Open Doors Awards 2020
South East Asia and Mongolia (Year 2)
The Open Doors jury awarded seven prizes to the following projects from the Open Doors Hub, with the aim of offering better conditions for their development and production:
Open Doors Grant: financed by the Swiss production support fund Visions Sud Est (backed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, SDC) and by the City of Bellinzona.
ARTE Kino International Prize (€ 6,000) to:
OASIS OF NOW
by Chee Sum Chia, Malaysia
Open Doors – Sørfond Award to:
THIS CITY IS A BATTLEFIELD
by Mouly Surya, Indonesia/Singapore/Philippines
The prize consists of an opportunity to attend Sørfond’s forthcoming Pitching from the South event.
Open Doors – Moulin d’Andé–CECI Award to:
Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir,
with the project ZE, Mongolia/France
A screenwriting residency for an emerging director of full-length films who has participated in Open Doors 2020 (Hub, Lab or Screenings), enabling further development of their project.
Open Doors – Rotterdam Lab Award to:
Uran Sainbileg
producer, IFI Production, Mongolia
An opportunity to take part in the Rotterdam Lab 2021 training workshop, together with a delegation of emerging producers on the international scene, in collaboration with IFFR Pro.
The awards ceremony took place on Zoom and was broadcasted live on YouTube (to watch again, go here.)
For the first time, awards were attributed to films selected in the Open Doors Screenings section, by the Cinema & Gioventù youth jury.
Open Doors Screenings - Short films
Open Doors Screenings - Feature films
Special Mention
ENGKWENTRO (Clash)
by Pepe Diokno, Philippines