Ex Oriente Film is a year-long professional training programme for East European directors and producers, which supports financing of creative documentary films. The filmmakers and producers will receive help of experienced European producers, trainers, AV experts and TV commissioning editors in the development of their projects, finding financing and foreign partners, and will get advise from them on the further steps to take towards realizing their creative films. Besides practical content and individual tutoring, the workshop will include lectures on the basics of the European audiovisual market (legal and economic aspects) and how independent production companies work in recent Europe.

 

Application Deadline: February 1, 2008

Ex Oriente Film 2008 - Application FORM

Ex Oriente Film participation agreement

What do we offer?
• 1st workshop: The Way of Co-Production
Venue: Wien, Austria
When: April 8 - 13, 2008
The first workshop focuses on the preparation and development of a documentary project for documentary co-production. Participants: directors and producers of the project.

 

• 2nd workshop: Production Development
Venue: Písek, Czech Republic
When: June 11 - 15, 2008
The workshop is aimed at establishing and development of production companies in Eastern Europe. Participants: producers and directors of the project. Follow up of project development.



• 3rd workshop: Market Opens
Venue: Jihlava IDFF, Czech Republic
When: October 22 - 27, 2008
The workshop is dedicated to marketing and promotion of films, pitching techniques and opportunities and the potential of East European independent producers in the European market. The third session ends with public presentations of the projects at the East European Forum.

 

What will you learn at the Ex Oriente Film?
• How to write and develop a professional project for international European co-production with the assistance of experienced experts and producers
• How to contact key individuals from the documentary film industry and how to work with them
• How to enter the international film market – documentary film financing, the European market, presale, sale and co-production contracts
• How to set up and run a successful independent film production company
• How to consult all your company's steps and strategies with experienced experts and producers throughout the whole year

 

 

 

 

Who can apply?
Documentary film professionals who have decided to break the bounds of the limited local film market with projects geared towards the international film market. Our participants are from Eastern and Central Europe – established producers and directors as well as independent producers starting-out, fresh film school graduates and debutants. All participants must be able to provide evidence of their practical experience.

Participants should:
• Be from the MEDIA+ countries
• Have several years of experience working in the film and television industry
• Be particularly motivated to work in a wider European context

What projects are suitable for Ex Oriente Film Workshop?
• Creative projects
• Projects for which the author has already completed the preliminary research and has a clear idea of the main line of the film
• Subjects with strong stories appealing not only to a small audience but potentially to diverse viewers from various cultural backgrounds
• The subject doesn't have to be European in terms of scope. It can be a local story, yet it should relate to a universal human experience, generalize its message and show its content in a social or time-spatial context.
• The genre of the film can be very diverse ranging from full-length documentaries to portraits or historical films.

 

Participation Fee:
Participation fee is EURO 750, - per selected project.

 

Scholarschip:
Participants coming from Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Slovenia and Romania can apply for scholarship which is given in total amount EURO 600.
Total price after accounting scholarship is 150 EURO.

 

Accommodation fee:
Participation fee does not cover travel and food expenses. Additional accommodation fee is Euro 250,- per selected project, which covers part of room expenses during all 3 workshops.

Conditions:
A condition of participation is active knowledge of English and presence of both, the director and the producer of the project at the all three workshops.

Application Deadline:
February 1, 2008

Organizer:
Institute of Documentary Film

Partners:
MEDIA+ program of European Commission, State Fund for Support and Development of Czech Cinematography, International Visegrad Fund, Czech German Future Fund, FAMU, International Documentary Film Festival Jihlava 2007

