SOURCES 2 – the source of quality scripts in Europe

SOURCES 2 is an advanced training programme for European film professionals working in the field of script and story development, and offers workshops all over Europe for international participants, who are guided by international advisers.

SOURCES 2 supports indigenous stories of interest to an international audience and contributes to a high standard of scriptwriting and script development in Europe.

SOURCES 2 workshops are high-powered work units for scriptwriters and teams of writers and co-writers, directors or producers with a specific film project in development. Two types of workshops are offered: SOURCES 2 Script Development Workshops and SOURCES 2 compact.

SOURCES 2 is more than mere training; its unique mentoring approach has proven to be extremely successful and has helped to bring scores of European films to the screen. More than 90 films have been made and a remarkable number of feature and creative documentary projects are in (pre-)production. SOURCES 2 offers access to an international network which includes film professionals from 25 countries.

SOURCES 2 has developed an additional training scheme for mentors: SOURCES 2 Projects & Process – Training Mentors for European Scriptwriters and Documentary Filmmakers is an intense programme which makes the SOURCES 2 mentoring approach and methodology transparent to professionals such as scriptwriters, dramaturges, developers, editors, producers, commissioning editors and tutors.

Between 1992 and 2011 the SOURCES Programme realised more than 70 workshops in 19 European countries, supported by the MEDIA Programme of the European Community and its partners, who represent public and private organisations throughout Europe.

Stichting SOURCES is a Dutch Foundation registered in Amsterdam/The Netherlands. SOURCES 2 operates from Berlin and Amsterdam.

SOURCES 2 team

SOURCES 2 office Berlin

Dr. Renate Gompper (programme director)
Marion Gompper (associate programme director)
Myriam Wiedemann (project manager)
Annett Maaß (project manager)

SOURCES 2 office Amsterdam

Rolf Orthel (chairman of the board)
Evelyn Voortman (administrator)

SOURCES 2 members of the

board of directors

Rolf Orthel (chairman; Netherlands) · Caterina d'Amico (Italy) · Willem Capteyn (Netherlands) · Louise Gough (Australia/USA) · Igor Korsic (Slovenia) · Gaby Prekop (Hungary) · Stanislav Semerdjiev (Bulgaria) · Dick Ross (United Kingdom)

SOURCES 2

advisers

SOURCES 2 cooperates with a circle of international advisers, including Gabriel Auer (France) · Eric Collins (France) · Jan Fleischer (Czech Republik) · Igor Korsic (Slovenia) · Louise Gough (Australia/USA) · Miguel Machalski ·(Argentina/France) · Ruth McCance (United Kingdom/Sweden) · Rolf Orthel (Netherlands) · Gaby Prekop (Hungary) · Arash T. Riahi (Austria) · Stefano Rulli (Italy) · Heidrun Schleef (Italy/Germany) · Michael Seeber (Austria) · Ulla Simonen (Finland) · Stanislav Semerdjiev (Bulgaria) · Andres Veiel (Germany).

supporting partners

Since 1992 SOURCES 2 has been operating with the continuous support of the MEDIA Programme, the European Community's support programme for the European audiovisual industry. Visit the MEDIA website - please click!

SOURCES 2 supporting partners include Australia Film Victoria · Austria  Austrian Film Institute · Cinestyria Filmkunst · Province of Styria/Cultural Department · uniT – Cultural Association at the University of Graz · Vienna Film Fund · Vienna Screenwriters’ Forum · Czech Republic  FAMU · Ministry of Culture/Department of Media and Audiovision · Denmark Danish Film Institute · Film Fyn · West Danish Film Fund · Estonia  Baltic Film and Media School · Estonian Film Foundation · Finland  AVEK · Finnish Film Foundation · LEO – Lapland Centre of Expertise for the Experience Industry · Oulu Film Centre · POEM – The Northern Film and Media Foundation · France  ARTE · Germany  German Federal Film Board · KOMED · Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg · MFG Filmförderung Baden-Württemberg · Hungary  Magyar Filmunió · Ministry of Cultural Heritage · MMA – The Motion Picture Public Foundation of Hungary · Ireland  FÁS Screen Training Ireland · Irish Film Board · Italy  Associazione F.E.R.T. · Centro Multimediale di Terni · Film Commission Regione Campania · Umbria Film Commission · Latvia  Baltic Films · Cinevilla Studio · Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia · National Film Centre of Latvia · Norway  FilmCamp AS · Nordnorsk Filmsenter AS · Norwegian Film Institute · Romania Artis Foundation · Slovenia Association of Slovenian Film Makers · RTV Slovenia – Radiotelevizija Slovenija · Spain  ICIC – Institut Català de les Indústries Culturals · Sweden  Film i Skåne · Film i Väst · Filmpol Mitt · Filmpool Nord · Swedish Film Institute · Switzerland  FOCAL · Netherlands  Dutch Film Fund · Rotterdam Media Fund · Dutch Ministry of Culture · Nederlands Filmmuseum · Stichting Media Academie · United Kingdom  British Council · Media Skills Wales · New Writing North · Northern Film & Media · Scottish Screen · Screen East  ·Sgrîn – Media Agency for Wales · UK Film Council · University of Cambridge – CRASSH, Isaac Newton Trust, Trinity Hall College.

international network

the MEDIA Programme

The MEDIA Desks and MEDIA Antennae all over Europe provide comprehensive information and advice referring the MEDIA Programme and help to get access to the network of the European audiovisual industry. Visit the MEDIA website - please click!

training network

SOURCES 2 is a member of ATC – Audiovisual Training Coalition.

Established in December 2006, ATC has an overall objective of representing the interests of independent organisations devoted to transnational training, development and research for the audiovisual industry. The specific aims of ATC are to function as
> a lobbying structure to support and represent the interests of its members,
> a forum to share expertise and good practice, information, common concerns and interests,
> a source of collaborative partnerships, including trainer exchanges,
> a creative resource pool, a high-level think tank and research group.

ATC members include include ACE – ateliers du cinéma européen (France) · Andrzej Wajda Master School (Poland) · Binger Filmlab (The Netherlands) · CIANT – International Centre for Art and New Technologies  (Czech Republik) · EAVE – European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs (Luxembourg) · Erich Pommer Institut GmbH (Germany) · ETMA – European Television and Media Management Academy (France) · EURODOC (France) · Fabulafilm s.r.l. (Italy) · FOCAL (Switzerland) · Fundacion Cultural Media – Media Business School (Spain) · Institute of Documentary Film (Czech Republik) · MFI – Mediterranean Film Institute (Greece) · Nipkow Programm e.V. (Germany) · Norwegian Film Institute (Norway) · PAL – Performing Arts Labs (United Kingdom) · Primehouse GmbH (Germany) · Stichting SOURCES (The Netherlands) · Torinofilmlab (Italy) · VIACollege – The Animation Workshop (Denmark) · The National Film School of Denmark (Denmark) · ZeLIG School for Documentary, Television and New Media (Italy).


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cooperation partners

Other cooperation partners include Berlinale Talent Campus (Germany) · EDN – European Documentary Network (Denmark) · EFA – Europaen Film Academy (Germany) · Filmmuseum Potsdam · Nordisk Panorama – 4 Cities Film Festival (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden) · University of Film & Television “Konrad Wolf” Potsdam-Babelsberg (Germany).

other international associations

SOURCES 2 is a member of EDN – European Documentary Network,
CILECT – Centre International de Liason des Écoles de Cinéma et de Télévision,
GEECT – Groupement Européen des Écoles de Cinéma et de Télévision.