A call for submissions is open until May 2 to create initial short list of filmmakers with first feature works.
The Locarno Film Festival has launched the Locarno Residency, aimed at supporting emerging filmmakers aged under 40 as they develop their first features.
The initiative will offer tutorial assistance, development support and a screenwriting programme to three directors of any nationality, who are in the process of developing a first fiction or non-fiction work of more than 60 minutes in length.
Ten shortlisted filmmakers and their projects, selected by Locarno’s artistic team, will attend a special pitching session in Locarno, during the festival’s 75th edition,...
The Locarno Film Festival has launched the Locarno Residency, aimed at supporting emerging filmmakers aged under 40 as they develop their first features.
The initiative will offer tutorial assistance, development support and a screenwriting programme to three directors of any nationality, who are in the process of developing a first fiction or non-fiction work of more than 60 minutes in length.
Ten shortlisted filmmakers and their projects, selected by Locarno’s artistic team, will attend a special pitching session in Locarno, during the festival’s 75th edition,...
- 3/15/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Selection committees have been handpicked by the newly appointed artistic director Giona A. Nazzaro.
French-Chilean film critic and consultant Pamela Biénzobas, Festival Scope co-founder and festival programmer Mathilde Henrot and Italian critic Giovanni Marchini Camia have been named as members of Locarno’s new selection committees for its 2021 edition.
The new committee members have been handpicked by its recently appointed new artistic director Giona A. Nazzaro.
“Setting up a new team with the right skills, know-how and motivation to work with the artistic director is a crucial step. This is a talented line-up of film industry professionals, whose expertise is internationally recognized,...
French-Chilean film critic and consultant Pamela Biénzobas, Festival Scope co-founder and festival programmer Mathilde Henrot and Italian critic Giovanni Marchini Camia have been named as members of Locarno’s new selection committees for its 2021 edition.
The new committee members have been handpicked by its recently appointed new artistic director Giona A. Nazzaro.
“Setting up a new team with the right skills, know-how and motivation to work with the artistic director is a crucial step. This is a talented line-up of film industry professionals, whose expertise is internationally recognized,...
- 12/17/2020
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
15th edition took place online due to Covid-19 pandemic.
Turkey’s Meetings on the Bridge project development and post-production event has unveiled the winners of its 15th edition which ran online on April 14 -17 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Turkish director Selman Nacar’s intergenerational social drama Between Two Dawns won the top Andalou Efes Award, worth some $4,300, in the work in progress section.
Nacar’s debut feature following a number of award-winning shorts revolves around a young man who is pressured into covering up a serious accident at his family’s factory. It is produced by director-producer Burak Çevik at Kuyu Film,...
Turkey’s Meetings on the Bridge project development and post-production event has unveiled the winners of its 15th edition which ran online on April 14 -17 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Turkish director Selman Nacar’s intergenerational social drama Between Two Dawns won the top Andalou Efes Award, worth some $4,300, in the work in progress section.
Nacar’s debut feature following a number of award-winning shorts revolves around a young man who is pressured into covering up a serious accident at his family’s factory. It is produced by director-producer Burak Çevik at Kuyu Film,...
- 4/21/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Looking back at the lineups of key festivals such as Cannes and Venice this year, 2019 stands out as a banner year for movies from the African continent and the Arab world.
During a panel hosted at the Netflix-sponsored industry event Atlas Workshops during the Marrakech Film Festival, Rémi Bonhomme, who works at Cannes’ Critics’ Week and heads up the conference, pointed out the vital role of festivals in showcasing films from the Mena region.
“There were even films from the region playing in the official selection at Cannes, most of which were debut films, apart from Elia Suleiman’s “It Must Be Heaven.” He cited Mati Diop’s “Atlantics,” which competed at Cannes and won the Grand Prize, and “Papicha” and “Adam,” which played in Un Certain Regard. These three films are representing Senegal, Algeria and Morocco, respectively, in the international feature film section of the Oscars.
In Venice,...
During a panel hosted at the Netflix-sponsored industry event Atlas Workshops during the Marrakech Film Festival, Rémi Bonhomme, who works at Cannes’ Critics’ Week and heads up the conference, pointed out the vital role of festivals in showcasing films from the Mena region.
“There were even films from the region playing in the official selection at Cannes, most of which were debut films, apart from Elia Suleiman’s “It Must Be Heaven.” He cited Mati Diop’s “Atlantics,” which competed at Cannes and won the Grand Prize, and “Papicha” and “Adam,” which played in Un Certain Regard. These three films are representing Senegal, Algeria and Morocco, respectively, in the international feature film section of the Oscars.
