NISI MASA - European Network of Young Cinema

20/02/2021

Talking Shorts is looking for writers!

Talking Shorts 𝗜𝗦 𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗪𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 who are particularly interested in the short film format. We publish reviews, interviews & articles and offer a fee for each text, corresponding with the length and workload of the written content. Full editorial guidelines are available on demand.

Our goal is to make shorts more visible and to create a wider discourse about the art form. We aim to speak to film lovers, film professionals, filmmakers and those curious to learn more about cinema, arts & culture in general.

Deadline: March 31st

talkingshorts.com/callforwriters

09/02/2021

Cheers to everybody involved in this project! 🎉

10/06/2020

Attention all the creative teams of writers, directors and producers! There are five more days to apply for European Short Pitch 2020! 🥳
👉 Deadline is June 15th.

European Short Pitch is an initiative aimed at promoting the European coproduction of short films. It combines a scriptwriting workshop in residency and a Coproduction Forum bringing together scriptwriters, directors and industry professionals from all over Europe.

22/05/2020

We are happy to announce that that the submissions for Pitching Training 2020, organized by Shorts International Film Festival in collaboration with NISI MASA - European Network of Young Cinema and Centro Nazionale del Cortometraggio / Italian Short Film Center are open! And the tutor for this online workshop on the 3rd and 4th of July will be held by Jerome Nunes!
Have a look below!

Torna anche quest'anno - in versione "online" - lo Pitching Training, realizzato in collaborazione con NISI MASA e il Centro Nazionale del Cortometraggio!
Il , che si terrà il 3 e il 4 luglio, è rivolto a giovani registi con un progetto di cortometraggio. È possibile candidarsi fino al 31 maggio su www.maremetraggio.com
Submissions for Pitching Training 2020, in collaboration with NISI MASA and Italian Short Film Center are open! The , held on July 3rd and 4th, is aimed at young directors with a short film project. The deadline for submitting the application is May 31th, entry form on www.maremetraggio.com

20/05/2020

Exactly 10 DAYS (!) left to apply for the 14th edition of European Short Pitch! 🥳
With new partnerships (hey T-Port Online Film Market ✋), with continued collaborations (🙏 Région Bretagne) and a new Head of Coproduction Forum - Olga Lamontanara 🤩) European Short Pitch is good to go!
More info below.

European Short Pitch is an initiative aimed at promoting the European coproduction of short films. It combines a scriptwriting workshop in residency and a coproduction forum bringing together scriptwriters, directors and industry professionals from all over Europe.

12/05/2020

For three weeks only, festivals from near and far away are offering some give-aways to those who donate to the fundraising campaign organised by Talking Shorts during My Darling Quarantine Short Film Festival!

For three weeks only, our festival friends from near and far away are offering some give-aways to those who donate to our fundraising campaign during My Darling Quarantine Short Film Festival to support Médecins Sans Frontières & affected cultural institutions.

Many thanks to Filmfest Dresden, RIGA IFF / Riga International Film Festival, Vienna Shorts, Short Waves Festival, Vilniaus trumpųjų filmų festivalis / Vilnius Short Film Festival, Kortfilmfestival Leuven, Format Court, Glasgow Short Film Festival & Uppsala Short Film Festival for offering some very nice rewards!

— Watch, vote & donate (via GoFundMe Fundraising or PayPal) here: https://bit.ly/3cuHvhe.

17/04/2020

Our partners and friends of Short Film Conference are organising another Virtual Short Film Conference next Wednesday. Join them for a roundtable about the rise of online (short) film festivals.

Read more about it below.

A recording of the first session of our Virtual Short Film Conference will be online soon. Let's meet again next Wednesday at 3PM CET for #2: Going Viral, where we'll talk to Daniel Ebner from Vienna Shorts, Kirsten Ruber from Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, Luce Grosjean from Miyu Distribution & Uli Wegenast from Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) about festivals that are now happening online.

This session will last for approx. 1,5h and will have room for up to 500 participants — you can sign-up here: https://forms.gle/ZmvZC9VpNWa3ts9Q8. A personal invitation with access instructions will be send to you the night before.

10/03/2020

It's happening! We are thrilled to announce the call for entries for European Short Pitch 2020! 🧡

European creative teams of directors, writers and producers are invited to apply to the programme that combines a scriptwriting workshop in residency and a Coproduction Forum for short film projects!

The first part of the event will take place in September 2020 in a European country, TBC. The Coproduction Forum will take place from the 12th till the 15th of November 2020 in Brest, Bretagne, France as part of the Festival Européen du Film Court de Brest.

👉 Application deadline: 29 May 2020, midnight C.E.T.
👉 All information about the application process available here