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Fortissimo Launches Talent Agency in China (EXCLUSIVE)
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Fortissimo Films, the Amsterdam- and Beijing-based film rights sales company, is launching a talent agency that will represent international talent in the growing Chinese film industry.
As the Chinese film industry expands and matures, Chinese directors and producers are keen to work with overseas talents. This helps them fill certain skills gaps, enhance their stories and achieve better international recognition.
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The Chinese film industry is now one of the largest in the world, with annual production of around 1,000 features and local box office comparable to that of North America. The scale of the market, major production budgets and different storytelling creates significant new opportunities for Western talent.
The International Film Festival Rotterdam
The supernatural drama from first-time Greek director Evi Kalogiropoulou was named the best project in the industry section of the Rotterdam International Film Festival.
Two working-class women fight for freedom and their own identity against a dystopian patriarchal society in
Cora, an upcoming project from Greek director Evi Kalogiropoulou, which has won the 2021 CineMart co-production award of the Rotterdam film festival.
Kalogiropoulou and Greek production house Neda Film will receive $24,000 ($20,000) in development cash to go towards completing
Cora, which is planned as Kalogiropoulou s directorial debut. The filmmaker s short film
Motorway 65 was in official competition at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival in October.