MAIA Workshops is a training programme in the field of project development. It is articulated in two residential workshops and three two-day seminars. In both workshops, the organizers will make extensive use of and explore the limits and potential of new digital technologies. The workshops are designed for New European producers, with priority given to professionals originating from the Mediterranean area, the countries of Eastern Europe, regions with low audiovisual production capacity and countries that have only recently accessed the MEDIA Programme.

Masterschool Dokumentarfilm consists of three 7-days long workshops about directing and production of demanding and artistic documentaries for cinemas and television.

EAVE offers tailor-made workshops of one or several days on demand. Topics/scope of participants/experts will be adapted to the needs of the partner.

Moviement organization was created by VGIK (Russian State Institute of Cinema) alumnies in 2007. Since 2008 Moviement is a Nisi Masa network member. Moviement people have already taken part in several workshops and seminar and organized two editions of their own big documentary filmmaking project Cinetrain which took place in September 2008 and September 2009.

This is is a project-based 5-day workshop designed for audiovisual producers and creative teams to understand the digital media marketplace, and develop and adapt their content accordingly. Business models, the current marketplace for multiplatform content and how to package and market a product are some of the questions answered during the programme.

The four-day-training course financed by the International Visegrad Fund aims at developing creative documentary projects coming from all over Europe but with a special focus on the life and culture of the V4 countries (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary). myDEER is an intensive training course for professional filmmakers with two internationally acknowledged heads of studies, Tue Steen Müller and András Péterffy, and several individual tutors. Its goal is to foment international co-productions, especially with the participation of Czech, Slovak, Polish and Hungarian filmmakers and producers, to create a professional network and help filmmakers enter the European documentary film scene. The course brings together the insights of regional film traditions: the new trends in Hungarian and Slovak filmmaking, the Czech humour and the Polish cinematographic style to produce innovative works for the contemporary European documentary market.

Founded in 2001, NISI MASA is a European network of associations, currently present in 19 countries. These associations consist of young professionals, students and enthusiasts with a common cause - European cinema. Our main aims are: to discover new film talents; to develop cross-cultural audiovisual projects; to foster European awareness through cinema; to create a platform of discussion and collaboration for young European filmmakers. Our main activities are: holding an annual European Short Film Script Contest; organising filmmaking & scriptwriting workshops; holding various cinema-related meetings (conferences, seminars, etc.); promoting short films (through screenings, making of DVDs, etc.); editing publications (various books & a daily magazines produced during several European film festivals).

With only a few days left to apply, Nisi Masa's daring filmmaking workshop of 2010 takes place this autumn on the railways of 18 European countries. Istanbul Express: Exploring Multilingualism across Europe aims to investigate the common issues about languages starting from three European capitals, passing through three, and finally arriving in Istanbul, 2010 European Capital of Culture.

Founded in 2001, NISI MASA is a European network of associations, currently present in 19 countries. These associations consist of young professionals, students and enthusiasts with a common cause - European cinema. Our main aims are: to discover new film talents; to develop cross-cultural audiovisual projects; to foster European awareness through cinema; to create a platform of discussion and collaboration for young European filmmakers. Our main activities are: holding an annual European Short Film Script Contest; organising filmmaking & scriptwriting workshops; holding various cinema-related meetings (conferences, seminars, etc.); promoting short films (through screenings, making of DVDs, etc.); editing publications (various books & a daily magazines produced during several European film festivals).

The concept of the workshop is to invite young filmmakers from five different countries to investigate the city of Prague and attend some general presentations. There will be 4 people in each group. After having selected the content and the story together, the groups will shoot and edit their short movies. They will be supported by 2 professional tutors. Call for Participants aged 18 - 26, from France, Italy, Spain, Austria and the Czech Republic.

In 2011 NISIMAZINE will report once again from this prestigious festival, this year will be the 6th time! As usual we’ll be providing a unique take on the selections, including in-depth coverage of the Critic’s Week and Director’s Fortnight, as well as spotlights on short films and young talents. www.festival-cannes.com We are currently accepting applications from young (aged 18-30) aspiring film critics and photographers from Romania, Belgium and France who would like to be part of our editorial team during the Cannes Film Festival from the 12th to the 23rd May. We will invite only 5 participants for this edition, so be ready for competition!

Northern Film & Media is the Regional Screen Agency for the North East of England. Through partnership-working, service provision, funding schemes, advice and guidance, Northern Film & Media aims: to develop an advantage for companies and individuals through creating specialist networks and expert guidance to audiences and markets, to develop a commercial, creative, connected and competitive environment, to build networks of expert providers to stimulate and meet demand for sustainable access to moving image culture and activity, to build the expertise of companies and talents in the commercial and community media sectors, to create a network of informed regional partners aligned to provide successful filming in the region and maximise benefit from inward investment, to broaden awareness and support for moving image culture and business.

