The 2nd session of the Ex Oriente Film workshop ‘Production and Story Development’ takes place during the 26th Ji.hlava IDFF, running to October 30.
A team of experienced tutors, comprising doc expert Mikael Opstrup, producer/consultant Iikka Vehkalahti, director/script editor Ivana Pauerová Miloševič and director/producer Filip Remunda will help filmmakers develop their feature doc projects.
The guest tutors of the 2nd workshop are:
- Kathleen McInnis (See-Through Films) – film marketing strategist, producer, curator, consultant with more than 30 years of experience
- Vanja Jambrović (Restart) – producer, whose latest films include Srbenka directed by Nebojša Slijepčević and Museum of the Revolution by Srdjan Keča
- Lucie Králová – director, script editor and FAMU lecturer, focused on creative documentary filmmaking for more than 15 years, her latest film Kapr Code had its world premiere at Visions du Réel
- Dieter Pichler – film editor whose filmography includes Mutzenbacher (2022), For the Many – The Vienna Chamber of Labour (2022), Moneyboys (2021), Born in Evin (2019), The Waldheim Waltz (2018)
- Mirjam Wiekenkamp (Noise Film & TV) – international publicist and strategist at NOISE, a full service PR agency with the ability to accompany a film from festival buzz to mainstream distribution.
- Claire Aguilar (online) – an award-winning documentary film producer and film consultant providing analysis and strategic planning for independent producers
- Stefan Rüll – attorney-at-law, active in the film and television industry for many years, amongst others as Managing Director and Corporate Counsel of leading German film and television production and distribution companies
- Miroslav Janek – director and editor, cut his teeth on numerous documentary movies produced in the USA and the Czech Republic and cooperated with famous director Godfrey Reggio
- Jan Macola (Mimesis Film) – producer, founder of Mimesis Film and Kino Pilotů in Prague, his new film All Ends Well(directed by Miroslav Janek) will premiere at Ji.hlava IDFF 2022.
OPEN PROGRAM Located at EA Business Hotel Jihlava
Tuesday, October 25. 10:00 – 11:30 KATHLEEN MCINNIS MASTERCLASS: VOICE. In her masterclass, American industry expert, producer, publicist, curator and consultant Kathleen McInnis will talk about Voice. VOICE is what each filmmaker has that is uniquely their own to bring to their work, be it in story, in execution, in visuals, or in any other form (including how they verbally talk about their work as an artist, for example). Voice defines you. Voice is how the Industry will talk about you. Voice is what Programmers are searching to see and, once found, dtermined to present. Voice sets you apart. Voice makes you stand out. To define your Voice is to understand yourSelf. Voice is the vehicle you drive on the Journey to Audience. Voice is inviolate, sacred. The masterclass is organized in cooperation with the American Film Showcase and the US Embassy in the Czech Republic.
Friday, October 28. 10:00 – 11:30. LUCIE KRÁLOVÁ MASTERCLASS
Czech award-winning director, script editor and FAMU lecturer Lucie Králová will focus her masterclass on her documentary opera Kapr Code, about progressive Czech composer and prominent communist Jan Kapr (1914-88). In her latest documentary Lucie Králová starts a philharmonic dialogue with Kapr, by mixing newly composed opera songs (written by Jiří Adámek) with Kapr’s never-before-shown private archive, revealing his humour, inner struggles and desire to leave a mark. A playful reconstruction of life after death; where the memory of film and Kapr’s music interacts with a story gaining mythological dimensions.
Friday, October 28. 12:00 – 13:30, LECTURE BY MIRJAM WIEKENKAMP: Festival Publicity 101
A publicity campaign is an essential part of launching your film into the world. But how does this work? What kind of materials do you need? How do you write a good synopsis? What makes a good film still? Which information should be included in a press kit? And what can be expected when it comes to press? International film publicist Mirjam Wiekenkamp (NOISE Film & TV) will share her ins and outs on publicity campaigns and get you ready to rock the festival circuit.
