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Rotterdam Lab

The Netherlands

Introduction

The CineMart staff also organises Rotterdam Lab, a 5-day training workshop for young and emerging producers designed to build up their international network and their experience at an international festival and market. Participation in the Rotterdam Lab provides producers with the confidence and skills to navigate the festival circuit and meet professionals who can help finance their projects. The participants of the Rotterdam Lab are nominated through the partnering organisations of CineMart.

Attendee tips

"Upon arrival at Rotterdam Lab we were given a list of people who has requested to see us and given the opportunity of choosing 10 more delegates that we wanted to see. We proceeded to have 44 meetings from 9am to 5pm over the next four days, followed by a cocktail party every night. This meant that we were able to have official meetings with people during the day and then capitalise on these by having a drink or dinner with those people later on in the evening. It’s a wonderful atmosphere although quite exhausting."

"My one criticism of the Producer’s Lab is that it us too big and has too many participants. There were some good guests at the round tables that many participants didn’t get to have a session with. At the sales agents session each group of 10 only got to have a round table with 4 of the 6 agents, and of these 4, 1 or 2 were not suitable for my project, meaning that I missed out on having a session with others that were more suitable."

Disclaimer

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