3D Artist
Country
Denmark
Type of link
Workshop
Deadline month
August
Event month
August
The 3D Artist course is a 15-week program that takes the students through the components of 3D art from start to finish.
3D Character Animation
Country
Denmark
Type of link
Workshop
Deadline month
December
Event month
February
The 3D Character Animation course is a 15-week program taking the students through all the components of 3D animation from start to finish.
3D Cinema in Europe
Country
Ireland
Type of link
Workshop
Deadline month
April
Event month
June
This course aims to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of the current 3D landscape and enable producers successfully to manage a 3D project through all stages, familiarising them fully with 3D workflows.
Archidoc - La fémis Workshop
Country
France
Type of link
Training Programme, Workshop
Deadline month
September
Event month
October
Archidoc workshop is intended for ten European documentary makers who have an ongoing documentary project based on archives. Participants of the session will analyze different forms of documentary films using archives, benefit from the advice of leading European documentary filmmakers and producers, and they will be able to exchange ideas about documentary filmmaking and documentary projects with other European colleagues.
Baltic Sea Forum
Country
Latvia
Type of link
Pitching Forum, Workshop
Deadline month
June
Event month
September
Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries is a market of ideas for documentary films for all distribution platforms with international potential.
Baltic Sea Forum consists of both a pitching workshop and session. The workshop will give the participants the chance to develop their documentary projects as well as the pitch of the project. The pitching session will give the participants the opportunity to present their project to a panel of international commissioning editors followed by scheduled individual meetings with them. Projects from documentary film and TV producers from the Baltic States, Belarus, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and Georgia will be developed in a workshop run by international experienced producers and filmmakers. At the pitching session 24 projects are presented to a panel of around 16 commissioning editors from the Baltic, Nordic and European TV stations. Each project may be pitched for five minutes, with further time for discussion at the discretion of the host. Each project may be pitched by up to two representatives. The pitch has to be supported with video clips of your new project or clips from your previou
Beyond Structure
Country
United Kingdom
Type of link
Workshop
Event month
June
You'll learn 200 specific, proven techniques to:
• Create memorable, psychologically rich characters;
• Write dialogue which captures characters' unique voices and emotional depth;
• Sculpt scenes which audiences will never forget; and
• Brainstorm riveting plots which are tightly tied to the emotional growth of your characters.
Cemedia - Central European Media Workshop
Country
Hungary
Type of link
Producer, Workshop
CeMEDIA Production Ltd was established in early 2005 with the aim of becoming a regional crossing point for film projects and professionals from Central Europe.
The company develops original projects which are animation series, documentary films, TV and feature films. CeMEDIA also acts as a coproduction partner on selected projects.
Cinetrain
Country
Russia
Type of link
Workshop
Deadline month
September
Cinetrain is a unique cinema event. We gather young professional filmmakers from all over the world to participate in a thrilling and extreme filmmaking adventure... By train! Professional skills training, cross-cultural colaboration and dialogue, unique production workflow, traveling: Cinetrain is all that!
Crossover Lab
Country
United Kingdom
Type of link
Workshop
Deadline month
March
Crossover is an international programme designed to explore the creative and the commercial challenges of developing content and services for digital media.
The lab process brings together creative professionals from diverse disciplines – including film and TV production, animation, games, theatre, web design and new media – to share understanding of a rapidly changing mediascape, to form new interdisciplinary collaborations and generate ideas for projects.
Crossover differs from other models of lab, which work with existing teams on pre-conceived proposals. We mix people with a range of creative skills, at different stages in their careers and from diverse cultural backgrounds. Participants are selected as individuals to create new partnerships and explore new collaborative interdisciplinary approaches to cross-platform development.
Die Fabrikanten
Country
Austria
Type of link
Organization/Institute, Producer, Workshop, Festival
Die Fabrikanten are engaged in client and community based cultural work. At the end of 1990 Wolfgang Preisinger and Gerald Harringer founded the office Die Fabrikanten after having completed their studies at the University of arts in Linz. Without making any difference between applied and free artistic work, Die Fabrikanten work as a communication agency and at the same time carry out cultural projects – demanding to create a social surplus value. The intellectual approaches of Die Fabrikanten come from art, science and economics. Extraordinary perspectives develop thanks to the combination of new links between these fields and they manifest themselves in corporate designs, rooms, situations and communication concepts.
Digital Film Academy
Country
Hungary
Type of link
Workshop
Digital Film Academy is a motion picture institute in northern Hungary, just about 2 hours drive from the Budapest International Airport.
