Dutch fund supports workshops for Cote d'Ivoire young filmmakers

The Hubert Bals Fund of the Netherlands announced this Wednesday, October 26, the award of a grant of 4,500 Euros to the Association of Young Television and Film Technicians of Cote d'Ivoire (AJTEC-CI).

The project of Screenplays Rewriting and Film Directing workshops submitted by AJTEC-CI is part of the applications selected by the Dutch fund this year.

"This grant is a great joy for us but it is also a challenge. We will do our best to prove worthy of the trust placed in our young association," said Honoré Essoh, AJTEC-CI's President.

The organization will launch in November a contest of short film scripts for Ivorian young filmmakers. The three best projects will be selected and their authors, joined by a team of six young technicians, will take part to the workshops supported by the Hubert Bals Fund. The AJTEC-CI and its partners will then produce the three movies.

The Hubert Bals Fund is attached to the International Film Festival Rotterdam which 41st edition will be held from January 25 to February 5, 2012.

Abidjan, October 26, 2011

For more information, contact the association AJTEC-CI