João Nuno Pinto and Fernanda Polacow’s Portuguese/Brazilian coproduction The Last Summer was chosen for the 25,000 EUR postproduction services Cinelab Romania Award.
The 10,000 EUR postproduction services award offered by Hungary’s Focusfox Studio went to Drowning Dry directed by Laurynas Bareisa.
Italian Jauneet Bleu directed by Giulia Grandinetti and Bulgarian Resonance directed by Yordan Petkov will benefit from 5,000 EUR each for different marketing approaches and audience analysis costs.
EastWest Filmdistribution chose Bulgaria’s Dissonance directed by Berlin-based Elitza Petkova for the award consisting of script consultancy with Irish-American script doctor/writer Steven Goldsmith.
Georgia’s Worker directed by Giorgi Kobalia won the Young Producer Award of Turkey’s Yapimlab consisting of project consultancy in Istanbul and network possibilities within the Turkish film industry equal to 5,000 EUR.
Greece‘s Crossroads Coproduction Forum and Mediterranean Film Institute will select the projects for their awards at a later stage. The Cannes Market Producers Network will also offer an accreditation during the forthcoming 2023 Cannes Market.
This year the Work in Progress selection included 28 fiction films of which three were short films.
LIST OF AWARDS:
Cinelab Romania Award (25,000 EUR in postproduction services):
The Last Summer (Portugal, Brazil)
Directed by João Nuno Pinto
Focusfox Studio (Hungary) Award (10,000 EUR in postproduction services):
Drowning Dry (Lithuania, Latvia)
Directed by Laurynas Bareisa
Produced by Afterschool
Coproduced by Trickster Pictures
Gruvi Awards (for two projects worth 5,000 EUR each, covering marketing Ad technology, including audience analysis, landing page design, real-time tracking, a GDS report and advanced media planning to reach and approach audiences):
Jauneet Bleu (Italy)
Directed by Giulia Grandinetti
Resonance (Bulgaria)
Directed by Yordan Petkov
Produced by Garti Films
Coproduced by Portokal
EastWest Filmdistribution Award (script consultancy with Steven Goldsmith, equal to 5,000 EUR):
Dissonance (Bulgaria, Germany)
Directed by Eliza Petkova
Produced by Red Carpet
Young Producer Award of Yapimlab (Turkey) (project consultancy in Istanbul and network possibilities within the Turkish film industry equal to 5,000 EUR):
Worker (Georgia)
Directed by Giorgi Kobalia
Produced by Film Asylum
Source: FNE
