Doha Film Institute unveils spring 2017 grants.
Palestinian film-maker Annemarie Jacir’s upcoming dark comedy Wajib and Tunisian director Mohamed Ben Attia’s [pictured] new film Weldi have won funding in the latest round of grants from the Doha Film Institute (Dfi).
Unveiling its spring 2017 grants round during Cannes, the Qatari institution said it had supported 29 projects from 16 countries, with 80% of the selected projects hailing from the Arab world.Dfi CEO Fatma Al Remaihi highlighted the fact that 19 out of the 29 projects were directed by female film-makers.
“This year’s grants projects are even more special for the large representation of women directors as well as themes that focus on coming-of-age stories of central female characters,” she said.
“Stories of hope, self-discovery, women empowerment, tales of family life and of life in conflict zones are highlighted in the selections this Spring,” she added
It has been a high-profile Cannes this year for the Dfi grants programme which backed Un Certain...
Palestinian film-maker Annemarie Jacir’s upcoming dark comedy Wajib and Tunisian director Mohamed Ben Attia’s [pictured] new film Weldi have won funding in the latest round of grants from the Doha Film Institute (Dfi).
Unveiling its spring 2017 grants round during Cannes, the Qatari institution said it had supported 29 projects from 16 countries, with 80% of the selected projects hailing from the Arab world.Dfi CEO Fatma Al Remaihi highlighted the fact that 19 out of the 29 projects were directed by female film-makers.
“This year’s grants projects are even more special for the large representation of women directors as well as themes that focus on coming-of-age stories of central female characters,” she said.
“Stories of hope, self-discovery, women empowerment, tales of family life and of life in conflict zones are highlighted in the selections this Spring,” she added
It has been a high-profile Cannes this year for the Dfi grants programme which backed Un Certain...
- 5/23/2017
- ScreenDaily
This year at the International Women's Film Festival in Dortmund, the Rwe Film Award is being conferred for a sixth time on a feature film director. With the prize money totalling €15,000, eight feature films have been entered – all made by women directors who can look back on a long and notable career of film-making.
Including works from Poland, Colombia, Japan and Iran, the spectrum ranges from a Balkan comedy to a radical docufiction drama about cancer and thus celebrates a wealth of film creativity that could hardly be more diverse. Four of the films to be screened in Dortmund are receiving their German premieres.
The award will be decided by an international jury: Kate Kinninmont, Chair of Women in Film & Television UK and the film director and festival manager Amal Ramsis, who comes from Egypt, confirmed their participation yet.
The prize money is to be divided between the director (€5,000) and the German distributing company (€10,000) to help promote the theatrical release of the winning film in Germany.
Silke Räbiger, Festival Director of the Dortmund | Cologne International Women's Film Festival said, "In recent times, there's been a lot of movement come into the issue of gender equality in the movie business – with the Dortmund | Cologne festival having played no small part. After all, it is one of the most active women's film festivals around the world in terms of initiating networks and debates."
Carl Ernst Giesting, CEO of Rwe Vertrieb Ag, a power company added, "The International Women's Film Festival is an inseparable part of the cultural life of the city. Rwe Vertrieb Ag is pleased once again to support this future-oriented project for the entire region."
Birgit Jörder, Mayor and Festival Patron: "Here we get to see the entire gamut of female film-making creativity while also giving career starters an opportunity to come and see their role models."
The participating films are
-"Body" by Małgorzata Szumowska (Pl),
-"Eden" by Mia Hansen-løve (F),
-"Ella" by Libia Stella Gomez (Col),
-"Frailer"by Mijke de Jong (Nl),
-"Still the Water" by Naomi Kawase (Jp/F/Es),
-"Love Island" by Jasmila Žbanić (Hr/B|H/D/Ch),
-"Bad Hair" by Mariana Rondón (Ven),
-"Red Rose" by Sepideh Farsi (Ir/Gr/F).
All films also compete for the audience award sponsored by trailer ruhr magazine.
Including works from Poland, Colombia, Japan and Iran, the spectrum ranges from a Balkan comedy to a radical docufiction drama about cancer and thus celebrates a wealth of film creativity that could hardly be more diverse. Four of the films to be screened in Dortmund are receiving their German premieres.
The award will be decided by an international jury: Kate Kinninmont, Chair of Women in Film & Television UK and the film director and festival manager Amal Ramsis, who comes from Egypt, confirmed their participation yet.
The prize money is to be divided between the director (€5,000) and the German distributing company (€10,000) to help promote the theatrical release of the winning film in Germany.
Silke Räbiger, Festival Director of the Dortmund | Cologne International Women's Film Festival said, "In recent times, there's been a lot of movement come into the issue of gender equality in the movie business – with the Dortmund | Cologne festival having played no small part. After all, it is one of the most active women's film festivals around the world in terms of initiating networks and debates."
Carl Ernst Giesting, CEO of Rwe Vertrieb Ag, a power company added, "The International Women's Film Festival is an inseparable part of the cultural life of the city. Rwe Vertrieb Ag is pleased once again to support this future-oriented project for the entire region."
Birgit Jörder, Mayor and Festival Patron: "Here we get to see the entire gamut of female film-making creativity while also giving career starters an opportunity to come and see their role models."
The participating films are
-"Body" by Małgorzata Szumowska (Pl),
-"Eden" by Mia Hansen-løve (F),
-"Ella" by Libia Stella Gomez (Col),
-"Frailer"by Mijke de Jong (Nl),
-"Still the Water" by Naomi Kawase (Jp/F/Es),
-"Love Island" by Jasmila Žbanić (Hr/B|H/D/Ch),
-"Bad Hair" by Mariana Rondón (Ven),
-"Red Rose" by Sepideh Farsi (Ir/Gr/F).
All films also compete for the audience award sponsored by trailer ruhr magazine.
- 3/16/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
How did Egypt's creative minds respond to the revolution. We ask six artists, and talk to the founder of In Place of War, a project that champions work born out of conflict
James Thompson first had the idea for what would become In Place of War when he was working in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, in 2000, during the civil war. Thompson comes from an academic and theatre background and was invited there by Unicef, which had received a request from Jaffna community workers for someone experienced in developing theatre programmes for young people.
"It was during really chronic violence in the north and we had to take a mad route to get there to avoid it all," explains Thompson. "I'd read a piece on Sri Lankan theatre before I went, which basically said that there was nothing going on in the north, because of the war. But when I arrived I found a surprisingly active,...
James Thompson first had the idea for what would become In Place of War when he was working in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, in 2000, during the civil war. Thompson comes from an academic and theatre background and was invited there by Unicef, which had received a request from Jaffna community workers for someone experienced in developing theatre programmes for young people.
"It was during really chronic violence in the north and we had to take a mad route to get there to avoid it all," explains Thompson. "I'd read a piece on Sri Lankan theatre before I went, which basically said that there was nothing going on in the north, because of the war. But when I arrived I found a surprisingly active,...
- 5/4/2013
- by Luke Bainbridge
- The Guardian - Film News
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