Film TEEP Film Training for East European Professionals Bucharest Workshop 7th-12th of May 2014 Film TEEP is a co-production training programme Organized by With the financial support of ARTVIVA NATIONAL CENTER OF CINEMATOGRAPHY Romania Romania In partnership with FILM CENTER SERBIA GEORGIAN NATIONAL FILM CENTER - GNFC Serbia Georgia GEOPOLY PROTON FILM Bulgaria Hungary MACEDONIAN FILM FUND UKRAINIAN STATE FILM AGENCY Macedonia Ukraine FESTIVAL ON WHEELS - ANKARA CINEMA ASSOCIATION ALT FILM Turkey Republic of Moldova MEETINGS ON THE BRIDGE - IFF TALLINN BLACK NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL Turkey Estonia KINOTAVR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FVG AUDIOVISUAL FUND Russian Federation Italy FUTURE OF MEDIA GOLDEN APRICOT - GAIFF Poland Armenia SLOVENIAN FILM CENTER VIDEO BROADCAST FILM Slovenia United Kingdom Awards WHEN EAST MEETS WEST, ITALY MANNHEIM MEETING PLACE 2 Welcome to Film TEEP Welcome to Film TEEP! As we are here to sup- port and assist talented filmmakers to bring their stories on the big screen and, finally, to promote them, As the first Film TEEP Workshop fulfilled its mission so proficiently, We are happy to support the second Bucharest Film TEEP workshop, which will help you to improve the creative content and international potential of your feature projects and will continue to develop your professional network especially for the East European region, and to encourage an international audiovisual collaboration. After the strict selection from March, the best teams have been invited to share and better their stories with very experienced trainers, brought from all over Europe. Having classes on scriptwriting, production and financing, as well as feedbacks from your tutors and from your colleagues will help you to continue your way to the final draft. In this workshop you’ll share and get rich with a bunch of great ideas and knowledge, but with traditions and other important values from different peo- ple and cultures, as well. So have a great and productive time in Bucharest. 17 times in the years to come, I wish to discover in the darkness of the thea- tre hall, on the large screen, the stories from this workshop. Welcome to Romania, Head of National Center of Cinema Mihail Kogalniceanu 3 Welcome to Film TEEP Dear friends, dear colleagues, To say “dear Friends“ is maybe a little bit optimistic before starting. Maybe hate and sorrow will flow in the streets of Bucharest in May. But sure we are colleagues, cinema lovers, filmmakers and with dozens of stories to tell. This passion we share will tie us better than any common language, common political statement or even common films we love. What we think, believe or like is nothing in front of what we dream with, That’s the strength of cinema and your projects are strong. This event has been set up very quickly, with generous support from the Romanian CNC. But the architect is Ruxandra Cernat, she was convincing, supporting and organising. You will be the scriptwriters, the directors, the producers… We will be the tutors, the production and script advisers, But without her, nobody could be here. Nobody could learn anything, not you, not me. “Anyone who's made film and knows about the cinema has a lifelong love affair with the experience. Because you never stop learning about film“. Francis Ford Coppola Because it’s all about learning, dear colleagues, and this from other colleagues, in a different language from what you speak at home, with people not knowing where exactly you come from, and with their own world, taste and references. Like in the real cinema life. To deal with foreigners, strangers and competitors is your destiny. You will never know if they want to build their own home on your field Or they want really to help you to make your home better Or simply they are polite… But further than opinions, advices or tricks, You will see you are not alone; you are part of a community, a film community willing to help you, improving your ideas, giving you some links and ready to answer in the future. A vey warm welcome to this workshop, I hope it will be a creative tool for you. Because people need stories, Let’s be storytellers. Patrice Vivancos May 2014 And “Be yourself, everyone else is taken And make your film, nobody else will do it“ 4 Table of contents Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond at work Schedule……………………………………………………………………….6 List of participants & contacts………………………………………….11 Trainers’ profiles……………………………………………………………13 Guest lecturers …………………………………………………………….18 Film TEEP team profiles…………………………………………………..21 Screenings …………………………………………………………………..22 Selected Projects…………………………………………………………...25 Awards………………………………………………………………….