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\n\tThe Locarno Film Festival\u2019s Open Doors co-production platform and talent development program for filmmakers from equity-seeking communities and regions where artistic expression is at risk has unveiled the participants and partners for its inaugural Open Doors Connect program. <\/p>\n

Open Doors is gearing up for its second edition with a focus on\u00a0African cinema. The new Open Doors Connect initiative offers \u201ca pathway for professionals from countries outside Open Doors\u2019 traditional geographic focus,\u201d organizers highlighted. \u201cThe program also allows foundations, film institutions, and organizations to join by sponsoring an industry professional, opening up new financing models, markets, and collaborations rooted in global equality.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe program welcomes not only those working directly in production, but \u201canyone looking to build new relationships with the African continent and engage as a partner.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe participants will follow a two-month hybrid program, both online and on-site during the Locarno Film Festival, mentored by producer Fibby Kioria from Kenya and curator, producer, arts manager and consultant Mitchell Harper from South Africa. There will be \u201cshared touchpoints with the wider Open Doors and Locarno Pro programs and personalized industry matchmaking,\u201d Locarno said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe inaugural Open Doors Connect will mark a new phase in the program\u2019s development,\u201d highlighted Harper. \u201cBringing together film professionals from Benin, Madagascar, Brazil and Mongolia, Open Doors Connect aims not [only] to act as a platform for professional development of the participants, but also to ideate and facilitate opportunities for South-South collaborations, drawing on knowledge, experiences and models from each of their regions.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Locarno unveiled four partners that have come on board, with each sponsoring one participant. Check out the participants and sponsors right here.<\/p>\n

Participant: Candy Radifera (Madagascar), \u201calso recipient of the Wyss Academy\u2019s CHF 20,000 production fund for her upcoming documentary\u00a0The Crab Diagonal<\/em>.\u201d
Partner and sponsor: Wyss Academy for Nature\u00a0<\/p>\n

Participant: Fr\u00e9dy Agblo\u00a0(Benin), \u201can emerging producer committed to amplifying underrepresented voices and fostering new narratives from Africa for global audiences.\u201d
Partner and sponsor: Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie\u00a0<\/p>\n

Participant: Talita Arruda\u00a0(Brazil), \u201ca distributor who also served as an expert during Open Doors\u2019 Latin American cycle.\u201d
Partner and sponsor: Projeto Paradiso\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tParticipant: Nomintuya Baasankhuu (Mongolia), \u201cwho participated in Open Doors in 2021 with her project\u00a0Water Garden\u00a0<\/em>and has since founded her own film development initiative in Mongolia, Film Nomad, inspired in part by her Open Doors experience.\u201d
Partner and sponsor: Film Nomad Lab\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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