DAB Co-Production Forum

2009 | 2008

News: Directors Across Borders 3rd Regional Co-production forum

Selection results

Summarizing the selection results for the 3rd DAB Regional Co-production forum, we are happy announce the following: more than 40 projects were submitted for both Directors Across Borders and Armenia-Turkey Cinema Platform sections. We would like to thank all the producers and directors for their interest in the forum and submitting their projects.
This year the format of the event has changed a little. In particular, in the frames of co-production forum, two main events will take place - Directors Across Borders co-production workshop, which will invite 10 projects from the countries of the region (namely: Armenia, Turkey, Russia, Georgia, Ukraine and Estonia) and Armenia-Turkey Cinema Platform Documentary Development Workshop, for 6 documentary projects aimed to be co-produced between Armenia and Turkey.
The reason of changing the format of the forum and concentrating of development workshop for the selected projects is that there are many projects submitted by young directors/producers and for many of them, these are their first feature projects or first co-productions. Thus, it was decided to organize a 2-day workshop for projects, during which the participants will work with two trainers - script consultant and project consultant. By the end of the workshop there will be a Pitch in front of representatives of funds and producers. The program of the forum will also include presentations of European film trainings and funds, case studies and discussions.
Here is the list of selected projects for this year:

DAB projects:

Music for Strangers (Dir./Prod. Eric Nazarian, USA),
Cotton White (Dir. Keti Machavariani, Prod. Archil Gelovani, Georgia),
Komitas (Dir. Senem Tuzen, Turkey),
Nona and Friends (Dir./Prod. Lusine Gevorgyan, Armenia),
The Last Bell (Dir. Sibil Cekmen, Prod. Sevil Demirci, Turkey),
Paradjanov (Dir./Prod. Olena Fetisova, Ukraine),
My Poor Darling Mother (Dir. Nika Shek, Prod. Sarik Hovsepyan, Armenia),
Hot Ice Cubes (Prod. Artur Veeber, Estonia),
Transparent Roofs (Dir. Lusine Sargsyan, Armenia),
Hamlet (Dir./Prod. Areg Azatyan, Shoghik Tadevossyan, Armenia).

ATCP projects:

Araboghlu (Dir. Karen Khachatryan, Prod. Artur Bakhtamyan, Armenia),
Turkey-Motherland Of Enemies and Ancestors (Dir./Prod. Mariam Ohanyan),
Nogales de Mendez (Dir. Gagik Harutyunyan, Prod. Karen Gevorgyan, Armenia),
Hasine (Dir./Prod. Haydar Demirtas, Turkey),
Daughters of the Infidels (Dir/ Prod. Mujde Arslan, Turkey),
Once Upon a Time (Dir. Nagehan Uskan, Prod. Zeynep Güzel, Turkey).

The Project book and program of the forum will be available soon.