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during the course of 2005, 2006, 2007 or<br />
2008 AND<br />
To have entered into production with at<br />
least one project supported under the<br />
aforementioned Slate Funding or Slate<br />
Funding 2nd Stage no later than on the date<br />
of submission of their application.<br />
Deadline: 17 April 2009<br />
Selective Distribution<br />
22/2008<br />
The scheme is to facilitate transnational<br />
distribution of European films. It aims to<br />
encourage distributors to release films<br />
that might be a challenge were they to be<br />
supported by market forces alone. As a result<br />
of this support European audiences should<br />
gain access to a wider range of films.<br />
Distributors wishing to distribute one or<br />
more non-national European films must<br />
form a grouping, co-ordinated by the film's<br />
sales agent or the producer, which will set<br />
out to release the film in several European<br />
territories.<br />
Deadlines: 1 December 2008, 1 April and 1<br />
July 2009<br />
i2i Audiovisual 28/2008<br />
The i2i Audiovisual scheme supports<br />
production companies that bear the<br />
costs of bank financing and/or associated<br />
insurance and completion bonds costs. It<br />
offers subsidy to cover up to 50% of the<br />
following costs, capped at €50,000 per<br />
project, and at €100,000 per company:<br />
Module 1: Insurance Costs <br />
Module 2: Completion Guarantee Costs<br />
Module 3: Financial Costs (the interest on the<br />
loan)<br />
In order to be eligible companies must<br />
present a signed credit agreement, insurance<br />
contract or completion guarantee for the<br />
project.<br />
Companies can apply for more than one<br />
module for the same film, unless it is<br />
possible to obtain the maximum of €50,000<br />
under one module. The minimum allocation<br />
is €5,000 per project.<br />
Deadlines:<br />
2 February 2009 - for projects that have<br />
started between 1 July 2008 and 2 February<br />
2009 ie the credit agreement with the bank or<br />
financial institution has been signed within<br />
that period and the first day of principal<br />
photography has not taken place before 1<br />
July 2008.<br />
7 July 2009 - for projects that have started<br />
between 1 January 2009 and 7 July 2009<br />
i.e. the credit agreement with the bank of<br />
financial institution has been signed within<br />
that period and the first day of principal<br />
photography has not taken place before 1<br />
January 2009.<br />
For further information on any of the above<br />
please go to www.mediadesk.co.uk/funding.<br />
MEDIA Training<br />
Script & Pitch Workshops<br />
An advanced script writing and development<br />
course for script writers and story editors<br />
of cinema films and television movies. This<br />
course lasts for eleven months, consisting of<br />
three workshops, two online sessions and an<br />
alumni meeting.<br />
Fee: €2000 but is reduced to €1500 for<br />
writers from the new EU member states.<br />
Deadline: 15 December 2008.<br />
For further information please contact<br />
info@scriptpitchworkshops.com or visit the<br />
website at www.scriptpitchworkshops.com.<br />
MFI Script 2 Workshops<br />
A script and project development<br />
programme, based on group work, Q&A<br />
sessions, case studies and individual<br />
consultations. It consists of four intensive<br />
workshops: two in the Greek islands of<br />
Nissyros and Samos, plus two on-line<br />
sessions.<br />
Fee: €1500 for each screenwriter, plus €1000<br />
for each additional person and €500 for each<br />
additional person thereafter.<br />
Deadline: 27 February 2009.<br />
For further information please contact<br />
info@mfi.gr or visit the website at<br />
www.mfi.gr.<br />
MEDIA Roadshow 2009<br />
MEDIA Antenna Scotland will be holding<br />
MEDIA information roadshows in various<br />
venues in early 2009. They aim to give an<br />
overview of the MEDIA 2007 Programme<br />
and the opportunities it offers in the areas of<br />
funding, networking and training.<br />
Dundee<br />
11am – 1pm, Wednesday 21 January 2009<br />
<strong>Scottish</strong> Enterprise<br />
Enterprise House<br />
3 Greenmarket, Dundee DD1 4QB<br />
Glasgow<br />
2pm – 4pm, Wednesday 28 January 2009<br />
<strong>Scottish</strong> <strong>Screen</strong><br />
249 West George Street<br />
Glasgow G2 4QE<br />
Aberdeen<br />
11am – 1pm, Wednesday 4 February 2009<br />
Aberdeen Martime Museum, Education<br />
Room<br />
Shiprow, Aberdeen AB11 5BY<br />
Edinburgh<br />
2pm – 4pm, Wednesday 18 February 2009<br />
<strong>Scottish</strong> Arts Council<br />
12 Manor Place, Edinburgh EH3 7DD<br />
These events are free, but please book a<br />
place by contacting Emma Valentine at<br />
Scotland@mediadesk.co.uk or<br />
tel 041 302 1776.<br />
For any further information,<br />
please do not hesitate to contact<br />
MEDIA Antenna Scotland on<br />
0141 302 1776/7.<br />
Alternatively, you can also email us at<br />
Scotand@mediadesk.co.uk<br />
or visit our website:<br />
www.mediadesk.co.uk<br />
MEDIA Antenna Scotland operates with<br />
the kind support of <strong>Scottish</strong> <strong>Screen</strong> and the<br />
MEDIA Programme of the European Union.<br />
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