The winners of the Arché pitching awards, part of Doclisboa’23, and the Nebulae awards, the festival’s industry program, have been announced.
The Arché jury – formed by André Guiomar, Julien Rejl, Lina González, Narimane Mari and Paula Astorga – distinguished three of the film projects competing in this year’s edition of the development lab.
The Selina Prize was awarded to the Brazilian production The Oracle of the Scarlet Temple, by Pedro Maia de Brito and Ralph Antunes, in the words of the jury “a wonderful proposition between documentary and fiction, following a process of work committed with a community and a character in search of something full of love and intimacy with a real idea of a cinematographic language and a sense of absurdity”.
The School of Arts – Universidade Católica Portuguesa Award went to Una Cierta Civilización, by Argentinian Leandro Listorti. The award “goes to a director who is considering his trip to the end of the world as a cinematographic experience to test his existential feeling of anxiety as a promise in progress of a cosmical humor”, stated the jury.
Coplas de la Caoba, Francisco MeCe
Finally, the Doclisboa Prize went to Coplas de la Caoba, by Francisco MeCe. This Colombian production earned the following comment from the jury: “We would like to encourage the director to rethink the architecture of the editing of the movie to support the serious question of the disappearance of a paradise that is constructed with delicacy and details that provide a wonderful landscape”.
The participants had their pitching sessions at Cinema São Jorge over the last few days, followed by individual meetings with industry professionals. From tomorrow until October 25 they will take part in the various workshops that form part of Arché.
NEBULAE AWARDS
Eight projects produced or co-produced in Finland, the guest country for this edition, were competing for the Nebulae Awards.
The DAE Talent Development Award went to Sense and Sensibility by Hanna Nordenswan, produced by Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen of Zone2 Pictures. The prize includes tailor-made mentoring sessions with an industry professional and an optional free one-year membership for the project team.
The Dafilms.com Award was given to Arthur Franck’s Showtime in Helsinki, produced by Oskar Forstén from Polygraf. The prize is worth €3,000 in services for the release and distribution of a first or second film selected by a Dafilms representative.
The Pitch the Doc Award went to All The Light that Remains, by Moona Pennanen, produced by Ida Karoskoski of Illume. The winning project has access to specialized consultancy (worth €500, valid for 6 months after the announcement).
