L’Atelier has been created in 2005 to stimulate creative filmmaking and encourage the emergence of a new generation of filmmakers. So far, out of 231 projects accompanied until 2019, 182 are completed and 19 are currently in pre-production. In 2020, despite the sanitary crisis, the shooting of three projects was possible and twelve projects are currently in preproduction. For L’Atelier’s 18th edition, 15 projects from 15 countries have been selected, from the new director to the well-known filmmaker.
Anna Ist by Rosanne Pel
The Netherlands
Chimbo cheBere (The Hyenas Song) by Naishe Nyamubaya
Zimbabwe
Cotton Queen by Suzannah Mirghani
Sudan
Guria by Levan Koguashvili
Georgia
Hamlet from the Slums by Ahmed Fawzi Saleh
Egypt
Made In EU by Stephan Komandarev
Bulgaria
Philax by Rûken Tekeş
Turkey
Sam by E del Mundo
Philippines
The Beer Girl In Yangon by Sein Lyan Tun
Myanmar
The Blind Ferryman by Ali Al-Fatlawi
Iraq, Switzerland
Awdah by Ihab Jadallah
Palestine, Israel
The Forest by Tomas Weinreb & Petr Kazda
Czech republic
The Last Tears Of The Deceased by Beza Hailu Lemma
Ethiopia
Where The River Begins by Juan Andres Arango
Colombia
You Are My Everything by Michal Vinik
Israel
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L’Atelier will also organize meetings from 22 to 27 May 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 from 04/01/22 to 05/09/22.