European Short Pitch arrives in Plovdiv

European Short Pitch is one of Europe's most important events for the development and production of short films. The platform has been around for nearly fifteen years and has produced over two hundred short films of young filmmakers across Europe.
In the upcoming weekend, the two main figures behind European Short Pitch - Wim Vanaker from Belgium and Jerome Nunes from France - will arrive in Plovdiv for a meeting with Bulgarian filmmakers. There will be two master classes in the meetings.
On April 20 at 18:30 at Club Fargo in Lucky House of Cinema, Wim Vanaker will tell us what is the secret to make a successful short film. Link to the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/795089447501358/
On 21 April, again at 18:30 at the same venue, Jerome Nunes will tell us about the subtleties in securing funding and in producing short films. Link to the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/349832545601840/
The master classes are one hour long and will be followed by a discussion with the two presenters, as well as screenings of short films created by European Short Pitch.
Events are free and the working language will be English.
WHO IS WIM VANACKER: After studying psychology in Belgium, he moved to Dublin to work as a psychologist in the field of drug addiction.
Three years later, he returned to education, this time at the EICAR Cinema School in Paris. After graduating, Wim joins NISI MASA's New European Cinema Network as Head of Scenarios and Head of European Short Pitch. Founder of Sireal Films, which produced the movie "Empire". He is a member of the selection committee of the official short film program at the Cannes Film Festival and works as a screenwriter, mentor and lecturer at many film festivals and projects. As a director and screenwriter, he is currently developing the films "[sɪə.ri.əl]" and "Psycho Revisited".

WHO IS JEROME NUNES: Master degree in American Cinema (Aix-en-Provence) and Doctor of the University of Nottingham, where he taught literature and cinema.
At present, Jerome lives and works in Marseilles. Together with Jean-Loren Sinidis, he created the ‘’Films de Force Majeure’’ Production House in 2010. (Winner of the French Television Producers Award for 2016/17), mostly oriented to international co-productions.
Jerome Nunes works as a screenwriter for various platforms: le G.R.E.C. (Southeast France, 2012), Generator (Strasbourg, 2013), Scriptwriting Summer Camp (Bulgaria, 2016), Warshat Aflam (Arabic Film Festival in partnership with CNC Film Fund, 2016-19), Pitch Please! (Luxembourg City Film Festival, 2013-16). Director of the short film "RELAPSE", selected at a number of festivals.
The European Short Pitch in Plovdiv is organized by Arte Urbana Collective as a part from the program of Plovdiv - European Capital of Culture 2019, in partnership with NISI MASA - European Network of Young Cinema, Goethe-Institut Bulgaria, French Institute in Bulgaria and Lucky House of cinema.
More information about the project: https://plovdiv2019.eu/bg/platform/transforms/186-formate-se/917-european-short-pitch-2019