Wi Ding Ho's debut feature Pinoy Sunday has been selected in
L’ATELIER of Cannes 2009
台灣導演何蔚庭(HO Wi Ding)的第一部劇情長片《台北星期天》(Pinoy Sunday) 入選坎城影展電影基金會的創投競賽。
Here's press release from L’ATELIER 2009
(http://www.festival-cannes.com)
To assist directors in financing and speeding completion of their projects, the Festival created the Atelier in 2005.
For its fifth edition, the Atelier de la Cinéfondation has chosen 15
projects from 14 countries. The selection has been restricted to
highlight both up and coming directors: Ho Wi Ding, Caran Hartsfield or
Bertrand Mandico, and established directors: Zhang Yuan, Faouzi
Bensaidi, Diego Lerman, Danielle Arbid or Malgoska Szumowska.
Alongside the producer(s) of their films, each director will meet in
Cannes from May 15th to May 22nd film industry professionals during the
course of meetings that are presently being organized.
The Livre des Projets, in addition to a form to request a meeting with
our directors, will be available from April 15th on the Cinéfondation
website.
South Africa - The Umbrella Men by John BARKER (2nd feature film)
Argentina - Moral Sciences by Diego LERMAN (3rd feature film)
China - Executioner Garden by ZHANG Yuan (11th feature film)
Egypt - Oblivion by Atef HETATA (2nd feature film)
USA - Bury me standing by Caran HARTSFIELD (1st feature film)
USA - Free in deed by Jake MAHAFFY (3rd feature film)
France - L'Homme qui cache la forêt by Bertrand MANDICO (1st feature film)
Italy - Shun Li and the Poet by Andrea SEGRE (2nd feature film)
Lebanon / France - Chambres d'Hôtel by Danielle ARBID (3rd feature film)
Morocco - Death for sale by Faouzi BENSAIDI (3rd feature film)
Uzbekistan - 40 Days of Silence by Saodat ISMAILOVA (1st feature film)
Poland - Sponsoring by Malgoska SZUMOWSKA (4th feature film)
Portugal - Red Cross by Hugo VIEIRA DA SILVA (2nd feature film)
Taiwan / Philippines - Pinoy Sunday by HO Wi Ding (1st feature film)
Turkey - Our Grand Despair by Seyfi TEOMAN (2nd feature film)