Prize Winners
Open Doors Grant
An incentive for production or project development, offered by the Swiss production support fund visions sud est (backed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, SDC) together with the City of Bellinzona.
Open Doors Grant (CHF 35,000) to:
MOA
by Marcel Beltrán
produced by Paula Gastaud, Mediocielo Films
Cuba
Open Doors Grant (CHF 15,000) to:
Muchachos Bañándose en el lago (Kids Swimming in the Lake)
by Michael Labarca
produced by Patricia Ramírez Arévalo, Todos Los Ríos
Venezuela
Development grant CNC – Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (€ 8,000) to:
Diamante (Diamond)
by Yashira Jordán
produced by Alvaro Olmos Torrico, EmpatiaCinema
Bolivia
ARTE Kino International Prize (€ 6,000) to:
MOA
by Marcel Beltrán
produced by Paula Gastaud, Mediocielo Films
Cuba
Open Doors – Sørfond Award
A prize to participate in the Pitching from the South platform of the Norwegian fund Sørfond to:
Diamante (Diamond)
by: Yashira Jordán
produced by: Alvaro Olmos Torrico, EmpatiaCinema
Bolivia
One of the Lab participants is offered the opportunity to take part in the training workshop Rotterdam Lab during the IFFR Pro 2023:
Illari Orcottoma
Production company: Maldeojos
Peru
Open Doors – BR Lab Award
A new partnership offering travel, accommodation and participation in the BR Lab project development program in November 2022:
Kokue
by Miguel Agüero
produced by Cynthia García Calvo, Asociación Cultural Arraigo / CYAN prods
Paraguay
Open Doors – World Cinema Fund Award
A new collaboration with the World Cinema Fund, which awards a participant in the Projects’ Hub or the Producers’ Lab from the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Lucia or Grenada, with a specific program tailored and geared to closely follow the development of an audience engagement strategy.
Cuando Cae la lluvia (When Rain Falls)
Directed and produced by Yanillys Pérez, YPR Films
Dominican Republic
Open Doors – OIF – ACP – EU Award
This new collaboration provides a project or participant from the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Lucia and Grenada with a mix of story-editing and co-production strategy support, advice on the development and refinement of the film dossier, based on the specific needs of the awarded project.
Black Madonna
Directed and produced by Michelle Serieux
Imagine Caribbean
Open Doors – LEXIA Insights Award
For the first year, this collaboration with experienced professionals will provide the awardee with research tools and methodologies to fine-tune the project's pitch, script, dossier, mood board and teaser.
Ñusta
produced by Daniela Fuentes Moncada
Epopeya S.A.
(Ecuador)
Laura y el Calabozo
Produced by Ricardo B'atz'
Cayaguanca Films
(El Salvador)
Open Doors - Moulin d’Andé-CECI Award
A writing residency offered to an emerging director who took part in Open Doors 2022 (Hub, Lab or Screenings), enabling them to continue working on writing and development of their project.
Black Madonna
Directed and produced by Michelle Serieux
Imagine Caribbean
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur / Villa Sträuli Residency
Two-month residency at Villa Sträuli, Winterthur. The winner is chosen from among the participants in the sections of Open Doors, Pardi di domani and the Filmmakers Academy of the Locarno Film Festival 2022 coming from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America, who are developing their first or second feature films.
José Luis Aparicio Ferreira
Cuba
Selected with his short film Tundra at the Open Doors Screenings.
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