Check the selection of 17 projects of Works in Progress 2024 three categories:
International Works in Progress
Title: Aquarium
Original title: Akvariumi
Countries: Georgia
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Mystic
Written by: Tornike Bziava
Directed by: Tornike Bziava
Produced by: Tornike Bziava, Elia Pharsadan, Nino Shengelaya
Production company: Reactormonkey Films, Buni Productions, 29plus7pictures, Shengelaya Productions
Arebato Films
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Title: Balance
Original title: Balance
Country: Germany
Genre: road movie, drama
Directed by: Björn Schürmann
Produced by: Björn Schürmann
Production company: projekt:::film
Languages: German, Dutch, English
Title: Face to Face
Original title: A la cara
Country: Spain, Belgium
Genre: drama
Directed by: Javier Marco
Produced by: Odile Antonio-Baez
Written by: Javier Marco, Belén Sánchez-Arévalo
Production company: Pecado Films
Languages: Spanish
Title: Interior
Original title: Interior
Country: German
Genre: thriller, psychological drama
Written by: Timo Ackermann, Pascal Schuh
Directed by: Pascal Schuh
Produced by: Timo Ackermann, Katrin Haase, Oliver Arnold
Production company: U5 Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. KG, Film University Babelsberg, KONRAD WOLF
Language: German
Title: Late Shift (a.k.a. Kindness)
Original title: Late Shift
Country: Greece
Genre: social drama
Written by: Nikos Smpiliris
Directed by: Stefanos Tsivopoulos
Produced by: Nikos Smpiliris
Production company: Boo Productions
Languages: Greek, Romanian
Title: Papers
Original title: Papeles
Countries: Panama, Spain, Uruguay
Genre: crime film, drama, thriller
Written by: Arturo Montenegro
Directed by: Arturo Montenegro
Produced by: Andry José Barrientos
Production company: Andry José Barrientos
Language: Spanish, English, Turkish
Title: Wolves
Original title: Wolves
Country: Switzerland
Genre: drama, social drama
Directed by: Jonas Ulrich
Produced by: Nicole Ulrich
Production company: Dynamic Frame GmbH
Language: English, Swiss, German
Baltic Event Works in Progress
Title: Call Me Calendar
Original title: Kalendārs mani sauc
Countries: Latvia, Lithuania
Genre: adaptation, tragicomedy
Directed by: Juris Poškus
Produced by: Madara Melberga
Production company: FA Filma (Latvia), Tremora (Lithuania)
Co-Producer: Ieva Norvilienė
Language: Latvian
Title: Our Erika
Original title: Meie Erika
Countries: Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia
Genre: biographical, drama
Directed by: German Golub
Produced by: Marju Lepp
Production company: Filmivabrik
Language: Estonian, Russian
Title: Renovation
Original title: Renovacija
Countries: Lithuania
Genre: drama
Directed by: Gabrielė Urbonaitė
Produced by: Uljana Kim
Production company: Studio Uljana Kim
Language: Lithuanian, Ukrainian, English
Title: Sand in Your Hair
Original title: Smėlis tavo plaukuose
Country: Lithuania
Genre: drama
Directed by: Mantas Verbiejus
Produced by: Živilė Gallego
Production companies: Fralita Films
Language: Lithuanian
Just Film Works in Progress
Title: Dirty Land
Original title: Terra Vil
Countries: Portugal, Italy
Genre: drama
Written by: Luis Campos
Directed by: Luis Campos
Produced by: Luis Campos
Additional producers: Ana Almeida, Alessandro Amato, Luigi Chimienti, Humberto Rocha, Pedro Medeiros, Mário Patrocínio, Marta Lima, Nuno Tavares
Production companies: Matiné
Co-Production companies: dispàrte, BRO Cinema, Um Segundo Filmes, Agente a Norte and Anticyclone Productions
Language: Portuguese
Title: Ella and Friends
Original title: Ella ja kaverit menevät metsään
Country: Finland
Genre: children's film, comedy
Written by: Katri Manninen
Directed by: Elin Grönblom
Produced by: Aleksi Hyvärinen
Production company: Don Films
Language: Finnish
Title: Emi
Original title: Emi
Countries: Argentina, Uruguay
Genre: drama, youth film
Directed by: Ezequiel Erriquez Mena
Produced by: Laura Mara Tablón
Production companies: Rita Cine, El Cielo Cine
Language: Spanish
Title: Little Elephant in the Woods
Original title: Olifantje in het Bos
Countries: The Netherlands, Belgium
Genre: live-action children’s film
Written by: Tijs van Marle, Meikeminne Clinckspoor
Directed by: Meikeminne Clinckspoor
Produced by: Gijs Kerbosch, Guusje van Deuren, Ingmar Conjarts
Production company: 100%
Language: Dutch, English, Flemish
Title: The River
Original title: El Rio
Countries: Chile, Argentina
Genre: drama, road movie
Written by: Cristóbal García
Directed by: Cristóbal García
Produced by: Francisco Bisañez
Production company: Vórtice Films
Language: Spanish
Title: Secret Delivery
Original title: Ticha Posta
Countries: Czechia, Slovakia, Serbia
Genre: family film, adventure, historical film
Written by: Jiří Stránský, Klára Formanová, Ján Sebechlebský
Written by: Jiří Stránský
Directed by: Ján Sebechlebský
Produced by: Julietta Sichel
Production company: 8Heads Productions
Languages: Czech, German
Jurys and awards
The jury of Baltic Event and international Works in Progress includes Casey Baron, US Programming Lead of Tribeca Film Festival, Julie Marnay, Program Manager at First Cut Lab and head of European Short Pitch in 2019 and
Alexis Cassanet, EVP International Sales & Distribution at Gaumont Film Company. The best projects both in the Baltic and International Works in Progress, will be granted 7000 euros, consisting of 6000 euros worth of services by Studio Beep, together with 1000 euros travel allowance.
The jury of Just Film Works in Progress includes Janne Vierth, Commissioner of feature films, short films, and documentaries for children and youth at the Swedish Film Institute, Film and TV Scriptwriter,
Teresa Lima, Co-founder, programmer, and director of PLAY - International Film Festival for Children and Youth and Eva-Maria Schneider-Reuter, Media Educator and Artistic Director of the Sehpferdchen Film Festival for the generations. The best project of Just Film Works in Progress will receive 1000 euro monetary prize to help the film gain visibility by covering promotion and publicity costs.
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*Header image: Still from Late Shift competing in the International Works in Progress