The winners of the Arché pitching awards and the Nebulae awards, key parts of the industry strand of Doclisboa have been announced midway through the Lisbon-based documentary festival.
The Arché jury comprising film industry professionals André Guiomar, Julien Rejl, Lina González, Narimane Mari and Paula Astorga made three awards. The Selina award for best project in the writing or development stage was presented toThe Oracle Of The Scarlet Temple by Brazilian filmmakers Pedro Maia de Brito, and Ralph Antunes. It is an experimental work influenced by Jose Luis Borges and touching on dreams and sleep deprivation.
The jury described it as “a wonderful proposition between documentary and fiction.”
The award comes with a prize of an artistic residency at Selina locations in Portugal through the Artist Nomad Passport,
Una Cierta Civilización by Argentinian director Leandro Listorti won the €2,000 award from the School of Arts, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, also for a project in the writing and development stage.
The project is set in Antarctica and the jury referred to the “cosmical humour” of the project.
The Doclisboa award for best project in the editing or first cut stage, worth €5,000, went to Colombian project, Coplas De La Caoba by Francisco MeCe. The film chronicles an encounter between the director’s father, a retired office worker and musician who has lived in Bogotá for more than 50 years, and his uncle Marcos. After 60 years apart, although they share common memories of their childhood, they are now strangers to each other in their routines, motivations and behaviour.
The participants have had their pitching sessions at Cinema São Jorge over the last few days, followed by individual meetings with industry professionals. They have also been taking part this week in the various workshops that form part of Arché.
Industry awards
The Nebulae awards were given this year to projects produced or coproduced in Finland, the guest country at the festival.
The DAE talent and development award went to Hanna Nordenswan’s Sense And Sensibility. Produced by Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen of Zone2 Pictures, this is a study of a mother and daughter who have built a close relationship together despite years of alcoholism. The prize includes mentoring sessions with an industry professional as well as an optional free one-year membership to DAE (Documentary Association Of Europe) for the project team.
The dafilms.com award, worth €3,000 in services for the release and distribution of a first or second film selected by a Dafilms representative, went to Arthur Franck’s Showtime In Helsinki. This archive-based doc, currently in development, chronicles how in July 1975, 35 world leaders gathered in Helsinki for an unprecedented three-day Cold War extravaganza. It is produced by Oskar Forstén at Polygraf.
Finally, the Pitch The Doc award, which gives access to specialised consultancy support worth €500, went to Moona Pennanen’s All The Light That Remains. Produced by Ida Karoskoski of Illume Ltd, this is a short film about a mining company that plans to reopen a former molybdenum mine in Mätäsvaara, a small village near the Russia/Finnish border, because the price of molybdenum has risen as a result of the war in Ukraine.
Doclisboa is taking place in the Portuguese captial from October 19-29.
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