The 8th Edition of the BABYLON Programme kicks off next week with its first feature film development workshop of the year in Vienna (19-22 February).
Filmmakers from across Europe and the Middle East will meet to discuss and analyze their projects and share creative experience. This intensive residential workshop will be followed by a mentored rewrite period, aiming at selection for a second session at Cannes (15-18 May) where script development, production skills and market understanding come into focus. The follow-up sessions will be held in London in October.
BABYLON is proud to welcome back funding partners Filmfonds Wien (Austria) and MFG-Baden-Württemberg (Germany). We are also grateful for the grant funding support of the Greek Film Centre, Creative Skillset, the Israel Film Fund, and Friuli Venezia Giulia. BABYLON is produced by founder-directors Scenario Films Ltd, London, in association with Witcraft/Diverse Geschichten, Vienna.
Ten projects were selected this year:
BABYLON 2015 SELECTED PROJECTS
AUSTRIA
Project Title: XOXO
Writers/Directors: Joanna Lietha/Iliana Estañol
Project Title: WOODEN RIFLE
Writer/Director: Alfoz Tanjour
Project Title: DIE DIEBIN/The Thief
Writer/Director: Sonja Romei
GERMANY
Project Title: THE NOBLE JACQUES
Writer/Director: Carsten Unger
Producer: Reza Bahar, Gifted Films
Project Title: NIEMANDSLAND
Writer/Director: Peter Evers
GREECE
Project Title: HAUNTED BY CITY LIGHTS
Writer/Director/Producer: Stratis Chatzielnoudas, Margot Filmhouse
ISRAEL
Project Title: KIDS AND KINGS
Writer/Director: Tal Haring
Producer: Efrat Cohen, Gaudeamus Productions
ITALY
Project Title: JAMAL AFINA
Writer/Director: Yassine Marco Marroccu
UK
Project Title: SHEBA
Writer/Director: Christiana Ebohon
Producer: Sandra McIver
Project Title: THE PLACE BEHIND HER EYES
Writer/Director: Vika Evdokimenko
Co-Writer: Oliver Shuster
BABYLON aims to build a successful and diverse pool of film storytelling and talent; to promote and strengthen cultural diversity within the independent film sector; and to provide an international platform for emerging filmmakers. Full details of the programme can be found on the Babylon Website http://www.babylon-film.eu/index.php
