Meetings on the Bridge has launched Neighbours Platform

Meetings on the Bridge has launched Neighbours Platform in 2015 in order to initiate new collaborations and enhance communication between filmmakers from Turkey and its neighbouring countries. Selected through methods of scouting and interviewing from the neighbouring countries, the filmmakers make the presentation of their projects to the international producers, financiers and buyers after the intensive two days pitching training.

Neighbours Platform will take place on 12-17 April 2020 under the scope of Film Development Workshop.

The deadline for applications is 19 February 2020.

24 feature film projects from 7 countries have participated at the Neighbours Platform and amongst them Entwined (Minos Nikolakakis), Smuggling Hendrix (Marios Piperides- Cyprus), Ava (Sadaf Foroughi- Iran), Neighbours (Grigol Abashidze- Georgia), Radiogram (Rouzie Hassanova- Bulgaria) and My Favorite Fabric (Gaya Jiji- Syria) have made their premieres at major festivals including Cannes, Toronto, Tribeca, Sofia and Dubai.

Please send an e-mail to onthebridge@iksv.org for more information.

You find the rules and regulations attached.

The projects are eligible for;

•       8000 EURO CNC Award
•          Postbıyık Sound Post-Production Award

The eligible countries are:

·         Armenia

·         Azerbeijan

·         Bulgaria

·         Cyprus

·         Egypt

·         Georgia

·         Iraq

·         Iran

·         Lebanon

·         Romania

·         Russia

·         Syria

·         Ukraine