This Night Will Be White 13TH EDITION CATALOGUE 13TH EDITION PARTICIPANTS AND PROJECTS MENTORS JURY TEAM LAB FILMS This Night Will Be White Filmmaker Nir Guilat Producer Eviatar Moncaz Production Company Monchaz Films Country Israel Lab Edition 13 , 2025 SCENE PITCH SHORT SYNOPSIS Aviv (35), a struggling actor and night-shift paramedic, gets a last-minute chance at a career-changing audition. But as a sleepless night unfolds through chaotic emergency calls, a surprise encounter with his famous brother, and an emotional clash with his ex, Aviv is forced to confront the roles he plays in life—on, and off stage. Racing against time and exhaustion, he must find the strength to show up for the one performance that truly matters. DIRECTOR’S NOTE “This Night Will Be White” is a deeply personal film, born from my own experience of juggling endless jobs, chasing dreams while losing grip on the present. It’s a chaotic, at times absurd journey into a long night shift, where ambition meets despair—time warps, emotions spiral, and life feels like a surreal loop. The film reflects my fear of missing what matters most while pursuing goals that may never come true. A kinetic, intimate path toward clarity and acceptance. ABOUT THE FILMMAKER Award-winning director and editor with experience in fiction, documentary, and TV. Known for a collaborative approach and a clear creative vision. His short film “Supporting Role" won Best Comedy and Audience Choice at the New York Short Film Festival, and Critics’ Choice in Tel Aviv. ABOUT THE FILMMAKER PRODUCER Eviatar Moncaz Eviatar Moncaz is an Israeli film producer and head of Monchaz Films, a production company based in Tel Aviv. He produced the feature “Debbie Was Here", which won at Haifa Film Festival 2023, and the documentary “Paradise Shattered", which aired on Yes Docu and opened the South Film Festival. Monchaz Films has produced dozens of short and feature-length projects in fiction and documentary. The company focuses on independent productions and limited budgets, emphasizing clear cinematic language and strong collaboration with emerging filmmakers. Currently, the company is developing, producing, and raising funds for several new fiction and documentary films. PRODUCTION COMPANY PROFILE ○ Monchaz Films / Tel-Aviv ○ +972-55-662-2833 ○ eviatarmoncaz@gmail.com PRODUCTION BUDGET ○ Total budget: 1,000,000 USD ○ No confirmed budget source yet LANGUAGE Hebrew GENRE Drama, Comedy Back To Participants PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS 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

As part of the 2nd session of the Sam Spiegel Film Lab's 12th Edition, we were privileged to host a masterclass with Academy Award winner, writer and director Guy Nattiv to talk about his short film “Skin” that won the Oscar, his feature “Skin” and the process of writing and directing. His generous spirit and unique and inspirational insights were invaluable to all of our participants. Thank you Guy! As part of the 2nd session of the Sam Spiegel Film Lab's 12th Edition, we were privileged to host a masterclass with Academy Award winner, writer and director Guy Nattiv to talk about his short film “Skin” that won the Oscar, his feature “Skin” and the process of writing and directing. His generous spirit and unique and inspirational insights were invaluable to all of our participants. Thank you Guy! "From Short to Feature, with an Oscar on the Way": Masterclass with Guy Nattiv NEWS ITEM PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS 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 HOME FILM LAB SERIES LAB TEAM NEWS

