MIDPOINT Shorts 2020-2021

With plenty of film festivals out there and new ones popping up every day, it is easy to get lost trying to find the ones that suit your film (and you) best.

When and where to start whilst working on your film, what festivals to screen at in the beginning and what choices should you make after having your premiere? How can you get the most out of your festival run? What are the possibilities for spreading and screening your film online? In this we will explain the best way to get your short film out into the world.

Fran is thinking about dying, but a man in the office might want to date her.

All around the year and all over the world there are hundreds of opportunities to pitch your film and find new financial and creative partners. No matter if it is a short or a feature or a documentary, it is always essential to plan in advance your strategy and combine carefully all the ingredients you can use to best introduce your project to the rest of the film industry.

In the middle of a Texas summer, plans for a babysitter fall through and six-year-old Caroline is left in charge of her two younger siblings.

Caroline by Celine Held & Logan George premiered at Cannes Film Festival, Official Competition, where it was nominated for the Short Film Palme d'Or. Caroline went on to play at Telluride Film Festival, SXSW, Hamptons Film Festival, LA Film Festival, among many more. The film won awards at over 30 film festivals, and was shortlisted for Best Live Action Short Film at the 91st Academy Awards. The film stars Caroline Falk, Celine Held, Tam Jackson, Brooks Falk, and Sally Falk. Caroline was produced by Kara Durrett, with cinematography by Lowell A. Meyer, and was edited by Logan George.

To pitch your project means to know everything about your project, to be aware of its strengths as well as of its weaknesses. The lecture will introduce in the essential elements of a pitch and underline the possibilities to include your specific vision in the presentation. A focus will be put on the elements that help writers, directors and producers to analyze the status quo of the project and to find a language to promote your current story to decision makers.

Set in a surface mine, two boys sink into a seemingly innocent power game with Mother Nature as the sole observer.

A Canadian short film drama Fauve by Jeremy Comte premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018, where it won a Special Jury Prize in the short films program. It was selected in over 150 festivals and has won over 75 awards, including Toronto International Film Festival or 24FPS International Short Film Festival. It was also an Academy Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Film at the 91st Academy Awards. 

Before a short film is ready for the screen the usual way of communicating it to the talents, partners or funds is providing them with your package of materials – treatment or script, logline or synopsis, intentions, budget, financing plan, distribution strategy and etc. The new loglines and synopsis of each group will be discussed throughout the lecture.