FULL CIRCLE LAB
PHILIPPINES 2023
Full Circle Lab Philippines is a capacity-building program aimed at supporting Filipino and Southeast Asian filmmakers. The fourth edition of the Lab takes place in the Philippines, from March 27 to 31, 2023, with an online follow-up in September 2023 during the Philippines Film Industry Month.
AIMS
AJOOMMA,directed by He Shuming
and produced by Anthony Chen (Singapore/Korea)
MODULES
The Lab is composed of four modules:
- Fiction Lab
- First Cut Lab
- Creative Producers Lab
- Story Editing Lab
The Fiction Lab nurtures 8 feature films in development. It combines works in plenary, groups and individual consultations. Each project is followed by two mentors, one focusing specifically on script development – Mmbatho Kau – and the other on production issues – either Naomi Levari or Patrick Mao Huang.
The Creative Producers Lab is an essential tool to develop the whole ecosystem of the Filipino and South East Asia film industry. The Creative Producer Lab trains up to 8 junior producers in the key areas of this profession: project development, legal & financial issues, and company development, to enhance the production value of the films. Participants are mentored by producer Juraj Krasnohorsky.
CALENDAR
November 11, 2022: Applications Deadline for Fiction, Creative Producers, and Story Editing Labs
December 5, 2022: Applications Deadline for First Cut Lab
February 1, 2023: Deadline for submission of the cut
February 15, 2023: Announcement of selected projects and talents
March 27-31, 2023: Full Circle Lab Philippines on-site labs
CALL FOR PROJECTS – GUIDELINES
How to apply
Full Circle Lab Philippines is open to filmmakers from Philippines and South-East Asia countries: Brunei, Cambodia, East-Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Applications for Fiction Lab, Creative Producers Lab, and Story Editing Lab must be submitted by November 11, 2022. Meanwhile, applications for First Cut Lab must be submitted on December 5, 2022, while the film cut may be submitted until February 1, 2023.
Applications and requirements must be sent to projectlab@fdcp.ph with the subject:
Full Circle Lab Philippines 2023 [(Lab Category) Application]
ex. Full Circle Lab Philippines 2023 [Fiction lab Application]
Selection
The submission materials of all eligible applicants will be reviewed by the FDCP Selection Committee and will be shortlisted.
The FDCP Selection Committee and Full Circle Lab mentors shall confer to select the final selection, ensuring the diversity of the lineup.
Selected participants will be announced by January 2023
on FCL PH’s social media pages.
Fiction Labs
Open for projects in the early stage of development to pre-production stage in any of the following formats: feature films, series, or animation.
Applicants must submit the following:
- Duly accomplished application form
- Dossier of the project including:
- Logline
- Short Synopsis
- Sequence Treatment
- Director’s and producer’s intention notes
- Production budget and financial plan
- Director’s and producer’s letter of intent
- Director’s, producer’s and screenwriter’s filmographies
- Production company profile and filmography
- Rights to Adaptation (if applicable)
- High-definition profile photos (.jpg format)
All requirements must be submitted in separate PDF documents.
Note:
- Projects shall have a director, writer, and producer attached.
- Projects shall have financing or at least a projected financing in place
- The director and producer shall attend all the sessions of the lab.
- The lab is open for projects that have not yet entered the pre-production stage.
For submissions and inquiries, drop a message to projectlab@fdcp.ph
Creative Producers Lab
Open to producers who will have the chance to be mentored on topics covering the different key areas of this profession—project development, legal & financial issues, and company development.
Applicants must submit the following:
- Duly accomplished application form
- Letter of intent
- Filmography
- Production company profile and filmography
- Project dossier (if available)
- High definition profile photo (.jpg format)
All requirements must be submitted in separate PDF documents.
Note:
Producers with or without current affiliation with production companies are equally welcome to apply.
For submissions and inquiries, drop a message to projectlab@fdcp.ph
First Cut Lab
Available for projects in the editing stage. Participants will receive expert advice from editor-consultants and industry advisors chosen according to the specific needs of each film.
Applicants must submit the following:
- Duly accomplished application form
- A minimum of 30 minutes of scenes from the film with
- English subtitles. Scenes can be separate and can be in the
- rough cut.
