury Prize at the Turin Film Festival). In
2000, the two filmmakers directed their debut feature
film Zora the Vampire, inspired by Mario Bava. They went
on to direct the thrillers Piano 17 (2005) and The Arrival of
Wang, and the horror films Human Test and Paura 3D
(2012). Their most recent feature Song’e Napule
premiered at the Rome Film Festival in 2013 and was very
well received both by critics and audiences, resulting one
of the most awarded films of 2014 Italian Cinema.
2013 Song’e Napule
FEATURE FILM
Rome Film Festival 2013: World Premiere
Nastri D’Argento 2014: Best Comedy Award,
Best Soundtrack Award
Italian Golden Globe 2014: Best Comedy Award
David di Donatello 2014: Best Musician Award,
Best Original Song Award
2012 Paura 3D
FEATURE FILM
2011 the Arrival of Wang
FEATURE FILM
2009 Human test
FEATURE FILM
2005 Piano 17
FEATURE FILM
2000 Zora the Vampire
FEATURE FILM
Company Profile
Huang Chao Ying Shi Gu Fen You Xian Gong Si
In 1998, independent producer Tu Yuling established
his own production company Huang Chao Ying Shi Gu
Fen You Xian Gong Si.
After just a year, Tu Yuling's company cooperated with
Mainland China and the Xi'an Film Studio to produce
the film adaptation of the award-winning novel Bai
Mian Hua by 2012 Nobel Prize-winner Muo Yan. This
was followed by the film Qu Lian De Gu shi directed by
Ling Qing Jie and starring Wu QiLong, Su You Peng and
Hao Lei. In 2000, in collaboration with the Shanghai
Film Studio, for the first time under Tu Yuling
Company's label, came the film Yuan, Miao Bu Ke Yan
starring Mainland Star Zhao Wei, He Run Dong and Wu
Qi Long. As of 2002 the company has produced a long
streak of films which focused on the values of modern
elderly families: Pai Fan, Wo De Zuo You Shou, Ni Shi Fou
Yi Rang Ai Wo. To add to the list of quality films is Ye
Hongwei’s Ai Zi De Tian Kong-Xin Ru Ping Hua. In 2010
Huang Chao Ying Shi Gu Fen You Xian Gong Si produced
its most influential movie yet: San Jiao Di, based on the
award-winning novel by the same name by Cao
Wenxun. Thanks to the film’s success, the company was
placed in the list of the top quality Chinese production
companies operating in recent years.
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White Shadows
Fabio Mollo
ProjECt INForMAtIoN
original title
White Shadows
Screenplay by
Fabio Mollo,
Damiano Brue'
Format
HD
Shooting Language
English
Main Locations
Ontario, Canada
Synopsis
Teenagers Andros and Alma are brother and sister. Though very different, they have a
very strong bond. They grew up in a house in the woods which the boy sees as a prison,
whilst the girl sees it as a warm and safe shelter. But both of them know it is the place
that their father wanted them to live in, grow up in, and probably eventually die in.
Their father raised them in that place secluded from the civilized world for their own
good, seeing it as the only way to protect them from the evil that lies beyond the
forest. Forcing them to live in the dark of the night meant protecting them from the
evil “creatures”, that live and move in the daylight; those “white shadows” that get
inside your mind and force you to see what you don’t want to see, hear what you
don’t want to hear and do what you don’t want to do.
Main Producer
Ascent Film
Via Montello, 30
00195 Rome - Italy
Ph. +39 0632600267
Fax +39 0632600270
[email protected]
www.ascentfilm.com
Estimated budget
€ 1.200.000
Financing in place
€ 40.000
Financiers/partners
already involved
Rai Cinema (Italy):
€ 40.000
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I come from a bad place which, as an adolescent, I dreamt of running away from.
When I finally did, I realized that, no matter how far away I escaped, that place would
stay inside of me forever. On the 2nd of March 1998, ten-year-old Natascha Kampusch
was kidnapped by a man from the street in front of her house. For 8 years she lived
segregated in the basement of her abductor’s house in a residential neighbourhood of an
Austrian town, and despite having several opportunities to escape, she never did. Until
one day she decided to simply walk away and ask for help, causing the suicidal death of
her kidnapper. Natascha is now free, but she has decided to buy the house in which she
was imprisoned to prevent it from being demolished. This was classified as Stockholm
Syndrome. Beyond the scientific term, this inability to flee from evil is a very human
condition. This aspect is what inspired the idea for White Shadows. Alma is at the edge
of discovering what she has always known within herself, and dealing with accepting the
truth. She always had the “key” to her freedom, but has always been afraid to use it.
Andros represents rebellion and the instinct of survival: he pushes Alma to tear apart the
‘Maya Veil’ (to quote Schopenhauer) and take hold of their own identity. Their bond is
based both on love and crime, something which Alma is more aware of than Andros.
In terms of writing, I want to focus on the characters and their upbringing, building
up the tension and the moments of revelation, and investigating the boundary
between truth and lie. I want to tell this story from the point of view of Alma, a young
woman who has always lived in a way which she thought was special, to then
discover it was all a lie; accepting this lie proves to be difficult, as it would mean losing
the only life she thinks is possible.
Visually, I want to bring to the screen the relationship between man and nature by
avoiding the “supernatural” style, and focusing instead on what we see and what we
think we see. I don’t want to show the white shadows entirely, but rather have them
live in the verbal realm, exactly like the lies. White Shadows is a story which explores
the strengths and weaknesses of the human soul, the transcendental aspect of nature
and the mind. Freedom is not merely rebellion: it is first and foremost knowledge.
Writer and director born in Reggio Calabria, Italy, in
1980, Fabio Mollo studied filmmaking at the Centro
Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome and worked
regularly as assistant director.
He directed several shorts and documentaries, including
Al Buio (62nd Venice Film Festival) and Giganti (53th
Berlinale, Best Short at the Torino Film Festival, the
International Press Award at Clermont Ferrand).
He was a selected participant of the Atelier de la
Cinefondation du 64° Festival de Cannes and of the
Talent Lab of the Toronto International Film Festival.
He also won the Universal Filmmaster Program in Los
Angeles, the Young Italian Filmmaker Prize in New
York, and the Torino Film Lab Production Award.
Il Sud è Niente (South is Nothing), is his first feature
film. It was presented at the 64° Berlinale, 38° Toronto
International Film Festival, 8°Rome Film Festival. Fabio
was nominated for Best New Director at the Silver
Ribbon Italian Film Critics Awards and the Italian
Golden Globe Awards and won several national prizes.
Company Profile
Ascent Film
Ascent Films was founded in 2003 as an independent
production company which supports the voices and
visions of the emerging talents of the Italian and
European audiovisual industry. Research, experience
and enthusiasm are the components which continue to
distinguish Ascent Film. The different professional
backgrounds of its members contribute to strengthen
the company’s relationship with producers,
distributors, and Italian and foreign financiers. Thanks
to its relationship with talented screenwriters and
directors, Ascent Film offers high quality standards of
filmmaking to productions that are accessible to all
audiences. The acquisition of literary rights for both
films and TV projects is also at the core of Ascent Films.
2013 South is Nothing
FEATURE FILM
64° Berlinale: Official Selection
38° Toronto International Film Festival: Official Selection
8° Festival Internazional del Film di Roma - Alice nella
Città: Official Selection
2010 Naples 24
COLLECTIVE DOCUMENTARY
29° Torino Film Festival
2007 Giants
SHORT FILM
25° Torino Film Festival: Best Short
30° Clermont-Ferrand: Special Mention of the Press Jury
58° Berlinale: Official Selection and Competition
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The Hamlet Method
Marco Simon Puccioni
ProjECt INForMAtIoN
original title
Il Metodo Amleto
English title
The Hamlet Method
Screenplay by
Giovanni Cassinelli,
Tommaso Renzoni,
collaboration
by Robert Booth
Format HD
Shooting Language
English
Main Locations
Italy, UK
Main Producer
Wider Films
P.za Manfredo Fanti 22
00185 Roma - Italy
Ph. +39 0683081055
[email protected]
www.widerfilms.com
Estimated budget
€ 1.504.286,32
Financing in place
€ 100.000
Financiers/partners
already involved
Wider Films (Italy):
€ 100.000
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Synopsis
Upon hearing of his parent’s decision to separate, teenager Matteo initially reacts
with indifference. But his emotional state is quickly altered since he won’t be facing
a typical split, seeing as his parents are a gay couple.
All this could not happen at more confusing moment. Matteo has just befriended
school-mate Sara, developing more than just mere attraction for her. He soon
realizes he must help his parents come together, and looks for help in his best friend
Mercutio, a young gay boy dealing with his own issues.
Matteo decides to put on stage his parent’s love story, hoping that a trip down
memory lane will help bring them closer again. But in the process, unforeseen events
take place, and in the end only friendship and love will eventually save the day.
Many of the issues narrated in the script strike a personal chord with me, hence my
drive to direct this film.
But the story has a universal appeal; it portrays a number of events that could occur in
anyone’s future, including my own. It is told from the eyes of child, that could even be
one of my own years from now.
Aside from my personal motivations, the film deals with the ever-changing landscape
of “modern families” through the point of view of a teenager dealing with love for the
first time, whilst trying to save his unconventional family.
The story deals with a father-son relationship in a family made up of two fathers and
no mother. It investigates what it means to be a son and a father, when you have no
certainty on your blood ties.
Marco Simon Puccioni studied architecture in Rome
and film at CalArts in Los Angeles. He directed several
shorts and documentaries and made his feature film
debut in 2002 with Quello Che Cerchi, nominated for
Best New Director at the David di Donatello Awards.
His second feature Riparo opened at the Berlin Film
Festival in 2007 and participated in over 100
international festivals. The film won several awards
and was distributed in different countries.
The feature documentary Il Colore delle Parole opened
at the Venice Film Festival in 2009.
Come il Vento, his third feature, starring Valeria Golino,
premiered at the Rome Film Festival in 2013. It was
recently released in France and Italy, and was highly
acclaimed by the press.
Prima di Tutto, a self-filmed documentary on same-sex
families, was aired by Rai and in other countries. He is a
co-founder of the writers and directors guild "100 autori"
and “Ring”.
Company Profile
Wider Films
Established in 2012, Wider Films began its distribution
activities by acquiring art house titles such as
Appartamento ad Atene, Miss Violence, Fruitvale
Station, The Congress and, more recently, the Italian
comedy Maicol Jecson.
Made up of a young and cosmopolitan team, in April
2014 Wider went on to extend its activities by
launching its own development department.
Wider aims to develop and produce international film
projects able to cater to audiences worldwide.
2013 Like the Wind
FEATURE FILM
Rome Film Festival 2013
2012 Before Anything Else
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
2009 the Color of the Words
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
2007 Shelter me
FEATURE FILM
Berlin film festival 2007
2002 What are you looking for
FEATURE FILM
David di Donatello Awards:
nominated for Best New Director
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Italy
Sosia
Zapruder
ProjECt INForMAtIoN
original title
Sosia
English title
Lookalike
Screenplay by
Nadia Ranocchi, David
Zamagni, Claudia
Castellucci
Shooting Language
Italian
Main Locations
Mountains TBD
Main Producer
999 Films
Via Emilio Faà di Bruno, 10
00195 Rome - Italy
Ph. +39 063724361
[email protected]
www.999films.it
Cinemaundici
Via Giuseppe Avezzana 51
00195 Roma - Italy
Ph: +39 06 45478610
olivia.musini
@cinemaundici.it
www.cinemaundici.it
Estimated budget
€ 720.000
Financing in place
€ 167.000
Financiers/partners
already involved
999 Films (Italy) +
Cinemaundici (Italy):
€ 72.000
Mibac - Tax Credit (Italy):
€ 95.000
184
Synopsis
In a stately mountain landscape, the lives of Leslie, Jett and JD are marked by the
arrival of Bic Benedict, a controversial preacher and professional life-coach on a
spiritual tour to promote his book and attract new followers.
Bic spreads his doctrines through “Meetings” during which numerous good-will
citizens come together in the name of a religiously inspired credo that celebrates
wealth, honesty and collective growth. During the meetings, participants are called
to overcome their fears by drinking strychnine and manipulating snakes in the name
of the Holy Ghost, which symbolizes the breath of life and the promise of a new
wisdom to come. When Bic is bitten by a snake and confronted with its deadly
poison, he falls into a delirious quest leading all the protagonists to a crucial turn.
From this point onwards, the characters take on a new dimension and cross paths at
Jett’s Gas Station, a mimetic threshold where their destiny will be fulfilled.
The idea of creating a visionary journey through a parallel territory has always been
essential for our films. When it came to Sosia, we were driven by two elements: the actoridol figure, emphasizing the importance of imitation, and the film Giant, by George
Stevens. We wanted to pick up on its trail and update the context without creating a
remake, but rather echo its imprint. For the atmosphere of the film, we were inspired by
the American Holiness Church, and by a new “generation” of followers (and the style of
their meetings) that emerged after Peter Adair’s documentary Holy Ghost People.
David Zamagni and Nadia Ranocchi work together as
directors and filmmakers under the name Zapruder.
Zapruder’s research is based on a blend of artisanal
and autonomous practice, techniques of early cinema
and theatre collaborations (with Motus, Fanny &
Alexander, Societas Raffaello Sanzio). Zapruder’s film
projects are flexible cinematic devices in which threedimensional sound and tactile vision are a recurring
theme, often related to visual and performative arts.
This is what Zapruder defines Chamber Cinema, some
sort of incarnated environment and disembodied
theatre. In 2000 they founded with Monaldo Moretti
ZAPRUDERfilmakersgroup, an art-house engaged in
independent movie-making.
2012 the rats Leave the Ship
SHORT FILM
2012 Pletora
SHORT FILM
2011 Spell
SHORT FILM
2010 joule
SHORT FILM
2010 All Inclusive
MEDIUM FILM
2007 Daimon
MEDIUM FILM
2005 Morning Smile
SHORT FILM
2004 rebus per Ada
SHORT FILM
2002 Doggy bag with spring roll
SHORT FILM
2002 j.G.
SHORT FILM
2002 totentanz
SHORT FILM
2001 Spring roll
SHORT FILM
2000 H.o.L.Y.
SHORT FILM
Company Profile
999 Films
999 Films is a production company founded in 2011 by
two producers and one director, who joined forces to
create daring films aimed at an international market.
The company has a strong background in music videos,
advertising and branding and approaches feature films
with youthful enthusiasm, but is backed up by 20 years
of experience in making compelling, visionary and
engaging video contents. In three years of activity, 999
Films has produced the thriller At the End of the Day,
the coming-of-age comedy Maicol Jecson, and the
experimental documentary Glaucocamaleo, as well as
providing production services for foreign films
shooting in Italy (namely for Spring by J. Benson and
Art Addict by L. Vreeland).
Cinemaundici
In 1998 Luigi Musini and Roberto Cicutto joined director
Ermanno Olmi, no longer in the executive board, in the
production company Cinemaundici. They have coproduced Jacques Rivette’s Histoire de Marie et Julien, Ne
touchez pas la hache and 36 Vues du Pic Saint Loup, Otar
Ioselliani’s Lundi matin and Jardins en Automne, and
Ermanno Olmi’s Il mestiere delle armi, Cantando dietro i
paraventi and Centochiodi.
In 2014 the Company has presented Francesco Munzi’s
Black Souls in Venice Film Festival and TIFF and is in post
production with Paolo and Vittorio Taviani’s new feature.
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Luxembourg
1313 - Dante's Emperor
Bady Minck
ProjECt INForMAtIoN
original title
1313 - Dante's Emperor
Screenplay by
Guig Jost, Bady Minck
Shooting Language
Luxembourgish, Italian,
German, French
Main Locations
Luxembourg, Italy
Main Producer
Amour Fou
49-51 rue de Warken
L-9088 Ettelbruck Luxembourg
Ph. +352 8116811
Fax +352 81168182
christian.mueller
@amourfoufilm.com
www.amourfoufilm.com
Estimated budget
€ 4.000.000
Financing in place
€ 250.000
Financiers/partners
already involved
Film Fund Luxembourg
FONSPA (Luxembourg):
€ 120.000
Amour Fou Luxembourg
(Luxembourg ): € 80.000
Amour Fou Vienna
(Austria ): € 50.000
186
Synopsis
After 700 years Henri VII of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Emperor, returns to this life in
order to find out what remains of his family, his empire and his dream of an ideal
society. To master the journey to the numerous territories of his Empire, he uses
underground canals and tunnels.
While in this parallel world consisting of corridors, caves and rivers he meets an old
acquaintance, Dante Alighieri, who glorified and immortalised Henri in his Divine
Comedy 700 years ago. Dante is still occupied with researching the inferno,
purgatory and paradise though now with the aid of advanced computer technology.
Whereas Henri VII is able to find only very few traces of his family in Luxembourg, he
finds much more has survived in Prague, Nuremberg and especially in Italy. Here he
discovers not only magnificent statues and tombs but also a memorial culture that is
very much alive: everywhere he finds busy preparations underway to celebrate the
700th anniversary of his death. 1313 - Dante’s Emperor shows that history is not past and done with but something
that changes and is subject to continuous transformation. Historical figures live on
today in the deep layers of the subconscious of our planet and influence world events.
I have always been fascinated by historical figures, whether real or mythical, and they
have inspired me in many ways. Henri VII, whose aim was, due to his role as Holy
Roman Emperor, to reunite the fragmented European empires, especially fascinates
me. I was amazed about Dante’s admiration for - as he called him - Arrigo VII, whom
he honoured in his Divine Comedy praising him as the ideal ruler and placing him in
Paradise. I picked up on the appeal of these two visionaries combined: a duality
between art and politics, ruler and persecuted, Italian and Luxembourgish, past and
future. I am looking for a cosmos that unites two opposites, linking the long-gone 14th
century world to the present. I see Arrigo VII riding his horse as he explores the presentday world, meets Dante in the underworld and explores the Inferno. I want to bring
Arrigo back to life at the age of 33, and I imagine him as strong and delicate as Joan of
Arc but also as curious as Don Quixote.
The film will include the wonderful drawings from the Codex Balduini, which depict
Arrigo’s life as a sort of medieval comic-strip; some of this pictures will be re-enacted.
Mirroring Dante’s tripartite division of his Comedy, the film will have a three-part
structure: Arrigo’s life will be told based on three Italian legends. My aim is to
implement the visions which Dante created in his Divine Comedy into the present. The
medieval scenes are supposed to be shot within a décor and architecture that are
appropriately reconstructed through the use of 13th and 14th century paintings. Thus,
this technique allows creating a visual bridge between the high level of craft of that
time and current tendencies.
The film will be a retro-futuristic icon painting, an interlace of past, present and future.
Born in Luxembourg, Bady Minck works as an artist
and filmmaker in Luxembourg and Vienna. Her films
have participated in over 600 international film
festivals, including Cannes and Berlin, and have
received numerous awards and special mentions.
They have taken part in more than 40 retrospectives
in 4 continents.
Sonderzahl Verlag has published a book about her film
In the Beginnning was the Eye. Her work was presented
at the Biennale di Venezia, the Moscow Biennale, the
Centre Pompidou in Paris and at the Lincoln Center of
New York. In 2009 Minck was a member of the Orizzonti
jury at the Venice Film Festival. She is the founder of the
production company Amour Fou Luxembourg, and a
founding member of Amour Fou Vienna.
Company Profile
Amour Fou Luxembourg Sàrl
Founded in Luxembourg in 1995 and in Vienna in 2001,
Amour Fou Luxembourg and Amour Fou Vienna realize
artistically exceptional feature, documentary and short
films for the international market with international
and, most frequently, European partners. Throughout
the process Amour Fou stands for vision and pushing
the envelope, whether in regard to aesthetics,
production or distribution strategies. The focus is on
European independent auteur cinema and the
distinctive “handwriting” of the directors who work
with Amour Fou. The associate partners of Amour Fou
Vienna and Amour Fou Luxembourg are Bady Minck
and Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu.
2008 SEEMS to BE
SHORT FILM
Berlinale 2008
2007 FrEE rADICALS
FEATURE FILM
Biennale di Venezia 2007
2007 BEING AND NotHINGNESS
SHORT FILM
IFF Rotterdam 2007
2005 tHE BEAUtY IS tHE BEASt
SHORT FILM
IFF Rotterdam 2005
2003 IN tHE BEGINNING WAS tHE EYE
MEDIUM FILM
Cannes 2003
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Netherlands
Porcelain
Janneke Boeijink
ProjECt INForMAtIoN
original title
Porselein
English title
Porcelain
Screenplay by
Thibaud Delpeut,
Jenneke Boeijink
Format HD
Shooting Language
Dutch, French, Italian
Main Locations
Netherlands, Belgium,
Italy
Main Producer
CtM Pictures
Emmastraat 21
1211 NE Hilversum
Netherlands
Ph. +31 356474040
Fax +31 356474049
[email protected]
www.ctmlevpictures.com
Estimated budget
€ 1.215.000
Financing in place
€ 265.000
Financiers/partners
already involved
Dutch Film Fund
(Netherlands): € 225.000
CTM Pictures
(Netherlands): € 40.000
188
Synopsis
Porcelain is the disturbing story, a nightmare even, of how a family, a relationship
and a social status succumb to the pressures of fate. Paul and Anna, a couple at the
top of the social scale, have a son Thomas. Their lives are a carefully planned set of
choices, decisions and goals. They have their own small world, consisting of three
people and they are the only ones allowed to have control over their lives. But this
conviction also makes them lonely, because they don't genuinely let anyone in, not
even each other. When Thomas, out of nowhere, bites a classmate's arm, he cracks
Anna and Paul's uninfringeable lives. Anna immediately becomes insecure, and the
event touches upon her biggest fear: that she is not suited for motherhood. Paul
suppresses everything and brushes it off as being an accident. When Thomas ends
up in the hospital Paul can no longer deny that something real is going on.
