Upcoming deadlines
Calls for application for: HFM Co-Production Platform; Conecta FICTION; SOFA; Ex Oriente Film; Transilvania Pitch Stop
The HFM Co-Production Platform is open for submissions
Deadline: July 15, 2017
Do you have a film project in development? Are you looking for co-production or financing? We are very happy to announce that Holland Film Meeting is now open for new submissions to the Co-Production Platform! The deadline to submit your project is June 15th, 2017!
Requirements:
• Only European feature projects suitable for Dutch or European co-production are eligible;
• Fiction, documentary, animation and transmedia projects with a minimum length of 70 minutes can apply;
• Local financial support must be in place (support from a public funding institution, TV, MG or tax shelter);
• The following material is required: application form, production company profile, director’s and/or scriptwriter’s profile, director’s statement, synopsis, script or treatment, budget and financial plan, and director’s previous work (digitally).
Conditions:
• Only completed forms will be taken into consideration;
• Once a project has been selected, a maximum of 2 representatives should be present during the days of the Platform;
• The Holland Film Meeting requires its logo to be included in the credits of the finalised film. The HFM logo shall be sent upon request.
Please note the following:
• There is no entry fee for applications;
• Following the assessment of a jury of industry experts, the project selection will be announced by mid-August 2017;
• The HFM Co-production Platform will take place from 25-27 September 2017.
Fill in the application form here
Conecta FICTION INTERNATIONAL COPRO & NETWORKING TV EVENT
20 Opening - 21-23 Event - June 2017
Cidade da Cultura de Galicia – Santiago de Compostela – Spain
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT PROJECTS TO INTERNATIONAL PITCHING SESSIONS EXTENDED UNTIL APRIL 30TH
Two more weeks to submit your project(s) to the international pitching sessions of series and mini-series of Conecta FICTION.
Do not miss this opportunity: this is your chance to pitch your project in front of key decision makers and investors and to find co-producers in Europe, Latin America and the United States!
Projects can be submitted both in English and Spanish and registration is free. Click here for more information.
DO NOT FORGET TO GET YOUR ACCREDITATION ONLINE BEFORE
APRIL 30TH TO ENJOY OUR EARLY BIRD RATE
SOFA – School of Film Agents
Jump on it! - The application period for the two-part workshop has started
The application deadline for the 5th SOFA year is May, 31, 2017.
SOFA - School of Film Agents is entering the fifth round: Director Nikolaj Nikitin and his team invite future culture managers and film agents to participate in two workshops in Warsaw and Tbilisi, taking place in 2017/2018.
Since 2013, SOFA - School of Film Agents actively supports projects addressing the structural empowerment of national film industries and the European cinema market. SOFA helps its participants develop project ideas in collaboration with international industry professionals, preparing them for the finance submission process as well as the actual project realization.
SOFA is a unique institution within the international film world, as it’s focused on helping culture managers and film agents, instead of producers and directors.
SOFA is a two-part workshop with one work week in Warsaw (Poland) in August 20-27, 2017, and one week in Tbilisi (Georgia) in May 2018.
„It is with great pleasure that we offer this two-stage workshop in Warsaw and Tbilisi to our participants, creating even better conditions for the realization of their projects“, says SOFA director Nikolaj Nikitin. „For the round of 2017/2018, we opened the doors to participants from Israel, for the first time. From now on, culture managers from Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Caucasian Republics, Greece, Germany and Israel will be granted access to applying for the SOFA program.“
Applications for the 5th round
The application deadline for the 5th SOFA year is May, 31, 2017.
The participation includes the workshops in Warsaw (August 20-27, 2017) and Tbilisi (May 2018). Participation fee is 450 Euros (scholarships possible). For further application details, please take a look at the SOFA website :.
SOFA 2017/2018 is a joint project of Filmplus gUG (Cologne), the Institute for Democratic Changes (Tbilisi) and Takes Film (Tbilisi), funded by the German Federal Foreign Office and Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union. The Polish workshop in 2017 is funded by: the Polish Film Institute, Foundation for German-Polish Cooperation and Mazovia Warsaw Film Commission. The Organisers also wish to thank other Partners: Meeting Point Vilnius, Karlovy Vary IFF, Goethe-Institut, Mozinet, EAVE and Israel Film Fund.
APPLY FOR EX ORIENTE FILM 2017!
