15-07-2011

2. New Horizons Studio at the 11. New Horizons IFF

    The second edition of the New Horizons Studio is held on 23-26 July, during the 11. New Horizons IFF in Wrocław. These workshops for young professionals give them knowledge they rarely get access to at film school. Within the Studio the participants have the opportunity to talk about promotion, film marketing, sales, pitching, networking, festival strategy and improve as professional filmmakers.

    This year's programme was supervised by Hayet Benkara, who in the past has co-operated with the Rotterdam, Toronto and Cannes film festivals. Also, this year the London Film Academy partnered with the festival on the Studio. Thanks to the LFA, the event will feature lectures by Ri Chakraborty (pitching), Richard Kwietniowski (writing and directing) and Ivana MacKinnon (producing).

    Other acclaimed speakers include Juliette Jansen (Rotterdam IFF), Anais Clanet (Wide Management), Beata Mońka (Canal+) and Hugo Viera da Silva (Swans).

    A special Masterclass will be given by the Hungarian director Bela Tarr (Satan Tango, Turin Horse).

    Among the 24 participants of the workshops there are directors: Katarzyna Rosłaniec and Tomasz Wolski, writer-director Paweł Ferdek as well as other young producers, cameramen and composers, i.e. Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz.

    This year, thanks to a cooperation with the Transylvania, Lisbon and Cinessonne film festivals as well as the Norwegian Film Institute, the event will host 10 participants from Romania, Portugal, France and Norway, among them producer Joao Figueiras (China, China) and director George Dorobantu (Elevator).

    The co-organizers of the Studio is Media Desk Polska and LFA. Canal+ Polska is a partner. The main sponsor of the New Horizons Studio is T-Mobile.

    The New Horizons IFF is the biggest film festival in Poland. The 11th edition will take place in Wrocław, Poland on 21-31 July 2011.

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