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Strip your script. Make it better. 2020 We will take it worldwide. Each May, we gather in Cannes to celebrate the scriptwriters who have Violetta Kamińska ScripTeast participated in ScripTeast over the past year and award the best of their scripts Managing Director the Krzysztof Kieślowski ScripTeast Award at a ceremony by the sea. Of course this year circumstances dictate that we must put on our cocktail attire and sip our champagne at home instead. It is in the nature of creativity to persevere, and with it, our industry perseveres too. We must move forward just as surely as we must make films – the call of creativity cannot be denied.

And so we move onwards, with our support for the best CEE writers, providing them with the wisest advice and expertise of top international professionals. Our goal is, as always, to help scriptwriters navigate the industry, never give up, and make films for the burgeoning global audience. So far, 43 of these films Izabela Wójcik have been made to box office and critical acclaim, with just the most recent Foundation, Director success being Vaclav Marhoul’s “The Painted Bird,” the story of which, in itself, is a great lesson in perseverance.

Fully polished through hard work with the help of our distinguished advisors, we present to you here 11 of the best projects and authors from this part of Europe, amongst which we hope you might find the next great internationally acclaimed discovery.

We are very grateful to the diverse group of professionals who accept our invitation to be Creative Advisers each year, our Heads of Studies, Tom Abrams and Christian Routh, and to all the institutions who have been supporting ScripTeast over Dariusz Jabłoński ScripTeast the years. We look forward to continuing this work together for years to come. President

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Every year The Krzysztof Kieślowski ScripTeast Award for the Best Eastern European Script is presented to the author of the best participating project, as selected by the Artistic Board: Doreen Boonekamp, Sandy Lieberson, Antonio Saura, Manfred Schmidt, Simon Perry and the ScripTeast’s Heads of Studies, Tom Abrams and Christian Routh.

The Award is accompanied by a 10 000 Euro prize money to be spent on further work on the project.

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WWW @ BROTHER MACIEJ SOBIESZCZAŃSKI, GRZEGORZ PUDA / DYAD YANA TITOVA / FURIOUS BEAUTY ELIŠKA KOVÁŘÍKOVÁ, ŠTĚPÁN ALTRICHTER / I AM A GYPSY GERGELY FONYO / JIMMY L. PAVO MARINKOVIĆ / BEST SCRIPTS LOVABLE STANISLAVS TOKALOVS, WALDEMAR KALINOVSKI / LATVIA ORUNIA 4EVER FROM CEE ELŻBIETA BENKOWSKA / POLAND THE COLONEL AND THE DERVISH DEVELOPED VLASTIMIR SUDAR / SERBIA THE LOST SON WITHIN XIV DARKO ŠTANTE / SLOVENIA TREMBLING GIANT SCRIPTEAST JACEK PIOTR BŁAWUT / POLAND WINDLESS TEODORA MARKOVA, GEORGI IVANOV, NEVENA KERTOVA / BULGARIA

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Maciej is a director and screenwriter. As a director, Sobieszczanski made A young judo champion struggles to hold his family his debut with Łukasz Ronduda with the film “Performer,” a story from together after his father is sent to prison. the borderland of arts, about the 14 year-old Dawid could become a judo champion, if real-life outstanding Polish artist Oskar Dawicki. The film premiered it wasn’t for his short temper and aggression he finds at the International Film hard to control. It’s the only legacy he has from his Festival in 2015 and received the violent, imprisoned father. Dawid struggles to live up Think: The Award. The film was to his mother’s hopes for him while keeping an eye on shown in major galleries around the his conniving 9 year-old brother. He gets a chance to world, including at Tate Modern in London. For his second film “Zgoda” turn his life around when he’s invited to an important (Reconciliation) he received the judo tournament in Berlin. But will he have what it Best Director Award at the Montreal takes to seize this one-in-a-lifetime opportunity? Intenational 2017.

11 BEST SCRIPTS WWW @ YANA TITOVA Bulgaria DYAD

Yana Titova is a Bulgarian writer/ director/actress who spends her Smart, angry, self-reliant Dida will stop at nothing time between Sofia and London. After having a very successful career on the way to her one tangible goal that justifies all as an actress, Yana has changed her moral compromises – to buy a plane ticket, so she professional path towards directing. can join her estranged mother in the USA. Yana is a Berlinale Talent Campus Alumni. Her career started with A special offer on a ticket to Dida’s dream of a new three award-winning fiction short life in New York with her mother will expire in a few films “The Bridge”, “Solveig”, “The hours. Dida steals, blows and bullies to raise the cash, House”, and the documentary but as the pressure mounts, she goes berserk and is “88MHz”, which screened widely and garnered numerous awards. suspended from school. To cap it all, her pregnancy Yana’s directorial debut test reads positive. Finally, she is able to talk about “A Dose Of Happiness” had its wide her plans with her elusive mother, Zoya, which reveals theatrical release in Bulgaria in a truth she has been blind to – Zoya, now working as November 2019 and became the a prostitute, never intended to take her daughter to highest-grossing Bulgarian film America with her. Dida snaps and spirals into extreme of 2019 holding the eight place of all-time cinema admissions for behaviour with fatal consequences. Bulgarian-made films. Following its success in Bulgaria, the film will be shown on HBO Europe in May 2020.

