Upcoming Deadlines

Calls for application for: Berlinale Co-Production Market; WEMW; DIGITAL PRODUCTION CHALLENGE; LES ARCS COPRODUCTION VILLAGE; EAST DOC PLATFORM; TALL IDEA PRAGUE; FOCUS

Berlinale Co-Production Market

Call for Entries until October 12, 2016 

The 14th Berlinale Co-Production Market will take place from Sunday to Tuesday, February 12-14, 2017, during the 67th Berlin International Film Festival.

International producers with feature film projects can apply till October 12, if they are looking for co-production partners. Producers with drama series projects can apply as of mid-October. Producers and financiers looking for projects can apply in November. Please see details below.

The Catalogue with the selected projects is made available for all registered participants three weeks prior to the event. Based on the meeting requests by interested potential co-producers and financiers, the Berlinale Co-Production Market team then organises one-on-one meetings for the selected projects and companies.

At the Berlinale Co-Production Market, approximately 35 new feature film projects are selected to forge international co-production and financing partnerships.

Submissions for feature film projects are open till October 12, 2016. Please see below for the project requirements, and to download the Submission Form.

In order to support projects from specific regions where films are made with lower average budgets, as well as projects by directors whose previous films screened at the festival, there are some exceptions to the budget regulations this year.

Requirements for Feature Film Projects 

• feature-length fiction film with international market potential (for theatrical release) 
• project suitable for international co-production and open for co-producers 
• full script available 
• a minimum of 30 % of the financing, or at least the local production support, must be secured 
• budget range: ca. 1–20 million euro (check our website for potential exceptions) 
• the company submitting the project must have completed at least one international co-production 

Project Submission (by e-mail) 

• completed submission form (for download at www.efm-berlinale.de as of September 2016) 
• approx. 5 – 8 page treatment / exposé in English 
• 5-page script excerpt 
• financing plan (in euro) 
• director’s previous work sample (as a link) 

See more information: www.efm-berlinale.de

WEMW CALL FOR ENTRIES

Check out the new regulations and awards! 

DEADLINE: October 31, 2016

Starting from the next edition (January 22-24, 2017) WEMW will launch a new East & West double focus and will bring together in Trieste over 350 film professionals from more than 30 countries and, in particular, from the 2017 spotlight territories: France and the Baltic Countries (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania). Producers from all European territories, Canada, USA and Latin America will be eligible to apply and WEMW will select 20 projects in development with co-production potential either with France, the Baltic Countries or Italy. 

ELIGIBLE CRITERIA

• Projects must be long feature fiction films or documentaries with preferably 15% of the total budget already in place
• Projects from all Eastern European countries with coproduction potential either with France or Italy
• Projects from all Western European countries, Canada, USA and Latin America with coproduction potential either with the Baltic Countries or Italy
• Projects from Italy with coproduction potential either with France or the Baltic Countries

SUBMISSION            

All applications must include: complete online application form, treatment in English (max 5-8 pages), financing plan, teaser of the submitted project or previous works of the director.

In order to submit your application and the required materials, you need to create your own account and fill in the online form following this link. Deadline: October 31, 2016.

SELECTION

Selected projects will be announced in mid-December and selected producers will be offered up to 4 night accommodation in Trieste.

AWARDS

Along with the EAVE EPW 2017 scholarship, the Flow Postproduction Award and TRL Espresso, all selected projects will compete for two new prizes: the CNC Development Award, a 5.000 EUR grant for the best project, and the EWA – Europe Women’s Audiovisual Award, a cash prize for the best female director.

First Cut Lab  

DEADLINE: December 5, 2016

First Cut Lab is a training programme run by Matthieu Darras  and Alex Traila, and it is designed for 3 long feature fiction films in editing phase from Eastern Europe and Italy. Selected producer/director teams will receive tailor-made advice from a consulting editor (Benjamin Mirguet) and expert feedback from top international film professionals (creative producers, festival programmers, sales agents, etc).

SUBMISSION               

All applications must include: complete online application form and video material not less than 60 minutes long. In order to submit your application and the required material, you need to create your own account and fill in the online form following this link. Deadline: December 5, 2016.

SELECTION

Selected projects will be announced by the end of December. The participation at FCL is free of charge and selected teams will be offered 2 night accommodation in Trieste. 

More information on the submission process and the event are available at www.wemw.it. 

 

DIGITAL PRODUCTION CHALLENGE II 2016 in LISBON

Registration closes by September 27! 

