TBILISI: Gaga Chkheidze, the initiator of the Tbilisi International Film Festival and former head of the Georgian National Film Center was awarded with the Goethe Medal 2023, Germany's most important award in foreign cultural policy.
BERLIN: Five experts including Lithuanian producer Živilė Gallego will pick the 10 European Shooting Stars 2024, who will be announced in mid-December 2023. The 27th edition of European Shooting Stars will be held 16 – 19 February 2024 at the Berlin International Film Festival.
FESTIVALS: Anniversary 20th Edition of International Animated Film Festival Animateka
Slovenia 24-11-2023LJUBLJANA: The International Animated Film Festival Animateka celebrates its 20th anniversary from 27 November to 3 December 2023 with a rich film programme and a resourceful AnimatekaPRO platform.
Lithuanian Producer Uljana Kim to Receive Eurimages International Co-production Award
Lithuania 24-11-2023VILNIUS: Uljana Kim, the first female producer in Lithuania, will receive the Eurimages International Co-production Award 2023 at the 36th European Film Awards’ gala in Berlin on 9 December 2023.
TV Beats Co-Financing Market and NEM Zagreb to Present 2024 Series Co-production Development Awards
Croatia 24-11-2023STRASBOURG: TV Beats Co-Financing Market – Industry@Tallinn (Estonia) and NEM Zagreb are among the four series co-production markets selected by the Council of Europe to present the 2024 Series Co-production Development Awards.
Film Centre of Montenegro Partners with MIDPOINT for Intensive Training Programme
Montenegro 24-11-2023PODGORICA: MIDPOINT Intensive Montenegro is the first initiative of the industry partnership between the Film Centre of Montenegro and MIDPOINT.
International Animated Film Festival Animateka celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. A few days ago, we announced the programme of the 20th edition, which brings together a diverse selection of animated films from all over the world.
Eurimages and the European Film Academy have the pleasure to award producer Uljana Kim with this years’ EURIMAGES INTERNATIONAL CO-PRODUCTION AWARD. Uljana Kim, born in 1969 in a Korean family in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, graduated from the Institute of Cinematography in Moscow (VGIK) in 1993 and is a film critic by education. She emigrated to Lithuania, where she founded Studio Uljana Kim in 1997. At that time, she was the first female producer in Lithuania.
FESTIVALS: Anniversary 20th Edition of Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
Hungary 22-11-2023BUDAPEST: The Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival is celebrating its 20th anniversary edition from 22 to 29 November 2023 in Budapest and online the following week.
VILNIUS: Maryna Vroda’s Stepne won Best Film Award in the Feature Film Competition of the 21st European Film Forum Scanorama. The biggest autumn film event in Lithuania was held 9 – 19 November 2023 in the four biggest cities in the country, Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai, as well as in Alytus and Visaginas.
