Awards
TFL Awards
During TorinoFilmLab’s co-production forum Meeting Event, projects developed during the year are presented to an audience of market guests invited from all over the world.
On this occasion, an international Jury assigns the Production Awards to the best projects developed within FeatureLab – TFL’s programme dedicated to 1st and 2nd feature film projects at an advanced development stage. The awards are given to enable the making of the film, without any obligation to spend the money in Italy.
The selection of the awarded projects is based on the following materials: script, budget, financing plan, production schedule, as well as on the public pitching of the project, and the individual meeting of the writer/director and producer with the Jury. The Jury changes every year, and it is formed by 5 members of the film industry.
In 2024 four production grants for a total of € 160,000 will be assigned to FeatureLab projects by the Main Jury of the TFL Meeting Event, composed of five international film professionals.
2023
The Jury comprising Florence Almozini (USA), Dyveke Bjørkly Graver (Norway), Philippe Bober (France), Donsaron Kovitvanitcha (Thailand) and Shahrbanoo Sadat (Afghanistan/Germany) has granted the following awards:
MILK TEETH by Mihai Mincan (RO) - € 40,000
THE VISITOR by Vytautas Katkus (LT) - € 40,000
RENOIR by Chie Hayakawa (JPN) - € 50,000*
THE MELTDOWN by Manuela Martelli (CL) - € 50,000*
2022
The Jury comprising Florence Almozini (USA), Dyveke Bjørkly Graver (Norway), Philippe Bober (France), Donsaron Kovitvanitcha (Thailand) and Shahrbanoo Sadat (Afghanistan/Germany) has granted the following awards:
BIRTH RIGHT by Inbar Horesh (ISR) - € 40,000
DENGUE by Prantik Basu (IN) - € 40,000
GLORY B by Konstantinos Antonopoulos (EL) - € 40,000
WEIGHTLESS by Sara Fgaier (IT) - € 40,000
2021
The Jury comprising Vanja Kaludercic (Croatia), Juliette Schrameck (France), Denes Nagy (Hungary), Davide Nardini (Italy), Michael Weber (Germany), has granted the following awards:
FAMILY TIME by Tia Kouvo (FI/SE) - € 40.000
HOME by Or Sinai (IL/UA) - € 40.000
THINGS THAT YOU KILL by Alireza Khatami (FR/PL/CA) - € 40.000
DAYAO SWIMS AGAINST THE FLOW by Tao Zhang (FR/HK/CN/LU) - € 50.000*
2020
The Jury comprising Yohann Comte (France), Eve Gabereau (United Kingdom), Mike Goodridge (United Kingdom), Annemarie Jacir (Palestine) and Joana Vicente (Canada), has granted the following awards:
THE CARAVAN by Zuzana Kirchnerová (CZ/SK/IT) - € 40.000
DIAPHANOUS by Dornaz Hajihat (HK/FR) - € 40.000
MICHELLE REMEMBERS by Pia Borg (AU/FR) - € 50.000 *
THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO by Diego Céspedes (CL) - € 50.000 *
2019
The Jury comprising Isabelle Glachant (France), Giona Nazzaro (Italy), Julia Oh (United Kingdom), Adina Pintilie (Romania) and Katriel Schory (Israel), has granted the following awards:
UNREST by Cyril Schäublin (CH) - € 40.000
VICTUS by Andrei Tanase (RO) - € 40.000
A MALE by Fabián Hernández (CO/NL) - € 50.000 *
HOUSES by Veronica Nicole Tetelbaum (IL) - € 50.000 *
RUNNER by Marian Mathias (DE/FR/US) - € 50.000 *
