Mentoring & Prizes

Consultations

Projects and films participating in the Atlas Workshops benefit from tailor-made support through one-on-one or group consultation according to their individual needs and current stage of production. Directors and producers of projects in development benefit from consultations with a scriptwriter to discuss their screenplay; with a producer to discuss their project’s financing and production strategy; and with an international sales agent to consider distribution potential. Directors and producers of films in prodution or post-production benefit from consultations about editing, scoring and international distribution.

List of Consultants 2021

Screenwriter, Producer

Jacques Fieschi

Screenwriter, Director

Gabor Greiner

International Sales Agent

Geoffroy Grison

Screenwriter, Producer

Jennifer Sabbah-Immagine

Producer

Ghassan Salhab

Director, Screenwriter, Writer

Prizes & Juries

Atlas Prizes for development

Participating projects in development compete for three Atlas Prizes for development – one worth €10,000 and two worth €5,000 (or MAD equivalent) awarded by a jury composed of three professionals. The winning projetcs are:

Atlas Prize for development (€10,000)
THE CHATTERING OF TEETH – Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese (Lesotho)

Atlas Prize for development (€5,000)
THE LAST DAYS OF R.M. (LES DERNIERS JOURS DE R.M.) – Amin Sidi-Boumédiène (Algeria)

Atlas Prize for development (€5,000)
LA MÁS DULCE – Laïla Marrakchi (Morocco)

Jury for projects in development

In addition to the prizes awarded by the Atlas Workshops, participating projects in development are also eligible for the ArteKino International Prize. It went to:

ArteKino International Prize (€6,000)
SWEET DISPOSITION – Youssef Michraf (Morocco)

The ArteKino International Prize awards development aid to feature-length film projects. It is given at several international film festivals including those in Cannes, Berlin, Locarno, Rotterdam, San Sebastián, Rome, Torino, Sarajevo, Buenos Aires, Busan, Les Arcs and Marrakech, helping new directors and producers from all over the world in the development of their projects. The ArteKino International Prize awards €6,000 to the producer of the winning film.

Atlas Prizes for post-production

Participating films in production or post-production compete for two Atlas Prizes for post-production – one worth €20,000 and another worth €10,000 (or MAD equivalent) awarded by a jury composed of three professionals.The winning projetcs are:

Atlas Prize for post-production (€20,000)
THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES (LA MÈRE DE TOUS LES MENSONGES) – Asmae El Moudir (Morocco)

Atlas Prize for post-production (€10,000)
UNDER THE FIG TREES (SOUS LES FIGUES) – Erige Sehiri (Tunisia)

Jury for films in post-production

Nuha Eltayeb

Director, Content Acquisitions