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Frost by Šarūnas Bartas selected to compete for the Academy Award

The decision was taken by the Lithuanian committee of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Frost, which is the latest work of the filmmaker Šarūnas Bartas, competed for the right to run for the prestigious award in the category of the best foreign language film with the…
08-09-2017

Workshop FIPRESCI Warsaw Critics Project

Applications are now open for FIPRESCI Warsaw Critics Project – Warsaw Film Foundation and FIPRESCI training programme for young film journalists and film critics from Central and Eastern Europe. The 12th edition of the workshop will be held October 13-22, 2017, within frames of the 33rd Warsaw Film Festival. A…
07-09-2017

Slovak Film News: Toronto IFF & EFA Selection

NINA and MAGIC MOMENTS at Toronto IFF September 7– 17, 2017
06-09-2017

WHEN EAST MEETS WEST opens call for entries, check out the new East & West focus and awards!

After a successful summer at major festivals for several films previously presented at WEMW (to mention a few, In Praise of Nothing by Boris Mitic at Locarno, Nico 1988 by Susanna Nicchiarelli and Hannah by Andrea Pallaoro at Venice), When East Meets West is happy to launch the call for…
06-09-2017

Šebestová’s Latest Movie Coming Soon

Bratislava, SLOVAKIA. The renowned director, artist, animator, two-time winner of the Slovak National Film Award Slnko v sieti for her Four (2007) and Snow (2013) projects and a key member of the team of animators and illustrators behind one of the most popular Slovak children´s cartoon and book series Mimi…
05-09-2017

EFADs position paper calls for film education, audiovisual heritage, and a fair, diverse and transparent online marketplace for the 21st century

The European Film Agency Directors (EFADs) published a position paper today calling on the European institutions to put in place a copyright framework fit for the 21st century. The paper outlines recommendations to improve film education and the preservation of Europe’s audiovisual heritage in the digital age, and to address…
05-09-2017

EAVE Marketing Workshop reloaded: APPLY NOW!

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS for the EAVE Marketing Workshop - deadline September 22
03-09-2017

8 emerging filmmakers selected for the third edition of PUSTNIK Screenwriters Residency

8 emerging writers and directors have been selected for the third edition of PUSTNIK – European Screenwriters Residency, which will take place between 2 and 10 September 2017 in Romania, at Port Cultural Cetate.
03-09-2017

MIDPOINT TV Launch 2018 – open call

Writers and producers of TV series – get ready for the 2018 edition of MIDPOINT TV Launch. The call is now open. "An excellent program with excellent talent." – Steve Matthews, VP Executive Producer, Drama Development at HBO Europe MIDPOINT TV Launch is an "idea-to-market" project development program, focused on…
31-08-2017

Four Czech and co-production movies selected for EFA

Ice Mother by Bohdan Sláma, The Teacher by Jan Hřebejk, Spoor by Agnieszka Holland and The Constitution by Rajko Grlić have been included among the 51 films in this year’s EFA Feature Film Selection, the list of feature fiction films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2017.…
29-08-2017

Animated Film Producers From Central And Eastern Europe Building Stronger Network

From December 2 to 6, 2017, the Animateka International Animated Film Festival in Ljubljana will host a dynamic workshop tailor-made for animated film producers from Central and Eastern Europe. It will bring together 30 professionals from up to 18 countries and work with them to build a stronger and more…
29-08-2017

DARE TO BE CREATIVE & SHOW YOUR TALENT ! SPECIAL OFFER FOR EASTERN PARTICIPANTS

The third edition of Cartoon Springboard will take place in Halle, Germany, from 14 to 16 November 2017. It will be an excellent opportunity for the young talents of European animation schools (final year students or those who graduated within the last 5 years) to improve their animation project by…
24-08-2017

The countdown for the Central European Film Festival in Timișoara begins

From the 3rd to the 9th of September 2017, in Timișoara, recent productions from 16 countries, nationally and internationally awarded, exhibitions, debates, concerts, film workshops in various projection spaces (Cinema Timiș, Libertății Square, Iulius Mall, Cetate, Dacia Square, Hall 2 of the National Theater, Casa Artelor, Cărturești) will all be…
23-08-2017

5th SOFA – SCHOOL OF FILM AGENTS / 27 August – 1 September 2017

Only few more days before some of Europe’s leading film professionals reach Warsaw to conduct the 5th SOFA workshop. Who will be guiding this year’s participants in Poland?
23-08-2017

51 Feature Films Selected for European Film Awards

It is with great pleasure that the European Film Academy and EFA Productions announce the titles of the 51 films on this year’s EFA Feature Film Selection, the list of feature fiction films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2017! With 31 European countries represented, the list…
22-08-2017

EUROPA DISTRIBUTION OPEN PANEL Norwegian International Film Festival, Haugesund

For the second year in a row, Europa Distribution will organise an Open Panel in the scope of the Norwegian International Film Festival, Haugesund, in collaboration with New Nordic Films. The event will take place on 24 August 2017, from 10.00-11.30 at the Scandic Maritim Hotel, and will bring together…
17-08-2017

MIDPOINT TV Launch 2017 - Winners Announced

MIDPOINT TV Launch 2017 concluded today in Sarajevo after 9 months. 7 content-rich TV series projects have gone through the intensive idea-to-market development program. Thanks to a close partnership with HBO Europe, the HBO Europe Award 2017 was handed out to the winning project 'The Midnight Shift' by writers Harry…
16-08-2017

Extended deadline - Script Pool Tallinn and POWR Baltic Stories Exchange submissions open until September 1

POWR Baltic Stories Exchange pitching workshop and platform admits full-length fiction film script ideas by Baltic and Nordic writers via their respective MEDIA Desks. Applications from BE Focus Region, Flanders, are also welcome! For more information, please visit our website. Script Pool Tallinn accepts projects of a full-length fiction film…
16-08-2017

Extended deadline - BE Co-Production Market submissions open until September 1

Baltic Event Co-Production Market, presenting the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award in the amount of 20 000 Euros, is open to full-length fiction film projects designed to be co-produced within or with Baltics, Scandinavia, Central and Eastern Europe, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine, and the 2017 Focus Region Flanders, Belgium. This year, projects…
16-08-2017

15 Documentaries Selected for European Film Awards

It is with great pleasure that the European Film Academy and EFA Productions announce the EFA Documentary Selection, a list of 15 European documentaries recommended for a nomination for this year's European Film Awards.
15-08-2017