Power to the Pixel is delighted to announce that applications are now open for The Pixel Lab, its brand new residential course to be held 4 – 10 July 2010 in the 5*St. Davidxe2x80x99s Hotel & Spa in Cardiff.

The cross-media lab is open to European media professionals with a strong track record in their sector, and has a particular focus on the creation, finance and distribution of cross-media properties to create sustainable European media businesses.

The Pixel Lab will enable European film producers and other media professionals to tap into the business knowledge-base of the film, online, broadcast, gaming and mobile industries.

This project-led, intensive week-long workshop, led by international cross-media experts, will consist of a mixture of group work, one-to-one meetings, plenary sessions and case studies; a tailored, hands-on opportunity for developing, packaging, marketing and distributing cross-media stories.
Power to the Pixel is offering scholarship places that cover course fees, travel, accommodation and meals. At least two scholarships will be offered to applicants from the 12 new EU member states.

Power to the Pixel will select up to 40 European participantsxe2x80x93 20 producers with cross-media projects and 20 audio-visual professionals without a project.

Producer participants will additionally benefit from focused distance learning project-work between the end of the residency and October, when they will be invited to attend Power to the Pixelxe2x80x99s Cross-Media Forum in London and present their projects to potential international partners.

Power to the Pixel is offering scholarship places that cover course fees, travel, accommodation and meals. At least two scholarship places will be offered to applicants from the 12 new EU member states (Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia) and/or Croatia.

Deadline for applications is 16 April 2010.

For full information and application form please visit the website – powertothepixel.com
Contact: lab[at]powertothepixel.com

The Pixel Lab is supported by the Media Programme of the European Union, Skillset, TorinoFilmLab, Creative Business Wales, Skillset Academi+ and ARTE. Strategic partner EAVE and CIRIC.