Sheffield DocFest ‘MeetMarket’ line up revealed

Full list of MeetMarket projects:

MeetMarket Rough Cut Projects:

The Age of Water

Production country: Mexico

Directors: Isabel Alcántara, Alfredo Alcántara

Producers: Lindsay Perna, Joe Brewster (Rada Studios), Michèle Stephenson (Rada Studios)

B-Side

Production country: Italy

Director: Agostino Ferrente

Producers: Gianfilippo Pedote (Casa delle Visioni), Agostino Ferrente

Our Land

Production country: United Kingdom

Director: Orban Wallace

Producers: Charlie Phillips (I am Charlie Ltd), Rebecca WolffQueer as Punk

Production country: Malaysia

Director: Yih Wen Chen

Producers: Yih Wen Chen, Mandy Marahimin (Talamedia)

Will They Ever Come Back?

Production country: Colombia

Director: Angela Carabal

Producers: Sandra Tabares-Duque (Sandelion Productions), Angela Carabal

MeetMarket Projects:

24 Strong

Production country: Belgium

Co-production country: Netherlands

Directors: Kristian Van der Heyden, Rieneke Van Santen

Producer: Kristian Van der Heyden (Harald House)

Co-producers: Rieneke Van Santen (Dendezo Media Support & Productions), Monique Busman (Tomtit

Film)

Another Day Shall Come

Production countries: Palestine, Israel

Director: Aida Kaddan

Producer: Aida Kaddan

Avoidance

Production country: France

Co-production country: Georgia

Director: Nika Nikulshina

Producers: Valerie Montmartin (Little Big Story), Vlad Ketkovich (Little Big Story)

Co-producer: Seraphina Zinkovsky

Big in Gazi Baba

Production country: North Macedonia

Co-production country: United Kingdom

Director: Pauline Blanchet

Producer: Avdi Thachi (Lumiere Films)

Co-producers: James Collie (Violet Pictures), Jan Dunn (Violet Pictures)

The Blue Sweater with a Yellow Hole

Production country: Ukraine

Co-production countries: France, Czech Republic

Director: Tetiana KhodakiviskaProducer: Elena Saulich (Pronto Film)

Co-producers: Johann Chapelan (Girelle Production), Martin Vandas (Maur Film)

Breaking the Wall

Production country: China

Co-production country: Canada

Director: Weichao Xu

Producer: Yiqian Zhang (Touchstone Productions)

Carmela and the Walkers

Production country: Ecuador

Directors: Esteban Coloma, Luis Herrera

Producer: Esteban Coloma (Cooperativa Audiovisual CoopDocs)

Confessions of a Female Gamer

Production country: Bulgaria

Co-production country: United Kingdom

Director: Dolya Gavanski

Producers: Martichka Bozhilova (Agitprop), Dolya Gavanski (Thea Films)

The Cord

Production country: France

Co-production country: Brazil

Director: Myriam Guillot

Producer: Estelle Robin You (Grande Ourse Films)

Derek’s Ark

Production country: United Kingdom

Director: James Dawson

Producer: Serena Kennedy (The Slate Works), David Broder (Loupe Films)

Desperately Seeking Rainbows

Production countries: Taiwan, Singapore

Directors: Kenny Png, Frances Lu

Producer: Stefano Centini (Volos Films)

Fatna, a Woman Named Rachid

Production countries: France, Morocco, Belgium

Director: Hélène Harder

Producers: Nadège Labé (Wendigo Films), Ilham Raouf (Abel Aflam), Jean-David Lefebvre, Delphine Duez

(White Boat Pictures), Valentin LeblancThe Gods Must Be Mistaken

Production countries: Slovenia, Germany

Co-production country: Croatia

Director: Jakob Krese

Producers: Ivana Naceva (Nosorogi), Annika Mayer (Majmun Films)

Co-producers: Vanja Jambrović, Marina Gumzi

Good Morning Afghanistan

Production country: United Kingdom

Co-production country: Denmark

Directors: Shogofa Sahar, Bruce Goodison

Producers: Kate Cook (Indefinite Films), Camilla Nielsson, Waseem Mahmood

Green is the Fire’s Tint

Production countries: India, Romania, Italy

Directors: Arya Rothe, Cristina Hanes, Isabella Rinaldi

Producers: Arya Rothe (NoCut Film Collective), Cristina Hanes (NoCut Film Collective), Isabella Rinaldi

(NoCut Film Collective)

Los Guaduales

Production countries Colombia, Canada

Co-production country: Venezuela

Director: Bryan Angarita

Producer: Sahar Yousefi (Nava Projects)

Co-producer: Marcela Hernandez Guerra

Horse/Woman (working title)

Production country: United Kingdom

Director: Lizzie Mackenzie

Producer: Emily Copley (Of the Wild Productions)

Imago

Production country: France

Co-production country: Belgium

Director: Déni Oumar Pitsaev

Producer: Alexandra Mélot (Triptyque Films)

Co-producers: Anne-laure Guégan, Géraldine Sprimont

In Cod We Trust

Production country: Norway

Co-production country: Finland

Director: Guro Saniola BjerkProducer: Benedikte Bredesen (f(x) produksjoner AS)

Co-producer: Pasi Hakkio (Wacky Ties)

In the Winds of the Icefields (working title)

Production country: Estonia

Co-production country: Sweden

Director: Mihkel Oksmann

Producers: Hõbe Ilus (Sui), Sergio C. Ayala (Monserrate Films)

Co-producer: Sergio C. Ayala (Monserrate Films)

Jaripeo

Production country: Mexico

Co-production country: USA

Directors: Efraín Mojica, Rebecca Zweig

Producer: Sarah Strunin

Jinwar – Land of Women

Production countries: Syria, United Kingdom

Director: Beyan Yaher

Producer: Fleur Nieddu (Freelance)

Kikuyu Land

Production country: Kenya

Co-production country: USA

Directors: Bea Wangondu, Andrew H. Brown

Producers: Bea Wangondu (The Bea Company), Andrew H. Brown (Ragtag Collective)

Co-producer: Joseph Njenga

Letters from Home (working title)

Production countries: China, USA

Directors: Xin Fang, Chenyu Kou

Producers: Xin Fang (Koi Fish Film), Nicole Tsien (Independent)

Life of Tipu

Production countries: Ireland, Bangladesh, USA

Director: Bob Gallagher

Producers: David Clarke (EZ Films), Bob Gallagher (Homebird Productions), Jeanie Igoe (Homebird

Productions)

Matriarchy

Production country: Sweden

Director: Zara ArrehedProducer: Zara Arrehed

The Mother of All Fights

Production country: Brazil

Co-production country: United Kingdom

Directors: Ivi Roberg, Juliano Salgado

Producers: Joi Lee, Alice Aedy (Earthrise Studio)

Co-producer: Grain Media

The Noble Half (working title)

Production country: Pakistan

Co-production country: USA

Director: Khaula Malik

Producers: Brit Fryer, Afnahn Khan

not-yet-here

Production country: Italy

Director: Giorgio Bosisio

Producers: Giorgio Viscardini (x01 Srl), Beatrice Ratto

One of Us

Production country: Romania

Co-production country: United Kingdom

Director: Rachel Close

Producers: Monica Lazurean-Gorgan, Elena Martin

Co-producer: Aleksandra Bilic

Pinball

Production country: USA

Director: Naveen Chaubal

Producer: Bryn Silverman

A Place Like Home

Production country: Estonia

Director: Kadriann Kibus

Producer: Kadriann Kibus (Rebel Frame)

Racing Hearts

Production countries: Sweden, Denmark, France

Director: Milla Bergh

Producer: Martin Bergh

Co-producers: Christine Le Goff, Mette HeideReckoning

Production country: United Kingdom

Co-production country: Brazil

Director: Mauricio Monteiro Filho

Producers: Mauricio Monteiro Filho, Charlie Rosser

Co-Producers: Hugh Davies, Clive Patterson (Insight Films)

Scarlet Girls

Production country: Dominican Republic

Co-production countries: Germany, Mexico

Director: Paula Cury Melo

Producers: Paula Cury Melo (Cristal Cine), Samuel Didonato (Cristal Cine)

Co-producers: Natalia Imaz (parabellum film), Omar Lara (Disruptiva Films)

The Shape of Blue

Production country: Canada

Co-production country: Japan

Director: Sybilla Patrizia

Producer: Ina Fichman (Intuitive Pictures)

Son of a Fisherman

Production countries: India, New Zealand

Director: Arjun Menon

Producers: Chippy Babu (Traintripper Films), Siddharth Vasani, Arjun Menon, Abhishek Sharma

(Traintripper Films)

Still Pushing Pineapples

Production country: United Kingdom

Co-production country: Scotland

Director: Kim Hopkins

Producer: Margareta Szabo (Labor of Love Films)

A Troop of Bears

Production country: Chile

Co-production country: Canada

Directors: Christian Martínez, Pachi Bustos, Paola Castillo Villagrán

Producers: Christian Martínez, Pachi Bustos, Paola Castillo Villagrán

Co-Producers: Daniela Mujica (Productions Ocho)

Untitled Eitaro Project

Production country: JapanCo-production country: USA

Directors: Koodae Kim, Teruisha Yoshida

Producers: Koodae Kim (tenFrames), Teruisha Yoshida

Vena Acuática

Production countries: El Salvador, USA

Director: Amada Torruella

Producers: Seth Gadsden (Amuletos Projects), Brenda Avila-Hanna

Co-Producers: María Luisa Santos

War on Women

Production country: Estonia

Co-production country: Slovakia

Director: Maris Salumets

Producer: Elina Litvinova (Three Brothers)

Co-Producer: Tereza Nvotova (Talking Stone Production)

The Way We Were

Production countries: United Kingdom, Hong Kong

Co-production country: Taiwan

Directors: Ka-Ki Wong, Yuk-Fai Ho

Producer: Bambby Cheuk (Pōtocol)

Co-Producer: Chen Ping-chia

Widow Champion

Production country: Kenya

Co-production country: USA

Director: Zippy Kimundu

Producers: Zippy Kimundu (Afrofilms International Company Ltd.), Heather Courtney (10th Street Films

LLC.)

With Their Backs to the Sky

Production country: USA

Director: Erik Nuding

Producers: Kendall Fitzgerald (A Dip in the Lake LLC.), Angelo Andrianiaina (A Dip in the Lake LLC.)