L'Atelier 2018 © FDC
The Cinefondation’s Atelier hosts its fourteenth edition this year and will invite to the Festival de Cannes 15 directors whose projects have been considered particularly promising. Together with their producers, they will be able to meet potential partners, a necessary step to finish their project and start the making of their film. L’Atelier provides its participants access to international co-productions, thus accelerating the film’s completion.
The Cinefondation’s Atelier has been created in 2005 to stimulate creative filmmaking and encourage the emergence of a new generation of filmmakers. So far, out of 202 projects accompanied, 145 have been released in the theaters and 28 are currently in pre-production. For L’Atelier’s 14th edition, 15 projects from 15 countries have been selected, from the new director to the well-known filmmaker.
| The Last Queen | Damien Ounouri | Algeria |
| Yashar | Elvin Adigozel | Azerbaidjan |
| The Summer Factory | Chen Tao | China |
| The Return | Meyar AL-Roumi | France / Syria |
| Black Box | Aslı Özge | Germany / Turkey |
| A Rooster on the Fire Escape |
Guetty Felin |
Haiti |
| Echo | Rúnar Rúnarsson | Iceland |
| We’re the Kids in America | Imelda O’Reilly | Ireland |
| Highway 65 | Maya Dreifuss | Israel |
| Tragic Jungle | Yulene Olaizola | Mexico |
| Across the Rainbow Bridge | Niranjan Raj Bhetwal | Nepal |
| Whether the Weather is Fine | Carlo Francisco Manatad | Philippines |
| The Color Of The Skull | Sibs Shongwe-La Mer | South Africa |
| Doi Boy | Nontawat Numbenchapol | Thailand |
| Glorious Ashes | Bùi Thạc Chuyên | Vietnam |
From May 10 to 16, L’Atelier will arrange meetings with the directors for film industry professionals interested in investing in their projects.
The Livre des Projets and the meeting request forms will be available online at the beginning of April on www.cinefondation.com
CONTACT: Patrick Vuittenez
