NEWSLETTER
WHEN EAST MEETS WEST2018
Call for entries!!
Check out the new East & West focus and awards
WEMW Co-production Forum
DEADLINE: October 31, 2017
The upcoming edition of WEMW (January 21-23, 2018) will launch a new East & West double focus and will bring together over 400 film professionals from more than 30 countries and, in particular, from the 2018 spotlight regions: the Nordic Countries* and South East Europe**. Producers from all European territories, Canada, USA and Latin America are eligible to apply and WEMW will select 20 projects in development
ELIGIBLE CRITERIA
-Projects must be long feature fiction films or documentaries in development with preferably 15% of the total budget already in place
-Projects from the Nordic Countries*preferably with co-production or co-financing potential either with South East Europe or Italy
-Projects from South East Europe**preferably with co-production or co-financing potential either withthe Nordic Countries or Italy
-Projects from all other European countries***, Canada, USA and Latin America preferably with co-production or co-financing potential either with the Nordic Countries, South East Europe or Italy
SUBMISSION
All applications must include:complete online application form, treatment in English (max 5-8 pages), financing plan, teaser of the submitted project or previous works of the director.
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. Deadline:October31, 2017.
SELECTION
Selected projects will be announced in mid-December and all selected producers will be offered free WEMW Industry accreditation.
WEMW AWARDS
Along with the EAVE scholarship, the FLOW Postproduction Award, the EWA – European Women’s Audiovisual Network Award (cash prize for the best female director) and the PRODUCERS NETWORK Prize, all selected projects will compete for the brand new FILM CENTER SERBIA Development Award, a 3.000 EUR grant for the best project.
*Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
** Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia
*** Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom
First Cut Lab
DEADLINE: December 7, 2017
First Cut Lab is a trainingprogramme run by Matthieu Darras and Alex Traila, and it is designed for 3 long feature fiction films in editing phase from Eastern Europe* and Italy. Selected producer/director teams will receive tailor-made advice from a consulting editor (Benjamin Mirguet) and expert feedback from top international film professionals (creative producers, festival programmers, sales agents, etc).The main goal is to foster the artistic potential of selected rough cuts and, at the same time, increase the sales, festival and circulation potential of completed films.
SUBMISSION
All applications must include: complete online application form and video material not less than 60 minutes long. In order to submit your application and the required material, you need to create your own account and fill in the online form following this link. Deadline: December 7, 2017.
SELECTION
Selected projects will be announced by the end of December. The participation at FCL is free of charge and selected teams will be offered free WEMW Industry accreditation.
* Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine
More information on the submission process and the event are available at
WEMW is organized by the FVG Audiovisual Fundand the Trieste Film Festivalin collaboration with EAVE, Maia Workshops, Creative Europe Desk Italy, EURIMAGES, and the support of Creative Europe/MEDIA Programme, MiBACT - Direzione Generale per il Cinema, CEI - Central European Initiative and the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia.