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Master Class 2022 in Lisbon with Oscar Award Winner Lord David Puttnam

27th eQuinoxe Europe e. V. Intl. Screenwriters' Workshop in Lisbon

"PRODUCING FOR SCREEN AND SOCIETY " - THE NEW MASTER CLASS SERIES WITH OSCAR AWARD WINNER LORD DAVID PUTNAM

Munich, November 10, 2022: eQuinoxe Europe e. V. hosts an annual Master Class addressed to professional filmmakers at all career levels - from students and early to experienced professional level.

 

The new digital CREATIVE PRODUCING Master Class Series "Producing for Screen & Society" with British producer and Oscar laureate Lord David Puttnam (The Mission, Cal, Killing Fields, Local Hero, Midnight Express) runs from October 19 to November 23, 2022, and features 5 digital classes and one on-site session. Eleven selected filmmakers from a total of nine European countries are participating: they come from Portugal, Ukraine, Northern Macedonia, Austria, Germany, Finland, Albania, Ireland and Lithuania.

 

On Friday, November 11, the on-site live event of the CREATIVE PRODUCING Master Class Series will take place as an open Master Class in collaboration with the Portuguese Cinematheque for the first time in Lisbon: "The Mission - A Case Study," by Lord Puttnam, who will present the development, financing, production and worldwide distribution of his film, and followed by a screening of The Mission.

For more information, visit: Registration Master Class Lisbon

 

THE 27th eQUINOXE EUROPE INTL. SCREENWRITERS' WORKSHOP IN LISBON

 

From November 4 to 11, 2022, the 27th eQuinoxe Europe e. V. Intl. Screenwriters' Workshop is taking place, this year also in Lisbon. The authors of the workshop come from seven different European countries. For one week, they and their producers will meet for a concentrated, creative exchange with nine internationally renowned screenplay experts.

The nine international Advisors 2022 are:

CLAIRE DOBBIN – Australia – Script Editor („Rabbit Proof Fence“, „Japanese Story“)

MARTIN SHERMAN – Great Britain – Screenwriter and Dramatist („Mrs. Henderson Presents!“, „Bent“)

NEIL HUNTER – Great Britain – Director ("Sparkle")

MARCOS BERNSTEIN – Brasil – Author and Director ("Central Station")

ULF BREISTRAND – Norway – Director („You haven't got a Chance, Take it!“)

JULIETTE SALES – France – Screenwriter („Belle et Sébastien“)

DEV BENEGAL – India – Director and Screenwriter („Road, Movie“, „Split Wide Open“)

EWAN MORRISON – Scotland – Author, Screenwriter and Director („Close Your Eyes”)

NEUS RODRIGUEZ – Spain – Screenwriter and Script Editor („Born“)

 

The Intl. Screenwriters' Workshop takes place annually. Screenwriters can apply with their current manuscripts to the program of the non-profit association eQuinoxe Europe e. V.. A total of eight projects will be selected and will be given the opportunity to talk to high-profile advisors from all over the world about their existing screenplays - in order to develop compelling screenplays based on good stories. To ensure the greatest possible cultural exchange, the workshop is held at various locations in Europe (including Murnau am Staffelsee (D), Balestrand (NOR) and Lisbon (PT) in 2022). The internationally renowned advisors have been supporting eQuinoxe Europe e.V. since 2004 by working at the workshop on an honorary basis.

The selected screenwriters 2022 with their projects:

Jasmila Zbanic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) with „Once Upon A Time in Sarajevo“, Julian Sharp (Austria) with „Hunger“, Inaki Sanchez Arrieta (Spain) with „The Awakening“, Ulrike Hund (Germany) with „Schweizer Kühe“, Ben von Grafenstein (Germany) with "We Don't Need Another Hero"; Michael Kinirons (Ireland) with „The Cellist“ , Tiago Santos (Portugal) with „The Last Night“, and Ismet Sijarina (Albania) with „Jerem".

 

For more information on the eQuinoxe Europe Intl. Screenwriters' Workshop please visit:

27th Intl. Screenwriters' Workshop

The partners and sponsors of the 27th Intl. Screenwriters' Workshop and the CREATIVE PRODUCING Master Class Series 2022:

The Creative Europe Program of the European Union-MEDIA Subprograms, the Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media; the Austrian Film Institute and the Vestnorsk Film Centre. Supporting sponsors are PR agent Anke Zindler and Charles McDonald Public Relations and Cosmenia Munich GmbH.

Background:

eQuinoxe Europe e.V. was founded in 2001 under the name éQuinoxe Germany e.V. by Ellen Winn Wendl, Susan Schulte and Susanne Schneider with the aim to support European screenwriters in script development and to establish a network of international screenwriters. After 12 years of successful international work with many workshops in different European countries and advisors from all over the world, the association was renamed to eQuinoxe Europe e.V. in 2013.

Since 2015 Lord Puttnam CBE is honorary chairman of eQuinoxe Europe.

To date, eQuinoxe Europe has welcomed 240 projects from 23 countries and their authors* and producers*. In the last 20 years, the films have been represented at all major international film

festivals, including numerous projects nominated and awarded for national and international film prizes: 9 films were submitted for the Academy Award, 2 of which were nominated, 1 film received the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.

More information about the eQuinoxe Europe program, the Master Class and the Intl. Screenwriters’ Workshop: www.equinoxe-europe.org

 

Contact: Ellen Winn Wendl, eQuinoxe Europe e. V.

info@equinoxe-europe.org, www.equinoxe-europe.org, Tel.: + 49 (0) 170 280 4415

Press contact international:

Charles McDonald, charles@charlesmcdonald.co.uk, Tel. +44 (207) 736 3445

Press contact Germany: Anke Zindler, az@anke-zindler.de, Tel. +49 (0) 172 8215945

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