Tatino Films

28/11/2025

𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐮𝐭 𝐋𝐚𝐛 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬 — Only 1 Week Left to apply!

Deadline: December 5, 2025
Apply now: https://firstcutlab.eu/project/first-cut-lab-paris-2026/.

25/11/2025

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗯 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀!

Meet the creative team behind 𝙏𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚: director 𝘼𝙧𝙞𝙖 𝘼𝙯𝙞𝙯𝙞 and producer 𝙉𝙞𝙠𝙡𝙖𝙨 𝙎𝙚𝙚𝙝𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙣.

Thanks to 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗯, they’re developing a film set in a Taliban-ruled, fairy-tale village where 11-year-old Ahmad’s secretly recorded love cassette becomes the unexpected spark of rebellion — and a moving reminder of how imagination can defy repression.

Next stop: Poitiers Film Festival for pitching and industry meetings.

24/11/2025

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗯 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀!

Meet the creative team behind 𝙎𝙢𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙖 𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝘾𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙩: director 𝘼𝙣𝙩𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙁𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙚 and producers 𝙇𝙪𝙘𝙞𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙜𝙤 & 𝙀𝙧𝙞𝙘 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨.

Thanks to 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗯, they’re developing a documentary portrait of Doru — known as “The Professor” — a former Romanian engineer turned master con artist who’s been roaming Europe since the 1990s, perfecting the art of the three-card monte. At 60, still running his game on the streets of Brussels, his compulsive lies and brilliant manipulations push the filmmaker to confront where storytelling ends and illusion begins.

Next stop: Poitiers Film Festival for pitching and industry meetings.

23/11/2025

The New Pop Up Film Residency x FAP Project Award and Skill Up Award go to:

Pop Up Film Residency x FAP Project Award
“The Void is Immense in Idle Hours”
by Sam Manacsa (Philippines)

Pop Up Film Residency x FAP Skill Up Award
by Eero Yves Francisco (Production Designer)

Congratulations to the winners!

The program is proudly supported by the Film Academy of the Philippines.

📸 Quezon City Film Commission - QCFC

22/11/2025

𝟳 𝗧𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗜 𝗚𝗼𝗮, 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀

𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗜 𝗚𝗼𝗮 has just started and we’re thrilled to see 𝟳 Tatino-supported films selected.
𝟮 of them are to be shown as World premieres:
𝑯𝑨𝑵𝑨 by 𝗨𝗷𝗸𝗮𝗻 𝗛𝘆𝘀𝗮𝗷 (First Cut Lab Kosovo), part of the Official Competition
𝑻𝑯𝑶𝑺𝑬 𝑾𝑯𝑶 𝑾𝑯𝑰𝑺𝑻𝑳𝑬 𝑨𝑭𝑻𝑬𝑹 𝑫𝑨𝑹𝑲 by 𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗹𝘂 (First Cut Lab Hamburg), shown in the Cinema of the World section
And 5 of them carry-on their impressive festival-run:
𝑩𝑬𝑪𝑶𝑴𝑰𝑵𝑮, 𝗭𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗹𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮 (Pop Up WEMW + First Cut Lab Trieste)
𝑩𝑳𝑼𝑬 𝑯𝑬𝑹𝑶𝑵, 𝗦𝗼𝗽𝗵𝘆 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗶 (First Cut Lab Canada)
𝑭𝑶𝑳𝑳𝑰𝑬𝑺, 𝗘́𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗞. 𝗕𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲 (First Cut Lab Canada)
𝑭𝑳𝑶𝑶𝑫, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮 (Slovak Pop Up)
𝑹𝑬𝑵𝑶𝑰𝑹, 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗸𝗮𝘄𝗮 (First Cut Lab Japan)

21/11/2025

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗯 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀!

Meet the creative team behind 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙠𝙖, 𝙖 𝙒𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨: director 𝗔𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗼 and producers 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽 𝗚𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿 & 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗮 𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮.

Thanks to 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗯, they’re developing this Bolivia-set psychological drama inspired by the real awakening of the daughter of N**i filmmaker Monika Ertl.