Porcelain is a film about the disruptive effect of confronting what we don’t
understand in our lives. It is also a film about the necessity of accepting that our
existence, as well as nature, is subject to chaos.
The world Paul and Anna have created for themselves is as sophisticated and fragile as
the porcelain pieces Anna restores. There is no room in their lives for anything rough,
unpolished, or unannounced. There is a huge feeling of emptiness inside them and
between them, but they deny it. The abyss inside each of them is covered up by the
presence of the other person. This is symptomatic of the modern Western world, where
people now have full control over their fate, but are unable to carry this fate by
themselves. There is no help from God or some other supreme authority, that can ward
off the fear and the feeling of endless futility. Being happy is an obligation and if you
can't make this happen you only have yourself to blame.
Jenneke Boeijink graduated in Psychology but also
followed courses in film and TV sciences. At the Film
Academy she made several shorts including Iris, De
Hospita, Zo Terug, an interpretation of the Orpheus &
Eurydice myth, and a documentary about the Pope’s
attitude on homosexuality, Dear Pope. Her graduation
film Schermen won the Jury Award at the Milan I've
Seen Films International Film Festival.
Boeijink went on to make the short documentaries
Aviva and Iberia on composer Issac Albeniz. In 2010, her
TV film Proces, about the impossible relationship
between a killer and the victim’s widow, was
nominated for Best TV Drama at the Dutch Film
Festival. In 2012 her TV film Terug was selected for
competition at the Dutch Film Festival.
Boeijink teaches Film Studies at the University of
Amsterdam.
Company Profile
CtM Pictures
CTM Pictures is run by Denis Wigman and Sander
Verdonk, combining over 30 years of experience in
producing feature films and documentaries. The
projects developed by CTM Pictures are characterized
by originality and always have a commercial and
international potential. This often leads to films with
an artistic sensibility that appeal to a wide audience. It
is the goal of CTM Pictures to continue producing films
and documentaries on an international level. Therefore,
co-operation with European and other international
producers is essential to CTM Pictures’ success.
2012 terug
TV FILM
Dutch Film Festival: in Competition
2010 Proces
TV FILM
Dutch Film Festival: Best TV Drama Nomination
2008 Iberia
SHORT DOCUMENTARY
2008 Aviva
SHORT DOCUMENTARY
2007 Schemeren
SHORT FILM
Milan I've Seen Films International Film Festival:
Jury Award
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Peru
Retablo
Alvaro Delgado Aparicio
ProjECt INForMAtIoN
original title
Retablo
Screenplay by
Alvaro Delgado Aparicio,
Héctor Gálvez
Format
4K Red One
Shooting Language
Spanish
Main Locations
Ayacucho, Perú
Main Producer
SIrI Producciones
Camino Real 390,
Torre Central, Piso 11,
San Isidro
Lima 27, Perú.
Ph. +511 5133030
Fax +511 5133050
[email protected]
SHPN3 Films
Selchower Str. 30
12049 Berlin - Germany
[email protected]
www.shpn.de
Estimated budget
€ 697.000
Financing in place
€ 270.000
Financiers/partners
already involved
Ministerio de Cultura,
DAFO 2014 (Peru):
€ 150.000
Private sponsorship
(Peru): € 120.000
190
Synopsis
Segundo Jimenez, a shy and reserved thirteen year old boy, lives with his father Noe
and his mother Anatolia in a remote community of the Peruvian Andes. Noe is
renowned for making Retablos (portable story boxes), and Segundo helps him in the
workshop and accompanies him on all his trips. Although their relationship is cold
and distant like that of many fathers and sons in the Peruvian Andes, there is also
affection and it is more like one of a great master with his apprentice. Segundo
spends almost all his time working on the Retablos rather than hanging out with
friends, with the exception of Mardonio. Like all boys his age, Mardonio spends most
of his time talking about women and sex. These conversations only make Segundo
uncomfortable but he goes along with them trying to hide his sexual inexperience.
On one of their longer trips, Segundo accidentally sees his father having a sexual
encounter with a truck driver. This image makes such a strong impression on him that
he can’t bring himself to confront his father or even tell his mother what he
witnessed. His admiration for Noe is destroyed. Segundo is not aware of this, but he
no longer works with the same enthusiasm, he questions all his father´s comings and
goings and no longer shares all the respect people have for the maestro Retablo
maker. The confusion caused by what he has witnessed and which he keeps secret
makes Segundo try to find ever increasing and explosive ways to demonstrate his
own masculinity. If before he was trying to be like his father, now he is trying to break
with his entire past.
In the midst of these contradictions, Noe’s homosexuality is discovered and he is
physically humiliated. All those who had previously respected him now ignore and
despise him and no longer want his sophisticated Retablos. Anatolia also leaves him.
As Segundo is the only one who doesn’t abandon him, the degree of dependency he
has on him becomes stronger. Now the two men will try to live together,
accompanied only by the story-box figurines who just as throughout the whole story,
continue to observe them.
What interests me more than capturing the transformations of human relationships
are the different levels of complexity that one finds in any human bond. Particularly,
the way sensuous internal images are communicated through the eyes, ears or pores of
the skin. Retablo is a portrait of a particular father-son relationship from the point of
view of Segundo. My intention is to explore the following questions: what happens
when the father figure we admire collapses? How does a 13-year-old from a chauvinistic
society deal with this experience? How do we cope with the sense of void? When one
wants to break free, why does dependency prevail? Can tolerance and acceptance be
regained? The inspiration for this project is the Peruvian “Retablo”, a sophisticated
Andean folk art in the form of portable static story-boxes which depict religious,
historical and everyday events. Retablo is a film that moves from a contemplative
“story-box” state to a present one where Segundo feels as if a ghost is entering his body.
He doesn’t know what is happening to him. That is why I am making this film.
During his university studies in Economics and
Business Management, and Organizational
Psychology, both in London, Alvaro Delgado Aparicio
attended film directing workshops at the London Film
Academy. In 2010, he wrote and directed his first short
film ¿Me Puedes Ver? (Can you see me?) which had its
world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival. It won
the Audience and Jury award at the Latin American
Film Festival.
El Acompañante (The Companion) is his second short
film as a writer and director which won the Peruvian
National Short film award and was a finalist at the 2013
Sundance Film Festival and Rotterdam International
Film Festival. It has been officially selected in more
than 80 film festivals around the world including Palm
Springs, Outfest, San Francisco, Indie Lisboa, La
Habana, Miami, Dokufest, among others. Furthermore,
it had a Best Director nomination at the World
Independent Film Awards.
At the moment, Alvaro is working on his first feature
length film Retablo through the Sundance Feature Film
Program Lab which will enter in production in 2015.
