EXCLUSIVE: Feminine-focused coaching initiative Circle has unveiled the line-up for the second version of its Circle Fiction Orbit in Montenegro, with mentors together with award-winning administrators Jasmila Žbanić and Pia Marais this 12 months.
The occasion – unfolding within the Montenegrin resort coastal resort city of Herceg Novi from November 24 to December 1 – is supporting a various line-up of six fiction initiatives with sturdy worldwide potential.
They embrace historic drama Tethys Ocean by Polish director Anna Jadowska, who made waves with 2022 financial institution theft drama Lady On The Roof, and award-winning Slovenian director Barbara Zemljič’s It Will Fade Away, following a lady who discovers her daughter is being sexually harassed by a baby at her kindergarten. (scroll down for full record of initiatives).
Oscar nominated Romanian producer Bianca Oana, whose credit embrace Berlinale Golden Bear winner Contact Me Not and Oscar-nominated doc Collective, has returned as head of research for a second 12 months.
Oana is joined by Romanian editor and sound designer editor Dana Bunescu (The Dying of Mr Lazarescu, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and a couple of Days); Dominique Welinski, French producer and founding father of the Director’s Manufacturing facility within the scope of Director’s Fortnight in Cannes; South African, Germany-based filmmaker and artist Marais (Transamazonia) and Quo Vadis, Aida Academy Award and BAFTA nominee Žbanić, who additionally received the Berlinale Golden Bear for Grbavica (2005).
“I’m blissful to see that CIRCLE Fiction Orbit could have its second version, within the title of equality, solidarity and a extra significant business setting,” mentioned program director Biljana Tutorov.
“As the primary titles from our inaugural 2023 version are preparing for World premieres and festivals, we are going to collect in Montenegro to additional increase this area of neighborhood assist and replicate collectively on skilled and private challenges that all of us face at present.”
Within the body of the workshop, there will probably be a screening for the native public in Herceg Novi of Marais’s drama Transamazonia.
The characteristic, which world premiered in Locarno, stars Helena Zengel as an adolescent whose sense of id as a miracle healer alongside her missionary father within the Amazon forest is shaken when she discovers a lie about previous similtaneously the indigenous neighborhood she grew up with comes beneath risk from ruthless loggers.
The Circle Fiction Orbit assembly builds on Circle’s Girls Doc Accelerator, a year-round initiative open to initiatives and professionals in any respect phases. In its seventh 12 months, it has supported than 80 administrators and producers hailing from 45 completely different international locations.
The fiction targeted initiative is co-funded by Artistic Europe – MEDIA and arranged beneath patronage of Eurimages in partnership with the Movie Centre of Montenegro.
The complete record of 2024 initiatives and members are:
IN FOG, FOLLOW THE DOTS (Serbia)
Maša Nešković (Director) & Ena Bajraktarević (Author)
Produced by Čarna Vučinić for NAKED (Serbia)
IT WILL FADE AWAY (Slovenia)
Barbara Zemljič (Director)
Produced by FILMSERVIS (Slovenia)
NO ROOTS (Brazil)
Joana Oliveira (Director, Brazil/Germany)
Produced by Luana Melgaço for Bukaya Filmes & Anavilhana (Brazil)
PEEKABOO (Turkey, Germany)
Aysim Türkmen (Director) & Nesra Gürbüz (Producer)
Produced by: Nesra Gürbüz for Monomit (Turkey)
TETHYS OCEAN (Poland)
Anna Jadowska (Director) and Maria Blicharska (Producer)
Produced by Maria Blicharska for Blick Productions Worldwide (Poland)
GUEST PROJECT:
BAPTISM OF SILENCE (South Africa)
Kanya Viljoen (Director) & Casey-Ann Diepeveen (Producer)
Produced by: Casey-Ann Diepeveen for Uncommon Bones & Agile Movies (South Africa)
