Junior Entertainment Talent Slate
JETS – Call for Entry 2019
Deadline: 18th October 2019
JETS stands for Junior Entertainment Talent Slate and unites 1st, 2nd and 3rd feature film filmmakers with African, Canadian, German, Irish, Norwegian, Dutch, British and US producers, sales agents, finance and distribution companies during a pitching session with the aim of Co-Production during the International Film Festival Berlin 2020 (venue to be announced at later date). 20 – 24 projects from emerging filmmakers will be selected for the JETS Initiative
The JETS Co-Production Initiative organised by WEP Productions & WEP UK Productions is funded and supported by NFVF South Africa, Telefilm Canada, nordmedia, HessenFilm & Medien, Screen Ireland, Filminvest Norway, NL Film Fonds.
Conditions of Participation
- Projects can be submitted by a producer/director team from the following countries: South Africa, Canada, Ireland, Germany, Norway, Netherlands and UK. The producer/director team must be in their first 6 years of their film/TV An exception can be granted to the Producer: She/he can have up to 10 years experience in the film business and/or has only produced a maximum of two feature length films.
- All projects submitted must be fictional films that are still in the development or financing stage. Completed films will be not accepted. All projects must have a duration of 80 minutes or
- Producers/directors wanting to participate in the JETS Initiative must sendan email to in**@we******.com with the heading “JETS 2020 + name of submitting person and country” including supporting materials (see page 3) by the 18th of October
- Each producer/director team must ensure to supply save links of previous work i.e. short films, commercials, 1st or 2nd feature film (in case you supply a project that should be consi dered as your 3rd feature film production).
- If the script should not be in the English language, the filmmakers must supply a three page treatment in
- The total Co-Production budget for one project may range from €300,000 to€2,600,000. The maximum budget for a 1st feature film project should preferably not exceed €800,000
- Only projects with complete information can be considered for the pre- selection
Materials to be submitted via email
Must be included:
- Producer/Director CV’s and contact details (Name, Address, Phone number, email)
- Any other creative crew members attached
- Web links to previous work from the Producer and Director
- Statement if it is 1st, 2nd or 3rd feature film project
- Advanced Script Draft of story submitted
- Treatment (3 pages), if script is not written in the English language
- A detailed Synopsis
- Cast Propositions / Letter of Intends (if available)
- A basic production and marketing plan
- Budget calculation (estimate)
Additional Material if applicable:
- Financing Plan
- Any third party partners involved?
- Any other relevant supporting material
- All materials must be submitted in English. If the original script is not in the English language, a three pages treatment in English must be supplied. All participants must be aware that they have to translate/rewrite their script in the English language, if their project should fall under the four selected ones by the
- All materials have to be numerical assigned and clearly labelled. If all materials are submitted in one pdf document, please ensure that you include a table
Selection Process
- The 20-24 projects with high potentiality of development and realisation will be selected by WEP
- WEP Productions has the right to include projects by
- All projects submitted will be treated confidential. Once a project is selected, the filmmakers agree to allow WEP Productions to publicise the participation of their project and its representatives at the JETS event on any platform or media where
- Once your project has been selected you must confirm your attendance latest via email by the 5th of November If you fail to do so you will be not able to attend the JETS Initiative as we will select a runner up project instead.
- The selected projects will be published on the website wepfilms.com in the news section by the 6th of January 2020.
- The materials of the selected 20 – 24 projects will be send out to a participating industry Jury of 10 members who will be able to have an insight of each project before the actual
- Each accepted producer/director team has to make a 5 minutes film project pitch to the jury members and other participating peers on the event
- Each producer/director team will receive a summary of each accepted project for the JETS Initiative. Each team will preselect three other participating teams as potential Co-Production partners for an exchange talk (15-20minutes) monitored by one or two jury members on the
- Each producer/director team will receive feedback on their project by the jury
- The 10 Jury members will decide at the end of the day which 6-10 filmprojects are best to be pursued and considered for possible financing/ funding.
Further Information
- Participants from South-Africa attending the JETS Event have travel and accommodation (4 nights) covered
- A €50,- daily allowance (max. 4 days) will be also provided per attendee sfrom South-Africa.
- Please be aware that English will be the main language of communication and all participants should have a good to excellent command of the English
- As part of the JETS 2020 Initiative you are cordially invited to attend the breakfast networking event on Wednesday the 26th of February 2020 where you can continue project discussions with other participating filmmakers. (venue to be announced at later date),