We are delighted to announce that in a few days the TIES THAT BIND Asia – Europe Producers Workshop will kick-off in Udine!
The ten selected producers, 5 from Asia – the Philippines, Singapore, China, Japan and Malaysia – and 5 from Europe – France, Belgium, Poland and the Netherlands – will meet for the first workshop in Udine (Italy) during the Udine Far East Film Festival from April 29 to May 3, 2014.
The 10 selected producers will work on the development of their projects under the guidance of top industry professionals from both continents.
- Paolo Bertolini, Venice Film Festival / Doha Film Institute, Italy
- Christophe Bruncher, Ici et Là Productions, France
- Clare Downs, Script Consultant, United Kingdom
- Roger Garcia, Hong Kong International Film Festival, Hong Kong
- Elise Jalladeau, Charivari Films, France
- Sibylle Kurz, Pitching and Communication Skills, Germany
- Jongsuk Thomas Nam, Puchon Int’l Fantastic Film Festival – PiFan, South Korea
- Mathew Scott, Cool Hand Media, Hong Kong
- Michael J. Werner, Fortissimo Films, Hong Kong
- Meinolf Zurhorst, ZDF/ARTE, Germany
At workshop 1, various plenary sessions will address key issues of project development, company management and financing and market conditions in Europe and Asia.
Clare Downs will elaborate on strategies for script development and also give a film analysis on Oldboy by Chan-wook Park. Mathew Scott will interview Roger Garcia focusing on independent cinema and the festival circuit. Sibylle Kurz will introduce the principles of pitching. Michael J. Werner will elaborate on world sales and the state of the market for Asian films. Meinolf Zurhorst will dedicate his session to presenting financing landscape of European TV.
In addition, Paolo Bertolini and Jongsuk Thomas Nam will give a presentation of their respective festivals, namely the Venice Film Festival and the Puchon Int’l Fantastic Film Festival – PiFan. Paolo Bertolini will also present the Doha Film Institute.
Pre-scheduled individual meetings between all experts and the participants will be organised for further discussions on topics they had previously addressed in their plenary sessions. During the individual meetings they will address more specific issues related to the participants’ projects.
Daily group work sessions will be at the core of the workshop. The participants will work in one group in which they will discuss and analyse each other’s projects under the guidance of their group leader Elise Jalladeau and Ties that Bind Head of Studies Christophe Bruncher.
The selected participants will also attend the ASEF panel in cooperation with the Udine Far East Film Festival. The theme of the panel is “Acting different: East and West” and it will be moderated by Sabrina Baracetti and Max Tessier. The panellists are Sasiwimon Wongjarin (ASEF), Eugene Domingo (actress in Barber’s Tale), Giuseppe Battiston (actor in Zoran, My Nephew the Idiot), Jun Robles Lana (director of Barber’s Tale) and Matteo Oleotto (director of Zoran, My Nephew the Idiot).
The participants will also be invited to the festival screening of the film Shift directed by Siege Ledesma and produced by TTB 2014 participant Joenathann Alandy.
The following producers were selected for TIES THAT BIND 2014:
- Karim Aitouna, Hautlesmains Productions, France; project: Women of the Weeping River, director: Sheron Dayoc
- Joenathann Alandy, Outpost Visual Frontier, Philippines; project: Hypothalamus, director: Dwein Baltazar
- Valérie Bournonville, Tarantula, Belgium; project: Walkers, director: Olivier Meys
- Weronika Czołnowska, EasyBusyProductions, Poland; project: Baby, director: Kei Ishikawa
- Antonin Dedet, Neon Productions, France; project: Black Stones, director: Gyeong Tae Roh
- Justin Deimen, Silver Media Group, Singapore; project: Lanun, director: Chua Jingdu
- Julius Ponten, Habbekrats, The Netherlands; project: Ratu Adil, director: Jim Taihuttu
- Alina Yan Qiu, Jampa Films, China; project: Mazu, Guardian of the Seas, director: Xiao Zheng and David Ebner
- Masumi Soga, Japan; project: Kodokushi, director: Janus Victoria
- Lina Tan, Red Films, Malaysia; project: Five Star Billionaire, director: Bernard Chauly
The programme will culminate in an event in South Korea in October 2014 during the Busan International Film Festival (October 2 – 11, 2014) in parallel to the Asian Project Market in South Korea with the support of Creative Europe (TBC).
During the TIES THAT BIND programme, the selected participants will work together with top level experts from both continents on script development, co-production between Asia and Europe, financing in the two regions, legal aspects of co-production, marketing, pitching and promotion, and meet with key decision makers.
TIES THAT BIND is organised by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund, EAVE, Udine Far East Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival/Asian Film Market/Asian Project Market, in partnership with Festival Scope.
THIES TIES BIND is supported by the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and Arts Network Asia (ANA) in collaboration with Trans Europe Halles (TEH).
For more information please contact:
EAVE – Tanika Sajatovic, International Coordinator: tanika@eave.org
FVG Audiovisual Fund – Alessandro Gropplero, International Relations:
www.eave.org, www.tiesthatbind.eu
