2nd Neighbouring Coproduction Meeting and European Film Day

20th Ljubljana International Film Festival
15-17 November 2009
Ljubljana, Slovenia

MEDIA, EU's Support Programme, has been successfully supporting the European audiovisual industry during last 17 years.

For Film Professionals:

2nd Neighbouring Coproduction Meeting within 20th LIFFe

One of the MEDIA supported actions, the Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFe), is celebrating its 20th edition in November 2009. This makes the Festival a perfect occasion to host the second coproduction meeting of five neighbouring countries – Slovenia, Austria, Croatia, Hungary and Italy, after its successful first edition in May 2008.

Producers from the five countries, decision makers, experts and interested public will gather on a Neighbouring Coproduction Meeting (NCM) that will take place from November 15 to November 17, 2009 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Organised by MEDIA Desk Slovenia, MEDIA Antenna Torino, MEDIA Desk Italy, MEDIA Desk Hungary, MEDIA Desk Croatia and MEDIA Desk Denmark, in cooperation with the Representation of the European Commission in Slovenia and the Cultural and Congress Centre Cankarjev dom - LIFFe, the event will serve as a platform for new coproduction partnerships as well as for gaining knowledge on new technologies.

Traditional Filmmaking Meets New Technologies

As traditional filmmaking is facing digitalisation process at all stages of the production and distribution chain, the need to respond vigorously to this challenge is obvious. Therefore, an NCM Training Day on New Technologies titled "Traditional Filmmaking Meets New Technologies" (November 16), with several international experts, will be dedicated to market developments in the field.

One-to-one Meetings

While the NCM Training Day will be an important contribution to the event, especially in the context of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009, its main focus remains on one-to-one meetings concerning prospective regional projects (November 17).
Working language of the Neighbouring Coproduction Meeting will be English.

Projects

NCM is an opportunity for fiction and documentary projects, which have the interest in and are suitable for co-production with respective countries. One production company should apply one project.

The submission form should be sent until September 9, 2009 to the NCM one-to-one meetings coordinator Nataša Pirnat on NCMslovenia09@gmail.com.
Deadline for project submission: Wednesday, September 9.

Selected projects will be available after 25 September on a password-protected website. (HYPERLINK NA ZAKLENJENO SPLETNO STRAN)

TIMETABLE:
- SEPTEMBER 9 (Wednesday): deadline for project submission
- SEPTEMBER 25: project selection results, projects available on the website (HYPERLINK NA ZAKLENJENO SPLETNO STRAN)
- SEPTEMBER 30: deadline for confirming participation in Neighbouring Coproduction Meeting
- OCTOBER 15: deadline for one-to-one meeting wishes to be sent to NCMslovenia09@gmail.com

Travel and Accommodation

A special discount hotel price will be offered to participating producers while the travel arrangements remain in your organization or have to be organized and covered in co-operation with your MEDIA Desk. Observers are welcome. For further questions, please contact NCMhospitality@gmail.com.

A special touch for LIFFe audience: European Day

European film industry focus of NCM will be further enhanced by a festival day dedicated to European films (November 17). A special touch for the 20th LIFFe audience will be provided by the Representation of the European Commission in Slovenia, with screenings of specially selected European films. In the light of the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the featured projections will provide a retrospective of European East - West relations and people's realities in the divided and afterwards reunited Europe.

Join us!

We are looking forward to hosting you on the Neighbouring Coproduction Meeting in Ljubljana, November 15-17, 2009!

NCM GENERAL COORDINATOR:
MEDIA desk Slovenia
Sabina Briški, Acting Head of Office
T. +386 1 234 32 16
M. +386 41 65 87 65
E. mediadesk.slo@film-sklad.si
W. www.mediadeskslovenia.eu
All the Information on NCM is available on the MEDIA desk Slovenia website  as well.