Kolkata, In keeping with the mandate of promoting the development of the Cinemas of India, the National Film Development Corporation Ltd. (NFDC), will conduct Screenwriters Lab 2010, a 2-part screenwriters workshop for writing and selling original Indian screenplays, in association with Binger Filmlab and Locarno International Film Festival.

Screenwriters Lab 2010, a 2-part workshop is designed to prepare screenwriters with original Indian stories for working with the international filmmaking market place. It aims at improving a completed screenplay in its final stages and to increase the international marketability of the same.

The 1st Session will be held during the Locarno International Film Festival, Locarno, Switzerland from 7th - 9th August, 2010 where participants will get first-hand experience of the workings of the international film community and get to train with their screenplay mentors.

The 2nd session at Film Bazaar, Goa from 23th - 26th November 2010 is where participants will apply their training and pitch their revised screenplays to participants at the film market.

The workshop will be conducted by Marten Rabarts, Artistic Director, Binger Filmlab, aided by experienced international guest mentors.

To participate in the workshop the participants need to submit entry form along with screenplay in classic format, Log-line, one page synopsis along with screenwriters CV in English. A letter of intent and a DVD of previous work (if existing).

The applications are available online at www.filmbazaarindia.com or email writers@nfdcindia.com for the application form. The application must be sent to NFDC latest by 17th May, 2010.

About Binger Filmlab:

Binger Filmlab is an Amsterdam based international feature-film development centre. Binger opened its doors in 1996 as a post academic training for film professionals and has matured into a challenging and unique film lab with intensive five month programmes that focus on the development of projects and the individual talents that create them. In this first 10-year trajectory Binger has discovered its natural allies in this work of supporting the brightest emerging talents; the Sundance institute and its Labs in the US, The Nipkow programme residencies in Berlin, Paris Cinefondation (Cannes Film Festival) residence and now with NFDCs Film Bazaar in India.

Binger believes in challenging the film-makers to look at the many choices available and recognise the wide array of possibilities which are inherent in their stories and lie within the vision for their film.


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About Film Bazaar:

National Film Development Corporations international co-production and sales market is held over 4 days in November alongside the International Film Festival of India in Goa. Projects at all stages of development and production are eligible to apply for the co-production meetings. Other activities include the companies marketplace, the Work-in-Progress lab for rough cuts, the Screenwriters Lab, and a Business Conclave. International partnerships include an award for the most promising project presented by the Hubert Bals Fund. Its partners include Primehouse, Europa Cinemas, AFI Projects, CineMart, Locarno International Film Festival, the Hubert Bals Fund and the Binger Filmlab of the Netherlands