05. – 07.10.2020

PROGRAMME EUROPEAN WORK IN PROGRESS COLOGNE 2020

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Welcome ...... 03 Jury ...... 06 Award Sponsors Awards ...... 09 Agenda ...... 10 Panels ...... 13 Case Studies ...... 15 Places ...... 17 Projects ...... 19 Partners Projects A – Z ...... 80 In just three years, EWIP Cologne has developed into a trendsetting market platform. Arthouse projects from all over Europe come here to find co-production partners, distributors and sales agents as well as to establish contact with important festivals. The success to date is evidence of how well the event was prepared and how right it is to focus on distribution and marketing. Consequently, numerous EWIP films have already had their world premieres in Cannes, Venice and Berlin, Toronto, Tallinn or Rotterdam. So as not to lose the momentum of the first two editions, the organisers felt obliged to try and invite the industry to come to Cologne again this year, particularly now when the film industry so urgently needs functioning markets. The personal presentation of the projects as well as the exchange of ideas and meetings - the lifeblood of the industry - should be possible in accordance with the rules on hygiene and social distancing. And the response proves the organisers right: a total of 165 projects were submitted, of which 28 were selected to be presented in Cologne. We are delighted with this result! Our thanks go to Torsten Frehse, Hen-Suk Jung and Olimpia Pont Cháfer for their great commitment and the fruitful cooperation, and, of course, to this year‘s jury: Melanie Andernach (Made in Germany), Leslie Chen (Blossoms Entertainment), Sebastian Lückel (ARD Degeto) and Triin Tramberg (Tallinn Black Nights Festival). We wish all the delegations a nice time in Cologne and plenty of success. Welcome to Cologne! Petra Müller, Film- und Medienstiftung NRW

03 Dear Colleagues, I am delighted to welcome you on behalf of the management of EWIP and the board of directors of AG Verleih as organizers of this event. If everything works as planned, EWIP will be one of or THE fi rst industry platform in the crisis that also allows direct communication. When deciding to pull through with EWIP 2020 under these special circumstances, we were particularly pleased about the encouragement by so many colleagues with reference to their positive experiences in the fi rst 2 years. As the previous editions have proven to be a success, we are very much looking forward to this third edition generating a number of agreements with distributors, sales agents, broadcasters and co-producers as well as festival invitations. Our mission with European Work in Progress Cologne, therefore, remains to maintain and expand a platform in the middle of Europe for our colleagues from the acquisition‘s department. Of course, we are aware of how many colleagues are currently in an existential situation! We want to further establish and continuously improve this increasingly important event in this world of upheaval in fi lm distribution. To achieve this, we tried to combine the larger number of applications with a balanced selection and interesting panel discussions. We were able to bring together renowned people for our jury and experts for our panels. I would like to sincerely thank Petra Müller and her team from the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW for their great support as well as our sponsors, the Film Festival Cologne and last but not least, our team for their cooperation. Best regards,

Torsten Frehse, European Work in Progress Cologne

05 JURY

Triin Tramberg Melanie Andernach has been the programme coordinator of the Tallinn Black Nights Festival since 2011. She is also the co-founder studied Law at the Universities of Bonn, Munich, and Paris, before she did her Ph.D. in Copyright Law in of the distribution company Punch Drunk Films. In 2016, she started to focus on the industry side of the festival, 2003. After her additional studies of Creative Production at the International Film School (ifs) in Cologne, selecting titles for the showcase International Works in Progress and the Script Pool script competition. Since she fully devoted herself to film. She worked as an independent author, director, and producer for theatrical 2019, she has been managing Creative Gate, a part of Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event, which is a creative industry documentaries and feature films. In 2007, she teamed up with Knut Losen and founded MADE IN GERMANY development centre with the primary aim of developing entrepreneurship as well as providing masterclasses and Film Produktion. MADE IN GERMANY develops and (co-)produces high-quality documentaries and feature workshops for different film professionals. films for German, European, and International audiences.

Leslie Chen Sebastian Lückel is the senior advisor of Blossoms Entertainment, a newly established sales agency and publicity company for is head of acquisitions, coproductions and programming at ARD Degeto. He works for Degeto Film GmbH Chinese films. She is responsible for the strategic planning of sales and distribution worldwide. Leslie was SVP since 2018 and is responsible for feature film and series acquisitions, pre-buys as well as German cinema of Asian Sales & Distribution for AGC, handling multiple Hollywood blockbusters sales like Moonfall by Roland and international series co-productions. He curates the ARD “Sommerkino im Ersten” and is responsible for Emmerich. Before that she worked at IM Global, founded the studio’s Beijing office and oversaw the pan-Asian scheduling the Degeto film stock. Prior to this, he was editorially responsible for international feature films and sales. Leslie also built the local industry’s leading export platform for Chinese language cinema, working with series from 2009 – 2018 at ZDF and ZDFneo and from 2007 – 2009 at Sat.1. He has built long-term business the major local players like CFG, Wanda, Ali-Pictures. Before that, Leslie was the head of international for Huayi relationship with producers, distributors and world sales companies in all major territories. Brothers, handling International sales, distribution and publicity for titles from acclaimed Chinese directors.

07 AWARDS Our international jury of film experts will acknowledge the winners of the best pitches with awards including post-production services as well as international festival publicity worth € 37,500. Award Ceremony Dinner: Tuesday, 06. Oct. 2020 at 07:30 pm, Cinenova

European Work in Progress K13-Studios Award European Work in Progress K13-Studios Award

endowed with a voucher worth € 10.000 endowed with a voucher worth € 5.000 for soundmixing for dubbing

European Work in Progress LAVAlabs Moving Images Award European Work in Progress ARRI Media Award

endowed with a voucher worth € 10.000 endowed with a voucher worth € 5.000 for visual effects for colour grading services

European Work in Progress ZOOM Medienfabrik Award

endowed with a voucher worth € 7.500 for international festival public relations

09 AGENDA Monday Oct. 5th 2020 Tuesday Oct. 6th 2020 Wednesday Oct. 7th 2020 from 10:00 am Arrival and Accreditation at Cinenova 10:00 – 11:30 am 3rd Round of Pitching Sessions 10:00 – 12:00 am Case Study: Best Practice – International Distribution & Marketing Strategies for 12:00 pm Light Lunch and Refreshments 11:30 – 12:00 am Coffee Break European Arthouse Cinema 01:00 pm Welcome / Official Opening 12:00 – 01:30 pm Panel: Rethinking Business? illustrated by the example of INVISIBLES. Film Distribution in Times of Corona 01:15 – 03:15 pm 1st Round of Pitching Sessions Guests: Yohann Comte, Charades (Paris), Guests: Steffen Gerlach, Capelight Pictures Enrico Dirksen, Piffl Medien (Berlin), and 03:15 – 03:45 pm Coffee Break (Berlin), Paul Ridd, Picturehouse (London), Daniel Melamed, New Cinema Ltd. (Tel Aviv) 03:45 – 05:45 pm 2nd Round of Pitching Sessions Thorsten Ritter, Beta Cinema (Munich), Joan Sala, Filmin (Barcelona) Panel: Targeting audiences 06:00 – 07:00 pm One-to-One Meetings at Cinenova In cooperation with Creative Europe Guests: Jean Heijl, Just Film Distribution 08:30 pm Dinner at Stadtgarten on invitation by MMC Desk NRW. (Hilversum), Jan Krüger, Port au Prince (Berlin) 01:30 – 02:30 pm Lunch Break In cooperation with Creative Europe 02:45 – 04:30 pm 4th Round of Pitching Sessions Desks Germany. 04:45 – 07:00 pm One-to-One Meetings at Cinenova 12:00 – 01:30 pm Light Lunch 07:30 pm Award Ceremony Dinner at Cinenova 01:30 pm End of EWIP 2020

11 PANEL Rethinking Business? Film Distribution in Times of Corona The pandemic has had a massive impact on the distribution of European arthouse films. Are the effects on our work only temporary, a catalyst of existing developments or the coffin nail for existing concepts? Is the crisis leading to new alliances and distribution models? Will these be maintained in the long term? Is the shift towards online distribution assessed correctly? The discussion will analyse the most recent developments with our experts: Steffen Gerlach, Capelight Pictures (Berlin), Paul Ridd, Picturehouse (London), Thorsten Ritter, Beta Cinema (Munich), and Joan Sala, Filmin (Barcelona).

In cooperation with Creative Europe Desk NRW.

Tuesday, 06. October, 12:00 – 01:30 pm, Cinenova

13 Best Practice – International Distribution & Marketing CASE STUDY & PANEL Strategies for European Arthouse Cinema Innovative release strategies have become increasingly important in this accelerating digital world. Marketing activities for European arthouse productions differ in their approach to build and reach their audience. Distributors and sales agents will share their ex- pertise on national and international distribution strategies for the MEDIA funded film INVISIBLES (2019). Guests: Yohann Comte, Charades (Paris), Enrico Dirksen, Piffl Medien (Berlin) and Daniel Melamed, New Cinema Ltd. (Tel Aviv).

Followed by Panel: Targeting Audiences In an increasingly fragmented cinema landscape, the work with target groups is of key importance. What kind of strategies do suc- cessful distributors apply to reach their audiences? How do they build viable campaigns? Wednesday, 07. October, 10:00 – 12:00 am, Cinenova Guests: Jean Heijl, Just Film Distribution (Hilversum), Jan Krüger, Port au Prince (Berlin).

In cooperation with Creative Europe Desks Germany.

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European Work In Progress Cologne seeks to foster the exposure of European high-profile arthouse cinema by creating a productive space in which industry experts come together to develop collaboration opportunities. More than 165 projects involving 70 countries have been submitted for the third edition of EWIP. 28 carefully selected projects (23 fictional, 5 documentaries) will present first scenes to give an ahead of the game look with the aim to find complementary partners in their final stage of production. WANTED • Co-producers • International sales agents to help fi ll CONVENIENCE STORE (ПРОДУКТЫ 24) the budget gap 120 minutes, Russia/Slovenia/Turkey

FILM FACTS SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR‘S BIOGRAPHY PRODUCERS‘ BIOGRAPHIES Genre: Drama What could be more natural than dropping by a local Michael Borodin was born in Uzbekistan. In 2010 he Artem Vasilyev is the founder of METRAFILMS and Prod. countries: Russia, Slovenia, convenience store after work? There are plenty of moved to Moscow where at fi rst, he led the life of an one of the most active independent producers in Turkey them in Moscow suburbia — tiny spaces, hidden in illegal immigrant. He worked as a delivery guy and an Russia today. Artem is a member of the European Film Producers: Artem Vasilyev, Asya the basements of ugly concrete buildings. Almost odd-job worker, but fi nally got to pursue his passion Academy, Russian Film Academy and The European Pavlovskaya (METRAFILMS) all the employees there are illegal immigrants from in fi lm. After graduating fi lm school Michael produced Producers Club. Films produced by METRAFILMS Co-producers: Ales Pavlin, Central Asia. Busy local residents never really know and directed commercials and music videos and such as Alexey German Jr.’s DOVLATOV and PAPER Andrej Stritof (PERFO), and hardly care what kind of life those people have. opened his own production company «Sneg». SOLDIER, Alexey Fedorchenko’s ANNA’S WAR, Diloy Gulun (KARMA FILMS) The main character of the fi lm, Mukhabbat, lives In 2018 his short NORMAL was selected for main Michael Idov’s THE HUMORIST have received Creative Producer: Julia Shaginurova and struggles in a typical around-the-clock shop. the competition of the La Semaine de la Critique. numerous awards at renowned international fi lm (Einbahnstrasse Productions) Finally, she rebels when the owner of the store takes The feature CONVENIENCE STORE is currently festivals and have been distributed worldwide. Julia Director: Michael Borodin her newborn son from her. Overcoming despair and in production, his documentary COTTON 100% is Shaginurova is a producer and drama consultant. Writer: Michael Borodin fear, Mukhabbat wins back her freedom, but because in post-production. His fi lmography also includes: She started her career in Moscow, Russia where she DoP: Ekaterina Smolina of this, she has to leave Russia. Back home in REGISTRATION, a drama short fi lm, which screened developed and produced feature fi lms, TV series and Cast: Zukhara Sansyzbay, Lyudmila Uzbekistan, Mukhabbat starts fi ghting to get her child at the Odense Film Festival 2020, and the comedy documentaries. In 2015 Julia relocated to Berlin and Vasilyeva, Tolibzhon Suleimanov back at any cost. short fi lm CRIMEA IS OURS (2017). founded Einbahnstrasse Productions, a company Film length: 120 min focusing on creative documentaries and features with Languages: Russian, Uzbek a strong social impact. Budget: € 600,000

