Upcoming deadlines
Calls for application for: FeatureLab, DOK.Incubator, EMERGING PRODUCERS, SERIES MANIA EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION FORUM, FRONTIÈRES@FANTASIA, FRONTIÈRES GOES TO CANNES, FINAL TOUCH
TFL launches the FeatureLab
Deadline for applications for the FeatureLab is March 1, 2017
TorinoFilmLab’s latest programme is aimed at screenwriters, directors and producers from all over the world working on first or second works in the advanced stages of development
The TorinoFilmLab kicks off its tenth year with the launch of a new traning and development programme: FeatureLab, which is aimed at creative teams from all over the world working on first and second works in the advanced stages of development.
FeatureLab incorporates two lines of action: FeatureLab - 360 and FeatureLab - audience design. The former provides 360° assistance in the development of projects for teams of screenwriters, directors and producers working on their first or second films, and the latter offers training for audiovisual professionals aimed at developing innovative strategies for involving audiences that move beyond traditional film marketing strategies.
FeatureLab – 360 is open to 10 projects, and is structured in three residency workshops that will take place in June, September and November 2017. The training and development process will conclude with a final presentation of the projects during the TFL Meeting Event in November. The projects will also be evaluated by an international jury and will compete for the TFL’s production prizes and other secondary prizes.
FeatureLab – audience design is also structured in three residency workshops, during which four audience designers will work on two Indonesian projects selected for FeatureLab – 360 (as part of the partnership between TFL and the Indonesian Agency for Creative Economy) to encourage future distribution. The four participants will be presented at the annual TFL Meeting Event.
For more details, click here.
DOK.Incubator: Applications are now opened!
DEADLINE: February 1
To apply with a project please click here
We invite editors, directors and producers to work with internationally experienced tutors for 6 months. Throughout the postproduction period of their rough-cut films aiming for autumn release (May – September 2017), the participants will work intensively in the editing room, as well as building a clever, tailor-made distribution plan and marketing strategy. dok.incubator is the opportunity to get a new, wider perspective on your film within the international context and to ensure that your unique story will be rich and relevant to the audience.
You will attend three one-week residential sessions with:
MAY – T?eš?, Czech Republic // ROUGH-CUT
JUNE – Smolenice, Slovakia // FINE CUT
SEPTEMBER – Malmö, Sweden // NEAR PICTURE LOCK
To find out more about the workshop please see the Frequently Asked Questions.
Interested in applying without a project as an observer? Please click here.
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EMERGING PRODUCERS 2018 / 6th edition
October 24–28, 2017 / Jihlava IDFF
February 6-9, 2018 / Berlin
SUBMISSION DEADLINE / March 31, 2017
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
Eligible countries: EU Member states (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden), Switzerland, Island, UK, Liechtenstein, Norway, Turkey, countries of Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia) and Eastern Partnership countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine) and Russia.
Guest Country of Emerging Producers 2018: Morocco
The programme is divided into three main parts:
Promotion | Various levels of presentation of EP (Evening Show presentation, Meeting with established European producers, Lunch with festival directors etc.) at key European film events.
Networking |Making quick and easy contact with the VIPs of the documentary film industry community (One-to-One meetings, practical attendance at other industry events etc.)
Navigation | Getting oriented in European film industry and institutions (via master classes, case studies and lectures)
PROMOTION
The programme includes a personal presentation of the producers as well as an official presentation to film professionals and press. The Emerging Producers project is accompanied by a specially tailored catalogue. By using a unique design it combines personal profiles and professional backgrounds of each of the producers.
The Emerging Producers are being presented at major film events throughout the year. A reception is traditionally organised in their honour during Berlinale, they are being presented at the Karlovy Vary IFF, and we promote them as the producers worth watching in respective year also through other means, such as citylights or catalogues.
NETWORKING
A fundamental part of the EP programme consists in various forms of informal meetings where people get to know each other and gain easy access to contacts for future international co-operations unlike in official negotiations and e-mail correspondence. However, we are particular about the fact that even the informal meetings have a specific form with a reasonable purpose to fulfil the networking aim.
The individual meetings are planned for carefully selected specific circles of professionals. The aim is to help the producers meet all the important persons in the field of audio-vision present at the Jihlava Industry Programme in the course of the project.
NAVIGATION
In today’s times of rapid technological development and an expanding film market, it is often very hard for a beginning producer to get oriented on the film market and understand how the whole mechanism works. It may take several years for a talented producer to meet the right group of people where he or she can start co-operating, financing and producing his or her films.
