For its 2020 edition, the industry programme of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, KVIFF Eastern Promises Industry Days, will take place on its original dates (6-8 July), but the programme will unspool entirely online. Eastern Promises has now unveiled the 41 projects that will be featured across its various sections and will be vying for awards of a total value of €165,000. Industry professionals may still register on the festival’s website to attend the event.

In the Works in Progress section, producers and directors representing eight projects currently in post-production, along with the eight projects that have been announced by First Cut+ (see the news), will present them to the attending guests. All projects will be eligible for the €10,000 TRT Prize, to be decided on by a jury comprising Vanja Kaludjerčić (International Film Festival Rotterdam), Gabor Greiner (Films Boutique), and Faruk Güven (TRT). Furthermore, the Post-production Development Award will be handed out by sponsors UPP and Soundsquare, with advice dished out by KVIFF’s artistic director, Karel Och.

Furthermore, eight projects have been picked in Docs in Progress, where documentaries at the late production stage or in post-production will be able to win the €5,000 award. The jury includes Salma Abdalla (Autlook Filmsales), Rada Šešić (film consultant and curator) and Charlotte Cook (Field of Vision).

For the fifth consecutive year, eight projects that experiment with the limits of traditional storytelling and are either in production or in post-production will be eligible for the Eurimages Lab Project Award, valued at €50,000. The most promising project will be selected by the German representative of Eurimages, Els Hendrix, Romanian filmmaker Adina Pintilie and Berlinale programmer Mark Peranson.

Finally, the nine projects that were developed during the latest edition of MIDPOINT Feature Launch (see the news) will be presented online in the Works in Development section, and apart from the €10,000 Development Award, they will also be looking to secure future partners and co-producers.

Here is the full list of selected projects for KVIFF Eastern Promises 2020:

Works in Progress

Absence – Ali Mosaffa (Iran/Czech Republic/Slovakia)
Producers: Ali Mosaffa, Jordi Niubo, Filip Remunda, Silvia Panáková, Eric Panák

The Alleys – Bassel Ghandour (Jordan/Qatar/France/Saudi Arabia)
Producer: Rula Nasser

Black Medusa – ismaël (Tunisia/Luxembourg)
Producer: ismaël

Field – Lasha Tskvitinidze (Georgia)
Producers: Nodar Nozadze, Giorgi Kobalia, Nato Sikharulidze

Snow White Dies at the End – Kristijan Risteski (North Macedonia)
Producer: Darko Popov

Stop-Zemlia – Kataryna Gornostai (Ukraine)
Producers: Vitaliy Sheremetiev, Viktoriia Khomenko, Olga Beskhmelnytsina, Natalia Libet

Troubled Minds [+lire aussi :
critique
bande-annonce
interview : Lauris Abele, Raitis Abele…
fiche film] – Raitis Ābele, Lauris Ābele (Latvia/Norway)
Producers: Roberts Vinovskis, Raitis Ābele, Kristele Pudane

Wiarołom – Piotr Złotorowicz (Poland)
Producers: Jerzy Kapuściński, Ewa Jastrzębska

First Cut+

Broad Peak [+lire aussi :
interview : Leszek Dawid
fiche film] – Leszek Dawid (Poland/Italy)
Producers: Maciej Rzączyński, Dawid Janicki, Krzysztof Rzączyński, Paweł Rymarz, Pola Łangowska

Brother's Keeper [+lire aussi :
critique
bande-annonce
interview : Ferit Karahan
fiche film] – Ferit Karahan (Turkey/Romania)
Producer: Kanat Dogramaci

I Am Fine, Thanks [+lire aussi :
bande-annonce
interview : Ernestas Jankauskas et Gab…
fiche film] – Ernestas Jankauskas (Lithuania)
Producer: Gabija Siurbytė

Imaculat [+lire aussi :
critique
bande-annonce
interview : Monica Stan et George Chip…
fiche film] – Monica Stan, George Chiper Lillemark (Romania)
Producer: Marcian Lazar

