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News February 2020

FILMS TO COME

The Lines Of My Hand (Switzerland 2020) Christian Johannes Koch, prod. Rajko Jazbec, Cognito Films. Summer Rebels (Germany/Slovakia) Martina Sakova, dir. Sülke Schulz, Silverart. Fox in the Hole (Austria 2020) Arman T. Riahi, Golden Girls Filmproduktion. The Shift (Latvia 2020) Reinis Kalvins, Mistrus Media. A Pure Place (Germany 2020) Nikias Chryssos, Violet Pctures.


JUST PREMIERED

Where No One Knows Us (Austria 2019), Arash T. Riahi. Developed with Sources 2 adviser Louise Gough, produced by Wega Filmproduction, Audience Award at Filmfestival Max Ophüls Prize 2020.


REVIEW 2019

181 films developed through Sources 2 made!
214 festivals / 80 awards & nominations / 7 films released:

Mater (Croatia, Serbia, France, Bosnia, Herzegowina 2019), Jure Pavlović. Developed at Sources 2 with Eric Collins. Sekvenca Production, Wake Up Films, Les Productions de l'Oeil Sauvage. Premiere at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, First Feature Competition.

Zavera (Romania 2019), Andrei Gruzsniczki. Developed at Sources 2 with Michael Seeber. Saga Films. Support by Romanian Film Center, National Romanian Television – TVR. World premiere at Cairo IFF, release in Romania.

Cleo (Belgium 2019), Eva Cools. First feature, developed at Sources 2 with Michael Seeber. Lunanime Belgium. Support by crowdsourcing, Flemish Audiovisual Fund, Screen Brussels. Visser-Neerlandia Prize 2016 Best Script. Premiere at Film Fest Gent, screened at 7 International Film Festivals. TimVision VOD Award at Rome IFF and BNl Audience Award, My Movies Award Best First Feature, Rising star Award in the category Alice Nella Citta.

Half-Sister (Slovenia/North Macedonia/Serbia 2019), Urša Menart, dir. Damjan Kozole. Developed at Sources 2 with Eric Collins. Vertigo, RTV Slovenija, Sisters And Brother Mitevski, Film House Bas Celik, Propeler Film. Support by FS Viba film Ljubljana, Slovenian Film Centre, Javna Agency RS, Macedonian Film Agency, Serbian Film Centre, Creative Europe – MEDIA, Re-Act, Eurimages Co-production Development Award. World-premiere in competition at Karlovy Vary IFF. Best Actress Award at Slovenian Film Festival Portoroz.

Solo (France/Czech Republic/Argentine/Austria 2019), Artemio Benki. Documentary developed at Sources 2 with Arash T. Riahi. Artcam, Golden Girls Filmproduktion, Petit à Petit Production, Lomo Cine, Buen Destino. Support by CNC France, Eurimages. Premiere at L'ACID IFF Cannes, followed by 13 International Film Festivals. Golden Leaf Award for Best World Documentary Film at Duhok IFF, Main Award of Czech Joy at Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival. Best Film Award at MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival Skopje. Sold to 8 countries.

Staff Only (Spain 2019), Neus Ballús, Pau Subirós. Developed at Sources 2 with Gualberto Ferrari. El Kinògraf Productions, Ikiru Films, Les Films Hatari, Televisió de Catalunya - TV3, Turanga Films, La Terraza Films. Support by Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals, Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales, Eurimages. World-premiere at Panorama Berlinale IFF Berlin, screened at 18 International Film Festivals. Nominated for Golden Biznaga Award Best Spanish Film at Spanish Film Festival Málaga, for Dunia Ayaso Award at Valladolid IFF, for Best New Actress at Cinema Writers Circle Awards, for Best Male Lead Award, Best Director Award, Best Sound Award, Best Film Award at Gaudí Awards Acadèmia Del Cinema Català-Premis Gaudí. Won Goya Awards Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias. Sold to 4 countries

Born in Evin (Austria/Germany 2019), Maryam Zaree. Documentary developed at Sources 2 with Arash T. Riahi. Tondowski Films, Golden Girls Filmproduktion. ORF and ZDF treaties. Support by Hessen Film & Media, BKM, Curatorship Young German Film, Austrian Film Fund, DFFF. World-premiere at Berlinale IFF Berlin, Compass-Perspective-German-Film-Award and nomination for Amnesty Film Award. Screened at 30 International Film Festivals. Best Documentary Award at Five Lakes IFF. “Cineuropa Audience Award for Best Feature Film“ and “Honorable Mention“ by the jury at FEST – New Directors/ New Films Festival Espinho. Nominated for German Documentary Film Prize at SWR Doku Festival Stuttgart and First Steps Award Berlin. Newcomer Award at Hessian Film & Cinema Prize Frankfurt, Schiller Memory Prize Stuttgart. Sold to 4 countries.


