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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…
03-07-2015

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…
02-07-2015

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
02-07-2015

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…
01-07-2015

B'EST - Producers' Workshop Baltic Bridge East by West: DEADLINE: JULY 1!

The call for the 4th edition of Baltic Bridge East by West (B’EST), a producer's workshop organized in cooperation with EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs) and with the support from Creative Europe MEDIA Programme, is open for 12 participants - 8 with feature film projects from the European Union (4 participants)…
30-06-2015

Docu Talents from the East 2015 at Karlovy Vary IFF

Docu Talents introduces the most remarkable creative documentary projects from Central and Eastern Europe in the stage of production or post-production. It is organized by Jihlava IDFF and Karlovy Vary IFF on 7th July, 2015 at 14:00 in Barrandov Studios Villa THE THINGS / საგნები Country Georgia Director Nino Gogua…
29-06-2015

CentEast 2015 awaits your projects!

Call for submissions The call for works-in-progress from Eastern Europe to participate in the 11th edition of CentEast Warsaw opens on June 24th. The deadline for submissions is Friday, 4th of September 2015. Only projects not having been presented during any other film festival or market before can be considered.…
26-06-2015

Barrandov Studios Villa at the KVIFF and support to the film industry program

For the fourth year in a row, Barrandov Studios is again opening the Barrandov Studios Villa (in the Interactive Gallery Becher´s Villa) during the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival . Says Petr Tichý, the Vice-Chairman of the Barrandov Studios’ Board of Directors, “We will host some of the official festival…
26-06-2015

Two Lithuanian co-productions receive Eurimages funding

Eurimages, the Council of Europe’s film support fund, extended a grant of €50 000 to the film Deadweight directed by Ignas Miškinis. The film is produced by Tremora (Lithuania) and coproduced by Film Angels Productions (Latvia). In the list of supported projects – another coproduction of Baltic countries – Pretenders. …
25-06-2015

THE START OF THE THIRD SESSION OF EKRAN+ 2015!

The third and final session of the international training program for film professionals EKRAN+ will allow the participants to use the knowledge and skills that they learned in the previous parts of the workshop to create chosen scenes from their films. This time the participants were able to invite cinematographers…
25-06-2015

FEW DAYS LEFT TO APPLY: B`EST 2015 - Call for Applications

The call for the 4th edition of Baltic Bridge East by West (B’EST), a producer's workshop organized in cooperation with EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs) and with the support from Creative Europe MEDIA Programme, is now open for 12 participants - 8 with feature film projects from the European Union (4…
24-06-2015

Animation production continues to expand across the rest of Europe

Animation production continues to expand across the rest of Europe: Bulgaria, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia will pitch 7 projects at Cartoon Forum
15-06-2015

TO BUILD A DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET, INVEST IN DIRECTORS

The Federation of European Film Directors today calls for a sea change in the rights and status of directors as part of the Commission’s review of the EU Copyright rules in the completion of a Digital Single Market.
11-06-2015

Main stakeholders in the Croatian audiovisual sector concerned about lack of clarity in Commmission's strategy for European single digital market

In its capacity of the main strategic agency for the audiovisual sector in Croatia, the Croatian Audiovisual Centre held on Tuesday, 2 June an open meeting of its Croatian Audiovisual Council, which comprises of the main stakeholders in the Croatian audiovisual sector (professional associations, both public and commercial broadcasters, distributors,…
05-06-2015

Lithuanian films for the passengers at Vilnius Airport

The first airport movie theatre Film Box LT in the Eastern and Northern Europe was launched at Vilnius Airport. Now passengers waiting for their flights can enjoy their time at the airport even more and watch Lithuanian creators’ films in Film Box LT free of charge.
02-06-2015

DOK.Incubator´s special focus on Czech and Slovak filmmakers

In a week, a new, exclusive DOK.Incubator program for Czech and Slovak films starts. Their creative teams will meet talented directors, editors and producers from all over the world, to work together as peers, under a supervision of top European editors, producers and dramaturgists. The new individually designed DOK.Incubator workshophas…
01-06-2015

First Czech interactive comics Tinybut Likeus now available in English

The successful interactive project, a surrealistic fairytale at the intersection of comic book, animated film and PC game, now available in English
27-05-2015

APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR THE 5th EDITION OF EAVE+ for experienced producers!

Apply now for the next edition of EAVE+! 12-15 experienced producers and 6 high-profile industry experts will gather during 4 days to discuss their company structures, management practices and new business models.
26-05-2015

ANIMATION BUSINESS SEMINAR: 9-10 JUNE 2015, Warsaw

Animation Business Seminar is aimed primarily at producers, directors and screenwriters of films and animation series, as well as, to all other participants of the Polish audiovisual sector.
21-05-2015

The EFADs adopt a position paper on the opportunities and challenges for film in the digital age

On the occasion of its Cannes plenary meeting, the European Film Agency Directors (EFADs) adopted a position paper highlighting the major opportunities and challenges, in particular in the context of the European Commission’s plans for a Digital Single Market.
21-05-2015