January [+lire aussi :
critique
fiche film] – Andrey Paounov (Bulgaria/Portugal/Luxembourg)
Producer: Vanya Rainova

Runner [+lire aussi :
critique
bande-annonce
interview : Andrius Blaževičius
fiche film] – Andrius Blaževičius (Lithuania/Czech Republic)
Producer: Marija Razgutė

The Users – Ivan Ikić (Serbia/Slovenia/Netherlands/Bosnia and Herzegovina/France)
Producers: Milan Stojanović, Marija Stojanović

Wild Roots [+lire aussi :
critique
bande-annonce
fiche film] – Hajni Kis (Hungary/Slovakia)
Producers: Julie Berkes, Balázs Zachar

Docs in Progress

Every Single Minute [+lire aussi :
critique
bande-annonce
interview : Erika Hníková
fiche film] – Erika Hníková (Czech Republic/Slovakia)
Producer: Jiří Konečný

Homes – Laila Pakalniņa (Latvia)
Producer: Laila Pakalniņa

Indoor – Tehran – Azadi Moghadam (Iran)
Producer: Afsaneh Salari

Intensive Life Unit [+lire aussi :
bande-annonce
fiche film] – Adéla Komrzý (Czech Republic)
Producer: Pavla Janoušková Kubečková

Lines [+lire aussi :
critique
bande-annonce
interview : Barbora Sliepková
fiche film] – Barbora Sliepková (Slovakia)
Producer: Barbara Janišová Feglová

The Pawnshop – Łukasz Kowalski (Poland)
Producers: Anna Mazerant, Łukasz Kowalski

Roma and the Camel Man – Irakli Metreveli (Georgia)
Producer: Nodar Nozadze

Until the Wedding – Daniel Stopa (Poland)
Producer: Małgorzata Staroń

Eurimages Lab Project Award

Atlantide – Yuri Ancarani (Italy/France)
Producer: Marco Alessi

Bula [+lire aussi :
bande-annonce
fiche film] – Boris Baum (Belgium/Brazil)
Producers: Boris Baum, Alexis Schmitz

Burial [+lire aussi :
critique
fiche film] – Emilija Škarnulytė (Lithuania/Norway)
Producer: Dagnė Vildžiūnaitė

5 Dreamers and a Horse [+lire aussi :
critique
interview : Vahagn Khachatryan et Aren…
fiche film] – Vahagn Khachatryan, Aren Malakyan (Armenia/Germany)
Producers: Vahagn Khachatryan, Eva Blondiau

Hello My Friend – Bettina Blümner (Germany/Cuba)
Producer: Jamila Wenske

Roots [+lire aussi :
critique
bande-annonce
interview : Tea Lukač
fiche film] – Tea Lukač (Serbia/Croatia)
Producer: Andrijana Sofranić Šućur

Stepne [+lire aussi :
critique
bande-annonce
fiche film] – Maryna Vroda (Ukraine/Germany/Poland)
Producer: Maryna Vroda

Utopia – Juri Rechinsky (Ukraine/Austria/Netherlands)
Producers: Thomas Herberth, Maxim Asadchiy, Kirsi Saivosalmy

Works in Development - Feature Launch

CRISSEA IV – Vladimir Dembinski (Romania)
Producer: Bogdan Crăciun

The Fragile Beauty of Masculinity – Andrea Culková (Czech Republic/Slovakia)
Producers: Miroslav Novák, Katarína Krnáčová

Kyuka - Journeying to the Moon Through the Endless Sea – Kostis Charamountanis (Greece)
Producer: Danae Spathara

Neither Voice – Ester Ivakič (Slovenia)
Producer: Andraž Jerič

The Sanctuary – Katerina Borisova (Bulgaria)
Producer: Eleni Dekidis

Sara's Bungalow – Julia Rogowska (Poland)
Producer: Krystyna Kantor

Two Times One – Vladimir Petev (Bulgaria)
Producer: Vanya Rainova

Usud – Stefan Malešević (Serbia)
Producer: Andrijana Sofranić Šućur

Vacuum – Yelizaveta Smith (Ukraine)
Producer: Aleksandra Kostina