News February 2019

BERLINALE PREMIERES

Perspektive Deutsches Kino

Born in Evin (Germany/Austria) Maryam Zaree. Developed through Sources 2 with Arash T. Riahi during Sources 2 Script Development Workshop in Gothenburg, Sweden. Produced by Tondowski Films in coproduction with Golden Girls Filmproduktion. Supported byHessen Film, BKM, Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film, Austrian Film Institute, DFFF Deutscher Filmförderfonds, ZDF kl. Fernsehspiel, ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen, FISA Filmstandort Österreich.

Panorama

Staff Only (Spain/France) by Neus Ballús. Developed through Sources 2 with Gualberto Ferrari during a Sources 2 Script Check session in Catalonia. Produced by El Kinògraf, Ikiru Films, La Terraza & Les Films Hatari. Supported by Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals (ICEC), Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA) & Televisió de Catalunya (TV3).

RECENT SUCCESS

170 films developed with Sources 2!
191 festivals / 64 awards & nominations in 2018

15 films were released in 2018: Girl (Belgium/Netherlands) Lukas Dhont, Menuet, Topkapi & Frakas Productions; Cops (Austria) Stefan A. Lukacs, Golden Girls Filmproduktion; Facing the Wind (Spain) Meritxell Collel, Polar Star Films; Comic Sans (Croatia), Nevio Marasovic, Kinorama; Heavy trip (Finland), Jukka Vidgren, Juuso Laatio / co-writer Aleksi Puranen, Making Movies; Lajkó, The Gipsy Who Went To Space (Hungary/Russia) Balázs Lengyel / co-writer: Balázs Lovas, KMH Films; Breathing into Marble (Lithuania/Latvia/Croatia) Giedrė Beinoriūtė, Just a Moment; Small Planets – Disconnected (Germany) Dirk Manthey, strandfilm Produktion (documentary); Phoenix (Norway) Camilla Strøm Henriksen, Hummelfilm; SAF (Germany/Romania) Ali Vatansever, 2Pilots & 4 Proof Film; Margolaria (Spain) Oier Aranzabal, Maluta films (documentary); Journey to a mother's room (Spain 2018) Celia Rico, Josep Amorós, Arcadia Motion Pictures, Amorós Producciones, Pecado Films & Noodles Production; For What the Fathers Fought (Norway/Russia) Hilde Korsæth, Tundra Film, Pomor Film & TV21 Murmansk (documentary); The Mover (Latvia) Dāvis Sīmanis / co-writer: Matīss Gricmanis, Mistrus Media; VADIO – I am not a poet (Portugal) Stefan Lechner, Real Ficcao (documentary).


News February 2018

Berlinale Forum Premiere

Facing the Wind (Spain/France/Argentinia) by Meritxell Collel celebrates its premiere at the Berlinale 2018. Developed through Sources 2 with Gualberto Ferrari during Sources 2 Script Check sessions in Catalonia. Produced by Polar Star Films in coproduction with Habitacion 1520 and Paraiso Production. Supported by ICAA, INCAA and Eurimages.

Sources 2 at Berlinale Talents

Consultation – Analysis – Advice / Sources 2 advisers provide one-to-one sessions:
Louise Gough (Australia) at Script Station / Ulla Simonen (Finland) at Doc Station

Sources 2 Happy Hour on Wednesday, 21 February, 18:30 – 19:30 at Berlinale Talents Market Hub / EFM. On invitation only.

Max Ophüls Award Film Festival Premiere

Cops (Austria 2018) Stefan A. Lukacs. Developed through Sources 2 with Miguel Machalski. Produced by Golden Girls Filmproduktion. Supported by Vienna Film Fund, Austrian Film Institute. Premiered at 39th Max Ophüls Award Film Festival & 31st FIPA Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels in Biarritz. Won FIPA D’Or for best Drama Film; Best Acting Talent (supporting role) for Anna Suk, Audience Award and Award for the socially most relevant film at Max Ophüls Award Film Festival.

