{"id":24893,"date":"2020-06-10T10:25:53","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T09:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zff.hr\/?p=24893"},"modified":"2020-06-10T10:25:53","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T09:25:53","slug":"call-for-entries-for-films-and-my-first-script-workshop-is-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2023.zff.hr\/en\/call-for-entries-for-films-and-my-first-script-workshop-is-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for entries for FILMS and My First Script Workshop is open!"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf_fields":{"page_builder":false,"content":"<p>Zagreb Film Festival once again takes place in November, between the <strong>8<\/strong><strong><sup>th<\/sup><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>and 15<\/strong><strong><sup>th <\/sup><\/strong><strong>November 2020 <\/strong>and it will traditionally represent films by up-and-coming international and Croatian filmmakers in its competition program.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>call for entries<\/strong> for the Festival\u2019s competition program is open and the <strong>deadline is 23<\/strong><strong><sup>rd<\/sup><\/strong> <strong>August<\/strong>. The competition program includes debut (first and second) feature and short films. Films in the main competition programs compete for the Golden Pram Award and cash prizes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Terms and Conditions and the Online Application Form<\/strong> are available via the following <a href=\"http:\/\/zff.hr\/en\/film-submissions\/\">link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Zagreb<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Film Festival has always <strong>dedicated particular attention to first-time filmmakers<\/strong>, whose debut films we are watching in the competition. So far, directors such as <strong>Anton Corbijn, Steve McQueen, Radu Jude, Xavier Dolan, Andrey Zvyagintsev and Sophia Coppola<\/strong> have competed in the main program. New Croatian directors are presented in the Checkers selection. Throughout all these years, a whole series of today acclaimed and established filmmakers have presented their first films in Zagreb (<strong>Hana Ju\u0161i\u0107, Barbara Vekari\u0107, Sonja Taroki\u0107, Antoneta Kusijanovi\u0107<\/strong> etc.).<\/p>\n<p>Next to the competition program the audience will have a chance a to see old and new film sections (The Great 5, Together Again, My First Film, Bib for Kids), while the <strong>Industry section<\/strong> for education and training features a series of workshops, lectures, panels and other events intended for professionals, young filmmakers and all the interested public.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zagreb Film Festival<\/strong> <strong>\u2013 Industry<\/strong> announces an open call for application for the script development workshop <strong>My First Script<\/strong>. The workshop is intended for filmmakers who are preparing a script for their first feature-length film.<\/p>\n<p>Among the received applications a total of <strong>six participants<\/strong> will be chosen to take part in the workshop: two from Croatia, four from Europe, including the participants from the new MEDIA sub-programme countries (such as Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Republic of Serbia and Turkey). The five-day workshop will be held during the <strong>18<sup>th<\/sup> edition of Zagreb Film Festival<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The objective of this workshop is to help young screenwriters write a script for their first feature-length fiction film, under the guidance of two script doctors, experienced screenwriters and\/or directors, Antonio Nui\u0107 and Ognjen Svili\u010di\u0107. Through an intense practical program with emphasis on solving problems by working in a team, young colleagues will be encouraged, in a relaxed working atmosphere, to successfully complete their scripts. The best project will be awarded with online tutoring for six months after the workshop.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The workshop is free for all participants<\/strong>.<br \/>\nMore information on the call for entries can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/zff.hr\/en\/my-first-script-application\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop is organised in cooperation of ZFF and the Croatian Film Directors&#8217; Guild. Throughout previous seven editions of the workshop, a total of <strong>48 projects<\/strong> from different European countries took part in the workshop. Two films that have been developed at the workshop have been screened in the program of Zagreb Film Festival, <em>The Frog<\/em> by Elmir Juki\u0107 as a part of 15<sup>th <\/sup>ZFF and <em>The Load<\/em> by Ognjen Glavoni\u0107, which premiered in the Cannes Directors\u2019 Fortnight section and afterwards won the main award at the 16<sup>th<\/sup> Zagreb Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>Wishing a lot of luck to all the projects which are on their way to production and looking forward to new MFS applications.<\/p>\n<p>The Festival is supported by <strong>City Department of Culture and Croatian Audiovisual Centre<\/strong>. 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