We are proud to announce the selection of eight exciting short film projects for the current edition of MIDPOINT Shorts, program dedicated to the development of short films. This year is especially exciting, as we have our largest group of projects to date, showing just how much interest and demand there is for high-quality short films.
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MIDPOINT Shorts Selection!
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MIDPOINT Shorts Selection!
September 24, 2024
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Here are the selected projects and filmmakers:
Heart in your Throat (Serbia)
- Savina Smederevac / Producer
- Danilo Mladenovic / Producer
- Petar Lakic / Director
Kurkuma (India)
- Drishya Gautham / Director, Writer
- Tarana Reddy / Producer
Meridian (Greece)
- Markela Kontaratou / Director
- Manos Tzivakis / Producer
- Kyriaki Kontaratou / Producer
Pithead (Belgium)
- Jules Mathot / Producer
- Pol De Plecker / Director, Writer
- Wannes Vanspauwen / Director, Writer
Siren's Cove (USA)
- Anastasia Babenko / Director, Writer
- Bobby McHugh / Producer
Slash (Moldova)
- Vlad Bolgarin / Director, Writer, Producer
- Lucia Lupu / Producer
Time, Space and Everything in Between (Czech Republic)
- Ellyn Cernochova / Producer
- Savva Dolomanov / Director
Unwellness
- Anna Toth / Producer
- Fanni Potonyecz / Producer
- Réka Pinczes / Director, Writer
MIDPOINT Shorts is designed to support creative teams in transforming their ideas into fully developed, industry-ready projects. Open to teams of writers, directors, and producers, the program offers a combination of in-depth script analysis and comprehensive project development.
The program kicks off with its first residential workshop, scheduled to take place from September 30 to October 6, 2024, in Brno, Czech Republic, in collaboration with the International Short Film Festival BRNO16. This workshop will focus primarily on the creative aspects of project development, including in-depth script analysis and the development of promotional materials and production strategies.
Open Lectures at ISFF BRNO16: Learning from Industry Experts
In addition to the core workshop activities, participants—and the festival visitors —will have the opportunity to attend two open lectures as part of the collaboration with ISFF BRNO16.
The Do’s and Don’ts of Co-Production
Dora Nedeczky, an experienced producer from Hungary, will lead this session on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, from 17:00 to 18:30 CET. The lecture will explore the essential steps in navigating co-production platforms, selecting the right partners, and positioning a project for success in the market. With a focus on practical strategies and real-world examples, Nedeczky will offer participants the tools needed to thrive in the international film industry.
From Script to Screen: The Art of Safe Intimacy in Film and TV
On Friday, October 4, 2024, at 17:30 CET, intimacy coordinator Virginija Vareikytė from Baltic Intimacy Professionals will deliver an open lecture on the emerging field of intimacy coordination. This session will cover the role of intimacy coordinators in ensuring a safe and respectful environment for performers while maintaining the director’s creative vision. As intimacy in film and TV becomes a more significant consideration, Vareikytė’s expertise will offer a valuable perspective on how to handle these delicate scenes professionally and ethically.
Related Midpoint Projects
Heart in your Throat
MARINA is a thirteen year old girl who lives alone with her grandparents. On a hot August morning, her grandmother JAGODA wakes her up and gives Marina a task to look after her depressed grandfather ...
Slash
Ion, a 17-year-old teenager, is punished because of his younger brother’s actions (Nicu) and is left with a slash mark on his cheek. The parents go away for the rest of the day and leave Nicu under ...
Siren’s Cove
A guy pulls up to a drive-thru coffee stand, expecting nothing more than his usual coffee fix. Instead, he's greeted by a sardonic and captivating barista wearing only a bikini. She welcomes him to ...
Unwellness
ILDIKÓ (52) is a prominent accountant whose comfort zone is numbers, where everything is precisely calculated, unlike with people, who she distances herself from. Ever since her divorce 10 years ...
Pithead
Amidst an icy dreamscape, a woman braves a blizzard to seek refuge in a black metal bar, only to discover a penguin stranded in a nearby tree separated from its colony.
MIDPOINT participants:
Jules Mathôt, Pol De Plecker , Pol De Plecker , Wannes Vanspauwen , Wannes Vanspauwen
Time, Space and Everything in Between
Before her wedding, 26-year-old Juliet feels the need for a last-minute getaway but faces solitude and anxiety about her future. To cheer her up, her older brother Alex (28) offers a road trip. ...
Meridian
In the Greek rural village of Meridian, where lignite is worshipped as a God, Marina, despite having had surgery for cancer, keeps working at the lignite mine. Her sister, Elina is pregnant, and the ...
Kurkuma
Kurkuma follows Mahmood, a 31-year-old Indian immigrant in Berlin. Mahmood aspires to join Berlin's elite social circle and takes a cook-for-hire job to impress his girlfriend Lisa’s friends at a ...
