The FIDLab international co-production platform announced June 10 the 15 projects that will be presented online in 2020. The selection was made from 440 submissions (up 23% on 2019) and represents 15 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Georgia, Hong Kong, Canada, Chile, Germany, France, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the US.
Seven of the selected projects are at development stage while five are at script stage. One project is in production and two are in post-production. See project details below.
FIDMarseille (July 22-26) will share details of the 2020 selection in due course, but underlined its commitment to a live event in a statement which reads, in part:
“Convinced that a film is a living organism, as fragile as it is powerful; convinced even more than ever that a festival, in bringing together these magnificent fragilities and incredible strengths, is in turn a mobile assembly, we are happy to be able to share this new calendar with you. The FID will be held in Marseille from July 22nd to 26th.
“Come and share our joy in making you discover our selection of films, each one unique, all beautiful, in exclusivity. We are waiting for you, many of you, to meet the film teams present, with a concern for the health of all.”
FIDLab 2020 selection :
寧都
(NINGDU)
Lei Lei – China
Fiction-Documentary
Chinase Shadows (Hong Kong) C-Ray Studio (USA) Submarine (The Netherlands)
85’, Post-Production
A PORTRAIT
Sofia Bohdanowicz – Canada
Fiction
Cinestación (Chile) MDFF (Canada)
90 mins, Script stage
BAUMETTES
Sharon Lockhart – USA
Documentary
Primitive Film (UK) Sharon Lockart Studio (USA) Neugerriemschneider Galerie (Germany)
45 mins, Development
DER DSCHUNGEL
(THE JUNGLE)
Matthias Huser – Switzerland
Fiction
8 horses GmbH (Switzerland)
90 mins, Development
GRAND PORTAGE
Julia Pello – Russia
Fiction-Documentary
Mass Ornament (USA)
90 mins, Development
KRAKATOA
Carlos Casas – Spain
Fiction-Documentary
AMI artists moving image ((UK) ETNOGRAF (Poland)
70 mins, Script stage
LA VIE DES HOMMES INFÂMES
(INFAMOUS MEN’S LIFE)
Gilles Deroo & Marianne Pistone – France
Fiction
Shellac Sud (France)
90 mins, Script stage
LOS ERIZOS
(THE SEA URCHINS)
Juan Rodrigáñez – Spain
Fiction
Tajo abajo (Spain)
140 mins, Script stage
OLLIN BLOOD
Elise Florenty & Marcel Türkowsky – France / Germany
Fiction-Documentary
70 mins, Post-Production
PATIKO SIMPATICO
Tina Makharadze – Georgia
Fiction
Yeso Da Khoda (Georgia) Laboyita LLC (USA)
80 mins, Production
SENDA INDIA
(OUR DEMAND)
Daniela Seggiaro – Argentina
Documentary
Maravillacine (Argentina)
90 mins, Development
THE GODDAMN PARTICLE
Mili Pecherer – France / Israel
Fiction
20 mins, Script stage
TÚNEL INVISÍVEL
(INVISIBLE TUNNEL)
Lucas Barros & Nicolas Zetune – Brazil
Fiction
70 mins, Development
WABIK / TRACKING SATYRS
Gilles Lepore, Michał Mądracki & Maciej Mądracki – Poland
Fiction-Documentary
MML studio (Poland)
60 mins, Development
XIAO LI
Maya Kosa & Sérgio da Costa – Switzerland / Portugal
Fiction-Documentary
Alina film (Switzerland) O som e a furia (Portugal)
80 mins, Development
JURY FIDLAB 2020
FIORELLA MORETTI – CEO LuxBox, International Sales
PAOLO MORETTI – General Delegate of Directors’ Fortnight
MATTHIJS WOUTER KNOL – Director of European Film Market/Berlinale, as of January 2021 Director of European Film Academy
