The Angers Workshops, in conjunction with Premiers Plans Festival, was launched in July 2005. It is now organizing its 8th edition which will take place in Summer 2012.
Jeanne Moreau is planning the 8th edition of the Angers Workshops!
These Workshops are directed toward young European filmmakers with one or two short films to their credit and a first feature fiction film in the works.
The filmmakers will have the opportunity to develop their artistic projects during a week of hands-on classes concentrating on the artistic, technical and financial aspects of making a first film.
The Workshops will focus on directorial skills, filming, editing and post-production, music and sound…
For last year’s Workshops, Jeanne Moreau and Premiers Plans brought together the following «instructors» Delphine Gleize, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Vincent Poymiro, Karl Baumgartner, François Quiqueré.
New call for entries for emerging filmmakers from Southeast Europe to participate in Sarajevo Talent Campus held within the framework of the 18th Sarajevo Film Festival is open from the 15th of March 2012.
Application deadline is the 8th of May, 2012.
Sarajevo Talent Campus, the educational and networking platform for emerging filmmakers from Southeast Europe, was launched in 2007 in cooperation with Berlin International Film Festival and Berlinale Talent Campus. The programme offers inspiring lectures, panel discussions, and active critical debates, complemented by workshops, practical tutorials, screenings and inter-festival excursions for participants.
The 6th Sarajevo Talent Campus, taking place from the 8th to the 14th of July, will be inviting scriptwriters, directors, actors and producers. Moreover, for the first time, Sarajevo Talent Campus will introduce a training program for young film critics. As of this year, the participation in Sarajevo Talent Campus is open to candidates from four more countries from the wider region: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Moldavia in addition to: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey.
CINEMA AND POSSIBLE FUTURES will be the underlying focus of the 6th STC. The creators of today’s world of cinema will talk the future to emerging filmmakers, not only from the aspect of social and technological changes happening so rapidly right before our eyes, but the myriad of possibilities that those changes bring with them.
The 6th edition of the Sarajevo Talent Campus will gather up-and-coming film professionals from the “ever burning” and vibrant region of South-East Europe. Prominent filmmakers and emerging talents from this region will meet to discuss, analyze and explore film language novelties and different practices. They will come to terms with the changing, dynamic times, and possible futures within, as they will reach a better understanding of the medium of film.
Independent Film Centre “Filmart” would like to invite young filmmakers to apply for 7th International Student Film Camp “INTERaction 2012” and International Documentary Masterclass “INTERdoc 2012”.
7th INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FILM CAMP “INTERAction 2012”
Pozega (Serbia), from 7th to 25th August 2012
During the camp 20 students of film production, directing, cinematography, sound design and editing from all over the world divided into 4 crews are going to shoot 4 documentaries on the theme “Arrivals / Departures”.
Competition eligibility – Your application will be taken into consideration if you:
- study film production, directing, cinematography, sound design or editing
- have taken part in production of at least one documentary film
- speak English fluently
- complete and submit the online application form
- upload a film (participated in its production during your studies) on some of the online services (youtube, vimeo) and place the link in your online application form.
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY MASTERCLASS “INTERdoc 2012”
Pozega (Serbia) / from 15th to 24th August 2012
IDM “INTERdoc 2012″, led by eminent directors – Zelimir Zilnik and MA Dragan Elcic, will be organized along with the second phase of the camp “INTERaction”. Through lectures and film screenings, the lecturers will pass their knowledge and experience to the participants of the masterclass on the topic “Creative documentary film”.
Students of film schools, film professionals and up-and-coming filmmakers have the right to apply for this competition and they should:
- be experienced in film production
- speak English fluently
- complete and submit the online application form
The 20th Curtas Vila do Conde – International Film Festival, taking place from 7 to 15 of July 2012, announces the call for entries for new short films produced in 2011 or 2012, within the duration limit of 60 minutes, in film (35 or 16 mm) or video.
You can submit your new films in the following competitions:
- INTERNATIONAL (fiction, documentary and animation);
- PORTUGUESE (fiction, documentary and animation);
- EXPERIMENTAL;
- MUSIC VIDEOS;
- CURTINHAS (dedicated to kid’s films);
- TAKE ONE! (Portuguese film schools; this competition has its own regulation)
Applicants must ensure reception of the films at the festival before the deadlines:
- 11th April 2012 – International, Experimental, Music Videos and Curtinhas Competitions;
- 23rd May 2012 – Portuguese and Take One! Competitions.
