Groupe Ouest’s 2014 selection in Brignogan

Starting signal for 9 months of scriptwriting training

On April 15^th, Le Groupe Ouest launched its 2014 selection with the six scriptwriters selected this year. They will benefit from nine months of scriptwriting training including three week-long residential workshops in Brignogan (Brittany) in April, June and October. Workshops are orchestred by two experimented script consultants: Jacques Akchoti (Scriptwriter of Don’t Look Back, 2009 Cannes Festival official selection) and Marcel Beaulieu (Scriptwriter, Golden Globe for Farinelli).

Le Groupe Ouest, European Film Lab, received 101 feature film projects after the call for applications launched in October 2013. The final jury – made up of Anne-Louise Trividic (Scriptwriter), Dominique Hoff (Fondation Gan pour le Cinéma), Laurent Lavolé (Gloria Films) and Antoine Le Bos (Le Groupe Ouest) – met on March 7^th and 8^th 2014 and selected 6 projects:

• L’Or Rouge (Red Gold), Omar Bekhaled
• Marée Montante (Rising Tide), Frédéric Carpentier
• Mes frères (My Brothers), Jean-Baptiste Huber
• Le Gardien (The Lighthouse Keeper), Stefan Le Lay
• Qui a coupé la tête de Jeanne d’Arc (Who cut Jeanne d’Arc’s head), François Lunel – Co-writer : Damir Mujagić
• Les garçons n’existent pas (Boys don’t exist), Cécile Mille

Workshops location & dates:

• April 15^th to 20^th: first workshop (Brignogan, France)
• June 9^th to 20^th: second workshop mixed with TorinoFilmLab’s Script&Pitch programme (Brignogan,
• France)
• October 20^th to 25^th: third workshop (Brignogan, France)