Creative Europe - MEDIA presents three projects nurturing European storytelling talents
The Last Socialist Artefact
Doris Bauer and Harald Trettenbrein during the workshop
On the last day of this year's European Film Market (5 March), Creative Europe - MEDIA organised a dedicated event to showcase three of its projects nurturing European storytelling, entitled “MEDIA presents: Stories and Talent.” In detail, the projects were the training initiative Less is More, the European Short Film Festival Network and the TV series
The Last Socialist Artefact. The session was moderated and introduced by
Harald Trettenbrein.
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Antoine Le Bos spoke about the role of Less is More, a European development programme for limited budget features. “The main idea behind it is that limitations – and self-limitations – can stimulate a healthy approach to work during development,” he explained. Less is More is a pan-European effort and was launched five years ago by Le Groupe Ouest. Next, he touched upon the troubled state of independent cinema, which was so even before the pandemic, and mentioned the wide audience loss caused by increasing competition. Lastly, Le Bos spoke about the Less is More manifesto and its four main initiatives: the Annual Training Programme, the Prewriting workshops, StoryTANK and the LIM showcase event.