Rise & Shine Animation Pitching Lab 2023

Event Description:

A new animation pitching Lab aimed at young filmmakers. Rise & Shine 2023 is predominantly searching for projects in development by first and second-time filmmakers and students from the Central and Eastern European region, focusing on the following countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia and Italy. However, the Lab is also open to EU participants with an interest in collaboration with the CEE region. 

2023 Coverage

Selected Projects:

• Coddiwomple, Petko Modev, Vessela Dancheva-Bogdanova, Bulgaria
• Reiss Dich Mal Zusammen, Marion Taschler, Saskia von Virág, Switzerland
• Period Drama, Michaela Mihalyi, Jakub Rálek, Slovakia, Czech Republic
• Demon of the Marshes, Martin Pertlíček, Martin Novotny, Kamila Dohnalová, Czech Republic
• Georgeta, Sybil Marzin-Thélémaque, Clara Marquardt, Francuska
• Now, Katrin Novaković, Miljenka Čogelja, Croatia
• Creaturas, Carolina Bonzinho, Laura Gonçalves, Portugal
• Plastic Aches, Andrea Guizar, Roza Misztela, Mexico, Poland
• Cosmonauts, Leo Černic, Tina Smrekar, Slovenia
• Shio, Ana Markozashvili, Natia Nikolashvili, Georgia
• A Horse in SwanSea, Maria Brudașcă, Constantine Benea, Romania (qualified as the winner of Pitch, please! 2022, Animest Bucharest IAFF)

Call for entries (archive):

Ten selected projects will be invited to Animafest Zagreb from 7 – 10 June 2023, where they will receive a programme of lectures, workshops, and individual and group sessions with experienced film professionals in the field of animation. A special focus will be on the story of the project, which they will work on with mentors – legendary director and screenwriter Michael Dudok de Wit and award-winning screenwriter, director and producer Pedro Rivero

• The format is animated short films (max. length 20 min.).
• Both members of the project team (director/scriptwriter and producer) must be citizens of the EU or other eligible countries, listed below: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, North  Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

Application Materials

Please note that the following information (in English) will be required to complete the application:
— Logline (max. 200 characters including spaces)
— Synopsis (max. 2 000 characters including spaces)
— Director’s statement (max. 1 000 characters including spaces)
— Producer’s statement (max. 1 000 characters including spaces)
— Samples of visual style (max. file size is 10MB)
— Link to the trailer/teaser and/or storyboard (optional)
— Information about the budget
— Director’s photo, bio and filmography
— Scriptwriter’s photo, bio and filmography
— Producer’s photo, bio, filmography and company profile

Key dates
— 23 April 2023: Submission deadline
— 4 May 2023: Notification of selection
— 7 – 10 June 2023: Scriptwriting & Development Lab at World festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
— September – October 2023: Online training
— 26 – 29 November 2023: Pitching Lab at Animateka International Animated Film Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia

• Full regulations
• Entry Form
• Deadline: 23 April 2023