OPEN CALL: Bring your project to EFM in Berlin!

OPEN CALL:
NATIVe Fellows Program 2025

Sámi Producers, now you have the chance to bring your fiction or documentary feature film project to the European Film Market (EFM) in Berlin. Join International Sami Film Institutes (ISFI) and our partners from the Indigenous film communities for one of the world’s largest film markets!

International Sami Film Institute is seeking an entry-to-mid-level Sámi film producer for the NATIVe Fellow Program 2025! You get the chance to attend the EFM Toolbox Program (read more) and be part of a group of Indigenous Film professionals attending the EFM.

If you are interested in or have questions about the program, please contact ISFI’s International Coordinator, Maren Benedicte Nystad Storslett, at maren@isfi.no.

Apply for the NATIVe Fellows Program before September 1st by sending a short application to maren@isfi.no. Mark the email with “EFM Native Fellows 2025.”
Include a short motivation letter and a short description of the fiction or documentary project you want to bring to the EFM.

Foto: Dennis Møller

MORE INFORMATION:

The European Film Market (EFM) in Berlin is one of the top three meeting places of the international film and media industries.

NATIVe Indigenous Cinema is a market stand at the European Film Market (EFM), managed by imagineNATIVE, with the stand partners International Sami Film Institute, FILM.GL, Nia Tero, Pacific Islanders in Communications (PIC), and Winda Film Festival. The stand showcases market-ready feature films by Indigenous artists from around the world.

NATIVe Fellows Program

In connection with the participation at EFM, the partners also have a NATIVe Fellows Program. The NATIVe Fellows Program will bring together a small group of Indigenous producers from the Stand Partners’ regional areas. Their EFM activities will be enhanced through specific training, meetings, networking events, panels, and social activities to orient them and help them fully take advantage of the EFM and the Berlinale.

Read more about the former fellows: https://imaginenative.org/2024-native-fellows/

EFMs Toolbox Program
The NATIVe Fellows will also participate in the EFMs Toolbox Program. The participants receive guidance and mentorship from expert consultants and coordinators, as well as in-depth industry know-how and connections via workshops, matchmaking events, community-building sessions, and networking events.

When does the NATIVe Fellows Program start?

The announcement of the NATIVe Fellows will be in the fall of 2024.

The online preparatory phase starts in October/November 2024. It involves meetings between consultants and participants, feedback on projects, strategic planning for networking at the EFM, and organizational and logistical advice on the EFM from the coordinators.

In January 2025, an immersive two-week online program starts. It will focus on workshops with experienced tutors on the following topics: pitching tools, Funding and incubators, Grant writing, impact marketing, Sales and distribution, Press and PR, and Co-Production.

February 12th – 18th, 2025, the European Film Market (EFM) in Berlin: participation in matchmaking, networking, and community-building events in Berlin.

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For more information:
Maren Benedicte Nystad Storslett,
International coordinator
+47 971 22 760
maren@isfi.no