The Friss Hús Budapest International Short Film Festival is introducing a new industry event during its seventh edition (25-31 March). The new initiative, dubbed the Budapest Debut Film Forum (BDFF), invites ten emerging filmmakers, hailing from six Central Eastern European countries, who want to further develop their first feature-film projects. Taking place for two days, from 26-27 March, the forum will offer tutoring sessions, industry talks and presentations, some of which will also be available for the public to attend.

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In more detail, the filmmakers participating in the BDFF, whose projects are at an advanced stage of development, will be tutored by Gabriel Paletz (Czech Republic), Wim Vanacker (Belgium/France), Júlia Jakab and Balázs Lengyel (Hungary), who will work with the directors and prepare them for their presentations. Among the selected projects are last year’s Transilvania Pitch Stop (see the news) and connecting cottbus (see the news) winner October by Romanian director Cristian Pascariu, the Cannes Cinéfondation Atelier project (see the news) and Trieste WEMW (see the news) winner Victim [+leggi anche:
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Furthermore, the industry talks scheduled to take place on the first day of the BDFF include a case study on Hungarian (mainly) short-film production company Campfilm, presented by producers Marcell Gerő and Sára László, and their experience working on Natural Light [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Dénes Nagy
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Also, on the second day, Matthieu Darras will moderate a round-table on the feasibility of first feature films becoming international co-productions. The panel comprises a handful of film professionals: Júlia Berkes (Proton Cinema, Hungary), Weronika Czołnowska (head of industry at the New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland), Dragana Jovovic (Non-Aligned Films, Serbia), György Kristóf (director of Out [+leggi anche:
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The BDFF is supported by the Hungarian Film Fund and by Creative Europe Desk Hungary.

The selected projects are as follows:

Blazing - Balázs Dudás (Hungary)
Blue Pelikan - László Csáki (Hungary)
The Eternity Package - Magdelena Ilieva (Bulgaria)
Eviction - Máté Bence Fazekas (Hungary)
Neither Voice - Ester Ivakič (Slovenia)
October - Cristian Pascariu (Romania)
The Sweet Bitterness of Ripe Pomegranates - Andrey Volkashin (North Macedonia)
Victim [+leggi anche:
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