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).
MIDPOINT Intensive Croatia 2024
Features
Previous Edition
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
Complete bio
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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All ParticipantsWorkshopNovember 5-8, 2024 | Zagreb, CroatiaLecturesFrom Shorts To Feature
Pavel Marek
Thursday, November 7 / 17.00 | Dokukino KIC, ZagrebMany 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.