European Short Pitch, u organizaciji udruge P.O.V. Push Other Visions, predstavlja godišnji program usavršavanja i koprodukcijski forum namijenjen projektima u postprodukciji, a kojemu je cilj promicanje europskih koprodukcija i umrežavanje mladih scenarista s filmskim profesionalcima iz cijele Europe. Europski talenti, odabrani na temelju kvalitete i potencijala svojih projekata kratkometražnih filmova, na forumu imaju priliku predstaviti svoje projekte pred panelom vodećih europskih producenata, financijera i distributera. Sudionici tako dobivaju mogućnost pronaći koprodukcijskog partnera, završiti projekt i promovirati ga na europskoj razini.
Prvi dio European Short Pitcha čini razvojna radionica koja će se održati online od 13. do 17. siječnja 2025. godine. Tijekom tih pet dana sudionici će intenzivno raditi na svojim projektima uz mentora scenarija koji će voditi proces izmjenjujući plenarne, grupne i individualne sesije. Cilj ove prve sesije jest poboljšati kvalitetu scenarija, posebice u međunarodnom okviru, te pripremiti sudionike za predstavljanje projekata. Program će biti upotpunjen inspirativnim razgovorom o režiji i pisanju scenarija.
Između dvije glavne sesije (od veljače do svibnja 2025.) 12 sudionika dobit će daljnje povratne informacije od svojih mentora pisanja scenarija u online individualnoj sesiji. Osim toga, sudionici će dobiti produkcijski coaching od producenta s iskustvom u europskim koprodukcijama, koji će pružiti individualne savjete tijekom individualnih sesija coachinga. Štoviše, sudionici će imati pristup treningu za pitching, specijaliziranom predavanju mentora za pitching te individualnim sastancima s nositeljima projekata, kao i grupnim i pojedinačnim sesijama s distributerom/prodajnim agentom, gdje se scenaristima/redateljima i pridruženim producentima prezentiraju relevantne studije slučaja i nude prilagođene povratne informacije za njihove projekte.
Konačno, sudionici će prisustvovati Koprodukcijskom forumu u lipnju 2025. koji će imati oblik hibridnog događaja, odnosno održat će se i online i uživo. Cilj je ove sesije stvoriti platformu za promociju odabranih projekata, potaknuti susrete i suradnje filmskih profesionalaca te pokrenuti koprodukcije kratkih filmova. Pozvani producenti, financijeri, donositelji odluka i sudionici sastat će se tijekom dva dana kako bi uspostavili buduću suradnju. Koprodukcijski forum uključuje Pitching i Q&A događanje uživo, sastanke jedan na jedan, studiju slučaja/panel, projekciju ESP filmova i ceremoniju dodjele European Short Pitch Awards, gdje će najbolji projekti dobiti nagrade međunarodnog žirija, kao i novčane i robne nagrade partnera ESP-a.
European Short Pitch otvoren je za pojedinačne autore ili kreativne timove koji razvijaju međunarodne projekte kratkog filma, odnosno za pisce, redatelje i producente. Scenaristi redatelji koji sami razvijaju projekt dobrodošli su u program, no preporuka je da već postoji nacionalna produkcijska kuća zainteresirana ili uključena u projekt, posebno u vrijeme koprodukcijskog foruma.
Program je namijenjen autorima u usponu i talentima u usponu, a prihvaća akcijske, animirane, dokumentarne ili hibridne projekte kratkog filma uživo u trajanju kraćem od 59'.
Kako bi se prijavili za European Short Pitch, prijavitelji se trebaju registrirati ispunjavanjem ovog obrasca, a potom poslati sljedeće materijale na engleskom jeziku redoslijedom navedenim u donjem popisu, i to u jednoj PDF datoteci nazvanoj prema naslovu projekta na info@europeanshortpitch.org:
Sudionici će biti obaviješteni e-poštom o rezultatima izbora do početka prosinca 2024. godine.
Kotizacija za sudjelovanje jedne osobe po projektu iznosi 700 eura. Naknada pokriva školarinu te smještaj i dnevnice tijekom rezidencijalnih sesija. Kotizacija ne pokriva putne troškove te će njih snositi sudionici. European Short Pitch prihvaća maksimalno tri osobe po projektu, a dodatni sudionici sami snose troškove.
Više informacija o European Short Pitchu moguće je pronaći ovdje.
European Short Pitch is an annual training programme and co-production forum, organized by the association P.O.V. Push Other Visions, dedicated to projects in post-production, with the aim of promoting European co-productions and networking young screenwriters with film professionals from all over Europe. European talents, selected based on the quality and potential of their short film projects, have the opportunity to present their projects at the forum in front of a panel of leading European producers, financiers and distributors. The participants thus get the opportunity to find a co-production partner, finish the project and promote it at the European level.
The first part of European Short Pitch is Development workshop, taking place online from January 13-17, 2025. During those five days, participants will work intensively on their projects with a scriptwriting tutor heading the process, alternating plenary, group and one-to-one sessions. The aim of this first session is to enhance the quality of the script, particularly in an international framework, and to prepare participants to present their projects. An inspirational talk about directing and scriptwriting will complete the programme.
Between the two main sessions (between February and May 2025), the 12 participants will receive further feedback from their scriptwriting tutors in an online individual session. They will also receive production coaching from a producer experienced in European coproductions, who provides tailor-made advice during individual coaching sessions. Moreover, they will benefit from: a training in pitching: a specialized tutor gives a lecture about pitching and meets the project holders individually; and group and individual sessions with distributor/sales agent, where writers/directors and attached producers are presented with relevant case studies and offered adapted feedback for their own projects.
Finally, participants will attend the Coproduction Forum in June 2025, which will take the form of a hybrid event, proposed both online and offline. The aim of this session is to create a platform of promotion for the projects selected, to encourage encounters and collaborations between film professionals and to initiate short film coproductions. Invited producers, financiers, decision makers and participants will meet for two days in order to establish future collaborations. It Coproduction Forum includes a Pitching and Q&A Live Event, one-to-one meetings, a case study/panel, a screening of ESP films, and the European Short Pitch Awards Ceremony, where the best projects are awarded by an international Jury and receive cash and in-kind prizes from our partners.
European Short Pitch is open to individual authors or creative teams developing international short film projects. It is therefore open to writers, directors, and producers. Writer-directors developing a project on their own are very welcome to participate in the programme, yet it is strongly advised to already have a national production company interested or attached to the project, especially at the time of the Coproduction Forum.
The programme is aimed at up-and-coming authors and emerging talents and accepts live action, animation, documentary or hybrid short film projects, inferior to 59’.
In order to apply for European Short Pitch, applicants need to register by filling this form and then send the following materials, all in English and in the order indicated in the list below, in one PDF file named after the project title to info@europeanshortpitch.org:
Participants will be informed by email of their selection / non-selection by the beginning of December 2024.
The participation fee for one person per project is 700 euros. The fee covers tuition, as well as accommodation and subsistence in case of residential session. The fee does not cover travel costs, which will be at participants’ expenses. European Short Pitch accepts a maximum of 3 persons per project; extra participants have to cover their own expenses: accommodation, subsistence and travel.
Additional information about European Short Pitch is available here.
