Toni Collette will attend Doha Film Institute (Dfi)’s Qumra project development incubator in Qatar in March.
The Australian actress and producer joins the Qumra Masters programme, through which she will take part in a conversation about her career for the audience of 200 Qumra attendees.
Scroll down for the full list of Qumra feature-length projects
Collette will also mentor the creators of the projects in the Qumra lab, most of whom are first- or second-time filmmakers.
She joins previously announced masters Leos Carax, Claire Denis, Atom Egoyan, Martin Hernandez and Jim Sheridan for Qumra’s 10th edition, running from March...
The Australian actress and producer joins the Qumra Masters programme, through which she will take part in a conversation about her career for the audience of 200 Qumra attendees.
Scroll down for the full list of Qumra feature-length projects
Collette will also mentor the creators of the projects in the Qumra lab, most of whom are first- or second-time filmmakers.
She joins previously announced masters Leos Carax, Claire Denis, Atom Egoyan, Martin Hernandez and Jim Sheridan for Qumra’s 10th edition, running from March...
- 2/17/2024
- ScreenDaily
Australian Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning actor and producer Toni Collette (Knives Out) has been announced as a Master at the 10th edition of the Doha Film Institute’s Qumra talent incubator, running from March 1 to 6.
She joins Leos Carax, Claire Denis, Atom Egoyan, Martín Hernández, and Jim Sheridan who were previously announced as Masters for the 2024 edition of the meeting dedicated to supporting new voices from Arab and world cinema.
They join a long list of top professionals to have participated in Qumra since its launch in 2014, which has included James Schamus, Naomi Kawase, Asghar Farhadi, Gael Garcia Bernal and Tilda Swinton.
Additionally, the Dfi has also announced the 40 projects by emerging filmmakers from more than 20 countries, that will participate in the event. (scroll down for full details).
Under the Qumra format, the Masters give a masterclass and provide one-on-one mentorship the talents attached to the projects, alongside a...
She joins Leos Carax, Claire Denis, Atom Egoyan, Martín Hernández, and Jim Sheridan who were previously announced as Masters for the 2024 edition of the meeting dedicated to supporting new voices from Arab and world cinema.
They join a long list of top professionals to have participated in Qumra since its launch in 2014, which has included James Schamus, Naomi Kawase, Asghar Farhadi, Gael Garcia Bernal and Tilda Swinton.
Additionally, the Dfi has also announced the 40 projects by emerging filmmakers from more than 20 countries, that will participate in the event. (scroll down for full details).
Under the Qumra format, the Masters give a masterclass and provide one-on-one mentorship the talents attached to the projects, alongside a...
- 2/17/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Algerian filmmakers have stepped up a campaign calling for their government to unlock promised state funds for cinema, warning that Algeria’s film industry is on its last legs following a near-year-long funding freeze.
Following on from a first open letter in June, the Collective of Algerian Cineastes has published a new letter addressed to Minister of Culture Soraya Mouloudji, re-demanding clarification on the government’s funding plans for cinema.
Algeria’s long-running Fdatic film fund was cancelled in December 2021 by Mouloudji’s predecessor Wafa Chaâlal.
The minister promised a replacement fund would soon be announced but nine months later no new scheme has been unveiled and successor Mouloudji has been equally unforthcoming.
A number of completed features approved for funding under Fdatic have yet to receive their monies, while a handful of...
Following on from a first open letter in June, the Collective of Algerian Cineastes has published a new letter addressed to Minister of Culture Soraya Mouloudji, re-demanding clarification on the government’s funding plans for cinema.
Algeria’s long-running Fdatic film fund was cancelled in December 2021 by Mouloudji’s predecessor Wafa Chaâlal.
The minister promised a replacement fund would soon be announced but nine months later no new scheme has been unveiled and successor Mouloudji has been equally unforthcoming.
A number of completed features approved for funding under Fdatic have yet to receive their monies, while a handful of...
- 9/16/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Algerian filmmakers were the big winners when the awards were handed out today (Tues) at Locarno’s Open Doors co-production lab, this year dedicated to the Maghreb region.
The Open Doors Production Grant, worth $30,465 (Chf 30,000), was awarded to Narimane Mari’s Le Fort Des Fous, which is being produced by her Allers Retours Films with French co-producer Corinne Castel’s Centrale Electrique.