Retablo has already won the CINEREACH Foundation
Feature Film Grant, and the Peruvian National Feature
Film Project Award by DAFO, Ministerio de Cultura.
2010 Can you see me?
SHORT FILM
Latin American Film Festival: Audience and Jury award
2013 the Companion
SHORT FILM
Sundance Film Festival: Official Selection
International Film Festival Rotterdam: Official Selection
Peruvian National Short Film Awards:
Best Short Film Award
World Independent Film Awards:
Best Director Nomination
Producers’ Profile
Enid Campos graduated in Communication Sciences
from the University of Lima. She founded Chullachaki
Producciones, a film production company dedicated to
developing projects that portray in a creative and
economically viable way, Peru´s social urgencies.
Chullachaki´s aim is to produce films of international
quality, with worldwide commercial appeal, and
promoting co-productions between Peru and the rest
of the world.
With nearly 15 years of experience, Campos has
produced over 20 Peruvian feature films including:
Magallanes (Direc: Salvador del Solar, 2014), NN (Direc:
Héctor Gálvez, 2014); Viejos Amigos (Direc: Fernando
Villarán, 2013) Climas (Direc: Enrica Perez, 2013); Las
Malas Intenciones (Direc: Rosario Garcia-Montero,
2011); Sonidos Vivos (Direc: Luis Quequezana, 2010);
Paraiso (Direc: Héctor Gálvez, 2009); Dioses (Direc:
Josué Méndez, 2008), El Acuarelista (Direc: Daniel
Rodriguez, 2007); Madeinusa (Direc: Claudia Llosa,
2006); Dias De Santiago (Josué Méndez, 2003); Paloma
De Papel (Direc: Fabrizio Aguilar, 2004); El Destino No
Tiene Favoritos (Direc: Alvaro Velarde, 2002).
Many of these productions have won national and
international awards and have been officially selected in
many international film festivals including Sundance,
Berlin, Venice, Toronto, Rotterdam, among others.
Campos was the producer of the short film El
Acompañante (The Companion, 2012), written and
directed by Alvaro Delgado-Aparicio.
SHPN3 Films
Simone Schuchert and Lasse Scharpen founded SHPN3
Films in 2012. They are based in Berlin, Kreuzberg. Most
recently they have produced the feature films Echolot
(2013) and At Home (2014) which both premiered at the
Berlinale. The films have been successfully taking their
turns on the international festival circuit. At Home has
been theatrically released in Europe in September.
Currently they are in preproduction of their new film
We are the flood which is set to shoot in November.
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Romania
Charlton Heston
Andrei Cretulescu
ProjECt INForMAtIoN
English title
Charlton Heston
Screenplay by
Andrei Cretulescu
Format
HD, 1:2.35
Shooting Language
Romanian
Main Locations
Bucharest, Constanta
Main Producer
Icon Production
17 Ferdinand Blvd., ap. 5,
district 2
021381 Bucharest
Romania
Tel. +40 723567597
[email protected]
Estimated budget
€ 543.000
Financing in place
€ 195.000
Financiers/partners
already involved
Icon Production
(Romania): € 145.000
Kinosseur Productions
(Romania): € 50.000
192
Synopsis
On the day of his 42nd birthday (a Friday), and just a few weeks after the death of his
wife Ioana, a drunken and disconsolate Alexandru is visited by Sebastian, who
introduces himself as Ioana's lover of the past five months. Alexandru hits the young
man and pulls him into the house. Exhausted, Alexandru falls asleep in an armchair.
Saturday morning: Sebastian tells Alexandru the details of his love story with Ioana.
He wants to know everything about the woman he still loves, he wants to help
Alexandru overcome his huge loss and finally, he hopes Alexandru will help him get
over that very same loss.
Sunday: Alexandru takes Sebastian to lunch at Ioana's parents. Gathered around the
table, for a while they eat in silence. Alexandru tells them that Sebastian and Ioana
used to be lovers. Lunch is over.
Monday: Alexandru takes Sebastian to the seaside and stops the car in front of a
villa. Sebastian is shocked – how does Alexandru know where he spent his first night
together with Ioana? Alexandru knows the villa just as well as he does – this is where
he and Ioana spent their honeymoon and all their summer holidays... For the first
time, Alexandru starts crying. Sebastian hugs him.
Tuesday morning: Sebastian comes to the boardwalk to say goodbye. Alexandru
smiles; in another life, they could have been best friends. But this is not the case...
Sebastian exits Alexandru's life as unexpectedly as he entered it.
This is the story of an impossible love and the story of an unlikely friendship. It is a
story about people, about love, about relationships. It addresses those who love and
who will love, those who cherish love and those who look at love with contempt. It will
be a film about regret and sadness, but treated in a careful and subtle key, neither
forced nor aggressive. It will become a colorful film, raw; set in a particular universe, a
Bucharest of today - but still idealist and intellectual - filtered through a classical /
retro approach supported by the music of the '60s.
Though the film's first half takes place in an old house, this old house becomes a third,
main character of the story thus sound design will play a very significant part in
establishing the mood of the film.
It will be a film that will not be afraid to ask the viewers something that they haven't
been asked for a long time - to be touched by it. It will be a movie that dares to ask the
audience to laugh and cry, sometimes in the same scene. It will be a sad movie, but not
a desperate one; it will be a funny movie, but not a happy one.
A former film critic, Andrei started working for HBO
Romania in 1999, where he was in charge of the “On
Air” department. In 2008, he became Creative Manager
of the “Original Production” department within the
same company and went to produce In deriva (an
adaptation of HBO US’s In Treatment), the first HBO
European original series, and nine original
documentaries, including The World According to Ion B.
(by Alexander Nanau), which won the Emmy
International Award for the Best Arts Programming. In
2011 he left HBO and started his own production
company, Kinosseur. His credits as film producer
include the feature Killing Time (by Florin Piersic Jr),
selected in the official programme of international
festivals such as Warsaw, Transilvania and Cottbus,
and two shorts (which he also directed), Bad Penny and
Kowalski. He has just finished shooting his third
independently financed short, Ramona. Andrei is
currently in pre-production with his first national fundsupported project, the feature Charlton Heston, which
he'll shoot in 2015.
2013 Bad Penny
SHORT FILM
Transilvania International Film Festival 2013:
"Romanian Days" Shorts competition
Cambridge Film Festival 2013: Shorts competition
Lund Fantastic Film Festival 2013: Shorts competition
Brest International Film Festival 2013: International
Shorts competition
2014 Kowalski
SHORT FILM
Transilvania International Film Festival 2014:
"Romanian Days" Shorts competition
Warsaw Film Festival 2014: International Shorts
competition
Zagreb Film Festival 2014: International Shorts
competition
Company Profile
Icon Production
Icon Production is an independent film/TV production
company founded in 1994, which focuses on producing
feature films, documentaries and short films.
Among its productions: the feature documentary The
Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu (2010) by Andrei
Ujica, an exploration of the image of the Romanian
dictator Nicolae Ceausescu using unseen official
footage from the Romanian National Television and
National Film Archives. The film participated in various
international festivals, such as: Cannes, Munich,
Melbourne, Cinema du Reel, New York, Estoril,
Stockholm, Thessaloniki and Hong Kong. The feature
film Quod Erat Demontrandum (formerly known as The
Escape) (2013), written and directed by Andrei
Gruzsniczki, is a story of friendship and betrayal during
the communist era, involving a mathematician who
just published a paper in an American scientific
magazine. The film had its world premiere in Official
Competition at the Rome International Film Festival
2013 where it won the Special Jury Prize. The short film
Horse Power was selected in the official competition of
Locarno 2014.
