MANNHEIM MEETING PLACE 2013 Call for applications

Call for applications

Dear EAVE producers,

IFF MANNHEIM HEIDELBERG has published their call for applications for the 4th edition of the MANNHEIM MEETING PLACE taking place 4th to 7th November 2013.

MMP is a co-production event aimed especially at start up majority producers (first or second feature), with some artistic ambition. Please check the festival flyer here.

This effort thus echoes the profile of the Mannheim Heidelberg Film Festival (now in it’s 62nd year) which has always aimed at supporting start-up feature directors. 

Projects collected by July/August 2013 are turned into short Project Outlines aimed specifically at co-producers and are sent out to relevant  minority producers and  industry experts from a network covering over  20 countries. 

Feedback is given throughout the 3-month period running up to Mannheim, and dialogue initiated. Relationships that develop constructively mostly result in full invitations for appointments in Mannheim,(travel and accommodation included). 

The result tends to be an event that is perhaps smaller in numbers but much more focussed for final participants. It is fair to say that out of perhaps 300 appointments, half will find place virtually before the event – thus helping weed out less promising elements in a natural manner.

MMP also do their best to provide an extensive network of guests – with some exceptions (MMP tends to a policy of only one majority and one minority producer per country or funding source, especially differentiating between genres. Thus our 60 or so final guests come from well over 30 countries).

Likewise, the industry events during MMP involve experts who are not just passing speakers but are involved with MMP for the whole lead-up period – e.g. this year we are promised an examination of DoP Slawek Idziak’s new “Previs” idea for presenting projects for reaction and financing.(Google  “Film Spring Open  2013”). Examples will be going out at the end of August for feedback. 

We thus invite you to check out the Producer Guidelines on the web-site http://www.iffmh.de/en/MannheimMeetingPlace/2013/Guidelines, and/or contact julek@compuserve.com with any expressions of interest. Those who start working with MMP by end of July have always a better chance of obtaining a maximum out of the process. 

Page published 11 June 2013.