JANUARY

EVENT

WEBSITE

DATE

MIDPOINT Shorts, Workshop 2, Online

https://www.midpoint-institute.eu/programs/214-midpoint-shorts-2020-2021

11-15 January2021

When East Meets West (WEMW) - Co-Production Forum, Trieste Film Festival, Italy, online

http://www.wemw.it/2010/09/19/co-production-forum/

24-26 January 2021

When East Meets West (WEMW)  - Last Stop Trieste, Trieste Film Festival, Italy, in person

http://www.wemw.it/2010/09/19/last-stop-trieste/

25-26 January 2021

When East Meets West (WEMW)  – First Cut Lab, Trieste Film Festival, Italy

http://www.wemw.it/2010/09/19/first-cut-lab/

24-28 January 2021

When East Meets West (WEMW)  – This Is It, Trieste Film Festival, Italy, in person and online

http://www.wemw.it/2010/09/19/this-is-it/

24 January 2021

MIDPOINT Feature Launch Spotlight, during the Trieste Film Festival -When East Meets West Co-production Forum, Italy

https://www.midpoint-institute.eu/programs/196-midpoint-feature-launch-2020

January 2021

MIDPOINT Cold Open, in collaboration with the Trieste Film Festival – Eastweek and When East Meets West Co-production Forum, Italy, online

https://www.midpoint-institute.eu/programs/216-midpoint-cold-open-2021

25-28 January 2021

Rotterdam Lab, Rotterdam Film Festival, Netherlands, the Netherlands, online

https://iffr.com/en/rotterdam-lab

25 January-5 February 2021

FEBRUARY

Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market, Clermont-Ferrand Short FF, France, online

https://www.clermont-filmfest.org/en/short-film-market/about/

1-5 February 2021

CineMart, Rotterdam Film Festival, Netherlands, the Netherlands, online

https://iffr.com/en/about-cinemart

1-5 February 2021

IFFR Pro Days, Rotterdam Film Festival, the Netherlands

www.iffr.com

1-7 February 2021

IFFR Pro Hub, Rotterdam Film Festival, the Netherlands

iffr.com/en/pro-hub

1-7 February 2021

Global Pitch within Sunny Side of the Doc, online

https://www.sunnysideofthedoc.com/call-for-projects-global-pitch/

2-3 February 2021

Emerging Producers edition  2021 (2nd leg), Berlin, Germany

www.ji-hlava.com/emerging-producers

8-13 February 2021

MIDPOINT Feature Launch Preparatory Seminar for Script Consultant Trainees, online

https://www.midpoint-institute.eu/programs/213-midpoint-feature-launch-2021

18-20 February 2021

MIDPOINT Feature Launch: Kickoff, online

https://www.midpoint-institute.eu/programs/213-midpoint-feature-launch-2021

24-26 February 2021

CEE Animation Workshop, online and in person

https://ceeanimation.eu/workshops/2021-cee-animation-workshop/

February 2021 online, May 2021 (online or residential in Czech Republic), September and November 2021 online

MARCH

European Film Market, Berlinale, Germany

www.efm-berlinale.de/en/home/homepage.html#

1-5 March 2021

Berlinale Coproduction Market, Berlin, Germany

www.efm-berlinale.de/en/copro-market/profile/profile.html

1-5 March 2021

EAVE Producers Workshop W1, online

https://eave.org/programmes/eave-producers-workshop-2021

5-12 March 2021 and  12-19 April 2021

3rd Ex Oriente Film session: Market, Here I Am!, Prague, Czech Republic (within East Doc Platform, organised in association with One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival)

https://dokweb.net/activities/ex-oriente-film/2020/workshop-3-prague

6-12 March 2021

East Doc Platform, One World International Human Rights Documentary FF, Prague, Czech Republic

https://dokweb.net/activities/east-doc-platform/2021/about

6-12 March 2021

East Doc Forum, East Doc Platform, Preparatory workshop, One World International Human Rights Documentary FF, Prague, Czech Republic

 https://dokweb.net/activities/east-doc-platform/2021/east-doc-forum

6-12 March 2021

East Doc Series, 2nd session: “Episode 2: The Pitch” – East Doc Platform, Prague, Czech Republic

https://dokweb.net/activities/east-doc-platform/2021/east-doc-series

6-12 March 2021

East Dok Market in Prague, East Doc Platform, One World International Human Rights Documentary FF, Czech Republic

https://dokweb.net/activities/east-doc-platform/2021/east-doc-market

6-12 March 2021 (East Doc Platform dates)

