MEET BUCHSCOUT AGENCY IN CANNES 2022, May 18-23

What a pleasure to be back in Cannes !!! 💫 Meet us in the Village International.

For appointments contact us: info@buchscout.net

BUCHSCOUT & SERIENSCOUT Agency offers an international film script consultancy and content creation – from the initial idea to the finished shooting scripts. We create, search, develop and broker sophisticated series, TV or cinema movies, novel-to-film adaptations to become a unique experience and success on the national and international markets. www.buchscout.net

April 7-10, Suzanne Pradel will lecture @ 1st European edition of the American Writers Lab (TWL)

BuchScout is happy to announce that Suzanne Pradel will teach at the first European edition of the successful American Writerrs lab (TWL)

The Writers Lab (TWL), the script development programme for women and non-binary writers over 40.

The non-profit initiative will run virtually from April 7-10, and is designed to discover an intersectional range of diverse new voices in the film sector. The successful participants will be connected with leading screenwriters and producers in the industry. 17 writers from 13 countries have been selected.

Mentors and guests include directors Susanne Bier (The Night Manager), Jasmila Žbanić (Quo Vadis, Aida?), Isabel Coixet (Secret Life Of Words), Nadine Labaki (Capernaum), Agnieszka Holland (Europa Europa), producer and writer Jantje Friese (Dark), playwright and writer Christina Ham (Them), and producer Ameenah Ayub Allen (Rocks, Ali and Ava), script consultant Suzanne Pradel (BuchScout Agency).

TWL Europe is produced by co-founders Elizabeth Kaiden and Nitza Wilon in partnership with Untamed Stories, lead by Julia Berg and Ruth Spencer. The UK and Ireland TWL programme backed by Cate Blanchett´s Dirty Films was launched last year, whilst the US iteration started in 2015, is produced by NYWIFT and counts Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman among its supporters.

The 17 participants of The Writers Lab Europe 2022:

  • Regine AnourUnderdoc (Comedy, Austria)
  • E Coleman, Dumas (Historical Drama, Switzerland)
  • Ilaria Freccia & Bebetta Campeti, Hold Me Tight (Feature Drama, Italy)
  • Mumta Mala Ghedia, No Monsters in Berlin (Drama, Germany)
  • Virginie Gourmel, Concussion (Feature Thriller, Brussels – Belgium)
  • Tuija Halttunen, Hard Boiled Eggs (Feature Comedy, Finland)
  • Orla Hannon, Bereft of a Talisman ( Drama, Ireland)
  • Marta Hopfer-Gilles, Good Enough (Comedy, Norway)
  • Nicole van Kilsdonk & Marijke Schermer, Breakwater (Feature Drama, Netherlands)
  • Tereza Kotyk, Faith: A Fair Balance of Pain (Feature Drama, Austria)
  • Álfrún Örnólfsdóttir, Shitballs (Feature Comedy, Iceland)
  • Carlota Pereda, The Blondes (Feature Comedy/Thriller, Spain)
  • Ninon Schubert, The Plague Doctor (Feature Horror, Germany)
  • Raquel Stern, Imperfect Cadence ( Comedy, Germany)
  • Francesca Tasini, Unclean (Drama, Italy)
  • Dorotea Vucic, Hadi ( Sci-Fi, Croatia)
  • Agnieszka Zwiefka, She (Feature Drama, Poland)

Alles rund um filmische Adaptionen

Adaption – Analysen   Wir lektorieren deutsch-, englisch- und französischsprachige Romane, Exposés oder Romanadpationen und prüfen ihren dramaturgischen Gehalt und Verfilmbarkeit. Darüber hinaus erarbeiten wir konkrete Verbesserungsvorschläge, liefern professionelle Adaptionshinweise und  bestimmen das Marktpotenzial.

Adaption – Exposés   Wir erstellen aussagekräftige Projektpräsentationen in deutscher, englischer und französischer Sprache für Entscheidungsträger bei Sendern, Verleihern und Förderern.

Adaption – Consulting Wir analysieren wir Drehbuchstoffe, beraten Produzenten und Autoren mit dramaturgischem Know-how. Bei der Entwicklung von Drehbüchern fördern wir deren Potenzial unter Zuhilfenahme kreativer Arbeitstechniken (Clustering,  Stellen von Konflikten, Colored Graph, Hinzuziehen von Filmbeispielen und anderer Visualisiertechniken).


Welcher Roman eignet sich zur Verfilmung?

Wussten Sie. dass mehr als 80% der erfolgreichsten Filme auf Romanen basieren?


Aber welcher Roman eignet sich zur Verfilmung? Wie übersetze ich den Text in einen gelungenes audiovisuelles Erlebnis, dass ein Hit an der Kinokasse wird?
Eine erfolgreiche Adaption fordert nicht nur eine richtige Einschätzung des Potenzials, sondern auch viel Geschick in der Umsetzung. 

Die BuchScout Agentur ist  seit 2009 spezialisiert auf die  Evaluierung von Romanen und begleitet Produzenten in ganz Europa bei der dramaturgischen Umsetzung ihrer Kinohits –  so wie unter anderem auch bei den Zuschauermillionären im Kino: „Ich bin dann mal weg“ oder „Hanni und Nanni“)


Vera Feb 22:Dreams Of The Sea # Ingmar Bergmann Competition @ Göteborg Film Festival

BuchScout is happy to announce that „Vera Dreams of the Sea“ premieres in #Sweden this #February– We are honored that our film is selected in #IngmarBergmanCompetition of the 45th edition of Göteborg Film Festival
In selectors words:
“The moving feature film debut is a sophisticated portrayal of female compliance and empathic capabilities in collision with a male honour code.”

More information: https://program.goteborgfilmfestival.se/en/program/vera-dreams-of-the-sea?fbclid=IwAR3UF3nQXlPOjIiKtRuRVV3-Q6e0ZEMuPL4RcNRrdz7m2o_tn_xgBcGXCu8


WATCH TRAILER award winning film VERA DREAMS OF THE SEA

WATCH TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb_9b9ZjVzs&t=3s

BuchScout is pleased to announce that the dramatic thriller „VERA DREAMS OF THE SEA„, dramaturgically supervised by Suzanne Pradel, has begun its successful journey around the world: 

Italy – La Biennale di Venezia 
Awards: ⭐️Inclusion Edipo Re Award & ⭐️Authors under 40 Award – Orizzonti Competition at Venice 2021
Japan – Tokyo International Film Festival 2021
Award: ⭐️GrandPrix – Tokyo International Film Festival 2021 
Greece- Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2021
Award: ⭐️Special Jury Prize | Silver Alexander in Meet the Neighbors Competition at 62nd Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Slovakia – Cinematik International Film Festival 2021
Germany – Mannheim – Heidelberg Film Festival 2021
France – Arras Film Festival 2021
Luxembourg. – CinEast Film Festival 2021
USA – AFI Fest 2021
Brazil – Mostra Internaticional de Cinema / Sao Paulo International Film Festival 2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina – Sarajevo Film Festival 2020   
Award: ⭐️Post Republic Award – 26th Sarajevo Film Festival

Read more about the film:  https://www.screendaily.com/news/vera-dreams-of-the-sea-wins-top-prize-at-tokyo-international-film-festival/5164976.article?fbclid=IwAR0xSe-Y-S9YHj07Ih75os-2KKbasUmSZs0OjEk-zFQtCwr31ts483bviC0

Director: Kaltrina Krasniqi
Production: Isstra Creative Factory (Shkumbin Istrefi), Dream Factory (Ognen Antov), Papadhimitri Production (Dionis Papadhimitri)
Screenplay: Doruntina Basha
Script Consultant: Suzanne Pradel (BuchScout Agency Berlin)
Country: Kosovo, Albania, North Macedonia
Main Cast: Teuta Ajdini Jegeni, Alketa Sylaj, Astrit Kabashi, Refet Abazi, Arona Zyberi
Cinematographer: Sevdije Kastrati
Editor: Vladimir Pavlovski, Kaltrina Krasniqi
Production Designer: Burim Arifi, Blendina Xhema
Costume Designer: Albulena Borovci
Music: Petrit Çeku, Genc Salihu
Sound: Igor Popovski, Darko Spasovski