March 2025

1. WHAT?

Faberllull is running the Hackathon. Cinema Residency for Young Talent, which aims to encourage emerging voices and help them find a path to making film their profession through support, training, creation and production.

The programme aims to connect emerging Catalan filmmakers between 18 and 30 years old with filmmakers from all over the world, building a network of contacts in various countries. It is a hybrid format, with training and technical/artistic experience, in Catalan and English, in Olot and Girona. This residency is an initiative of Faberllull with collaboration from El Modern. Centre Audiovisual i Digital in Girona.

The main purpose of the residency is to encourage new creators with a combination of professional activities. Reinforcing technical and practical knowledge of key elements from the whole filmmaking process with personalised guidance, networking and synergies among residents.

Description of the Hackathon. Cinema Residency for Young Talent.

The programme includes room and half board (breakfast and dinner) at the Faberllull Olot residence for 14 days, guidance through group sessions with all participants, masterclasses and creative spaces.

The purpose of this residency is to allow residents to create an audiovisual piece during their stay. Plus, it aims to help guide young filmmakers through a whole shooting during the residency, with each department putting into practice its knowledge.

Before their stay, participants will receive the script for a short film to work on and develop their artistic vision and staging in order to tackle the huge challenge of creating new narratives. Once the residency begins, participants will start working on pre-production through masterclasses with professionals from the sector. This guidance will help them define and enrich the project, along with the diverse, creative group of residents, and a day trip together to La Garrotxa.

The masterclasses will cover each phase of the creative process, from pre-production to post-production. For pre-production, the classes will focus on production and finding grants, as well as the creative process for each department, including sound, cinematography, directing and art. All of them will be geared towards optimising the shooting process.

The post-production masterclasses will focus on deep understanding and analysis of the visual essence of the film, covering both technical and stylistic aspects. Plus, they will emphasise the importance of emotions in acting and analysing the sound composition and narrative first in the editing process. They will also introduce the figure of the EcoManager and discuss the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).

To shoot the short, residents will use their own equipment and that of the collaborating centres. Plus, technical material can be hired if necessary, within the budget.

The piece created will be screened, if possible, by the Institut Ramon Llull network of lecturers and at Cinema Truffaut in Girona.

Residents release all rights to the short film created during the Hackathon to Institut Ramon Llull.

2. WHO?

Requirements for applicants:

To be considered for the Hackathon. Cinema Residency for Young Talent, applicants must:

• Be between 18 and 30 years old.
• Be studying or have studied film or audiovisual studies, acting, sound or degrees related to the audiovisual world. Proof must be provided.
• Have full, uninterrupted availability for the 14 days of the Hackathon. Cinema Residency for Young Talent.
• Have good English language abilities.

Profiles:

A maximum of 12 residents will be chosen with the following professional profiles:

• Actors (2)
• Director (1)
• Assistant director (1)
• Cinematography (2)
• Gaffer (1)
• Art director + costumes (1)
• Sound (2)
• Editing (2)

Each person may only apply once, choosing their first profile preference and, optionally, a second.

Specifications:

- Director: This role will be reserved exclusively for a native Catalan speaker to ensure the script is developed properly, as it will be shot in Catalan.

- Actors: This role will be reserved exclusively for native Catalan speakers to ensure the script is developed properly, as it will be shot in Catalan.

- Cinematography: The roles will be divided into Director of Photography (DP) and Assistant Camera. One of them will have to take part in post-production for the colour grading.

- Sound: There will be two people in this department during shooting, one head of sound and one boom operator, swapping roles for the sound post-production.

- Post-production (editing): During the shooting, one person will be the script supervisor and the other, DIT (copies of the material and continuity).

The more technical profiles, very active in pre-production and production, will also play an active role in post-production. In addition to taking part in the collective editing, they will be in charge of the making of, dossier, poster and pitch.

Selection criteria

The following criteria will be used to select participants for the Hackathon. Cinema Residency for Young Talent (total of 15 points):

• Impact of the residency on the applicant’s professional development (max. 5 points)
• Versatility or multi-skilled in various departments (max. 4 points)
• Assessment of academic background or previous audiovisual works (max. 3 points)
• Language requirements (max. 3 points)

The applicants will be assessed by one person designated by Institut Ramon Llull, one by El Modern and the coordinator of the Hackathon. Cinema Residency for Young Talent.

The selection will ensure gender equality among the candidates selected and the emergence of new talents.

There may also be applicants designated as alternates in case any of the chosen candidates decline their position.

Deadlines

Until 29 October: Applications.

18 to 22 November: interviews with the finalists.

10 to 18 December: announcement of 12 filmmakers chosen for the Hackathon.

Candidates selected will have to block off and confirm their full availability for the days of the residency. Anyone who can’t attend all the days will be out of the running and their place will be given to one of the alternates, in their order on the list.

3. WHEN AND WHERE?

The Hackathon. Cinema Residency for Young Talent will take place from 11 to 24 March 2025 at Faberllull Olot (Catalonia) in collaboration with El Modern. Centre Audiovisual i Digital in Girona (Catalonia).

The residency will include the following services and support for residents:

• Room and half board (breakfast and dinner) at Faberllull Olot.
• Transport from Olot to El Modern. Centre Audiovisual i Digital in Girona during the residency.
• Masterclasses with professionals from the sector, who will be announced in January.

Residents must cover their own transport to Faberllull Olot.

4. HOW?

Residents for the Hackathon. Cinema Residency for Young Talent will be chosen on a competitive basis in accordance with the principles of public disclosure, transparency, objectivity, equality and non-discrimination.

Applicants must properly fill in this form and attach the documents requested in PDF, max. 10MB.

Documents to submit:

1. Letter of intent also explaining the area/department of choice (max. 2 pages).

2. CV with links to previous works (max. 1 page).

3. If applicable, list and description of technical material the applicant can bring to the Hackathon. Cinema Residency for Young Talent (annex).

4. Academic records showing film or audiovisual studies, acting, sound or degrees related to the audiovisual world.

5. Proof of language certificate (English and other foreing languages)

The documents in points 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 are obligatory.

Any applications with incomplete forms or missing required documents will not be assessed.

Applicants will each be notified individually of the panel’s decision by email. Then the list of candidates selected will be posted on the Faberllull and Institut Ramon Llull websites.

After the candidates have been selected and before the residency begins, residents will have to attend two online meetings to meet the team and introduce the departments. From this point, they can contact each other directly to start working on their proposals and discuss what they will need.

The residents selected authorise Faberllull, Institut Ramon Llull and El Modern. Centre Audiovisual i Digital in Girona to publicly communicate all activities, materials and media generated through this call.

If you have any questions, please contact info@faberllull.cat

Watch the short film 'Ombres Silencioses', produced in the Hackathon 2024.