11 BEST SCRIPTS WWW @ ELIŠKA KOVÁŘÍKOVÁ Czech Republic FURIOUS BEAUTY

A Dramaturgy and Scriptwriting master’s student at FAMU, Five women named Eliska represent several where she directed several short films. In 2017 she founded film-acting classes generations of a witty and eccentric Czech family. for children in Prague, where she still During a big Catholic festival in a small town, each works as a lecturer. „Furious Beauty” one of them has her own adventures. won development prizes at Karlovy Vary IFF in 2019 and at Famufest in 2018. Welcome to a small, ordinary Czech town, changed beyond recognition once a year during a big Catholic pilgrimage. Every Christian family wants to host the miracle-working image of the Virgin Mary in their home, including GRANDMOTHER (66). She is determined to use any means necessary to get the ŠTĚPÁN ALTRICHTER picture for the 100th birthday of her mother – GREAT- Czech Republic GRANDMOTHER (99). Meanwhile, her family arrives for the festival – MOTHER (37), BIG SISTER (15) and A HFF Konrad Wolf Potsdam-Babelsberg LITTLE SISTER (6), each with her own special problem graduate. His debut feature film “Schmitke” and secret desire. And strange similarities are won the Best Eastern European debut in Cottbus, best Czech debut in Pilsen, beginning to appear in everyone’s lives. Fipresci Award in Schwerin and others. His second feature “National Street” was made with the participation of Eurimages. He is currently preparing to direct the German film “Runner” which he also wrote. 11 BEST SCRIPTS WWW @ GERGELY FONYO Hungary I AM A GYPSY

Gergely is a prolific feature film and television director. His directorial Can a child beat prejudice, or will prejudice beat the debut “Johnny Famous“ won Best Picture at the Hungarian Film Week child? A gay Romani boy’s struggle for education in 2000. His musical comedy feature in the segregated school system of small town “Made in Hungaria” was selected for Hungary. Karlovy Vary Variety Critics Choice Section and won Best Picture at Hungarians and Gypsies have been living together the Granada Film Festival in 2009. for centuries. The status quo is that the Hungarians “The House of the Stone Monkeys”, are smart and the Gypsies are stupid. There is a gay, a TV-movie he directed, was 7-year-old boy, Lali, who wants to challenge this. But he selected for at Banff World Media Festival, and the Sichuan does the unpardonable: he wins a competition against International TV Festival in 2015. Hungarian kids. The powers that be turn against him His other notable work includes and take away everything from Lali. They kick him out HBO Hungary’s dramedy series of school, they humiliate him, let him starve. The only “Tarsas Jatek”. Gergely is recently thing they can’t take away is Lali’s victory. He's focusing on writing his own scripts. As an author, he is interested in proven that a Gypsy can be as smart, if not smarter, than telling stories of how traumatic a white Hungarian if he’s given an equal opportunity. childhood experiences, addiction, social discrimination, abuse, and minority existence shape our lives and identity.

11 BEST SCRIPTS WWW @ PAVO MARINKOVIĆ Croatia JIMMY L.

Born in Zagreb, Croatia, in 1967, Pavo graduated with a degree in An African-American boxing champion goes to Dramaturgy at the ADU in Zagreb. His first theatre plays were released Europe to regain his pride, but when the Nazis take in the early 90s and won a lot of over, he struggles to keep his honor. domestic awards. After a 10-year tenure as a commissioning editor On the eve of World War II, Jimmy Lyggett, a Black for the public broadcaster HRT American boxing champion travels to Zagreb with (1996-2005), he started a career his Croatian fiancée hoping to establish himself as a as a freelancing writer-director. boxing trainer. After the Nazis take power, he becomes He has made three feature films, the coach of the national team but must struggle “Ministry of Love” (2016), “Love Life of a Gentle Coward” (2009), against racism and his own conflicting allegiances. “Trešeta” (2006), and one feature documentary “Occupation, the 27th Picture” (2013). His films were screened at prestigious film festivals such as Montreal World FF, Karlovy Vary IFF, IFF Mannheim-Heidelberg, FF Kerala, Pula FF, Sarajevo FF, Chicago IFF, etc and won some awards (Mannheim, Pula, Alexandria, Houston, Bergamo, Napoli, Bucharest).

