On Sunday, the Strand du Locarno Film Festival, Le Strand, unveiled the winners of its industry prizes on Sunday, including its first work section during work by focusing on projects at the end of the completion, the development of the Co-Development Program Alliance 4, the Antaviana Spanish Prewals Award and the third heritage restoration competition.
The winners were released during the Locarno Pro Award ceremony on Sunday. The projects of promising feature films that contributed for the first looks came from this year Focus Country, Canada.
The first looks were awarded by an international jury made up of Franck Finance-Madureira, film critic and founder of The Queer Palm and the Queer Palm Lab, Kim Yutani, Director of programming at the Sundance Film Festival, and Jacqueline Lyanga, co-director of the film program at Berlin International Festival.
The 78th edition of the Locarno festival takes place until August 16.
Consult the full list of Locarno Pro winners below.
First glance
Urban prize for the first lookup to € 50,000 ($ 58,220) in post-production services.
Nina Roza By Geneviève Dulude-de Celes, produced by Colonelle Films (Canada), co-produced by Umi Films (Italy), Echo Bravo (Belgium), Ginger Light (Bulgaria), first studio (Bulgaria), sales agent The best friend Forever, fiction.
Synopsis: “A viral video of an 8 -year -old Bulgarian artist draws the attention of a large art collector, and Mihail is sent there, 30 years after leaving his country of origin, to assess the value of the work of the girl and face the ghosts of his past.”
Jury declaration: “This film stood out from its beautiful integration of music and art, its performance and a captivating story that explores the identity, exile and the idea of the house and the family.”
Musical library and SFX / Acorde Price€ 45,000 ($ 52,400) in music supervision services at Music Library & SFX’s Labs.
Thank you to the hard work of the elephants By Bryce Hodgson, produced by Coukuma (Canada) and Harrington Studio (Canada), Fiction.
Synopsis: “Based on a true story … Elephants is a queer love fantasy that follows two adolescents who escape a locking center for young abusive ones while being on the LSD. They fly the Center van and lead 400 kilometers to a large -area store car park, determined to start a town of young alternatives in a neighboring suburban forest. »»
CINEGROUND Award15,000 CHF ($ 18,533) in image finishing services.
Lunar swing By Nick Butler, produced by Cloudy Pictures (Canada), fiction
Synopsis: “Cliff is an eccentric young man living in the small town of the Mooncrest desert, looking for love in all bad places. His life is shaken with the unexpected arrival of his distant biological mother, Marg, a Steel, who reminds her of a curse. But she has never seen her coming.”
Jannuzzi Smith PrizeThe design of an international poster worth € 10,000 ($ 11,645).
Nina Roza By Geneviève Dulude-de Celes, produced by Colonelle Films (Canada), co-produced by Umi Films (Italy), Echo Bravo (Belgium), Ginger Light (Bulgaria), first studio (Bulgaria), sales agent: best friend forever, fiction.
The French film Award€ 5,600 ($ 6,520) of advertising space.
Lunar swing By Nick Butler, produced by Cloudy Pictures (Canada), fiction
Spanish overview
Antaviana spanish preways awardA voucher worth € 10,000 ($ 11,645), including publishing rooms, coloring of colors, sound mixing rooms and final deliveries.
Lóngquán: The Dragon Spring (Lóngquán: The Dragon Spring) By Adrià Guxens, produced by the Charito Films (Spain), co -produced by Anna Moragriega Farrés (Dramatic Pause Films, Spain).
Synopsis: “During the Lunar New Year celebrations, Janyi, a young Catalan of Chinese origin, obtained a
Call from his mother: his grandmother suddenly fell ill and wants to see him. Although he hardly remembers her, Junyi goes on a trip that will make her question his roots and his increasingly vague feeling of identity.
Development of alliance 4
Masé Studio AwardCHF3,000 ($ 3,706) Gariot in cash.
Bitter chocolate (dark chocolate)By Valentin Merz, produced by Marie Lanne-chesnot (Andrea Film, Switzerland).
Synopsis: “Sadek, a young Tunisian, praline for a chocolate factory in Zurich. He likes to spend his free time playing casino roulette. When Jean-Charles Perret and his elegant mother recognize the taste of Sadek for chocolate and wealth, they draw it in their world enchanting, just like a devastating fungus, the devastating fungus, the cacau fungus. Sadek is put to work on the development of synthetic chocolate, while his face and identity begin to mutate.
Hasé Studio post-production priceCHF25,000 ($ 30,886) in post-production services.
In Hidden (in the hidden) By Goran Rebić, produced by Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu and Bady Minck (Fou Vienne and Fou Luxembourg).