CONTACT CONVENIENCE STORE METRAFILMS PERFO PRODUCTION KARMA FILMS EINBAHNSTRASSE PRODUCTIONS UG Luzhniki embankment, 2/4 стр.8 Trg mladinskih delovnih brigad 4, Tepecik Yolu Dilekyıldızı sok. No.3 D.5, Residenzstr. 58 Moscow, 119270, Russia 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Etiler, 34337, Turkey 13409 Berlin, Germany T +7 495 649-83-29 T +386 1 232 14 68 T +90 212 352 70 99 T +49 176 86 00 96 35 E production@metrafi lms.ru E [email protected] E info@karma-fi lms.com E jshag@einbahnstrassefi lm.com DIRECTOR/WRITER PRODUCER PRODUCER CREATIVE PRODUCER www.metrafi lms.ru www.perfo.si www.karma-fi lms.com www.einbahnstrassefi lm.com Michael Borodin Artem Vasilyev Asya Pavlovskaya Julia Shaginurova

21 WANTED • Sales agent DARKLING (MRAK) 109 minutes, Serbia/Denmark/Italy/Greece/Bulgaria

FILM FACTS SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR‘S BIOGRAPHY PRODUCER‘S BIOGRAPHY Genre: Drama In the mountainous outback of Kosovo, in the Dušan Milić was born in Belgrade, Serbia. He Snežana van Houwelingen graduated in Film Prod. countries: Serbia, Denmark, household surrounded by a dense forest, lives graduated from the department of Film and TV Production at the Academy of Arts in Belgrade. Italy, Greece, Bulgaria MILICA with her mother and grandfather. When Directing at University of Dramatic Arts. His previous She is a graduate of the EAVE Producers program Producer: Snežana van Houwelingen the night falls the family barricades in the house, two fi lms JAGODA IN SUPERMARKET (produced in 2011 and she has been teaching Film Production (Film Deluxe International) frightened by the terror coming out of the woods. by Emir Kusturica) and GUCHA! (produced by Karl at FMK, the Faculty of Media and Communications Co-producers: Is that horror of the besieged house an echo of the Baumgartner) were screened in the offi cial program in Belgrade. Her most recent productions include Ivan Krstović (This and That recent war times, or just their imagination, as the of Panorama Program at Berlin International Film OCCUPIED CINEMA (IFFR 2019), A GOOD WIFE Productions), Ivana Miković (Firefl y KFOR offi cials admonish them? There are no material Festival. His third feature fi lm TRAVELATOR by Mirjana Karanović (Sundance 2016), IN THE Productions), Stefan Kitanov (RFF evidences that something bad is happening, but with premiered at Montreal Film Festival in the competition DARK (2014 IDFA). While a Board member of International), Lene Broglum (Space every forthcoming night, their fear arises... program and won the Innovation award. Belgrade FEST, Snežana created a co-production Rocket Nation), Debora Desio (A_Lab), market WOMEN IN FILM in 2014. Snežana has Rena Vougioukalou (Graal S.A) also produced a 40 episode TV show MORNING Director: Dušan Milić CHANGES EVERYTHING (2018). Writer: Dušan Milić Currently, she is in post-production of Dušan Milić’s DoP: Kiril Prodanov fi lm DARKLING, a co-production between Serbia, Cast: Danica Curcic, Slavko Stimac, Denmark, Italy, Greece and Bulgaria. Her latest fi lm Miona Ilov and TV series BAD BLOOD is now in production. Film length: 90 min Languages: Serbian, English, Italian Budget: € 1,078,000

DARKLING CONTACT FILM DELUXE INTERNATIONAL THIS AND THAT PRODUCTIONS Gavrila Principa 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia Gavrila Principa 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia T +381 64 177 08 17 T +381 11 4034 290 E fi [email protected] E offi [email protected] DIRECTOR/WRITER PRODUCER www.spacerocketnation.com www.thisandthat.rs Dušan MIlić Snežana van Houwelingen

23 WANTED • Cash investment • Post-production provisions FABIAN (WT) (FABIAN) 176 minutes, Germany

FILM FACTS SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR‘S BIOGRAPHY PRODUCER’S BIOGRAPHY Genre: Drama Jakob Fabian earns his meager living as an advertising Dominik Graf was born in Munich in 1952, where Felix von Boehm was born in Heidelberg in 1986 and Prod. country: Germany copywriter in Berlin. At night he drifts through pubs, he studied German Studies and Musicology before grew up in Paris. He studied Film and Theater at the Producer: Felix von Boehm clubs and brothels with his best friend Labude, where he switched to Directing at the Munich University of Free University of Berlin as well as Film Production (Lupa Film GmbH) he remains a somewhat distant observer. A moralist Television and Film. Since then he has worked as an as part of the Masterclass Ludwigsburg Paris at the Co-producers: Marc Schmidtheiny, who awaits the victory of decency without believing actor, screenwriter and, above all, as a director. In Ludwigsburg Film Academy and the Fémis in Paris. Christoph Daniel (DCM Pictures in it. In a society divided between Communists and 2020, he won the Grimme Prize for the eleventh time, During his studies in Berlin and Paris, he founded GmbH) National Socialists, Labude dreams of a true social making him the most frequently awarded winner of the cinephile interview magazine CINE-FILS.com Director: Dominik Graf revolution. Fabian doesn‘t see a real chance in this this television prize. In his fi lms, Graf often orientated and the communications agency ART BEATS. Felix Writer: Constantin Lieb, Dominik Graf and watches the political events in a fatalistic and himself towards American genre cinema and tried von Boehm has been Managing Director of Lupa DoP: Hanno Lentz ironic manner. He meets the self-confi dent Cornelia to transfer it to German conditions. His last fi lm DIE Film GmbH since 2012 and has produced numerous Cast: Tom Schilling, Battenberg, who dreams of becoming a movie star. GELIEBTEN SCHWESTERN (2014) was nominated award-winning short and medium-length fi lms. Saskia Rosendahl, Albrecht Schuch It is not long before a love relationship is established for an Oscar for Germany and received several For his TV series EDEN (2019) he was awarded u.a. between the two of them. But the next setback is nominations for the German Film Award. the Grimme Prize. His fi rst feature fi lm, directed by Film length: 176 min just around the corner - like many of his colleagues, Ina Weisse - DAS VORSPIEL -, which premiered in Language: German Fabian becomes a victim of a wave of layoffs and Germany in 2020, was awarded the Silver Shell for Budget: € 4,700,000 loses his job. Best Actress (Nina Hoss) in San Sebastian.

FABIAN CONTACT LUPA FILM GMBH DCM Pictures GmbH Keithstraße 5, 10787 Berlin, Germany Schönhauser Allee 8, 10119 Berlin, Germany T +49 30 96 066 69 33 T +49 30 88 59 740 E info@lupa-fi lm.com E [email protected] DIRECTOR/WRITER WRITER PRODUCER www.lupa-fi lm.com www.dcmworld.com Dominic Graf Constantin Lieb Felix von Boehm

25 WANTED • Post-production support • Festivals IN LIMBO (MEЖСЕЗОНЬЕ) • Distributors 110 minutes, Russia

FILM FACTS SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR‘S BIOGRAPHY PRODUCER’S BIOGRAPHY Genre: Adventure, criminal drama, This is the story of two sixteen-year old “Romeo and Alexander Hant was born in Khanty-Mansiysk in 1985. Maxim Dobromyslov was born in Michurinsk in the coming of age Juliet“, Alexandra Makarova and Danila Krasnov, He graduated from the Cinematography Department Tambov region in 1981. In 2004, he graduated from Prod. country: Russia who are fi ghting for their love and their right to be of SPbGUKiT (workshop of Eduard Rozovsky and the Faculty of Construction of Voronezh GASU Producer: Maxim Dobromyslov (LLC themselves. In order to be together, they must escape Sergey Astakhov) and in 2012, he graduated from the (specialty civil engineer). In 2012, he participated Perevorot) from their homes, go into hiding and lead a double Directing Department of VGIK (workshop of Karen in a workshop held by Karen Shakhnazarov at Co-producer: Ruben Dishdishyan life. Trying to protect their freedom of choice and their Shakhnazarov). the Directing Faculty of VGIK. Two years later, he (LLC Mars Media) individuality, they cross the line and turn into Bonnie Since 2008, he has made several short fi lms attended another workshop which was held by Director: Alexander Hant and Clyde on the run trying to avenge the world that including the documentary PETER, PETERSBURG! Vladimir Malyshev and Renat Davletyarov and took Writers: Vladislav Malakhov, has no room for them. (2008), IN THE OPERA (2011), DINNER (2012), place at the VGIK Production Faculty. Alexander Hant and MUSE (2018). His debut feature HOW VIKTOR His fi lmography includes CLOUDLESS SKY OVER DoP: Natalia Makarova ‘THE GARLIC‘ TOOK ALEXEY ‘THE STUD‘ TO THE MADRID (2012), RAFT (2014), which was directed Film length: 110 min NURSING HOME was awarded best fi lm of East is by Sergey Vostrikov, and THE MEANING OF LIFE Language: Russian West Program in KVIFF in 2017 and participated in (2018), directed by Vladimir Kudryashov. For his most Budget: € 1.200.000 over 40 festivals worldwide. recent poduction, LITTLE SASHA (2019), he worked together with the director Olga Dobromyslova.

IN LIMBO CONTACT LLC PEREVOROT LLC Mars Media Russia, Moscow, Trekhgorny Val st. 18-67, 123022 119034, Moscow, 1st Zachatyevsky pereulok 15 T +791 68 05 23 41 T +7 49 57 77 08 20 E [email protected] E [email protected] DIRECTOR/WRITER PRODUCER www.perevorot.ru www.marsme.ru Alexander Hant Maxim Dobromyslov

27 WANTED • Post-production funding • World sales partner IRON STREAM (SHIKOLBAHA) • Distribution partner 120+ minutes, Bangladesh/Germany

FILM FACTS SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR‘S BIOGRAPHY PRODUCERS‘ BIOGRAPHIES Genre: Drama Single working woman Ruba (33) shrugs off her More than an Architect, Writer, Cinematographer Sara is one of a handful of young producers from Prod. countries: Bangladesh, social taboo and buys a pregnancy test strip, while or an award winning Filmmaker, Kamar is a critical Bangladesh. She produced TV commercials and Germany Sagor (33) is investigating a mysterious killing. Ruba realist making fi lms that explore the dialogue between debuted her independent career with ARE YOU Producer: Sara Afreen (Studio wants to get married and migrate, but Sagor is yet to society, discrete narratives and space in-between. LISTENING. Since then, two of her documentaries BEGINNING) reconcile with the lost uprising. He starts living with Featured as Red Carpet Director on Piazza Grande, have been coproduced and broadcasted by NHK, Co-producers: Yvonne Wellie, Jonas Ruba - only to add onto her stress of a tabooed Muslim Kamar was awarded the Open Doors prize at Locarno, KBS, PTS, Mediacorp; one acquired by Arte. Sara Weydemann (Weydemann Bros. society. In a city of millions, Ruba’s lonely struggle invited to L‘atelier Cannes’17 for his work-inprogress is now co-producing two fi lms with France, Germany GmbH) to salvage goes unnoticed. Sagor challenges the DAY AFTER… , the 2nd part of A WATER TRILOGY. and Norway. She is an Architect, and an alumnus of Director: Kamar Ahmad Simon state apparatus with an exhibition idea exposing link His feature script IRON STREAM received WCF from EAVE and EP2C. Writer: Kamar Ahmad Simon between the deceased and the politico. Meanwhile, Berlinale and was invited to La Fabrique des Cinemas Yvonne is a producer at Weydemann Bros. who DoP: Kamar Ahmad Simon fundamentalists attack a cafe killing dozens including Du Monde in Cannes’14. Asian broadcasting giants produce fi lms and series for the German and Cast: Fauzia Karim, Shashanka foreigners. Plain-cloth-security break in at midnight NHK, KBS, PTS and Mediacorp co-produced multiple international market. Their vision is guided by an Kumar Saha, Tonmoy Parvez, and accuse Sagor of conspiring against the state. projects of Kamar. His debut feature ARE YOU equally political and entertaining fi lmic story-telling. Rahman Mofi z, Saidul Haque Zuise, Sagor fl ees town, Ruba terminates the pregnancy. LISTENING! was awarded the ‘Grand Prix’ in Cinema Their fi lms have won over 100 prizes, e.g. 8 German Asaduzzaman Noor Death is a unique invention of life, yet some death du reel, Paris, ‘Golden Conch’ in MIFF Mumbai and Film Awards, a Berlinale Silver Bear and a European Film length: 120+ minutes leaves a mark. was the opening fi lm at Dok- Leipzig. Film Award. Yvonne is an alumnus of Rotterdam Lab, Language: Bengali Cannes Producers Workshop and EAVE Producers Budget: € 263,985 Workshop.

