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Sent: 7 November 2009 <beckerleschar@orange.sn> X-posted from H-West-Africa Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:24:45 +0100 From: GI Dakar IL Uwe Rieken <il@dakar.goethe.org> __________ *EUROPE MEETS AFRICA*: Babylon launches its 2010 programme with a major new initiative linking filmmakers across continents *BABYLON is now open for applications for 2010. *BABYLON provides high-level, project-based training and mentorship for producer/writer-director teams seeking to broaden their access to the international film industry. In a major new initiative funded by the European Union's MEDIA International and the Nigerian Film Corporation, European filmmakers will have the opportunity to work together with African colleagues on script and story development, production technique, and access to the international marketplace via BABYLON's network of industry consultants, funders, international sales agents and distributors. The 2010 programme includes: - a 5-day intensive development workshop for 14 selected projects (7 European, 7 African) during the International Film Festival Rotterdam (30th Jan- 4th Feb 2010); with script consultancy, one-on-one production and marketing analysis, screenings, case studies and networking forums; - individual mentoring from Babylon experts during the script rewrite and preparation phase in February and March; -? a 5-day production lab based at the Nigerian Film Institute in Jos, (27th April- 2nd May 2010) which consolidates the script development of each project and gives filmmaking teams the opportunity to workshop scenes from their films or produce promotional short films based on their feature-film material; plus presentation of projects and their promotional material at the Zuma Film festival in Abuja (3rd-5th May 2010); - Onward mentoring and promotion of all Babylon projects. Visit www.babylon-film.eu now for details on how to apply. Deadline for applications: 27th November 2009. BABYLON INTERNATIONAL is led by BABYLON co-producers Script House (Berlin), Scenario Films (London) and Play Film (Paris) and is funded by the European Union's MEDIA International, the Nigerian Film Corporation and the Centre National du Cinema, Gabon, as well as by BABYLON's existing sponsors the British Council, the Goethe- Institut, Filmfonds Wien and Mira Media. Goethe-Institut Centre Culturel Allemand Rue de Diourbel angle Piscine Olympique Point E B.P. 25862 - C.P. 12524 DAKAR, Senegal http://www.goethe.de/dakar T. +221 33 8698880 Fax 8251371
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