Industry program
Friday, 23 September 2022
CZECH FILM SPRINGBOARD – Who is who?
3:30 – 5:00pm丨MĚŠŤANSKÁ BESEDA
Informal meeting with the invited foreign film industry experts. The representatives of film festivals (Giornate degli Autori, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Berlinale, Transilvania IFF, Cottbus Film Festival, Riga IFF a Trieste FF), sales agents (LevelK and Pluto Film), co-production markets (Connecting Cottbus, New Horizons), but also producers from Poland, Latvia, Slovenia, Hungary or Serbia will present their activities.
Open for the following accreditations: GUEST, PRESS, FILM STUDENT
Language: English
CZECH FILM SPRINGBOARD – Funding News
5:15 – 6:00pm丨MĚŠŤANSKÁ BESEDA
Moderated discussion about funding opportunities and co-producing in Europe. The representatives of national funds and institutions from Germany will give a short overview, and answer your concrete questions on accessing financing in their country.
Open for the following accreditations: GUEST, PRESS, FILM STUDENT
Language: English
Saturday, 24 September 2022
CZECH FILM SPRINGBOARD – Pitching & Round tables
10:30am – 5pm丨MĚŠŤANSKÁ BESEDA
Czech Film Springboard is an industry programme organised by the Czech Film Fund/Czech Film Center in cooperation with Finále Plzeň film festival since 2016.
A closed presentation of 5 Czech fiction projects in development: selected projects are pitched to invited international experts from various areas of film industry by their producers and directors and later discussed individually at round tables with selected professionals.
The event is closed for public and accessible only for invited experts and presenters of the selected projects. The ultimate goal is to draw attention of competent international experts to carefully selected Czech projects in various stages of development, and to give the projects a chance to test their viability.
By invitation only, for experts and presenters
Language: English
YOUNG ACADEMY: Lost time in the digital world and the influence of misinformation
3:15pm – 4:15pm丨MĚŠŤANSKÁ BESEDA, Primator Lounge
Presentation of the winning short films from directing workshop
In the Czech Republic, there is a lack of opportunities to gain knowledge not only at university in the field of promotional filmmaking. The Young Academy offers this possibility and, in cooperation with the Association of Audio-visual Producers (APA), strives to cultivate the working environment in the film and advertising industry.
This year's Young Academy directing workshop addresses essential topics, such as digitization and its impact on people or media literacy. If you interconnect people with similar professional interests who are open to sharing experiences, you can learn so much more about your craft.
Take a look behind the scenes of the workshop, where nine young directors were given the opportunity to consult their own ideas for short films with renowned mentors, such as the directing duo Wolfberg, editor Filip Malásek or music producer Jan P. Muchow. An expert jury consisting of professionals in the field of advertising and representatives of the Young Academy, APA and T-Mobile selected two directors who were given the opportunity to shoot their films in a professional environment in the "branded content" format.
Ondřej Erban in his mystifying film points out the enormous spending of time on computers and mobile phones. The main message is the fact that no one will give back this time to us in the offline world. And so the only thing left to do is to start doing something about it.
Adam Martinec in his short film draws attention to the spreading and perception of misinformation, where even within the family, for example the grandparents under the influence of a combination of loneliness, pressure from social media and fear can get seriously influenced by all kinds of unverified information and fake news.
Both winning films are part of T-Mobile's activities in the field of digital well-being and will also be available in cinemas. The first opportunity is the Finále Plzeň Film Festival.
Petra Ondřejková (Young Academy), Ondřej Erban (director), Adam Martinec (director) and Zuzana Netolická (T-Mobile) will speak as guests.
For guests with accreditation: HOST, PRESS, FILM STUDENT
Language: Czech
Discussion on actorsmap and actor self-presentation
4:15pm – 5:00pm丨MĚŠŤANSKÁ BESEDA, garden
We would like to invite you to a meeting with the Czechoslovak professional actor database, Actorsmap, and its guests.
How to present yourself?
How to use Actorsmap well?
How to make yourself known to casting directors, directors and filmmakers?
How do casting directors and directors find actors for their projects?
How are actors invited to castings?
How does it all work?
With participation of the creators of Actorsmap /Kateřina Oujezdská and Barbora Fabiánová - OF AGENCY, Ladislav Krapek LAK PRODUKCE, Petra Svarinská - RESET ACTORS, Michaela Povolná - More Than Stars/, actors /Jana Plodková and others.../, casting directors, acting agents and directors /RADIM ŠPAČEK/.
