26-10-2017

Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event announce the Works In Progress projects

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    Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event announce the jury, awards and projects that have been selected into the two works in progress showcases - the International and Baltic Event Works In Progress, which are screened to the sales agents and festival programmers onNovember the 29th and 30th respectively. The Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event will take place from November the 27th to December 1st.

    International Works In Progress
    Entering the third year of International Works in Progress, Industry@Tallinn introduces twelve projects from South America, United States, and Europe in the post-production stage, looking for sales agents to represent them and festivals to screen them.

    Triin Tramberg, International Works In Progress Coordinator comments: ‘We are proud that many of our last year’s projects had their premieres at various festivals this year. The Lines premiered in Karlovy Vary, Easy in Locarno, and the Toronto Film Festival picked upSuleiman Mountain, Village Rockstars, and Salyut-7.

    This year’s Works in Progress is dedicated to our good friend, big cinema enthusiast and professional and all in all a great person Igor Gouskov, whom we lost this autumn. His dream was to bring cinema from the former CIS countries to wider audiences. Thanks to his dedication and hard work we had many interesting projects from Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, and other countries to choose from. Igor would be proud and we will make it our mission to continue doing our best to find gems from this region and keep his dream alive."

    Packing Heavy by Dario Mascambroni, whose previous film January held its European premiere at Berlinale, is an Argentinian story about a young boy looking for answers regarding his father’s death. Amidst the Fog by Augusto Sandino, whose 2016 debutGentle Breath received both the Special Jury Prize and the FIPRESCI Award at Tallinn Black Nights FF, follows a young man imagining a better fate far from his home in the Andes Mountains.

    Moving to North America, Coming to You by Kirill Mikhanovsky is a mystical fable-like thriller inspired by Leo Tolstoy's The Three Questions. Crystal Swan, a co-production between the US, Belarus, and Germany, is the debut for Darya Zhuk, portraying a quest to an American dream derailed by a typo in a forged visa application.

    Other projects from the CIS countries include Clay Pit, the latest film by Vera Glagoleva, dealing with women’s happiness and its price, 43, a drama about a woman returning home after a lengthy incarceration by Dimitri Tsintsadze, whose previous films have successfully screened in Cannes and Locarno, Spitak by Alexander Kott, whose The Test and Insighttravelled the festival circuit extensively, telling a story about love and hope in a town destroyed by an earthquake, and the debut by Olya Zueva, In the Hood. Two projects come from Kyrgyzstan - the historical musical Song of the Tree is the directorial debut of Aibek Dairbekov, while Marat Sarulu, presenting Thousand Dreams, won Best Director for his film The Move at Tallinn Black Nights FF in 2014.

    The slate is rounded off by two debuts from Europe - one from director Aurelio Laino -Dancing Jellyfish, a thriller about an illegal immigrant, who helps a woman escape from an abusive partner, and As I Fall, a 2016 BE Co-Production Market project by Magnus Meyer Arnesen, exploring the unconventional relationship between a father and son under the looming threat of addiction and separation.

    Clay Pit by Vera Glagoleva
    Russia, Kazakhstan
    Producer: Natalia Ivanova
    Co-producers: Shinar Boribaeva (Kazakhstan)
    Production companies: Horosho Production, LLP Alizhanfilm

    Coming to You by Kirill Mikhanovsky
    United States
    Producer: A. Austen, K. Mikhanovsky, Drew Houpt
    Production company: Give Me Liberty Productions

    43 by Dimitry Tsintsadze
    Georgia, Russia
    Producer: Rusudan Glurjidze 
    Co-producers: Nadezhda Gorshkova
    Production companies: Cinetech Film Production, Viva Films

    The Song of the Tree by Aibek Dairbekov
    Kyrgyzstan, Russia
    Producers: Tolkun Daırbekova, Andrey Epifanov, Tanya Petrik
    Production companies: Central Asia Film (Kyrgyzstan), Cinetrain (Russia)

    Amidst the Fog by Augusto Sandino
    Colombia, Brazil
    Producer: Augusto Sandino
    Co-producers: Claudio Cao Quintas, Gio Park, Mario Viana Garcia
    Production companies: Schweizen Media Group, Psycut, Viana Producciones

    A Dancing Jellyfish by Aurelio Laino
    United Kingdom, Italy
    Producer: Aurelio Laino
    Co-producers: Alessandro D’Alessandro, Germano Wolf
    Production companies: Freeside Films (UK), 4Rooms, Decima Rosa (ITA)

    As I Fall by Magnus Meyer Arnesen
    Norway
    Producer: Gyda Velvin Myklebust and Magnus Kristiansen
    Production companies: Den Norske Filmskolen

    Spitak by Alexander Kott
    Armenia, Russia
    Producer: Elena Glikman
    Co-producers: Tereza Varzhapetyan 
    Production companies: Telesto Film

    Packing Heavy by Dario Mascambroni
    Argentina
    Producer Fernanda Rocca
    Production companies Rocca Lada Fernanda Gabriela

    In the Hood by Olya Zueva
    Russia
    Producers:  Ruben Dishdidhyanm Danila Kozlovsky
    Production companies: Mars Media Entertainment, DK Entertainment

    Thousand Dreams by Marat Sarulu
    Kyrgyzstan
    Producer: Gulmira Kerimova, Aybek Dzhangaziyev
    Co-producers: Chinara Kamchibekova
    Production companies: film studio Kyrgyzfilm

    Crystal Swan by Darya Zhuk
    Belarus, Germany, US
    Producers: Birgit Goernbock, Debbie Vandermeulen, Olga Goister, Valery Dmitrotchenko
    Co-producers: Andrey Isachenko
    Production companies: Demarshfilm, Unfound Content, Fusion Features, Vice Films, Belarus Film

    Baltic Event Works In Progress

    Baltic Event Works in Progress programme, held for the 15th time in 2017, presents ten films in the advanced stages of production or post-production, providing film professionals with an overview of the most promising projects of the Baltic region and Finland.

    The Head of Baltic Event, Marge Liiske, is pleased that last year's slate has gone on to premiere at major festivals - Estonia's The End of the Chain and The Man Who Looks Like Me were selected to East of the West competition in Karlovy Vary while The Manslayer / The Virgin / The Shadow will come out in competition at Black Nights FF, and Miracle by Egle Vertelyte, Lithuania, held its world premiere in Toronto. The latter, as well as FinnishLaw of the Land were picked up by sales agents at BE. The latest to be released is The Eternal Road, made in the frame of the “Finland 100” centenary celebrations.

    One of the most anticipated projects of the year is the full-length family animation Captain Morten and the Spider Queen by Kaspar Jancis (Estonia, Ireland, Belgium, United Kingdom; BE Co-Production Market 2012), dubbed in Estonian, English, Gaelic and French, and voiced by Ciaran Hinds and Brendan Gleeson among others. Estonia is also represented by award-winning director Martti Helde's second feature Scandinavian Silence (Estonia, France, Belgium; BE Co-Production Market 2016), and three debut features produced within the Estonian centennial film scheme: contemporary drama Take It or Leave It by Liina Trishkina-Vanhatalo, historic family drama The Little Comrade by Moonika Siimets, and the historic mystery drama The Riddle of Jaan Niemand by Kaur Kokk.

    Neighbouring Latvia brings The Mover, the story of Latvia’s Schindler by Davis Simanis, and contemporary relationship thriller Nothing Can Stop Us Now by award-winning director Andris Gauja to Baltic screens.

    From Lithuania, Baltic Event is happy to welcome back 2016 Eurimages award-winnerMotherland by Tomas Vengris as well as Breathing into Marble by Giedre Beinoriute, a Co-Production Market project from 2012.