Here is the call for participants for Nisimazine Cannes 2012! This will already be our 7th year covering this legendary cinema event taking place on the French Riviera!
NisiMasa are currently looking for:
- 6 young film critics;
- 2 photographers;
- 1 graphic designer.
Candidates should be citizens and/or residents of Estonia, France and Turkey!
Selected applicants will be invited to attend one week of the Cannes Film Festival in order to form an international editorial team motivated to make innovative and fresh festival coverage. As always, it will be a unique opportunity to gain practical, hands on experience in film journalism and meet colleagues from different countries.
The team will create a 96-page e-book covering the Camera d’Or Competition (open to 1st feature films only) and the shorts of the festival!
About Nisimazine Workshops
NISI MASA has 7 years of experience in publishing a free daily gazette during the Cannes Film Festival. The magazine is made in the frame of a film journalism workshop for young aspiring film journalists.
Nisimazine film journalism workshops have taken place during many international film festivals since the first edition in Cannes in 2006, notably: Torino Film Festival (Italy), DocPoint Helsinki (Finland), Alba Intl Film Festival (Italy), Cannes Film Festival (France), Iran Intl Documentary Film Festival (Tehran), Festival on Wheels (Turkey), IDFA – Intl Documentary Festival Amsterdam (Netherlands), Festival de Lima (Peru), Festival do Rio (Brazil), Abu Dhabi Film Festival (United Arab Emirates), Tallinn Black Nights (Estonia).
Since 2006 over 150 young critics from all over the world have benefited from developing their skills in a stimulating international environment.
Nisimazine Cannes 2012 Workshop
The Magazine
Nisimazine Cannes will be published online and spread through a network of thousands of contacts in the cinema industry. The gazette will have the format of our ‘Nisimazine Special’ editions, and will contain film reviews, interviews, thematic articles, news, pictures from the festival, etc. Coverage will be extended on the website www.nisimazine.eu with extra articles, picture galleries and a blog.
Editorial Team
The editorial team will be headed by staff who have been running the magazine together
for many years and all over the world:
- Director of Publication – Matthieu Darras
- Graphic Designer/Editor – Maartje Alders
- Project Manager – Giovanni Vimercati
Participants will also have the opportunity to work on a daily basis with renowned journalists from the field, to discuss their articles and photographs one on one. Attending journalists for this year will be (amongst others): Paolo Bertolin (Italy) film critic & correspondent of Venice Film Festival, Jay Weissberg (USA) Variety.
The Schedule
As of the announcement of selected participants, the essential preparation period will begin. Participants will be required to begin researching, making interviews, taking part in online meetings to brainstorm the magazine’s content, and of course writing the first articles!
20th of February – 10th of March
- Application period
15th of March
- Announcement of selected participants
15th of March – 15th of May
- Preparation period
15th of May – 27th of May
- Workshop
Application Guidelines
The final application deadline for candidates is the 10th of March 2012 at midnight. All
application material must be sent via email to giovanni@nisimasa.com
Candidates must be aged between 18 and 30 on the 15th of May 2012, and citizens and/or resident of Estonia, France or Turkey.
Filling in the application form is a prerequisite. Applicants should choose either to apply as film critic, photographer, or graphic designer.
Providing evidence of previous works is compulsory for all positions.
- Journalists: 3 articles originally written in or translated into English
- Photographers: a set of 10 photographs
- Graphic designer: CV, a portfolio and one example of a magazine/page design.
One passport-style photo is also required with each application (this is needed for your accreditation).
By filling in the application form, candidates confirm their availability to attend the entire duration of the workshop, and their motivation to actively take part in necessary preparation meetings and activities in advance. There will be mandatory Skype chat meetings (dates to be confirmed).
Participation Rules
Participants will come to Cannes in 2 teams:
- one team for the first week (Tuesday 15th to Monday 21st of May 2012);
- another team for the second week (Monday 21st to Monday 28th of May 2012).
Each team will consist of 3 writers and 1 photographer. The graphic designer will join the
team for the second week.
