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MIDPOINT Smash Cut 2021
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Three promising short-form series projects
ATAXIA
There is a city on the small Mediterranean island of Cyprus, festering with crime and corruption, ruled by the few who benefit from the chaos. Zoe, Makis and Phivos, lost souls in their mid 30’s, ...
MIDPOINT participants:
Christina TryphonosAndreas PhylactouAndreas SheittanisAndreas PhylactouChristina Tryphonos
Break a Leg
LENART (30) is a shy, introverted, not so young anymore filmmaker, who is unhappy with his current success and recognition in the film industry. Because nobody is taking him seriously, he develops ...
Deadlines
Sergiu is a 40-year-old graphic designer living in Bucharest. He is a pretty good graphic designer, but doesn’t understand anymore the seemingly pointless competition of surviving from one deadline ...
MIDPOINT participants:
Razvan Dutchevici
Participants
The next generation of the Central and Eastern European series content professionals
Tutors
Renowned short-form series experts
Tutor
Sullivan Le Postec
France
Sullivan Le Postec has had a lifelong passion for TV series. He started out as a TV critic and journalist before becoming a TV writer himself, penning episodes for French series Dernier Recours and ...
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Guest Tutors
Structure
Three-phase short-form series development program
Three short-form series projects are working in one group, each project’s development is overseen by experienced tutors, but also offered an ongoing peer-feedback by fellow participants.
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Preparatory Kick-off WorkshopNovember 4–5, 2021 | online
Aimed as an introductory meeting of selected creators of short-form series (up to 20 mins per episode) coming from the Central and Eastern European region with a background in the audiovisual industry that want to shift to short-form series development.
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WorkshopNovember 14-20, 2021 | Tallinn, Estonia
The workshop will help the participants define their series concept, outline their pilot script and season, and will train and explain the specifics of short-form series and the difference to long-form series in storytelling. Besides receiving the tutors' attention and guidance, the projects will also have the option of receiving feedback from their fellow participants.
Smash Cut uses lectures, group work and individual consultations as its methodological tools. The participants will also be actively writing during the workshop working days, under the supervision of the tutors. Thus, participants leave the workshop with actual results and progressed materials.
The program runs in the English language.
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All participantsOnline ConsultationsFebruary 24, 2022 | online
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