All Development articles – Page 9
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NewsMark Cousins, Kat Mansoor projects in 2022 Sheffield DocFest MeetMarket (exclusive)
35 international documentary projects include 11 first-time feature directors.
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NewsProtagonist makes key hire from Number 9 Films
Former Number 9 Films development editor will focus on new talent.
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NewsHenry Blake, Carol Salter among first Uncertain Kingdom development fund recipients
Four features have received support in the development fund’s first round.
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NewsTorinoFilmLab unveils nine projects selected for its SeriesLab programme (exclusive)
TorinoFilmLab also reveals the five writers for its recently launched SeriesLab Talents.
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NewsFull Circle Lab Philippines reveals projects for fourth edition (exclusive)
Projects from director Woo Ming Jin and producer Anthony Chen among titles.
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NewsSoutheast Asia’s SEAFIC lab to cease operations
A loss of funding compounded by the pandemic has contributed to the closure.
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NewsNeon snaps up Dorothy Baker novel ‘Cassandra At The Wedding’
Sarah DeLappe is to adapt the screenplay.
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FeaturesQumra mentor Ghassan Salhab talks about his early career and his new Beirut vampire film
Senegalese-born, Lebanese-French director talks about his hands-off mentoring approach.
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NewsSeries Mania, Beta Group partner on film director initiative
Seriesmakers will focus on feature film directors who wish to venture into the TV series.
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FeaturesHow Qumra is adapting to support burgeoning talent from the MENA region
This year’s edition will support the development of 45 projects across short, feature and series formats.
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NewsLocarno Film Festival launches residency programme for first features
A call for submissions is open until May 2 to create initial short list of filmmakers with first feature works.
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NewsFfilm Cymru Wales funding development of 12 feature films (exclusive)
The fund has previously backed titles including ‘Censor’ and ‘The Colour Room’.
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NewsDoha Film Institute unveils 45 projects to be showcased at Qumra 2022
The eighth edition of the annual talent incubator takes place online from March 18-23.
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NewsEuropean development programme Less Is More selects 16 feature projects (exclusive)
Eleven of the projects are debut features.
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NewsNetflix, Creative UK launch debut filmmaking initiative Breakout
The programmes aims to work wiith under-represented voices.
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NewsUK’s Sovereign expands with action label for film, series, games
A slate of feature films is currently in development.
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NewsTeona Strugar Mitevska sets Mother Teresa story ‘Mother’ as next project (exclusive)
The film is a fictionalised version of how a nun became the religious icon.
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NewsKirill Sokolov developing steamy Finnish sauna pic ‘To Banya’ (exclusive)
The Russian director’s ‘No Looking Back’ is benig sold by M-Appeal in the EFM.
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NewsCPH:FORUM projects include new titles from ‘One Child Nation’, ‘Chuck Norris vs. Communism’ directors
There are 30 projects in first physical event since 2019.
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NewsMounia Meddour’s ‘Délit de Solidarité’ among 35 projects to receive Doha Film Institute grants
Syrian filmmaker Anas Khalaf, French-Moroccan filmmaker Sofia Alaoui and Egypt’s Ahmed Fawzi Saleh have also received backing.