JETS Initiative Announces 2023 Participants
Posted: 5th January 2023
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland is delighted to share the selected film projects for the JETS Initiative 2023.
Now in its 7th round, JETS stands for Junior Entertainment Talent Slate and unites 1st, 2nd and 3rd feature film filmmakers with Irish, German, Canadian, Norwegian, Austrian, British, South African and US producers, sales agents, finance and distribution companies during a pitching session with the aim of Co-Production during a live event on the 21st and 22nd February at the 73rd International Film Festival Berlin.
The list of selected projects, released this week, includes four Irish projects:
- Bonfire, by Patrick McGivney & Robert Higgins
- Five Months Gone, by Hildegard Ryan & Jason Forde
- The Hive, by Rioghnach Ni Ghrioghair & Claire McCabe
- The Ravening, by Sinead Maria Ni Mhurchu & Robert Kelly
The full list of selected projects can be found below:
- Manuel Wetscher & Chris Dohr, Project HEIRS, Austria
- Alexandra Makarová & Arash Riahi, Project PERLA, Austria
- Gabe Gabriel & Shant Joshi, Project GRANNY LEE, Canada
- Dusty Mancinelli & Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Project HONEY BUNCH, Canada
- Jennifer Westcott & Victoria Westcott, Project THROWBACK THURSDAY, Canada
- Patricia Chica & Byron A. Martin, Project WOLVERINE HOTEL, Canada
- Joachim Neef & Stefanos Dimitriadis, Project CLARA, Germany
- Andre Diwisch & Patrick Hoffmann, Project COWBOY KIDS, Germany
- Dirk Michael Häger, Project LOVELY LETHAL LADIES, Germany
- Christoph Holsten & Matthias Schuart, Project NEVERLAND, Germany
- Lukas Rinker & Tonio Kellner, Project PAWS, Germany
- Patrick McGivney & Robert Higgins, Project BONFIRE, Ireland
- Hildegard Ryan & Jason Forde, Project FIVE MONTHS GONE, Ireland
- Rioghnach Ni Ghrioghair & Claire Mc Cabe, Project THE HIVE, Ireland
- Robert Kelly & Sinead Maria Ni Mhurchu, Project THE RAVENING, Ireland
- Rob Sprackling & Barbie Heusinger, Project THE LEGEND OF MAGNUS THE GOOD, Norway
- Natalia Bratli & Frank Mosvold, Project MAGICAL FRIENDS, Norway
- Ida Eldøen & Bente Maalen, Project RECYCLED, Norway
- Caroline Doherty & Benjamin Maier, Project MANNA, South Africa
- Sanele Zulu & Stephen Lorenzo, Project SPINNING IN THE GRAVE, South Africa
- Louw Venter & Tassyn Munro, Project WITHOUT WHICH NOT, South Africa
- Ann Hawker & Shelagh McLeod, Project AN AUSTRIAN HOLIDAY, UK
- Luca Nappa & Lionelle Galloppa, Project DEEP SOUTH, UK
- Shan Ng & Robert Williams, Project SECOND FIRST LOVE, UK
- Carolyn Saunders, Project STARFIGHTER BABY, UK
Our huge congratulations to all participants for their selection.
The JETS Co-Production Initiative organised by WEP Productions & JETS Filmverleih & Vertrieb (Distribution) is funded and supported by Screen Ireland, Telefilm Canada, nordmedia, NFVF South Africa, ÖFI-Austrian Film Institute, HessenFilm & Medien and Filminvest Norway. More information can be found on WEP Productions' website.