The Pop Up Film Residency has selected eight participants who will be taking part in residencies across Europe this summer. The program’s latest cohort was announced during an event Tuesday at the Cannes Marché du Film’s Village Innovation.
Since launching in 2018, the Pop Up Film Residency has offered more than 150 artistic residencies to filmmakers from around the world. A uniquely collaborative initiative created by and for filmmakers, each residency offers an individualized mentorship program tailor made for one specific project.
Most offer a three-week onsite residency, together with follow-up mentoring over the course of at least the following year. A global initiative, the Pop Up Film Residency boasts a network of hosts active in Europe, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.
“What amazes me most about this new batch of residencies is the sheer global reach we’ve all built together,” said Matthieu Darras, CEO of Tatino Films and founder and director of the Pop Up Film Residency.
She added: “In a single season, we have an Iranian filmmaker developing his project in Paris, a Japanese director landing in France for the first time, a Rwandan Swiss filmmaker hosted in Lithuania, a Palestinian voice finding space in Rome, a Canadian director working on the shore of an Italian lake, Slovenian genre filmmakers heading to Bratislava and the Swedish islands, a Lithuanian filmmaker travelling to the Faroe Islands and a producer from Ethiopia reaching Slovakia to exchange with fellow producers.
