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WIP Europa will run from 22-24 September as part of the San Sebastián Festival’s industry activities
Somewhere Between Sleep, by Jonas Bak; Sieben Tage Februar / February, Seven Days, by Tatjana Moutchnik; Lovers Sleep Alone (working title), by Massih Parsaei, and Veha, by Elif Sözen are the feature films at the post-production stage scheduled to screen for an audience of professionals in the framework of the Industry activities at the 73rd San Sebastián Festival. Three debut films and one second film will compete for the WIP Europa Industry Award and the WIP Europa Award.
The German director trained in Scotland, Jonas Bak, will present his second full-length film, Somewhere Between Sleep, narrating the consequences of a casual encounter between two women in a Black Forest town. His debut film, Wood and Water (2021) premiered at the Berlin Festival, where it received a special mention from the Kompass Perspektive Award.
Sieben Tage Februar is the feature film debut from the German-Ukrainian filmmaker Tatjana Moutchnik, taking the Russian invasion of the country as the backdrop for the reunion between two Ukrainian siblings in Stuttgart for their mother’s burial.
The filmmaker of Iranian origin Massih Parsaei will present Lovers Sleep Alone (working title), about a young Iranian exile who scrapes by as he can with precarious jobs in Berlin and whose only relationship is with a man with whom he has sporadic sex – until he is visited one day by his cousin from Tehran.
Completing the selection is the Turkish production Veha, first feature film from the Turkish screenwriter and director Elif Sölzen. In the film, the protagonist, who is travelling with her son from Germany to her hometown in Turkey for her father’s funeral, disappears overnight, abandoning her child.
Competing in this year’s New Directors is Aldığımız Nefes / As We Breathe, by Seyhmus Altun, which took part in WIP Europa in 2024 with the title of Memento non mori while Sarah Miro Fischer will do the same in Zabaltegi-Tabakalera with Schwesterherz / The Good Sister which premiered in the Panorama section of the Berlin and won the WIP Europa Industry Award and WIP Europa Award in 2024. Added to the above, filmmakers such as María Trénor, Michael Fetter Nathansky and Arantza Santesteban, amongst others, have premiered their works both at the San Sebastián Festival and at other competitions in the international circuit. For more information, see here.
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Premio de la Industria WIP Europa. Otorgado por las empresas A Contracorriente Films, Best Digital, Deluxe Content Services Spain, Dolby Iberia, Laserfilm Cine y Vídeo, Nephilim Producciones y No Problem Sonido, consiste en la postproducción de una de las películas presentadas hasta un DCP subtitulado en inglés y su distribución en España.
Premio WIP Europa consistente en 10.000 euros para la película ganadora del Premio de la Industria WIP Europa.
Iman (33) left Iran years ago and cut ties with his family. Living a life of exile in Berlin,he drifts through the city, chasing closeness and solitude. He works day and night in two different jobs: as a caregiver for an old man and at a truck wash station. He invents stories to fill the void. His only relationship is an affair with André, a man he meets for sex at night in a park. A fleeting visit from his cousin Maneli, whom he barely knows, gently disrupts Iman's routine. Their shared heritage of culture and pain lingers in the background. They talk, go to the pool, and fall asleep in a patch of forest. On his endless paths through the city, fragments from the lives of other passers-by drift alongside him. His search begins to connect with the world.
Germany, 2022: After years apart, Ukrainian brothers Arkadi and Igor reunite to mourn their deceased mother. Their father Grisha, a complacent patriarch, insists on grieving according to Jewish tradition, although none of the other family members knows how to perform a shiva properly. When Russia begins its full-scale invasion against Ukraine, the family is turned upside down, and the brothers confront their relationship with their homeland. A film about everyday life in a state of emergency and the sense of responsibility for one's own country and family.
Anke is about to leave her small German town in the Black Forest region, while Lisa finds it hard to feel at home there. They meet by chance on a cold, grey autumn day, and wander the streets together. Cracks in the thin membrane between reality and dream transform their stroll into a journey to new places.
After hearing about her father’s sudden death, Meral comes with her young son Ali from Germany to the village in Turkey where her mother lives. She plans to stay for a while. At her invitation, her old friend Nilay also comes to visit. Nilay finds Meral distant and quiet, very different from how she remembers her. Ali is a withdrawn child who has almost stopped speaking. Meral has a reason for calling Nilay, she wants to leave Ali in her care. One night, Meral disappears and doesn’t come back. The grandmother, shaped by a life under patriarchy, is left with questions she doesn’t want to face. Ali is left alone in a life where he feels lost. And Nilay is left with Ali’s growing attachment as she tries to find her own way forward.
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