Upcoming deadlines
Call for application for: Paris Coproduction Village; FRONTIÈRES@FANTASIA; GALWAY FILM FLEADH; Multiple Revenue Stream Training; Cross Video Days; The Pixel Lab; Emerging Producers
Call for projects for the Paris Coproduction Village
Deadline: April 10.
Things are kicking off again for the Paris Coproduction Village, whose second edition will take place in the French capital from 10-12 June 2015 as part of the fourth Champs-Elysées Festival. Organised by the team behind the Les Arcs European Film Festival (Pierre-Emmanuel Fleurantin, Vanja Kaludjercic, Jérémy Zelnick and Guillaume Calop), the Paris Coproduction Village, which expects to welcome over 150 professionals (sellers, distributors and producers), saw its inaugural edition enjoy considerable success last year.
Fifteen feature-film projects in development and in search of French and European partners will be selected this year. They will again be accompanied by six projects hailing from the Cannes Festival Cinéfondation Residency. Interestingly, there will be seminars on the funding of international co-productions in Europe on the programme, as well as the fourth edition of US-In-Progress, which will present four American features in the final stages of post-production and seeking international sales agents.
The candidates wishing to be selected at the Paris Coproduction Village 2015 have until April 10 to register. The criteria are as follows: they must be feature-film projects (fiction, animation or documentary) with a director already attached, presented by a production company, and with funding already secured in the territory of origin.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR FRONTIÈRES@FANTASIA
Submissions are now open until March 31.
After a highly successful 2014 that saw the debut of its European edition, Frontières@Brussels, and a record level of attendance at its 3rd North American edition at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, Frontières returns to the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF) for its 2nd European edition from April 9-11 2015.
Accreditation for Frontières at BIFFF 2015 is now open (Early bird rate: until February 20) and project submissions are also now open for Frontières@Fantasia 2015 (until March 31).
Frontières is the first and only co-production market to connect North America with Europe in an environment specifically focused on genre film production and financing. Frontières marks its return to the heart of Europe with an expanded Frontières line-up that will allow more projects to participate in live pitch sessions, and will also feature specialized spotlights including a Market Spotlight that will bring together the best of the best in genre film projects and industry initiatives from around the world. The Market Spotlight for Brussels will feature projects co-presented by Blood Window at Ventana Sur in Argentina, and the European Genre Forum at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. Frontières@Brussels will also feature a Seeking Director spotlight, which will include 3 projects in development: DAMNATION ISLAND (Netherlands, Phanta Film & Goldman Film), THE HAG (Canada, Six Island Productions & Devonshire Productions), and THE LODGERS (Ireland, Tailored Films).
Following the announcement of the pre-selection of ON THE THRESHOLD, the English-language remake of SUR LE SEUIL, from Go Films and director Érik Canuel (BON COP, BAD COP), Frontières@Brussels 2015 features a strong cross-section of projects from emerging and established filmmakers, including producer Carole Scotta (THE CLASS, COCO BEFORE CHANEL, LAST NIGHT), director John Harrison (DUNE: The Miniseries, TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE: THE MOVIE), producers Misha Jaari & Mark Lwoff (CONCRETE NIGHT), director Alexandre O. Philippe (THE PEOPLE VS. GEORGE LUCAS, DOC OF THE DEAD), executive producer Michael Baker (YPF, EVERYTHING’S GONE GREEN), and producer Andrew D. Corkin (Jim Mickle’s WE ARE WHAT WE ARE, MARTHA MAY MARCY MARLENE).
Producer Anne-Marie Gélinas (TURBO KID) states: “For us at EMAfilms, being invited to participate at a market like Frontières is central to the progress and packaging of our projects. It’s a place where major industry decision makers gather in an environment conducive to exchange and development.” TURBO KID, a 2012 Frontières project, recently had a highly successful world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January, and is screening at the European Film Market in Berlin this month as part of the Perspective Canada series. EMAfilms returns to Frontières 2015 with the project JESSIE’S DEMONS alongside director Eugene Garcia (BURNT EDEN).
Registration for Industry Accreditation is now open for Frontières@Brussels and the European Genre Film Market (EGFM).
27th GALWAY FILM FLEADH 7th-12th JULY 2015
Call for Entries – Feature Films. Deadline is Friday 27th March.