11 BEST SCRIPTS WWW @ STANISLAVS TOKALOVS Latvia LOVABLE

Stanislavs started working on sets in all possible positions, including stunts, at the age of 19 while Matiss has it all figured out – a well-balanced life studying film directing in Raindance Film School. His “A Little Longer” was awarded with the widowed Agate and her little daughter National prize “” in 2015 and has Stasija, a well-paid job as a housing repossession been selected for various film festivals. His first manager and a well-managed fling on the side. He feature, “What Nobody Can See,” premiered at has the wits, has the charm, yet he’s unattached, Moscow IFF and won the Silver Screen Prize at keeping his options open for greater success surely Film Festival. coming his way soon enough. Matiss, 26 lives in the home of Agate, 43 and her daughter Stasija, 9. He has a good job and a sexy young WALDEMAR KALINOVSKI lover, but when Agate suddenly dies, he is asked to take Latvia responsibility for Stasija. His corrupt boss suggests he ditch the little girl and keep the house by forging a Polish-American filmmaker with 29 feature few documents. Matiss goes for it and sends Stasija to film credits as production designer, 15 as an an orphanage. But his lover turns on him and his boss actor, 3 as producer and 2 as a screenwriter. tricks him into repossessing the house for himself. Waldemar currently works out of Riga, Latvia, in partnership with Stanislavs Tokalovs. Matiss’ dreams are in ruins, and all his friends have He received a Master of Arts degree from deserted him, but Stasija calls to ask for his help, and Cal Arts and has presented various seminars it dawns on him that she may be his only true friend. on a range of aspects of filmmaking in Latvia, , Sweden, and the US. 11 BEST SCRIPTS WWW @ ELŻBIETA BENKOWSKA Poland ORUNIA 4EVER

Born in the year of the dragon, proud inhabitant of Orunia, daughter of a In a reborn Poland, two young guys set up Poland’s shipyard worker and an accountant, sister of a mathematician, first independent television, bringing the local granddaughter of three Kashubians, community together but challenging their and a citizen of the Free City of friendship. Danzig, who decided to become a film director. For her short film When they unwittingly start a pirate TV station, best “Olena” she received several awards, friends Sebbie and Boggie dream of a bright future full including a Palme d’Or nomination of fame and fortune. But they have to conceal their in the short film category at the 66th activities from both the communist authorities and . She went on to direct the first part of the film the new militant opposition. It seems that the only triptych “The New World” produced one who can help them succeed is the local gangster by Akson Studio. Currently, she is boss, but as their operation grows, broadcasting working on the script for her feature- forbidden porn, local news stories and amateur karate length debut “Orunia 4ever”, for movies, the boys’ friendship is challenged. They now which she already received a Special Prize in The ScriptPro 2019 Contest. have to decide what are their real priorities; fame or friendship?

11 BEST SCRIPTS WWW @ VLASTIMIR SUDAR Serbia THE COLONEL AND THE DERVISH Vlastimir Sudar is a writer, director, and producer born in Sarajevo, who While political dogma clashes with long-established studied filmmaking in London at the Central Saint Martins College. religions in post-War Serbia, a secret agent’s loyalty He has a Ph.D. in Film Studies to the state is tested when she confronts her old, from the University of St Andrews war-time lover, who is now a devout Muslim dervish. in Scotland. Vlastimir completed his first feature-length fiction film Yana is a secret service agent sent to a remote Serbian “Granice kiše” (“Borders, Raindrops”) town to investigate religious leaders who are defying with a colleague in 2018, which the strict state system after the Second World War. was screened at 30 festivals since, Communist Yugoslavia has just broken its ties with winning 13 awards. The project was developed at Sarajevo Film Stalin, so its own dogma is firmer than ever. Yana’s Faestival’s CineLink program, where rebellious new colleagues complicate her mission, but it won an award for the script. it is her old flame from the War – now a local Muslim Vlastimir also directed short films, dervish – who compels her to challenge her beliefs. pop-videos and short fashion films. In the struggle to remain faithful to their dogmas, He wrote a book about the famous Yugoslav filmmaker Aleksandar it is only love that may be able to save them from Petrović, entitled “A Portrait of themselves. the Artist as a Political Dissident”, published in English in 2013 and in Serbian in 2017.

