Upcoming deadlines
Calls for application for: EMERGING PRODUCERS, CROSS VIDEO DAYS, MOSCOW CO-PRODUCTION FORUM, STORY EDITING EDITING WORKSHOP BY FRANZ RODENKIRCHEN, FINGAL FILM FESTIVAL, SOFA SCHOOL OF FILM AGENTS
EMERGING PRODUCERS, 3rd Edition
October 22 – 26, 2014 / Jihlava / Czech Republic
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: April 30, 2014
Promotional and networking project presenting new generation of talented European documentary film producers.
The aim of the project is to introduce an up-and-coming generation of talented European producers to professionals from various fields of the film industry. The project creates a new platform for meetings of film professionals with an emphasis on documentary cinematography. By providing a diverse and creative environment for Emerging Producers as well as an orientation of the film market we hope to increase the potential for the future European co-productions.
The project is organised and curated by Jihlava IDFF and is implemented in cooperation with national MEDIA DESKS. The selection of producers will be announced during the summer 2014.
More information at: http://www.dokument-festival.com/industry/emerging-producers
Contact: Jarmila Outratová / Head of Industry Office / jarmila@dokument-festival.cz
CROSS VIDEO DAYS: Call for projects
Deadline: April 15, 2014
Cross-media producers and creators, pitch your innovative digital projects in Paris on 19th & 20th June ! Take the chance to present to key International Commissioners your multiplatform projects in development within Cross Video Days Content Market’s categorized call for projects: Cinema & Transmedia, Interactive Factual Projects, Web-series & Web-fictions, Cross-media TV shows and Education, Animation & Youth before April 15, 2014 at http://www.crossvideodays.com/en/2014/Call-for-projects/14.html
Major news, the 2014 call is launched with world famous professional events -Cannes Film Market and Sunny Side of the Doc– leading to enhancing opportunities for the 50 selected projects to be seen, financed, co-produced and distributed at an International stage. Submission is Free of charge and number of projects is not limited.Cross Video Days will also offer 60% discount on the entrance fee to the non-selected applicants.
Another breakthrough, a 10,000€ grant will be offered to the best project across all categories by KNIGHTWORKS, French creation and post-production Animation and VFX studio.
Key advantages for the 50 selected projects:
- Pre-organized one-to-one meetings with more than 50 Commissioners, among which France Télévisions, Arte, TF1, Canal +, M6, YouTube, Radio France, Endemol, YLE, Channel 4, BBC, Tribeca Film Institute
- The opportunity for the 20 best projects to pitch in public and in live-streaming on the web.
- A full and free access to this 2-day event: conferences, pitch sessions, workshops, keynotes, content market, IT Market and exhibition hall.
In 2013, 350 projects were submitted, of which 42 projects were selected, 20 pitched in public and 400 meetings organized with the 42 Commissioning editors such as YouTube, Channel 4, Arte, France Télévisions, BBC, TF1, TVE, Shine, …,
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cross-Video-Days/
SUBMIT YOUR PROJECT TO MOSCOW CO-PRODUCTION FORUM!
Deadline 2014: May 1
Moscow Co-production Forum is the main event of MOSCOW BUSINESS SQUARE - business platform of the 36th Moscow International Film Festival, which will be held from 21-24 of June, 2014. This is the only large-scale international event for film business professionals in Russia.
MOSCOW BUSINESS SQUARE 2014 also will include round-tables, case studies and presentations. This year program will have a special focus on Latin American film industry, as well as on the UK, due to the year of the UK in Russia.
This year we are scouting for up to 20 co-production projects from all parts of the world.
PROJECT CRITERIA:
- Fiction, documentary, animation or transmedia projects with a minimum length of 70 minutes;
- Project has to be at the Scenario stage or Pre-production stage;
- The project has to have high potential for international distribution;
- By the moment of submission, producer and director have to be attached to the project;
- The project has to prove that 20% of financing is already secured.
REQUESTED MATERIALS FOR SUBMISSION:
- Filled-in application form;
- English language synopsis (2-3 pages);
- Script fragments in English language (8-10 pages);
- Director’s vision (1 page);Budget and financial plan.
Please, download the application form from Moscow Business Square official website: http://www.miffbs.ru/images/APPLICATION%20FORM.doc
CONTACTS: Olga Kolegaeva, Head of Moscow Co-production Forum, forummoscow@gmail.com
Sergei Kachkin, Project Coordinator, miffbs@gmail.com
STORY EDITING EDITING WORKSHOP BY FRANZ RODENKIRCHEN - New, expanded edition in Berlin
From May 2 to May 4, Franz Rodenkirchen will be hosting the first of a three part Story Editing Workshop, Story Editing 3x3, in his offices in Berlin.
