2024 courses come to a close

This month we saw the last of our 2024 courses come to an end. What a fantastic year it has been for the International Screen Institute and it is far from over yet!

Celebrating our Sustainability Management course

What a fantastic week in Vienna. Where we were able to invite participants and speakers from all over the world. Including the Dominican Republic, Saudi Arabia, Croatia and Brazil to name a few.

The course covered ecological, film-political, economic, cultural, social and psychological dimensions of sustainability, and their intersections: Green Production in Europe; ESG regulations; eco-conscious storytelling; social sustainability in the European film-industry; mental health, empathy and resilience; diversity, equity and inclusion.

We hope that we can help shape the filmmaking practices all around the world with the knowledge learnt throughout this course.

INDUSTRY@TALLINN

We will once again be attending the industry events at Tallinn this year. 

Black Nights and Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event

Our Audience Designer Benjamin Cölle will be hosting the following Workshop:

Workshop 1. Open Festival Session on Audience Design
The workshop encourages filmmakers to develop an Audience Design strategy at the earlier stages of the filmmaking process. It gives them a greater understanding of how to engage that audience with the correct messaging for grassroots marketing across the various social platforms, find and build communities and look at alternative and educational opportunities.

Date: 20th Nov, Wednesday

Time: EET 09:00

User time: 08:00

Duration: 2h 0m

Location: Nordic Hotel Forum, Arcturus

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Our Course Director Julia Short will be hosting the following Workshops:

Workshop 2. What does a sales company do and why you might want one?
The session will break down a sales company’s role and tasks starting from business models and share further top tips on how to determine the right sales company for the project. 

Date: 20th November, Wednesday

Time: EET 14:00

User time: 13:00

Duration: 1h 30m

Location: Nordic Hotel Forum, Arcturus

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Workshop 3. What does a distributor do?
The distribution world is very complex, and it is hard to discern what services a film and documentary distributor actually provides or should provide. The session will deliver best practices for making deals and working with sales agents and distributors.

Date: 20th Nov, Wednesday

Time: EET 16:00

User time: 15:00

Duration: 1h 30m

Location: Nordic Hotel Forum, Arcturus

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Workshop 4. Festival Panel
The strategy for your film may be to launch at a festival, but which is the right festival or the right strand? Do international buyers attend? Will your film get reviewed? The session will help participants design their film festival strategy.

Date: 22nd Nov, Friday

Time: EET 14:30

User time: 13:30

Duration: 1h 30m

Location: Nordic Hotel Forum, Arcturus

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Announcing a new partnership and collaboration

The International Screen Institute is collaborating with the Industry Village at Les Arcs Film Festival, offering two alumni special conditions to participate. Applications are now closed, the selection will be announced soon.

Partner News

WKO FAMA – Film and Music Industry Austria

CEPI (The European Audiovisual Production Association) is conducting a comprehensive survey on the perceptions, practises, challenges and opportunities associated with the introduction of AI applications in the audiovisual sector in the European context.

This study is conducted by a team of scientists from the University of Nova de Lisboa and the Universidad Católica Portuguesa in collaboration with CEPI.

FAMA asks for your participation in the survey until 30. November 2024. 

When East Meets West

When East Meets West, 19th – 22nd January 2025, Trieste, offers a wide range of interesting labs!

The year the Market at When East Meets West has a selection of available labs that you can take part in. Ranging from Virtual productions, AI, Impact and Co-Production and Distribution.

Thank you for reading, let’s stay connected to learn and train together in Vienna and around the world!

As a sign of sustainability all of our courses are certified with the Austrian Ecolabel

International Screen Institute is supported by Creative Europe MEDIA Sub-programme of the European Union, ÖFI, Terra Mater Studios, Satel Film, UNVERZAGT Rechtsanwälte.

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