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Book of Projects 2012 ProectsBook12ofScript&Pitch Audience Design Writer’s Room The Pixel Lab FrameWork AdaptLab 1 Book of Projects 2012 ProectsBook12ofScript&Pitch Audience Design Writer’s Room The Pixel Lab FrameWork AdaptLab TorinoFilmLab has reached its fifth edition this year, Now that we are 5 years old, I must think of and it is a pleasure to celebrate together with those what I hope we can achieve for our 10th birthday. who have supported us since the very beginning: TorinoFilmLab is on the map now, but what is most Regione Piemonte, Comune di Torino and Ministero important is that we become, more and more, a per i Beni e le Attività culturali. community of filmmakers from all around the world, sharing experiences, knowledge, successes, failures, In these years, TorinoFilmLab has grown steadily, friendships, collaborations, projects, ideas…. adding programmes, activities and partners from all TorinoFilmLab works to offer opportunities, to create over Europe and the world. What in 2008 started a space were professionals in the cinema and media with 2 training activities, a co-production market and world can - if not find all they need, at least find a production fund, now runs 6 training activities that useful directions. We have worked hard and will try still all come together (except Interchange, that finds even harder in the next years. I say we, not because I a dedicated platform at the DFC during the Dubai deserve pluralis maiestatis, but because TorinoFilmLab International Film Festival) for the TFL Meeting Event is already a community, where staff, tutors and in Torino, during the Torino Film Festival. trainers play a central role. Their energy and dedication are like a magnet that attracts others and Year after year, the support from the MEDIA and inspire them to do the same: our first ever TFL Alumni MEDIA Mundus programmes has grown and other Meeting in Venice was sold out in 5 hours. Alumni partners have come along, helping us not only become themselves tutors and trainers for each other TorinoFilmLab in reaching out to the world, but also concretely – isn’t this the real core of professional training? hosting our workshops: starting from the North, we thank Boost Hbg in Sweden, Nisi Masa, Le Groupe As I am writing, applications for our longest running Ouest and Initiative Films in France, Saga Film in programme Script&Pitch are flocking in from all Romania, Malta Film Commission in Malta, Dubai over the world. This is possible because there are Film Festival in the Emirates. always new partnerships starting, institutions we team up with that help us a great deal. ARTE France Finally this year, with the launch of AdaptLab, we is renewing the 6.000 € International Relations ARTE have strengthened our local partnerships: Museo Prize for a S&P project in development, together Nazionale del Cinema, Film Commission Torino with EAVE and thanks to DIFF we are able to run Piemonte, FIP, Fondazione per il libro, la musica e la Interchange, we are starting a collaboration with cultura and IBF have come together to support this Indian NFDC - presenting one project already in new training programme. 2012, we continue working with Power to the Pixel for Writer’s Room and Pixel Lab, we collaborate Last but not least, our Fund: since 2008 TFL has with EP2C, MEDIA Antenna and the Medienboard awarded 20 films, 13 of which have been released Berlin-Brandenburg for the Meeting Event, we partner or have entered production. Only in 2012, Postcards in the newly launched Biennale College - Cinema from the Zoo by Edwin was the first Indonesian micro-budget initiative with the Venice International film ever in competition at the Berlinale, Children Film Festival, IFP invites one of our projects each year of Sarajevo by Bosnian director Aida Begić won the to their market in New York, we are in contact with Special Distinction of the Jury at Cannes’ Un Certain organizations in Scandinavia, Poland, Croatia, Russia Regard, A Respectable Family, by Iranian director and Mexico for 2013/2014. Massoud Bakhshi, was presented in Cannes at Finally, we have our curated place on a VOD Directors’ Fortnight, and is now in French theatres, platform, thanks to a partnership with UniversCiné and Leones by Argentinian Jazmín López, was in that we hope will bring benefits to all and we Orizzonti Competition in Venice. continue to work successfully with FestivalScope. Alberto Barbera, Thanks to all the filmmakers that make TorinoFilmlab Chairman of the Advisory Board and Jury come alive! Savina Neirotti, Director . Jury Alberto Barbera Aida Begić Vânia Catani Karel Och Aditya Assarat Italy Bosnia-Herzegovina Brazil Czech Republic Thailand FrameWork Alumni 2010 FrameWork Alumni 2008 Born in 1950 (Biella, Italy). Aida Begić was born in Sarajevo Vânia Catani started her career Karel Och (b. 1974 in Czech Aditya Assarat studied film at