Bright Future Beckons for 2022 Annecy Residency Projects

variety.com:

Ben Croll Inaugurated in 2021, the Annecy Residency program takes three selected projects on a six-month journey, beginning with a three-month script workshop before moving to Annecy’s Papeteries Image Factory for a similar bout of tailored mentorships and visual experimentation.

At the end, the filmmakers launch their development titles at the MIFA market.When directors Pierre Le Couviour and Amine El Ouarti brought their residency-honed title “Le Cœur à danser” to last year’s MIFA, they very quickly found an eager partner in French studio Vivement Lundi, teaming with the Rennes-based production to develop the project even further.

That extra work paid off, and when the World War I-set folktale returned to pitch at this year’s MIFA, the project broke out as a serious buzz title, inspiring immediate and ardent distributor attention before claiming two of the three top prizes for best feature pitch.

That’s just a single 2021 residency project. Below are the projects that benefited from the 2022 program. Expect to hear a lot more about these three titles.“Deep Fake” Pitched between a character study and a freak-out thriller, “Deep Fake” follows a young streamer whose broadcasts toe the line between roll-play and ASMR.