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Lithuanian Film Summer Survivors by Marija Kavtaradzė to World Premiere at Toronto Film Festival

For the second year in a row Lithuania has been included in the Toronto International Film Festival – one of the key events of the industry across the globe. The 43rd edition of the film festival will run for eleven days and include the world premiere of Marija Kavtaradzė’s debut…
07-09-2018

A Europe fit for the next generation of creators

European Authors’ statement in support of the Copyright Directive
06-09-2018

“You’ll be a woman soon” wins 13th edition of Aristoteles Workshop

“Take a camera, shoot something, show it to somebody” - Jean-Luc Godard
05-09-2018

Warsaw Kids Film Forum 2018 Program Announced

Following last year's success, we have made every effort to make Warsaw Kids Film Forum strengthen its position on the market, enriching both the list of invited guests and program proposals.
05-09-2018

Vote for EFA People's Choice Award Opens

Every year, the EFA People’s Choice Award allows film fans across Europe to elect their favourite film. When the European Film Academy invites its members, Europe’s greatest film stars, directors, actors and actresses, to attend the European Film Awards, the People’s Choice Award sheds a spotlight on the people films…
04-09-2018

The Oscars: Latvia Selects To Be Continued as an Entry for Best Foreign Language Film

Latvia has submitted a film by the classic documentary director Ivars Seleckis, To Be Continued, produced by Mistrus Media to compete for the US Academy Awards nomination in the category Best Foreign Language Film. This is Latvia's 11th foreign-language Oscar submission.
04-09-2018

East Doc Platform 2019 calls for submissions

Submit your feature length, short and interactive projects to the East Doc Platform 2019!The East Doc Platform is the largest co-production, funding and distribution platform tailor-made for Central and East European documentaries. Every year, we connect 120 East European filmmakers to more than 100 key decision makers - producers, broadcasters,…
04-09-2018

Meet the guests of Warsaw Kids Film Forum 2018!

We are pleased to announce a list of Decision Makers, who will attend Warsaw Kids Film Forum 2018. The list is available on our website: www.warsawkidsff.pl. This year's edition will bring together distinguished guests from Poland and from abroad, representatives of various film industry sectors - committees and film institutes,…
31-08-2018

Cold War and High Life producers team up with Polish sales outlet New Europe on a new production initiative

Leading Polish film producers Ewa Puszczyńska (Ida, Cold War) and Klaudia Śmieja (High Life, Gareth Jones, The Innocents, Under the Tree) are teaming up with Jan Naszewski’s New Europe Film Sales (Rams, Summer 1993) to set up a new production outlet called NEM Corp. The new company’s aim will be…
31-08-2018

SOFA – School of Film Agents launches pilot workshop in Vilnius, focusing on public-private project financing and investment

In addition to its existing workshops in Tbilisi (Georgia) and Warsaw (Poland), SOFA – School of Film Agents is launching a third workshop in Vilnius, Lithuania. Between 11 and 15 September 2018, selected SOFA alumni will get the chance to present their projects in front of experienced private investors and…
31-08-2018

European Heritage Days 2018: Celebrating the Art of Sharing

The European Heritage Days (EHDs), a joint initiative of the Council of Europe and the European Commission, are the most widely celebrated participatory cultural events shared by the citizens of Europe. The pan-European nature of this project contributes to bringing citizens together and highlighting the European dimension and the value…
29-08-2018

Czech Films at Toronto IFF 2018

The Czech Film Center is heading to the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) September 7-13. We’ll be based at the EFP Europe! Umbrella No. 24 at TIFF Industry Centre at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. If you would like to meet with us, get some information about Czech film industry, please…
28-08-2018

Lithuanian documentary Wonderful Losers: A Different World submitted for best foreign-language film Oscar nomination

Arūnas Matelis’ feature documentary Wonderful Losers: A Different World has been selected as Lithuania’s entry for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ award – the Oscar – in the best foreign-language film category. This is Matelis’ second film with a shot at an Oscar nomination. In 2008, the…
28-08-2018

ANIMARKT 2018 – LAIKA will recruit animators and costume makers

The one and only meeting in Central and Eastern Europe, during which Anna Kvorning from LAIKA will recruit animators and costume makers to work in the studio in USA will be held this year at ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum.
27-08-2018

EFP FILM SALES SUPPORT Funds 27 European Films at the Toronto International Film Festival 2018

EUROPE! Umbrella – Updated Guide to 94 World Sales Companies
27-08-2018

49 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 49 films on this year’s EFA Feature Film Selection, the list of feature-length fiction films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2018! With 35 European countries represented, the list…
21-08-2018

Registration for Consultants’ Tables at Warsaw Kids Film Forum is now open

Registration for meetings with our Consultants jus started. Consultants’ Tables are individual meetings with international experts in the filed of scriptwiritng. This year, we wanted to invite guests specializing in various genres, meeting the needs of creators of both feature and TV series production, as well as those who work…
21-08-2018

CinéDOC Summer School 2018 – Framing Reality

The first documentary film summer school organized by the CinéDOC-Tbilisi International Documentary Film Festival will take place from 18 – 26 August in Gori, Georgia. CinéDOC summer school is an intensive week of lectures, exercises, film screenings and one-to-one meetings, conducted by an international team of specialists within the field…
19-08-2018

Winter Flies, "Barbarians" and Putin's Witnesses at Toronto IFF

Three Czech films or coproductions will celebrate their International or North American premiere at Toronto International Film Festival. Winter Flies by Olmo Omerzu, "I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians" by Radu Jude and Vitaly Mansky’s Putin’s Witnesses were already awarded at the Karlovy Vary…
15-08-2018