Deadline: 5 March 2013
Open to: European producers, directors, editors, and film school graduates with a promising international film project
Venue: May (Wroclaw, Poland); August/September (Bratislava, Slovakia); November (Leipzig, Germany)
Description
DOK.Incubator provides individual tutoring by top European editors, producers, and sales agents for documentary projects from the rough cut stage to its release.
- Are you editing a documentary project and aiming for worldwide distribution without artistic compromises?
- Do you want to find the strongest and the most interesting way how to tell your story?
- Are you planning the international release of your film, trying to succeed at renowned documentary festivals?
- Are you interested in new distribution tools (online platforms, social networks, new media) and are you aiming for a crowd-funding campaign?
You can join the workshop either as a regular participant or as an observer. Participants are requested to come with a project – a film in a stage of a rough cut, which will be developed during the workshop. Each project will be represented by three people – a producer, a director and an editor of the film. If the film has a sales agent, s/he is welcome to attend the workshop as well, especially for the second and third session. Editors and directors of the film don’t have to stay for the second – production part of each workshop, but they are very much supported to do so. These parts of both workshops will be also dedicated to local producers, who will have an access to “open sessions” and screenings.
Observers can come without any film or with a film in another stage of production. They can discuss their films and seek advice from film professionals who will be giving lectures at workshops. They would like to actively involve young starting sales agents in the documentary field, representatives of TV broadcasting, funds, film institutions and film professionals with a film at any stage. Observers are obligated to participate at 1st and 2nd Workshop Session!
Fees
Participation fee is 1.800 EUR per selected project. The fee includes accommodation in double/twin rooms, lunches and coffee breaks during the three sessions for 2 – 3 persons. (If you come as a crew of three people, one of you will have to share room with participant of some other group. You can pay an extra money to get a single room if interested. If you are four and more, every other person will have to pay for his/her board and accommodation).
Observers are going to pay a fee covering the costs of their meals and accommodation (from 150-250 Euros per Workshop Session).
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 participation fees. Applicants must prove that there is no possibility of scholarship in their own country (letter from mediadesk) and that the project is a really low budget documentary and doesn’t have a closed funding. In special cases scholarship can be obtained by west European participants as well.
2013 Workshop structure:
1st Session: May, Wroclaw /PL/ – ROUGH CUT: focuses on rough cut, international potential of the documentary, develops first draft of film release and distribution
2nd Session: August/September, Bratislava /SK/ – FINAL CUT: helps to finalize narrative structure of your film, gives you feedback from professionals, helps you design detailed PR and distribution strategies
3rd Session: November, DOK Leipzig /DE/ – FINAL PACKAGE: presents your film at the Leipzig film festival, offers individual meetings with key European broadcasters, sales, festival selectors and distributors in the frame of DOK Leipzig co-production markets 2013
Eligibility
European producers with a promising international project. They are searching for motivated independent producers and their directors and editors, including film school graduates who have been in the industry for at least a few seasons. People who are open and want to learn and explore new ways of production, distribution, marketing and new technologies. All participants must be able to provide evidence of their practical experience and a have a good knowledge of English.
Application
Application deadline is March 5th, 2013! You must apply using the application form found HERE.
They have decided to accept 8 projects. Selection will be based on four main criteria – international distribution potential, quality of the rough cut, applicants company and distribution plan. It is important that submitted project has time to be developed and does not have to be delivered in the middle of the workshop. We will not consider only submitted material, applicants will also be interviewed (personally at Hot Docs, Nyon, Krakow or other festival), via phone or Skype.
They request you submit:
- rough cut of the film, in case you don’t have one yet, then edited scenes
- written proposal based on shot material
- distribution strategy plan
- marketing and distribution budget
- CVs of director, producer and editor, track record of their company
- basic information about the project – timing, structure of financing, broadcasters involved, etc.
Please contact the organizers in Prague at info@dokincubator.net or by phone at +420 222 361 296, +420 224 241 192, or +420 224 241 046.
For more information, please see the official website HERE.