The Cnc’s $10,900 (€10,000) prize went to Karim Moussaoui’s debut feature En Attendant Les Hirondelles, which will be co-produced by France’s Philippe Martin and David Thion’s Les Films Pelléas.
A third prize for Algeria - the newly created Prix Mad Solutions including the financing of PR, mareting and press and publicity services - was presented to Yanis Koussim for his second feature Ruqya.
“Due to the number of strong projects in the Open Doors section, we decided to extend our Mad distribution award to two projects,” said Alaa Karkouti...
The Open Doors Production Grant, worth $30,465 (Chf 30,000), was awarded to Narimane Mari’s Le Fort Des Fous, which is being produced by her Allers Retours Films with French co-producer Corinne Castel’s Centrale Electrique.
The Cnc’s $10,900 (€10,000) prize went to Karim Moussaoui’s debut feature En Attendant Les Hirondelles, which will be co-produced by France’s Philippe Martin and David Thion’s Les Films Pelléas.
A third prize for Algeria - the newly created Prix Mad Solutions including the financing of PR, mareting and press and publicity services - was presented to Yanis Koussim for his second feature Ruqya.
“Due to the number of strong projects in the Open Doors section, we decided to extend our Mad distribution award to two projects,” said Alaa Karkouti...
- 8/11/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
Mad Solutions among backers of Maghreb films in Co-pro Lab lineup.
Arab-focused promotion agency Mad Solutions will this year provide distribution and promotional support to one film of its choice in Locarno’s Open Doors section.
The strand will highlight directors from Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia with the section’s Co-production Lab pairing selected directors with other filmmakers and networking opportunities to bolster their films.
An award of $52,500 (50,000 Chf) is financed by the Open Doors initiative in collaboration with the town of Bellinzona and the Swiss production fund Visions Sud Est, also supported by the Dsc, while Icam (Investing in Culture & Art in the South Mediterranean), a new initiative funded by the European Union (Programme Med Culture), will offer, for the first time, a contribution of $21,900 (€20,000) for development or post-production.
The Cnc (Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée) will offer a prize worth $10,900 (€10,000) and Arte will finance a prize of $6,600 (€6,000).
The 12 films chosen...
Arab-focused promotion agency Mad Solutions will this year provide distribution and promotional support to one film of its choice in Locarno’s Open Doors section.
The strand will highlight directors from Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia with the section’s Co-production Lab pairing selected directors with other filmmakers and networking opportunities to bolster their films.
An award of $52,500 (50,000 Chf) is financed by the Open Doors initiative in collaboration with the town of Bellinzona and the Swiss production fund Visions Sud Est, also supported by the Dsc, while Icam (Investing in Culture & Art in the South Mediterranean), a new initiative funded by the European Union (Programme Med Culture), will offer, for the first time, a contribution of $21,900 (€20,000) for development or post-production.
The Cnc (Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée) will offer a prize worth $10,900 (€10,000) and Arte will finance a prize of $6,600 (€6,000).
The 12 films chosen...
- 7/15/2015
- by mantus@masonlive.gmu.edu (Madison Antus)
- ScreenDaily
Locarno Film Festival’s co-production lab, Open Doors, is dedicated this year to four countries from the Maghreb: Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia.
A total of 12 projects will be brought to Locarno by their directors and producers to present them to potential partners.
For the 13th edition,which runs August 8-11, the 12 selected projects are:
Aller simple by Nadia Raïs (Tunisia)Dieu reconnaîtra les siens by Hassan Legzouli (Morocco)En attendant les hirondelles by Karim Moussaoui (Algeria)Inhebek Hedi by Mohamed Ben Attia (Tunisia)L’Amour des hommes by Mehdi Ben Attia (Tunisia/France)Le Fort des fous by Narimane Mari (Algeria)Le Sacrifié by Amin Sidi-Boumédiène (Algeria)Pagan Magic by Fyzal Boulifa (Morocco/France)Retina by Nejib Belkadhi (Tunisia)Ruqya by Yanis Koussim (Algeria/France)Saint inconnu by Alaa Eddine Aljem (Morocco)The Colonel’s Stray Dogs by Khalid Shamis (Libya/South Africa)
Awards at the end of the four days include a prize worth $55,000 (50,000 Chf...
A total of 12 projects will be brought to Locarno by their directors and producers to present them to potential partners.
For the 13th edition,which runs August 8-11, the 12 selected projects are:
Aller simple by Nadia Raïs (Tunisia)Dieu reconnaîtra les siens by Hassan Legzouli (Morocco)En attendant les hirondelles by Karim Moussaoui (Algeria)Inhebek Hedi by Mohamed Ben Attia (Tunisia)L’Amour des hommes by Mehdi Ben Attia (Tunisia/France)Le Fort des fous by Narimane Mari (Algeria)Le Sacrifié by Amin Sidi-Boumédiène (Algeria)Pagan Magic by Fyzal Boulifa (Morocco/France)Retina by Nejib Belkadhi (Tunisia)Ruqya by Yanis Koussim (Algeria/France)Saint inconnu by Alaa Eddine Aljem (Morocco)The Colonel’s Stray Dogs by Khalid Shamis (Libya/South Africa)
Awards at the end of the four days include a prize worth $55,000 (50,000 Chf...
- 5/6/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
The projects will be in the running to tap a funding cashpool of more than $50,000 to bolster development and production budgets.
London -- Sixteen projects from various territories in the Middle East and North Africa, including Morocco, Algeria, Saudi Arabia and Palestine, have been picked to take part in the co-production market for regional filmmakers during the upcoming Dubai International Film Festival (Diff).
The Dubai Film Connection (Dfc), now in its seventh year, aims to introduce Arab filmmakers to international film backers and organizations and offers over $100,000 in project seed funding.
Story: 'Fruitvale Station,' 'The Railway Man' Among Titles Added to Dubai Film Fest Lineup
Since its inception, the Dfc, whose mandate is to raise the visibility of Arab filmmakers and stimulate the growth of film production originating from the Arab world, has resulted in 35 films being completed -- with a further five in various stages of production.
London -- Sixteen projects from various territories in the Middle East and North Africa, including Morocco, Algeria, Saudi Arabia and Palestine, have been picked to take part in the co-production market for regional filmmakers during the upcoming Dubai International Film Festival (Diff).
The Dubai Film Connection (Dfc), now in its seventh year, aims to introduce Arab filmmakers to international film backers and organizations and offers over $100,000 in project seed funding.
Story: 'Fruitvale Station,' 'The Railway Man' Among Titles Added to Dubai Film Fest Lineup
Since its inception, the Dfc, whose mandate is to raise the visibility of Arab filmmakers and stimulate the growth of film production originating from the Arab world, has resulted in 35 films being completed -- with a further five in various stages of production.
- 11/12/2013
- by Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dubai International Film Festival (Diff) has unveiled the 16 projects that will take part in its annual co-production market Dubai Film Connection (Dfc).
The line-up includes 11 fiction and five documentary projects from around the Arab world. Fiction projects include Gaza, DC, from Palestinian filmmaker Rashid Masharawi (Palestine Stereo) and A Reverence For Spiders from Saudi Arabia’s Faiza Ambah (see full list below).
Now in its seventh year, Dfc has so far resulted in 35 films being completed with a further five in various stages of production. Completed projects include Haifaa Al Mansour’s Wadjda, Annemarie Jacir’s When I Saw You and The Repentant by Merzal Allouache.
“This year we have selected the most ambitious project slate to date,” said Diff managing director Shivani Pandya. “The total number and the overall caliber of entries far exceeded our expectations to the extent that we had to extend the parameters of the award to accommodate an extra selection – bringing the total...
The line-up includes 11 fiction and five documentary projects from around the Arab world. Fiction projects include Gaza, DC, from Palestinian filmmaker Rashid Masharawi (Palestine Stereo) and A Reverence For Spiders from Saudi Arabia’s Faiza Ambah (see full list below).
Now in its seventh year, Dfc has so far resulted in 35 films being completed with a further five in various stages of production. Completed projects include Haifaa Al Mansour’s Wadjda, Annemarie Jacir’s When I Saw You and The Repentant by Merzal Allouache.
“This year we have selected the most ambitious project slate to date,” said Diff managing director Shivani Pandya. “The total number and the overall caliber of entries far exceeded our expectations to the extent that we had to extend the parameters of the award to accommodate an extra selection – bringing the total...
- 11/12/2013
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
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