PRIME 4 Kids&Family, former Pygmalion Plus - Europe’s unique cross media training initiative for family entertainment addresses screenwriters and creative teams who are developing a project for a feature film, a TV-series and also interactive applications (games).

Berlin-based PRIMEHOUSE, which has successfully relaunched the former Pygmalion program to PRIME4Kids&Family, received over 40 participation requests from France, Poland, Austria, Great Britain, Sweden, Norway, Germany and Italy. At least the jury selected 15 projects which are representing 8 European countries.
The selected projects are: Lena and the King of Snakes (WILDart film, Austria), Albert the Extraterrestrial (Film- u. Fernsehlabor, Germany); Alberto, Zach and the Big Bang (Martina Klein, Germany), Fina – the one day fly (Ulrike Stegmann, Germany), FresserWisser/CritterSnatchers (ZipZoomZap Design, Germany), The Legend of Vineta (Ulysses Filmproduktion, Germany), Lupo Gentile (Arsenale 23, Italy, Bloody Cheap (NPS, Netherland), From Mice to Men (Filmbin AS, Norway), Broszka (Aurora Film Production S.C, Poland), Telepastele (SPI Film Studio, Poland), The little Red Paper Ship (MiniMondo Filmproduction, Poland), The Storm Cloud Odyssey (Agnieszka Sadurska, Poland), Tostissimo (Levain Film Development, Sweden), Nini and the Red Wall (Edwards Windus, UK).

“We are very happy about this year projects. The multitude of international authors respectively production companies that applied is proof that the relaunch of former Pygmalion to PRIME 4Kids&Family with its special approach was being welcomed and talked about abroad and not at least we see the obviously very big need for programs like P4K&F,“ emphasises Frank Stehling, Managing Director of PRIMEHOUSE. The first of two “Centers“ of PRIME4Kids&Family 2010 will take place in the Countryside of North Poland from October 3rd  - 11th  2010. The second one will take place by the end of the year in Ludwigsburg, Germany.

Prime4Kids&Family (former Pygmalion Plus) is specifically designed for the development of projects for child and family audiences across all audiovisual media.
It is jointly produced by five European organisations, combining their experience in professional training and children's media. We collaborate with the strong conviction that it is essential to create specialised professional development programmes for those who want to make original work in media for children.
At Prime4Kids&Family, writers develop their projects and their craft through collaboration with experienced mentors, all distinguished writers, with creative professionals from allied fields, and with an international group of fellow participants.

“The success of such a course can be measured in several ways. The level of talent it attracts, the development of both the participants and their projects during the modules, the ‘take-away’ know-how and gained experience from the modules and finally, the development beyond the course.
Paul Tyler, Mentor Interactive Media, UK , August 2009

Workshop 2010

• 1st Lab: 3rd - 11th October 2010, a 9 -day residential Lab at a location in Warsaw, Poland
• 2nd Lab: 5th - 8th December 2010, 4-day residential Lab in Ludwigsburg, Germany
  (venues and dates to be confirmed)
• Deadline for receipt of applocations: 2 July 2010
• Participation fee: 1.500 € (covering tuition, accommodation and subsistence - travel not included)