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 [+lee también:
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entrevista: Lauris Abele, Raitis Abele…
ficha de la película] – 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 [+lee también:
entrevista: Leszek Dawid
ficha de la película] – Leszek Dawid (Poland/Italy)
Producers: Maciej Rzączyński, Dawid Janicki, Krzysztof Rzączyński, Paweł Rymarz, Pola Łangowska

Brother's Keeper [+lee también:
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entrevista: Ferit Karahan
ficha de la película] – Ferit Karahan (Turkey/Romania)
Producer: Kanat Dogramaci

I Am Fine, Thanks [+lee también:
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entrevista: Ernestas Jankauskas, Gabij…
ficha de la película] – Ernestas Jankauskas (Lithuania)
Producer: Gabija Siurbytė

Imaculat [+lee también:
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entrevista: Monica Stan, George Chiper…
ficha de la película] – Monica Stan, George Chiper Lillemark (Romania)
Producer: Marcian Lazar

January [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] – Andrey Paounov (Bulgaria/Portugal/Luxembourg)
Producer: Vanya Rainova

Runner [+lee también:
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entrevista: Andrius Blaževičius
ficha de la película] – 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 [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] – Hajni Kis (Hungary/Slovakia)
Producers: Julie Berkes, Balázs Zachar

Docs in Progress

Every Single Minute [+lee también:
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entrevista: Erika Hníková
ficha de la película] – 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 [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] – Adéla Komrzý (Czech Republic)
Producer: Pavla Janoušková Kubečková

Lines [+lee también:
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entrevista: Barbora Sliepková
ficha de la película] – 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 [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] – Boris Baum (Belgium/Brazil)
Producers: Boris Baum, Alexis Schmitz

Burial [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] – Emilija Škarnulytė (Lithuania/Norway)
Producer: Dagnė Vildžiūnaitė

5 Dreamers and a Horse [+lee también:
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entrevista: Vahagn Khachatryan y Aren …
ficha de la película] – Vahagn Khachatryan, Aren Malakyan (Armenia/Germany)
Producers: Vahagn Khachatryan, Eva Blondiau

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

Roots [+lee también:
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entrevista: Tea Lukač
ficha de la película] – Tea Lukač (Serbia/Croatia)
Producer: Andrijana Sofranić Šućur

Stepne [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] – 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 - Before the Summer Ends [+lee también:
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entrevista: Kostis Charamountanis
ficha de la película] – 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