Italian director Ra di Martino’s Ya & Niki won the top prize of the 16th edition of FIDLab, the international co-production platform of France’s FIDMarseille. Produced by Italy’s Dugong Films and Lebanon’s Abbout production,
Ya & Niki is about an Italian teen that forms a bond with a Syrian Refugee in a computer game. It received the EUR15,000 A Fabrica Award for sound post-production. Katsuya Tomita’s The Laanfang Republic
also won the Commune image award for eight weeks of editing. The Japanese director’s latest project follows two friends – one a mafiosa and the other a pop star whose lives are shattered by dramatic events. The jury consisted of Madeline Robert (consultant and head of Visions Sud Est Fund), Dennis Ruh (former director of the European Film Market) and Romanian producer Ada Solomon. This year, 410 submissions were received. FIDLab 2024 winnersA Fabrica
Ya & Niki (It-Leb-Egy), dir. Ra di MartinoCasa de Velazquez / Open ECAM
Tell The Water To Pass On Our Dreams
(US), dir. Advik Beni & Nehal Vyas
Commune Image
The Lanfang Republic (Fr-Tai-Jap), dir. Katsuya Tomita
Culori
The Book Of Hours (Fr-It), dir. Margherita Malerba
Camargo Foundation
The Art Of Escape (Port-Bra), dir. Leonardo Mouramateus
Kodak-Silverway
Malpais (Fr-Col), dir. Paula Rodriguez Polanco
Label 42
La Grande Vacance (Fr), dir. Chloe Galibert-Laine
Preludes
Drop! Cover! Hold on! (Bel), dir. Stephanie Roland
Sublimages
South Sea (Indo-Australia), dir. Riar Rizaldi
Video De Poche
Late Autumn (US), dir. Dan Sallitt
DA Films – VoD Platform
La Grande Vacance (Fr), dir. Chloe Galibert-Laine
Drop! Cover! Hold on!
(Bel), dir. Stephanie RolandNebulae
The Art Of Escape
(Port-Bra), dir. Leonardo Mouramateus Nelicia low explains how fencing, brotherly love and her Karlovy Vary premiere of ‘Pierce” inspired her Karlovy Variy premiere
(Port-Bra), dir.
