Greenhouse is a prestigious International Development Program for documentary filmmakers supported in the past 4 years by the EU in the framework of Euromed Audiovisuall II.
The new Greenhouse program on the theme of Racism and Human Rights is open now for European and MEDA filmmakers. The project is supported by the European Commission in the frame of MEDIA INTERNATIONAL.
Filmmakers from the all European countries and 10 MEDA countries are invited to submit documentary film proposals on the theme of Racism & Human Rights.
The selected filmmakers will be awarded a complete grant covering tuition fees, round trip plane ticket, accommodations and meals during the seminar.
Greenhouse is looking for 16 powerful projects from Europe and MEDA countries in development stages on the theme of Racism & Human Rights.
The 16 selected filmmakers will participate in 3 seminars during which they will work closely on their projects with mentors and experts from the international documentary film industry.
Amongst the Greenhouse mentors & experts are:
Hans Robert Eisenhauer
Head of Thema at the Second German Television – ZDF, ARTE, is formally Head of the Berlin Film Fund at the Berlin Government, where he was also responsible for the foundation of the European Film Academy.
John Appel
An international award winning filmmaker who serves as a guest reader at the Dutch Film Fund and acts as lecturer at a number of film schools in the Netherlands.
Steven Seidenberg
a prominent producer, creator & head of development & script editor in the field of documentary filmmaking. As a producer he has worked in history programming, the sciences, as well as examinations of ethical and moral issues. Steven is a Board Member of the EDN (European Documentary Network) and with has participated in workshops on international co-production in eleven countries as a tutor and expert.
Bruni Burres
Executive Producer,Pivot Pictures/International Center for Transitional Justice/ USA. Bruni Burres was the programmer and director for the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival (1991-2008), from 2006-2008 she was the Senior Consultant with the Sundance Documentary Program and in April 2008, Bruni joined the International Center for Transitional Justice to create and launch Pivot Pictures; an initiative to use media to further the interests of transitional justice through the creation of excellent media and the subsequent dissemination of this media to effect social change.
Nenad Puhovski
A documentary filmmaker and director of ZagrebDox Documentary IFF in Croatia. Puhovski has also produced over 45 documentaries for FACTUM – Croatia’s biggest independent documentary production company.
For more information about Greenhouse program, methodology, partners, team, advisory board, experts and international friends please check our website on
http://www.ghfilmcentre.org
