The Open Doors Jury awarded the following prizes to Open Doors Hub projects in support of their future development or production:
Open Doors Grant (50,000 CHF)
An award financed by the Swiss film production support fund visions sud est (backed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC) together with the City of Bellinzona.
Development grant CNC – Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (8,000 Euros)
ONE SUMMER DAY by We Ra Aung, Myanmar
ARTE International Open Doors Prize (6,000 Euros)
MADE IN BANGLADESH by Rubaiyat Hossain, Bangladesh / France
Three participants in the Lab have received one special mention and two awards, respectively from representatives of Initiative Film and the TorinoFilmLab. The former provides the winner with a distance development package, while the latter
Open Doors to development – Initiative Film Grant
Offering a distance development package and follow-up to :
Rasitha Jinasena with his project MAHAMAYA (Sri Lanka)
Special mention to :
Jawed Taiman with his project THE LAST NIGHT (Afghanistan)
Open Doors – TFL Award
Offering an invitation to the TFL Meeting Event in Turin, allowing the attendee to continue commercial negotiations with European decision-makers, to :
Jami Mahmood , Film producer, Azadfilm, Pakistan
“Residency Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur @ Villa Sträuli”
The Winterthur International Short Film Festival, in collaboration with Villa Sträuli and the Locarno Festival, offer a two-month residency to applicants in the Open Doors, Leopards of Tomorrow and Filmmakers Academy programs who are from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe or Latin America.
Pradeepan Raveendran, Film director, Sri Lanka (Open Doors Screenings selection)
Special mention to Rati Tsiteladze, Film director, Georgia (Filmmakers Academy selection)
