miniMIDPOINT – professional script development

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

The diegetic theme for this year’s edition is: “Blessings in disguise” (inspired by Oscar Wilde’s “What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.”)

Dare to play with it as much as you can!

Deadline for applications: The 20th of November 2016

Materials to be submitted (English language only):

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

– Short film script | written in Final Draft and exported as PDF

– Brief motivational letter of the screenwriter for attending this program

– CV of each team member

– Optional: moodboards, visual materials

All materials have to be sent to minimidpoint@gmail.com by the 20th of November 2016, 00:00 am, Romanian time.

Who can apply?

– Teams of writer+director+ (optional) producer

– Film students and fresh alumni are encouraged to apply.

– The miniMIDPOINT Call is primarily adressed to all the residents of Romania, with a partial focus on students or Alumni of UNATC. However, international teams are also encouraged as long as at least one member of the team is a student or Alumna/Alumnus of UNATC. miniMIDPOINT 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 :

– miniMIDPOINT was launched as the first Romanian-based intensive script development program for short films, taking place every year in Bucharest, Romania during CineMAiubit ISFF. This year, miniMIDPOINT will take place during CineMAiubit, 7-11 December 2016, in partnership with Midpoint Central European Script Center.

– 4 short film projects (4 teams) will be selected and tutored by one distinguished foreign writer/director guests that will be announced in December.

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