2018
The Jury comprising Cameron Bailey (Canada), Teresa Cavina (Italy), Babak Jalali (Iran/UK), Ankica Juric Tilic (Croatia) and Paolo Moretti (France), has granted the following awards:
SMALL BODY by Laura Samani (IT/SI) – € 40.000
THE WOODCUTTER STORY by Mikko Myllylahti (FI) – € 40.000
BLOOD AND WATER by Jianjie Lin (CN) - € 50.000 *
COSTA BRAVA, LEBANON by Mounia Akl (LB/FR/SE/NO) - € 50.000 *
THE SETTLERS by Felipe Gálvez (CL/AR/DK) - € 50.000 *
YOU ARE THERE by Nicole Midori Woodford (SG/JP) - € 50.000 *
2017
The Jury comprising Laura Milani (Italy), Karim Aïnouz (Brazil), Tala Hadid (Morocco/Iraq), Anna Rose Holmer (USA) and Georges Schoucair (Lebanon) has granted the following awards:
ALFA by Una Gunjak (BA/IT/HR/FR) - € 50.000
SOLE by Carlo Sironi (IT/FR/PL) - € 50.000
LITIGANTE by Franco Lolli (CO/FR) - € 50.000 *
TASTE by Bao Le (SG/VN) - € 50.000 *
WHETHER THE WEATHER IS FINE by Carlo Francisco Manatad (PH/FR/SG) - € 50.000 *
2016
The Jury comprising Alberto Barbera (Italy), Monia Chokri (Canada), Hanaa Issa (Lebanon/Canada), Oscar Ruíz Navia (Colombia) and Jožko Ruta (Slovenia) has granted the following awards:
THE GUEST by Duccio Chiarini (IT/FR/CH) - € 40.000
THE ORPHANAGE by Shahrbanoo Sadat (DK/FR/LU/AF) - € 40.000
THE STAFFROOM by Sonja Tarokic (HR) - € 40.000
PORT AUTHORITY by Danielle Lessovitz (FR/US/BR) - € 50.000 *
THE FEVER by Maya Da-Rin (BR/FR/DE) - € 50.000 *
YALDA by Massoud Bakhshi (IR/FR) - € 50.000 *
2015
The Jury comprising Alberto Barbera (Italy), Paula Astorga (Mexico), Benjamin Domenech (Argentina), Atiq Rahimi (Afghanistan/France) and Fien Troch (Belgium) has granted the following awards:
DAOUD'S WINTER by Koutaiba Al-Janabi (IQ/NL/FR) - € 70.000
NOTHING ELSE MATTRESS by Bryn Chainey (AU) - € 50.000
A A by Jack Faber (PL/IL) - € 50.000
SUNSET by László Nemes (HU/FR) - € 50.000
THE HEIRESSES by Marcelo Martinessi (PY/UY/DE/BR/NO/FR) - € 50.000 *
2014
The Jury comprising Alberto Barbera (Italy), Álvaro Brechner (Uruguay), Doreen Boonekamp (Netherlands), Marta Donzelli (Italy) and Sophie Mas (France) has granted the following awards:
POP AYE by Kirsten Tan (SG/TH) - € 60.000
HUNTING SEASON by Natalia Garagiola (AR/US/DE/FR/QA) - € 50.000
THE WOUND by John Trengove (ZA/DE/NL/FR) - € 50.000
KODOKUSHI by Janus Victoria (PH/JP) - € 30.000
2013
The Jury comprising Alberto Barbera (Italy), Thanos Anastopoulos (Greece), Alec Von Bargen (USA/Mexico), Ewa Puszczynska (Poland) and Ada Solomon (Romania) has granted the following awards:
JESÚS by Fernando Guzzoni (FR/CL/DE/CO/GR) - € 65.000
MOUNTAIN by Yaelle Kayam (IL/DK) - € 65.000
GODLESS by Ralitza Petrova (BG/DK/FR) - € 50.000
RAW by Julia Ducournau (FR/BE) - € 50.000
LILY AND THE DRAGONFLIES by René Guerra (Brazil) - € 30.000
2012
The Jury comprising Alberto Barbera (Italy), Aditya Assarat (Thailand), Aida Begic (Bosnia-Herzegovina), Vânia Catani (Brazil) and Karel Och (Czech Republic) has granted the following awards:
LAND by Babak Jalali (IT/FR/NL/MX/QA) - €110.000
INTERRUPTION by Yorgos Zois (GR/FR/HR) - € 80.000
