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Submit your film to East Silver Market 2019

Press releases 2019-04-04

East Silver, a documentary market specialized in Eastern and Central European documentary film, is open for submissions! Submit your film to the largest internationally recognized database of creative feature and television documentary films from Central and Eastern Europe. The market takes place during 23rd Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival (October…

Three Czech Documentaries will premiere at Visions du Réel 2019

Press releases 2019-04-04

Visions du Réel International Film Festival (5 – 13 April 2019) will give its floor to world premieres of 3 new Czech documentaries. Greta Stocklassa’s directorial debut Kiruna – A Brand New World has been selected for the International Feature Film Competition, while another debut The Sound is Innocent by…

SOFA @ Tbilisi Workshop - up for a third year!

Press releases 2019-04-02

SOFA Goes Tbilisi: Up, Up, Up for the Third Year The third edition of the Tbilisi SOFA workshop takes place in the beautiful Georgian capital from April 1 – 6 2019. The participants of the 2018/2019 edition: Eva Brazdžionytė (Lithuania), Agnieszka Kruk (Poland), Victoria Leshchenko (Ukraine), Marat Parkhomovsky (Israel), Róbert…

CIRCLE intitiative and Film New Europe - connecting you for potential collaboration

Press releases 2019-03-29

NEW TRAINING INITIATIVE FOR WOMEN FILMMAKERS CIRCLE Women Doc Accelerator 2019 – LAST CALL for applications The final deadline is April 1 The applications’ submission deadline for the second edition of CIRCLE Women Doc Accelerator is 1 April 2019. An exclusive 3 module training program addressing predominantly (but not only!)…

CARTOON eNews March 2019

Press releases 2019-03-27

Conference on New Emerging Business Models in Animation 23 – 25 Apr 19 Tampere (Finland) Creating and financing animation programmes that grow intocommercial brands 33 International top-level speakers (from Sony Pictures Television, ZDF, ZDF Enterprises, YLE, Turner EMEA, ROVIO, Dandelooo, IPR.VC, Gigglebug Entertainment, APCKids, etc.) will share their expertise, best…

A new EU Copyright law – a long-fought battle won

Press releases 2019-03-27

The Federation of European Film Directors (FERA), the Federation of Screenwriters in Europe (FSE) and the Society of Audiovisual Authors (SAA) welcome the European Parliament’s final vote on the Copyright Directive in the Digital Single Market. This is a great achievement for European authors.

ECSA WELCOMES A HISTORICAL DECISION FOR EUROPE’S CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND TOWARDS A FAIR REMUNERATION OF AUTHORS IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Press releases 2019-03-27

On 26 March 2019, despite an unprecedented pressure, the European Parliament had the courage to adopt the Copyright Directive with 348 votes in favour, 274 against and 36 abstentions. The European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA), which represents over 50,000 professional composers and songwriters in 26 European countries, welcomes this …

Visegrad Film Forum once again attracted film enthusiasts

Press releases 2019-03-25

The international event, held from March 19th to March 23rd at the Film and TV Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, introduced seven renowned filmmakers in addition to quality films. During the five-day program, they held masterclasses and discussions with participants. A balanced program from the world…

The shooting of the feature Deadlock by the director Vinko Möderndorfer begins

Press releases 2019-03-25

On Wednesday, 20 March, the shooting of the new live-action feature Deadlock by the writer and director Vinko Möderndorfer began in Seča in the Slovenian Littoral. Most of the film, however, will be shot in Ljubljana and in the Viba Film Studio. The story describes an encounter between two married…

Submit your project to Ex Oriente Film 2019

Press releases 2019-03-21

Apply now for Ex Oriente Film 2019 and get a tailor made training for the development of your film with the help of more than 25 world renowed film professionals! You can submit your work until April 19th, 2019, with our online APPLICATION FORM. Applying is free of charge and…

Over 100 organisations representing European Authors co-sign open letter in support of the Copyright Directive

