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13. International Screenwriters´ Workshop & Master ClassES 201313. International Screenwriters´ Workshop & Master ClassES 2013Uhrenmuseum Beyer (Watch Museum), ZurichFOREWORDWhen we initially started our workshops we wereconcentrated on the acute process - developmentsupport for the scripts and the writer/producer teamswe invited. Our 13. Intl. Screenwriters’ Workshop wasinconceivable when we were still in the single digits!In October 2013 the clock struck 13, we are holdingour 13. Workshop in Switzerland. Without planning, itmay appear that we have a certain precision being inSwitzerland. I immediately associate the word precisionwith that of the Swiss watch. To date, precisely, we willhave developed 125 projects from 24 countries; 125writers plus their producers, co-writers and directors;have achieved a 41% rate of production; and 1 projectreceived the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.This year’s Austrian candidate for the Academy’s considerationis our project “The Wall” from Julian RomanPölsler, the third project from our program nominatedby Austria.All of these writers and their projects received creativeand emotional support from the unique and extraordinarygroup of advisors who support our program, ourcontinued and deepest gratitude goes to Claire Dobbin,Jim Hart, Laurie Hutzler, Mark O’Halloran,Stefan Rüll, Susanne Schneider, Martin Sherman,Michael West and Greg Widen, for joining usthis autumn.the watch precision and that is the financial support decisionof the MEDIA Programme 2007 of the EuropeanUnion, without which our program would not exist. Weare eternally grateful to MEDIA and the funding organizationswho have accompanied us these past yearsincluding the German Federal Ministry of Culture,the German Federal Film Board, the AustrianFilm Institute, Film and Creative Industries NovaScotia, BFI/Creative Skillset, Vestnorsk Filmsenter,Western Norway Film Commission and theMFG Filmfoerderung Baden-Württemberg. Allof our partners contribute to the whole, this programis only possible through their belief and trust in ourwork. We feel enormously fortunate to have such awonderful group of individuals behind us with thesepartners and wish to thank each and every one.A watch is a wonderful metaphor for our work andworkshops. The sponsors of our program provide thefinal watch casing and band. A warm thank you to ourSwiss sponsors Lindt & Sprüngli, Victorinox, ZürichFilm Büro and the Winterthur Tourist Büro for theirwelcoming support. For the many years of support fromJust Publicity’s Anke Zindler, Charles McDonald,Arri’s Angela Reedwisch and Dr. Hauschka’s JulianeSeidel we extend grateful thanks, as they wrap ourwatch as a gift with a beautiful ribbon.The spiralling continuum of projects, dependent onadvisors willing to without remuneration devote theirtime and energy, actually begins at an earlier point ormoment in time, that is the moment that partners decideon their involvement. This precise moment beginsthe mechanism that allows us to support Europeanfilmmakers and the film industry.On behalf of eQuinoxe Europe e.V., I would like toparticularly thank our Swiss partners who came onboard in 2013, particularly Daniel Waser – ZürcherFilmstiftung who invited us to hold a workshopin the Zurich Canton and Pierre Agthe and JacquelineSurch at of the Swiss Training Program – FOCALfor their support of us and Swiss screenwriters. Thispoint in time, however, also has an earlier movement inThe watch is complete, let’s wind it and get started!Welcome to Switzerland, delighted to have you here.Welcome to Zurich!Härzliche wöikomme!Herzlich willkommen!Cordial bainvegni!Bienvenue!Benvenuto!Ellen Winn WendlChairman, eQuinoxe Europe e.V.2 3