Skillset's InsidePictures, the film business trainingprogramme now funded by the Skillset Film Skills Fund, is acceptingapplications from 18 July.
Comprising three intensiveone-week modules, Skillset's Inside Pictures takes place in London and Los Angeles betweenNovember 2005 and May 2006.
Seminars, workshops andstudio visits are hosted by some of the US and UK's most senior industryprofessionals.
The programme covers allaspects of international film business - from development through production,financing, worldwide distribution and exhibition - and provides networking andprofile raising opportunities for the participants.
The successful applicantswill be 14 executives and producers who display ambition, a determination tobroaden their knowledge of the global film industry, and expand their networkof contacts. They should have a minimum of a 5 year track record in filmor an associated creative industry such as television.
The initiative is supportedby the National Lottery through the Skillset Film Skills Fund as part of ABigger Future, the UK Film Skills Strategy and is run by Michael Kuhn's Qwerty Films.
Application forms can bedownloaded from www.inside-pictures.com and www.skillset.org or requested from the Skillset's InsidePictures office on 020 7440 5924. Thedeadline for applications is 26 August 2005.
Speakers for 2005/6 so farinclude:
Michael Anderson, Lawyer, Dorsey &Whitney
Michael Apted, Director and President ofthe DGA
Jane Barclay, Managing Director, CapitolFilms
Tim Bevan, Co-Chairman, Working TitleFilms
Jenny Borgars, Head of the DevelopmentFund, UK Film Council
Kieran Breen, UK MarketingDirector, Twentieth Century Fox UK
Colin Brown, CEO, Cinesite (Europe) Ltd
Pete Buckingham, Head of Exhibition and Distribution,UK Film Council
John Byrne, Lawyer/Business Consultant,Lemniscate Ltd
Sally Caplan, Head of the Premiere Fund,UK Film Council
Philippe Carcassonne, Producer,Ciné B
Jonathan Channon, Director of Film, TVand Media, EMI Music Publishing
Martin Churchill, Editor, The TaxEfficient Review
Martha Coleman , Head of CreativeAffairs, Material Entertainment
Andrew Cripps, President and COO, UnitedInternational Pictures
Will Davies, Writer
Mark Devereux, Senior Partner, Olswang
Peter Dunne, International PR consultantto Dreamworks
David Ellender, Managing Director,Fremantle International Distribution
Alan Flitcroft, Partner, Ernst &Young
Jane Frazer, Producer
David Garrett, Partner and ManagingDirector, Summit Entertainment
Steve Golin, Producer and CEO, AnonymousContent
Christian Grass, EVP Europe, Middle Eastand Africa, Twentieth Century Fox International
Peter Graves, Marketing Consultant,Cinemarket
Paul Greengrass, Director
Jon Gumpert, Vice Chairman, Head ofMotion Picture Operations, Intermedia Films
Duncan Heath, Chairman, ICM
Todd Huntley, VP Marketing Europe,Twentieth Century Fox International
Robert Jones, President, MaterialEntertainment
Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO, DreamworksAnimation
Steve Knibbs, CEO, Vue Cinemas
Michael Kuhn, Chairman, Qwerty Films
Xavier Marchand, Managing Director,Momentum Pictures
Charles Moore, Partner, Wiggin & Co
Steve Norris, British Film Commissioner,UK Film Council
Nick Osborne, Partner and Producer,Underground Films
Richard Philipps, Partner, RichardsButler
Malcolm Ritchie, Co-Managing Director,Qwerty Films
Marion Rosenberg, Manager and Producer,The Marion Rosenberg Office
Tessa Ross, Head of Film Four andDrama, Channel 4
Charles Roven, Producer, Mosaic Media Group
Marc Samuelson, Producer, SamuelsonProductions
Ron Sanders, EVP/General Manager US,Warner Home Entertainment
James Shirras, Director of Legal andBusiness Affairs, Film Finances
Marc Shmuger, Vice-Chairman, UniversalPictures
Julia Short, Joint MD, Verve Pictures
Peter Smith, President International HomeEntertainment, Universal Pictures International
Robert Teital, Producer, State StreetPictures
David Thompson, Head of Films, BBC Films
Stewart Till, Chairman, UnitedInternational Pictures, Chairman, UK Film Council and Vice-Chairman, Skillset
Paul Trijbits, Head of the New CinemaFund, UK Film Council
Colin Vaines, EVP European Production andDevelopment, Miramax films/The Weinstein Company
Nigel Walley, Managing Director, Decipher
George Waud, VP Production andDevelopment, New Line
Gareth Wigan, Vice-Chairman, ColumbiaTristar Motion Picture Group
John Woodward, CEO, UK Film Council
Mark Woolley, CFO, Qwerty Films
Jane Wright, Head of Rights andCommercial Affairs, BBC Films.
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