French-based sales agency Lightdox has acquired the international rights to feature documentary “Body” by Slovenian director and screenwriter Petra Seliškar ahead of its world premiere at the 29th edition of Sarajevo Film Festival. The trailer for the film has just been released (below).
The film screens on Aug. 14 as part of the Heart of Sarajevo competition for best documentary, which is for films from Southeast Europe and Southern Caucasus.
“Body” spans two decades of Seliškar’s close friend Urška Ristić’s life, when she was battling rare auto-immune diseases. The film blends intimate conversations, personal archives and creative visuals to explore the mysteries of the human body and the power of art and friendship to understand its essence. It is a tumultuous journey toward healing and self-acceptance.
Bojana Maric, head of sales and acquisitions at Lightdox, praised the director for being “patient and sensitive” on a film that took two...
The film screens on Aug. 14 as part of the Heart of Sarajevo competition for best documentary, which is for films from Southeast Europe and Southern Caucasus.
“Body” spans two decades of Seliškar’s close friend Urška Ristić’s life, when she was battling rare auto-immune diseases. The film blends intimate conversations, personal archives and creative visuals to explore the mysteries of the human body and the power of art and friendship to understand its essence. It is a tumultuous journey toward healing and self-acceptance.
Bojana Maric, head of sales and acquisitions at Lightdox, praised the director for being “patient and sensitive” on a film that took two...
- 8/4/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Ji.hlava Intl. Documentary Film Festival has revealed to Variety the projects that the participants of its 2022 Emerging Producers program are working on. The producers were asked to deliver an elevator pitch for their projects.
Every year since 2010, the festival has selected 18 up-and-coming producers of documentary films (17 European and one representing a non-European guest country), which are then provided with educational, networking and promotional support.
There are almost 200 alumni of the program, many of whom have gone on to win awards at major festivals.
The 2023 participants will be announced by Ji.hlava during the Sarajevo Film Festival on Aug. 15.
“All Roads” (working title)
Producer: Charlotte Hailstone, Hailstone Films (U.K.)
Director: Laura Wadha
Synopsis: A decade after the war began, a Scottish/Syrian filmmaker tries to reconnect with her fractured Syrian family, scattered around the world. She embarks on a journey, exploring the breakdown in communication between loved ones she...
Every year since 2010, the festival has selected 18 up-and-coming producers of documentary films (17 European and one representing a non-European guest country), which are then provided with educational, networking and promotional support.
There are almost 200 alumni of the program, many of whom have gone on to win awards at major festivals.
The 2023 participants will be announced by Ji.hlava during the Sarajevo Film Festival on Aug. 15.
“All Roads” (working title)
Producer: Charlotte Hailstone, Hailstone Films (U.K.)
Director: Laura Wadha
Synopsis: A decade after the war began, a Scottish/Syrian filmmaker tries to reconnect with her fractured Syrian family, scattered around the world. She embarks on a journey, exploring the breakdown in communication between loved ones she...
- 8/12/2022
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Arguably the highlight of the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival – certainly among the industry folk – is the Emerging Producers presentations, a glimpse of things to come as bizzers new to the nonfiction film field present their work and upcoming projects.
Selected for their initiative and dedication, then coached by more experienced leaders in the European doc world – often former Emerging Producers themselves – members of the group generally go on to successes in the genre at impressively high rates.
Held this year at Ji.hlava’s new Industry Hub venue, the event saw 18 producers on the rise introduced by fest head of industry Jarmila Outratova and Radim Prochazka, board member of the Czech Audiovisual Producers Assn., himself a former Emerging Producer, class of 2018.
First to present his work was Audun Amundsen of Norway, who said, “I started my career by following a family deep in the jungle of Indonesia for 15 years.
Selected for their initiative and dedication, then coached by more experienced leaders in the European doc world – often former Emerging Producers themselves – members of the group generally go on to successes in the genre at impressively high rates.
Held this year at Ji.hlava’s new Industry Hub venue, the event saw 18 producers on the rise introduced by fest head of industry Jarmila Outratova and Radim Prochazka, board member of the Czech Audiovisual Producers Assn., himself a former Emerging Producer, class of 2018.
First to present his work was Audun Amundsen of Norway, who said, “I started my career by following a family deep in the jungle of Indonesia for 15 years.
- 11/1/2021
- by Will Tizard
- Variety Film + TV
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