The call for the 4th edition of Baltic Bridge East by West (B’EST), a producer's workshop organized in cooperation with EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs) and with the support from Creative Europe MEDIA Programme, is now open for 12 participants - 8 with feature film projects from the European Union (4 participants) and the CIS countries, Georgia and Ukraine (4 participants), and 4 participants without projects - 3 from the EU and 1 from the CIS countries, Georgia and Ukraine.

B’EST consists of two workshops, which will take place on September 7-11 in St. Petersburg and November 15-18 in Tallinn, within the framework of Baltic Event, where one of the participants` projects will be awarded by the P.O.V. development fund. The workshop will offer the selected participants:

• 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
• online sessions with the producers and tutors concerning the development of the scripts and the projects during the 2-month gap between the workshops
• 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 and other representatives of audiovisual industry 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
• individuals who wish to participate without projects must present their track record and letter of motivation

Project criteria (only for applicants with projects):

• 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

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: July 1st, 2015.

The selection will be published by the end of July 2015.

All application forms and requirements can be found here.

Please send all the requested materials to: For applications from the European Union: Riina Sildos This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

For applications from the CIS countries, Georgia and Ukraine: Natalia Drozd This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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