WEMW Co-production Forum 
DEADLINE: October 31, 2019

The upcoming edition of WEMW (January 19-21, 2020) will launch the new East & West focus and will bring together over 500 film professionals from more than 40 countries, in particular from the 2020 spotlight countries: Hungary, Moldova, Romania & Austria, Germany, Switzerland. 

ELIGIBLE CRITERIA
- Producers from Europe*, North and Latin America are eligible to apply  
- Projects must be long feature fiction films or documentaries in development with preferably 10% of the total budget already in place
- Projects must have international co-production potential, preferably with one of the 2020 spotlight countries (Hungary, Moldova, Romania & Austria, Germany, Switzerland) or Italy

SUBMISSION            
All applications must include: complete online application form, treatment in English (max 5-8 pages), financing plan, teaser/visuals/mood board of the submitted project and previous works of the director.
In order to submit your application and the required materials you need to create your own account and fill in the online form following this link. Deadline: October 31, 2019.

SELECTION
Selected projects will be announced after mid-December and selected producers/directors will have the chance to pitch their project in front of all WEMW attending professionals and have two day pre-scheduled meetings. There is no submission fee and selected teams will be offered lunches and free WEMW Industry accreditation.

WEMW AWARDS

• Film Center Serbia Development Award - cash prize
• EAVE scholarship - for the EAVE European Producers Workshop 
• Flow Postproduction Award - 15.000 EUR prize in post-production facilities
• EWA Network Best Woman Director Award - cash prize for the best female director
• Producers Network Prize - free accreditation to the Cannes Marche du Film Producer’s Network
• Pop Up Film Residence Award - a 3-week residency with the guidance of international mentors
  
  

* Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom

24th October, Thursday – 18.00-20.00
The Mazovia Institute of Culture– Elektoralna 12

EMiGRA – LITERATURE

18.00-20.00
Emigration – Double identity – meeting with the writer Manuela Gretkowska and Brygida Helbig-Mischewski – Polish writer living in Berlin. Excerpts from the author's books will be read by Maria Maj – actress TR Warszawa. The meeting is moderated by Elżbieta Szymańska (MIK) and Romuald Mieczkowski (Vilnius)

25 October, Friday – 18.00 – 22.00
The Mazovia Institute of Culture– Elektoralna 12

OPENING OF THE FESTIVAL (invitations only)

18.00
Struggle: The Life and lost works of Stanisław Szukalski-dir. Ireneusz Dobrowolski, USA 2018, 115 min.
Special guests – Anna and Ireneusz Dobrowolscy, creator of the film about Stanisław Szukalski. The meeting is moderated by film journalist Anna Tatarska

26 October, Saturday – 12.00-22.00
The Mazovia Institute of Culture– Elektoralna 12

EMiGRA – LITERATURE

11.30-13.00
Tajemniczy sojusznik / Secret Sharer – dir. Piotr Fudakowski, UK 2014, 103 min.
Joseph Conrad or Józef Korzeniowski? – Meeting with Magda Heydel, translator of English literature and author of translations of works by Joseph Conrad. The interview will be conducted by the editor and journalist Wojciech Szot.

14.00-15.30 – special screening
Niebo bez gwiazd / A Sky Without Stars – dir. Katarzyna Dąbkowska, Poland 2018, 52 min.
Meeting with the film’s protagonist Robert Zarzecki and Katarzyna Dąbkowska.

EMiGRA – FAR MIDDLE EAST

15.40-17.40
Arabic Secret – dir. Julia Groszek, Poland 2019, 65 min.
Tożsamość w czasach globalizacji – spotkanie z Haliną Chehab, tłumaczką książki Amina Maaloufa Zabójcze tożsamości i bohaterem filmu Kamilem Filipkiem – prowadzi Monika Antkiewicz
Identity in times of globalization – Meeting with Halina Chehab, the translator Amina Maalouf’s book entitled “Deadly Identity” and the film’s protagonist of the film Kamil Filipek – moderated by Monika Antkiewicz

17.50-18.40
Polskie orlęta na pakistańskim niebie / Polish Eaglets Over Pakistan – dir. Anna Teresa Pietraszek, Poland 2008, 51 min.

EMiGRA – KOMEDA

19.00
Exile from Paradise – Komeda by Żądło – Concert of Krzysztof Komedy Music performed by Leszek Żądło (Munich)
About Komeda, Zośka and others- ameeting with the stepson of Krzysztof Komeda, Tomasz Lachem. The interview will be led by Artur Wolski and Elżbieta Szymańska (MIK)

20.00
Komeda – muzyczne ścieżki życia / Komeda. A Soundtack For Life – dir. Claudia Buthenhoff-Duffy, Poland 2010, 52 min.

24-27 October, Sala Elektorska MIK
Komeda Exhibition – The Calendar of life – Andrzej Rumianowski’s exhibition based on the materials from the archives of Zofia Komedno-Trzcińska transferred to the Museum of Jazz by her son Tomasz Lach

27th October, Sunday – 12.00-17.00
The Mazovia Institute of Culture– Elektoralna 12

EMiGRA – EGZOTICA

11.00-11.50
Los Polacos –Anna Plaszczyk, Maciej Lubczański, Poland 2008, 24 min. Special guest – Ela Borrell-Alvarez (Cuba/Berlin)

EMiGRA ON A RED CANADIAN COUCH

12.00-13.30
Red couch story –Ela Kinowska  and Piotr Sobierajski, Canada 2019, 52 min. Special guests – Ela Kinowska (Kyrgyzstan /Canada) and Piotr Sobierajski (Canada)