Our goal is to teach all aspects of digital filmmaking and help interested people of any ages to improve their ability to express their thoughts through the digital language of motion picture. We offer from small, one week classes to 15+4 week programs with full room and board service. The workshop is located in Eger, a Baroque tourist center, so there are plenty of different levels of accommodation and restaurants to choose from.
We offer limited amount of scholarship for applicants from Hungary, and other Eastern European countries.
Digital Production Challenge
Country
Switzerland
Type of link
Workshop
Deadline month
September
Event month
November
This 2,5-day workshop gives producers, executive producers, production managers and postproduction managers the methods and tools to
* to best position the production of their films within the digital workflow;
* to optimize the communication between the various partners involved, from the director to the postproduction provider.
Digital Treasures Archive Lab
Country
United Kingdom
Type of link
Workshop
Event month
March
The Digital Treasures Archive Lab has been arranged following the successful Digital Treasures conference, organized in November by Screen WM and Arts Council WM's in partnership with the MLA. From the keynotes at Digital Treasures by BBC's Tony Ageh and Shadow Arts Minister, Ed Vaizey, it was clear that there are a myriad of opportunities for innovation with digital tools and platforms for both original archive content and for new or more efficient ways to manage the archiving process.
Feedback from the event indicated a strong appetite to create a space for further exploration and development of ideas. It was also clear that there is a real necessity to forge meaningful partnerships in order to unlock the opportunities - rights holders working with archivists, academics and digital media production companies who can combine to develop strong projects with buy-in at every level.
Docstories Black Sea – Storytelling in Documentary Film
Country
Georgia
Type of link
Workshop
Deadline month
June
Event month
July
Docstories Black Sea – Storytelling in Documentary Film is a workshop aimed at developing creative documentary projects and innovative non-fiction formats in the greater Black Sea region.
The workshop is organized in partnership with the Noosfera Foundation (Georgia) and the Georgian National Film Center.
Documentary filmmakers, producers, editors, authors, commissioning editors and other TV or media professionals from Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Byelorussia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Armenia may apply. A limited number of EU-nationals from countries outside of the Black Sea region will be also accepted as long as they make proof of their interest to co-produce in the greater Black Sea region.
Documentary Campus at One World
Country
Germany
Type of link
Workshop
Deadline month
March
Event month
March
Documentary Campus is honoured to present a three-day industry event (March 11 - 13, 2011) during the acclaimed One World Human Rights Film Festival in Prague (March 8 - 17). Thought-provoking panels and case studies for industry professionals will be run parallel with workshops in low-budget and online production for newcomers. Registration deadline: March 6, 2011.
Documentary Development: Roads to Funding + Dogwoof's Ambassadors Programme
Country
United Kingdom
Type of link
Workshop
Event month
June
Documentary Development: Roads to Funding Hosted by 'Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation. Using case studies this presentation will outline the importance of your documentary development from writing a proposal to delivering a trailer. Luke Moody (Editorial Assistant) and Sarah Mosses (Good Screenings Producer) of the Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation will demonstrate some strategies to get your film funded and into production. They'll also introduce you to a wealth of resources to pursue.
Dogwoof presents the Ambassadors Programme Anna Sissons, Outreach Co-ordinator at Dogwoof, will be presenting the company’s new initiative in film distribution, the Ambassadors Programme. Dogwoof, the leading distributor in social issue films and documentaries, is allowing access to its new releases so that they may be premiered regionally by individuals across the country. Ambassadors are given the opportunity to represent a flourishing distributor, bring films of social importance to their community, and become film entrepreneurs in the process. Anna explains the benefits, the set up and how this is the future in film distribution.
Documentary Filmmakers Group - Research Masterclass
Country
United Kingdom
Type of link
Workshop
Event month
November
You will learn how to access, analyse and use information in a confident manner: how to make the best use of the Internet for film research, how to access archive footage and stills and how to find contributors and locations.
Documentary Scriptwriting Residency
Country
France
Type of link
Workshop
Deadline month
October
Event month
November
Eight to ten young film authors/makers from Georgia, Armenia and North Caucasus will be hosted in a writing residency for a two-week workshop, aiming to: - Carry out a diagnostic and detailed critical analysis of their projects, - Develop an actual documentary script for their project, - And finally, carry out exercises in rough video sketches. Two tutors from France, both writer and director, will mentor the programme.
The best documentary filmmakers involved in the Caucasus Eurasiadoc residency will have the opportunity to attend the co-production meetings at the Golden Apricot International Film Festival, in Yerevan, in July 2013, to pitch their project developed during the writing residency.
DOK Leipzig Net Lab
Country
Germany
Type of link
Workshop
Deadline month
August
The DOK Leipzig Net Lab provides concrete support for cross-media projects in the development, production or post-production stage. International cross media experts will talk about their experiences, share knowledge and provide engaged mentoring and individual advice for each project.
