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FOUNDATIONSWIN A CO-PRODUCTIONTHE ROBERT BOSCH STIFTUNG ISSUES, TOGETHER WITH ITS PARTNER, THE FILMBÜRO BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG, THREE PROMOTIONAL PRIZES FOR JOINTFILM PRODUCTIONS BY YOUNG GERMAN AND EASTERN AS WELL AS SOUTH EASTERN EUROPEAN FILMMAKERS.LES ENFANT DE PARADA by Annett Schütz......winner of one of the three Promotional Prizes 2006.The three prizes enable young and creative talents to carryout international projects together. The prize is awarded inthe categories animated film, documentary, and short film,and consists of a grant to be used for a specific film project.Contestants must submit a sample feature by their film teamdirector as well as a detailed project outline and budgetplan. Each team must be made up of at least a producer, adirector, a camera operator, and a screenwriter.The grant should primarily cover the production team’sexpenses for travel, meals, and accommodation. It may, toa lesser extent, also be allocated to cover production expenses(editing, copies). Filming material and technical filmequipment such as cameras, post-production tools etc. mustnot be covered by the grant. Every winning production canreceive up to 70,000 Euros in funds.Qualifying applications will be submitted to an independentjury. The jury will pre-select up to 15 teams. Two membersof each pre-selected team will be invited to take part in theCo-production Forum in Stuttgart to pitch their film to thejury. The promotional prizes will be awarded at a gala at thegoEast-Festival in Wiesbaden in April. Up to two membersof each winning team will have the opportunity to participatein the Berlinale Talent Campus.A detailed description of application rules as well as the applicationform are available at www.filmfoerderpreis.com.In 2006, the Robert Bosch Stiftung supported the German-Bulgarian animated film THREE SISTERS AND ANDREY (byBoris Despodov), the German-Romanian-Latvian documentaryLES ENFANTS DE PARADA (by Annett Schütze) and theGerman-Croatian short film MILAN (by Michaela Kezele). Allthese productions will soon be completed.We invite you to come to our “Early Bird Breakfast” on February13 at the Berlinale Talent Campus in HAU 2 (Hebbel amUfer) to get more information about the prize and to use theopportunity to meet many directors and producers.For more information please contact:Filmbüro Baden-Württemberg e.V.Im FilmhausOliver MahnFriedrichstraße 23aD-70174 StuttgartFon: 0049 – (0)711-22 10 67E-mail: info@filmfoerderpreis.comRobert Bosch Stiftung GmbHFrank W. AlbersE-mail: frank.albers@bosch-stiftung.deBERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS #527