film projects requested

SOURCES 2 Script Development Workshops focus on feature-length film projects which address a broad international audience. Work groups on feature films and creative documentaries are offered on a regular basis.

Feature film applications include either a treatment together with two or three sample scenes or a script at an early development stage. Feature film projects means drama in a wider sense, including specific genres such as comedy, literary adaptation, biopic or historical drama etc. Special work groups concentrating on these genres as well as children’s film are offered occasionally. For more information please see dates + places.

Creative documentary applications include a presentation at a basic stage of development and research, which clearly indicates a possible structure for the film (similar to the long synopsis or treatment stage in a drama project). Who and what is primarily going to be filmed should be presented; ideas about possible structures for the film must be evident; questions of access to vital places and participants should have already been addressed.

Creative Documentary means authored films, projects which have a strong individual documentary voice. These are feature-length films suitable both for television-release and/or theatrical distribution.

Television projects must be documentaries (no reportage or voice-over-driven factual films) of at least one television hour in length. Television documentary series or serial projects will only be considered if they are authored films and if each episode is one television hour long. Films or series which mix documentary, reconstruction and fiction are also eligible for application.

In general, an established producer should be committed to the project submitted or development support from national funding bodies should be in place (or other kinds of support granted).

SOURCES 2 compact concentrates on a specific genre or format, such as short films or mini-series for television. See separate announcements for details. Applications include a treatment or a presentation at a basic stage of development.

conditions of participation

> Participants should be professional scriptwriters or teams of writers with co-writers, producers, directors. 

> Participants must be citizens of a member state of the European Community or of a country which has an agreement with the European Community concerning the MEDIA Programme.

> Participants must agree to take part in all training activities, including the reading, analysis and discussion of one another’s scripts and re-writes.

> Participants will take the greatest possible care with all material entrusted to them and in no way infringe upon copyrights relating to their fellow participants’ scripts.

Requirements for film projects developed during a SOURCES 2 workshop:

> SOURCES 2 and the MEDIA Programme are to be included in the credits of the script and, if applicable, the completed film.

> SOURCES 2 shall be provided with a dvd, posters and promotional materials of all completed films which were developed during a SOURCES 2 workshop.

selection procedure

Participation in the workshops is subject to selection. Professional screenwriters or teams are selected on the basis of the creative quality, production potential and cross border appeal of the script/treatment submitted. In principle, scriptwriters should have the backing of a producer and/or commissioning editor, broadcaster, film fund, and/or any other professional body.

Preselection is based on the evaluation reports of SOURCES 2 script advisers. The final selection is conducted by SOURCES 2 in consultation with the script advisers of the relevant workshop. All candidates will be informed of the final selection at least four weeks prior to the workshop.

application and participation fees

SOURCES 2 Script Development Workshop

Application fee: € 100 per project. Applications will be considered only upon receipt of the fee.

Participation fee: € 2.000 per project/writer and € 1.000 per second/third person committed to the project.
Includes:
> the seven-day session (accommodations + meals included, travel costs excluded),
> coaching during the re-writing period, and
> the second session of one day per project (accommodations, meals, travel costs excluded).
Please note, the follow-up is conceived as a group meeting, e.g. if your group consists of four projects, you meet for four days. Exceptionally, an individual one-day meeting with the adviser is possible.

SOURCES 2 compact

No application fee.

Participation fee: € 900 per project/writer and € 700 per second/third person committed to the project.
Includes
> the four-day session (accommodations + meals included, travel costs excluded),
> coaching during the re-writing period, and
> the follow-up by e-mail.

> Payment of the full fee is due upon confirmation of selection.

> Cancellations must be made in writing. Cancellations made fewer than three weeks prior to the workshop starting date are subject to a cancellation fee amounting to 50% of the participation fee.

> SOURCES 2 reserves the right to cancel workshops. In such events, participation fees will be refunded.

> The application and participation fees are expected to be covered by production companies committed to the project, and/or broadcasters or funding bodies.

application file

All applicants must submit the following documents:
The application form has to be completed, signed and sent by regular mail as well as by e-mail to the SOURCES 2 office in Berlin (address see below).
In addition, all applicants must submit the following documents in English as a digital file.

Feature films

> One-page synopsis.

> Full treatment presented as a continuous story of approx. 10–15 pages, including theme, setting, characters, plot and 2 or 3 scenes. Or a  script at an early development stage. If available, the step outline of sequences.
Treatments and scripts may be submitted in the original language.

Creative documentaries

> Introduction, description of general theme (TV hour or feature length).

> Description of characters of the film.

> If available, description of probable scenes, and the order in which they might be edited.

> Information about visual style, commentary, soundtrack, etc.

General documents:

> Application form, completed and signed (form see below)

> Personal letter from the scriptwriter/filmmaker outlining his/her motives for wanting to participate in the workshop, and his/her needs and expectations.

> Curriculum vitae of the scriptwriter/filmmaker: Personal details (nationality, age, education), a clear indication of professional experience, including credits and awards, scripts produced and funds received.

> In case a second person is committed, his/her curriculum vitae and details of the team’s relationship.

> Curriculum vitae of the producer, track-record of production company, details of the writer/producer relationship, if a production company is committed.

> Information about broadcaster, film fund or any professional body committed.

> Letters of support from professionals concerned should indicate the reasons for supporting the project and the context of the further development desired. Obligatory for projects without a producer committed.

> If available, a dvd of a relevant film or programme written or directed by the scriptwriter/filmmaker. 

> Confirmed receipt of bank transfer of € 100 (application fee) to Stichting SOURCES, ABN AMRO Bank N.V.,
BIC: ABNANL2A, IBAN: NL04 ABNA 0637 9113 85 (account n° 637 9113 85).

For non-English native speakers: Treatments or scripts may be submitted in your native language! English translations will be necessary only if you are selected, and the workshop you applied for does not offer a small group working in your native language. Please note: Both the synopsis of your project and your complete application (including cv, motivation letter, etc.) must be submitted in English.

All documents received will be treated as confidential. Applicants themselves must take care of registration of copyrights, etc. Please make sure you keep a copy of the completed application form and enclosures.

Incomplete applications will not be considered.

For application deadlines, workshop dates, and locations, special work groups and working languages please see dates + places.

online

print version

Application forms for SOURCES 2 Script Development Workshops

Please
> complete + download,
> attach to your e-mail together with your complete digital file,
> print, sign and submit together with the hard copy of your complete application file.

Application form as PDF to be downloaded for FEATURE FILM PROJECTS: Please click!

Application form as PDF to be downloaded CREATIVE DOCUMENTARY PROJECTS: Please click!

Please send the hard copy of your signed application form to SOURCES, Köthener Straße 44, D-10963 Berlin
Please send the complete digital file to info@sources2.de.