The French Institute of South Africa.

Submission Deadline: 31 January 2017

Urucu Media, under the mentorship of Berlinale Talents, in partnership with Nirox Foundation, Durban Filmmart, Restless Talent Management, The French Institute of South Africa and Institute Français’s Cinémas du Monde, Torino Film Lab, EAVE and World Cinema Fund proudly presents REALNESS, a screenwriters residency for a new generation of African cinema.

Realness is proud to announce that the partnerships established in 2016 will continue into the second edition, which means that the 2017 residents will also have the opportunity to further develop their projects through the awards offered by the Durban FilmMart, Locarno Filmmakers Academy, Torino Film Lab, Midpoint, EAVE and La Fabrique des Cinema du Monde.

“The aim of REALNESS is to provide the continent’s best emerging writing talents with the necessary time, space and support to develop their unique cinematic vision.”

Requirements:

The call is open to screenwriters from across the African continent and selection will be based on artistic merit. Realness will hold no legal claim over the work once the residency is completed.

The most promising projects to emerge from REALNESS will be selected and funded to participate in the prestigious La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde in Cannes, EAVE Producers’ Workshop and Torino Film Lab Meetings events in 2017.

The

Week 1: The residency will kick off on 16 June 2016 with an introductory week at Durban Filmmart, Africa’s top co-production market. Residents will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in films, attend seminars and present their projects to industry professionals for feedback. Each resident will prepare a public presentation of their project at the end of the week.

Week 2 – 6: Residents will be transported to the Nirox artists residency in the Cradle of Humankind, where they will spend six weeks working in a tranquil and nurturing living environment. During the first week, top international script consultants will conduct workshops and one-on-one sessions with the residents. Thereafter, residents will work at their own pace, with ongoing support in the form of workgroups with fellow writers, curated film screenings, producer-led case studies and discussions with visiting industry speakers.

Week 7: In the final week, residents will have a debriefing and follow up Skype-sessions with their consultants. After leaving the residency, writers will be invited to submit a new draft of their screenplay by 30 September 2016. The most promising project to emerge from REALNESS will be selected and funded to participate in the prestigious La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde in Cannes, 2017.

Application Procedure:
The submission window opens on 28 November 2016 and closes on 31 January 2017:
Applicants must submit ONE PDF dossier containing:
• a motivation for wanting to participate in REALNESS (1 page)
• a synopsis of the proposed feature project (1 page)
• a narrative treatment of the proposed feature project (6 pages)
• a draft of the screenplay (if available)
• a writer’s note of intention (1 page)
• a short biography (1 paragraph)
• two links to samples of previously produced work, uploaded to vimeo. If selected, residents will be required to donate one copy of their previous work to the Nirox film library.
All submitted material must be in English. A committee appointed by the Realness team and their partners will read the project entries and conduct interviews with a shortlist of candidates in April. The Realness selection will be announced at an event hosted by the pavilion Les Cinemas du Monde in Cannes 2017.

Dossiers must be submitted to [email protected]

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Realness ScreenWriiting Residency 2017

Application Deadline: August 8 2013

What: Crossing International Artistic Workshop 2013

When: 8 to 17 November 2013

Whom: Young professional choreographers, dancers, composers and lighting designers.

Where: Cape Town South Africa

Applications are invited from Young professional choreographers, dancers, composers and lighting designers to participate in the third edition of the Crossings International Artistic Workshop.

The third edition of the Crossings International Artistic Workshop will take place in Cape Town from 8 to 17 November 2013. Crossings #3 is hosted by the University of Cape Town’s Baxter Theatre Centre, School of Dance and Gordon Institute for Performing and Creative Arts (GIPCA), with the support of Institut français and The French Institute of South Africa.

Crossings is an international workshop for professional choreographers, composers, dancers and lighting designers under the supervision of a team of international and established artists. Initially conceived by French choreographer Michel Kelemenis, Crossings took place in 2010 and 2011 in Johannesburg at the Dance Factory, the Dance Forum, Moving into Dance Mophatong and Vuyani Dance Theatre.

