Professional script and project development program created to offer unique support for Czech filmmakers with a feature film in development who believe in teamwork and the importance of script consultancy.
MIDPOINT Intensive CZ 2024
Features
Now Running
Benefits
International feedback for local professionals
This program aims to support domestic production, introduce Czech filmmakers to renowned international script consultants, and assist producers with the production aspects of the projects.
In 2024, the program will be organized in partnership with the festival Finale Plzen Film Festival. MIDPOINT Intensive CZ also runs in collaboration with the Czech Film Center and their industry program Czech Film Springboard.
For teams of a writer and a producer (and possibly a director) who are developing a Czech feature film
- unique opportunity to consult on projects along with esteemed international mentors, both script consultants and producer
- receive feedback from other filmmakers in the group
- strengthen the work of the creative team
- develop a new draft of the script
- think outside the box and borders
Projects
Projects
Architektonic Dreams
The biographical love story of Czech architects of international importance, Eva Jiřičná and Jan Kaplický, who lived together in London after August 1968. The intention is to offer the viewer an ...
Fast Hearts
Eugene was born at the end of the war, right under his parents’ crashed motorcycle. His father, a successful dentist, wanted him to become a top tennis player, but the socialist regime hindered this ...
Running with Beasts
Amid the Lebanese economic crisis, a group of five high schoolers meet one last time after their graduation day to finalize their secret plan which guarantees affording their approaching dreams. ...
Scars
Fifteen-year-old Anička learns that her best friend is moving to another town. Sudden loneliness, conflicts with her parents, and stress at school gradually take their toll on her mental health. ...
The Main Course
They say you can feel true love in your gut, but Ema and her family take this literally. Sam meets his first love Ema at a summer camp. Little does he know that this encounter will have a profound ...
The Stones Are Rolling to Prague
The story of a group of guys who grew up under socialism, didn’t speak English, had no experience with international production, made calls from phone booths, and yet managed to bring the Rolling ...
Turquoise Mountain
Dina (44) lives the classic life of a woman in Czechoslovakia in the 1980s. As a university professor of mathematics, she has a husband, a son and a dachshund. But she also has an unusual hobby - ...
Urban Runner
The parkour group FLOWMO is competing in a prestigious team challenge. Winning the main prize could fulfil their dream to fix an old van and travel around the world. Dave pushes for a girl named ...
Participants
Tutors
Inspirational professionals with a passion for sharing their experience
Group Leaders
Anne Gensior
Germany
Anne Gensior works as an international script consultant for feature films and documentaries and as a script reader and consultant for funds and workshops. Since 2017 she has been a core tutor at ...
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Christian Routh
United Kingdom
Christian is a storyanalyst and film consultant based in Catalonia, Spain. From there he works for various filmmakers, state institutions, and training programs. For the past 15 years he has been ...
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Producer Tutor
Structure
Four-Day Intensive Experience
The program will select Czech creative teams of filmmakers (scriptwriters, directors, and producers) who are developing their feature fiction film projects.
During the workshop, the teams will work on the creative development of the script as well as on the production aspects of their projects. The workshop consists of group work within a small group of participants accompanied by lectures.
Application & Fee
Fee
7 500 CZK
/ per participant. The fee includes accommodation, board, and tuition during the residential workshop, and the accreditation for the Finale Plzen festival. Travel costs are NOT included.
Aplication deadline
June 15, 2024
Application requirements
To apply for the program, please create an account on the MIDPOINT Visitor Page and follow the instructions within the submission form, where you can also find detailed information about application materials.
The application materials consist of:
- One Page Synopsis
- Script or Treatment
- Author´s Statement (max. 1 page)
- Preliminary financing plan (in Excel format)
- Producer´s Statement (1-2 pages. in PDF format)
- Production company
- Short professional biographies of all team members
- Photos of all team members
- Moodboard (optional)
Who can apply?
- Creative teams of writers and/or directors and producers (2-3 participants per team)
- Czech projects
- Projects with a majority of Czech financing
SUCCESSFUL MIDPOINT INTENSIVE CZ FILMS
Selection of our successful alumni
A Certain Kind of Silence
A young au pair meets a radical family community while working abroad and gets lost in the new world presented to her.
Status:
realised
MIDPOINT participants involved:
Michal Hogenauer
Developed at:
MIDPOINT Intensive CZ 2014
Genre:
Drama
Bear with Us
A family has decided to sell their lovely cottage as none of them has visited it for some time. Yet it holds so many nostalgic memories that the mother suggests they all spend one last day there before the sale takes place.
Status:
realised
MIDPOINT participants involved:
Tomas Pavlicek
Developed at:
MIDPOINT Intensive CZ 2015
Genre:
Comedy
Absence of Closeness
Hedvika is struggling with the lack of maternal affection towards her newborn daughter. When she one night finds the diaries of her late father from the time of her own childhood, she decides to try to overcome the absence of closeness by reading them and by visiting the places she used to know as a child. The film is an intimate psychological drama taking place at the end of one hot summer.
Status:
realised
MIDPOINT participants involved:
Josef Tuka
Developed at:
MIDPOINT Intensive CZ 2014
Genre:
Drama
The Impossible Voyage
Animated docudrama about incredible adventures of one young astronomer, who set up on the road to achieve freedom for his nation.
Status:
realised
MIDPOINT participants involved:
Noro Drziak
Developed at:
MIDPOINT Intensive CZ 2016
Genre:
Drama
Little Man
There was house in a cave under little hill and that was a place where Little Man lived. He was quite well there until one night - when he had a mysterious dream. He dreamed about a house with provoking sign above its door: "YOU WILL FIND HERE WHAT YOU MISS". He had to go for a dangerous journey to find out what he was missing. He had to complete many difficult quests, overcome his fears and above all, keep moving forward no matter what was happening to him! And did he finally reached the place he searched for? And what did he find there?
Status:
realised
MIDPOINT participants involved:
Radek Beran, Lumir Tucek
Developed at:
MIDPOINT Intensive CZ 2015
Genre:
Puppet Film
Schmitke
Schmitke is an old German wind turbine engineer. One day, he is dispatched to the Czech side of the Ore Mountains to fix an old squeaking wind turbine. His colleague disappears and mysterious things begin to happen in the forest.
Status:
realised
MIDPOINT participants involved:
Tomas Koncinsky, Tomas Vach
Developed at:
MIDPOINT Intensive CZ 2012
Genre:
Comedy
FAQs
You may ask...
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I am just a writer and/or director, and do not have a producer attached to the project yet. Can I apply?
Unfortunately not. The program is designed to develop a project (not only script) and a strong creative team through teamwork, which is why a writer and producer must always participate together.
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Do I have to be fluent in English?
Because of the international tutors, the program is conducted in English. For instruction, you'll need to write and speak in English at least an intermediate level. Your grammar doesn't need to be perfect, but you'll need to be able to communicate your ideas effectively.
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Is this workshop connected to the Czech Film Springboard? Can I apply to both?
Czech Film Springboard and MIDPOINT Intensive CZ run in collaboration and are designed to support Czech film feature projects in development.
It is possible to apply to both; however, Czech Film Springboard is focused on projects in the later stages of development,
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