JETS Initiative

The JETS Initiative (Junior Entertainment Talent Slate) is the joined effort of the film & TV industry, the government film funding organisations and the private investment sector to create coproduction opportunities for the selected emerging projects. Besides encouraging various financing strategies and new partnerships for a global film market, the JETS Initiative has become a global network for co-productions aimed at emerging filmmakers and filmmakers with less experience in feature film productions under co-production terms.

THE GALLERY

Our proud years of the JETS Initiative bringing various international filmmakers together.

Winners of the 2020 JETS Initiative were:
Jacquline Castel & Michael Solomon, project MY ANIMAL (Canada); Sebastian Jansen & Svenja Büttner, project THE INCREDIBLE TYLER (Germany); Edwina Casey & Richard Bolger, project BUTTERFLY (Ireland); Lilian Sijbesma & Germen Boelens & Kirsi Saivosalmi, project UNDER THE NAKED SKY (Netherlands); Kristian Kamp & Jorn Kolrud; project LUDOLF LEMMING AT ANGER ACADEMY (Norway); Reem Morsi & Ayanda Halimana, project ONE DAY IN JUNE (South Africa); James Price & David Brown & Dave Gillies, project STREET HASSLE (UK); Jake Horowitz & Andrew Lewis; project NO CONNECTION, (Canada); Radek Wegrzyn & Franziska Pohlmann, THE GREEK JOB (Germany); Vicki Kisner & Ruth Carter, project ZOLA AND ANNE MARIE (Ireland); Christian Lo & Nicholas Sando, project RAVENGIRL (Norway).

Winners of the 2019 JETS Initiative were:
Sidney Chiu & Adria Budd Johnson, project S.O.S (Canada); Amanda Verhagen & Erik Horn, project SURE AS HELL (Canada); Ari Matikainen & Teemu Nikki, project SNOT & SPLASH (Finland); Jamila Wenske & Birgit Möller, project FRANKY FIVE STAR (Germany); Svenja Büttner & Sebastian Jansen, project LITTLE ACHILLES (Germany); Richard Bolger & Gavin Kilduff, project PARADIGM (Ireland); Edwina Casey & Michael Kinirons, project SPARROW (Ireland); Line Klungseth Johansen & Alexander Somma, GRIMBSBY (Norway); Nicholas Sando & Ingrid Sternesen, project NO MAN LAND (Norway), Sean McConville & Stéphanie Joalland, project ICE (UK); Alysia Maciejowska. & Jim Loach, THE PANOPTICON (UK).

Winners of the 2018 JETS Initiative were:
Titus Heckel & Rachelle Chartrand, project CHAINED (Canada), Mark A. Lewis & Avi Federgreen, project THE CHAMBER (Canada), Kaisa El Ramly & Sari Lempiäinen, project SCENES FROM A DYING TOWN (Finland), Philipp Fussenegger & Michael Steinwand with their film project CELINE (Germany), Behrooz Karamizade & Markus Kaatsch with their film project TWO SHEEP (Germany), Ella Bennett & Oliver Nlemadim, project BENEATH THE MIND (UK), Nicola Quilter & Fenella Greenfield, project THE ATTENDANT (UK), Naomi Sheridan & Lindsay Campbell, project BIRD (Ireland); Nathalie Biancheri & Jessie Fisk, project WOLF (Ireland).

Winners of the 2017 JETS Initiative were:
John Keville & Mark Noonan, project TYGER TYGER (Ireland ), Sara Huxley & April Kelley, project LOVE, SEX & KILLING (UK), Jessica Adams & Shelagh McLeod, project THE COMPETITION (Canada) and Julia Dordel & Guido Tölke, project RUIDES (Germany); Helena Hufnagel & Christine Heinlein, project MADELEINE (Germany); Sidney Chiu & Martin Stalker, project THE ASH (Canada); Colin Day & Nathalie Biancheri, project NOCTURNAL (UK).

OUR ONGOING ENDEAVOUR

The JETS Initiative takes place every year during the International Film Festival in Berlin and the EFM Market in Germany. Applications are accepted from late summer onwards in the current year for next years JETS Event. Please be aware that only filmmakers from those countries that are officially stated in our JETS Initiative guidelines can be selected for participation. Here the following countries who are involved on a regular basis: Canada, Germany, Ireland, UK, Finland, Norway, The Netherlands, South-Africa and the USA. If you think you qualify to participate, please contact us through our contact form.

Funders & Supporters of JETS Initiative

Cape Town & Western Cape Film & Media Promotion