12-18 November 2018

L'Alternativa Professionals

Call for Projects for the 6th Mentoring Projects

L'Alternativa Professionals » Call for Projects for the 6th Mentoring Projects

Mentoring Projects is the meeting organised by l'Alternativa Professionals to promote the creation, production and distribution of audiovisual projects-in-progress that would benefit from personalised advice to help make them going concerns.

Mentoring Projects is held as part of the Barcelona Independent Film Festival, l'Alternativa, whose 25th edition will be held between 12 and 18 November 2018, and makes the most of the Festival’s potential to raise the visibility of independent filmmaking.

An industry professional will be specifically assigned to each selected project to offer advice and assistance to the filmmaker, producer or distributor.

We will match the characteristics of each project with the profile of the professional experts in attendance at the Festival.

We accept projects at the writing, preproduction, production or postproduction stage. We may require you to provide more detailed information if your film is shortlisted.

Mentoring Projects will be held at the Barcelona Centre for Contemporary Culture (CCCB) between 13 and 16 November 2018.

Submissions deadline: 20 July 2018.

Supported by Catalan Films & TV.

Antaviana Prize
In order to boost the development of innovative projects and expand the range of possibilities in the audiovisual industry, the postproduction and digital effects company Antaviana Films will award the Antaviana Prize to the most original and viable project from the films shortlisted for the 6th edition of Mentoring Projects at l'Alternativa Professionals. The prize consists of a Digital Cinema Package of the winning film (valued at €2,500).
Antaviana Films has over 20 years’ experience in the industry and has won a number of awards, including the 2019 Premio Nacional de Cultura, the 2017 Gaudí Award for Special Effects (for Incerta glòria) and the 2018 Goya for Best Film (for The Bookshop).

Kinolux Prize
Kinolux/Cinelux’s professional film-lighting division, will award the Kinolux Prize to the project shortlisted for the 6th edition of Mentoring Projects whose dossier or teaser features the best design or photography. The prize consists of €1,000 in digital film-lighting material for shooting the film within a year of winning the prize.

Pitching Acció Curts by Dones Visuals
A project for a short film directed by a woman will be chosen to form part of the Pitching Acció Curts we shall be organising with Dones Visuals again this year as part of l'Alternativa Professionals. The selected project will be included in the screening, pitching and one-to-one sessions organised by Dones Visuals to forge ties between women directors and production companies to get their projects off the ground.

Primer Test del REC
L’Alternativa Professionals, in collaboration with REC, Tarragona International Film Festival, will choose one of the shortlisted projects at the postproduction stage to take part in Primer Test.

Professional Accreditation
The representatives of the projects shortlisted for Mentoring Projects (producer and director) will receive professional accreditation, giving them access to all the professional activities, screenings, video library (Official Sections, Panorama and Hall), and discounts at after-work bars, not to mention a festival bag.

Films selected for previous editions of Mentoring Projects that have now been premiered or are awaiting their premiere:

  1. Al otro lado del muro. By Pau Ortiz Rosell
  2. Casamance. La banda sonora de un viaje. By Paloma Zapata
  3. Con el viento. By Meritxell Colell
  4. El festival de la mentira. By Silvía Subirós
  5. Verano 1993. By Carla Simón
  6. Judas. By Juan Carlos Carrano, Raúl Capdevila, Raúl Egüés, Alejandra Vera
  7. La Chana. By Lucija Stojevic
  8. Las distancias. By Elena Trapé
  9. Lluc Sky Walker. By Jaume Fargas
  10. Don't stop. By Aïda Torrent
  11. No todo es vigilia. By Hermes Paralluelo
  12. Occidente. By Jorge Acebo
  13. Sotabosc. By David Gutiérrez
  14. Trinta Lumes. By Diana Toucedo
  15. Viaje al cuarto de una madre. By Celia Rico
  1. Promote production and distribution opportunities for emerging filmmaking.
  2. Encourage the development of innovative audiovisual projects through professional events.
  3. Expand business opportunities for the independent Catalan audiovisual industry worldwide.
  4. Boost the role of l’Alternativa a leading example of an international platform for forging ties between independent filmmaking professionals.

By submitting a project, you agree to the following terms and conditions:

  1. Projects should be submitted as indicated in the How to Submit a Project section below.
  2. Projects may be submitted in Catalan, Spanish, English or French. However, shortlisted projects will have to be presented in English, the working language of the professional experts.
  3. To submit a project, you need to pay a non-refundable €6 registration fee.
  4. The director and/or producer of the selected projects should attend the event in person and will be given professional accreditation.
  5. The Festival will require the producers of the selected projects to include a mention of the project’s involvement in Mentoring Projects in the credits of all copies of the finished project.
  6. The credits should also include any awards won by the project and any programmes it was involved with.
  7. There is no limit to the number of projects you may present.

Assessment Criteria:

  1. Projects that strongly reflect artistic risk-taking and originality, irrespective of the size of their budget.
  2. Projects that explore original subject matter in a striking way.
  3. Possible and/or confirmed sources of funding.
  4. The director’s and/or producer’s professional career.
  5. Languages spoken by the director and/or producer.
  6. Ties with Catalonia.

Fill in the application form in Catalan, Spanish, French or English. Bear in mind that if your project is shortlisted, you will need to submit the information in English.

Please send any images or dossier that you have for the project to [email protected] (maximum file size: 10 MB) or include a link in the application form.

20 July 2018

Patricia Sánchez: [email protected]

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