02-11-2012

Thirteen Projects Pitch at Connecting Cottbus

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    Thirteen Projects Pitch at Connecting Cottbus The Mute, dir. Bartek Konopka

    COTTBUS: The 14th edition of the East-West coproduction market connecting cottbus (www.connectingcottbus.de) taking place 8-9 November will present 13 films representing 12 countries, with participants pitching to an industry audience of some 150 people.

    The projects for 2012 were selected from 83 applications from 29 countries. The projects include The Storyteller from the winner of the 2011 Cottbus Film Festival’s (www.filmfestivalcottbus.de) main prize, Russian director Angelina Nikonova. The wide range of projects includes genre films, debut films, and films from award-winning directors and producers. Romania is represented by two projects, and Georgia returns with one project. Hungary, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Poland, and Latvia are present with one project each.

    Under the direction of Bernd Buder and Martina Bleis, the market will give out two awards: the coco Best Pitch Award, voted on by all the participants; and the coco Post Pitch Award worth 25,000 in goods and services, selected by a jury of three film professionals.

     

    The 12 selected films are:

    Family Film, dir. Olmo Omerzu; producer Jiri Konecny, endorfilm (www.endorfilm.cz), Czech Republic/Slovenia

    House of Others, dir./producer Russudan Glurjidze, Cinetech Production (www.cinetech.ge), Georgia

    Kills on Wheels, dir. Attila Till, producer Judit Stalter (www.laokoonfilm.com), Hungary

    Three Windows and A Hanging, dir. Isa Qosja, producers Nicole Gerhards, Nicofilm, Shkumbin Istrefi, CMB, Germany/Kosova

    Mellow Mud, dir. Renars Vimba, producer Alise Gelze, Tasse Film (www.tassefilm.lv), Latvia

    Freedom or Death, dir Vladimir Blazevski, producer Darko Popov, Punk Film (www.pankfilm.mk), Macedonia

    The Mute, dir. Bartek Konopka, producer Anna Wydra, Otter Films (www.otterfilms.pl), Poland

    Hotel Eden, dir./producer Anca Damian, Aparte Film (www.aparte-film.net), Romania

    One Floor Below, dir. Radu Muntean, producer Dragos Valcu, Multimedia Est (www.mme.ro), Romania

    A Good Wife, dir. Mirjana Karanovic, Stevan Filipovic, producer Snezana Penev, This and That Productions, Serbia

    Motherland, dir. Senem Tuzen, producers Olena Yershova, Yemi Sinemacilik, Turkey

    Lenin?!, dir. Marat Alykulov, producer Joanna Bence, Curb Denizen Productions, Oleg Vybolchenko, Kovcheg Films, Great Britain/Kyrgyzstan