The BPF Panel will award short film project with participant rights at the following event:
European Short Film Co-production Forum EURO CONNECTION which is a part of the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Market (co-funded by Europe Creative MEDIA Programme).
This pitching and networking event aims at fostering partnerships between European productions companies, funders and broadcasters for short film projects. Pitching sessions and one-on-one business meetings are organised with participants. Each year, 150 industry delegates are expected to attend these two days of networking and deal opportunities.
More information: here.
At the Baltic Pitching Forum, the producer and director of the winner project will be invited to attend EURO CONNECTION* in February 2025 in order to pitch their project to a new international audience of industry professionals again.
EURO CONNECTION prize will offer awarded filmmakers the following benefits:
- free accreditation for the full access to EURO CONNECTION, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and its Market;
- Networking lunch and social events;
- Accommodation for 3 nights in Clermont-Ferrand;
- 160 € travel grant
Thanks to the collaboration with the Italian Short Film Center, one project presented at the Baltic Pitching Forum will participate in the pitching session You Only Pitch Twice during the ShorTO Film Market, which will take place in Turin in November 2024. The author of the project will be invited to participate in the industry event and will benefit from training before pitching to an audience of industry decision-makers in Turin in November 2024.
ShorTO will offer the awarded filmmakers the following benefits:
- A pitch training;
- The opportunity to pitch the project in front of an audience of industry professionals;
- One-to-one meetings with industry professionals selected by ShorTO team and tailored to each specific project;
- Networking lunch and cocktail;
- Accommodation for 2 nights in Torino;
- Free accreditation
In 2017, Creative Europe MEDIA Office in Lithuania initiated Producers MEDIA Award to encourage experienced Lithuanian producers to cooperate with emerging talents, exchange their knowledge and best practices, and potentially produce short films together.
Since 2020, Creative Europe MEDIA Offices in Latvia and Estonia joined the initiative and Baltic Producers MEDIA Award has been established, continuing the same goals, as well as fostering active networking, cooperation and co-production between the Baltic countries.
Baltic Producers Jury, consisting of three experienced producers from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, will select the Best Short Film Project and award it with Baltic Producers MEDIA Award* – 1000 EUR cash prize.
Radiator IP Sales represents, distributes, and sells a total of 200 short films and several feature films to date. The films have been selected and awarded at multiple international film festivals, including Berlinale, Cannes, Clermont-Ferrand, Sundance, SXSW, Locarno, and Venice.
The Radiator IP Sales Distribution Award consists of the consultancy and guidance of the filmmakers in creating a bridge between the production and the actual distribution of film festivals and beyond.
Up Records studio, established in 1996 in Vilnius, provides a full range of post-production services for film sound, including dialogue editing, ADR recording, sound design, and final mixing. The studio is built to Dolby standards and is staffed by award-winning audio professionals, such as Saulius Urbanavičius MPSE, Jonas Maksvytis, Kipras Mašanauskas, and Iveta Macevičiūtė, all capable of handling any creative task. This year, thanks to Up Records, one of the BPF projects will be awarded a prize of sound post-production services worth 2000 euros.
* Only Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians are eligible to compete for Euro Connection Award.
