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TIES THAT BIND workshop 2 in Busan
The second TIES THAT BIND workshop will take place during the Busan International Film Festival/Asian Project Market from October 7 – 11, 2012.
TIES THAT BIND brings together five producers with feature projects from Asia and five from Europe. During the two workshops they work together with ‘state of the art’ experts from both continents on script development, co-production between Asia and Europe, financing in the two regions, legal aspects of co-production, marketing, pitching and promotion, and meet with decision makers during both sessions.
The following 10 producers from Asia and Europe will meet again after attending the first workshop from April 21-26 in Udine during the Udine Far East Film Festival:
- Guillaume de la Boulaye, Zorba Production, France; project: Secret of My North Korean Father
- Fernanda del Nido, Tic Tac Producciones, Spain; project: The Moon in September
- Gita Fara, Set Film Production, Indonesia; project: The Seen and Unseen
- Isabelle Glachant, Chinese Shadows, France/Hong Kong; project: A Borrowed Life
- Dave Kim, Rainbow Factory, South Korea; project: The Promise
- Mari Mukai, Horizon Features, Japan; project: Yearning for Yesterday
- Ebba Sinzinger, WILDart Film, Austria; project: Moneyboys
- Paul Smith, Pipedream Pictures, Thailand; project: Moth
- Nandita Solomon, Apparat, Malaysia; project: Interchange
- Pacharin Surawatanapongs, Pop Pictures Co., Thailand; project: The White Buffalo
The 10 selected producers will work on the development and financing of their projects under the guidance of top industry professionals from both continents, such as:
- Nicolas Brigaud-Robert, Films Distribution, France
- Christophe Bruncher, Les Films de la Butte, France
- Clare Downs, Forever Films, United Kingdom
- Elise Jalladeau, Charivari Films, France
- Youngjoo Suh, Finecut, South Korea
- Lorna Tee, October Pictures, Hong Kong
In collaboration with Ties that Bind, Asian Project Market and Asian Cinema Fund, Asian Film Market will present FILM FUND TALK during which the following representatives of funding institutions will offer advice on seeking funds for financing films:
- Santhosh Daniel, Global Film Initiative, USA
- Julien Ezanno, CNC, France
- Tamir Muhammad, Tribeca Film Institute, USA
- Hong Hyosook, Asian Cinema Fund, South Korea
- Laurien ten Houten, IDFA Fund, The Netherlands
- Walter Ruggle, Trigon Film Foundation, representative for Visions Sud Est, Switzerland
- Synnøve Hørsdal, Maipo Film, representative for Sørfond, Norway
- Gerwin Tamsma, Hubert Bals Fund, The Netherlands
The second TIES THAT BIND workshop in Busan will offer in-depth insight into audiovisual market and operating conditions, legal frameworks, financing, sales, distribution and exhibition practices in Asia and Europe, it will provide opportunities for networking between the participants and their companies to create medium and long term co-financing and co-production relationships and it will enable the access to a network of producers, markets, festivals and decision makers during the Asian Project Market meetings.
For more information please contact:
EAVE - Tanika Sajatovic, International Coordinator: tanika@eave.org
FVG Audiovisual Fund – Alessandro Gropplero, International Relations: alessandro@audiovisivofvg.it
Asian Film Market – Ran Kim, Workshop Coordinator: workshop@asianfilmmarket.org
www.eave.org, www.tiesthatbind.eu, www.asianfilmmarket.org
PUENTES AUSTRALAB - Second Workshop in Valdivia, Chile
Following the successful first session of the PUENTES AUSTRALAB, Europe – Latin America Producers Workshop in Montevideo, Uruguay (April 25 – 29, 2012), we are delighted to announce that the second session will take place in Valdivia, Chile, from October 3 – 7, 2012 in the framework of the 19th Valdivia International Film Festival.
The following producers will continue developing their projects in Valdivia:
- Maite Alberdi, Escala Humana, Chile; project: La vida sexual de las plantas
- Lina Badenes García, Turanga Films, Spain; project: The Cabin
- Diana Bustamante, Burning Blue, Colombia; project: Violence
- Ana Fernandez-Saiz, Impronta Films, Spain; project: Silent Boy
- Sébastien Hussenot, La Luna Productions, France; project: Blanche La Nuit
- Marianela Illas, Películas Prescindibles, Venezuela; project: Dora's Ballad
- Tomas Leyers, Minds Meet, Belgium; project: Lucifer
- Katrin Pors, Blond Indian Films, Denmark/Colombia; project: The Resistance
- Sandino Saravia Vinay, Malbicho Cine, Uruguay; project: Antes de Ayer
- Juliana Vicente, Prêt a Pôrte Filmes, Brazil; project: Lily and the Dragonflies
The 10 selected producers from Europe and Latin America will work on the comprehensive development of their projects with top professionals from both continents:
- Paula Astorga Riestra, Cineteca Nacional, Mexico
- Sarah Calderón, The Film Agency, Spain
- Jean des Forêts, Petit Film, France
- Fernando Epstein, Mutante Cine, Uruguay
- Alan Fountain, EAVE, United Kingdom
- Jorge Goldenberg, Script Consultant, Argentina
- Miguel Machalski, Script Consultant, France
The PUENTES workshop emphasizes co-production strategies and project development between Latin America and Europe focusing on the audiovisual market and operating conditions, legal frameworks, financing, sales, distribution and exhibition practices. Moreover it provides concrete opportunities for networking between the participants and handpicked invited decision makers, to create medium and long-term co-financing and co-production relationships in both continents.
Some of the invited decision makers to this session will be:
- Tom Davia, Shoreline, USA
- Virginie Devesa, Alpha Violet, France
- Benjamin Domenech, Rei Cine, Argentina
- Sophie Erbs, Cinema Defacto, France
- Eva Eisenloeffel, Lemming Film, Netherlands
- Barbara Francisco, Pasto Cine, Argentina
- Pandora Gagnon, Ubkar Filmes, Portugal
- Javier Martin, Berlinale, Germany
- Fiorella Moretti, Mantarraya, Mexico
- Fabienne Morris, FIDLab, France
- Diana Salcedo, LapTV, Mexico
- Edgar San Juan, Film Tank, Mexico
- Nathalie Streiff, MAE-CNC / Aide aux Cinemas du Monde, France
- Anita Voorham, TorinoFilmLab, Italy
- Stéphane Zajdenweber, f28 Productions, France
Besides these, the participants will have access to an extended network encompassing parallel activities of the festival, such as the distribution Cine Sin Fronteras.
The workshop is organised by EAVE in partnership with MUTANTE CINE (Montevideo), AUSTRALAB (Valdivia), FIC VALDIVIA, and with the support from MEDIA Mundus and ICAU.
For more information please contact:
EAVE: Jurij Rudolf, Academic Coordinator: tanika@eave.org
Page published 25 September 2012. Updated 26 September 2012.