The European workshop on digital production workflows, especially designed for 25 film professionals, is a multi-disciplinary initiative widening its doors to all film professionals and from all countries. 

Including filmmakers, cinematographers, sales agents, distributors, With priority given to producers, line producers, production managers and post-production supervisors. Working on feature, documentary and cross-media projects.

This upcoming edition will take place in Portugal, Lisbon, from 30 November to 3 December 2016. It will be run in English by an experienced pool of professionals including:

• Martin Hagemann, German producer at zero fiction (“The Turin Horse” by Béla Tarr, “Fay Grimm” by Hal Hartley, “Moloch” & “Father and Son” by Aleksandr Sokurov)
• Philippe Ros, French DoP & Digital Imaging Supervisor, AFC (“Oceans” by Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud, “Home” by Yann Arthus-Bertrand)
• Florian Rettich, German DIT & Workflow Supervisor (“Pina” by Wim Wenders, “Die Wermessung der Welt” by Detlev Buck, “Highlander – The Source” by Brett Leonard)
• Tommaso Vergallo, French post-production expert (Noir Lumière) with a 20 year experience at Swiss Effects, Duboi, Quinta and Digimage (“Amelie” by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, “Asterix and Obelix, Mission Cleopatra by Alain Chabat”, “René” by Alain Cavalier, “Amour” by Michael Haneke, “Ten” by Abbas Kiarostami“, ”On the Road” by Walter Salles). 

How to be digitally smart and benefit from the ever changing developments in post-production? This 3,5-day Workshop gives the participants the methods and tools to:

• become acquainted with the main post-production workflows available in the European market
• best position the production of their feature or documentary film for the digital post-production workflow
• communicate and optimize the division of tasks between the many collaborators involved, from the director to the many post-production providers
• understand the importance of archiving, the advantages and disadvantages of digital distribution and be prepared for tomorrow’s challenges and opportunities.
• …thanks to a mix of technical focuses, round tables, discussions on participants’ projects and case study presentations (already confirmed: “The Wave” with the Norwegian cinematographer John Christian Rosenlund as the main speaker).

DIGITAL PRODUCTION CHALLENGE II is proposed by FOCAL resource in co-operation with FOCAL with the support of Creative Europe MEDIA, a programme of the European Union. Affiliated programmes: TorinoFilmLab and EP2C.
More information & on-line Registration until 27 September 2016 at www.digiprodchallenge.net 
Participation fee for 3,5 days (including meals): 350 Euro for full board accommodation (excluding travel). Some scholarships are available. 150 Euro excluding accommodation & travel.

Please feel free to contact us for any additional information. sophie.bourdon@focal-resource.nl / www.digiprodchallenge.net 

 

LES ARCS COPRODUCTION VILLAGE - DECEMBER 10 - 13, 2015

SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN!

LES ARCS COPRODUCTION VILLAGE is Les Arcs European Film Festival’s professional events, dedicated to the independent European film industry.

Les Arcs Coproduction Village aims to increase the exposure of promising projects from whole Europe, to create a place for networking and support new partnerships. Each year, 350 professionals (producers, sales agents, distributors, financiers, fund representatives etc...) are attending the festival’s industry events and 650 one-to-one meetings are organized.

Les Arcs Coproduction Village includes two main events:

• A selection of 20 European projects in development seeking coproducers and/or financiers, presented to the professionals attending the festival. The producers with selected projects are invited to Les Arcs for 3 days and benefit from one-to-one meetings, conferences and networking events. One of the projects in development will be rewarded with the ARTE International Prize of 4.000€.>> submit your project until September 30
• A work-in-progress session, screening excerpts of 5-10 minutes from 15 European films in post-production, commented by their producers invited to Les Arcs, looking for sales agents, distributors and festivals. The session is moderated by the festival’s artistic director Frédéric Boyer. There will be two post-production prizes granted during this session: the new Eurimages “Lab Project Award” of 50.000€ in cash and an in-kind post-production services prize bestowed by Hiventy.>> submit your work-in-progress until October 7

Quebec is the guest of this 8th edition! - Submission call open for producers from Quebec

Les Arcs Coproduction Village invites Quebec to participate in this 8th edition, in partnership with the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC). We will celebrate the Quebec industry by selecting 3 projects from Quebec and by organizing a conference describing the supporting schemes when coproducing with Quebec. A delegation of producers from the region will be attending the event. 

