he Book of European Short Pitch. - Nisi Masa
he Book of European Short Pitch. - Nisi Masa
he Book of European Short Pitch. - Nisi Masa
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TUTORS<br />
FABIENNE AGUADO<br />
f.aguado@moulinande.asso.fr<br />
Fabienne Aguado holds a BA in Film Studies<br />
(t<strong>he</strong>sis about Jacques Tati) and a Masters<br />
Degree in Sociology. Her early pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />
life was spent on film sets and on writing film<br />
reviews. Her experience includes managing a<br />
film production company, running evenings for<br />
film clubs, reading scripts and being a regular<br />
member <strong>of</strong> juries attributing development<br />
grants. `<br />
In 1998, s<strong>he</strong> <strong>he</strong>lped founding t<strong>he</strong> Centre for<br />
Cinematographic Scripts (CÉCI) and has been<br />
managing it for t<strong>he</strong> past seven years. T<strong>he</strong><br />
CÉCI holds its <strong>of</strong>fices at t<strong>he</strong> Moulin d’Andé, a<br />
cultural association <strong>of</strong> international reputation<br />
located in Normandy (France) w<strong>he</strong>re artists<br />
have found support and inspiration over t<strong>he</strong><br />
last fifty years. It provides a permanent program<br />
for film screenwriting which supports innovative<br />
and personal projects.<br />
ORSOLYA BENKÖ<br />
orsolya.benko@gmail.com<br />
Based in Budapest, Orsolya Benkö is working<br />
as member <strong>of</strong> t<strong>he</strong> script development board<br />
<strong>of</strong> t<strong>he</strong> Hungarian National Film Fund. After<br />
graduating at t<strong>he</strong> Faculty <strong>of</strong> Cinema Aest<strong>he</strong>tics<br />
and English Studies at ELTE University<br />
in Budapest, s<strong>he</strong> completed a research work<br />
at t<strong>he</strong> Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris. As part <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>he</strong>r studies, s<strong>he</strong> did a traineeship as a production<br />
and distribution assistant for T<strong>he</strong> Coproduction<br />
Office in Paris.<br />
S<strong>he</strong> has contributed to t<strong>he</strong> organisation<br />
<strong>of</strong> several film festivals in Budapest and<br />
joined t<strong>he</strong> Hungarian Desk <strong>of</strong> t<strong>he</strong> MEDIA<br />
Programme. S<strong>he</strong> started collaborating as a<br />
script consultant in 2007 with Hungarian production<br />
companies. In 2010 s<strong>he</strong> participated<br />
as a story editor trainee in t<strong>he</strong> Script&<strong>Pitch</strong><br />
Workshops. Currently s<strong>he</strong> is also cooperating<br />
on various Hungarian and international<br />
projects as a script consultant.<br />
ANTOINE LE BOS<br />
Antlebos@aol.com<br />
Antoine Le Bos is a French screenwriter and<br />
script consultant, with 25 feature scripts delivered<br />
under contract, and t<strong>he</strong> experience<br />
<strong>of</strong> a hundred feature projects followed as a<br />
consultant. After a first life as a sailor and an<br />
interrupted PhD in philosophy, <strong>he</strong> graduated<br />
from t<strong>he</strong> French Conservatoire for Film writing<br />
in 1996. He directed short films shown<br />
in more than 50 film festivals, and on-stage<br />
experiments (t<strong>he</strong>ater, contemporary opera in<br />
Paris and Prague). He t<strong>he</strong>n co-created t<strong>he</strong><br />
animation series Ratz, shown in more than 20<br />
countries. He won t<strong>he</strong> Gan Foundation Prize<br />
as a writer in 2005, and works with among ot<strong>he</strong>rs<br />
t<strong>he</strong> Afghani director and Prix Goncourt Atiq<br />
Rahimi. He teac<strong>he</strong>s screenwriting at Brest<br />
University. Since 2007 <strong>he</strong> has been t<strong>he</strong> artistic<br />
director <strong>of</strong> Le Groupe Ouest, <strong>European</strong> center<br />
for film creation in Brittany (France). He’s<br />
been a tutor for Script & <strong>Pitch</strong> Workshops and<br />
Torino Film Lab since 2007.<br />
FABIO GRASSADONIA<br />
fabio.grass@yahoo.it<br />
Fabio Grassadonia is an Italian filmmaker<br />
and script consultant. Born in Palermo, <strong>he</strong><br />
graduated in Arts and Philosophy with a specialization<br />
in Comparative Literature. After<br />
taking a two year post-graduate diploma in<br />
narrative techniques from t<strong>he</strong> Holden School<br />
in Turin <strong>he</strong> started to work as a scriptwriter<br />
and script consultant in Rome. He has collaborated<br />
as development consultant and<br />
acquisition consultant for major Italian production<br />
companies, such as Fandango and<br />
Filmauro. In 2004 <strong>he</strong> wrote with Antonio<br />
Piazza t<strong>he</strong> film Ogni volta c<strong>he</strong> te ne vai, a<br />
romantic musical comedy set among t<strong>he</strong><br />
night clubs <strong>of</strong> t<strong>he</strong> Romagna coast, produced<br />
by Fandango. In 2009 t<strong>he</strong> same partnership<br />
between Fabio and Antonio gave life to t<strong>he</strong><br />
short film Rita, t<strong>he</strong>ir debut as directors. Rita<br />
is one <strong>of</strong> most successful Italian short films <strong>of</strong><br />
recent years. Fabio and Antonio will realize<br />
t<strong>he</strong>ir first feature film as directors, Salvo, in<br />
summer 2012.<br />
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