The Pop Up Film Residency has chosen eight individuals who can be participating in residencies throughout Europe this summer time. This system’s newest cohort was introduced throughout an occasion Tuesday on the Cannes Marché du Movie’s Village Innovation.
Since launching in 2018, the Pop Up Movie Residency has supplied greater than 150 creative residencies to filmmakers from around the globe. A uniquely collaborative initiative created by and for filmmakers, every residency presents an individualized mentorship program tailor made for one particular challenge.
Most supply a three-week onsite residency, along with follow-up mentoring over the course of not less than the next 12 months. A world initiative, the Pop Up Movie Residency boasts a community of hosts energetic in Europe, Africa, Latin America and the Center East.
“What amazes me most about this new batch of residencies is the sheer global reach we’ve all built together,” stated Matthieu Darras, CEO of Tatino Movies and founder and director of the Pop Up Movie Residency.
He added: “In a single season, we’ve an Iranian filmmaker growing his challenge in Paris, a Japanese director touchdown in France for the primary time, a Rwandan Swiss filmmaker hosted in Lithuania, a Palestinian voice discovering area in Rome, a Canadian director engaged on the shore of an Italian lake, Slovenian style filmmakers heading to Bratislava and the Swedish islands, a Lithuanian filmmaker travelling to the Faroe Islands and a producer from Ethiopia reaching Slovakia to trade with fellow producers.
“This is what our network actually looks like,” Darras continued. “The strength of Pop Up Film Residency has always been its people: the hosts who welcome the filmmakers in their countries, the partners like CNC, Eurimages, VIPO and the Slovenian Film Center who trust in a model built on depth rather than volume, and above all the filmmakers who bring their most urgent stories and allow us to accompany them through their cinematic journey.”
Listed here are the filmmakers who had been chosen for summer time 2026 residencies:
Pop Up Movie Residency CNC 2026
“Shooting Stars”
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Title: “Shooting Stars” (Iran)
Director: Parsa Ansari
The Pop Up Movie Residency CNC 2026 is devoted to supporting Iranian filmmakers within the growth of their characteristic movie tasks. Ansari can be hosted in Paris by Franco-Chilean screenwriter Antonia Girardi.
Pop Up Movie Residency Rising Producers 2026
“The Fortunate”
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Title: “The Fortunate” (Ethiopia)
Producer: Nahusenay Dereje
Logline: Within the close-knit city of Dante, Pastor Mateyos, secretly battling alcoholism, wins a automotive in a beer-sponsored lottery. His wrestle intensifies when Tare, a rebellious motorcyclist and fellow alcoholic, discovers the pastor’s secret and seeks to make use of the automotive for his personal dream.
The Pop Up Movie Residency Rising Producers is organized in partnership with Jihlava IDFF and open to European documentary rising producers. Dereje can be hosted in Bratislava, Slovakia by director Ivana Hucikova.
Pop Up Movie Residency Eurimages 2026
“Beaver Song”
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Title: “Beaver Song” (Lithuania/France)
Director: Alanté Kavaïté
Logline: A sensory, coming-of-age movie mixing stay motion and animation that follows a younger lady pushed by an pressing have to act and needs that overwhelm her in a world that’s falling aside.
The Pop Up Movie Residency Eurimages is organized in partnership with Eurimages and open to skilled European ladies filmmakers. Kavaïté can be hosted in Faroe Islands, Denmark by producer Jón Hammer.
Pop Up Movie Residency Japan Movie Frontier 2026
“Child, Uninvited”
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Title: “Child, Uninvited” (Japan)
Director: Mai Nakanishi
Logline: When a pregnant girl opens her door to a ravenous, uncared for little lady, buried traumas resurface, unraveling her fragile sense of motherhood and driving her towards a haunting ethical dilemma that might destroy them each.
The Pop Up Movie Residency has teamed up with VIPO to launch its newest initiative, the Pop Up Movie Residency Japan Movie Frontier. The 2026 residency goals to assist Japanese filmmakers and provides them the possibility to expertise a residency exterior their residence nation. Nakanishi can be hosted in Paris.
Pop Up Movie Residency Focus CoPro 2026
“The Zebra’s Shadow”
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Title: “The Zebra’s Shadow” (Rwanda/Switzerland)
Director: Gaël Kamilindi
Logline: At a rave, Pacifique is overwhelmed by a traumatic flashback that begins to disclose a troubled previous. As fragments of buried reminiscences resurface in his desires, he embarks on a deeply private journey and units out for Rwanda — a spot the place historical past has tried to erase him.
The Pop Up Movie Residency Focus CoPro is open to quick filmmakers growing characteristic debuts highlighted by Cannes’ Brief Movie Nook and Rendez-vous Business by Cinéma de Demain. Kamilindi can be hosted in Vilnius, Lithuania by producer Marija Razgute.
Pop Up Movie Residency Subsequent Wave Style Slovenia 2026
“Forbidden Fruit”
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Title: “We Are Still Screaming” (Slovenia)
Director: August Braatz
Logline: A darkly comedian, emotionally uncooked highway film about two siblings making an attempt — regardless of all the things — to grasp one another and discover which means in a world that usually feels overwhelming.
Title: “Forbidden Fruit” (Slovenia) (pictured)
Director: Urška Djukić Lecamus
Logline: Amid the Black Demise, a pregnant healer accused of witchcraft finds refuge in a Carthusian monastery. Her therapeutic abilities quickly show invaluable, however her wild, curious nature unsettles the monks as an evil rely threatens to destroy anybody who dares defend her.
The Pop Up Movie Residency Subsequent Wave Style Slovenia is organized in partnership with the Slovenian Movie Heart and open to Slovenian writers, administrators, writer-directors and producers at present growing characteristic style movie tasks. Braatz can be hosted in Bratislava, Slovakia by director Ivana Hucikova. Lecamus can be hosted in Fårö Island, Sweden by director Helen Beltrame-Linné.
Pop Up Movie Residency On Demand
“Reverend”
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Title: “Reverend” (Canada)
Director: Harley Chamandy
Logline: A former Components One world champion turned Catholic priest within the Swiss Alps finds his religion examined when he meets an enigmatic Tibetan waitress who awakens long-buried needs.
The Pop Up Movie Residency on Demand is open to filmmakers with an already established physique of labor of not less than two options written and/or directed, or comparable filmography; and who often can’t profit from new talent-supporting schemes. Chamandy can be hosted in Lago, Italy by Lago Movie Competition director Viviana Carlet.
Pop Up Movie Residency Wildcard
“America is Behind the Door”
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Title: “America is Behind the Door” (Palestine)
Director: Laila Abbas
Logline: A claustrophobic, darkly comedic home drama a few Palestinian household in an American suburb who transfer nearer to U.S. citizenship whereas Gaza burns, revealing an intimate portrait of Palestinian life unfolding contained in the decay of the American dream.
The Pop Up Movie Residency Wildcard is designed to assist distinctive movie abilities from international locations in a state of political unrest. Abbas can be hosted in Rome by producer Giovanni Pompili and his firm Kino Produzioni.
