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Dream of Another Summer by Irene Bartolomé and produced by Pere Marzo (Colibrí Studio), Irene Bartolomé (I.B. Films) and Elie Kamal (The Attic Productions) won the Antaviana Films First Look Award, covering post-production services up to € 50,000. The Music Library &SFX/Acorde Award worth € 45,000 in music supervision services went to Río abajo, un tigre by Víctor Diago and produced by Montse Pujol Solà (Boogaloo Films), which also nabbed the award by Laserfilm cine y vídeo, worth € 5,000. The Jannuzzi Smith Award, covering the design of an international poster worth € 10,000 was given to Mares by Ariadna Seuba and produced by Carles Brugeras and Marieke van der Bersselaar (Polar Star Films) and María Nova López (Intactes Films), whereas Le Film Français Award, worth € 5,600 of advertising space, was awarded to Bodegón con fantasmas by Enrique Buleo and produced by Alejandra Mora (Quatre Films Audiovisuales SL), Alicia Yubero (Cuidado con el perro), Snezana van Houwelingen (This and that) and Roberto Butragueño (Sideral).
The First Look awards were handed out by an international jury, comprised of Beatrice Fiorentino (Artistic Director, Venice's International Film Critics’ Week), Kerem Ayan (Director, Istanbul Film Festival), and Mercedes Martínez-Abarca (Programmer, International Film Festival Rotterdam). During First Look, which ran 9 – 11 August, six upcoming Spanish titles were presented to industry professionals, thanks to a partnership with ICAA, the Spanish Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts, and ICEX Spain Trade & Investment.
Alliance 4 Development, the co-development program for projects in development from Austria, France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland, also drew to a close on Sunday, 11 August. Bourgeois Paranoia directed by Lukas Nathrath and produced by Linus Günther (Klinkerfilm Production, Germany) won the Alphapanda Market Breakout Award, whereas the Script Consultancy Residency at DreamAgo Offered by the Valais Film Commission went to 6 Mois 6 jours (6 Months 6 Days) by Michale Boganim, produced by Mathilde Leite (Vilanova Productions, France), co-produced by Dorothe Beinemeier (Red Balloon Film, Germany. La Fin de l’été (Atlantic Mirage) by Hakim Mao, produced by Emma Binet and Charles Meresse (Furyo Films, France) received the MIDPOINT Consulting Award, and Itaca (Ithaca) directed by Alessandro Grande and produced by Alessandro Amato and Luigi Chimienti (dispàrte, Italy) took home the Ticino Film Commission Residence Award.
I cannibali (The Year of the Cannibals, 1969) by Liliana Cavani won the second edition of the Heritage Restoration Contest, following an open call in March. The film, represented by Minerva Pictures, will receive a full restoration progress by film lab Cinegrell and will be shown at the Locarno Film Festival 2025.
The jury for the Heritage Restoration Contest, composed of Ido Abram (Director, Netherlands Film Festival), Nicole T. Allemann (Head of Film Restoration & Lab, Cinegrell) and K.J. Relth-Miller (Director of Film Programs, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures), said the film “is still (...) relevant and provocative (...) and its restoration will allow new audiences to rediscover the work of master of Italian and international cinema”.
FIRST LOOK
Antaviana Films First Look Award
Up to € 50,000 in post-production services
Jury statement: “A poetic and rigorous project that elaborates on collective trauma by rewriting the topography of a city wounded many times by history. In its dual public and private dimensions, it restores the complexity of a territory marked by the past and the drive for modernity.”
Music Library &SFX/Acorde Award
€ 45,000 in music supervision services at Music Library &SFX ’s labs
Laserfilm cine y vídeo Award
€ 5,000, which can, for example, be spent on subtitles, audio descriptions, spotting lists, transcriptions or a DCP
Jannuzzi Smith Award
The design of an international poster worth € 10,000.
Le Film Français Award
€ 5,600 of advertising space
ALLIANCE 4 DEVELOPMENT
Alphapanda Market Breakout Award
Consultancy services in the value of € 3,500
Alphapanda states: “The Alphapanda Market Breakout Award 2024 goes to a promising vision that we cannot wait to cringe about. Humour, discomfort, obsession, revenge and bourgeois paranoia are stretched to the limits and we're in for the bloody ride.”
Script Consultancy Residency at DreamAgo offered by the Valais Film Commission
Pascale Rey (DreamAgo) and Tristan Albrecht (Valais Film Commission) state: “This project is a strong story (validated by the criteria of DreamAgo) and a great potential on the production side (validated by the Valais Film Commission). Therefore we are very happy to offer the writer a script doctoring by Sir Christopher Hampton, during Plume & Pellicule in June 2025.”
MIDPOINT Consulting Award
A in-depth online script consultancy with one of the MIDPOINT Institute experts
MIDPOINT states: “We are excited to support a compelling and gripping story that uniquely blends themes and genres, set against the mysterious backdrop of the cosmopolitan city of Agadir. Hakim Mao convinced us with his strong artistic vision, and we are eager to help him bring it to life.”
Ticino Film Commission Residence Award
A 2-day location scout (worth CHF 4,000) and Letter of Intent (LOI) for financial support for the production company (worth up to CHF 12,000), if all or part of the film will be shot in Ticino
Jury statement: “The Ticino Film commission is proud to award its prize to the project Itaca, in which the landscapes play a fundamental role in expressing the violent rupture that its young protagonist experiences - being kidnapped from its southern homeland and moved to a northern, mountainous, region. We are confident that, with our support, the production will be able to find the perfect locations to recreate this touching real-life story and present it to a wider public.”
HERITAGE RESTORATION CONTEST
Alliance 4 Development is possible thanks to partnerships with CNC (Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée), France; FFA (Filmförderungsanstalt), Germany; DGCA-MiC (Direzione Generale Cinema e Audiovisivo del Ministero della Cultura), Italy; ÖFI (Österreichisches Filminstitut), Austria; the Federal Office of Culture (FOC) / MEDIA Desk Suisse, Switzerland. A4D is also made possible by contributions from Eurimages, which promotes and sponsors one of the initiative's networking events, and from the European Producers Club, which offers consultancy on the various issues covered.
Locarno Pro is possible thanks to the support of the Federal Office of Culture / MEDIA Desk Suisse.
