Project Assistant Intern H/F
Organization description
European Short Pitch (ESP), is an annual programme aimed at discovering and supporting young European talents in the development of their short films, and fostering coproduction and collaboration between industry professionals from all over Europe.
European Short Pitch combines mentoring on short film development with a pitching and networking event. The initiative revolves around two key moments: a development workshop and a Coproduction Forum.
Since its creation in 2007, European Short Pitch has accompanied over 540 scriptwriters and directors in the development of their projects. Many of those short films had a successful career and were screened at festivals such as Cannes, Berlinale, Locarno, Sundance, IFFR and many more…
Detailed programme of the traineeship:
As the scriptwriting workshop already took place on 12 – 16 January, the intern will assist the team in the European Short Pitch organization of the Coproduction Forum, taking place from 1-5 June both on site in Leiden, the Netherlands as part of Leiden Shorts and online.
Under the supervision of the ESP Project coordinator, the mission will require flexibility as the intern will have to support the growing activity of the different departments of the initiative:
- Collecting relevant information and material for the organization of the Coproduction Forum: travel information, video pitches, texts, visuals
- Monitoring the presence of invited professionals(both online and on site).
- Updating the European Short Pitch website with relevant information concerning the current edition of the programme.
- Updating the European Short Pitch online Coproduction platform with relevant information concerning the current edition of the programme.
- Attending the Coproduction Forum on site and assisting the Coordinator in the practical organization: coordination of the accommodation and subsistence of the participants group, management of the schedule, follow-up of the meetings taking place online and on-site…
- After the Coproduction Forum, creating follow-up tools: statistics and questionnaires and collecting statistics.
- Maintaining the follow-up on the initiative’s previous editions up to date.
- Collecting, compiling, and analysing sustainability-related data, such as travel information.
Internship of 4 months
Description of the profile:
The project assistant should be fluent in English as all the exchanges in the context of ESP are conducted in this language.
– Knowledge and interest in digital and online tools: web, layout software…
– Rigor, reactivity, autonomy and taste for teamwork
– Detail-oriented and proactive
– Interest in cinema and in its industry
Internship agreement required (convention de stage obligatoire).
Location and salary:
Priority will be given to applicants based in Marseille, France where the headquarters of the association are based. The mission is carried out both on site with the Manager of the Program and on a telecommuting basis with the rest of the team all based in different countries in Europe.
The internship compensation amounts to the French legal minimum.
Travel, subsistence and accommodation for the Coproduction Forum are entirely covered.
Dates:
Beginning: 30 March
Ending: 24 July