Upcoming Deadlines May/June 2011
Upcoming deadlines
Connecting Cottbus 2011, 3 - 4 November 2011, Cottbus, Germany
Save the date, come and pitch it!
Connecting Cottbus, the East - West Co-production Market at the FilmFestival Cottbus, is currently accepting project submissions for its 2011 pitching session. Producers, sales agents and other industry representatives interested in East-West projects are invited to participate without projects.
Until 15th July 2011, producers can apply with a fiction feature project that shows the potential for an East-West co-production. Please find further information, regulations and the application forms on our website www.connecting-cottbus.de
Connecting Cottbus will be held in Cottbus on 3rd and 4th November 2011. 13 selected projects will be presented to the industry audience. The event includes a pitching preparation training for the selected projects, the public pitching session followed by Q&A, One2One meetings as well as panel discussions and workshops addressing and discussing current challenges, changes and chances of the European film industry and its market. Furthermore, the FilmFestival Cottbus offers the opportunity to discover new films from Eastern Europe. www.filmfestivalcottbus.de
CineLink –July 28-31, 2011, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Official project selection announced!
CineLink, the backbone of the festival's Industry Section, is a development and financing platform for carefully selected local feature projects destined for European co-production. With average conversion rate of its selected projects from development to production of over 60% in the past 8 years, CineLink grew into one of the most successful development and financing platforms in Europe. Films developed trough CineLink are now almost regular part of prestigious festivals selections and distribution catalogues around the world. In addition to the films presented this year in official selections of both Berlin and Cannes, we are especially proud that last year HONEY by Semih Kaplanoglu and Florin Serban's IF I WANT TO WHISTLE, I WHISTLE scooped both Golden and Silver Bears at the Berlinale. Selection and diversification in development are central to this success, while focus on local productions with international potential, emerging talent and modern cinematic language proved essential to the program's raising profile in the film industry.
EAVE producers interested in attending, please contact eave@eave.org before June 13!
You can find the 2011 CineLink selection and further information under http://www.sff.ba/content.php/en/cpm_selection?&site=industry&set_culture=en
CineLink Work-in-Progress
CineLink Work-in-Progress of the Sarajevo Film Festival promotes outstanding projects in the post-production stage. The section presents six to eight films to selected international programmers, sales agents, distributors and financiers. This two-day event at the festival’s conclusion aims to facilitate the completion, subsequent international festival presentation and the theatrical release of the selected films.
Deadline for submissions is June 15th 2011. Please check the website for more information: http://www.sff.ba/en/work_in_progress?site=industry&set_culture=en email: wip@sff.ba
13th Netherlands Production Platform September 22–25, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Deadline for project submissions: June 15, 2011
The Holland Film Meeting (HFM) is the international heartbeat of the Netherlands Film Festival, providing a series of business-oriented events for the international professionals in attendance. The HFM consists of the Benelux Screenings, the Netherlands Production Platform (NPP), professional workshops and panels, the Cinema Militants Programme and the Binger-Screen International Interview. The focus this year will be Scandinavia.
The NPP presents a maximum of 25 Dutch and European new film projects to a selected group of European and Dutch industry professionals with the aim to encourage co-production and/or collaboration between the Netherlands and other countries. The participating international and Dutch professionals cover the areas of production, sales, financing, distribution and funding.
Essential elements in the presentation sessions are assessment of each story, international appeal and market potential. The 4-day event, which includes public presentations and individual meetings, also offers ample opportunity to get acquainted with the Dutch film industry and its players.Project requirements: Feature length films: drama, animation and/or documentary projects with a minimum duration of 90 minutes; Suitable for co-production; Local financial support must be in place.
Project Application Form: www.filmfestival.nl/industry/hollandfilmmeeting/npp/
EAST SILVER
Call for entries Submissions deadline is June 30, 2011
The 8th edition of East Silver, a documentary market specialized in Eastern and Central European documentary is now open for submissions. East Silver, organized by the Institute of Documentary Film in Jihlava, Czech Republic will take place October 25 – 30, 2011.Films are to be submitted via ENTRYFORM at http://www.eastsilver.net/en/east-silver/entry-form/
DOC LAUNCH - supporting festival and theatrical distribution of soon-to-be-released documentaries (October 27 – 28,2011 in Jihlava, CZE)
The Doc Launch presentation showcases outstanding feature documentaries from Central and Eastern Europe slated for theatrical release. It is designed for documentary projects and rough cuts scheduled for release from November 2011 - October 2012
Submission is also valid for 15th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival programme preselection and Doc Alliance Films preselection.
