The Locarno Pro-Industry strand of the Locarno Film Festival unveiled its industry winners on Sunday.
Awards, including its First Look Works in Progress section which focuses on projects on the verge of completion, the co-development program Alliance 4 Development, and the second Heritage Restoration Competition.
The winners were unveiled during the Locarno Pro Awards ceremony on Sunday. Notable feature film projects that competed for the First Look Awards were from this year’s Focus Country Spain.
This year’s Locarno Pro Industry strand of the Locarno Festival features industry panels on AI and more, as well as a masterclass by Romanian author Radu Jude.
See the full list of winners below.
First look
First Look was organized in collaboration with ICAA, the Spanish Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts, and ICEX Spain Trade & Investment.
The jury that awarded the prizes included Beatrice Fiorentino, Artistic Director of Venice International Film Critics Week, Karim, Director of Istanbul Film Festival. Ian, and Mercedes Martinez-Abarca, programmers of the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Antaviana Films First Look Award Covering post-production services up to €50,000 ($54,076):
Another summer dream
Director: Irene Bartolomé
Producers: Pierre Marzo (Colbert Studio), Irene Bartolome (IB Films), Eli Kamal (The Attack Productions)
Description: Another summer dream “The story of a woman collapsing and a city in ruins … to explore how the places we inhabit relate to us, and to consider the mortality and survival of a city. “
Jury statement: “A poetic and rigorous project that articulates collective trauma by rewriting the topography of a city repeatedly wounded by history. In its dual public and private dimensions, it explores the complexity of a territory marked by the past and revives the modernist movement.”
Music Library and SFX/Acorde Award €45,000 ($48,669) worth of music supervision services:
Down the river, a lion
Director: Victor Diego
Producer: Montse Pujol Solà (Boogaloo Films)
Description: Julia runs away to Glasgow to start anew, but years later, she’s stuck. By day, she pursues photography; At night, she washes the dishes. One afternoon, while photographing pedestrians, his eyes begin to water. As the disease spreads, Julia looks back at her past and the town’s past.
Award from post-production company Laserfilm cine y vídeo €5,000 ($5,407) worth, which can be spent on the likes of subtitles, audio descriptions and transcription:
Down the river, a lion
Janozzi Smith AwardThe €10,000 ($10,815) international poster design includes:
Maurice
Director: Ariadna Seuba
Producers: Carlos Brujaras, Merik van der Berselaar (Polarstar Films), Maria Nova Lopez (Intecuts Films)
Description: Maurice Takes the audience on a deep and emotional journey with director Ari (32) and his partner Anna (41), who want to have a baby together. Anna is the first to begin assisted reproduction, while Ariadna captures every step with her camera.
Awarded by Industry Magazine French film €5,600 ($6,056) worth of advertising space:
Still life with ghosts
Director: Enrique Blue
Producers: Alejandra Mora (Quatre Films Audiovisuales SL), Alicia Ubero (Beware of the Dog), Snezana van Houwelingen (This and That), Roberto Butragueño (Sideral).
Description: Haunted by the problems and difficulties of life and death, the ghosts and humans of the small town of La Mancha will do the impossible to overcome their problems and will not hesitate to carry out extreme and desperate plans to achieve it. will not.
Alliance 4 Development Awards
Alfapanda Market Breakout Award €3,500 ($3,818) worth of consultancy services:
Bourgeois paranoia By Lucas Nathrath, produced by Linus Gunther (Klinker Film Production, Germany)
Description: An episodic dark tragic-comedy about five people suffering from rejection and a desire for revenge, whose lives collide in a terrifying week. As insults pile up and everyday situations escalate, their stories intertwine in a Hamburg café: a waiter, unable to speak, is humiliated until he Does not strike back. An aspiring writer, hoping to meet his idol, is accused of theft. A roommate interview gets out of hand. Rejected love turns into obsession. And an art performance culminates in bloody violence.
Alfapanda’s statement: “The Alfapanda Market Breakout Awards 2024 lead to a promising vision that we can’t wait to get excited about. Laughter, pain, madness, revenge and bourgeois madness are stretched to the limit, and We’re in for a bloody ride.
Script Consultancy Residency at DreamAgo Presented by the Valais Film Commission in Switzerland:
6 months 6 days (6 months 6 days) by Michale Boganim, produced by Mathilde Leite (Vilanova Productions, France), in association with Dorothe Beinemeier (Red Balloon Film, Germany).
Description: Juliana Kant is the richest woman in Germany. When she encounters Raphaël, she falls prey to his charms, putting her carefully constructed and protocol-driven existence in jeopardy. Raphael, however, is not who he claims to be. He is determined to force Cantus to face his past and face history.
Statement by Pascale Rey (DreamAgo) and Tristan Albrecht (Valais Film Commission): “The project has a strong story (certified by DreamAgo criteria) and a great potential towards production (certified by the Valais Film Commission). So We are delighted to offer the author script doctoring by Sir Christopher Hampton. [screenwriting workshop] Plume & Pellicle in June 2025.
Midpoint Consulting Award For an in-depth online script consultancy with one of Midpoint Institute’s experts.
End of summer (Atlantic Mirage) by Hakeem Maou, produced by Emma Bennett and Charles Merisi (Faurio Films, France)
Description: Late summer in Agadir. Yunus and Ismail, who have been inseparable since childhood, work at the Hotel Atlantic Mirage and sell their charms to tourists. They save their money with the dream of leaving one day. But one morning, Ishmael disappears, while the sea is affected by strange phenomena. Yunus sets out to unravel the mystery of what happened to his friend.
Midpoint’s statement: “We are excited to support a compelling and engaging story that uniquely blends themes and genres, set against the mysterious backdrop of the cosmopolitan city of Agadir. We were convinced by the artistic vision, and we are eager to help them bring it to life.
Ticino Film Commission Residence Award for a two-day location scout (worth CHF 4,000) and financial support for the production company (worth up to CHF 12,000), if all or part of the film is shot in Ticino, Switzerland.
Ithaca (Ithaca) by Alessandro Grande, produced by Alessandro Amato and Luigi Chimenti (dispàrte, Italy).
Description: The film explores themes of identity and identity through the character of Sebastiano, who is kidnapped as a child and reunites with his biological parents as an adult.
Jury statement: “The Ticino Film Commission is proud to award its prize to the Itaca project, whose scenes play a fundamental role in expressing the violent disintegration experienced by its young protagonist – he is forced to leave his southern homeland. Abducted from the homeland and transferred to the North, we believe that with our cooperation the production will be able to find the best locations to recreate this touching story of real life and present it to the wider public. will be done
Competition for heritage restoration The winner of which will receive full restoration progress by Filmlab Cinegrill and will be screened at the Locarno Film Festival 2025.
The Cannibals (The Cannibals1969) by Liliana Cavanagh
Description: The streets of a large city are littered with corpses on the orders of the authorities. These are the bodies of civilians who were killed because they were considered rebels and were meant to serve as a warning. Antigone wants to bury her brother. A young foreigner offers his help. They are discovered and killed. But the example of these two is with other young people who defy the authorities and come out on the streets to bury the bodies.
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