Island Island Elinor Nechemya Producer Ronen Ben-Tal Lab Edition 9 , 2021 SCENE PITCH Production Country Israel SYNOPSIS At her new apartment in a complex of generic residential towers, the film's protagonist Rona cannot avoid a sense of endless mediocrity. Moving to the suburbs symbolizes the loss of desire or any aspiration for change, and as her career has also hit a turning point, tension rises in her married life with Adam. Rona is an archeologist on Sabbatical. She's "stuck" in the building most of the time, writing research and avoiding contact with others. Then she meets Vered, her neighbor from across the hall, and the two women soon become close. Vered intrigues Rona, exposing her to another side of life in the building. Rona gets a glimpse of the bubbling underworld in the new place, but nothing prepares her for the moment when Vered's husband Stephan seduces her into passionate sex on the kitchen island while her kids are next door. Rona is reawakened to a new dawn of sexual desire, but only when it happens again, this time with another neighbor's husband, does Rona realize that this is no coincidence, but a pattern. Rona soon understands that it's now her turn to send her own husband to play the "game", and she and Adam hit a communication breakdown. At first Rona thinks she can manage the situation, but Adam decides to put up a Chinese Wall regarding his encounters. Rona tries to regain control by breaking the rules. But after everything that's happened, will it be possible to bring the trust and passion back into their own home and relationship? DIRECTOR'S NOTE Between the kitchen – the traditional arena of the battle between the sexes – and the living room, there is only an island. This is where I've decided to situate passion. A drama that holds a dark humoristic tone, ISLAND is a cinematic attempt to decode the existential time bomb that hides inside the bourgeois relationship's belly. Rona's long-hibernating libido is awakened at the most unaccepted of all places, causing her to doubt everything – as happens to many women after long years spent in relationships and caring for children. But perhaps the rocking of her foundations and the loss of control will allow her to succumb to the dark side of her passion for once, to accept herself as she is and to demand what she needs from the primary sexual and romantic relationship in her life. When reality and fantasy come together, Rona musters the courage in her relationship with Adam, allowing herself to let him in and to deepen the level of dialogue. This is when the film opens to Adam's point of view and becomes a story of two, exploring alternative communication through sex and fantasies. Using the dramatic scenery of dense buildings, I attempt to create a complex and moving cinematic expression. In my film the building becomes a live entity, with a weird undertone, an uncanny object with the power to swallow the characters. I aim for a wry humoristic tone, arising from the situations and the juxtaposing of scenes. The low green suburban landscapes in which I grew up are continuously being eradicated and replaced by the residential complexes that are Israel in 2021. Part child, part married woman and a mother, I reflect upon family life, as I insist on deciphering the code to a relationship that can contain complexity, contradictions, and risks. LOG LINE A midlife marriage in a suburban high-rise takes a bizarre twist in a sexual game among the tenants. ABOUT THE FILMMAKER PRODUCER Ronen Ben-Tal Ronen Ben Tal is a film producer and a musician. In 2009 he established Plan B Productions Ltd. to produce fiction and documentary films with filmmakers who have a significant inner voice, a unique cinematic perspective and an exciting story to tell. He has worked with filmmakers such as Avishai Sivan, Dan Setton, Maor Zaguri, Eytan Fox, Haim Tabakman, Michal Aviad, to name a few. Ronen was the founder and former owner of DB studios, Israel's leading sound post production and music facility for films and television. Ronen is a song-writer and lead singer of the alternative rock band "Ur Kasdim", which he formed back in the 80s. The band performs to this day PRODUCTION COMPANY PROFILE Bental productions Ltd. is intent on creating fiction and documentary films with filmmakers who have a significant inner voice, a unique cinematic perspective and an exciting story to tell. Film credits include Tikkun by Avishai Sivan (Grand Jury Award Silver Leopard Locarno 2015), His Death by Avishai Sivan (Best Film Jerusalem FF 2020), Invisible by Michal Aviad (Ecumical Jury Award Panorama Berlinale 2011), The Bubble by Eytan Fox. Production Company Bental productions Ltd. Tel Aviv, Israel ronenbental@gmail.com +972546649771 PRODUCTION BUDGET Production Budget $910,000 Secured funds $14,000 Israel Film Fund, The New Fund for Cinema and Television LANGUAGE Hebrew Drama GENRE Back To Participants PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS 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 HOME FILM LAB WHO'S WHO MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY SCOUTS AND PITCHING DECISION MAKERS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ

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Shadow Land Shadow Land Gaelle Denis Producer Nathalie Algazi Lab Edition 3 , 2014 SCENE PITCH Production Country France SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR'S NOTE LOG LINE ABOUT THE FILMMAKER PRODUCER Nathalie Algazi PRODUCTION COMPANY PROFILE PRODUCTION BUDGET LANGUAGE GENRE Back To Participants PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS 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 HOME FILM LAB WHO'S WHO MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY SCOUTS AND PITCHING DECISION MAKERS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ

Pureland Pureland C.B. Yi Producers Bo Chen, Ulrike Kniesner Lab Edition 13 , 2025 SCENE PITCH Production Yi Films Country Austria SYNOPSIS Felix is a sheltered and talented young singer who carries an inner void, drifting from one relationship to the next to escape it. When he crosses paths with three contrasting father figures - his long-absent, broken father; an eccentric intellectual neighbour; and an enigmatic migrant bar owner - each encounter forces him to confront masculinity, responsibility, and identity, ultimately challenging him to grow and discover a deeper sense of self. DIRECTOR'S NOTE “Pureland” explores how young adults seek identity beyond patriarchal norms. Through stories of migration, gender, and class, it shows how vulnerability becomes a force for transformation. Despite structural violence, new solidarities emerge. It’s not about reclaiming roots, but growing new ones, far from origins, expectations, and habits, through communities shaped by care and resilience. Every new home begins as a blank page, a pure space made ours by the colours we bring. LOG LINE A sheltered and talented young singer seeks escape in fleeting relationships, until three contrasting men confront him with what it means to be human, and what it takes to grow. ABOUT THE FILMMAKER C.B. Yi is an Austrian filmmaker who studied directing and cinematography under Michael Haneke and Christian Berger in Vienna. His debut feature “Moneyboys” premiered in Cannes Un Certain Regard and Caméra d´Or sections and received numerous international awards. His protagonists reflect the identity struggles of young adults from diverse backgrounds as they navigate transitions in a world shaped by urbanization, mobility, and both sexual and social liberation, as they confront contradictions with tradition, naïve self-perceptions and inherited privilege. PRODUCERS Bo Chen, Ulrike Kniesner Yi Films was founded in Vienna in 2022 and focuses on international co-productions that share vision and expertise for its conceptual film projects. Yi Films has produced short films and documentaries. Currently, the company is developing "Pureland", "Manchild", and "Setting Roots". C.B. Yi As the company’s creative and structural backbone, a filmmaker must understand and engage with all departments. Being involved in production is crucial to best realize one’s artistic vision. With this approach, C.B. Yi has produced several short films and now aims for larger, ambitious collaborations. Ulrike Kniesner Engagement with film has been a consistent thread in her career — from market research for Constantin Film and EMTV during her time in strategic consulting in Beijing, to leading international communications for Fantasy Pictures (co-producer of Lou Ye’s “Summer Palace” and Wang Bing’s “Fengming”). She has collaborated with director C.B. Yi on films since 2007, including the short film “Little Precious" and the essay documentary “Emei, Viewed from a Galloping Horse”. PRODUCTION COMPANY PROFILE ○ Yi Films, Vienna ○ +4369916882655 ○ Office@YiFilms.at PRODUCTION BUDGET ○ Total budget: 3,000,000 USD ○ Confirmed budget and source: 85,598 USD (Project development fund of Austrian Film Institute ÖFI and Vienna Film Fund FFW 65.665 USD/Yi Films own contribution 19.933 USD) LANGUAGE English, German, French, Spanish Drama, Comedy GENRE Back To Participants PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS 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 HOME FILM LAB WHO'S WHO MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY SCOUTS AND PITCHING DECISION MAKERS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ

Wendy Wendy Dana Lerer, Tal Miller Producer Estee Yacov-Mecklberg Lab Edition 8 , 2019 SCENE PITCH Production Country Israel SYNOPSIS DIRECTOR'S NOTE LOG LINE ABOUT THE FILMMAKER PRODUCER Estee Yacov-Mecklberg PRODUCTION COMPANY PROFILE PRODUCTION BUDGET LANGUAGE GENRE Back To Participants PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS 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 HOME FILM LAB WHO'S WHO MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY SCOUTS AND PITCHING DECISION MAKERS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ

Non-Issue Add a Title Add a Title Send Send Efrat Dror Producers: Gal Rosenbluth , Nayef Hammoud Non-Issue Lab Edition 1 2022 PITCH LOGLINE Fed up with the judgements of others, a millennial Israeli-Palestinian couple escapes to Berlin in the hopes of starting over with a clean slate. But as they build their lives in their new city, they discover they can’t run from their identities. SYNOPSIS Non-Issue is a Palestinian-Israeli dramedy that starts with a one-night stand gone wrong on a beach in Haifa and ends in Berlin. The series follows NAOMI, 27, and ALA, 28, an Israeli-Jewish woman and an Arab with an Israeli passport, who both live in Israel and believe that, in 2022, their relationship is no big deal. But reality reminds them at every turn that it is. Their relationship is put to the test by gossipy friends, parents who forget their liberal values when it comes to their daughter, an ex-fiancé who is also a rising political star on the Israeli left, ecstasy-induced anxiety attacks in Ramallah, a stolen car in Hebron, and the “Morning After” pill. The journey strengthens their love but isolates them from the people closest to them. Finally, they realize that, if they wish to be a “normal couple,” they have no choice but to leave their country. But in Berlin, faced with the hardships of immigration and alienation, each of them clings to the one thing they are familiar with — their identity. This is when the politics of the Middle East and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict invade their love life and drive them apart. Ala befriends people from the Arab world, from countries he could never have gone to: Lebanon, Syria, Tunisia and others. He volunteers at an NGO for Syrian refugees, which is where he meets MAY, a Lebanese-German woman. He falls in love with her and with the Arab world. Meanwhile, Naomi finds her dream job at an Israeli art gallery in Berlin. Her work strengthens her Zionism, as she works at “marketing” Israel. Meanwhile, Germany is becoming less tolerant towards the waves of immigration. Naomi is safe because of her dual Israeli-Polish citizenship, but Ala loses his legal status. They are pushed farther apart. Their relationship finally comes to a head at a gala event at the Israeli gallery, in front of everyone present. Ala moves out of their apartment and gets in trouble with the police, which puts him at risk for deportation. Naomi suggests a deal: a fake wedding. Strictly business. Ala agrees. They get married at the Berlin City Hall, and break up in real life. But then, just before they say goodbye for the last time, their lawyer lets them know they have to keep living together, to keep up appearances for the immigration authorities. ; WRITER'S STATEMENT PRODUCER'S STATEMENT LOOKING FOR Back To Participants HOME SERIES LAB WHO'S WHO MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY ADVISORY BOARD PARTICIPANTS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FAQ PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS 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

Congratulations to Film Lab alumni Tom Nesher, which was selected for Variety's prestigious Directors to Watch list 2025. Nesher participated in the Lab's 9th edition, where she developed the script for "Come Closer", which premiered this year in Tribeca winning the Viewpoints Award. Later this year, the film won 4 Israeli Academy Awards including Best Film, making it Israel's representative in this year's Academy Awards. This is the 28th year that Variety identifies up-and-coming directors, and alongside Nesher, this year the list also includes filmmakers Coralie Fargeat (“The Substance”), Malcolm Washington (“The Piano Lesson”) and Halina Reijn (“Babygirl”). Each filmmaker will be profiled in an upcoming Variety print edition. Congratulations to Film Lab alumni Tom Nesher, which was selected for Variety's prestigious Directors to Watch list 2025. Nesher participated in the Lab's 9th edition, where she developed the script for "Come Closer", which premiered this year in Tribeca winning the Viewpoints Award. Later this year, the film won 4 Israeli Academy Awards including Best Film, making it Israel's representative in this year's Academy Awards. This is the 28th year that Variety identifies up-and-coming directors, and alongside Nesher, this year the list also includes filmmakers Coralie Fargeat (“The Substance”), Malcolm Washington (“The Piano Lesson”) and Halina Reijn (“Babygirl”). Each filmmaker will be profiled in an upcoming Variety print edition. Tom Nesher Selected for Variety's 2025 Directors to Watch List NEWS ITEM PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS 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 HOME FILM LAB SERIES LAB TEAM NEWS