The Jihlava Industry Programme is conceived so as to represent a real entrance gate to the film industry with a focus on creative documentary film and its forms overlapping with fiction film and various reality TV formats. It also focuses on the essential branches in the field of distribution and film sales with the aim of making the producers’ way to the desired results easier.
The individual parts of the EP programme create an information cluster to help a beginning European producer get oriented on the market.
Among the experienced tutors that guided our Emerging Producers in the past were Amra Bakši? ?amo, Heino Deckert, Paolo Benzi, Irena Taskovski, Luciano Barisone, Peter Jäger, Sibyl Kurz, Rebecca O'Brien and others.
CONTACT / Jarmila Outratová / Head of Industry Office / jarmila@dokument-festival.cz
SERIES MANIA EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION FORUM
April 18-21, 2017 in Paris
CALL FOR PROJECTS
Submission deadline: February, 17
INTRODUCTION
Pitching Sessions take place at the Series Mania Coproduction Forum in the form of the presentation of TV series in development by their producer. The audience is limited to 400 potential industry co-financers, including channel execs, producers, and distributors.
The Coproduction Forum runs from 18-21 April 2017 in Paris.
A selection of 15 series in development will be presented at the Series Mania Coproduction Forum. One project from the Drama Series Days sidebar of the Berlin Film Festival will also be included on an out-of-competition basis.
On 18 April 2017, these projects will be presented by their producers before an audience of 400 industry execs. Over the following two days (19 & 20 April), the Coproduction Forum team will organize individual meetings between those who have shown an interest in the projects and their creators.
The projects must be submitted in accordance with the rules below, and within the specified dates.
PROJECT REGISTRATION
Project submissions must respond to the selection criteria and the registration must include the documents specified below.
Submission of projects is free.
To qualify for submission for pre-selection, TV series projects must be submitted online here: http://series-mania.fr/en/call-
projets/
No submissions by email, post, or any other means will be accepted.
The following documents are required for any submissions, and must be supplied before the closing date:
- A five-page project presentation
- A provisional production timetable
- A financing plan
- A few photos of the project (if possible)
- A letter of intent
Submissions will only be accepted in French or English. Incomplete dossiers will not be considered.
The Coproduction Forum will not be responsible for any costs (for translation, postage, graphic design, etc.) incurred for the submission.
The closing date for submissions is Friday 17 February 2017.
The official selection will be announced via email to candidates in March 2017.
Representatives of projects that are not selected may request to attend the event. Submission of a project does not automatically grant the applicant with the right to participate in the event.
Call for Projects: FRONTIÈRES@FANTASIA 2017 & FRONTIÈRES GOES TO CANNES (WORKS-IN-PROGRESS)
Frontières is now seeking submissions for the ninth edition of the Frontières International Co-Production Market (Frontières@Fantasia), and Frontières Goes to Cannes, a market screening of work-in-progress films at the Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes.
Frontières@Fantasia will take place July 20-23 during the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal. 20 genre film projects in the late development or early financing stage from across Europe and North America will be selected. Projects are invited to partake in a 4-day networking event with the leaders of the international genre film industry. Events include a live pitch session that will open the market and one-on-one meeting sessions, panels, workshops and networking sessions. Producers will have until March 24 to submit their projects. http://www.frontieresmarket.com/en/fantasia
The Frontières Goes to Cannes work-in-progress presentation is part of the new Frontières Platform, a dedicated section of industry programming & networking events for the genre film industry organised in Cannes with the Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes. To be eligible for the work-in-progress presentation, submissions must be in post-production, of European or North American origin, and seeking sales representation. Producers will have until March 1 to submit their projects. http://www.frontieresmarket.com/en/plateforme-cannes
FINAL TOUCH: INTENSE FEEDBACK FROM EXPERTS
The second edition will take place during the Bolzano Film Festival Bozen, from 7 – 9 April 2017. FINAL TOUCH is searching for projects of young filmmakers (from Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Austria) who have a film project (fiction or documentary) in the ending/post-production phase. Four selected projects will have the chance to get professional feedback from our experts who are this year Nikolaj Nikitin, Josef Reidinger (ARRI Media), Evi Romen, Catia Rossi (Ture Colors), Gabriele Roethemeyer and Christiana Wertz.
Film projects that meet these criteria can be submitted from 12 December 2016 until 20 February 2017 for FINAL TOUCH #2, which will take place as part of the Bolzano Film Festival 2017 from 7 – 9 April 2017. Filmmakers must send a completed application form (following the link https://idm-suedtirol.typeform.com/to/TveLZo) along with a video link to the full film material at the latest. The organizers will only accept projects for which they receive the full documentation by that deadline.
Page published 27 January 2017. Updated 31 January 2017.