IRON STREAM CONTACT STUDIO BEGINNING WEYDEMANN BROS. GMBH Adresse... Koernerstrasse 45, 50823 Cologne, Germany T +8801711081265 / +8801713200718 T +49 221 630 605 290 E [email protected] E [email protected] DIRECTOR/WRITER PRODUCER CO-PRODUCER www.kamarahmadsimon.com www.weydemannbros.com Kamar Ahmad Simon Sara Afreen Yvonne Wellie

29 WANTED • distributors • partners in TV/VoD LES BARRICADES MYSTÉRIEUSES (DIE THEORIE VON ALLEM) 110 minutes, Germany/Austria

FILM FACTS SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR‘S BIOGRAPHY PRODUCERS‘ BIOGRAPHIES Genre: Mystery, Thriller 1962. Johannes Leinert, a physics student in Timm Kröger was born in Itzehoe, Germany in Tina Börner was born on 01 May 1983 in Chemnitz. Prod. countries: Germany, Austria Hamburg and soon-to-be doctor of physics, is invited 1985. He studied two years at the European Film She started working as production manager for Producers: Heino Deckert, to an international physics congress in the Swiss College in Ebeltoft, Denmark. Further, he studied ma.ja.de in 2008. The longstanding cooperation Tina Börner (ma.ja.de Fiction GmbH) Alps, where an Iranian scientist is set to reveal what Cinematography and Documentary Filmmaking at the with Heino Deckert has produced many impressive Co-producers: Lixi Frank, David is allegedly a „groundbreaking new theory in quantum Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg, fi lms (¡VIVAN LAS ANTIPODAS!, SONG FROM THE Bohun (Panama Film KG Vienna) mechanics“. Johannes, however, develops a special Germany. ZERRUMPELT HERZ (THE COUNCIL FOREST, PEPE MUJICA, among others). DONBASS Director: Timm Kröger fascination with Karin, a mysterious jazz pianist. OF BIRDS), his fi rst fi ction fi lm, had its premiere at (Un Certain Regards award at Cannes) was the Writers: Roderick Warich, And soon, Johannes fi nds himself dragged into a the Settimana della Critica in VENICE 2014 (going Oscar® entry from Ukraine, ADAM & EVELYN Timm Kröger sinister story - a story of false memories, real dreams, on to Hong Kong, Reykjavik, Belgrad and many had its premiere at the Venice Film Festival. Both DoP: Roland Stuprich impossible love and a dark, roaring mystery hidden others). Timm works as an author, director, editor, feature fi lms were supervised by Tina Börner as line Film length: 110 min under the mountain. A quantum-mechanics thriller in and cinematographer (last for Sandra Wollner’s producer. HEIMAT IS A SPACE IN TIME by Thomas Languages: German, French black & white. debut feature THE TROUBLE WITH BEING BORN). Heise has so far won a total of 10 other international Budget: € 2.4 million Together with Viktoria Stolpe, he runs the production prizes, the German Documentary Film Award 2019, company THE BARRICADES. and was nominated for the German Film Award. Tina Börner has continued to develop steadily, and now also heads the company‘s international feature fi lm co-productions as line producer.

LES BARRICADES MYSTÉRIEUSES CONTACT MA.JA.DE FICTION GMBH PANAMA FILM KG VIENNA Gottschedstr. 18, 04109 Leipzig, Germany Geusaugasse 31/4, 1030 Wien T +49 341 983 96 96 T +43 650 63 33 377 E [email protected] E offi ce@panama-fi lm.com DIRECTOR/WRITER WRITER PRODUCER PRODUCER www.majade.de www. panama-fi lm.com Timm Kröger Roderick Warich Tina Börner Heino Deckert

31 WANTED • Pre-sales • festivals LOVE IS A DOG FROM HELL (ASONG IMPIYERNO ANG PAG-IBIG) • TV 90 minutes, Phillipines/Germany • Sales agents

FILM FACTS SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR‘S BIOGRAPHY PRODUCTION COMPANY PROFILE Genre: Surreal Love Musical In Manila, Orphea goes through hell. While Khavn is the director and producer of 52 features Rapid Eye Movies is a German fi lm label dealing Prod. countries: Phillipines, Germany passionately searching for her Eurydiko, he is already and 151 short fi lms like MONDOMANILA (2012), in distribution, production and music. Since 1996, Producers: Stephan Holl, Antoinette hot on her heels. RUINED HEART (2014), and ALIPATO (2016). He the company has been distributing highly esthetical Köster (Rapid Eye Movies), Achinette Nothing in LOVE IS A DOG FROM HELL is fi xed, all has served on the jury of various festivals such and unique cinematic gems. As distributor, Rapid Villamor, Khavn de la Cruz (Kamias is rythm. Orphea has left behind the ancient tragedy as the Berlinale, Clermont-Ferrand, CPH:DOX, Eye Movies triggered the breakthrough of Asian Overground) with its standards, believing in the mammoths of Jeonju, Bucheon, Jihlava, New Horizons and Dok directors like Takeshi Kitano, Takashi Miike, Park Director: Khavn de la Cruz fantasy, the power of music, and the capacity for love, Leipzig. He has exhibited at the MoMA, MAXXI, Chan-wook and Kim Ki-Duk for Germany and above Writers: Douglas Candano, Khavn de which are the cornerstones of all cinema. Guggenheim Museum, Tate Modern, National all popular Indian cinema in Europe. The initial focus la Cruz Museum of Singapore, & Venice Architecture of distributing national and international fi lm has been DoP: Albert Banzon, Gym Lumbera Biennale; lectured at the Berlinale Talent Campus, extended by bringing together fi lmmakers and long Cast: Lilith Stangenberg, Ian Madrigal Bela Tarr‘s Film Factory, Goethe-Institut and the time companions from music to fi lm and visual arts – Film length: 90 min Danish Film Institute. He curated programmes for the such as Khavn de la Cruz, Ashim Ahluwahlia, SABU, Languages: Filipino, English, Viennale, the Edinburgh International Film Festival Christopher Doyle, Stereo Total, Mario Lombardo German, Russian and the Sharjah Biennial. Selected retrospectives of and Alexander Kluge and more to join the Rapid Budget: € 170,000 his fi lms were shown in Rotterdam, Pesaro, Dokufest Eye Family, to create and produce movies that push Kosovo, Sao Paulo, Taiwan, Film Mutations Zagreb boundaries and defy the conventional. and Oberhausen among others.

LOVE IS A DOG FROM HELL CONTACT RAPID EYE MOVIES KAMIAS OVERGROUND Mozartstrasse 15, 50674 Köln, Germany 23 Kamias Road, Barangay Pinyahan, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines 1102 DIRECTOR/ T +49 221 56 95 79-0 T +639 178 39 46 76 WRITER/ E [email protected] E [email protected] PRODUCER PRODUCER PRODUCER PRODUCER www.rapideyemovies.de www.facebook.com/kamiasover/ Khavn de la Cruz Stephan Holl Antoinette Köster Achinette Villamor

33 WANTED • World sales agents • Festival agents LOVING HIGHSMITH (LOVING HIGHSMITH) • Grading 95 minutes, Switzerland/Germany • Mixing

FILM FACTS SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR‘S BIOGRAPHY PRODUCERS‘ BIOGRAPHIES Genre: Biopic Thriller writer Patricia Highsmith made history with Eva Vitija was born in 1973. Since her Franziska Sonder produced THE GAME (Roman Prod. countries: Switzerland, her novel „Carol“. Published under a pseudonym, it Screenwriting Studies at DFFB (Deutsche Film- Hodel, 2020) which premiered at Venice IFF - world Germany reached millions of readers. But only 40 years later und Fernsehakademie, Berlin) in 2002 she has sales by Ouat Media - and THE LICENSE by Nora Producers: Franziska Sonder, did Highsmith reveal herself to be the author of the been working as a screenwriter for television and Fingscheidt (2016). Ensemble Film is based in Zurich Maurizius Staerkle-Drux famous love story between two women – which for the cinema, in Switzerland and Germany. She wrote and combines creative competence in all artistic (Ensemble Film) fi rst time in literary history ends happily. many screenplays for full-length feature fi lms, TV- and practical aspects of fi lm production: storytelling, Co-producers: Carl-Ludwig Rettinger, In Highsmith’s personal life this happiness remained Movies and TV series such as MEIER MARILYN, shooting, post-production and sales/distribution Lino Rettinger (Lichtblick Film) elusive. Love was defeated by the conventions MADLY IN LOVE, LITTLE PARADISE. Eva Vitija constitute a perfect ensemble. Director: Eva Vitija of society and ended as classic melodrama. Her also consults other authors and is a screenwriting Lino Rettinger produced EASY LOVE by Tamer Writer: Eva Vitija unpublished diaries revolve extensively around her teacher committed to educate future generations. In Jandali (2019, 88’). It won the Filmprize NRW, was DoP: Siri Klug lively romances. They cast a new light on her personal 2015, she completed her fi rst feature fi lm MY LIFE the opening fi lm at Berlinale - Perspektive Deutsches Film length: 95 min life and how it formed her literary universe. AS A FILM, which was nominated for Best Swiss Kino, distributed by mindjazz pictures and the Languages: English, German, French Documentary 2017, for First Steps Award Berlin, sales agent is wide management. LICHTBLICK Budget: € 990,000 Former lovers and Highsmith’s family are the Award of International Documentary Association IDA, protagonists of our documentary. Combined with her Film produces documentary and fi ction fi lms for Los Angeles. Winner the Prix de Soleure (Solothurner cinema and TV. Since 1991 the company has been personal writings, and fi lm adaptions of her famous Filmtage) the Zürcher and the Basler Film Prize in novels, they revive Highsmith’s life and oeuvre. collaborating with fi lmmakers, television broadcasters 2016. and companies in 40 countries.

LOVING HIGHSMITH CONTACT ENSEMBLE FILM GmbH LICHTBLICK FILM- UND FERNSEHPRODUKTION GmbH Gasometerstrasse 9, 8005 Zürich, Switzerland Apostelnstrasse 11, 50667 Cologne, Germany T +41 79 793 32 85 T +49 221 9257 522 E sonder@ensemblefi lm.ch E lino.rettinger@lichtblick-fi lm.de DIRECTOR/WRITER PRODUCER CO-PRODUCER www.ensemblefi lm.ch www.lichtblick-fi lm.de Eva Vitija Franziska Sonder Lino Rettinger

35 WANTED • International sales agent • TV stations MARTIN AND THE FOREST SECRET (MAZEL A TAJEMSTVÍ LESA) • Film festivals 80 minutes, Czech Republic/Germany/Slovakia

