BABYLON 2013-14 London WorkshopPhoto Sonal Hansora 2013

The 7th Edition of the BABYLON Programme is underway with feature film development workshops already completed in the UK, Austria, Germany and Croatia.

Following regional pre-selection workshops in Zagreb, Stuttgart and Vienna, the selected feature film projects met in London for a first international session October 16th-19th during the BFI London Film Festival.

Selected filmmakers will meet again in Vienna (February 2014) to continue working together on their projects as part of a mentored programme that culminates in the third workshop at the Cannes Market (May 2014) and is focused on a combination of script development, production skills and market understanding.

BABYLON is proud to welcome partners MFG-Baden-Württemberg (Germany), Filmfonds Wien (Austria), HAVC (Croatia) and BABYLON founder-directors Scenario Films Ltd, London, in association with Witcraft/Diverse Geschichten, Vienna.

Mirroring the European Union’s Danube Strategy, BABYLON is devoting its seventh annual edition to the Danube Crescent from the Black Forest to the Black Sea, exploring the varied inspirations and co-production possibilities that rise from one of Europe’s greatest rivers.

The selected projects carry resonances from Germany through Slovakia, Austria and Hungary, to Serbia and Croatia.

BABYLON 2013-14 SELECTED PROJECTS

AUSTRIA

Project Title: IN DEN WESTEN/Into the West

Writer/Director: Alexandra Makarová

Project Title: KLANG DER FREIHEIT/Sound of Freedom

Writer/Director: Jasmina Hajdany

Project Title: SOFTER

Writer/Director: Dániel Béres

CROATIA

Project Title: A SOMEWHAT BETTER ENDING

Writer/Director: Marjan Alcevski

Producer: Siniša Juričić, Nukleus Film

Project Title: THE LOST ONES

Writer: Vivien Karlović

Director: Branko Istvancic

Producer: Irena Škorić, Artizana Films

Project Title: COUNTERATTACK

Writer/Director: Borut Šeparovic, Montažstroj

Co-writer/

Choreographer: Nataša Mihoci, Montažstroj

GERMANY

Project Title: GUGGENHEIM – LOVE AND BETRAYAL

Writer/Director: Sigrid Faltin, White Pepper Film

Project Title: SÜDWIND/Southern Wind

Writer/Director: Barbara Anticevic

Project Title: TAREKS LETZTE CHANCE/Tarek’s Last Chance

Writer: Nicole Armbruster

Director/Writer: Dietmar Ratsch, Indi Film

Producer: Arek Gielnik, Indi Film

Project Title: DIE TRASSE/The Line

Writer: Joscha Douma

Producer: Rüdiger Heinze, Zum Goldenen Lamm Filmproduktion

UK

Project Title: BAD SEX

Writer/Director: Elsa O’Toole, We Can Films Ltd

Project Title: MEDITERRANEAN GIRL

Writer/Director: Julian Grass

Project Title: THE KING OF KINGS

Writer/Director: Armaan Kirmani, Colour Pictures

Project Title: FIBS

Writer/Director: James Sharpe

BABYLON aims to build a successful and diverse pool of film storytelling and talent; to promote and strengthen cultural diversity within the independent film sector; and to provide an international platform for emerging filmmakers.  Full details of the programme can be found on the Babylon Website

 

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