East Doc Interactive, East Doc Platform, One World International Human Rights Documentary FF, Czech Republic

https://dokweb.net/activities/east-doc-platform/2021/east-doc-interactive

6-12 March 2021

Cartoon Movie, Pitching & co-pro event - feature films, Bordeaux, France

http://www.cartoon-media.eu/cartoon-movie-event/cartoon-movie-2021.htm

9-11 March 2021

EAVE Puentes, W2 in South Tyrol, Italy

https://eave.org/programmes/puentes-2020

16-20 March 2021

Sofia Meetings, Sofia IFF, Bulgaria

sofiameetings.siff.bg/

17-21 March 2021

Cinélatino Rencontres de Toulouse, France

cinelatino.fr/

19-28 March 2021

APRIL

MIPTV

https://www.miptv.com/

12-14 April 2021

EAVE European Producers W1, Luxembourg

https://eave.org/programmes/eave-producers-workshop-2021

12-19 April 2021

Meeting Point (MPV), Vilnius, Lithuania, online

www.meetingpointvilnius.lt

14-16 April 2021

Docs in Progress, Doc Outlook, Visions du Réel IFF, Nyon, Switzerland

www.visionsdureel.ch/en

15-25 April 2021 (festival dates)

Pitching du Réel: Coproduction Forum, Doc Outlook, Visions du Réel IFF, Nyon, Switzerland

www.visionsdureel.ch/en

15-25 April 2021 (festival dates)

Rough Cut Lab, Doc Outlook, Visions du Réel IFF, Nyon, Switzerland

www.visionsdureel.ch/en

15-25 April 2021 (festival dates)

Opening Scenes, Visions du Réel IFF, Nyon, Switzerland

www.visionsdureel.ch/en

15-25 April 2021 (festival dates)

Immersive and Interactive Formats, Visions du Réel IFF, Nyon, Switzerland

www.visionsdureel.ch/en

15-25 April 2021 (festival dates)

MIDPOINT Feature Launch, W1

https://www.midpoint-institute.eu/programs/213-midpoint-feature-launch-2021

17-22 April 2021

MIDPOINT TV Launch, Pre-Training for DE participants, online

https://www.midpoint-institute.eu/programs/217-midpoint-tv-launch-2021

26-27 April 2021

dok.incubator, Session 1- Rough-Cut (hybrid session)

https://dokincubator.net/introduction-to-applications/#.X8JhsM0zZPZ

April

2021

MAY

MIDPOINT TV Launch, W1, online

https://www.midpoint-institute.eu/programs/217-midpoint-tv-launch-2021

3-14 May 2021

Animation Production Days (APD), Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, Germany

https://www.itfs.de/en/branche/animation-production-day/

5-7 May 2021

EAVE Ties That Bind, W2, Italy, online (7-11 June 2021), hybrid 30 June-2 July 2021

https://eave.org/programmes/ties-that-bind-2020

7-11 June 2021

Producers on the Move in Cannes, France

www.efp-online.com

Online sessions in May 2021, in person pitchings in Cannes on 9-11 July 2021

Cartoon Digital, Platforms Evolution & Innovation Drive in a Fast-changing Industry, Cagliari, Italy

www.cartoon-media.eu/cartoon-masters/cartoon-digital.htm

26-28 May 2021

Torino FeatureLab, 1st workshop, online

http://www.torinofilmlab.it/training/112-featurelab-projects-2021

31 May-5 June 2021

JUNE

EAVE Creative Producer Indaba, W2, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

https://eave.org/programmes/creative-producer-indaba

1-10 June 2021

The Series Pitchings, Kyiv IFF Molodist, Ukraine

https://molodist.com/en/talent-workshop/molodist-series-pitching

2 June 2021

B2B Doc Launch Pad, Kyiv IFF Molodist, Ukraine

https://molodist.com/en/talent-workshop/b2b-doc-launch-pad

3 June 2021

Boat Meeting Coproduction Market, Kyiv IFF Molodist, Ukraine

https://molodist.com/en/talent-workshop/boat-meeting

4 June 2021

Ties That Bind 2020, EAVE Asia-Europe Co-Production Workshop 2, online and hybrid

eave.org/programmes/ties-that-bind-2020/

7-11 June 2021 (online),

30 June-2 July 2021 (hybrid)

EAVE Puentes, online and in person

https://eave.org/programmes/puentes-2021

14-18 June 2021 (W1 online),

21-25 December 2021 (W2 Uruguay)