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South Africa
Alex on 7th
Engelbert Phiri
ProjECt INForMAtIoN
original title
Alex on 7th
Screenplay by
Engelbert Phiri
Format
HD 16:9
Shooting Language
English, Zulu
Main Locations
Alexdra, Johannesburg
Main Producer
Xcut Studios PtY ltd
134 Grayston Drive,
Grayston Mews, First Floor
Sandton - South Africa
Ph. +27 117846278
[email protected]
Estimated budget
€ 143.557,33
Financing in place
€ 22.000
Financiers/partners
already involved
Xcut Studios
(South Africa): € 22.000
194
Synopsis
The suburb of Sandton in Johannesburg, South Africa, is a real eye-opener. Known
among property agents as “Africa’s richest square mile”, Sandton is the office location
of choice for multinational investment banks and brokerages. Black and white rub
shoulders easily, discreetly checking out each other’s watches and frocks. The riches of
Sandton stand out all the more sharply because its glittering office towers are just
two kilometres away from Alexandra Township, one of Johannesburg’s oldest and
poorest shantytowns. “Alex”, as Alexandra Township is popularly known, is just a
stone’s throw away from the luxury and privilege of the Sandton suburb, and the
socio-economic situation of the two areas couldn’t be more disparate. Along Seventh
Street in Alexandra lives 83 year-old Claire. In her yard is a tiny gym made of
corrugated scrap iron, nurtures the dreams of her township’s young men. The gym
doubles up as a tattoo parlour and fine art studio. Claire is determined to help the
guys beat the odds and use bodybuilding, boxing and weightlifting as well as other
creative means as an escape from poverty and despair, rarely found in their tough
day-to-day lives. Alex On 7th is a series of intimate portraits of great-grandmother
Claire; Lulu, her nine year old cat; and Tumi, Gino, João and Bongani, who are all trying
to earn a living from the only thing they have - their bodies. These four men are trying
to find a way to balance their physical reality with the futures they dream of
achieving. Alex On 7th is a cinematic, artistic, visual and character-driven portrait of
African youth being guided by a wise and courageous 84-year-old great grandmother,
seen not through the typical lens of poverty but rather of ambition and hope.
Engelbert Phiri studied Graphic Design and later Media
and Communication Studies. He balances independent
filmmaking with work as an award-winning senior
creative at one of South Africa’s leading advertising
agencies. He has written a number of short films
including the award-winning Bloodstones, and directed
the grant-winning short Stanley that ran the
international festival circuit. He is developing another
feature documentary project entitled Spirits of The
Karoo. ‘I want to grow as a visionary filmmaker and,
through film, engage audiences to motivate a positive
change. I believe that creative documentary is a
mechanism through which art and stories truly can
make a difference. I yearn to tell character-driven
stories that humanise social issues and challenge our
perception of the world’.
Company Profile
Xcut Studios PtY ltd
X Cut Studios is a full service audiovisual production
and post production company with extensive
experience across all genres of multi-media
production. Although primarily a production company,
X Cut studios is deeply rooted in post production and
has its own state-of-the-art editing and audio facilities.
Additionally, it has high-end cameras and sound
equipment to ensure exceptional recording quality in
the field. X Cut Studios has full BEE (Black Economic
Empowerment) compliance.
2008 Stanley
SHORT FILM
Hivos/Sithengi: Best Short Film Award
2005 Bloodstones
SHORT FILM
Multi-Choice: Best Short Film Award
After visiting a relative on Seventh Street in Alexandra, l came across these dangerouslooking weightlifters; body-builders, and boxers that were using the only thing that
they had - their bodies - as an attempt to escape from their tough day-to-day lives. I
went to the premises and met lovely 84-year-old Claire, who has offered the guys space
to build the tiny iKasi Gym. Just like a matriarch, she made the rules for all who wanted
to be part of the gym. In her strength of character and her smile I found a light that
could fill an entire room. This was amplified by the four young men; Tumi, Bobo, Joao
and Gino. In these guys l knew l had found some small degree of light in the dark.
I think this will turn out to be a more personal film than any other narrative short films
I have made. Having grown up in a high-density township similar to Alex, I see a little
of myself and my biological brothers, at that gym. My aim is not simply to tell a story,
but to create a moment for the audience to contemplate, therefore making the
audience the engine of the story. I don’t have any answers to the questions about life,
and no conclusion to offer. All I want to do is strike a few chords that I hope will
resonate with those who will watch this film. I believe that with this story l have found
some truly unique and unforgettable characters that the audience will fall in love with.
Ultimately, Alex On 7th is everyone’s journey.
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Ukraine
Volcano
Roman Bondarchuk
ProjECt INForMAtIoN
original title
Vulkan
English title
Volcano
Screenplay by
Roman Bondarchuk,
Darya Averchenko,
Alla Tyutyunnyk
Format
HD
Shooting Language
Ukrainian, German
Main Locations
South of Ukraine
Main Producer
tato Film
#11 Uritskogo str apt 8
03035 Kiev - Ukraine
Ph. +38 679899997
[email protected]
Estimated budget
€ 639.000
Financing in place
€ 115.370
Financiers/partners
already involved Tato
Film (Ukraine):
€ 115.370
198
Synopsis
Lukas, a 35-year-old manager, sells t-shirts with the slogan “Life is Beautiful” all over
the planet. But there seems to be something missing in his life: his wife does not
want to have children, and is indifferent towards him. But he complies and goes on
with the daily flow.
Lukas is forced to go for business to Odessa, Ukraine, where a volcanic eruption
forces him to stay for an uncertain time. After meeting young Marushka, he first
ends up drinking and dancing in a club, and later awakes inside a truck going to the
southern town of Beryslav, where he finds himself in the house of Marushka’s father
Vova.
Lukas, overwhelmed by this unfamiliar situation, tries to escape from this forgotten
place. But when his passport is stolen he sees no other option than to follow Vova in
his daily activities. Despite Vova’s crazy business ideas and lifestyle, Lukas begins to
admire his unique mixture of optimism and craziness. Lukas also grows more
attracted to Marushka.
Lukas realizes that Vova has found his way through a chaotic post communist era,
and his way of life gives him no reason to be unhappy or lose his tracks. Vova has the
balance of life, the real “Life is Beautiful” formula. Lukas dives into an unknown
universe, in which happiness seems to be hidden inside a compound of reality and
illusion, destiny and self-determination as well as past, present and future. Will he
be able to find the secret path to his personal luck?
The project poses the questions that today’s generation of 40-year-olds are so often
faced with: how do we live now? How do we really want to live? Can we change the
direction we want our life to go in? Much like in Zorba the Greek, these questions will
come up with the encounter of two (very different) characters who meet in the south
Ukrainian province: Lukas (35), the disillusioned business manager of a fashion label,
and Vova (40), a jack-of-all-trades and all-round optimist, who tries to master the
chaotic Ukrainian every-day life as best as he can. After some initial adjustment
problems, Lukas not only starts enjoying this his new situation, but rediscovers a longforgotten dream. And thanks to Lukas, Vova- too gentle to be a criminal but too vain to
be a farmer- will find a new awareness.