- Dossier of the project including:
- Logline
- Short synopsis
- Director’s and producer’s intention notes
- Director’s and producer’s letter of intent
- Director’s, producer’s, and editor’s filmographies
- Producer’s filmography and production company profile
- High definition profile photo (.jpg format)
All requirements must be submitted in separate PDF documents.
Note:
The film’s producer, director, and editor must attend the whole duration of the Editing Lab.
For submissions and inquiries, drop a message to projectlab@fdcp.ph
Story Editing Lab
Open to aspiring script consultants, scriptwriters, heads of development in production companies, or commissioning editors of broadcasters, who will work hand-in-hand with the Fiction Lab groups. Each participant will work primarily with the script and production mentors of his group, but he/she will also receive expert advice and lectures from mentors from the other groups.
Applicants must submit the following:
- Duly accomplished application form
- Letter of intent
- Filmography
- Production company profile and filmography
- High definition profile photo (.jpg format)
All requirements must be submitted in separate PDF documents.
For submissions and inquiries, drop a message to projectlab@fdcp.ph
Qualifications
- Must be from a Southeast Asian Country: Philippines, Brunei, Cambodia, East-Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam
- Must submit the application form and all supplementary requirements.
- Must be fully vaccinated and willing to travel to the Philippines.
- Must be willing to comply with necessary COVID-19 travel restrictions.
Autobiography, directed by Makbul Mubarak
(Full Circle Lab 2021)
MENTORS
Full Circle Lab Philippines is led by Matthieu Darras and Izabela Igel on behalf of Tatino Films.
From left to right: Olga Zhurzhenko (Ukraine), Meiske Taurisia (Indonesia), Mmabatho Kau (South Africa), Ayman El Amir (Egypt), Helen Beltrame-Linne (Brazil/Sweden), Iza Igel (Poland)
FICTION
MMABATHO KAU
Script Consultant
In her 20-year strong creative journey, Mmabatho has worked as a producer, broadcaster (SABC, Kwese TV, TopTV), development executive as well as a script consultant.
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In 2017 Mmabatho was invited to co-mentor in REALNESS, a Pan-African writing residency. Beyond Realness; she has mentored on the Canal+ Poland Series Lab (2021), The Philippines (Full Circle Lab 2019 and 2020), Maisha Producers Lab (Uganda 2019), Jumpstart PRODUIRE AU SUD (South Africa 2019 and 2020), For Film’s Sake- Attagirl Lab (Australia 2020), The Pro Series Lab (Kenya 2020), BoostNL (Netherlands Film Festival/IFFR 2020), Dramatic Producer’s Lab (Ethiopia 2019). In addition to being a mentor, she has had the honour of being invited to participate in The Torino Script Lab (2018), EAVE (European Audio Visual Entrepreneurs 2020) and The Rotterdam Producer’s Lab (2020).
PATRICK MAO HUANG
Producer Consultant
Born in Taiwan, Patrick Mao HUANG studied in American Film Institute – Directing Program and Columbia University Graduate Film School – Creative Producing Program.
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He founded production/distribution/sales company Flash Forward Entertainment in Taipei in 2002.
Being praised for his diversity and distinguished eyes to spot new talents, Huang’s films span from narrative feature, documentaries, animation, short to drama series. All of them were selected by renowned film festivals worldwide and released globally. With great knowledge and experience for the international market, Huang always focuses on international co-production between east and west and has extensive skills on structuring film finance combining soft money and private funds. Huang’s latest film Moneyboys, an official selection of 2021 Cannes Un Certain Regard, is a co-production among Austria, France, Taiwan, and Belgium. Pierce, a Singapore/Taiwan/Poland co-production, is in pre-production to be shot entirely in Taiwan. Several co-productions with different partners from France, India, Bangladesh, Mainland China, and Czech Republic are in the advanced development stage and scheduled to go into production next year.