International Animation Film Market (MIFA), Annecy Animated FF, France

www.annecy.org/mifa/presentation:fr

15-18 June 2021

Ex Oriente Film Session: Find Your Way – Vision, Space and Storytelling, online at Sunny Side of the Doc

https://dokweb.net/activities/ex-oriente-film/2021/session-1-online

19-24 June 2021

Sunny Side of the Doc, La Rochelle, France

www.sunnysideofthedoc.com/sunnyside/

21-24 June 2021

MIDPOINT Feature Launch, Workshop, online, within the Karlovy Vary IFF

https://www.midpoint-institute.eu/programs/213-midpoint-feature-launch-2021

28 June-3 July 2021

JULY

Marché du Film (Producers Network, Doc Corner, Industry Workshops), Cannes Film Festival, France, online

www.marchedufilm.com/en/

6-15 July 2021

EAVE Producers Workshop, W2 in Orléans, France

https://eave.org/programmes/eave-producers-workshop-2021

19-26 July 2021

MIDPOINT TV Launch, W2, online

https://www.midpoint-institute.eu/programs/217-midpoint-tv-launch-2021

19-30 July 2021

ScripTeast, Warsaw, Poland

apply.scripteast.pl

Application deadline 31 July 2021

Transilvania Pitch Stop and Transilvania Talent Lab within the Transilvania IFF, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

www.tiff.ro

23 July-1 August 2021 (festival dates)

AUGUST

CineLink Drama, Sarajevo IFF, Bosnia and Herzegovina

https://www.cinelinkindustrydays.com/cinelink-drama

14-19 August 2021 (CineLink Industry Days dates)

Docu Rough Cut Boutique, Sarajevo IFF, Bosnia and Herzegovina

https://www.cinelinkindustrydays.com/docu-rough-cut-boutique

14-19 August 2021 (CineLink Industry Days dates)

CineLink Talks, Sarajevo IFF, Bosnia and Herzegovina

https://www.cinelinkindustrydays.com/cinelink-talks

14-19 August 2021 (CineLink Industry Days dates)

Avant Premiere Lab, Sarajevo IFF, Bosnia and Herzegovina

https://www.cinelinkindustrydays.com/avant-premiere-lab

14-19 August 2021 (CineLink Industry Days dates)

Docu Talents from the East / Ji.hlava IDFF, Sarajevo IFF, Bosnia and Herzegovina

https://www.cinelinkindustrydays.com/docu-talents-from-the-east

14-19 August 2021 (CineLink Industry Days dates)

Talents Sarajevo Pack&Pitch, Sarajevo IFF, Bosnia and Herzegovina

https://www.cinelinkindustrydays.com/talents-sarajevo-pack-pitch

14-19 August 2021 (CineLink Industry Days dates)

CineLink Co-production Market, Sarajevo IFF, Bosnia and Herzegovina

https://www.cinelinkindustrydays.com/cinelink-coproduction-market

14-19 August 2021 (CineLink Industry Days dates)

New Horizons Studio +, T-Mobile New Horizons FF, Wroclaw, Poland

www.nowehoryzonty.pl

12-29 August 2021 (festival dates)

Works in Development- Feature Launch, Eastern Promises, Karlovy Vary IFF, Czech Republic

www.kviff.com

20-28 August 2021 (festival dates)

Eurimages Lab Project Award, Eastern Promises, Karlovy Vary IFF, Czech Republic

www.kviff.com

20-28 August 2021 (festival dates)

Docs in Progress, Eastern Promises, Karlovy Vary IFF, Czech Republic

www.kviff.com

20-28 August 2021 (festival dates)

Works in Progress, Eastern Promises, Karlovy Vary IFF, Czech Republic

www.kviff.com

20-28 August 2021 (festival dates)

SEPTEMBER 

Co-financing forum of international documentary projects, Baltic Sea Docs, Riga, Latvia

www.balticseadocs.lv 

1-12 September 2021

TorinoFilmLab Feature Lab: 2nd Residential workshop, Austria

http://www.torinofilmlab.it/training/112-featurelab-projects-2021

13-18 September 2021

Nordisk Panorama Market, Nordisk Panorama FF, Malmö, Sweden

www.nordiskpanorama.com

16-21 September 2021

Cartoon Forum, TV pitching event, Toulouse, France

http://www.cartoon-media.eu/cartoon-forum/cartoon-forum-2021.htm

20-23 September 2021

WIP Europa, San Sebastian FF, Spain

https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2021/the_industry_club/wip_europa/wip_europa/1/18963/in

20-22 September 2021

WIP Latam, San Sebastian FF, Spain

https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2021/the_industry_club/wip_latam/wip_latam/1/18962/in

