In this Masterclass, Antoine Le Bos (Artistic Director of Le Groupe Ouest and LIM - Less is more, European Film Labs) will delve into the script development process and how limitations can actually enhance creativity. He will look at the difference between conception and writing phases, and investigate methodological tools to boost the creative process, as well as present how prewriting is key.

Nathalie Biancheri and Simao Cayatte, previous LIM alumni and prewriting tutors will share their experiences and answer questions from their perspectives.

This session is suitable for writers, directors, producers, industry professionals and film students.

About Antoine: 

ANTOINE LE BOS was coming from a previous life in sailing and philosophy when he graduated from C.E.E.A in Paris. He first directed short films and on-stage experiments, before signing or co-signing around 25 feature scripts for independent filmmakers.

He won the Gan Foundation Prize as a writer in 2005, created LE GROUPE OUEST in Brittany in 2006, which has become the number one place in Europe for the coaching of writers in residency. He’s been closely collaborating with TorinoFilmLab since 2007 and has been tutoring for NFDC Lab (India), TFL (Italy), Biennale College (Venice), Moulin d’Andé (France), Maïa Workshops, Doha Film Institute, and many others. With Le Groupe Ouest, he has created the Cross Channel Film Lab experience, and in 2015 launched LIM | Less is More, the European development programme for limited budget features. He is LIM Artistic Director, as well as the mentor of LIM’s “Development angels” all year long. 

About Nathalie:

Nathalie Biancheri is an Italian writer/director based between London and Dublin.  Her career in film began in London working in documentaries at the BBC where she started as a researcher and left as a self-shooting director. Her short films have won awards at international festivals such as SXSW, Edinburgh, Galway, Rhode Island Flickers Fest, Palm Springs, Sofia and many others. Her film Xavier Corbero: Portrait of an Artist in Winter qualified for Oscar consideration in 2018 and her feature doc I Was Here, premiered at CPH:DOX 2019. Nathalie recently directed a series for ARTE called 24Hrs Europe. Her micro-budget feature film debut Nocturnal, starring Cosmo Jarvis (Lady Macbeth, Calm With Horses) premiered at the BFI London Film Festival in 2019 to great critical acclaim with Screen International marking Nathalie out as ‘a rising talent’. Her second film Wolf premiered at TIFF and will be distributed internationally by Universal and Focus Features in the US. The film stars George MacKay (1917), Lily-Rose Depp (Un Homme Fidele) and Paddy Considine (Macbeth) Nathalie was named as one of 5 filmmakers to watch as part of the Irish Times 50 people to watch in 2021, segment.

About LIM:

LIM | Less is More is the European feature film development program for committed filmmakers in a changing world.

At the heart of this adventure, there is the fundamental idea that using the concept of limitation is not only a matter of budget, but becomes a necessity both to enhance creativity and to rethink how independent cinema is conceived in a time of deep ecological and political concern. 

 In 2022 sixteen filmmakers will be selected to develop their 1st, 2nd or 3rd feature film project. The LIM programme includes three one-week workshops between March and October 2022, as well as a tailor-made Showcase Event to benefit from the inputs of industry professionals coming from all over Europe.

 Supported by Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union, LIM | Less is More is led by Le Groupe Ouest, developed with Control N (Romania), Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds – VAF (Belgium), Krakow Festival Office – KBF (Poland) and the Transilvania International Film Festival – TIFF (Romania), and in partnership with The Lithuanian Film Centre, The Norwegian Film Institute, Screen Scotland, The Brittany Region and Focal (Switzerland).

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