TFL Films & Series
2 TFL Films to premiere at the Berlinale – Panorama 2020
December 17, 2019
We are extremely proud to announce the world premiere of two TFL Films at the upcoming Berlin Film Festival: WILDLAND by Jeanette Nordahl and PARI by Siamak Etemadi. read more
Calls & Opportunities
TFL Extended revealing dates for 2020 - apply now for the TV Series workshop!
December 9, 2019
We are excited to announce the dates of the TFL Extended workshops in 2020 and also to invite you to the very first workshop of the year: script development for TV Series. read more
TFL News & Events
ScriptLab announces new collaboration & presents team of tutors for 2020
December 9, 2019
We are delighted to disclose more information about the upcoming edition of ScriptLab – TFL’s programme for filmmakers with all ranges of experience, dedicated to script development of a feature film project at an early stage. read more
TFL Selections & Awards
Awards & winners of the TFL Meeting Event 2019
November 25, 2019
Curtains close on the 12th edition of the TFL Meeting Event, the annual showcase of the projects, talents and films developed at TorinoFilmLab. Over 300 film professionals from all around the world gathered in Turin to meet the “films of the future”. The best projects were rewarded with… read more
TFL News & Events
Decision Makers attending the TFL Meeting Event 2019: a solid community
November 20, 2019
At its 12th edition, the TFL Meeting Event is confirmed as an essential moment for industry networking, with the presence of more than 300 international film professionals from 45 countries attending the forum. read more
TFL News & Events
TorinoFilmLab and its partners present the second edition of Torino Film Industry
November 15, 2019
TorinoFilmLab and the main film institutions in Piedmont – Film Commission Torino Piemonte, Torino Short Film Market and Torino Film Festival – join forces to present the second edition of TFI – Torino Film Industry: a 6-day event that connects all the main players of the… read more
TFL Films & Series
Discover the TFL Films at the 37th Torino Film Festival!
November 14, 2019
We are exciting to announce that no less than 7 TFL Films were selected for the 37th edition of the Torino Film Festival (22nd – 30th November). read more
TFL News & Events
TorinoFilmLab announces the awards assigned at the TFL Meeting Event and unveils the Juries
November 6, 2019
We are pleased to unveil the numerous development, production and distribution grants that will be assigned by TorinoFilmLab and its partners during the TFL Meeting Event 2019. read more
TFL News & Events
Focus on Audience Design and upcoming TFL Films at the Meeting Event 2019
November 6, 2019
The TFL Meeting Event 2019, taking place from November 21st to November 23rd, will hold many surprises: on top of the new opening keynote session “We Need to Talk About…”, this year’s programme will include a special focus on distribution, thanks to two… read more
TFL News & Events
TFL Meeting Event 2019: highlights on the Keynote Opening Event “We Need to Talk About… US”
November 4, 2019
We are glad to unveil the programme of the Opening Keynote Event that will inaugurate for the first time the TFL Meeting Event: a special panel entitled “We Need to Talk About…” that questions existing practices in the film industry. … read more
TFL Selections & Awards
SeriesLab unveils selected projects for its 4th edition!
October 23, 2019
We are glad to present the 9 European projects that have been selected to participate in the next edition of SeriesLab and the 3 Italian projects chosen for SeriesLab - Italia. They were selected among an impressive total of 133 submissions, coming from all over Europe. read more
TFL Extended
TorinoFilmLab presents the projects selected for this year’s TFL Extended – Creative Production workshop!
October 16, 2019
We are very pleased to announce the 14 teams of writer/director and producer that will be participating in the TFL Extended – Creative Production workshop with their feature film projects, diving deep into the creative processes of both script development and production. The programme will be… read more
TFL Selections & Awards
Discover the three projects in the run for the TFL World Co-Production Fund Award 2019!
October 9, 2019
3 feature film projects have been pre-selected for the newly launched TFL World Co-Production Fund, aiming at supporting co-productions between European producers and international co-producers: these productions are helmed by filmmakers from South America (Argentina, Brazil) and Asia (Nepal), and… read more
TFL Films & Series
A LAND IMAGINED, HISTORY OF LOVE & TEL AVIV ON FIRE to represent their countries at the Oscar 2020!
