Call for Outstanding Short Film Projects @ MIDPOINT Intensive – Bucharest!

The script development program MIDPOINT Intensive-Bucharest (formerly known as miniMIDPOINT) proudly launches the 8th edition of professional script development being organised in collaboration by MIDPOINT – A Training and Networking Platform for Film and Series Development and CineMAiubit ISFF.

We are enthusiastically looking for 4 fresh, innovative short scripts for 3 days of creative-development-madness!

The exploratory framework for this year’s edition is: “Vulnerability”

Dare to play with it as much as you can or to go beyond it!

Deadline for applications: 20th of November 2019

Materials to be submitted (English language only):

–         One-pager of the project |  title, genre, length, logline, synopsis

–         Treatment OR Short film script |  exported as PDF

–         Brief motivational letter of the screenwriter for attending this program

–         CV of each team member

–         A photo of each team member 

–         Optional (but encouraged): moodboards, visual materials

All materials have to be sent to midpointintensivebucharest@gmail.com by the 20th of November 2019 at midnight, Romanian time.

Who can apply?

–          Teams of writer+director+ (optional) producer

–          Film students and fresh alumni are encouraged to apply.

–          The Call is primarily addressed to all the residents of Romania. The selection might prioritize teams including students or Alumni of UNATC. International teams are also encouraged as long as at least one member of the team is a student or Alumnus/Alumna of UNATC. CineMAiubit can partially cover the accommodation costs for the duration of the workshop, for all the ones that don’t reside in Bucharest.  

Some useful extra-info :

–          MIDPOINT Intensive Bucharest was launched eight years ago (under the nickname miniMIDPOINT) as the first Romanian-based intensive script development program for short films, taking  place every year in Bucharest, Romania during CineMAiubit ISFF. This year, the program will take place during CineMAiubit,  5-8 December 2019. The dates may suffer minor changes by the end of the selection process.

–          4 short film projects (4 teams) will be selected and tutored by Csaba Bollok, our distinguished foreign writer/director mentor.

–          For any details, you may write anytime a brief mail to midpointintensivebucharest@gmail.com