20-22 September 2021

Europe-Latin American Co-production Forum, San Sebastian FF, Spain

https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2021/the_industry_club/co_production_forum/co_production_forum/1/18961/in

20-22 September 2021

Ikusmira Berriak, San Sebastian FF, Spain

https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2021/the_industry_club/ikusmiraberriak/ikusmira_berriak/1/18967/in

20-22 September 2021

EUROPEAN FILM FORUM, San Sebastian FF, Spain

https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2021/the_industry_club/european_film_forum/1/18971/in

20 September 2021

Lau Haizetara, San Sebastian FF, Spain

https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2021/the_industry_club/lau_haizetara/1/18969/in

22 September 2021

Kids Kino Industry, Warsaw, Poland, and online

https://kidskinoindustry.pl/

28 September-1 October 2021

Holland Film Meeting, Netherlands FF, Utrecht, online

https://www.filmfestival.nl/en/professionals/holland-film-meeting

30 September-2 October 2021

Dok.incubator, 3rd session - Near Picture Lock,  Sweden

https://dokincubator.net/introduction-to-applications/#.X8JhsM0zZPZ

September 2021

OCTOBER

EAVE Marketing Workshop, Luxembourg

https://eave.org/programmes/eave-marketing-workshop-2021

5-10 October 2021

MIPCOM, Cannes, France

www.mipcom.com 

11-14 October 2021

Cent East Market, Warsaw Film Festival, Warsaw, Poland

wff.pl/en/centeast

14-17 October 2021

MIDPOINT Writers’ Room, Prague, Czech Republic. (In case an online format is inevitable, the workshop's span is expected for 11-22 October  2021)

https://www.midpoint-institute.eu/programs/222-midpoint-writers-room-2021

18-23 October 2021

Lisbon Docs, Docslisboa, Lisbon International Documentary FF, Portugal

www.doclisboa.org

21-31 October 2021 (festival dates)

2nd Ex Oriente Film session: Production and Story Development, Ji.hlava International Documentary FF, Czech Republic

https://dokweb.net/activities/ex-oriente-film/2021/session-2

25-30 October 2021

Cartoon Springboard, Valencia, Spain

http://www.cartoon-media.eu/cartoon-masters/cartoon-springboard.htm

26-28 October 2021

East Silver Market, Ji.hlava International Documentary FF, Czech Republic

https://dokweb.net/activities/east-silver/2021/2021-edition-details

26-31 October 2021

Visegrad Accelerator, Ji.hlava International Documentary FF, Czech Republic

https://www.ji-hlava.com/visegrad-accelerator

26-31 October 2021

Conference Fascinations, Ji.hlava International Documentary FF, Ce4zech Republic

https://www.ji-hlava.com/konference-fascinace

26-27 October 2021

Emerging Producers  edition 2022 (1st leg), Ji.hlava International Documentary FF, Czech Republic

https://ep.ji-hlava.com/emerging-producers-2022-public-presentation

27 October 2021

Jihlava Academy, Ji.hlava International Documentary FF, Czech Republic

https://www.ji-hlava.com/ji-hlava-academy

27-30 October 2021

Festival Identity, Ji.hlava International Documentary FF, Czech Republic

https://www.ji-hlava.com/festival-identity

27-29 October 2021

Matchmaking Accelerator, Ji.hlava International Documentary FF, Czech Republic

https://www.ji-hlava.com/matchmaking-accelerator

27-30 October 2021

Ji.hlava New Visions Forum: Europe, Ji.hlava International Documentary FF, Czech Republic

https://www.ji-hlava.com/jnv-forum

28-29 October 2021

Ji.hlava New Visions Forum: US Docs, Ji.hlava International Documentary FF, Czech Republic

https://www.ji-hlava.com/usdocs

28-29 October 2021

DOK CO-PRO Market, Dok Leipzig, Germany

www.dok-leipzig.de/de/industry/co-pro-market/about

25-31 October 2021

NOVEMBER

MIDPOINT Smash Cut, Preparatory kick-off, online

https://www.midpoint-institute.eu/programs/223-midpoint-smash-cut-2021

Beginning of November 2021

Connecting Cottbus, Cottbus IFF, Germany

connecting-cottbus.de 

3-5 November 2021

EAVE Producers Workshop, W3 in Barcelone, Spain

https://eave.org/programmes/eave-producers-workshop-2021

8-15 November 2021

Mannheim Meeting Place,  Mannheim IFF, Germany

https://www.iffmh.de/index_ger.html

11-21 November 2021 (festival dates)

