3rd Fontys Film Oscar Award night as part of the start-up factory

In the second year of our business programmes students take part in the start-up factory. One of the possible focuses is the commercial film.

In the beginning of June, we celebrated the 3rd Fontys Film Oscar Award as a grand final of the commercial film start-up factory project. Six teams of 4-5 students each, participated in this second year interdisciplinary project and made their own videos. Together with partner companies they developed a research assignment, analysed the problem and the market and finally wrote a screenplay for the film. All six films were shown  at Grenswerk. In a festive ceremony two films won an Oscar – one for content and one in the category entertainment.

Winner of the entertainment Oscar: Modern Motivation – Because Working is Living with partner company Office Inspiration Center.

Winner of the content Oscar: A Bite of our Light with partner Company Light4food.

It was a fantastic evening with red carpet, entertaining moderation, excitement and after show party. Students on stage recommended the project as having been challenging and a lot of fun.

For next year, students can apply for the Commercial Film Project as part of the Start Up Factory Project choices. Topic for next year’s Commercial Film project will be: Sustainable Innovation.

The start-up factory at Fontys Venlo

In the second year of your study programme you participate in the project StartUp Factory. Together with students from other study programmes you establish your own StartUp Factory. Over ten months, you experience the real challenges of a company. You develop knowledge and skills which are necessary for all business fields. We call these business fields in short “TEC” (Technology, Entrepreneurship and Creativity).

For this project you choose 1 out of 4 possibilities:

• Mini company/ StartUp Factory: in this project you establish your own company! Within a group of around ten students you write a business plan, and you develop an own product. You organise production and sales activities and motivate your colleagues to cooperate in a fruitful way.
• Commercial Film: Within this project you lead the production of a commercial movie for a real company. The grand final of this project will be a self-organised Oscar night!
• X-Lab: You participate in workshops in which you, both individually and in groups, work on creative solutions for problems of real companies.
• Social Enterprise: The goal of this project is to create a sustainable and long-term organisation together with students from another country (currently Zambia).