>> August 2007 >> Carnegami awarded once more!
The last fiction of Çagla Zencirci & Guillaume Giovanetti has been awarded the Prize of the Best Film in its section, at the Noci Film Festival, South Italy. The co-directors were invited in the Puglia Region and received their trophy. After having been screened in about 30 Festivals in Europe and North America, it was the first time Carnegami was coming back home. >> See the awarded directors >> The Noci Festival website
>> August 2007 >> International shantyGARDENtown
After the Cork Film Festival (Ireland), a major one in Europe, 2 new countries invited the last documentary by Çagla Zencirci & Guillaume Giovanetti, shantyGARDENtown. In October the film will indeed compete in the 7th Docupolis, Barcelona's International Documentary Film Festival, one of the main ones in Spain, and take part into the East Silver Docs Market, in the frame of the International Jihlava Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic.
>> August 2007 >> Fresh invitations for Carnegami Carnegami goes on to raise interest in the world. It will be screened in the non-competitve Padova Film Festival, at the occasion of the Itaca Festivities, North Italy, and has been invited to be presented in a Festival in California.
Furthermore, 2 TV channels expressed their wish to buy the film for their programmes : one in Russia and one in the U.K.
>> SEE PREVIOUS NEWS (JULY, JUNE, MAY 2007, about Ata, the new middle-length film of Cagla Zencirci & Guillaume Giovanetti, in post-production, and about Tu Mera Dil, Tu Meri Jaan, their feature film project, in development... >>
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>> September 2007 >> 2 fresh selections for shantyGARDENtown shantyGARDENtown, the last documentary by Çagla Zencirci & Guillaume Giovanetti, has been screened in early September at the Safranbolu Documentary Film festival, North of Turkey. Furthermore, it has been selected at the 24th Kassel Documentary Film Festival, one of of Germany's major Doc Festival, happening in November. In particular, it is nominated to the prestigious "Golden Key", a section opened to only 14 outstanding films by young directors.
>> September 2007 >> A new Documentary in co-production The new documentary project by Cagla Zencirci & Guillaume Giovanetti, Soheil, Sufi Dancer, has been selected for the main European Co-production Market for Documentaries about Middle-East, Astrolabio.doc, in Rome.
This project will have as a starting point some rushes the co-directors shot since 2002 in Pakistan and Italy. It will follow the path of a young Pakistani transe dancer from Punjab to Italy during the 2000's. Çagla Zencirci & Guillaume will go to Italy in early october to present the project. >> www.astrolabio.biz
>> October 2007 >> shantyGARDENtown awarded in Spain shantyGARDENtown, the last documentary by Çagla Zencirci & Guillaume Giovanetti, has just received the Best Short Documentary Award of the International Documentary Festival of Barcelona. The jury announced the film as "a very succesfull documentary, which blends the emotions and the documentary approach into a very sensitive point of view on a very human subject".
The Docupolis, where the co-directors went to receive their Prize, is one of the best Documentary Festivals in Spain. >> See the awarded films list
>> October 2007 >> Carnegami heading south
The last fiction film by Çagla Zencirci & Guillaume Giovanetti has been selected to the International Short Film Festival of Sydney, which is an integral part of Sydney Annual Arts Festival. It will be screened in competition in the frame of the Olympic Park of the Australian Capital in January 2008, for its Premiere in the country. >> See the website of Cinewest, the Festival organisors
>> October 2007 >> Carnegami through Poland
"Euroshorts", the International Warsaw Short Film Festival, has just selected in its competition the last fiction film by Çagla Zencirci & Guillaume Giovanetti. Carnegami will first compete in the Polish Capital, and will then be part of a prgramm screened in 15 cities of Poland, including Krakow, Gdansk and Lodz. >> See the selected films
>> October 2007 >> Tu Mera Dil on the Indian Subcontinent
Following its presentation in Cannes and the grant of the MEDIA Programme Development Fund, the Pakistani feature film project by Çagla Zencirci & Guillaume Giovanetti Tu Mera Dil, Tu Meri Jaan (You are my heart, you are my soul) has just been selected to the Goa Co-Operation Forum, South India. In late November, the Producers of the Project will attend this event, organised by the European Producers Club, in order to find Indian & European investors and distributors for the film.
In Parallel, the co-directors will be scouting and pre-casting on stage in Pakistan, to prepare the shooting, planned for 2008.
>> Have a look at the presentation of the "Moulin d'Andé", where the script has been developped in a residence.
>> October 2007 >> Carnegami in its home land(s) Carnegami, the last fiction film by Çagla Zencirci & Guillaume Giovanetti, shot with Italian non-professional actors, under the guidance of Abbas Kiarostami, has been selected at the same time in the 2 countries of its directors. First in Turkey, in the frame ot the Istanbul International Short Film Festival where it will be in competition in November, and in France, in the non-competitive Saint-Ouen Film Festival, near Paris, for a screening in December.