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Mongolian project among Cannes Atelier line-up
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Cannes’ Cinefondation has announced the 15-project cut for the 2017 Cannes Festival Atelier co-production forum, and Mongolian director Byamba Sakhya is a new entrant in the selection.
For the 13th edition of the Atelier, 15 projects from 14 countries have been selected and one of them is Mongolian project titled ‘Bedridden’, a film adaptation of Mongolian author G.Ayurzana’s novel by the same name. Mongolian ‘Guru Media’ and ‘Prime Pictures’ production houses will be collaborating on the making of the film.
The chosen directors are provided access to international co-productions, and opportunities to meet potential partners which altogether will contribute to accelerating the project’s completion. From May 19-25, the chosen directors will introduce their project to investors and sponsors in cinema.
With his first feature film titled ‘Remote Control’, director Byamba Sakhya won the New Currents prize at the 18th edition of the Busan International Film Festival (IFF) in the Republic of Korea, the Award for Best Feature Film at the 2014 Anonimul IFF, Romania, and was nominated for the Hubert Bals Fund Lions Film Award at the 2014 Rotterdam IFF, in the Netherlands.
