New call for applications open for Laboratorio Ópera Prima
We are opening the call for applications to submit applications for the new edition of Laboratorio Ópera Prima, ESCAC’s audiovisual project development programme.
The Laboratorio Ópera Prima, funded by the ICAA and Next Generation funds, is a programme open to new authors and producers in our film industry, enabling them to develop their first feature films, series or audiovisual projects in new formats, whether documentary or fiction, with the aim of commercial exploitation.
In this new edition, up to 7 projects will be selected, each of which may receive funding of up to 15.000 euros. The laboratory will support the development of projects until they reach a solid proposal with narrative and commercial value, designed for a global market that can accommodate different formats, audiences and content.
This will include training workshops, professional mentoring and specialised seminars. One of the laboratory’s most notable features will be the opportunity to produce an audiovisual piece, whether a trailer, teaser or scene from the project. In addition, the selected projects will make several presentations to the industry.
The current call for applications for Laboratorio Ópera Prima will remain open until 15 March and is open both to the school’s alumni and to anyone outside the ESCAC community. Applications must be submitted via this online form.
In the previous edition of Laboratorio Ópera Prima, six audiovisual projects were developed for the industry: four fiction feature films, a documentary and a series.
Participants in the 2022 edition
In the previous edition of Laboratorio Ópera Prima, six audiovisual projects were developed for the industry: four fiction feature films, a documentary and a series.
Three in-person meetings were held: the first training sessions focused on marketing and audiovisual exploitation, as part of the ESCAC Proyecta Awards; the second focused on screenwriting, directing and financing, as part of the Sitges Film Festival; and a third meeting at ESCAC, where participants presented their projects in one-to-one sessions to prominent members of the national and international industry.
Over the three meetings, the projects were assessed by Mercedes Gamero and Pablo Nogueroles (co-founders of Beta Fiction Spain), Vicente Canales (Managing Director and sales agent at Film Factory), Laura Egidos, María Rubín (head of Spanish cinema at Movistar+), Jaume Ripoll (co-founder and editorial and development director at FILMIN), Xavi Toll (Head of Scripted Development at Zeta Studios), Sandra Tapia (executive producer at Arcadia Motion Pictures), Carlos Alonso (film director), Marta Buchaca (playwright), Adrià Miró (A contracorriente Films), Maite López Pisonero (Deputy Director of Cinema at RTVE), Conxa Orea (Executive Producer – TV3 Fiction and Cinema Department), José Luis Hervías (Managing Director of Universal Pictures International Spain), Fernando Riera (head of the Spanish cinema department at A Contracorriente), Yolanda del Val (Director of the Fiction Department at DeAPlaneta), Andrea Barrionuevo (Executive Producer at Atresmedia Cine), Andrés Longares (Local Production Director at Warner Bros), Gemma Pascual (Development Director at Filmax), Carlota Caso (expert in film distribution, marketing and sales) and Gustavo Ferrada (Executive Fiction Director at Mediacrest), Carles Montiel (Head of Cinema Division at The Mediapro Studio), Pio Vernis (Business Director at BrutalMedia), Eva Diederix (Head of Sales at Wild Bunch), Nuria Valls (producer at Nostromo Pictures), Paloma Molina (producer at Zeta Studios and Zeta Cinema), María Contreras (Movies Development Executive at Amazon Studios España), Nadine Rothschild (international sales manager at Volta Producción and Coproduction Office), Francesca Perin and Óscar Alonso (TV/Digital & Media Executive and Head of Acquisitions & Festivals at Latido Films), and Eddie Bertozzi (Film Programmer at the Locarno Film Festival).
Throughout the programme, the projects were also mentored by various tutors: producers Mercedes Gamero, Pablo Nogueroles, Sandra Tapia, Xavi Toll and Orlando Arriagada; screenwriters Michel Gaztambide, Marta Buchaca, Tomàs Aragay and Laia Soler; and directors Belén Funes and Mar Coll.
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With funding from
Funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU
