Sally Potter, Burak Çevik & Andrea Pallaoro Projects Head To Berlinale Co-Production Market
09.01.2024 - 13:23
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The Berlin Film Festival has unveiled the 34 projects, hailing from 27 countries and selected from 318 submissions, that will be showcased at its Berlinale Co-Production Market, running from February 17 to 21.
The 18 projects in the official selection include upcoming works from Ukrainian directors Kateryna Gornostai and Antonio Lukich as well as Italian filmmaker Andrea Pallaoro, Serb director and actor Mirjana Karanović and Chinese-Japanese directing duo Huang Ji and Ryuji Otsuka.
The Official Selection projects are already partly financed and have budgets between 600,000 and five million euros.
The Berlinale Directors section showcasing new projects from festival habitués in the early funding stages includes Sally Potter’s upcoming production Alma about a family on an expedition scatter the ashes of an archaeologist.
Two projects by Andreas Fontana and Fradique have also been selected as part of the Rotterdam-Berlinale Express initiative, which see them participate at both CineMart Rotterdam and the Berlinale Co-Production Market.
A hybrid project combining documentary and fiction film, Zone | Myths by Daria Yurkevich, will be presented in the World Cinema Market section in cooperation with the Berlinale World Cinema Fund.
Berlinale Co-Production Market head Martina Bleis said the projects explored a range of contemporary topics such as home and migration, parenthood and the fear of commitment, political and social conflicts.
“Many topics are reflected in a number of projects with diverse approaches. Current political conflicts are sometimes examined through the lens of the past or alternatively, in visions of the future,” she said.
The festival also unveiled the selection for the Talent Project Market, organised