FeatureLab 2019

FeatureLab focuses on artistic & creative aspects as well as on production & promotion strategies in the development of 1^st and 2^nd feature films. It is aimed at teams of director and producer (together with a scriptwriter, if on board), working on projects that are already at an advanced stage. The programme takes place over a period of 6 months.

10 projects are selected to benefit from individually tailored tools. Participants first gather for a 2-day presentation and exchange-meeting, which includes the screening of their previous works and the first group sessions. The following days are dedicated to individual encounters with various trainers, who are internationally experienced in the main areas of filmmaking: alongside having script consultations, the participants work with experts from the fields of directing, cinematography, sound, post-production, but also of production, financing & sales, and audience engagement. 
Some of the trainers will be selected according to the particular needs of the projects, following a tailor made Lab proposal for the two workshops. The diversity of approaches and the enriching experience that comes as a result of the exchange with other colleagues will help the teams to boost the project development process throughout their participation in the programme.

A final presentation of the projects during the TFL Meeting Event in November concludes and completes the training and development process: all participants present their projects publicly to an audience of international producers, sales agents and other film industry professionals, have one-to-one meetings with Decision Makers, and are granted visibility thanks to the TFL Catalogue and network.  Moreover, the projects are assessed by an international Jury awarding production and co-production grants, and compete for a variety of collateral awards (for further details see the pages dedicated to Funding > Production support and Funding > Collateral prizes).

TorinoFilmLab is glad to announce the partnerships with ALCA – Agence livre cinéma et audiovisuel en Nouvelle-Aquitaine, who will host the 1^st residential workshop in Bordeaux (France), and RE-ACT – Regional Audiovisual Cooperation and Training, who will host the 2^nd residential workshop in September. Moreover, thanks to the partnership with BEKRAF – Indonesian Agency for Creative Economy, FeatureLab will welcome 1 project from Indonesia, whose full participation in the programme will be supported by the above-mentioned institution.

FeatureLab is dedicated to creative teams of director and producer (together with a scriptwriter, if on board) from all over the world, developing a 1^st or 2^nd feature film project. 

Conditions of eligibility:
- the project must be the director’s 1^st or 2^nd feature film;
- at least a first draft of the script (or an analogue document, according to the type of project) must be ready when applying*;
- shooting must not begin earlier than December, 1^st 2019.
^{* Fiction feature projects must apply with a script (extended treatment is not accepted)}

Applicants must confirm their full availability for all the workshops and the final TFL Meeting Event.

The working language of all workshops, meetings and events is English; thus, a good knowledge of English is essential in order to participate.

Participation fee: 3.000 Euro per team of 2 people (extra fee of 2.000 Euro if a scriptwriter or a co-writer also attends the programme).

This amount covers workshop training, on-line sessions, accommodation and part of the subsistence during the workshop & TFL Meeting Event. Participants must pay travel costs. In many countries scholarships are available for this training.

A number of partial scholarships, covering tuition costs, will be assigned to participants coming from European low audiovisual capacity countries according to Creative Europe – MEDIA criteria*.

^{* Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Norway, Portugal, Republic of Serbia, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.}

The requested materials – to be submitted all together in one PDF (10 MB max.), and all in English – are:

1) Synopsis – 1 page max.
2) Intention note about the project – 3 pages max.
3) Script (or analogue document, according to the type of project)*
^{* Fiction feature projects must apply with a script (extended treatment is not accepted)}
4) Artistic concept & audio-visual references
5) Web links to previous film(s) of the director
6) Biographies of director, producer & writer (if on board)
7) Production company profile – 3 pages max.
8) Detailed budget (Euro) & financing plan – including structure of co-production (names & countries of companies, and percentages of financing from each country) according to the form
9) Development and production timetable
10) Marketing & distribution strategy – 3 pages max.

Please click on the "Apply Now!" button in the right-side column of this page to access the on-line application form and submit your project. Before starting the application process, you will need to create an account on the TFL Visitor Page.

Deadline for applications: February 28^th, 2019, 12:00 p.m. CET (noon).

Shortlisted applicants will be notified at the beginning of April and interviewed via Skype meetings on April 14^th and 15^th.

For more information please contact:
greta.fornari@torinofilmlab.it

^{The Selected projects of the TorinoFilmLab FeatureLab programme must indicate TorinoFilmLab support in the closing credits by displaying the TorinoFilmLab logo, together with the caption "Developed at TorinoFilmLab".}

^{The Selected and Awarded projects of the TorinoFilmLab FeatureLab programme must indicate TorinoFilmLab support both in the opening and closing credits by displaying the TorinoFilmLab logo, together with the caption "Production Fund" or “Co-Production Fund”.}

1^st Residential workshop: 1-7 June 2019 (Bordeaux, France)
2^nd Residential workshop: 15-19 September 2019 (Slovenia)
TFL Meeting Event: 19-24 November 2019 (Turin, Italy)