SUPPORT NETWORK The MEDIA Programme is a major supporter of training in Europe. As it celebrates its 20th anniversary, the programme’s co-financing is still crucial for many initiatives »p10


CLASS OF ITS OWN The UK’s National Film and Television School marks 40 years of success in combining close industry links with a vocational approach to training


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CREATIVE TRAINING How Europe’s film schools are expanding their approach and making links with the practical side of the business, plus a round-up of courses on the craft of film-making »p14, p18


economic difficulties, there are few signs the demand for business training is reducing. Kristina Trapp, chief executive of


training and networking organisation EAVE, points out the applications for its European Producers Workshop have actually increased this year. “Business training is really, really


important,” she says, “especially in an industry that seems at first sight to be very unorganised and not to have the structures other industries have.” Like many of Europe’s most respected


schemes, EAVE’s programmes are tar- geted at executives who already have some experience. Such courses demand a commitment in both time and money which puts off dilettantes. Many also have close links with leading industry


figures, offering participants valuable professional insight — as well as great networking opportunities. As Kuhn says, the intention behind


launching Inside Pictures was “to give people a 360-degree view of the busi- ness taught by people who know, as opposed to academics”, and the empha- sis of many other schemes is on experi- enced industry practitioners sharing their expertise. The European film business training


sector is particularly agile as it reflects and adapts to the changing realities of the industry. It is noticeable, for instance, that there are now top-level courses available to teach executives about new media. These include the Pixel Lab Cross- Media Workshop, the Insight Out


symposium on digital cinema and HDTV production and Closing the Gap: Investment for 360-degree Content, for financing projects with transmedia potential. Nevertheless, Europe remains a


‘Training is really important in an industry that at first sight is very


unorganised’ Kristina Trapp, EAVE


challenging market for training. The UK’s Cass Business School offered a film business MBA which was much heralded on its launch in 2005 but it closed last year, partly for financial reasons. “Had that been done differently, it


was a resource that would have been very good for the industry,” says Jill Tandy, a director of Inside Pictures and former business director at Cass Business School. In the UK last year, Skillset had its annual lottery funding trimmed from »


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