We are thrilled to unveil an intense and exciting 2025 RE-ACT calendar, rich of activities designed specifically for the professionals coming from Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Friuli Venezia Giulia.
First Cut Lab RE-ACT is a comprehensive consultancy & training program designed for feature films in editing phase from Croatia, Friuli Venezia Giulia (IT), Serbia and Slovenia. Films can be fiction or documentaries.
The selected teams (director/producer/editor) are offered a creative framework, both protective & challenging, to open up and explore new artistic perspectives for their films. Participants receive expert feedback on their rough cut from three international film industry advisors, as well as tailor-made advice from a consultant editor. They are also provided with a memo report that can serve as guidance for further editing.
Editor consultants & Industry advisors will be defined according to the profiles of the films selected.
Editor consultants will include top notch editors Benjamin Mirguet, Catalin Cristutiu, Agnieszka
Glinska or Maya Maffioli.
An overview of regular Industry advisors of First Cut Lab can be found here: http://firstcutlab.eu/people/
First Cut Lab RE-ACT is made in cooperation and with the financial support of the RE-ACT initiative, notably allowing the absence of tuition fee for the participating projects.
The program will be held online, and each film will be workshopped within the period from May 5, 2025 to December 15, 2025.
Each film is accompanied by First Cut Lab for a period of roughly 6 weeks, even though the core of the Lab takes place over two consecutive days. The exact dates of the Lab will be chosen in agreement with each selected team to best answer the needs of their films. A preferred period for the Lab should be mentioned in the application form.
NOTE: Projects potentially interested in First Cut Lab Re-Act 2025, but that are not able to provide video material by April 15, 2025 (e.g. because the principal photography of the film is not over, or because it has not taken place yet), should still fill out the application form and apply by this deadline. If eligible, they will be contacted by First Cut Lab to agree on a specific deadline to provide their video material.
SUBMISSIONS & DEADLINE
In order to submit your application and the required material, you need to fill out this form. Once completed, the form must be sent to: julie.marnay@firstcutlab.eu. All applications must include a complete application form and video material not less than 30 minutes long.
Application Deadline: Tuesday April 15, 2025
Please find more info on the Guidelines and Submissions here .
A unique opportunity to get a deeper insight into international coproduction skills, benefit from personalized mentoring, and to create new connections with international documentary professionals!
Thanks to the partnership with RE-ACT, in 2025 the second of the three sessions composing the yearly international EURODOC program will take place in Ljubljana (Slovenia), at the Eurostars uHotel (Miklošičeva cesta 3).
From Monday, June 2 to Friday, June 6, in parallel and in connection with the international training, a selected group of 12 film professionals based in Croatia, Friuli Venezia Giulia (IT), Slovenia and Serbia will have the possibility to attend an intensive 5-day residential workshop focusing on documentary project development.
The workshop is open to Producers or Directors-Producers with a film project at the development stage. The projects can be at different stages: early development, development or in production. One seat can be reserved for a Producer at an important stage of their career who wants to come without a project.
Participants “Observers”: the workshop is also open to professionals participating without a project but only if they are industry professionals involved in institutions and organizations supporting documentary films (commissioning editors, film funds).
SUBMISSIONS & DEADLINE
For project-holders, applications must be submitted through EURODOC’s platform here.
For applicants without a project or “Observers” (Commissioning Editors, Film Funds representatives), applications are to be sent by email to contact@eurodoc-net.com and must include the following information: curriculum vitae, company’sprofile and motivation letter.
Application Deadline: Sunday March 23, 2025
Selected participants will attend EURODOC for 4 nights and 5 days: 70% of their accommodation and subsistence (lunches, coffee breaks and dinners) costs will be covered by RE-ACT and by EURODOC. Participants are expected to cover the balance of the costs, estimated at € 300, as well as their travel expenses.