LIM | Less is More, the European training programme for first to third feature development, powered by Creative Europe — MEDIA and the alliance of ten European countries*, launches its new 2022 Call for Projects.
And LIM’s team, led by Le Groupe Ouest – the European Film Lab established on the coast of northern Brittany – is creating its own revolution:
After being labeled since its creation four years ago ‘The European development programme for limited budget feature films’, LIM becomes ‘The European feature film development programme for committed filmmakers in a changing world‘.
At the heart of this new label, there is the fundamental idea that using the concept of limitation is not only a matter of budget, but becomes anecessity both to enhance creativity and to rethink how independent cinema is conceived in a time of deep ecological and political concern.
LIMis conceived as a platform to help talented new filmmakers sculpt the films that humans of our times need.
LIM‘s battle points at the necessity to work collectively on generating meaning in a context of void created by the religion of quantity & consumption.
LIM‘s team wants to continue to open new types of collaborations between writers and filmmakers to help independent cinema open new horizons of humanism.
“That’s really what constraints do: I think they force you to look at your script more profoundly… no escape routes!” —Nathalie Biancheri #LIM2017(Ireland & Italy), Director of WOLF, TIFF / Toronto 2021 Official Selection
“Given the crisis we have experienced and we are still facing, there is a lot of thinking to be done, and I think that writing and development will be even more important to bring projects to fruition.” —Anne-Cécile Rolland, Région Bretagne #LIMPartner
“Cinema is a powerful storytelling tool – in today’s age of deep political and ecological concern – plugged into our dreams and nightmares, that can contribute to restore our ability to create meaning for now and for future generations.” —Antoine Le Bos #LIM Artistic Director
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* LIM | Less is More is supported byCreative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union, LIM is led byLe Groupe Ouest(France), developed withControl N(Romania),Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds – VAF(Belgium),Krakow Festival Office – KBF(Poland), and theTransilvania International Film Festival – TIFF(Romania), in partnership with theLithuanian Film Centre – LKC, theNorwegian Film Institute– NFI,Region Bretagne(France), as well asScreen Scotland(UK), andFocal(Switzerland).