Call for applications: Beirut Cinema Platform

Submissions are now open for the second edition of Beirut Cinema Platform, a platform implemented by the Lebanese Beirut DC association for Arab independent filmmakers/producers working on their first or second feature-length documentary or fiction films, whose projects are in development or in post-production.This platform is designed to bring together Arab independent filmmakers with Arab and international industry professionals, with the aim of encouraging co-productions, collaborations and partnerships. To apply, please click here to fill in the application form (in English or in Arabic), and send it to [email protected]…

Submissions are now open for the second edition of Beirut Cinema Platform, a platform implemented by the Lebanese Beirut DC association for Arab independent filmmakers/producers working on their first or second feature-length documentary or fiction films, whose projects are in development or in post-production.

This platform is designed to bring together Arab independent filmmakers with Arab and international industry professionals, with the aim of encouraging co-productions, collaborations and partnerships.

To apply, please click here to fill in the application form (in English or in Arabic), and send it to [email protected].

Please note that the following documents should be sent for projects in development:

A short synopsis (100 words maximum), a long synopsis, a visual treatment (or, if available, a script), a director’s statement, a photo plus biography of the director (75 words maximum), a photo plus biography of the producer (75 words maximum), a logo plus description of the production company (75 words maximum), a development budget and financing plan, previous works by the director (if available), and a trailer or visual material (if available).

Please note that the following documents should be sent for projects in the final stage of production:

A short synopsis (100 words maximum), a long synopsis, a visual treatment (for documentaries), a script (for fiction films), a technical list, a cast and crew list, a director’s statement, a biography and filmography of the director (75 words maximum), a biography and filmography of the producer (75 words maximum), a logo and description of the production company (75 words maximum), a full budget and financing plan of the post-production, previous works by the director (if available), and a rough cut or scene selection of 30 minutes minimum (via link).

Please note that documents can be sent in English, French or Arabic, but should the project be selected, the files must be translated into English within one week of the selection notification email sent to the filmmaker.

The submission deadline is 7 January 2017.

For more information, please click here or send an email to [email protected].

In 2015, out of 115 feature-length documentary and narrative projects, 14 films in development and in the final stages of production were selected from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria and Tunisia to participate in the first edition of Beirut Cinema Platform which ran in parallel with the eighth edition of the Beirut Cinema Days.