Rotterdam Lab January 2012
EIFF is pleased to announce the three Scottish producers who will be taking part in the 2012 Rotterdam Lab, organised as part of CineMart at IFFR.
The selected producers for Rotterdam Lab 2012 are: Katie Crook, Anna Odell and Lynsey Stewart.
This intiative is part of Creative Scotland's Creative Futures programme to support Scottish talent through residency programmes across Europe.
Further information on CineMart and Rotterdam Lab.
Set up in 2001, the Rotterdam Lab is organised in close cooperation with various international partner organisations involved with the training of young producers as well as funding bodies and film agencies. CineMart is a natural platform for this and is dedicated to supporting emerging producers by giving them the opportunities to create expertise and knowledge.
The CineMart is known as an informal market attended by a large number of international film professionals who take a look at new film projects which are presented and who do business amongst each other in a relaxed atmosphere. The aim of the Rotterdam Lab is to give emerging producers the possibility to get acquainted with the daily routine at an international film festival and a co-production market, but also to acquire as much information as possible and to enlarge their international network with acclaimed members of the international film industry.
Over the years, the Rotterdam Lab has grown into an important event with prestige and with producers from more different regions participating every year. The effectiveness of the Rotterdam Lab resulted in several former Lab participants coming back to CineMart with their project in the official project selection, and films screening in the Festival programme. On top of that, a lot of participants from the different countries have started up international co-productions with each other.
CineMart has an extended international network with sales agents, distributors, filmmakers, producers and other film industry professionals. Furthermore CineMart has over these past years built up many strategic alliances with training organisations, funding bodies, film agencies, festivals and markets in order to be able to support the Rotterdam Lab participants throughout the year and not just for the five days in Rotterdam.
In order to take part in the Rotterdam Lab, it is necessary to be affiliated with one of CineMart’s partner organisations. This means that instead of having an open selection participants are ‘nominated’ through these partners. The participants for the Rotterdam Lab are emerging producers, who should have produced at least one or two short films, and not more than two feature films. This to make sure that the level of the group is balanced and that the producers are more or less in the same stage of building their career.
Edinburgh International Film Festival and the Centre for the Moving Image is a partner organisation of CineMart.