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EKRAN+

EKRAN+ is a training programme based on shooting practice, focusing on creativity in the film pre-production process. Group and individual work is supervised by highly experienced filmmakers.

Working Together

A workshop about conflict management and cultural intelligence in the filmmaking and coproduction process

Green Filmmaking

There is a study that already showed us in 2006 that Hollywood is, with their film industry, the second-biggest polluter after the oil industry. And of course, there is that question: What would have their huge productions to do with our industry here in Europe? Then three years later in 2009 there was another study that showed that the film industry in London has, yearly, the same carbon footprint as a town with 20’000 people.

Cool Head, Warm Heart!

by Ivo Kummer, Head of the Federal Office of Culture, Film Section
The beginning of this year represents the end of an era at FOCAL: Thomas Geiser recently left in his role as Foundation president, after heading the Council and the Committee for almost seventeen years. Moreover, Pierre Agthe — director of the Foundation's activities since its creation almost thirty years ago — left in March.

FOCAL offers further training opportunities to professionals in the film and audiovisual fields. The seminars, colloquiums and workshops set up in Switzerland and other European countries provide knowledge and skills that can be put into immediate practice. At the same time, these events serve as a platform for questioning conventional work models and methods, and for exchanging ideas away from the pressure of everyday demands.