Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) has unveiled the projects that will be showcased during its Eastern Promises industry strand, which is taking place online for the first time due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Some 41 film projects will be presented across industry strands: Works in Progress; First Cut+ Works in Progress; Docs in Progress; Works in Development - Feature Launch; and Eurimages Lab Project Award.
Projects will be presented to industry across three days, from July 8, with the most promising titles receiving awards worth a total of €165,000 ($147,000).
KVIFF announced in April that its industry showcase would move online, due to lockdown measures and ongoing travel restrictions as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.
A total of eight projects – all in post-production – have been selected for the Works in Progress section and include:
- Absence (Iran-Cze-Slov) Dir: Ali Mosaffa
- The Alleys (Jor-Qua-Fr-Saudi) Dir: Bassel Ghandour
- Black Medusa (Tun-Lux) Dir/Pro: ismaël
- Field (Geo) Dir: Lasha Tskvitinidze
- Snow White Dies At The End (N Mac) Dir: Kristijan Risteski
- Stop-Zemlia (Ukr) Dir: Kataryna Gornostai
- Troubled Minds (Lat-Nor) Dirs: Raitis Ābele, Lauris Ābele
- Wiarołom (Pol) Dir: Piotr Złotorowicz
A further eight projects will be introduced as part of the First Cut+ programme, showcasing projects that previously participated in First Cut Lab. They include:
- Broad Peak (Pol-It) Dir: Leszek Dawid
- Deskmate (Turk-Rom) Dir: Ferit Karahan
- I Am FINE, Thanks (Lith) Dir: Ernestas Jankauskas
- Immaculate (Rom) Dir: Monica Stan, George Chiper Lillemark
- January (Bul-Port-Lux) Dir: Andrey Paounov
- The Runner (Lith-Cze) Dir: Andrius Blaževičius
- The Users (Serb-Slov-Neth-BH) Dir: Ivan Ikić
- Wild Roots (Hun-Slov) Dir: Hajni Kis
Eight projects were selected for Docs in Progress, introducing documentary films that are in late production or in post-production. They are:
- Every Single Minute (Cze-Slov) Dir: Erika Hníková
- Intensive Life Unit (Cze) Dir: Adéla Komrzý
- Homes (Lat) Dir/Pro: Laila Pakalniņa
- The Lines (Slov) Dir: Barbora Sliepková
- Roma And The Camel Man (Geo) Dir: Irakli Metreveli
- Until The Wedding (Pol) Dir: Daniel Stopa
- Indoor – Tehran (Iran) Dir: Azadi Moghadam
- The Pawnshop (Pol) Dir: Łukasz Kowalski
Works in Development - Feature Launch comprises nine projects seeking co-production partners. They include:
- Crissea IV (Rom) Dir: Vladimir Dembinski
- The Fragile Beauty Of Masculinity (Cze-Slov) Dir: Andrea Culková
- Kyuka - Journeying To The Moon Through The Endless Sea (Gre) Dir: Kostis Charamountanis
- Neither Voice (Slov) Dir: Ester Ivakič
- The Sanctuary (Bul) Dir: Katerina Borisova
- Sara’s Bungalow (Pol) Dir: Julia Rogowska
- Usud (Serb) Dir: Stefan Malešević
- Vacuum (Ukr) Dir: Yelizaveta Smith
- Two Times One (Bul) Dir: Vladimir Petev
Eurimages Lab Project Award will showcase eight projects in production or post-production that ventures beyond traditional filmmaking. They include:
- Atlantide (It-Fra) Dir: Yuri Ancarani
- Bula (Bel-Bra) Dir, Producer: Boris Baum
- Burial (Lith-Nor) Dir: Emilija Skarnulyte
- Five Dreamers And A Horse (Arm-Ger) Dir: Vahagn Khachatryan, Aren Malakyan
- Hello My Friend (Ger-Cuba) Dir: Bettina Blümner
- Roots (Serb-Cro) Dir: Tea Lukač
- Stepne (Ukr-Ger-Pol) Dir, Producer: Maryna Vroda
- Utopia (Ukr-Aus-Neth) Dir: Juri Rechinsky
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