10/08/2021 - The training programme is gearing up to welcome eight projects to its upcoming hybrid edition, which will feature a series of lectures and a focus on sustainable film production

Taking place from 12-15 August in hybrid format, in Warsaw and online, the 12^th edition of New Horizons Studio+ is a training programme for directors and producers developing their first or second feature film, organised by the New Horizons Association and Creative Europe Desk Poland.

During its four days of workshop and lectures, the participants will be informed on topics that are related to the promotion and development of projects. For this edition, 8 director-producer duets – four hailing from Poland while the rest are coming from Austria, Romania, Spain and Ukraine – will present their projects in a pitching contest held on the last day of Studio+.

Regarding the lectures that are organised, Isabel Ivars, head of Festivals for Films Boutique and acquisitions, marketing, festivals & distribution consultant, will focus on the post-pandemic market and where we are now, while script consultant and screenwriter David Pope will offer his tips on how to pitch a story. Furthermore, two EAVE graduates will offer their expertise in marketing: Michael Arnon of WOLF Consultants, will feature in his lecture the strategic approach to marketing, PR, and press, while Alya Belgaroui-Degalet, marketing project manager for international sales at Wild Bunch International, will focus on international sales and marketing.

On the final day of New Horizons Studio+, an open hybrid lecture will be organised by New Horizons Association in partnership with Creative Europe Desk Poland, on the topic “How to Green Film Industry” which aims to explore how to produce films in a sustainable way. The speaker at the lecture will be Fabian Lindner, green consultant for several broadcasters and film funds in terms of sustainability, as well as producer and co-head of the Achtung Panda! production company. The lecture will be devoted to green film production, the possibilities of balancing the industry's impact on the environment and prospects for the future. The lecture will be held on 15 August from 14:00-15:00 CET at the Lower Silesia Film Center – DCF cinema and will also be available online with the possibility for the public to register here.

Here are the selected projects for the 12^th New Horizons Studio+:

Another Story of My Son – Adrian Silișteanu (Romania)
Producer: Anda Ionescu

Cryo – Piotr Matejkowski (Poland/Ireland)
Producer: Carla Mooney

Doppelgänger – Jan Holoubek (Poland)
Producer: Anna Waśniewska

The Fury – Gemma Blasco (Spain)
Producer: Mireia Graell

Ground Zero – Zhanna Ozirna (Ukraine)
Producer: Iryna Kovalchuk

Last Trip – Ziad Kalthoum (Poland/Germany)
Producer: Marta Golba

Mira's Fire – Magda Chmielewska (Austria)
Producer: Lixi Frank

Seasons – Michał Grzybowski (Poland)
Producer: Maria Leźnicka

The partners of New Horizons Studio+ are: EAVE, the London Film Academy, Ale kino+ and the Romanian Cultural Institute. This year, the event is welcoming two new partners on board: the Pop Up Residency Visegrad, which will grant one of the awards; and Catalan Films in collaboration with REC Tarragona IFF.