October 3, 2019
Once again, several TFL Films have been submitted by their respective countries of origin in the race for the upcoming Academy Award for Best International Feature (former Best Foreign Language Film): this year, the submissions come from Singapore, Slovenia and Luxembourg with three bold sophomore… read more
TFL Films & Series
The FICValdivia 2019 welcomes the World Premiere of Alejandro Fernández Almendras’ THE PLAY
October 3, 2019
The new feature film by Chilean filmmaker Alejandro Fernández Almendras, supported with the TFL Audience Design Fund 2018, will have its world premiere at the 26th Valdivia International Film Festival (7-13 October 2019) in the section Gala/Muestra Cine Contemporáneo. read more
TFL Selections & Awards
Announcing the 12 selected projects for the Red Sea Lodge 2019!
October 2, 2019
We are happy to present the 12 feature film projects that were selected to participated in the new Red Sea Lodge programme, launched in partnership with the Red Sea International Film Festival. The three workshops in the programme will all take place in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). read more
TFL News & Events
TFL Extended - Creative Production & TFL Alumni Meeting participants to take part in new event: Taste of Talents!
September 26, 2019
We are glad to present the TFL Taste of Talents: an innovative networking dinner during the TFL Extended - Creative Production workshop, that will take place in Turin on 18-21 November 2019, in parallel with the TFL Meeting Event (21-23 November). read more
TFL Films & Series
ALELÍ will premiere at the 28th Biarritz Latin American Film Festival!
September 4, 2019
We are thrilled to share that the 28th Biarritz Latin American Film Festival (30 September - 6 October 2019) is set to welcome the world premiere of the TFL Film ALELÍ, directed by Uruguayan filmmaker Leticia Jorge Romero and selected in Competition. read more
TFL Extended
TFL Extended: open call for Creative Production workshop!
August 27, 2019
It’s time to get back on track with the new TFL Extended workshop on Creative Production! read more
TFL Films & Series
MATERNAL and THE FEVER score a total of 7 distinctions at Locarno!
August 17, 2019
We are delighted to announce that MATERNAL by Italian-born, Argentina-based Maura Delpero and THE FEVER by Brazilian Maya Da-Rin collected no less than 7 awards at the 72nd Locarno Film Festival! read more
TFL Films & Series
TorinoFilmLab heads to Toronto Film Festival with 4 TFL Films!
August 14, 2019
The North American film festival revealed its line-up: the Toronto International Film Festival 2019 will welcome no less than 4 TFL Films that were developed and supported by the Lab! read more
TFL Extended
TFL Extended Story Editing, Audience Design and Feature Film – projects and participants announced!
August 9, 2019
We are happy to announce the projects and participants of the four TFL Extended workshops that will be held in September, two in Feature Film, one in Story Editing and one in Audience Design. The workshops will all be held in Turin, Italy. read more
Calls & Opportunities
New deadline to apply for the “Red Sea Lodge” programme!
August 2, 2019
Just to refresh your memory, the Red Sea Lodge is the new programme launched in partnership with the Red Sea International Film Festival, which will take place in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) from March 12th until 21st, 2020. read more
TFL Films & Series
Venice Film Festival: ‘Orizzonti’ welcomes PELICAN BLOOD and SOLE
July 25, 2019
The long-awaited films PELICAN BLOOD by Katrin Gebbe (Germany) and SOLE by Carlo Sironi (Italy) have been selected to compete in the 76th Venice Film Festival’s Orizzonti section. read more
TFL Films & Series
PSYCHOSIA by Marie Grahtø will premiere at Venice Critics’ Week!
July 19, 2019
The 34th Venice International Film Critics' Week will welcome the world premiere of Marie Grahtø’s debut feature, PSYCHOSIA. read more
TFL Films & Series
TorinoFilmLab reaches the threshold of 100 films: HOGAR and THE FEVER will compete for the Golden Leopard in Locarno!
July 17, 2019
TorinoFilmLab crossed the threshold of 100 completed films with HOGAR by Maura Delpero (Italy) and A FEBRE by Maya Da-Rin (Brazil): these two first feature films directed by female filmmakers will premiere in the International Competition of the 72nd Locarno Film Festival (7-17 August 2019)! read more
Calls & Opportunities
Open call for TFL volunteers: be part of our international team!
July 11, 2019
TorinoFilmLab is seeking enthusiastic volunteers to be part of the next TFL Meeting Event, which will take place in Turin on 21-23 November 2019, in parallel with the 37th Torino Film Festival. read more
TFL Selections & Awards
TFL Audience Design Fund 2019: discover the winners!
