For a few busy days before the frantic fall festival slate hits high gear in Venice, Toronto and Telluride, key players from the international film world can be found mingling at Sarajevo’s stately Hotel Europe, the hub for the Bosnian festival’s CineLink Industry Days.
A highlight of the buzzy industry program each year is the Co-Production Market, which in its 15th year has become one of the leading platforms for emerging talents from the region. According to CineLink industry coordinator Armin Hadzic, roughly 70% of the projects pitched in the market get produced within three years of appearing in Sarajevo, with most of those going on to get international festival premieres and distribution.
Though just 19 projects were selected from more than 150 submissions this year, Hadzic says at least 30 could have made the cut, testifying to the growing maturity of the local market. The co-production forum’s track record is...
A highlight of the buzzy industry program each year is the Co-Production Market, which in its 15th year has become one of the leading platforms for emerging talents from the region. According to CineLink industry coordinator Armin Hadzic, roughly 70% of the projects pitched in the market get produced within three years of appearing in Sarajevo, with most of those going on to get international festival premieres and distribution.
Though just 19 projects were selected from more than 150 submissions this year, Hadzic says at least 30 could have made the cut, testifying to the growing maturity of the local market. The co-production forum’s track record is...
- 8/16/2019
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Ewan McGregor in Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer (top); Samuel Maoz's Lebanon (upper middle); Sibel Kekilli in Feo Aladag's When We Leave (lower middle); Elio Germano in Daniele Luchetti's Our Life (bottom) At the 2010 Seville European Film Festival, the European Film Academy and Efa Productions announced the nominations for this year's European Film Awards. Among the nominees are Semih Kaplanoglu's Berlin Film Festival winner Bal / Honey, Roman Polanski's thriller The Ghost Writer, Juan José Campanella's Oscar-winning Argentinean-Spanish co-production The Secret in Their Eyes, and Fatih Akin's comedy Soul Kitchen. (See full list below.) Now, (an unknown percentage of) the more than 2,300 Efa members will vote for the winners. Those will be announced at the European Film Awards ceremony on Dec. 4 in Tallinn, Estonia. European Film Awards 2010 Nominations European Film 2010: Bal (Honey), Turkey/Germany directed by Semih Kaplanoglu written by Semih Kaplanoglu...
- 11/7/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Roman Polanski's thriller has been nominated for 7 European Film Awards including best European film, director, actor (Ewan McGregor), screenwriter, editor, production design and composer. Other leading nominees are Samuel Maoz's Lebanon with 5 nods and Semih Kaplanoğlu's Honey with 3. This year's European Film Awards will take place in Tallinn, Estonia on December 4. The 2,300 members of the European Film Academy will vote for the winners. Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon won the European film, director and screenwriter awards last year. European Film 2010: Bal (Honey), Turkey/Germany Directed by Semih Kaplanoğlu Written by Semih Kaplanoğlu & Orçun Köksal Produced by Semih Kaplanoğlu & Johannes Rexin Des Hommes Et Des Dieux (Of Gods and Men), France Directed by Xavier Beauvois Written by Etienne Comar & Xavier Beauvois The Ghost Writer, France/Germany/UK Directed by Roman Polanski Written by Robert Harris & Roman Polanski Produced by Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde & Roman Polanski Lebanon,...
- 11/6/2010
- by TIM ADLER in London
- Deadline London
Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen, Oliver Maltman in Mike Leigh‘s Another Year (top); Samuel Maoz‘s Lebanon (middle); Moritz Bleibtreu in Fatih Akin‘s Soul Kitchen (bottom) Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer, Jean Luc-Godard’s Film Socialism: 2010 European Film Award Semi-Finalists 3 SEZÓNY V Pekle 3 Seasons In Hell Czech Republic, 110 min. written and directed by Tomáš Mašin produced by Monika Kristl Another Year UK, 129 min. written and directed by Mike Leigh produced by Georgina Lowe Bal Honey Turkey/Germany, 103 min. directed by Semih Kaplanoglu written by Semih Kaplanoglu & Orçun Köksal produced by Semih Kaplanoglu & Johannes Rexin Carlos France/Germany, 318 min. directed by Olivier Assayas written by Olivier Assayas & Dan Franck based on an original idea by Daniel Leconte produced by Daniel Leconte, Jens Meurer & Judy Tossell Celda 211 Cell 211 Spain / France, 114 min. directed by by Daniel Monzón written by Jorge Guerricaechevarría & Daniel Monzón produced [...]...
- 9/9/2010
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
3 SEZÓNY V Pekle 3 Seasons In Hell Czech Republic, 110 min. written and directed by Tomáš Mašin produced by Monika Kristl Another Year UK, 129 min. written and directed by Mike Leigh produced by Georgina Lowe Bal Honey Turkey/Germany, 103 min. directed by Semih Kaplano?lu written by Semih Kaplano?lu & Orçun Köksal produced by Semih Kaplano?lu & Johannes Rexin Carlos France/Germany, 318 min. directed by Olivier Assayas written by Olivier Assayas & Dan Franck based on an original idea by Daniel Leconte produced by Daniel Leconte, Jens Meurer & Judy Tossell Celda 211 Cell 211 Spain / France, 114 min. directed by by Daniel Monzón written by Jorge Guerricaechevarría & Daniel Monzón produced by Emma Lustres, Borja Pena, Juan Gordon & Álvaro Augustín Le Concert The Concert France, 122 min. directed by Radu Mihaileanu written by Radu Mihaileanu produced by Alain Attal Des Hommes Et Des Dieux Of Gods And [...]...
- 9/9/2010
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
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