MIDPOINT is proud to announce the incredible achievements of our alumni at the prestigious 2025 edition of When East Meets West (WEMW) co-production forum. Among the highlights, 'KLÁRA IS HERE', a Feature Launch 2024 project, claimed the event’s top honor.
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MIDPOINT Success at WEMW 2025: 'KLÁRA IS HERE' Takes Home the Top Award
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MIDPOINT Success at WEMW 2025: 'KLÁRA IS HERE' Takes Home the Top Award
January 22, 2025
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'KLÁRA IS HERE' Wins Big
The Ciclic WEMW Award was presented to 'KLÁRA IS HERE', directed by Dávid Csicskár and produced by Balázs Zachar (Filmfabriq, Hungary).
Other Prestigious Awards for MIDPOINT Alumni
In addition to the success of 'KLÁRA IS HERE', other MIDPOINT alumni projects were recognized with notable awards:
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*'Marché du Film Producers Network Award:'' Natalia Pavlove (Other Stories, Czech Republic) for her project 'Running with Beast', developed within last year's MIDPOINT Intensive CZ program. This award offers valuable networking opportunities to help the project reach new heights.
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'Italian-Baltic Award:' The project 'The Art of Biting Your Tongue', written and directed by Ieva Norvele, was developed within Feature Launch 2024, awarded now as a collaboration between Latvian company Tasse Film (Aija Berzina) and Italian company Corego (Raffaello Vignoli, Elīna Loša).
HAVC & MIDPOINT Development Award
Adding to the excitement, the ''HAVC & MIDPOINT Development Award'' was presented to 'Kurkuma ' for the best project from the MIDPOINT Shorts program. This recognition, supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) and MIDPOINT, underscores the significance of fostering regional talent and supporting emerging voices in the film industry.
Congratulations to all the winners! We look forward to seeing these groundbreaking projects come to life!
Related Midpoint Projects
Running with Beasts
Amid the Lebanese economic crisis, a group of five high schoolers meet one last time after their graduation day to finalize their secret plan which guarantees affording their approaching dreams. ...
Klara Is Here
Klára and Péter are retirees, who have been married for 50 years. Klára has been suffering from dementia for a long time and Péter takes care of her devotedly. However, the constant care takes a ...
Kurkuma
Kurkuma follows Mahmood, a 31-year-old Indian immigrant in Berlin. Mahmood aspires to join Berlin's elite social circle and takes a cook-for-hire job to impress his girlfriend Lisa’s friends at a ...
The Art of Biting Your Tongue
Ruta (31), an Amsterdam-based Latvian movement artist, is invited to work together with Andra (75), the leader of the children folk-dance ensemble Ruta used to attend. Creating a choreography for ...
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