With authors of 12 scripts participating in the current edition of ScripTeast adding final touches to their works, the stage of online consultations with Creative Advisors is completed. During the last 3 months, the scripts were re-written and improved. Results of this work will now be evaluated during the 2nd session of ScripTeast at the Berlinale 2012 (11-149 February).

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Just the Wind will have its world premiere in Berlin, among a good company of films by Billy Bob Thornton,...

ScripTeast alumni, Borislav Chouchkov and Dimitar Kotzev, authors of the script for Tilt, might be on their way to Kodak Theatre this year, as the production of their script has been chosen to represent Bulgaria in the entries for the Oscar for best foreign film.

Directed by Viktor Chouchkov Jr., brother of Bronislav (who also co-produced the film), Tilt is,...

Every year there are 12 best scripts from the Central and Eastern Europe selected to participate in a yearlong program. It has been a really tough decision, since Independent Film Foundation, organizer of ScripTeast, received a number of applications from very experienced scriptwriters from 9 countries from Central and Eastern Europe. All projects were representing very high quality, spectrum...

September  22nd in Slovakia and October 20^th  in Czech – these are dates of cinema premiers.

The winner of the first edition of the Krzysztof Kieslowski ScripTeast Award had a world premiere during the 61. Berlin International Film Festival. This Czech-Slovak co-production was screened in the Berlinale Forum program.
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Until July 31 we are accepting application packages for the 6th ScripTeast edition.
More info on application process and application form are available in "How to apply" section of the website.

The 6th edition of ScripTeast is starting in September 2011...

Through the decision of the Advisory Board members: Sandy Lieberson, Manfred Schmidt, Dariusz Jablonski and ScripTeast Heads of Studies: Tom Abrams and Christian Routh, the Award has been made to the script FALSE WITNESS by Iglika Triffonova (Bulgaria), which was tutored by Head of Studies Tom Abrams and Creative Advisors:...

The final session of the 5th ScripTeast edition will be held from 13th till 19th of May during the IFF Cannes .

This session will end the 5th edition of ScripTeast - the unique training program, designed for experienced scriptwriters from Eastern and Central Europe.

The final session will focus on the promotion of the scripts among the best international filmmakers....

„Night Boats” director and scriptwriter Igor Mirkovic together with co-writer Elvis Bosnjak took part in the 3rd edition of ScripTeast. The script was developed under the supervision of Creative Advisor Phil Hughes (scriptwriter and script editor, associated with BBC, Channel Five and European Script Fund) and Head of Studies Christian Routh (long-term Head of Selection of European...

„Breaking News” will be directed by Iulia Rugina and was written by Ana Agopian and Iulia Rugina that together took part in the 4th edition of the ScripTeast.

As for the debut features „Breaking News” produced by Libra Film (www.librafilm.net) received 120,000 Euros from the Romanian National Film Centre.

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5th edition ScripTeast writers are finishing work on final versions of their scripts. Under the guidance of Heads of Studies and after receiving combined Creative Advisors’ conclusions, writers will present scripts ready for the final stationary session during Cannes Film Festival. All 12 scripts will be read by the ScripTeast Advisory Board.  The  Board will vote for the winner...

Three-day ScripTeast session at Berlinale was concluded. Authors of scripts participating in the 5th edition of the program were consulting new versions of their scripts with the Heads of Studies, taking part in festival events and making contacts essential for international networking. Within the Talent Campus they meet Wim Wenders and Danis Tanovic. 

Thanks to the cooperation between...

“Never overstating, and not without comic moments, Liova's tightly constructed screenplay (winner of ScripTeast's 2007 Krzysztof Kieslowski award for Central and Eastern European script) grants equal weight to meaningful looks and repeated gestures as well as dialogue, making actions speak louder than words about expectations and desires. Thesping is aces across the board, suggesting reams...

The second stationary session of the 5th ScripTeast edition will take place during this year Berlinale.

Between 12th and 15th February experienced scriptwriters participating in ScripTeast will have a one-to-one meetings with Tom Abrams and Christian Routh - Heads of Studies. During those meetings they will analyze new versions of their scripts, developed during on-line...

“The House” by Zuzana Liová - the winner of the first edition of the Krzysztof Kieslowski ScripTeast Award will have a world premiere during the 61. Berlin International Film Festival. This Czech-Slovak co-production will be screened in the Berlinale Forum program.

Director and scriptwriter Zuzana Liová participated in the 1st edition of ScripTeast when “The...

The shooting for the "Vanishing Waves" is taking place in Vilnius, its surroundings and on the Lithuanian coast.

The shooting is planed to end in early December 2010. The film is produced by Ieva Norviliene (Tremor, Lithuania) in co-production with Pascal Judelewicz (Acajou Films, France). The main character – Lukas is played by one of most popular Lithuanian young...

EastWest Filmdistribution www.eastwest-distribution.com has acquired sales rights to “Run to Ground” (previously “Rundown”) written by Balazs Lovas, filmed in English and shot in Hungary.

EastWest Filmdistribution is a feature film sales company which...

After very intense stationary session in Sterdyn (Poland) concluded last week, authors of all 12 projects will continue their work online, via ScripTeast website. They will work with an advice and under supervision of two Creative Advisors and one of the Heads of Studies. New drafts have to be ready before next stationary session during Berlinale....