Visegrad Screenwriting Conference
5-6 December 2008, Budapest, Millenáris
The first Visegrad Screenwriting Conference takes place simultaneously with the Hungarian Screenplay Market, offering a multitude of professional events. During the conference our guests from the V4 countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) plus Austria discuss the future of screenwriting and the opportunities of scriptwriters as well as the situation of young filmmakers in the Central European region.
Promoting the unique and novel vision of young screenwriters in the Visegrad region in an international market, as well as deepening relationships between talent and film industry professionals through borders are key objectives of the initiative.
We firmly believe that there is a strong need for a forum of this kind, as there is a pool of serious creative talent left untapped in the region for lack of opportunities for entering the international market.
The aim is to offer an opportunity for professionals from the area to exchange their ideas, introduce their unique and fresh points of view and voices in an international environment and facilitate cooperation between the Visegrad countries.
We deem it important to create an opportunity for promising screenwriters to meet producers and colleagues from other countries with similar backgrounds to build a regional network of industry professionals.
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The language of the lectures and discussions is English.
Friday, 5 December
10 am – 12 am
Successful regional co-productions among Visegrad countries. How to raise money for your movie in the region?
panel discussion, participant producers:
Christopher Grabowski (Baltmedia, P)
Dalma Hidasi (Extreme Film, H)
Witold Iwaszkiewicz (Widark, P)
Andras Muhi (Inforg Stúdió, HU)
Richard Nemec (Verbascum, CZ)
Silvia Panáková (Arina, SK)
moderated by Gábor Krigler (Fade In, H)
panel discussion, participant producers:
Christopher Grabowski (Baltmedia, P)
Dalma Hidasi (Extreme Film, H)
Witold Iwaszkiewicz (Widark, P)
Andras Muhi (Inforg Stúdió, HU)
Richard Nemec (Verbascum, CZ)
Silvia Panáková (Arina, SK)
moderated by Gábor Krigler (Fade In, H)
12 am - 12.45 pm
case study 1 – 'Flowers of Sakura (Kvety Sakury)'
coproduction between Slovakia (Arina) - Czech Republic (Negativ) – Hungary (Tivoli Film)
Presented by Silvia Panáková (Arina, SK)
Presented by Silvia Panáková (Arina, SK)
1 pm - 2 pm
lunch
2 pm – 2.45 pm
case study 2 - 'Fluke (Mázli)'
coproduction between Hungary (Extreme Film) – Germany (Studio Mitte, Script House) – France (Sunday Films)
Presented by Dalma Hidasi producer, Extreme Film (HU)
Presented by Dalma Hidasi producer, Extreme Film (HU)
2.45 pm - 3 pm
coffee break
3 pm – 5 pm
'Writing movies that travel' - script development in the Central European countries
panel discussion, participants:
Norbert Köbli, president of Hungarian Screenwriters Association
Oriana Kujawska from Association of Polish Filmmakers
Slavena Liptáková, Slovak screenwriter
Ulrike Schweiger, Austrian Screenwriters' Guild, member of the board
Jaroslaw Sokól, Polish scriptwriter
moderated by Ferenc Wostry (Okami Film, H)
panel discussion, participants:
Norbert Köbli, president of Hungarian Screenwriters Association
Oriana Kujawska from Association of Polish Filmmakers
Slavena Liptáková, Slovak screenwriter
Ulrike Schweiger, Austrian Screenwriters' Guild, member of the board
Jaroslaw Sokól, Polish scriptwriter
moderated by Ferenc Wostry (Okami Film, H)
Saturday, 6 December
1 pm - 2 pm
lunch
2 pm - 3.30 pm
Jaroslaw Sokól's lecture on writing for television in Poland
3.30 pm - 4 pm
coffee break
4 pm – 6 pm
Pavel Jech's (CZ, Dean of FAMU) lecture on script development
6 pm – 9 pm
closing party, buffet dinner
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.sponsors
Polish Institute