FILM FACTS SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR‘S BIOGRAPHY PRODUCER’S BIOGRAPHY Genre: Fiction, adventurous family Martin (11) has never experienced anything like the Petr was born in Prague. In 1994 he made his Peter is a graduate of VŠMU in Bratislava and drama summer camp and he doesn´t want to, either. He is production debut with Saša Gedeon’s feature, INDIAN FAMU in Prague. In 2010 he studied in HFF “Konrad Prod. countries: Czech Republic, quite sure it´s going to suck there. He doesn´t fi t in SUMMER. In 1995, he founded Negativ, which has Wolf” in Potsdam, Germany. In 2014 he received a Germany, Slovakia the camp at all and can´t keep up with the others, produced more than 40 feature fi lms, that were scholarship from Fulbright Foundation and studied at Producer: Peter Badač (BFILM.cz) including little kids, in fulfi lling the camp tasks. He awarded on many international festivals. In 1999 he Ohio University in Athens, USA. Co-producers: Anette Unger (Leitwolf doesn´t understand why the others are so crazy won the Czech Lion Award for THE IDIOT RETURNS. He has worked as production manager, a creative Filmproduktion - DE), BFILM (SK) about this place. Anyhow, Martin decides to fl ee the He is a member of the European Film Academy. producer in TV and an independent fi lm producer. Director: Petr Oukropec camp at night. On his journey through the woods, he His long term work with children and non-actors in Now he works as a producer in the company Writer: Kateřina Kačerovská discovers unbelievable things. What appeared as a the theatre “Zmrzlík“ from the village of Těchonice, BFILM based in Bratislava and Prague. He has DoP: Lukáš Teren mirage at fi rst turned out to be real: the forest is full located in the foothills of Šumava, has gained a wide produced several shorts (PANDAS won the award Cast: Sebastian Pöthe, Josefína of curious beings. They are stubborn, unpredictable following and earned critical acclaim. He made his at Cinefondation 2013 in Cannes, UNTRAVEL was Krycnerová, Tobiáš Rímský, Václav little monsters of all kinds of shapes and sizes. Martin directorial debut in 2012 with a children’s adventure released at the Berlinale in 2018). In 2017 two of Hubka, Johana Horváthová, Kristýna is scared but soon he starts to understand that the fi lm, BLUE TIGER, which won several international his fi lms were released: FILTHY, directed by Tereza Boková, Ester Geislerová, Vasil creatures only try to get hold on three seemingly awards. His second fi lm, IN YOUR DREAMS, was Nvotova at IFF Rotterdam, and FREEDOM, directed Fridrich, Anna Schmidtmajerová, ordinary items to protect the forest from the builders. screened in the Generation 14+ Competition at the by Jan Speckenbach at IFF Locarno. In 2019 another Tomáš Bambušek, Aleš Petráš Berlinale in 2016 and in more than 25 countries. two fi lms were released: THE KITE at Berlinale in Film length: 80 min Generation and SH_T HAPPENS at Venice. Language: Czech Budget: € 1.3 million

MARTIN AND THE FOREST SECRET CONTACT BFILM.CZ S.R.O. LEITWOLF FILMPRODUKTION GmbH Koněvova 1715/128, 130 00 Praha 3, Žižkov, Czech Republic Schulterblatt 58, 20357 Hamburg, Germany T +3420 776 451 425 T +49 17 85 13 25 86 E info@bfi lm.cz E [email protected] DIRECTOR PRODUCER CO-PRODUCER www.bfi lm.cz www.leitwolf.de Petr Oukropec Peter Badač Anette Unger

37 WANTED • Festivals • Distributors MEMORY OF WATER (VEDEN VARTIJA) 100 minutes, Finland/Germany/Estonia/Norway

FILM FACTS SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR‘S BIOGRAPHY PRODUCTION COMPANY PROFILE Genre: Dystopian drama In a future world stripped of freshwater, Noria, the Saara Saarela (b. 1971) has graduated in Film Studies Founded in 2007 and led by producers Misha Jaari Prod. countries: Finland, Germany, newly appointed Tea Master, fi nds out there may still (Maitrise) from the University of Paris 8 (1996) and as and Mark Lwoff, Helsinki-based Bufo has produced Estonia, Norway be more clean water left in an irradiated place called a fi lm director (MA) from ELO, Helsinki Film School a number of fi lms of which many have received Producers: Mark Lwoff & Misha Jaari the Lost Lands. While the military-run government (2008). Since 2001 she has directed short fi lms, international recognition. Bufo’s fi lms all share the (BUFO) tightens its leash and her father passes away, Noria television series and feature fi lms, for instance the elements of clear artistic vision, innovation and high Co-producers: Reinhard Brundig, must learn to navigate alone with the immense secret. French political thriller La Vénitienne for Arte France quality. Nina Frese (Pandora Film), Ivo Felt Noria’s closest friend, loyal but stubborn Sanja, is (2010) and the feature Twisted Roots (2009), which Bufo’s latest productions include THE LAST ONES (Allfi lm), Maria Ekerhovd (Mer Film) the only one she can trust - until Noria meets Taro, a received the Prize of Best World Cinema Feature in (2020, co-produced with Homeless Bob Production) Director: Saara Saarela specialist who comes to their village to fi nd a solution Indianapolis International Film Festival in 2010. Saara by acclaimed Veiko Õunpuu, GOODBY SOVIET Writer: Ilja Rautsi to the water problem. As Noria’s secrets push her and is currently the professor in Film Directing at Aalto UNION (2020, co-produced with Exitfi lm) by Lauri DoP: Kjell Lagerroos Sanja apart, she grows closer to Taro - only to fi nd University. Randla, Void by Aleksi Salmenperä (2018) and Aki Cast: Saga Sarkola, Mimosa Willamo, out he’s not who he says he is. Noria must escape, Kaurismäki’s Berlinale Silver Bear Winner THE Lauri Tilkanen, Kheba Touray, Pekka save Sanja and fi nd out if there is still some hope in a OTHER SIDE OF HOPE (2017, co-produced with Strang, Minna Haapkylä world ravaged beyond recognition. But freedom is like Sputnik). Bufo has also produced such fi lms as Film length: 90 min secrets - both come with a heavy price to pay. CONCRETE NIGHT by Pirjo Honkasalo (Finland’s Languages: Finnish, Sámi offi cial entry for the Oscars and Golden Globes in Budget: € 3,480,000 2014) and Academy Award winner Jörn Donner’s Armi Alive! (2015).

CONTACT MEMORY OF WATER BUFO Työpajankatu 2A R1D, PANDORA FILM ALLFILM MER FILM, C/O TVIBIT 00580 Helsinki, Finland Antwerpener Str. 6-12, 50672 Köln, Germany Saue 11, Tallinn 10612, Estonia Parkgata 27/29, 9008 Tromsø, Norway T +358 45 131 4652 T +49 221 97 33 220 T +372 672 9070 T +47 95 18 81 18 E [email protected] E info@pandorafi lm.com E allfi lm@allfi lm.ee E hei@merfi lm.no DIRECTOR WRITER PRODUCER PRODUCER www.bufo.fi www.pandorafi lm.com www.allfi lm.ee www.merfi lm.no Saara Saarela Ilja Rautsi Mark Lwoff Misha Jaari

39 WANTED • Sales agents • German broadcasters OCTOPUS SKIN (LA PIEL PULPO) • Financiers / in kind investors 100 minutes, Ecuador/Germany/Greece/Mexico

FILM FACTS SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR‘S BIOGRAPHY PRODUCTION COMPANY PROFILE Genre: Drama Iris, 14, sleeps in foetal position next to her twin Ana Cristina Barragan is a fi lmmaker from Quito, Founded in 2011, Caleidoscopio Cine is an Ecuadorian Prod. countries: Ecuador, Germany, brother Ariel. Their bodies are caked with sand, Ecuador. After a few awarded shorts, her fi rst feature, - Chilean company, focused on content development, Greece, Mexico their hair unkempt, their fi ngernails dirty. They live ALBA, premiered in Rotterdam to win the Lions Film including fi lm production, festival programming and Producer: Isabella Parra with their mother in an old house in the middle of a Award and was screened in over 90 festivals around consultancy. Caleidoscopio Cine has developed, (Caleidoscopio Cine) rocky island covered with reptiles, molluscs, birds and the world, winning more than 30 awards. ALBA was produced and distributed fi lms directed by young Co-producers: Titus Kreyenberg turtles. Ecuador’s entry to the Spanish Goya’s and the Oscars. Latin American directors with a strong interest for (unafi lm), Konstantina Stavrianou The twins’ bond surpasses the limits of normal In 2018 she directed RELIGAR for Mateo Kingman, a nonconventional narrative and strong aesthetical (Graal) intimacy, their intuition very powerful. The recent music video, which received several awards. In 2019 proposals, which have been internationally awarded Director: Ana Cristina Barragan construction of an enormous tourist resort on a she directed another video with Mateo Kingman and and distributed. Their feature fi lms include: NUNKUI Writer: Ana Cristina Barragan nearby island disrupts the apparent equilibrium, Gustavo Santaolalla, winner of two Oscars. Now Ana by Verenice Benitez, EL RÍO by Juan Pablo Richter, DoP: Simón Brauer and the twins’ curiosity about that unknown world is writes an episode for the Mexican series, ADIÓS A LUZ DE AMERÍCA, ALBA and OCTOPUS SKIN by Cast: Isadora Chavez, awakened. LA TIERRA and is developing her project CANEJO Ana Cristina Barragán (in production), A SECRET IN Juan Francisco Vinueza ANGORA a feature which stars Karla Sauza. She THE BOX by Javier Izquierdo, EL FACILITADOR by Film length: 100 min A deep gulf opens between the twins as they make it is also developing LA COSTRA Y LA MIEL a fi lm Víctor Arregui, A ESTAS ALTURAS DE LA VIDA by Language: Spanish to Quito. Iris throws herself into a world of shopping dealing with the traffi cking of women seen through a Alex Cisneros & Manuel Calisto and MUCH BETTER Budget: € 800,000 centres, escalators, social networks, parties and a universe of tiny women living in a forest. THAN YOU by Che Sandoval. sexual encounter. They decide to return, only to fi nd their island swamped with garbage and tourists.

CONTACT OCTOPUS SKIN CALEIDOSCOPIO CINE Francisco Salazar E13-76 and Av. Coruña UNAFILM GRAAL Ed La Castellana, 5B, EC170525, Equador Venloer Str. 725a, 50827 Köln, Germany 10 Panepistimiou Str., Athens, 10671, Greece T +593 998357113 T +49 221 3480280 T +30 210 3636216 E [email protected] E o f fi c e @ u n a fi l m .de E [email protected] DIRECTOR/WRITER PRODUCER CO-PRODUCER www.caleidoscopiocine.com www.unafi lm.de www.graal.gr Ana Christina Barragan Isabella Parra Titus Kreyenberg

41 WANTED • Post-production support • World sales PASSERBY (ABER SABIL) • German distributor 100 minutes, Syria/Palestine/Germany

FILM FACTS SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR‘S BIOGRAPHY PRODUCERS’ BIOGRAPHIES Genre: Drama After spending unfruitful years studying medicine in Ameer Fakher Eldin is a Syrian director who was Tony Copti was born and raised in Yafa. He graduated Prod. countries: Syria, Palestine, the former Soviet Union, Adnan decided to quit and born in the former Soviet Union to Syrian parents in 2002 with an Engineering degree. In 2004, Tony Germany return home against his father‘s will, an old, stubborn from the occupied Golan Heights. After making started pursuing his childhood dream of working Producer: Tony Copti, Jiries Copti and very religious man. What is even more diffi cult for ‘Thanatos Gaze’ (2012), Fakher Eldin earned his BA in the fi lm industry. Since then, Tony has worked (Fresco Films Co.) his Druze religious father is that Adnan has become with honours in Cinema Studies in 2014. He then as line producer in dozens of fi lms, including the Co-producer: Dorothe Beinemeier an alcoholic since then. Nowadays, his life in the made several award-winning short fi lms presenting Academy Award nominated fi lm AJAMI (Best Foreign (Red Balloon Film GmbH) small village of Majdal Shams in the occupied Golan a poetic look at life under occupation in his short Film), directed by Scandar Copti, THE GOLGOTHA Executive producers: Gwendolyn Heights is about to take another unlucky turn when he fi lms, including BETWEEN TWO DEATHS (2016) FILES, directed by Zoltan Spirandelli (UFA Fernseh Wynne, Carol Shine (Apricot Films) encounters a wounded victim from the war in Syria. and VOICEMAIL (2017), winning Best Film at TISFF. Production), and the award-winning feature Director: Ameer Fakher Eldin Moreover, he has served as a jury member at TISFF DISSOLUTION by Nina Menkes. Tony is a member Writer: Ameer Fakher Eldin and at various fi lm funds. of EAVE. DoP: Niklas Lindschau Dorothe Beinemeier is a producer for children and Cast: Ashraf Barhom family fi lms and series (BOY7/HEIRS OF THE NIGHT) Film length: 100 min as well as for international arthouse fi lms (FRANCE) Language: Arabic and drama series (GR5), with a focus on emerging Budget: € 600,000 talent (WHEN IM DONE DYING/PASSERBY). Dorothe is a member OF ACE and EAVE.

