Beirut 2020

EAVE ON DEMAND tailor-made workshop for Lebanese producers

September 28 - October 3, online

EAVE is proud to organise an online EAVE ON DEMAND session in co-operation with Fondation Liban Cinéma and in partnership with the French Institute of Lebanon and Culture+ in 2020, from September 28 to October 3, for Lebanese producers.

EAVE ON DEMAND BEIRUT will consist of 6 days of masterclasses and group work sessions, as well as individual meetings for 5 producers and their writers with their projects in development.

EAVE ON DEMAND BEIRUT will combine the long experience that EAVE has in international training and networking with a tailor-made approach for producers from Lebanon, taking into account their specific needs.

The objective is to improve the participants’ skills in international coproduction, film finance and management, marketing, packaging, festival and sales strategies as well as script development, allowing them to take the next step in their careers and businesses.

The workshop will consist of group work and individual meetings for the selected projects in development, as well as master-classes for a wider audience.

The experts for the workshop include the following EAVE experts: group leader  Roshanak Behesht Nedjad (In Good Company, DE), script consultant Jacques Akchoti (FR) and sales and marketing consultant Aranka Matits (Featurette, NL).

Our target group are producers who already have a track record and credit as producer (of short or long feature films and/or documentaries) and who are willing to open up to the international market and to co-produce internationally.

All workshop sessions will be in English.

EAVE on Demand Beirut is organized by EAVE and Fondation Liban Cinéma in partnership with AFAC, the French Institute of Lebanon and the IDAL- Investment and Development Lebanese Authority

EAVE is Europe’s leading training, development and networking organization for producers. In addition to our flagship programme, the renowned European Producers Workshop, we are involved in a variety of programmes in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Russia, Africa and the Middle East. Founded in 1988, EAVE’s objectives are to provide professional training opportunities and to bring producers from different regions of the world together with the aim of facilitating co-production relationships. EAVE’s unique international network comprises over 2,700 producers and key decision makers (funders, sales agents, distributors, commissioning editors etc.).

Fondation Liban Cinéma (FLC) is a non-profit organization that plays a powerful and effective federating role in the Lebanese audiovisual industry. FLC supports the development of a competitive Lebanese film industry by professionalizing and structuring the sector. It facilitates local film production and promotes the Lebanese cinema industry locally and internationally. And it establishes Lebanon as a prominent international production location. FLC helps preserving the Lebanese audiovisual heritage, restoring and showcasing audiovisual archives. Official cooperation links FLC to the public sector such as the Ministry of Culture giving her the mandate to negotiate coproduction agreements to attract investments to the media field and to and to activate the growth of the cinema sector in Lebanon.

Partners:

Arab Funds for Arts and Culture: The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture - AFAC was founded in 2007 through the initiative of Arab cultural activists as an independent foundation to support individual artists, writers, researchers, intellectuals, as well as organizations from the Arab region working in the field of arts and culture. Since its launch, AFAC’s programs have steadily expanded to cover cinema, photography, visual and performing arts, creative and critical writings, music, documentary film, in addition to funding research, trainings and cultural events. Based in Beirut, AFAC works with artists and organizations all over the Arab region and the rest of the world.

French Institute of Lebanon: The French Institute of Lebanon, the instigator of France’s cultural and linguistic action in Lebanon, is a service of the French Embassy in Lebanon. The French Institute of Lebanon is a partner of Lebanese institutions, media and companies in all areas of cooperation and cultural and linguistic action.

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