European Genre Forum

The European Genre Forum (EGF) is a pan-european training programme organized by Black Nights Film Festival from Tallinn; Imagine Film Festival from Amsterdam; Fantastic Zagreb Film Festival and film consultancy company Screen Division from Sitges.

The main goal of this international project is to connect young and upcoming European film talents. The European Genre Forum aims to provide comprehensive cross-sector and film life cycle training for professionals working in European genre and fantastic film – a rapidly growing pan-European industry that is still distinctively different from the general film industry.

In its 10th edition, EGF consists of three talent Labs from July to November 2023. The Screenwriting and Directing Lab (Fantastic Zagreb) focuses on script development and other artistic aspects of the projects. The Producing Lab (Imagine Fantastic Film Festival) is aimed at the business side, with coproduction and legal aspects among its topics. The Marketing and Packaging Lab (Black Nights Film Festival) is focusing on pitching, packaging, marketing and sales.

The EGF training cycle is aimed at European first or second feature film director/producer teams developing a genre film project. During these three talent labs, up to eight chosen film projects will be able to discuss their ideas with script consultants, learn about the different aspects of (co-) production, sales and packaging from Industry professionals. Mentoring sessions with established genre filmmakers, crowd funders, legal experts and case studies of recent, successful films complete the programme.

Learn more about the participating projects and the programme on EGF website