Cinephilia is a film incubator championing African and Middle Eastern storytellers and filmmakers. Cinephilia Productions is pleased to announce the official selection of Cinephilia Bound Cannes Six selected narrative and documentary feature film projects from Algeria, Lebanon, Tunisia, Turkey, and Palestine. Director Biography: Selcen Ergun is a film director, screenwriter and photographer from Istanbul, Turkey. She is a Berlinale Talents alumna. She directed short films, commercials and music videos.
Producer from Turkey, Nefes Polat of Nefes Films, is attached with her international co-production experience. Project Objective: Looking for co-producers from Europe, international distributors, sales agents and further financing. Since our cinematographer is French, and he is on board from the very early stage, we are interested in possibilities of co-production with France.
We are also looking for supra-national fund directors and administrators to present our project as well as broadcasters. Synopsis: Florence, on her early forties, is in a relationship with Serge but is still attached to Antoine, her ex-husband who has a serious illness and who was illegally adopted in Brazil.
The film was acquired by Canal Brasil. Project Objective: We are hoping to find a French main producer, a Brazilian co-producer, and other eventual partners for this project. Tunisia Project: Lafayette Narrative Synopsis: Having auditioned for an role in an American movie, Hana, a theater actress, awaits the favorable response that can radically change her life.
Director Biography: Houssem Sansa has studied cinema in Tunis. After school, he has spent a few years as assistant director. Project Status The project has been selected by Al Jazeera Documentary, which will support it through a presale for TV rights in their territories.
