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WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS & INTERNATIONALES MEETINGS 1 – Seminars organized by FLC
2009. 30 April to 3 May 2009: Second session of the First Scriptwriting Workshop (in the frame of the European Film Festival in Following the first session held in December in the frame of the European Film Festival during which the 5 scripts were appraised by Jacques Akchoti ( The second session took place from 30 April to 3 May and resulted in scripts that are on a good path of development. Meanwhile the Fondation deemed it useful and necessary to give these scriptwriters/directors the chance to attend Cannes Festival in order to make useful contacts for the advancement of their projects. The Fondation have thus invited the 5 scriptwriters (Natacha Antonellou Achcar, Nada Chalhoub, Ali Zaraket, Ahmad Ghossein and Carlos Chahine) taking in charge their travel fees and accommodation in Cannes. Presentation files of their projects were sent to professionals that we had contacted and the meetings were confirmed. 18 to 22 December 2009: First session of the Second Scriptwriting Workshop (in the frame of the European Film Festival in Following the first scriptwriting workshop that the Fondation organized in two sessions in December 2008 and April 2009 in the frame of the festival, the Fondation organized a second workshop. The first session was held from 18 to 22 December 2009. Five scriptwriters with projects participated; they were selected among 13 projects. The experts in this workshop were Ghassan Salhab ( The selected projects are: - « Machos » by Rami Kodeih - « So long city » by Claude El Khal - « Children of Oedipus» by Sylvio Tabet Jr. - « Le sourire du diable » by Katia Jarjoura - « Cash » by Nibal Arakji 2008.
1 to 5 December 2008 :
Scriptwriting workshop for Lebanese fiction feature films (in the frame of the European Film Festival in Beirut):
In the frame of the 15th European Film festival In Beirut, Fondation Liban Cinéma organized a first scriptwriting workshop for Lebanese fiction feature films.
Following a call for participation, the following 5 scripts were selected:
1- « The morning of the second day » by Ali Zaraket.
2- « Café blanc » by Nada Chalhoub.
3- « Upside down » by Ahmad Ghossein.
4- « The debt » by Carlos Chahine.
5- « Dabkeh » by Natacha Antonellou Achkar.
The two professional scriptwriters attending as consultants in this workshop are: Jacques Akchoti * (France) and Ghassan Salhab ** (Lebanon). During the five days of the workshop, of which 4 days were given to group work and 1 day for individual meetings, the two consultants gave their advice to the Lebanese scriptwriters in order to guide them in the process of rewriting their scripts and achieve more successful scripts, capable of retaining the interest of international producers.
A follow up session will be organized four months later.
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Jacques Akchoti is a filmmaker, scriptwriter and consultant. He works as consultant in scriptwriting workshops in several countries, namely with EAVE, DV8 Films, Sudécriture, Vision Cinéma. He teaches scriptwriting and filmmaking at the Femis since 1988.
Ghassan Salhab is a filmmaker, scriptwriter and consultant. Apart from his own films, he collaborates in writing scripts with several filmmakers in Lebanon and France. He teaches in universities in Lebanon and is also responsible for writing and filmmaking workshops in France and Scotland.
For its fifth year of collaboration with the European Film Festival,Fondation LibanCinéma chose a program of activities that highlight the involvement of the European Union in the audiovisual scenery of the MEDA countries, namely with the Euromed Audiovisuel program. During its first 22 months of operation, Euromed Audiovisuel II, which became a true platform of exchange between audiovisual professionals on the northern and southern shores of the Mediterranean, allowed some 420 MEDA professionals (of which 52 Lebanese) to participate in training workshops and development schemes. Moreover, several Lebanese films have benefited from distribution support in the frame of projects such as “Euromed Cinemas” and “Med Screen”, both financed by Euromed, and the latter headed by the Lebanese cooperative “BeirutDC”.
On December 3 from 5 to 8 pm, an evaluation meeting was held at Gefinor Rotana Hotel, gathering on one hand Ms Catherine Buresi (Euromed Audiovisual Technical Assistance), M. Menhem Richa (Europa cinemas / Euromed cinemas) & Miss Hania Mroue (Med-Screen), and on the other hand Lebanese professionals among the 52 beneficiaries of the various training seminars.
The Fondation also programmed two films in the Festival, one Tunisian and one Moroccan, that have benefited of development support in the frame of « MEDEA » financed by the first phase of Euromed Audiovisual.
  2006.
20-21 March: Seminar on the “Role of banks in the financing of cinema and audiovisual in Lebanon” organized in collaboration with the Association of Banks in Lebanon and with the support of the “Service de Coopération et d’Action Culturelle” of the French Embassy.
