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L'Atelier 2021

Project Selection – L’Atelier 2021

L’Atelier de la Cinéfondation is hosting its 17th edition this year and inviting 15 directors to the Festival de Cannes whose projects have been considered particularly promising. Together with their producers, they will be able to meet with potential partners who can help them finalize their projects and begin production. L’Atelier also provides its participants access to international financing, which will indoubtedly help speed up the production process of their projects.

Created in 2005, L’Atelier was created by La Cinéfondation to stimulate creative filmmaking and help foster a new generation of filmmakers. So far, out of the 246 projects L’Atelier has overseen, 172 have been released in the theaters and 23 are currently in pre-production. For its 17th edition, 15 projects from 15 different countries — from beginning and seasoned filmmakers — will be showcased at the Festival.

 

Kein Wort by Hanna Slak
Germany

Landscapes of Fear de Lukas V. Rinner
Austria

Scattered de Kaspar Astrup Schröder
Denmark

Fidelidad de César Díaz
Guatemala

Cora de Evi Kalogiropoulou
Greece

Jilah and the Man with Two Names de Yosep Anggi Noen
Indonesia

Parle-moi de 1985 de Zalfa Seurat
Lebanon

The Otter de Srđan Vuletić
Montenegro

Mandai River de Michaël Sewandono
The Netherlands

Caravan de Zuzana Kirchnerová
Czech Republic

White Road de Ella Manzheeva
Russia

Le Lac de Fabrice Aragno
Switzerland

Idea de Tayfun Pirselimoğlu
Turkey

El Tiempo Que Perdimos de Gustavo Rondón Córdova
Venezuela

Viet and Nam de Minh Quý Trương
Vietnam

 

L’Atelier will also organize meetings from 8 to 13 July with these talented directors and connect them with film industry professionals interested in investing in their projects. Appointments will be made on the FESTICINE platform until 6 July 2021.

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