FIRST PROJECT SELECTED FOR THE 2023 SØRFOND PITCHING FORUM IN NOVEMBER

The first project invited to the Sørfond Pitching Forum is RIA, selected at La Fabrique Cinéma in Cannes.

At the 15th edition of Les Cinémas du Monde’s main program La Fabrique Cinéma at the Cannes Film Festival, organized by Institut Français, SØRFOND had meetings with a great selection of promising projects.

We decided to extend an invitation to the SØRFOND Pitching Forum to the project RIA, by director Arvin Belarmino and producer Kristine De Leon (MUD Studios). 

The project was selected through SØRFOND's partnership with Institut français.

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About the project:

With a chronically-ill foster mother and their community in peril, an orphaned folk-punk musician meddles in the illegal porn industry to make ends meet. The project tells a powerful story of resistance against a violent system that pushes the underprivileged to the brink of Survival, set in the punk scene in the Philippines.