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EFP Announces 20th Edition of Producers on the Move

EFP Announces PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE 2019 at the Cannes Film Festival Celebrating the 20th Edition of PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE For 20 years, the most enterprising, up-and-coming producers from throughout Europe have been selected for EFP PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE at the Cannes Film Festival. Based on their already…
24-04-2019

RECIPIENTS OF 2019 CINEEUROPE GOLD AWARDS ANNOUNCED

BRUSSELS, NEW YORK – 23 April 2019: The International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) and the Film Expo Group are delighted to announce the 2019 recipients of the CineEurope Gold Awards, given to cinema professionals for their outstanding dedication and service to the sector. The Awards will be presented as part…
23-04-2019

MIDPOINT launches a TV writing-focused program: Writers’ Room

MIDPOINT is launching a new program to boost up the TV production practice in the region of Central and East Europe to a greater extent. MIDPOINT Writer´s Room is a sidebar module of the project-based 9-months long MIDPOINT TV Launch and is designed to support the training of specialized skills…
23-04-2019

EastSeries

Invitation to submit your tv drama series project to EastSeries EastSeries is a platform for the best drama series proposals from Central and Eastern Europe. It is organized by the Odesa International Film Festival powered by ScripTeast, a master training programme for the best Eastern European scriptwriters organized by Independent…
23-04-2019

Copyright Directive: Authors' organisations - Joint press release on the Council's adoption of the Copyright Directive

European organisations of authors welcome the final adoption of the Copyright Directive and call on EU Member States to seize this historical opportunity to improve the livelihoods of all authors and foster Europe’s creativity. On 15 April 2019, the Council of the European Union formally adopted the Copyright Directive. Following…
17-04-2019

MIDPOINT Intensive Lithuania announcing project selection

We are pleased to announce the selection of 4 projects for our first MIDPOINT Intensive Lithuania workshop aimed at Lithuanian film professionals. The projects will participate in a 4-day workshop in Kaunas (May 5 – 8, 2019). The selected projects and participants of MIDPOINT Intensive Lithuania are: A BUTTERFLY´S HEART …
17-04-2019

Pustnik Screenwriters Residency announces first guests for 2019

The first guest experts have been announced for the fifth edition of Pustnik Screenwriters Residency, which will take place in Romania this September. During the nine-day retreat, eight screenwriters – three from Romania and five internationals – will develop their first or second feature-length screenplays. Pustnik also invites a handful…
17-04-2019

New Movie By Julian Galea Filmed 100% In Malta Will Open At Eden Cinemas

MALTA (April 16, 2019) - Australian born Maltese film director Julian Galea came to Malta to shoot his second movie following the success of his debut feature film Love to Paradise which won Best Film at Malta International Film Festival. Galea can’t get enough of his mother country and while…
16-04-2019

LUMIERE VOD: launch of the first directory of European films to increase transparency concerning the VOD markets

Launched by the European Commission with the European Audiovisual Observatory who is managing the project, this new directory of European films will help professionals, the public authorities and citizens to find information about European films and their availability on-line in video-on-demand (VOD) services throughout the European Union. Access it free…
16-04-2019

Warsaw Kids Film Forum /// otwarcie naboru projektów

Submit your project at Warsaw Kids Film Forum until the end of May. The call for projects for the 3rd edition of Warsaw Kids Film Forum, an international coproduction forum aimed at children’s market, was lunched today. WKFF is the industry part of the Kids Film Festival and will take…
15-04-2019

dok.incubator projects 2019 announced

dok.incubator reveals 8 projects selected for its 2019 edition dok.incubator has announced the final selection of talented filmmakers whose projects will be supported in 2019. Participating film professionals – drawn from around the world, including Latin America, Europe, Africa and Canada – will have the opportunity to work intensely on…
15-04-2019

Ex Oriente Film 2019 deadline approaching

Dear documentary directors and producers, We would like to remind you that the deadline for submissions to the Ex Oriente Film 2019 international training programme is April 19th.If you have a feature length documentary project in development or early production, be sure to submit it via our online application form.The…
15-04-2019

CEE Animation Forum Launches New Partnerships with Leading Training Programmes

CEE Animation Forum (formerly known as VAF Třeboň) opens its 7th edition by establishing new partnerships with different European markets, festivals or residency and training programmes. Through this extensive range of direct invitations to pitching events, exchanges of professionals and attractive scholarships, the organizers aim to increase the producers´ knowledge,…
15-04-2019

The Changing Face of Europe at Hot Docs

THE CHANGING FACE OF EUROPE Features 10 Outstanding European Documentaries at Hot Docs, Toronto Personal and cultural identity, women’s rights – religious and sexual – and new life concepts are among the topics of the second edition of THE CHANGING FACE OF EU- ROPE. The programme, curated to reflect on…
12-04-2019

CineStar 4DX Banja Luka

GRAND OPENING OF CINESTAR 4DX BANJA LUKA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Last week, on 4 April, 2019 CineStar exhibition chain opened it latest multiplex in Banja Luka, the second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as part of the new DELTA PLANET shopping mall. The new 6-screen CineStar multiplex is the…
11-04-2019

The Anarchic Cinema: BAM Celebrates Věra Chytilová’s Unique Career

Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), in co-operation with the Czech Film Fund, presents 11 feature films and 3 shorts of Věra Chytilová. The retrospective of the radical and anarchic Czech filmmaker is accompanied by 4 films by Czech filmmakers, Chytilová’s former students, and will be held in New York from…
10-04-2019

Lithuanian 30% Tax Incentive Scheme is Now Active

The Lithuanian Film Centre (LFC) announces that the upgraded Lithuanian 30% Tax Incentive scheme is now active. The incentive came into effect in January 2014 as a new policy measure to foster local and foreign film production in Lithuania. As of 2019, the incentive provides an opportunity to save up…
10-04-2019

RESULTS OF SUPORTED PROJECTS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CINEMATOGRAPHIC WORKS FOR THE YEAR 2018 – 2019

The Ministry of Education and Culture announces that the responsible Minister for Cinematography, Minister of Education and Culture, approved, for the period 2018-2019, on the recommendation of the Cinema Advisory Committee, the partial financing of the following proposals:
09-04-2019

Second workshop of TV Launch 2019 to take off

MIDPOINT TV Launch is about to take off The second residential workshop of TV Launch program will be held from April 10 till April 16, 2019 in Pilsen, Czech Republic within Finale Plzen Film Festival. Six projects of TV series, three projects of web series and two development executive participants,…
04-04-2019

Submit your film to East Silver Market 2019

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…
04-04-2019