On June 16th, in a limited setting comprised of professionals from the international film industry, the first independent award ceremony of the Ro Days | Industry Events program within TIFF.22 took place. Six development projects were awarded from Transilvania Pitch Stop, and one from Drama Room. And the winners are...
Transilvania Pitch Stop
The Chainsaw Europe post-production Award – 25.000 Eur in post-production services:
PYRRHIC (Romania)
Directed by Cosmin Nicolae
Producer by Velvet Moraru (Icon Production)
Victoria, an army veteran who just returned from Afghanistan to her hometown on the Black Sea coast, is plunged in a downward spiral after a harrowing discovery jeopardizes the process of coming to terms with her own traumas and with a drifting society.
The TPS Development Award, offered by Avanpost – in the amount of 5.000 Eur:
THE LIFE WE NEVER HAD (Bulgaria)
Directed by Martin Markov
Produced by Victoria Mitreva, Vanya Rainova (Portokal)
When a renowned artist dies in a car accident, the unfulfilled painter Boyan understands that his girlfriend had previously had an affair with him and gets obsessed with his life and art. This obsession costs him his relationships and friendships but liberates him from his fear of failure as he starts to draw.
The UPFAR-ARGOA Award – in the amount of 3.000 Eur:
SECOND LINE (Ukraine)
Directed & produced by Olga Stuga
The full-scale invasion of 2022 scatters my family across Europe, forcing us to make impossible choices between a safe life with the family and our duty in front of society and ourselves.
The NATIONAL CENTER OF CINEMATOGRAPHY Republic of Moldova Award – in the amount of 1.500 Eur:
LITTLE DEATH (Greece)
Directed by Efthimis Kosemund-Sanidis
Produced by Yorgos Tsourgiannis (Horsefly Films), Anamaria Antoci (Tangaj Production)
Ilias, a young man with a debt on his shoulders, crosses the sea hoping to claim the will of his long-estranged father, a doctor. But instead of resolving his debt he meets Kalliopi, and while a series of inexplicable illnesses spread, love grows.
The VILLA KULT Development Award – in the amount of 500 Eur:
THE CIRCLE (Republic of Moldova)
Directed by Valeriu Andriuţă
Produced by Iulia Andriuţă (Amprenta Films), Carmen Rizac (Avanpost Media)
Aghachi, a young investigator, is assigned to travel to a remote village to investigate a death by misadventure. Being at the start of his career, Agachi is keen to follow procedures by the book and uncovers an entirely different reality than the eyewitness account.
The CoCo Award for a Romanian/Moldovian project in development – five day residency offered by Connecting Cottbus Co-Production Market:
PYRRHIC
Directed by Cosmin Nicolae
Producer by Velvet Moraru (Icon Production)
Victoria, an army veteran who just returned from Afghanistan to her hometown on the Black Sea coast, is plunged in a downward spiral after a harrowing discovery jeopardizes the process of coming to terms with her own traumas and with a drifting society.
Drama Room
Best Series Project Award – pilot development deal signed with ProTV:
THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT
Writer: Serghei Chiviriga
After a reckless foreign student is sent back home, his teenage boarding school roommates must decide what to do with his hidden stash of weed and whom to trust, leading them down a dangerous path of violence, betrayal, and self-discovery
