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KARLOVY VARY FILM FESTIVAL TO HONOUR ACTOR WILLEM DAFOE

The Crystal Globe for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema at the 51st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival will be presented to leading film and theatre actor and two-time Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe. In 1979, Willem Dafoe was given a small role in Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate from which he was…
22-06-2016

Experts and participants of the 7th edition of New Horizons Studio announced

7th edition of the New Horizons Studio, the most important training program in the framework of the 16th T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival kicks off July 24th in Wrocław, the European Capital of Culture 2016. During the 3-day event, young European directors and producers learn about the workings of…
22-06-2016

Film Industry @KVIFF 2016 Events – announcing the program and the selected projects

The 2016 Karlovy Vary IFF has prepared a cocktail of special Industry events to help buyers, distributors, producers, and festival programmers learn about new outstanding films in production mainly from Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Turkey, and the former Soviet Union, to learn about new goals and trends in…
21-06-2016

The Quay Brothers and Steven Woloshen at Fest Anča

Žilina Slovakia. In the film world, The Quay Brothers are more than just a name. For good reason last year Hollywood director Christopher Nolan took them on as the subject for his short documentary Quay. Subsequently movie theatres across the US brought out a 70-minute screening of several Quay brothers’…
21-06-2016

CineLink Co-production Market Selection Unveiled

Back in April we presented the first six projects that took part in CineLink Project Development Workshops. Today, we are unveiling the next nine projects selected for CineLink Co-production Market. The selection brings a variety of narratives and artistic approaches, while a healthy balance of established names and exciting new…
20-06-2016

CONFERENCE: THE CINEMA OF SMALL NATIONS – THE 2ND EDITION OF THE VALLETTA FILM FESTIVAL

A conference entitled The Cinema of Small Nations is being organised by the Film Grain Foundation in conjunction with the Malta Film Commission and will be held in Valletta, Malta between the 9th and 10th Festival (VFF).
07-06-2016

SECOND EDITION OF VALLETTA FILM FESTIVAL LAUNCHED

The second edition of the Valletta Film Festival (VFF), organised by the Film Grain Foundation, will take place between the 3rd and 11th June 2016.
07-06-2016

Lithuanian film in the focus of Romania

At the 15th Transylvanian International Film Festival, which is opening today, Lithuania will be showcased as a guest country. The event will feature a comprehensive programme of tge country’s films, meetings with filmmakers and critics.
01-06-2016

CineLink Work in Progress Call for Entries

CineLink Work in Progress call for entries is now open. Deadline for submitting the applications is July 1st 2016. CineLink Work in Progress selects films in post-production to be presented in a two-day event (August 17th-19st 2016) during the Sarajevo Film Festival exclusive to invited international sales agents, festival representatives,…
01-06-2016

Sophia Loren, Lifetime Achievement Award at Transilvania IFF 2016

A living legend of cinema and one of the most intensely celebrated beauties of the world, Sophia Loren comes for the first time ever to Romania, as a special guest of the Transilvania International Film Festival. Sex symbol of the 50s - 70s, with a huge international popularity, Sophia Loren…
26-05-2016

Last Call for Entries for 21st Split Film Festival

The 21st Split Film Festival – International festival of new film will take place from 10th to 18th of September 2016, in Split, Croatia. The final application deadline is Wednesday, June 1.
25-05-2016

Tblisi IFF: Call for Entries

The 17th Tbilisi International Film Festival (November 28 – December 4, 2016) is now accepting submissions for International Competition.If you are a filmmaker from Europe and have a first full-length fiction film which was released in 2016, you can submit it for our International Competition The official awards are: Golden…
25-05-2016

Program Announced For The 13th Annual Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival In New York City

A total of 19 films will screen Wednesday through Saturday, May 25 through May 28, 2016 at two Manhattan venues!For the first time in its 13-year history, the BHFF is expanding by adding an additional evening of screenings and events, for a total of four festival days of film, art,…
23-05-2016

REGIOFUN: Call For Proposals: Look For Fund

Until the end of June, project proposals can be submitted for participation in the Look For Fund Forum and its accompanying event, a pitching session, both organized as part of the 7th International Festival of Film Producers REGIOFUN. The organizers of Look For Fund are waiting for project proposals of…
20-05-2016

"Mad Max" producer Iain Smith, honoured at Transilvania IFF

Iain Smith, one of the most influential producers in Europe right now, responsible for the production of blockbusters such as Mad Max: Fury Road, The Fifth Element, Seven Years in Tibet, is this year’s special guest at Transilvania IFF, where he will be awarded the Transilvania Trophy for Special Contribution…
19-05-2016

Riga International Film Festival calls for feature film entries

One of the Baltic capital’s most notable cultural happenings celebrating it’s third run this year is the Riga International Film Festival (official abbreviation – Riga IFF). Following its launch in 2014 when Riga was the European Capital of Culture this year the festival is due to take place from for…
17-05-2016

Six world premieres in the Romanian Days section of TIFF

28 productions, some presented as world premieres, will be screened between June 2-4 in the Romanian Days section, of the Transilvania International Film Festival (May 27-June 5). 11 features and 14 shorts will be screened in competition, while other 3 films will be shown out of competition. Six feature films…
16-05-2016

WHEN EAST MEETS WEST 2017 announces upcoming focus and new format

After the last successful focus on Spain, Portugal and Latin America, When East Meets West is back to work on the new edition to be held on January 22/24, 2017. After closing a six-year cycle that focused on all Western European countries, the 7th edition of the Trieste based co-production…
16-05-2016

Riga International Film Festival calls for feature film entries

One of the Baltic capital’s most notable cultural happenings celebrating it’s third run this year is the Riga International Film Festival (official abbreviation – Riga IFF). Following its launch in 2014 when Riga was the European Capital of Culture this year the festival is due to take place from for…
11-05-2016