A Winner is Seen at the Start
France, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Lithuania / 100 min / post-production
PROJECT INFO
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Production: Film de Force Majeure (France), Accidental Films (Kazakhstan), M-Films (Lithuania), Volya Films (Netherlands)
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Release: 2025
TECHNICAL SHEET
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Feature
Duration: 100 min
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Sound: 5.1
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Color
SYNOPSIS​
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Swimming in open water has nothing to do with technique, and everything to do with your inner potential. That’s what MILA (17) learns when she joins an unconventional swimming team led by mysterious and charismatic VLAD (40). His experimental method could be the best way for Mila to realize herself and not to follow in her unsteady mother’s footsteps. But how far will she be ready to go, once she starts to discover the dark side of it?
FUNDS:
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Hubert Bals Script Development Fund
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CNC production fund
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Region Sud co-production development fund
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Serbia Film Center fund
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MEDIA Creative Europe
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LABS/RESIDENCIES:
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BoostNL
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TIFF Filmmakers Lab (Canada Goose fellowship)
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Pop-up film residency (Hosted by Marija Razgute)
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ACE Producers Lab
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FILM MARKETS:
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When East Meets West (3 awards)
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Cinemart
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Holland Film Meeting
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