PRAGUE: The CEE based development programme MIDPOINT announced the launch of a new workshop, MIDPOINT Writers’ Room, a sidebar programme to its MIDPOINT TV Launch programme which began in 2015.
The new workshop will focus on the training of skills and practical knowledge about the organisation of a writers’ room. It is designed to stimulate local TV industries to utilise the practices which are spurring new TV series in other territories.
The first workshop will be held in Prague 2-7 November 2019. Submissions will open in mid-June and the application deadline is 13 September. The applications are open to all Europe with a focus on CEE participants.
The Film New Europe (FNE) Association is the networking platform for film professionals in the CEE/SEE/Baltics region. The webportal and FNE newswire was chosen as the MAIN TOOL to achieve the network’s objectives of the sharing of know how, visibility of regional cultural diversity and finally the VOICE of the region.
FNE’s objectives include VISIBILITY for the region and AUDIENCES for films by providing a special focus on the region.