Professional Coaching for Producers
An EAVE Workshop
In Association With The Dubai International Film Festival
The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) is offering a high quality professional development programme in December 2007 for film producers from Arab countries. The programme is a joint venture between DIFF’s Industry Office and European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs (EAVE), one of Europe’s leading training and development organisations.
When and where?
The programme will take place in Dubai from December 9 to December 13 inclusive. Participants’ travel and hotel costs will be paid by the Dubai International Film Festival.
What is the programme?
The programme, to be delivered by experienced producers and experts from both Arab and European countries, will include sessions and training on:
- the role of the producer
- script development
- legal issues of production
- budgeting, finance and financial planning
- pitching and presentation
- marketing and packaging
- finance in the region and Europe
- distribution and exhibition in the region.
The programme will be delivered through a mix of plenary sessions, individual meetings, group discussions, expert panels and case studies. Participants’ projects will be discussed in individual meetings with script consultants as well as with each other in group sessions. There will also be individual pitching and presentation training. The week will conclude with a presentation of the projects to a panel of leading industry figures.
There will be plenty of time for participants to network with each other and to build relationships for future collaboration across Arab countries and with Europe.
Who is it for?
The programme is aimed at producers who are active in the industry and will have already produced, for example, short films, music videos or, perhaps, a low budget digital feature. It is not aimed at experienced feature film or documentary producers who are already familiar with the regional and European film producing environment.
The programme will be conducted in English.
Applicants should apply with a project they are in the process of developing since the programme will feature development of the projects through group and individual discussion. Projects can be fiction or documentary and there are no specifications of genre, type or length.
Making an application
Applications can be received from: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, the Palestinian Territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
Application forms can be obtained at www.eave.org
If you require further information please email: silke@eave.org
You can also obtain more information about European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs and our approach to training, development and networking at www.eave.org.
The deadline for receipt of applications (by email) is October 1, 2007.