Following on the heels of Galway’s designation as a UNESCO City of Film, the Galway Film Fleadh Irelands leading film festival, is now accepting feature submissions for the 2015 edition of the festival, which will run from 7th - 12th July.
In 2014, the Film Fleadh screened 18 World Premieres as well as countless European and Irish Premieres, many of which have gone on to secure distribution or be picked up for further international outings. Films screened at the Fleadh frequently follow on to Toronto, Berlin, Sundance, Tribeca, Venice and London.And with the Film Fleadh having been named one of the 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World, a slot at our annual Galwegian event is now more than ever a hotly contested platform.The Fleadh is an Oscar-Qualifying festival for Shorts (Animation & Drama). It also platforms excellence in filmmaking with retrospectives, public interviews, tributes and masterclasses from some of the world’s best filmmaking talent (Zachary Quinto, Saoirse Ronan, Fionnula Flanagan, Josh Olson, Brenda Fricker, Will Forte, 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 accepts Feature films, Documentary and Animation. Screening at an earlier film festival will not preclude selection, although priority will be given to Irish, European and World Premieres. The audience selects awards for Best International First Feature, Best International Feature and Best International Feature Documentary, Best Irish First Feature, Best Irish Feature, Best Irish Feature Documentary while awards for Human Rights Cinema and The Bingham Ray New Talent Award are awarded by a Jury of Industry Professionals.
The earlybird deadline for feature entries is Friday 27th February at 5pm. The entry fee is €30. The regular deadline is Friday 27th March at 5pm, the fee for which is €40.
For the full list of rules and regulations for submission to the Galway Film Fleadh, as well as the application form, click here.
Cross Video Days 2015 call for projects is open!
Main criteria
The priorities of the call are:
- Project in development which still seeks for financing
- Innovative projects of any form, narrative, technologies used or business model.
- Project with substantial audiovisual component for at least more than one screen different than television (Web, Mobile, tablet, Consoles…). Both multiplatform, transmedia and also linear project designed for web (e.g. Webseries) are welcomed.
Genre categories
All projects are welcomed under the 8 following categories:
- Cinema & Transmedia in partnership with Cannes Film Market, the selected projects will be pitched both in Cannes in May and Paris in June 11th & 12th
- Interactive Documentary
- Webseries & webfiction
- Youth & Education
- Interactive Animation
- Video game
- Crossmedia TV show
- Others for all "out of the box" projects we are used to receive every year at Cross Video Days
Conditions:
Submissions are free of charge and unlimited. Deadline is March 16th included. The selection results will be sent to all participants by email by mid-April
Key advantages for the selected projects:
- Full and free access to all event for 2 people of the team: this is including all conferences, pitch sessions, workshops, keynotes, content market, IT Market and exhibition hall.
- Pre-organized one-to-one meetings with interactive Commissioners from leading international TV channels, online broadcasters, Funding Bodies or MCNs.
- Public pitch opportunity for the best 20 projects (also live-streamed online)
Multiple Revenue Stream Training for Future Films
Call for applications: Multiple Revenue Stream Training for Future Films (MRST4FF)
Application deadline: March 15, 2015
EWA Network is delighted to announce its call for applications for: Multiple Revenue Stream Training for Future Films (MRST4FF), an innovative training course, which was launched during a presentation at the Creative Europe Day on the occasion of the 2015 Berlinale.
The course addresses some key challenges faced by producers today:
- how to reach and build audiences from development phase,
- how to combine public and private financing and create new business models, thereby generating multiple revenue streams, and
- how to make the most of new technologies to achieve this. One of the biggest concerns for busy producers is how to combine the time required for developing a project and how to acquire new skills to ensure that the project is as successful as possible, both in terms of reach, impact and capital generation. MRST4FF has been constructed so as to accompany a producer/content creator with a project they are developing and ensure that the business strategy for the film is solid and optimal from the start.
Over an 8-month period, the 15 selected participants will attend three intensive short workshops and submit monthly assignments on targeted projects between each of these, with feedback from their designated tutors. Tuition will include a variety of masterclasses, panel tuition and one-to-ones. In addition to the three key tutors:
- Emily Best (Seed & Spark) – crowd-funding expert;
- Andy Green (Distrify Media) – online distribution expert; and
- Kobi Shely – online marketing and new technologies for distribution expert,
a large group of trainers will be giving targeted training classes. These include:
- Ido Abram of the Eye Centre, Amsterdam;
- Laure Vaysse from Motion Picture Capital;
- Josephine Rose from Wiggin;
- Eva Morsch-Kihn from EDEN and
- Gavin Humphries (Quark Films and Skillset) and many more.
