Upcoming deadlines
Calls for application for: EP2C; Frontières; PITCHING DU RÉEL; East Doc Platform; Sofia Meetings; LA FABRIQUE; WEMW.
EP2C post production workshop
8th - 13th February 2018 Budapest
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Deadline: November 15, 2017
Are you a producer or a post-production supervisor looking for a better understanding of the post-production process? EP2C is offering a unique 6-day workshop dedicated to the management of post-production of feature length films in the current co-production environment.
This annual workshop welcomes 22 participants, and covers technical, financial and artistic postproduction aspects. Post production supervisors & producers will be teamed up to work together on one of the main goals of the workshop: a detailed post production budget for each project. Please note that producers have to apply with an existing project.
Top-level producers and post production supervisors will coach the teams intensively during this week. After morning group sessions and individual project meetings, the afternoon is filled with international industry experts that will bring you up to speed on topics like VFX, deliverables, DCP, legal clearances and the latest workflows.
More info & application form: www.ep2c.com
Frontières Finance & Packaging Forum 2018
February 22-24, Amsterdam
Call for Projects Now Open
Submission Deadline: November 17
The Frontières Finance & Packaging Forum is a private invitational event for 12 genre projects seeking to complete their financing and advance to the production stage.
25 industry leaders are invited to meet with the selected projects over 3 days in a closed & collaborative environment. The programme of events will include roundtable strategy sessions, one-on-one meetings, and a proof of concept development lab
The Forum is open to genre projects from North America & the European Union. Projects must be seeking to close their financing, with at least 50% of their production financing already confirmed.
Click HERE to submit your project
Questions? Please contact: Lindsay Peters Frontières Director
FRONTIÈRES is organised by the Fantasia International Film Festival, in partnership with the Marché du Film — Festival de Cannes, and is co-funded by the Creative Europe MEDIA programme of the European Union. The Frontières Finance & Packaging Forum is made possible thanks to the support of the Netherlands Film Fund.
PITCHING DU RÉEL 2018
Call for projects
Application is open until December 15, 2017
The Pitching du Réel is Visions du Réel's co-production forum for international feature-length creative documentaries. It offers the participants the opportunity to discuss the content and form of their project and to find out whether the project stands a chance on the market and what market it could be. It encourages international co-productions and helps to finance outstanding documentary projects addressing an international audience.
Selection criteria
We are looking for 15 singular and original documentary projects, that combine artistic ambition and high visual quality with commitment for the subject and protagonists. We are interested in presenting a wide spectrum of practices and approaches. The project should be intended as a creative feature-length documentary with theatrical potential, with a director and producer already committed.
The main criteria for selection are artistic quality of the project, its international potential, as well as its financial feasability and the track record of the directors and/or producers. We are interested in projects by experienced as well as by new directors, who should have at least directed short films. The producer may have successfully worked in her/his national market and now want to work with European and international partners. Experience in international co-production is appreciated but not a pre-condition.
- The project must already be well developped and have (basic) funding in place (feasibility).
- The project and subject must be adapted for international co-production and financing, have potential in international markets and address an international audience.
- The project should be new and not have already gone around all the potential financial partners and other festivals or markets.
- The director as well as the producer must attend the event.
Organisation
The Pitching du Réel will take place during Visions du Réel, Festival international de cinéma Nyon (13–21 April 2018), from Tuesday 17 April to Thursday 19 April 2018.
On Tuesday afternoon (2 pm – 6 pm), we expect the project teams to participate in a training workshop (monitoring and pitch preparation on a collective and individual basis). The tutors are the moderators of the pitching sessions and experienced professionals. In the evening, there will be a welcome reception, providing a networking opportunity.
On Wednesday 18 April, the whole day and Thursday 19 April until 4 pm, the teams of the 15 selected projects will present their projects to tailored potential co-production and co-financing partners: TV commissioning editors, producers, distributors, funds, foundations, contemporary art curators etc. The structure is articulated around three phases: Each team will have a time slot of 7 minutes, including the visual material (teaser). This public presentation will be followed by discussions (20 min.) of each project at five round tables together with about 10 potential partners and financiers – so, in total, the projects will be commented by at least 50 professionals approximately. The decision makers may request additional 15 min. individual meetings with the project teams, prearranged or organised at site by the Industry team. There will be an exclusive Pitching du Réel reception on Wednesday evening.
Over the two days of Pitching du Réel, those project teams who are not yet running or have already passed their round table presentation will have time to observe the discussion of the other projects. Besides the arranged meetings, there will be many opportunities for informal acknowledgements alongside the Pitching, during the coffee breaks, meals and evening receptions.
