A great finale for the EAVE 2013 European Producers Workshop in Vienna
Press release
A great finale for the EAVE 2013 European Producers Workshop in Vienna
The EAVE 2013 European Producers Workshop came to a close with its third and last workshop in Vienna, Austria (October 21-28), organized in partnership with Vienna Film Fund.
During this final workshop, the 51 participants from 32 countries met 61 high-profile European film industry professionals in pre-scheduled one-to-one meetings and pitch the 31 projects that have been developed throughout the workshop year. This year, 61 key industry professionals attended as decision makers.
In addition, the schedule offered plenary sessions, group work and individual meetings with EAVE experts and guests: Linda Beath (IT) - Strategic Planning for Production Companies, Roberto Olla (EU) – Legal Aspects of Distribution and Sales, Laurence Kaye (UK) - Music Rights, Sibylle Kurz (DE) - Pitching, Nikolaj Nikitin (DE) - Festival strategies and Jani Thiltges (LU) - Career Development. Independent producer Peter de Maegd / Potemkino (BE) gave a case study illustrating the new opportunities offered by converging media. A panel session animated by Linda Beath on “VoD and the opportunities and threats for the indies” gathered Peter Gerard / Distrify (UK), Pierre-Alexandre Labelle / Under The Milky Way (US) and Karin Haager / Flimmit (AT) who will shared their vision and experience. Danish documentary producer and EAVE graduate Signe Byrge Sørensen (Final Cut for Real) presented a case study of her multi-awarded EAVE project “The Act of Killing”.
EAVE was delighted to give local film-professionals an opportunity to get a taste of EAVE. Plenary sessions and the special "EAVE@Vienna" workshop with tailor-made sessions for local professionals were held.
EAVE is grateful for the support for the Workshop 3 2013 from: Vienna Film Fund, Film and Music Austria, Vienna Film Commission, Austrian Film Insitute, MEDIA Desk Austria, Hoanzl VertriebsgmbH and FISA.
The first two workshops of 2013 took place in Luxembourg (March 11-18) and Turku, Finland (June 12-19).
Page published 30 October 2013. Updated 31 October 2013.
