03-11-2017

COCO PROGRAMME 2017 REVEALED!

     

    The 2017 edition of connecting Cottbus will introduce coco Work in Progress (WiP)  with  the  new  €35,000  coco  WiP  Award,  an  in-­‐kind  prize  sponsored  by  the German post-­‐production company D-­‐FACTO MOTION.

    Competition for one of the coco Pitch or coco WiP slots was tough. coco WiP’s four projects were selected from 50 submissions from 25 countries. The coco Pitch selection of ten projects was made from over 125 submissions from 32 countries.

    The  ten  coco  Pitch  projects  will  compete  for  another  four  coco  awards:  The €1,500 coco Best Pitch Award sponsored by Berliner Synchron and No Limits Media plus a Cannes Producers Network accreditation will go to the producer of the awarded best pitch. A jury of three industry representatives will award the €25,000  coco  Post  Pitch  Award,  an  in-­‐kind  award  donated  by  the  German  post-­‐ production house The Post Republic. The Midpoint Scholarship Award will enable  one cocoLab project to develop its  script  by  participating  in  our  sponsor's  Midpoint Feature Launch.

    The   Polish   German   Co-­‐Production   Roundtable   will   be   continuing   this   year. connecting   cottbus   is   joining   forces   with   Medienboard   Berlin-­‐Brandenburg, Mitteldeutsche Medienstiftung, the Polish Film Institute and the German Federal Film Board (Filmförderungsanstalt -­‐ FFA) to invite producers from Poland and Germany  to  discuss  the  situation  of  co-­‐production  between  the  neighboring countries.

    We are very happy to welcome Serbia as coco’s country focus this year. In cooperation  with  the  Film  Center  Serbia  Focus  Serbia  will  present  Serbian  co-­‐ production possibilities as well as projects and case studies.

    This year will see connecting cottbus starting a network initiative focusing on gender equality. The coco Female Producers Roundtable will be inviting leading as well as upcoming female producers to a think tank to devise and develop new collaborative strategies that can benefit the industry in terms of gender diversity.

     

    As a novelty this year, four projects have been selected at the Midpoint Feature Launch 2017 to pitch under the banner MIDPOINT SELECTION:

    • INVENTORY / director Darko Sinko, producer Vlado Bulajic (Slovenia)
    • MNK BOY / director Mete Gümürhan, producer Bas Broertjes (Netherlands/Turkey)
    • WATERWOLF / director Ann-­‐Julie Vervaeke, producer Anastassia Oudovitchenko (Belgium)
    • ZANA / director Antoneta Kastrati, producer Casey Johnson (Kosovo)

    connecting  cottbus  is  supported  by  Medienboard  Berlin-­‐BrandenburgCreative Europe/MEDIA and MDM Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung.

    More information about connecting cottbus can be found online at www.connecting-­‐ cottbus.de/ or on facebook www.facebook.com/connecting.cottbus.

    Press contact:
    info@connecting-­‐cottbus.de

     

    Last modified on 03-11-2017