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Festivals 2018-03-26

The UK’s Independent Cinema Office has been running the Developing Your Film Festival training course since 2010. It is the world’s only professional development course for people working at film festivals. The course has so far trained over 200 people from more than 50 different countries worldwide, and takes place…

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Festivals 2018-03-23

On March 27–29, film industry professionals from Lithuania and all of Europe will focus their attention on the international industry conference Meeting Point – Vilnius. Lectures, Coming Soon sessions, and private film screenings are just some of the events planned for the three-day conference. This year’s conference will include a…

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and sub-festivals open submissions and announce a new competition programme – the Baltic Film Competition

Festivals 2018-03-21

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (aka PÖFF), Youth and Children’s Film Festival Just Film and PÖFF Shorts have opened submissions for the 2018 edition. The 22nd edition of PÖFF, running from November 16th to December 2nd, will see a major change in one of the three competition programmes of the…

Transilvania Pitch Stop: call for projects

Festivals 2018-03-20

Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) invites filmmakers to submit their projects in development for the second edition of the Transilvania Pitch Stop co-production platform, which will be held on 1-2 June 2018 in Cluj-Napoca.

goEast 2018: The Future of Central and Eastern European Cinema East-West Talent Lab // Open Frame Award // OPPOSE OTHERING!

Festivals 2018-03-20

Fresh ideas, new technologies, forward-looking formats: the talent program of goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film is once again in its 18th edition offering young film talents the opportunity to develop new projects, forge connections with peers and representatives from the film industry and draw attention to…

THE AWARDS 22nd SOFIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Festivals 2018-03-19

The festival presented a total of 207 films from 54 countries from all over the world. Over 300 international guests came to Sofia in 2018, amongst them were directors, producers, festival directors as well as media and film experts. The Award Ceremony took place on the 16th of March in…

MEETING POINT – VILNIUS: THE COMPLETE LIST OF COMING SOON FILMS

Festivals 2018-03-16

23 film projects will be presented at the ninth edition of Meeting Point – Vilnius, an international industry event taking place on March 27-29, during VIFF Kino Pavasaris. On March 29th, during special Coming Soon Session in-development film projects will be presented to festival curators, film producers, agents and distributors. …

One World has been successfully updated. The festival’s best film is the Swedish documentary The Deminer

Festivals 2018-03-14

This year’s 20th annual One World film festival, held from 5 to 14 March in Prague, has its winners. The juries handed out a total of nine prizes in the categories of International Competition, Right to Know, and Czech Competition. The fourth jury was the Student Jury, which chose the…

Meeting Point – Vilnius conference speakers and programme revealed

Festivals 2018-03-13

Vilnius Film Festival Kino Pavasaris not only presents film fans with a meticulously prepared programme but also invites film professionals to its industry conference Meeting Point – Vilnius (MPV) held on March 27–29. In its 9th edition, Meeting Point – Vilnius will focus on how to find alternative ways to…

Director Feras Fayyad is coming to Prague to introduce his Oscar-nominated “Last Men in Aleppo” documentary at the One World Film Festival.

Festivals 2018-03-12

Today, Syrian director Feras Fayyad, author of acclaimed documentary “Last Men in Aleppo” which depicts the stories of humanitarian aid workers and activists from the White Helmets movement and which has become the first Syrian film ever to be nominated for an Academy Award, confirmed he would be coming to…

RIGA IFF 2018: CALL FOR ENTRIES

Festivals 2018-03-12

We are now open for international FEATURE, SHORT FILM, and BALTIC MUSIC VIDEO entries to our competitions. SUBMIT YOUR WORK AND READ MORE The three main RIGA IFF 2018 competitions hold the common goal of awarding the most innovative cinematic language that reveals a strong individuality behind it. The festival…

Polish Days 2018 Submissions Open

Festivals 2018-03-12

Submissions are now being accepted for Polish films and projects as part of Polish Days 2018, to be held July 30 – August 1, 2018, during the 18th New Horizons International Film Festival (July 26 – August 5, 2018). Polish Days Polish Days, the most important industry event at the…

Baltic States to Jointly Present Themselves in 12 European Film Festivals This Year

Festivals 2018-03-09

THURSDAY, MARCH 15 MAIN PROGRAMME 10.00 – 18.30 WORKING SESSIONS with Isabelle Fauvel, Initiative Film (France) GHS, Executive Lounge, 1st floor (participants with projects only) 10.00 – 18.30 SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING with Licia Eminenti (France) GHS, Serdica Hall 1, 1st floor (participants with projects only) Screening 18.30 A LITTLE BIT…

Transilvania Pitch Stop: call for projects

Festivals 2018-03-09

Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) invites filmmakers to submit their projects in development for the second edition of the Transilvania Pitch Stop co-production platform, which will be held on 1-2 June 2018 in Cluj-Napoca. The program is open to feature-length fiction film projects of 1st and 2nd time filmmakers coming…

3rd Industry Days. 25.MFFK FEBIOFEST 2018 – PROGRAMME

Festivals 2018-03-09

TUESDAY, 2Oth of March 2018 WORKS IN PROGRESS10:00 Lumière Cinema, K2 For the third time, Industry Days at Febiofest 2018 will present a selection of upcoming Slovak film projects in different stages of development to local and international film professionals, sales agents, producers, festival representatives, journalists and interested film fans.…

Festival AZYL is opening submissions, revived after six years

Festivals 2018-03-05

The film festival Azyl for video clips, one minute and five minute movies is back after a prolonged break. Last time the viewers could enjoy the creations of mainly young authors via our website in 2012. The organizers have decided to resume the event which offers a great chance to…

goEast2018: Spotlight on Cinema History

Festivals 2018-03-05

Symposium “Hybrid Identities – Baltic Cinema” // Prague 1968 In 2018, seven countries in Central and Eastern Europe are celebrating 100 years of independence. “I picked a very special year to make my start as the head of festival,” says Heleen Gerritsen, the new director of goEast – Festival of…

ORGANIZERS OF THE ZLÍN FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTED THEMES AND VISUAL CONCEPT OF THE 58TH FESTIVAL

Festivals 2018-03-02

Zlín - Czechoslovak films for children and youth. This is the main theme of the 58th Zlín Film Festival, which is linked to this year's 100th anniversary of the founding of the Republic. Complimenting this will be an Austrian movie section reminding us of the fact that our southern neighbor…

The Florida Project, a drama feature by Sean Baker

Bria Vinaite, Sean Baker and Silvana Imam among the guests of Vilnius Film Festival

Festivals 2018-03-01

Starting on March 15th, Vilnius Film Festival Kino Pavasaris will welcome notable guests, including a Lithuanian-born The Florida Project star Bria Vinaite, Swedish queer rapper Silvana Imam, American director Sean Baker and the leading Israeli director Amos Gitai. The festival is reducing the number of programmes and is set to…

Silver Bear and Berliner Morgenpost Readers Award for “Dovlatov” Polish Coproduction of Message Film with Cinematography by Lukasz Zal

Festivals 2018-02-26

The film had been already sold to 23 countries, Netflix is among the distributors.