After many requests to extend the original format Six Days of Practice, he has built upon this, together with his colleague Françoise von Roy, to include more practice for the participants, thus allowing them to follow the process of the development trajectory of an assigned project, which will also include working on two consecutive drafts of the project.
The dates for the full workshop are:
Part 1: May 2- May 4, 2014
Part 2: May 30 - June 1, 2014
Part 3: July 4 - July 6, 2014
More information on the set up of the workshop, preparation, homework and fees will follow soon on the website: www.solace23.com
SUBMISSIONS OPEN FOR FINGAL FILM FESTIVAL
26th – 28th September 2014
Submissions are now open for the 2014 Final Film Festival, which will take place in Movies@Swords from 26th – 28th September, Pavilions Centre, Swords, Co Dublin. Now in it’s third year, the Festival has gone from strength to strength, connecting emerging voices in film with industry experts and independent creative filmmakers from around the world.
Emerging and established filmmakers alike can submit their shorts, features or documentaries, animation to the Festival, and those selected will be in the running for the eight prestigious awards announced on the closing night of the Festival. The Awards categories are: Best Short Film, Best Feature Film, Best Irish Language Film, Best Documentary, Best Student Film, Best Animation, Best Fingal Newcomer and Best International Film. Deadline for submissions is June 30th, for more information see www.fingalfilmfest.com
The Festival is delighted to announce new sponsors for select Awards:
- TG4 and Film Equipment Hire Ireland are to sponsor Best Irish Language Short Film. The winner will receive €3,000 worth of equipment hire for a 3 day shoot, with the resulting film to be broadcast on TG4
- Canon are to sponsor Best Student Award
The Festival is also delighted to announce that award winning Dublin based Animation Company Boulder Media (The Amazing World of Gumball, Randy Cunningham 9th Grade Ninja) will host the Animation Workshop, led by Emmy nominated Creative Director Robert Cullen. Details of other Festival workshops, featuring some of Ireland’s most exciting names in filmmaking will be announced in the coming months, offering emerging filmmakers the opportunity to enhance their skill set through hands-on events and networking opportunities.
www.fingalfilmfest.com / info@fingalfilmfest.com / facebook.com/FingalFilmFest
SOFA SCHOOL OF FILM AGENTS - CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Submit your project until April, 11th 2014
A unique training initiative is looking for young film culture managers! Don’t sit on your couch: join SOFA from August 15 – 24, 2014!
WHAT WE DO
In its 2nd edition SOFA – School of Film Agents invites eight young professionals for an intense workshop to Wroclaw, European Capital of Culture 2016. We don’t aim to educate film directors or producers. We support film initiators and catalyzers with unique project ideas in cinema promotion.
In various creative shapes, eight selected participants will be trained to reach localand international cinema-goers, and given opportunity to make ties beyond borders. With the help of experienced lecturers you receive a tailor-made coaching, which enables you to realize your dream project efficiently. Our workshop connects you with decision-makers & high-level professionals in film industry. The rest is up to you!
SOFA – School of Film Agents is scheduled for ten intense days in August 2014. All lectures are provided free of charge. We finance your accommodation and much more. You’re only asked to take care of your travel costs to Poland and back. If you find no way to get your travels financed, you may apply for a SOFA scholarship.
All participants are coached on-the-scene by Oliver Baumgarten (journalist), Ewa Puszczynska (producer, Opus Film) and Nikolaj Nikitin (film curator, head of SOFA – School of Film Agents). SOFA – School of Film Agents is godfathered by Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick and assembles international film professionals. Among last edition’s experts were Marion Doring (European Film Academy), Karel Och (Karlovy Vary IFF), Renate Rose (European Film Promotion) and Katriel Schory (Israel Film Fund).
WHO WE LOOK FOR
- young film lovers with previous experience in film (studies, business etc.)
- from Central or Eastern Europe / Central Asia / republics of Caucasus / Greece / Germany planning to establish a ...
- film festival, film fund, film commission / promotion, a project in digital distribution, a cinema theater, film museum / archive, film association, a project connected to copyright law, a print or online film magazine, VoD-platform, a training initiative or another creative project in the field of film culture management
HOW TO BE PART OF IT
If we drummed up your interest, submit the following documents (in English) to Michaela Neukirch, neukirch@sofa2013.de:
- max. 2 pages of project description: what’s your project idea about? What’s your motivation? Where will the project be located and why? Tell us about your objectives and tell us what’s so new and unique about your project! Why it is you who can make it?
- a one-pager on the budget – not necessarily worked out, just some ideas about costs and how to finance your project
- a professional biography and background info on how you got involved working in film
Page published 26 March 2014. Updated 27 March 2014.
