FNE at When East Meets West/Trieste FF: Interviews with Cristina Sain and Alessandro Gropplero
Region 21-01-2015TRIESTE: Cristina Sain, the president of Trieste Film Festival told FNE that the financial situation of the festival has improved in the last few years, while Alessandro Gropplero, who runs When East Meets West, said that there were several documentaries dealing with espionage in the selection of the coproduction forum this year.
WARSAW: The Performer, the debut feature of Łukasz Ronduda and Maciej Sobieszczanski, was selected for Berlinale Forum Expanded (5-15 February 2015).
New Distribution Manager for CEE and Russia Appointed by Turner Broadcasting System
Region 20-01-2015WARSAW: Turner Broadcasting System has appointed Dominik Tzimas as the new Distribution Manager for Central and Eastern Europe and Russia. Tzimas will work in the Warsaw office.
NICOSIA: The independent feature Eleftheria – Woman of Cyprus is currently in preproduction hoping to raise 0.5m USD on Indiegogo until 28 January 2015. American star Olympia Dukakis has agreed to play the title role depending on the final script approval and her schedule.
TRIESTE: Along with 22 projects in development selected for pitching, the 5th edition of When East Meets West Trieste (18-20 January) is launching two new initiatives dedicated to films in the postproduction stage.
BERLIN: Romanian and Lithuanian coproductions, Why Me? directed by Tudor Giurgiu and The Summer of Sangailé by Alanté Kavaïté, as well as a Czech documentary Daniel’s World by Veronika Liskova, were selected for the Panorama section of this year’s Berlinale, running from 5 to 15 February.
FESTIVALS: Cyprus Film Days Announces Call for Entries for its International Competition
Cyprus 19-01-2015NICOSIA: Cyprus Film Days will present a separate international competition section, Glocal Images, for the 5th consecutive year. The deadline for applications is 13 February 2015. The 13th edition of Cyprus Film Days will take place in Nicosia and Limassol from 17 to 26 April 2015.
When East Meets West kicks off and reveals the 7 projects selected in the new sections LAST STOP TRIESTE e FIRST CUT LAB
Festivals 16-01-2015Trieste, January 16th, 2015 – 30 different countries, 150 international decision makers, more than 300 registered participants: these are the figures of the fifth edition of When East Meets West, the co-production forum for Eastern and Western Europe starting on Monday 19th of January in Trieste. Along with 22 projects in development selected for the pitching, out of the record number of 285 submissions, When East Meets West launches two new initiatives dedicated to film in post-production stage.
The Summer of Sangaile by the Lithuanian director Alantė Kavaitė to be screened in the main programme of Berlinale Panorama. The film will have its European premiere in Berlin while its World Premiere is a couple of days ahead in Sundance.
At the upcoming East Doc Platform, the following 18 projects in various stages of production will be presented by their producers to East European professionals and important decision makers from all over the world within the prearranged one-on-one meetings at Project Market. They will be joined by the 7 projects selected for Doc Tank as well.