REY by Niles Atallah (CL/FR/NL/DE/QA) - € 70.000
TIKKUN by Avishai Sivan (IL) - € 60.000
THE GARBAGE HELICOPTER by Jonas Selberg Augustsén (SE/QA) - € 30.000
2011
The Jury comprising Alberto Barbera (Italy), Jani Thilges (Luxembourg), Joanna Lapinska (Poland), Christian Volckman (France) and Sophie Bourdon (France) has granted the following awards:
TOUCH ME NOT by Adina Pintilie (RO/DE/CZ/BG/FR) - € 150.000
UNDERGROUND FRAGRANCE by Pengfei Song (FR/CN) - € 140.000
MR. KAPLAN by Álvaro Brechner (UY/ES/DE) - € 100.000 + € 30.000
BEIRUT, I LOVE YOU by Zena el Khalil & Gigi Roccati (IT/LB) - € 80.000 + € 30.000
LOS HONGOS by Oscar Ruíz Navia (CO/FR/AR/DE) - € 50.000
2010
The Jury comprising Alberto Barbera (Italy), Ido Abram (Netherlands), Violeta Bava (Argentina), Steve Della Casa (Italy), Chinlin Hsieh (Taiwan), Jovan Marjanovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Alesia Weston (United States) has granted the following awards:
WOLF by Bogdan Mustata (DE/RO) - € 140.000
LEONES by Jazmín López (AR/FR/NL) - € 110.000
IL SUD È NIENTE by Fabio Mollo (IT/FR) - € 110.000
CHILDREN OF SARAJEVO by Aida Begic (BA/DE/FR/TR) - € 100.000
MAN WHO SAVE THE WORLD by Liew Seng Tat (MY/NL/DE/FR) - € 100.000
2009
The Jury comprising Alberto Barbera (Italy), Ido Abram (Netherlands), Violeta Bava (Argentina), Steve Della Casa (Italy), Chinlin Hsieh (Taiwan), Jovan Marjanovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Alesia Weston (United States) has granted the following awards:
POSTCARDS FROM THE ZOO by Edwin (ID/HK/CN/DE) - € 180.000
SALVO by Fabio Grassadonia & Antonio Piazza (IT/FR) - € 140.000
BYPASS by Duane Hopkins (UK/SE) - € 130.000
THE SLUT by Hagar Ben-Asher (IL/DE) - € 100.000
MUSICAL CHAIRS by Azza El Hassan (PS/JO/DE) - € 50.000
2008
The Jury comprising Alberto Barbera (Italy), Ido Abram (Netherlands), Violeta Bava (Argentina), Steve Della Casa (Italy), Chinlin Hsieh (Taiwan), Jovan Marjanovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Alesia Weston (United States) has granted the following awards:
SWANS by Hugo Vieira da Silva (DE/PT) - € 200.000
LE QUATTRO VOLTE by Michelangelo Frammartino (IT/DE/CH) - € 180.000
AGUA FRÍA DE MAR by Paz Fábrega (CR/FR/ES/NL/MX) - € 120.000
HI-SO by Aditya Assarat (TH) - € 80.000
* Thanks to Creative Europe - MEDIA Programme of the European Union.
A grant of € 20,000 will be awarded to up to two outstanding projects participating in SeriesLab. This grant is intended to significantly enhance the development and realisation of the selected concept, providing vital financial support to help bring the project to fruition. The winning project will be chosen by a specially convened jury, consisting of three esteemed representatives from the international television series industry.
A grant of 5,000 €, awarded to one of the ComedyLab projects. This prize, assigned by an international jury, is designed to support the creative and production development of the selected project, offering a boost to its realisation and helping to bring comedies to the screen.
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