STRASBOURG: Slovakia, Croatia, and Poland each received multiple Eurimages grants in the October 2020 round of funding. The grants ranged in size from 43,700 EUR to 370,000 EUR.
BRNO: The Russian film Sockeye Salmon. Red Fish by Vladislav Grishin and Dmitriy Shpilenok was the winner of the 46th EKOFILM International Film Festival, which concluded its first part on 17 October 2020. The Festival President’s Award went to the film Unrestrained Virgin Forest by Zdeněk Zvonek. Two more days of cinema screening of all 25 films will take place 27 and 28 November.
TBILISI: The inaugural Annecy-Tbilisi animation film pitching workshop handed out awards to two projects: Zako by Susana Khachatryan and The Living Book by Mindia Arabuli.
BUDAPEST: The third edition of the Hungarian children’s film festival Cinemira is set to unspool on 24 and 25 October 2020, after postponing its original April dates due to the COVID-19 crisis.
The Animation Film Pitching Workshop Annecy-Tbilisi names the Winning Projects
Press releases 18-10-2020The Georgian National Film Center, Institut Français de Géorgie, Georgian Animators Association”Saqanima”, Filmcenter “Georgian Film-Abkhazeti”, „ReAnimania“ International Animation Film and Comics Art Festival of Yerevan, Festival International du film d’animation d’Annecy MIFA and film studio Kvali XXI organised, from 28 September 2020 to 2 October, for the VI time, the animation film project pitching workshop Annecy-Tbilisi.
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) announces the First Feature Competition lineup for 2020
Festivals 15-10-2020The festival has selected 18 films in competition and three out of competition, coming from many corners of the globe to be screened at the hybrid edition of the 24th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.
Featuring ten world premieres, seven international and one European, the programme embodies the festival’s mission to discover emerging creative voices from all over the world, offering them an initial launchpad and catapulting them toward international recognition. Three first features will also screen out of competition: one Austrian, one British and one Spanish/Italian co-production. One film, Why Not You will be screened as a shared premiere with the Zürich International Film Festival, while another, Should the Wind Drop, bears the Cannes Official Selection 2020 label.
COLLECTIVE BY GERMAN-ROMANIAN DIRECTOR ALEXANDER NANAU SELECTED AS ROMANIA’S OSCAR® ENTRY FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
Press releases 15-10-2020Award-Winning Timely Documentary Highlights The Vital Role Of Journalism In The Fight Against Corruption at The Highest Levels of Government
Berlin, October 15, 2020 - The Romanian Film Centre/CNC Romania has selected Alexander Nanau’s critically acclaimed observational documentary COLLECTIVE as Romania’s official Oscar® entry for Best International Feature, the first time a Romanian documentary has been the country’s official submission.COLLECTIVE is sold internationally by Cinephil and will be released on November 20th in the USA by Magnolia Pictures and Participant and in the UK and Ireland by Dogwoof and Participant. On November 25th it will be in French Cinemas released by Sophie Dulac distribution. COLLECTIVE will be released in many other countries this fall including Israel, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. The film is also currently available in 20 countries through HBO Europe.
COLLECTIVE had its world premiere in Venice last year, before having its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. COLLECTIVE also screened at Sundance earlier this year, and was an official selection of New Directors/New Films, IDFA, True/False, CPH DOX, the San Francisco International Film Festival, Göteborg International Film Festival, Full Frame, and Hamptons International Film Festival, where it recently won Best Documentary Feature. The film will next screen in Germany at DOK Leipzig. At the end of November, it will be broadcast by Germany’s MDR.
COLLECTIVE is part of the European Film Awards Shortlist and can be voted for a nomination in the category European Documentary. The film also recently won Best International Documentary at It's All True Brazil, Best Documentary Conscience Competition at Docville Belgium, Best International Documentary at DocAviv Film Festival, Best International Documentary at Zürich Film Festival, and Best International Documentary at Luxemburg, among others.
Directed by Alexander Nanau (TOTO AND HIS SISTERS), COLLECTIVE follows a team of investigative journalists as they uncover shocking, widespread corruption. After a deadly nightclub fire, the mysterious death of the owner of a powerful pharmaceutical firm, and the quiet resignation of a health minister—seemingly unrelated events, all within weeks of each other—the team of intrepid reporters exposes a much larger, much more explosive political scandal. COLLECTIVE is a fast-paced, real-life thriller about truth, accountability, and the value of an independent press in partisan times.
“The hospital corruption and subsequent government cover up in COLLECTIVE took place in Romania,” said Nanau. “Yet this is not just a local story. There is a universality that is even more relevant post Covid. Government corruption is sadly all too familiar across the world and the need to safeguard social justice and press freedom feels more urgent than ever. These are freedoms that have been compromised lately around the world. There could not be a more important time to bring this film to an international audience.”
Directed and filmed by Alexander Nanau, COLLECTIVE is produced by Nanau and Bianca Oana, Bernard Michaux and Hanka Kastelicová. The film is an Alexander Nanau Production in co-production with Samsa Film Luxembourg and HBO Europe, with the support of Romanian Film Centre, Luxembourg Film Fund, and Sundance Documentary Fund, with the participation of Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR), Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS), RSI Radiotelevisione Svizzera, YES Docu and the support of the Sundance Documentary Fund. Executive producers are Antony Root and Philippa Kowarsky.
Watch the Trailer for Collective
BUCHAREST: Romanian directors Anton and Damian Groves are developing their debut feature King Wray, which will use an innovative animation technique. The project received the CEE Animation Workshop Award at the October 2020 CEE Animation Forum, where it was looking for international coproducers and financing.
BRATISLAVA: Slovak director/writer/producer Marko Škop’s critically lauded film film Let There be Light / Nech je svetlo will be shown as part of the Slovak Film Week, which is scheduled for 20 – 26 October 2020.
From the butt in the backyard to the passion of the wastepaper collector – Short Film and U18 Youth Film Competition of the 30th FFC
Festivals 15-10-2020The 30th FilmFestival Cottbus will take place from November 3 to 8, 2020 in Cottbus and five other locations in the region as well as online from November 3 to 21 nationwide.
