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Focus SCRIPT 2024

The Focus SCRIPT highlights promising Cinéma de Demain talents and support them in the development of their next short film.

Find below the seven chosen projects for the Short Film Corner | Rendez-vous Industry 2024.

성인식 (COMING OF AGE CEREMONY) 

by Ian Keem – South Korea 

PITHEAD 

by Wannes Vanspauwen & Pol De Plecker – Belgium 

PRIMUM NON NOCERE (FIRST, DO NO HARM) 

by Anna Wowra – Czech Republic 

RUINES (RUINS) 

by Andrea Lejault – France 

SOUVENIRS DU SABLE (MEMORIES OF BEYOND)  

by Alicia Mendy – Switzerland, Senegal 

SYNCOPE  

by Quentin L’Helgoualc’h – France 

TRELLA  

by Miguel Guindos – Spain 

 

Schools participating in the program:     

ECAM (Spain) ; FAMU (Czech Republic) ; KASK (Belgium) ; HEAD (Switzerland) ; La Fémis (France) ; Le Fresnoy (France) ; K-Arts (South Korea) 


The Focus SCRIPT offers a dedicated space for students or recent graduates with a dedicated program and tailor-made mentoring on their scripts.  

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. 

 

DISCOVER THE PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT

 

FOCUS SCRIPT PITCH & PRESENTATION  

Tuesday May 21, 10:00 am @Palais Stage   

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

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