FORUM: Children’s & youth film project pitching session

Ring of Life

Production company: Pronto Film
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Countries: Ukraine
Estimated run time (min): 90
Director: Sasha Kirienko
Producers: Maxim Asadchiy, Kateryna Kopylova
Stage of the project: Development
Estimated date of the project: 22/10/2020
Looking for: Co-production, Sales agents, Festivals, Funding
Target audience: 10 – 13

Logline

Ingenious and vigorous daughter of inventor is desperate to assert herself to her father, which results in an accident, sinking into a coma and landing up in Dreamy World. In order to return to the reality she needs to reveal a secret of Dreamy World, to fight its evil ruler, and to enter the Ring of Life.

About the director

After working at the top Ukrainian TV channels, Sasha directed over 20 films and series in Ukraine and Russia. His 2008 fantasy thriller “Illusion of Fear” became Ukrainian Oscar submission. In 2018 he directed the adaptation of the Israeli fantasy thriller series “Sirens” for the main Russian TV channel.

About the production company

Pronto Film is a full-service independent production company, based in Kyiv, Ukraine. Headed by Maxim Asadchiy since 2004, Pronto produces films, TV series, commercials, and foreign service projects. Pronto’s films have been shown on festivals around the world like Rotterdam, Warsaw, Shanghai, São Paulo, Chicago, Palm Springs, Moscow, Beijing, Leipzig, and many more and have won various international prizes. Two Pronto’s films became Ukrainian Oscar submissions. Pronto Film is the founding member of the Film Industry Association of Ukraine. Pronto’s family feature “Foxter & Max” is now in post-production.