My country is now making a choice of “civilization”. The lack of Ukrainian films is one
of the reasons why there is such an information void and for such a stereotypical
perception of the country. I want to deal with both the stereotypes on Ukrainians and
the stereotypes we have about Europeans.
I plan to shoot the real Vova, who is a very talented actor. As for the other characters,
I’ll try to find them through casting sessions in Beryslav and the surrounding villages.
Roman Bondarchuk was born in 1982 in Kherson, south
of Ukraine, where the events told in Volcano are set.
A published writer since the age of 7, Roman
Bondarchuk is a graduate of the Kyiv State Theater,
Film and Television University, the Cinema department
of the famous Dop–Director Yuriy Illenko.
Bondarchuk’s graduation film Taxi Driver won the
White Elephant prize from the Russian Film Critic Guild
and the Russian Producers’ Grand Prix at the Kinoshok
Open Film Festival for the CIS and Baltic countries, as
well as the prize for ‘Boldness and Poetics’ at the 4th
KINOTEATR.DOC Festival.
Bondarchuk is currently shooting the documentary
Sheriffs that was supported by ZDF-ARTE and IDFA. He
is also an art director of the documentary film festival
about human rights, Docudays UA, in Kiev.
2013 Poet on the run
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
2012 Pasha and the Light
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
2007 radunytsya
SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Goethe Institute’s International Short Films
Competition: First Prize
2007 taxi Driver
SHORT FILM
Russian Film Critic’s Guild: Elephant Prize
Company Profile
tato Film
Tato Film was created by Olena Yershova, who
previously worked for 8 years as executive director of
the Kyiv IFF Molodist and for 2 years as development
manager of the Eurasia Film Market (Turkey). Her
career continued for the SOTA Cinema Group (Ukraine)
producing feature films, many of which were
international co-productions.
Yershova was the executive producer of My Joy by
Sergei Loznitsa (Germany – Ukraine –Netherlands) that
was presented In Competition at the Cannes IFF in 2010.
In 2013 Tato Film coproduced Blind Dates by Levan
Koguashvili. The film premiered in Toronto 2013,
competed in the Tokyo IFF, in the Palm Spring IFF, and
received numerous awards: the Special Jury award in
Abu Dhabi, the Best Film and Best Director awards at
the Sofia IFF, the FIPRESCI award, Best Director at the
Vilnius IFF, Best Director at the Wiesbaden Go-East IFF,
and Best Film at the Lecce European IFF.
The company also produced the feature film Love Me
by Maryna Er Gorbach and Mehmet Bahadir Er, that
recently won 3 prizes at the Fantasporto IFF,
participated at numerous international festivals,
received a Special Jury award at the Nashville IFF, the
Special Jury award at PriFest in Kosovo, and will
compete in Tokyo.
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USA
Ombra Amore
Joe Dante
ProjECt INForMAtIoN
original title
Ombra Amore
Screenplay by
Greg Pak
Format
HD
Shooting Language
English, Italian
Main Locations
Rome
Main Producer
Elizabeth Stanley Pictures
523 N. Cahuenga Blvd.
90004 Los Angeles,
California – USA
Ph. +1 3234699282
Fax +1 3107209013
[email protected]
www.trailersfromhell.com
Apropos Productions
7 rue Jean du Bellay
75004 Paris – France
Ph. +33 144411450
Fax +33 144411450
[email protected]
Estimated budget
€ 11.678.175
200
Synopsis
Night falls in Rome, and two wild, lonely young people fall in love. Pure animal
magnetism draws them together, which makes sense. After all, Pete’s a werewolf
and Maggie’s a vampire. But that's also the problem. Pete's werewolf pack are
reckless financial traders responsible for the current economic crisis and Maggie's
aristocratic vampire clan, who are on the verge of bankruptcy, are amongst their
victims.
The two “families” detest one another. The werewolves see the vampires as
weaklings, no longer able to survive on their own. The vampires view the
werewolves as dangerous predators whose out‐of‐control behaviour will destroy
their way of life.
Determined to make things work, Pete charms his way into Maggie's clan. She says
she's a loner with a violent history. He says they’re the same. They kiss. This might
actually work.
But then they discover that Pete's ex-girlfriend Rosalina has been murdered. The
vampires suspect Pete and the werewolves suspect Maggie.
The couple fights to protect each other as their clans clash. As the stakes get higher,
they both hear the call of their inner monsters. Can their love survive as the full
moon rises over the final battle between their clans?
Joe Dante’s now legendary The Movie Orgy brought
him to the attention of Roger Corman for whom Joe codirected Hollywood Blvd., with Allan Arkush. His solo
feature credits include: The Howling, It’s a Good Life
(Twilight Zone: The Movie segment), Gremlins, The
Explorers, The ‘Burbs, Gremlins 2: The New Batch,
Matinee, Small Soldiers, Looney Tunes Back in Action,
The Hole 3D and Burying the Ex (now in post). Dante’s
television credits include: Amazon Women on the
Moon, Amazing Stories, Twilight Zone, Police Squad!
Night Visions, Picture Windows, Runaway Daughters,
The Second Civil War, CSI: New York, Masters of Horror
(Homecoming and The Screwfly Solution) Hawaii 5-0,
The Witches of East End; and the pilots for The Osiris
Chronicles and Eerie, Indiana. Dante co-created and
produces Trailers from Hell and has been honored with
awards and career retrospectives at film festivals,
museums and cinematheques around the world.
2014 Burying the Ex
FEATURE FILM
2010 the Hole 3D
FEATURE FILM
2003 Looney tunes Back in Action
FEATURE FILM
1998 Small Soldiers
FEATURE FILM
1997 the Second Civil War
FEATURE FILM
1993 Matinee
FEATURE FILM
1990 Gremlins 2: the New Batch
FEATURE FILM
1989 the ‘burbs
FEATURE FILM
1987 Innerspace
FEATURE FILM
1984 Gremlins
FEATURE FILM
1981 the Howling
FEATURE FILM
Rome. The Eternal City of Gods and Monsters. Where a She‐Wolf suckled Romulus and
Remus. And what could be more Eternal than Un‐death? Whether it's the immortal
reign of the vampire or the endless addiction of the lycanthrope to the full moon, the
lasting appeal of the supernatural has given European culture a rich heritage of
literary and cinematic depictions of human emotions channelled through fantasy and
superstition - the scourge of the bizarre, the different, and the misunderstood. And
above all, Italy is a land of lovers. It's no accident that Romeo and Juliet takes place
here. And like that classic tale, Ombra Amore is the story of star-crossed lovers from
different backgrounds, set midst the battle between ruined upper-class vampires
desperately trying to maintain their place in the world, and modern rapacious
werewolves with the destructive forces of economic exploitation. Unique, scary and
ultimately tragic, Ombra Amore is a compelling new take on a classic genre.
Company Profile
Elizabeth Stanley Pictures
Producer Elizabeth Stanley founded Elizabeth Stanley
Pictures (ESP) in 2005. ESP’s producing credits include:
Splatter, an interactive project for Netflix; the new
media series The Dark Path Chronicles, written and
directed by Mary Lambert for FEARnet; and the awardwinning pop culture phenomenon, Trailers from Hell.
