Rotterdam Lab welcomes 74 young film producers

42nd International Film Festival Rotterdam
23 January – 3 February 2013

PRESS RELEASE 18 January 2013

Rotterdam Lab welcomes 74 young film producers

International Film Festival Rotterdam welcomes seventy-four young film producers taking part in the thirteenth edition of Rotterdam Lab. The participants of CineMart’s successful event for emerging producers have been nominated by the twenty-nine Rotterdam Lab partner organizations. Rotterdam Lab, part of CineMart, takes place January 26 – January 31. (See full list of participants here and partner organizations below)

Rotterdam Lab welcomes Danish Film Institute and Guanajuato International Film Festival as new partner organizations and welcomes back Singapore Film Commission as returning partner of CineMart. The participants of the Rotterdam Lab are emerging producers, who are ‘nominated’ by the international training bodies and funding agencies with which the CineMart has partnerships. Allowing producers to present their companies and projects, receive feedback on how to proceed and expand their network in an effective way, the Rotterdam Lab fits very well in IFFR’s spirit of nurturing emerging talent. Moreover, the Rotterdam Lab has developed into a valuable tool to strengthen CineMart's international network of independent producers. Rotterdam Lab takes place in festival venue De Unie, near the CineMart location De Doelen.

Panels and speed-dating
Traditionally, panel discussions are organized on topics such as development, financing, post-production, (digital) distribution, VOD, and sales. The panels are organized to illustrate the process by which a project in need of financing is completed and brought to its audience. In these panels, industry experts give the producers tools on how to present their project and how to build up an international network. Complimentary to the panels, participants take part in “speed-dating” sessions, during which they have time to meet personally with industry delegates and receive advice on their own projects.

Speakers
This edition, the Rotterdam Lab Coaching Session on pitching film projects will be given by Ido Abram of EYE Film Institute Netherlands.
Panel themes will be ‘Aggregate Partners and get your films seen online’ (speakers: Charles Chiu,YouTube; Pierre-Alexandre Labelle, Under the Milky Way; Andy Green, Distrify), ‘The Creative Producer and his Role in the Development Process’ (speakers: Katriel Schory, Israel Film Fund; Bruno Bettati, Jirafa), and ‘Panel on co-production & post-production: a survival guide’ (speakers: Jani Thilges, Samsa Film; Diana Elbaum, EP2C Training). Furthermore, the Rotterdam Lab programme includes an important session on Micro Budget Filmmaking and a session with Jay Van Hoy of Parts and Labor, USA.

Rotterdam Lab partner organizations:
Ateliers du Cinéma Européen (ACE), France
Centre for the Moving Image (incorporating the Edinburgh International Film Festival), UK
Cinergia, Costa Rica
Creative Skillset, United Kingdom
Danish Filminstitute
Doha Film Insitute, Qatar
Durban FilmMart/Durban Film Office, South Africa
European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs (EAvE), Luxembourg
Film I Vast, Sweden
Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Germany
Finnish Film Foundation
Flanders Audiovisual Fund, Belgium
Fundación TyPA, Argentina
Guanajuato International Film Festival, Mexico
Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), USA
Irish Film Board
Israel Film Fund
Korean Film Council (KOFIC)
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany
Meetings on the Bridge/Istanbul Film Festival, Turkey
National Film Development Corporation India
Netherlands Film Fund
New Zealand Film Commission
Proimagenes Colombia
Screen Australia
Singapore Film Commission
Sundance Institute, USA
Telefilm Canada
Wallonie Bruxelles Images, Belgium


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