Dragon Forum
Country
Poland
Type of link
Pitching Forum, Workshop
Deadline month
April
Event month
May
DRAGON FORUM International Academy of Document is a series of workshop sessions dedicated to developing documentary projects and preparation for a pitching session with international TV commissioners. Each year the sessions take place in Warsaw and various other European Cities and ends with a pitching session at the Cracow International Film Festival.
Every year about 20 documentary film projects are selected. Projects’ representatives attend sessions lead by international experts - directors, producers, commissioners form UK, The Netherlands, Poland, Lithuania, Germany, United States). Dragon Forum also hosts the so-called Open Evenings – film screenings and discussions opened to public, which support the notion, that close contact between the creator and the audience is key in the contemporary film landscape.
Duna Workshop
Country
Hungary
Type of link
Producer, Workshop
Duna Workshop was founded in 1995 as the workshop of the Duna Television to provide a chance for realisingthe projects of young filmmakers. More than a hundred films have been assisted by the workshop, all of whichwerebroadcastedonDunaTelevision.One of the greatest achievements of the past years was Marcell Iványi’s Wind, which was awarded the Palmed’Or in Cannes. But many of their productions have represented ethnic Hungarian films at international festivalsin Hungary. Péter Mészáros’s short film After Rain, was the Cannes Palme D’or in 2002. As the dramaturg of theDuna Television I help many Hungarian films financially, as well as with broadcast opportunities.
EAVE – European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs
Country
Luxembourg
Type of link
Organization/Institute, Training Programme, Workshop
EAVE is a professional organisation providing an intensive and innovative professional training programme which develops the skills of already well-established European film, television and documentary producers and related professionals. The aim of the programme is to renew and improve production and co-production methods and to encourage co-operation. EAVE provides long and short seminars - the workshops and the forums - as well as continuous services on-line to European producers and professionals.
EAVE Film Finance Forum
Country
Luxembourg
Type of link
Workshop
Deadline month
March
Event month
April
The EAVE Film Finance Forum is an intensive four day workshop on European film finance. It provides an exploration and update of the latest financial developments and funding sources in Europe.
It includes sessions on public and private finance, co-production, tax incentives, the sales and distribution market, banking services and new industry trends. Since most films produced in Europe are made with low to medium budgets, the Finance Forum focuses on its participants’ real financial situation and provides them with solutions adapted to their individual needs and projects.
The Film Finance Forum takes the form of an inclusive round table with presentations on various up-to-date topics followed by open discussion with the participants and leading industry experts as well as individual meetings to discuss particular projects and companies. The Forum is targeted towards producers but also other industry professionals, for example people from sales agents and media agencies, television companies, lawyers and financial consultants.
Since 2010 the Forum is also open to international participants through a number of scholarship programmes.
EAVE Film Marketing Workshop
Country
Luxembourg
Type of link
Workshop
Deadline month
October
Event month
November
The EAVE Film Marketing Workshop offers a four day intensive programme exploring film marketing throughout the process of development, production, festival screening, exhibition and distribution. It emphasizes a ‘hands-on’ and practical approach using current films and the latest marketing techniques.
It is designed to assist participants on how to position their films with a primary focus on the most cost-effective ways to market their projects and includes: the online sales and distribution environment, marketing to financiers, approaching buyers, completing presales and sales agreements, mastering legal issues, budgeting marketing items, planning cost-effectively using press and public relations, creating visual design (sales sheets, brochures, posters) working with trailers and showreel editors, the needs of sales agents and distributors, targeting international markets and festivals.
Much of the programme takes the form of a round table during which top level industry experts make presentations and lead discussion. All participants are encouraged to take a full part throughout the workshop including working on marketing plans for an unreleased feature. During the one-to-one sessions participants present their projects and receive expert feedback and advice.
EAVE Puentes Europe/Latin America Producers Workshop
Country
Luxembourg
Type of link
Workshop
Deadline month
May
Event month
August
Puentes was launched in 2009 with a first workshop in Buenos Aires, and continued in 2010 with one workshop in Buenos Aires during BAFICI (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente) and the second one during the Festival Internacional de Gijón, Spain. In 2013, Puentes features two workshops again: The first will be in Locarno in August and the second one in Montevideo in November/December. Puentes will bring together five producers with feature projects from Latin America and five from Europe. During the two workshops they will work together with leading experts from both continents on script development, co-production between Latin America and Europe, financing in the two regions, legal aspects of co-production, marketing, pitching and promotion, and will meet with decision makers during both sessions.
EAVE Puentes Europe/Latin America Producers Workshop is programme for fictional feature film.