With the Participation of 9 Documentaries and 14 Professional Filmmakers in Production, Distribution, Funding and Filmmaking
Ismailia Co-production Platform Unveils Details about Its 2nd Edition Part of the Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts
Cairo, Egypt | Tuesday- 20 May, 2014:
A few days before the launch of its 17th edition, Ismailia International Film Festival For Documentaries and Shorts unveiled details about the 2nd Ismailia Co-production Platform (ICP) that will take place during the second half of the festival's 17th round, which runs from June 3rd - 8th, 2014.
the Festival has unveiled the participation of 9 out of 25 film projects which were submitted to the (ICP) forum that aims to support new and emerging creative filmmakers to make their projects see the light. The stages of the projects vary between development, production and post-production.
The platform will be held on the 5th, 6th and 7th of June, 2014. During that period, direct meetings will take place between projects' representatives and the guests whose interests vary between co-production, distribution and documentary filmmaking, in addition to meeting the Co-production Platform's jury members who will choose the projects that will win the development grants and the funding.
The second edition hosts 14 filmmaking professionals delegates whose expertise varies between production, distribution and documentary filmmaking and funding. The list includes names such as Producer and Distributor Daniel Ziskind, representative of Zad Communications and Production; Director and Producer Hala Alabdalla, Director of the Syrian Ramad Films; Irit Neidhart Founder of mec film which is specialized in distributing and producing films from the Arab world; Director and Producer Jad Abi-Khalil, founding member of Beirut DC, the cultural association for the development of Arab cinema, and Director of the DOCmed program; Film Distributor Jessica Khoury from MC Distribution; Spanish Producer Marta Andreu, Founder of Playtime Films studio and board member of the Berlin International Film Festival's World Cinema Fund; Producer and Distributor Michel Zana from SD Distribution; American Producer Mike Lerner; Omar El Kadi, Acquisitions and Sales at MC Distribution and Programmer of Beirut's Metropolis movie theater; Filmmaker Reem Badr Co-founder of The Documentary Story Platform in Jordan; Lebanese Rima Mismar, Film Programs Manager at the Arab Fund For Arts and Culture (AFAQ); Kuwaiti Producer Talal El Muhanna; Valerio Caruso Director of Cineuropa.org and one of the officials of the Euromed Audiovisual; and Director Viola Shafik, Head of Studies of the Documentary Campus MENA Program and Jury member of the Berlin International Film Festival's World Cinema Fund.
The Co-production Platform grants its awards to the remarkable projects; as the members of the jury of the platform will choose a project in development stage that will be granted USD 5000 prize and another project in either production or post-production stage which will be granted a USD 15,000 prize in the form of post-production facilities offered by an Egyptian production company.
This year's edition of the Ismailia festival witnesses a workshop for training Egyptian directors in association with Beirut DC Lab, the cultural association for the development of Arab cinema. Furthermore, the Ismailia Co-Production Platform is holding a workshop for directors on the development of documentary projects in association with Documentary Campus MENA Program.
The Ismailia Co-production Platform, the first Arab co-production forum primarily dedicated to documentaries, will be an opportunity to have meetings with experts, sales agents, and funders. Filmmakers from all over the world, who have a project with "an Arab connection" (director, producer, co-producer, main talent, location, subject matter, etc...) are encouraged to apply with feature-length creative documentaries either at the development or post-production phase and all applications must be in English.
The lineup of the selected projects includes:
- Projects in development
Dream Away | Johanna Domke and Marouan Omara
Ward Number 3 | Aida Elkashef
In Grey Depths | Mona Lotfy
Dance with a Bullet | Dhyaa Khaled Joda
Miguel's War | Eliane Raheb
Sumo Habibi Sumo | Joao de Mendonca
- Projects in Production and Post-production
Esmi Nidal | Nidal Hussein
Man Behind The Microphone | Claire Belhassine
I Am A Script Girl | Mina Nabil
Last year, there were many unique and superb projects from all over the world at the Co-production Platform. In addition to the one-to-one meetings and sessions with the jury, Co-Platform 2013 hosted a special workshop for 3 projects in post-production in conjunction with Screen Institute Beirut. One of these projects, Guardians of Time Lost (Arak) by Diala Kashmar was completed and premiered at the Dubai International Film Festival. The film received the Special Jury Prize for the Muhr Arab Documentary. Emanuela Zucala's documentary, Just to Let You Know That I'm Alive was also completed after participating in the co-production platform and is ready to start touring festivals. The film that received the American University in Cairo monetary award, Cinema Wahbe by Nidal el Dibs, is currently in post-production. We have received updates from most of the projects and several are in post-production while others are still in production.
The Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts is one of the Arab world's major film festivals, and the first to be exclusively dedicated to documentaries and shorts. The festival was first launched in 1988 under the jurisdiction of the National Cinema Center, to continue afterwards as one of three film festivals coordinated by Egypt's Ministry of Culture.
the Festival has unveiled the participation of 9 out of 25 film projects which were submitted to the (ICP) forum that aims to support new and emerging creative filmmakers to make their projects see the light. The stages of the projects vary between development, production and post-production.
The platform will be held on the 5th, 6th and 7th of June, 2014. During that period, direct meetings will take place between projects' representatives and the guests whose interests vary between co-production, distribution and documentary filmmaking, in addition to meeting the Co-production Platform's jury members who will choose the projects that will win the development grants and the funding.
The second edition hosts 14 filmmaking professionals delegates whose expertise varies between production, distribution and documentary filmmaking and funding. The list includes names such as Producer and Distributor Daniel Ziskind, representative of Zad Communications and Production; Director and Producer Hala Alabdalla, Director of the Syrian Ramad Films; Irit Neidhart Founder of mec film which is specialized in distributing and producing films from the Arab world; Director and Producer Jad Abi-Khalil, founding member of Beirut DC, the cultural association for the development of Arab cinema, and Director of the DOCmed program; Film Distributor Jessica Khoury from MC Distribution; Spanish Producer Marta Andreu, Founder of Playtime Films studio and board member of the Berlin International Film Festival's World Cinema Fund; Producer and Distributor Michel Zana from SD Distribution; American Producer Mike Lerner; Omar El Kadi, Acquisitions and Sales at MC Distribution and Programmer of Beirut's Metropolis movie theater; Filmmaker Reem Badr Co-founder of The Documentary Story Platform in Jordan; Lebanese Rima Mismar, Film Programs Manager at the Arab Fund For Arts and Culture (AFAQ); Kuwaiti Producer Talal El Muhanna; Valerio Caruso Director of Cineuropa.org and one of the officials of the Euromed Audiovisual; and Director Viola Shafik, Head of Studies of the Documentary Campus MENA Program and Jury member of the Berlin International Film Festival's World Cinema Fund.
The Co-production Platform grants its awards to the remarkable projects; as the members of the jury of the platform will choose a project in development stage that will be granted USD 5000 prize and another project in either production or post-production stage which will be granted a USD 15,000 prize in the form of post-production facilities offered by an Egyptian production company.
This year's edition of the Ismailia festival witnesses a workshop for training Egyptian directors in association with Beirut DC Lab, the cultural association for the development of Arab cinema. Furthermore, the Ismailia Co-Production Platform is holding a workshop for directors on the development of documentary projects in association with Documentary Campus MENA Program.
The Ismailia Co-production Platform, the first Arab co-production forum primarily dedicated to documentaries, will be an opportunity to have meetings with experts, sales agents, and funders. Filmmakers from all over the world, who have a project with "an Arab connection" (director, producer, co-producer, main talent, location, subject matter, etc...) are encouraged to apply with feature-length creative documentaries either at the development or post-production phase and all applications must be in English.
The lineup of the selected projects includes:
- Projects in development
Dream Away | Johanna Domke and Marouan Omara
Ward Number 3 | Aida Elkashef
In Grey Depths | Mona Lotfy
Dance with a Bullet | Dhyaa Khaled Joda
Miguel's War | Eliane Raheb
Sumo Habibi Sumo | Joao de Mendonca
- Projects in Production and Post-production
Esmi Nidal | Nidal Hussein
Man Behind The Microphone | Claire Belhassine
I Am A Script Girl | Mina Nabil
Last year, there were many unique and superb projects from all over the world at the Co-production Platform. In addition to the one-to-one meetings and sessions with the jury, Co-Platform 2013 hosted a special workshop for 3 projects in post-production in conjunction with Screen Institute Beirut. One of these projects, Guardians of Time Lost (Arak) by Diala Kashmar was completed and premiered at the Dubai International Film Festival. The film received the Special Jury Prize for the Muhr Arab Documentary. Emanuela Zucala's documentary, Just to Let You Know That I'm Alive was also completed after participating in the co-production platform and is ready to start touring festivals. The film that received the American University in Cairo monetary award, Cinema Wahbe by Nidal el Dibs, is currently in post-production. We have received updates from most of the projects and several are in post-production while others are still in production.
The Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts is one of the Arab world's major film festivals, and the first to be exclusively dedicated to documentaries and shorts. The festival was first launched in 1988 under the jurisdiction of the National Cinema Center, to continue afterwards as one of three film festivals coordinated by Egypt's Ministry of Culture.
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