As is well known, the JETS initiative knows no losers. All participants who present their film projects are winners. And so the runners-up in the pitches in particular are now traditionally accorded great importance. The … Read More
Real life, real film project funding – Marc Hairapetian on JETS winners 2023
“What a feeling!” sang Irene Cara in the 1983 music and dance film “Flashdance” directed by Adrian Lyne. Exactly 40 years later, one would like to join in the hymn that has become a worldwide … Read More
JETS 2023 WINNERS
The winners of the JETS 2023 Initiative had been announced on the 22nd of February 2023 during the 73. International Berlin Film Festival at the Canadian Embassy in Berlin. Over 120 special guests and participants … Read More
JETS INITIATIVE JURY 2023
Our JETS International Jury has been selected and they are proudly ready to support our JETS participants in 2023. The following Jury members are taken part from the 21.02 until the 22.02: 01. Colette Aguilar … Read More
JETS Initiative 2023 SELECTED PARTICIPANTS
The JETS Initiative 2023 will take place on the 21st & 22nd of February as a Live event during the 73rd International Filmfestival Berlin. We like to thank all filmmakers who have submitted their film … Read More
CO-PRODUCTION INITIATIVE 2023: SEVENTH ROUND OF THE JETS INITIATIVE DURING THE INTERNATIONAL BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL
From the end of September 2022, filmmakers from Canada, Ireland, UK, Austria, Germany, South Africa and Norway who want to realise their debut, second or third feature film as a co-production can apply for the … Read More
Encouraging and Challenging – Marc Hairapetian on independent cinema, millionaires, billionaires and the JETS Panel 2022 “From film financing to sales”.
From 1952 to 1987, “Journalists ask, politicians answer” was the title of Werner Höfer’s “Internationaler Frühschoppen” (International Morning Punch), the legendary discussion round of Westdeutscher Rundfunk, which was always broadcast on Sundays on German television … Read More
Paths to glory 2022 – Marc Hairapetian on five special JETS winners
“It’s always nice to be a winner!” says director and screenwriter Jo Southwell in our Zoom interview, delighted about the first place for her film project “Loyalty” and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and … Read More
“JETS was an eye-opener for us!”: Winners report how they experienced the JETS Initiative 2022
The example of director Claire Byrne and producer Jo Halpin from Ireland, who competed with the psychological thriller “Duck Duck Gosse”, shows just how much the expert discussions and jury evaluations within the framework of … Read More
Winners and winners – Marc Hairapetian about the award winners of the JETS Initiative 2022
In 1973, “The Exorcist”, based on William Peter Blatty’s novel, spread fear and terror in cinemas worldwide, with the tone being just as important as the sometimes more than drastic images: All the horror was … Read More