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The Pink Sea Worldwide Movie Competition, has unveiled the 26 tasks chosen as a part of its industry-focused Pink Sea Souk Market, working from December 2 to five.
Initiatives in improvement embody Palestinian director Scandar Copti’s A ChildhoodLebanese-French filmmaker Danielle Arbid’s Love Conquers All and Insanity And Honey Days by Iraq’s Ahmed Yassin Al-Daradji.
Inside the Market choice are twelve Pink Sea Lodge tasks which have been developed throughout the 12 months by intensive workshops and in partnership with the Torino Movie Lab. 4 of those tasks shall be awarded the annual Pink Sea Lodge manufacturing prizes of $50,000 every.
All 26 chosen tasks will compete for money prizes supplied by the Pink Sea Fund, to be awarded by a global jury of producers: $35,000 for improvement, $25,000 for the Jury Particular Point out Award and $100,000 for manufacturing
One other six tasks shall be showcased in Works-In-Progress part together with Males In The Solar by Palestinian director Mahdi Fleifel, Pink Path by Tunisia’s Lotfi Achour and Hellenic by Kiev-Born, Germany director Ameer Fakher Eldin, who’s of Syrian descent. (scroll down for the complete record).
All chosen movies within the Work-in-Progress Showcase will compete for the Pink Sea Souk Submit-Manufacturing Award of $30,000 and the Particular Jury Point out of $10.000.
“We’re excited to host the Pink Sea Souk as a part of the Pink Sea IFF for a 3rd 12 months and to showcase a few of the most progressive, inspiring new expertise from the Arab and African area,” stated Pink Sea Movie Competition managing director Shivani Pandya Malhotra, Managing Director.
Alongside the challenge market and works-in-progress showcases, the Souk can even run its Pink Sea 360° {industry} workshops, panels and classes program centered on the way forward for the Arab, African and Asian movie industries.
Confirmed audio system to this point embody former U.S. Marvel Tv exec Karim Zreik, Jordanian author and director Tima Al Shomali, South Korean producer Woo-Sik Web optimization, Saudi animation director Malek Nejer and Colombian producer Diego Ramírez Schrempp.
The Challenge Market jury includes Saudi Producer Wael Abumansour (Telfaz 11), French producer Jean Bréhat (Tessalit Productions), Moroccan producer Lamia Chraibi (La Prod), Senegalese producer Oumar Sall (Cinekap) and Bosnian producer and director Jasmila Žbanić.
Judges for the Works-In-Progress are Venice Giornate degli Autori inventive director Gaia Furrer, Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu and Iraqi-Italian director Haider Rashid.
SELECTED PROJECTS:
The Pink Sea Souk Challenge Market
- A CHILDHOOD, by Scandar Copti
Hybrid Inventive Documentary-Animation
Palestine, France - DJELIYA, MEMORY OF MANDING, by Boubacar Sangare
Inventive Documentary
Burkina Faso - LOVE CONQUERS ALL, by Danielle Arbid
Lebanon, France - MADNESS AND HONEY DAYS, by Ahmed Yassin Al-Daradji
Iraq, Canada - MIRACLE IN CELL NO.7, by Dina Amer
Lebanon, UAE - NOSTALGIA: A TALE IN FIRST CHAPTERS, by Ameer Fakher Eldin
Syria, Germany, Italy - SADNESS, by Emmanuel Lalang 1st function
Central African Republic, France, Republic of Congo - SELFLESS, by Meriem Mesraoua 1st function
Algeria, France, Qatar - TANZANITE, by Kantarama Gahigiri 1st function
Rwanda, South Africa, Kenya, Switzerland - THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SON, by Rani Massalha
Egypt, Tunisia, France - THE STRANGER, by Gaya Jiji
Syria, France - THE TREASURE, by Abdellah Taïa
Morocco - THREE DAYS 1/3, by Rakan Mayasi 1st function
Palestine, Lebanon, USA, Belgium - WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES, I SEE YOUR EYES, by Sameh Alaa 1st function
Egypt
The Pink Sea Lodge Initiatives
- AN ENDLESS NIGHT, by Mohamed Kassaby 1st function
Egypt - BLACK SNAKE, by Naishe Nyamubaya 1st function
Zimbabwe - BY HASNAA’S SIDE, by Amaal Youssif 1st function
Saudi Arabia - FANTASTIC TALE, by Vincho Nchogu 1st function
Nigeria - IN THE BEGINNING, IT IS THE END by Ghadeer Binabbas
Saudi Arabia - MECCA, BERLIN, by Mujtaba Saeed & Ghiath Al Mhitawi 1st function
Saudi Arabia/ UAE/Germany - MY FATHER KILLED BOURGUIBA, by Fatma Riahi & Louai Haffar 2nd function Documentary
Tunis/Qatar - TEMPORARY LIVES, by Wessam Hachicho 1st function
France/Norway/Syria - THE GIRL AND THE MISSING BED, by Samer Battikhi 1st function
Jordan/Lebanon - THE MIDDLE ONE, by Sarah Almuneef 1st function
Saudi Arabia/France - THE NIGHT WHISPERER, by Lina Mahmoud 1st function
Saudi Arabia - THE SUN SEES EVERYTHING, by Wissam Tanios 2nd function
Lebanon
- The Pink Sea Souk Work-In-Progress Showcase
ANIMAL, by Emma Benestan
Algeria, France, Belgium - MEN IN THE SUN, by Mahdi Fleifel
Palestine, UK, Greece, The Netherlands, France, Germany - MY SEMBA, by Hugo Salvaterra 1st Function
Angola - RED PATH, by Lotfi Achour
Tunisia, France, Belgium, Poland - RISING UP AT NIGHT, by Nelson Makengo 1st Function, Inventive Documentary
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Belgium, Germany, Burkina Faso - YUNAN, by Ameer Fakher Eldin
Palestine, Germany, Canada, Italy, Jordan