PASSERBY CONTACT FRESCO FILMS CO. RED BALLOON FILM GmbH 127 Kedem st. Jaffa, 68051, Israel Behringstrasse 16B, 22765 Hamburg, Germany T +972 54 48 222 55 T +49 40 500 90 808 / +49 163 72 663 44 E info@frescofi lms.com E dorothe@redballoon-fi lm.dee DIRECTOR/WRITER PRODUCER PRODUCER CO-PRODUCER www.redballoon-fi lm.de Ameer Fakher Eldin Tony Copti Jiries Copti Dorothe Beinemeier

43 WANTED • Distributor • Sales agents SAVING ONE WHO WAS DEAD (ZPRAVA O ZACHRANE MRTVEHO) • Festivals 90 minutes, Czech Republic/Slovakia/France

FILM FACTS SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR‘S BIOGRAPHY PRODUCTION COMPANY PROFILE Genre: Drama After a serious stroke, the Father goes into a coma. Vaclav Kadrnka was born in September 1973 in Zlín, The fi lms produced by Sirius Films have successfully Prod. countries: Czech Republic, The Son and the Mother are suddenly confronted by a Czechoslovakia. In 1988, he emigrated with his family been launched in the international festival circuit. Slovakia, France motionless body. The person they love is somewhere to the United Kingdom, where he studied theatre. He SAVING ONE WHO WAS DEAD is the latest feature Producers: Vaclav Kadrnka (Sirius far away and nobody knows if he will ever return. The completed his directing debut EIGHTY LETTERS fi lm (in post-production). It won the HAF Award (best Films), Simona Kadrnková doctors don’t give them much hope. The Son and the in 2011 as an independent production. The fi lm international project) at Hong Kong IFF in 2018. Co-producers: Katarina Krnacova Mother quietly concentrate their strength and start to premiered at IFF Berlinale and successfully travelled LITTLE CRUSADER (2017), their second feature, (Silverart), Jasmina Sijercic (Bocalupo act. They meekly accept the diagnosis but resist the on the world festival circuit. In order to maintain was in the Offi cial Selection Competition at Karlovy Films) verdict. They spend hours by the Father´s motionless control over his creative vision Vaclav together with Vary IFF and had its world premiere there. It won the Director: Vaclav Kadrnka body, looking for the right words to say to him until his family established Sirius Films production. The Eurimages Development Award at MIA Rome IFF, the DoP: Raphael O‘Byrne they run out of them. The saving of Father and company‘s main goal is to produce auteur-oriented Grand Prix - Crystal Globe and the Czech Film Critics Cast: Vojtech Dyk, Zuzana Maurery, themselves requires them to overcome fear together cinema and also develops projects by other artists. Award for Best Director in 2018. EIGHTY LETTERS Petr Salavec and to accept resurrection. Kadrnka´s second feature LITTLE CRUSADER won (2011) had its world premiere at Berlinale-Forum Film length: 90 min the Crystal Globe for the best fi lm at Karlovy Vary IFF. 2011, won the Silver Alexander - the Grand Jury Language: Czech Award at the Thessaloniki IFF 2011, as well as other Budget: € 890,000 awards.

SAVING ONE WHO WAS DEAD CONTACT SIRIUS FILMS SILVERART BOCALUPO FILMS Bubenecska 282/8, Prague, Czech Republic Ticha 4, 811 02 Bratislava, Slovakia 45 rue de la Mare, 75020 Paris, France T +420 603 273 758 T +421 905 384 615 T +33 6 59 24 64 43 E info@siriusfi lms.eu E katerina@silverartfi lm.sk E contact@bocalupofi lms.com DIRECTOR/PRODUCER PRODUCER www.siriusfi lms.eu www.silverartfi lm.sk www.bocalupofi lms.com Vaclav Kadrnka Simona Kadrnková

45 WANTED • World sales • Festivals SHELTER (FOSCA ) 95 minutes, Ireland

FILM FACTS SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR‘S BIOGRAPHY PRODUCER’S BIOGRAPHY Genre: Drama Set in contemporary Connemara, SHELTER tells Seán Breathnach is a writer/director from Galway, on Paddy Hayes makes dramas and documentaries – for Prod. country: Ireland the story of gormless recluse John Cunliffe who is the west coast of Ireland. He is a native Irish speaker love or for money, but seldom for both. He has over 20 Producer: Paddy Hayes (Magamedia) suddenly propelled into manhood at the ripe old age and the Screen Ireland supported SHELTER is his years experience in the Entertainment industry and is Director: Seán Breathnach of 26. When his over-cosseting parents pass away, fi rst feature fi lm. He has a particular thematic interest Principal of Tua Films, having produced dramas and Writer: Seán Breathnach John inherits mountain land that is in the way of a in stories that explore detachment and isolation in the docs for TG4, RTÉ, Screen Ireland and the BAI. DoP: Colm Hogan lucrative wind-farm development, and he is forced rural environment. Paddy has just wrapped on the feature fi lm SHELTER Cast: Dónall ó Héalaí to navigate the choppy waters of courtship, trust and Seán has written and directed a number of award for Screen Ireland which is due for release in 2021. Film length: 95 min vengeance for the fi rst time. winning short fi lms that have screened at fi lm festivals He produced the teen musical comedy EIPIC for TG4 Language: Irish in Europe, North America, and Asia. He has both and the second season of his award-winning CORP Budget: € 1.25 million photographed and directed a variety of documentaries + ANAM has been widely distributed in Europe and for the Irish national television broadcasters RTÉ North America. Our short fi lm RÚBAÍ premiered at the and TG4. Seán lectures at the National University Tribeca Film Festival and has scooped nine short fi lm of Ireland, Galway on screenwriting, fi lm aesthetics awards internationally since. Recent Docs ranging and design, and on fi lm production. He has been from features to shorts include CUMAR – A GALWAY published on the aesthetics of minority language RHAPSODY, FINNÉ, PÁIDÍ Ó SÉ, and THE HOOD & screenwriting for the screen. THE COLLAR, all festival award winners.

SHELTER CONTACT MAGAMEDIA Saoirsinn, Na Forbacha, Co. Na Gaillimhe, Eire T +3353 91 577889 E [email protected] DIRECTOR/WRITER PRODUCER www.magamedia.net Seán Breathnach Paddy Hayes

47 WANTED • Sales agent • Festivals SINJAR (SINJAR) • Distributors 110 minutes, Spain/USA • Post-production support • Broadcasters FILM FACTS SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR‘S BIOGRAPHY PRODUCERS’ BIOGRAPHIES Genre: Drama Sinjar, Iraq, 2014. As ISIS soldiers invade the city Writer-director Anna M. Bofarull studied cinema Writer-director Anna M. Bofarull and producer Prod. countries: Spain, USA on a genocidal campaign against Yazidis, Hadia and human sciences in Barcelona and Paris. Marian Matachana work together in Spanish based Producers: Anna M. Bofarull and her children, including her teenage daughter She is Berlinale Talents, Sources 2 and Torino production company KaBoGa. KaBoGa has produced (KaBoGa), Marian Matachana Arjin, are captured, separated and sold into slavery Film Lab alumni. In 2007, she established her feature documentaries FOOTNOTES and HAMMADA (KaBoGa) by European-born ISIS soldier Marc. Meanwhile, in production company, KaBoGa, focusing on creative and narrative features SONATA FOR CELLO and Co-producer: Azadeh Khatibi Barcelona, Marc’s mother Carlota comes out of her fi ction features and documentaries. Her feature BARCELONA 1714. They are currently developing the (Genius at Large) ignorance of reality to face her caring son’s sudden documentaries FOOTNOTES and HAMMADA TV series NO PASARÁN! and feature documentary Director: Anna M. Bofarull disappearance. were awarded and screened at festivals worldwide, FAKE LIES. Writer: Anna M. Bofarull Sold to an abusive Syrian couple, Hadia endures rape including Montréal, Sao Paulo, Thessaloniki, Azadeh Khatibi began her career as an actor and DoP: Lara Vilanova and physical abuse to protect her remaining younger Reykjavik and Dubai. Her fi rst feature fi lm SONATA her acting credits include THE TRUTH IS HARD Cast: Nora Navas, Halima Ilter, children. Arjin escapes sexual slavery and, despite FOR CELLO screened at over 20 festivals worldwide, TO FIND, directed by Darren Aronofsky. She was Iman Ido Koro fear and confusion, is impelled to join the Kurdish including Montréal, Málaga, Philippines, Valladolid, a producer in the feature fi lm WINDOW HORSES, Film length: 90 min militia. On the European front, Carlota struggles to Milano, Gijón and London and received numerous which went on to be shortlisted for an Academy Award Languages: Kurdish, Arabic, unravel the mystery of Marc’s departure to join ISIS, awards. Her second feature, BARCELONA 1714, nomination, and she also produced the documentary Catalan, Spanish which forces her to confront her inner demons. How was released in theaters in 2019. SINJAR is her third feature FINDING FARIDEH, Iran’s submission to the Budget: € 1.13 million far will Arjin, Hadia and Carlota go for the ones they narrative feature, selected by L’Atélier-Cinéfondation 2020 Academy Awards. She is producing and starring love? at Cannes Film Festival 2019. in the feature AREZOU.

SINJAR CONTACT KABOGA ART & FILMS GENIUS AT LARGE Sant Eulogi, 4 43002 Tarragonaa, Spain Los Angeles T +34 675 060 993 T +1 510 388 3404 DIRECTOR/WRITER/ E [email protected] E [email protected] PRODUCER PRODUCER CO-PRODUCER www.kaboga.eu www. Anna M. Bofarull Marian Matachana Azadeh Khatibi

49 WANTED • Financing partner • Sales agent SMILING GEORGIA (ღიმილიანი საქართველო) • German distributor 80 minutes, Georgia/Germany • Festival representatives

FILM FACTS SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR‘S BIOGRAPHY PRODUCTION COMPANY PROFILE Genre: Documentary with fi ctional Presidential elections 2012 in Georgia. Candidates Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, Luka Beradze graduated in 1991 Productions is a Tbilisi-based production com- scenes formulate strategies for catching votes. “Smiling Film Directing from the Tbilisi Mass Media and Public pany which produces local fi lms within the European Prod. countries: Georgia, Germany Georgia” is part of a campaign. The highlight: New Communications International Institute in 2011. In co-production scheme and provides all-inclusive pro- Producer: Nino Chichua, Anna teeth for all residents over 50 – free of charge. That addition to directing several of his own shorts, Luka duction services to international projects shooting in Khazaradze (1991 Productions) works because only a few on the countryside can has worked on various local fi lm projects as an Georgia. Co-producers: Eva Blondiau afford a dentist. A crowd of politicians, doctors and assistant director. In 2016 he directed a documentary In 2020, 1991 Productions released the feature (COLOR OF MAY) journalists tossed through the villages and pulled short I WENT, I SAW, I FIXED IT for the Georgian documentary GLORY TO THE QUEEN, a co- Director: Luka Beradze people‘s teeth. After the election the promise remains National Broadcaster. Luka recently completed the production between Georgia, Austria and Serbia, Writer: Luka Beradze just a promise. People are left without teeth. short fi lm SORRY FOR BEING LATE, awaiting its funded by Eurimages. The company also co-executive DoP: Lomer Akhvlediani This fi lm follows the lives of the people in one village, premiere. He is currently working on a documentary produced young Georgian director Uta Beria’s debut Film length: 80 min that was part of the program. Even now people have SMILING GEORGIA for which he was awarded feature NEGATIVE NUMBERS. Language: French to slurp liquid food through straws and try to cope a production grant by the Georgian National Film Budget: € 120,000 with their everyday life with gallows humour. This Center. year – 2020 – there will be elections again – with new promises. Will the life of the people change for the better this time?

