Entry point to the year long Development stage completion support of Fiction Development Program
Clinik.Kathmandu announces call for applications to the 2018 ‘Writing Lab’ held in the month of June. This is the forth season of the lab and we are accepting 10 fiction projects from filmmakers/writers with a first draft or story outline available in the form of a treatment.
The Writing Lab is a script analysis foundation level event for the Fiction Development Program. All projects seeking development support through the program start at the Writing Lab and mature towards the Project Build Up Lab.
The lab is held as a 10 day script analysis workshop in Kathmandu. Selected projects will be spending close to 20 hours of close advisory sessions with script experts during the 10 days in Kathmandu. A second level maturity support is further provided as the Extended Advisory Lab on Script and Production. (Please check separate content available for this)
The program is for filmmakers from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka. The application is also open for practitioners based in diaspora.
In the three labs held since 2014, the Writing Lab has supported 21 films of which 5 have been materialised. We are pleased that project ranges in our workshops have included pashto, bhoti, meitei, burmese, assamese, tulu among other minority and or indigenous local languages whose promotion are of high priority to the programs objective.
Applicant Skill Level – Advanced
3 – 10 years of work background with prior professional experience in film or television as a key creative.
Benefit
This lab initiates a project development completion oriented support process. From a handful of project development programs available in the world, this program aims to provide a specific platform for South Asian filmmakers alone. We partner with local and international film programs, producers, sales companies and academic institutions to give the most possible visibility and identity to the projects and individuals that appear at the program.
Individuals are provided access to all possible mechanisms to build local and global momentum into their projects. This will allow for filmmakers to find in depth clarity into their project and a strategy that works in their favour.
Follow Up - Fiction Development Program
Extended Advisory (script / production) - 2 Months
Local Production Support at home ( Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan) - 4 Months
(where projects find attachment to local producers, filmmakers who will be helpful in fund sourcing, gaining local perspective and script finalisation)
Project Build Up Lab - 30 days
(Projects in their key second or third script drafts test a first look of their film working with experts alongside masterclasses. Finalise a demoreel or shoot a related sequence of the film.)
Clinik One year coverage
(Includes providing continuous suppot to form strategies, build new links, representation and recommendations in affiliate film festivals, markets)
Entry
Application requirements are:
Story Treatment (Scripts and not required but may be submitted as a secondary document)
Synopsis and Logline provided in individual sheets
Directors Intention (Minimum 1000 words)
CV of the writer/director
CV of the producer (if available, not mandatory)
Two work samples (no longer than 10 minute in TRT)
Deadline for application is 20th of March 2018. Application package requirements and process have been clarified in the Program Catalog and an application form is available for download. The lab will be held in June.
Program advisors will include Jolein Laarman, Giovanni Robbiano, Kshitiz Adhiraj with others to be decided.
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