The Locarno Film Festival’s industry programme Locarno Pro has handed out its first awards to three German feature films in postproduction, presented as part of its First Look works in progress section.
An international jury comprised of festival directors Vanja Kaludjercic, Tricia Tuttle and HUH Moonyung gave the Cinegrell First Look Award offering postproduction services worth €50,000 to Lukas Nathrath’s tragicomedy One Last Evening, produced by Klinkerfilm in co-production with Doppelbauer & Nathrath Filmproduktion.
Meanwhile, Le Film Français Award with advertising services worth €5,600 went to DFFB student Sara Summa’s European road movie Arthur & Diana.
The Kaiju Cinema Diffusion Prize, worth €5,000 for the design of an international poster, was presented Milena Aboyan’s debut feature Elaha, produced by Kinescope Film with Essence Film.
In addition, Locarno Pro’s Alliance 4 Development - the co-development programme for film projects from Austria, France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland - also handed out a new award sponsored by the film marketing agency Alphapanda.
Alphapanda’s Mathias Noschis and Valentina Neumann chose Somali-born Mo Harawe’s The Village Next To Paradise out of the 11 projects selected for this year’s Alliance 4 Development programme to receive their Market Breakout Award consisting of consultancy services to the value of €3,000.
They described the drama, which will be produced by Great Freedom producer Freibeuter Film as “a little gem of a project that touched us deeply thanks to Mo Harawe’s compelling artistic vision. We have no doubt that the project will have a major impact, both on the international film market and on audiences around the world.”
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