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MEDIA European Talent Prize 2011

We are proud to announce that this year's MEDIA European Talent Prize
is shared by the scriptwriters Virág Zomborácz (Hungary) and Hanna Sköld (Sweden)
for their film scripts they developed through a SOURCES 2 Script Development Workshop!
The annual prize is awarded to the best film project supported by the European Union's MEDIA fund for cinema.

Virág Zomborácz developed Afterlife with adviser Louise Gough during the
2010 SOURCES 2 workshop at FilmCamp (Norway), supported by FilmCamp AS.
Producer Ferenc Pusztai, KMH Film Production Ltd. (Hungary).

Hanna Sköld developed Granny's Dancing on the Table with adviser Ruth McCance during the
2009 SOURCES 2 workshop in Graz (Austria), supported by Cinestyria Filmkunst, the
Province of Styria/Culture, the Austrian Film Institute and in cooperation with
uniT – Association for Culture at the University of Graz.
Producer Helene Granquist, Good World AB (Sweden).

More info:
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/550&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

Prizes Galore for SOURCES 2 Films

The recent award went to Night Shifts (Austria) by Ivette Löcker, winner of the Grand Diagonale Prize 2011 – Best Austrian Documentary Film!

Oxygen (Belgium 2010) by Hans Van Nuffel won the Grand Prix Of The Americas and the Ecumenical Jury Awards at the Montreal World Film Festival 2010, the Marco Aurelio Alice Award at the Rome International Film Festival 2010 (Italy), the Variety New Talent Award at the Zurich Film Festival 2010 (Switzerland), the Prix des Lycéens at the Festival International du Premier Film Annonay 2011 (France) among others.

Adrienn Pál (Hungary 2010) by Ágnes Kocsis won the FIPRESCI Award in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival 2010, and the Special Prize for Best Director, the Prize for Outstanding Actress (Eva Gabor) and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the Film Festival Cottbus (Germany) 2010.

My Queen Karo (Belgium 2010) by Dorothée van den Berghe won the Prix Du Jury Meilleur Long Métrage De Fiction, International Women Film Festival of Créteil 2010 (France) and was selected for the European Film Awards 2010. The film was also nominated for the Les Magrittes Du Cinéma Film Awards 2011 (Belgium) in three categories: Best Co-Production, Best Female Newcomer & Best Costumes.

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SOURCES 2 Booklets

Available now:

SOURCES 2 Projexcts & Process - Training Mentors for European Scriptwriters and Documentary Filmmakers
With great pleasure we present our first documentation on mentoring! The booklet includes essays by Pavel Jech (Czech Republic), Igor Korsic (Slovenia), Rolf Orthel (Netherlands), Dick Ross (New Zealand/United Kingdom) and David Wingate (United Kingdom/Sweden).

SOURCES of Inspiration
Bruno Monsaingeon, Hans Petter Moland, Andreas Dresen.
We are pleased to continue the tradition of our popular series of SOURCES 2 documentations. The latest SOURCES of Inspiration booklet features lectures held by internationally renowned filmmakers at our workshops in Rotterdam (Netherlands), Malselv (Norway) and Potsdam (Germany) in 2010: The French writer/director and concert violinist Bruno Monsaingeon, the Norwegian writer/director/producer Hans Petter Moland and the German writer/director Andreas Dresen.

Both booklets are available from the SOURCES 2 office upon request.

The 2011 seiries SOURCES of Inspiration includes lectures held by the French writer/directors Bruno Dumont and Gaspar Noé.

SOURCES 2 Script Checks + SOURCES 2 seminars/mini-workshops

Consultation – Analysis – Advice! SOURCES 2 sessions have proven to be extremely popular and have received excellent feedback! Due to this tremendous success, we will continue to offer inspirational brainstorming sessions and lectures on a regular basis.

2011 sessions:
Seminar 'Writing Documentary' in Cyprus with SOURCES 2 adviser Arash T. Riahi in August 2011.
Script Check + Lecture in Seville/Spain with SOURCES 2 adviser Miguel Machalski in September 2011.
Script Check + Lecture in Galway/Ireland with SOURCES 2 adviser Eric Collins in October 2011.
Script/Doc Check in Berlin – Berlinale Talent Campus with SOURCES 2 advisers Louise Gough and Ulla Simonen.

