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Hessen Film and Media Academy (hFMA)
address: Hermann-Steinhäuser-Straße 43-47, 2.Fl
63065 Offenbach am Main
Germany

phone +49 (0) 69 830 460 41

please find driving directions here

You can reach us Monday to Friday from 10.00 - 16:30.

Provisional Managing Director
Lara Nahrwold (Monday to Friday) – nahrwold(at)hfmakademie.de

Employees:
Csongor Dobrotka (Wednesday) – dobrotka(at)hfmakademie.de
Celina Schimmer (Monday to Thursday) – schimmer(at)hfmakademie.de

Event

(Students)

Workshop / Seminar, Vortrag

Giessen

Die Seriale - INDEPENDENT DAY

This day is dedicated to independent series production. Creators, festival directors and producers will talk about all aspects of independent filmmaking: funding, production, distribution, and, most important, aesthetics, style, and creators’ visions.
In the “scriptwriting” workshop, the participants will be able to learn first hand and from two successful independent series how the authors...

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This day is dedicated to independent series production. Creators, festival directors and producers will talk about all aspects of independent filmmaking: funding, production, distribution, and, most important, aesthetics, style, and creators’ visions.
In the “scriptwriting” workshop, the participants will be able to learn first hand and from two successful independent series how the authors developed in writing their own projects.

10-15 hours - Moderation: Joël Bassaget


10:00 hours Workshop

Venue: KulturStation
Address: Lahnstraße 9, 35578 Wetzlar

Workshop Scriptwriting – where do I start and what's down the road?

Nicole Fornoff, author and leading actress of "Emma’s World", and the creators of “MEM”, Thomas Meudt, Christian Stadach and Stephan Zimmermann of Tag & Nacht Media, will take you on a journey through their very personal set of tools, tricks and experiences. Whether it is post-its on the window, character development on the subway or successful governmental script funding... the four will stop at nothing to share everything they learned with lots of trial and error, blood, sweat and tears during the past few years.

You need to apply here


12:00 hours Independent Project Presentation

Venue: Hotel & Restaurant heyligenstaedt
Address: Aulweg 41, 35392 Giessen

Three different project - three different types of funding. Whether self-financed, crowd-funded or commissioned by a TV channel: That’s how independent series productions work!

Caris Vujcec: Greenlight YOURSELF: Crowdfunding your Series to Production!
Atsushi Ogata: Yukata Cowboy - Adventures in New Online Cinema!
Anne Santa Maria: The Art of Being Commissioned

Festival Directors & Web Series World Cup
13:00 Uhr Panel Discussion
Gäste: Meredith Burkholder (Webfest Berlin), Riccardo Canella (Sicily Web Fest), Csongor Dobrotka (die Seriale), Otessa Ghadar (DC Web Fest), Nina Heinrich (Wendie Webfest Hamburg), Young Man Kang (KWeb Fest Seoul), Suzette Laqua (Vancouver Web Fest), Oliver Mend (Bilbao Web Fest)

Joël Bassaget, founder of the WSWC, interviews festival directors and World Cup participants about their respective orientations and special focus, but also about funding structures and financing in different countries.

Directors’ Panel
14:00 Uhr Panel Discussion

Guests: Kaye Kittrell, Carlos Vin Lopes, Marc Schießer, Lucie Tournant

14.30 Uhr Panel Discussion
Guests: Dennis Albrecht, Dipu Bhattacharya, Sara Mauelón, Ula Zawadzka

What is a good series? What is visual storytelling? And how do you find your own style? Series creators talk about aesthetics, genre and different formats - and what artistic visions they are driven by.


this event is supported by Kulturfonds Gießen-Wetzlar.
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