Focus SCRIPT
The Focus SCRIPT creates new bonds with Visual Arts & Film Schools as well as the short film professionals attending the Festival de Cannes.
The initiative
The Focus SCRIPT :
- Spots innovative young talents and supports them in the first steps of their next short film.
- Offers a privileged space to students or recent graduates and helps them get targeted feedbacks on their scripts at an early stage of work thanks to dedicated mentors .
- Facilitates meetings with potential partners such as (co)producers or distributors thanks to one-to-one meetings & dedicated sessions helping them to enhance the production process of their upcoming short film.
The Focus SCRIPT works with the following European film schools : ECAM (Spain) ; FAMU (Czech Republic) ; KASK (Belgium) ; HEAD (Switzerland) ; La Fémis (France) ; Le Fresnoy (France)
In 2024, the program welcomes K-ARTS (South Korea) as invited school.
More details on the projects available soon.
Focus SCRIPT 2024
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성인식 (COMING OF AGE CEREMONY)
by Ian Keem
PITHEAD
by Wannes Vanspauwen & Pol De Plecker
PRIMUM NON NOCERE (FIRST, DO NO HARM)
by Anna Wowra
RUINES (RUINS)
by Andrea Lejault
SOUVENIRS DU SABLE (MEMORIES OF BEYOND)
by Alicia Mendy
SYNCOPE
by Quentin L'Helgoualc'h
TRELLA
by Miguel GuindosBenefits
One project per school is chosen. The project holders get access to the following benefits:
- Pitch Training workshop
- Individual script-consultancy with a dedicated expert
- Private keynote – short film industry overview & festival strategy
- One-to-one meetings with the attending decision-makers
Collaborations
MIDPOINT Institute – In the aim of supporting filmmakers with the script-development, one of the projects part of the Focus SCRIPT is picked to participate in MIDPOINT Shorts. The director & the producer benefit from a complete access to this program dedicated to short films in development
Talents and Short Film Market – With the wish of making the projects travel in various industry events, one of the projects part of the Focus SCRIPT is picked to benefit from a dedicated tutoring session provided by TSFM, in accordance with its needs.
Submission
This program is reserved to the Schools collaborating with the SFC | Rendez-vous Industry. Submissions are made possible upon invitation.
