Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) is pleased to announce the six projects for the upcoming edition of Talent Lab Connects programme and confirm that following a successful delivery last year, the 2021 version will again take place online.
TALENT LAB CONNECTS (TLC) is a project development programme that supports filmmaking teams in moving their projects forward in productive and effective ways, with professional script editing and mentoring support. TLC is an initiative open to EIFF Talent Lab alumni and their collaborators to develop a feature film or serial drama project.
EIFF, with story editor Kate Leys and industry mentors will guide the selected teams towards achieving a series of specific goals for their projects. The programme will run from April to December 2021.
The selected projects and teams for TALENT LAB CONNECTS 2021 are:
A MAN AT THE WINDOW - Writer/Director: Lucy Rose, Producer: Maria Caruana Galizia (Talent Lab 2018)
BLOOM - Writer: Declan Dineen (TL 2019) Director: Stefan Georgiou (TL 2019), Producer: Dominique Webb (TL 2019)
DAUGHTER OF ADAM - Writer/Director: Fateme Ahmadi (TL 2019), Producers: Jack Tarling, Pietro Greppi
EVIE - Writer/Director: Douglas King (TL 2017), Producer: Kate Turner (TL 2017)
LAYLA IN DREAMLAND - Writer/Director: Celine Cotran, Producer: Oliver Sunley (TL 2019)
PRAM SNATCHER - Writer/Director: Theo Krekis, Producer: Sorcha Bacon (TL 2018)
