Amanda Abbington will not be part of the final celebrations for Strictly Come Dancing this weekend.
22.11.2023 - 14:51 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Female and non-binary filmmaker-focused international training initiative Circle has kicked off its inaugural Circle Fiction Orbit initiative at a meeting in Montenegro and unveiled the participants.
The new program extends Circle’s activities beyond its founding Woman Doc Accelerator program, which has supported some 50 non-fiction projects since its launch five years ago.
Employing the same methodology as the Doc Accelerator, the inaugural fiction initiative is supporting five fiction projects in development.
They include Danish birthday party-set drama Kaffemi, from director Pipaluk Jørgensen, whose short film Ivalu was Oscar nominated this year, and screenwriter-actress Nukâka Coster Waldau.
Italian director Irene Dionisio participates with Idda about two childhood friends who reconnect as they scale the perilous slopes of Mount Etna. Dionisio previously made waves with Pawn Streets which played in Venice Critics’ Week.
Finnish director Laura Hyppönen and producer Merja Ritola (Greenlit Productions) are attending with Lex Julia, exploring the dynamics of acquaintance rape through the tale of a woman who discovers an old friend is now married to man who attacked her 15 years previously.
The selection also features Austrian-Slovakian director Alexandra Makarová’s drama Perla, exploring the theme of relationships to homeland. She is participating with producer Sabine Gruber, who is producing with Arash T. Riahi under the banner of Golden Girls Film.
Belarus filmmaker Sasha Kulak is also participating with contemporary Uzbekistan-set drama The Fourth Way, revolving around four young women who are intertwined in a dreamlike way, alongside German producer Julia Shaginurova at Einbahnstraße Productions.
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Amanda Abbington will not be part of the final celebrations for Strictly Come Dancing this weekend.
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