In Venice,...
- 12/8/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Films from Africa and the Middle East have enjoyed significant festival presence this year – such as Mati Diop’s French-Senegalese pic “Atlantics,” which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. “In 2019 we saw a new generation of filmmakers emerging on the scene,” says Rémi Bonhomme program manager of Critics’ Week in Cannes and the coordinator of the Atlas Workshops, which run Dec. 3-6 at the Marrakech Film Festival.
At Cannes, in addition to Diop’s prize, Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman won a Jury Special Mention award for his satire “It Must Be Heaven,” and seven African and Arab films screened in the different competitive sections. At Locarno, Senegalese writer-director Mamadou Dia’s won best first feature for “Nafi’s Father” and Algerian helmer Hassen Ferhani won best emerging director award for his documentary “143 Rue du Désert,” which won a postproduction prize at the 2018 Atlas Workshops. At Venice,...
At Cannes, in addition to Diop’s prize, Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman won a Jury Special Mention award for his satire “It Must Be Heaven,” and seven African and Arab films screened in the different competitive sections. At Locarno, Senegalese writer-director Mamadou Dia’s won best first feature for “Nafi’s Father” and Algerian helmer Hassen Ferhani won best emerging director award for his documentary “143 Rue du Désert,” which won a postproduction prize at the 2018 Atlas Workshops. At Venice,...
- 11/25/2019
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
New Locarno artistic director Lilli Hinstin is starting to put her stamp on the Swiss event dedicated to indie cinema with the appointment of a new team and the introduction of a reconfigured midnight movie strand to the fest’s Piazza Grande section.
The new still unnamed strand of midnight screenings unspooling in Locarno’s 8,000-seat Piazza Grande venue will be dedicated to offbeat crowdpleasers for a specific type of audience. “It can be a crazy comedy, or a genre film,” said Hinstin, adding they will be titles “that push the boundaries.”
As for Hinstin’s team, besides her new selection committee – announced last December – Locarno’s new chief has now brought on board British industry veteran Mike Goodridge as consultant for Piazza Grande programming. A former editor of Screen International and CEO of Britain’s Protagonist Pictures, Goodridge is currently director of the The International Film Festival & Awards Macao.
The new still unnamed strand of midnight screenings unspooling in Locarno’s 8,000-seat Piazza Grande venue will be dedicated to offbeat crowdpleasers for a specific type of audience. “It can be a crazy comedy, or a genre film,” said Hinstin, adding they will be titles “that push the boundaries.”
As for Hinstin’s team, besides her new selection committee – announced last December – Locarno’s new chief has now brought on board British industry veteran Mike Goodridge as consultant for Piazza Grande programming. A former editor of Screen International and CEO of Britain’s Protagonist Pictures, Goodridge is currently director of the The International Film Festival & Awards Macao.
- 2/13/2019
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Goteborg — The 20th Nordic Film Market, held parallel to the Göteborg Film Festival, closed Sunday after three days of screenings and pitchings of 48 Nordic films and projects. Following, five key takeaways or trends:
Standout Nordic Brand Quality
An excellent crop, better than 2018, with a large diversity of content, catering to arthouse/mainstream as well as local/international audiences – these were prevailing reactions from international buyers and programmers polled yesterday in Göteborg. A senior A festival programmer – who asked to remain anonymous- even said: “Today the Nordics are perhaps the strongest region in Europe creatively across TV drama, feature and documentary film.”
Although most titles had already been snatched by the big Nordic sellers – TrustNordisk, LevelK, New Europe Film Sales, The Yellow Affair, Sf Studios – a dozen small offers in post, or in development at the Discovery section, still open for negotiations, made the Göteborg stop-over – fully worthwhile for the 25-plus sales reps in attendance.
Standout Nordic Brand Quality
An excellent crop, better than 2018, with a large diversity of content, catering to arthouse/mainstream as well as local/international audiences – these were prevailing reactions from international buyers and programmers polled yesterday in Göteborg. A senior A festival programmer – who asked to remain anonymous- even said: “Today the Nordics are perhaps the strongest region in Europe creatively across TV drama, feature and documentary film.”
Although most titles had already been snatched by the big Nordic sellers – TrustNordisk, LevelK, New Europe Film Sales, The Yellow Affair, Sf Studios – a dozen small offers in post, or in development at the Discovery section, still open for negotiations, made the Göteborg stop-over – fully worthwhile for the 25-plus sales reps in attendance.