Stanley is currently developing the narrative feature
Jane-by‐the‐Sea, an original take on the origins of Jane
Austen’s work, and is producing two features that Joe
Dante (Gremlins, The Howling) will direct: The Man
with Kaleidoscope Eyes - about Roger Corman’s journey
through 1960s American counter-culture and Ombra
Amore, a tale of star-crossed lovers set in
contemporary Rome.
Apropos Productions
A graduate of the DGA’s AD Training Program, Frederic
W. Brost’s entertainment industry career spans four
decades. He worked as an assistant director or
production manager on feature and television projects
for some of the business’ most respected directors.
From 1980-90 Brost served as Vice-President and
Executive Production Manager for Universal Pictures,
supervising all aspects of feature film production on
over 100 motion pictures.
In 1990, Brost returned to physical production and
founded Apropos Productions, Inc.
Starting in 1998, Brost worked closely with Steven
Soderbergh, first as production manager on Out of
Sight, The Limey and Erin Brockovich and then as
Executive Producer or Co-Producer on the Che films,
Ocean’s Eleven, Twelve and Thirteen, The Good German
and Traffic.
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NCN ProjECtS
USA
Operator
Logan Kibens
ProjECt INForMAtIoN
original title
Operator
Screenplay by
Logan Kibens,
Sharon Greene
Format
HD/Alexa
Shooting Language
English
Main Locations
Chicago, Illinois
Main Producer
Familiar
166 1st Avenue, Apt. 4
10009 New York - USA
Ph. +1 3475468243
[email protected]
Estimated budget
€ 755.627,43
Partners
already involved
Alex Saks, ICM Partners
JuntoBox Feature Film
Incubator
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Synopsis
Joe is a programmer whose mastery of data serves him well at work, where he designs
the personalities for IVRs–the digital customer service voices that have replaced call
centers around the world. But Joe’s recent personality design for a healthcare IVR is a
massive failure, and if he can’t quickly design a more caring and empathetic IVR, he’s
out of a job. Joe realizes that Emily, his loving and caring wife, is the perfect template
for his IVR. Emily agrees to be the model for the new personality, recording thousands
of prepared responses while juggling her fulltime job and the dream gig she just
landed as a writer/performer in a late night comedy show. Feeling smothered by Joe,
Emily begins to release her mounting frustrations by using their personal life as
material on stage. As Emily becomes less available to Joe, he grows to rely on the IVR a programmable, digital version of Emily - for his emotional and even sexual needs.
When the Emily IVR is finally released, it’s a massive success, but Joe’s unnatural
reliance on it comes to light. Emily is appalled at how easily she was replaced by
something so much less than her. She packs her bags and leaves. Alone, Joe realizes
the limitations of his IVR-he’s successfully made an unchanging, “perfect” version of
Emily, and next to it he is still a flawed, vulnerable human. Joe must try and regain
Emily’s trust. He goes to her show, giving up control, and embracing his wife for who
she’s changing into.
Operator comes from a difficult time in my relationship - my wife (co-writer Sharon
Greene) and I had just gotten married, and within a year we moved from Chicago to
Los Angeles to enter into separate, concurrent grad school programs. A time of
exponential change and personal growth that was hard to keep up with individually,
much less together. The technology in Operator comes from an interest in exploring
how strong our desire is to see ourselves reflected - how desperately we long for
connection and empathy that we settle for even the coarsest replica.
In Operator, Joe struggles with his own ability to change. He suffers from panic and
anxiety, and believes that if he can just keep himself stable he can control his fear and
anxiety. Emily is on the precipice of change, and invigorated by the idea of jumping
into a new, unknown experience. Joe is terrified of Emily changing and growing away
from the woman who loves him, because it would mean he would have to
acknowledge that he is changing as well, disrupting his meticulously crafted balance.
Through the creation of the IVR, Joe has the unique opportunity to play out his belief
that the Emily he knows now is perfect, by replicating her into an unchanging
machine. Face to face with this replica of what he wants in a relationship and in
himself, Joe is forced to encounter these limitations head on. Joe must do the hard
work we all must do - face his partner and himself with openness and vulnerability,
connect to each other in all our humanity, amidst a minefield of simple replicas and
seemingly easy alternatives.
Logan Kibens is a Writer/Director whose work
integrates visual artistry with narrative, character
driven storytelling. She is a Sundance Screenwriters Lab
fellow and recipient of the HBO/DGA Directing
Fellowship (working on shows such as True Blood,
Entourage and The Newsroom). Logan was selected as
one of Film Independent’s Project: Involve fellows after
completing her CalArts thesis film, Recessive. Her films
have screened at museums and festivals such as The
Chicago International Film Festival, Outfest, Frameline,
Brooklyn Museum of Art, ZINEBI and REDCAT among
others. Kibens worked as a commercial editor for eight
years, most recently at Leo Burnett on campaigns
ranging from Blackberry to Cadillac to Disney. She is an
award-winning projections designer for theatre and
dance with designs at The Goodman, Steppenwolf, and
The Washington Opera to name a few. Her original
screenplay Operator is supported by the Sundance
Institute, Film Independent, the Alfred P. Sloan
Foundation and was selected as a finalist for the SFFS
Hearst Screenwriting Grant.
2014 Harmony
SHORT FILM
2011 recessive
SHORT FILM
2010 Prep room
SHORT FILM
2008 rock jetty
SHORT FILM
2002 rough Cut
SHORT FILM
1998 90%
SHORT FILM
Company Profile
Familiar
Formed in 2013 by Felipe Dieppa and Isaac LeFevre after
years of working together in the film industry, Familiar
is an independent film production company with more
than 20 years of combined experience. Each partners’
unique background in the film industry provides
complimentary skill sets that together create a
dynamic producing team proficient in all facets of
making a film, from inception to delivery.
Isaac LeFevre has worked as a unit production manager
on several independent features, as well as served as
an associate producer on film and television shows
over the last 7 years. Most recently, Isaac was a coproducer and the UPM of The Lifeguard (Dir. Liz Garcia)
which premiered in competition at the 2013 Sundance
Film Festival and sold to Focus Worldwide. He also
recently produced and directed a television show for
Discovery Network.
Felipe Dieppa entered the film industry as an actor at
the age of six, originating the voices for several notable
children’s cartoon characters (including “Diego”, on
Nickelodeon’s Dora the Explorer), starring in soap
operas, and making his feature debut in Dan in Real
Life (Touchstone Pictures/Disney). He later transitioned
into film production, working as a locations manager
and assistant director on several films, television
shows, and commercials. In 2009, he moved into
producing and went on to serve as an associate
producer on Brazzaville Teenager and co-producer on
Supporting Characters (which premiered at the Tribeca
Film Festival). Most recently, Felipe produced Trouble
Dolls (starring Will Forte, Meghan Mullaly, Jess Weixler,
which premiered at the 2014 Los Angeles Film Festival)
and executive produced Shut Up and Drive, both
alongside Starstream Entertainment (The Butler, Life
After Beth), where he later worked as their Director of
Productions. In addition to Operator, Felipe is currently
an executive producer on Sweetgrass, being directed by
Veena Sud (creator of AMC’s The Killing) and starring
Toni Collette.
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