Upcoming Deadlines
Call for application for: Film London Production Finance Market; R/O Institute; Design & Code Booster; From Producers to Producers; EP2C Post-Production Workshop
Film London Production Finance Market (PFM)
Film London has launched the Call for Applications for the 10th anniversary edition of the Film London Production Finance Market (PFM) 2016, Including the Micro Market strand for projects budgeted at 1M Euro’s and under.The deadline to apply is 12pm, Monday 4 July.
The PFM’s Micro Market strand is directed to emerging filmmakers with low-budget projects (less than €1m) in development stage, and at completion stage. Micro Market projects do not need to have any financing in place in order to be selected however a script needs to be provided as part of the application process. The Micro Market also accepts applications from film makers who are seeking completion funding for films in post production.
The films do not need to be shot in the UK or in the English language. However, please note that all applications must be submitted in English.
Financiers attending include private equity funds and investors, banks active in the film financing sector, international film sales companies, leading international and single territory distributors and broadcasters, mature international production companies committed to co-producing/financing, VOD platforms, screen agencies and other public funding bodies.
Please find all relevant info (including guidelines and online application form) here: http://pfm.filmlondon.org.uk/
R/O {?e?o}
AN INSTITUTE WHERE TOMORROW’S ENTERTAINMENT FRANCHISES COME TO LIFE
We stand at the dawn of a new narrative era. Those formerly known as an audience have left the single screen for a multi-platform odyssey and digital has turned viewers into users and tech savvy explorers. Films, TV series, gaming, mobile apps, graphic no- vels, virtual reality, mixed reality (...) are pushing the boundaries of vast story worlds ruled by tomorrow’s creators and the next generation of heroes.
R/O inititated by Franc?ois Pernot, Média-Participations group, is an institute that fosters the creation of original content and the acceleration of transmedia projects built around tomorrow’s heroes and rich intellectual properties. It is a 6 to 9 months immersive training that aims at tuning strong narrative projects for today’s convergent market. On top of solidifying their story architecture and building their cross-platforms storytelling, the talents are offered numerous networking opportunities and business deals ranging from development grants to post-production services and publishing hooks. Talents are also welcome to experiment in a state-of-the art lab, the R/O sandbox, fully equipped with the latest tech and dedicated developers that are available for the talents to try out new forms of storytelling and prototype their creative ideas.
The R/O institute is not a school. It takes the form of a conference cycle, specialized coaching, pitching sessions and regular workshops that are organized in English for international participants. The methodology is project centered and driven by measurable achievements. Thanks to gamified analytics and an interactive evaluation app, talents will be stimulated to reach objectives and improve their skills. Around 25 skills that are essential to any narrative IPs are taken into consideration across the whole duration of the training such as #charactersopacity, #IP iconography, #raconteur, #socialcurrency, #environment, #mythology #revenuestreams... Improving each of those skills will level the project up to global market standards. The R/O training aims at tweaking the complete spectrum of the project from the essence of storytelling to the marketing strategy and the architecture of a case-by-case revenue model.
Design & Code Booster
29th October – 2nd November 2016
!F Lab likes to inform you about the international training on “Interactive Factual”
The first workshop Story Booster took place in Leuven from 30th April until 3rd May 2016. During this successful kick-off we convinced the participants of the power of interactive storytelling. They learned how to make a difference and with the help of our coaches they wrote out the storyline behind their interactive factual narrative.
Next up are the Design and Code Booster, and we are looking for extra participants to join us during both boosters.
In these workshops they will visualize and realize their project idea, together with the participants from Story Booster.
Design Booster Malmö, Sweden: 18th-21st August 2016
Our coaches support the participants on many levels: developing the wireframe and the interactive prototype, concept testing, drawing up a budget and marketing plan … The editing and publishing application Klynt will be available for 3 participants to use it to work on their interactive and the designers of Odd Hill take care of the creative side of the story. The participants get all the support they need, that’s for sure.
This year we are honoured to welcome two exceptional speakers:
Liz Rosenthal (digital film & media expert and founder of Power to the Pixel). A full day session with advice about finance and distribution.
Paul Tyler (expert user journeys and consultant Handling Ideas). From day one, personal coaching of projects and participants.
Click here for more information about the Design Booster: http://www.iflab.net/design-booster
Code Booster Leipzig, Germany: 29th October – 2nd November 2016 Throughout the Code Booster our coaches support the participants and assist in preparing a flawless presentation. The participants work in tandem with experienced developers and designers during a prototype jam, in collaboration with Honig Studios. Step by step the practical implementation of their interactive concepts becomes reality. At the end of the ride a professional jury assesses the different projects.
Click here for more information about the Code Booster: http://www.iflab.net/code-booster
From Producers to Producers
The annual invitation by the Swiss producers for a peer to peer exchange with producers from other countries at the Locarno Film Festival
What are the opportunities and risks for smaller European countries to (co)-produce successful films within the international community?
A model without automatic support
How should one reward a box office success and festival success? The Danish Film Institute abolished automatic funding five years ago for another model. That option was initially deplored by the Danish film producers, but is now established as solid market oriented scheme.
Claus Ladegaard, Head of Film Funding at the Danish Film Institute, will explain the currentscheme, and a renowned Danish producer will tell about his experience with it. The debate will focus on the selection and funding criteria and their effect on the box office results of the films. A reconciliation between art and commerce?
Favorable conditions to be attractive for coproductions
In addition, the debate is intended to shed light on how small countries can be attractivefor co-productions. Per Neumann, founder and CEO of European Film Bonds, will present strategic opportunities and relate some successful co-productions and the needed know how to make them successful.
A broad scope of themes to be shared and discussed in a moderated presentation and debate for the first half of the meeting, and in an informal part – a cocktail reception – in the second half.
Registration deadline: 29 July 2016. The event is free of charge but prior registration is compulsory at:
EP2C post-production workshop 2016
Application Deadline: June 30
Are you a producer or a post-production supervisor looking for a smoother post-production for your feature films (fiction or documentary)
EP2C is a project based workshop, mainly designed for producers and dedicated to post-production management. The workshop is also open to post-production supervisors. During one week, technical, financial and artistic post-production challenges are addressed in lectures, group sessions and individual meetings.
Once a year, the workshop welcomes 22 participants and some 20 international experts specialised in various aspects of post-production and international co-productions.
EP2C was created in 2009 in the firm belief that a well-scheduled, well-budgeted, well-run post-production, apart from saving the producer a lot of work, time, and money, will most of all protect the film from unnecessary artistic compromise.
Producers come with a feature film project (fiction or documentary at development stage) on which they will work with the experts for a week.
Post-production supervisors are assigned to producers' projects. The workshop gives them an opportunity to share experiences and talk about methods used in their countries.This annual itinerant workshop is supported by the Media Programme of the European Union and was created on the initiative of the Belgium production company Entre Chien et Loup (Diana Elbaum & Sébastien Delloye).
For more information please visit www.ep2c.com or contact us at info@ep2c.com.
Page published 29 June 2016.
