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Cinekid Script LAB
During the Cinekid Script LAB, an international group of writers and writer/directors will work on their plans for children’s feature films. The programme offers tailor-made coaching and training; it answers to the specific writer’s and story’s needs, along a six-month trajectory.
Dates: The workshop sessions of this Lab take place during Cinekid for Professionals in October, and the Berlinale the following February, with phone/Skype sessions from November to January, and follow-up online session in April.
Application deadline for 2020/2021: 1 June 2020
Dates: The workshop sessions of this Lab take place during Cinekid for Professionals in October, and the Berlinale the following February, with phone/Skype sessions from November to January, and follow-up online session in April.
Application deadline for 2020/2021: 1 June 2020
Points of focus
- Offering a specific focus on writing for young audiences
- Improving the writing and pitching skills of its participants
- Development towards a new (and better) draft of their script
- Connecting writers who are working on scripts for young audiences
- Increasing the international network of its participants.
- October (during Cinekid for Professionals)
• Introduction to fellow participants; individual coaching
• Individual coaching
• Plenary workshop (Test & Pitch with Kids)
• Come back sessions
• Participation in Cinekid for Professionals
November to January
• Follow-up sessions
• Participants reconnect with their coach to discuss their progress (by phone or Skype)
February (during Berlinale)
• Individual coaching
• Screening(s) Generation program
• Plenary workshop (Scripts in Action)
• Presentations by industry experts
• Come back sessions
• Participation in the Berlinale
April
• Individual online aftercare sessions - Facilitating an exchange of knowledge among its participants
Learning outcomes
- Connecting writers who are working on scripts for young audiences;
- Increasing the international network of its participants;
- Facilitating exchange of knowledge between its participants;
- Offering a specific focus on writing for young audiences;
- Improving the writing and pitching skills of its participants;
- Development towards a new (and better) draft of their script.
Target groupScriptwriters
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Project-based
Intermediate
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6250