Mentoring & Prizes
Consultations
Projects and films participating in the Atlas Workshops benefit from tailor-made support through one-to-one or group consultation according to their individual needs and current stage of production, as well as through work sessions with experts in the different fields that make us the film industry.
The themes are diverse, from scriptwriting to editing, passing through financing and production strategy, film scores, poster design, distribution and sales (among many others).
For its 8th Edition, the Workshops invite 31 consultants and experts, as well as 3 acting mentors.
Prizes & Juries
The jury of the four Atlas Development Awards, composed of Karim Aitouna (Producer, Haut les Mains Productions), Ama Ampadu (Senior Production and Development Executive, BFI Filmmaking Fund), and Olivier Père (Managing Director, Arte France), awarded €30,000 prize to CHAPA 100 – Ique Langa (Mozambique), produced by Sousa Domingos (Mozambique); €20,000 to LES DIEUX DÉLINQUANTS – Boubacar Sangaré (Burkina Faso), produced by Boubacar Sangaré (Burkina Faso) and Madeline Robert (France); and €5,000 each to A CHILDHOOD – Scandar Copti (Palestine), produced by Jiries Copti and Tony Copti (Palestine) and VANDA – Kamy Lara (Angola), produced by Fernanda Polacow (Portugal).
Jury for projects in development
The jury for the Atlas Post-Production Awards, composed of Beatrice Fiorentino (Programmer, Settimana Internazionale della Critica), Martin Gondre (International Sales Agent, Best Friend Forever) and Hania Mroue (Distributor, founder and director, Metropolis Cinema), awarded €20,000 to DON’T LET THE SUN GO UP ON ME – Asmae El Moudir (Morocco), produced by Asmae El Moudir and Emma Lepers (France); €20,000 to LA MÁS DULCE – Laïla Marrakchi (Morocco), produced by Juliette Schrameck (France), Saïd Hamich Benlarbi (Morocco), and Adrià Monès Murians (Spain); €10,000 to GOMA ENOUGH IS ENOUGH – Elisé Sawasawa (Democratic Republic of the Congo), produced by Marianne Dumoulin,Jacques Bidou (France) and Christian Bitwaiki (Democratic Republic of the Congo); and €10,000 to SAFE EXIT (Mohammed Hammad (Egypt); produced by Kholoud Saad and Mohammed Hammad (Egypt).
