Malik Vitthal 13TH EDITION CATALOGUE 13TH EDITION PARTICIPANTS AND PROJECTS MENTORS JURY TEAM LAB FILMS Director: Malik Vitthal 2012 Year of lab participation: 1 Lab edition: Country: USA Producer: Katherine Fairfax Wright Imperial Dreams A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Angeles. Lab edition: Sundance Film Festival 2014 New Orleans Film Festival 2014 - Best Narrative Feature Mill Valley Film Festival 2014 - US Cinema Indie Gold Award Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival 2015 - Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature, Special Jury Recognition for Feature Narrative Florida Film Festival 2015 - Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature, Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature Ashland Independent Film Festival 2015 - Best Feature, Varsity Audience Award for Narrative Feature Synopsis 2014 Year of release: PITCH Trailer PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FAQ SERIES LAB FILM LAB MENTORS JURY DECISION MAKERS SCOUTS AND PITCHING PROFESSIONAL GUESTS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ FILM LAB HOME TEAM NEWS LABS

Sacha Amaral 13TH EDITION CATALOGUE 13TH EDITION PARTICIPANTS AND PROJECTS MENTORS JURY TEAM LAB FILMS Director: Sacha Amaral 2019 Year of lab participation: 8 Lab edition: Country: Brazil Producer: Tomas Cohen The Pleasure is Mine What was at first a simple pursuit to regain stolen money becomes the chance for a dysfunctional family to finally reconcile. Lab edition: BAFICI Buenos Aires Film Festival 2024 Gijón International Film Festival 2024 Paris Chéries Chéris Film Festival 2024 BFI Flare London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival 2025 Synopsis 2024 Year of release: PITCH Trailer PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FAQ SERIES LAB FILM LAB MENTORS JURY DECISION MAKERS SCOUTS AND PITCHING PROFESSIONAL GUESTS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ FILM LAB HOME TEAM NEWS LABS

Juan Sebastián 13TH EDITION CATALOGUE 13TH EDITION PARTICIPANTS AND PROJECTS MENTORS JURY TEAM LAB FILMS Director: Juan Sebastián Quebrada 2021 Year of lab participation: 9 Lab edition: Country: Colombia Producer: Franco Lolli The Other Son A teenager who after the sudden and unexpected death of his younger brother, falls in love with his deceased brother's ex-girlfriend and, through that love, finds the strength to fight on. Lab edition: San Sebastian Film Festival 2023 Mar del Plata Film Festival 2024 Moscow International Film Festival 2024 Synopsis 2023 Year of release: PITCH Trailer PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FAQ SERIES LAB FILM LAB MENTORS JURY DECISION MAKERS SCOUTS AND PITCHING PROFESSIONAL GUESTS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ FILM LAB HOME TEAM NEWS LABS

Abner Benaim 13TH EDITION CATALOGUE 13TH EDITION PARTICIPANTS AND PROJECTS MENTORS JURY TEAM LAB FILMS Director: Abner Benaim 2018 Year of lab participation: 7 Lab edition: Country: Panama / Mexico Producer: Matthias Ehrenberg Plaza Catedral The 42-year-old Alicia is a grief-stricken woman, a grief that has caused her to be estranged from society. Her world is turned upside down when a 14-year-old boy who looks after people's cars, stumbles into her house, bleeding. Lab edition: Guadalajara International Film Festival 2021 - Best Actor International Film Festival of Panama 2021 - Audience Award Miami Film Festival 2022 Jerusalem Film Festival 2022 Synopsis 2021 Year of release: PITCH Trailer PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FAQ SERIES LAB FILM LAB MENTORS JURY DECISION MAKERS SCOUTS AND PITCHING PROFESSIONAL GUESTS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ FILM LAB HOME TEAM NEWS LABS

Dominga Sotomayor 13TH EDITION CATALOGUE 13TH EDITION PARTICIPANTS AND PROJECTS MENTORS JURY TEAM LAB FILMS Director: Dominga Sotomayor 2012 Year of lab participation: 1 Lab edition: Country: Chile Producer: Rebeca Gutiérrez Too Late to Die Young During the summer of 1990 in Chile, people begin to feel a growing sense of freedom and three teenagers face their first loves and fears. Lab edition: Locarno Film Festival 2018 Toronto International Film Festival 2018 BFI London Film Festival 2018 AFI Fest 2018 Rotterdam International Film Festival 2019 - KNF Award Cyprus Film Days International Festival 2019 - Best Director Award FICUMAN Festival International de Cine UNAM 2019 - Best Director Gijón International Film Festival 2018 - Best Director, Best Cinematography Synopsis 2018 Year of release: PITCH Trailer PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FAQ SERIES LAB FILM LAB MENTORS JURY DECISION MAKERS SCOUTS AND PITCHING PROFESSIONAL GUESTS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ FILM LAB HOME TEAM NEWS LABS

Dani Rosenberg 13TH EDITION CATALOGUE 13TH EDITION PARTICIPANTS AND PROJECTS MENTORS JURY TEAM LAB FILMS Director: Dani Rosenberg 2013 Year of lab participation: 2 Lab edition: Country: Israel Producer: Chilik Michaeli The Vanishing Soldier Eighteen-year-old Israeli soldier flees back to his girlfriend in Tel Aviv only to discover that the military elite is convinced he was kidnapped in the fog of war. Lab edition: Locarno Film Festival 2023 Reykjavik International Film Festival 2023 Haifa International Film Festival 2023 - Best Film Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival 2023 Thessaloniki Film Festival 2023 Busan International Film Festival 2023 Israeli Film Academy Awards 2023 - Best Cinematography Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film Lab 2013 - 2nd Prize Winner Synopsis 2023 Year of release: PITCH Trailer PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FAQ SERIES LAB FILM LAB MENTORS JURY DECISION MAKERS SCOUTS AND PITCHING PROFESSIONAL GUESTS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ FILM LAB HOME TEAM NEWS LABS

Asaph Polonsky 13TH EDITION CATALOGUE 13TH EDITION PARTICIPANTS AND PROJECTS MENTORS JURY TEAM LAB FILMS Director: Asaph Polonsky 2012 Year of lab participation: 1 Lab edition: Country: Israel Producer: Naomi Levari One Week and a Day As Eyal finishes the traditional Jewish week of mourning for his late son, his wife Vicky urges him to return to their routine -- but just because the shiva has ended doesn't mean it's life as usual. Lab edition: Cannes Film Festival 2016 - Gan Foundation Support for Distribution Karlovy Vary Film Festival 2016 Israeli Film Academy 2016 - Best director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor Oldenburg Film Festival 2016 - Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Jerusalem Film Festival 2016 - Best Israeli Feature, Best First or Second Israeli Feature, Best Screenplay BFI London Film Festival 2016 Sarasota Film Festival 2017 - Best Narrative Feature Palm Springs International Film Festival 2017 Synopsis 2016 Year of release: PITCH Trailer PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FAQ SERIES LAB FILM LAB MENTORS JURY DECISION MAKERS SCOUTS AND PITCHING PROFESSIONAL GUESTS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ FILM LAB HOME TEAM NEWS LABS

Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis 13TH EDITION CATALOGUE 13TH EDITION PARTICIPANTS AND PROJECTS MENTORS JURY TEAM LAB FILMS Director: Oded Binnun, Mihal Brezis 2015 Year of lab participation: 4 Lab edition: Country: Israel Producer: Yael Abecassis Dead Language A chance encounter leads Aya to pick up a stranger at the airport. When he disappears, he leaves behind a gnawing hunger-one which perhaps only a complete stranger could fulfill. Lab edition: Tribeca Film Festival 2025 Jerusalem Film Festival 2025 - Best Screenplay Synopsis 2025 Year of release: PITCH Trailer PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FAQ SERIES LAB FILM LAB MENTORS JURY DECISION MAKERS SCOUTS AND PITCHING PROFESSIONAL GUESTS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ FILM LAB HOME TEAM NEWS LABS

Sanjeewa Pushpakumara 13TH EDITION CATALOGUE 13TH EDITION PARTICIPANTS AND PROJECTS MENTORS JURY TEAM LAB FILMS Director: Sanjeewa Pushpakumara 2014 Year of lab participation: 3 Lab edition: Country: Sri Lanka Producer: Antonin Dedet Burning Birds In a small village in Eastern Sri Lanka in 1989, after her husband was abducted, tortured and murdered by a paramilitary group, 37 year old Kusum has to fight to look after her eight children and mother-in-law all by herself. After a series of unsuccessful odd jobs, where she is constantly abused physically and sexually, Kusum falls into prostitution. Lab edition: Busan International Film Festival 2016 Rotterdam International Film Festival 2017 Locarno Film Festival 2017 Tokyo FILMeX 2016 - Special Jury Prize Asian World Film Festival 2017 - Best Actress Synopsis 2016 Year of release: PITCH Trailer PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FAQ SERIES LAB FILM LAB MENTORS JURY DECISION MAKERS SCOUTS AND PITCHING PROFESSIONAL GUESTS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ FILM LAB HOME TEAM NEWS LABS

Burhan Qurbani 13TH EDITION CATALOGUE 13TH EDITION PARTICIPANTS AND PROJECTS MENTORS JURY TEAM LAB FILMS Director: Burhan Qurbani 2012 Year of lab participation: 1 Lab edition: Country: Germany Producer: Leif Alexis We Are Young. We Are Strong People from different walks of life in the German city of Rostock intersect when a rampaging mob besieges a residential building occupied by Vietnamese immigrants. Lab edition: German Film Awards 2015 - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role German Screen Actors Awards 2015 - Best Leading Actor Rome Film Festival 2015 Tribeca Film Festival 2015 Edinburgh International Film Festival 2015 Jerusalem Film Festival 2015 Nuremberg Film Festival "Turkey-Germany" 2015 - Öngören Prize Hof International Film Festival 2014 - Best Art Direction Synopsis 2014 Year of release: PITCH Trailer PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FAQ SERIES LAB FILM LAB MENTORS JURY DECISION MAKERS SCOUTS AND PITCHING PROFESSIONAL GUESTS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ FILM LAB HOME TEAM NEWS LABS

Tonislav Hristov 13TH EDITION CATALOGUE 13TH EDITION PARTICIPANTS AND PROJECTS MENTORS JURY TEAM LAB FILMS Director: Tonislav Hristov 2019 Year of lab participation: 8 Lab edition: Country: Bulgaria Producer: Karl Aho The Good Driver While trying to make up for his mistakes and show his wife and son that he's a changed man, Ivan, a Bulgarian taxi driver, understands that there are many ways to prove one's worth. Lab edition: Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2022 Goteborg Film Festival 2023 Sofia International Film Festival 2023 - Best Bulgarian Feature Film Bulgarian Film Academy Awards 2023 - Best Leading Actor, Best Supporting Actor Synopsis 2022 Year of release: PITCH Trailer PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FAQ SERIES LAB FILM LAB MENTORS JURY DECISION MAKERS SCOUTS AND PITCHING PROFESSIONAL GUESTS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ FILM LAB HOME TEAM NEWS LABS

Veronica Kedar 13TH EDITION CATALOGUE 13TH EDITION PARTICIPANTS AND PROJECTS MENTORS JURY TEAM LAB FILMS Director: Veronica Kedar 2013 Year of lab participation: 2 Lab edition: Country: Israel Producer: Mosh Danon Family It all began on one night, when Lily arrived at her therapist's house asking for an emergency session. She wants to explain why she killed her family. Lab edition: Warsaw International Film Festival 2017 Imagine India International Film Festival 2018 - Best Director, Best Music Jerusalem Film Festival 2017 Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2018 - Best Feature. Cinequest San Jose Film Festival 2019 - Best Sci-fi, Fantasy, Horror Feature Award. Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film Lab 2013 - 1st Prize Winner Synopsis 2017 Year of release: PITCH Trailer PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FAQ SERIES LAB FILM LAB MENTORS JURY DECISION MAKERS SCOUTS AND PITCHING PROFESSIONAL GUESTS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ FILM LAB HOME TEAM NEWS LABS