Oscar-nominated director Felix van Groeningen is mentor for FUTURE FRAMES 2016
European Film Promotion and the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival are thrilled to announce that the acclaimed Belgian director Felix van Groeningen – fresh from receiving the Directing Award: World Cinema Dramatic for his new feature film “Belgica” at the Sundance Film Festival – is pleased to be this year’s mentor for the young filmmakers taking part in FUTURE FRAMES at the KVIFF from July 4 – 5. The director will share his wide-ranging experience in film-making – including a masterclass on occasion of the KVIFF premiere of “Belgica”. His exceptional commitment is part of an intensive programme introducing the emerging professionals to the media and the film industry and presenting their work to the festival audience. The EFP initiative is supported by the Creative Europe – Media Programme of the European Union and the respective EFP member organisations.
About the director:
Born in 1977, Felix van Groeningen studied Visual Arts at the Koninklijke Academie voor Schöne Kunsten (KASK) in Ghent, Belgium. Following his master‘s degree in 2000 he started working for the stage as well as a director and an actor. His passion for the cinema made him return to directing films, and he has realized five feature films with his producer Dirk Impens since 2007. His second feature “The Misfortunates“ (2009) was selected for the Quinzaine des réalisateurs at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, but it was the following film, “The Broken Circle Breakdown“ (2012), which brought him international recognition. The musical drama received an Oscar Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, among many other awards, and was released worldwide. His latest film, „Belgica“ (2016), premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival.
Austria / AFC Austrian Films
Maria Luz Olivares Capelle
WALD DER ECHOS (Forest of Echoes)
realized at
Film Academy Vienna (University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna)
Belgium / Flanders Image
Karen Vázquez Guadarrama
FLOR DE MIL COLORES (Flower Of A Thousand Colours)
realized at
KASK School of Arts
Croatia / Croatian Audiovisual Centre
Tonći Gaćina
TURIZAM! (Tourism!)
realized at
Academy of Dramatic Art, Zagreb
Georgia / Georgian National Film Center
Davit Pirtskhalava
MAMA (Father)
realized at
Artschool Royal District Theater
Germany / German Films
Clemens Pichler
DIORAMA
realized at
Hochschuhle für Fernsehen und Film München (HFF)
Norway / Norwegian Film Institute
Rebecca Figenschau
ELEFANTHUD (Elephant Skin)
realized at
Westerdals
Poland / Polish Film Institute
Klara Kochańska
LOKATORKI (Tenants)
realized at
The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz
Romania / Romanian Film Promotion
Roxana Stroe
NOAPTE ȊN TOKORIKI (A Night In Tokoriki)
realized at
The National University of Theatre and Cinema “I. L. CARAGIALE”
Sweden / Swedish Film Institute
Ahmed Abdullahi
FRANCIS
realized at
Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts
Switzerland / Swiss Films
Julia Furer
JULIAN
realized at
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Partners of FUTURE FRAMES 2016 are the Sundance Channel and Nespresso
Interviews with this year's FUTURE FRAMES participants will be published by EFP's media partners: Variety, Cineuropa, Film New Europe, Fred Film Radio, NISI MASA
The ten EFP members supporting the programme are: AFC Austrian Films, Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Flanders Image, German Films, Georgian National Film Center, Norwegian Film Institute, Polish Film Institute, Romanian Film Promotion, Swedish Film Institute, and Swiss Films.
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