Open Doors Awards 2019

Open Doors Hub

The Open Doors jury awarded the following prizes to Open Doors Hub projects, with the aim of fostering their further development and production:

Open Doors Grant

financed by the Swiss production support fund Visions Sud Est (backed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, SDC) and by the City of Bellinzona.

• Production support (CHF 50,000) to: AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Makbul Mubarak, Indonesia/Singapore
   

Development grant CNC – Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (€ 8,000) to:

• GLORIOUS ASHES (Tro Tan Ruc Ro) by Chuyen Bui Thac, Vietnam/France
   

ARTE Kino International Prize (€ 6,000) to:

• CU LI NEVER CRIES by Pham Ngoc Lan, Vietnam/Philippines/France
   

Open Doors – Sørfond Award: the Norwegian film fund Sørfond awarded one Hub project the opportunity to attend its forthcoming Pitching from the South event:

• CU LI NEVER CRIES by Pham Ngoc Lan, Vietnam/Philippines/France

Open Doors Lab 

Open Doors – Rotterdam Lab Award: a participant in the Open Doors Lab will have the opportunity to take part in the Rotterdam Lab 2020 training workshop, together with a delegation of producers engaged on the international scene, in collaboration with IFFR Pro:

• Quynh Anh Le, Hanoi Doclab, Vietnam
   

Open Doors – Moulin d’Andé-CECI Award: a screenwriting residency for an emerging director of full-length films who has participated in Open Doors 2019 (Hub, Lab or Screenings), enabling further writing and development of their project:

• Duong Thi Dieu Linh, film director, Vietnam