Eldar Shibanov is a writer and director. In 2010, he co-founded a family production company and started directing films. Together with his mother, Yuliya Levitskaya, and brother, Dias Shibanov, Eldar creates films about the absurdity of everyday life. His short “Sex, Fear and Hamburgers” (2018) was screened at Venice Film Festival.
Sanjar was born on August 4, 1986, in Almaty, Kazakhstan. His first high profile role was in the movie The Tale of a Pink Bunny (Skaz o Rozovom Zaitse), where he performed a tycoon’s naughty and spoilt son. At the same time, he kept studying filmmaking on his own. In 2010, he directed a Christmas show for the national TV channel; the show was done in a style of the Oscar award ceremony, and according to the various sources, ranked the first – second places in charts. In May 2011, Kazakhfilm Studios sent him to New York Film Academy in Los Angeles to study film directing.
Sanjar was born on August 4, 1986, in Almaty, Kazakhstan. His first high profile role was in the movie The Tale of a Pink Bunny (Skaz o Rozovom Zaitse), where he performed a tycoon’s naughty and spoilt son. At the same time, he kept studying filmmaking on his own. In 2010, he directed a Christmas show for the national TV channel; the show was done in a style of the Oscar award ceremony, and according to the various sources, ranked the first – second places in charts. In May 2011, Kazakhfilm Studios sent him to New York Film Academy in Los Angeles to study film directing.
- 12/9/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Now entering its 11th edition, the Venice Film Festival’s Biennale College Cinema program acts as incubator for first or second films, inviting 12 micro-budget projects on a two-week development workshop each October before funding production on four selected works. The only catch – the films have to be ready in time to screen at the next festival.
“It’s a bet,” says Venice director Alberto Barbera, who also oversees the program. “But we’ve been so lucky that in 10 years, all the projects have been successful. All of them made it in time for the following year.”
This year will see those microbudgets grow, as the Biennale College program ups its production grant from 150,000 to 200,000 for each selected feature, and from 60,000 to 80,000 for the one selected VR piece. Everything else will stay in place for an initiative that has proven remarkably fruitful.
“More than 80 projects have been made,” Barbera says. “The...
“It’s a bet,” says Venice director Alberto Barbera, who also oversees the program. “But we’ve been so lucky that in 10 years, all the projects have been successful. All of them made it in time for the following year.”
This year will see those microbudgets grow, as the Biennale College program ups its production grant from 150,000 to 200,000 for each selected feature, and from 60,000 to 80,000 for the one selected VR piece. Everything else will stay in place for an initiative that has proven remarkably fruitful.
“More than 80 projects have been made,” Barbera says. “The...
- 9/1/2022
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
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