Pitching, Work in Progress and East Series have opened the calls for submissions with the deadline set for August 1, 2020.
Due to the pandemic situation, the Odesa International Film Festival will be held online, September 25-October 3, and the dates of its Film Industry Office are set for September 29-October 2, 2020.
New Horizons Studio+, organized by the New Horizons Association and Creative Europe Desk Poland is a training programme for directors and producers developing their first or second feature film. It involves workshops and lectures on various aspects related to the promotion and development of projects. 11th edition of New Horizons Studio+ will take place on July 24 -27 online.
PRODUCTION: Romanian Director Nap Toader in Postproduction with Wetland of the Jackals
Romania 15-07-2020BUCHAREST: Romanian director Nap Toader (aka Napoleon Helmis) is currently in postproduction with his fourth feature film, the love story/road film comedy/drama Wetland of the Jackals / Grindul șacalilor, starring Mihaela Sîrbu and Gabriel Spahiu.
WARSAW: Ukrainian writer/director Oleg Sentsov is in pre-production with the crime drama Rhinoceros, a coproduction between the Ukraine, Poland and Germany.
MOTOVUN: The Motovun Film Festival decided to move their screenings from the old city of Motovun, which has hosted the festival since 1999, following the recommendation by the Istrian County Civil Protection Department.
WARSAW: Broad Peak by acclaimed Polish film director Leszek Dawid was presented at the First Cut+ Works in Progress in Karlovy Vary’s online edition Eastern Promises.
WARSAW: The 11th edition of New Horizons Studio+, organised by the New Horizons Association and Creative Europe Desk Poland, has announced the ten projects which will participate in its training programme for directors and producers developing their first or second feature film. The programme will take place online 24 – 27 July 2020.
WARSAW: Kids Kino Industry (formerly known as the Warsaw Kids Film Forum) has unveiled the 26 projects to be pitched at the 4th edition, taking place online from 29 September to 2 October 2020.
The East-West co-production market connecting cottbus will be held on 4-6 November 2020 entirely online. “With the project presentations at the core of the event, we will focus on the networking aspect among all participants and provide a vivid space for dialogue and exchange for the industry in Autumn, as we have had too few opportunities this year to meet and catch up”, says coco director Marjorie Bendeck. More details on coco’s format will be published in September, along with our project selection. The FilmFestival Cottbus’ 30th edition will take place on-site.
The MIDPOINT Feature Launch 2020 generation, represented by 22 filmmakers and 3 script consultant trainees, attended the Eastern Promises Industry Days of Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, which were held online July 6-9, 2020.
Nine promising projects of feature films were pitched on Tuesday, July 7 during Works in Development – Feature Launch, a networking initiative and project showcase of MIDPOINT Institute and KVIFF.
They were accompanied by the three attending script consultants who presented themselves as well.
