Le Festival du film d’Istanbul et Başka Sinema unissent leurs forces pour présenter les projets en cours au Marché du film. Meetings on the Bridge, la plateforme industrielle du Festival du film d’Istanbul créée il y a 20 ans, a joué un rôle clé dans la promotion des coproductions et des relations industrielles, tandis que Başka Sinema s’est fait le champion de la distribution de films indépendants et de l’engagement du public. Cette initiative offre aux cinéastes turcs émergents et établis une exposition internationale et des possibilités de mise en réseau.
Goes to Cannes
Istanbul FF & Baska Sinema
Détails du showcase
Dates clés : 19 mai 2025 (10:00-11:50)
Accès : Détenteurs d’un badge Marché du Film
Lieu principal : Palais K (Palais des Festivals)
Projects
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Her First Taste
Category: HAF Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Gong Yiwen
Produced by: Qian Yini | Yiwen Films, Sparks Production
Country of production: China
Original title: 語文的滋味
Genre: Drama
Language: Putonghua, Shengzhou Dialect
Runtime: 120'
Wen Yuwen, a teen girl who loves writing, forms a quiet bond with a boy. Their hearts, drawn yet distant, await time’s answer to the unspoken questions of love.
Goes to Cannes
On Your Lap
Category: HAF Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Reza Rahadian
Produced by: Arya Ibrahim, Gita Fara | Gambar Gerak
Country of production: Indonesia
Original title: PANGKU
Genre: Drama
Language: Indonesian
Runtime: 100'
A pregnant female hustler fights for a better life for her child. Betrayal and unfortunate life incidents, however, force her to sacrifice many things.
Goes to Cannes
Say My Name
Category: HAF Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Liu Xing
Produced by: Lyu Yue, Mo Jinjin, Duan Tingting | Star Lab Production
Country of production: China, Hong Kong
Original title: 搖擺舞
Genre: Drama, Romance
Language: Cantonese, Putonghua
Runtime: 90'
This is a tale about 20 year-old Liang Nian’er, neither capable of falling in love, nor getting it, who disguised her true self to pursue borrowed affection and hatred.
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Shape of Momo
Category: HAF Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Tribeny Rai
Produced by: Kislay, Geeta Rai | Kathkala Films LLP, Dalley Khorsani Productions
Country of production: India
Genre: Drama
Language: Nepali
Runtime: 120'
The story revolves around Bishnu and her multi-generational family of women navigating patriarchal norms, grappling with the decision to either adapt to or challenge these norms in pursuit of their goals.
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White Flowers and Fruits
Category: HAF Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Sakamoto Yukari
Produced by: Yamamoto Teruhisa | Chiaroscuro Co., Ltd.
Country of production: Japan
Original title: 白の花実
Genre: Drama
Language: Japanese
Runtime: 110'
After a boarding school suicide, an outcast and the victim’s friend uncover hidden truths through possession, exploring the impossibility of fully understanding others and finding growth amidst their shared journey.
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Pig Slaughter
Category: Tallinn Black Nights Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Ove Musting
Produced by: Jaan Laugamõts | Downtown Pictures
Country of production: Estonia
Original title: Seatapp
Genre: Tragicomedy
Language: Estonian
Completed in: 2026
An Moldovan unlicensed veterinarian know as « tsuskaja » or « pigslaughterer », goes to the villagers’ aid as a last resort when an inexperienced veterinary official arrives with a report of suspected swine fever, and according to his interpretation, all livestock must be destroyed.
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Oblivion
Category: Tallinn Black Nights Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Danielius Minkevicius
Produced by: Ieva Norviliene | Tremora
Country of production: Lithuania
Original title: Uzmarstis
Genre: Drama, Psychological
Language: Lithuanian
Completed in: 2025
A young sex worker tracks down her estranged father and enters his life under a false identity. As their bond deepens, she must navigate the fragile line between deception, healing and the connection she’s always longed for.
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Mo Amor
Category: Tallinn Black Nights Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Eeva Mägi
Produced by: Eeva Mägi, Sten-Johan Lill | Kinosaurus Film
Country of production: Estonia
Genre: Drama
Language: Estonian
Completed in: 2025
Mo Amor follows Kaur, a photographer, who tells a fairytale about Princess Niina—lost in her search for herself despite the love of three suitors. When Niina embraces her true identity as Kaur, he invites his ex-boyfriends to his summer home—his castle—to seek forgiveness and reveal his true self. Kaur’s tale unfolds into a poetic journey of healing, love, and acceptance.