Crossings gives international artists the opportunity to collaborate together in order to show a 12min-long artistic creation. The classes and workshops will take place at the Baxter Theatre Centre and UCT School of Dance, and the results will be presented at the Baxter Theatre at the end of the ten-day residency

The team

Facilitators
Floriaan Ganzevoort (Holland), Lighting designer
Germaine Acogny (Senegal), Choreographer
James Webb (South Africa), Composer
Vincent Mantsoe (South Africa), Choreographer

Artist participants to be selected
3 choreographers of whom 1 must be of South African nationality
3 composers of whom 1 must be of South African nationality
3 South African lighting designers
12 dancers of whom 6 must be of South African nationality

Applicant eligibility

Choreographers must
– be residents of any country
– have created at least 3 creations.
Dancers must

– be residents of any country
– have been dancing (contemporary) for at least 4 years
Composers must
– be residents of any country
– have home studio knowledge
– be interested in composing for dance
– bring their own instruments

Lighting Designers must
– be South African
– have already worked as a lighting designer for dance in the last 2 years
All applicants must
– speak English;
– be available between 7 and 18 November 2013;
– be motivated to work under pressure during the ten-day session.
Application requirements
Applications must be submitted in English and consist of:
– a registration form to be filled by the applicant (can be downloaded from the following websites : www.ifas.org.za; www.gipca.uct.ac.za; www.baxter.co.za)
– a description of the artistic discourse of the applicant (no longer than 1 page)
– a biography outlining relevant experiences
– recent proof of the applicant’s artistic experiences:
o choreographers and lighting designers must submit a video link on youtube or vimeo illustrating their work (No DVDs can be submitted)
o composers must submit mp3 or wav music
o newspaper clipping, photo
– two reference letters from referees who are familiar with the applicant’s work

Selection process

Applications will be assessed by an international Selection Committee made up of the artistic facilitators with the participation of personalities from the artistic community. Selected participants will be informed after 22 August 2013.

Crossings International Artistic Workshop 2013 Outline
7 to 10 November 2013
Welcome, classes and workshops during the day Each day will begin at 9am with a 75min-long technical dance class open to all participants, followed by three different workshops of two hours each, under the supervision of the facilitators.

Guidelines for collaboration:
– Each choreographer will work with a different composer, with a different number of dancers, and in a different space each day; groups will be created during class every morning;
– The lighting designers will work under the supervision of the facilitator;
– Each dancer will work at least once with a choreographer;
– Choreographers will not perform in the choreographic creations.

Presentations in the evenings
Results will be performed every evening at the Baxter Theatre, as well as assessed, questionned and commented by participants, facilitators and selected audiences during a Feedback Session.

11 to 17 November
One week dedicated to creation At the beginning of the second week, choreographers will decide to work for the remainder of the residency with a composer, a lighting designer and a number of dancers on the creation of a short piece. The final works, no longer than 12 minutes each, will be performed Sunday 17 November at the Baxter Theatre.

Guidelines for creations:
– No longer than 12min;
– no costume budget;
– no set.

Application deadline: 8 August 2013 – 6pm (GMT+2)
Applications must be sent at the following address: [email protected]

Conditions
There are no tuition fees for the workshop. All meals will be provided. Candidates residing outside of Cape Town will be accommodated. Candidates residing outside of South Africa will be required to organise and pay for their own international transport. It might be possible to find funding for travelling costs; please contact the organisers for more information in this regard. As Crossings is a training opportunity for
professional artists, participants will not receive any fees or per diems.

For More Information

Application Form for the Crossings International Artistic Workshop 2013

Download the Call for application for the Crossings 2013 International Artistic Workshop -French Version

Angélique Saverino (IFAS) / +27 (0) 11 727 5106 / [email protected] /
www.ifas.org.za / www.facebook.com/crossingsworkshop

Realness ScreenWriting Residency 2017 for Emerging African ScreenWriters.

Call for Applications – The Crossings International Artistic Workshop 2013.

Application Deadline: August 8 2013

Applications are invited from Young professional choreographers, dancers, composers and lighting designers to participate in the third edition of the Crossings International Artistic Workshop.