Thanks to a financial support of the Slovak Audiovisual Fund & the Bratislava Region, the Pop Up Film Residency comes up with a new initiative designed for Slovak filmmakers.

ABOUT SLOVAK POP UP

The Slovak Pop Up is organized within a framework of the Pop Up Film Residency, a mentorship platform based in Bratislava, and offers participants the unique opportunity to share experiences with Residents and to consult their projects with internationally respected tutors.

The Slovak Pop Up will take place in Bratislava during September 2019 – February 2020.

During this period five selected Slovak participants can benefit from the presence of the Pop Up Film Residents and their mentors.

There is no participation fee. Consultations are for free.

WHO CAN APPLY?

The Slovak Pop Up is open for Slovak feature film projects (both fiction and animation) in early stage of development.

The program focuses on experienced Slovak filmmakers who has worked on either one feature length film, a number of short films, or a TV series that has been internationally recognised or released in cinemas.

REQUIRED MATERIALS 

– treatment (max. 15 pages)
– intention note (max. 3 pages)
– biography with links to previous works

Find the application form here: https://tinyurl.com/pop-up-slovak-projects

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: AUGUST 5, 2019.

For further information contact Soňa Balážová at sona@popupfilmresidency.org.

SCHEDULE

August 5th, 2019: deadline for applications
August 19th, 2019: announcement of the first Slovak participant
September 2019 – February 2020: five Slovak participants benefit from the Pop Up Film Residency in Bratislava

At the previous Residencies these tutors took part: Giovanni Pompili (producer Kinoproduzione), Katja Adomeit (producer Adomeit), Brita Krause (script editor), Julie Billy (producer Haut et Court), Nadja Dumouchel (script consultant), Ayman El Amir (story editor, scriptwriter), Philippe Barrière (story editor, scriptwriter), François Pirot (director, scriptwriter).