11 BEST SCRIPTS WWW @ DARKO ŠTANTE Slovenia THE LOST SON

Filmmaker from Ljubljana, Slovenia. He has a master’s degree in Film Meeting again after a decade, two brothers have Direction from the national film academy in Ljubljana. He made to face the consequences of the violence in their several shorts and documentary childhood. films. Some were shown on the Slovenian national television. Andrej (38) is a policeman working on family violence “Consequences” (2018) was his cases who lives a settled life with his girlfriend. Called feature debut. It had its world out to a domestic incident, he encounters his violent premiere at the Toronto brother, Kristian, whom he has not seen for ten years, International Film Festival and Andrej’s life turns upside down. While trying to 2018. It’s been selected at over reconcile with his temperamental brother, he himself 40 international film festivals and received great reviews from becomes more unpredictable and aggressive, and the press (Hollywood Reporter, jeopardizes everything he has struggled to build in his IndieWire, Variety, etc.) It won the life. To save himself he will have to confront the dark Best Direction award at the 21st past he tried to escape from. Festival of Slovenian Film, as well as the FIPRESCI award and others. It got several international awards. The film has been distributed in several countries (USA, , , , , HBO Europe, etc.).

11 BEST SCRIPTS WWW @ JACEK PIOTR BŁAWUT Poland TREMBLING GIANT

Jacek Piotr Bławut - director, scriptwriter, and cinematographer, a graduate of Wajda School and The Academy of Fine Arts in After the trees decide to leave our planet, the world Wrocław. His feature „The Day of faces extinction. In order to save the last forest left Chocolate” received the Krzysztof Kieślowski ScripTeast Award on Earth, Helen, a young eco-terrorist, has to fight for the Best Eastern European against her own kind and also her own mother. Script in Cannes 2018, Teachers’ The near future, 16-year-old Helen is living in the time Award at International Young Audience Film Festival ALE of the great “tree exodus” that has been underway KINO in Poznań 2018 and INIS for years. All the trees are uprooting themselves and Prize at Montréal International drifting off into space, leaving humanity on the brink Children’s Film Festival 2019. of extinction. The last forest left on Earth, named the He is also a winner of Best TREMBLING GIANT, will soon depart our planet. In Documentary Prize at Krakow order to save human civilization, mankind has been Film Festival and Special Mention at the International Film Festival forced to enslave the Giant, but rebellious young of the Art of Cinematography Helen believes that respecting the will of the trees is CAMERIMAGE 2016 for „Samotność our only hope. To prove it, and to save the forest, she dzwięku”. A member of the Polish will have to find the source of the exodus. But what if Film Academy. she is the one driving it?

11 BEST SCRIPTS WWW @ TEODORA MARKOVA GEORGI IVANOV WINDLESS NEVENA KERTOVA Bulgaria In a remote village the corrupt mayor and his supporters are preparing for the construction of a casino, but Teodora Markova is a film and TV writer who they need to buy the land owned by some villagers. has been working with Nevena Kertova and One of them, a kite maker, determined to teach his Georgi Ivanov for over 10 years. Their first feature movie “Bubblegum” (2017), won the son integrity, refuses to sell, and all hell breaks loose. Best Screenplay Award at the Bulgarian Asen is a kite maker who lives with his son in a village National Awards Golden Rose. It was followed by “Letters from Antarctica” (2019), that is preparing to build a casino and make everyone developed with the support of ScripTeast. rich. When the boy’s bike is stolen, the authorities cover The team has created five TV series, among up the crime, leading Asen to confront the endemic which is “Under Cover” (2011), distributed corruption. He refuses to sell his land for the casino in 187 territories and nominated for best and becomes the most hated man in the village. In foreign TV series at Monte Carlo Television Festival. Their latest mini-series “Father’s the ensuing confrontations his tortured son turns Day” (2019) was presented at several to violence. Asen is forced to betray his principles forums: Venice International Film Festival in order to protect him and lets him leave for a new – Gap Financing Market; Série Series life with his mother, while he is left alone to face an Fontainebleau – projects in development; uncertain future. Desperate to build the casino, the Berlinale 2017, European TV Drama Lab – projects in development program. villagers sell the cemetery and exhume the bodies of their ancestors.

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ScripTeast is a year-long, project-based training program for professional screenwriters from Central and Eastern Europe. Participation in the program helps the writer develop the script with international audiences in mind, as well as meet and understand the global film industry. Currently in its 14th edition, the program runs from October till May each year and is punctuated by stationary sessions in Poland, Berlin, and Cannes. The first stationary session in Poland is an intensive week focused on 1-on-1 meetings with internationally acclaimed Creative Advisors to get the creative juices flowing, analyze the aspects of the script that can attract an above- national audience and put the rewriting process on a path to success. The work continues during an online session - a period of intensive work on the script and consultation with experts globally. The program continues at Berlinale where writers meet the international industry - producers, sales agents, distributors, funds experts. The work on the script continues, and the path is set for the final rewrite - the ever- important draft in with a chance for the Krzysztof Kieslowski ScripTeast Award. XIV SCRIPTEAST FAMILY The final session at Cannes FF is a time of intensive industry networking and promoting scripts and they authors. Here, the program culminates with Ceremony during which the ScripTeast Award bearing the name of legendary director and scriptwriter Krzysztof Kieślowski is given to the best script, Application deadline: July 31st as chosen by the Artistic Board. apply.scripteast.pl

