TorinoFilmLab | Training

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Training

Call for entries 2011: from the 15th of September 2010 to the 15th of December 2010

Every year, TorinoFilm lab offers an advanced scriptwriting course for directors and scriptwriters of first and second features from all over the world

The course lasts from March to January (11 months) and foresees3 residential workshops, 2 on line sessions and 1 Alumni meeting. It follows the entire scriptwriting process, offering close collaboration and insights into the challenges of each step, from generating ideas and structuring the material through first and second drafts, up to a final pitch in front of producers and sales agents who will be invited to a new meeting event on November 2009, during the next Torino Film Festival.

On this occasion, a group of decision makers will assign up to six Development Awards, that will allow the chosen filmmakers to work on their projects for another year at TorinoFilmLab, through the Development program.

Who can apply?

Training is for both scriptwriters and story editors and is therefore open to professional scriptwriters, writer-directors, as well as to story editors, writer-producers and development executives. Most of our participants already have a production company interested in their project and are looking for development training to enhance both the universality and personal voice of the project. However, it is not necessary that a producer already be interested in the project.

Applicants must confirm their availability for the workshops and the final pitch.

The working language of all Training meetings and events is English; thus, a good knowledge of English is essential in order to participate.

Workshop & on line sections

Three intensive weeklong workshops and two on-line sessions keep the project development in a constructive flow. Participants work in groups of three writers and a story editor, with a tutor heading the process. Lectures on dramaturgy, story editing and film analysis, for example, are an integral part of the course, in combination with master classes and one-on-one meetings with industry professionals. The tutors and trainers are experienced and well connected professionals, both at a European and international level.

Participation fees & scholarships
Course participation fee for writers (from all eligible countries) is 2.000 Euro.

4 scholarships will be assigned by merit to participants coming from Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia.

Scholarships will also be assigned by merit to non-EU participants.

Course participation fee for story editors (from all eligible countries) is 1.000 Euro.

These amounts cover workshop training, on-line sessions, accommodation and subsistence. Participants must pay all travel costs. In many countries bursaries and scholarships are available for this kind of training.

How to apply?

20 applicants are selected to participate in TorinoFilmLab Training: 15 scriptwriters and 5 story editors.

TorinoFilmLab Training is organized in partnership with Script&Pitch Workshops and Scrpt&Pitch Workshops International .It is needed to apply through Script&Pitch Workshops website, sending the application to info@scriptpitchworkshops.com and one hard copy to: Scritp&Picht/TorinoFilmLab, via Cagliari 42, 10153 Torino - Italy

The application file must include, ALL IN ENGLISH:

-application form (available on this page from September 15^th 2009)

-full curriculum vitae (all applicants)

-synopsis (1 page maximum/only for writers)

-treatment (20 page maximum /only for writers)

-motivation (1 page maximum/only for story editors)

The application materials cannot be returned to the sender.

The Selected projects of the TorinoFilmLab Training Programme must indicate TorinoFilmLab support both in the opening and closing credits, by displaying the TorinoFilmLab Logo, together with the caption "supported by TorinoFilmLab"