A talk with Sébastien Onomo (Les Films d’Ici/Special Touch Studios, France), Vanessa Ciszewski (Katuh Studio, Germany), Annemie Degryse (Lunanime, Belgium) and moderator Amra Bakšić Čamo (SCCA/pro.ba, Bosnia and Herzegovina).

Since The Siren [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Sepideh Farsi, set in Iran in 1980, was at the EFM's Berlinale Co-Production Market in 2018, it has grown into a four-country co-production with 25 partners involved. What were the particularities in the financing and co-production of this animated arthouse feature? How did the producers bring together the creative team and fulfil all funding requirements, and what obstacles did they overcome before their movie was selected as this year’s Panorama opening film?