Graduated in Literature in Torino, in 1976. She graduated in directing in the late 80’s, working with Republic) studied Law and the University of Southern where he worked in Aiace at the Sarajevo Academy of independent video. From the graduated in Film Theory and California. In 2004, he was invited (Associazione Amici Cinema Performing Arts. Her graduation second half of the 90’s on, with History at Prague’s Charles to participate in the Sundance d’Essai), from 1977 to 1989 as filmFirst Death Experience was the so called “Brazilian Cinema University. Since 2001, he has Director’s Lab and was honored President. From 1980 he was presented at The Cinéfondation Retaking”, she started to focus on worked for the Karlovy Vary as the first recipient of the Rolex film critic for several daily and Official Selection of the 2001 cinema production, while always International Film Festival as Arts Initiative mentorship to work news magazines, TV and radio Cannes Film Festival and won keeping a huge interest on the a member of the selection with director Mira Nair. programs. He curated several numerous awards at festivals independent market. committee. He has programmed publishings including for example worldwide. In 2003 she wrote and In 2000, she founded Bananeira KVIFF’s documentary competition In 2006 he started the company François Truffaut (La Nuova Italia, directed her 2nd short film North Filmes. The company has and curated tributes and Pop Pictures to produce his Firenze, 1976), Leggere il cinema Went Mad. Her debut feature Snow produced and co-produced over retrospectives to Sam Peckinpah, debut feature Wonderful Town. (Mondadori, Milano, 1979), Dennis was part of L’Atelier at Cannes 10 feature films, among them: John Huston and Michael Powell It won the New Currents Award Hopper (with Davide Ferrario, Film Festival 2005 and premiered The Dead Girl’s Feast, directed by & Emeric Pressburger, among at Pusan and the Tiger Award Aiace, Torino, 1988), Mohsen at Cannes 2008, Semaine de la Matheus Nachtergaele; having its others. at Rotterdam. It also won the Makhmalbaf (Lindau, Torino, Critique where it won the Grand world premiere at Cannes - Un 2008 National Subhanahongsa 1996), Kiarostami (Electa, Milano, Prix and 20 further festival awards Certain Regard; The Clown, the In 2010 Och was appointed Award for Best Picture, the only 2003), Cabiria (Il Castoro, Milano, from around the world. Snow 2nd film directed by Selton Mello artistic director of the Karlovy time it has ever been given to an 2006), and Noi credevamo (Il was nominated for a European and produced by Bananeira Vary IFF. Och participates in independent film. Castoro, Milano, 2011). Film Award, Discovery Section. In Filmes, released in 2011 reaching the organization of the well- From 1982 Barbera worked with 2009 she founded an independent over 1.5 million people in Brazil, established Works in Progress In 2010, he directed his second Festival Internazionale Cinema production company Film House. In being the first local film acclaimed panel (presentation of films feature Hi-So which screened Giovani (now Torino Film Festival), 2010 she wrote and directed a short by the critics and audience alike in post-production) which, at Berlin and Pusan. He also as General Secretary and Selection fictionOtel(o) as part of omnibus since a long time. It was selected together with Pitch & Feedback produced Eternity the debut Committee member, from 1989 Unutma Beni Istanbul. The same to represent Brazil for the foreign presentation (Czech and Slovak feature of his assistant Sivaroj to 1998 as Director. From 1999 year she was featured in Take 100, Oscar’s selection that year. film projects in development) has Kongsakul, which won the Tiger to 2001 he was Director of the a compendium of the 100 most The high artistic quality of become the key industry event of Award at Rotterdam in 2011 and Cinema Department in Biennale promising emerging international Bananeira Filmes’ projects has the Karlovy Vary IFF. 36, the debut feature of Nawapol di Venezia. From July 2004, he directors published by Phaidon. Her also been acknowledged at the Thamrongrattanarit, which won is Director of Museo Nazionale 2nd feature film Djeca (Children of most prestigious national and Och is a member of the the New Currents Award at Pusan del Cinema di Torino and since Sarajevo) premiered in Un Certain international film festivals. The European Film Academy as well in 2012. Finally, Aditya was the January 2012 he is Director of the Regard, Official Selection of the company’s productions have been as FIPRESCI, and has published recipient of the 2010 National Venice Film Festival. Cannes Film Festival 2012 where it screened at a total of 143 festivals in numerous magazines such as Silpatorn Award given biennially won Special Distinction of the Jury. in 29 countries and have been Cinepur, Cinema and Iluminace. to an individual for contribution awarded 82 times.