The 4th edition of Cinekid Script LAB — taking place this October in Amsterdam and Berlin — will be welcoming 14 writers from seven different countries to develop their 12 selected children’s film scripts. This year marks the first time that an open call was issued alongside relying on nominations by partner institutes.
LAB participants will work with internationally acclaimed advisors who will push them to their creative limits. The coaching offered to each filmmaker is tailor-made and will address the needs of both the writer and the story across the LAB’s two-phased trajectory. The first stage will take place prior to Cinekid for Professional in Amsterdam, where participants can begin to position their projects in the international marketplace. Phase two will take participants to the 2018 Berlinale film market.
Script LAB is is supported by Creative Europe MEDIA Program and organized in close collaboration with international partner organisations, such as the Flanders Audiovisual Fund, the Finnish Film Foundation, the Icelandic Film Center, the Netherlands Film Fund, the Norwegian Film Institute and the Swedish Film Institute.
The Cinekid Script LAB 2017-2018 projects are:
Nominated by Norwegian Film Institute
Project: Free
Writers: Guro Ekornholmen, Anniken Fjesme
Production country: Norway
Nominated by Flanders Audiovisual Fund
Project: My Dad Is a Sausage
Writer: Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem, Anouk Fortunier
Production company: A Private View
Production countries: Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany
Nominated by Swedish Film Institute
Project: North
Writer: Camilla Hübbe
Production companies: Unlimited Stories; Sequoia Global Alliance
Production country: Sweden
Nominated by Netherlands Film Fund
Project: Spitsbergen
Writer: Suzie Templeton
Production companies: Studio Rosto A.D., Lunanime NL
Production country: The Netherlands
Nominated by Icelandic Film Center
Project: The Man Who Hated Children
Writers: Gunnar Björn Guðmundsson
Production companies: The Icelandic Film Company; Kisi Production
Production country: Iceland
Nominated by Finnish Film Foundation
Project: The White Unicorn
Writer: Elin Grönblom
Production country: Finland
Open call projects:
Project: Iro
Writer: Janne Vierth, Maremi Watanabe
Production company: Dragon Film
Production countries: Sweden, Denmark
Project: Maya
Writer: Nick Hegreberg
Production country: Norway
Project: Stela
Writer: Eva Kamchevska
Production company: Dream Factory Macedonia
Production country: Norway
Project: Super-Granny
Writer: Julie Skaufel
Production company: Onkel Film
Production country: Norway
Project: The Mozart Question
Writer: Wouter Van Haver
Production company: Vivi Film
Production country: Belgium
Project: Twig
Writer: Jarkko Olavi Virtanen
Production company: Pohjola-filmi
Production country: Finland
