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Call for applications for pitching session of KYIV CoProduction Meetings 2017 is now open

13 June 2017, 14:30

On September 19, 2017 KYIV CoProduction Meetings will be held for the fifth time in the course international media forum KYIV MEDIA WEEK. It’s the first content marketplace in the CIS region designed for pitching and promotion of TV projects of different formats (from shows to series) that look for co-production, as well as facilitating the co-production market in CIS region by allowing the local producers to cooperate with international TV projects.

Over the past four years of the platform's work producers from Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Georgia, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, Italy, Germany, UK, USA, Brazil, South Africa, Kenya, Singapore, Malaysia have submitted their projects.

The catalogue of KYIV CoProduction Meetings will traditionally include about 40 projects, 9 of which will be presented to experts and the audience at the pitching session, which is an important part of the event. To assess and select projects, the organizers invite international experts to the jury. Representatives of each project, selected for pitching, will receive feedback on the project from the jury, recommendations for pitching, as well as advice on further development. Among the experts of the previous editions of the KYIV CoProduction Meetings, there were Peter Carlton (Warp Films, United Kingdom), Axel Arno (SVT, Sweden), Nicola Söderlund (Sparks Eccho Group, Sweden), Frederic Pittoors d'Haveskercke (Baradal, France) and others.

Among the projects that were pitched at the previous editions of KYIV CoProduction Meetings it is worth mentioning the joint Slovak-Ukrainian project The Line; the project of a full-length film Tank from the Ukrainian company Noosphere Films, which became the winner of the pitching in the course of Berlinale Co-Production Market in Berlin; animation project Mavka. The Forest Song from Ukrainian FILM.UA Group presented this year at the Cannes film market; as well as eastern dramedy Voroshilovgrad (Ukraine) and documentary project Amondo Wedding Tour (Poland). However, the winner of last year was the project of an 8-series historical detective with elements of mysticism Lemberg, which was represented by Olesya Lukyanenko and Elena Malkova from Ukraine.

Let’s recall that last year in the course of "TVіy Serial" partnership program the forum’s partner TV channel Ukraine provided a special prize to the winner of KYIV CoProduction Meetings 2016 – a ticket to Paris and accommodation to participate in the international festival Series Mania, which took place in April 2017. In addition, a series of stories about the project, the winner, and their trip to the festival Series Mania was shown on Ukraine TV channel.

What is waiting for the winner of 2017 edition and who will be the partner of KYIV CoProduction Meetings 2017 forum? Soon it will be announced on our website.

Don’t miss the opportunity to apply on time. Deadline – August 11, 2017.

Producers, production companies, associations, and unions of TV and film industry professionals, studios and investors from the CIS countries, Eastern and Western Europe, and other regions of the world are invited to participate if they are interested have intention:

  • to present TV projects for co-production (some of the submitted projects will be selected for pitching). Application for participation and application form have to be filled on KMW registration page. Deadline for submitting projects is August 11, 2017 
  • to find TV project(s) for co-production. On KMW registration page you should provide brief information about what kind of projects you are interested in, their format, genre, possible audience, number of episodes, etc. The application submission deadline is August 11, 2017

Producers, who submit the projects, are given the opportunity to hold private meetings with the representatives of the largest Ukrainian broadcasters, independent film studios and prodcos, including STB, TRK Ukraine, 1+1, Friends Production, Studio Kvartal 95, FILM.UA, Star Media and others.

KYIV CoProduction Meetings program as well as details and conditions of participation you can find here.

Discover new opportunities for your television projects. Register and join KYIV CoProduction Meetings, which will be held on September 19, 2017 in Hyatt Regency Kyiv.

International media forum KYIV MEDIA WEEK 2017 will be held in Kyiv on September 18–22.

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