…….74 Bucharest survival kit…………………………………………………….75 5 Schedule Wednesday, 7th May GOLDEN TULIP VICTORIA BUCHAREST Time Session Trainer 09:00 - Arrivals All 18:00 – Screening (optional) All 20:00 “Youth Without Youth” Director Francis Ford Coppola, 1st AD Anatol Reghin- tovschi (conference room, 1st floor) 21:00 - Welcome drinks All Cosmopolitan evening, sharing stories and traditions (conference room, 1st floor) Youth Without Youth 6 Schedule Thursday, 8th May GOLDEN TULIP VICTORIA BUCHAREST Time Session Trainer 09:30 – Welcome Ruxandra Cernat 10:45 Introductions from Film TEEP Patrice Vivancos Aims of this workshop David Pope Trainers presentation Ana Sanz-Magallon Projects presentation Luc Ntonga 10:45 – “Thematic immersion: Does the essence of your story live David Pope 11:45 in all of its parts?” – lecture and Q&A 11:45 - Networking break All 12:15 (networking in the hotel lobby/bar, coffee can be served) 12:15 – “Production and Finances, or how to make Patrice Vivancos 13:30 your stories into real films ” - lecture and Q&A 13:30 – Lunch All 14:30 14:30 – Group meetings 16:30 Participants start working on their projects with the trainers DP (David Pope) group – room 1 ASM (Ana Sanz-Magallon) group – room 2 AR (Anatol Reghintovschi) group – room 3 Individual meetings (50 minutes per project) – 4 projects with Patrice Vivancos and Luc Ntonga 16:30 – Coffee break All 17:00 17:00 – Group meetings 19:00 Participants start working on their projects with the trainers DP (David Pope) group – room 1 ASM (Ana Sanz-Magallon) group – room 2 AR (Anatol Reghintovschi) group – room 3 Individual meetings (50 minutes per project) – 4 projects with Patrice Vivancos and Luc Ntonga (hotel lobby/bar area) 20:00 – “Ward no. 6” – screening, cinema Studio All 21:30 Based on Chekhov’s homonym story Directo: Karen Shakhnazarov Cast: Alexei Vertkov, Vladimir Ilin 21:30 Cocktail offered by the Russian Federation Embassy 7 Schedule Friday, 9th May GOLDEN TULIP VICTORIA BUCHAREST Time Session Trainer 9:30 – “Before and after the script: chain of titles, Patrice Vivancos 10:30 then festivals and film markets promotion” 10:30 - “Understanding the key value of marketing Luc Ntonga 11:30 & international sales at the development stage (... and being the smartest guy in the room!)” – lecture, Q&A 11:30 – Networking break All 12:00 (networking in the hotel lobby/bar, coffee can be served) 12:00 - “Script development tool box” - lecture and Q&A Ana Sanz-Magallon 13:00 13:00 – Lunch All 14:00 14:00 – Group meetings 16:00 Participants start working on their projects with the train- ers DP (David Pope) group – room 1 ASM (Ana Sanz-Magallon) group – room 2 AR (Anatol Reghintovschi) group – room 3 Individual meetings (50 minutes per project) – 4 projects with Patrice Vivancos and Luc Ntonga (hotel lobby/bar area) 16:00 – Coffee break All 16:30 16:30 – Group meetings 18:30 Participants start working on their projects with the train- ers DP (David Pope) group – room 1 ASM (Ana Sanz-Magallon) group – room 2 AR (Anatol Reghintovschi) group – room 3 Individual meetings (50 minutes per project) – 4 projects with Patrice Vivancos and Luc Ntonga (hotel lobby/bar area) 19:30 – “Blog”, director Elena Trape 21:30 Screening, Cervantes Institute 21:30 Cocktail offered by Cervantes Institute Bucharest In the honour of the Spanish Film TEEP delegation 8 Schedule Saturday, 10th May GOLDEN TULIP VICTORIA BUCHAREST Time Session Trainer 9:30 – “Pitching – blessing or curse?” Ruxandra Cernat 10:30 10:30 - “Worldwide famous Romanian actresses” - lecture, Q&A Irina Nistor 11:30 Case studies: “Plein Soleil” (France, Elvire Popesco, Alain Oana Pellea Delon), “I hate my job” (UK, Oana Pellea), “Je vous trouve Medeea Marinescu tres beau”(France, Medeea Marinescu), “4 months 3 weeks Laura Vasiliu 2 days” (Romania, Laura Vasiliu, Anamaria Marinca) Simona Bondoc 11:30 – Networking break 12:00 (networking in the hotel lobby/bar, coffee can be served) 12:00 - “Giving life to your characters - casting, Florin Serban 13:00 working with the actors, director’s vision” Irina Nistor 13:00 – Lunch 14:00 14:00 – Group meetings 16:00 Participants start working on their projects with the trainers DP (David Pope) group – room 1 ASM (Ana Sanz-Magallon) group – room 2 AR (Anatol Reghintovschi) group – room 3 Individual meetings (50 minutes per project) – 4 projects with Patrice Vivancos and Luc Ntonga (hotel lobby/bar area) 16:00 - Coffee break All 16:30 16:30 – Group meetings 19:00 Group meetings Participants start working on their projects with the trainers DP (David Pope) group – room 1 ASM (Ana Sanz-Magallon) group – room 2 AR (Anatol Reghintovschi) group – room 3 Individual meetings (50 minutes per project) – 4 projects with Patrice Vivancos and Luc Ntonga (hotel lobby/bar area) 20:00 – “Plein Soleil” 23:00 Screening over a good red wine glass Terrace “Chez Elvire”, French Institute 9 Schedule Sunday, 11th May GOLDEN