THE MUTE – the highest grant for a feature film on 3rd Session, October 2014
946 085 EUR was granted by the Polish Film Institute on 3rd Session, October 2014 to project THE MUTE by Bartek Konopka and Przemek Nowakowski developed during 7th edition of ScripTeast with support of Creative Advisers: Trygve Allister Diesen (director and writer/creator of feature films and television drama, working in Scandinavia and the US), Neasa Hardiman (director and writer based in Dublin, BAFTA winner) and Christian Routh as a Head of Studies.
THE MUTE was awarded Krzysztof Kieslowski ScripTeast Award 2013 during Cannes Film Festival 2013. The Advisory Board of ScrpTeast stated: “The Award goes to a strikingly original screenplay that confronts themes of spirituality, loyalty, and family dynamics in an ancient setting, while relating an exotic and thought-provoking personal conflict set against the clash between early Christianity and paganism. The Advisory Board is confident that the strong dramatic potential of this engrossing screenplay will result in an excellent quality film with international audience.“
THE MUTE is set in the early Middle Ages, and recounts the conflict between two men as they struggle to convert a remote Pagan community.
Udayan Prasad
“ScripTeast is the programme all the advisors wish they could have attended at the start of their careers. It would have saved all that stumbling around in the dark looking for the key that stimulates the imagination so much more effectively.”
BAFTA nominated, director of “My Son the Fanatic”, “The Yellow Hankerchief” and ”Opa!”, 5th edition ScripTeast creative advisor, UK
Tom Abrams
“ScripTeast’s top-notch team of professional advisors, each year’s talented group of participants, and venues in Poland, Germany and France continue to make it the very best development workshop in the world today.”
ScripTeast Head of Studies, Associate Professor – Screenwriting and Production at School of Cinematic Arts, USC, screenwriter and director, author of the script for the Oscar-nominated film “Shoeshine”, USA
Scott Alexander
“ScripTeast is a fascinating mix of cultures, political ideas, and voices. I learned a lot, and I think the participants learned a lot more. If only they served vodka!”
Golden Globe awarded author of “The People vs. Larry Flynt” and “Ed Wood” with two Oscars, 5th edition ScripTeast creative advisor, USA