Puglia Experience 2010

international workshop of writing for the cinema restricted to 16 scriptwriters

Apulia Film Commission with the present, announces the publication of the public notice list for "PugliaExperience 2011", international workshop of writing for the cinema restricted to 16 scriptwriters, promoted by Puglia Region and funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF Puglia 2007 - 2013, Axis IV).

One hundred and twenty-one (121) applications were received, ninety-six (96) international and twenty-five (25) Italian.

The list of the sixteen (16) scriptwriters under thirty five (35) selected in the workshop is composed of eleven (11) scriptwriters coming from EU and Mediterranean countries and five (5) scriptwriters coming from Italy (up to a quarter born or resident in Apulia).

Arriving at its third edition, will take place in Apulia from October 2nd to 21st 2011.

The workshop will conclude with the selection of one of the subjects created by participants during Puglia Experience 2011.

The Apulia Film Commission Foundation will offer a scriptwriting contract to the writer of the subject chosen by the AFC directors.

Held by Amedeo D'Adamo, scriptwriter and independent director and founder of the Los Angeles Film School, and assisted by the producer Nevina Satta, the workshop is structured in 104 hours frontal lesson focused on the American technique script&pitch and in an individual module which will permit participants to draft and develop stories to submit at the end of it.
The workshop is completely free and entirely held in English.

Six location scouting days throughout the most charming places of the region will enrich the didactic program. The aim is to let participants develop new subjects inspired by the places, events, history and people.

The workshop will conclude with individual sessions of pitching where each of the sixteen participants will meet the international film producers coming to Puglia for the second edition of the Mediterranean Co-Production Forum.