July 10, 2019
We are delighted to unveil the names of the 3 international co-productions that will receive the support of the TFL Audience Design Fund 2019. read more
TFL Films & Series
LARA won big at the 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
July 8, 2019
We are extremely happy to share that LARA – the 99th TFL Film – has won no less than 3 awards at the latest edition of Karlovy Vary International Film Festival: the sophomore film by Jan-Ole Gerster, written by Blaž Kutin, won the … read more
TFL Films & Series
TorinoFilmLab goes East with its 4th Special Focus on Festival Scope!
July 4, 2019
Cinema-lovers from all over the world are invited to spend their summer binge-watching the 4th TorinoFilmLab Special Focus on Festival Scope, presenting three debut features from Eastern Europe. read more
TFL Extended
New deadline for TFL Extended workshops: Story Editing & Audience Design
July 2, 2019
In the slowness of the summer heat we have decided to extend the deadline to apply to our two next TFL Extended workshops: Story Editing & Audience Design! You now have one more week to apply and the calls will officially close on July 8th. read more
Calls & Opportunities
TorinoFilmLab announces a new partnership with Red Sea International Film Festival
July 1, 2019
We are excited to announce that the call for entries for the newly launched “Red Sea Lodge” programme, organized in collaboration with TorinoFilmLab, is now open! read more
TFL Films & Series
LARA will premiere this week-end at Karlovy Vary IFF!
June 27, 2019
What a better way to inaugurate the season of summer festivals than with the premiere of the 99th TFL Film? read more
TFL Films & Series
Coming-of-age and teenage stories: watch 3 TFL Films on Festival Scope!
June 12, 2019
From 13th to 30th June, we invite you to discover a new set of TFL Films available* for free on Festival Scope. read more
TFL Extended
TFL Extended Script Development, Feature Film and Documentary - projects announced!
May 31, 2019
We are pleased to announce the 50 projects joining the TFL Extended - Script Development workshops for Feature Film and Documentary, which will be held in parallel on 7-10 June 2019 in Turin. The two workshops will welcome participants from all over the world: 34 fiction projects in… read more
TFL Films & Series
From Cannes to your living room: new set of TFL Films available for free on Festival Scope
May 27, 2019
From May 27th to June 9th, we invite you to discover a new bunch of TFL Films available* for free on Festival Scope. read more
TFL People
TorinoFilmLab reveals FeatureLab’s line-up of trainers
May 20, 2019
9 international film professionals will join forces to mentor the 11 teams selected for FeatureLab 2019, TorinoFilmLab’s training programme for first and second feature film projects. read more
Calls & Opportunities
TorinoFilmLab launches new edition of SeriesLab 2020 – Italian projects can apply for SeriesLab Italia!
May 14, 2019
TFL’s long-run programme for TV Series projects is back for a new edition: from December 2019 to March 2020, SeriesLab will welcome 9 European long fiction TV series projects at an early development stage. 3 Italian projects will also be selected in reshaped SeriesLab Italia. read more
TFL News & Events
TorinoFilmLab set to shine at Cannes Film Festival 2019!
May 13, 2019
With no less than 4 TFL Films selected in Un Certain Regard, La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs & La Semaine de la Critique, we are looking forward to a new edition of Cannes Film Festival (14-25 May 2019)! read more
Calls & Opportunities
TFL Extended - calls open for Story Editing and Audience Design workshops!
May 8, 2019
We are happy to announce two exciting TFL Extended workshops: Story Editing and Audience Design! The two workshops will be held over the same 4 days in Turin, Italy. As always, there will be intensive work and learning but also lots of networking with film professionals from around the world. read more
TFL Films & Series
Timeless Stories from TorinoFilmLab: discover the first Special Focus by TFL and Festival Scope!
May 2, 2019
Two revolutionary stories inaugurate the very first Special Focus by TorinoFilmLab and the online platform Festival Scope. EVA NO DUERME by Pablo Agüero and IN THE LAST DAYS OF THE CITY by Tamer El Said, both supported through the TFL Audience Design Fund, are… read more
TFL Selections & Awards
FeatureLab 2019: 11 selected feature film projects unveiled!
May 2, 2019
We’re pleased to introduce the 11 promising directors selected with their producers to join the upcoming edition of FeatureLab. Strong voices from Colombia, Indonesia, Israel, Nepal and United States, as well as from Europe: the East with Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and the West with Italy… read more
TFL Extended
TFL Extended goes to Lebanon!
