The Creative Europe MEDIA Desks from Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia, in cooperation with the Film Center of Montenegro, Arts Council Malta and the Organisation for European Programmes and Cultural Relations in Cyprus, are organising a workshop called “Let’s pitch some shorts!”, which will culminate in the Pitching Forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The workshop will offer guidance to professionals, primarily directors and screenwriters<\/strong>, providing appropriate answers to questions about the most effective ways to prepare and present their projects to industry professionals\u2014producers, distributors, sales agents\u2014as well as to the wider public\u2014the audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The workshop is intended for film professionals and film students, primarily directors and screenwriters, focusing on short fiction film projects<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The workshop will be led by experienced and renowned German film producer Roshanak Behesht Nedjad<\/strong>. She began her career in the film industry as a festival coordinator and production manager, and in 1999 she co-founded her first production company, Flying Moon, based in Berlin. By 2014, the company had produced a notable slate of arthouse films that earned more than thirty international awards. In 2015, she co-founded In Good Company<\/strong> in Berlin, a production outfit focused on international co-productions with an emphasis on European feature films. Alongside her producing work, Behesht Nedjad is active as an expert and consultant for a range of international film institutions and training programmes. She is a member of the European and German Film Academies and a graduate and mentor of the most well-known European educational program for film producers, EAVE \u2013 European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Up to 10 projects will be selected from Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Malta, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The workshop will take place from June 15 to June 17, from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM at Vern’ University, and the final Pitching Forum will be held on June 18 at 10:30 AM at Kaptol Cinema Boutique in Zagreb.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n HOW TO APPLY:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Applications must include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The application form and all requested materials, as well as the entire workshop, will be in English<\/strong>. Please note that participants will be required to complete “homework.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please send the requested materials to the email address:\u00a0filmunit.acm@artscouncil.mt<\/a><\/a><\/strong>, with the subject line\u00a0“Let’s pitch some shorts!” no later than May 17 by end of day!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We are pleased to announce that the main prize for the best pitch is \u20ac3,000.<\/strong> In cooperation with the organisers of the European Short Pitch<\/strong>, a prize of consultancy services will also be awarded, while Sayonara Film<\/strong> will enable one project to develop a festival and distribution strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The jury<\/strong>, composed of representatives of Euro Connection at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, European Short Pitch, Sayonara Film and the Baltic Pitching Forum, will decide on the financial award.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u200d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Creative Europe MEDIA Desks from Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia, in cooperation with the Film Center of Montenegro, Arts Council Malta and the Organisation for European Programmes and Cultural Relations in Cyprus, are organising a workshop called “Let’s pitch some shorts!”, which will culminate in the Pitching Forum. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16328,"template":"","opportunities_category":[],"class_list":["post-16301","opportunitie","type-opportunitie","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/opportunitie\/16301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/opportunitie"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/opportunitie"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/opportunitie\/16301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16330,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/opportunitie\/16301\/revisions\/16330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"opportunities_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/opportunities_category?post=16301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n