LIM | Less is More, the training and coaching programme for feature film development driven by Le Groupe Ouest and powered by Creative Europe (MEDIA) opens a new chapter of its adventures. A few months ago, LIM team decided to rename its core motto:for committed filmmakers in a changing world. For LIM’s artistic director, Antoine Le Bos, “with the dark context we are going through in Europe, we need to fight like hell to generate films that can help us wake up!”.
In this perspective, LIM team has been shaping anew quartet of tutors/script consultants. The seventeen filmmakers and twelve Development angels selected in 2022 will work withTony Grisoni(UK & Italy), screenwriter of Terry Gilliam and Michael Winterbottom among others,Lucile Hadzihalilovic(France), writer-director ofInnocenceandEvolution, and collaborator of Gaspar Noé for most of his films,Vinca Wiedemann(Denmark), script-advisor and close collaborator of Lars von Trier onNymphomaniacandMelancholia, as well as of Thomas Vinterberg onThe Hunt, and last but not leastRomain Compingt(France), screenwriter of Golden CameraDivinesas well as the movingEn attendant Bojangles.
This outstanding team of European brains will have to find the right point of fusion witha very unique and human selection of talents and projectsthat can embody our struggle for meaning and awakening:
With the second features ofEdon Rizvanolli(Kosovo) who created a strong impression with hisUnwantedin 2017,Antoine Russbach(Switzerland) with the second part of his shouting trilogy started with the multi-awardedThose who work,Reinis Kalvins(Latvia) who delivered withThe Shifta unique Noir experience so close to the Russian border. We also haveVincent Maël Cardonawho left a strong impression at the 2021 Cannes’ Quinzaine des réalisateurs withLes Magnétiques– César for Best First Film last week – and now comes back to his roots with a story based in rural Brittany, as well as the third feature ofChristian Volckman– we cannot forget the unique film experiences generated byRenaissanceandThe Room. And the first features of filmmakers coming from an outstanding background in short film, theatre, documentary or visual arts:Jela Hasler(Switzerland),Fanny Ovesen(Norway & Sweden),Andreea Valean(Romania),Valeria Testagrossa&Giulia Pietrozini(Italy), andDeborah Viegas(Brazil & Portugal). Coming from the troubled context of today’s middle east,Nitzan Rozen(Israel) andDahlia Nemlich(Lebanon) will keep us awake until very late, likeSandro Souladze, young and talented Georgian filmmaker, so close to a burning border also. Like often in LIM, a strong and singular presence from Wales and Scotland, withZillah BowesandIsaac Knights-Washbournwith their first features also. And from Flanders, Belgium, the daringMeltze Van Collie, taking us to Greenland, for a bit of fresh air that we definitely need!
Following the whole process of development, theDevelopment angelsjust selected by LIM for 2022 generate a unique scope of European professionals dedicated to helping deliver/nurture strong screenplays for tomorrow’s independent cinema:Cecilie Aspenes(Norway),Andrés Bartos(Catalonia, Spain),Diana Caravia(Romania),Viktorija Cook(Lithuania),Mirna Everhard(The Netherlands & Flanders, Belgium),Harry Flöter(Germany),James Heath(Scotland, UK),Judith Lichtneckert(Switzerland),Jules Reinartz(France), as well asMira Staleva(Bulgaria), andRaymond van der Kaaij(The Netherlands).
Last but not least, in the tragic context of Putin’s invasion, LIM team is honored to welcome among this year’sDevelopment angels,Aleksandra Zakharchenko, from Ukraine.
—A selection composed byMassimiliano Nardulli – LIM Head of Talents, together with Ciarán Charles (Ireland), Gaia Meucci-Astley (UK), Héloïse Noé (France), Alki Politi (Greece) and Michal Reich (Czech Republic).
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LIM | Less is More is supported byCreative Europe – MEDIAProgramme of the European Union, led byLe Groupe Ouest(France), developed withControl N(Romania),Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds – VAF(Belgium), andKrakow Festival Office – KBF(Poland), in partnership with theLithuanian Film Centre, theNorwegian Film Institute,Région Bretagne(France), as well asScreen Scotland(UK) andFocal(Switzerland).
