February Highlights and Upcoming Deadlines March 2012
Extended Deadline for PUENTES-AUSTRALAB
FEBRUARY HIGHLIGHTS
Johan Hedman Head Of TV For Tre VännerThe Swedish independent production outfit Tre Vänner has appointed EAVE 2011 graduate Johan Hedman (pictured) as Head of their new television division. Hedman will executive produce and oversee the development of Tre Vänner's TV projects, from major TV dramas to web-exclusive format. Hedman has produced various TV series for Tre Vänner such as TV4's upcoming 3 part series Incognito, a Swedish version of Beverly Hills Cop and Lethal Weapon mixing humour and thriller elements. Tre Vänner's other major TV and film series include The Fjällbacka Murders based on Camilla Läckberg's universe and characters.
UPCOMING DEADLINES
EXTENDED DEADLINE for PUENTES-AUSTRALAB – The Europe/Latin America training & industry platform
Don’t miss the extended deadline for PUENTES-AUSTRALAB: March 5, 2012!
Two workshops in Montevideo and Valdivia bringing together producers with feature projects from Latin America and Europe to work together with leading experts, potential financiers, distributors and sales agents from both continents.
W1: Montevideo (Uruguay), April 25-29, 2012
W2: Valdivia (Chile), October 10-14, 2012
After the great success of the PUENTES workshops for European and Latin American producers and the AUSTRALAB industry meetings in Valdivia, we are delighted to announce the launch of PUENTES-AUSTRALAB, a new and innovative platform connecting professionals from Europe & Latin America.
PUENTES-AUSTRALAB is targeted at Latin American & European producers, bringing them together with potential financiers, distributors, sales agents, and reinforcing artistic and industrial cooperation between Europe & Latin America.
The workshop modules bring together 5 European & 5 Latin American producers with their feature projects in development for 2 workshops in Montevideo, Uruguay (organized by Mutante Cine, from April 25-29, 2012) & Valdivia, Chile (Valdivia film festival). After the second session, targeted co-production meetings in Valdivia will be organized around the 10 selected projects following the workshop.
Experts involved in the first session: Fernando Epstein (Control Z, Uruguay), Jean des Forêts, Christoph Friedel (Pandora, Germany), Miguel Machalski (France/Argentina), Jorge Goldenberg (Argentina), Alan Fountain (EAVE, UK), Sarah Calderon (The Film Agency, Spain), Bruno Bettati (Jirafa Films, Chile - TBC)
PUENTES-AUSTRALAB combines producer training, project development, co-production meetings and distribution opportunities and offers a strong & direct connection between the different agents of the value chain of film production in Europe & Latin America: development, training and access to the markets, encouraging the distribution and circulation of films by bringing together the key players: talents-producers-financiers-sales agents-distributors-cinema owners.
The workshop will enable feature film producers from both continents to work together in two workshops and will offer the 10 selected participants:
- top level professional and project development,
- work on the comprehensive development of European and Latin American projects,
- cooperation and co-production on these and future projects,
- networking between the participants and their companies to create medium and long term co-financing and co-production relationships,
- access to a network of producers, financiers, markets, festivals, distributors and sales agents in both continents.
To find out more about the application criteria & the application form, please go to:
www.eave.org / www.australab.cl
EAVE Film Finance Forum 2012 - Call for Applications
Deadline for applications: March 2, 2012
EAVE Film Finance Forum 2012 takes place during April 19-22 in Luxembourg. It is an intensive four day workshop for European and international professionals on European film finance.
The EAVE Film Finance Forum provides an exploration and update of the latest financial developments and funding sources in Europe. It includes sessions on public and private finance, co-production, tax incentives, the sales and distribution market, banking services and new industry trends. Since most films produced in Europe are made with low to medium budgets, the Finance Forum will focus on its participants' real financial situation and provide them with solutions adapted to their needs and projects.
The Film Finance Forum is targeted to producers and associated film industry professionals, members of the financial and legal communities, policy makers, and consultants. It is also open to non-EU applicants, thanks to the support of MEDIA Mundus.
For further information about applying, participation fees, scholarships and more, please visit www.eave.org or contact EAVE workshop manager Satu Elo: satu@eave.org
DON'T MISS THE DEADLINE for INTERCHANGE – EAVE’s Europe - Middle East workshop
Application deadline: March 4, 2012
Interchange is a programme for teams of writer/director and producer from Europe or the Arab world working at a fiction feature film and film professionals interested in script editing training. The programme is also open to 3 trainee script consultants from the Arab world.
The aim is to build cooperation between film professionals from Europe 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), selecting 12 teams of writer/director + producer and 3 Arab trainee script consultants, and bringing them together for 2 residential 5-day workshops, one in Torino at the end of May/beginning of June and one in Dubai in December.
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. Interchange is run by TorinoFilmLab, the Dubai International Film Festival and EAVE and it is supported by MEDIA Mundus.