Films to come in 2018

The Mover (Latvia) Dāvis Sīmanis / co-writer Matīss Gricmanis, Mistrus Media, work in progress shown at the Locarno Film Festival & Tallinn Black Nights 2017; A Band Called Impaled Rektum (Finland), Jukka Vidgren, Juuso Laatio / co-writer Aleksi Puranen, Jari Olavi Rantala, Making Movies; Breathing into Marble (Lithuania/ Latvia/Croatia) Giedrė Beinoriūtė, Just a Moment, Mistrus Media, Aning Film; Lajkó,The Gipsy Who Went To Space (Hungary/Russia) Balázs Lengyel / co-writer Balázs Lovas, KMH Film; Born in Evin (Germany/Austria) Maryam Zaree, Tondowski Films, Golden Girls Filmproduktion; Small Planets – Disconnected (Germany) Dirk Manthey, strandfilm Produktion; F#ck Fame (Germany) Lilian Franck / co-writer: Jette Miller, Oval Media

 


News February 2017

Berlinale Award

The Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus International Jury for the Best Film went to Estiu 1993 (Summer 1993) by Carla Simón, Spain 2017 (ex aequo Becoming Who I Was, Republic Korea 2017). Consulted by Gualberto Ferrari during Sources 2 Script Check sessions in Catalonia. Inicia Films, co-production with AVALON. Support: MEDIA, ICAA, ICEC; participation of TVE.

Sources 2 at Berlinale Talents

Consultation – Analysis – Advice / Sources 2 advisers provide one-to-one sessions:
Arash T. Riahi (Austria/Iran) at Script Station / Ulla Simonen (Finland) at Doc Station.

Sources 2 Happy Hour  on Wednesday, 15 February, 18:30 – 19:30 at Berlinale Talents Market Hub / EFM. On invitation only.

Premieres

Cloudboy (Belgium/The Netherlands/Sweden/Norway 2017), Meickeminne Clinckspoor. Developed through Sources 2 with Arash T. Riahi. Bulletproof CupidFilm Productions, Submarine, Götafilm, FilmCamp. Supported by VAF, Netherlands Film Fund, Creative Europe, Belgium Tax Shelter. Release in April 2017. 

Free Lunch Society (Austria/Germany 2017), Christian Tod. Developed through Sources 2 with Arash T. Riahi. Golden Girls Filmproduction, OVALfilm. Support: Austrian Film Institute, ZDF/ARTE, ORF, Film und Medien Stiftung NRW, Filmstandort Austria, Vienna Film Fund. Presented at FIPA, premiere at CPH:DOX. 

Star Boys (Finland 2017), Visa Koiso-Kanttila. Developed through Sources 2 with Arash T. Riahi. Silva Mysterium Oy, Dragon Films. Support: The Finnish Film Foundation, YLE. Premiered at Göteborg FF.

The Inertia Variations (Sweden/UK 2017), Johanna St Michaels. Developed through Sources 2 with Gualberto Ferrari. Lazarus Limited, Saint Michaels Production, Film Väst. Support: Swedish Film Institute, Swedish Arts Grants Committee, working grant, Gothenburg City, Statens Musikverk, Kuturbryggan. Premiered at Göteborg FF.

FF Max Ophüls Prize 2017

Audience Award



The Migrumpies
(Austria 2017), Arman T. Riahi, screenplay: Arman T. Riahi, Faris E. Rahoma, Aleksander Petrovic. Developed through Sources 2 with Eric Collins. Golden Girls Filmproduction. Support: Vienna Film Fund, Austrian Film Institute, ORF. Premiered at FF Max Ophüls Award / Audience Award.

Best Film Music

King Of The Airs – Notes On A Friendship (Switzerland 2016) by Ivo Zen. Feature documentary developed through Sources 2 with Arash T. Riahi. Mira Film. Support: Zürcher Filmstiftung, Kanton Graubünden, Fachausschuss Film und Medienkunst BS/BL, Kulturfonds Suissimage, Bundesamt für Kultur, Succès Passage Antenne, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, UBS Kulturstiftung, Stiftung Bündner Suchthilfe, Stiftung Stavros Niarchos, Stadt Chur, Graubündner Kantonalbank. World premiere at Vision du Réel, Competition Regards Neuf. Premiere Switzerland April 2016, Nomination Basler Filmpreis, FF Max Ophüls Prize 2017 / Award Best Film Music.

