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PUENTES: EAVE EUROPE / LATIN AMERICA PRODUCERS WORKSHOP 2013

Deadline Approaching: May 31, 2013!

Continuing the great success of the PUENTES workshops for European and Latin American producers, we are delighted to announce the fifth edition of PUENTES, connecting professionals from Europe & Latin America.

PUENTES is targeted at Latin American & European producers with projects, bringing them together with potential financiers, distributors, sales agents, and reinforcing artistic and industrial cooperation between Europe & Latin America.

The workshop modules bring together 5 European & 5 Latin American producers with their feature projects in development for 2 workshops in Locarno, Switzerland (August 8-14, 2013) in partnership with the Locarno International Film Festival and its Industry Days, and in Montevideo, Uruguay (November 29-December 4, 2013) in cooperation with Mutante Cine. Thanks to our partnership with VENTANA SUR (December 3-6, 2013 in Buenos Aires, Argentina), free accreditations will be offered to the selected participants who want to attend the market after the second workshop.

PUENTES combines producer training, project development, and networking. During the two workshops producers will work together with ‘state of the art’ experts from both continents on script development, co-production between Latin America 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 workshop will enable feature film producers from both continents to work together in two workshops and will offer the 10 selected participants:

top level professional and project development,
work on the comprehensive development, production and distribution of European and Latin American projects,
cooperation and co-production on these and future projects,
networking between the participants and their companies to create medium and long term co-financing and co-production relationships,
access to a network of producers, financiers, markets, festivals, distributors and sales agents in both continents.

Target group:

Experienced feature film producers from Europe and Latin America wishing to work on an international scale and to create long term creative and business relationships between Europe and Latin America. Interested producers should apply with a feature film project in development stage.

European producers applying must be able to demonstrate a clear involvement with Latin America and vice versa. In exceptional cases, we can also consider applications of producers without project. Applications with project will be given priority.

Project criteria:

feature-length fiction film (for theatrical release)
projects suitable for an international co-production and looking for co-producers
preferably a minimum of 20% should be in place
projects suggested by European applicants should have a link to Latin America (thematic, cultural, technical) and the producer should be motivated to work with / in Latin America and vice versa
projects suggested by applicants should have a potential for co-production
producers must have completed at least one film released theatrically in the last 3 years
1st draft of the script must be available in English for the first workshop and at the latest by July 15, 2013.

Application documents:

Completed Application Form (available for download on www.eave.org)
1 page Letter of Motivation concerning your participation at the workshop
1-2 page CV of the Producer and the Director
Brief description of the production company
A list of the company's productions: in development, pre-production, production and of those released
1 page Note of Intention of the Producer and 1 page Note of Intention of the Director concerning the development of your project
1 page Synopsis
8-10 pages Treatment

Scripts are to be sent only on request, but should be ready for the first workshop by July 15.

All documents have to be sent in English – the working language of the workshop will be English.

Participation fee and conditions:

Thanks to the support of MEDIA Mundus, the participation at Puentes is free of charge. Each participant will be offered accommodation during the workshop stay (hotel & part of the meals). We will also provide a limited number of partial travel scholarships.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: May 31, 2013

The selection will be made by a selection committee and will be published early July, 2013. Selection interviews might be held via SKYPE.

If you wish to have further information, please contact: tanika@eave.org

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B’EST - Producers’ Workshop Baltic Bridge East by West

CALL FOR PROJECTS

The Baltic Bridge East by West (B’EST) is an initiative to be held in 2013 by the organizers of the Baltic Event (Estonia), and RFilms and CTB Film Company (Russia) in cooperation with EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs), and with the support from MEDIA Mundus.

B’EST consists of two workshops, which will take place on September 11-15 in St. Petersburg within the framework of St. Petersburg International Film Festival and November 26-29 in Tallinn, within the framework of Baltic Event. The workshop will bring together 10 producers with feature film projects from the European Union (5 participants) and the CIS countries and Georgia (5 participants) and will offer the selected participants:

5-day workshop-training, which includes plenaries on the script development process, financing in the Eastern and Western Europe, legal aspects of co-production, marketing strategies, as well as individual meetings with script, pitching and finance/marketing consultants
meetings with decision-makers and potential co-production partners in St. Petersburg, Russia
online sessions with the producers and tutors concerning the development of the scripts and the projects during the 2-month gap between the workshops
2-day follow-up session regarding the development of the projects and the final preparation for pitching at Baltic Event
presentation of the projects at Baltic Event and meetings with potential financiers, co-producers, sales agents, and distributors

Target group:

experienced feature film producers wishing to work on an international scale and create long-term creative and business relationships between Western and Eastern Europe
interested producers should apply with a feature film project in development stage

Project criteria:

full-length feature film with potential for theatrical distribution
suitable for an international co-production and looking for co-producers
preferably national support in place
projects from the European Union and Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldavia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are accepted
projects should have a link to the other region (thematic, cultural, technical) and the producer should be motivated to work with / in the other region

Special conditions:

participation includes an accreditation fee of 200 Euros
once a project is selected, the producer should be present at both workshops
the programme covers travel and accommodation costs
finalized films must mention their participation at B’EST in the credits
all documents have to be sent in English – the working language of the workshop is English
submission of the project is considered as acceptance of special conditions

Requested materials for submission: