Participants du Focus WiP 2022 © DR
Participants du Focus WiP 2022 © DR

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.

 

 

Benefits

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.

Collaboration

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.

The Focus SCRIPT creates new bonds with Visual Arts & Film Schools as well as the professionals attending the Festival de Cannes.

2022 Focus SCRIPT participants © DR

Dedicated to first feature films, the Focus COPRO’ shines a light on short filmmakers taking the path of feature films.

2022 Marché du Film participants © DR