Delegations of selected projects (director and producer) participate in Locarno Pro to present and discuss their projects in the context of a targeted program, structured in individual meetings with potential partners, plenary sessions, round tables, discussions and networking activities. Alliance 4 Development is a platform for French, German and Italian language film professionals to test their market potential and form creative and financial alliances for the early stages of film project development.

Locarno Pro has been hosting this annual initiative since 2015, with support from the Swiss Federal Office of Culture (FOC) / MEDIA Desk Suisse, CNC, DGCA-MiC and the FFA.

Alliance 4 Development 2021 – selected projects

Switzerland

• Don’t let the sun (catch you crying) by Jacqueline Zünd, produced by David Fonjallaz and Louis Mataré (Lomotion)
• Spectrum by Philibert Aimé Mbabazi, produced by Gabriela Bussmann and Yan Decoppet (GoldenEggProduction)
• Stranger in a Village by Samir, produced by Karin Koch (Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion) – co-produced by Palmyre Badinier (AKKA Films)

France

• Bandeira by João Paulo Miranda Maria, produced by Justin Pechberty (Les Valseurs) – co-produced by Rodrigo Texeira and Lourenço Sant’Anna (RT Features)
• Brûle le sang by Akaki Popkhadze, produced by Sébastien Aubert (Adastra Films)  - co-produced by Tinatin Kajrishvili (Gemini)

Germany

• Carla’s Enzo by Adelfiano Oberto and Elmar Imanov, produced by Eva Blondiau (Color of May)
• Zeit der Monster by Florian Hoffmann, produced by Alexander Wadouh and Roxana Richters (Chromosom Film)

Italy

• La selvaggia by Lorenzo Puntoni, produced by Andrea Gori (Lumen Films) – co-produced by Angelo Rocco Troiano (Mediterraneo Cinematografica)
• Stagione di caccia by Giulia Di Battista, produced by Livia Mastrangelo (Mastrangelo Cinematografica)

Past editions

Alliance 4 Development 2019

For the 2019 edition, four projects were selected among the beneficiaries of existing bilateral development funds between the Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo MiBACT (Italy), the Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA, Germany) and the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC, France). Three Swiss projects that requested development help through MEDIA Desk Suisse, and that are looking for German, French or Italian co-producers, also participated in the initiative.

• Der Kämpfer by Juri Steinhart, produced by David Fonjallaz and Louis Mataré (Lomotion) - MEDIA Desk Suisse
• L’Amour du Monde by Jenna Hasse, produced by Olivier Zobrist (Langfilm) - MEDIA Desk Suisse
• Maoz by Tancredi Campello, produced by Chiara Campara (Ang Film) - co-producer: Flavia Daina Oertwig (Tama Filmproduktion) - MiBAC/FFA
• Mit Geist und Feuer (working title) by Domenico Distilo, produced by Kai Ehlers (Moon Jar Film), co-producer: Marco Lo Curzio (Sciara) - FFA/MiBAC
• Musik by Angela Schanelec, produced by Kirill Krasovski (Faktura Film), co-producer: François D’Artemare (Les Films de L’Après-Midi) - FFA/CNC
• Red by Mara Manzolini and Andrea Pellerani, produced by Gabriella de Gara Bucciarelli (AMKA Films) - MEDIA Desk Suisse
• Tredici Giovedì by Berardo Carboni, produced by Aurora Alma Bartiromo (Piroetta) - MiBAC/CNC

Alliance 4 Development 2018

For the 2018 edition, four projects were selected among the beneficiaries of existing bilateral development funds between the Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo MiBACT (Italy), the Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA, Germany) and the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC, France). Three Swiss projects that applied for development support through MEDIA compensatory measures, and that are looking for German, French or Italian co-producers, also participated in the initiative.
 

• Au Sud by Lionel Baier, produced by Pauline Gygax and Max Karli (Bandita Films, Switzerland) – MEDIA Desk Suisse
• Das Eselchen Grisella (based on the book by Heinrich Maria Denneborg) by Hüseyin Tabak, produced by Dorothe Beinemeier (Red Balloon Film, Germany) – Co-Producer: Philipp Kreuzer (Maze Pictures, Germany) – FFA/MiBACT
• F wie Fittko by Loren D. Marsh, produced by Tobias Gaede (Zischlermann Filmproduktion, Germany) – FFA/CNC
• L’Albero delle Orecchie by Shadi Adib, produced by Matteo Pecorara (Small Boss, Italy) – Co-Producers: Ken Anderson (Redkite Animation, UK), Fabian Driehorst (Fabian&Fred, Germany), Juan Carlos Concha (Apeman Studio, Spain) – MiBACT/FFA
• Le Passeur by Kaveh Bakhtiari, produced by Tristan Aymon and Isabelle Zampiero (Terrain Vague, Switzerland) – MEDIA Desk Suisse
• Lo chiamavano... Bud Spencer, produced by Giuseppe Pedersoli (Smile Production, Italy) – Co-Producers: Marcus Roth and Sven Burgermeister (Goldkind Filmproduktion, Germany) – MiBACT/FFA
• Renaissance by Caterina Mona, produced by Michela Pini (Cinédokké, Switzerland) – MEDIA Desk Suisse

 

Project Manager: Thibaut Bracq

Alliance 4 Development 2017

In 2017, the followin project were selected to take part in Alliance For Development:

• Chroma by Jean-Laurent Chautems, produced by Xavier Grin (P.S. Productions) – MEDIA Desk Suisse
• Comic Book Souls written by Roberto Gagnor, produced by Torsten Götz (Letterbox Filmproduktion GmbH) – FFA / MiBACT
• Die Macht der Stille by Maurizius Staerkle Drux, produced by Aline Schmid (Beauvoir Films) – MEDIA Desk Suisse
• Durendal by Egidio Eroncio, produced by Andrea Stucovitz (Partner Media Investment) MiBACT / FFA
• Gitarrensolo by Micha Lewinsky, produced by HC Vogel and Jessica Sonderegger (Plan B Film GmbH) – MEDIA Desk Suisse
• In absentia by Matteo Bernardini, produced by Daniele Segre and Daniele de Cicco (Redibis Film) – MiBACT / CNC
• La Gatta Straniera written by Lissi Muschol and Merle Vierck, produced by Lissi Muschol (Kabinett Filmproduktion) – FFA / MiBACT
• Le Fou Divin by Nicola Sornaga, produced by Thomas Ordonneau (Shellac Production) – CNC / MiBACT
• Linda veut du poulet by Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach, produced by Marc Irmer (Dolce Vita Films) – CNC / MiBACT
• L’Amour by Emma Rosa Simon, produced by Eva Kemme (Basis Berlin Filmproduktion) – FFA / CNC
• Mes Parents - Le Rêveur by Gigi Roccati, produced by Pilar Saavedra (Moliwood Films Srl) – MiBACT / CNC
• Moon by Karim Aïnouz, produced by Marie-Pierre Macia and Claire Gadéa (MPM Film) – CNC / FFA

Project Manager: Lucas Rosant
Project Assistant: Tanja Weibel

Alliance 4 Development 2016

In 2016, the following projects were chosen among the bilateral co-development funds:

• MiBACT – CNC: Controvento by Massimiliano Zanin. Producer: Frederico Lami, Wave SRL 
• MiBACT – CNC: Hope by Ivan Cappiello. Producer: Luciano Stella, MAD Entertainment 
• MiBACT – FFA: Samia. Producer: Simone Catania, Indyca SRL 
• CNC – MiBACT: Scelsi, le premier mouvement de l'immobile by Sebastiano d’Ayala Valva. Producer: Nicolas Lesoult, Les Films de la Butte 
• CNC – MiBACT: Elisabeth by Guido Chiesa. Producer: Marie Gutmann, Méroé Films 
• CNC – FFA: La Nuit Allemande by Claus Drexel. Producer: Florent Lacaze, Daisy Day Films 
• FFA – CNC: Genosse Stalin saved my life by Kamila Kubiak. Producer: Nicole Ringhut, Belle Epoque Films GmbH 
• FFA – MiBACT: Children of the Ice by Stefano Lodovichi. Producer: Jakob Weydemann, Weydemann Bros
• FFA – MiBACT: The Guard by Giulio Ricciarelli. Producer: Oliver Schütte, tellfilm Deutschland UG

Chosen from the 2016 submissions for project development within the Swiss MEDIA compensatory measures:

• Taub by Tobias Nölle. Producer: Tolga Dilsiz, 8horses 
• Les Ombres Rouges by Aude Py. Producer: Britta Rindelaub, Alva Film 
• BuraNEST by Dodo Hunziker. Producer: Urs Schnell, DokLab

Project Manager: Lucas Rosant
Project Assistant: Marianne Wirth

Alliance 4 Development 2015

In 2015, Alliance for Development chose the following projects: 

• Dopo la guerra (Après la guerre), by Annarita Zambrano;
  Producer: Stéphanie Douet (Sensito Films, France) 
  Dopo la guerra was selected to compete in the section Un Certain Regard at the Festival de Cannes 2017.
• L’ospite, by Duccio Chiarini;
  Producers: Tommaso Arrighi (Mood Film, Italy), Vincent Wang (House on Fire, France)
• Le garçon au cheval, by Mikaël Gaudin;
  Producers: Guillaume Dreyfus (Année Zero, France), Marie Noëlle (P’Artisan Filmproduktion GmbH, Germany)
• Libera Me, by Bruno Urso, Fabrizio Urso;
  Producers: Vincent Brançon (To be continued, France), Paolo Maria Spina (Revolver, Italy
• Vivaldi, by Bille August;
  Producers: Reinhard Brundig, Nina Frese (Pandora Film GmbH, Germany), Flaminio Zadra (Dorje Film, Italy)