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3000km by bike
Original Title: 3000km en bicicleta
Directed by: Ivan Vescovo
Produced by: Martín Loewenthal (Africa, Argentina)
Country of Production: Argentina
Runtime: 88'
Expected Release: September, 2024
Production Stage: Distribution
Budget: €200 000 (100% in place)
1st Feature: No
Looking for: Sales agents, distributors, festivals
Synopsis:
Iñaki Mazza is an Olympic BMX champion who won his first medal at the age of eighteen, however he retires at twenty one in crisis with the world of sport and with himself. Without a clear direction, his life takes a turn when his partner Abyss sends him a message from a rehabilitation center in Ushuaia; Iñaki decides to get back on his bike and cross the Argentinean Patagonia to meet again with her, with the hostile and wonderful of his vast country and, towards the end of the world, with the person he really is.
Director’s profile:
Ivan Vescovo was born in 1988 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He studied film at the Universidad del Cine (FUC). In 2014 he premiered ERRATA, his first feature film at the Mar del Plata Film Festival and later obtaining the FIPRESCI recognition for best film. Resaca sangrienta is his latest short film premiered in the Nocturnas section of BAFICI. In 2023, he directed the fictional part of the documentary series « ARGENTINA 78 » for STARPLUS/NATGEO, produced by PAMPA FILMS, set to premiere in 2024. A lover of film and genre cinema, he is currently developing his second fiction feature, this time within the pure SCI-FI genre titled BIKERS NIGHT.
Producer’s profile:
Martín Loewenthal is a founding partner of the production company AFRICA. His first film was « Poner al rock de moda », 2015, by Santiago Charriere, winner of BAFICI audience award; In 2021 he premieres « Vida comienza, vida termina », by Rafael Palacio Illingworth, which participated in FID Marseille 32 – Official selection / VIENNALE – Official Selection and MOMA doc Fortnight – Official Selection. The last feature film premiered was « La práctica », by Martin Rejtman, a co-production with Un Puma. Its world premiere was in the official competition of the 71st San Sebastian International Film Festival and continues on the festival circuit.
Jerónimo Quevedo and Victoria Marotta are founding partners of Un Puma, an independent film production company based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Since 2015 their short and feature films have been awarded and screened at various festivals, platforms and exhibitions, museums and universities around the world. Some of his films are: « La práctica » (Martín Rejtman, 2023) World premiere in Official Competition at the 71st San Sebastian International Film Festival. « Arturo a los 30 » (Martín Shanly, 2023) World Premiere at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival – Berlinale Forum. « El auge del humano » (Eduardo Williams, 2016) – World Premiere at 69th Locarno Film Festival in Cineasti del presente – Winner of the *Pardo d’oro* Best Film Award. « Un movimiento extraño » (Francisco Lezama, 2024) – World premiere in Berlinale Short’s official competition of Berlinale, Golden Bear Winner.
Karatara – ‘Place of Deep Shadows’
Original Title: Karatara – ‘Place of Deep Shadows’
Directed by: Teboho Edkins
Produced by: Carine Chichkowsky (Survivance, France), Jia Zhao (Muyi Films, Netherlands), Don Edkins (Day Zero Films, South Africa)
Country of Production: South Africa
Runtime: 80'
Expected Release: May, 2025
Production Stage: Late Development
Budget: €300 000 (33% in place)
1st Feature: No
Looking for: Festivals, Sales Agents, Distributors, Gap Financing
Synopsis:
Karatara – ‘Place of Deep Shadows’, is a film about ghosts, in which the ghosts, both real and imagined, haunt the lives of a mixed-race community in a small town in post-apartheid South Africa. It is a film about memory, land and identity, an encounter with a South African society where the violence of the past shades and literally haunts the present. By searching for ghosts, and portraying the people haunted by them I understand what is happening in Karatara as the slow, inevitable process of decolonization up close.
Director’s profile:
Teboho Edkins (*1980 in Tennessee, USA) grew up in Southern Africa and lives and works in Cape Town and Berlin. He studied at the Michaelis School of Fine Art, (South Africa) and at Le Fresnoy Studio National des Arts Contemporains (France) followed by a degree in directing at the Deutsche Film und Fernseh-akademie in Berlin. Teboho Edkins’s films have shown at many festivals, group and solo exhibitions, including at the Centre Pompidou, Paris; Tate Modern, London. Some of the over 500 film festivals his films have screened at include the Berlinale (Panorama); the IFFRotterdam; New Directors, New Films in NYC. Notable prizes include the Inter. Jury Prize of the Oberhausen FF, the Golden Tanit at the JCC in Tunis, the El Guna Golden Star, Egypt. Several festivals have screened a curated selection of his work, most recently a retrospective at the International Short FF, Oberhausen in 2023.
Producer’s profile:
Carine Chichkowsky founded Survivance with Guillaum Morel in 2010. The two were bound by a common desire for «another» cinema, one that does not respond in an overwhelming way to what the market would like to sell to us, but that speaks to those who wish to see it. Survivance produces, distributes and publishes art house films of all genres. We have produced over 20 films, which have been screened at the Berlinale, Locarno, Toronto, Rotterdam, and key documentary festivals and coproduced by HBO Europe, Arte, Al Jazeera and France televisions. Through its various distribution activities, Survivance showcases great names & young talents of documentary and fiction cinema, releasing films by Apitchatpong Weerasethakul, Tsai Ming-Liang, Pedro Costa, Koji Fukada, Kleber Mendoça Filho, Mila Turajlić, Leonardo di Costanzo and Lea Glob.
Jia Zhao is a Chinese-Dutch film producer based in Amsterdam. In 2012, she founded MUYI FILM and co-founded “Silk Road Film Salon” with Aboozar Amini. In 2021, “A Marble Travelogue” was selected for IDFA Frontlight and “I’m So Sorry” for the Cannes film festival. From 2015 to 2019 her works have been shortlisted for the IDFA Competition section in a row, with “Kabul, City in the Wind” being the opening film for the IDFA 2018 and awarded Jury Award for First Appearance Competition. Since 2022 Jia is also the artistic director of Cinemasia film festival in Amsterdam.
The Blue Sweater With a Yellow Hole
Original Title: Блакитний светр із жовтою діркою
Directed by: Tetiana Khodakivska
Produced by: Elena Saulich, Maxim Asadchiy (Pronto Film,Ukraine), Martin Vandas (MAUR Film, Czech Republic), Johann Chapelan (Girelle, France)
Country of Production: Ukraine, France
Runtime: 90'
Expected Release: January, 2026
Production Stage: Development
Budget: €911 185 (20% in place)
1st Feature: No
Looking for: Gap Financing, Impact Partners, Co-Producers, Good people
Synopsis:
Contouring propaganda manipulation in the modern world, the story follows Ukrainian children Kira (10), Taisa (14), and Artem (15) and 50 supporting children characters as they paint memories of their time in Russian ‘re-education’ camps. The animated scenes immerse the viewers into the children’s shifting identity experiences. What seems at first like a thrilling time without parents shifts to evoking memories about propaganda events, mental torment, punishments, isolation and military training.
Director’s profile:
Tetiana Khodakivska is an award-winning Ukrainian filmmaker who challenges pressing social issues by daring mix-media projects. Her bonticing, Sugary Boundless or Song and Dance about Death (2018) that was premiered at the Ji.hlava Film Festival, won two special mentions at Docudays UA, and nominated as best documentary at the Ukrainian Film Academy Awards. Particularly, Tetiana is interested in examining society from children’s perspective. Among her other awards, is Gold Plaque at the Chicago International Film Festival for the period mini-series Angels of War (2013), which follows the stories of siblings during the Second World War; and Ukrainian Film Academy Award for Best Editing for an adventure feature film for children Foxter and Max (2020).
Producer’s profile:
Elena Saulich (Pronto film, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian producer and member of Babylon’13 – a Ukrainian collective of independent filmmakers, who share common values of promoting positive change in society. Among Elena’s films: A Poen for Little People, directed by Ivan Sautkin – feature documentary (premiered at CPH:dox 2024, national premiere at Molodist IFF 2023), Ukraine, Lithuania, UK, 2023. Supported by: Esfuf, Lithuanian Film Centre, Prime Choice Award at EBS Commissioning Pitch, CinéDOC-Tbilisi Film Support Award; Defiant, directed by Karim Amer – feature documentary (premiered at Toronto IFF 2023), UK, USA, Ukraine, 2023; Petrol Statiom, directed by Yuliia Hontaruk – fiction drama (development) supported by Goteborg Film Fund, Ukrainian Culture Fund; The Bobot, directed by Maxym Ksjonda – feature sci-fi for children, Ukraine, 2018; Supported by Ukrainian State Film Agency.
Martin Vandas (MAUR Film, Czech Republic). MAUR Film was a founding member of the Association of Czech Animation Film (ASAF) and since 2007 is a member of the Audiovisual Producers‘ Association. Martin Vandas is an Oscar® nominated Producer of Daughter by Daria Kashcheeva, 8 feature animated films, several short animated films, documentaries and TV review programs with hundreds of awards incl. student Oscar, Crystal of Annecy and others. A member of The European Film Academy, an expert for the Czech Film Fund and the Slovak Audiovisual Fund and a lecturer at FAMU in Prague. He also takes part in the activities of the international platform CEE Animation to support the animated film industry in Central and Eastern Europe.
Johann Chapelan (Girelle Production, France). Incepted in 2006 and based in Orleans, Paris and Nice, Girelle is producing documentary, animation and multimedia, with more than 80 creative documentaries on arts, drawing, music, painting, architecture, and social and environmental issues. It started Asian feature coproductions with Rehana (2021) which was the first Bangladeshi film selected in the Cannes official selection, and I, The Song by Dechen Roder (Bhutan). Other co-productions involve Taiwan, Georgia, Lebanon, Kirghizstan, Philippines and Vietnam, mostly about memory, popular history, minority issues, and social and women’s rights.
Men on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Category: Cannes Remakes
Directed by: Audrey Dana
Produced by: Curiosa Films (Olivier Delbosc)
Original Title: Hommes au bord de la crise de nerfs
Completed in: 2020
Synopsis:
Seven men from 17 to 70 years old.
All city-dwellers with nothing in common apart from the fact that they are all on the verge of a nervous breakdown. They meet up at a lonely station for an unusual course in the wild
that is supposed to get them back on their feet.
Each step in this boot camp, designed by an eccentric and feisty female coach, aims to reveal them to themselves.
The task seems to be a tough one, especially as nothing goes as planned between these men.
Director’s biography:
Audrey Dana is a French actress, screenwriter and director. She first made her name as an actress in Claude Lelouch’s Roman de gare. She then quickly tried her hand at directing, and her second film, French Women, at the French box office! In 2022, she returned to directing with Men on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, bringing together a cast of renowned actors in front of her camera. She will soon be appearing in the series Zorro, where she plays the role of Gabriella.
Producer’s biography:
Olivier Delbosc (born August 20, 1968 in Toulouse) is a French film producer. He heads Fidélité Films with Marc Missonnier. Olivier Delbosc creates his own production company, Curiosa Films, and produces mainstream feature films. In 2014, alongside Marc Missonnier, he was named by Télérama as one of the « Top 50 » of those who « have the power and talent to raise money, give birth to films and make them popular ».
IP Holders : France tv distribution
Dedicated to championing innovative and talented voices, France tv distribution launched its Feature Film slate in 2017 with over 25 years’ experience distributing TV Programs worldwide. We distribute strong, engaging films with the aim of having them travel as far as possible around the world.The current slate includes films by Nicole Garcia, Emmanuel Carrère, Andréa Bescond, Audrey Dana, Delphine Deloget and André Téchiné.
Vincent Must Die
Category: Cannes Remakes
Directed by: Stéphane Castang
Produced by: Thierry lounas (Capricci)
Original Title: Vincent Doit Mourir
Completed in: 2022
Synopsis:
Random strangers have suddenly started attacking Vincent with murderous intent. His existence as an unremarkable man is overturned, and as things spiral violently out of control, he is forced to flee and change his life completely… A nerve-shredding, ground-breaking movie riding the new wave of French horror.
