The Focus SCRIPT creates new bonds with Visual Arts & Film Schools as well as the professionals attending the Festival de Cannes.
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 projects of the Focus WiP 2024
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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.
Previous editions
Dedicated to first feature films, the Focus COPRO’ shines a light on short filmmakers taking the path of feature films.