INTERCHANGE deadline extension – LAST CHANCE TO APPLY!

Call for applications

Extended deadline: March 31, 2011!

Interchange is a programme for teams of writer/director & producer from Europe & the Arab world with fiction feature films in development and film professionals interested in script editing training. The programme is run by TorinoFilmLab, the Dubai International Film Festival and EAVE and is supported by MEDIA Mundus

Applications are open to film professionals from Europe (MEDIA countries) and the Arab countries (Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen).

12 teams of writer/director + producer and 3 Arab trainee script consultants will be selected for 2 residential 5-day workshops in Torino and in Dubai:

Workshop 1: Torino, Italy: May 26 - June 1

Workshop 2: Dubai, UAE: December (TBC) in the framework of the Dubai Film Connection

In between the workshops, online/Skype/e-mail development sessions with the tutors will take place.

The training is designed to match the needs of experienced professionals who want to develop their skills through concrete work on their projects - under the expert guidance of international tutors - and who are ready to share their ideas with colleagues and engage themselves in discussions in order to improve and increase their knowledge. The trainee script consultants will be trained as story editors working each on 4 of the 12 selected projects. 

There is no entry fee. TorinoFilmLab covers the participants' accommodation expenses (hotel and meals) during the workshops.

TorinoFilmLab will reimburse up to 1.000 Euro travel costs per team. For details, please check the website.

For detailed information, application requirements and forms, please consult: http://www.torinofilmlab.it/interchange.php  

Page published 11 March 2011. Updated 13 March 2011.