EUROPEAN SHORT PITCH 2019
20.04.2019 (Saturday)

Lucky Cinema House, 1 Gladstone str., Plovdiv

18:30-20:40

MASTERCLASS WITH WIM VANACKER
"How to make a successful short movie"
What is success and what is a successful short film? A very personal endeavor that can only have a very subjective answer. How does one define success in the first place? Matters we’ll delve in deeper and questions we’ll try to tackle while trying to keep the bigger picture, personal desires and the industry in mind.

Q&A SESSION

SCREENING SHORT-FILMS #1

"Into the Blue" by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović (Croatia/Slovenia/Sweden, 2017, 22’)
"The Chicken" by Una Gunjak (Germany/Croatia, 2014, 15’)
"By the Pool" by Laurynas Bareiša (Lithuania, 2017, 16’)
"Whispering in a Friend’s Mouth" by Hannaleena Hauru (Finland, 2009, 11’)

Working Language: English.

WHO IS WIM VANACKER: After studying psychology in Belgium, he moved to Dublin to work as a psychologist in the field of drug addiction. Three years later, he picked up studying again at EICAR where he made two shorts : Endgame and The Naked leading the Blind. After graduating, he discovered NISI MASA – European Network of Young Cinema where he became the Head of the Script Department and the Manager of European Short Pitch. He founded Sireal Films where he produced the VAF funded short film empire. Furthermore, he’s a member of the Selection Committee for the Official Short Film Competition of the Cannes Film Festival and he works as a script consultant, creative adviser, tutor and guest speaker for many film festivals and projects in development. As a writer/director, he’s currently developing the short films [ˈsɪə.ri.əl ] and Psycho Revisited.

WHAT IS EUROPEAN SHORT PITCH: It is an initiative aimed at promoting the European co-production of short films, and more specifically, to promote short film projects with a European potential from their writing phase onwards. European Short Pitch aims to bring young European talents into the spotlight, give them a high-end promotion opportunity on a European level, and develop a European network of short film professionals.
The main aim is to create a meeting point for scriptwriters and producers to heighten the possibility of starting co-production from the writing stage onwards to improve the financial development of short films, and thus enhance the economic viability and the European visibility of the projects. The experience of European co-production on a short film level will supply the scriptwriter-directors, as the producers, with valuable knowledge and will foster collaborations between young European producers on a smaller scale and help them take the next step towards feature film co-production. Other than that, several European producers could combine their means and energy to discover new talents while supporting them on their quest towards directing a first feature.

European Short Pitch is coorganised by Arte Urbana Collectif as a part of the initiative Plovdiv 2019 ECOC in partnership with NISI MASA - European Network of Young Cinema, Goethe-Institut Bulgarien, Institut français de Bulgarie and Lucky Cinema.

Masterclass with Wim Vanacker