For guests with accreditation: HOST, PRESS, FILM STUDENT
Language: Czech
Sunday, 25 September 2022
Location Tour #1丨Semler residence (Klatovská 110, Pilsen)
4:00pm - 6:00pm
This year, the representatives of the Regional Film Office of the Pilsen Region have prepared two Location Tour offers for you. The first returns to last year's theme of the architect Adolf Loos. Together with representatives of the West Bohemian Gallery in Pilsen, we will take you through the unique living spaces of the newly renovated Semler residence, which is one of his most significant and extensive works in Pilsen. The detailed project was prepared by Loos' student, Heinrich Kulka. The maximum capacity of the tour is 10 persons so book your place early.
Location Tour is intended for location managers, film architects, producers, directors and other professionals who wish to explore interesting locations in the Pilsen region. Participation in the Tour is free.
If you are interested, please register by 24 September at the latest by e-mail at radka.samalova-ZAVINOVADLO:filmplzen.cz.
Participants shall meet directly in front of the residence building at Klatovská 110, Pilsen.
If you need festival transportation, please add a note in your booking email.
Language: Czech
Monday, 26 September 2022
Location Tour #2丨TechTower (Sladová 1, Pilsen)
10:00am - 11:30am丨the transport leaves at 9:30am from the Festival Centre
Be the first to visit the site of the former Světovar brewery where the TechTower Technology Park is currently being built. 400 sq. m. of co-working and 2,500 sq. m. of office space will host a community of innovators, developers and start-ups from next February. The maximum capacity of the tour is 10 persons. As the area is under construction, a small health & safety training will be given at the beginning.
Location Tour is intended for location managers, film architects, producers, directors and other professionals. Participation in the Tour is free.
If you are interested, please register by 25 September at the latest by e-mail at radka.samalova-ZAVINOVADLO:filmplzen.cz.
The transport leaves at 9:30am from the Festival Centre in Měšťanská Beseda (Kopeckého sady 13) and a seat must be booked in advance.
Language: Czech / translation will be provided for foreign participants
Meeting of film professionals with representatives of the Pilsen region
2:00pm - 3:30pm丨Classroom of the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Klatovská 51, Pilsen
At the beginning of this year, the first official grant programme was announced to support the creation of audio-visual works in the Pilsen region. Of the 18 applications received, 11 film projects were successful and received a total of CZK 4.42 million. For example, the region supported the continuation of the filming of a fairy-tale story, Princess Cursed in Time 2, the drama The American, the miniseries The King of Šumava, or Vít Klusák's first feature film called The Bomb.
The event is intended for directors, producers and other film professionals who are interested in meeting the representatives of the Pilsen region and the Regional Film Office of the Pilsen Region and discussing possible support for new film projects and their media coverage. One of the topics will be also the growing interest in film tourism and the so-called "green filming".
Event without prior booking
Language: Czech
Meeting of the Czech Film Commission with regional film offices
5:00pm - 6:30pm丨MĚŠŤANSKÁ BESEDA, Primator Lounge
This time, the guest of the traditional meeting of film offices will be Přemysl Martínek, who in the Association of Audio-visual Producers mainly deals with regional film funds. As part of the meeting, the issue of communication between film offices, producers and location operators will be discussed.
For further information, please contact Pavlína Žipková from the Czech Film Commission. Contact e-mail: pavlina-ZAVINOVADLO:filmcommission.cz.
By invitation only
Language: Czech
Cocktail of the Regional Film Office of the Pilsen Region
7:00pm丨Měšťanská beseda garden
An informal drink with the representatives of Czech film offices, the Czech Film Commission, Finále Plzeň and other film professionals. The event follows on from the meeting of film offices and is by invitation only.
For further information, please contact Radka Šámalová from the Regional Film Office of the Plzen Region, contact e-mail: radka.samalova-ZAVINOVADLO:filmplzen.cz.
By invitation only
During the entire festival
Film Café
Would you like to know how the Pilsen Film Office works? Do you want to make a film in the Pilsen region and are you looking for a specific location? Are you preparing a film in our region and looking for financial support? Do you want to connect with local professionals or students and establish cooperation? Expand your horizons at Finále Plzeň.
Arrange a meeting with a representative of the Regional Film Office of the Pilsen Region during the festival week, anytime between 11:00am and 8:00pm at Měšťanská Beseda in Pilsen. We will be happy to invite you for coffee.
Café contact: Radka Šámalová +420 737 190 798