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They Call Me Danka
Category: Tallinn Black Nights Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Dovile Gasiunaite
Produced by: Arturas Dvinelis, Juliana Miliut | Filmai LT
Country of production: Lithuania
Original title: Danka
Genre: Drama
Language: Lithuanian
Completed in: 2025
It is so damn hard to be an adult. It’s especially hard to be an adult when you’re only a teenager. Teenage girl Danute is the only “adult” in her family. Obviously, this is too difficult a task for a teenager. She faces external limitations to her capabilities every day.
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Red Code Blue
Category: Tallinn Black Nights Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Oskars Rupenheits
Produced by: Sintija Andersone, Oskars Rupenheits, Juris Pīlēns | KEF STUDIO
Country of production: Latvia
Original title: Tumšzilais Evaņģēlijs
Genre: Crime
Language: Latvian, Russian
Completed in: 2025
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Young police detective Roman Skulte starts working in Riga Precinct in the mid-90s. He is full of juice, ready to take on crime, but soon realizes that enthusiasm will not get him far. To succeed in his quest some borders will have to be crossed.
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The Run
Category: Adelaide Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Stephen de Villiers
Produced by: Chloe Gardner | D2V Entertainment Pty Ltd T/A Watchpost. Exile
Country of production: Australia
Genre: Thriller
Language: English
Completed in: 2025
In a dystopian near-future plagued by lockdowns and widespread infertility, Mac has turned to smuggling contraband through the wasteland. His morals collide with his means of survival when he meets Alia, a teenager on the run, who is mother to the first baby born in three years.
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Diabolic
Category: Adelaide Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Daniel J. Phillips
Produced by: Daniel J. Phillips | Empire Road Pictures & Sunjive Studios
Country of production: Australia
Genre: Horror
Language: English
Completed in: 2025
A decade after her excommunication, Elise returns to a fundamentalist Mormon settlement at the behest of her psychiatrist. She undergoes a healing ceremony, which uncovers buried memories of her forbidden love, and invokes a 19th century witch who resurfaces to unleash brutal revenge.
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Troublemaker
Category: Adelaide Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Jared Nicholson & Ben Lawrence
Produced by: Rebecca Barry (Producer) | Media Stockade, Scott Baskett (Co-Producer) | Run Wild Productions, Madeleine Hetherton-Miau (Producer) | Media Stockade, Deanne Weir (Executive Producer) | WeirAnderson Films
Country of production: Australia
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Completed in: 2026
After discovering Port Arthur Massacre survivor Wendy Scurr on InfoWars, director Jared Nicholson starts observing her and her paranoid inner circle but is soon drawn in himself. Troublemaker is a true-crime psychological thriller exposing the unprecedented crisis of belief threatening our society.
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Acts of Forgetting
Category: Adelaide Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Rhys Graham
Produced by: Philippa Campey | Film Camp Pty Ltd & Daybreak Films Pty Ltd
Country of production: Australia, Spain
Genre: Documentary
Language: English & Spanish
Completed in: 2025
As contemporary Spain experiences political upheaval, a group of formidable Australian and Spanish artists gather in Madrid over several years to resurrect painful stories of Franco’s dictatorship in pursuit of a new and bold work of theatre.
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Rewilder
Category: Adelaide Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Cameron Nelson
Produced by: Cameron Nelson, Hannah Moore | Aleatoria Pictures, Madeleine Parry, Peter Hanlon | Mess Productions
Country of production: Australia
Genre: Science-fiction
Language: English
Completed in: 2025
On a near-future sheep farm run by drones, Sai Damon grapples with rural decay, meth-fueled tensions between neighbours, and a haunting mystery when a trespassing toddler – sharing the same name as his estranged adult daughter – sparks revelations about his past and the land’s dark, buried secrets.
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Lo-Fi
Category: Istanbul FF X Baska Sinema Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Alican Durbaş
Produced by: İpek Erden | Vayka Film
Country of production: Turkey
Genre: Drama, Romance
Language: Turkish
Completed in: 2025
On a moving day, Emre, in his early thirties, spends the day with the memory of his ex-girlfriend Defne. Discovering the traces of bittersweet memories of their relationship, he says goodbye to his home, finally facing himself and the actual Defne whom he hadn’t dared to face since their breakup.
