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NATPE BUDAPEST CONFIRMS MAJOR STUDIOS AS EXHIBITORS
Including Entertainment One, FOX Entertainment Global, Fremantle, Lionsgate, NBCUniversal Global Distribution, Paramount Global Content Distribution, Sony Pictures Television
CEE Animation Forum 2023: Call for Submission Is Open
The CEE Animation Forum has announced its 11th edition, the leading pitching, financing, and co-production event for animated projects in Central and Eastern Europe. Animators, directors and industry professionals have until April 30, 2023, to submit their works in four categories: features, series/TV specials, shorts, and student films.
dok.incubator reveals eight selected talents for 2023
dok.incubator workshop announces the final selection of documentaries for 2023. From women’s rights, war trauma and mental illness to measuring happiness – the variety of topics to be unfolded at this year’s workshop creates an impressive mosaic of today’s world.
MAJOR PLAYERS RETURNING TO NATPE BUDAPEST – BANIJAY RIGHTS, MGM, RED ARROW STUDIOS INTERNATIONAL AND HUGE TURKISH CONTINGENT CONFIRMED AS EXHIBITORS
Additional global distributors include FilmRise, Gaumont, Newen Connect, DARO Film Distribution, Italy’s RTI Mediaset, Vision Films and The Smurfs distributor IMPS
THE EMERGING PRODUCERS 2023 WERE INTRODUCED IN BERLIN, NEW CALL IS NOW OPEN
Seventeen up-and-coming European documentary film producers – holders of the title EMERGING PRODUCER 2023 – were introduced to the Berlin film festival guests at the event hosted by the Ji.hlava IDFF together with the Berlinale’s European Film Market.
The Fifth Edition of the CEE Animation Workshop Announces Its Selection
The CEE Animation Workshop is entering its fifth edition with the announcement of selected participants and their animated projects in development. The call for applications was once again open to international applicants, while still maintaining focus on the CEE region and low-production capacity countries.
Cinema-going in Europe in 2022
EUROPEAN CINEMAS HIT 55.6% BOX OFFICE GROWTH IN 2022: Brussels: 15 February 2023 - The International Union of Cinemas (UNIC), representing European cinema trade associations and operators, has today released preliminary estimates for 2022 box office and admissions across the territories it covers.
Kids Kino Industry opens its call for projects!
New Horizons Association and Kids Kino International Film Festival invite producers to submit their projects to pitchings at Kids Kino Industry. International co-production forum will take place from 3 to 5 October in Warsaw as part of Kids Kino IFF (29 September - 8 October). The submission deadline is 12…
Visegrad Pitch: Open call for Ukrainian projects
B2B Doc, in collaboration with the Institute of Documentary Film and with the support of the International Visegrad Fund, is looking for Ukrainian documentary projects to take part in the B2B Doc-arranged workshop and pitch at the East Doc Platform (March 24-30, Prague). The call is aimed at industry professionals…
Kids Kino Industry opens its call for projects!
New Horizons Association and Kids Kino International Film Festival invite producers to submit their projects to pitchings at Kids Kino Industry. International co-production forum will take place from 3 to 5 October in Warsaw as part of Kids Kino IFF (29 September - 8 October). The submission deadline is 12…
Budapest Debut Film Forum’s entry is open
Friss Hús Budapest International Short Film Festival will organize its Budapest Debut Film Forum for the fifth time in March
CZECH ANIMATION HAS TWO NOMINEES FOR THE TITLE OF THE BEST EUROPEAN CHILDREN’S FILM OF THE YEAR
European Children’s Film Association (ECFA) connecting 150 members from 41 countries worldwide announced the nominations in three categories - feature film, documentary and short film. The association members are now voting for the winners of the best European children’s film of 2022. Czech animation was praised for Lucie Sunkova´s short…
dok.incubator calls for Czech and Slovak documentaries
The intensive rough cut workshop dok.incubator opens applications for its regional programs and calls for Czech and Slovak filmmakers. Submit your film until February 13 and work with international tutors on editing and dramaturgy and discuss your distribution strategy with festival and sales representatives!
Save the Date - Europa Distribution Panel at EFM 2023
A new wave of economic challenges and shifting consumer trends are disrupting the post-Covid recovery for European film, testing business models and financial sustainability.
SkyShowtime announces big series and movies line-up ahead of launches across eight new markets in Central & Eastern Europe
New European streaming service will be available from 14 February in Albania, Czechia, Hungary, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia
The increased film funding will allow for the largest number of Slovenian feature films to be shot in 2023; the highest box-office ratings in independent Slovenia last year; a new generation of female directors on the rise
In 2023, the shooting of eleven live-action features will begin: Tartini’s Key (directed by Vinci Vogue Anžlovar, produced by Blade produkcija), Ciao Bela (directed by Jani Sever, produced by Sever & Sever ), the debut Little Trouble Girls (directed by Urška Djukić, produced by SPOK Films), the debut Fantasy (directed…
20th Sofia Meetings >> Works in Progress deadline approaching
20th Sofia Meetings is expecting your Works in Progress - films at different stage of post-production and completed films which are looking for a premiere.
4th DOT.ON.THE.MAPINDUSTRY DAYS 27-29 April 2023 Limassol, Cyprus
The fourth edition of the co-production, training and networking platform for film professionals will take place in April 2023 in the framework of the 21st Cyprus Film Days International Festival 2023 and in partnership with Thessaloniki International Film Festival's Agora
“Still Life with Ghosts”, “It’s Not a Full Picture” and 2m2” are the winners of the 2023 edition of When East Meets West
The 13th edition of When East Meets West came to an end after three intense full days of pitching sessions, works in progress, labs, talks, meetings and hugs. During the closing award ceremony, the WEMW Co-Production Forum Jury consisting of Darya Bassel (Moon Man), Pierre Dallois (Ciclic Centre-Val de Loire),…
New and classic Slovak cinema at the International Film Festival Rotterdam
The 52nd edition (25 January – 5 February 2023) of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, one of the world's renowned festivals, will feature a world premiere of new Slovak drama Power and three digitally restored films from the collections of the National Film Archive of the Slovak Film Institute. Director…
