01/12/2005

Tomorrow sees the start of the 14th Vendôme festival organised by the APCVL (Atelier de Production Centre Val de Loire) and dedicated to the the creation of cinema aided by the collective territories of Europe . Running till the 12th December, a very dense programme will offer notably a series of professional meetings, a competition with fifty short and medium films, a panorama of first and second features and a tribute to the Belgian organisation Wallimage with screenings of The child [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne
film profile] by the Dardenne brothers, d’Ultranova [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Bouli Lanners
film profile] by Bouli Lanners and of Bunker Paradise [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Stefan Liberski
film profile] by Stephan Liberski (Cineuropa dedicated a Focus to all three films.)
Industry-wise, there will be a co-production workshop set up by ACE (European Cinema Workshops) which will bring together on the 5th, 6th and 7th December four French producers (Bandonéon, Les Films d’Antoine, Avenue B and Les Films au Long Cours), two British (whateverpictures and Wellington Films) and two Belgian (Libris Films and Versus Production) who will each present a feature susceptible to co-production.

As for films which have been aided by the collective territories of Europe, the Vendôme festival has composed a diversified menu with GEspenter from German Christian Petzold, La terre abandonnée by Vimukthi Jayasundara, The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes by British Stephen and Timoty Quay, Uno by Norwegian Askel Hennie (nominated at the EFA 2005 in the category European Film Academy Discovery), Voici venu le temps [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Alain Guiraudie, Backstage [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Emmanuelle Bercot, Cache cache [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Yves Caumon, Blush by Win Vandekeybus et La trahison [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Philippe Faucon.
For detailed information on the role of the regions in financing film production on the Old continent, consult Dossier Europe published in Spring by Cineuropa.

(Translated from French)