NOUVELLES VAGUES - Fondation Barrière Grant

2024 Edition

Following a call for projects and the review – with the help of 9 readers – of the 84 applications received, 4 projects have been picked by a selection committee made up of three film professionals: Sarah Chazelle (distributor, producer et co-founder of Jour2Fête), Yohann Cornu (distributor, producer et founder of Damned Films) and Anne-Cécile Rolland (head of acquisitions for Pyramide Films).

The 4 finalists are the following:

> Les Filmeuses, a documentary film by Anna Salzberg produced by Massala Production and Temps Noir 
> Docile, a fiction film by Joséphine Darcy Hopkins produced by To Be Continued Productions and Kazak Productions
> Altxaliliak, a documentary film by Maia Iribarne Olhagarai produced by Gastibeltza Filmak
> Abi Musango, a fiction film by Josza Anjembe produced by Yukunkun Productions
 
The 4 producer-director duos have been invited to pitch their project on June 19, during the festival. Each project had 7 minutes to pitch, followed by a 7-minutes Q&A with the jury and the moderator François-Pier Pelinard Lambert.
This moment was an opportunity for the public to get an exclusive look at the films of tomorrow, and to find out more about the creation and production process, by listening to the presentation of films in the making

The jury was composed of 4 young people from the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region: Nina de Auraujo and Juliette Pontier (via the festival’s partnership with pass Culture), and Batiste Damongeot and Caroline Pires Alves (both students from the BTS audiovisuel de Biarritz).
 
Joy Desseigne-Barrière, representative of Fondation Barrière and Vincent Perez, actor, director and screenwriter, were both the mentors of this year’s jury.

The winning project has been chosen by the jury: Docile by Joséphine Darcy Hopkins, produced by Vincent Brançon (To Be Continued Productions) and Jean-Christophe Reymond (Kazak Productions).

During a ceremony on June 19, the project, represented by its producer Vincent Brançon, has been awarded a €10,000 development grant.

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