MEDICI — The Film Funding Journey
I have done nothing else but earn money and spend money; and it became clear that spending money gives me greater pleasure than earning it (Cosimo Medici)
This 3-year discussion and exchange forum – exclusively dedicated to European public film funders at national, regional and European levels – comprises four Workshops (two in 2012, one in 2013 and one in 2014), each of which deals with a different phase of the film financing process from the perspective of the film funder.
Based on peer-to-peer exchanges, MEDICI* proposes
- To share best practice and creative policy-making in public film funding: comparative approaches, alternative methodologies and evaluation techniques, film business models, funding mechanisms in the context of new formats, etc.
- To enhance cooperation and communication among film funders creatively active in the defense and improvement of European films.
*the Florentine family of art funders and bankers in the early and High Renaissance (XVth to XVIIIth century)
2012
The First Workshop – Strategies & Initiatives for the Film Funders – took place in April 2012.
The Second Workshop — Financing Strategies — deals with all long-term issues related to financial frameworks, guidelines and production policies.
Date: 7 to 9 November 2012 in Retz (Austria)
Application deadline: 14 September 2012
Fee: 1'000 Euros, including accommodation and meals. Travel not included
2013
The Third Workshop – Application, Evaluation, Selection & Decision Processes – deals with issues related to the different steps of project assessment, including how Applications are to be submitted and what information is required.
Date: 17 to 20 September 2013 (tbc) in Belgium
Fee: 950 Euros, including accommodation and meals. Travel not included
2014
The Fourth Workshop – Distribution, Reporting & New Formats – deals with all issues related to the role of public funds in the distribution and promotion of completed films, including the new models of distribution.
Date: 22 to 25 April 2014 in Prague (tbc)
Fee: 950 Euros, including accommodation and meals. Travel not included
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