Financial Planning, Collaborations and Creativity at Film Festivals (Workshop by Creative Europe Desk Italy MEDIA at Torino Short Film Market)

Boosting Your Film Festival! Financial Planning, Collaborations and Creativity at Film Festivals Workshop organised by Creative Europe Desk Italy MEDIA Curated by Doris Bauer (VIS Vienna Shorts) with contributions by Anne Gaschütz (FILMFEST DRESDEN) and Matt Lloyd (Glasgow Short Film Festival). Introduction held by Silvia Sandrone (Creative Europe Desk MEDIA Torino). The workshop will provide an insight in successful collaborative projects and creative international network solutions for film events. An important focus will be dedicated to the new Creative Europe’s scheme for film festivals networks Financial planning is certainly one of the most difficult tasks festival organisers have to tackle. Public resources and funding opportunities seem to shrink year by year and, especially in the short film circuit, the absence of major private sponsors allegedly condemns festival organisers to either reduce the budget or even cancel projects. However this bleak image might not be entirely true and ways to find