Tutors and guests of EX ORIENTE FILM:
Tue Steen Müller (Denmark), Paul Pauwels (Periscope Productions, recently VRT - Canvas, Belgium), Stefano Tealdi (Stefilm, Italy), Kristiina Pervilä (Oy Filmikonttori Ltd., Finland), Simon Drewsen Holmberg (Baltic Media Center, Denmark), Marie Clemence Paës (Laterit Productions, France), Ike Bertels (Ike Bertels Filmproducties, The Netherlands), Nenad Puhovski (Factum, Croatia), Emma Davie (director, U.K.), Claas Danielsen (Discovery Campus Masterschool Germany). LEENA PASANEN - YLE/European Documentary Network, Fleur Knopperts - IDFA Forum, Cecilia Lidin (EDN, Denmark), Serge Lalou (Les Films d'Ici, France), Mikael Opstrup (Final Cut Film Productions), Steven Seidenberg (DE –CAF TV Production, United Kingdom), Heino Deckert (MA.JA.DE Film, Germany), Karoline Leth (Tju-Bang Film, Denmark), Alan Fountain (EAVE, Luxemburg), Filip Remunda (director, Czech Republic), Jan Gogola ml. (director, Head of Programming, Czech TV, Czech Republic), Miroslav Janek (director, Czech Republic), Simone Bauman (producer, Germany), Oliver Schwem (ARTE Thema, Germany), Uldis Cekulis (Vides Filmu Studio, Latvia), Dr. Stefan Ruell (Stefan Rüll Law Office, Germany), Jeppe Ronde (director, Denmark), Irena Taskovski ( Taskovski Films, UK), Steven Seidenberg (De-Caf, UK), Sybille Kurz (Pitching and Communication Skills: Training, Presentation Consulting, Germany), Marijke Rawie (ExpertDocs, Netherlands), Lucinda Broadbent (director and producer, UK), Fredrik Gertten (filmmaker and journalist, Sweden), Ema Dawie (director, UK), Florin Iepan (director, Romania), Sergey Dvortsevoy (director, Russia), Rolf Orthel (producer-director, Netherlands), Philip Gröning (director, Germany), Jan Šikl (director, Czech Republic), Hanne Skjødt (EDN manager, Denmark), Arunas Matelis (director, Lithuania), Timo Novotny (director, Austria), Gabor Zsigmond Papp (director, Hungary), Stephanie von Lukowicz (independent producer, Germany), Adriek van Nieuwenhuyzen (Head of Industry Office, IDFA, Netherlands).

TV commissioning editors we cooperate with:
Sabine Bubeck-Paaz (ZDF/ARTE, Germany), Madeleine Avramoussis (ARTE THEMA Strasbourg, France), Hans Robert Eisenhauer (ARTE G.E.I.E. Germany/France), Leena Pasanen (YLE Teema Finland), Iikka Vehkalahti (YLE, Finland), Philippe Van Meerbeck ( VRT, Belgium), Wim Van Rompaey (LICHTPUNKT, Belgium), Cees Van Ede (NPS, Holland), Franz Grabner (ORF, Austria), Martin Stoll (CT, Czech Republic), Björn Arvas (SVT, Sweden), Caroline Mutz (ARTE THEMA, France), Marijke Rawie (AVRO, Holand), Kathrin Brinkmann (ARTE/ZDF, Germany), Bert Janssens (Humanist Broadcasting foundations, Netherlands), Philippe Muller (ARTE G.E.I.E. Theme – Strasbourg, France), Heino Deckert (MAJA.DE Film, Germany), Esther Van Messel (First Hand Films, Switzerland), Nick Fraser (BBC 4), Mette Hoffmann Meyer (TV2, Denmark), Flemming Grenz (DR TV), Jordi Ambros (TV3 CAT), Paul Pauwels (VRT, Belgium), Marijke Huijbregts, Caroline Behar (France 5, France), Marijke Huijbregts (AVRO, the Netherlands), Rasa Miskinyte (LRT, Lithuania), Dr. Claudia Schreiner (MDR/ARD, Germany), Andrzej Titkow (PTV, Poland), Christian Popp ( RBB/ARTE, Německo), Sari Volanen (YLE, Finland), Jenny Westergaard (YLE, Finland), Elisabeth Hulten (ARTE France, France), Rada Šešič (Jan Vrijman Fund, The Netherlands), Charlotte Gry Madsen (DR TV, Denmark), Christiane Hinz (VRD, Germany), Katarzyna Malinowska (TVP Kultura, Poland), Claudia Nedelescu (TVR, Romania), Marek Šebeš (ČT, Czech Republic), Andras Monory Mesz (MTV, Hungary), Joke Goovaerts (Lichtpunt, Belgium), Heribert Schneiders (MDR, Germany), Jessica Raspe (AVRO, Netherlands), Jane Jankovic (TVO, Canada), Viola Salu (ETV, Estonia), Vera Bonnier (SVT, Sweden), Klara Toth (Duna TV, Hungary), Flora Gregory (Al Jazeera English, UK), Margje de Koning (IKON, Netherlands).