MIDPOINT Intensive Ukraine is a professional training program opened to Ukrainian creative teams of filmmakers (scriptwriter, director and producer). The four-day program is intended for film professionals from Ukraine who are developing their first or second feature fiction film projects.
MIDPOINT Intensive Ukraine 2026
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Structure
Four-Day Intensive Experience
The program will select Ukrainian creative teams of filmmakers (scriptwriters, directors, and producers) who are developing their feature fiction film projects.
During the workshop, the teams will work on the creative development of the script as well as on the production aspects of their projects. The workshop consists of group work within a small group of participants accompanied by lectures.
Projects
Anatomy of Obedience
A deeply religious Ukrainian family lives in a small German town. Yurii, a 25-year-old veterinarian, struggles with his faith and his authoritarian father, Yevhen, yet still lives at home. The ...
The Shot at Success
“This is a story about love,” ironizes the narrator, Vynnychenko. In 1918, amid the collapse of empires and the chaos of war, Kyiv becomes the stage for a fragile new state. General Pavlo, a man ...
Solfeggio Lessons
Solfeggio Lessons follows Olena, a widowed solfeggio teacher at an old, rigid music school, and her 16-year-old daughter Yaryna, a gifted pianist who is growing increasingly distant from the musical ...
This Blossom Feels Different
Lesia is a 40-year-old theatre director who runs a children's theatre studio in her home village and dreams of building a personal paradise on her ancestors' land — a picturesque village in the ...
Participants
Tutors
Group Leader
Ivo Trajkov
Czech Republic
Ivo Trajkov works as a director, film editor, screenwriter and story editor. He was born in Macedonia and graduated from FAMU in Prague. He has written/directed 8 feature-length films in several ...
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Producer Tutor
Simone Baumann
Germany
Simone Baumann is a German producer and an expert on international co-productions. She started her career as a producer in the 1990s. From 1997, as a managing partner at LE Vision Film- und ...
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Partners
Meet MIDPOINT alumni—writers, script consultants, and development executives ready to bring stories to life!