Upcoming Deadlines March 2011
INTERCHANGE deadline extension – apply now!
EAVE European Producers Workshop 2011 kicking off in Luxembourg
As every year, the annual launch of the EAVE European Producers Workshop takes place in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in partnership with the Film Fund Luxembourg. For this year's workshop 1 during March, 14 – 21 in the Hilton Hotel, we are delighted to welcome 52 producers from 32 countries bringing 34 documentary and feature projects to work on throughout the year.
The 2011 EAVE pedagogical team is composed of EAVE Head of Studies Alan Fountain (UK), the four group leaders (all active, experienced producers), Roshanak Behesht Nedjad (Flying Moon, DE), Lise Lense-Møller (Magic Hour Films, DK), Danijel Hocevar (emotionfilm, SI), Jani Thiltges (Samsa Film, LU); the script consultants Clare Downs (Forever Films, UK), Jacques Akchoti (FR), Martin Daniel (USA), and documentary expert Sylvia Stevens (Faction Films, UK). They are supported by the specialized experts for Pitching: Sibylle Kurz (DE), Finance: Linda Beath (Ideal Filmworks, IT), Marketing: Sarah Calderon (Karma Films, ES) and Legal Issues: Else Helland (Johan Schlüter law firm, DK), who share their expertise in plenary and group work sessions and individual meetings with the EAVE participants.
INTERCHANGE deadline extension – LAST CHANCE TO APPLY!
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
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 detailed information, application requirements and forms, please consult:
http://www.torinofilmlab.it/interchange.php
Pixel Lab 2011 Applications Now Open!
Deadline: 1st April 2011.
The Pixel Lab is a leading project-led workshop which enables European film producers and media professionals to tap into the business knowledge-base of the film, online, gaming, broadcast and mobile industries. The second Pixel Lab: The Cross-Media Workshop will be held in Potsdam, Germany this summer. Confirmed tutors to date include Michel Reilhac, Executive Director ARTE France Cinéma; Ian Ginn, Educationalist & Creative Producer (NETH) and Ben Grass, MD Pure Grass Films (UK).Pixel Lab are now open for applications, the deadline is 1st April 2011.
Entry and more information available via powertothepixel.com
Paris Project 2011: REGISTER NOW! Paris Cinema IFF's co-production and development platform
July 4 to 7, 2011
Paris Project is the co-production and development platform of Paris Cinema International Film Festival. It is a four days event, taking place early July, that brings together around twelve international projects in development and a few films in postproduction, that are looking for French and European potential partners (such as co-producers, sales agents, distributors, financers…).The ambition of Paris Project is to gather key players in the French and European film industry, around a few high quality international production projects that are not yet finalised. What makes Paris Project so special and successful is that it aims at encouraging professionals to get involved in foreign projects in development and films in postproduction in order to promote financial arrangements, co-productions and networking with potential French and European partners.
PARIS PROJECT MEETINGS
Deadline for projects application: April 22, 2011
Please note that projects have to be submitted by a production company and projects submitted should not have French partners attached.Paris Project invites the foreign filmmakers and producers of the selected projects in development to spend 4 days in Paris: personalised appointments and one-to-one meetings are organized with French and European professionals who are likely to be interested in those selected projects and to bring them financial support through co-production or presales. In 2010, more than 350 professionals from 140 societies attended Paris Project and 476 meetings were scheduled.
Paris Project Screenings
Deadline for films in post-production application: May 24, 2011
Please note that films have to be submitted by a production company and films submitted should not have French partners attached.Paris Project organises screenings of films in postproduction seeking partners such as sales agents and/or distributors to achieve completion. In 2010, eight projects were being presented, among which, Eternity by Thai director Sivaroj Kongsakul (Competition, Rotterdam 2011), High Society by Thai director Aditya Assarat (Thailand), The Year Without a Summer by Malaysian director Tan Chui Mui (Pusan 2010) or Cerro Bayo by Argentinian director Victoria Galardi (Competition, San Sebastian 2010
www.pariscinema.org/fr/pros/parisproject.html
CROSS VIDEO DAYS
June 15 & 16, 2011 - Stade de France, Paris
WHERE CONTENT MEETS TECHNOLOGY - CALL FOR CROSSMEDIA & TRANSMEDIA PROJECTSThe second edition of the Cross Video Days will take place in Paris on June 15 & 16, 2011. Once again, European professionals will meet to face the challenges of the fast-evolving audiovisual sector through high-level conferences and a European Market. In a sector too often concentrated on technology, Cross Video Days focuses on content. 20 programmes specially selected from around Europe will be presented within this market. They will have the opportunity to find business partners to be produced and/or distributed.
Submit your project now, for free!
20 cross/transmedia projects (webdocs, webfiction, webTV, webseries, ARG, transmedia...) will be selected. They will be presented to 10 European buyers specialized in this market (producers, broadcasters, ISP, TV, telecommunications agencies etc.). Among the 20 selected projects there will be 10 projects in development seeking finance, and 10 existing projects seeking distribution.
Benefits for the selected projects:
- 200 one-to-one business meetings: Each team will meet all of the 10 international buyers. Peacefulfish, a society specialized in content industry financing, is one of the key players in organising the Market.
- 20 pitches: All the selected projects will be pitched in front of 300 professionals to ensure maximum exposure to potential buyers and investors!In addition, Cross Video Days will bring together the main players on the cross- and transmedia market. There will be various conferences and networking opportunities.
Registration deadline: April 26, 2011
Page published 16 March 2011. Updated 17 March 2011.