Hana Rezková, Institute of Documentary Film, www.DOKweb.net, www.eastsilver.net, Školská 12, Prague 1, 11000. More contact detailsin the relevant sections of our website.
FILM FORUM ZADAR AND THE EUROPEAN FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVALS FEDERATION ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THEIR COLLABORATION ON THE NEWLY FOUNDED FILMFORUMZADAR SCREAM.
The submission call for Filmforumzadar Scream will open on June 1st 2011.
“Film Forum Zadar”, the first festival of European co-production, is the first Croatian film festival to become an official partner of the Producers Network at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, alongside Eurimages and many other film institutions.
Since 1996 the European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation (EFFFF) organizes the Méliès competition, which attributes the Méliès d’Or to the best European short and feature length fantastic films. EFFFF aims to promote European film and filmmaking. With some 20 festivals in Europe, supporting members in Asia and North-America, the EFFFF has become a promotion tool for the European fantastic film industry.
Filmforumzadar Scream is a new international forum and conference for the horror / thriller / fantasy genres, connecting talent with leading industry decisionmakers. Filmforumzadar Scream brings together producers, commissioning editors, investors, sales agents, distributors, screenwriters, directors, music score composers, festival makers, and market leaders to meet new talents and decide on the best projects to be produced.
The first edition of Filmforumzadar Scream will take place August 23-30, 2011 in Zadar, Croatia. More information can be found on www.filmforumzadar-scream.com
For more information on the European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation visit www.melies.org
For more information on Film Forum Zadar visit www.filmforumzadar.com
DUBAI Film Connection: Call open!
Dubai Film Connection December 8 – 11, 2011
The Dubai Film Connection (DFC) is the co-production market of DIFF. Launched in 2007, the DFC aims to raise the visibility of Arab filmmakers and stimulate the growth of film production originating from the Arab world. The DFC focuses on bridging cultures by bringing international and Arab film professionals together to collaborate on the realisation of approximately 15 selected projects each year.
Since its launch in 2007 the DFC has showcased a total of 64 films in development (fiction and documentary) of which 18 films have now been completed. Six are now in post production and a further two are in production.
For further information, visit www.dubaifilmfest.com
The Pixel Market – applications open!
Deadline: July 29, 2011
Power to the Pixel is proud to announce that THE PIXEL MARKET is open for entries.
The groundbreaking marketplace is dedicated to showcasing and financing cross-media projects from around the world. The event takes place on 12 & 13 October 2011 as part of Power to the Pixel’s annual Cross-Media Forum held in association with the BFI London Film Festival from 11 - 14 October.
The Pixel Market will introduce 25 cross-media project producers to top international financiers, commissioners, tech companies, online portals and media companies during the two-day event.
Up to 8 of the 25 selected teams will compete for the £6,000 ARTE PIXEL PITCH PRIZE at the Market's public event, The Pixel Pitch on 12 October at NFT1, BFI Southbank. Teams in competition will present their cross-media project to a hand-picked roundtable of international jurors, who might themselves become viable partners for the projects.
The jury will be made up of international decision-makers, commissioning executives and financiers working in film, broadcast, publishing, online, advertising, gaming, the arts and interactive media.
The second day of the market, on 13 October, will offer one-to-one business meetings to the 25 project teams with potential investors and partners from across the media industries, technology and finance. Each project's story will span any combination of film, TV, online, mobile, interactive, publishing, live events and gaming.
Entries are invited from producer-led teams with a strong track record in film, broadcast, interactive media or other relevant creative industries. Projects must include the use of new tools, platforms, services and devices and be at an advanced stage of development. Bringing together some of the most pioneering media professionals and digital experts in the world, Power to the Pixel's annual Forum possesses an energetic, collaborative format that has fostered an active international film and media community responsible for helping build cross-media businesses and finance innovative cross-media projects.
Teams selected for The Pixel Market will benefit from significant international publicity and can expect to be introduced to new international business and partnership opportunities.
For further information about Power to the Pixel and The Pixel Market please contact:
Kate Lee / +44 (0)20 3003 6349 /Kate@freud.com
Bianca Boey / +44 (0)20 3003 6394 / Bianca.boey@freud.com
Ines Braga / +44 (0)20 7453 4017 / ines@powertothepixel.com
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