EURO MEDITERRANEAN COPRODUCTION FORUM 4Th EDITION
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EURO MEDITERRANEAN COPRODUCTION FORUM 4th EDITION October 24-25-26, 2013 Brindisi, Italy www.forum.apuliafilmcommission.it CATALOGUE Initiative co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Scenes to explore «Investing in your future» Project co-nanced by the E.U., in accordance with the Operational Programme E.R.D.F. Puglia 2007-2013 Line 4.3 Action 4.3.1 C) - Line 6.3., Action 6.3.2 “Initiatives in support of local business internationalization” EURO MEDITERRANEAN COPRODUCTION FORUM 4th EDITION with the Patronage of in cooperation with BRVN EUROMED Comune di Brindisi Provincia di Brindisi AUDIOVISUAL A program funded by the European Union ateliers du cinéma européen www.forum.apuliafilmcommission.it EMCF 2013 PRESENTATION The Apulia Film Commission Foundation presents participants to present their projects with the the 4 t h edition of the Euro Mediterranean opportunity to “test” them during the development Coproduction Forum on 24th-25th-26th October 2013 stage as well as getting in contact with potential co- in Brindisi, with the aim of supporting lm projects nancers. (feature-length ction, TV series or documentary), The programme includes pitching and one to one at a development stage, with at least 20% of the meetings in order to benet co-production budget secured, containing a link in the plot to the processes and the exchange of best practices to Mediterranean region. better the operational aspects of the Forum's These projects are all partially nanced and “almost participants. ready” as far as screenplay and organization are The collaboration with the City and Province of concerned, and await for further nancers to close Brindisi, has given this year's event access to an the budget. extraordinarily beautiful territory, which only The Forum creates meetings and partnerships increased the Apulia Film Commission's primary among professionals, such as producers, nancers, interest in a special place, as well as its professional market experts and distributors, allowing the and event hosting qualities. CREDITS EUROPEAN UNION President: Antonella Gaeta Project co-nanced by the E.U. General Manager: Silvio Maselli in accordance with the Operational Programme Director: Alberto La Monica E.R.D.F. Puglia 2007-2013 Managing Coordinator: Cristina Piscitelli Line 4.3 Action 4.3.1 C) - Line 6.3 Action 6.3.2 Project Manager: Francesco Carabellese “Initiatives in support of local business Administration/Hospitality Manager: Roberta Vernice internationalization” Forum Coordinator: Olivier Reynaud Project selection by: APULIA REGION Daniele Basilio (Head of Cinema Projects and Tourism, Culture and Mediterranean Productions Office - Apulia Film Commission) Department Raffaella Delvecchio (International Production Manager - Apulia Film Commission) Economic Development Department Alberto La Monica (EMCF Director) Economic Development, Employment and Innovation Policy Department EURO MEDITERRANEAN COPRODUCTION FORUM International Business Promotion Department Apulia Film Commission Foundation Cineporti di Puglia/Bari APULIA FILM COMMISSION FOUNDATION c/o Fiera del Levante CITY OF BRINDISI Lungomare Starita, 1 - 70132 Bari, Italy PROVINCE OF BRINDISI Tel: +39 080 9752900 - Fax: +39 080 9147464 Realized with the Patronage of EURIMAGES [email protected] and in cooperation with ACE, Soa Meetings, www.forum.apulialmcommission.it Euromed Audiovisual PROGRAMME EMCF 2013 1st day: Thursday 24th 2nd day: Friday 25th H 10.00 H 10.00 - 13.00 Welcome Message and Programme Presentation of the Selected Projects: open presentation pitch - 2nd SLOT by Alberto La Monica - EMCF Director 10 minutes are assigned to each attending representative to present their project H 10.30 Apulia Film Commission & Funds H 11.15 - 11.45 presentation COFFEE BREAK by Silvio Maselli - AFC Chief Executive Officer “Apulia System” presentation: locations and H 13.00 - 15.00 LUNCH BREAK services available in the Region by Daniele Basilio and Raffaella Delvecchio - AFC H 15.00 - 19.00 Cinema and Production Office One to One Meetings H 11.30 - 12.00 Individual meetings during which producers of COFFEE BREAK every project meet potential co-producers and nancers H 12.00 Italian Tax Credit for Foreign Production H 19.30 - 20.30 Companies CITY TOUR Introduction to the scal incentives for the lm industry as well as to the procedures for granting tax H 21.00 credits to foreign production companies DINNER by Iole Maria Giannattasio - Expert from Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism - Directorate General for Cinema 3rd day: Saturday 26th H 12.15 Euromed Audiovisual presentation H 10.00 - 13.00 Presentation of the legal data base to favour co- One to One Meetings productions in the South Mediterranean region as Individual meetings during which producers of every well as of the studies on the audiovisual sector project meet potential co-producers and nancers realised in several Arab countries by Ioana Westhoff - Institutional Development Expert H 13.00 - 15.00 LUNCH BREAK