Featured projects from Poland, Lithuania and the Czech Republic are among 15 projects chosen to be the first of a new co-production event at Warsaw Industry Days (October 15-17), part of the relaunched Warsaw International Film Festival under new programming director Bartek Prusin.
The Warsaw Co-Production Forum is divided into two sections: on October 15th, 10 projects in development will be presented, followed by a closed session the following day, in which footage of five projects in production or post-production will be shown.
It will be held at the Warsaw Museum of Modern Art.
The lineup of projects presented to an audience of Polish and international experts includes: August The film, by Belarusian writer and director Nela Agrenich, focuses on how a young family’s life changes in the wake of protests against a fraudulent presidential election in August 2020.
Czech-Polish husband-and-wife team Wojtek Novotny and Anna Woula promote road movie to move mountains It is based on Wowra’s real life experience while battling leukemia.
Additionally, Ljubljana-based Blade Production will be recruiting co-producers for Slovenian filmmaker Vida Breze’s debut film, The. vulturetells the story of seven elite but dysfunctional lawyers stranded in a remote mountain cabin in the dead of winter, only to discover that their team-building is not a reward, but a punishment for their wrongdoings.
Meanwhile, the ongoing showcase includes the debut feature from Slovak director Martin Gonda. flood These were sold on project markets such as Cottbus, Karlovy Vary, Les Arcs and Bratislava.
The Slovakia-Czech Republic-Poland-Belgium co-production will be the first film to be shot in the language of the Ruthenian minority in eastern Slovakia, and centers on a teenage girl’s decision to continue her father’s fight against the authorities’ construction of a reservoir that would flood her native village in the 1980s.
Footage from the latest work by Lithuanian Thomas Venglis will also be shown. Camas (previously known as) jewelry) is based on the true story of Loreta Gedvilaite and is set in the dark world of the Lithuanian mafia in the early 1990s and in present-day Italy.
A comedy by Czech director Simon Hawley will also be screened. czech girl, A work that follows the “Women’s Trilogy” consisting of her debut work. Mirrors in the Dark, and there was love, and hello and welcome.
talk program
The co-production forum will be held in parallel with the Warsaw Industry Talks program, which will consist of panels and talks addressing issues such as the process of script development, the concept of “waves” to promote the international profile of national films, prospects for further cooperation between the Polish and Ukrainian film industries, further co-production opportunities between Poland and the Arabian Peninsula, and cooperation between Netflix and Central and Eastern European producers.
Olsberg SPI will also announce the results of the “Incentive Analysis and Recommendation Study” commissioned by the Polish Film Producers Association (SFP), the Polish Producers Union (KIPA), Netflix, TVN Warner Bros. Discovery and the Polish Producers Union (PGP).
PGP President Joanna Szymanoska will chair a discussion on the report with Netflix’s director, EMEA head of studios Tomasz Dabrowski, and producers from Lava Films, Watchout Studio and Rozbrat Films.
Projects of the Warsaw Co-production Forum:
under development
tyrol alien (Hungary)
Director: Nicole Pocket
Production cooperation: Oyrider
August (Poland)
Director: Nera Agrenich
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blue helmet (Slovakia)
Director: Palo Korek
Production cooperation: Art4
garden alley (Bulgaria)
Director: Olga Koreba
Production cooperation: Geopoli
Let’s call it Piontech. (Poland)
Director: Nataza Parzimies
Prod O: Ego Film
scar (Czech Republic)
Director: Pavel Nosek
Product content: First Council
incident (Poland)
Director: Tomasz Wolski
Production cooperation: Kijora Film
quiet coast (Ukraine)
Director: Irina Asonova, Production Cooperation: Constant Production
vulture (Slovenia)
Director: Screw Breeze
Production company: Blade Production
to move mountains (Czech Republic)
DIRS: Anna Wowra, Vojtech Novotny
Production company: nutprodukce
work in progress
Camas (Lithuania-Latvia-Italy)
Director: Thomas Venglis
Produced by: Austre Studio, Locomotive Studio, Samarkanda
czech girl (Czech Republic-France-Slovakia)
Director: Simon Bear
Production cooperation: Cirque Film, French Connection, Arena Film, Czech Television
flood (Slovakia-Czech Republic-Poland-Belgium)
Director: Martin Gonda
Production cooperation: Silverart, Cineart TV Prague, Harine Films, The Y-House Films
only until dawn (Poland)
Director: Eliza Godolfska, Alan Luczynski
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passport to poland (Brazil, Poland), director. Paulinho Caruso, Executive Producer: Bionica Cinema E TV, Apple Film Production
