Projects
Projects
Requiem for a Robot
Category: Proof of Concept
Directed by: Christoph Rainer
Produced by: Loredana Rehekampff, Andreas Schmied // Samsara Filmproduktion and Josef Redinger // Pharos (former ARRI Media)
Country of Production: Austria, Germany
Genre: Science-fiction
Language: English
A thrilling sci-fi fairytale about a misfit robot struggling to find his purpose. When the life of his god-like brother is in danger, our clumsy hero embarks on an existential journey to save him.
Falling Stars
Category: Buyers Showcase
Directed by: Richard Karpala, Gabriel Bienczycki
Produced by: Richard Karpala, Gabriel Bienczycki
Country of Production: USA
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Language: English
On the first night of harvest, three brothers set out for the desert to see a witch’s corpse.
History and Geography
Category: SANFIC Industria Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Bernardo Quesney
Produced by: Pablo Calisto, Tomás Alzamora (Equeco)
Country of Production: Chile
Original Title: Historia y Geografía
Genre: Feature film
Language: Español
Runtime: 90min
Completed in: 2022
Gioconda Martínez, a well-remembered comic television actress, decides to return to her hometown to put on a play about the conquest of Chile, to regain the artistic recognition she thought she had lost, but never had.
The Spark
Category: HAF Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Rajesh S. JALA
Produced by: Rajesh S. JALA (Principal Producer-The Elements), Prayas DEEPTI (Co-Producer-Inquilab Studio)
Country of Production: India
Original Title: CHINGARI
Genre: Feature film
Language: Hindi
Runtime: 105min
Completed in: 2022
A filmmaker on assignment follows a cremator and an old woman in the ancient city of Banaras with his camera. Soon, hidden realities emerge and the filmmaker’s real mission unfolds.
NEW CONTINENT
Category: Thessaloniki Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Pandelis Pagoulatos
Produced by: Nikos Moustakas + Bad Crowd, Bandur Films, Arizona Productions
Country of Production: Greece, France, Serbia
Original Title: ΝΕΑ ΗΠΕΙΡΟΣ
Genre: Feature film
Language: Greek
Runtime: 90min
Completed in: 2023
« New Continent » is a love drama about the people who wander without a compass. The ones who are constantly trading without rules, wear the role of « evil », but in reality they survive by sulking between the most infamous streets of the capital. Above all, though, it’s a dead-end love story.
Do you love me?
Category: Tallinn Black Nights Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Tonia Noyabrova
Produced by: Anastasiia Bukovska, Danylo Kaptyukh (Family Production)
Country of Production: Ukraine
Original Title: Do you love me?
Genre: Feature film
Language: Ukrainian
Runtime: 90min
Completed in: 2023
One has to be brave enough to accept loosing old self for the sake of growing up. Kira becomes adult briskly, watching her family and soviet childhood smashing into pieces. So does Ukraine in the early 90th, launching painful process of transformation into an independent country.
Mavka The Forest Song
Directed by: Malamuzh Oleg, Ruban Oleksandra
Produced by: Kostyuk Iryna, Koval (Eliseeva) Hanna (Anna), Olesov Egor. ANIMAGRAD (FILM.UA GROUP)
Country of Production: Ukraine
Original Title: Mavka The Forest Song
Language: English
Runtime: 90min
Completed in: 2022
Mavka, a magical sprite, responsible for protecting the forest from the outside world, faces her greatest challenge when she meets a human for the first time — and falls in love with him.
Seoul Horror Story
Category: Fantastic 7
Directed by: Kim Hyunjin
Produced by: LEE Dongha
Country of Production: Korea
Original Title: 서울의 공포
Genre: Horror
Language: Korean
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
3 Colored omnibus stories occurred in Seoul. 1. Fluorescent blue color : “A Ghost station” in the northern area of Seoul. 2 . Colorful neon color: “Lost face” Plastic Surgery in Gangnam 3 . Gloomy Ash Gray: “Two worlds” College graduates looking for work in Noryangjin.
Virtual Virtual Reality 2
Genre: Action/Adventure
Produced by: J Noland, Yuxin Gao, Tender Claws
Directed by: Samantha Gorman, Danny Cannizarro
Original Title: Virtual Virtual Reality 2
Lead Artist: Samantha Gorman
Runtime: 10 hours
Language: English
Completed in: 2022
Synopsis:
Virtual Virtual Reality 2 (VVR2) is a 10 hour comedy, satire game. The latest project from Tender Claws and a highly-anticipated sequel to their 2017 VR game Virtual Virtual Reality (VVR). In this darkly funny action-adventure game, pilot your mech body through the chaos of a dying metaverse, rescuing abandoned avatars along the way. Each new avatar-roommate brings unique tools to aid your escape back to meatspace!
Director’s statement:
VVR2 satirically explores the stakes of a privatized metaverse. Who is responsible for sustaining our digital “public commons”? You have left your body behind to upload into the peaceful retirement community of Scottsdale. Suddenly! Scottsdale’s VC funding is pulled and the servers begin to shut down one by one. Without the ability to log off, players have no choice but to outrun the digital destruction – ultimately escaping the metaverse and finding a new home in meatspace.
Origin: US
Devices: Oculus Quest 2
Platform: VeeR
Gloriavale
Original Title: Gloriavale: New Zealand’s Secret Cult
Directed by: Noel Smyth, Fergus Grady
Produced by: Fergus Grady, Noel Smyth
Country of Production: New Zealand, Australia
Runtime: 95'
Expected Release: September, 2022
Production Stage: Production
Budget: €677,035 (100% in place)
1st Feature: No
Looking for: Festivals, sales agents/distributors, buyers, & strategic guidance
Synopsis:
When widespread abuse is uncovered at a New Zealand cult, a family must turn to the legal system in an effort to save themselves and their community from the all powerful leaders.
Director’s profile:
Noel Smyth is an Australian based documentary writer, director, producer, cinematographer and editor. Having worked in the industry for 17 years, he started as an editor and cinematographer before moving into directing and producing. This experience across all stages of production has greatly informed his creative practice that centres around intimate stories of the human condition told through a verite lens. His debut feature documentary Camino Skies (co-directed with Fergus Grady) won the Doc Edge Film Festival awards for ‘Best NZ Directors’ and ‘Best NZ Emerging Filmmakers’ and was nominated for ‘Best NZ Feature’, ‘Best NZ Editing’ and ‘Best NZ Cinematography’. His nuanced and empathetic approach to following real life stories comes from a place of curiosity and it is this approach to storytelling that makes him an exciting new voice in the Australian cinema landscape.
Co-Director’s profile:
Fergus Grady is a producer, sales & distribution consultant who has over fifteen years experience in the film industry. His debut feature documentary Camino Skies was the second highest grossing NZ documentary of 2019 and won the Doc Edge Film Festival awards for ‘Best NZ Directors’ and ‘Best NZ Emerging Filmmakers’. He also associate produced West of Sunshine which competed for the Orizzonti section at the Venice Film Festival in 2017.
Producers’s profile:
Noel Smyth & Fergus Grady’s debut feature documentary Camino Skies was the second highest grossing NZ documentary of 2019 and won the Doc Edge Film Festival awards for ‘Best NZ Directors’ and ‘Best NZ Emerging Filmmakers’. Gloriavale: New Zealand’s secret cult is their second feature.