All the news 05.05.2010 Open Doors Factory 2010: The selected projects

12 film projects from Central Asia, from a total of 114 applications, were selected for participation in the co-production lab of the Festival del film Locarno. The Open Doors Factory will take place 7 -10 August 2010, during the 63rd edition of the Festival.

The selected projects are:

Kazakhstan:
Harmony Lessons by Emir Baigazin
The Fierce Horse Rustlers by Adilkhan Yerzhanov
Sunny Days by Nariman Turebayev

Kirghizstan:
Jolbakan by Elnura Osmonalieva
Princess Nazik by Erkin Saliev
The Singing Grannies by Nurlan Asanbekov

Tajikistan:
Halola by Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov
Buzkashi! by Najeeb Mirza

Turkmenistan:
Ener by Bayram Abdullayev and Lora Stepanskaya

Uzbekistan:
Aral by Ella Vakkasova
Barzagh by Saodat Ismailova
Gaulish Village by Shukrat Karimov

Olivier Père, the Festival’s Artistic Director, comments “The quality of the projects submitted, as well as their enormous diversity, from romance to social drama, documentary to science-fiction, confirms the strength of the talent pool in Central Asia, in terms of both the older and younger generations.”

“The numerous directors and producers we met during our various journeys to the region have to deal with countless problems on a daily basis, notes Martina Malacrida, Head of Open Doors. Given this context, foreign co-productions are all the more crucial. We firmly believe that the 12 projects selected all have the potential required to attract international partners.”

Launched in 2003 with support from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Open Doors is organised in close collaboration with the Festival’s Industry Office. With a strategy that has proven its value, the chosen directors and producers are invited to Locarno, in order to find co-production partners and finalise their film project.

At the end of the three day workshop, a production grant worth 50,000 CHF (about 35,000 Euros), funded from the Open Doors initiative, will be allocated by a jury composed of representatives of the Festival and "visions sud est", a Swiss production support fund. Continuing its collaboration with Open Doors, the CNC (Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée, France) also offers a grant of 7,000 Euros to support a film in development. The 2010 edition will also mark the inauguration of the new International Relations ARTE Prize, worth 6,000 Euros.

Finally, Open Doors will once again invite the six directors who participated in the most recent Residency run by the Cannes Festival’s Cinéfondation (March-July session 2010), so that they can present their film project to producers and buyers attending Locarno.

For more information on the selected projects, check the website www.pardo.ch, in the Open Doors section.

The 63rd edition of the Festival del film Locarno will take place 4 - 14 August 2010.

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