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Extensive Lithuanian Film Retrospective in Paris Inaugurates Year-Long Celebration of Statehood Restoration Centenary

Press releases 2018-01-17

The Cinémathèque Française in Paris is hosting one of the biggest projects presenting Lithuania’s national cinema, a two-week long film retrospective which opens today. It also marks the launch of a cycle of events in France to celebrate the centenary of the restoration of Lithuania's statehood. The French cinema-going public…

Czech Republic Launches Script Consulting Incubator

Press releases 2018-01-16

The Czech Film Fund offers its national film industry a new ambitious script consulting program, which is organized in cooperation with MIDPOINT. 'Script Consulting Incubator' is the name of the new initiative which aims to heighten the quality of feature film scripts and to support a new generation of Czech…

dok.incubator film ‘A Woman Captured’ at Sundance

Press releases 2018-01-16

The sixth dok.incubator film in the past six years is flying to Sundance competition. Bernadett Tuza-Ritter’s first feature film ‘A Woman Captured’ traces the unbelievable story of Marish, a European woman who has been working as a slave in a Hungarian home for ten years. Starved, beaten, and exhausted, Marish’s…

POLISH DOCUMENTARY FILMS AT FESTIVALS IN JANUARY

Press releases 2018-01-16

Polish documentary films represented by KFF Sales & Promotion will be shown in January at five international film festivals in Europe and America, including Sundance Film Festival. The audience of one of the most important international film events - Sundance Film Festival - on January 19th will have a chance…

Visegrad Film Forum 2018 will shed some light on the magic of cinematography

Press releases 2018-01-15

Coming to Bratislava in April 17-21, with the editor of 12 Monkeys and other cult films Mick Audsley together with an extraordinary programme

3 plus 2 Filmmakers from Poland at Berlinale Talents 2018

Press releases 2018-01-12

Berlinale Talents is very proud to announce the selection of 250 filmmakers - 128 women and 122 men - from 80 countries for the 16th edition of Berlinale Talents. In our most recent press release you’ll find more info about some of the exciting talents, famous alumni such as David…

WEMW announces the new BALTIC AWARD and unveils the final line up of LAST STOP TRIESTE, FIRST CUT LAB and THIS IS IT

Press releases 2018-01-12

Trieste, January 11th, 2018 – The eighth edition of When East Meets West kicks off in 10 days, on January 21st with an exciting double focus on the Nordic countries and South East Europe. After having revealed the pitching forum project selection, WEMW announces its new Baltic Award! Thanks to…

Visegrad Animation Forum announces call for submissions for its 6th edition

Press releases 2018-01-11

The VAF Třeboň (May 1 – 3, 2018, Czech Republic) is the leading pitching event for animated film in the Central and Eastern Europe. As each year, animated projects in development compete in two categories: Short Films (single film less than 20 minutes long) and Series / TV Specials (web…

When East Meets West 2018 selected projects!

Press releases 2018-01-07

21 film projects from 16 countries will be presented at the eight edition of When East Meets West, the Italian co-production forum taking place on January 21-23, 2018 in the frame of the Trieste Film Festival. This year WEMW will bring together more than 400 industry professionals from over 35…

The shooting of the feature film My Last Year as a Loser by the director and screenwriter Urša Menart begins

Press releases 2018-01-07

On Friday, 8 September, the shooting of the feature film debut My Last Year as a Loser by the director and screenwriter Urša Menart began. To the Slovenian film audience, Urša is best known for her documentaries There Once Was a Land of Hardworking People and What about Mojca? which…

Open Call for MIDPOINT Intensive Iceland

Press releases 2018-01-03

It's our pleasure to announce the open call for MIDPOINT Intensive Iceland 2018, which will take place March 10-11 during the Stockfish Film Festival in Reykjavík. Thanks to a new collaboration with the Icelandic Film Centre, Icelandic film professionals will be invited to develop their feature film projects with international…

THE WEBSTERS The new Slovak book and 3D animated series for children

Press releases 2017-12-28

Are you afraid of spiders? Meet the Websters and you´ll start loving them. The authors of Mimi and Lisa, the book and animated series for children, were coming with a new animated series during the Christmas holidays, the first one in Slovakia made with 3D technology, not only on the…

Open Letter From Mimi Gjorgoska Ilievska former head of Macedonian Film Agency

Press releases 2017-12-26

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#europeanfilmchallenge gets fans talking about European cinema

Press releases 2017-12-26

Winners will enjoy a dream trip to the Berlinale film festival. #europeanfilmchallenge is back – and it’s bigger than ever! The latest edition of the contest invites film fans from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Serbia to share their love of European cinema – with the prize of an all-expenses-paid trip…

MIDPOINT Shorts 2018 announces its project selection

Press releases 2017-12-14

We are very pleased to announce the 4 short film projects that have been selected for MIDPOINT Shorts 2018.

FERA reaction to EP Plenary vote on Broadcasting Regulation JURI mandate

Press releases 2017-12-12

The EU film and directors community welcomes the result of the plenary vote on the Broadcasting "SatCab" Regulation today which confirmed the mandate for negotiations drawn up by the Legal Affairs Committee in November. In its mission as co-legislator, the European Parliament reflects the diversity of European citizens themselves :…

dok.incubator workshop calls for rough-cut feature docs DEADLINE: 31st January, 2018

Press releases 2017-12-12

dok.incubator workshop invites directors, editors and producers with feature docs in the rough cut stage to apply. There are many good films, but only a few of them are really excellent, good enough to be selected for competition at the main festivals, to get an international distribution and become an…

THE 30TH EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS: WINNERS

Press releases 2017-12-11

The more than 3,000 members of the European Film Academy – filmmakers from across Europe – have voted for this year’s European Film Awards. At the awards ceremony in Wroclaw the following awards were presented: EUROPEAN FILM 2017THE SQUAREdirected by Ruben Östlund EUROPEAN COMEDY 2017THE SQUAREdirected by Ruben Östlund EUROPEAN…

European Film Academy Board appeals to EP Members

Press releases 2017-12-11

European Film Academy Board appeals to the EP members to respect the JURI mandate on the proposed Broadcasters’ Regulation On the occasion of the General Assembly of the European Film Academy (EFA) in Berlin on 9 December 2017, the EFA Board has expressed its deep concern that the future of…

87 EXPERTS ON IMMERSION AT STEREOPSIA

Press releases 2017-12-06

You are invited to take part in a one-of-a-kind, phenomenal buffet of “immersion” delicacies brought to you by Stereopsia right in the center of Europe, in Brussels, the Capital of both Belgium & the European Union, featuring 3D, VR, AR, XR, lighfield, holoscopy,… The combined Scientific Conference (IC3D) and Professional…