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Source: Echo Art Films

‘After The Fog’

Miriam Heard’s After The Fog, a Chile-UK-France co-production, is among 13 films selected for the Works in Progress strand of Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event, the industry programme of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (POFF).

Currently in post-production, Spanish-language drama After The Fog (Spanish title: Despues de la niebla) bears witness to the experiences of Chilean citizens in 1988, when the country ousted military dictator Augusto Pinochet after 16 years.

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It is written and directed by Heard, and produced by Heard for her UK company Echo Art Films, with Dominique Rammsy, Stephanie Douet and Anna Holburn.

British-German filmmaker Heard is based in Chile; her debut feature Tierra Yerma played the festival circuit in 2016. She currently has two feature projects in development with UK producer Sarah Brocklehurst: I’m At Home Here starring Amir El-Masry and Naomi Ackie, and A Last Summer.

Other titles in the POFF Works in Progress selection include Mamifera, a comedy-drama exploring womanhood and motherhood, from writer-director Liliana Torres. The Spanish filmmaker previously played her second feature What Went Wrong? at POFF in 2021.

The Works in Progress selection is split into two strands, with five international titles and eight Baltic projects. In the latter group, Latvia’s Dzintars Dreigbergs will present sports biopic Escape Net, the story of Dzidra Karamiseva, the first Latvian basketball player on the USSR team.

The projects will be presented to industry professionals on November 16 and 17 at POFF. The best projects in each of the Baltic and international strands will receive €7,000 (£6,089). 

POFF runs from November 3-19, with the industry programme from November 13-17.

Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event 2023 Works in Progress titles

International

After The Fog (Chile-UK-Fr) dir. Miriam Heard

Mamifera (Sp) dir. Liliana Torres

The Platform (Bul) dir. Nikolay Moutaftchiev

The Tower of Strength (Mont-Ser-Ger) dir. Nikola Vukcevic

Truth or Consequences (Fr) dir. Philippe Prouff

Baltic

Aurora (Est) dirs. Rain Tolk, Andres Maimik

Escape Net (Lat) dir. Dzintars Dreibergs

Impressions (Lat) dir. Alise Zarina

Life and Love (Est) dir. Helen Takkin

Maria’s Silence (Lat-Lith) dir. Davis Simanis

Rolling Papers (Est) dir. Meel Paliale

Southern Chronicles (Lith-Est) dir. Ignas Miskinis

Youth Eternal (Lat) dir. Armands Zacs