A section named “Open Doors”, organized by festival Locarno with the collaboration of, and funded by, the Swiss Agency for Development and Collaboration of the Federal Department of Swiss Affair (DFAE – Switzerland) which aims at casting light on film’s projects from countries whose cinema is still developing, committing to enable them to find coproduction partners. This initiative, focusing on a different region every year, operates in two modes. On the one hand, Open Doors co-production lab brings professionals from the chosen region together with potential partners, mostly from Europe, to foster support for projects that would otherwise be difficult to make. Every year, following a call for submission, the Festival selects new projects from the chosen region, which will be presented during the Open Doors co-production lab. At the end of the workshop, the winning project will receive either development or production support. On the other hand, especially for the public audience, the Open Doors Screenings: a non-competitive section of films particularly representative of the cinematographic and cultural universe of the chosen region.

The Pixel Lab provides European film and media professionals with essential training in creating, financing and distributing cross-media projects to build sustainable businesses and become competitive in the international marketplace. The course looks at the whole digital ecosystem for film and media businesses - how the way audiences are engaging with films across platforms is affecting the way that we will create, finance, distribute film and TV properties of the future.

Production Value is a 7-day residential workshop simulating the pre-preparations for 6 existing film projects and ultimately delivering professional budgets and shooting schedules.

A workshop that focuses on: writing copy that sells, getting journalists on side and maximising press coverage, audience research, improving your website and social networking - choose from introductory or advanced sessions.

Documentary in Europe has decided to introduce a brand new session this year dedicated exactly to “works in progress”. 8 filmmakers will have the chance to screen their rough shots and gain valuable comments from the participants and industry professionals attending the Documentary in Europe Workshop. It’s a brilliant way to gain insight into your project at an early stage and learn what succeeds, what doesn’t and the reasons for all of the above!

Young scriptwriters, directors, actors, producers and film critics from Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey are invited to take part in Sarajevo Talent Campus.

Sheffield Doc/Fest and The Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation invite applications for a special 2-day workshop on the funding, marketing and distribution of independent films in London at the beginning of July.

Skillset is the Sector Skills Council for the Audio Visual Industries (broadcast, film, video, interactive media and photo imaging). Jointly funded by industry and government, our job is to make sure that the UK audio visual industries have the right people, with the right skills, in the right place, at the right time, so that our industries remain competitive. The Skillset fund offers training grants for individuals, companies and training providers seeking to attend or deliver film-specific vocational training. Film industry professional who wish to attend a training course but need financial support or organisations wishing to run a film specific training scheme and seeking funding may be eligible for support from the Skillset Film Skills Fund.

Sources 2 is an advanced training programme offering intensive script development workshops and consultations for professional screenwriters and teams of writers with cowriters, producers or directors in the European Union. The workshops are designed primarily for feature length fiction projects for cinema or television, each workshop also offers a specific concentration on a single genre or subject, such as comedy, literary adaptation, thriller, low budget drama or creative documentary.

Sources 2 is an advanced training programme offering intensive script development workshops and consultations for professional screenwriters and teams of writers with cowriters, producers or directors in the European Union. The workshops are designed primarily for feature length fiction projects for cinema or television, each workshop also offers a specific concentration on a single genre or subject, such as comedy, literary adaptation, thriller, low budget drama or creative documentary.

Sources 2 is an advanced training programme offering intensive script development workshops and consultations for professional screenwriters and teams of writers with cowriters, producers or directors in the European Union. The workshops are designed primarily for feature length fiction projects for cinema or television, each workshop also offers a specific concentration on a single genre or subject, such as comedy, literary adaptation, thriller, low budget drama or creative documentary.

Production company, organizes animation workshops

Nordisk Film & TV Fond and Power to the Pixel join forces in new ambitious collaboration - cross media content for kids. The Nordic region (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) has a proud tradition of producing high quality film and TV programs for children. However content is no longer only consumed in cinemas and on TV screens. Mobile phones, game consoles and online platforms are new arenas for storytelling. Nordic production companies now have a unique chance to enter the scene. To enhance the development of six pre-selected high quality Nordic cross-media projects Nordisk Film & TV Fond is joining forces with UK cross-media experts Power to the Pixel. A development process will be specially designed and conducted by Power to the Pixel who will invite some of the best international experts who are working in cross-media.