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The third edition of Industry Days is ready to kick off!

After a two succesful years, the upcoming 25th IFCF Febiofest Bratislava will once again host a third edition of Industry Days (March 20 – 21, 2018). The platform is intended predominantly for producers, film professionals and university students, but also for the wider public with an interest in specific topics related to film production.

The backbone of Industry Days is the presentation of upcoming Slovak film projects Works In Progress, which is annually accompanied by panel discussions and master classes on selected topics. This year’s Industry Days programme is focused mainly on the creation, production and distribution of short films, as well as challenges of contemporary and future trends in the Film Industry.

The international guests of the event are Stefan Laudyn (IFF Warsaw), Andrei Tanasescu (Toronto IFF), Bernd Buder (FF Cottbus, Berlin IFF – Forum section), Hugo Rosák (Karlovy Vary IFF – Industry), Renata Santoro (Venice Days), Enrico Vanucci (Venice IFF - Orizzonti Corti, Torino Short Film Market), Massimo Nardulli (Winterthur IFSF, Torino Short Film Market), Philip Ilson (BFI London, MFKF Londýn), Diana Mereoui (Vienna Shorts), Krzysztof Sienkiewicz (Zubroffka IFSF), Jana Cernik (AG Kurzfilm), Marćin Pienkowski (Nowe Horyzonty), Marge Liiske (FF Tallinn Black Nights – Baltic Event), Dorina Oarga (Transilvania IFF – Industry), Miguel Ribeiro (DocLisboa), Marek Hovorka (Jihlava IDFF), Céline Guénot (Visions du Réel), and others.

PROGRAM INDUSTRY DAYS 2018

TUESDAY, March 20

10:00, Cinema Lumière, K2 Hall
Presentation of upcoming Slovak projects Works in Progress

CATALOGUE OF INDUSTRY DAYS (for download)

Coffee Break followed by presentation of LIM - Less Is More: the European platform for project development of limited budget feature films, introduced by curator Massimo Nardulli.

7. Let there be Light, d. Marko Škop
SK – CZ | col. | 90 min. | feature film | drama | in production |
Prod.: ARTILERIA / Ján Meliš
Presented by Marko Škop (director)

8. The Lines, d. Barbora Sliepková
SK | b&w. | 80 min. | creative documentary | in production |
Prod.: HITCHHIKER Cinema / Barbara Janišová Feglová
Presented by Barbora Sliepková (director), Barbara Janišová Feglová (producer)

9. VILLA LUCIA, d. Michal Kollár
SK - CZ | col. | 94 min. | feature film | comedy | in development |
Prod.: KFS production / Michal Kollár, Jana Kluková
Presented by Michal Kollár (director, producer)

10. Never Happened, d. Barbora Berezňáková
SK – CZ | col.| 80 min. | creative documentary | in production |
Prod.: LEON Productions / Dávid Čorba
Presented by Barbora Berezňáková (director), Dávid Čorba (producer)

11. Experiment, d. Jana Smokoňová
SK| col.| 28 min. | short feature film | experimental | in postproduction |
Prod.: TEREN / Lukáš Teren
Presented by Jana Smokoňová (director), Lukáš Teren (producer, DOP)

12. In Search of Special Women, d. Miro Remo
SK | col. | 85 min. | creative documentary | in production |
Prod.: nutprodukcia / Jakub Viktorín
Presented by Miro Remo (director), Jakub Viktorín (producer)

14:00 Cinema Lumière, K2 Hall
PANEL DISCUSSION: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING SHORT: WHY DO WE NEED SHORT FILMS?

What is the current status of short-length cinema here and abroad? What does its support system and professional background look like in Slovakia, and why are the majority of short films created by students in universities? Representatives of short film festivals, sales agents and short film makers will discuss the challenges short film is facing in the national and international context. The panel discussion will be followed by a master class of successful short filmmaker, all just to emphasize the idea that short films are just as important as feature-length ones.

The discussion panel will be hosted by Alexandra Gabrižová, coordinator of festival department (Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, Faculty of Film and Television). The panelists are Massimo Nardulli (Winterthur Interna-tional Short Film Festival, Torino Short Film Market), Enrico Vanucci (Venice Film Festival - Orizzonti Corti, TorinoShort Film Market), Vratislav Šlajer (short film producer, Bionaut), Diana Mereoiu (Vienna Shorts), Philip Ilson (London Short Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival), Michal Blaško (successful Slovak short filmmaker, currently developing his first feature film).

