Blaž Kutin is the "New talent in the European Union"
Slovenian screenwriter/director Blaž Kutin has received the “New talent in the European Union Award”, given by Viviane Reding, Commissioner for the Information Society and Media, in the presence of Ministers of Culture and the Audiovisual from member EU states, the president of the Cannes Film Festival, and industry professionals and technicians who gathered together to celebrate the 2006 Europe Day.
Established in 2004, the award is given to the best screenplay written by a European writer under 35 who has taken part in a training program financed by the MEDIA Programme. This year’s winner was chosen by a jury made of screenwriters, from among a smaller selection of high quality projects.
Kutin’s project, Lara, presented by Bela Film, tells the story of a woman who retraces the her life the day of her 60th birthday as she watches her son, a famous pianist, at a gala concert, and thinks back to her own never-achieved ambitions to become a famous pianist. Kutin has already written and directed a short film and is currently working on several shorts in Slovenia and Croatia.
Besides financially backing the film’s presentation at the Cannes Film Market, the MEDIA program will also give Bela Film €20,000 to seek out the co-production partners necessary to making the film.
(Translated from Italian)
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