The French Institute's La Fabrique Cinéma 2025 winning projects

The 17th edition of the French Institute's La Fabrique Cinéma will take place at the Cannes Film Festival from May 13 to 24.

The ten selected projects are:

• BRÉSIL - Infantry by Laís Santos Araújo, produced by Pedro Krull (Aguda Cinema)
• CAMBODGE - To Leave, To Stay by Danech San, produced by Daniel Mattes (Anti-Archive)
• CAP-VERT - The Flowers of the Dead by Nuno Miranda, produced by Pedro Soulé (KS Cinema)
• IRAN - Candy Rose by Baran Sarmad, produced by Milad Khosravi (Seven Springs Pictures)
• KIRGHIZISTAN - Jaysan by Aisha Sultanbekova, produced by Saltanat Imankulova (Koyon Media)
• MEXIQUE - What follows is my death by Laura Baumeister, produced by Cecilia Salim (Catatonia)
• PÉROU - The Scent of the Walls by Carlos Ormeño Palma, produced by Marco Moscoso (La Fiebre Films)
• SENEGAL - Ghost Ship by Moïse Togo, produced by Katy Lena Ndiaye (IndigoMood Films)
• PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES - The Passport by Rakan Mayasi, produced by May Odeh (Mayana Films)
• TUNISIA - The Time of Wandering by Rim Nakhli, produced by Ramses Mahfoudh (Godolphin Films)

The selection is made up of:

• 9 fiction films and 1 documentary film;
• 6 female directors, 4 male directors and 4 female producers, 6 male producers;
• 1 second feature film project and 9 first feature film projects;
• 5 OIF countries (4 members: Cambodia, Cape Verde, Senegal and Tunisia and 1 observer: Mexico).

For the first time, projects from Cape Verde and Kyrgyzstan are part of the selection, and female directors outnumber male directors.

From one continent to another (Africa, the Americas, Asia, the Middle East), the projects in the 2025 selection dialogue with common subjects such as exile, migration, territory, identity or filiation.

The French Institute's Fabrique Cinéma is a program for spotting and promoting filmmakers and producers from Southern and emerging countries, offering tailor-made support for first or second film projects, in close collaboration with the Cannes Film Festival, the Marché du Film and numerous professional partners. La Fabrique Cinéma is a tool to support international co-production with France.

Since 2009, this program has supported 164 projects from developing and emerging countries, and assisted 302 filmmakers and producers (46% of whom are women) of 67 different nationalities (including 30% from African countries). More than 80 French producers, distributors and sales staff took part in the program, helping to bring the projects to fruition with films honored at major festivals and released in cinemas (and on platforms) for audiences in France and abroad.

In 2024, 60 films have already been made, representing 40% of the projects.

More information: www.institutfrancais.com/fr/offre/la-fabrique-cinema

Highlights of the 2025 edition of the Pavillon Les Cinémas du monde

A place for dialogue between French and foreign cinema, the Pavillon Les Cinémas du monde, a showcase for the French Institute's La Fabrique Cinéma, will once again this year welcome French and international industry professionals to a rich program of round tables, masterclasses, workshops and professional meetings.

Highlights include a discussion on the challenges of restoring and promoting film heritage on the African continent, as well as in India and Iraq, a focus on Brazilian audiovisual adaptation markets(Shoot The Book!) as part of the Brazil country of honor at the Marché du Film and the Saison France Brésil, a meeting dedicated to co-production with the Caucasus regionare among the program highlights. The Open Factory sessions, led by experts, will enable audiences to benefit from short, tool-rich presentations on topics such as ecoproduction, financing or the role of French technical industries in international co-productions.

The Cinemas of the World Pavilion is a platform for work, exchanges and meetings implemented by the Institut français in close collaboration with the Cannes Film Festival and in partnership with France Médias Monde (RFI, France 24 and Monte Carlo Doualiya) and the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF).

More information: www.institutfrancais.com/fr/offre/pavillon-les-cinemas-du-monde