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CineLink Work in Progress line-up announced for 2017
Ten promising projects will be presented to decision-makers at CineLink Work in Progress sessions, where they will also compete for three major awards.
CineLink Work in Progress consists of closed screenings of 10 “super-fresh” feature-length fiction and documentary films currently in production or post-production. Selected from Southeast Europe, the Middle East and North Africa region, and the Commonwealth of Independent States, the films are presented to about 40 specially invited industry decision-makers who are active on the supply end of the production chain: funders, sales agents, distributors, broadcasters and festival programmers – below, please find the list of companies attending this year.
Selected titles:
PIG
(fiction)
Director: Dragomir Sholev
Producer: Elena Mosholova, Yariv Lerner, Pavlina Angelova
Production company: Gorilla Film, Nu Boyana Film, Screening Emotions
Bulgaria
NANOOK
(fiction)
Director: Milko Lazarov
Producer: Veselka Kiryakova, Guillaume de Seille, Eike Goreczka
Production company: Red Carpet [BG], Arizona Production [FR], 42film [DE]
Bulgaria/France/Germany
ALL ALONE
(fiction)
Director: Bobo Jelčić
Producer: Zdenka Gold, Alem Babić
Production company: Spiritus Movens Productions [HR], Dokument Sarajevo [BH]
Croatia/Bosnia and Herzegovina
HORIZON
(fiction)
Director: Tinatin Kajrishvili
Producer: Lasha Khalvashi, David Hardies
Production company: Gemini, Artizm, Momento Film
Georgia
FIG TREE
(fiction)
Director: Alamork Davidian
Producer: Saar Yogev, Naomi Levari, Felix Eisele, Sandrine Brauer
Production company: Black Sheep Film Productions Ltd. [IL], Av Medien Penrose [DE], En Compagnie des Lamas [FR]
Israel/Germany/France
THE DAY AFTER I’M GONE
(fiction)
Director: Nimrod Eldar
Producer: Eitan Mansuri
Production company: Spiro Films Ltd
Israel
WHAT COMES AROUND
(doc)
Director: Reem Saleh
Producer: Reem Saleh, Konstantina Stavrianou
Production company: Mazameer Productions
Lebanon/Egypt
HONEYLAND
(doc)
Director: Ljubo Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska
Producer: Ljubo Stefanov, Atanas Georgiev
Production company: Apollo Media, Trice Films
Macedonia
MO’
(fiction)
Director: Radu Dragomir
Producer: Liviu Marghidan
Production company: Scharf Advertising
Romania
NEVER LET IT GO
(fiction)
Director: Paul Negoescu
Producer: Paul Negoescu
Production company: N-Graphix [RO], Papillon Film [RO], Screening Emotions [BG]
Romania/Bulgaria
Jovan Marjanovic, Head of Industry, Sarajevo Film Festival:
– The CineLink Work in Progress strand has proved to be incredibly effective for both the filmmakers presenting their works and the attending industry delegates. The selection of participants and the dynamic of the event make it ideal to see and pick up the most promising upcoming titles from the region, while valuable prizes from our partners at The Post Republic, Iridium Film and the TRT make a real difference when awarded to films at this stage. We are certain this year’s projects are the films we will be watching on screens around the world in the next year or two.
Jury:
Paolo Bertolin (Venice Film Festival), Paz Lazaro (Berlin International Film Festival), Hedi Zardi (LuxBox), Petra Gobel (The Post Republic), Serkan Yildirim (TRT)
Awards:
The Post Republic Award €50,000 (in kind)
CineLink Restart Award €20,000 (in kind)
Turkish National Radio Television Award €30,000 (cash)
Companies and festivals attending include:
Bankside Films, Berlinale, Bac Films, Beta Cinema, Celluloid Dreams, Doha Film Institute, Coproduction Office, the Directors’ Fortnight, Elle Driver, Lux Box, Le Pact, The Match Factory, Memento, New Europe Film Sales, Soda Pictures, Toronto International Film Festival, Turkish National Radio Television, the Tribeca Film Festival, Urban Distribution, the Venice Film Festival and its Critics’ Week, Wide Management and Wild Bunch.