Jean-Charles Hue talking to Suzy, Roy Arida and Pierre-Emmanuel Urcun (Stank.fr)

_{LOW BUDGET FILM FORUM}

Low Budget Film Forum at Les Arcs 2010 from SUZY GILLETT on Vimeo.

From 2009-2014 I ran the annual The Low Budget Film Forum, a script development lab for low budget films for writer producer director teams graduating from European film schools. The lab was devised as a first step from film school to industry with a first feature project.

Financed by Creative Europe’s Media Fund.

The consortium of participating schools and festivals :
London Film School, London
dffb, Berlin
La Fémis, Paris
The Danish National Film School, Copenhagen
SZFE - The Hungarian National Film and Theatre University, Budapest
UNATC, The Romanian National Film and Theatre University, Bucharest

partner festivals :
Tiff - Transilvania International Film Festival
Les Arcs European Film Festival

Trainers included industry experts from across Europe
Cluj Napoca 2013



Team LBFF (missing a few) — left to right, with Doru Nitescu,Julie Tingaud, Luke Schiller, Brice Cauvin, Suzy, Kamal Aljafari, Ibolya Fekete, Johnny Andersen, Jacopo de Bertoldi and Ellis Freeman.
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                                 international film labs

MAKING WAVES

From 2012-2014 Suzy devised and directed the Making Waves lab which was held annually during the Berlinale at the dffb.
The lab focussed on marketing distribution and festival exhibition using a hands on method to create a distribution strategy for case study films screening in the Berlinale.

Financed by Creative Europe’s Media Fund.

The consortium of participating schools and festivals :
London Film School, London
dffb, Berlin
La Fémis, Paris
ESCAC, Barcelona
UNATC, The Romanian National Film and Theatre University, Bucharest
Columbia School of Film  , NY

festival partner
Berlinale
Berlinale Talents

Lab locations : Hungary, Denmark, France, Romania, Germany
Creative Europe MEDIA Funded


2012-2015


In collaboration with Scuola Holden, Turin, Italy
Training Labs - Script Development, Packaging, Production.

 A4C -
ADAPTING FOR CINEMA

Adapting for Cinema (A4C)  took a book and adapted it in teams of three, a writer, producer and visual artist collaborating to produce a package of a viable treatment and visuals for the the book to be adapted into a feature film.

Financed by Creative Europe’s Media Fund.

The consortium of participating schools and festivals :
Scuola Holden, Turin
MOME, Budapest
London Film School, London

festival partner
Turin Film Festival

Trainers included industry experts from across Europe

FILM GARAGE 

Film Garage was a genuis concept by Simone Fenoil of the Scuola Holden - take genre ideas of thriller, horror and road movies and develop them into serious film projects. I was part of the team of  ‘mechanic’s who fixed the scripts until they were road worthy. 

The lab was devised as a first step from film school to industry with a first feature project.
Financed by Creative Europe’s MEDIA Fund.


partner festivals :
Courmayeur Noir In Festival

Trainers included industry experts from across Europe - hand photos by SG.