Synopsis:Set resistant to the backdrop out-of Lebanon’s determining moments for the past 40 years, It’s a sad and delightful Community examines brand new love facts and you can not likely love between Nino, good warmhearted idealist, and you can Soraya, a wounded cynic, throughout their teens, adulthood and you can marriage.
Manager Bio:Cyril Aris was an excellent Lebanese Movie director Screenwriter, located in Ny and you may Beirut. They claimed the brand new Este-Gouna tan star prize, the new jury honor on Rome’s Medfilm Festival, an enthusiastic honorable mention within London’s Unlock Area Docs, and you will another speak about on Budapest All over the world Documentary Event.Their last fiction quick flick, The new President’s Visit (2017), premiered at the Toronto Around the world Film Festival (TIFF), claimed the usa National Board of Comment flirtwith username (NBR) offer award, are shortlisted to own a student BAFTA, claimed the Muhr jury prize into the Dubai, this new oscar-qualifying grand jury award at Nashville, and you can starred within the more sixty film celebrations worldwide. Early in the day loans were brief flick Siham (2013), jury prize in the Palm Springs ShortFest, LBC’s Tv series Beirut, I love Your (2011-12), and you will Yahoo’s websites-series Fasateen (2012), and that one another achieved numerous mil viewpoints. Aris holds an enthusiastic MFA off Columbia School in town off New york, and also educated Flick from the Columbia College, NHSI during the Northwestern University and you may Barnard University, and that is already from inside the development for his first fictional function, ‘It’s an unfortunate and delightful World’.
One happens destroyed the evening you to definitely Asl? have an argument having him and you will she finds out by herself in the middle of intertwined electricity relationships, treasures and you may doubt
Synopsis:Asl? has recently designated given that a nurse to a small faraway town, where cold weather truth be told doesn’t run-out.
Their first feature documentary, The new Swing (2018) premiered at the Karlovy Vary IFF, choosing positive reviews to the Movie industry Reporter contacting they ‘Sexual and moving’, when you look at the ‘so it reflection on the knowledge, like and you can will be based upon the face out of illness and you can death’
Movie director Biography:Selcen Ergun are a motion picture movie director, screenwriter and you will picture taking from Istanbul, Poultry. Just after understanding Industrial Build and you may Artwork Community at Middle eastern countries Technical College or university, she gotten the woman MA from inside the Screenwriting and you can Leading at Istanbul Bilgi University. She is a good Berlinale Speciality 2018 alumna. She first started this lady field due to the fact an associate director, did in lot of national and around the world productions together with a few feature clips away from notorious Turkish director Reha Erdem: ‘My Only Sunshine’ and ‘Kosmos’. She brought small films, advertisements and you can sounds movies. Her quick movies ‘Confrontation’ and you can ‘A bright and sunny Day’ was indeed chosen by a number of crucial around the globe film festivals (also Munich, LUCAS Frankfurt, Brussels, Los angeles, !f Istanbul, Ankara, Adana Wonderful Boll) and awarded awards. ‘A bright Day’ obtained one or two script prizes, a monetary service regarding the Turkish Ministry off Society and its own liberties have been ordered by ShortsTv becoming distributed to thirty six other regions.Selcen continues to behave as a tunes and you can commercial movies manager, that will be currently developing this lady debut function movie ‘Accumulated snow and Bear’, and this received manufacturing investment from the Turkish Ministry away from Culture and you will innovation grant regarding the Italian language Turkish Co-Development Advancement Fund. The movie opportunity claimed Conferences toward Connection Advancement Grant to possess the best opportunity of Istanbul Internationally Film Event. It has been selected, among others, to possess Berlinale Skills Program Route 2018 and Earliest Movies First, Goethe-Institut Younger Directors ? Academy Southern area-Eastern Europe.
Endeavor Position:Revealed in the Conferences into Link Platform regarding Istanbul In the world Motion picture Festival in the 2017 where they acquired both Greatest Enterprise Award that have invention service and you will Transylvania Mountain Prevent honor.Install at Berlinale Talents Software Channel and you may First Video clips Very first, Goethe-Institut More youthful Directors ? Academy Southern-Eastern European countries. Picked from the Holland Movie Meeting, Fest Forward Pitching Community forum Ladies in Movie, Group meetings on the Connection.Supported that have Software Development and you will Production features from the Turkish Ministry away from Culture.Producer of Chicken, Nefes Polat out-of Nefes Videos, are connected to this lady in the world co-development experience. Has just, she co-lead ‘SIBEL’, directed by the Cagla Zencirci Guillaume Giovannetti (2018, Chicken, France, Luxemburg, Germany co-production) and that generated the globe premiere within Locarno Around the globe Flick Festival, choosing FIPRESCI as well as 2 a great deal more honors. Teamed with RIVA Movie out of Germany set for the newest after that strategies of your project and you can acquired advancement grant about German-Turkish Co-Creation Creativity Financing.