Cinekid Script LAB Amsterdam 2019
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It is great to welcome you to the sixth edition of Cinekid Script LAB. This booklet holds all the information you need for the first residency of Cinekid Script LAB 2019-2020. You will find the programme, biographies of the participants, coaches and organisation, a brief description of all the selected projects and some information on what happens after the LAB in Amsterdam. I hope that all information is clear, but in case you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Thijs: [email protected] / +31 6 55750216. Welcome to Cinekid Script LAB 2019-2020 ............................................................................... 2 Contents ......................................................................................................................................... 3 Schedule Cinekid Script LAB Amsterdam .................................................................................. 4 Cinekid for Professionals ............................................................................................................. 5 Organisation .................................................................................................................................. 6 Coaches .......................................................................................................................................... 7 Participants and projects ............................................................................................................. 9 Be Careful What You Wish For ................................................................................................ 9 The Bristol Job ......................................................................................................................... 10 Don’t Drink Our Blood ............................................................................................................ 11 EIRA .......................................................................................................................................... 12 The Hullabaloos ...................................................................................................................... 13 iNanny ...................................................................................................................................... 14 Jump Out .................................................................................................................................. 15 Lila in Kognita ......................................................................................................................... 16 Rood ......................................................................................................................................... 17 Tamar ....................................................................................................................................... 18 Uncle Egg – Searching for a dad ............................................................................................ 19 Vera and the Third Stone ....................................................................................................... 20 After Cinekid Script LAB Amsterdam ....................................................................................... 21 You can find a brief overview of the programme below, and the full schedule here. 20 October: Arrival day & Cinekid participation 21 October: Introductions, Story sessions 22 October: Story sessions & Goals & Glory sessions 23 October: Test & Pitch with Kids, Goals & Glory sessions 24 October: Come back sessions, Closing session and Dinner 25 October: Cinekid participation, Departure day In these sessions, you will talk in-depth with your coach and peer writer(s) about your script. For each story session, we have calculated 3 hours, but it is totally up to you and your coach how to divide this time, and if you will use all this time. In the Goals and Glory Session, you will have a meeting with Esther van Driesum, our Head of Studies. Here you will talk about the goals you have set for your project, what you would like to gain from the LAB and discuss the different aspects of the LAB. You can also give her any feedback on the LAB, positive or negative! During the Come Back sessions at the end of the LAB, you will evaluate Script LAB Amsterdam, and set your goals for the rest of the LAB and the dates for your online session, together with your coach. What do you want to accomplish before your online session with your coach (December/January), or before the second residency in Berlin? The opportunity to pitch your project for a group of international children; your future audience! They will be very honest and tell you what they do and do not like, and what they would like to see in the film you are making. In your programme for Cinekid Script LAB, you will find some moments that there is no official programme. It is up to you how to divide this time. You could work on your script, but you can also take the opportunity to attend Cinekid Festival or Cinekid for Professionals. 19 – 25 October In the programme leaflet, which you will receive in your festival bag upon arrival at the festival, you can find all screenings during Cinekid Festival, which are English spoken or have English subtitles. On our website, you can find our Night of the Lion screenings; beautiful children’s films, and also very suitable for adults (21 – 24 October, at 19:30 at the Machinegebouw at the festival site) 21-24 October festival site / 19 October – 8 November online. Cinekid for Professionals' digital video library offers more than 350 recent children’s productions from all over the world, with particularly a focus on European productions. The ScreeningClub offers buyers and programmers the opportunity to screen the productions in private screening booths for acquisition and/or programming purposes. Additionally, Cinekid for Professionals also has the Junior Co-production Market and the Industry Forum, but as they mostly overlap with the programme of the LAB, it won’t be possible to attend these events this year. Nienke Poelsma is serving as Head of Cinekid for Professionals at Cinekid, driving the industry department of the festival. Nienke joined Cinekid in 2015 from International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) where she coordinated CineMart, the established co- production market of IFFR, and the Rotterdam LAB, the workshop for emerging producers. Prior to IFFR, she studied Film with minors in Film Studies and Film and TV Production. Nienke is secretary of the board of Roffa Mon Amour, a summer film festival in Rotterdam. She has chaired many international juries and selection committees over the years. Esther van Driesum is Head of Studies at Cinekid Script LAB. She runs her own consultancy INSIDE OUT with a focus on project and talent development in both documentary and fiction film. Next to this, she works as the Script Consultant/Creative Producer of Dutch production house BIND. Esther also supervises Cinekid’s Script LAB, works as a consultant/development coach for the Flanders Audiovisual Fund and is a guest tutor at the Netherlands Film Academy and at the University of the Arts Utrecht. Besides, Esther joined forces with Daan Gielis in their PrepTalk initiative, designing labs and providing tailor-made workshops for writers, directors and producers on the development, presentation and positioning of film projects. Thijs van der Laak is Coordinator for Cinekid for Professionals since March 2017. Producing talent development programmes as Cinekid Script LAB and Kids & Docs and overseeing the Guest Department are part of his responsibilities. Before joining Cinekid in 2017, he was part of Cinekid's Guest Department in 2015. He also served in various functions for film festivals throughout the Netherlands: CineMart & International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands Film Festival, Go Short International Short Film Festival, amongst others. Boudewijn Koole is creative producer at Witfilm. He is advisor and coach to filmmakers during the development, shooting and editing of their films. He made several, mainly youth-, documentaries, such as Tommie and Pierlala. More recently he added a focus on directing and writing fiction films. The children’s film Kauwboy (Little Bird) was sold to 14 countries and won more than 30 prizes worldwide. Since graduating as a theatre producer from the National Theatre School of Canada, Eva Svenstedt Ward has worked in theatre, film and television. She studied screenwriting at the Binger Film Institute in Amsterdam, has a BA in Theatre Studies from Stockholm University, and an MSc in Organisational Psychology from INSEAD Business School. Eva spent nearly 15 years as producer and development executive for SVT. Projects Eva has been involved in include creative producer for children's series The Roofters, script and story consultant for Emmy Award- winning The Millennium Trilogy, including The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Eva has held masterclasses on screenwriting, script consulting and the role of the creative producer for organisations as Berghs School of Communication Stockholm, Short Film Forum Moscow, Scuola Holden in Torino, and Off Camera Cracow. She currently is Head of Studies for Torino Scriptlab. Jacques Akchoti is a renowned screenwriter and script consultant who has worked with directors such as Lars von Trier and Jean-Jacques Beineix. He has received many accolades for several cinema and television productions. Jacques teaches writing and directing at the Femis (National French