It was the first time that Ukraine has participated in the ScripTeast screenwriting programme which celebrated its 10th edition at a special gala ceremony during the Cannes Film Festival. ScripTeast is organised by Poland’s Independent Film Foundation and supported by the Creative Europe MEDIA programme and the Polish Film Institute.
The winner was selected by the Advisory Board members: Sandy Lieberson, Simon Perry, Manfred Schmidt, Antonio Saura, Dariusz Jablonski and ScripTeast’s Heads of Studies: Tom Abrams and Christian Routh.
The Advisory Board explained their decision with the following citation: “This year’s ScripTeast Kieslowski award goes to a script that is unusually rich in cinematic potential. It presents an intoxicating array of characters and narratives, woven together to create an extraordinary world that is at once terrifying, magical, sensual and hilarious, but never less than authentic. The writer’s imagination sparkles on the page, and we are all excited to see how this vision can be realized for the screen”
A number of previous Kieslowski award winners have already been produced, including “The House” (Zuzana Liova – Slovakia ), “Womb” (Benedek Fliegauf - Hungary), “The Japanese Dog” (Ioan Antoci - Romania), and “False Witness” (Iglika Triffonova - Bulgaria).
It this year’s edition 11 projects from 7 Eastern and Central European countries were participating in the programme:
A Picture With Yuki - Dimitar Stoyanovich, Lachezar Avramov, Bulgaria
Ash Driver - Kirsten Peters , Greg Zglinski, Poland
Golden Ashes - Adina Sadeanu, Romania
Good to See You Die - Jan Hryniak, Robert Sieradzki, Poland
Invisible - Kristupas Sabolius, Ignas Jonynas, Lithuania
It's Quite Normal at Your Age - Paweł Wendorff, Karolina Lech, Poland
Letters From Antarctica - Teodora Markova, Bulgaria
Samko Tále' - Tereza Oľhová, Michal Kollar, Slovakia
Summer Diaries - Ireneusz Grzyb, Dominik L. Marzec, Poland
Venice - Rusudan Chkonia, Georgia
When the Trees Fall - Marysia Nikitiuk, Ukraine
ScripTeast is one of the most well established and effective training programmes for screenwriters. Eighteen films have been produced from participating scripts, with a further 12 currently in production. ScripTeast’s annual programme cycle comprises 3 stationary sessions (in Poland, during Berlin and Cannes festivals) plus online consultations.
ScripTeast was created by the Polish director and producer Dariusz Jablonski, in collaboration with his close associates; the producers Violetta Kaminska and Izabela Wojcik. Besides various international production activities through their companies Apple Film and Message Film, they created the Independent Film Foundation, which promotes ambitious films and its filmmakers in Poland, and Central and Eastern Europe.
ScripTeast is organized by Independent Film Foundation co-funded by Creative Europe - MEDIA Sub-Programme of the EU, National Centre for Culture, Polish Film Institute, Mazovia Warsaw Film Commission, Apple Film Production in co-operation with the European Film Academy, Producers Network, European Producers Club, ACE – Atelier du Cinema Europeen and Film New Europe.
More info: www.scripteast.pl
