Ready to get your ambitions a step higher, to boost your knowledge of the film industry and your networking skills?

Coming to FEST New Directors | New Films Festival between the 22nd and 29th of June, you're in for a full week of screenings as well as master classes, lectures, workshops, and debates headed by heavyweights of the international film industry- from directors, producers, and cinematographers, to actors, casting agents and costume designers. They come here to share their experience and know-how, ready to discuss their craft and their careers and to get inspired in turn by the energy and creativity of up and coming filmmakers.

Here are some of the people you will have a chance to meet and learn from at FEST this year:

Melissa Leo- Oscar winning actress for her supporting role in David O. Russel's The Fighter;

Peter Webber- BAFTA nominated director of Girl With a Pearl Earring and Hannibal;

Guillermo Navarro- Oscar winning director of photography of Pan's Labyrinth;

Eddy Joseph- Supervising sound editor on Casino Royale and Pink Floyd The Wall, among others;

Gareth Wiley- Golden Globe nominated producer of Match Point and Vicky Cristina Barcelona;

Barney Pilling- BAFTA and Oscar nominated editor of The Grand Budapest Hotel and An Education;

Steven Noble- BAFTA nominated costume designer of The Theory of Everything and Under the Skin, among others;

Peter Doyle- Visual colorist involved in the production of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and Inside Llewyn Davies.

In addition to meeting these and many other film professionals, by participating in FEST you also have the opportunity to:

- meet and collaborate with over 400 film-minded participants from around the world;

- broaden your network of professional contacts;

- screen your completed or work-in-progress projects in the Filmmakers' Corner;

- receive career advice and feedback on your work from the guests;

- participate in the Industry Meetings and have reunions with producers and distributors to advance your future projects;

- kick off your summer with a film holiday on the Portuguese seaside.

The FEST pass is available to the members of Erasmus Students Network for the special price of 49.99 euros and it gives you access to all the screenings of FEST New Directors | New Films Festival, all the events of Training Ground, as well as the Industry Meetings and the public session of the FEST Pitching Forum.

We're looking forward to meet you in Espinho!

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