More details on Interchange events: http://www.torinofilmlab.it/events.php?year=2011
AESTHETICA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL NOW OPEN FOR ENTRIES
SFF 2012 takes place in the historic city of York, UK from 8 - 11 November. The screenings will cover a wide variety of genres and filmic styles, including: drama, documentary, animation, comedy, music video, thriller, experimental and artists' film. The films will be showcased across 15 iconic locations in the city, from medieval halls to boutique cinemas and in addition to four days of screenings there will also be a series of master classes, workshops and networking with leading industry figures.
The winner will also receive £500 (Pounds Sterling) among other prizes and screenings at a number of other UK festivals and the runner-up will receive £250 (Pounds Sterling). A shortlist of finalists will be included on the ASFF Sampler DVD, which will be distributed with the December 2012 issue of Aesthetica Magazine, an international arts and culture publication.
Visit www.asff.co.uk for more information.
THE FILM AGENCY
A new film-marketing agency is born today in Europe
The new company based in Spain is a promotion solution created for producers, sales agents and distributors across the world. It offers a specialized portfolio of services in order to provide strategic planning since early stages of development and accompany the whole process with solidness and originality until the distribution of the film.
Understanding the needs of producers, The Film Agency offers consultancy services such as MD: Marketing doctor (marketing strategy in development stage), PMD: Producers’ Marketing & Distribution (promotion materials and releases during shooting) and RA: Raising Awareness (b2b tools for sales agents and producers).
The agency director is Sarah Calderón, EAVE’S marketing expert. Sarah has a master degree in International Marketing at the Celsa-Sorbonne in Paris and an extensive experience in the international film distribution sector. Formerly head of the film department at Patofeo Films in Bogotá, Head of Sales at Philippe Bober’s Coproduction Office in Paris, Distribution Coordinator at Karma Films in Madrid and current consultant for the Media Programme and several Media Desks, Sarah has been able to get an insight of the independent industry from several angles understanding key aspects of film distribution.
All services (see details at www.thefilmagency.eu) are provided in consultancy mode and in executive mode.
Sarah Calderón: sarah@thefilmagency.eu
+34 606 911 693C/ Corazón de María 50 9A28002 Madrid - Spain
KALIBER35 Munich International Short Film Festival
Call for Entries 2012 - The deadline for submissions is February 29, 2012
KALIBER35 Munich International Short Film Festival is pleased to invite filmmakers from all over the world to enter their recent works for this year's competition. The festival run by the Munich Film Society (Münchner Filmwerkstatt e.V.) will showcase the world's best contemporary short films from June 21st through 27th in the Bavarian capitol. All filmmakers with a film in competition do not only have the chance to win the festival's prestigious awards, but are also invited to come to Munich and attend a two-day master class held by an internationally renowned film professional.
Submissions are open to non-German language films of all genres (fiction, animation, documentary, experimental, etc.) from any country. All non-English films must have English subtitles. Also, the general conditions of the participation assume that films must nothave been shown in Bavaria at a festival, in a theatre or on television (including arte) before, and must not exceed a length of 15 minutes. The festival preferably screens HD film files. Please check the complete submission requirements at http://www.kaliber35.de/entry.html
Please don't hesitate to share this information with anyone who may wish to be a part of the KALIBER35 Munich Int'l Short Film Festival. We thank you in advance and are very much looking forward to meeting you in Munich this June!
CALL FOR ENTRIES: SUBMIT CROSSMEDIA and TRANSMEDIA PROJECTS
Open until 10 April 2012 !
Do you want to co-produce or/and distribute your cross- or transmedia programme? Come and meet business partners at the Cross Video Days Market on June 12-13 in Paris!
Cross Video Days is a meeting place for B2B players in the video industry, any size, any platform.Cross Video Days is organising the 1st European Market for cross- and transmedia projects in Paris showcasing innovative digital content such as webdoc, webfiction, webseries, webTV, socialTV, ARG, transmedia projects. 20 programmes specially selected all over Europe will be presented within this market.
Submit your project before 10 April 2012!
Just fill out the form on the Market page of the Cross Video Days website. It only takes 15 minutes and it is free of charge!
20 projects will be selected and pitched: A unique opportunity to be seen, financed, (co-produced and distributed!
The selected team are invited for free to the whole Cross Video Days event including:
- the European Market for cross-/transmedia projects
- conferences and workshops with European experts of digital content
- networking opportunities (lunches and cocktail)
Cross Video Days is organised with Le Pôle Media Grand Paris and co-produced by Cap Digital.
www.crossvideodays.com
CineLink Call for Entries Extended!
New call for entries for filmmakers from Southeast Europe to participate in the CineLink Project Development Workshop and Co-Production Market held within the framework of the Sarajevo Film Festival is opened from the 1th of December 2011.
New deadline for project submissions is 12th of March 2012
CineLink project, the backbone of the Sarajevo Film Festival's Industry Section, is a development and financing platform for carefully selected local feature projects destined for European co-production.
