The first seminar took place in Istanbul, Turkey in January 2007. It received excellent feedback from the participants. The filmmakers worked on their project's premise, their motivation for making the film, the cinematic way in which to portray the subject and the narrative structure of each film. The input from working together with a mentor enabled the filmmakers to view their story through a new prism. The filmmakers worked with their mentors on the first stage of developing their projects and now all have a full written proposal. These proposals have already been sent to several international development funds and TV stations and have received great interest, including one project, which already secured funding from the CNC, France
Guests of the first seminar Tolga Esmer - Producer, Turkey. Pelin Esmer - Director, Turkey Max Kestner - Director , Denmark Dunja Gry Jensen, - Screenwriter, Denmark. Steven Seidenberg – Prominent producer & director, UK.
