Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Ji.hlava Documentary Film Festival has revealed to Variety the projects that the participants of its 2024 Emerging Producers program are working on.
The producers were asked to deliver an elevator pitch for their projects. Every year since 2010, the festival has selected 18 up-and-coming producers of documentary films (17 European and one representing a non-European guest country), who are then provided with educational, networking and promotional support.
The Emerging Producers portal features a map with more than 200 profiles of the program’s alumni. The next cohort of Emerging Producers will be revealed at the Sarajevo Film Festival on Sunday.
Here are the pitches from the 2024 contingent: “Green Is the Fire’s Tint” (working title)Producers: Cristina Haneș, Isabella Rinaldi, Arya Rothe for NoCut Film Collective (India, Romania, Italy)Directors: Cristina Haneș, Isabella Rinaldi, Arya Rothe Genre: Creative documentary Synopsis: Somi (37), an indigenous woman, faces eviction from her land due to the opening of an iron mine.
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