2025 BTTL ACTION GRANT - FINALISTS
THE FOLLOWING feature PROJECTS ARE SEEKING FINANCE to COMPLETE PRODUCTION IN the next year, and will be pitching for investment at the cannes film festival in may 2025.
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THE DEAD ZONE
DOCUMENTARY | USA
Amidst a nation polarized between “lock’em up” and “abolish” politics, four daring insiders race against time to end a deadly pretrial system in pursuit of a blueprint for change. Their reforms offer hope for those trapped by a failing system.
PRODUCERs:
Nicole Docta
john toner
DIRECTOR / PRODUCER:
Emily Thomas
IN CASE OF APOCALYPSE
SCI-FI, FANTASY | USA
This is a creation myth set during a very psychedelic looking apocalypse. In Detroit. With gays. And a techno soundtrack.
PRODUCER:
Gabriel Mayers
WRITER / DIRECTOR:
Olivia Peace
SIDELINES (Working title) ★ 2025 ACTION GRANT WINNER
DOCUMENTARY | UK
On the outskirts of Paris, 25 year-old Founé and a team of young Muslim women fight for their right to play football in their hijabs. As “Les Hijabeuses vs. France” becomes a landmark case at the European Court of Human Rights, the collective must decide what sacrifices they are willing to make, in a fight that becomes so much bigger than football.
CO-DIRECTOR / PRODUCER:
Erin Sayder
CO-DIRECTOR / PRODUCER:
Rita Baghdadi
Executive producer: camilla hall
LUX NOCTIS
Drama, Horror, Magical Realism | mexico
In an isolated matriarchal community, facing the brutal coming-of-age rituals women must go through to ensure their survival, Lina develops a forbidden relationship with a man and burns the status quo to the ground, lighting the path for a new way of life.
PRODUCERS:
Eduardo Lecuona
Javier Sepulveda
Nicolás Celis
WRITER / DIRECTOR / producer:
DAMIANA ACUÑA
MAY YOU OUTLIVE US
DRAMA | Lebanon, France, Belgium
Six days in Beirut, four women caught in the whirlwind of life, between joy and melancholy, traditions and the hope of renewal. Four women living in the same house navigate a destroyed city and their own upended lives.