Greenhouse's second seminar dealt with two main aspects of the projects' development; the continuation of the written proposals and initial work on the trailers which will be presented at the final seminar pitching event. Lectures on production, marketing strategies and the writing process were given by Sandi DuBowsky, "A Jihad for love" producer, Antonio Saura, Greenhouse's partner and the producer of "The Chicken, the Fish & the King Crab" and "Fados" and Yair Lev, Greenhouse's head of studies. Parvez Sharma, the director of "A Jihad for Love" screened his film and gave a fascinating master class which discussed the topic of being a religious Muslim and a homosexual. On the seminars last day the filmmakers presented their projects and received feedbacks from Greenhouse's mentors, team and partners in preparations for the final pitching event. "Meetings on the bridge", a conference in the framework of the Istanbul International Film Festival hosted Greenhouse for two panels. Greenhouse's first round best project "On the way to school", was presented as a case study; the film is currently in advanced stages of production and is gaining a lot of interest from the international film industry. The filmmakers screened excerpts of the film and talked about the working process within Greenhouse which lead the project to a comprehensive and compelling story. On the second session the panel members discussed regional filmmaking and documentary cinema in Turkey.
Mentor Hans Robert Eisenhauer & with his students
Parvez Sharma's master class after the screening of "A Jihad for Love"
Mentor Marc Isaacs & Lilach Gavish & Wael Istanbuli
