Mild Monster, the brand new function challenge from Austrian director Marie Kreutzer (Corsage), has received the 2025 ArteKino Worldwide Prize at this yr’s Buyers Circle in Cannes. Producers Alexander Glehr and Johanna Scherz of Movie AG Produktions obtained the 20,000 euro ($22,000) award throughout a personal pitching session that capped the third version of the Marché du Movie’s curated funding platform.
I’m shocked in probably the most constructive method,” stated Kreutzer, about her win. “Filmmaking is a extremely huge mountain, and what occurs earlier than the premiere — to get a movie made — is a really lengthy climb. So we actually want individuals who wish to assist cinema and have love for cinema — that’s why assembly buyers is extraordinarily necessary. I had nice conversations with these buyers to date. The script has sparked their curiosity, and so they’re desirous to study extra in regards to the challenge.”
Held on the Plage des Palmes throughout the 78th Cannes Movie Pageant, the Buyers Circle as soon as once more convened top-tier movie financiers and fairness buyers for an unique presentation of 10 new auteur-driven initiatives. The invitation-only occasion included shows by a number of internationally acknowledged administrators, together with Jessica Hausner, Sebastián Lelio, Lukas Dhont and Jasmila Zbanić.
Designed to attach daring, artistic visions with long-term backers, the occasion featured initiatives with budgets starting from 3 million to over 9 million euro ($3.3 million to $10 million). Every crew was supported of their investor preparations by 111 Avocats, a Paris-based legislation agency specializing in leisure. This yr’s choice was overseen by Aleksandra Zakharchenko, head of business applications on the Marché du Movie, alongside a jury that included Remi Burah (ARTE France Cinéma), Serge Hayat, Tamara Tatishvili (Hubert Bals Fund), and Marcin Luczaj (New Europe Movie Gross sales).
Along with Mild Monster, the 2025 Buyers Circle lineup included Coward from Lukas Dhont (Belgium), produced by Michiel Dhont at The Reunion; Dysfunction, directed by Giacomo Abbruzzese (Italy), produced by Marco Alessi and Giulia Achilli at Dugong Movies; Kamo, directed by Kornél Mundruczó (Hungary), produced by Mike Goodridge at Good Chaos, Ilya Stewart at Hype Studios and Balthazar de Ganay; Motherlove, directed by Eliza Hittman (U.S.), produced by Paul Mezey and Andrew Goldman at Current Firm; On Land and Sea, directed by Hlynur Pálmason (Iceland), produced by Katrin Pors at Snowglobe and Anton Máni Svansson at Nonetheless Vivid; Poeta Chileno, directed by Sebastián Lelio (Chile), produced by Rocío Jadue, Juan de Dios Larraín and Pablo Larraín at Fabula; Quo Vadis, Aida?: The Lacking Half, directed by Jasmila Zbanić (Bosnia and Herzegovina), produced by Damir Ibrahimović at Deblokada; The Puma, directed by Marcela Mentioned (France/Chile), produced by Carole Scotta, Barbara Letellier and Eliott Khayat at Haut et Court docket; and Poisonous, directed by Jessica Hausner (Austria), produced by Johannes Schubert at Schubert and Philippe Bober at Coproduction Workplace.