Producer: Dechen Roder, Dakinny Productions Norwegian co-producer: Fernanda Renno, Fidalgo Film AS Through following Dina, a tv-journalist who tries her best to figure out her own life, while she together with her news crew is staging the news according to how they think the government wants it, we are reminded about the importance of the fourth estate. Jury statement: The jury was convinced by an original story with a humoristic and absurd approach to everyday life under authoritarianism.
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Synopis: A female journalist of a Kazakh state TV channel is torn between meaningless news reports, her affair with a married colleague, and taking care of her activist lesbian sister, who regularly finds herself in trouble with the authorities.
Producer: Almagul Tleukhanova, Alma Pictures Norwegian co-producer: Christian Fredrik Martin, Maipo Film AS Her struggle to navigate her violent surroundings while having one foot in the westernised life of the city and the other in Embera tradition, promises a complex and layered character that we really need to see on the big screen. We were impressed by a very well written script and the ways it portrays its main character Yajaira. Jury statement: Where The River Begins explores topics like identity, belonging, revenge and forgiveness in modern Colombia, a society where millions have been and continues to be displaced due to war and violence. On their journey from the Colombian capital to the Andágueda River, in the heart of the pacific jungle, they will have to learn to know each other’s secrets while facing difficult questions about justice and redemption. Synopis: Yajaira, a young Embera mother, and Jhon, a young white gang member who belongs to one of the most feared gangs in Bogotá, are forced to flee the city due to violence. Producer: Paola Andrea Pérez Nieto, Inerica Films SAS Norwegian co-producer: Elisa Fenanda Pirir, Mer Film WHERE THE RIVER BEGINS – DONDE COMIENZA EL RIO Her er alle prosjektene (gjengitt på engelsk): Årets Sørfond-jury har bestått av Silje Riise Næss (DFI), Jovan Marjanović (festivalsjef Sarajevo film festival) og Per Eirik Gilsvik, prosjektleder i Sørfond. De norske produsentene er Elisa Fenanda Pirir i Mer Film (som er involvert i to av prosjektene) Christian Fredrik Martin i Maipo Film, Fernanda Renno i Fidalgo Film, Torstein Grude i Piraya Film og Eleonore Anselme, Hummelfilm.
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