Huang is also a veteran film distributor, and often being a mentor or a guest speaker in filmmakers’ workshops or conferences such as Producers Network, Ties that Bind, CineMart, EFM Producers Hub, Produire au sud Taipei, Busan Asian Film School, When East Meets West, Sino-European Project Lab of Bridging the Dragon, FDCP Film Industry Conference and Project Market in Philippine, and TAICCA School run by Taiwan Creative Content Agency. Huang often serves as a jury or project selector for festivals, funding programs, screenplay competition and project markets such as Shanghai International Film Festival, Taipei Film Festival, YGIFF in Wuhan, Supporting Funds from BAMID of Taiwan Ministry of Culture, Taipei Film Commission, HAF, CNEX Chinese Doc Forum, TAICCA School x MPA Script to Screen Film Workshop and Pitching Session, and the Project Market at the One International Women’s Film Festival in Chengdu China. HUANG also works as a festival programmer occasionally.
Filmography as a Producer
2022 – Pierce (Singapore/Taiwan/Poland) – Pre-production; family drama
2022 – 96 Minutes, (Taiwan/China) – Pre-production; action thriller
2021 – In the Morning of Le Petit Morte, (Taiwan) – Pre-production; erotic drama
2021 – As River Goes By, (China), Pre-production; fantasy coming-of-age
2021 – Moneyboys, Cannes Un Certain Regard
2020 – Blessed Winter, (Austria/France/Taiwan/Belgium), China 86358 Short Film Festival – Best Film
2020 – Alikis, Osaka Asian Film Festival – Spotlight
2018 – A First Farewell, Berlinale Generation Kplus – Grand Prix of International Jury, Tokyo International Film Festival Asian Future – Best Film, Hong Kong International Film Festival – Firebird Best Chinese Film, Best Director, Hainan International Film Festival
2018 – Suburban Birds, New Directors New Films, FIRST International Film Festival – Best Narrative Feature, Locarno Film Festival – Filmmakers of the present Competition, Macao International Film Festival – NETPAC Award
2018 – An Impossibly Small Object, IFFR – Big Screen Competition, DC Chinese Film Festival – Best Narrative Feature, Rome Film Festival, Shanghai International Film Festival
2018 – Mama Pingpong Social Club, PiFan – Puchon Choice Competition, DC Chinese Film Festival – Best Narrative Short
2016 – The Road to Mandalay, Venice Film Festival – FEDEORA Award for Best Film
2014 – Ice Poison, Berlinale – Panorama, Taiwan entry for Oscars’ Best Foreign Language film
2013 – Amour et Patisserie, Film France – Producer of the Year Award, 3 Golden Bell Award nomination (Drama Series, Actress, Screenplay)
2011 – Return to Burma, IFFR – Tiger Competition
2009 – Baseball Boys, (Feature Documentary), Vision du Reel – Competition
2006 – Eternal Sunshine, BIFF – New Currents Competition
2005 – A Fish with a Smile, Berlinale Generation Kplus – Best Short Film Awards
2003 – My Wedding, 6 Golden Bell Award nomination (TV Film, Directing, Actress, Supporting Actress, Screenplay, Cinematography)
HELEN
BELTRAME-LINNÉ
Script Consultant
Helen Beltrame-Linné is a Brazilian screenwriter and script consultant with a wide artistic and corporate background. Helen graduated from Brazil’s most prestigious Law School and worked as a corporate lawyer…
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Lately factual credits include the feature-length debut Sole by Carlo Sironi an italian- polish coproduction handled by Luxbox. He is a member of Eave, Eurodoc, Producers’s Network and Berlinale Talents. He shares his expertise teaching production at IED in Rome and tutoring project in development workshop such Full Circle Lab.
NAOMI LEVARI
Producer Consultant
Naomi Levari is a producer and script editor, co-founder of Tel Aviv based Black Sheep Film Productions Ltd.
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Her tailor-made film and TV productions include Chained (Berlinale), Stripped (Venice IFF), Fig Tree (TIFF), One Week and a Day (Cannes), Mama’s Angel (Series Mania), winners of numerous awards, distributed in multiple territories earning the love of the audience and critics alike.
In 2018, Naomi co-founded the Berlin-based production company Electric Sheep GmbH focusing on socially related content.
Naomi is known for her customized approach and engagement in every aspect of film making, establishing herself as a sought-after lecturer and mentor.
