The 19th Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival will be held 8–16 November 2022, in Budapest and many cities across Hungary as well as online.
WARSAW: FNE has teamed up with the Brussels based team of the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) to bring you regular updates on EU cinema policies that impact all industry professionals across Europe. Click here for FNE UNIC EU Cinema Policy Update.
NextGenerationEU
08/02: NextGenerationEU: European Commission raises an additional €5 billion in support for Europe's recovery – European Commission
In its first bond syndication of 2022, the European Commission has today raised a further €5 billion in NextGenerationEU funds on behalf of the EU in yet another successful deal.
Digital Services Act
09/02: Digital Services Act: Know Your Business Customer obligations must apply to intermediary services – UNIC
This letter focuses on the “Know Your Business Customer” (KYBC) obligations of the proposal.
Collective Rights Management
02/02: The Collective Rights Management Directive: a positive assessment of the action of CMOs - Society of Audiovisual Authors
5-years after the transposition deadline, the European Commission has concluded that the application of the Collective Rights Management Directive has had a positive effect on rightsholders and the licensing market. Therefore, there is no need for a review, said the Commission.
EU funding
03/02 : Creative Europe: Commission launches first calls for proposals to support audiovisual industry – European Commission
The Commission has published the first three calls for proposals opened under the framework of the Creative Europe MEDIA 2022, a programme with a total of €226 million of EU funding available this year. It aims at supporting the recovery of the audiovisual industry and strengthening its competitiveness both within Europe and worldwide.
Berlinale
09/02: MEDIA will be present at the Berlinale: EFF on sustainability, industry events and films – European Commission
Creative Europe MEDIA will once again be present at the festival with a virtual stand, a European Film Forum, side events and some MEDIA-supported films in competition.
Events
10 March - European Audiovisual Observatory advisory committee meeting
11 March - Presentation of a pan European report on the future of the industry by the European Co-Production Forum, Brussels
28/29 March - UNIC Cinema Days 2022
April 2022 - Adoption of French conclusions on building a European Strategy for the Cultural and Creative Industries
25-28 April - CinemaCon 2022
17-28 May - Cannes Film Festival 2022
20-23 June - CineEurope 2022
JIHLAVA: The 26th edition of the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival has opened admissions for feature-length and short films, animated and interactive documentaries. The call for the eleventh edition of the Emerging Producers programme, which will take place 24–28 October 2022 (Jihlava) and in February 2023 (Berlin), is also open for applications.
We are now receiving submissions for the 26th Ji.hlava IDFF and look forward to seeing your films. We accept feature-length and short films, animated and interactive documentaries. The films premiered in Jihlava have a chance to be nominated for the European Film Academy Awards and the winners at the Ji.hlava IDFF are also eligible for Oscar® consideration in the Documentary Short Subject and Documentary Feature Subject categories. Check out the deadlines now.
WARSAW: Principal photography for Sebastian Buttny's Polish/Hungarian film Saint / Święty wrapped on 11 February 2022. The film has been shot for thirty days in Poznań and Gniezno.
PRODUCTION: Castel Film Wraps Production on Christopher Landry’s Debut Short Document 56
Romania 11-02-2022BUCHAREST: Christopher Landry’s Document 56 has wrapped production in Romania. The Romanian/USA feature short tells the strange-but-true story of a covert Cold War alliance between the American CIA and the Romanian Securitate (secret police) to finance the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein.
LOS ANGELES: Polish film The Dress by Tadeusz Łysiak was nominated for the Academy Awards in the Short Film (Live Action) category. Hungarian set decorator Zsuzsanna Sipos received a nomination in the Production design category, together with the Canadian production designer Patrice Vermette, for Dune by Denis Villeneuve. Polish DoPJanusz Kamiński got a nod for Best Cinematography in West Side Story.
WARSAW: The 6th edition of Kids Kino Industry will take place on 27–30 September 2022 in a hybrid format, both in person in Warsaw and online. The international co-production forum will be organised in the frames of the 9th edition of Kids Kino International Film Festival.
The 6th international co-production forum for the creators of films and series for young audiences, organised as part of the 9th Kids Kino International Film Festival, will take place on 27–30 September 2022 in Warsaw, Poland + online
