Book of Projects 2013 ProectBookof ProectBook13ofScript&Pitch Audience Design AdaptLab Writers’ Room The Pixel Lab FrameWork Biennale College - Cinema 206 207 Book of Projects 2013 ProectBook13ofScript&Pitch Audience Design AdaptLab Writers’ Room The Pixel Lab FrameWork Biennale College - Cinema 2013 is the year of Salvo and The Lunchbox, of Just a few weeks ago I participated, as every year, Wolf and Il Sud è Niente: first features coming in the Think Tank organized by Power to the Pixel from different corners of the world that have been in London. This time the 40 people in the room launched at major Festivals and are now being were asked to re-think the way they present their successfully distributed. companies, by redefining their mission, their vision, and the motivation behind what was done. In a few Salvo, by Italian directors Fabio Grassadonia and sentences we had to come up with something that Antonio Piazza, awarded in Cannes with the Grand could describe what we do today, what we hope for Prix Nespresso and the Prix Révélation France 4 the future, and why we do it - what we believe in. of the Critics’ Week, has recently opened in Italy, France, Brazil, Croatia, besides travelling to many This is what I wrote: festivals around the world. Mission - Help filmmakers around the world develop, The Lunchbox, by Indian director Ritesh Batra, which fund and produce their projects also premiered in competition at the last Cannes Vision - Become a worldwide community of Critics’ Week, has been sold to many territories storytellers that will support each other in creating - including to Sony Pictures Classics for North and bringing high quality independent content to America. The film had a huge following in India audiences when it opened last month. Motivation - Stories are meant to be shared The second Italian film of this year, Il Sud è Niente by Fabio Mollo, had its World Premiere in the Discovery This is just a beginning, because what was clear TorinoFilmLab section of the Toronto International Film Festival, and to me is that I had to repeat this process with the the Romanian film Wolf, by Bogdan Mustata, opened TorinoFilmLab team, to incorporate their thoughts, the 19th Sarajevo Film Festival this summer. since all that has been achieved in these past six years is the product of a group of people working Year after year - now in its sixth edition - together intensively, passionately and sometimes TorinoFilmLab has been able to travel the world under a lot of pressure. Producing 6 programmes a with projects, workshops and films, revealing its true year - with more than 20 partners - a coproduction identity of international laboratory/community. The market and managing a small fund is not something local support has been constant - Regione Piemonte, that can be done without a “dream team”, especially Comune di Torino and Ministero per i Beni e le in these times of crisis. One other thing that stuck Attività Culturali - as has the support from MEDIA with me from the Think Tank, was that “behind and MEDIA Mundus. Yet what is growing every year each mission there is a need”, and I believe that is the support from other countries - France, Poland, at TorinoFilmLab we all agree on what the need is Russia, Denmark, Finland, Emirates - each of them behind what we do every day. invaluably linked, as you can discover in the pages that follow, to one of the many programmes that Storytellers need to have their voices heard. Original TorinoFilmLab runs. voices allow more people to live more creative and inspired lives. This is why what we do at To end on something completely new, this year we TorinoFilmLab is important, and this is why we try to celebrate the collaboration with the Biennale College never surrender to tough times. - Cinema, an initiative of the Biennale di Venezia in partnership with Gucci, aimed at developing and There is so much that still needs to be done, we are producing micro-budget films over the course of not even half way. By listening to the filmmakers, one year. We have already seen the 3 completed new possibilities constantly open up, and we need to films at this year’s Venice International Film Festival, rise up to the challenge. 