BRITTA KRAUSE
Script Consultant
Britta Krause is a script editor and director. After her studies at the NYU’s film & TV program, she graduated from the London Film School with a distinction in scriptwriting.
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She worked as a writer, director and editor on short and TV-films. Since 2001 she has been directing commercials for leading international brands internationally.
In recent years, Britta Krause has been regularly working as a tutor with emerging screenwriters for various script development programs (European Short Pitch, TorinoFilmLab, Doha Film Institute, etc.) and film schools (Babelsberg Konrad Wolf Film University and Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg).
ARMI RAE CACANINDIN
Producer Consultant
Armi Rae Cacanindin is one of the emerging producers in the Philippines who has bee gaining a lot of exposure in the international scene. She participated in Busan’s Asian Film Academy in 2008, Berlinale Talents 2014 and Talents Tokyo 2014.
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She has worked for films that premiered at Cannes, Berlin, Busan, Locarno, Tribeca, Toronto, among others. The first film that she produced, “How To Disappear Completely” by Raya Martin, premiered at the Festival del Film Locarno in 2013.
STORY EDITING
MMABATHO KAU
Script Consultant
In her 20-year strong creative journey, Mmabatho has worked as a producer, broadcaster (SABC, Kwese TV, TopTV), development executive as well as a script consultant.
read more
In 2017 Mmabatho was invited to co-mentor in REALNESS, a Pan-African writing residency. Beyond Realness; she has mentored on the Canal+ Poland Series Lab (2021), The Philippines (Full Circle Lab 2019 and 2020), Maisha Producers Lab (Uganda 2019), Jumpstart PRODUIRE AU SUD (South Africa 2019 and 2020), For Film’s Sake- Attagirl Lab (Australia 2020), The Pro Series Lab (Kenya 2020), BoostNL (Netherlands Film Festival/IFFR 2020), Dramatic Producer’s Lab (Ethiopia 2019). In addition to being a mentor, she has had the honour of being invited to participate in The Torino Script Lab (2018), EAVE (European Audio Visual Entrepreneurs 2020) and The Rotterdam Producer’s Lab (2020).
HELEN
BELTRAME-LINNÉ
Script Consultant
Helen Beltrame-Linné is a Brazilian screenwriter and script consultant with a wide artistic and corporate background. Helen graduated from Brazil’s most prestigious Law School and worked as a corporate lawyer…
read more
Lately factual credits include the feature-length debut Sole by Carlo Sironi an italian- polish coproduction handled by Luxbox. He is a member of Eave, Eurodoc, Producers’s Network and Berlinale Talents. He shares his expertise teaching production at IED in Rome and tutoring project in development workshop such Full Circle Lab.
CREATIVE PRODUCERS
JURAJ KRASNOHORSKY
Producer
Juraj Krasnohorsky is a film producer based in Bratislava. He lived for 14 years in Geneva, Bilbao and Paris where he studied physics, mathematics, and film. In 2010 he founded Artichoke and released his debut feature film as director Tigers in the City (2012).
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SI EN TAN
Producer
Si En Tan is a producer and co-founder of film and tv company – Momo Film Co. An alumnus of Berlinale Talents and Rotterdam Lab, Si En produced Wet Season by Anthony Chen. Wet Season made its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival 2019, Platform Competition.
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The film has been selected by the Singapore Film Commission as the nation’s Oscars 2021 representative and was lauded critically, receiving 12 awards internationally including the prestigious Golden Horse Awards. Her latest co production The Year Of The Everlasting Storm premiered in Cannes Film Festival 2021 and Arnold Is A Model Student by Sorayos Prapapan premiered in Locarno Film Festival 2022.
Si En was the assistant producer of POP AYE by Kirsten Tan, which won the Special Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival 2017 and the VPRO Big Screen Award at International Film Festival Rotterdam. She is also developing and co producing prominent award winning projects such as This City is a Battlefield by Mouly Surya, Some Nights I Feel Like Walking by Petersen Vargas, among others.
Her passion in championing talents from the Singaporean and Southeast Asian film industry culminated in her work at the Singapore International Film Festival, where she took charge of the offscreen programmes and oversaw development and industry initiatives at the SGIFF Film Academy. Over the last few years, she also spearheaded the Objectifs Short Film Incubator and Momo Distribution Grant.
