"Riga Virus: Training for Emerging Cinema Professionals" will be launched in September 2010, gathering 20 participants (10 film projects) from the Baltic States, Armenia and Georgia. The participants of the training will be offered an intensive four-day programme consisting of script development and film marketing workshops, lectures, case studies and a pitch session.
Two workshops for two-member teams (a scriptwriter and/or a director and/or a producer) will cover the topics of script development and film marketing workshop
Workshops will consist of group sessions and individual consultation sessions. The workshops are being held as part of the Arsenals film festival (http://www.arsenals.lv).
The Film New Europe (FNE) Association is the networking platform for film professionals in the CEE/SEE/Baltics region. The webportal and FNE newswire was chosen as the MAIN TOOL to achieve the network’s objectives of the sharing of know how, visibility of regional cultural diversity and finally the VOICE of the region.
FNE’s objectives include VISIBILITY for the region and AUDIENCES for films by providing a special focus on the region.