Designed as a working space, rather than a showcase, for short film projects in development and post-production, the program took place in an intimate yet lively environment. Throughout the initiative, numerous industry experts and mentors guided the participants in refining their projects, helping them refine their vision, strengthen their narratives, and supporting them at key stages prior to completion in order to better position their works in the circuit.
Sessions were led around key topics such as script writing, editing, sound design, production & financing, distribution & festival strategy, sales, music composition, pitch deck, pitching, career development or the general short film industry ecosystem… In total, more than 50 plenary & individual sessions have been scheduled specifically for this program!
Throwback to the 10 projects supported through The Lab!
WRITING HUB
with the support of ECAM, la Fémis, Le Fresnoy, Swiss Films
BITTER ORANGES (ORANGES AMÈRES)
Elise Levy | France
Fiction | Produced by Léna Bapt (Rebecca Films)
DEADLINE
Mona Khaouli | France
Fiction | Produced by Nadia Turincev (Easy Riders Films)
DUST HOUSE
Ysana Watanabe | France, Japan
Docu-Fiction, Experimental | Produced by Pandora Création
GABRIEL, GABRIEL
Aimée Lavignac, Laura Weibel | Switzerland
Fiction
KEEP IT RECORDING
Gulzar | Canada
Fiction
WHY DO YOU ONLY CALL ON FRIDAYS?
Daniela Naranjo P. | Spain
Fiction | Produced by Valentina Ferreira (Zona Cielo Films)
EDITING ROOM
with the support of Docs by the Sea, Iraqi Film Fund, MIDPOINT Institute, The Polish Film Institute
KOBIETO, TO TYLKO ZIEMA (WOMAN, IT’S JUST THE LAND WE CAME FROM)
Angelika Cygal | Poland
Documentary | Produced by The National Film School in Łódź
THE VALLEY
Mohammed-Mahdi Al-Obaidi | Iraq
Fiction | Produced by Mohammed-Qasim Al-Obaidi
UNTITLED DURIAN FILM
Ash Goh Hua | Singapore, USA
Documentary | Produced by Sanjna Selva
VARGA (SLASH)
Vlad Bolgarin | Moldova
Fiction | Produced by VOLT Cinematography
The SFC | Rendez-vous Industry warmly thanks all the experts and mentors for their involvement: Flavio Armone (Lights On), Opal Hope Bennett (American Documentary | POV), Jérôme Blesson (La Belle Affaire Productions), Thibaut Bracq (Script mentor), Aurélie Chesné (France Télévisions), Isabelle Fauvel (Silence&Conversation), Andréa Goncalves (Manifest), Mathieu Janssen (Go Short Nijmegen), Delphine Jeanneret (Int’l Kurzfilmtage Winterthur), Sanne Jehoul (Script mentor | onzer films), Facundo Lema (Script mentor), Hakim Mao (Script mentor, Pitching coach), Eiko Mizuno-Gray (Loaded Films), Shams Mohajerani (75East), Jules Reinartz (Temps Forts Production), Laurence Ripoll (Music & Cinéma Marseille), Sebastián Sepúlveda (Monteur, Scénariste, Réalisateur), Vuk Vukmanovic (Sound designer)
