EXCLUSIVE: Franz Bohm and Suli Kurban’s Keep Her Quiet starring Zar Amir Ebrahimi is among the nine projects selected for the third edition of the Full Circle Lab Nouvelle-Aquitaine Hessen in France.
Five of the films are in the development sector of the lab, with the other four in the First Cut Lab Nouvelle-Aquitaine Hessen.
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Keep Her Quiet is an international co-production between Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Sweden, and is the First Cut Lab section. Mona Convert’s Sowing, a feature documentary produced by Guillaume Massart, will participate in the development lab.
The 5 projects of the Development Lab will receive intensive support in writing, dramaturgy, production strategy and market positioning, while the 4 projects of the First Cut Lab will benefit from guidance on narrative clarity, rhythm and audience engagement.
The Lab also welcomes collaborations with the Slovenia Next Wave Genre Lab, bringing two standout Slovenian genre films, and a VIPO partnership welcoming the new feature by Chie Hayakawa, whose Renoir premiered in Competition at Cannes 2025.
The first workshop will be held in Lormont, France, from July 6-10, with the second in Hessen, Germany, from September 14-28; before two industry days in Poitiers, in collaboration with Poitiers Film Festival, on December 3-4, where participants will have the opportunity to pitch to distributors. The Lab reaffirms the collaboration between the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in France and the German region of Hessen.
Myriam Sassine leads the Full Circle Lab team under the supervision of Tatino Films CEO Matthieu Darras. Tutors also include screenwriter Philippe Barriere, The Secret Agent’s Fred Burle and Bac Films producer and head of acquisitions Alexis Hofmann.
Past Lab projects include La Couleuvre Noire by Aurélien Vernhes-Lermusiaux in 2025 and La Détention by Guillaume Massart.
Full Circle Lab Nouvelle-Aquitaine Hessen 2026 Projects
Development Lab
Sowing (Fr) dir. Mona Convert
The Family (Fr, Uk, Ir) dir. Hanna Jalali
Arakan Monsoon (Mya, Fr) dir. Maung Sun
Neowoman (Ger) dir. Joey Arand
What It is To Be Done (Ger) dir. Niklas Bauer
First Cut Lab
La grand vacance (Fr) dir. Leho Galibert-Lainé.
Palingenesion (Fr, Uk, Aus) dirs. Yelizaveta Smith, Simon Mozgovyi & Alina Gorlova.
Deserted (Ger) dir. Mario Pfeifer-Mutumba.
Keep Her Quiet (Ger, Aus, Sw) dirs. Franz Bohm & Suli Kurban.
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