Most promising projects from Southeast Europe are selected every year by the selection committee focusing on authentic stories with international potential, emerging talent and modern cinematic language, for a series of tailor-made development workshops culminating in a financing event taking place during the last three days of the Sarajevo Film Festival (from the 11th to the 14th of July, 2012). This event, the CineLink Co-production Market, totals more than 500 participants from all spheres of the film business ready to network, discover talent, co-produce or commission new projects, while creating an annual hub for regional professionals and adding international industry relevance to the Festival.
CineLink is opened for feature-length fiction film projects with potential for theatrical distribution, created by authors from Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey and UNMI Kosovo.
CineLink Project Development Workshop will take place in late May 2012, while the CineLink Co-production Market will be held from 11th till 14th July 2012.
http://www.sff.ba/content.php/news/show/id/894/culture/en
24th GALWAY FILM FLEADH 10th-15th JULY 2012
SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE FOR FEATURE/DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILMS: 23RD MARCH 2012
The Galway Film Fleadh – Ireland’s leading film festival, takes place every July and screens the best of New Irish, European and International features and documentaries as well as welcoming a host of filmmakers, International programmers and other industry delegates. It also platforms excellence in filmmaking with retrospectives, public interviews, tributes and masterclasses (Martin Sheen, Stephen Daldry, Michael Fassbender, Ronald Harwood, Anjelica Huston, Christopher Hampton, Peter O'Toole, Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Robert Towne, Paul Schrader, Mira Nair, Patricia Clarkson, Abbas Kiarostami, Paolo Taviani and many more).
Alongside the festival, the Fair – Ireland’s only film market, co-ordinates pre-scheduled meetings between filmmakers and invited Film Financiers, Distributors and Major Producers, allowing new talent to be discovered and long term partnerships to be made.
The Galway Film Fair’s unique selling points:
• Transatlantic Bridge
• Intimate and informal atmosphere
• Privileged access to the world’s leading financiers
• Showcasing new European and International cinema to leading Film Buyers, Distributors and Festival Programmers
Galway is a picturesque city by the sea with character and charm and our intimate setting is an added incentive for many to attend, as is our reputation for creating an environment that is convivial and relaxed.
“The Galway Film Fleadh is unlike any other Irish film festival. It packs in films,masterclasses, seminars, business meetings and gossip.” (Screen International)
“The Fleadh thankfully remains the most unpretentious and friendliest film gathering.” (The Guardian)
The Galway Film Fleadh accepts both Feature films and Documentary Feature films. Screening at an earlier film festival will not preclude selection, although priority will be given to European and World Premieres. The audience selects awards for Best International First Feature, Best International Feature and Best International Feature Documentary.
Submission forms are available to download on our web-site: www.galwayfilmfleadh.com
Any questions? Please feel free to e-mail us, info@galwayfilmfleadh.com, or phone us at +353 91 562200
The Pixel Lab 2012 is now open for applications!
Power to the Pixel’s leading cross-media course returns for a third year. Running from 1 - 7 July, The Pixel Lab helps European producers, storytellers and media professionals develop the skills needed to create, finance and distribute cross-media properties.
Training is led by the top thinkers and practitioners working within the field.
Confirmed so far are:
• Nuno Bernardo, CEO & Producer, beActive (PORT)
• Wendy Bernfeld, Digital Rights Licensing & Founder, Rights Stuff (NETH)
• Sean Coleman, Cross-Media Writer and Producer (UK)
• Ben Grass, MD Pure Grass Films (UK)
• Michel Reilhac, Executive Director ARTE France Cinéma (FR)
• Adam Sigel, Content Strategist, Writer & Producer (USA)
• Inga von Staden, Media Architect & Educator (GERM)
Application deadline: 30 March 2012 18.00 BST
For more information visit our website: http://powertothepixel.com
Fingal Film Festival 2012
The submissions are in!
Let the countdown begin!
We are now only one month away from the first Fingal Film Festival! We are delighted with the overwhelming response of submissions and we are beginning to make our final selections! So stay tuned for updates!
You can keep up to date on the festival through our website, www.fingal filmfest.com, which is currently being reconstructed at present. The new website will be launched next week along with our big news of our Opening Gala Screening night on Wednesday March 21st at the UCI Cinema, Blanchardstown, followed by dinner at the Wright Venue! There are a limited amount of tickets available for the Gala night so act quick!
Also, we are excited to have such a great amount of worldwide experienced leaders who are teaching master classes at the first year of the festival. Tickets for our high profile master classes are on sale now so be sure to get your tickets before they sell out! For more information, please go to entertainment.ie/fingalfilmfest or check out the links below for more information and how to purchase tickets.
The film festival team have been having loads of fun the past week! Check out our new promo on youtube.
Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter to keep up to date on the festival events! If you have any queries or would like more information, please contact at maryb@fingalfilmfest.com
Page published 1 March 2012.
