Course outline
- Individual Work on Project/s being taken to market.
- Improve their knowledge of international markets, how they differ, who attends what and why.
- Identify the most suitable market(s) for their own individual projects and film slates.
- Develop tools and strategies for successful market engagement.
- Improve their skills, knowledge and confidence in packaging, pitching, negotiating, selling, understanding and closing deals.
- Achieve effective follow-through and maximise the benefits of international relationships and opportunities.
- Mentoring / Expert support.
Fees
Early Bird Rate:
€850.00
VAT excluded.
Until 26th April, 2024
Regular Course Fee:
€950.00
VAT excluded.
Included are the sessions, mentoring, and networking, such as catering in Vienna. Excluded are the market attendance costs (travel, accommodation, accreditation).
Who’s it for?
This intensive practical short course has places for approx 16 participants. It will bring together filmmakers, producers, distributors and sales agents at the earlier part of their career. By having a mixed cohort, it will also increase awareness of each other’s roles and help build stronger networks for the future. Participants can take part with a project in late stage development, post-production, or have completed their first feature film or documentary. Sales, distribution and marketing executives will have typically a minimum of one year’s experience in their role.
Course Directors
Julia Short
Marketing & Distribution Expert
Satesh Mathura
Financing Expert2024 Speakers
Mark Byrne
Group Head of Business Affairs
Simon Crowe
Managing Director
Holly Daniel
Film Festival Industry Market, Training, Events & Talent Development Producer
Michael Frenschkowski
Producer
Eun-Zi Kim
Media Consultant & Creative Producer
David Pope
Creative Producer and Script Consultant
Xavier Henry-Rashid
CEO
Lena Simone Vurma
Head of Acquisitions & ProducerOur Alumnis
Eamon Hughes
Production Manager
Michael Kleinfeld
Producer/Director
Marta Krzeptowska
Producer“Market Ready was an incredible experience with top-tier experts, excellent organization, and a high-quality course. The participants were fantastic, and we had a lot of fun along the way. I’m truly thankful for the connections made and the knowledge gained.”
Vietha Luong
Producer“We will never stop making films”
Viktor Schaider
Producer / DP“Great experience with a great bunch of people from all over Europe!!”
Catrin Strasser
Producer
Bastian Schöttner
Junior Producer
Daniel Tenné
Producer“Insights, hard knowledge, great mentorship and an amazing group of participants!”
Margarita Veberaite
Producer
Olivia Vieweg
Freelance Writer“Authors often have to fight to get a seat at the table. International Screen Institute is offering this seat.”
Romas Zabarauskas
Producer, Director, Writer“The Market Ready course was an impactful, profound, and inspiring experience. The generosity and professionalism of everyone involved shined. Recommended!”
Scholarships
Thanks to Creative Europe Funding, ISI has partial scholarship support available for participants who wish to attend this course from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.
If you are not from a Low Capacity Country and can give us a good reason that you are in need of financial assistance and your national screen agency does not fund training in principle, please contact us before submitting your application to discuss whether you can apply for financial support. We have very limited funds available for a limited number of participants in genuine need.
For working parents who have childcare responsibilities, we have a childcare bursary available and a bursary for participants who need extra assistance due to disability or impairment available
Financial Support
We actively encourage participants to research and apply for financial support with your national/regional funding bodies first who may have bursaries and grants to cover training and professional development.
Please ask the MEDIA Desk in your country if there are any funding opportunities available. Kindly inform us if you apply to a national or regional fund.
We are currently reviewing all the national funds available in Europe. Below are a few examples:
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: Contact Fondacija Za Kinematografiju Sarajevo
- Belgium: Flanders Audiovisual Fund or Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel
- Bulgaria: National Film Center or National Culture Fund of Bulgaria
- Czech Republic: Asociace Producentů V Audiovizi (for producers)
- Denmark: Danish Film Institute
- Estonia: Estonian Film Institute OR Cultural Endowment of Estonia
- Finland: Finnish Film Foundation
- Germany: Contact the regional film funds (information in German) or see Focus Germany
- Ireland: Screen Skills Ireland
- Lithuania: Lithuanian Film Centre
- Montenegro: Film Centre of Montenegro or Ministry of Culture of Montenegro
- Netherlands: Netherlands Film Fund
- Norway: Norwegian Film Institute
- Poland: Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej
- Portugal: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
- Romania: Romanian Cultural Institute
- Slovenia: Slovenian Film Centre
- Sweden: Film Institute
- Switzerland: MEDIA Desk Suisse
Partners
Unverzagt Rechsanwälte
Terra Matter Studios
WKO Film and Music Austria
Satel
Booking terms and conditions for participants
If you are unable to attend the International Screen Institute course due to (certified) health reasons (e.g. Covid infection), please contact our office. We will consider alternative possibilities for your participation and if no option is suitable, we will allow you to use the payment you have made against the next edition of the course. If you are unable to attend the International Screen Institute course due to any other reasons, please contact our office as soon as you become aware of your impossibility to attend. Depending on the time of your notice, and on the costs we have incurred in connection with your booking, we may not be able to refund part or all of your participation fee. Your case will be dealt with on an individual basis. We reserve the right to cancel or postpone a course if circumstances require it. In this case, your participation fee will be transferred to the rescheduled dates. If you are unable to attend rescheduled courses, you will be entitled to a full refund. If you have any questions about the programme, the application form or financial support needed to attend this course, please email office@screeninstitute.eu