Lukas Nathrath’s “One Last Evening,” an often excruciating tragedy-laced dramedy set around a couple’s farewell dinner for friends, won big at Locarno’sThe award consists in €50,000 in post-production services from Cinegrell, a Switzerland and Germany based services house.
Nasrath, Doppelbauer and fellow producer Linus Günther at Klinkerfilm reached out to film funds, to no avail, but weren’t too unhappy about making the film on a shoestring since that way “no one would interfere,” they said after Sunday night’s awards ceremony.“We were hugely impressed by ‘One Last Evening,’ finding its storytelling rich and nuanced.
Kinescope, which produced with Essence Films, is in conversations with potential sales agents, “Elaha” producer . Janina Sara Hennemann said at te awards ceremony., Locarno Pro co-development platform for film projects from Austria, Italy, France Germany and Switzerland, the Alphapanda Market Breakout Award went to “The Village Next to Paradise.” The Award consists of consultancy services to the value of €3,000 .