Focus WiP
The Focus WiP is a selection of promising short films in production or post-production presented to key players of the short film Industry – distributors, programmers, institutions, film funds, producers and buyers – within a pitch session.
Presentation
The initiative allows filmmakers to benefit from mentoring sessions and promote their project before its finalization.
Directors and producers of the chosen projects enjoy a privileged space to present extracts from their work-in-progress. The Focus WiP aims at facilitating the completion and the release of these short films on an international scale.
The 2024 Focus WiP projects will be unveiled soon.
The projects of the Focus WiP 2024
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A Hora de estrela (The Hour of the Star)
by Rita Barbosa
Béa
by Marie Jacotey & Lola Halifa-Legrand
Ce qu’on laisse derrière (What We Leave Behind)
by Jean-Sébastien Hamel & Alexandra Myotte
L’mina
by Randa Maroufi
Nevidimki (The Invisibles)
by Sophia Lipatova
Rozdumy pro myr pid chas povitrianoho nalotu (Thoughts on Peace in Air Raid)
by Vyacheslav TuryanytsyaBenefits
The project holders get access to the following benefits:
- Pitch Training workshop
- Individual mentoring session with a dedicated mentor, depending on the short’s current step of development
- Participation to the Focus WiP session – presentation of the chosen work-in-progress
- One-to-one meetings with the attending decision-makers
Thanks to the participation of Hiventy, technical partner of the Festival de Cannes, a project will benefit from a 5’000€ grant dedicated to the finalization of the short film post-production.
Mentors
In 2024, the Focus WiP mentors are:
Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck – Berlinale Shorts ; Edwina Liard – Ikki Films; Sebastián Sepúlveda – Editor, Screenwriter, Director; Wim Vanacker – First Cut Lab; Ben Vandendaele – RADIATOR IP Sales | FilmConnector; Carla Vulpiani – La Biennale – Venice International Film Festival.
Collaborations
MIDPOINT Institute – Upon all the projects presented, one of them will be taken from MIDPOINT Shorts, a program dedicated to short films in development.
Submission
Submissions are made possible upon invitation.