Press releases 2019-03-21

A Europe Fit for the next generation of creators European Authors’ open letter in support of the Copyright Directive Dear Member of the European Parliament, The undersigned organisations of authors – representing hundreds of thousands of voters who are writers, screenwriters, filmmakers, composers and songwriters – urge you to seize…

MIDPOINT TV Launch at Series Mania Forum 2019

Press releases 2019-03-21

MIDPOINT TV Launch is proud to continue its second year of co-operation with festival Series Mania and its industry platform Series Mania Forum. Read more about its participation at the UGC Writers Campus, Talent Corner or Broadcaster Think Tank here: MIDPOINT TV Launch at Series Mania Forum 2019! MEET US…

Vilnius Airport cinema hall presents a new short film program for families

Press releases 2019-03-19

Film Spot LT – a unique cinema hall at Vilnius Airport presents an updated film program for families. Starting today, two new film programs will be screened at Film Spot LT, which is the first and only airport cinema hall in the Central and Eastern Europe. The cinema hall, which…

The shooting of the feature Once Were Humans by the director Goran Vojnović begins

Press releases 2019-03-18

The shooting of the feature Once Were Humans by the director Goran Vojnović begins On Friday, 15 March, the shooting of the live-action feature Once Were Humans by the writer and director Goran Vojnović, began in Visoko, on Kurešček hill. The third feature by Vojnović focuses on the pressing issue…

Visegrad Film Forum 2019_Cooperation

Press releases 2019-03-18

March 19 - 23, 2019 / Bratislava Visegrad Film Forum 2019 – World famous filmmakers close enough to touch! An international event at the Film and TV Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava will launch on Tuesday, March 19th. It offers way more than just film screenings.…

CEE ANIMATION FORUM 2019 ANNOUNCE PROJECT SELECTION

Press releases 2019-03-18

The seventh edition of the CEE Animation Forum (formerly known as Visegrad Animation Forum) will showcase thirty-three animated projects in development in three categories: short films, series / TV specials and feature films. The majority of selected teams are coming from Central and Eastern Europe – the Czech Republic 6x,…

First CEE Animated Projects Selected for Festival Annecy 2019

Press releases 2019-03-15

The Official Selection of the Annecy Festival 2019 was announced. There are 13 short films from Central and Eastern Europe in the competition. Short Films in Competition Acid Raind. Tomasz POPAKUL, p. ANIMOON SP. Z O.O., Zofia JAROSZUK, Poland, 2019, 26 min 16 s A Demonstration of Brilliance in Four…

Tallinn Black Nights Wolf Letter: Submissions for PÖFF #23 are open!

Press releases 2019-03-15

Yes, it's true - we have opened the film submission for the 23rd edition of Black Nights and both of our sub-festivals - youth and children's festival Just Film and animation and short film festival PÖFF Shorts! We had over 2400 feature-length and over 4000 short and animation submissions last…

Visegrad Film Forum 2019_Cooperation

Press releases 2019-03-13

March 19 - 23, 2019 / Bratislava From the 19th to 23rd of March, the eighth annual Visegrad Film Forum will feature the Oscar – winning Roma by Alfons Cuarón and the black-and-white road-movie Nebraska with 6 Oscar nominations. Participants can see the documentary Untitled by Haneke´s long-term editor Monika…

goEast 2019: Thematic Focus: “Everything Remains Different? – The Wild 90s” // “Pan-European Picnic”: Literature, Music Videos and Ukrainian Hip-Hop from alyona alyona

Press releases 2019-03-12

Thematic Focus: “Everything Remains Different? – The Wild 90s” // “Pan-European Picnic”: Literature, Music Videos and Ukrainian Hip-Hop from alyona alyona // Opening Film: GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNYA by Director and goEast Jury President Teona Strugar Mitevska // Press Accreditation Available Until March 29th // goEast Press Conference…