Film Bridge – Ukraine is a proprietary programme of the Wajda School, run in conjunction with the Gdynia Film School, which aims to develop the film projects of young Ukrainian filmmakers.
The programme is open both to people who are still waiting to make their directorial debut and also creators who have already made their first full-length feature or documentary films. During the selection process, in addition to your current film experience, the most important thing will be the idea you have for the film you would like to develop during the programme. For a few months – from December 2022 – six young creators will work on the development of their own projects -both fiction and documentary films – together with experienced Polish filmmakers.
The programme is based on group activities, practical workshops and individual work on participants’ own projects under the supervision of a tutor. During online sessions and on-site workshops, under the supervision of lecturers from the Wajda School and Gdynia Film School, participants will work on their own treatment. Programme participants will also take part in the shooting of a short documentary project.
During the programme, participants will work with experienced filmmakers associated with the Wajda School and Gdynia Film School: Wojciech Marczewski, Robert Gliński, Denijal Hasanovic, Marcin Borchardt, Udayan Prasad, Joanna Malicka, Irena Banat, Jerzy Rados, and the initiator and coordinator of the programme – Filip Marczewski.
The outcome of the feature part of the programme is to be a detailed treatment or the first version of the script of a feature film, so that each participant, by the end of the programme, will have a text with which to look for a producer and apply for the realisation of his or her project. What is more, among the projects developed in the FILM BRIDGE UKRAINE programme, one will be selected whose author will be able to join the Wajda School's flagship programme, EKRAN+, where they will develop their project with international tutors and where they will realise one scene from their text. With the documentary projects, the result will be a short exercise or documentary.
The best projects will be presented during the WAJDA SCHOOL NEW TALENTS pitching at the Warsaw Film Festival.
Participation in the programme is free of charge.
Applications deadline: 21 November 2024.
Organisers:
Wajda School – www.wajdaschool.pl
Gdynia Film School – www.gsf.pl
The FILM BRIDGE – UKRAINE programme is co-financed by the Polish Film Institute.
