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Very excited to host a special guest workshop on International Co-Productions as part of the New York Film Academy’s Documentary Program on 16 April, Thursday, 4PM, at the Union Square Screening Room.
Our guest will be the Robert Bosch Filmprize for International Cooperation director Frank W. Albers, who will tell us all about coproduction funding, markets, online platforms and educational initiatives in Europe and beyond. The workshop will feature a special closed “work-in-progress” preview screening of the feature documentary POSSESSED BY DJIN (Germany/Jordan, 2015), directed by Dalia Al-Kury, produced by Lino Rettinger, to premier at the 2015 Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival and samples of DRIFTER (Germany/Hungary, 2014), directed by Gabor Horcher, produced by Marieke Bittner, winner of the IDFA Award for the Best First Appearance Documentary, 2014.
I met Frank in 2008 while pitching FATHER at the Stuttgart Animation Film Fest. Our project received the Robert Bosch Filmprize in 2010 and was realized as an animated-documentary coproduction between Bulgaria, Croatia and Germany. As a director of the Filmprize, Frank has an amazing insight into the creative development and challenges of international coproductions and has been incredibly supportive throughout this complex process.
The workshop will be followed by our Jan’14 class Character film screening at 7PM and some drinks at Revival to congratulate everyone involved!
This event is open to NYFA students, faculty and grads, text/emial me if you’re not an alummi but want to join as I might be able to smuggle some people as my guests.
