TorinoFilmLab (Tfl) has selected three international co-productions as winners of its 2024 Audience Design Fund, which provides financial aid and coaching for films at the distribution stage.
The three awarded projects are Indian director Kapadia Payal’s All We Imagine As Light; Egyptian directors Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir’s The Brink Of Dreams; and US-based Nepalese director Deepak Rauniyar’s The Sky Is Mine.
Each film is currently in post-production and will receive a €45,000 grant plus three online consultancy sessions to advise on innovative audience engagement and outreach strategies.
All We Imagine As Light is the second film from Kapadia Payal,...
The three awarded projects are Indian director Kapadia Payal’s All We Imagine As Light; Egyptian directors Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir’s The Brink Of Dreams; and US-based Nepalese director Deepak Rauniyar’s The Sky Is Mine.
Each film is currently in post-production and will receive a €45,000 grant plus three online consultancy sessions to advise on innovative audience engagement and outreach strategies.
All We Imagine As Light is the second film from Kapadia Payal,...
- 4/8/2024
- ScreenDaily
Lithuanian filmmaker Saulė Bliuvaitė’s Toxic, a coming-of-age teenage tale, secured this year’s Work in Progress prize at Meeting Point Vilnius (Mpv), the annual audiovisual industry event that takes place during the Vilnius International Film Festival, Kino Pavasaris.
The award lands the filmmaking team a €5,000 cash prize from the Lithuanian Film Centre,
Toxic is being produced by Lithuania’s Giedrė Burokaitė, with Bliuvaitė, the pair are looking for a sales agent and “a premiere at a film festival” for the title which they anticipate finishing by the end of May this year.
It is about a young girl abandoned...
The award lands the filmmaking team a €5,000 cash prize from the Lithuanian Film Centre,
Toxic is being produced by Lithuania’s Giedrė Burokaitė, with Bliuvaitė, the pair are looking for a sales agent and “a premiere at a film festival” for the title which they anticipate finishing by the end of May this year.
It is about a young girl abandoned...
- 3/28/2024
- ScreenDaily
Projects will receive consultation from executives including Sile Culley, Ewa Bojanowska.
TorinoFilmLab (Tfl) has selected three films currently in post-production for its Tfl Audience Design Fund 2023.
The three titles are: Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir’s Ze; Jianjie Lin’s Brief History Of A Family; and Ilyas Yourish and Shahrokh Bikaraan’s Kamay.
Each title will receive €45,000 plus consultancy from Tfl’s sales and distribution experts from now until June, to help the films build their audiences.
The consultation experts are Gabor Greiner, COO at sales agency Films Boutique; Claudia Tomassini, international film publicity agent; Isona Admetlla, coordinator of the Berlinale World Cinema Fund; and Rafael Sampaio,...
TorinoFilmLab (Tfl) has selected three films currently in post-production for its Tfl Audience Design Fund 2023.
The three titles are: Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir’s Ze; Jianjie Lin’s Brief History Of A Family; and Ilyas Yourish and Shahrokh Bikaraan’s Kamay.
Each title will receive €45,000 plus consultancy from Tfl’s sales and distribution experts from now until June, to help the films build their audiences.
The consultation experts are Gabor Greiner, COO at sales agency Films Boutique; Claudia Tomassini, international film publicity agent; Isona Admetlla, coordinator of the Berlinale World Cinema Fund; and Rafael Sampaio,...
- 4/5/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
The Finnish Film Affair, a showcase for new films from the host country and the Nordics, will for the first time feature TV dramas at this year’s event, which runs parallel to the Helsinki International Film Festival — Love & Anarchy (Hiff).
Alongside the 26 feature film and documentary projects being presented to industry guests during an onstage event on Sept. 22 will be a curated selection of four TV drama series from Finland. “This is something that both the local industry and our international guests have frequently requested from us,” said Maria Pirkkalainen, director of Finnish Film Affair.
“We already piloted highlighting a few selected Finnish TV series in 2019 to great feedback and feel like now is the right time to continue this, especially with a record number of international guests joining us here in Helsinki.”
The four selected projects are in the early development stage, each with the backing of a Finnish broadcaster already secured.
Alongside the 26 feature film and documentary projects being presented to industry guests during an onstage event on Sept. 22 will be a curated selection of four TV drama series from Finland. “This is something that both the local industry and our international guests have frequently requested from us,” said Maria Pirkkalainen, director of Finnish Film Affair.
“We already piloted highlighting a few selected Finnish TV series in 2019 to great feedback and feel like now is the right time to continue this, especially with a record number of international guests joining us here in Helsinki.”
The four selected projects are in the early development stage, each with the backing of a Finnish broadcaster already secured.
- 9/15/2022
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
The winning Balkan development stage TV series will receive €5000.