Territory X Territory X Screenwriters: Ihab Jadallah, Benjamin Freidenberg Producer: Ayelet Kait and Amir Harel , Lama Films Language: Hebrew Format: Send PITCHDECK LOGLINE A family drama about married LGBT Palestinians in East Jerusalem and their families, that focuses on Hussam, a gay, Muslim, Palestinian lawyer, a married father of two, who are all in the process of becoming naturalized Israeli citizens, decides along with his wife, to have the secret male lover he’s kept hidden from everyone, move in with them. SYNOPSIS The series takes place in the Beit Hanina neighborhood of East Jerusalem that borders Bethlehem to the south and Ramallah to the north. The neighborhood’s streets still aren’t considered Israeli territory. With large unpaved areas and public spaces, and unnumbered homes that don’t appear on the map, the Israeli bulldozers start entering the neighborhood and constructing buildings, erecting signs and opening schools that belong to the Israeli ministry of education. All of this takes place while families and homes are being evicted in order to make way for the new construction plan or having been bought out by Jewish settlers and right-wing organizations. The show focuses on a middle-class Palestinian family that’s at an important crossroads in its life – gaining their Israeli citizenship – when an unexpected drama occurs and catches them unprepared. The show’s main character - Hussam - a civil rights lawyer that represents stateless Palestinian clients, is experiencing the most profound personal crisis of his life. After years of hiding, he tells his wife about his relationship with Fuad, a younger man. Manal, a history school teacher at the Beit Hanina high school, isn’t surprised or distraught by his confession, she’s just concerned with how their extended family, neighbors and community might respond. She finds out that Fuad has been over to their house a few times and that the neighbors saw him, and that there’s a rumor going around that Manal and Fuad are having an affair. In order to refute the rumor, Manal has to act fast. Instead of getting divorced or demanding that Hussam break things off with Fuad, Manal and Hussam welcome him into their home and he moves into the small unit in their backyard, in order to keep their relationship and family intact and to prevent any further gossip. They hide Hussam and Fuad’s relationship and present him as one of Hussam’s clients they decided to provide shelter for as a humanitarian gesture. They enjoy the encouragement and support of their inner circles, but their children, Aadil and Hafza (an 11-year-old boy and 13-year-old girl) catch on to what’s really happening in their family right away. The boy defends his parents and Fuad, while the daughter rebels against their narrative and tries to expose their secret. The family finds out about couples and families that share the same lifestyle; that keep a secret from their surroundings, while one of the parents is either a homosexual man or a lesbian woman. Hussam and Fuad find themselves in the secret LGBT circles of Bethlehem and Ramallah, when their secret is revealed to a closed off group of married Palestinian Lesbians and homosexuals that are married to one another for show, or keep the third member of their relationship within the family. These aren’t young people in their 20s, but people with families in their 30s-50s that didn’t run away from home, or move to Tel Aviv or abroad. The identity turmoil they experience is just one part of a larger complex Palestinian drama that’s contains many voices; in the tension between Christians and Muslims, between nationalists and communists, between revolutionaries, activists and conservatists. The characters’ naturalization process includes a declaration of loyalty to the state of Israel and giving up one identity in favor of another, albeit a more promising and financially secure one. But the absurd political, religious, sexual, nationalistic, personal and collective identity confluence - that forces people to fit into a single fixed category, will manifest in this family drama in comical, absurd and touching scenes, that illuminate the family unit in a new, wild, unique and subversive light WRITER'S STATEMENT ABOUT THE WRITERS PRODUCER'S STATEMENT PRODUCER PROFILE PRODUCTION CONTACT DETAILS Back To Participants PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS 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 3RD EDITION SERIES CATALOGUE 3RD EDITION PARTICIPANTS AND PROJECTS JURY MENTORS TEAM

Alex Camilleri Alex Camilleri Director: 2022 Year of lab participation: 10 Lab edition: Malta Country: Rebecca Anastasi (Luzzu Ltd) , Ramin Bahrani (NORUZ FILMS) Producer: ŻEJTUNE A young woman set on leaving Malta meets an aging troubadour whose music reawakens a love for the country she is determined to escape. Synopsis Göteborg Film Festival 2026 Festivals & Awards 2026 Year of release: Trailer IMDb PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS PARTICIPANTS OBLIGATIONS PARTICIPATION REGULATION SERIES LAB PARTICIPANTS MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS 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 HOME FILM LAB WHO'S WHO MENTORS PROFESSIONAL GUESTS JURY SCOUTS AND PITCHING DECISION MAKERS PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS LAB FILMS PARTICIPATION APPLICATION RULES & REGULATIONS FILM FAQ