CEE Animation Workshop Opens the Call for Submissions

CEE Animation Workshop is a year-long project development and production skills advancement programme for professionals: established producers and creative teams with animated projects of any format (short, TV, features, hybrid) in development. It is also open to a limited number of participants without projects, representatives of industry and public institutions.

The workshop delivers a comprehensive and integrated approach on script and art design development, legal matters and copyright, funding opportunities and production models, production planning and cash flow, music and sound, acting and dubbing for animation, distribution and exhibition, promotion, new technologies and marketing.  It focuses on the roles of producer’s portfolio, project’s bible, producer’s package and pitching preparation. It helps identify a clear roadmap for project execution (target audiences, marketing and promotion, distribution strategies, production plans) and promotes co-production possibilities.

The programme is structured as a combination of group work, lectures, masterclasses, panels and case studies, with a practical orientation towards concrete progress of projects and participant’s skills. It offers an opportunity to present projects to a large group of selected decision-makers, representatives of the industry, funding bodies, broadcasters and sales agents and to pitch projects in front of the CEE Animation Forum audience.

Timeline

The programme consists of three workshops each lasting 6 days and taking place at a different location:

• 29 November – 5 December in Ljubljana, Slovenia
• March 2020 in Tallinn, Estonia
• May 2020 in Trebon, Czech Republic (merging with the CEE Animation Forum)

Who can apply

• with a project in development – This type of application is intended for a producer and one additional creative team member (director, scriptwriter) with an animated project of any format. Hybrid projects must contain at least 50% animation.
• without a project – This type of application is intended for individual professionals working in the field of animation.

All participants must come from one of the low production capacity countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tunisia, Ukraine) and must be present at all workshop modules. No later substitutions are possible.

Participation fee

• Two participants with a project in development: 2,700.00 EUR
• One participant without a project: 1,800.00 EUR

The participation fee includes participation in the programme, online script consultancy sessions, accommodation and meals during the workshops. Costs of travel to/from the workshop location and any additional costs not listed above are not covered by the organiser. There is no registration fee for submitting your application.

You may submit a request for a scholarship through the application along with an explanation on why you would need it. CEE Animation Scholarship is granted as a partial reduction of the full fee, not as a complete exemption of payment. The amount granted to a project or an individual is based on the selection committee’s assessment of the state of animation in the applicant’s country and the submitted explanation.

The deadline to submit your application is 30 August.

You can apply by filling out the form on the following links:

• with a project in development (application must be submitted by the producer)
• without a project

We suggest you read the instructions and prepare all the required content before you start filling out the form. For any additional questions please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

CEE Animation Workshop is organized with the support of Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union.

The 54^th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF), held from June 28^th through July 6^th, had two wins in store for Estonian films: with the world premiere at KVIFF, the documentary feature Immortal by Ksenija Okhapkina won the Grand Prix for the best documentary, and feature film Scandinavian Silence by Martti Helde won Europa Cinemas Label prize.

Immortal explores how citizens, whose utmost goal is to give their lives for their Fatherland and thus achieving immortality, are ‘bred’ in today’s Russia.

„It’s a film about people influenced by propaganda,“ Okhapina said. „After making the film, I, too, understand better what is going on in Russia, why people support the government and the political system that acts against them and their children.“

Immortal is the second collaboration between the Russian director Ksenija Okhapina and Estonian producer Riho Västrik. The film was produced by Vesilind OÜ in collaboration with Latvian film studio VFS Films.

Martti Helde’s black-and-white feature Scandinavian Silence won Europa Cinemas Label prize which is awarded only at Berlin, Venice Locarno, Cannes and Karlovy Vary film festivals. The prize was established in order to promote the reach and distribution of the awarded films.

„I’m particularly pleased because of Scandinavian Silence began its journey on festivals with such a high accolade. Europa Cinemas Label award is a hallmark that will help our film to travel and reach to considerably wider audiences. This is important for both the film itself but also for Estonian film in general,“ Helde said.

The film’s producer is Elina Litvinova from the film studio Three Brothers. The film is produced in collaboration with French and Belgian boutique distributors.

Listed as one of the category A film festivals, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is one of the most prominent film events in Europe.

Additional information about the festival:

www.kviff.com

Additional information about the films:

Immortal – www.immortal.ee

Film’s trailer: https://vimeo.com/289813140

Scandinavian Silence – https://www.facebook.com/scandinaviansilence/

Film’s trailer: https://vimeo.com/314322683

Additional information:

Aurelia Aasa

Estonian Film Institute

International Distribution Coordinator

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The following grants were announced by the Georgian National Film Center on 30 June and 9 July 2019.