Michael Barker, the revered co-president and co-founder of Sony Pictures Classics, was celebrated with an honorary career tribute in Jerusalem as part of the Sam Spiegel International Film Lab. Bar…
, the revered co-president and co-founder of Sony Pictures Classics, was celebrated with an honorary career tribute in Jerusalem as part of the Sam Spiegel International Film Lab.
Aside from the tribute to Barker, the Sam Spiegel International Film Lab gave the top award of its 8th edition to “Gentle Monster,” a project from the Hungarian writer-directors Anna Nemes and Laszlo Csuja. The Film Lab’s alumni include the Oscar-winning director Laszlo Nemes .“Gentle Monster” is one of the 12 projects which were pitched by filmmakers from Brazil, Ghana, Hungary, Ireland, Poland, Georgia and Israel, after participating in a seven-month workshop with leading script mentors.
The second prize of the Sam Spiegel International Film Lab went to two projects, “This is The Country” from Irish director Mark Noonan and his producer Jessie Fisk; and “Postcard,” a project from Belgium/Ghana which is being directed by Anthony Nti, co-written by Chingiz Karibekov and produced by Dimitri Verbeeck.
In total, $70,000 were awarded to the three projects by the Beracha Foundation, including $50,000 which went to “Gentle Monster.”
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