PUENTES – EUROPE / LATIN AMERICA PRODUCERS WORKSHOP 2014: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Call for applications
PUENTES – EUROPE / LATIN AMERICA PRODUCERS WORKSHOP 2014: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
The call for applications for the sixth edition of PUENTES – Europe / Latin America Producers Workshop is now open until August 15, 2014. Throughout the 5 years of its existence, PUENTES has become the most relevant and successful training programme for developing European-Latin American co-production with exceptionally good results in terms of sales and distribution and festival exposure: 69% of the finalised projects developed at PUENTES got an international sales agent on board and over 84,6% of the projects have a successful festival exposure.
Recent examples of successful PUENTES projects in terms of festivals and international distribution are HISTORIA DEL MIEDO by Benjamin Naishtat (Berlinale Competition 2014), FERIADO by Diego Araujo (Berlinale Generation 14+ 2014), TANTA AGUA by Ana Guevara & Leticia Jorge (Berlinale Panorama 2013), TRES by Pablo Stoll (Cannes Directors’ Fortnight 2012) and GLORIA by Sebatian Lelio (Berlinale Competition 2013) which was sold to 29 countries world-wide.
All the above mentioned projects had been selected for the PUENTES / Europe Latin America Producers Workshop, where the projects were developed over one year by the attending producers under the guidance of top notch consultants, working on the script development, the financial, co-production, marketing and distribution strategies and where the producers extended their professional network meeting key players of the industry in Europe and Latin America.
New features in 2014/2015:
PUENTES is targeted at Latin American & European producers with projects, 10 of which will be selected for the workshop. We are now opening the call in addition also to other European professionals interested in working with Latin America (sales agents, financiers, distributors, festival programmers, co-production market representatives) or producers without project. 4 of them will be selected to be an active part of the group.
The 2 workshops will be held in Montevideo (November 27-December 1, 2014) in partnership with Mutante Cine and Locarno (August 2015) in partnership with the Locarno International Film Festival and its Industry Days. Thanks to a special partnership, all participants involved will be able to attend VENTANA SUR (December 1-5, 2014, in Buenos Aires).
Target group:
- Experienced feature film producers in their own countries 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.
- Related European film professionals (such as sales agents, distributors, festival and market representatives, financiers) or producers coming without project and wishing to work on an international scale and to create long term creative and business relationships with Latin America
Project criteria:
- feature-length fiction film (for theatrical release)
- projects suitable for an international co-production and looking for co-producers
- 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 should have a potential for co-production
- applicants with a project must be the lead producer of the submitted project
- producers must have completed at least one film released theatrically in the last 3 years
- 1st draft of the script should be available in English for the first workshop and at the latest by October 15, 2014.
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 October 15.All documents have to be sent in English – the working language of the workshop will be English.
Participation fees & conditions:
The participation at PUENTES is free of charge. Each participant will be offered accommodation during the workshop stay and we will cover part of the meals. In addition, we will offer a limited number of partial scholarships to contribute to the travel costs in specific cases.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: August 15, 2014
The selection will be made by a selection committee and will be published by September 25, 2014.
Selection interviews might be held via SKYPE.
If you wish to have further information, please contact: tanika@eave.org
Page published 24 June 2014.