Speakers:
- Colette Gervais : Advisor of the production department OBC Group ABN AMRO / OBC Conseil Corporate
Program :
- Brief overview of the sector in France.
- Production and film financing.
- Intervention mode of a specialized bank.
- Major criteria of risk analysis.
- Jean-Claude Beineix : President of Continental Media Assurances – Independent company controlled 99% by the group LCF ROTHSCHILD.
Member of the Association of European Advisors and Experts in Cinema and Audiovisual Communication.
Program :
- Securing of investments in audiovisual.
- Alternative financing of production by credit funds.
2005.
28 November: round table “Distribution of films from the MEDA region in member countries” held in the frameof the European Film Festival and on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Barcelona Agreements.
Speakers :
- Ghassan Abou Chacra: Director of NationalCenter of Cinema in the Ministry of Culture.
- Sadek Sabbah: Sabbah Media Corporation (Distributor & producer).
- Sabine Sidawi Hamdane: Taxi Films (Producer & distributor).
- Dominique Toussaint (French producer).
2004.
17 March: Seminar “Cinema industry in Lebanon: mechanisms and perspectives” held in Berytech (attended by 300 persons: professionals of the media & audiovisual industry, bankers, investors…). Presentation of the first study assessing the human and technical resources of the cinema sector in Lebanon; this study was conducted by European expert Marc Bonduel in the frame of a mission financed and supervised by the Delegation of the European Commission in Lebanon.
This seminar is a premiere for Lebanon and for the Fondation. The notion of “cinema industry” had never mentioned before in Lebanon, so the Fondation, aware that this aspect is at the basis of the delayed development of cinema in Lebanon, made it the main theme of this seminar. The fact that FLC was able to gather during a whole day professionals from the world of finance and politics in order to raise their awareness to these problems is already a step towards solutions. Since this seminar, the notion of « cinema industry » have become frequently used.
The echoes of this seminar have prepared the terrain for the Fondation to make contacts with investment banks in Lebanon for the project of creating an investments fund for the support of film production and production.
18 March: Workshop on the profession of producer: held at the FrenchCulturalCenter in Beirut, under the auspices of the French Cultural Service of the French Embassy.
Speakers:
- François Sauvagnargues (ARTE).
- Edouard Mauriat (« Mille et une productions » - France)
- Francesco Ranieri Martinotti (Italy)
- Marc Bonduel (European Union)
The importance of the workshop on the profession of producer was that it introduced this profession that is still not developed in Lebanon.
2 - Participation of FLC in local and international thematic seminars
2008.
10 – 11 November 2008 :
Participation of Aimée Boulos (President) and Maya de Freige (Member) to the final Conference of the Program Euromed Audiovisual II, financed by the European Commission, held in Cairo.
This event concludes three years of activities dedicated to the training of professionals, the support of film development, distribution and promotion, to which took part more than 1000 Mediterranean participants (including 83 Lebanese).
5 December 2008 :
Participation of Aimée Boulos as moderator in the panel « images cinématographiques et éthiques » in the frame of the colloquium « images et éthique » organized by Iesav for the occasion of its 20th anniversary.
April: Participation of FLC in a round table on the theme “Lebanon : cinema and identity” in the frame of the “Cafés culturels” of L’Orient-Le Jour. The panel which was moderated by Aimée Boulos gathered filmmakers Ghassan Salhab, Bahih Hojeij, Elie Khalifé and producer Wadih Safieddine.
8 July: Participation of Aimée Boulos (President of FLC) in a round table entitled “Producing in Lebanon” in France of a special program dedicated to Lebanon during the Paris Cinéma Festival.
October : Participation of Aimée Boulos in the “Training seminar on managing cultural enterprises” organized by the Agence Intergouvernementale de la Francophonie in Tunisia.
2005.
September: Participation of Aimée Boulos inthe “Sub-regional workshop on cultural diversity” organized by the UNESCO in Lebanon.
September: Participation of Aimée Boulos in the seminar “Creative industries” organized by the British Council in Lebanon.
October: Participation of Aimée Boulos in the “National Seminar of the World Intellectual Property Organization on the economic importance of author’s rights and related rights” (Lebanon).
2004.
April: Participation of Jacqueline Lascaux (Consultant of FLC) in Euromed Audiovisual’s session in Marseille: Assessment of Euromed I & launching of Euromed II.
September: Participation of Aimée Boulos, Khater Abou Habib, Mario Haddad Jr. (members of FLC’s Board of Administration)in a cinema colloquium organized by the Ministry of Culture on the theme “For a better public policy of the audiovisual industry”.
2003.
July: Participation of Gabriel Chamoun (Vice president of FLC) in Euromed Audiovisual’s session in Brussels: Assessment of Euromed I.
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