This is the last call to submit your proposal for Ex Oriente Film - a year-long international workshop that supports the development and funding of creative documentary films from Central and Eastern Europe.
At three workshops (the 4th session focused on rough cuts is for selected projects only) that take place in the course of one year, directors and producers develop their projects and funding strategies and benefit from the assistance and valuable advice provided by established European producers, directors, AV experts and commissioning editors. The Ex Oriente Film training programme is completed with the co-production meeting East European Forum that gives documentary filmmakers a chance to pitch their project and secure funding from West European and North American broadcasters.
Conditions of Participation:
Participants must be proficient in English. All workshop sessions must be attended by both the producer and the director.
The participation fee is EUR 1,500 per selected project (includes all accommodation, coffee breaks and lunches during the three workshops for 1-2 pers.).
The payment deadline is Monday, February 25, 2011.
Scholarships:
Participants from Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia may apply for a scholarship to cover part of the accommodation and participation fees. Applicants must prove that there is no possibility of scholarship in their own country and that the project is not supported by any development funding.
Click here for more details and our online application form.
First Session NEWS!!!
A diverse slate of events is shaping up for the participants of Ex Oriente Film's first session (March 11-18, 2011). A special three-day Industry Session (March 11-13) is organized by the Documentary Campus Masterschool in association with the One World Film Festival and IDF as a content partner.
The first session of the Ex Oriente Film workshop (March 11-18, 2011) will offer participants a special three-day Industry Session (March 11-13) called "One World, Many Ways - New Directions in Human Rights Documentaries" (working title) organized by the Documentary Campus Masterschool in association with the One World Film Festival and IDF as a content partner.
Prague audiences, international guests as well as participants of both workshops will have a chance to take part in a three-day event that combines thought-provoking panels for industry professionals with workshops and expert advice for newcomers. It is a forum for East and West to network, to discuss professional development and co-production opportunities from the filmmaker to the commissioning editor level.
In the afternoon of the first and second day, the focus will be on panels designed for established professionals. During this time workshops for newcomers will run parallel. On the last day the panels will be focused on newcomers. Click here for more details and elected highlights of the Industry Session programme.
Ex Oriente Film Step by Step
1st Session: "Find Your Way"
Location: Czech Republic
Probable dates: March 12 - 18, 2011
The first session of the workshop deals with inspiration, focusing on the story and the protagonists, analyzing international aspects of the projects, and drafting the basic concept for production and funding. Tutors confirmed for the session include Marijke Rawie (expert consultant, workshop moderator, The Netherlands); Mikael Opstrup (lead production tutor, producer and consultant, Denmark); Jean-Pierre Rehm (1st session guest tutor, FIDMarseille director, France); Erez Laufer (editor, Israel); Martin Kollár (photographer and cinematographer, Slovakia); Miroslav Janek (director, cinematographer, Czech Republic), and others. Apart from individual meetings, group sessions and film development lectures on storytelling and funding, we are planning a session by Bruno Felix of Submarine, or representative of Dogwoof, UK about the sales potential of documentaries, about finding new ways to fund, create and distribute documentaries, and an overview session on visual styles in documentary film by Martin Kollár. Erez Laufer will have a session on "Dramaturgical Rules in Documentary Film" as well as dramaturgical consultations with all participants. In 2011 Arik Bernstein (producer, Israel) will join team of tutors for the first session of the Ex Oriente Film workshop. He has been a leading force in the Israeli film industry for the past 20 years, initiated and overseen numerous productions: documentaries, documentary series and drama series, most of which as international co-productions. Apart from sharing his immense experience and knowledge he will present two of his latest projects. Inheritance is a feature-length narrative film by director Hiam Abbass. The film is set in 2006, as an Arab-Israeli family in the village of Jish, close to the Lebanese border, tries to get on with its everyday life when the war breaks out between Israel and Lebanon. The documentary project Tehran - Washington DC, based on the format of Gaza-Sderot - a cross-platform series for the internet and television - chronicles everyday lives in the two cities. Click here for more details.
2nd Session: "Production Development"
Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
Dates: mid-June 2011
The second session deals with financing, budgeting according to EU standards, legal aspects of co-production, strategies for selecting commissioning editors and an appropriate television format, as well as a deeper creative development of the film projects. The second session includes the following key subjects: "A Day of Budgeting", "A Day of Legal Aspects" ,"A Day of Financial Tour". In 2011 we plan to have the second session in Slovakia's capital, Bratislava. We think that Bratislava has the ideal geographical position to attract Austrian and Slovak filmmakers and film professionals since Vienna is only 40 km away. Click here for more details.
3rd Session: "The Market Opens"
Location: Jihlava, Czech Republic
Dates: End of October 2011
In October 2011, the workshop will be completed with the East European Forum pitching sessions that will boost funding efforts of the attending projects. The third session deals mainly with practical skills that are required for the presentation of the project and pitching. However, its main theoretical themes are distribution plan and sales, post-pitching negotiation techniques for documentaries, as well as communication strategies to get European broadcasters involved in the project. The theoretical parts of this workshop discuss specific examples of international co-production using case studies presented by commissioning editors, producers and distributors. The session is concluded with the East European Pitching Forum and Feedback Round Tables with selected tutors. Click here for more details.
After the workshop, participants receive further assistance under our Follow-up Support.
Year-round Consultancy:
An important aspect of Ex Oriente Film are the year-round online sessions and consultations led by the lead and guest tutors of the workshop. For more on Ex Oriente Film, please click here. The selection results for the 2011 Ex Oriente Film will be posted at www.DOKweb.net Friday, February 18, 2011.
Contact:
Ivana Pauerová Miloševič (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), Head of Programme
and
Hana Rezková (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ), Head of Folow-up Programme
Institute of Documentary Film (IDF)
Školská 12, Prague 1, 110 00
Czech Republic
www.DOKweb.net