Beginning in Glasgow (end June 2015), participants will learn how to develop a crowd-funding campaign tailored to their project’s needs and using online marketing; will increase their knowledge of financial packaging for their project and will discover what makes for a good and or bad film trailer.
In Amsterdam (end October 2015), they will be trained about how to successfully pitch to brands, will discover what legal clauses must be included in brand contracts and will speak to agency experts who will advise as to which brand is most suitable for the project in question.
Finally in Barcelona (end January 2016), marketing strategies, trailers and new business plans will be analysed and producers will be given the opportunity to pitch their projects to online distributors and traditional distribution experts.
The total course cost is €1800 (including food and accommodation during the workshops and monthly online training using Cisco Webex). Two scholarships will also be made available. Out of a total 15 participants, a selected two places will be reserved for international students (from non-Creative Europe member states).
If you would like to find out more please see: http://www.ewawomen.com/en/multiple-revenue-stream-training-for-future-films-.html or contact our Training Project Manager Aurélie Grenet at: a.grenet@ewawomen.com
Here is a link to the application form: http://www.ewawomen.com/uploads/MRST4FFNueva carpeta/ApplicationForm_MRST4FF.pdf
The course deadline is 15 March 2015 (midnight CET) and applications should be sent to: ewawomen26@gmail.com
The Pixel Lab 2015 is now accepting applications!
APPLICATIONS CLOSE 26 MARCH 2015, 18.00 BST.
We're delighted to announce that The Pixel Lab is now open! Selecting up to 20 producers with a project and 20 media professionals without from anywhere in the world (new to 2015!), The Pixel Lab equips participants with an unrivalled understanding of how to engage audiences, utilise emerging technologies and interactivity to expand IP and brands over multiple platforms, and how to find new sources of finance.
Workshop One: 28 June - 4 July, Scotland
All participants will receive project-focused mentoring and tutorials from the likes of:
- ELEANOR COLEMAN International Feature Film Sales & Co-production, Indie Sales (FR/US)
- ROB CROSSEN Former Executive Producer, Entertainment, Xbox LIVE (UK)
- NICK FORTUGNO CCO & Co-founder, Playmatics (US)
- NATHANIEL HILL Planning Partner, McCann (UK)
- ERIC HUANG Development Director, Made in Me (UK)
- JENNIFER WILSON Group Executive Director, The Project Factory (AU)
Workshop Two: July - September, distance mentoring
Participants attending with a project recieve three months of distance mentoring on developing the finance strategy, audience and brand of their project with Sean Coleman, PttP's Project Director.
Workshop Three: 12 - 15 October, London
Participants attending with a project pitch their idea and engage in a series of 1-2-1 business meetings with representatives from companies such as ARTE France; Arts Council England; BBC; Bell Fund; BFI; British Council; BuzzFeed; Canada Media Fund; CBBC; Channel 4; CNC; Dazed & Confused; DFI; Egmont UK; France Télévisions; Gaité Lyrique; Hypernaked; McCann; MFG; MEDIA; MediaCom Beyond Advertising; Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg; NFB Canada; Nordisk Film & TV Fond; OMDC; Penguin Books; RTVE; SODEC; The Guardian; The Harmony Institute; Tate Media; Telefilm Canada; TorinoFilmLab; Tribeca Film Institute; VICE; Vimeo; Wallimage and ZDF.Plus there's €3,000 up for grabs for one lucky participant!
EMERGING PRODUCERS, 4th Edition
October 28 – November 1, 2015 / 19th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival / Czech Republic
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 2015.
SELECTION CRITERIA
- Producer with a several years’ practice on the local market (i.e. not a student or recent graduate) with a capacity for future professional growth and with ambitions to be active on the European market
- At least one realized film (fiction or documentary, mid-length or feature) which has entered theatrical distribution, has been screened at a festival etc.
- Previous participations at other workshops is considered an advantage
More information at: http://www.dokument-festival.com/industry/emerging-producers
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: April 30, 2015
Page published 25 February 2015. Updated 30 March 2015.