Si En’s producing efforts have been featured in publications such as Screendaily, Variety, Channel News Asia and Yahoo. In 2020, she was recognised as one of The Straits Times 30 under 30 – The Arts. In 2021, she received the youth inspiration award given by National Youth Council and Scape. Most recently, she was nominated and shortlisted for The Women of the Future Awards, Southeast Asia 2022.
FIRST CUT LAB
BENJAMIN MIRGUET
Editor
Benjamin Mirguet is an editor, trainer, director, festival programmer. As an editor, he was involved in projects as Batalla En El Cielo by Carlos Reygadas…
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Since 2015, he runs First Cut Lab together with Matthieu Darras.
In 2017, he developed and served as tutor for the Trailer Workshop in Istanbul.
In 2018, he was editing tutor for 5 projects in QUMRA (Doha Film Institute), a workshop dedicated to films in postproduction. He was part of the selection committee for Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes in 2010 and 2011.
He also collaborated with CPH:DOX Copenhagen Documentary Film Festival programming team in 2011.
WIM VANACKER
Editor
After studying psychology in Belgium, Wim Vanacker moved to Dublin to work as a psychologist in the field of drug addiction. Three years later, he started studying at EICAR where he made two shorts : Endgame and The Naked leading the Blind.
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MENG XIE
Advisor
Meng Xie is a Beijing-based film producer and curator. His producing credits include Sundance award-winning film Free and Easy by Geng Jun, Ash by Li Xiaofeng and acclaimed documentary High Tech, Low Life by Steve Maing.
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He was the film curator at Ullens Center for Contemporary Art from 2009-2014. He founded Rediance to produce, finance and represent finest arthouse films internationally.
Rediance’s current lineups include Rotterdam Tiger award film The Widowed Witch, Berlinale winning film An Elephant Sitting Still, IDFA opening film Kabul, City in the Wind, Venice winning film Jose and Quinzaine selected film Ghost Tropic.
Financing projects include Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Memoria, Miguel Gomes’ Savagery, Anthony Chen’s Wet Season and In the Holecene co-directed by Ben Rivers and Anocha Suwichakornpong.
YULIA EVINA BHARA
Advisor
Yulia is an Indonesian producer and founder of KawanKawan Media. She produces films after self-taught producing theatre shows for seven years with history and humanity themes. She first started producing films in 2012 through the foundation Partisipasi Indonesia (2008).
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Her feature film debut is “Solo, Solitude” directed by Yosep Anggi Noen. It premiered in the Filmmakers of the Present section at Locarno 2016.
BEATRICE FIORENTINO
Advisor
Film critic, freelance journalist and film programmer, Beatrice Fiorentino collaborates with several italian magazines and newspapers as 8 e ½, Artribune, CinecittàNews, Il manifesto and Il Piccolo.
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In 2014 she won the Akai Prize as Best film critic at the 71st Venice Film Festival and since 2015 she’s been part of the “Film della Critica” panel of the National Union of Italian Film Critics.
She has taught film and audiovisual language at the University of Koper (Slovenia). She is a member of the Film della Critica commission appointed by SNCCI (Italian Film Critics Association), European Film Academy (EFA), and David di Donatello Awards Academy. Since 2016 she has been part of the selection committee for the Venice International Film Critics’ Week and in 2020 she took the helm of the section being nominated General Delegate.
DONSARON KOVITVANITCHA
Editor
Donsaron Kovitvanitcha works as a film writer, critic, and journalist for magazines and newspaper in Thailand. He also works as programmer for film festivals in Thailand. In 2022, he has become festival director of World Film Festival of Bangkok. He is also the preselector of short films for Busan International Film Festival since 2020.
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Donsaron is also an independent film producer, focusing on producing films from new talented Thai film director such as Nontawat Numbenchapol’s Boundary (2013), Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit’s The Master (2015) and Die Tomorrow (2017), Anucha Boonyawatana’s The Blue Hour (2015) and Malila: The Farewell Flower (2017).
In 2022, the film Arnold is a Model Student (first feature film by Sorayos Prapapan) which he produced, is in Filmmakers of the Present competition at Locarno Film Festival.
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