EXCLUSIVE: Feminine-focused coaching initiative Circle has unveiled the line-up for the second version of its Circle Fiction Orbit in Montenegro, with mentors together with award-winning administrators Jasmila Žbanić and Pia Marais this yr.
The occasion – unfolding within the Montenegrin resort coastal resort city of Herceg Novi from November 24 to December 1 – is supporting a various line-up of six fiction tasks with sturdy worldwide potential.
They embrace historic drama Tethys Ocean by Polish director Anna Jadowska, who made waves with 2022 financial institution theft drama Lady On The Roof, and award-winning Slovenian director Barbara Zemljič’s It Will Fade Away, following a girl who discovers her daughter is being sexually harassed by a toddler at her kindergarten. (scroll down for full listing of tasks).
Oscar nominated Romanian producer Bianca Oana, whose credit embrace Berlinale Golden Bear winner Contact Me Not and Oscar-nominated doc Collective, has returned as head of research for a second yr.
Oana is joined by Romanian editor and sound designer editor Dana Bunescu (The Loss of life of Mr Lazarescu, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and a pair of Days); Dominique Welinski, French producer and founding father of the Director’s Manufacturing unit within the scope of Director’s Fortnight in Cannes; South African, Germany-based filmmaker and artist Marais (Transamazonia) and Quo Vadis, Aida Academy Award and BAFTA nominee Žbanić, who additionally gained the Berlinale Golden Bear for Grbavica (2005).
“I’m completely satisfied to see that CIRCLE Fiction Orbit could have its second version, within the identify of equality, solidarity and a extra significant trade surroundings,” stated program director Biljana Tutorov.
“As the primary titles from our inaugural 2023 version are preparing for World premieres and festivals, we’ll collect in Montenegro to additional develop this house of group assist and replicate collectively on skilled and private challenges that all of us face right this moment.”
Within the body of the workshop, there shall be a screening for the native public in Herceg Novi of Marais’s drama Transamazonia.
The function, which world premiered in Locarno, stars Helena Zengel as an adolescent whose sense of identification as a miracle healer alongside her missionary father within the Amazon forest is shaken when she discovers a lie about previous concurrently the indigenous group she grew up with comes below menace from ruthless loggers.
The Circle Fiction Orbit assembly builds on Circle’s Girls Doc Accelerator, a year-round initiative open to tasks and professionals in any respect phases. In its seventh yr, it has supported than 80 administrators and producers hailing from 45 completely different international locations.
The fiction targeted initiative is co-funded by Artistic Europe – MEDIA and arranged below patronage of Eurimages in partnership with the Movie Centre of Montenegro.
The complete listing of 2024 tasks and contributors are:
IN FOG, FOLLOW THE DOTS (Serbia)
Maša Nešković (Director) & Ena Bajraktarević (Author)
Produced by Čarna Vučinić for NAKED (Serbia)
IT WILL FADE AWAY (Slovenia)
Barbara Zemljič (Director)
Produced by FILMSERVIS (Slovenia)
NO ROOTS (Brazil)
Joana Oliveira (Director, Brazil/Germany)
Produced by Luana Melgaço for Bukaya Filmes & Anavilhana (Brazil)
PEEKABOO (Turkey, Germany)
Aysim Türkmen (Director) & Nesra Gürbüz (Producer)
Produced by: Nesra Gürbüz for Monomit (Turkey)
TETHYS OCEAN (Poland)
Anna Jadowska (Director) and Maria Blicharska (Producer)
Produced by Maria Blicharska for Blick Productions Worldwide (Poland)
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BAPTISM OF SILENCE (South Africa)
Kanya Viljoen (Director) & Casey-Ann Diepeveen (Producer)
Produced by: Casey-Ann Diepeveen for Uncommon Bones & Agile Movies (South Africa)