- 2/3/2019
- by Annika Pham
- Variety Film + TV
New artistic director Lili Hinstin leads the committee.
Locarno Film Festival has announced its new selection committee, after the festival’s executive board ratified the line-up put forward by artistic director Lili Hinstin.
The incoming committee will assist Hinstin in setting up the programme for the 72nd edition of the festival.
Members assisting with the features selection include Mathilde Henrot from France, a programmer with Sarajevo Film Festival and the co-founder of website Festival Scope Pro.
Also included are Nicholas Elliott, New York correspondent for Cahiers du Cinéma and member of the programming committee for the Flaherty Film Seminar.
The...
Locarno Film Festival has announced its new selection committee, after the festival’s executive board ratified the line-up put forward by artistic director Lili Hinstin.
The incoming committee will assist Hinstin in setting up the programme for the 72nd edition of the festival.
Members assisting with the features selection include Mathilde Henrot from France, a programmer with Sarajevo Film Festival and the co-founder of website Festival Scope Pro.
Also included are Nicholas Elliott, New York correspondent for Cahiers du Cinéma and member of the programming committee for the Flaherty Film Seminar.
The...
- 12/18/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Mario Martone will also participate in public conversation.
German director Edgar Reitz will be the guest of honour at the Locarno Film Festival’s spinoff event L’immagine e la parola.
Reitz, the German auteur behind the Heimat saga, will prevent a Die andere Heimat – Chronik einer Sehnsucht
Film and theater director Mario Martone will also be a guest of the event and will participate in a public conversation as well as presenting his film L’amore molesto.
The second edition of L’immagine e la parola runs April 12-15.
Carlo Chatrian serves as artistic director on the event, which is also co-ordinated by Carmen Werner and Daniela Persico.
Themes this year include history and poetry, as well as music.
Other screenings include Lev Atamanov’s The Snow Queen, Alessandro Rossetto’s Piccola Patria and Marcel L’Herbier’s L’Inhumaine.
German director Edgar Reitz will be the guest of honour at the Locarno Film Festival’s spinoff event L’immagine e la parola.
Reitz, the German auteur behind the Heimat saga, will prevent a Die andere Heimat – Chronik einer Sehnsucht
Film and theater director Mario Martone will also be a guest of the event and will participate in a public conversation as well as presenting his film L’amore molesto.
The second edition of L’immagine e la parola runs April 12-15.
Carlo Chatrian serves as artistic director on the event, which is also co-ordinated by Carmen Werner and Daniela Persico.
Themes this year include history and poetry, as well as music.
Other screenings include Lev Atamanov’s The Snow Queen, Alessandro Rossetto’s Piccola Patria and Marcel L’Herbier’s L’Inhumaine.
- 3/12/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Mario Martone will also participate in public conversation.
German director Edgar Reitz will be the guest of honour at the Locarno Film Festival’s spinoff event L’immagine e la parola.
Reitz, the German auteur behind the Heimat saga, will prevent a Die andere Heimat – Chronik einer Sehnsucht
Film and theater director Mario Martone will also be a guest of the event and will participate in a public conversation as well as presenting his film L’amore molesto.
The second edition of L’immagine e la parola runs April 12-15.
Carlo Chatrian serves as artistic director on the event, which is also co-ordinated by Carmen Werner and Daniela Persico.
Themes this year include history and poetry, as well as music.
Other screenings include Lev Atamanov’s The Snow Queen, Alessandro Rossetto’s Piccola Patria and Marcel L’Herbier’s L’Inhumaine.
German director Edgar Reitz will be the guest of honour at the Locarno Film Festival’s spinoff event L’immagine e la parola.
Reitz, the German auteur behind the Heimat saga, will prevent a Die andere Heimat – Chronik einer Sehnsucht
Film and theater director Mario Martone will also be a guest of the event and will participate in a public conversation as well as presenting his film L’amore molesto.
The second edition of L’immagine e la parola runs April 12-15.
Carlo Chatrian serves as artistic director on the event, which is also co-ordinated by Carmen Werner and Daniela Persico.
Themes this year include history and poetry, as well as music.
Other screenings include Lev Atamanov’s The Snow Queen, Alessandro Rossetto’s Piccola Patria and Marcel L’Herbier’s L’Inhumaine.
- 3/12/2014
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
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