Emerging Producers
October 25 - 28, 2012
Jihlava / Czech Republic
Applications can be submitted until April 30, 2012.
Emerging Producers is a four-day event for 15 producers from European countries involving promotion, training and networking programme, meetings with industry experts during master classes, case studies and one-on-one meetings.
The aim of the project is to provide beginning talented European producers with easy access to information in the field of audiovision as well as orientation on the film market, to point them out to professionals from various fields of the film industry by means of an extensive presentation, to create a new platform for the encounters of film professionals with an emphasis on documentary cinematography and, last but not least, establish contact with colleagues from other countries and thus increase the potential of future European international co-productions.
The event is organized by the Jihlava IDFF in cooperation with MEDIA Desks in Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Germany (Düsseldorf), Hungary, Greece, Lithuania, Malta, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (Catalunya), Switzerland and MEDIA Antenna Torino.
Selection Criteria
• Producer with a several years’ experience in the local market (i.e. not a student or a recent graduate) with a capacity for future professional growth and with ambitions to be active in the European market
• At least one realized film (fiction or documentary, mid-length or feature) which has entered theatrical distribution, has been screened at a festival etc.
• A concrete project is not a condition, however, it is considered an advantage
• Producers with projects supported by MEDIA Development, or having participated at MEDIA Training in the past will be given priority
Participation Fee
• EUR 90 - Central and Eastern Europe / Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia
• EUR 150 - Western Europe / Austria, Cyprus, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy, Malta, Norway, Spain, Switzerland
You can apply here until April 30. Selection will be made by the Jihlava IDFF, with the results announced July 5 at the Docu Talents from the East Presentation, organized by the Jihlava IDFF (during the Karlovy Vary IFF).
Contact: Markéta Císařová, Head of Industry Office, Jihlava IDFF, marketa(at)dokument-festival.cz.