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The Greatest Funeral Hits
Category: Istanbul FF X Baska Sinema Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Ziya Demirel
Produced by: Anna Maria Aslanoğlu | istos film, Emre Oskay (Co-Producer) | Sky Films
Country of production: Turkey
Original title: En Güzel Cenaze Şarkıları
Genre: Comedy
Language: Turkish
Completed in: May 2025
The unfolding of Saadet’s internet affair with a doctor with many degrees, that ends with the loss of 20K Euros wrapped around a non-polyester shirt, reveals the mosaic of interrelated characters and affects those around her more than herself.
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Dead Dogs Don’t Bite
Category: Istanbul FF X Baska Sinema Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Nuri̇ Ci̇Han ÖZdoğan
Produced by: Nuri̇ Ci̇Han öZdoğAn, Kaan öZdoğan | Remz Film, Hasan DoğAnay, Oben Yilmaz | Hok Films, Tunahan Kurt (Line Producer)
Country of production: Turkey
Original title: ÖLü Köpekler Isirmaz
Genre: Crime, Drama
Language: Turkish
Completed in: 2025
A skinny young boy, İsmet, and his childhood friend Dogo dream of building a garbage empire through the illegal waste trade. As they dig deeper into the earth to bury the trash, they witness the decay not only of the waste but also of their souls and their friendship.
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Expectation
Category: Istanbul FF X Baska Sinema Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Ali Özel
Produced by: Ali Özel | ReCinema
Country of production: Turkey
Original title: Beklenti
Genre: Drama, Introspective Thriller
Language: Turkish
Completed in: 2025
The rumors and prejudices spreading around a single incident turn into a veil that hides the realities. Expectations are really the veils that manipulate the truth, or is the truth somewhere closer, hiding in a place no one dares to look?
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Sevda
Category: Istanbul FF X Baska Sinema Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Ufuk Emiroglu
Produced by: Nicolas Wadimoff, Nadia Turincev, Omar El Kadi | Akka Films, Eva Kuperman | Stenola Productions, Ersan Çongar, Asli Filiz | Bir Films
Country of production: Switzerland, Belgium, Turkey
Genre: Drama
Language: Turkish
Completed in: 2025
Sevda is a real estate developer driving Istanbul’s rapid gentrification. As she prepares to evict the keeper of an old Ottoman cemetery, her past resurfaces, forcing her to confront her story—and her city— from a new perspective.
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Amanda and Caio
Category: Rio Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Daniel Ribeiro
Produced by: Diana Almeida | Lacuna Filmes
Country of production: Brazil
Original title: Eu Vou Ter Saudades de Você
Genre: Drama
Language: Portuguese
After seven years together, Amanda and Caio move in—but love alone isn’t enough. He dreams of a future with her; she dreams of something more. When Amanda meets João, their bond is tested. Some loves fade. Others transform.
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Clarice and the Stars
Category: Rio Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Letícia Pires
Produced by: Letícia Pires | Luminar, Bruno Gagliasso, Vini Jr. | Instituto Vini Jr., and Marcos Pieri | Aurora
Country of production: Brazil
Original title: Clarice Vê Estrelas
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Language: Portuguese
Clarice, almost eight, is told to store her toys in the attic to make room for a new baby. There, she finds a magical book and discovers the world of Circus Aquarius. Through fantasy and wonder, she learns to face her fears and that love can guide her through change.
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We Are Not Dreaming
Category: Rio Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Ulisses Arthur
Produced by: Alessandra Moretti | Céu Vermelho Fogo Filmes
Country of production: Brazil
Original title: Não Estamos Sonhando
Genre: Drama
Language: Portuguese
Ciro lives an intense routine as a medical student and pole dancing teacher for his friends, black students in health courses. When he suddenly has to leave the house where he lives as a guest, Ciro finds shelter in the apartment of Antônio, the DJ who lives in the building next door.
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Sistermaids
Category: Rio Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Carol Rodrigues
Produced by: Julia Zakia + Gato do Parque Cinematográfica
Country of production: Brazil
Original title: Criadas
Genre: Drama
Language: Portuguese
Sandra returns to her cousin Mariana’s house searching for a photo of her late mother, who worked there as a live-in maid. Though raised under the same roof, colorism shaped their lives differently. Their uneasy reunion reopens old wounds and a supernatural force awakens.
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Virtuous Women
Category: Rio Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Cíntia Domit Bittar
Produced by: Ana Paula Mendes, Cíntia Domit Bittar | Novelo Filmes | Olhar Filmes (coproduction company)
Country of production: Brazil
Original title: Virtuosas
Genre: Drama, Horror
Language: PT-BR (Brazilian Portuguese)
An exclusive VIP retreat for virtuous Christian women quickly descends into chaos and horror when the tale of an obscure witch legend begins to haunt them.