With this petition, WE, the undersigned, would like to demonstrate our solidarity for supporting the NIPKOW Fellowship Programm and kindly ask the Education, Audivisual and Culture Executive Agency to meticulously reconsider their application for funding.
This petition is addressed to:
Education, Audivisual and Culture Executive Agency
Creative Europe – MEDIA – TRAINING
Call for Proposals: EAC/S23/2013
Ref No: 554868-CREA-1-2014-1-DE-MED-Training
Project/Action Title: NIPKOW PROGRAMM
Attn: MS SARI VARTIAINEN and MS SOON-MI PETEN
WE all can assure that to our best knowledge there is no greater and more useful professional, educational and cultural initiative available in Europe for such a wide range of audiovisual industry talent than NIPKOW Fellowship Programm and WE wish our colleagues and our competitors to have the same opportunities.
For more than two decades, NIPKOW Fellowship Programm
has built bridges between film and media professionals in Western and Eastern
Europe, providing unique made-to-order approach in meeting the individual needs
of each of its participants and in linking them up with the appropriate
partners, thus successfully forging the way for outstanding European
co-productions and partnerships, which WE are all a proof of.
WE see that the programm’s know-how and professional network accumulated over the years is invaluable and WE truly hope this one-of-a-kind initiative can continue to flourish with the support of CREATIVE EUROPE.
Sincerely,
Updates
October 28, 2014
The momentum behind this petition is undeniable and shows how vital the Nipkow Program remains for our industry. Please post this link to your Facebook feed and email your representative today to ensure they hear our demand for funding.
Reached 100 supporters
October 28, 2014
17 Comments
INipkow programm help me to developp a script of the short animated film "next generation". The film is a CGI short film, helped by Arte and CNC. It was a really precious help to developp the script so early and the help of Nipkow programm was crucial into the developpement of the film...
This is one of the rare programs that really help film makers technically, financially and connects people. It has become a big family you can always go to for help, questions and assistance. Without the Nipkow program I would have never been able to make my movie and feel good about my work as an author. it is an absolute scandal to stop funding this organization!
I received a Nipkow fellowship in 2008. Working with a top German script editor was a massive learning experience. I liked Berlin so much that I am returning to live there next year, while pursuing projects in the UK and possible coproductions between the UK and Germany. Nipkow is essential.
I am currently doing my fellowship with Nipkow and it's a great and unique opportunity for all of us filmmakers who are developing a new film. There is very little support if none for films at a very early stage of development especially if it's a first feature film like in my case. However this is the most important and essential part of our work. I really believe that the loss of the Nipkow Program will have a very negative impact on the future productions of independent filmmakers who will be let once again alone.
In 1994 had a fellowship with Nipkow. In 1995 and ever since, as a direct result of that fellowship I have been making European co-productions which have been sold internationally and are multi-award winners. Today I am in the middle of my fifth film with German director, Thomas Riedelsheimer. Nipkow is an amazingly cost-effective, efficient and creative programme. It is a mystery to me how Nipkow's proposal could have been found wanting against the required criteria. It is imperative that the decision and the mechanism used to arrive at this decision by put under some scrutiny. The loss of the Nipkow Programm will have very negative impacts on the European film industry. I urge a rethink.
The Nipkow Programm is an important tool to help freelance filmmakers develop their projects. It would be a shame to destroy it away and make the cultural scene in Berlin and Europe poorer.
I received a Nipkow fellowship in 2007. Nipkow was essential to broad my perspectives, while it supported me as a creator.
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With this petition, WE, the undersigned, would like to demonstrate our solidarity for supporting the NIPKOW Fellowship Programm and kindly ask the Education, Audivisual and Culture Executive Agency to meticulously reconsider their application for funding.
This petition is addressed to:
Education, Audivisual and Culture Executive Agency
Creative Europe – MEDIA – TRAINING
Call for Proposals: EAC/S23/2013
Ref No: 554868-CREA-1-2014-1-DE-MED-Training
Project/Action Title: NIPKOW PROGRAMM
Attn: MS SARI VARTIAINEN and MS SOON-MI PETEN
WE all can assure that to our best knowledge there is no greater and more useful professional, educational and cultural initiative available in Europe for such a wide range of audiovisual industry talent than NIPKOW Fellowship Programm and WE wish our colleagues and our competitors to have the same opportunities.
For more than two decades, NIPKOW Fellowship Programm
has built bridges between film and media professionals in Western and Eastern
Europe, providing unique made-to-order approach in meeting the individual needs
of each of its participants and in linking them up with the appropriate
partners, thus successfully forging the way for outstanding European
co-productions and partnerships, which WE are all a proof of.
WE see that the programm’s know-how and professional network accumulated over the years is invaluable and WE truly hope this one-of-a-kind initiative can continue to flourish with the support of CREATIVE EUROPE.
Sincerely,
Updates
October 28, 2014
The momentum behind this petition is undeniable and shows how vital the Nipkow Program remains for our industry. Please post this link to your Facebook feed and email your representative today to ensure they hear our demand for funding.
Reached 100 supporters
October 28, 2014
17 Comments
Not only does Nipkow, on many levels, support aspiring young filmmakers during the process of development of their special project - that had to undergo a high profile selection process -, but through the Nipkow program young filmmakers also establish long lasting reliable international networks - that are priceless for any of us and still pay of even years after the actual fellowship.
INipkow programm help me to developp a script of the short animated film "next generation". The film is a CGI short film, helped by Arte and CNC. It was a really precious help to developp the script so early and the help of Nipkow programm was crucial into the developpement of the film...
This is one of the rare programs that really help film makers technically, financially and connects people. It has become a big family you can always go to for help, questions and assistance. Without the Nipkow program I would have never been able to make my movie and feel good about my work as an author. it is an absolute scandal to stop funding this organization!
I received a Nipkow fellowship in 2008. Working with a top German script editor was a massive learning experience. I liked Berlin so much that I am returning to live there next year, while pursuing projects in the UK and possible coproductions between the UK and Germany. Nipkow is essential.
I am currently doing my fellowship with Nipkow and it's a great and unique opportunity for all of us filmmakers who are developing a new film. There is very little support if none for films at a very early stage of development especially if it's a first feature film like in my case. However this is the most important and essential part of our work. I really believe that the loss of the Nipkow Program will have a very negative impact on the future productions of independent filmmakers who will be let once again alone.
In 1994 had a fellowship with Nipkow. In 1995 and ever since, as a direct result of that fellowship I have been making European co-productions which have been sold internationally and are multi-award winners. Today I am in the middle of my fifth film with German director, Thomas Riedelsheimer. Nipkow is an amazingly cost-effective, efficient and creative programme. It is a mystery to me how Nipkow's proposal could have been found wanting against the required criteria. It is imperative that the decision and the mechanism used to arrive at this decision by put under some scrutiny. The loss of the Nipkow Programm will have very negative impacts on the European film industry. I urge a rethink.
The Nipkow Programm is an important tool to help freelance filmmakers develop their projects. It would be a shame to destroy it away and make the cultural scene in Berlin and Europe poorer.
I received a Nipkow fellowship in 2007. Nipkow was essential to broad my perspectives, while it supported me as a creator.
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Not only does Nipkow, on many levels, support aspiring young filmmakers during the process of development of their special project - that had to undergo a high profile selection process -, but through the Nipkow program young filmmakers also establish long lasting reliable international networks - that are priceless for any of us and still pay of even years after the actual fellowship.