H 12.30 Ateliers du Cinéma Européen presentation H 15.00 - 18.00 by Simon Perry - ACE President One to One Meetings Individual meetings during which producers of every H 12.45 project meet potential co-producers and nancers Soa Meetings presentation by Mira Staleva - Soa Meetings Director H 18.30 - 20.30 CITY TOUR H 13.00 - 15.00 LUNCH BREAK H 21.00 CLOSING DINNER H 15.00 - 17.30 Presentation of the Selected Projects: open pitch - 1st SLOT 10 minutes are assigned to each attending representative to present their project H 18.30 - 20.30 CITY TOUR H 21.00 DINNER EMCF 2013 INDEX A FULL MOON NIGHT (TUNISIA) pag. 6 Production Company: Cinetelelms Director: Fares Naanaa Selected in partnership with Euromed Audiovisual AND THERE WAS MORNING (ISRAEL) pag. 8 Production Company: Dori Media Paran Director: Eran Kolirin BELOVED (CANADA) pag. 10 Production Company: julijette inc, Rolloco Productions Director: T.B.D. EIGHT COMMISSIONER (CROATIA) pag. 12 Production Company: Maxima Film Director: Ivan Salaj GAME OVER (ITALY) pag. 14 Production Company: Dinamo Film Director: Mario Bucci GOD'S LEGS (SPAIN) pag. 16 Production Company: Imval Productions, Unalm Director: Fran Araújo HEAVEN SCENT (CANADA) pag. 18 Production Company: Leif Films, Saga City, eOne Director: Leif Bristow IN THE NAME OF DEATH I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER (SPAIN) pag. 20 Production Company: Potenza Producciones S.L. Director: T.B.D. INITIO (LUXEMBOURG) pag. 22 Production Company: Juliette Films Director: David Grumbach & Felix Sorger JOURNEY TO ROME (CZECH REPUBLIC) pag. 24 Production Company: Background lms Director: Tomasz Mielnik EMCF 2013 JUVENTUS OF TIMGAD (FRANCE) pag. 26 Production Company: Alia Films Director: Fabrice Benchaouche LA ISLA (MOROCCO) pag. 28 Production Company: Boulane O'byrne Production Director: Ahmed boulane TERZO MONDO (GEORGIA) pag. 30 Production Company: Cinetech Film Production Director: Merab Kokochashvili THE DEVIL'S BANKER (U.K.) pag. 32 Production Company: Mark Forstater Productions Ltd. Director: T.B.D. THE DONATION (U.K.) pag. 34 Production Company: Junco Films Director: Juan Manuel Biaiñ Selected in partnership with Soa Meetings THE KIDNAP (JORDAN) pag. 36 Production Company: IDPL Director: Dima Hamdan Selected in partnership with Euromed Audiovisual THROWAWAY (ITALY) pag. 38 Production Company: 9.99 Films Director: Cosimo Alemà TO FALL (U.S.A.) pag. 40 Production Company: Ronalds Brothers Films Director: Dean Ronalds UPSIDE DOWN (LEBANON) pag. 42 Production Company: Abbout Productions Director: Ahmad Ghossein XX SETTEMBRE STREET (ITALY) pag. 44 Production Company: Chichinscì Director: Simone Salvemini GUESTS ATTENDING LIST pag. 46 TUNISIA A FULL MOON NIGHT THE PERSONAL STORY OF A YOUNG, ORDINARY COUPLE THAT CRUMBLES UNDER THE WEIGHT OF GUILT AND DEATH, MIRRORS THE RECENT STORY OF THEIR COUNTRY, TUNISIA, WHICH IS SEARCHING ITS IDENTITY. Director: Fares Naanaa Total Budget: 973.800 $ Scriptwriter: Fares Naanaa, Nadia Khammari Secured Financing: 533.800 $ Production Company: Cinetelelms Percentage of Secured Financing: 60% Producer: Fibi Kraus SYNOPSIS between the past, an uncertain future and Sami and Sara have been married for ten years. They existential questions. The story is anchored in the are in their thirties and seem to lead a happy life with Tunisian reality, real and palpable, and still develops their little daughter Yasmine. Sara is a primary an understanding on several levels we can school teacher and Sami an architect. They live universally relate to: the love and loss between a happily through their daily routine till the day, when man and a woman, the transitory times of social Yasmine and Sami have a terrible car accident. uncertainty, and our needs, as individuals and Yasmine dies. communities, to re-dene ourselves. A few months later, the couple is still trying to come to terms with this tragedy. Sara nds refuge in DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT religion and in lessons of Su singing. Sami shuts «A Full Moon Night» is a psychological drama about down completely to the world, getting drunk every the crisis of a couple after the loss of their daughter. night, wrapped up in his silence and feeling of guilt. How does a couple continue to live through the Gradually, the couple goes from crisis to crisis, from death of a child? How does each parent face quarrel to quarrel and despite Sara's efforts to save bereavement? And does each individual crisis affect her marriage, they nally stop talking to each other the life of the couple? and separate. Since the birth of my daughter, I have been Sara lives her drama on her own, at her parents' permanently haunted by a feeling of fear that I house. She stays in her teenage bedroom, abusing might not be able to protect her enough and of pills, nding refuge in her singing and in an anxiety that I might not be there when she needs ambiguous friendship with a man. me. One day, some friends of mine went through a Sami travels to the South of his country, searching drama similar to the one I deal with in my lm. This for a father he has never known.