HOW TO APPLY

Projects in development – deadline: September 30

Eligibility criteria:

• fiction, animation or documentary with a minimum length of 75 min, currently in development
• main producer must be European
• director must be European and has already directed films (feature films or distinguished short films)
• producer(s) must be looking for additional sources of financings
• having financings already in place is considered a plus

To submit, follow the link below:>> submit your project until September 30

Work-in-progress – deadline: October 7

Eligibility criteria:

• fiction, animation or documentary with a minimum length of 75 min, currently in production/post-production
• main producer and director must be European
• the film should not have any sales agent attached yet

To submit, follow the link below:>> submit your work-in-progress until October 7

More information on our website: www.lesarcs-filmfest.com

 

TALL IDEA PRAGUE 2016

New festival Vertifilms will present films in previously damned "vertical" format

August 10, 2016 - First festival of vertical films - Vertifilms will be held at the National Gallery in Prague this November. Along with screenings of international films shot in portrait format, the winning works of the competition TALL IDEA PRAGUE 2016 will be presented. Creators can enter their vertical films starting on September 1.

On Thursday, November 3, in the Convent of St Agnes of Bohemia will be presented films in format, which was previously condemned, but now is currently gaining more and more supporters. "Vertifilms Festival, the first of its kind in our country, aims to highlight the uniqueness of the vertical image. It is format, in which portraits been historically painted, and which is bringing a completely different perspective of the film image. We are pleased to cooperate on this project with Moving Image Department, which has been running for more than a year as a part of the National Gallery in Prague in the Trade Fair Palace. This connection is a proof of the uniqueness and aesthetics of video format that was previously viewed more as a mistake, " says festival director Krystof Safer.

Vertical films will be screened at the imposing canvas nearly ten meters high in the premises of the church of St. Salvator. "Vertifilms is a great supplement of exhibition series Moving Image Department by which the National Gallery in Prague in 2015 expanded its dramaturgy to showcase contemporary creators in new media. Vertifilms is part of the 5th chapter and we are glad that we can give a project based on the polarity of the phenomenon of classic film and completely novel form," says Adam Budak, the Chief Curator of the National Gallery in Prague.

From September 1 to October 28 can creators of contemporary vertical films in enter the competition TALL IDEA PRAGUE 2016. Anyone from around the world can participate by sending his film format 9:16 in length from 1-10 minutes. Festival closing ceremony will be on the same day, November 3, preceded by conference on the phenomenon of vertical video.

More information on www.vertifilms.com.

EAST DOC PLATFORM calls for entries! 

Application Deadline: November 10, 2016

The call for applications to the 6th East Doc Platform | Prague | March 6– 12, 2017, organized by the Institute of Documentary Film in association with One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, is now open. 

EAST DOC PLATFORM 2017 will welcome more than 400 guests, including 75 key international, commissioning editors, buyers, distributors, sales agents, festival programmers, film funds and independent producers who will be able to choose from some of the most promising films and projects in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as 120 East European filmmakers and producerswho seek creative, financial and distribution support. This event will traditionally feature our staple activities, including the 17th EAST EUROPEAN FORUM; the 4th edition of DOC TANK and the 8th PROJECT MARKET. 

Apart from the traditional meetings of documentary professionals, workshops, lectures, pitching forum, networking events and other activities, participating projects in development will have the chance to win 7 500 EUR.

The Institute of Documentary Film (IDF) is currently looking for documentary projects in development / production / post-production for the 6th edition of East Doc Platform (EDP)Application forms: HERE

Registration opens for FOCUS

The Meeting Place for International Production. 6/7 December.

Two day event now completely free to attend for industry

FOCUS is set to take place on the 6th and 7th December at the Business Design Centre in London. Following the inaugural event last year which saw over 180 exhibiting organisations from 44 countries, the event will now be completely free to attend for members of the production industry.

Developed in consultation with leading industry bodies, including Advertising Producers Association, BFI, British Film Commission, PACT, Production Guild, Production Managers Association, UKIE, WFTV and UK Screen, two days of content strands will include panel discussions, presentations and  workshops. Informative and thought-provoking sessions will cover film, TV, advertising and interactive entertainment, designed to help the production community maximise screen value for all content types and budgets. 

At FOCUS delegates will be able to meet with international film commissions, studios, locations and production services. It’s an opportunity to get up to speed on the latest film incentives from around the world and network with peers at the FOCUS Lounge Bar and festive parties.

Registration is now open at www.tlgfocus.com. 

Page published 26 September 2016. Updated 27 September 2016.