L’Atelier 2020

The Cinefondation’s Atelier hosts its sixteenth edition this year and will invite to the Festival de Cannes 16 directors whose projects have been considered particularly promising. Together with their producers, they will be able to meet potential partners, a necessary step to finish their project and start the making of their film. L’Atelier provides its participants access to international co-productions, thus accelerating the film’s completion.

The Cinefondation’s Atelier has been created in 2005 to stimulate creative filmmaking and encourage the emergence of a new generation of filmmakers. So far, out of 233 projects accompanied, 171 have been released theatrically and 14 are currently in pre-production. For L’Atelier’s 16^th edition, 15 projects from 15 countries have been selected, from the upcoming director to the well-known filmmaker.

Dayao Swims Against the Flow               Zhang Tao                             China
A Male                                                     Fabián Hernández                 Colombia
Carnaval                                                  Mohamed Siam                     Egypt
Animal                                                     Sofia Exarchou                      Greece
Marichjhapi                                              Bauddhayan Mukherji           India
The Happiest Man in The World             Teona Strugar Mitevska         North Macedonia
Tiger Stripes                                            Amanda Nell Eu                    Malaysia
A Fucked up Tribute to Motherly Love    Esther Rots & Dan Geesin    Netherlands
Some Nights I Feel Like Walking            Petersen Vargas                    Philippines
Le Serviteur                                             Marian Crisan                        Romania
Frost                                                        Pavle Vučković                      Serbia
The Store                                                Hanna Sköld                          Sweden
Balkaya                                                   Emin Alper                             Turkey
Birchanger Green                                    Moin Hussain                        United Kingdom
The Station                                              Sara Ishaq                             Yemen

From May 14 to 21, L’Atelier will arrange meetings with the directors for film industry professionals interested in investing in their projects.

The Livre des Projets and the meeting request forms will be available online at the beginning of April on www.cinefondation.com