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 TransPerfect, 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 the previous editions, we had the pleasure to welcome mentors such as:

Justine Baillargeon – h264 ; Nadia Ben Rachid – Editor ; Benoit Berthe Siward – The Animation Showcase ; Jim Cummings – Filmmaker ; Ron Dyens – Sacrebleu Productions ; Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck – Berlinale Shorts ; Edwina Liard – Ikki Films; Maike Mia Höhne – Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg ; Riema Reybrouck – Post Bills PR ; Lisa Marie Russo – Filmmaker & producer ; Sebastián Sepúlveda – Editor, Screenwriter, Director; Albert Serra – Filmmaker ; Wim Vanacker – First Cut Lab; Ben Vandendaele – RADIATOR IP Sales ; Carla Vulpiani – La Biennale – Venice International Film Festival, Florian Weghorn – Berlinale Talents ; Dominique Welinski – DW Production.

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.