Light Cone initiated in January 2015 artist residencies dedicated to video post-production, only for films that fall within the field of experimental cinema, with the objective of supporting 10 to 15 projects per year. Atelier 105 is offered for short, medium or featurelength projects of which shooting is eather completed or still in progress. While the project must fall within the field of experimental cinema, no other criteria (format, theme, processing, length, nationality of filmmaker, etc.) will be imposed.
Equipment And Technical Assistance Atelier 105 seeks to give filmmakers access to professional post-production facilities that are often out of their reach. A fully equipped workspace located in Light Cone's facilities gives artists access to an editing station, sound mixing software, a color-correction monitor, as well as dedicated computers for encoding video files and DCPs. This equipment has been chosen by professionals to allow filmmakers to have the best possible tools at their disposal. The filmmaker-in-residence has also full access to Light Cone's documentation center and screening room.
A technician specialized in editing, color-correction, and encoding is on hand to assist the filmmaker. Filmmakers are free to work alone or accompanied by their editor. At the beginning of the residency, our technician can offer training for Media Composer, Final Cut Pro, After Effects, or Resolve. The filmmakers who have been selected are also able to consult with him in advance in order to select the shooting and editing formats that are most compatible with the available software.
Artistic Accompaniment One of our central concerns is to facilitate exchange, to share experience, and to create a productive working environment for filmmakers. Beyond technical, logistical, and practical assistance, the Light Cone team (made up of filmmakers and/or programmers) also aims to offer artistic guidance and to put in place a genuine platform for experimental creation. Filmmakers are free to consult with our team (concerning technical or artistic issues as well as general advice) and to show them the different stages of the edit.
In addition to this, the committee that selects the projects, under the auspices of Light Cone's board of directors, also has the required experience and knowledge to follow the progression of the films made during the residencies.
The committee is composed of 4 permanent members from Light Cone (Gisèle Rapp-Meichler - président of Light cone ; Christophe Bichon - in charge of the collection ; Emmanuel Lefrant - director ; Jeanne Vellard - in charge of relationship with customers and of communication.) and two other external members, who are picked among the programmers or filmmakers working with Light Cone (their mandate cannot be renewed). The list of all the 6 members will be published soon on lightcone.org.
Screening Atelier 105 welcomes the filmmaker into an alternative space for artistic creation based on experimentation and exchange. A Scratch/Atelier 105 program will be organized with a selection of the films produced during the residencies.
The films shown will be selected depending on their length, genre and how they connect to each other.
How To Apply? Application's deadline for the second commission 2015 is June 30, 2015.
To submit his project, the candidate must subscribe to the association by paying a fee of 23€. The candidate will then become a member of Light Cone and will have access for one year to the documentation center.
Commissions are closed after the reception of the 30th dossier. An announcement will be made on Light Cone website indicating the quota has been reached.
Send both a print and digital copy of your project proposal to Light Cone:
by email: [email protected]
and by regular mail: Light Cone 41 bis, Quai de la Loire 75 019 Paris France
All listed documents should be send in PDF format: - a project summary and a director's statement, one page long maximum for each of them. The candidate must translate the project summary into French in case all the rest is in English. - a brief note on the perspectives of the project if any commitment or interests have been made already (festivals, galleries, etc.) - the candidate must mention the list of the financial partners of the project (if any), like grants, production company participation, etc. He/She should also communicate about the context of the making of the film : If there is a production involved or not, if a TV channel has shown some interest in the project, etc. In case of a production company involved, the candidate should explain why l'Atelier 105 is necessary for the finalization of the project. - Vimeo links (or anything similar, streaming only, no download) with materials relevant to the understanding of the project (rushes, documentation, related prior work, etc.) - the candidate can also send, if necessary, some VIMEO links to previous films/works if it lightens the approach of the project.
Incomplete applications or applications sent after the deadline will not be considered.
Funded by the Région Ile-de-France
More Information: http://lightcone.org/en/atelier105[email protected] tel. +33 (0)1 46 59 01 53