Methodology, Skills and Professional Benefits
Methodology
The MEDICI Workshops are not based on a master-apprentice relationship but on debate between equals.
The methodology will be interactive whereby all participants will contribute to the topics addressed in the Workshop and share with the others their own experience outside their daily routine. MEDICI is the place where funds representatives will have the opportunity to present, propose and challenge their own practices and policies that these might be better suited to their film business community.
Each topic will be discussed from case studies presented by selected participants reflecting different approaches from different funding bodies. Additional guests (like CEOs of some funding bodies, producers and/or distributors and/or directors…) will be invited to participate in some discussions in order to have an external and “user” point of view.
The transmission of know-how will be achieved by participants themselves with the support of the Head of Studies and the Moderators.
MEDICI is not a conference where participants are passively testifying of their own experience. On the contrary, MEDICI will require an active participation prior and during the workshops.
Skills to be transmitted through MEDICI are
- Experience in debating fundamentals in film funding
- Methods for handling filmmakers’ expectations
- Comparative approach to different funding systems
- Creativity in policy-making
- Alternative methodology to assess film projects
- Evaluation techniques for film funding policies
- Acquisition of film business models
- Approach to funding mechanisms in the context of new technology
Professional benefits to be expected are
- Understanding of different practices and cultural values in funding films
- Enhancement of the global vision of the impact of film funding on national and European cultures
- Awareness of the challenges in new formats and technology
- Access to a network of colleagues with similar missions