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Call for application for: OUAGA FILM LAB 2016; SOFA – School of Film Agents; FRONTIÈRES@FANTASIA

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: OUAGA FILM LAB 2016

Ouga Film Lab will take place 19 to 24 September 2016

Entry deadline is: Friday July 1rst 2016

This call for projects is open to people with African related projects (The project’s director must be of West African descent) in the field of cinema.
Ouaga Film Lab is a meeting platform between experts and young African talents. Its goal is to establish a bridge between African professional networks and the rest of the world, by creating a bilateral dialog: on one hand between African talents themselves and on the other between African talents and the rest of the world, on various issues regarding film production on local and international scale.

OUAGA FILM LAB’s main goal is to strengthen the competitiveness of directors and producers from West Africa for major international labs, and also to facilitate access to local financing and international co-production through close collaboration with experienced mentors from across the African continent.
This call for projects is aimed at film and audiovisual professionals from West Africa and who meet the criteria set out in the regulations of Ouaga Film Lab 2016.
Following the call for projects, a committee will select a dozen film projects that will be invited to participate in the first edition of OUAGA FILM LAB. The main selection criterion is primarily the artistic quality of the projects and the subject matter.

Registration is free and can be done online on the following website: www.generationfilms.net on a page dedicated to OUAGA FILM LAB. The completed application with the required elements should be submitted no later than July 1rst 2016 at 0:00 UT.

After the residential phase in Ouagadougou, four (4) prizes will be awarded to the best projects:

• The EAVE prize which will provide the producer with a scholarship to participate at the EAVE Producers Workshop 2017.
• The UNICEF prize which will provide fund for development.
• The Organisation Intenationale de la Francophonie (OIF) prize which will provide fund for development.
• Institut français - Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde prize which will provide a scholarship to participate at an international lab.
• FIDADOC prize which will provide a ticket to participate to the documentary project development at the Festival international de film documentaires d’Agadir au Maroc

For more information, please check out www.generationfilms.net or simply send us an email at: ouagafilmlab@generationfilms.net

The first edition of OUAGA FILM LAB, planned for September 2016 in Ouagadougou, is organized in close collaboration with EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs), the French Institute (La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde and La Cinémathèque Africa Institute IMAGINE and documentary Film Festival of Agadir in Morocco (FIDADOC).
And with the support of the Swiss Cooperation Office in Burkina Faso, UNICEF, of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) of the Goethe Institute in Ouagadougou and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Burkina Faso , the SCAC, of the Embassy of France and the French Institute in Ouagadougou, and regional attaché of the embassy of France in Abidjan.

Apply now to participate in SOFA – School of Film Agents

The deadline is 5 May 2016

The workshop initiative will take place in the European Cultural Capital city of Wroclaw, Poland, from 19-28 August 2016

SOFA – School of Film Agents is a workshop initiative that was brought to life by Nikolaj Nikitin. Founded in 2013, the unique workshop offers young “film agents” from Central and Eastern Europe, Germany and Central Asia the opportunity to work together with experts on their projects aimed at the development of their respective regional film cultures and industries.

In addition to this call for submissions, SOFA is pleased to announce an exciting, new opportunity for former workshop participants from Central and Eastern Europe. Thanks to the generous support of the Goethe-Institut, SOFA-Alumni are invited to come to Germany for one month to participate in a creative fellowship as well as to take part in a German language course. By placing former participants in creative fellowships within German film, cultural and media institutions that purposefully reflect the ideas and goals of SOFA-Alumnis’ dream projects, the Goethe-Institut is not only making it possible for these participants to come closer to realising their projects, but to also acquiring invaluable practical, international experiences in their field via cultural exchange. After the overwhelming response to last year’s “Call for Submissions” – with over 100 applications from 25 countries – SOFA is now accepting new applications for 2016 until 6 May 2016.

Applications for 2016 should contain the following information:

• A maximum two-page project description: what is the idea and motivation behind your project? Where exactly will this project take place/be realised? A particular place/location? Tell us about your goals, project objectives, your vision and what makes your project so unique. Tell us exactly why YOU are the right person to make this project come to life.

• One page with information about a prospective budget for the project. Your budget does not need to be calculated down to the very last cent. Rather, please try to communicate an overall estimation of the potential costs involved in the realisation of your project as well as ideas about possible types of funding/potential financial resources for the project.

• A professional biography with background information about how you came to be active in the film industry. Please send your application via email to: nikolaj@joinsofa.org As in previous years, this year’s selected SOFA participants along with workshop experts and lecturers will be announced during the Karlovy Vary Film Festival.

Great news for this year’s SOFA workshop participants! For the second year in a row, the Goethe-Insitut is offering some extra “added value” to the already well-established SOFA programme: some of SOFA’s former participants will be able to take part in a creative stipendium in a German company of their choice. This opportunity will offer participants the chance to improve and develop the quality of their projects as well as to strengthen their own personal and professional goals.

Applications for SOFA 2016 may be submitted immediately. The deadline is 5 May 2016.

SOFA – School of Film Agents is a joint project of the Filmplus gUG (Cologne) and the Fundacja Filmplus (Warsaw) together with the city of Wroclaw (Breslau) and the Polish Film Institute, funded by the Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation, the German (Federal Foreign Office, the International Visegrad Fund, the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, the New Horizons Association, the Ministry of Culture of Serbia, EAVE – European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs, the Slovak Film Institute, Mozinet, the International Film Festival Karlovy Vary and supported by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut in Poland (Krakow), Serbia, Romania, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Moscow and its Head Office in Munich, Germany, as well as the support of the Film Commission Poland and the Wroclaw Film Commission.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR FRONTIÈRES@FANTASIA

Submissions are now open until April 13. 

After a highly successful 2015 that saw record levels of attendance, Frontières returns to the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF) for its 3rd European edition from March 30 - April 1 2016.

Industry registration for Frontières at BIFFF 2016 is now open (Early bird rate: until February 18) and project submissions are also now open for Frontières@Fantasia 2016 (until April 13). Frontières connects North America with Europe in an environment specifically focused on genre film co-production and financing. After receiving a record number of submissions, Frontières marks its return to the heart of Europe with 20 selected projects from Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States. 

Frontières@Brussels 2016 features an extremely strong cross-section of projects from emerging and established filmmakers. Participants include director Can Evrenol (BASKIN), producer Giles Daoust (STARRY EYES), producer Amy Darling (VIOLENT), director Alexandre Philippe (THE PEOPLE VS GEORGE LUCAS, DOC OF THE DEAD) director Aaron Schimberg (GO DOWN DEATH), producer François Cognard (THE STRANGE COLOR OF YOUR BODY'S TEARS, PAINLESS) executive producer Gil Kenan (MONSTER HOUSE, POLTERGEIST - 2015), director Glenn McQuaid (I SELL THE DEAD) and producers Larry Fessenden and Peter Phok (THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL, STAKELAND, THE INNKEEPERS).

Find the Complete Frontières@Brussels 2016 Line-Up here: frontieresmarket.com

Established in 2012 at the Fantasia International Film Festival, Frontières has since developed into a biannual transatlantic circuit between Montreal and Brussels. Frontières is the first market to specifically focus on the co-production and financing of genre films between North America and Europe. Frontières is a collaborative initiative between the Fantasia International Film Festival, the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF), and Vision-in-Motion. Frontières is made possible thanks to the generous support of Creative Europe, la Région de Bruxelles Capitale, Visit Brussels, Telefilm Canada, and SODEC.For more information, please visit frontieresmarket.com 

Page published 29 March 2016. Updated 30 March 2016.