EMiGRA – SPORT

14.40-15.10
Tylko krew / Just Blood – dir. Grzegorz Jankowski, Poland/USA 2019, 27 min. Special guests – Janusz Kozioł i Janusz Pindera. The meeting will be moderated by Sławomir Sobczak (Chicago)

EMiGRA – LITERATURE

15.50-18.30
Gombrowicz. I, genius. I, emigrant – meeting with Klementin Suchanow – author of the biography of Witold Gombrowicz. The interview will be led by Brygida Helbig-Mischewski (Berlin) and Elżbieta Szymańska (MIK)

27th October, Sunday – 19.00-21.00
The Mazovia Institute of Culture– Elektoralna 12

Festival Awards ceremony (invitations only)

Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass in the memories of Leszek Żądło (Munich)

26th October, Saturday – 16.00-20.00
Meeting History House –  Karowa 20

EMiGRA – HISTORY

16.00
Izrael zaczął się w Polsce / Israel Started in Poland – dir. Jan Grzyb, Filip Frąckowiak, TVP Polonia 2018, 56 min. Meeting with the creators of the film – Jan Grzybe and Filip Frąckowiak (TVP Polonia) – Led by Tomasz Kuba Kozłowski (Meeting History House)

PREMIERE

18.00
Żołnierze niechciani – Błękitna Armia – reż. Piotr Latałło, Polska/USA 2019, 50 min. Spotkanie z twórcami filmu – Maciejem Kuszewskim i Sławomirem Sobczakiem (Chicago) – prowadzi Tomasz Kuba Kozłowski (DSH)

27th October, Sunday at 13.00
Meeting History House –  Karowa 20

EMiGRA – HISTORY

13.00
Strajk / Strike – dir. Volker Schlöndorff, Poland/Germany 2007, 104 min. Special guest – Dr. Tomasz Snarski (Gdańsk). The meeting will be led by Tomasz Kuba Kozłowski (DSH)

27th October, Sunday – 12.00-17.00
Pożyteczna Cafe – Nowy Świat 58

COMPETITION FILMS

Pokucka troja – dir. Mirosław Rowicki, Studio Filmowe Kuriera Galicyjskiego, Lviv 2018, 21 min.

Portret / Portrait – dir. Olga Wasilewicz, Belarus/Poland 2019, 11 min.

I stało się pięknem  – dir. Sol Janik, Argentina 2019, 62 min.

Podróż / Journey– di. Mariola Wiśniowska, Poland/Germany 2017, 12 min.

My Womb – dir. Martina Trepczyk, Austria 2018, 4 min.

Gdy prysły zmysły - Magdalena Marszałkowska and Małgorzata Wojcieszyńska, Austria/Slovakia 2018, 5 min.

Walc dla motyla – realizacja Magdalena Marszałkowska and Małgorzata Wojcieszyńska, Austria/Slovakia 2019, 5 min.

Zaćmienia / The Blackouts– dir. Oliwia Tonteri, Jerem Tonteri, Finland 2018 , 53 min.

Phantom – dir. Sebastian Królak, UK/Italy 2018, 10 min.

Cudzoziemcy w Powstaniu Warszawskim / Foreigners in the Warsaw Uprising – dir. Małgorzata Brama, Poland 2018, 38 min.

Lot do wolności / Flight To Freedom – dir. Grzegorz Linkowski, TVP 2019, 52 min.

Pomiędzy / In Between – dir. Monika Meleń, TVP 2018, 19 min.

The organizers reserve the right to change the program.

EU Budget 2021-2027

09/10: Communication: Time to decide on the Union’s financial framework for 2021-2027 – European Commission

The European Commission’s contribution to the European Council meeting on 17-18 October 2019

Finnish Presidency of the Council of the EU

18/10: Finland presented work on implementation of EU Strategic Agenda – eu2019.fi

The European Council discussed the follow-up to the Strategic Agenda for 2019–2024 in Brussels on 18 October 2019. Finland is now the first presidency to integrate the priorities of the Agenda, adopted in June, into the Council’s practical work. Finnish Prime Minister Antti Rinne informed the EU leaders of the progress made in the implementation.

European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO)

09/10: The independence of media regulatory authorities in Europe - EAO

Europe’s main piece of media legislation – the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) – was recently revised and a new version entered into force last autumn. This new AVMSD introduces an obligation for EU member states to designate one or more independent national regulatory authorities to oversee the broadcasting and audiovisual media sector in Europe.

10/10: Just ahead of BREXIT deadline, UK once again named the largest audiovisual market in greater Europe – EAO

European Audiovisual Observatory publishes 2018 Data on Audiovisual Media Services in Europe from the Mavise Database.

Events:

24 October: Second Shadow Rapporteurs’ meeting, Creative Europe Programme, Brussels (TBC) 

4 November: UNIC/Europa Distribution/FERA/FIAD Screening, Brussels

4-5 November: CULT Committee meeting, Brussels

5 November: Second Copyright Stakeholders’ Dialogue, Brussels 

5-6 November: Voices of Culture Structured Dialogue on Gender Balance in the Cultural & Creative Sectors Dialogue Meeting with the European Commission, Brussels

6 November: Optional fourth technical interinstitutional meeting, Creative Europe Programme, Brussels 

6-7 November: IMCO Committee meeting, Brussels

6-7 November: JURI Committee meeting, Brussels

11-12 November: ITRE Committee meeting, Brussels  

21-22 November: Education, Youth, Culture and Sports Council, Brussels  

1 December: European Commission comes into office (TBC)

Recent Studies:

EUIPO - IPR-intensive industries and economic performance in the European Union - September 2019

EAO - Amazon is the biggest buyer of EU films for SVOD release outside of Europe - September 2019

European Parliament - Research for CULT Committee - Culture and creative sectors in the
European Union – Key future developments, challenges and opportunities