16:00 Cinema Lumière, K2 Hall
MASTERCLASS: Jacqueline Lentzou

Jacqueline (Athens, 1989) is a writer and director whose work revolves around unconventional family constructs, coming-of-age, intimacy and the dream. She is a London Film School graduate (Distinction, 2013), a Sarajevo (2014) and Berlinale (2015) Talents alumna. Her graduation project, Thirteen Blue, screens in several international film festivals and wins, among others, the Golden Egg Award in Reykjavik IFF and Best International Short in Athens Film&Video FF getting shortlisted for the Oscar nomination.
Her semi-feature’s, FOX, script was selected in Berlinale Short Film Station (2015). The film world premieres in Locarno (2016) winning Best International Short from Cinema&Gioventu Jury, and over other 20 awards worldwide. HIWA (2017) world premieres in Berlinale and gets listed as one of the best shorts of the year in anOthermag.com. In 2017 she is invited by Vienna Shorts as Artist in Spotlight where a retrospective of her work is held. Recently, she is invited to represent Greece in Locarno Filmmakers’ Academy, as well as in TIFF Talent Lab.
Her debut feature, ‘SELENE66’ participated in Torino Film Lab’s Script and Pitch and won the CNC development award.

Masterclass is hosted by Soňa Balážová, National Cinematographic Centre (Slovak Film Institute).

22:00 Luna Bar, Hotel Kyjev
INDUSTRY PARTY: DIRTY ANIMATION

DJ Karma je zdarma and VJ TooMuchDada are throwing a multimedia and animation-themed party. The visitors will be able to dance to a pop/film set along with the heroes of Slovak animation. All industry and festival guests are welcome!

WEDNESDAY, March 21
11:00 Cinema Lumière, K2 Hall
PANEL DISCUSSION: SLOVAK FILM LANDSCAPE – RESOURCES AND CHALLANGES

Panel discussion on the current state and challenges of the Slovak film industry from the perspective of financing, infrastructure, services, and promotion. In recent years, film production in Slovakia has grown stronger, which is partly due to systematic funding from public sources (Audio-visual Fund, Radio and Television of Slovakia). AVF’s support program helped Slovak film industry to become more and more accessible abroad. Are there any other options of financing film production? Which areas of the industry need to be reinforced if Slovakia is to become an internationally relevant and competitive film country?

The discussion panel will be hosted by Zuzana Mistríková (producer - Pubres, president - Association of Independent Producers). The panelists are Tibor Búza (Programme Director - Slovak Television, Radio and Television Slovakia), Marcela Mojtová (producer – Maya), Patrik Pašš (producer - Trigon Production, Slovak Audiovisual Producers Association), Anton Škreko (General Director of the Media, Audiovisual and Copyright Department of the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic), Vratislav Šlajer (producer - Bionaut, Chairman - Audiovisual Producers' Association) and Martin Šmatlák (director of the Slovak Audiovisual Fund).

*This panel is organized in collaboration with the Association of Independent Producers.

14:30, Cinema Lumière, K2 Hall
MASTERCLASS: Claudia Schnugg: INNOVATION, INSPIRATION, AND FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES: THE USE OF ARTISTIC FILM PROJECTS

The raising opportunities generated rapidly in computer science, technologies, and scientific research go along with a need for innovation and creativity in business and in society. Art as a playful approach to new technologies and cutting-edge science provides an opportunity to creatively explore, communicate, and contex-tualize these latest developments. Moreover, it provides a platform for interdisciplinary exchange and public engagement processes tackling stakeholders and social innovation. Therefore, corporations as well as governmental funding bodies like the European Commission push towards projects that include the collaboration between artists and scientists.

Using the example of film and artistic film production, this master class approaches the topic asking questions like: How does such a project work? What are the important processes triggered by the interaction? How do storytelling, narration, and (science) fiction as important aspects of film support communication and creativity? And how can ideas, innovative processes and changes emerge?

* This panel is organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic - Department of Culture & Creativity Development, and is part of project CREADIS3, the European initiative in the area of cultural and creative industry.

Related AIC articles:
Febiofest Industry Days 2017

The platform Industry Days is organized by IFCF Febiofest, Association of Slovak Film Clubs and Slovak Film Institute.
The platform Industry Days is supported by Audiovisual Fund, Creative Europe Desk Slovak Republic.

published: 14.03.2018
updated: 20.03.2018