2014 - here we come! media partners and we are presenting 3 projects at the TFL Meeting Event, selected among 430, that we are sure will be produced soon. Savina Neirotti Director Alberto Barbera Chairman of the Advisory Board and Jury . Jury Thanos Anastopoulos Alberto Barbera Ewa Puszczyńska Ada Solomon Alec Von Bargen Greece Italy Poland Romania U.S.A. Born in Athens. He studied Born in 1950 (Biella, Italy). Ewa was born and raised in Lodz, Ada Solomon has worked in Born in New York City, Alec Von Philosophy at the University of Graduated in Literature in Torino, Poland. Graduated from English the film business for the last 20 Bargen studied Dramatic Arts, Ioannina (Greece) and made where he worked in Aiace Literature Dept. she was working years. She has served as a line Art History and Photography. He his post graduate studies at the (Associazione Amici Cinema for one of the most famous producer for foreign international worked as an actor in productions University of Paris I and at the d’Essai), from 1977 to 1989 as Polish puppet theatres, Arlekin, as projects such as Franco Zeffirelli’s screened at the Cannes, Berlin E.H.E.S.S (France). President. From 1980 he was a literature researcher, playwrite Callas Forever and Hermine and Sundance film festivals, film critic for several daily and editor and advisor. Huntgeburth’s Tom Sawyer & Huck helmed by Robert de Niro, Francis In 2004 his 1st feature film All the news magazines, TV and radio In 1993 she translated In my Finn. From 2004, setting up her Ford Coppola, Gary Walkow and weight of the world premiered at programs. He curated several Grandmother’s Purse by Eric Bass, own company - HiFilm, Ada has Gabriel Beristain, amongst others. the Rotterdam Film Festival. publishings including for example an American puppeteer, and was produced award-winning shorts In 2008 his 2nd feature Correction François Truffaut (La Nuova Italia, assistant director to Eric when he & features by Cristian Nemescu, He wrote the award-winning stage premiered at the Berlin FF (Forum). Firenze, 1976), Leggere il cinema directed his play in Arlekin. Radu Jude, Răzvan Rădulescu, productions Closet Land (winner The film was invited to over 60 (Mondadori, Milano, 1979), Dennis Since 1995 she has been working Adrian Sitaru, Paul Negoescu of Mexico’s FONCA grant) and film festivals and won numerous Hopper (with Davide Ferrario, for Opus Film, an independent film and documentaries by Alexandru Tarantata (Onassis Playwriting awards. It was selected as Greece’s Aiace, Torino, 1988), Mohsen production company in Poland, for Solomon, Stefan Constantinescu Competition Finalist, Greece). entry for the Foreign Language Makhmalbaf (Lindau, Torino, the last 15 years, managing project among others as well as several Photography opened doors to the category Academy Awards, and was 1996), Kiarostami (Electa, Milano, development and production. minority coproductions. She is contemporary art world for Alec. also nominated for the European 2003), Cabiria (Il Castoro, Milano, Ewa produced David Lynch’s photo currently developing the docu- Most recently he exhibited at the Film Academy Awards. 2006), and Noi credevamo (Il sessions in Poland and was line science-fictionTarzan’s Testicles 54th Venice Biennale, the Victoria In 2010 he co-produced the debut Castoro, Milano, 2011). producer on the Polish part of his by Alexandru Solomon, as well and Albert Museum, London, feature film Homeland by Syllas From 1982 Barbera worked with filmInland Empire. She is a lecturer as Radu Jude’s features Aferim! the OCAT Museum, Shanghai Tzoumerkas that premiered at the Festival Internazionale Cinema at the Film School in Lodz and and Scarred Hearts. The films she and Les Rencontres D’Arles Critics’ Week section of the Venice Giovani (now Torino Film Festival), the Andrzej Wajda Film School in has produced were awarded in Festival, France. He was selected FF. One year later he coproduced as General Secretary and Selection Warsaw. Among others she recently the most prestigious festivals, i.e. by François-Henri Pinault and the debut feature film Amnesty Committee member, from 1989 coproduced The Congress by Berlinale, Locarno, Sundance - to George Clooney as guest artist at by Bujar Alimani that premiered at to 1998 as Director. From 1999 Ari Folman and produced Pawel name a few from the over 80 the Swatch Hotel, Shanghai. His the Berlin FF (Forum) and won the to 2001 he was Director of the Pawlikowski ‘s Ida, winning prizes awards received. With Child’s Pose work has won numerous awards CICAE Award. Cinema Department in Biennale at all festivals where it has been (Pozitia copilului) by Călin Peter including the IPA’s in LA and the di Venezia. From July 2004, he shown so far: FIPRESCI Award at Netzer, Ada Solomon (now with PX3’s in Paris. He was a finalist at In 2013 he directed his 3rd feature is Director of Museo Nazionale TIFF, Best Film and Best Producer at Parada Film) produced the Golden the 2013 Dubai Emerging Artist The Daughter. The film premiered del Cinema di Torino and since Gdynia Film Festival, Best Film at the Bear Winner of 2013. Ada Solomon Award and Aesthetica Magazine, at the Berlin FF (Forum) and made January 2012 he is Director of the BFI London Film Festival and at the is National Coordinator of EAVE & UK, selected him as one of 2013’s its North American premiere at the Venice Film Festival.