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Feb. 21, 2024
Ukrainian Drama Screaming Girl Scooped Top Prize
The feature won the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award, worth €20,000, which went to Kyiv-based producers Forefilms.
The Ukrainian drama project
Screaming Girl has achieved a remarkable feat by winning the top prize
at the Berlinale Co-Production Market. This prestigious award is the Eurimages
Co-Production Development Award, valued at €20,000. The honor was bestowed upon
the Kyiv-based producers at Forefilms.
Directed by Antonio Lukich,
known for the comedy-drama Luxembourg, Luxembourg, which screened at the Venice
Film Festival in 2022, Screaming Girl takes center stage. The film
follows the journey of a girl who, after the invasion of Ukraine, finds herself
in Ireland. Driven by her dream of becoming an actress, she encounters strange
and fantastical events that disrupt her life, compelling her to rebuild it from
scratch.
Interestingly, this marks
the second consecutive year that the Co-Production Market has supported a
Ukrainian project. In 2023, Ruslan Batytskyi’s “The Blindsight” received a
similar award of €20,000.
The Berlinale Co-Production
Market also recognised other outstanding projects. The VFF Talent Highlight
Award of €10,000 went to Silence Sometimes, an animated film by Álvaro
Robles. The story revolves around a woman with a unique condition—everything
she touches becomes unable to produce sound—whose life changes when she meets a
talented musician.
Additionally, nominee
awards of €1,000 each were granted to Assel Aushakimova from Kazakhstan’s Risk
Pictures and Liselotte Persson from Sweden’s Snowcloud. The ARTEKino
International Award was presented to Hajni Kis for Ich bin Marika, produced by
Hungary’s Proton Cinema. This €6,000 award recognises artistically outstanding
projects from the co-pro market.
The Berlinale Co-Production
Market continues to foster collaboration among producers, financiers, and
filmmakers. Over 1,500 individual meetings were planned, and more than 370
films and 22 series have been completed through partnerships forged at this dynamic
event.
