Call for Participants
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT & STRATEGIC NETWORKING
Wednesday, 8 July 2026 · Online via Zoom · 15:00–19:00 CET · 4 hours
Fee: 69 EUR · Certificate of training included · Places limited – first come, first served
Strong projects begin on the page and grow through the right relationships. This session brings together script and story development with the industry networking skills needed to move your project forward. You will receive feedback in an interactive exchange with the experts, learn how to position your project for labs and co-production, and practise pitching and connecting with the people who can help bring the project to life.
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WHAT YOU WILL COVER
- Script dramaturgy: structure, character, voice, and what your script is really about
- Input on building a complete project package: director’s note, visual concept, and development pitch
- An overview of development labs, residencies, and script funds: how to find and approach them
- Relationships during the development: working with producers – what a strong partnership looks like
- Industry relationship-building: how to approach, connect, and follow up with intention
PERFECT FOR
- Emerging filmmakers (fiction/doc/animation) at early stages of script or project development (including short form and first features)
- Those preparing to apply for development labs, residencies, or script funds
- Specifically, directors, writers, producers who are involved in the development of the creative process and seeking co-production conversations or a first producer relationship
- Filmmakers who want to exchange with experts about their project in development
- Those who find networking uncomfortable and want to practise in a supported space
YOU LEAVE WITH
- Expert input on your project through live, interactive exchange with the session expert
- A strategy for applying to labs and development funding, with a curated list of relevant opportunities
- A clear next development step and refined language for talking about your project
- Refining the language used for your project in development
- An accountability partner and ongoing peer connection
- Continued access to and connection to the TalentBridge programme
PREPARATION
Having a project in development is not required to participate. If you wish to discuss your project during the interactive exchange, you are welcome to submit a one-pager in advance. Please note that the experts will not be reading submissions in advance, as all exchanges take place live during the session.
EXPERTS
Anna Ciennik
Both French and Polish, Anna is a multilingual script consultant and scriptwriter.
She recently co-wrote Erige Sehiri’s sophomore film PROMISED SKY Un Certain Regard opening film 2025, Best screenplay at Angoulême FFF, and Best Film at Marrakech IFF. Currently, she is co-writing Déni Pitsaev’s and Clémentine Carrié‘s debuts.
As a script consultant, her credits include CLARA SOLA by Nathalie Álvarez Mesén (Directors’ Fortnight 2021), AMPARO by Simón Mesa Soto (Cannes Critics’ Week 2021), JULIE KEEPS QUIET by Leonardo Van Dijl (Cannes Critics’ Week 2024), THE GOOD SISTER by Sarah Miro Fischer (Berlinale, Panorama 2025), HOW TO DIVORCE DURING THE WAR by Andrius Blaževičius (Sundance, Best Director Award, 2026), and DEATH HAS NO MASTER by Jorge Thielen Armand (Directors’ Fortnight 2026).
Prior to her diving into script development, Anna was the Industry event manager at Les Arcs Film Festival between 2017 and 2021, and she keeps working for co-production markets and various film commissions as a reader or coach. Anna is a member of the Collectif 5050 and of the French screenwriters organisation SCA. She is also a bit of a wine and language geek.
Massimiliano Nardulli
Born in Rome, Italy in 1976, Massimiliano is a scriptwriter, composer, film programmer and creative producer based in Romania. Since 2007, he has been working for film festivals in France, Italy, Romania, Switzerland, and Turkey. He has mostly worked as a script advisor, as well as being one of the creators of the European Talent Lab Less is More, overseeing artistic direction, as well as several other script development programs, including Fulgor Lab, TGF What’s the Story?, Word-Frame, and ShorTS Development Training.
In 2019, he won the Gopo Award and the UCIN award in Romania for the original soundtrack of the movie CHARLESTON. He co-created the alternative production company Tabarro.
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