East-West Talent Lab
goEast supports young filmmakers and creatives from Central and Eastern Europe and connects them to like-minded peers from Germany. In this time of social distancing, closed cinemas and bans on gatherings, goEast has decided to carry out the East-West Talent Lab virtually. In the scope of numerous events, the lab participants have the opportunity to exchange ideas, know-how and experience while expanding their professional networks. They meet industry representatives and can present their project ideas and find partners for co-productions. This year there will be a particular focus on the ethics of dealing with actors as well as on the production of series. Participants are able to win two prizes, each endowed with 3.500 euros: the goEast Development Award as well as the Renovabis Research Grant for a documentary film project treating human rights issues.
⬇ Project Market Pitch (Public) ⬇
⬆ Project Market Pitch (Public) ⬆
Moderation: Andrea Wink
The event was held in English
In front of a live audience (online via Zoom), the participants of the East-West Talent Lab present their selected project ideas from the areas of short and experimental film, video art and short and feature length documentary film to a three-member expert jury. The young talents come from Central and Eastern Europe as well as Germany. Each pitch takes a maximum of five minutes and is immediately followed by feedback from the expert jury, which consists this year of editor Jutta Krug (WDR/ARTE), producer and author Ira Tondowski and fiction-feature producer Kirill Krasovski. The best pitch wins the goEast Development Award, initiated in 2014 and featuring prize money in the amount of 3,500 euros. The jury also awards the Renovabis Research Grant (also endowed with 3,500 euros) for a documentary film project treating human rights issues. The prize-winners will be announced during the award ceremony, on the festival homepage as well as in a press release.
⬇ Nominated Projects ⬇
⬆ Nominated Projects ⬆
BURRIED AND FORGOTTEN
(Documentary)
By director Konstantin Selin, Russia
CUCUMBERS
(Fiction, short)
By director Maryna Grytsai, Ukraine
ELEVATION
(Documentary)
By director Max Rudenko, Ukraine
FEMISM
(Experimental film)
By director Nataliya Ilchuk, Ukraine
FLOTACIJA
(Documentary)
By producer Greta Rauleac, Serbia
FROZEN ORANGES
(Fiction, short)
By director Dascha Petuchow, Kazakhstan
GYPSY GADJI
(Documentary, eligible for Renovabis Research Grant)
By director Dasa Raimanova, Slovakia
HOME IS WHERE THE FILMS ARE
(Documentary, eligible for Renovabis Research Grant)
By director More Raça, Kosovo
MEMORIES OF MADNESS
(Documentary, eligible for Renovabis Research Grant)
By director Marianna Vas, Hungary
MY HANDS TREMBLE WITH COLD
(Documentary, short, eligible for Renovabis Research Grant)
By director Zeynab Isgandarova, Azerbaijan
SHUT THE FUCK UP!
(Documentary, eligible for Renovabis Research Grant)
By director Taisiia Kutuzova, Ukraine
SPLIT ENDS
(Fiction, short)
By director Karla Lulić, Croatia
THE GATE BETWEEN
(Documentary, eligible for Renovabis Research Grant )
By director Ioana Trifu, Romania
VALERIA
(Experimental documentary, short)
By director Sara Jurinčić, Croatia
VOWS OF THE MOUNTAIN
(Documentary, eligible for Renovabis Research Grant)
By director Kejdi Demneri, Albania
Guest Project
EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL ABOUT LIFE
(Fiction, feature, out of competition)
By director Leyli Gafarova, Azerbaijan
⬇ PARTICIPATING PRODUCERS ⬇
⬆ PARTICIPATING PRODUCERS ⬆
THERESA BACZA (Germany)
FRITZIE BENESCH (Germany)
MAX BRUNNER (Germany)
JAN HUBÁČEK (Czech Republic)
MICHAEL KALB (Germany)
REGINA MARYANOVSKA-DAVIDZON (Ukraine)
SIMON STEIN (Germany)
THOWO WOLKOWSKI (Germany)
⬇ Schedule 7. May – 11. May 2020 ⬇
⬆ Schedule 7. May – 11. May 2020 ⬆
⬇ Thursday 7. May ⬇
⬆ Thursday 7. May ⬆
► Afternoon (2:00 pm): Welcome with Festival Director Heleen Gerritsen
► Afternoon (2:05 pm – 4:30 pm): PRESENTATION: EURIMAGES MADE EASY: A PRODUCER'S GUIDE ON HOW TO APPLY TO EURIMAGES with Francine Raveney
► Followed by individual sessions for producers only (schedule tba)
► Afternoon (4:30 pm – 6:30 pm): PRESENTATION: OPEN FRAME AWARD with
participating artists. Moderated by Georgy Molodtsov. Read more.
