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Focus SCRIPT 2023

The Focus SCRIPT spots and highlights innovative talents and support them in the first steps of their next short film.

Find below the six chosen projects for the SFC | Rendez-vous Industry 2023.

و أنت تمشي فوق أرض الجدب و القحط (AS YOU WALK OVER THE LAND OF BARRENNESS AND DROUGHT)
by Younes Ben Slimane – France, Tunisia

PRYČ (GONE) 
by Piotr Jasiński – Czechia

L’ÉTÉ QUI S’ENFUIT (WHEN SUMMER ENDS)
by María Claudia Blanco – France
 

LA IDEA DE UNA ISLA (THE IDEA OF AN ISLAND)
by Carmen Pedrero – Spain

LA NUDA VITA (BARE LIFE)
by Ekin Mori – Belgium, Turkey
 

OS BEATOS
by Valentin Lebeau – Switzerland, Brazil

 

Discover the projects in development

 

Schools participating in the program:     

ECAM (Spain) ; FAMU (Czechia) ; KASK (Belgium) ; HEAD (Switzerland) ; La Fémis (France) ; Le Fresnoy (France)   

The Focus SCRIPT looks to offer a dedicated space for students or recent graduates from the collaborating Visual Arts and Film Schools and help them get targeted feedbacks on their scripts at a early stage of work. 
It also facilitates the meeting of potential partners, such as (co)producers & distributors, through one-to-one sessions and dedicated encounters with various industry decision-makers around specific topics designed for each project.

FOCUS SCRIPT PITCH & PRESENTATION  

Tuesday, May 23rd , 10:00am @Palais Stage   

The pitch session is followed by the presentation of the Focus WiP projets (shorts in progress) and one-to-one meetings. 

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