2010 sessions:
Script Check + Lecture in Riga/Latvia with SOURCES 2 adviser Michael Seeber in September 2010.
Script/Doc Check in Berlin – Berlinale Talent Campus with SOURCES 2 advisers Louise Gough and David Wingate.

2009 sessions:
Script Check in Granada/Spain with SOURCES 2 adviserGaby Prekop in June 2009.
Script Check in Tallinn/Estonia with SOURCES 2 adviser David Wingate in March 2009.
Script/Doc Check in Berlin – Berlinale Talent Campus with SOURCES 2 advisers Louise Gough and David Wingate.

Continued Success:

SOURCES Films Made to Date

SOURCES 2 is thrilled to announce that more and more feature films and creative documentaries developed through SOURCES 2 are going into or have gone into production.

94 feature films and creative documentaries have been completed and numerous projects are currently in development or in production.

SOURCES 2 films made

Developed through SOURCES since 1993

My Beloved (Norway 2010), Hilde Korsæth / John Arvid Berger (documentary)

My Queen Karo (Belgium 2010) Dorothée van der Berghe

Night Shifts (Austria 2010), Ivette Löcker (documentary)

Adem (Belgium 2010), Hans van Nuffel

Adrienn Pál (Hungary 2010), Ágnes Kocsis / Andrea Roberti

Anarchy in Zirmunai (Lithuania 2010), Saulius Drunga

Dear Alice (Sweden 2010), Othman Karim / Malin Holmberg-Karim

Counting Sheep (Ireland/Romania 2010), Dieter Auner(documentary)

The Snow Queen (Estonia 2010), Marko Raat

Aftermath / The Second Flood (Austria 2009), Raphael Barth (documentary)

The House in the Park (Switzerland 2009), Hercli Bundi (documentary)

Indian Summer (Norway 2009), Ellen Ugelstad (documentary)

Home is not at Home (Austria 2009), Julia Laggner (documentary)

Madly in Love (Switzerland 2009), Eva Vitija / Anna Luif

The Good Capitalist (Norway 2009), Line Hatland / KriStine Skaret (documentary)

Arctic Fence (Norway 2009), Karl-Emil Rikardsen (documentary)

Dirty Mind (Belgium 2009), Pieter van Hees

The Hunt (Latvia 2009), Elvita Ruka / Guntis Trekteris

9 Minutes Bananas (Sweden 2008), Staffan Nygren (documentary)

Paradiso (United Kingdom/NI 2008), Alessandro Negrini (documentary)

Sisters Apart / Indigo (Finland 2008), Hanna Maylett / Tarja Kylmä

My Future (Belgium 2008), Lieven Corthouts (documentary)

Big John (Norway 2008), Bjørn-Erik Hanssen (documentary)

For a Moment Freedom (Austria 2008), Arash T. Riahi

Better Things (United Kingdom 2008), Duane Hopkins / Samm Haillay

Left Bank (Belgium 2008), Pieter van Hees

Girls (Norway 2008), Hanne Myren (documentary)

The Tower (Sweden 2008), Maria Söderberg (documentary)

Corridor #8 (Bulgaria 2007), Boris Despodov (documentary)

Made Up Memories (Argentina/Spain 2007), Diego Sabanes

Megumi (The Netherlands 2007), Mirjam van Veelen (documentary)

Absurdistan (Germany 2007), Veit Helmer

Micha Klein, Speeding on the Virtual Highway (The Netherlands 2007), Corinne van Eggerat (documentary)

Tres Pesos (United Kingdom 2007), Ruth Cross / Michael David Clements (documentary)

The Other Possibilty (United Kingdom 2007), Peter Dillon / Ashley Horner

The Beast Within (Switzerland 2007), Yves Scagliola (documentary)

Out of Sight, Out of Mind (Norway 2007), Tor Arne Bjerke (documentary)

Alone, Together (Finland 2007), Annika Grof / Janina Kokkonen (documentary)

From Vardø, With Love (Norway 2007), Hilde Korsæth / Dmitry Ischenko (documentary)

Artscape Nordland (Norway 2007), Eva Charlotte Nielsen (documentary)

Dark Deer (Latvia 2006), Viesturs Kairiss

The Moon on the Snow (Switzerland 2006), Pilar Anguita-Mackay

Porno!Melo!Drama! (Germany 2006), Heesook Sohn

Short Order (Ireland/Germany 2005), Anthony Byrne / Brian Willis

Exile Family Movie (Austria 2005), Arash (documentary)

Feel Free (Norway 2005), Knut Klæbo (documentary)

The Last Trip (Sweden 2005), Henrik Wallgren

Nobody Mingles with Nothingness (Austria 2004), Johanna Tschautscher / Géza Horvàt (documentary)

Welcome Home (Austria/Germany 2004), Andreas Gruber

For the Living and the Dead (Finland 2004), Kari Paljakka

Who the Hell is Bonny and Clyde? (Hungary 2004), Krisztina Esztergalyos

Falling Beauty (Sweden/Norway 2004), Lena Hanno Clyne / Anne-Marie Söhrman Fermelin

Mela (United Kingdom 2004), Dwynwen Berry

Mojave (The Netherlands 2004), Chris Teerink (documentary)

The Revolution of Pigs (Estonia 2004), Jaak Kilmi / René Reinumägi

Making Waves (The Netherlands 2004), Jetske Spanjer

The Souvenirs of Mr X (Austria/Germany 2003), Arash T. Riahi (documentary)

Our Summer (Finland 2003), Mika Ronkainen (documentary)

Ladies’ Choice (Germany / The Netherlands 2003), Annette Otto (documentary)

Montecarlo! (Hungary 2003), Gábor Fischer

Sea of Silence (Belgium / Denmark / Germany / The Netherlands 2003), Jacqueline Epskamp

Loverboy (The Netherlands 2003), Jacqueline Epskamp

Baby (Denmark 2003), Linda Wendel

Gate to Heaven (Germany 2002), Veit Helmer

Ciao America (Italy 2001), Joe Ciota

Low Flying Aircraft (Sweden / Portugal 2001), Solveig Nordlund

Ikarus (Austria 2001), Agnes Pluch / Bernhard Weirather

Julie’s Spirit (Germany / Italy / Switzerlands / United Kingdom 2001), Bettina Wilhelm / Jane Corbett

Lena (Spain / Portugal 2001), Gonzalo Tapía

Tricky Life (Belgium / Spain / Cuba 2001), Beatriz Flores Silva

Do Not Go Gentle (United Kingdom 2000), Emlyn Williams

Before the Storm (Denmark / Norway / Sweden 2000), Mikael Bengtsson / Reza Parsa

Flick (Ireland 2000), Fintan Connolly

The Pink House (France 1999), Joana Hadjithomas / Khalil Joreige

Dreaming of Joseph Lees (United Kingdom 1999), Catherine Linstrum

Abel - the Flying Liftboy (The Netherlands 1998), Burny Bos / Ben Sombogaart

Piel de Cactus (Spain 1998), Alberto Omar Walls / Aurelio Carnero

Man, Wife, Dog (The Netherlands 1998), Olivier Nilsson-Julien / Nicole van Kilsdonk

True Moments (Sweden 1998), Anders Wahlgren

The Red Dwarf (Belgium 1998), Yvan le Moine

Burnt by Frost (Norway 1997), Knut Erik Jensen

Comédia Infantil (Sweden / Portugal 1997), Solveig Nordlund

The Man in Grey (Greece 1997), Pericles Hoursoglou

In My Father’s House (The Netherlands 1997), Fatima Ouazzani

The Cloud Factory (The Netherlands 1997), Ineke Smits

The White Owl (United Kingdom 1997), Angharad Jones

Maja Stoneface (Norway 1996), Elsa Kvamme

Three Seasons (Greece 1996), Maria Iliou

La Sicilia (Belgium 1996), Dirk Chauvaux

Laura and Lena (The Netherlands 1996), Robert Wiering

Bittersweet (Finland 1995), Laura Ruohonen

Old Bones Don’t Break (The Netherlands 1995), Scato van Opstall

Keys (The Netherlands 1995), Vonne van der Meer

Short Story about Knitting (United Kingdom 1995), Suzie Smith

Developed with individual SOURCES 2 Consultations

Dirty Mind (Belgium 2009), Pieter van Hees
Left Bank (Belgium 2008), Pieter van Hees
Girls (Norway 2008), Hanne Myren (documentary)

Developed in a SOURCES 2 Script Check

Gate to Heaven (Germany 2002), Veit Helmer

November 2010