2024-06-19 22:39:47
The jury of the three Atlas prizes for post-production, composed of Gaia Furrer (Venice Days), Eric Lagesse (Pyramide Movies) and Sébastien Onomo (Spécial Contact Studio), rewarded the movies INSHALLAH A BOY by Amjad Al Rasheed (Jordan ), DISCO AFRIKA by Luck Razanajaona (Madagascar) and A GOLDEN LIFE by Boubacar Sangaré (Burkina Faso), the competition Basis introduced on Thursday.
The jury of the 4 Atlas Growth Awards, made up of producers Lamia Chraibi (La Prod), Nicole Gerhards (Niko Movie) and Farès Ladjimi (Supernova Movies), rewarded the tasks LA MER AU LOIN by Mentioned Hamich (Morocco), PIGEON WARS by Dania Bdeir (Lebanon), DEMBA by Mamadou Dia (Senegal) and LËNDE by Katy Lena Ndiaye (Senegal).
Moreover, the ARTEKINO Worldwide Prize, awarded by the Franco-German channel, was awarded to the challenge in improvement WHALE BELLY by Sameh Alaa (Egypt).
This fifth version introduced collectively 250 worldwide professionals round a collection of 23 tasks and movies, led by a brand new technology of Moroccan, Arab and African filmmakers. The 16 tasks in improvement and 6 movies in filming or post-production benefited from tailored help representing almost 150 hours of mentoring by consultants in script, manufacturing, distribution, modifying and music.
Moreover, a Moroccan movie was chosen as a part of the Atlas Movie Showcase and screened to an viewers of competition administrators.
This fee judged the tasks on the studying of their synopsis and on the pitch that was made, the producer and member of the jury of the 4 Atlas improvement prizes, Lamia Chraibi, advised MAP, indicating that the choice was made in a really natural approach on the challenge which is “probably the most promising by way of its narrative capability and its capability to present actuality and authenticity”.
Welcoming the “very honorable” high quality of the movies within the working, the Moroccan producer, on the identical time, pressured that it was “very troublesome” to decide on between the completely different tasks.
The Ateliers de l’Atlas co-production market generated an ever-increasing variety of requests for particular person conferences with chosen administrators and producers, 350 of which have been formally organized, illustrating the robust curiosity of pros within the continent’s cinemas. Africa and the Arab world.
In 5 editions, the skilled program of the Marrakech Worldwide Movie Competition has supported 111 tasks and movies together with 48 Moroccan tasks and movies. Proof of the success of this platform, many movies that participated in it have been subsequently chosen and awarded prizes at prestigious festivals.
This yr, 5 movies supported by the Ateliers de l’Atlas have been chosen by the Cannes Festivals (Ashkal by Youssef Chebbi, Sous les Figues by Erige Sehiri), Venice (Queens by Yasmin Benkiran, The Damned Do not Cry by Fyzal Boulifa ) or Locarno (Fragments from Heaven by Adnane Baraka); earlier than being offered within the Center East and Africa throughout this nineteenth version of the Marrakech Worldwide Movie Competition.
Listed here are the winners of the fifth version of the Ateliers de l’Atlas:
ATLAS POST-PRODUCTION PRIZE value €25,000:
INSHALLAH A BOY d’Amjad Al Rasheed – Jordanie
Produced by Rula Nasser – Jordan
ATLAS POST-PRODUCTION PRIZE value €15,000:
DISCO AFRICA de Luck Razanajaona – Madagascar
Produced by Jonathan Rubin – France
ATLAS POST-PRODUCTION PRIZE value €10,000:
A GOLDEN LIFE by Boubacar Sangaré – Burkina Faso
Produced by Faissol Gnonlonfin – Benin
ATLAS DEVELOPMENT PRIZE endowed with €15,000:
THE SEA IN THE DISTANCE by Saïd Hamich – Morocco
Produced by Sophie Penson – France
ATLAS DEVELOPMENT PRIZE endowed with €10,000:
PIGEON WARS de Dania Bdeir – Liban
Produced by Pierre Sarraf – Lebanon
ATLAS DEVELOPMENT PRIZE endowed with €5,000:
DEMBA by Mamadou Dia – Senegal
Produced by Maba Ba – Senegal
ATLAS DEVELOPMENT PRIZE endowed with €5,000:
LINE by Katy Lena – Senegal
Produced by Oualid Baha – France
ARTEKINO INTERNATIONAL PRIZE endowed with €6,000:
WHALE BELLY de Sameh Alaa – Egypt
Produced by Mark Lotfy – Egypt
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