PRAGUE: The fourth edition of East Doc Platform, which ran from 2 to 8 March 2015, has come to a close. The Golden Funnel Award was given to the Estonian project Working on Title by Aleksandr Kheyfets. Yorinde Segal presented the IDFA Forum Award to the new project of Bulgarian documentarists Vesela Kazakova and Milna Mileva, The Beast is Still Alive.
The following production and development grants were announced by the National Film Centre on 9 March 2015 as the results of the second grant contest of 2014.
PRAGUE: The juries of the 17th annual One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival have granted eight awards. Best Film 2015 went to The Look of Silence by American director Joshua Oppenheimer. The Czech Radio prize for innovative use of music and sound went to German/Polish coproduction The Queen of Silence, coproduced in Poland by Odra Film.
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Promising Documentary Projects are Being Fine -tuned in Prague, East Doc Platform Has Begun
Press releases 04-03-2015Directors and producers of 10 East and Central European creative documentary projects that succeeded in a tough competition of more than 200 applicants came to Prague on Monday, to take part in the 15th East European Forum workshop and pitching within the region’s key documentary industry event, East Doc Platform.
15th goEast Film Festival in Wiesbaden: Symposium Explores Legendary Producer Artur Brauner's Life's Work Between East and West
Festivals 03-03-2015Films like ANASTASIA: THE CZAR'S LAST DAUGHTER and THE GOOD SOLDIER SCHWEJK were huge hits at the box office in West Germany of the 1950's and 60's; EUROPA EUROPA provoked heated debates in the 1990's.
The 4th Visegrad Film Forum 2015 is only one week away. From March 11th to March 14th Bratislava will host Christopher Newman three-time Oscar winner for sound including horror cult classic The Exorcist. Sicilian directors, scriptwriters Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza, who won two awards at Cannes 2013.
The FilmFestival Cottbus is delighted to announce that following an international job posting a new Artistic Director has been found for the next five years. Bernd Buder, until now the festival’s Programme Director who for the past two years was responsible for artistic direction in place of the departed Roland Rust, will be the future Artistic Director.
EAVE has not only become an internationally recognised brand among the existing training initiatives and networks in Europe, but is also playing a major role in fostering co-production and strengthening the European audiovisual sector.
SOFIA: The Sofia Meetings coproduction market this year includes projects from Bulgaria, Lithuania, Georgia, Romania and Latvia. The event, which supports first, second or third feature projects looking for financial support and coproducers, takes place within the framework of the 19th Sofia Film Festival.