Next stop: Poitiers Film Festival for pitching and industry meetings.

21/11/2025

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗯 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀!

Meet the creative team behind 𝙉𝙖𝙟𝙢𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙎𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙢é: director 𝘼𝙣𝙣𝙚 𝙕𝙞𝙣𝙣-𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣 and producer 𝘾𝙡é𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙈𝙤𝙪𝙧ã𝙤-𝙁𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙞𝙧𝙖.

With 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗯, they’re advancing a gripping project about a nurse and a biologist drawn into the mystery of a patient’s unexplained death. Their search for answers exposes a buried environmental contamination threatening a village already torn between winemakers and a dominant mineral water company.

Next stop: Poitiers Film Festival for pitching and industry meetings.

19/11/2025

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗯 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀!

Meet director 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗮 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗿𝗮́𝗻 and producer 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗿𝘀𝘁, the creative minds behind the project 𝑩𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒆𝒂 𝑩𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒐𝒂𝒅𝒔. They are currently developing Camila’s second feature film with Full Circle Lab. The film is set to follow husband and wife, Pablo and Irene, who embark on an irrational trip to the Caribbean coast after the disappearance of their son gabriel.

Each project has taken part in two development labs, in France and Germany and they will next go to the Poitiers Film festival for a day dedicated to pitching projects and meeting industry professionals.

07/11/2025

Congratulations to Seyfettin Tokmak and the entire team of 𝙀𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙖𝙗𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙨 for winning 7 awards, including the Best Turkish Film, Best Director, Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography at the Antalya Altın Portakal Film Festivali! 👏

An incredible achievement for the film, which was part of First Cut Lab Istanbul.

📸 Antalya Altın Portakal Film Festivali

03/11/2025

𝗣𝗼𝗽 𝗨𝗽 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

We’re happy to welcome Ukrainian director and screenwriter 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗡𝗶𝗸𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘂 as our next resident for the Pop Up Film Residency Eurimages 2025!

After writing several short films and the feature film 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 (selected in Festival de Cannes), Marysia transitioned to directing. Her debut feature 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘭 premiered at the 68th Berlinale, followed by 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭, which screened at the PÖFF | Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.

She is now developing 𝑵𝑶𝑨𝑯, a war-action feature following a unit of combat engineers advancing toward the Russian border during Ukraine’s counteroffensive in Kharkiv in August 2022.

𝗣𝗼𝗽 𝗨𝗽 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

We’re happy to welcome Ukrainian director and screenwriter 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗡𝗶𝗸𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘂 as our next resident for the Pop Up Film Residency Eurimages 2025!

After writing several short films and the feature film 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 (selected in Festival de Cannes), Marysia transitioned to directing. Her debut feature 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘭 premiered at the 68th Berlinale, followed by 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭, which screened at the PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.

She is now developing 𝑵𝑶𝑨𝑯, a war-action feature following a unit of combat engineers advancing toward the Russian border during Ukraine’s counteroffensive in Kharkiv in August 2022.

03/11/2025

🎨 CALL FOR PRODUCTION DESIGNERS!

Presented by the Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP) and Pop Up Film Residency, applications are now open for the FAP x Pop Up Film Residency Skill Up Award — a specialized creative residency empowering Filipino production designers through global mentorship and international exposure.

📅 Deadline for Applications: November 10, 2025 | 11:59PM
🗓 Residency Period: Early 2026 (3 weeks)
🔗 Apply now: https://bit.ly/FAPxPopUp

29/10/2025

First Cut Lab Paris, a unique onsite lab for feature-length films in their editing stage.

Read more about this brand new initiative in Cineuropa and Streamlined:

🔗 Cineuropa - https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/485235/

🔗 Streamlined - https://streamlined.news/tatino-films-launches-first-cut-lab-paris-for-international-projects/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNr7tJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHr-JTAcFpd0N3T3UHJlBHePm2K2BZMHvzOck7n_e7pfTlyBeK4ICL7Bzr5sx_aem_k5XjUXl2BMjK0xT7rp_TWw