Incubator kicks-off next week  with DigiCult’s first Story Room workshop in Glasgow.

Hosted by Glasgow Film Theatre and structured over two intensive days (Tuesday 17th & Wednesday 18th May, 9.30am till late), we will be screening, discussing and analysing short and feature length films with the talent pool of Scottish based writers and writer-directors selected for the year long development and production programme.

As part of DigiCult’s commitment to emerging UK talent, through our supporters at Virgin Media Shorts and Glasgow Film Festival, we’re offering four free places to filmmakers interested in learning more about the craft of story and screenwriting.

DigiCult will feed and water you during the workshop but you will need to get yourself to Glasgow and hustle some accommodation in the city. Friend DigiCult, VMS and Glasgow Film Festival for information on how to grab one of these places. You will need to be fast.

Incubator has been made possible with investment from Creative Scotland.

What is INCUBATOR?

• Training in Storytelling for the Screen
• Screenwriting Shorts & Features
• Short Film Production

Applications are now open for INCUBATOR, a comprehensive drama development and production programme aimed at Scotland’s finest new and emerging writers and writer/directors.

With investment from Creative Scotland, INCUBATOR aims to foster the next wave of world-class writers and directors in Scotland, on occasion partnering with other UK nations and regions to maximize the resources available for talent nationally.

Following an open call for applications (deadline @ 12 noon 29th April 2011), INCUBATOR will select and develop a talent pool of 12 filmmakers working on short and feature length projects.

Over 10 months (May 2011 – Feb 2012), we will develop and produce three short films and develop six feature length projects (including a minimum of three feature script commissions).

For more information on this project, please download the INCUBATOR guidelines and electronic application form on THIS PAGE (left hand side). We look forward to reading your submission.

‘Creative Scotland looks forward to working in partnership with DigiCult to provide opportunities for Scotland’s emerging screen talent. Programmes such as ‘Incubator’ are crucial in providing the first key steps in the careers of our talented writers, directors and producers. This is a fantastic opportunity for the participants who will develop and produce short films that will later be showcased to international audiences and a chance for them to develop a feature screenplay.’

Caroline Parkinson, Director of Creative Development, Creative Scotland.

INCUBATOR’s supporters include Virgin Media Shorts, Glasgow Film Festival, Screen Hi with individual project support from UK Film Council. INCUBATOR is open to Scottish based talent only. The programme is not open to part or fill time students.

Can you sell our films and help develop DigiCult nationally and internationally?

What short films are selling at the moment? Who buys them? Why?

And can you predict what will be popular in the future?

DigiCult’s award winning shorts include BAFTA 2011 nominee Rite (Michael Pearce), LSFF 2011 winner Paris/Sexy (Ruth Paxton), BAFTA winning stop-frame animations Battenberg (Stuart Comrie) and Fixing Luka (Jess Ashman).

With three new short productions pencilled for 2011, DigiCult aims to attach a Sales and Marketing Executive to its core team, a person who can manage, promote and sell the company’s back-catalogue and help us prepare for the move into feature development and production with Incubator.

Working closely with Executive Producer Paul Welsh, the executive will help to develop an exciting strategy for the cross-platform marketing and exhibition of DigiCult’s current catalogue and enter into negotiations on sales and distribution deals on the company’s behalf.

With support from the main office in Glasgow, the executive will be responsible for packaging and delivering all the elements of the films – including tape or digital masters, sound masters, script, stills and any other items, including legal documents – to the buyers nationally and internationally.

Looking ahead, our Sales and Marketing Executive will also research opportunities for financing further development and production activity, both short and feature length, at home and abroad.

This is a brand new position within DigiCult but we anticipate some great opportunities for anyone joining our team in 2011.

With support from the company’s core investor – Creative Scotland – and national organizations charged with the development of sustainable UK production companies, the executive will work locally (ie London or Glasgow) but regularly attend and promote DigCult’s work at national and international festivals and markets.

DigiCult’s Sales and Marketing Executive will need to love the best of our work, share our philosophy on film and cinema, and demonstrate an eye for award-winning talent and ideas. You will need strong business and managerial skills and a good understanding of the film industry, from script, to finance, to post-production.

If you would like to register your interest in this position, send a brief note and resume to

sales@digicult.co.uk

We plan to appoint June 2011. Terms negotiable based on experience.