Opening Film

Night of a 1000 Hours (Luxembourg/Austria/The Netherlands 2016), Virgil Widrich, script consultant Jean-Claude Carrière. Developed through Sources 2 with Louise Gough and Miguel Machalski. AMOUR FOU Vienna /// Luxembourg, Keyfilm, Golden Girls Filmproduction. Support: Film Fund Luxembourg, Austrian Film Institute, Filmstandort Austria, ORF, Vienna Film Fund, Land Salzburg, Stadt Salzburg, Netherlands Film Fund, Netherlands Film Production Incentive, IDM, MIBAC Roma, Eurimages, Creative Europe, ALGOA Slate Fund. Premieres at Busan IFF / Audience Award, Warsaw FF and Chicago IFF. Released in Austria autumn 2016. Opened FF Max Ophüls Prize 2017, IFF Rotterdam, Luxembourg City FF and Bolzano.

Cross Media

The Invisible City (Kaukuma) (Belgium 2016), Lieven Corthouts. Interactive documentary developed through Sources 2 with Gualberto Ferrari. Cassette for timescapes, Canvas, Magellan Films. Support: VAF, BRITDOC CIRCLE, The Belgian Development Cooperation, Creative Europe, Pascal Decroos Fund, Belgian Tax Shelter. App completed. Released in Belgium May 2016. MOOOV FF, Docville.

 


News Autumn 2016

Audience award in Busan 

Night of A 1000 Hours (Luxembourg/Austria/Netherlands) by writer/director Virgil Widrich had its world premiere at the 21st Busan International Film Festival where it won the Audience Award.
European premiere at 32nd Warsaw Film Festival, US premiere at 52nd Chicago International film Festival. Theatrical release in Austria in autumn 2016.
Script consultant Jean-Claude Carrière / project development in cooperation with Virgil Widrich Film / producers Bady Minck, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, AMOUR FOU Luxembourg and Vienna and Hanneke Niens, Hans de Wolf, Keyfilm Amsterdam / supported by Film Fund Luxembourg, Österreichisches Filminstitut, FISA, FFW, ORF Film/Fernsehabkommen, BLS, Netherlands Film Fund, Netherland Tax Rebate, Media, ALGOA Slate Fund, Eurimage.
Developed through Sources 2 with Louise Gough.

Successful box office

Lou Andreas-Salomé (Germany/Austria) by Cordula Kablitz premiered in June 2016, won the NDR Film Award, International Film Festival Emden-Norderney 2016 (DE) and performed successfully in German cinemas. Theatrical release in France and China in autumn 2016.
Production Avanti Media Fiction, Tempest Film, Germany; KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Productions / supported by DFFF, BLS, Nordmedia, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, MFG Filmförderung Baden-Württemberg, Österreichisches Filminstitut, Filmfonds Wien.
Developed through Sources 2 with Louise Gough.

Highly awarded first feature

One Of Us (Austria 2015) by Stephan Richter had its world premiere at San Sebastian Filmfestival 2015 (New Directors Competition), Austrian premiere at Viennale 2015. Theatrical release in Germany in autumn 2016.
In 2016 winner of Max Ophüls Award, Austrian Film Award – Best Supporting Actor. Other, Diagonale Prize for Innovative Production Services, Romy Academy Award Vienna – Best Director, Award Best Film Music and Berndt-Media-Award at Filmfest Lünen. Festivals include Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2015 (Open Horizons), Zurich Film Festival 2015, festivals 2016 in Beaune, Kiev, Lecce, Shanghai, Sarajevo, Budapest, Cambridge, Sevilla and many others.
Producers Arash T. Riahi & Karin C. Berger, Golden Girls Filmproduktion / supported by the Austrian Film Institute, Austrian Broadcasting Corporation Film/Television-Agreement (ORF), Filmstandort Austria (FISA), Filmfonds Wien (FFW), Office of the State Government of Lower Austria – Directorate Culture.
Developed through Sources 2 with Miguel Machalski.