► Evening (6:30 pm – 8:00 pm): MEET & GREET
⬇ Sunday 10. May ⬇
⬆ Sunday 10. May ⬆
► Only for projects participating in the 7th EAST-WEST TALENT LAB
and eligible for the Renovabis Research Grant:
Morning (10:00 am – 11:30 am): MENTORING: with Stefan Tolz
► Individual sessions, schedule tba
► Morning (11:30 am – 1:00 pm): MASTER CLASS: VÁCLAV MARHOUL. Read more.
► Only for projects participating in the 7th EAST-WEST TALENT LAB
and eligible for the Renovabis Research Grant:
Afternoon (1:00 pm – 3:00 pm): MENTORING: with Stefan Tolz
► Individual sessions, schedule tba
► Afternoon (4:30 pm – 5:30 pm): IN DISCUSSION with Radu Jude.
Moderated by Heleen Gerritsen. Read more.
⬇ Friday 8. May ⬇
⬆ Firday 8. May ⬆
► Morning (10:00 am – 1:00 pm): PANEL DISCUSSION: FINDING THE RIGHT BROADCASTER with representatives from 3sat (Achim Forst), ZDF/ARTE (Sabine Bubeck-Paaz, Catherine Colas and Holger Stern). Moderated by Andrea Wink
► Followed by individual sessions (schedule tba)
► Only for projects participating at the 7th EAST-WEST TALENT LAB:
Afternoon (2:00 pm – 6:00 pm): WORKSHOP: PRESENTATION TRAINING: SHINE YOUR LIGHT with Cathy de Haan
► Open for participating producers without project:
Afternoon (2:00 pm – 4:00 pm): DISCUSSION: NEW PURITANISM OR NEW HUMANITY? FILMMAKERS' ETHICAL CHALLENGES IN THE AGE OF NEW MORALITY with Max Tuula
► Evening (6:00 pm – 7:30 pm): PANEL: FILMMAKERS WITHOUT BORDERS: WHAT WOULD WE DO WITHOUT EUROPE? with Jan Macola (producer, Czech Republic), Valeska Grisebach (director, Germany) and Juris Kursietis (director, Latvia) Moderated by Heleen Gerritsen. Read more.
⬇ Monday 11. May ⬇
⬆ Monday 11. May ⬆
► Morning (10:00 am – 1:00 pm): EAST-WEST TALENT LAB: PROJECT MARKET PITCH with participating projects. Moderated by Andrea Wink
► Afternoon (2:00 pm – 5:00 pm): EAST-WEST TALENT LAB PROJECT MARKET One-on-one meetings
► Individual sessions, schedule tba
► Evening (7:00 pm): AWARD CEREMONY
⬇ Saturday 9. May ⬇
⬆ Saturday 9. May ⬆
► Only for projects participating in the 7th EAST-WEST TALENT LAB:
Morning (9:00 am –11:00 am): WORKSHOP: PROJECT DEVELOPMENT: REVISTED & RELOADED with Cathy De Haan
► Individual sessions, schedule tba
► Morning (11:00 am – 1:00 pm): PRESENTATION: ADAMI DIALOGUE - TV SERIES CONFERENCE with the directors Egor Efimov (Belarus), Otar Shamatava (Georgia) and Ofelya Tovmasyan (Armenia). Moderated by Philomena Grassl
► Only for projects participating in the 7th EAST-WEST TALENT LAB
Afternoon (2:00 pm – 4:30 pm): WORKSHOP: PROJECT DEVELOPMENT: REVISTED & RELOADED with Cathy De Haan
► Individual sessions, schedule tba
► Afternoon (4:30 pm – 6:00 pm): PANEL: BLURRED LINES – THE ETHICAL APPROACH TO WORKING WITH PROTAGONISTS AND NON-PROFESSIONAL ACTORS with Ivana Mladenović (director/actress, Romania/Serbia), Petr Václav (director, Czech Republic), Sarah Dawson (programmer IDFA, South Africa) and Eric Winker (producer, Germany). Moderated by Brigid O'Shea. Read more.