Organized by Les Arcs European Film Festival within the frame of the Champs-Elysées Film Festival Industry Days, Paris Co-Production Village is a development and financing platform for feature projects selected worldwide. For its third edition, which will take place 8-10 June in Paris, the 12 following projects have been selected:

Afronauts – Frances Bodomo (USA)
Produced by Nomadic Independence

Blood-Drenched Beard – Aly Muritiba (Brazil)
Produced by RT Features

The Bus to Amerika – Derya Durmaz (Turkey)
Produced by Mars Production

Dark Lies the Island – Ian Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
Produced by Grand Pictures

God Exists, her Name is Petrunija – Teona Strugar Mitevska (Macedonia)
Produced by Sisters and Brother Mitevski Production

Golden Voices – Evgeny Ruman (Israel)
Produced by United Channel Movies

Prince – Sebastian Muñoz (Chile/Argentina)
Produced by Niña Niño Films and Le Tiro Films

Remarkable Things During a Killing – Joko Anwar (Indonesia)
Produced by Lo-Fi Flicks

When the Waves Are Gone [+leggi anche:
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Produced by Epicmedia

In partnership with Proimágenes Colombia, Paris Coproduction Village will present this year a Colombian Focus, inviting three Colombian projects in development. A conference, organized with the support of the CNC, will take place during the event and will discuss the improvement of the French-Colombian coproduction framework. These are the projects selected:

Almost Never Too Late – Alfonso Acosta (Colombia)
Produced by Cabecitanegra Producciones

The Stone – Rafael Martinez Moreno (Colombia)
Produced by Miramar Entertainment

The Tailor – Cesar Heredia (Panama/Colombia)
Produced by Corte Film, Tree House Film and Diafragma

The side event US in Progress, the first and only industry event devoted to US indies in Europe and a joint initiative between the American Film Festival in Wroclaw, the Champs-Elysées Film Festival in Paris and Black Rabbit Film in New York, will present US indie films in post-production to European buyers in order to foster the circulation and distribution of American indie films in Europe. The projects are:

California Dreams – Mike Ott (US)
Produced by Alex Gioulakis

Easy Living – Adam Keleman (US)
Produced by Laura Wagner

Everything Beautiful is Far Away – Pete Ohs and Andrea Sisson (US)
Produced by Andrea Sisson and Saul Germaine

Otto: My Life is a Soundtrack – Margarita Jimeno (US)
Produced by Andrew Corkin and Sol Bondy

Academy – Brent Chesanek (US)
(Documentary) Produced by Andrew Renzi and Andrew Corkin

Whirlybird – Matt Yoka (US)
(Documentary) Produced by Steve Holmgren, Erin Lee Carr, Greg Lanesey and Matt Radecki