SMILING GEORGIA CONTACT 1991 PRODUCTIONS COLOR OF MAY, Imanov & Blondiau Filmproduktion GbR 40 Paliashvili st, Tbilisi, Georgia Neuenhöfer Allee 19a, 50937 Köln, Germany T +995599442211 T +491783195751 DIRECTOR/ E [email protected] E [email protected] WRITER PRODUCER PRODUCER CO-PRODUCER www.1991productions.com www.colorofmay.com Luka Beradze Nino Chichua Anna Khazaradze Eva Blondiau

51 WANTED • Gap-fi nancing • Potential co-producers SPAS (СПАС) • Sales agents 90 minutes, Ukraine/Croatia/Czech Republic • Distributors • VOD platforms FILM FACTS SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR‘S BIOGRAPHY PRODUCER’S BIOGRAPHY Genre: Drama A female soldier, Lilia, fi nally gets exchanged after Maksym Nakonechnyi got the Bachelors degree in Darya Bassel was born in Ukraine in 1985. Studied Prod. countries: Ukraine, Croatia, two months of capture. Coming back to normal life Directing in 2012 in Karpenko-Kary Kyiv National German language and literature in Odessa, after Czech Republic after her experiences is diffi cult. Her husband Tokha, university of theatre, cinema and TV. Worked on graduating moved to Kyiv and worked in TV and Producer: Darya Bassel, Yelizaveta whom Lilia met and married at the front line, feels different TV projects for several years, then founded commercial productions as a producer. In 2011, Smith (Tabor) guilty, because he had promised to kill her before she an independent production company TABOR with she joined the team of Docudays UA International Co-producers: Anita Juka (4Film), could have been captured, but did not go through with his friends, which now produces documentaries, Human Rights Documentary Film Festival (Kyiv) Dagmar Sedláčková (MasterFilm) it when it actually happened. Lilia’s mother is happy fi ction fi lms, theatre plays, commercial and social where she works to this day as a programmer and Writer: Maksym Nakonechnyi, Iryna to see her daughter again, but does not know what to videos and cultural volunteering projects. Maksym industry head. Parallel to her work at the festival Tsilyk say to her and responds with overcare instead. The shot several fi ction shorts as a director. He produces she works in fi lm production. MY FATHER IS MY DoP: Khrystyna Lyzohub community of Lilia’s fellow combatants is a space documentaries. He was part of IDFA Academy MOTHER’S BROTHER directed by Vadym Ilkov (the Cast: Rita Burkovska, Lubomir of great trust and support, but in their heads many 2018, often takes part in B2BDoc pitch, script and most innovative fi lm in the international competition Valivots of them seem to be still at war. It seems no one is editing workshops, participated in Eurodoc 2019. at Visions du reel 2018) was the fi rst fi lm where she Film length: 90 min equipped to address their trauma from the ongoing His fi rst feature fi ction project SPAS was developed worked as associate producer and festival agent. Her Language: Ukrainian confl ict, neither those who were at war, nor those who in Terrarium, The Write Retreat and Torino Film Lab last project ROZDILOVI LIVE, featuring one of the Budget: € 793,473 stayed behind. Extended. most important Ukrainian poets, Serhii Zhadan, was successfully released in Ukrainian cinemas in 2019.

SPAS CONTACT TABOR PRODUCTION 4FILM d.o.o. MASTERFILM s.r.o. 65029, Odesa, 11 Kniazivska str., Ukraine Pavla Hatza 12, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia Hošťálkova 392/1c, 169 00 Prague, Czech Republic T +38 063 393 00 04 T +385 1 4828 774 T +420 733 579 107 E [email protected] E aj@4fi lm.hr E dagmar@masterfi lm.cz DIRECTOR/WRITER CO-WRITER PRODUCER www.taborproduction.com www.4fi lm.hr www.masterfi lm.cz Maksym Nakonechnyi Iryna Tsilyk Darya Bassel

53 WANTED • Sales agent • Distributors THE 9th STEP (9-TAS ŽINGSNIS) • Festivals 96 minutes, Lithuania • Technical in kind • International marketing and PR FILM FACTS • Pre-sales SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR‘S BIOGRAPHY PRODUCER’S BIOGRAPHY Genre: Drama Linas is slowly recovering from a long addiction. Eve, After working in fi lm fi nance for Media and the Lukas Trimonis is a graduate from BFM in Estonia and Prod. country: Lithuania his teenage daughter who just moved in with him, Lithuanian Ministry of Culture, Irma Puzauskaite NFTS in the UK. He is an award-winning producer and Producer: Lukas Trimonis (Inscript) hides her teenage angst with a growing passion for attended LMU Film School (US) for her Master’s managing director of fi lm and TV production company Junior Producer: Viktorija Cook music. Her best friend Maya is looking for her fi rst degree. She received the Faculty award for her IN SCRIPT in Lithuania. His debut as a lead producer (Inscript) big love story. When the relationship between these thesis short fi lm “The Morning After” (2015). She is on the feature fi lm MIRACLE (dir. Egle Vertelyte), a Director: Irma Puzauskaite three lost souls turns too intimate, traditional roles get an alumni of the Incubator Lab at Film Independent co-production with Bulgaria and Poland, premiered Writer: Egle Vertelyte mixed up and each of them has to face the very issues (Los Angeles, US) and EKRAN+ at Wajda School during TIFF in 2017, screened in over 55 IFF and was DoP: Jacek Podgorski they have buried for too long. (Poland). In 2016 Irma established an educational sold to over 22 territories including China, France Cast: Valentin Novopolskij, group called Directors Lab (active in Lithuania and and the USA. His most recent work as a minority co- Gerda Ciuraite, Angelina Daukaite, Poland). Together with professional actors she started producer, was on the feature fi lm “OLEG” (dir. Juris Marius Repsys Vilnius Actors Studio. She also directs commercials Kursietis), a co-production with Latvia, Belgium and Film length: 96 min and music videos. France premiered during 51st Directors’ Fortnight in Language: Lithuanian Cannes 2019. In 2018 he was selected by European Budget: € 560,000 fi lm promotion as one of the producers on the move and in 2019 he was accepted to ACE producers.

THE 9th STEP CONTACT INSCRIPT Sv. Mikalojaus g. 15-13, Vilnius, Lithuania T +370 65 55 76 67 E [email protected] DIRECTOR PRODUCER JUNIOR PRODUCER www.inscript.lt Irma Puzauskaite Lukas Trimonis Viktorija Cook

55 WANTED • Expertise and advice from fi lm professionals THE CARS WE DROVE INTO CAPITALISM (THE CARS WE DROVE INTO CAPITALISM) • Rough cut expertise and advice 90 minutes, Bulgaria/Germany/Denmark/Croatia/Czech Republic • Attaching fi nancing partners

FILM FACTS SYNOPSIS DIRECTORS‘ BIOGRAPHIES PRODUCER’S BIOGRAPHY Genre: Documentary „We are quite interested in the psychological reasons Boris Missirkov and Georgi Bogdanov are directors, Martichka Bozhilova is a producer at AGITPROP, Prod. countries: Bulgaria, Germany, of the people‘s attachment to the socialist cars - cinematographers, visual artists and founders of Bulgaria. Her high-end author driven fi lms have Denmark, Croatia, Czech Republic Lada, Wartburg, Moskvich, Trabbie, Skoda or Zaz AGITPROP. DOP of the most successful AGITPROP’s been selected and awarded at Cannes, Berlin, IDFA, Producer: Martichka Bozhilova - that is going on even today. It is a strange form fi lms: GEORGI AND THE BUTTERFLIES (Silver Wolf- Toronto, Sundance, Tribeca, Pusan and many others, (AGITPROP) of nostalgia - not so much for the Socialism or the IDFA), THE MOSQUITO PROBLEM AND OTHER and have been broadcasted all over the world. Among Co-producers: Simone Baumann, youth, but for a time when a vehicle was reparable STORIES (Cannes), CORRIDOR #8 (Berlinale), her fi lms are: TOUCH ME NOT (Golden Bear Winner, Sascha Beier (Saxonia Entertainment) with your own hands and a few simple instruments. THE BOY WHO WAS A KING (Toronto Intl). DOP/ Berlinale 2018), the fi lm and 4-part TV docu series Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær (Danish Most of the drivers had to learn the guts of their cars, authors of the fi rst original Bulgarian content for HBO for ARTE PALACE FOR THE PEOPLE (DokLeipzig Documentary Production) if they wanted to have a moving vehicle - and knowing and National Geographic. They are producers (with 2018), GEORGI AND THE BUTTERFLIES (Silver Miljenka Čogelja, Dana Budisavljević your car from the inside created a much stronger Martichka Bozhilova) of 15, the fi rst BG omnibus fi lm. Wolf, IDFA), THE MOSQUITO PROBLEM AND (Hulahop) Jiri Konečný (Endorfi lm) bond between the man and the machine. We don‘t Authors of ’94 FOREVER and I AM A BULGARIAN, OTHER STORIES (Cannes), CORRIDOR #8 Directors: Boris Missirkov, Georgi concentrate so much on specifi c brands, nor provide part of it, as well as THE LADINO LADIES CLUB (Berlinale), OMELLETTE (Sundance), THE BOY Bogdanov detailed history of each national auto plant, but (Best of Fests-IDFA), PALACE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WAS A KING (Toronto). She produced Writers: Boris Missirkov, Georgi deal with the most important aspects of the relation feature (DOK Leipzig) and docu series aired on BBC, successful, factual TV series for National Geographic Bogdanov between these cars and their owners, and the epoch.“ ARTE, MDR, SVT, NHK; THE SWEETEST THING and HBO as well as FATHER’S DAY, a high-end DoP: Boris Missirkov, Georgi Missirkov / Bogdanov (650k views online, nominated for Best BG Short drama series for Bulgarian National Television as Bogdanov Film, Sofi a IFF 2020). well as THE CARS WE DROVE INTO CAPITALISM Film length: 90 min (release 2021). Languages: Bulgarian, German, Czech, Russian, English Budget: € 430,000 THE CARS WE DROVE INTO CAPITALISM CONTACT AGITPROP SAXONIA ENTERTAINMENT DANISH DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION 72, Rakovski Str., 1000 Sofi a, Bulgaria Altenburger Straße 9, 04275 Leipzig, Germany Kvæsthusgade 5C, 1. Sal, 1251 København K, Denmark T +359 2 983 14 11 T +0341 35 00 41 00 T +45 26 16 25 35 E [email protected] E [email protected] E [email protected] DIRECTOR/WRITER DIRECTOR/WRITER PRODUCER www.agitprop.bg www.saxonia-entertainment.de www.danishdocumentary.com Boris Missirkov Georgi Bogdanov Martichka Bozhilova

57 WANTED • Festival representatives, Programmers THE GREAT FREEDOM (DIE GROSSE FREIHEIT) • Post-production services 90 minutes, Germany/Sweden • Private equity

FILM FACTS SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR‘S BIOGRAPHY PRODUCER’S BIOGRAPHY Genre: Drama Juditha and Erik have been married for three Born and raised in Hamburg, Germany, Wendla After receiving her MA in English & German Literature Prod. countries: Germany, Sweden decades, raised a now grown-up daughter and lived a Nölle fi rst studied media technology at University of and Political Sciences, Andrea Schütte graduated Producers: Andrea Schütte, Nikola full life in spite of Juditha’s early diagnosis of multiple Applied Sciences in her hometown before moving from Hamburg Media School in 2008. Until 2015, she Bock, Dirk Decker (Tamtam Film) sclerosis. With Erik preparing to enter retirement, to New York, where she discovered her passion worked as a producer for X Filme Creative Pool in Co-producer: NDR a crucial new phase of life is about to start and the for fi lmmaking. She went back to Hamburg to study Berlin and was part of the producers’ teams of fi lms by Director: Wendla Nölle couple’s most demanding journey is yet to begin: directing at the University of Fine Arts (HfbK). Achim von Borries, Tom Tykwer, Oskar Roehler and Writer: Greta Lorez With her illness proceeding with unknown speed and Her diploma documentary THE CHOSEN ONES Stefan Krohmer as well as debut features by Christian DoP: Nikolai von Graevenitz bluntness, Juditha has eagerly awaited this moment, was overseen by Wim Wenders. She has been Klandt, Claudia Lehmann and Henri Steinmetz. In Cast: Rolf Lassgård, Dagmar Manzel, and she anticipates Erik’s companionship and times working as a director ever since, completing her 2012 she founded Tamtam Film together with Dirk Anna Blomeier, Wolfram Koch et al. spent together more than ever. But Erik has trouble documentary feature MAKE ME A MATCH in 2013 Decker in Hamburg. She is a founding member of the Film length: 90 min making the transition. Just as the physical limitations as well as various commercials for international Berlinale Reception for Film Academies, the initiative Languages: German, Swedish of Juditha’s condition are making it hard for her to brands and organizations. THE GREAT FREEDOM, ‘Hamburg lebt Kino’ and a regular member of juries Budget: € 1.1 million retain her independence, she and Erik drift further in post-production, is her feature fi lm debut. Her and committees. apart. They will need to rediscover the true foundation fi lmography includes MAKE ME A MATCH (2013, of their union in order to fi nally fi nd each other again. Documentary Feature) and THE CHOSEN ONES (2007, Documentary Feature).