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Tom ABRAMS Fernando EIMBCKE Eran KOLIRIN Mark O’HALLORAN Antonio SAURA Scott ALEXANDER Licia EMINENTI Richard KWIETNIOWSKI Thaddeus O’SULLIVAN Michael SCHIFFER Trygve ALLISTER Jonathan ENGLISH Gianluca LEONCINI Jean-Luc ORMIERES Manfred SCHMIDT David AUKIN Liselott FORSMAN Joelle LEVIE Anders ØSTERGAARD George SLUIZER Dennis BARTOK William FORSYTHE Everett LEWIS Roman PAUL Martin STELLMAN Marc BASCHET Paul FRASER Bernd LICHTENBERG Tobias PAUSINGER Ula STÖCKL Marjorie BENDECK Gyula GAZDAG Sandy LIEBERSON Mark PEPLOE Antonin SVOBODA Martina BLEIS Madleen GORRIS Barre LUCIUS Simon PERRY Michael TAYLOR Andrew BIRKIN Neasa HARDIMAN Miguel MACHALSKI Nik POWELL Christoph THOKE Paddy BREATHNACH Monte HELLMAN Lauren MACKENZIE Udayan PRASAD Allister TRYGVE Lars HERMANN David MATAMOROS James RAGAN Wiebke VON CAROLSFELD Gabriele BRUNNENMEYER Gordy HOFFMAN Peter MEDAK Jason RESNICK Brian WARD Marc CARO Ben HOPKINS Jan MILLER Lucas ROSANT Peter WEBBER Chris COLLINS Phil HUGHES Robert PAUL MILLER Alexandra ROSSI Peter ZAWREL Jens DAHL Robert JONES Enzo MONTELEONE Donato ROTUNNO Petr ZELENKA Rita DAGHER Maciej KARPIŃSKI Lynda MYLES Christian ROUTH Meinolf ZURHORST Catherine DUSSART Cedomir KOLAR Piers NIGHTINGALE Marek ROZENBAUM

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th st rd 5 edition 1 edition 3 edition 7th edition THE HOUSE THE JAPANESE DOG THE PROSECUTOR THE DEFENDER THE MUTE Zuzana Liova Ioan Antoci THE FATHER AND HIS SON Bartek Konopka, Przemysław Nowakowski (Slovakia) () Iglika Triffonova (Bulgaria) (Poland) 2007 2009 2011 2013 2008 2010 2012 2nd edition 4th edition 6th edition THE WOMB THE DAY OF CHOCOLATE THE APARTMENTS Benedek Fliegauf Jacek Blawut Martins Slisans (Hungary) (Poland) (Latvia)

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9th edition 11th edition 13th edition ÁGA SORRY POLAND FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE Simeon Ventsislavov, Milko Lazarov Kuba Czekaj Ivan Marinović (Bulgaria) (Poland) (Montenegro) 2015 2017 2019 2014 2016 2018 2020 8th edition 10th edition 12th edition ‘MERICAN CHICK WHEN THE TREES FALL AFRIKA Evita Nausova, Viktor Taus by Marysia Nikitiuk Maya Vitkova-Kosev (Czech Rep.) () (Bulgaria) ?

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RUN TO GROUND THE HOUSE TILT Hungary / UK 2010 Slovakia 2011 Bulgaria 2010 written by Balazs Lovas written and directed by Zuzana Liova written by Borislav Chouchkov directed by Zsombor Dyga • World premiere at 61st Berlinale and Dimitar Kotzev • Best Editing, Hungarian • Anonimul Trophy, Anonimul International directed by Viktor Chouchkov Film Week Independent Film Festival, 2011 • Selected as the Bulgarian entry • Audience Award - Best Slovak Film, for the ‘Best Foreign Language Bratislava International Film Festival, 2011 Film’, 84th • New Voices/New Visions Grand Jury • Best Debut Feature, Prize, Palm Springs International Film Raindance IFF, UK Festival, 2012 • Best Editing Award, Woodstock • 5 Slovak Film And TV Academy Awards: Film Festival, USA Best Feature Film, Best Film Director, • Best Main Actor, Best Supporting Best Screenplay, Best Actress in a Actor & Special Jury Award, Leading Role, Best Actor in Leading role Golden Rose Film Festival Nominations: • Sutherland Trophy, Awards, 2011 • International Jury Award, São Paulo International Film Festival, 2011 • 12 nominations to Slovak Film And TV Academy Awards PROJECTS PRODUCED nd 2 edition

