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MIDPOINT Intensive Croatia 2024 

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MIDPOINT Intensive Croatia 2024 is a professional script development program opened to film professionals from Croatia who are developing their short fiction film projects. The four-day program is intended for creative teams of filmmakers (scriptwriter, director, and producer).

Projects

UPCOMING CROATIAN SHORT FILMS

Cherries

LUČE (38) searches through old boxes in the basement with PEPPINO (12), a circus boy and her imaginary friend. They escape into a shared fantasy of a circus and an ocean liner. After finding what ...
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The Pack

In the morning, workers arrive at their jobs where they first change into work uniforms, and afterwards, instead of going to their workstations, they go on break. Through conversation, they discover ...
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Frances McDormand

Ana is a young acting student who just got a part in a soap opera. She comes from a family without strong financial background and feels she cannot miss this opportunity to earn money but at the ...
MIDPOINT participants: Lana BaricIva Jurlina
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The Repatriate

After the war, Croatian soldier GUNNER (30) returns to a desolate apartment in Lika, his former home. He is met with a foul stench and swarms of flies — a grim reminder of what the space once was. ...
MIDPOINT participants: Andrej KorovljevMarijana Veljovic
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Participants

Tutors

Inspirational professionals with a passion for sharing their experience

Pavel Marek
Czech Republic  
Pavel Marek is a graduate of the Faculty of Computer Engineering, Technical University and the Directing Department at FAMU. He received a scholarship at the NFTS in the UK. During the communist era ...
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Structure

Intensive 4-day journey

During the workshop, the teams will work on the creative development of the script. The workshop consists of group work within a small group of participants accompanied by lectures.

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    Workshop
    November 5-8, 2024 | Zagreb, Croatia
    Lectures
    From Shorts To Feature
    Pavel Marek
    Thursday, November 7 / 17.00  | Dokukino KIC, Zagreb

    Many prominent filmmakers began their careers making short films. Their works often reveal a spontaneous arsenal of formal devices that foreshadow a certain style or thematic focus. By transitioning to feature films, harmonising a unique vision of the world with conceptual dramatic thinking becomes vital. In the masterclass lecture by director Pavel Marek, we will watch several short films and reflect on his “signature style” and the different strategies in making a short or a feature film.

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