KVIFF Eastern Promises Industry Days unveils 41 selected film projects, which will be presented at Works in Progress, First Cut+ Works in Progress, Docs in Progress, Works in Development - Feature Launch and Eurimages Lab Project Award. Presentations of projects to industry professionals will take place on Monday, July 6, Tuesday, July 7, and Wednesday, July 8, and the most promising projects will receive awards of the total value of 165.000 EUR.
In order to attend this year’s online program, film industry professionals must be registered by June 22, 2020 at the latest. The registration form can be found on www.kviff.com or here.
A total of eight projects were selected for Works in Progress from the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the former Soviet Union, the Middle East and North Africa. The films are in the post-production stage.
Absence (Iran, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic)
Director: Ali Mosaffa
Producer: Ali Mosaffa, Jordi Niubo, Filip Remunda, Silvia Panáková, Eric Panák
The Alleys (Jordan, Quatar, France, Saudi Arabia)
Director: Bassel Ghandour
Producer: Rula Nasser
Black Medusa (Tunisia, Luxembourg)
Director, Producer: ismaël
Field (Georgia)
Director: Lasha Tskvitinidze
Producer: Nodar Nozadze, Giorgi Kobalia, Nato Sikharulidze
Snow White Dies at the End (North Macedonia)
Director: Kristijan Risteski
Producer: Darko Popov
Stop-Zemlia (Ukraine)
(original title, English title n/a at the moment)
Director: Kataryna Gornostai
Producer: Vitaliy Sheremetiev, Viktoriia Khomenko, Olga Beskhmelnytsina, Natalia Libet
Troubled Minds (Latvia, Norway)
Director: Raitis Ābele, Lauris Ābele
Producer: Roberts Vinovskis, Raitis Ābele, Kristele Pudane
Wiarołom (Poland)
Director: Piotr Złotorowicz
Producer: Jerzy Kapuściński, Ewa Jastrzębska
Additional eight Works in Progress projects will be introduced thanks to the First Cut+ program, showcasing projects that previously participated in First Cut Lab programs.
Broad Peak (Poland, Italy)
Director: Leszek Dawid
Producer: Pola Langowska
Deskmate (Turkey, Romania)
Director: Ferit Karahan
Producer: Kanat Doğramacı
I am FINE, thanks (Lithuania)
Director: Ernestas Jankauskas
Producer: Gabija Siurbyte
Immaculate (Romania)
Director: Monica Stan, George Chiper Lillemark
Producer: Marcian Lazar
January (Bulgaria, Portugal, Luxembourg)
Director: Andrey Paounov
Producer: Vanya Rainova
The Runner (Lithuania, Czech Republic)
Director: Andrius Blaževičius
Producer: Marija Razgutė
The Users (Serbia, Slovenia, Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Director: Ivan Ikić
Producer: Milan Stojanović, Marija Stojanović
Wild Roots (Hungary, Slovakia)
Director: Hajni Kis
Producer: Júlia Berkes, Balázs Zachar
Works in Progress Awards: The TRT prize of 10.000 EUR will be decided by jury members Vanja Kaludjerčić (IFF Rotterdam), Gabor Greiner (Films Boutique), and Faruk Güven (TRT). The Post-production Development Award will be decided by the sponsoring representatives of UPP, Soundsquare, advised by KVIFF’s Artistic Director Karel Och. The Works in Progress sessions will be presented online on Monday, July 6 at 14:00-17:00 and Tuesday, July 7 at 14:00-17:00.
Eight projects were selected for Docs in Progress, introducing documentary films from the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the former Soviet Union, the Middle East and North Africa. They are in late production stage or in post-production. The prize of 5.000 EUR will be decided by jury members Salma Abdalla (Autlook Filmsales), Rada Šešić (film consultant and curator) and Charlotte Cook (Field of Vision). The session will be presented online Wednesday, July 8 at 14:00-16:30.
Every Single Minute (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
Director: Erika Hníková
Producer: Jiří Konečný
Intensive Life Unit (Czech Republic)
Director: Adéla Komrzý
Producer: Pavla Janoušková Kubečková
Homes (Latvia)
Director, Producer: Laila Pakalniņa
The Lines (Slovakia)
Director: Barbora Sliepková
Producer: Barbara Janišová Feglová
Roma and the Camel Man (Georgia)
Director: Irakli Metreveli
Producer: Nodar Nozadze
Until the Wedding (Poland)
Director: Daniel Stopa
Producer: Małgorzata Staroń
Indoor – Tehran (Iran)
Director: Azadi Moghadam
Producer: Afsaneh Salari
The Pawnshop (Poland)
Director: Łukasz Kowalski
Producer: Anna Mazerant, Łukasz Kowalski
Works in Development - Feature Launch is a platform organised in collaboration of MIDPOINT Institute, an international script development program, co-production market When East Meets West and Trieste Film Festival and the KVIFF. Nine projects, developed within this Feature Launch program will be presented online and are now looking for co-production partners. They will compete for 10.000 EUR Development Award. The session will be presented online Tuesday, July 7 at 10:00-12:00.
CRISSEA IV (Romania)
Director: Vladimir Dembinski
Producer: Bogdan Crăciun
The Fragile Beauty of Masculinity (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
Director: Andrea Culková
Producer: Miroslav Novák, Katarína Krnáčová
Kyuka - Journeying to the Moon Through the Endless Sea (Greece)
Director: Kostis Charamountanis
Producer: Danae Spathara
Neither Voice (Slovenia)
Director: Ester Ivakič
Producer: Andraž Jerič
The Sanctuary (Bulgaria)
Director: Katerina Borisova
Producer: Eleni Dekidis
Sara's Bungalow (Poland)
Director: Julia Rogowska
Producer: Krystyna Kantor
Usud (Serbia)
Director: Stefan Malešević
Producer: Andrijana Sofranić Šućur
Vacuum (Ukraine)
Director: Yelizaveta Smith
Producer: Aleksandra Kostina
Two Times One (Bulgaria)
Director: Vladimir Petev
Producer: Vanya Rainova
Eurimages Lab Project Award will showcase eight projects in production or post-production stage, each transgressing the borders of traditional filmmaking. The best project, selected by international jury comprised of Els Hendrix (Eurimages representative), Adina Pintilie (film director) and Mark Peranson (Berlinale) will receive an award of 50.000 EUR. The session will be presented online Wednesday, July 8 at 10:00-12:00.
Atlantide (Italy, France)
Director: Yuri Ancarani
Producer: Marco Alessi
Bula (Belgium, Brazil)
Director, Producer: Boris Baum
Producer: Alexis Schmitz
Burial (Lithuania, Norway)
Director: Emilija Skarnulyte
Producer: Dagnė Vildžiūnaite
Five Dreamers and a Horse (Armenia, Germany)
Director: Vahagn Khachatryan, Aren Malakyan
Producer: Vahagn Khachatryan, Eva Blondiau
Hello My Friend (Germany, Cuba)
Director: Bettina Blümner
Producer: Jamila Wenske
Roots (Serbia, Croatia)
Director: Tea Lukač
Producer: Andrijana Sofranić Šućur
Stepne (Ukraine, Germany, Poland)
Director, Producer: Maryna Vroda
Utopia (Ukraine, Austria, Netherlands)
Director: Juri Rechinsky
Producer: Thomas Herberth, Maxim Asadchiy, Kirsi Saivosalmy