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Call for application for: e:training | European Co-Production; EUROPEAN SHORT PITCH; TalentX: Developing the Developers; IDFA Bertha Fund Classic and IDFA Bertha Fund Europe; TV SERIES MASTER CLASS

e:training | European Co-Production

20% INTRODUCTORY DISCOUNT* until December 31, 2015
YOUR GUIDE TO EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION

• How to produce a successful European Co-Production
• Funding strategies and legal framework
• Leading experts
• Exclusive case studies
• Individual learning time and pace

WHAT IS e:training?

• Detailed information and practical tips by acclaimed experts
• High quality course material including numerous hours of studio-shot videos
• Summaries, glossary and checklists for download
• Quizzes for testing your newly acquired knowledge
• Flexible time management
• English subtitles
• Certification of participation 

EXPERTS AND CASE STUDIES

Learn from our acclaimed international experts and top-level producers!

Case Studies: A MOST WANTED MAN (GER|UK)| LOUDER THAN BOMBS (NOR|F|DK)
CONDITIONS

Access is granted for one person and valid on three devices for six months (e:course) | three months (e:lesson) starting from the purchase date. 
http://www.epi-medieninstitut.de/pn-ESSENTIAL-LEGAL-FRAMEWORK_seminar-329_en.html

EUROPEAN SHORT PITCH 2016

Call for Works-in-Progress – 1st edition

In collaboration with C3PM – Paris Courts Devant (Co-production Post-Production Market for European Short Films)

Application deadline – 6th of January 2016 

European Short Pitch is an initiative aimed at promoting the European coproduction of short films. It combines a scriptwriting workshop in residency and a coproduction forum bringing together scriptwriters, directors and industry professionals from all over Europe. 

Selected on the basis of the quality and the potential of their short film projects, 5 European talents will pitch and showcase their projects in front of a panel of 55 producers, financers, buyers, and distributors.

European Short Pitch aims to bring young European talents into the spotlight, give them a high-end promotion opportunity, and develop short film coproduction in Europe. This initiative is about enhanced economic viability and European visibility for short film projects. 

Coproduction Forum and Pitches of Works-in-Progress

The coproduction forum will take place from the 2nd till the 6th of March 2016 in Luxembourg as part of the Luxembourg City Film Festival in partnership with LARS. Participants will have one day to prepare and rehearse their pitches with the tutors present. The pitching, in the presence of the invited professionals, will take place on the 4th of March in the afternoon where each project will have a chance to screen the work-in-progress and to pitch the film and its specific needs. Each project will have 7 minutes (excl. screening of work-in-progress) – questions included. 

One-to-one meetings (25 minutes long) with professionals will take place the morning after. On the evening of the 4th an award ceremony will take place with two in kind post-production awards offered by Espera Productions, one for 3500€ and one for 7500€, which will be handed out by a jury headed by the representatives of the Luxembourgish post-production house, Espera Productions.  

Who can apply?

European Short Pitch is open to creative teams developing international short film projects. It is therefore open to directors and producers.

Directors developing a project on their own are very welcome to participate in the programme. Yet it is strongly advised to already have nationally a production company interested or attached to the project.

The director/producer has to be between 18 and 35 years of age on the closing date of the call (6th of January 2016).

His/her nationality or country of residence should be one of the member countries of the Creative Europe Programme (European Union + Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Iceland, Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway and Turkey). European Short Pitch will also select up to 3 projects from non-member countries of the Creative Europe Programme where NISI MASA has a member organisation: Kosovo, Macedonia, Russia, Serbia and Ukraine.

The working language of European Short Pitch is English; thus, a good knowledge of English is essential in order to participate. 

How to apply?

Before the application deadline (6th of January 2016, midnight C.E.T.), applicants have to send the following to aleksandra@nisimasa.com. 

TalentX: Developing the Developers

16-18 March 2016 Amsterdam

Registration is now open 

The international forum for industry professionals working to support the development and progression of feature film talent For its second edition, TalentX will bring together 30 representatives of Film Funds and Film Talent Labs from across the EU and beyond who are working to support the development and progression of feature film talent.

