"We created EKRAN+ to mirror the way we used to work at the Polish Film School. Colleagues talking, giving advice on and off set - that was the way we used to do it and we learned a great deal. We wanted the young directors to meet with experienced filmmakers, because they can lead them and give them practical advice. We opened Wajda School to international filmmakers because only by cooperation we can all go forward", Andrzej Wajda told FNE.
The training programme was launched in March 2015 and wrapped on 30 June 2015 with a special screening of the finished projects. Each session took place under the tutorship of renowned international filmmakers led by Andrzej Wadja, Wojciech Marczewski, Denijal Hasanović and Udayan Prasad. During the 11th edition the participants had the chance to work with Paweł Pawlikowski, Łukasz Żal, Krzysztof Zanussi, Jan Harlan, Peter Buckingham and others.
EKRAN+ is organized by Wajda Studio, MEDIA Training EU Programme Training EU Programme Training EU Programme, FOCAL (Switzerland), Austrian Film Institute, Polish Film Institute, Croatian Audiovisual Center, Lithuanian Film Center with support of AGORA Foundation (Poland).
This year, nine teams from Poland, Israel, Turkey, Austria, Switzerland, Croatia, Lithuania, France and Spain were selected:
The Gulf (Turkey)
Directed by Emre Yeksan
Produced by Istos Yayincililk
AA (Israel/Poland)
Directed by Jack Faber
Produced by Lama Films/Opus Film
Requiem for a Robot (Austria)
Directed by Christoph Rainer
Produced by Mischief Films
Chronophobia (Switzerland/Poland)
Directed by Francesco Rizzi
Produced by Imagofilm Lugano/Big Wave Films
Margita (Croatia)
Directed by Marijana Verhoef
Produced by Aning usluge
Leaving Vilnius (Lithuania)
Directed by Marija Kavtaradze
Produced by MB Pomokyklos
Summer 1993 (Spain)
Directed by Carla Simon
Produced by Inicia Films
Trash Stories (Poland)
Directed by Paweł Maślona
Produced by AKSON Studio
Comrade Stalin Saved My Life (Poland/France)
Directed by Kamila Kubiak
Produced by Donten & Lacroix Films/Autour de Minuit