ARCHEO THE CORPSE THE WITNESS WOMB Slovenia 2011 Switzerland / / Germany / Hungary / France 2010 written and directed by Jan COLLECTOR Ireland 2018 written and directed by Benedek Bulgaria 2015 Cvitkovič written by Mitko Panov and Fliegauf written by Marin Damianov • Best International Feature Władysław Pasikowski • Junior Jury Award – ‘Environment and Juliana Stoyanova Film, Feature Film Competition, directed by Mitko Panov Is Quality of Life’ Prize • Best Screenwriter Award, 12st IFFI International Film Festival • world premiere at Geneva Nominations: 33rd Golden Rose Bulgarian Innsbruck, International Film Festival • Golden Leopard, Locarno Feature Film Festival, 2015 • Vesna Award, International Film Festival Best live-, • , 14th Festival of Slovenian Film ‘Best Feature Film’ • Vesna Award, Best director, 14th Festival of Slovenian Film • Vesna Award, Best Cinematography, 14th Festival of Slovenian Film PROJECTS PRODUCED rd 3 edition

A FRIEND OF MINE NIGHT BOATS RETRACE THE JAPANESE DOG Estonia 2011 Croatia / Serbia / Slovenia 2012 Hungary / Romania / Sweden 2011 Romania 2018 written and directed by Mart written and directed by Igor written by Judit Elek written by Ioan Antoci Kivastik Mirkovic and Laszlo Berger directed by Tudor Cristian Jurgiu Nominations: • Celebrate Age Best Film, Bombay directed by Judit Elek • Gopos Award, Best Actor in a Leading Role, • Heave(i)n Estonian Film International Film Festival, 2012 • Best Film, Louisville Romania, 2014 Award, 15th Tallinn Black Nights • Golden Arena, Pula Film International Film Festival, 2012 • Competition 1-2 Award, Festival 2012 International Film Festival Nominations: • Romanian entry for the Best Foreign • Best Film, Napoli Film Festival, 2013 Language Film at • Opened at Sans Sebastian Film Festival, 2013 Nominations: • Best Eastern European Film Award, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, 2014 • Gopos Award, Best Feature Film, Gopo Awards Romania 2014 • Gopos Award, Best First Feature Film, Gopo Awards Romania 2014 • Gopos Award, Best Art Direction, Gopo Awards Romania 2014 PROJECTS PRODUCED th 4 edition

BREAKING NEWS RADIOGRAM THE DAY OF CHOCOLATE Romania 2017 Bulgaria 2017 Poland 2018 written by Iulia Rugina, Oana written and directed by Rouzie written by Jacek Piotr Bławut Rasuceanu and Ana Agopian, Hassanova and Anna Onichimowska, directed by Iulia Rugina • Audience Award for Best Film, directed by Jacek Piotr Bławut • Best starting performance at Sofia IFF, 2018 • The Krzysztof Kieslowski Karlovy Vary IFF 2017 Nominations: ScripTeast Award, Cannes 2010 Nominations: • Golden Anchor Award for Best • International Young Audience Film • Crystal Globe for Best Film, Karlovy Film, Haifa IFF, 2017 Festival Teachers award Vary IFF, 2017 • Emerging Filmmaker Award for Nominations: • Prize Trieste for Best Feature Film, Best Film, Minneapolis St. Paul • Golden Claw Award, Gdynia Film Trieste FF, 2018 International Film Festival, 2018 Festival, 2018 • Golden Barge for Best Film, • Golden Goats, International Young Film Festival, 2018 Audience Film Festival, 2018 • Main competition, Youth and Cinema Debut Film Festival, Koszalin, 2018 PROJECTS PRODUCED th 4 edition

THE POSSIBILITIES THE JUDGEMENT VANISHING WAVES Bulgaria / Germany / Croatia 2014 Lithuania / France / 2012 OF MAKING FRIENDS written and directed by Stephan written by Kristina Buožytė, Bruno Samper Hungary 2007 Komandarev directed by Kristina Buožytė written and directed by Gabor • Best Film, Golden Rose Bulgarian • Directed by Kristina Buožytė (Lithuania) Ferenczi Feature Film Festival, 2014 • Best Film, The Jameson Dublin International • Best TV-film in 40th Hungarian • Best Actor, Golden Rose Bulgarian Film Festival, 2013 Film Week Feature Film Festival, 2014 • Best Screenplay, Fantastic Fest, Texas, 2012 Nominations: • Best Director, Fantastic Fest, Texas, 2012 • Grand Prix, Warsaw International • ‘East of the west’ special mention, Karlovy Vary Film Festival, 2014 International Film Festival, 2012 • Special Mention, Neutchatel film festival, 2012 • Emeric Pressburger prize, Miscolci film festival • Special Mention, Palic Film Festival, Serbia • Méliès d’Argent, Lund international film festival • Méliès d’Or prize, Sitges fantastic film festival • Best film at Vancouver’s Rio Grind FF PROJECTS PRODUCED th 5 edition

CAR PARK FATHER NIGHTLIFE THE PROSECUTOR WARSAW BY NIGHT Hungary 2014 Poland 2015 Slovenia / North Macedonia / Poland 2015 written by Bence Miklauzič wirtten and directed by Artur Bosnia and Herzegovina 2016 THE DEFENDER THE written by Natalia Koryncka-Gruz & Ferenc Lengyel Urbański written by Damjan Kozlole, Ongjen FATHER AND HIS SON & Marek Modzelewski directed by Bence Miklauzič • Złoty Szczeniak, Best Male Leading Svilicic Bulgaria / Sweden / Netherlands 2015 directed by Natalia Koryncka-Gruz Nominations: role, FAF, 2015 directed by Damjan Kozole written and directed by Iglika • Golden Spike, Valladolid • Jantar Award for Best Sound, Youth • Best Director Karlovy Vary Triffonova International Film Festival, 2014 and Cinema Debut Film Festival, International Film Festival 2016 • The Krzysztof Kieslowski • Free Spirit Award, Warsaw Koszalin, 2015 ScripTeast Award, Cannes 2011 International Film Festival Nominations: • Best Director, Best Cinemtography, • Main competition, Youth and Best Score, Best Editing, Best Cinema Debut Film Festival, Supportig Actor, Bulgarian Film Koszalin, 2015 Awards, 2016 • Special Jury Mention, Golden Apricot Festival Film of Yerevan, 2016 • Jury Special Mention, Feature Competition, Golden Apricot Yerevan IFF, 2016 • Silver Seagul Award for Best Film, Sofia IFF, 2016 • FIPRESCI prize – special mention, Tallin, Black Nights Film Festival, 2015 PROJECTS PRODUCED st 6 edition

HOME GUARDS RED CAPTAIN THIRST Hungary 2015 Czech Republic / Slovakia / Poland 2016 Bulgaria 2015 written and directed by Krisztina Goda written by Anna Fifkova written by Svetoslav Ovtcharov, • Best Actor, Hungarian Film Week, and Michal Kollar, Svetla Tsotsorkova 2016 directed by Michal Kollar directed by Svetla Tsotsorkova Nominations: • Biggest ever domestic opening • European Discovery of the Year • Best Editing, Hungarian Film in Slovakia. The film is TOP20 – EFA nomination Week, 2016 of the Slovak box office • Best Fiction Film – Crossing • Intercontinental Prize for Best Europe Film Festival 2016 Picture, World Premieres Film • Special Jury Award – Minsk Festival International Film Festival 2015 • Best Cinematography and Best Debut Golden Rose 2015 PROJECTS PRODUCED th 7 edition

IRINA PAINTED BIRD THE MUTE 18% GREY Bulgaria 2018 Czech Republic / Slovakia / Ukraine 2019 Belgium / Poland 2018 Bulgaria / Germany / North written by Svetoslav Ovcharov, written and directed by Václav written by Bartosz Konopka, Macedonia / Serbia / Belgium 2020 Bojan Vuletich, Nadejda Koseva Marhoul Przemysław Nowakowski, Anna written by Hilary Norrish, Dolya directed by Nadejda Koseva • shortlist Wydra, directed by Bartosz Konopka Gavanski, Zachary Karabashliev • Best Debut Film at Cottbus Film for Best International Feature Film • The Krzysztof Kieslowski ScripTeast directed by Viktor Chouchkov Festival of Young East European • UNICEF Award - Venice Film Award, Cannes 2013 Cinema Festival 2019 • for Best • Golden Rose Award & Award of • Bronze Frog and FIPRESCI Award, Cinematography, Gdynia FF, 2018 the Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers Camerimage 2019 Nominations: at Golden Rose Bulgarian Feature • Best Cinematography Award • Golden Lions for Best Film, at Chicago International Film FF 2018 • Golden Owl Award Tirana Festival 2019 International Film Festival for Best • Best Director Award at FEST Feature Film International Film Festival 2020 • Ecumenical Jury Award & • 9 Chech Lions 2020: Best Film, Special Jury Award at Warsaw Best Director, Best Cinematography, International Film Festival Best Sound, Best Art Direction, Best Costumes, Best Film Poster PROJECTS PRODUCED th 8 edition