Accommodation will be provided for the week of the festival the participant is invited for. Participants will be sharing an apartment with the editorial staff.
Food costs will be on charge of the participants (possibility to cook in the apartment kitchen). 50% of travel costs will be reimbursed upon presentation of the travel documents.
There is a participation fee of 165 Euros. Participants who are not listed members of a national NISI MASA association will be asked to pay an additional registration fee of 35 Euros. The fee will have to be paid to NISI MASA before 31st of March 2012.
If, for any reason, a participant is unable to attend the workshop, they must inform the organisers immediately. Participation fee will not be refunded.
Participants will be asked to bring their own necessary equipment (e.g. laptop, camera, video camera). If this is not possible, please inform us in your application form so that we can make necessary arrangements.
The Official Competitive section of the festival is aimed at directors up to 30 years of age. Filmmakers are invited to submit their works now. Final deadline: 6th March – no entry fee.
Odense International Film Festival is known for its moving, inspiring and challenging competition programme, for a fantastic film atmosphere and for all the many exciting events, debates, experiences and workshops that each year attracts a wonderful audience.
The festival takes place August 20th – 25th in Brandt’s Klaedefabrik, which is being transformed into an international film mecca bursting with great cultural experiences. With the many ongoing film screenings there will be an atmosphere of festivity and immersion.
The heart of the festival is as always extraordinary films from all over the world. The outcome is a clear-cut and all-round short film programme filled with fiction, animation and documentary, which leaves room for all sorts – from popular culture to the underground, from the weird to the beautiful, from the tragic to the dramatic and from large scale emotions to life’s small twists and turns.
CALL FOR ENTRIES!
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
- The submission deadline is April 1st 2012
- The running time may not exceed 30 minutes (24 frames per second).
- Films must have been completed on or after March 1st 2011.
JURIES AND PRIZES
The organizers will nominate an international jury, a national jury and an animation jury, all consisting of three members, as well as a youth jury.
The juries will award the following prizes to films in the festival’s four competition programmes:
- Grand Prix – Best International Film: EURO 3,500.
- Most Surprising International Film: EURO 2,000
- Most Imaginative International Film: EURO 2,000
- Grand Prix – Best National Film: EURO 3,500
- Most Surprising National Film: EURO 2,000
- Most Imaginative National Film: EURO 2,000
- Best International Children’s Film: EURO 2,000
- Best National Children’s Film: EURO 2,000
- Animation Award: EURO 2,000
- Animation Talent Award: EURO 1,350
- Audience Award
- Special Mentions
The latest news, information, photos and deadlines can be found here:www.filmfestival.dk/en/
Following the successful development of the Sarajevo Film Festival’s programme sections and its industry segment, the Festival went further in its development of the networking platform.
In cooperation with the Berlin International Film Festival and the Berlinale Talent Campus, the Sarajevo Talent Campus was launched in 2007, offering an intensive programme of lectures, workshops, discussions and screenings dedicated to talented young directors, actors, producers and screenwriters from the region. From 2012, film critics are also invited to apply for the Sarajevo Talent Campus programme.
To find out more information about the Sarajevo Talent Campus, the networking platform for emerging filmmakers from Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey and Kosovo, please visit the website www.sff.ba or contact the Talent Campus team at talent-campus@sff.ba.
Sarajevo City of Film
Make a short film on a micro budget with maximum production value.
Step 1: Attend the Sarajevo Talent Campus. Step 2: Meet your peers, develop an idea together and submit your script. Step 3: Get selected. Step 4: Develop your project. Step 5: Get a green light. Step 6: Shoot the film for 3 days in Sarajevo with a professional crew. Step 7: Screen your film during the Sarajevo Film Festival and let us promote your talent!
Kino5 is looking for young video journalists and filmmakers from Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia and Slovenia to create a TV show covering the CROSSING EUROPE Film Festival Linz / Austria, which takes place from 24th – 29th of April 2012.
The Austrian participants will be students of the University of Art and Industrial Design in Linz.
You could be one of six international and the six Austrian young people who meet in Linz to create this Festival TV programme. Ever wanted to be the host of a live TV show or do the live-editing behind the scenes? How about doing a report on a film you liked? You will have a chance to do what you’re good at, but also to experiment and try out new things.
In addition to you and the eleven other participants, there will be four young tutors from kino5 who will help you where needed and host mini-workshops on topics related to video and film journalism. Together we will decide on what to do: invite internationally renowned directors for the live show, discuss with the audience at the screenings, meet the artists in residence, etc…
CROSSING EUROPE Film Festival Linz is Austria’s second largest international film festival. Since 2004, CROSSING EUROPE has devoted its programme to idiosyncratic, contemporary and socio-political auteur cinema from Europe. Over the six days of the festival, CROSSING EUROPE offers international film and press representatives and guests of the film industry (nearly 700 accredited festival participants) and the local cinema audience a programme with approximately 150 outstanding, hand-picked films, documentaries and short films.
DORF TV is a user generated TV station in Linz that will be broadcasting the pre-recorded material and the live shows that we will create together. Production facilities as well as equipment will be provided by the University for Art and Industrial Design Linz.
This project is organised by kino5 – platform for independent filmmakers, member of NisiMasa – European network of young cinema, in cooperation with Art University Linz – Institute of Media Studies, ÖH University of Art Linz and CROSSING EUROPE. The festival will cover 75% of your travel costs to Linz and back, provide accommodation, equipment for shooting and editing and festival accreditations (including evening events). Aside from being productive, you will have the chance to watch films and enjoy the festival!
In order to apply, you must be fluent in English, have some experience either in filmmaking or journalism and fill out the form until the 9th of March. You should arrive in Linz on Monday, 23rd of April or Tuesday, 24th of April by 2pm latest and stay until Monday, 30th of April.
Seize your chance to create your own FestivalTV programme!
If you have any questions, mail at office@kino5.net. If you want to be part of the project you must be a resident of the countries mentioned above and over 18 years old.
Call for Ekran 2012 organized by Wajda Studio and Wajda School is open now.
EKRAN (the Polish word for “screen”) is an international training program focusing on the creative pre-production process based on shooting practice. EKRAN focuses participants on exploring, identifying and refining the tone and visual language of film.
Deadline is January 31st, 2012. Participation in EKRAN is free.
WHAT IS “EKRAN”?
The European training programme EKRAN is a collaborative project between Wajda Studio and Wajda School, FOCAL (Switzerland), Austrian Film Institute (Austria), Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung GmbH (Germany), nordmedia GmbH (Germany) with support of Polish Film Institute, AGORA Foundation and MEDIA EU Programme.
EKRAN (the Polish word for “screen”) is an international training program focusing on the creative pre-production process based on shooting practice. EKRAN focuses participants on exploring, identifying and refining the tone and visual language of film.
As the creative pre-production process is based on teamwork, EKRAN includes each of the key creative roles in its training curriculum. Every participating project is therefore represented by a Creative Team consisting of a director (or writer/director), a writer (or co-writer), a producer and, optionally, a director of photography.
EKRAN trains directors not only to develop each aspect of their Projects, but also to tighten the collaborative working process with the writer/co-writer, producer and DOP.
EKRAN is also a brilliant and unique opportunity for producers to develop their project using the most cost effective and creatively concentrated methods. EKRAN offers to participants a production component prepared in close collaboration with EAVE; one of the best programs for producers available in Europe. The EKRAN training component for producers focuses on creative aspects of film production.
EKRAN aims at advancing participants’ treatments/scripts and producing two scenes from each script/ treatment.
The EKRAN process includes:
-Treatment and / or script development; group and individual work on scripts and / or treatments
- Preparation for shooting; casting, storyboard and individual consultancy with tutors
- Shooting; tutors’ directing consultancies
- Editing; tutors’ editing consultancies
- Evaluation; individual, group and tutor analysis of the produced scenes
- Pitching; individual and team presentation of participants’ projects
- Production and Marketing strategies; individual, group and tutor consultancy on participants’ projects
The creative team (director, screenwriter, and producer) are offered a choice of locations, actors and set design within the usual logistical and budgetary constraints. EKRAN supports shooting with expertise and help from casting directors, set designers and production managers.
In order to ensure the best possible market opportunities, EKRAN will favor applicants with independent film projects with a strong personal vision.
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Jeanne Moreau is planning the 8th edition of the Angers Workshops!
