B'EST - Producers' Workshop Baltic Bridge East by West
CALL FOR PROJECTS
The Baltic Bridge East by West (B’EST) is an initiative to be held in 2013 by the organizers of the Baltic Event (Estonia), and RFilms and CTB Film Company (Russia) in cooperation with EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs), and with the support from MEDIA Mundus.
B’EST consists of two workshops, which will take place on September 11-15 in St. Petersburg within the framework of St. Petersburg International Film Festival and November 26-29 in Tallinn, within the framework of Baltic Event. The workshop will bring together 10 producers with feature film projects from the European Union (5 participants) and the CIS countries and Georgia (5 participants) and will offer the selected participants:
5-day workshop-training, which includes plenaries on the script development process, financing in the Eastern and Western Europe, legal aspects of co-production, marketing strategies, as well as individual meetings with script, pitching and finance/marketing consultants
meetings with decision-makers and potential co-production partners in St. Petersburg, Russia
online sessions with the producers and tutors concerning the development of the scripts and the projects during the 2-month gap between the workshops
2-day follow-up session regarding the development of the projects and the final preparation for pitching at Baltic Event
presentation of the projects at Baltic Event and meetings with potential financiers, co-producers, sales agents, and distributors
Target group:
experienced feature film producers wishing to work on an international scale and create long-term creative and business relationships between Western and Eastern Europe
interested producers should apply with a feature film project in development stage
Project criteria:
full-length feature film with potential for theatrical distribution
suitable for an international co-production and looking for co-producers
preferably national support in place
projects from the European Union and Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldavia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are accepted
projects should have a link to the other region (thematic, cultural, technical) and the producer should be motivated to work with / in the other region
Special conditions:
participation includes an accreditation fee of 200 Euros
once a project is selected, the producer should be present at both workshops
the programme covers travel and accommodation costs
finalized films must mention their participation at B’EST in the credits
all documents have to be sent in English – the working language of the workshop is English
submission of the project is considered as acceptance of special conditions
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