April 24, 2019
TFL is proud to announce the first TFL Extended workshop on Audience Design in Beirut, which will take place from April 27th to 29th 2019. read more
TFL Films & Series
THE ORPHANAGE selected at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight!
April 23, 2019
After the announcement of the selections of PORT AUTHORITY in Un Certain Regard, and of ABOU LEILA and LITIGANTE at Cannes Critics’ Week, we’re thrilled to announce that TFL Film THE ORPHANAGE will have its world premiere in Competition at the 51st Cannes Directors’ Fortnight (15… read more
TFL Films & Series
2 TFL Films selected for the 58th Cannes Critics’ Week!
April 22, 2019
Another good news for the TFL Community: TFL-supported films ABOU LEILA and LITIGANTE (THE DEFENDANT) will premiere at the 2019 edition of Cannes Critics’ Week (May 15-23)! read more
TFL Films & Series
PORT AUTHORITY selected in Un Certain Regard 2019!
April 18, 2019
We’re thrilled to announce that American filmmaker Danielle Lessovitz has been selected with her TFL Film PORT AUTHORITY in the prestigious section Un Certain Regard at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival (14-25 May 2019)! read more
Calls & Opportunities
TFL Extended - calls open for Feature Film and Documentary development workshops!
March 25, 2019
We are happy to announce two new exciting TFL Extended workshops: Feature Film and Documentary. The workshops will focus on feature film or documentary development and they will be held over the same 4 days in Turin, Italy. read more
Calls & Opportunities
TorinoFilmLab opens 2 funding opportunities for production & distribution of international co-productions!
March 25, 2019
We are happy to invite producers & sales agents working on international co-production to discover the TFL production and distribution grants 2019: the newly launched TFL World Co-Production Fund and the TFL Audience Design Fund. read more
TFL News & Events
The 9 SeriesLab 2019 projects take the stage on March, 26th at Series Mania Forum
March 22, 2019
We are glad to present the 9 innovative European TV Series that took part in the third edition of SeriesLab. The Book of Projects is now available here. read more
TFL Films & Series
THE PIG awarded in Sofia!
March 17, 2019
The first TFL Film of the year, THE PIG by Dragomir Sholev, premiered in Competition at the Sofia International Film Festival 2019, where it won the Special Jury Award, Best Bulgarian Feature Film Award and the FIPRESCI Prize. read more
TFL Films & Series
Cannes 2019: Cinéfondation picks up 5 TFL Projects for its programmes - Résidence & L’Atelier
March 4, 2019
4 TFL Projects have been selected to join the next edition of the prestigious Cannes Cinéfondation - Atelier, taking place on 16-23 May 2019. A few days ago, Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk has also been invited to participate in the 38th session of the Parisian Résidence with his TFL… read more
Calls & Opportunities
TFL Extended - TV Series: discover the tutors and reserve your place!
February 20, 2019
April is getting closer and we are excited to get started on the first TFL Extended workshop of the year, open to individuals or teams of international scriptwriters, directors, producers and story editors. read more
TFL Selections & Awards
ScriptLab 2019: 20 projects & 5 story editors in the line-up!
February 18, 2019
TorinoFilmLab is proud to unveil the 20 fiction feature projects and the 5 story editor trainees to join the 2019 edition of ScriptLab. From March until the TFL Meeting Event in November, participants will develop their stories together with other filmmakers from around the world, alongside story… read more
TFL News & Events
TorinoFilmLab flies to the European Film Market!
February 7, 2019
TFL team is attending the European Film Market of the 69th Berlin International Film Festival, and so are many TFL Alumni! read more
TFL People
ScriptLab 2019 on its way with a revamped team of tutors
January 24, 2019
The TorinoFilmLab pioneering programme for fiction feature projects at an early development stage is smoothly moving toward its 14th edition with a reloaded team at its forefront. Newly announced Head of Studies Eva Svenstedt Ward has gathered 5 European script consultants coming from different… read more
TFL Films & Series
2019 kicks off with 4 TFL Films at IFFR
January 18, 2019
January is a month full of events for movie lovers all around the world, and TorinoFilmLab is an habitué of these important dates. read more
Calls & Opportunities
TFL Extended 2019: new workshops announced!
January 17, 2019
We are excited to announce that, after last year’s success, TFL Extended is back for 2019 with added dates and an even broader amount of workshop topics! read more