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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.


Organizer:
Ex Oriente Film is annualy organized by the Intstitute f Documentary Film - promotional and networking centre based in Prague


More: www.DOCUinter.net/ExOrienteFilm


Application Deadline: February 1, every year

What do we offer?
• 1st workshop: The Way of Co-Production
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
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
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.

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