Three minority co-productions receive grant
Read the details of the selected projects below.
The Daughters of Fire (feature film)
Director/screenwriter: Pedro Costa
Dutch co-producer: BALDR Film
Producer: Optec Filmes (PT)
Co-producer: Clarão Companhia (PT)
Logline: Three young Cape Verdean sisters are separated by the eruption of the volcano of Fogo. Three tiny lives adrift in the catastrophe of the twentieth century. But they keep on singing: "We must live! one day we will know why we live and why we suffer..."
Granted support: € 200,000
Sealskin (feature film)
Director/screenwriter: Irene Moray
Dutch co-producers: Phanta Film, Goldman Film
Producer: Lastor Media S.L. (ES)
Co-producer: Paloma Productions (DK)
Logline: A young cleaner watches her childhood friend slowly disappear under the spell of a destructive relationship. In trying to save her, she becomes entangled in an intimate struggle between holding on and letting go. Only when she allows herself to be vulnerable does she discover a community of women capable of offering healing.
Granted support: € 250,000
Soon We Will All Be History Here (feature film)
Director/screenwriter: Saeed Taji Farouky
Dutch co-producer: BIND
Producer: Arab Media Network (JO)
Co-producers: Odeh Films (DE), Grande Ourse Films (FR), Candle & Bell Limited (GB)
Logline: Suleiman, a Gaza farmer grieving his sister's death, rescues an injured falcon and begins to believe it's her reincarnation. He finds rare comfort in the bird and unexpected kinship with Noreen, an ornithologist studying the migration. But their fragile peace is threatened when Hisham, a troubled teenager, becomes dangerously obsessed with taking the falcon for himself.
Granted support: € 250,000
Image: The Daughters of Fire (still from the 2023 short that serves as a prelude to the current project)
