Renate Farkas

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT RENATE FARKAS

Film production: 20••••18: Renate\'s first short, The 6th Child, which won the Van Gogh World Cinematography Award at the Amsterdam Film Festival 2012, was also selected for the Cannes Short Film Corner 2012. Building on this initial success, Renate has been involved with several powerful film projects resulting in the ongoing co-operation known as Burning Horseshoe Productions. Renate has produced eight short films, all of which have been screened at UK-and international film festivals (Germany, France, The Netherlands). I.F (Invisible Frequencies) won the Best Thriller Category in 2013 in Amsterdam, and The Priest with Two Guns was awarded the Grand Jury Prize in 2014. Burning Horseshoe Productions co-produced a feature thriller called The Dying Eye with the American Meditz Productions. The film was in the Official Selection for the Southampton International Film Festival and was nominated in 2 categories: Director in a Feature & Best Horror/Thriller in 2014. After attending a session on Interactive Media at the 2013 Edinburgh Film Festival, Renate came up with the idea of creating a tourist app for Edinburgh, featuring the work of local artists and game developers. The University of West of Scotland proved to be a powerful partner in this challenge. They were awarded a grant from the Scottish Funding Council\'s Innovation Voucher Scheme and created a successful app called Explore Edinburgh Rock 2 Rock. In April 2015 Stephen Don contacted Renate with an exciting feature script idea, based on the true story of a remarkable escape of two Scottish soldiers in the 2nd World War. The project, which is steeped in Scottish language and culture, has already raised interest among industry professionals. They have been awarded £12500 development funding through Northern-Ireland Screen and are in the process of securing finances for the project. Since then Renate has been involved in four other feature projects. Renate has gained broad experience in liaising and discussing film and technological projects with financial backers; creating budget sheets; monitoring the cash flow; ensuring expenditure sheets and receipts are accurate; raising funds; following health and safety procedures; booking crew; creating and processing production paperwork and overseeing programme & paperwork deliveries.