Martina Bleis, head of Co-Pro Series at Berlinale Co-production Market, Francesco Capurro, head of Series Mania Forum, and Gaia Tridente, head of scripted division at Mia, are among the experts taking part in the inaugural pitching event Series Rough Pitch – The Balkan Way on November 16.
The event is aimed at aimed at development stage TV series fiction projects from the Balkan region and is being held during the Zagreb Film Festival and Ljubljana International Film Festivals. It is hosted by the Creative Europe Desk - Media Office Croatia and co-hosted by...
Martina Bleis, head of Co-Pro Series at Berlinale Co-production Market, Francesco Capurro, head of Series Mania Forum, and Gaia Tridente, head of scripted division at Mia, are among the experts taking part in the inaugural pitching event Series Rough Pitch – The Balkan Way on November 16.
The event is aimed at aimed at development stage TV series fiction projects from the Balkan region and is being held during the Zagreb Film Festival and Ljubljana International Film Festivals. It is hosted by the Creative Europe Desk - Media Office Croatia and co-hosted by...
- 11/11/2021
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Leading Finnish streaming company Elisa Viihde is partnering up with A+E Networks on a new original series, “Next of Kin,” a mystery drama set in the near future.
The eight-part series is scheduled to begin filming this week in Helsinki, Finland, and will be distributed worldwide by A+E Networks. “Next of Kin” will the first original drama to bow on Elisa Viihde Viaplay, the upcoming streaming service that will be jointly launched by Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent Group) and Elisa Viihde this fall.
“Next of Kin” takes place in Helsinki and poses some fundamental questions about humanity. The series follows Liv, who decides to discover what happened to her DNA sample when it was stolen from a biobank, but she unknowingly ends up being pursued.
“Next of Kin” is headlined by a strong Nordic cast, including Nika Savolainen (“Shadow Lines”) and Elmer Bäck (“Idiomatic”), as well as Matleena Kuusniemi...
The eight-part series is scheduled to begin filming this week in Helsinki, Finland, and will be distributed worldwide by A+E Networks. “Next of Kin” will the first original drama to bow on Elisa Viihde Viaplay, the upcoming streaming service that will be jointly launched by Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent Group) and Elisa Viihde this fall.
“Next of Kin” takes place in Helsinki and poses some fundamental questions about humanity. The series follows Liv, who decides to discover what happened to her DNA sample when it was stolen from a biobank, but she unknowingly ends up being pursued.
“Next of Kin” is headlined by a strong Nordic cast, including Nika Savolainen (“Shadow Lines”) and Elmer Bäck (“Idiomatic”), as well as Matleena Kuusniemi...
- 9/16/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Giona Nazzaro and Ed Guiney among those selected to preside over funding.
TorinoFilmLab has named the juries presiding over its various production and co-production grants to be announced later this month.
Venice Critics’ Week head Giona Nazzaro, Isabelle Glachant, founder of Hong Kong-based production company Chinese Shadows, Julia Oh, commissioning executive at the UK’s Film4, Golden Bear-winning Romanian director Adina Pintilie; and former Israel Film Fund chief Katriel Schory will preside over the Tfl Production and Co-Production Awards.
Projects eligible for grants of up to €50,000 include the 11 titles selected for the FeatureLab training programme.
A separate jury will...
TorinoFilmLab has named the juries presiding over its various production and co-production grants to be announced later this month.
Venice Critics’ Week head Giona Nazzaro, Isabelle Glachant, founder of Hong Kong-based production company Chinese Shadows, Julia Oh, commissioning executive at the UK’s Film4, Golden Bear-winning Romanian director Adina Pintilie; and former Israel Film Fund chief Katriel Schory will preside over the Tfl Production and Co-Production Awards.
Projects eligible for grants of up to €50,000 include the 11 titles selected for the FeatureLab training programme.
A separate jury will...
- 11/7/2019
- by 1101325¦Gabriele Niola¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Matthieu Darras to step down, to be replaced by two curators, three heads of studies.
The TorinoFilmLab (Tfl), the year-round initative that supports first and second time international filmmakers through training, development, funding and distribution activities, has unveiled a major expansion and reorganisation of its staff.
After three years in the role, artistic director Matthieu Darras is stepping down to be replaced by the newly-created roles of two curators and three heads of studies. The curators are Bosnian producer Amra Bakšić Čamo and Berlinale World Cinema Fund project manager Vincenzo Bugno. They will take up their roles in January 2019.
Camo...
The TorinoFilmLab (Tfl), the year-round initative that supports first and second time international filmmakers through training, development, funding and distribution activities, has unveiled a major expansion and reorganisation of its staff.
After three years in the role, artistic director Matthieu Darras is stepping down to be replaced by the newly-created roles of two curators and three heads of studies. The curators are Bosnian producer Amra Bakšić Čamo and Berlinale World Cinema Fund project manager Vincenzo Bugno. They will take up their roles in January 2019.
Camo...
- 11/6/2018
- by Gabriele Niola
- ScreenDaily
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