Baltic Event, Tallinn Black Nights FF, Estonia

www.poff.ee 

12-28 November 2021

MIDPOINT Smash Cut Workshop, Tallinn, Estonia, within the Baltic Event (Tallinn Black Nights FF)

https://www.midpoint-institute.eu/programs/223-midpoint-smash-cut-2021

14-20 November 2021

MIDPOINT TV Launch, W3, Tallinn, Estonia, within the Tallinn Baltic Event

https://www.midpoint-institute.eu/programs/217-midpoint-tv-launch-2021

12-28 November 2021 (Baltic Event dates)

MIDPOINT Intensive CZ 2021, Prague, Czech Republic

https://www.midpoint-institute.eu/programs/225-midpoint-intensive-cz-2021

13-16 November 2021

Cartoon 360, Lille, France

http://www.cartoon-media.eu/cartoon-360.htm

16-18 November 2021

Docs for Sale, IDFA (International Documentary FF Amsterdam), the Netherlands, in person and online

www.idfa.nl/en/info/docs-for-sale

19-25 November 2021

IDFA DocLab, IDFA (International Documentary FF Amsterdam), the Netherlands, in person

www.idfa.nl/en/info/about-idfa-doclab

19-28 November 2021

IDFA Forum, IDFA (International Documentary FF Amsterdam), the Netherlands, in person and online

https://www.idfa.nl/en/info/idfa-forum

20-26 November 2021

EAVE+ Workshop, Luxembourg

https://eave.org/programmes/eave-11th-edition

21-26 November 2021

IDFA DocLab Forum, IDFA ( International Documentary FF Amsterdam), the Netherlands, in person and online

https://www.idfa.nl/en/info/idfa-doclab-forum

21-26 November 2021

TorinoFilmLab  Meeting Event, in person (Turin, Italy) and online

http://www.torinofilmlab.it/meeting-event/meeting-events/119-meeting-event-2021

 29 November-10 December 2021

Torino ScriptLab 3rd residential workshop, during TFL Meeting Event, Turin, Italy

www.torinofilmlab.it/programmes/100-scriptlab-projects-2020

Second half of November 2021

Torino Feature Lab, TFL Meeting Event, Turin, Italy

www.torinofilmlab.it/programmes/103-featurelab-projects-2020

November-December 2021

EAVE Ties that Bind, Singapore (TBC)

https://eave.org/programmes/ties-that-bind-2021

November 2021 (W1, TBC)

DECEMBER

Cartoon Business, Cartoon Media, Gran Canaria

http://www.cartoon-media.eu/cartoon-masters/cartoon-business.htm

8-10 December 2021

In Martin Pav's Wolves at the Borders the fight between Man vs. Nature and our role in the ecosystem continues, and in this True Story interview, Martin and Nicole discuss culture clash, ecology and how we can all learn to talk about difficult topics.

 

We speak with Pavla Klimešová the producer of the Czech documentary Caught in the Net by Vít Klusák and Barbora Chalupová

A powerful, important and necessary film for all to watch in our times. An invigorating interview with producer Pavla Klimesova, where questions of morality, education and empathy are raised while we all look to our complicitness in how we can better protect our children.

 

Do you feel young people and children in the West know less and less about World War II? Should we know more? And how should we frame these important stories? In the newest film, Town of Glory, Russian film director Dmitry Bogolyubov shares with us a particular version of "remembering" heroes of the war. We learn about the town and people of Yelnya, 400 km from Moscow, and how propaganda affects the human minds of both adults and children. We asked questions in this vein, and much more, in this interview with Dmitry Bogolyubov during his latest visit to Prague.  

 

With Maxim Shved about his latest film Pure Art, but also about new project, the upcoming film, which follows the dramatic events surrounding the last presidential election in Belarus. At the end of the filming, during the post-election protests, director Maxim Shved himself was arrested and imprisoned. In this part of the True Story Podcast, we also talked about his experience.

 

With Liis Nimik and Carlos E. Lesmes, co-authors of the new documentary A Loss of Something Ever Felt, a gripping story about a young Estonian drug addict who goes missing, and his sister who searches for him in the dangerous corners of Bogota, where no one seems to go. 

 

Tudor talks about the 19th edition of the Transilvania Film Festival, which was held this year in Cluj from 31 July to 9 August on-site despite the difficulties of the COVID pandemic. This was one of the first big film festivals in the region to take place since the pandemic and many other events have been watching to see how the event plays out.

The first production grants in 2020 were announced by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre mid-July 2020.