Submission deadline for Ex Oriente Film workshop 2017: May 4, 2017
EX ORIENTE FILM WORKSHOP 2016
Focus: Development
Open to
Creative feature length (52´up) documentary projects in development and production tackling contemporary topics, challenging genre and media boundaries and audience participation. We welcome filmmakers who set out to conduct intense and engaged experiences and to change the way we think about topical issues, audiences, ways of storytelling and the world itself.
Application deadline: May 4, 2016 (Applying is free of charge, applying is possible through the online application form)
Workshop timeline
1st Session: June 27 - July 2, 2016 (Split, Croatia)
2nd Session: October 24 - 29, 2016 (Jihlava, Czech Republic, within Jihlava IDFF)
3rd Session: March 6 - 12, 2017 (Prague, Czech Republic, within East Doc Platform and One World IFF)
Participants
The workshop is open for 12 documentary projects represented by director-producer teams who will attend all the workshop sessions. The workshop is designed primarily for directors and producers from Central and Eastern Europe (incl. EU acceding and candidate countries, Post-Soviet states and Russia) and/ or for creative documentary projects dealing with stories from Central and Eastern Europe.
Participation fee: The participation fee is 1,800€ per selected project (includes accommodation, coffee breaks and lunches during all the three workshop sessions for 2 pers.).
Scholarship
Selected participants may apply for a scholarship to cover part of the participation fee and travel costs associated with the workshop. Applicants must prove that there is no access to scholarships in their own country.
Practical requirements
Directors and producers can only participate with their own creative documentary projects. It is required that all workshop sessions be attended by both the director and the producer. Participants must be proficient in English.
Contacts
Veronika Lišková / Manager: veronika@dokweb.net
Kristyna Balaban / Coordinator: kbalaban@dokweb.net
Training