BABYLON INTERNATIONAL Call For Projects 2010

12.11.2009 | posted by le_redacteur

EUROPE MEETS AFRICA: Babylon launches its 2010 programme with a

major new initiative linking filmmakers across continents

BABYLON is now open for applications for 2010.

BABYLON provides high-level, project-based training and mentorship for

producer/writer-director teams seeking to broaden their access to the international

film industry.

In a major new initiative funded by the European Union’s MEDIA International and

the Nigerian Film Corporation, European filmmakers will have the opportunity to work

together with African colleagues on script and story development, production

technique, and access to the international marketplace via BABYLON’s network of

industry consultants, funders, international sales agents and distributors.

The 2010 programme includes:

__ a 5-day intensive development workshop for 14 selected projects (7

European, 7 African) during the International Film Festival Rotterdam (30th

Jan- 4th Feb 2010); with script consultancy, one-on-one production and

marketing analysis, screenings, case studies and networking forums;

__ individual mentoring from Babylon experts during the script rewrite and

preparation phase in February and March;

__ a 5-day production lab based at the Nigerian Film Institute in Jos, (27th April-

2nd May 2010) which consolidates the script development of each project and

gives filmmaking teams the opportunity to workshop scenes from their films or

produce promotional short films based on their feature-film material; plus

presentation of projects and their promotional material at the Zuma Film

festival in Abuja (3rd-5th May 2010);

__ Onward mentoring and promotion of all Babylon projects.

Visit www.babylon-film.eu now for details on how to apply.

Deadline for applications: 27th November 2009.

BABYLON INTERNATIONAL is led by BABYLON co-producers Script House (Berlin), Scenario Films (London) and Play

Film (Paris) and is funded by the European Union’s MEDIA International, the Nigerian Film Corporation and the

Centre National du CinÄma, Gabon, as well as by BABYLON’s existing sponsors the British Council, the Goethe-

Institut, Filmfonds Wien and Mira Media.

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