The world's largestco-production market,
A total of 46 projects - upone from last year's tally of 45 - have been selected to present to an internationalaudience of up to 800 buyers, sales agents, distributors and fundrepresentatives. A record 520 projects were submitted for selection this year -and despite a growing number of co-production forums, 44 of the 46 are new tothe marketplace.
The titles range in budgetfrom the $5.5.m (A$7m) Black Oasis,directed by Priscilla, Queen of theDesert's Stephan Elliot and with Fortissimo attached as sales agent, to the$399,244 (Euros 300,000) Living Quietly by Tan Chi Mui, and run from scriptdevelopment phase to already-completed, including Bruce Weber's Robert Mitchumdocumentary Nice Girls Don't Stay ForBreakfast.
Other internationally knowndirectors presenting at
Returning Cinemart namesinclude Pablo Trapero, last year'sTiger Award competitor Alexis Dos Santos; Lav Diaz and Fien Troch, alongside newtalent including two upcoming female film-makers already selected for the TigerAwards competition of
The 2007 Cinemart projectsare:
30 Something, Radu Montean,Multi Media Est (Romania)
Black Oasis, Stephan Elliot, Hit & Run Productions (US)
The Boy, Jongkwan Kim, MK Pictures (South Korea)
Breath, Kim Ki-Duk, Cineclick Asia & Kim Ki-Duk Film (South Korea)
Cassiopeia, Brent Stewart, O'Salvation Cine & Love Streams Agnes B.Productions (US/France)
La Chinoise, Xiaolu Guo, Tigerlily Films (China/UK)
Country Teacher, Bohdan Slama, Negativ Film Productions (CzechRepublic/Germany/France)
Desencuentro; Pablo Trapero, Matanza Cine Srl (Argentina)
FilmeFobia, Kiko Goifman, Paleo TV & Plateau Procucoes (Brazil/Germany)
Fragments of Grace, Peter Brosens & Jessica Woodworth, Bo Films (Belgium/TheNetherlands/Germany)
French Doors, Steve Robert Ayson, Lake David (New Zealand)
El Futuro, Alicia Scherson, MC Films (Chile)
Un homme qui crie n'est
The House of My Fathers, Ineke Smits; Volya Films (The Netherlands)
Huacho, Alejandro Almendras, FernandezFilm & Charivari Film (Chile/France/Germany)
I Cycled into the Arctic Circle, Matt Hulse, Tall Stories Ltd (UK)
Independencia, Raya Martin, Cinematografica Independiente en Filipinas (Philippines)
The Invader, Nicolas Provost, Versus Production (Belgium)
Involuntary, Ruben Ostlund, Plattform Produktion (Sweden)
Lebanon, Samuel Maoz, Paralite Productions (Israel/Germany)
The Light, Aktan Arym Kubat, A.S.A.P. Films (Kyrgyzstan/France/Germany/Belgium)
Living Quietly, Tan Chui Mui, Unlimited Films (Malaysia/France)
Lost Persons Area, Caroline Strubbe, Minds Meet (Belgium/The Netherlands)
Myself: Sometimes, Kieran Galvin, All At Once (Australia)
Nice Girls
Nu Schreeuwt Ze, Esther Rots, Circe Films (The Netherlands)
Out of the Flames, Thomas Clay, Pull Back Camera Ltd (UK)
Pepperminta, Pipilotti Rist, Hugofilm Productions (Switzerland)
Les pieds
La proxima piel, Isaki Lacuesta, Sagrera TV S.A (Spain)
A Rational Solution, Jorgen Bergmark, Hepp Film AB (Sweden)
Reclusion Perpetua, Lav Diaz, Sine Olivia (Philippines)
Reliable Responsible, Andrew Bujalski, Reliable Responsible LLC (US)
Salamandra, Pablo Aguero, Rizoma Films (Argentina/France)
La seguridad de los perros, Jorge Gaggero, Aquafilms (Argentina)
Serviam, Ruth Mader, Struggle Films (Austria)
Shanghai 20, David Verbeek, Motel Films/Les Petites Lumieres (TheNetherlands/China)
StoryOfJen, Francois Rotger, Les films a un dollar (France/Canada)
Taro the Dumbass, Tatsushi Omori, Arato Film Inc (Japan)
This Earth of Mankind, Garin Nugroho, PTElang Perkasa Film (Indonesia)
A Thousand Houses of Dream
Tromperie, Arnaud Desplechin, Everybody on Deck (France)
Unmade Beds, Alexis Dos Santos, The Bureau Film Company (UK)
The Unspoken, Fien Troch, Prime Time (Belgium)
You, My Joy, Sergei Loznitsa, MA.JA.DE Filmproduktion (Russia/Germany)
Zusje van Katia, Mijke de Jong, Keyman Film &Egmond Film & Television (The Netherlands)
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