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Countdown for “12 Punto 2022” Has Started!

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Turkey’s biggest script development and co-production platform “12 Punto 2022”, will be held for the 4th time this year. The event, which will be held on 19th to 26th June, will bring together the leading names of world cinema.

“12 Punto 2022”, which is the first and only project for the cinema industry in Turkey, begins. The event, which will be held on 3 different platforms with the participation of directors, producers and film industry professionals from 16 different countries between 19-26 June, will bring together the leading names of world cinema in Istanbul.

TRT General Manager Mehmet Zahid Sobacı shared on his social media account that the date of the event was announced and said, “Turkey’s largest script development and co-production platform 12 Punto, organized by TRT Cinema, will be held between 19-26 June this year in Istanbul with the participation of important representatives of the cinema industry from 16 countries.”

The most important names of world cinema at “12 Punto 2022”

12 Punto 2022 will host film professionals from different geographies of the world this year. Filmmakers from France, Italy, Germany, Spain, England, Qatar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Palestine, Sweden, USA, Bulgaria, Israel, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Macedonia and Turkey will meet at 12 Punto 2022.

Within the scope of 12 Punto 2022, masterclasses, panels and presentations with the directors of the most important institutions of the world cinema industry will be held at Feriye Cinema in Beşiktaş, Istanbul. The event will also be broadcast live on the social media accounts of 12 Punto 2022. In addition to screenings of award-winning international films co-produced by TRT, interviews will be held with the directors and producers of the films.

What will happen in 12 Punto 2022?

The owners of 12 feature film projects selected for 12 Punto 2022 between 19-26 June will hold special meetings with script consultants and attend workshops with marketing and presentation consultants. 3 projects selected by the international jury members from among the 12 finalist projects will receive the “TRT Co-Production Award”, 3 projects the “TRT Pre-Buy Award” and 6 projects the “TRT Project Development Award”. The awards will find their owners at the closing and award ceremony to be held on the evening of June 26. The “TRT International Co-Production Awards”, which will be given for the third time this year, will also be distributed at the award ceremony. This award will be given to international projects in which Turkish producers are partners.

The owners of the projects that won the “TRT Short Film Production Award” within the scope of 12 Punto 2022 will also develop their scenarios together with the leading directors and screenwriters of Turkish cinema.

12 Punto 2022 special broadcast every evening on TRT 2

“12 Punto 2022 Special” will be broadcast on TRT 2 every evening between 19-26 June at 19.00. The program will feature interviews with 12 Punto finalists, developments regarding the event, interviews and masterclasses with award-winning directors and producers of Turkish cinema.

Details on the events that address every aspect of the cinema industry such as directing, producing, scriptwriting, marketing, festivals, distribution, animation, film funds and important stages in the production process of a film will be announced at www.trt12punto.com in the coming days.

12 Punto 2022 Submissions are Now Open

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Submissions for “12 Punto 2022”, which will be held for the 4th time this year by the TRT Directorate of Cinema, started today. Submissions to 12 Punto, Turkey’s largest script development and co-production platform, which is eagerly awaited by everyone interested in cinema, can be made at www.trt12punto.com until 12 February 2022.

Submissions for “12 Punto 2022”, which is the first and only project for the cinema industry in Turkey, have started. The event, which will be held for the 4th time by TRT, will bring together the leading names of Turkish and world cinema this year.

Feature and short film projects will be accepted.

Feature and short film project submissions for “12 Punto 2022” will continue until 23:59 on Saturday, February 12, 2022. Submissions will only be made through the submission form on www.trt12punto.com. After the evaluation of the feature projects by the pre-jury, the 12 finalist projects will be announced on April 12, 2022.

Among the 12 finalists selected by the international jury in the feature film category, TRT Co-Production Award will be given to 3 projects, TRT Pre-Purchase Award to 3 projects and TRT Project Development Award (50,000 TL) to 6 projects.

TRT Short Film Production Award will be given to 12 projects among the short film project submissions. Award-winning project owners will be announced on April 12. In June, script development workshops will be held. The completed short films will be broadcast on TRT 2.

International co-productions in which Turkish producers are partners with low shares (minority co-productions) will also be able to apply for 12 Punto until February 12, 2022. The TRT International Co-Production Award paves the way for Turkish cinema to gain an international identity.

Last year, nearly 500 submissions for long and short feature projects were made.

In 2021, international jury members were Oscar Nominee director of TRT Co-production Quo Vadis Aida, director Jasmila Zbanic, producer of Ken Loach’s films Rebecca O’Brien, Asia Pacific Film Awards President Tracey Vieira, Berlin Film Festival Co-production Market Director Martina Bleis and Sata Cissokho, Purchasing Director of Memento, one of the sales agencies. Last year, nearly 500 feature and short film project submissions were made in 12 Punto.

How does the submission process work for the feature projects in 12 Punto?

An independent pre-jury consisting of 5 members will select the 12 finalist projects among the submissions. The teams of the projects which made it to the finals will hold meetings with a world-renowned script and marketing consultants during the 12 Punto week which will be held in June. Then, they will present their projects to the international jury, which include the most important names of the international cinema industry.

Projects to be applied for 12 Punto must meet the submission requirements for “Feature film projects with a Turkish producer as the main producer”, “International feature film projects with a low share partner of a Turkish producer” and “Short film projects”. Submissions for feature film projects must be made by a production company, and there is no such requirement in the short film category.

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