Film talents in competition

Film funding The deadline for the Talent Screen competition for young talent has been extended to September 2. There is a colorful crowd on the way to the screen. Nevertheless, there is still room for Spielberg juniors, Coppola daughters and other talents. At the time this Advertising Week went to press, 122 participants had already registered for the Talent Screen competition. That is a new record. Nevertheless, the organizers Philip Delaquis, Min Li Marti and Stefan Zuber from Das Kollektiv want to give even more film hopefuls a chance. "Many are working so hard on their scripts that they haven't even heard of our competition," says Zuber - although Wirz Werbung has communicated this very creatively. The closing date for the competition has therefore been extended to next weekend, September 2. There are two different formats to take part in. In the Pitch Battle, you have to read from your own script in front of an audience. In the Movie Marathon, a short film must be shot within 48 hours. The start of this chase against the clock is on Monday, September 4, 12 noon in Zurich. There, the team will receive an envelope from the artistic director with the specified theme. Teams of two or more can register. The film is open in terms of genre (feature, documentary or experimental film) and should be less than five minutes long. Participants work with their own equipment. The deadline for submitting the finished film is Wednesday, September 6, at 12 noon.
Last year's theme was "cleaning". The new marathon will once again ask for something "exotic". In this way, the jury wants to avoid participants only being able to submit their old and already finished films.
The jury is made up of Matthias Freuler (Creative Director Wirz Werbung), Marc Görtz (Managing Director RingierTV), Valentin Greutert (Producer HesseGreutert Film), Manuel Flurin Hendry (Director, Artistic Director), Madeleine Hirsiger (Head of Television Film SF Schweizer Fernsehen) and Nicole Hess (Film Journalist).
This jury will select ten finalists (shortlist). These will be screened to the public on Friday evening, September 8, at the Gessnerallee. The audience will choose the winning film. Also at the Gessnerallee, the audience will decide the winners of the pitch battle by decibel measurement during the applause.
It's not just the number of participants that is higher in the second edition of the competition. The prizes have also been massively increased. These range from a week's editing space including cutter at RingierTV and studio use at Jingle Jungle to a Panasonic HD camera for professionals and a cash prize of CHF 5,000 from Pathé Switzerland. The winning film will also be broadcast on Swiss television on September 13. More information about the competition is available at
www.talentscreen.ch.Andreas Panzeri