Programme 2017-18 - New Project Selection Announced
Founded and run by London-based Scenario Films, feature film development programme BABYLON is expanding into Continental Europe, where its future base will be in Strasbourg and its emphasis on multi-lingual creativity and European co-production.
Since 2007 BABYLON has offered project-based training for teams of screenwriters, directors and producers, to promote and strengthen cultural diversity within the independent film sector and to provide an international platform for emerging filmmakers, particularly those of migrant background and double culture. Among its alumni are Sally El Hosaini, Umut Dag, Mai Masri, Tereza Kotyk, Veit Helmer, Show-Chun Li and Mitko Panov.
2017-18 sees the 9th Edition of the programme, which will have a special emphasis on promoting cultural and industrial ties between the regions of the Upper Rhine, working in French and German, jointly funded by MFG-Baden-Württemberg (Germany); la Ville et Eurométropole (VEM) de Strasbourg (France); la Région Grand Est (RGE) Alsace Champagne – Ardennes Lorraine (France); the Film Commission Nord Baden and Creative Commission Mannheim (Germany); and the Förderung Film und Medienkunst der beiden Kantone Basel-Stadt und Basel-Landschaft (Switzerland).
The first residential workshop will take place in Strasbourg and Mannheim, 15th-21st December 2017, with consultants Gareth Jones and Arash T. Riahi, followed by online mentoring during the rewrite phase and a second residential workshop at Cannes in May 2018.
Eight projects have been selected for this year’s programme:
Bye Bye Kelly by Mathieu Z’graggen (writer/director), producer David Braun, Alpaga Films
Chaque Instant S’Envole by Christian Sonderegger (writer/director), producer Moïra Chappedelaine Vautier, Ciaofilm
Denis Reichle, emprises de guerre by Fanny Spindler (writer/director), producer Laurence Milon, La Huit
Die Wäscherin by Matthias Drescher, Julie Alfonsi and Barbara Antičević (co-writers), producer Andrea Steiner, FFL
Les Monstres by Antoine Delelis (writer/director), producer Paviel Raymont, Les Films du Tonnerre
My Cousin by Simone Wendel (writer/director), producer Mario A. Conte, Projekt Gold
Stockflecken by Sabina Gröner (writer/director), producer Pascal Trächslin, Cineworx Filmproduktion
Wende by Jens Wischnewski (writer/director), producer Simon Buchner, simonsays.pictures
For further information on the programme, please visit the Babylon Website.