Submissions for 2017 Ex Oriente Film workshop are open.
EX ORIENTE FILM WORKSHOP DEADLINE IS: May 4, 2017
Focus: Development
Open to: Creative feature length (52´up) documentary projects in development and production tackling contemporary topics, challenging genre and media boundaries and audience participation. We welcome filmmakers who set out to conduct intense and engaged experiences and to change the way we think about topical issues, audiences, ways of storytelling and the world itself.
Application deadline: May 4, 2017 (Applying is free of charge, applying is possible through the online application form)
Workshop timeline:
1st Session: June 26 - July 1, 2017 (Split, Croatia)
2nd Session: October 23 - 28, 2017 (Jihlava, Czech Republic, within Jihlava IDFF)
3rd Session: March 2018 (Prague, Czech Republic, within East Doc Platform and One World IFF)
Participants: The workshop is open for 12 documentary projects represented by director-producer teams who will attend all the workshop sessions. The workshop is designed primarily for directors and producers from Central and Eastern Europe (incl. EU acceding and candidate countries, Post-Soviet states and Russia) and/ or for creative documentary projects dealing with stories from Central and Eastern Europe.
Participation fee: The participation fee is 1,800€ per selected project (includes accommodation, coffee breaks and lunches during all the three workshop sessions for 2 pers.).
Scholarship: Selected participants may apply for a scholarship to cover part of the participation fee associated with the workshop. Applicants must prove that there is no access to scholarships in their own country.
Practical requirements: Directors and producers can only participate with their own creative documentary projects. It is required that all workshop sessions be attended by both the director and the producer. Participants must be proficient in English.
Contacts:
Kristyna Balaban / Manager: kbalaban@dokweb.net
Tereza Ritterová / Coordinator: tereza@dokweb.net
Transilvania Pitch Stop goes international
The 16th edition of Transilvania International Film Festival announces increased joined activities related to film industry, as part of the continuous work to promote cinema and establish a platform for international co-production.
The 4th edition of Transilvania Pitch Stop (TPS), the successful initiative focused, until recently, only on development and pitching of local feature film projects, extends internationally as of this year. The program was included by Eurimages Fund among the European industry events to present the Eurimages Co-production Development Award amounting to €20,000.
TPS aims to discover a strong selection of projects from Romania and the countries around Romania destined for European co-production such as: Hungary, Bulgaria, Serbia, Ukraine, Russia, Moldova, Greece, Turkey and Georgia. The program aims to foster cross-border cooperation especially between the Black Sea countries and other countries invited to be part of the initiative.
TPS will presents a selection of approximate 12 projects, coming from 1st and 2nd time directors, currently in development and financing to international film professionals, facilitating their international visibility and establishing the right connections to ensure financing for their projects. Directors and producers of the selected projects will be invited to the industry event organized by Transilvania IFF on June 9th & 10th.
“It's an honor for us to be among the 10 European festivals to grant the Eurimages Co-production Development Award. It's a sign of appreciation for the success of our industry-related initiatives throughout the years and for the efforts to boost international co-productions. We continue our mission, to discover young talents, by developing a platform for the countries around Romania and the Black Sea. It's always hard to co-produce for 1st and 2nd time directors, especially in this part of Europe”, says Dorina Oarga, Head of Industry, Transilvania IFF.
Deadline: 30th of April, 2017. The regulations can be checked here.
>>> Read the full press release on www.tiff.ro.
>>> Download the TPS official poster.
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In 2017, the industry program at Transilvania IFF consists also of Transilvania Talent Lab (TTL), a workshop dedicated to professionals involved in the management of cinemas.Together with Shorts TV, Transilvania IFF will organize the second edition of The Pitch, giving filmmakers from Transylvania the chance to win a € 5,000 funding for their short film.
This year, the festival will host project partners LIM - Less is More, the European platform for project development of limited budget feature films created by Le Groupe Ouest, and First Films First, an intensive professional training program aimed at supporting young Southeast European film directors to develop their first feature-length fiction film, initiated by Goethe-Institut Young Directors´ Academy South-Eastern Europe.
The industry program will also include closed screenings for industry members and special screenings of the newest Romanian films, debates and masterclasses, lining-up experts in audience development, and script writing, film directors.
More details on www.tiff.ro.
For inquiries, please contact us: tps@tiff.ro.
Page published 26 April 2017.