The Pitching du Réel will end with a reception on Thursday 19 April at 4 pm.
The selected projects will be published and sent by e-mail to the potential partners registered for the event before the Festival. During the Festival, it will be available in printed form for the Pitching du Réel participants.
A list of the invited co-production/co-financing partners in attendance as well as the individual timetable for each participant will be available two weeks before the Festival. The producers send us a secured link to a previous work by the director which will be made accessible to the potential cooperation partners only.
How to Apply?
Projet submission is open to anyone but the attendance in the event is for registered participants and invited professionals only.
For the requested details of the application please check the online form. Please fill it in English. Additional material as treatment, dossier etc., you may add in French, German, Italian, Spanish. The director’s note and visual concept as well as the producer’s note are essential elements in our decision. Do not forget to send us the global budget and financing plan.
Contact & Information
Gudula Meinzolt, Head of Industry, gmeinzolt@visionsdureel.ch, Tel.: +41 22 365 44 55
Participation in the Pitching du Réel implies acceptance of these regulations.
Nyon, 30.09.2017
2018 edition of the East Doc Platform
Prague, March 3 - 9, 2018
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Deadline for application: November 10, 2017
The East Doc Platform (EDP) is the largest co-production, funding and distribution platform tailor-made for Central and East European documentaries. Every year, March 3 – 9, connecting 120 East European filmmakers to more than 100 key decision makers - producers, broadcasters, distributors and festival programmers from around the world.
The East Doc Forum is the flagship pitching opportunity for the funding and co-production of projects in the development/early production stage.
The East Doc Market offers curated meetings between filmmakers and decision makers to pitch projects in the late production/post-production stage.
Meanwhile, the new East Doc Interactive facilitates collaboration between the storytellers and potential partners through a round-table pitch.
In 2018, IDF is launching a partnership with the Tribeca Film Institute to stimulate short form documentary storytelling. For the first time, IDF presents the IF/Then Short Pitch that will take place in the Central European region! The winner will receive USD 20,000 to complete the film and the IF/Then support for multi-platform distribution.
Within the EDP programme, one event is dedicated only to Czech documentary projects. During the presentation Czech Docs... Coming Soon, five upcoming feature documentaries will be introduced to an audience of the invited representatives of prestigious film festivals, sales agents, distributors and to the wide public.
The event is organized by the Institute of Documentary Film in association with the One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival.
Contact: Tereza Šimíková / Manager: tsimikova@dokweb.net
Sofia Meetings - OPEN CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
For 1st, 2nd or 3rd FEATURE FICTION FILM PROJECT
Application deadline: December 1st, 2017
The 15th Sofia Meetings will take place from 15th till 18th March 2018 in the framework of the 22nd Sofia International Film Festival (8th – 18th March 2018).
Sofia Meetings is an event, supported by Creative Europe MEDIA sub-programme of the European Commission, EA Bulgarian National Film Center and Sofia Municipality.
It has two separate modules:
Feature Films Pitching – presentation of first, second and third feature fiction film projects of the director, looking for co-producers, sales and distribution.
Balkan Screenings / Works in Progress – showcase of the latest Bulgarian and regional feature and short films; Screenings of works by filmmakers whose projects have been presented at Sofia Meetings. The screenings are for professionals: for directors and programmers of international film festivals, sales companies and distributors; some of them are also for journalists.
Project requirements:
First, second or third feature project of the director
Eligible for applying: all European countries
Submission requirements for projects:
Logline
Synopsis
Treatment/Script
Director’s notes
Budget
Financing Plan
Short director’s biography
Production company’s information
Previous work of the director (if any)
More than 100 key decision makers: producers, distributors, representatives of the film markets, sales companies, film funds, TV buyers and other film professionals from Europe and the region, as well as representatives of the key film festivals are expected to attend the event. Beside the main programmes we offer workshops, panels, presentations, Europe Distribution and Europa Cinemas workshop on audience development and many informal events.
Applications must be sent to: sofiameetings@siff.bg
For more information: sofiameetings.siff.bg
LA FABRIQUE CINEMA DE L'INSTITUT FRANCAIS 2018
CALL FOR ENTRIES
Deadline: November 8, 2017
La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde is a professional programme, developed by the La Fabrique Cinéma de l'Institut français has been designed to support new talented filmmakers from Southern and emerging countries.
This programme has been developed in close association with the Festival de Cannes and the Marché du Film. Ten projects in development (1st or 2nd feature film) are selected and invited to Cannes. The aim is to create concrete opportunities for these projects by providing access to different activities and personalized support through one-to-one and group meetings with key players in the film industry.