The 3-day programme will combine international case studies, keynotes and workshops, all focusing on the challenges and opportunities facing talent within the industry.

Other significant players in the film ecology including business executives, sales agents, distributors, exhibitors and talent agents, as well as filmmakers who have experienced different kinds of talent support and development, will be taking part as contributors and facilitators.

The delegate participation fee of 750 Euros includes full programme costs, food and accommodation. See more: creativeengland.co.uk/film/talentx

TalentX returns with a fresh programme after a successful inaugural run in 2015 - of which a full Summary Report is available for download. The event is led by Creative England and hosted in partnership with the Danish Film Institute, the Irish Film Board and Netherlands Film Fund, and with the support of the Creative Europe - MEDIA Programme of the European Union.

IDFA Bertha Fund Classic and IDFA Bertha Fund Europe

The IDFA Bertha Fund supports documentary filmmakers in and from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and parts of Eastern Europe by offering them financial contributions to develop and realize their projects.
The fund is looking for new creative documentary projects from these countries, that use strong visual treatments to tell compelling stories and have the potential to reach a global audience. Projects can be submitted within the following funding schemes:

IBF Classic: Directors or producers from a country on the DAC-list can apply with a documentary project for the following categories:

(1) Project Development (max. contribution € 5.000) 

(2) Production and post-production (max. contribution € 17.500). 

IBF Europe: Projects can be submitted for the following categories:

(1) International Co-Production (contribution € 40.000) European co-producers based in a MEDIA sub-program country can apply with a documentary project that has a director from a country on the DAC-list and is realized through international co-productions, in which at least one European and one non-European producer is involved. 

(2) NEW: Distribution for International Co-Production (contribution € 30.000).This category is designed to support innovative distribution plans for documentaries realized through international co-productions in which at least one European and one non-European producer (DAC-list)  is involved. Distribution plans should seek to reach a broad global audience. Applicant should be based in a MEDIA sub-program country and be a rights holder (producer, sales agent, distributor, o.a.) of the film.

Regulations

The deadline to submit a project for the first selection round of 2016 is February 1. There are different regulations for every category. For the regulations, the online entry form and submission FAQ please visit: https://www.idfa.nl/industry/idfa-bertha-fund.aspx.

HOW TO WRITE A TELEVISION SHOW SCRIPT?

Hollywood’s most renowned script doctor will teach in Berlin!
      
When: February 01 – 03, 2016 / daily from 9.30AM –6.00PM (lunch break from 1.00PM– 2.30PM) 

Where: Kino Babylon Mitte, Rosa-Luxemburg-Strasse 30, 10178 Berlin

Deadline for applications: January 10, 2016

For the past two years pilot films have been promoted in film industry of Berlin-Brandenburg. The Berlin Film School dffb introduced a Master Class called “serial eyes” two years ago. It enjoyed a large influx and, in addition, was supported by one of Germany’s biggest TV broadcasters. It was also two years ago, that RTL’s Claus Richter ascertained: “While public interest in the cinema is declining, television series are becoming more popular; when it comes to emotions, they have replaced the cinema by now.” A few days ago the new German TV series Deutschland ’83 made a promising start on RTL - it was written by an American.

What has been happening in the USA for many years, only now starts to be the case in Germany: television series are being promoted and supported as a sophisticated and successful genre. We are talking about a “narrative revolution”. Breaking Bad, House of Cards or Homeland are series that have made onto the feature pages of German newspapers and have been praised by film critics.

John Truby is one of the most acclaimed script consultants in the USA. In the past 25 years more than 30.000 students have attended his courses. His clients include film studios and production companies such as Disney, Universal, Sony Pictures, HBO, BBC, MTV and many more. The resulting films and scripts have all been award-winners.

Having taught a most successful first Master Class (Anatomy of Story) in Berlin this past October, John Truby now will share the secrets of good television series during three intensive days prior to the Berlinale. In addition to the analysis of American series, he will also expand on German series such as Weissensee and Deutschland ’83 and talk to the scriptwriters who will be present. 

For more information incl. the 3-day program go here: www.sweetyproductions.com.

For further questions, please contact Kathrin Kuna at kathrin@sweetyproductions.com.

Page published 15 December 2015.