Synopsis: “1934, 1944, 1956. A woman – mother, friend, lover – between times, systems and identities. The life of Eva, a social democratic activist, triggers rails when the civil war disturbs the pre-fascist comes: her young sons in a foreigner, her husband on the race, Eva keeps secretly for ideas and hides in people in the threat of national social reaction. The case begins to flourish while the Red Army finally approaches Austria.
Hasé Studio Post-Production Special Award10,000 CHF ($ 11,645) in post-production services to Hasé studios, valid for five years.
Snow (snow)By Jenna Hasse, produced by Olivier Zobrist (Langfilm, Switzerland).
Synopsis: “Alma, pianist in a personal crisis, is stuck in a luxury hotel in Zermatt at Christmas. The lack of snow exhausts the rich customers, while the hotel desperately tries to give them the illusion of a perfect festive season. In the middle of luxury, artificial snow and music.
Market alphapanda priceConsulting services in value of € 3,500 ($ 4,075).
The flowering of a chimera (the flowering of a chimera) By Simon Maria Kubiena, produced by Elli Leeb and Fabian Leonhardt (Chimera Film, Austria).
Synopsis: “After a dark event, Jakob, recently was 18 years old, abandons school and begins to work in a pesticide factory near Vienna. Meanwhile, his family becomes more and more distant from him. They are unable to face what happened, and isolate Jakob allows them to maintain harmony. Getting closer, Jakob’s past is on the surface. »»
Declaration of Alphapanda: “This is a radical film which rarely explores subjects covered in order to deeply dig into the human soul. Thanks to a talented director with a clear artistic vision, we are convinced that this film will have a strong impact, both on the public and on the industry. We look forward to seeing him on the big screen during a big festival. ”
Special mention
First tripBy Alessandro Cassigoli and Casey Kauffman, produced by Nanni Moretti and Benedetta Barroero (Sacher Film, Italy).
Synopsis: “Carlo, a 22-year-old child from Naples who lives alone with his grandfather, accepts a free vacation in Malaga in exchange for driving a car full of drugs in Italy. But the revealing experiences he has in Spain, both with his criminal transactors and a pretty French woman.
Consultancy Residency script at Dreamago offered by Valais Film Commissionis worth 5,000 CHF ($ 6,177).
Najma and Salomé (Najma and Salome)By Anne Zinn-Justin, produced by Clémentine Mourão-Ferreira (S-Cle, France).
Synopsis: “Salomé, nurse in her forties, lives alone with her 8 -year -old daughter Emma in a rural city. One of his patients, Marthe, a vineyard suffering from a lung disease, died accidentally during a burglary. Pollution according to which local economic players are trying to hide … “
Pascale Rey of Dreamago and Tristan Albrecht from the Valais Film Commission State: “A Village with Two Communities that you really get Along SEES FUTURE THREATENED by Recurring Illnesses. This is the starting point for an alliance between Two Women Determined to SHED LIGHT ON THESE STRANG. Dreamago and the Valais Film Commission Are Delighted to Offer Screenwriter and Director Anne Zinn-Justin A Script Doctoring Session With Sir Christopher Hampton for Her Project Najma and Salomère– A story with the feeling of a firmly rooted modern Westerner that resonates in a universal way! »»
Midpoint advice priceAn online consulting firm online with one of the experts from the Midpoint Institute.
The flowering of a chimera (the flowering of a chimera)By Simon Maria Kubiena, produced by Elli Leeb & Fabian Leonhardt (Chimera Film, Austria)
Milious States: “Midpoint Institute is proud to support a project that dares to explore the complex consequences of violence without judgment, offering a way to understanding and healing The flowering of a chimera(The flowering of a chimera). “”
Ticino film commission priceA two -day location scout worth 4,000 CHF ($ 4,942) and a letter of intent (law) for financial support for the production company worth 12,000 CHF ($ 14,825), if all or part of the film will be shot in Ticino.
SolastalgiaBy Yosr Gasmi and Mauro Mazzocchi, produced by Ivan Casagrande Conti, Tommaso Santambrogio (Chiotto Film, Italy) and Ismaël (Utopia Films, Tunisia).
Synopsis: “Aurora-Héla is a young Italian-Tunisian shepherd with androgynous characteristics. She lives on a mountain at the foot of the fellarie, a glacier which is irreversibly melted. While the construction of a dam threatens its community of shepherd and artists, Aurora is forced to return to the south of the south of her father. Tunisia, its ritual journey weaves symbolic and geological links between the two banks of the Mediterranean. »»
Declaration of the jury: “Here in our own region, in Ticino, we only know too well the persistent feeling that accompanies the change in our landscape, the progressive loss of glaciers and the places we have used to visit or live. Solastalgia. “”
Locarno heritage restoration competition
Letter from my village(1975) by Safi Faye
