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FERA Report on EU Audiovisual Authors' Workshop 2019 in Ljubljana

REPORT on EU Audiovisual Authors’ Workshop 2019, Ljubljana REPORT on EU Audiovisual Authors’ Workshop 2019, Ljubljana Implementation of the Copyright Directive: Opportunities and challenges for AV authors to get fair value for their works’ exploitation The 5th edition of the EU Audiovisual Authors’ Workshopin Ljubljana, organized in partnership by FERA, …
12-03-2019

‘Oh, Ramona!’, the first Romanian production with over one million dollars gross in box office!

The first Romanian production ever to receive more than one million dollars gross is Cristina Jacob’s ‘Oh, Ramona!’ after the third week in the Romanian cinemas, according to figures released by cinemagia.ro this Monday. ‘Oh, Ramona!’ teen comedy also keeps a top position in the Romanian box office after the…
11-03-2019

Cartoon Business 2019 - Scholarship application

As you know the MEDIA programme actively supports the training of professionals from new member countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Portugal, Romania, Republic of Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tunisia & Ukraine). To this end, CARTOON encourages…
07-03-2019

My Grandpa is an Alien International Premiere

My Grandpa is an Alien International Premiere After its international premier and screenings at renown festivals in Belgium, Canada and Sweden, the long awaited Croatian children's SF film My Grandpa is an Alien starts domestic theatrical distribution on March 21. Croatian children's SF film My Grandpa is an Alien will…
05-03-2019

"Truth and Justice" opening week is a new box-office record in Estonia

The new feature film of Academy Award nominated director Tanel Toom "Truth and Justice" has performed strongly in local theatres setting a new record for the opening week of any film shown in Estonia.
01-03-2019

The nominations for the Czech Lion Awards in the television categories have been announced

The Czech and Film Television Academy (CFTA) has published the nominated television projects that reached the three highest positions in the voting of the academics in the two television categories. In the category of the best television film or miniseries the following three miniseries got the most votes: Dukla 61,…
27-02-2019

"Authors' organisations welcome a strong, cross-party support to Europe's creative community"

EP Legal Affairs committee vote on the Copyright Directive Brussels, 26th February 2019 Today, the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs committee adopted the provisional agreement on the Copyright Directive by 16 votes in favour and 9 against. As representatives of hundreds of thousands of authors, including film/TV directors, writers, literary translators,…
27-02-2019

European Audiovisual Observatory releases new report commissioned by the EFADs

Download it free here. European Audiovisual Observatory figures show that European films make up 27.5% of the European film market compared with 66.2% for US movies. European TV series episodes represent 19% of subscription VoD catalogues and 24% of titles available on transactional VoD. Europe has been making a concerted…
27-02-2019

EUROPA DISTRIBUTION Workshop at CARTOON MOVIE March 5-7 2019

This year, Europa Distribution goes back to Bordeaux to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its collaboration with Cartoon Movie. Since 2009, thanks to this partnership, hundreds of independent film distributors have had the possibility to attend one of the most important market and pitching event for European animated films.
26-02-2019

Visegrad Film Forum 2019

March 19 - 23, 2019 / Bratislava Highly praised makers of the Dark Knight trilogy, Nebraska and the Oscar-winning Roma are on their way to Bratislava! The eighth annual Visegrad Film Forum will, as usual, offer film lovers the best of world cinema. From the 19th to 23rd of March,…
26-02-2019

’Oh, Ramona!’ Remains Atop the Romanian Weekend Box Office, Leads 2019 with Highest Number of Admissions

Romantic comedy ’Oh, Ramona!’, directed by Cristina Jacob, held on to the Romanian top spot in the second week since its release, thus becoming the highest grossing film in 2019, surpassing US blockbusters such as 'How to Train Your Dragon’, ’Ralph Breaks the Internet’, ’Glass’ and ’Alita: Battle Angel’.
25-02-2019

The Polish 30% cash rebate scheme is active now

Warsaw, 22nd February 2019 - The new Polish 30% cash rebate scheme that was announced last year is active now. The scheme is based on first come, first serve rule and the Polish Film Institute has just begun to accept applications. After many years of effort by the local film…
22-02-2019

Accreditations for Meeting Point – Vilnius Are Now Available

Film industry professionals will once again be able to buy accreditations allowing them access to the industry conference Meeting Point – Vilnius (MPV) as well as the VIFF Kino Pavasaris. The early bird accreditations are available until March 3, while the standard ones are on sale until March 18. Accreditations…
21-02-2019

goEast 2019: Prominent Filmmakers Visit Wiesbaden // Specials: Matinee, Schools goEast, Fantastic Zagreb Film Festival // In Memoriam: Jonas Mekas and Dušan Makavejev // Photo Exhibition “Eastern Fairy Tales”

goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film will be welcoming a host of high-calibre guests for its 19th edition: in addition to Krzysztof Zanussi, the subject of this year’s Homage, multi-award-winning director Sergei Loznitsa will also be paying a visit to Wiesbaden, where he will be giving audience…
21-02-2019

MIDPOINT Intensive Lithuania - Call for applications opened until March 24, 2019

We are very pleased to announce MIDPOINT´s intensive program in Kaunas, Lithuania (May 5 – 8, 2019) aimed at Lithuanian film professionals. Thanks to a partnership with Lithuanian Film Centre, this 4-day workshop has been made possible.
20-02-2019

‘Oh, Ramona’, box office record audience in Romanian cinemas with 111,881 entries in the opening weekend

‘Oh, Ramona’ Romanian feature film, directed by Cristina Jacob, with a script based on Andrei Ciobanu’s bestseller, beat all audience records for a Romanian production, the cinemas reporting 111,881 entries in the opening weekend, a record for a Romanian opening weekend for the past 30 years.
19-02-2019

VFF After festivals in Berlin, Cannes and Venice it makes its way to Bratislava!

The eight Visegrad Film Forum will welcome the Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa. He has been exceptionally successful in the last year and his films are highly desired by many renowned film festivals. Visegrad Film Forum will host top-notch filmmakers from all over the world for the eight time. From the…
18-02-2019

The International Conference on Women in Film Industry – Zagreb welcomes prominent female representatives of European film

DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY WOMEN HAVE RECEIVED THE GOLDEN ARENA FOR BEST FILM OR THE PALME D’OR IN CANNES?
16-02-2019

Copyright Directive negotiators recognise European filmmakers’ right to benefit from the success of their works

The Federation of European Film Directors (FERA), the Federation of Screenwriters in Europe (FSE) and the Society of Audiovisual Authors (SAA) welcome the outcome of the trilogue negotiations on the Copyright Directive in the Digital Single Market. This is a real step forward for European authors. After many months of…
14-02-2019

Mostafa Derkaoui’s cinema under the spotlights

The documentary Librement, Mostafa Derkaoui (eng. Freely, Mostafa Derkaoui) by Sophie Delvallée is in its final stage of post-production. The main character, Mostafa Derkaoui, who studied in the Lodz Film School in the late 60’s, will come to Berlinale to attend the public screening of his first feature film De…
12-02-2019