As not many are aware of this Festival de Cannes collateral event let's share some basics about the professional program. La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde is a professional program helping talented young directors from emerging countries increase their international exposure. Each year this program, developed by the Institut français, in partnership with France Médias Monde with the support of The International Organization of La Fancophonie, invites ten directors working on their first or second feature films to attend the Festival de Cannes along with their producers.
During work sessions, directors have the opportunity to discuss their project with the program’s patron, an internationally renowned director. In addition, they have direct access to the festival’s different competitive selections (La Semaine de la Critique, La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) and major Professional events and receive accreditation for the Marché du Film. They also meet the French and international press accompanied by event press officer.
The Institut Français also has other programs to support cultural diversity like the Cinémathèque Afrique (African Film Archive) and Aide aux Cinémas du Monde (World Cinema Support), a fund which is co-managed with the CNC.
Most interesting is to find that a La Fabrique Cinéma film (Inxeba by John Trengove) opened the Panorama section at 2017 Berlinale and there are five films ready to be distributed in theaters and festivals.
The 10 projects that will participate in La Fabrique Cinéma de l'Institut français 2017 are the following and according to French press, there are six (6) projects from first-time directors and four (4) projects are director's second feature film. Also there is one animation, one documentary and eight fiction projects done by 3 female and 7 male directors and most interesting, these numbers flip when it comes to producers are 7 are female and 3 male.
A Love of Boluomi, Kek-Huat Lau, Malaysia
Amanda and Caio, Daniel Ribeiro, Brazil
Hawa Hawaii, Amirah Tadjin, Kenya
Nuna: The Last Myth of the Wamani, Jimy Carhuas Tintaya, Peru
One Summer Day, Zay Yar Aung, Myanmar
Renaissance, Andrey diarra, Mali
Shock Labor, Marcos Diaz Sosa, Cuba
The Bridge, Hala Lofty, Egypt
The Maiden's Pond, Bassem Breche, Lebanon
The Sovereign, Wim Steytler, South Africa
To check announcement at official site go here.
Post is a work-in-progress as soon more data about this year event and about each project will be announced; but, wanted to share the names of the 10 projects today. Will update post as soon as data becomes available.