Coming Soon section
DEADLINE: February 6, 2019
It is now open the call for application for the 2019 edition of COMING SOON, the Work In Progress section dedicate to debut films from all over Europe.
20 projects will be selected for the pitching session that will take place in Vilnius April 2-4, 2019 and will have a dedicated schedule of individual meetings with Decision Makers.
ELIGIBLE CRITERIA
- Projects must be debut director’s film;
- Projects must be feature, documentaries or animation full-length films;
- Projects must be in late development, production or post production stage and planned to be completed and premiered from June 2019 until December 2019.
SUBMISSION
In order to submit your application and the required materials, you need to create your own account and fill in the online form following this link.
All applications must include: complete online application form, short synopsis, director statement, teaser of the submitted project and/or excerpts of the film
The application has to be finalized and submitted via the following link with all required documents by FEBRUARY 6, 2019
SELECTION
Selection results will be announced at the beginning of March. Free industry accreditation will be offered to all selected participants. MPV will cover 3 nights accommodation for one representative per selected project.
AWARDS
Best pitch of Lithuanian project cash award of € 1000
Best pitch of Baltic project cash award of € 2000
Best pitch of international project cash award of € 3.000
Vilnius goes to Cannes Award free accreditation for Industry Workshop or Producers’ network programme during Cannes 2019
Post production Award sound and video postproduction work worth 3500 €
First-look deal The best project will be awarded from a sales agent with a First-look deal
ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES
Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Georgia, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican.
Industry Screening platform
DEADLINE: February 6, 2019
The projects selected to Coming Soon 2019 and in the previous editions of Meeting Point – Vilnius, have the possibility to apply for an Industry Screening specifically organized for sales agent, press, programmers and professionals during the event.
Are eligible for the Industry Screening platform:
- feature, documentaries or animation full-length films;
- film with scheduled or possible premier between June 2019 until February 2020
It is possible to apply with: last cut of the film, rough cut of the film, film excerpt
SUBMISSION
In order to submit your application and required material, you need to fill in the online form and sent it together with the Coming Soon application form following this link and please select Coming Soon + Industry Screening submission
In case of submission to the Industry Screening platform of a film selected in the previous edition of Coming Soon section, you need to fill in the Industry Screening application form following this link.
All applications must include: complete online application form, short synopsis, director statement, teaser of the submitted project and/or excerpts of the film, link to the last cut of the film, rough cut of the film (if available), motivation to apply to the Industry Screening platform
SELECTION
Selection results will be announced at the beginning of March 2019.
In case of selection, film copy should be presented to Vilnius International Film Festival event “Meeting Point – Vilnius” organizers on DCP file until March 15, 2019.
