Who got funds? June 2012 Updates

Eye of the architect (Lebanon): 
PRODUCTION GRANT 

Director: Nadim Mishlaw

Controversial and provocative, renowned architect Bernard Khoury is one of the few
individuals who has attempted to tackle Lebanon's turbulent modern history. Khoury's
unique architectural style and radical ideas will be used as a departure point into a
journey exploring the challenges of nation building in Lebanon and the region.


Waiting for dawn (Lebanon): 
PRODUCTION GRANT 

Director: Mary Jirmanus 

Fatima Khaweja was 19 when the Lebanese army killed her during a peaceful worker strike in 1972 outside Gandour chocolate factory in Beirut. Waiting for Dawn takes viewers on a search for Fatima and through it on the search for the other ordinary men and women now living in obscurity, protagonists of the Gandour and Regie strikes, who once believed in the power of social movements to change their country.

Rawi Screenwriters’ Lab : Deadline for application

The applications for Rawi’s 8^th annual Screenwriter’s Lab, scheduled to take place in Jordan from November 14^th to November 18^th, 2012, are open since April 1^st, 2012.

Deadline: July 1^st, 2012 deadline.

Detailed information about the program, eligibility, how to apply, etc. could be found on the RFC website in Arabic and in English: www.film.jo/rawi. 

Rawi Screenwriters’ Lab 

The Royal Film Commission - Jordan

T.  +962 6 461 3835 ext. 108, 104

F. +962 6 461 1379

www.film.jo

Seven tips to gather an audience for your film online

At Euromed Audiovisual’s third conference in Cannes, Domenico La Porta, editor-in-chief of Cineuropa, gave tips on how to market a film online. 

Watch the video here:

http://euromedaudiovisuel.net/2012/p.aspx?t=news&mid=21&cid=8&l=en&did=782

Medimed

Documentary Campus

Documentary Campus: deadline 1 June  (1st Workshop: 30 June - 5 July 2012 in Cairo and 2nd Workshop: 8-13 October 2012 in Tunis):

2 workshops to develop your story for the international market including sessions on storytelling, budgeting, legal aspects of international coproductions, trailers, project presentation and a small pitching session.

http://www.documentary-campus.com/v2/page/contact/contact_menacall/

Who got funds in Lebanon ?

Who got funds from DFI ?

Feature Narrative – Production:

A Concert – Nadim Tabet (Lebanon)

Amira and her friends plan a concert in Beirut to help fund their own apartment and independence. Life has other plans.

Feature Narrative – Development:

Ideal Love – Dima El Horr (Lebanon)

Tamara, an attractive and sparkling biology professor, gets a taste of what could be love, and reconsiders migrating out of Lebanon.

Feature Narrative – Development

One Week Ago, Today – Rania Attieh (Lebanon)

An ageing prostitute takes charge of a young man with amnesia who is returned to his senile old father.

Feature Documentary – Post-Production:

Embers – Tamara Stepanyan (Lebanon/Armenia)

A grandmother and granddaughter explore nostalgia, history, ideologies, war and peace.

Experimental Production/Post Production:

Encounters – Sarah Francis (Lebanon)

Feature: A glassed van roams the city, home to a camera that encourages people to share a personal moment with this moving confessional.

DFI unveils first funding round of 2012

The Doha Film Institute (DFI) has unveiled the 23 features, documentaries and short films that will receive funding as part of its 2012 grants programme.

This year’s grant recipients also reflect a rise in applicants from Algeria including Yanis Koussim’s featureAlgiers By Night and documentaries The Foreign Son, about a man returning to his homeland, and Matoub Lounes: The Story Of A Legend, about the famous Berber singer.

More than 40 film projects from over 10 countries received funding during DFI’s 2011 grants cycles, with most applying for production and post-production support. The DFI will also oversee a second round of funding in 2012.

Grant recipients for 2012 so far include:

Feature Narrative – Production:

A Concert – Nadim Tabet (Lebanon)

Amira and her friends plan a concert in Beirut to help fund their own apartment and independence. Life has other plans.