Director’s biography:
Born in 1973, Stéphane Castang is an actor, writer and director. His first feature, Vincent Must Die, premiered at Critics’ Week during Cannes Film Festival 2023 before being selected at several international film festivals, including Sitges, Busan and BFI London. It was also nominated for Best First Film at the César Awards 2024.
Producer’s biography:
Capricci is a French distribution and sales company of award-winning arthouse films from all over the world. We collaborate with high-profile filmmakers such as Albert Serra, Hong Sangsoo, Jean-Luc Godard, Abel Ferrara, Wang Bing, Philippe Garrel, Corneliu Porumboiu, Bi Gan etc. We are looking for new or classic feature and documentary titles.
IP Holders : Goodfellas
Based in Paris, Goodfellas (formerly Wild Bunch International) is a world-renowned independent film sales and production company. Characterized by its diverse editorial policy, the company offers slates of films from all over the world (director-driven, arthouse, genre or mainstream, features and documentaries) regularly honored at international festivals.
Delete History
Category: Cannes Remakes
Directed by: Benoît Delépine & Gustave Kervern
Produced by: Les films du Worso, No Money Productions
Original Title: Effacer l’historique
Completed in: 2019
Synopsis:
In a provincial suburb, three neighbors grapple with modern tech and social media: Marie faces son’s disrespect due to a sex tape; Bertrand’s daughter endures online bullying; Christine’s driver ratings won’t improve. With a hacker’s aid, they battle Big Tech. Success uncertain, but hope remains.
Director’s biography:
Gustave Kervern and Benoît Delépine form an iconic duo of contemporary French filmmakers. Their collaboration began on television and solidified with committed and offbeat feature films, sometimes absurd, such as Aaltra (2004) and Louise-Michel (2008), blending dark humor and social critique. Among others, they directed Mammuth (2010), Le Grand Soir (2012), Saint-Amour (2016), and En même temps (2022). Kervern and Delépine founded their production company No Money Production in 2005.
Producer’s biography;
Les films du Worso, founded in 2003 by Sylvie Pialat, has produced 50 films with international directors, garnering 14 Cannes selections, 28 César nominations, and an Oscar nomination with Timbuktu. No Money Production, founded by Benoit Delépine and Gustave Kervern, co-produced Delete History with Worso Films, among other projects.
IP Holders : Les Films du Worso
Original Title: Les Traducteurs
Completed in: 2019
Synopsis:
Nine translators, hired to translate the eagerly awaited final book of a bestselling trilogy, are confined in a luxurious bunker. When the first ten pages of the top-secret manuscript appear online, the dream job becomes a nightmare – the thief is one of them and the publisher is ready to do whatever it takes to unmask him… or her.
Director’s biography:
Régis Roinsard is a French director born in 1972 in Louviers. After studying at the Ecole Supérieure d’Etudes Cinematographics (ESEC), Régis began directing with his short films Les Petits-Salés (1995), Madame Dron (1997), SimOn (2001) and Belle, finally possible ( 2005). He also directs several music videos (Mareva Galanter, Jean-Louis Murat, Jane Birkin and Anaïs). In 2012 Régis directed his first feature film, Populaire, with Déborah François and Romain Duris. Hailed by critics, this film also earned him a nomination for the 2013 César in the best first film category. Then it will be The Translators in 2019 and Waiting for Bojangles in 2021.
Producer’s biography;
Alain Attal has always been very active within the industry to defend independent production and encourage the development of rich, quality French cinema since 1998, through his company Trésor Films and Les Productions du Trésor. With more than 40 films produced to date, accumulating nearly 40 millions admissions and winners of prestigious international awards and festivals, Trésor Films continues to defend a certain vision of cinema: independent, high end, and popular.
IP Holders : TRESOR FILMS and Goodfellas
Marguerite’s Theorem
Category: Cannes Remakes
Directed by: Anna Novion
Produced by: Gilles Sacuto, Miléna Poylo
Original Title: Le théorème de Marguerite
Completed in: 2023
Synopsis:
A brilliant mathematics student at France’s top university the Ecole Normale Supérieure. On the day of her thesis presentation, a mistake shakes up all the certainty in her planned-out life, she decides to quit everything and start afresh.
Director’s biography:
Anna Novion, born to a Swedish mother and a French father, began her filmmaking journey while studying at the faculty of Saint-Denis. Crafting three short films between 2000 and 2004, she later delved into the works of Ingmar Bergman, culminating in a theoretical DEA. In 2008, her feature debut « Les grandes personnes » garnered acclaim at the International Critics’ Week. Novion’s storytelling, marked by empathy, explores the complexities of human relationships with simplicity and humor.
Producer’s biography;
Miléna Poylo and Gilles Sacuto, founders of TS Productions in 1996, have led the charge in French and international filmmaking. With Anthony Doncque, Alice Bloch, Céline Loiseau, and Delphine Morel, they’ve produced 40 feature films, 60 documentaries, TV fictions, shorts, and ventured into series. Their accolades include 7 Césars for « Séraphine, » a César for Best Adaptation for « Mademoiselle Chambon, » and nominations for Oscars, César, and BAFTAs. Recent successes include « Tel Aviv on Fire, » awarded Best Actor at Venice, and « Sur l’Adamant, » winning the Golden Bear at the Berlinale.
IP Holders : Other Angle Pictures
Established in 2008, Other Angle Pictures is a production and world sales company that has been involved in more than 100 films and set up numerous remakes in multiple territories
Rider
Category: Cannes Remakes
Directed by: Ignacio Estaregui
Produced by: Estaregui y Sendino & Machín
Original Title: Rider
Completed in: 2023
Synopsis:
Shot in real time and set in a city centre. Fio, a young woman working as a rider is forced to make a dangerous delivery that will put her life at risk during a night filled with urgent personal problems that she must solve through phone calls. Millions of people make a living as riders around the world, Fio´s story of redemtion is but one of them.
Director’s biography:
Ignacio Estaregui (Zaragoza, 1978) made his feature debut with « Justi&Cia » (2014). It was nominated for best comedy at the II Feroz Awards (2015). In 2018 he released his second feature film « Miau ». In 2019 he released the multi-awarded short film « En racha ». He has just finished his expected third feature film, “RIDER”.
Producer’s biography;
In 2013, Ignacio Estaregui founded with Gloria Sendino and Jaime García Machín, “Estaregui y Sendino & Machín”, a film production company that debuted in the feature film with “Justi&Cia » (2014), in 2018 they produced “Miau » and in 2024 “Rider ». He is currently developing two feature films, « A muerte » and “Hormigas ».
IP Holders : Begin Again Films
Begin Again Films is a Spanish distribution and International Sales Company based in Madrid, Spain. Our team consists of professionals with extensive experience in film production, distribution, sales, and promotion, and focus on high-quality independent films. Our award-winning films have been selected in leading film festivals around the world.
Original Title: Bajo Terapia
Completed in: 2023
Synopsis:
Three couples undergoing therapy are summoned by their psychologist to a meeting. The psychologist won’t be attending the reunion, but she will give them instructions about what to do. Thus, the six protagonists will gradually air their dirty laundry concerning their relationships and bring up issues like taking care of the kids, the different home tasks, money, jealousy and sex, until it all leads to a most unexpected and equally shocking end.
Director’s biography:
Since 1987, he has produced 175 fiction feature films and several documentaries for TV. As a producer, he has received many awards, including the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES directed by Juan José Campanella. As a director, he stands out with FRIENDS HAVE REASONS, which won the special jury prize at the Valladolid International Film Week. Also, ROUGH WINDS, awarded the Golden Biznaga for Best Film at the Málaga Film Festival, and with HEROÍNA, he was awarded Best Director by the Málaga Film Festival.
Producer’s biography;
Tornasol Films, established in 1987, boasts a storied history with over 150 films, numerous awards, and diverse productions. Key highlights include Oscar success with « THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES, » Venice acclaim for « A SAD TRUMPET BALLAD, » and a record 10 Goya Awards in 2019. Recent ventures into TV and ongoing film projects solidify its position as a powerhouse in Spanish cinema.
IP Holders : Latido Films
We are an international sales agency mostly specialized in Spanish-speaking and European films but open to movies from all over the world. We pursue new talents and support established directors in order to create a catalogue with a variety of high-quality titles. We work as much with arthouse films as with box-office hits. Animation films and ground-breaking documentaries are also substantial in our projects.