EXTENDED DEADLINE for PUENTES-AUSTRALAB – The Europe/Latin America training & industry platform

Call for Applications

Don’t miss the extended deadline for PUENTES-AUSTRALAB: March 5, 2012!

Two workshops in Montevideo and Valdivia bringing together producers with feature projects from Latin America and Europe to work together with leading experts, potential financiers, distributors and sales agents from both continents.

W1: Montevideo (Uruguay), April 25-29, 2012

W2: Valdivia (Chile), October 10-14, 2012

After the great success of the PUENTES workshops for European and Latin American producers and the AUSTRALAB industry meetings in Valdivia, we are delighted to announce the launch of PUENTES-AUSTRALAB, a new and innovative platform connecting professionals from Europe & Latin America.
PUENTES-AUSTRALAB is targeted at Latin American & European producers, 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 Montevideo, Uruguay (organized by Mutante Cine, from April 25-29, 2012) & Valdivia, Chile (Valdivia film festival). After the second session, targeted co-production meetings in Valdivia will be organized around the 10 selected projects following the workshop.

Experts involved in the first session: Fernando Epstein (Control Z, Uruguay), Jean des Forêts, Christoph Friedel (Pandora, Germany), Miguel Machalski (France/Argentina), Jorge Goldenberg (Argentina), Alan Fountain (EAVE, UK), Sarah Calderon (The Film Agency, Spain), Bruno Bettati (Jirafa Films, Chile - TBC)

PUENTES-AUSTRALAB combines producer training, project development, co-production meetings and distribution opportunities and offers a strong & direct connection between the different agents of the value chain of film production in Europe & Latin America: development, training and access to the markets, encouraging the distribution and circulation of films by bringing together the key players: talents-producers-financiers-sales agents-distributors-cinema owners.

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 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.

To find out more about the application criteria & the application form, please go to:

www.eave.org  / www.australab.cl   

Page published 28 February 2012.