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World War Two Film Brutus, shooting in Romania
Director Costa Fam is shooting the second part of the Witnesses trilogy – offering an unique perspective on war atrocities. The short film Brutus – the second part of the Witnesses trilogy – historical film consisting of three short stories, offers a new perspective on the Second World War. The…
COHEN MEDIA GROUP ACQUIRES CANNES FILM FESTIVAL PRIZE WINNER ‘RAMS’
NEW YORK (August 17, 2015) – Charles S. Cohen, Chairman and CEO of Cohen Media Group, today announced that CMG has acquired all North American distribution rights to RAMS, the new film from Icelandic writer-director Grimur Hakonarson. CMG plans a February 2016 theatrical release for the Cannes Film Festival prize…
SARAJEVO: EXHIBITION AND CO-PRODUCTION IN THE BORDERLESS WORLD TO BE DISCUSSED AT EUROPEAN FILM FORUM
Does public funding of co-productions have a future in the digital borderless world? And what is the story behind the creative new ways that Southeast Europe is tackling the challenges in cinema exhibition? These two topics are in focus at the European Film Forum, which Sarajevo Film Festival's Regional Forum…
Panels of top documentary festivals’ and sales’ representatives at DOK.Incubator
Last week of August, the workshop of DOK.Incubator takes place in Banská Štiavnica. Filmmakers from Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary are invited.
B’EST EAVE 2015 Announces Project Slate
B’EST EAVE Producers’ Workshop, taking place on September 7-11 in St Petersburg, Russia, and November 15-18, Tallinn, Estonia, presents 8 projects and 4 participants without projects in its 2015 edition. Running for the 4th year in 2015, B’EST EAVE brings together four projects from the Western Europe (two from Germany…
New ties to be created between Polish and Southeast European film
Poland is this year's Partner Country at Sarajevo Film Festival's co-production market CineLink, an event coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the Polish Film Institute. A delegation of around 15 Polish producers and distributors will be present at CineLink, where they during four intensive days will be meeting their Southeast…
New International Filmmaking courses launch at Warsaw Film School this October
The new BA in Film and Multimedia is available with specialisation in Film Directing and Cinematography.
Family Film will compete in San Sebastian IFF
Prague, 28 July, 2015 - Highly expected long feature debut of the director Olzo Omerzu Family Film was selected for the official program of San Sebastian IFF, taking place 18 – 26 September. Jiri Konecny from endorfilm is the Czech producer of the film. Olzo Omerzu, a talented Slovenian director…
€390,378 worth of state support extended to 14 Lithuanian film projects
The Lithuanian Film Centre has granted €390,378 of state funding for 14 national film projects. 9 projects – including one interactive project – were granted financial assistance for development, and 5 film projects – two features, one documentary, one short animation, and one short fiction film – received support for…
5 DAYS LEFT: Baltic Event Call for Projects 2015
CALL FOR ENTRIES - 5 DAYS LEFT!Baltic Event Co-Production Market and Works in Progress November 16-18, 2015, TallinnEntry deadline: August 1, 2015Apply and get a chance to win the € 20 000 Eurimages Co-Production Development Award at Baltic Event 2015! Baltic Event, the largest co-production platform in Northern and Central…
Magnus von Horn and Mariusz Włodarski in conversation in the frame of the New Horizons Studio
On Wednesday July 29th as part of the New Horizons Studio there will be a masterclass by Magnus von Horn, director of The Here After and the film producer of Lava Film, Mariusz Włodarski. The film had its world premiere at Directors’ Fortnight Cannes 2015.
Sharunas Bartas film retrospectives screened from Brazil to Morocco
In May, Sharunas Bartas returned to Cannes with his newest drama “Peace To Us In Our Dreams”, which has yet to premiere in Lithuania. The film was selected for the Directors’ Fortnight programme – an independent section taking place in parallel to the Cannes Film Festival. Bartas, whose work is…
SOFA - School of Film Agents 2015 / Press Release third edition participants 21. - 30 August
Nikolaj Nikitin announces workshop participants and lecturers during the 50th International Film Festival Karlovy Vary
REVIEW OF 2014: FILMMAKERS COMPLETE ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR, ESPECIALLY IN THE FIELDS OF COMMERCIALS AND COMMISSIONED PRODUCTIONS
APA Press Release Review of 2014: Filmmakers complete another successful year, especially in the fields of commercials and commissioned productions
The CNC launches the ACM Distribution scheme with the support of MEDIA
Paris, June 23, 2015With the support of the European Commission's Creative Europe - MEDIA sub-program, the CNC is endowing Aide aux Cinémas du Monde (ACM - aid for cinema worldwide), a scheme co-managed by the CNC and the French Institute, with new funding arrangements aimed at promoting the international distribution…
FUTURE FRAMES AT KVIFF:Spotlight on European film Students and Graduates
On the invitation of European Film Promotion (EFP) and the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF), ten European film students and graduates present their films in the framework of the new programme FUTURE FRAMES - Ten New Filmmakers to Follow during two festivals days, July 6 and 7.At various events…
Croatian Films at 50th Karlovy Vary Anniversary Edition
Four Croatian feature fiction films are screened at this year’s 50th edition of the prestigious Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, taking place 3-11 July. Next to Ivona Juka’s debut feature You Carry Me in the East of the West competition, the audience will also have a chance to see The…
EUROPA DISTRIBUTION 9th ANNUAL CONFERENCE Karlovy Vary International Film Festival July 5-8 2015
After being present two years in a row at Karlovy Vary IFF for the organisation of a panel, this summer Europa Distribution will hold for the first time its Annual Conference in the scope of the top Czech film festival, which celebrates this year its 50th anniversary. About 60 distributors…
Slovak Films at 50th Karlovy Vary IFF
Slovak Film News – SLOVAK FILMS @ 50th KARLOVY VARY IFF July 2, 2015 / Slovak Film Institute / National Cinematographic Centre / www.aic.sk
Lithuanian and French governments sign an agreement on film co-production
Lithuanian and French ministers of culture Šarūnas Birutis and Fleur Pellerin signed an agreement on film co-production in Paris to facilitate cooperation between Lithuanian and French filmmakers. In 1999, Lithuania ratified the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production, which allowed the country to participate in the Eurimages fund which provides support…
