WHEN EAST MEETS WEST 2017
Press release
Call for entries for WEMW Co-production Forum and First Cut Lab
Check out the new regulations and awards!
WEMW Co-production Forum
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.
* Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine
**Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
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 Centrale per il Cinema, CEI - Central European Initiative and the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia. The 2017 focus is in cooperation and with the support of CNC - Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée, Estonian Film Institute, Lithuanian Film Centre and National Film Centre of Latvia.
Page published 12 September 2016.
