Cph:dox also sets work-in-progress, Change co-production selections.
New feature documentaries from Honeyland director Ljubomir Stefanov and Ascension filmmaker Jessica Kingdon are among the 33 projects selected for Cph:Forum, the financing and co-production market of Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival.
Macedonian filmmaker Stefanov is presenting House of Earth, about a transgender sex worker who returns to her Roma community after 30 years on the run, only to be torn between her biological kin and her chosen queer family. The Macedonian-us co-production is produced by Maya E. Rudolph and Sarah D’hanens, and is looking for €405,000 funding to supplement its €45,000 in place from Louverture Films and private equity.
New feature documentaries from Honeyland director Ljubomir Stefanov and Ascension filmmaker Jessica Kingdon are among the 33 projects selected for Cph:Forum, the financing and co-production market of Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival.
Macedonian filmmaker Stefanov is presenting House of Earth, about a transgender sex worker who returns to her Roma community after 30 years on the run, only to be torn between her biological kin and her chosen queer family. The Macedonian-us co-production is produced by Maya E. Rudolph and Sarah D’hanens, and is looking for €405,000 funding to supplement its €45,000 in place from Louverture Films and private equity.
- 2/10/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
For any festival, the week before announcing the year’s slate of films is typically a period of relief and anticipation: your pics are locked in, the directors have been notified and the schedule is coming into focus. But for Toronto’s Hot Docs — the largest dedicated documentary festival in the North America — that period happened to coincide with the near-breakdown of the larger social order due to Covid-19, and the fest, initially scheduled to run April 30-May 10, was postponed.
Nonetheless, Hot Docs has endeavored to make the best of an unprecedentedly bad situation.
“The guiding light for us has been to try and simplify our decision-making process by looking at our core vision,” says Hot Docs executive director Brett Hendrie. “And that vision is to celebrate and showcase documentary film and to support filmmakers. Everything we’ve done and are trying to do, we bring back to that mission.
Nonetheless, Hot Docs has endeavored to make the best of an unprecedentedly bad situation.
“The guiding light for us has been to try and simplify our decision-making process by looking at our core vision,” says Hot Docs executive director Brett Hendrie. “And that vision is to celebrate and showcase documentary film and to support filmmakers. Everything we’ve done and are trying to do, we bring back to that mission.
- 4/30/2020
- by Andrew Barker
- Variety Film + TV
European Film Promotion has unveiled the 10 European documentary features that will play as part of the third edition of the Changing Face of Europe section that runs as part of Hot Docs Film Festival’s industry program.
The industry program plays in a digital format this year, starting on April 30 and running until May 31. The festival’s public screenings have been postponed and will be rescheduled for a later date.
The films in the Changing Face of Europe were selected by the festival, based on recommendations by Efp member organizations, representing Europe’s film promotion institutes.
The documentaries will be presented to buyers, distributors and programmers through the films’ participation in the Doc Shop, Hot Docs’ online market that offers access to curated playlists of documentary titles on-demand and the hub for this year’s industry content.
The filmmakers of the 10 selected films have been invited to participate in the new digital industry program,...
The industry program plays in a digital format this year, starting on April 30 and running until May 31. The festival’s public screenings have been postponed and will be rescheduled for a later date.
The films in the Changing Face of Europe were selected by the festival, based on recommendations by Efp member organizations, representing Europe’s film promotion institutes.
The documentaries will be presented to buyers, distributors and programmers through the films’ participation in the Doc Shop, Hot Docs’ online market that offers access to curated playlists of documentary titles on-demand and the hub for this year’s industry content.
The filmmakers of the 10 selected films have been invited to participate in the new digital industry program,...
- 4/14/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The first feature-length doc by Sweden's Lia Hietala and Hannah Reinikainen is about to world-premiere in the Berlinale's Panorama Dokumente section. The first feature-length documentary by Swedish filmmakers Lia Hietala and Hannah Reinikainen, Always Amber, will world-premiere in the Berlinale's (20 February-1 March) Panorama Dokumente section. Hietala previously won the Teddy Award for Best Short Film at the festival in 2017, for My Gay Sister. The film portrays 17-year-old Amber and their best friend Sebastian, who refuse to let society label their gender. Moving through a spectrum of fluid identities, they dream together, party together and form friendships with like-minded people. The queer teenagers inhabit an open and loving world far from the judging eyes of others, in which everything seems possible. But when Amber falls in love with Charlie, their utopian world is shaken to its core. Trust issues begin to emerge, and in the midst of it all,...
The French international sales firm will be wagering on the Swedish documentary by Lia Hietala and Hannah Reinikainen at the Efm, a work which will enjoy its world premiere in the Panorama line-up. Specialising in the international sale of documentary works, the Parisian group Wide House, directed by Anaïs Clanet, will once again see one of its titles showcased at the Berlinale (whose 70th edition runs 20 February - 1 March): Always Amber by Swedish filmmakers Lia Hietala and Hannah Reinikainen. Due to enjoy its world premiere in the Panorama Dokumente section, the film revolves around 17-year-old Amber and her best friend Sebastian. These two queer youngsters share a world far away from the judging eyes of society. When they’re together, anything feels possible. Always Amber follows them during this identity building period, where they share everything from dreams and parties to new friendships. But when Amber falls in love.
The section will also showcase the world premiere of Srdan Golubović’s Father
The Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 20-Mar 1) has completed the line-up of its Panorama strand with a further 15 world premieres.
The newly announced titles take the Panorama total to 35, after a first wave of features for the strand were announced last month.
They include the world premiere of Bassam Tariq’s Mogul Mowgli (previously titlted Mughal Mowgli), which stars Riz Ahmed as a UK rapper on the verge of international stardom when a crippling illness strikes him down, and he is forced to move back in with his family.
The Berlin International Film Festival (Feb 20-Mar 1) has completed the line-up of its Panorama strand with a further 15 world premieres.
The newly announced titles take the Panorama total to 35, after a first wave of features for the strand were announced last month.
They include the world premiere of Bassam Tariq’s Mogul Mowgli (previously titlted Mughal Mowgli), which stars Riz Ahmed as a UK rapper on the verge of international stardom when a crippling illness strikes him down, and he is forced to move back in with his family.
- 1/21/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
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