An international call for entries limited to 120 projects is launched every year. The applications are evaluated by a selection committee made up of script consultants, festival programmers and members of international cultural organisations.
The selected directors are invited with their producers for a maximum of ten days during the Festival de Cannes to participate in an intensive and personalized coaching. This programme is meant to help their projects through individual meetings with French and international producers and group meetings, in partnership with the Festival de Cannes and the parallel selections. They also benefit from the strong commitment of the patron of La Fabrique Cinéma de l'Institut français.
La Fabrique Cinéma de l'Institut français will celebrateits 10th edition in 2018.
Key figures !
In 2017, the directors and producers have participated in :
3 working sessions with Brillante Mendoza, patron 2017
1 pitching workshops and 1 masterclass from a famous film music composer
26 group meetings with the key players of the industry (heads of funds, festivals, distributors, sales agents, heads of international organisations…)
2 professional lunches with international sales agents, heads of coproduction markets and international funds
200 one to one meetings with French, European and international producers and sales agents
Since 2009, 81 projects, 148 directors and producers coming from 56 countries, including 21 francophone countries, have been selected.
Since 2012, 70% of the projects have signed coproduction agreements and 25% of the projects have already been shot and selected in great festivals or released in theatres.
In 2016, 5 films have been noticed in the film circuit and 3 films have been released in France early 2017:
Kill-me Please by Anita Rocha da Silveira (Brazil/La Fabrique 2012)
The Wound by John Trengove (South Africa/La Fabrique 2014)
The Road to Mandalay by Midi Z. (Myanmar-Taiwan/La Fabrique 2012)
For the first time in 2017, 2 films have been selected at the Festival de Cannes :
Un Certain Regard : Beauty and the Dogs by Kaouther Ben Hania (Tunisia) – La Fabrique 2015
Semaine de la Critique : La Familia by Gustavo RondónCórdova (Venezuela) – La Fabrique 2014
Many former participants of La Fabrique were also attending the Festival de Cannes this year with a short, long feature film or a new project through various selections and programs.
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Partnerships with festivals, labs and residencies
For many years, La Fabrique Cinéma de l'Institut français has collaborated to initiatives that support projects in development:
Atelier Grand Nord, French-speaking script residency, by SODEC (Quebec),
Réunion Tout en Auteur, French-speaking script residency, by Agence Film Réunion,
Realness, Pan-African screenwriters' residency, based in South Africa, by Urucu Media,
Ouaga Film Lab, coproduction platform and workshop for West Africa, by Génération Films,
Pitchs Animation du Monde, pitching sessions and workshops, by MIFA in Annecy.
A special attention is given to French-language projects from Africa.
New collaboration with Visions du Réel
This year, as part of a new collaboration between Visions du Réel and La Fabrique Cinéma de l'Institut français, the Serbian documentary projects, which are being submitted to either the « Focus Serbia – Visions du Réel 2018 » or « La Fabrique Cinéma de l'Institut français 2018 » will be evaluated by both programmes and may be selected by both of them as well, without obligation on any side, in order to circulate the projects between Visions du Réel 2018 and La Fabrique Cinéma de l'Institut français in Cannes in 2018. Thus, a Serbian documentary project submitted to La Fabrique may be selected by Visions du Réel for its Focus Serbia 2018, and a project that will be pitched at Visions du Réel may be invited to the Festival de Cannes 2018 to participate in La Fabrique (more details on Vision du Réel).
WEMW CO-PRODUCTION FORUM
The upcoming edition of WEMW (January 21-23, 2018) will launch a new East & West double focus and will bring together over 400 film professionals from more than 30 countries and, in particular, from the 2018 spotlight regions: the Nordic Countries* and South East Europe**.
Producers from Europe, Canada, USA and Latin America are eligible to apply and WEMW will select 20 projects in development with co-production or co-financing potential either with the Nordic Countries, South East Europe or Italy. Projects can be long feature fiction films or documentaries, with preferably 15% of the total budget already in place.
Along with the EAVE scholarship, the Flow Postproduction Award, the EWA – European Women’s Audiovisual Network Award (cash prize for the best female director) and the PRODUCERS NETWORK Prize, all selected projects will compete for the brand new FILM CENTER SERBIA Development Award, a 3.000 EUR grant for the best project.
* Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
** Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia
More information on the submission process and the event are available at www.wemw.it
WEMW is organized by the FVG Audiovisual Fund and the Trieste Film Festival in collaboration with EAVE, Maia Workshops, Creative Europe Desk Italy, EURIMAGES, and the support of Creative Europe/MEDIA Programme, MiBACT - Direzione Generale per il Cinema, CEI - Central European Initiative and the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia.
Page published 26 October 2017.
