Call for Applications – ACE Leadership Special

ACE Producers is pleased to launch the ACE Leadership Special with thanks to support from Creative Europe MEDIA and the Netherlands Film Fund. A new workshop aimed at experienced producers looking to establish sound business foundations for their companies and develop their personal leadership and entrepreneurial skills.

The world of audiovisual production is changing rapidly. In order to survive and thrive in this dynamic environment, solid leadership is more important than ever. This asks for a strong vision, and the ability to operate with ever greater flexibility and agility. The ACE Leadership Special will help company-owning producers discover their own personal vision and gain the tools needed to adapt and flourish when faced with change.

ACE Leadership Special will help producers harness their capabilities and innate skills, raising their confidence to allow them to provide effective leadership for their production companies and teams, and to become “Masters of Change”.

Open to members of the ACE Network and other experienced, established producers of a similar level, the ACE Leadership Special will take place over two 3-day residential workshops with additional online sessions complementing them. 12 producers will be selected, each with their own experiences from running a company and their own unique entrepreneurial capabilities, allowing the small group to benefit not only from the knowledge of the workshop consultants, but from each other’s lived experiences.

The ACE Leadership Special will help participants upgrade their capabilities in an all-encompassing approach through three interlinking themes: the human being, the entrepreneur, and the manager. Focusing on this triad of roles, the programme will cover the following topics:

  • How to be a more effective leader: Improving personal leadership and management performance by looking at the human being behind the leader
  • How to plan and form strategy as an entrepreneur in a changing world: Improving the performance and prospects of the business
  • ­ Should be available and able to commit to attend the entire workshop

WORKSHOP DATES
20 – 22 June 2022
12 – 14 September 2022
With other online elements

LOCATION
The first workshop will take place in the Netherlands, whilst the destination of the second is to be confirmed.

ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS

  • ­ Should be an owner or partner in an audiovisual production company
  • ­ Should have been the delegate producer (i.e. the principal responsible producer) of at least one theatrically-released feature film, documentary or a high-end drama series which has been broadcast or aired online
  • ­ Should be available and able to commit to attend the entire workshop

FEES
€3.500 (€3.250 for ACE Network Members).
The fee covers full board, accommodation and training during the workshops. Travel costs are not included.

APPLICATION DEADLINE
14 April 2022

HOW TO APPLY
Applicants will be asked to explain in a motivation letter their leadership challenges, the current situation of their company, their long-term thinking and plans for the future.

For more information or to request an application form, please contact
info@ace-producers.com