Istanbul Express participants announced
The 45 participants have been selected! They will start their journey from 3 different points of departure towards Istanbul on the 20th of September.
All together we recieved 139 applications and we must say that the selection process was not an easy one.
All of the participants will be contacted within this week with further information.
All of you who were not elected, don't feel left out - apply for Polyglot or any of the other ongoing and upcoming contests and workshops!
Scamps - production now completed!
2008 | 2010 | Film Productions | Film Productions | Films | NISI MASA News | Script Contests
Ülkü Oktay was one of the three winners of Nisi Masa Script Contest 2008 with her scripts Scamps.
Scamps tells a travel adventure set in Eastern Turkey through the eyes of two young schoolboys. A "feel-good" story that gives beautiful insights into the country and its culture. Ülkü Oktay is finalising post-production.
Furniture - production now completed!
2008 | 2010 | Film Productions | Film Productions | Films | NISI MASA News | Script Contests
Furniture, by Melissa Suarez del Real was one of the winners of the NISI MASA European Short Script Contest 2008.
This film shows us that It’s not clear enough whether self-assembly furniture triggers couple conflicts or if couple conflicts trigger self-assembly furniture purchase !
There were some troubles in the organization of the production and shooting because of the lack of a production crew. Melissa found a solution by speaking with friends: Old friends who study in film school offered to get some free equipment for her. Old friends who are architects volunteered to find the piece of land with a fallen building that she needs, thanks to the pathology department in their university. Old friends also know good actors. Old friends just want to help. At the end, the collective spirit of filmmaking is, at this time, working better than any production company for her.
Recent productions by European Short Pitch Alumni
2010 | Films | NISI MASA News | Scriptwriting Workshops
All the following films was developed and produced in the frame of the different editions of European Short Pitch. They have been screened at the International Critic’s Week during the Cannes International Film Festival 2010.
Whispering in a friend’s mouth
After the nice career of If I fall, Hannaleena Hauru has just finished her new short film, Whispering in a friend’s mouth. Developed during European Short Pitch 2009, the script tells us the story of two teenagers making graffiti and have ended up kissing. The short film is subtly examining the borderline between platonic and romantic love through two linking time levels.
The film has been shot in three nights concentrating on hours right after sun set and the hours just before dawn.
Hannaleena’s short film has been selected for the Berlinale 2010 in the sections Short film 14plus2 et Generation Mix. It has been screened in the frame of the Critic’s week during the Cannes International Film Festival.
The film was supported by the Finnish Film Foundation.
NISI MASA in Cannes Critics' Week 2010
NISI MASA is pleased to invite you to our screening at the Cannes Critic's Week! The programme will be made up of 7 European short films developed during European Short Pitch. Be there, 3pm on Thursday 20th of May at the Espace Miramar!
NISI MASA joined by new countries!
At the 2010 NISI MASA General Assembly in April, new associations from Luxembourg (Filmreakter), Albania (First Step Association), Macedonia (Cre8ive8), Slovakia (Early Melons) and Portugal (FEST - Associaçao Cultural) joined our network.
Call for participants: Documentary Film Workshop
Nisi Masa Sweden is organizing a documentary workshop on the theme Nationalities & Identities in Malmö (Sweden) from the 4th to the 12th of June 2010.
2009 | Film Productions | Film Productions | Films | NISI MASA News | Script Contests
The script of this film was winner of the 5th edition of the NISI MASA European Script Contest for short films, the theme of which was “Tourist”.
This film was directed by its awarded scriptwriter, the polish Matej Subieta.
Archives | 2010 | NISI MASA News | Scriptwriting Workshops
The first session of the 4th edition of European Short Pitch took place from the 18th to the 23rd of Janury 2010 in Moulin d'Andé-Ceci (France) where the European winners proceeded to a rewriting work of their short film and have been initiated to the technique of pitching.
Then from the 16th to the 18th of April, the European co-production Forum took place in the frame of the 4th edition of The NexT Film Festival in Romania, when producers and scriptwriters met during the "pitch" sessions.
2005 NISI MASA Script Contest winner production 'If I Fall' by Hannaleena Hauru (Finland) is now available to view online on vimeo.
Watch it here!