AURORA BOREALIS KING’S SHIFT MARITA MINISTRY OF LOVE Hungary 2017 Lithuania / Latvia 2018 Romania 2017 Croatia 2016 written by Márta Mészáros, written by Saulius Drunga, written by Anca Buja written and directed Jancsó Zoltán & Pataki Éva Ignas Miškinis and Cristi Iftime by Pavo Marinkovic directed by Márta Mészáros directed by Ignas Miškinis directed by Cristi Iftime • Platinium Remi Award • Audience choice Award for Best • 2 Lithuanian Film Awards • FEDEORA Award, Karlovy Vary IFF, for Best Film, WorldFest Houston, Narrative Foreign-Language • shown at Goa IFF, Festival 2017 2017 Feature, Chicago IFF, 2018 des Films du Monde, Vilnius IFF Nominations: • Special Recognition, Closing and others • East of West Award, Karlovy Vary Night Film, IFF, 2017 Stony Brook Film Festival, 2018 • Young Talent Award, Hamburg Film Nominations: Festival, 2017 • Best Sound, Hungarian Film Week, 2017 ÁGA Bulgaria / Germany / France 2018 written by Milko Lazarov and Simeon Ventsislavov, directed by Milko Lazarov • World premiere Berlinale 2018 PROJECTS • The Krzysztof Kieslowski ScripTeast Award, Cannes 2015 • Golden Rose for Best Feature Film, Best Cinematography, Best Director, Bulgarian Feature Film Festival, 2018 • Grand Prix for Best Film, Cabourg Romantic Film PRODUCED Festival, 2018 • Best Film at Cairo International Film Festival, 2018 th • Golden Raven for Best Film and Special Jury Prize, Chukotka International Arctic Film Festival, 2018 9 edition • Best Director Award, Eurasian International Film Festival, 2018 • Grand Prix for Best Movie, Farj International Film Festival, 2018 • Best Film, Free Zone Film Festival, 2018 • Best Technical Contribution, International Film Festival GENESIS & Awards Macao, 2018 Hungary 2018 • Special Jury Award, International Film Festival written and directed of , 2018 by Árpád Borden • Audience Award for Best Feature, Ljubljana • World premiere at Panorama th International Film Festival, 2018 section of the 68 Berlin • Special Jury Award for International Feature Film International Film Festival, 2018 Competition, Malatya International Film Festival, 2018 • Special Jury Award for Best • Award for Best Film, Sarajevo Film Film Sofia International Film Festival, 2018 Festival, 2018 • NDR Director’s Award for Best Director, Schwerin Art Of Film Festival, 2018 • Green Spike & Pilar Miró Award for Best New Director, Valladolid International Film Festival, 2018 PROJECTS PRODUCED th 9 edition

MASARYK THE MAN WHO THE MAN WITH WILD ROSES Czech Republic / Slovakia / Poland 2017 Germany 2016 LOOKS LIKE ME THE MAGIC BOX written and directed Estonia 2017 / Poland 2017 written by Alex Koenigsmark, by Anna Jadowska written and directed by Katrin written and directed by Bodo Kox Petr Kolecko & Julius Sevcik • Best Film of the 27th FilmFestival Maimik & Andres Maimik • Asteroid Award Trieste directed by Julius Sevcik Cottbus Nominations: Science+Fiction Festival 2017 • World premiere at 67th BERLINALE • Golden Tapes award for best • East of West Award, • Best Score Polish Film • 14 Czech Film Award Nominations domestic film released in Polish Karlovy Vary IFF, 2017 Festival 2017 (in all possible categories). cinemas in 2017 The ceremony will be held on • Stockholm Impact Award 2017 March 4th 2017 PROJECTS PRODUCED th 10 edition

A PICTURE WITH YUKI INVISIBLE LETTERS FROM WHEN THE TREES FALL Bulgaria 2019 Lithuania / Ukraine / Latvia / Ukraine / Poland / North Macedonia 2018 written by Luchezar Avramov Spain 2019 ANTARCTICA written and directed by Marysia Nikitiuk Bulgaria 2019 and Dimiter Stoyanovich written by Kristupas Sabolius, • The Krzysztof Kieslowski ScripTeast Award, written by Teodora Markova, directed by Luchezar Avramov Ignas Jonynas Cannes 2016 Georgi Ivanov & Nevena Kertova directed by Ignas Jonynas • Silver Peacock for Best Actress, International Film directed by Stanislav Donchev • Glocal in Progress Award, San Festival of India, 2018 Sebastián International Film • Golden Duke for Best Acting, Odessa International Festival Film Festival, 2018 • Ukrainian Film Critics Award for Discovery of the Year, 2018 Nominations: • Best First Feature Award and Panorama Audience Award, Berlin International Film Festival, 2018 • New Talent Grand Prix, CPH PIX, 2018 • Best Feature Film at Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, 2018 • Golden Duke for National Competition Program, Odessa International Film Festival, 2018 • Ukrainian Film Critics Awards for Best Actress, 2018 • Discoveries section at Warsaw International Film Festival, 2018 IN PRODUCTION

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