Prestigious Film Festivals Select Films in the Czech Republic
Prague, 18.3.2019 – Harry Vaughn, programmer of the Sundance Film Festival, comes to Telč, Czech Republic every year to meet talented filmmakers who participate in the international documentary filmmaking workshop dok.incubator. This unique programme connects film professionals with established European and American editors, producers and sales agents, and together they work on their documentary projects.
“dok.incubator has proven an invaluable resource for fresh talent and surprising, unconventional storytelling approaches. The hands-on approach from their tutors and mentors help cultivate some of the most exciting nonfiction stories out there,” says Harry Vaughn. Together with other selectors of famous film festivals, such as IDFA, Hot Docs, CPH:DOX and Visions du Réel, they look for projects that educate and inspire people.
“The workshop is one of my must-goes on the calendar as I always find some extraordinary films for IDFA here. It brings together a group of talented filmmakers with extraordinary projects and high end tutors with the goal to push each individual project to a higher level. For filmmakers, this is a unique chance to get the best out of their film,” says Joost Daamen, Senior Programmer from IDFA.
For eight years, the rough-cut workshop has been searching for young talents and providing filmmakers with intensive training not only in the field of editing, but also with sophisticated distribution, communication and marketing strategy under the guidance of established film experts who will meet in Telč from 23rd to 29th June. “We have a team of tutors from all over Europe and North America and we teach filmmakers how to master the creative process so that at the end, they have a powerful documentary,” says Andrea Prenghyová, the founder and director of dok.incubator programme.
Participating film projects – drawn from around the world, including Latin America, Europe, Africa and Canada – deal with important social and personal issues that will expand the horizons of the viewers to learning more about the world, such as living in the war zone, child abuse, present problems of social system, and many more. Besides eight international projects, dok.incubator supports also four regional projects, directed by Czech filmmakers.
Among the films that participated in the workshop over the past few years, one was shortlisted for the Oscars, one received an Emmy Award, five have been nominated for European Film Awards, and twenty have competed at the world's most prestigious documentary film festival IDFA. Nine films on which dok.incubator has been collaborating since 2012 screened in the main competition at Sundance.
If you’d like to schedule an interview with one of our tutors or guests, please contact:
Petra Chlpáňová, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., (+420) 602 611 919
Complete list of all the tutors and decision makers:
https://dokincubator.net/2nd-workshop-session-2019/
Complete list of all the selected projects:
MIDPOINT Shorts 2019-2020
Apply with your short film project to the new edition of our program!
MIDPOINT Shorts is a professional project development program open to creative teams of writers, directors, and producers.
Within two residential workshops, the participants get to develop their scriptas well as prepare the production and promotional aspects of the projects. The workshop format is based on one-to-one tutoring as well as group feedback.
Moreover, the whole program will conclude with a brand-new project showcase within the prestigious When East Meets West
Co-production Market in January 2020.
Do not miss the chance to properly develop and introduce your project to the international film market!
Dates and venues
Workshop 1 / September 23–28, 2019 / Prague, Czech Republic
Workshop 2 / January 16–22, 2020 / Trieste, Italy (within When East Meets West)
You can learn more about the program and the methodology here.
You can access the application form here.
Deadline for applications: July 26, 2019
MIDPOINT Shorts is realized with the support of Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic and Czech Film Fund. It is presented in cooperation with When East Meets West.
FNE at Karlovy Vary IFF 2019: Marko Skop's Sophomore Feature Competes at KVIFF
Czech Republic 19-06-2019BRATISLAVA: Slovak director/writer/producer Marko Škop makes it into the main competition of the 59th Karlovy Vary IFF, 28 June – 6 July 2019, with his second feature film Let There be Light / Nech je svetlo.
KOSICE: The plentiful offerings in the Slovak Season section of Art Film Fest, running through 22 June 2019, are largely thanks to a new batch of documentaries that underscore the strong Slovak tradition in documentary filmmaking.
Sunny Side of the Doc 2019 will provide a great opportunity to explore the current documentary field of the Baltics – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Use the chance - documentary professionals from all three countries will welcome you at the BALTIC DOCUMENTARY STAND (no. C26) June 24-27!
Latvia will be represented by the new director of the Baltic Sea Forum For Documentaries (BalticSeaDocs), the film historian Zane Balčus (National Film Centre of Latvia).
Lithuanian team: Dovilė Butnoriūtė (Head of Department of Film Promotion, Information and Heritage, Lithuanian Film Centre), producer Arūnas Matelis (studio Nominum) and the project “(Ne)Užmirštas karas“ (‘Forgotten War’ by Linas Mikuta (studio Monoklis).
Estonian delegates include Filipp Kruusvall (Documentary Film Commissioner) from the Estonian Film Institute, producer Aleksander Ots (Sterotek Film) and the director Margit Lillak (Allfilm).
The BALTIC DOCUMENTARY STAND (no. C26) at the Sunny Side of the Doc 2019 is a cooperation between the National Film Centre of Latvia, Estonian Film Institute and the Lithuanian Film Centre.
More info: http://nkc.gov.lv/en/ / https://www.filmi.ee/en / http://www.lkc.lt/en/
MIDPOINT is opening the doors to Writers´ Room
Want to experience the atmosphere of creative writers´ room? Have you been thinking about how this concept works? Are you looking for an initiative to strengthen your TV writing technique?
MIDPOINT Writers´ Room is offering a unique opportunity to learn new skills and practical knowledge about the organization of the writers´ room.
The program is designed to span both US and European perspective of the writers´ room, hence MIDPOINT engaged two internationally renowned tutors from both territories.
American executive producer and consultant Maggie Murphy will conduct the practical 4-day workshop together with Hungarian creative executive and MIDPOINT TV Launch Head of Studies
Gabor Krigler (Joyrider TV).
The program will be organized in Prague, Czech Republic, during November 2 – 7, 2019 and is open to writers and creative producers with some experience in writing and the ambition of becoming creators/showrunners.
The deadline for application is September 13, 2019!
Learn more about the program here.
You can access the application form here.
MIDPOINT Writers’ Room is supported by the Ministry of Culture Czech Republic and the Czech Film Fund. MIDPOINT operates under the auspices of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.
ANNECY: The Latvian animated feature-length film Away directed by Gint Zilbalodis won the Contrechamp Award at the Annecy Festival of animated films, which ended on 15 June 2019.
WARSAW: FNE has teamed up with the Brussels based team of the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) to bring you regular updates on EU cinema policies that impact all industry professionals across Europe. Click here for FNE UNIC EU Cinema Policy Update.
PODOGRICA: The MIDPOINT script development initiative is partnering with the Film Center of Montenegro on the new training programme MIDPOINT Intensive Montenegro taking place in October 2019. The workshop is accepting applications through 26 July 2019.
KOSICE: The debut film by Teodor Kuhn, By a Sharp Knife / Ostrým nožom is screening in the Slovak Season of Art Film Festival, which runs through 22 June 2019 in the East Slovak city of Kosice.