THE GREAT FREEDOM CONTACT TAMTAM FILM GMBH Behringstrasse 16a, 22765, Hamburg, Germany T +49 40 32522330 E mail@tamtamfi lm.com DIRECTOR WRITER PRODUCER www.tamtamfi lm.com Wendla Nölle Greta Lorez Andrea Schütte

59 WANTED • Sales agents • Distributors THE LIVING MAN (ŽIV ČOVEK) • Festivals 96 minutes, Serbia/Germany/Bulgaria • TV & VOD Buyers

FILM FACTS SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR‘S BIOGRAPHY PRODUCTION COMPANY PROFILE Genre: Dramedy THE LIVING MAN is a drama with comedic touches Oleg Novković was born in 1968 in Belgrade. He is Salt is a Serbian fi lmproduction, funded by Uroš Lazić. Prod. countries: Serbia, Germany, that tells the story of Đela, an aging rock musician a leading Serbian director. His fi lms were awarded Lazić previously worked as Executive Producer and Bulgaria who never really made it. After realising his daughter at various festivals: PATRIA (2015), world premiere Line Producer for several national and international Producers: Uroš Lazić, Ljiljana is pregnant and his son is not his, he leaves home at Warsaw IFF 2015, received Best Script and the productions. Djuričko (Salt), Marcel Lenz, Guido and sets out to search the promises of his youth. FIPRESCI Award at Fest IFF 2016. WHITE, WHITE ostlicht fi lmproduktion GmbH is a fi lm production Schwab (ostlicht fi lmproduktion) The euphoria caused by this newly found freedom WOLRD (2010) had its world premiere at Locarno IFF company based in Weimar, Germany. Producers, Co-producer: Borislav Chouchkov confronts him with his own mortality. and won the CICAE Award and Silver Leopard for shareholders and executives are Marcel Lenz and (Chouchkov Brothers) Best Main Actress (Jasna Durič) at Locarno IFF 2010, Guido Schwab. Films include among others THE Director: Oleg Novković the Main Prize at FilmFestival Cottbus 2010, a Special REPORT (Director: Peter Bebjak), 18% GRAY Writer: Milena Marković Mention at Mar del Plata 2010 and the Silver Dolphin (Director: Viktor Chouchkov), MY EXTRAORDINARY DoP: Miladin Čolaković as Best Director at Festróia IFF. TOMORROW SUMMER WITH TESS (Director: Steven Wouterlood), Cast: Nikola Duričko, Nada Šargin, MORNING (2006), world-premiered at Karlovy Vary INVISIBLE SUE (Director: Markus Dietrich), THE Bojan Zirovič, Jana Bjelica a.o. IFF, received the Main Prize and FIPRESCI Prize NILE HILTON INCIDENT (Director: Tarik Saleh), Film length: 96 min at FilmFestival Cottbus 2006 as well as the Special WHITE, WHITE WORLD and PATRIA (Director: Oleg Language: Serbian Mention and the East of West Award at Karlovy Vary Novkovič) as well as THE WOMAN WHO BRUSHED Budget: € 1 million IFF 2006. OFF HER TEARS (Director: Teona Strugar Mitevska).

THE LIVING MAN CONTACT SALT PRODUCTIONS OSTLICHT FILMPRODUKTION GmbH CHOUCHKOV BROTHERS Ltd. Augusta Cesarca 9, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia Ackerwand 23, 99423 Weimar, Germany 51, Exarh Yosif str., 1000 Sofi a, Bulgaria T +381 64 13 15 151 T +49 3643 877 4555 T +359 2 946 3410 E [email protected] E [email protected] E [email protected] DIRECTOR PRODUCER PRODUCER PRODUCER www.ulazic.com www.ostlicht.de www.ch-bros.com Oleg Novković Claritta Kratochwil Marcel Lenz Guido Schwab

61 WANTED • Post-production support • Sales THE PALACE (IL PALAZZO) • Distribution 90 minutes, Italy/France • Festivals

FILM FACTS SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR‘S BIOGRAPHY PRODUCERS’ BIOGRAPHIES Genre: Creative Documentary In the heart of Rome stands a palace. The owner, like Federica graduated in anthropology at the University In 2010 Marco founded Dugong, a production Prod. countries: Italy, France a renaissance patron, has once been offering shelter of Florence. Her debut doc feature, IL LATO company ommitted to the development of cinema Producers: Giulia Achilli, Marco to an eclectic group of friends. The perfect hideout GROTTESCO DELLA VITA Il (The cave side of life, beyond genres and boundaries. Giulia joined in 2013 Alessi (DUGONG FILMS) from where to pursue the most aleatory artistic 2006), won the AVANTI prize in Turin, an award meant after successfully producing in India. Their work has Co-producer: Marie Balducchi projects. to favour the circulation of new interesting voices. Her been recognized by major festivals such as Cannes (AGAT Films & CIE) Now in their 50s’, the group is suddenly reunited by the second feature, HOUSING (2009), got selected by (Samouni Road, Œil D’Or for Best Documentary), Director: Federica Di Giacomo premature death of the most emblematic among them several festivals among them: Locarno, CPH:DOX, Locarno (The Challenge, Special Jury Prize), Venice, Writers: Federica Di Giacomo, all, Mauro, a charismatic and improbable director who Thessaloniky, Hotdocs. Rotterdam, and shown in art contexts like Tate Andrea Sanguigni hasn’t been able to fi nish a fi lm in his whole life. Yet, In 2016, she won the prize for the Best Film at Venice Modern and Art Basel. Marie Balducchi is a partner in DoP: Clarissa Cappellani he left something tangible: hours of footage where Film Festival- Orizzonti, with LIBERAMI (Libera Nos). AGAT Films & Cie, whose fi lms have been acclaimed Cast: N/A he directed his friends in the most extravagant roles, The fi lm got selected by over 20 major festivals around worldwide. Agat produced authors like R. Guédiguian, Film length: 90 min supposed masterpieces all set inside the palace. the world, was nominated for David di Donatello, won C. Khan, V. Bruni Tedeschi, L. Belvaux. Marie’s last Language: Italian Eventually the mourning, awaking the memories of a the Premio Solinas for the Best Cinema Documentary fi lm, TALKING ABOUT TREES by S. Gasmelbari won Budget: € 735,000 gone time, shakes the numbed spirits, leading them and got shortlisted for the Best Documentary at EFA. the Panorama Audience Award and Glashütte Award to a radical confrontation with their collapsed dreams. It was theatrically released in Italy, United States, for Best Documentary in Berlin and won top prizes in The grotesque coming of age of a unique fellowship. Canada, Japan, Israel, Poland and Argentina. El Gouna, Guangzhou, Palm Springs among others.

THE PALACE CONTACT DUGONG FILMS AGAT FILMS & CIE Piazza Ippolito Nievo 21, 00153 Rome, Italy 52 Rye Jean-Pierre Timbaud, 75011 Paris, France T +39 06 6469 1255 T +33 1 53 36 3232 E [email protected] E marie.balducchi@agatfi lms.com DIRECTOR/WRITER PRODUCER PRODUCER CO-PRODUCER www.dugong.it www.agatfi lmsetcie.com Federica Di Giacomo Giulia Achilli Marco Alessi Marie Balducchi

63 WANTED • Sales agent • Distributors THE UGLY TRUTH (DIE WAHRE SCHÖNHEIT) • Broadcasters 93 minutes, Germany • Festivals • Post-production support FILM FACTS SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR‘S BIOGRAPHY PRODUCERS’ BIOGRAPHIES Genre: Drama THE UGLY TRUTH is about Theo, 49, an unsuccess- Krishna Ashu Bhati was born in 1980 in Berlin. Being Eva Habermann is a producer, writer and actress Prod. country: Germany ful novelist who always dreamed of making it as partly Indian, partly German, his movies are inspired based in Berlin. She had her TV debut at the age Producers: Eva Habermann, an artist. His wife Mona, 44, was until recently a by two very different cultural backgrounds. He started of 19 in the international sci-fi show LEXX – THE Alexander König (Fantomfi lm) very successful lawyer and the driving force for writing and directing at the age of 24. His feature fi lm DARK ZONE and went on playing roles in more than Director: Krishna Ashu Bhati her husband and his daughter Hanna, 16, until an BITTER SÜSS has won several awards and the script 75 movies and worked all across the world. In 2017, Writer: Krishna Ashu Bhati, Eva accident turns Mona into a cripple. Mona suffers from has been sold to the US for a remake. He fi nished his after 25 years in the TV business as an actress, Habermann depression and drowns her grief in alcohol and pain second feature JENSEITS VON GUT UND BÖSE in she founded the production company Fantomfi lm. DoP: Christoph Wieczorek killers. The whole balance in the family collapses, 2019. DIE WAHRE SCHÖNHEIT was his fi rst script Together with her creative partner, Alexander König, Cast: Marcus Grüsser, Eva as neither Theo nor Hanna are able to deal with this written together with Eva Habermann. they specialized in independent genre fi lms. Their fi rst Habermann, Caroline Hartig, Lilly tragic situation or Monas no support. movie UNDER CONTROLL was selected for over 15 Liefers, Emma Schweiger, Mascha Shortly afterwards, the family receives a visit from festivals in the horror-fantasy genre and already sold Paul, Tom Böttcher, Elias Eisold, Arved the daughter of Mona‘s best friend, Alina, 19. Theo to multiple territories with a release scheduled later Friese, Simon Böer falls in love with the beautiful Alina and sees in her the this year. Further titles include the horror comedy Film length: 93 min perfect getaway from his unbearable situation. SKY SHARKS (D: Marc Fehse) and the US-German Language: German co-production THE CYST, which will premiere at this Budget: € 300,000 The downward spiral takes its course until Theo year’s edition of the Fantastic Fest. realizes that he was living in denial.

THE UGLY TRUTH CONTACT FANTOMFILM GmbH Paul-Robeson-Straße 18, 10439 Berlin T +49 152 510 233 48 E info@fantomfi lm.tv DIRECTOR/WRITER WRITER/PRODUCER PRODUCER www.fantomfi lm.tv Krishna Ashu Bhati Eva Habermann Alexander König

65 WANTED • Finances for all the post-production • End of image editing UNDER CONTROL (SOUS CONTRÔLE) • Sound editing, music 100 minutes, Belgium/France • Mixing, color grading and mastering • Looking for international co- FILM FACTS producers, distributors and SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR‘S BIOGRAPHY PRODUCTION COMPANY PROFILE Genre: Drama international sellers Bruno Godhair, a man in his thirties, leaves prison Manuel Poutte has a degree in Philosophy. He is Founded in 1992, the LUX FUGIT FILM production Prod. country: Belgium to continue his sentence, under the control of an a Licentiate in ELICIT scriptwriting (ULB) and a house has in a few years become one of the major Producer: Manuel Poutte (Lux Fugit electronic bracelet at home. Although he fi nds his Composer and musician of the group „Berntholer“, players in Belgian cinema, fi rst in the production of Film) freedom, Bruno seems overwhelmed by remorse published by Warner Distribution. He is the co-founder short fi lms, then in the production of documentaries Co-producers: Alexandre Cornu (Les and regret. He also seems rejected by his friends and producer of Lux Fugit Film. He wrote and directed and fi ctional feature fi lms. Manuel Poutte is the fi lms du Tambour de Soie) and old acquaintances. The only thing that keeps three feature fi lms: DISTANT TREMORS, THE producer-director and founder of LUX FUGIT FILM. Minority Co-Producer: Martin him standing is a son, whom he has not heard from DANCE OF THE SPIRITS and LET EVERYTHING They recently produced a web series with France Swabey and whose trace he is trying to fi nd. Everything is DISAPPEAR. He directed numerous documentaries Télévision: SPLEEN They are currently co-producing Director: Manuel Poutte complex in his virtual detention but he needs to fulfi l and short fi lms including THE SENSATION (Special a feature fi lm in Stop Motion with with France, Italy Writer: Manuel Poutte his needs. A meeting with an escort-girl, Rosana, will Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival). For more than and Switzerland called FORBIDDEN TO DOGS & DoP: Bernard Vervoort lead into the world of sexcams, within virtual role- 30 years now, Manuel Poutte has enriched Belgian ITALIANS. Manuel Poutte‘s new feature-length fi lm Cast: Martin Swabey, Camille Deleu playing games, where, against increasingly signifi cant cinema with his critical and empathetic, committed with Sandrine Bonnaire and Cédric Kahn FOLLIES is Film length: 100 min fi nancial remuneration, and under the control of the and unique outlook. He is also the manager of the in pre-production. Language: French young woman, he will have to submit to requests from production house LUX FUGIT FILM founded in 1992, Budget: € 680,000 anonymous voyeurs. which has more than 50 fi lms in its catalogue and which has developed numerous international co- productions.

UNDER CONTROL CONTACT LUX FUGIT FILM LES FILMS DU TAMBOUR DE SOIE Rue Théophile Vander Elst, 104, 1170 Bruxelles, Belgium 68 rue Sainte, 13001, Marseille, France T +32 495 27 26 28 T +33 6 10 39 05 10 DIRECTOR/WRITER/ E luxfugitfi [email protected] E [email protected] PRODUCER MINORITY CO-PRODUCER www.luxfugitfi lm.com www.tamtamsoie.com Manuel Poutte Martin Swabey

67 WANTED • Distribution partners • Gap fi nancing VIRAL (VIRAL) 8x10 min & 90 min, Germany/Israel

FILM FACTS SYNOPSIS DIRECTORS‘ BIOGRAPHIES PRODUCER’S BIOGRAPHY Genre: Documentary Series VIRAL is neither a collection of video diaries nor a story VIRAL is realized by the Israeli director duo Sagi Christian Beetz is the founder and CEO of the Prod. countries: Germany, Israel about exhausted doctors and tragic deaths during the Bornstein and Udi Nir, who have recently made gebrueder beetz fi lmproduktion. Since its foundation Producer: Christian Beetz (gebrueder Corona crisis. It is a character-driven, bitter-sweet the fi lm „Golda Meir - Prime Minister“ for ARTE. in 2000, the production company has produced beetz fi lmproduktion) account of the struggle, ingenuity, perseverance, and For VIRAL, they draw on their experience gained over 150 high-quality documentaries and cinema Co-producers: Udi Nir, Sagi Bornstein creativity in the face of the unexpected. during the production of the fi lm #uploading_ documentaries. Its fi lms regularly compete at major (udiVsagi production) VIRAL follows the lives of 8 protagonists throughout holocaust, which was produced 100% from YouTube international A-festivals and have received many Directors: Udi Nir, Sagi Bornstein the period of one year from 2020 - 2021. Covering material. Their works include the documentary fi lm prestigious awards - including fi ve times the Grimme Writers: Udi Nir, Sagi Bornstein the time before, during, and after the height of the #UPLOADING_HOLOCAUST (2016) which screened Prize, the Cinema for Peace Award, the Prix Europa, DoP: divers outbreak, we document how Corona inscribes itself at DOK Leipzig and was broadcast by international the German Film Prize, the HotDocs Filmmakers Cast: n/a into our lives and changes them. As our protagonists TV broadcasters like BR and RBB (Germany), ORF Award, three times the British Independent Award Film length: 8x10 min & 90 min encounter confl icts and obstacles and fi nd creative (Austria) and Keshet (Israel) and GOLDA MEIR – and the Special Jury Award of the IDFA. VIRAL is the Languages: English, Spanish, ways to overcome them, we follow them through a PRIME MINISTER (2019) which is currently being third production of Udi Nir and Said Bornstein with German, Italian, French, and many year full of ups and downs and unexpected turns. shown at several international fi lm festivals worldwide gebrueder beetz fi lmproduktion. others and which was broadcast on German television Budget: € 402,000 (ARTE, BR), Israeli television (Channel8) and on Canadian television (Radio Canada).

VIRAL CONTACT GEBRUEDER BEETZ FILMPRODUKTION UDIVSAGI PRODUCTION Heinrich-Roller-Straße 15, 10405 Berlin 17 Dante st. Tel Aviv Jaffa 6818313 Israel T +49 30 695 669 10 T +972 548 357 227 DIRECTOR/WRITER/ DIRECTOR/WRITER/ E [email protected] E [email protected] / [email protected] CO-PRODUCER CO-PRODUCER PRODUCER www.gebrueder-beetz.de www.udivsagi.com Udi Nir Sagi Bornstein Christian Beetz

69 WANTED • Partners • Co-producers WALTER (ВАЛЬТЕР) • Sales agents 90 minutes, Russia

FILM FACTS SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR‘S BIOGRAPHY PRODUCER’S BIOGRAPHY Genre: Drama Moscow, 1990s. Walter, a 40-year-old migrant Def’s works screened multiple times at the biggest Katerina Mikhaylova is a founder of the fi lm production Prod. country: Russia construction worker, receives tragic news from his national fi lm festivals Kinotavr and Dvizhenie, as well company VEGA Film, based in Moscow, Russia. In Producer: Katerina Mikhaylova (Vega home, that he left a long time ago with a dream to as international fi lm festivals in Moscow, Rio, Minsk 2020, Katerina’s latest features premiered at Berlinale Film), Konstantin Fam build a different life for himself. A mountain village and Rig. His fi lmography includes various short fi lms Forum (IN DEEP SLEEP by Maria Ignatenko) and Director: Robert Def where his mother lives has been caught in the cross such as SPLINTER (2010), FISHING (2012), WALL Venice Days (CONFERENCE by Ivan I. Tverdovsky). Writer: Robert Def fi re of the military confl ict. Thus begins the story of (2015), ECHO (2015), NEURO-EUROPE (2016), TO In the past, she has also worked on various dramas, DoP: Alisher Khamidkhodzhaev homecoming and an ode to the motherly love that BE (2017), SASHA (2017), GOD IS DEAD (2018). including KADDISH (2019) by Konstantin Fam, IT’S Cast: Kirill Grebenshikov, Filipp unfolds against the backdrop of a territory dispute NOT FOREVER (2019) by Alyona Rubinshteyn and Avdeeev, Marina Drovosekova, Elena amidst the wreckage of the Soviet empire. Evgeniy Yatskina, and NEAREST AND DEAREST Mahova (2017) by Kseniya Zueva. Film length: 90 min Language: Russian Budget: € 840,000

WALTER CONTACT VEGA FILM Moscow, 121596, Tolbuhina str, 14, Russia T +7 925 093 59 28 E katerina@vegafi lm.ru DIRECTOR/WRITER PRODUCER PRODUCER www.vegafi lm.ru Robert Def Katerina Mikhaylova Konstantin Fam

71 WANTED • Distributor • Sales agent WHISPERS OF WAR (Stille Post) • Festivals 90 minutes, Germany

FILM FACTS SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR‘S BIOGRAPHY PRODUCERS’ BIOGRAPHIES Genre: Drama Khalil, an elementary school teacher in Berlin, gets Florian Hoffmann was born in Berlin in 1987. In 2011 Roxana is producer at Chromosom Film since 2018. Prod. country: Germany hold of images of war from his Kurdish hometown he began studying Directing at the German Film and She studied Film and Drama at the Freie Universität Producer: Alexander Wadouh, of Cizre. The footage eventually leads him to join a Television Academy in Berlin (dffb). Since 2015, Berlin and the Trinity College Dublin, as well as Roxana Richters (Chromosom Film) network of video activists fi ghting for more attention he has been directing his own feature length and fi lm producing at the German Film- and Television Co-producers: Deutsche Film- in the media. In helping them, he hopes to reconnect documentary fi lms, such as ARLETTE. COURAGE IS Academy Berlin (dffb) and the Columbia University und Fernsehakademie Berlin, with his long-lost sister, who is working as a camera A MUSCLE (2015). In 2016 he began teaching media New York. She was a Berlinale Talents participant ZDF Das kleine Fernsehspiel operator in the combat zone. With his actions mediation for the Goethe Institute, the Heinrich Böll in 2019 and produced JIYAN (2019), a feature fi lm Director: Florian Hoffmann becoming increasingly infl uenced by the distant Foundation and the University of Freiburg. Currently, directed by Süheyla Schwenk. Writer: Florian Hoffmann confl ict, Khalil is forced to question not only his values Florian and Roxana are working on their feature fi lm Alexander has been working in the fi lm industry since DoP: Carmen Treichl but also his entire life in Berlin. TIME OF THE MONSTERS (2020, 90 min). 1999. He completed his studies in fi lm production Cast: Hadi Khanjanpour, at the German Film- and Television Academy Berlin Kristin Suckow, Jeanette Hain, (dffb) in 2006. He founded Chromosom Film in the Aziz Capkurt same year to develop and produce national and Film length: 90 min international projects for all distribution channels. Languages: German, Kurdish All of his fi lms have won awards around the world (6 Budget: € 600,000 German Film Prizes, one European Film Award, one Bronze Lion etc).

WHISPERS OF WAR CONTACT CHROMOSOM FILM GmbH DEUTSCHE FILM- UND FERNSEHAKADEMIE BERLIN Hagelbergerstr. 52, 10965 Berlin, Germany Potsdamer Straße 2, 10785 Berlin, Germany T +493089378081 T +49 30 257 59-0 E info@chromosom-fi lm.de E [email protected] DIRECTOR/WRITER PRODUCER PRODUCER www.chromosom-fi lm.de www.dffb.de Florian Hoffmann Roxana Richters Alexander Wadouh

73 WANTED • Co-producer • Camera packages for remaining WHO I AM NOT (WHO I AM NOT) shooting period 90 minutes, USA/Germany/South Africa • Editor • VFX partner FILM FACTS • Sales and distribution partner for SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR‘S BIOGRAPHY PRODUCERS’ BIOGRAPHIES Genre: Documentary theatrical release “I’m not a woman, but I know I’m not a man. I feel like a Born in 1982 in Transylvania, Romania, Tunde Andrei Zinca is an US-based award-winning producer/ Prod. countries: USA, Germany, • Marketing/PR partner fraud. So if you want to know who I am, better ask me Skovran graduated from Babes Bolyai University director, with a 40-year career in fi lm and TV. In 1991 South Africa who I am not.” – Sharon-Rose Khumalo, 28 (Cluj-Napoca) with a BFM in Drama in 2005. She he was nominated for a regional Emmy. He produced, Producer: Andrei Zinca; Francoise subsequently became a repertoire actress at the co-produced and directed over 1500 hours of series Nieto-Fong (Double 4 Studios), WHO I AM NOT follows the story of South African prestigious Hungarian State Theatre in Cluj-Napoca. and TV documentaries distributed worldwide, as Patrick Hamm (Bulldog Agenda) beauty queen, Sharon-Rose Khumalo. Sharon has For her work as a fi lm and theater actress, she well as two award-winning features. Patrick Hamm Co-producers: Jafta Mekgoe (Rainy been featured on magazine covers, won beauty has received numerous national and international is an award-winning documentary fi lmmaker and Day Productions PTY) pageants, and is instantly recognizable to anyone awards. In 2015 she directed her fi rst short fi lm, THE Berlinale Talents alumnus. His fi lms have screened at Director: Tunde Skovran in her native Mamelodi: natural Afro hair, a pretty, LITTLE SNAIL , selected for several international Slamdance, IDFA, Sheffi eld, and Tribeca. Françoise Writer: Alicia Dwyer unforgettable face, and a tall, athletic body. Yet fi lm festivals. In 2016 she created J.U.S.T. Toys, a Nieto-Fong´s documentaries have been shown on DoP: Felix Striegel, Daniel Szandtner despite being crowned her nation’s most beautiful pioneer production company for experimental theater HBO, Aljazeera, National Geographic, Fox, and Cast: n/a woman, the devout Christian still questions her in Los Angeles. For the past 9 years she has been Netfl ix among others. Jafta Mekgoe has focused on Film length: 90 min gender identity; diagnosed as intersex, she asks researching the documentary WHO I AM NOT, her long and short format TV series. He was a producer Language: English herself: “Am I a woman, a man, or both?“ fi rst feature-length fi lm, which combines different and accountant for KMP Media Group-South Africa, Budget: € 650,000 story-telling techniques to craft a dream-like portrayal and supervised the launch and marketing of the of real life. Tracking Advertisement on African Media.

WHO I AM NOT CONTACT DOUBLE 4 STUDIOS, Inc BULLDOG AGENDA GmbH RAINY DAY PRODUCTION PTY Ltd. 434 W. Cypress St, Glendale, Ca. 91204, USA Alex-Wedding-Str. 5, 10178 Berlin, Germany 40 Swallow Drive, Douglasdale Fourways 2055, T +1 305 666 5350 T +49 30 42806691 Gauteng, South Africa E [email protected] E [email protected] T +27 78 3715818 DIRECTOR PRODUCER PRODUCER PRODUCER www.double4studios.com www.bulldogagenda.com E [email protected] Tunde Skovran Andrei Zinca Patrick Hamm Francoise Nieto-Fong

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