Kids Kino.Lab: One Month Left to Submit Your Project!
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Kids Kino.Lab is an international script development programme for film projects and TV series for young audiences. It is dedicated to scriptwriters and producers who are interested in developing their films (live action, animation or documentary) or a TV series.
Deadline: October 23rd.
During the workshops, 12 teams (producer + scriptwriter) will be developing their projects from short synopsis to the second draft of the script together with production basics (estimated budget, financing and promotion plan).
Kids Kino.Lab, script development programme, has opened its call for submissions
Kids Kino.Lab is open to the projects from all the European countries. The workshops will be conducted in English. The cost of the programme is 1600 EURO per team (accommodation and food for participants is provided by the organizer).
Schedule
The workshops consist of four stationery workshop sessions (5 days each) and three online consultations with the lead Tutors. Each session of the workshops takes place during a film festival for children or an industry event.
I session – Synopsis – January 2021 – tbd, Poland.
II session – Treatment – March 2021 – JEF Festival, Antwerp, Belgium.
III session – First draft of the script – May/June 2021 – Zlin Film Festival, Zlin, Czechia.
IV session – Second draft of the script – September 2021 – Kids Kino Industry, Warsaw, Poland.
How does it work?
- During the programme participants will be divided into three groups (two groups will develop full-length film projects and one group will develop TV series), with four projects in each group.
- Each of the groups has its own lead screenwriting tutor who supervises the projects through all the workshops.
- Through the entire course the producers will be guided by a production tutors who will help to develop the project from the production perspective.
- The film groups develop projects from the synopsis stage (initial concept) to the script’s second draft.
- The TV series group develops their concepts for a TV series, the outline of the first season, a synopsis of all the episodes, and the script for the pilot episode.
- The producers take part in all the creative work on the screenplay while also preparing the project’s financial strategy, a marketing plan, a budget and za production package for the project.
Our Tutors
Kirsten Bonnen Rask – Feature films Script Tutor. Kirsten is an experienced script consultant in all formats – shorts, features, TV series, and documentaries for adults as well as for children.
Armin Prediger – Series Script Tutor. Armin has worked in the film industry for 30 years, 24 of those as a writer, head writer and script editor in live-action and animation.
Philip LaZebnik – Feature films Script Tutor. Philip is a screenwriter, writer of plays and a screenwriting consultant. Originally associated with Disney Studios and Dream Works. His screenwriting credits include Mulan and Pocahontas for Disney, and The Prince of Egypt and The Road to El Dorado for DreamWorks, among many others.
Ronald Kruschak – Producer’s Tutor. Germany-based producer, writer and tutor/lecturer with a track record of twenty years of filmmaking focusing on Family Entertainment.
How to apply?
To apply you need to fill up the application form available on the website: www.kidskinolab.pl. Applications must be submitted in English.
Apply here: www.kidskinolab.pl/registration.
Before you submit your application, please read the Regulations carefully.
The programme is co-financed by the MEDIA sub-programme of Creative Europe and Polish Film Institute.
Kids Kino.Lab partners for the upcoming edition are: Zlin Film Festival, Zlin, Czech Republic, JEF Festival, Antwerp, Belgium and Kids Kino Industry, Poland.
More information about our partners can be found here: https://www.kidskinolab.pl/partners/
If you have any questions, please contact: katarzyna.janiak@nowehoryzonty.pl