    We are also thrilled to present One Last Deal by Klaus Härö (BE Co-Production Market 2015), whose latest film The Fencer (2015) was nominated for the Golden Globes and shortlisted for the Oscars.

    Captain Morten and the Spider Queen by Kaspar Jancis
    Estonia, Ireland, Belgium, UK
    Producer: Kerdi Oengo
    Co-producers: Paul Cummins, Mark Mertens, Robin Lyons
    Production companies: Nukufilm, Telegael, GRID-vfx

    The Little Comrade by Moonika Siimets
    Estonia
    Producer: Riina Sildos
    Production company: Amrion

    The Riddle of Jaan Niemand by Kaur Kokk
    Estonia
    Producer: Katrin Kissa
    Production company: Homeless Bob Production

    Scandinavian Silence by Martti Helde
    Estonia, France, Belgium
    Producer: Elina Litvinova
    Co-producers: Eric Vicente, Frederic de Goldschmidt
    Production companies: Three Brothers, ARP Selection, Media International

    Take It or Leave It by Liina Trishkina-Vanhatalo
    Estonia
    Producer: Ivo Felt
    Production company: Allfilm

    One Last Deal by Klaus Härö
    Finland
    Producers: Kai Nordberg, Kaarle Aho
    Production company: Making Movies Oy

    The Mover by Davis Simanis
    Latvia
    Producer: Gints Grube, Antra Gaile
    Production companies: Mistrus Media

    Nothing Can Stop Us Now by Andris Gauja
    Latvia
    Producer: Andris Gauja
    Production company: Riverbed

    Breathing into Marble by Giedre Beinoriute
    Lithuania, Latvia, Croatia
    Producer: Dagne Vildžiunaite
    Co-producers: Inese Boka-Grube, Matija Radeljak
    Production companies: Just a moment, Mistrus Media, Aning Film

    Motherland by Tomas Vengris
    Lithuania, Latvia
    Producer: Uljana Kim
    Co-producer: Roberts Vinovskis
    Production companies: Studio Uljana Kim, Locomotive Productions

    JURY

    Maryna Ajaja, Seattle IFF, USA
    Olivier Barbier, Wild Bunch, France
    Olivier Heitz, MK2, France
    Tõnis Kiis, Warner Bros. Entertainment Group of Companies, USA
    Hubert von Spreti, Kick Film GmbH, Germany

    AWARDS
    International Works in Progress Awards

    The Post Production Award 10 000 Euros
    The Post Production Award provides 10 000 Euros worth of facility services by leading Finnish post house Post Control. The award is given to the project, which successfully combines creative and commercial potential.

    Baltic View Award 3000 Euros
    In partnership with Noir Lumiere, Baltic View presents an in-kind award. The selected film is awarded a DCP production + online storage and international promotion with Cinema Events (organised by Baltic View) valued at 3000 Euros*.
    *Terms & conditions apply

    Think of the Music Award 1500 Euros 
    A license worth of 1500 Euros, for music represented by Apollo Music, to be used in film and/or promotional materials. The award goes to the project, which has the best and brightest ideas for the use of music.
     

    Baltic Event Works in Progress Awards 
    Baltic Event Works in Progress Award 3000 Euros
    The Baltic Event Works in Progress Award will be given to the project with the strongest and boldest artistic vision. The award will help the film gain visibility during its promotion and distribution in the Baltic States by covering related costs in the region.

    Baltic View Award  3000 Euros
    In partnership with Noir Lumiere, Baltic View presents an in-kind award. The selected film is awarded a DCP production + online storage and international promotion with Cinema Events (organised by Baltic View) valued at 3000 Euros*.
    *Terms & conditions apply

    Think of the Music Award 1500 Euros 
    A license worth of 1500 Euros, for music represented by Apollo Music, to be used in film and/or promotional materials. The award goes to the project, which has the best and brightest ideas for the use of music.