The Pixel Lab provides participants with an unrivalled understanding of how a strategic cross-platform approach to story development will help develop their projects, brands and audience base. We accept 20 producers with a project and 20 media professionals without from anywhere in the world.
US in Progress - Where Europe Meets US indies - festival premieres and call for entries Paris
Festivals 21-01-2015US in Progress team congratulates the alumni at Sundance and Rotterdam 2015.
TRIESTE: Wojciech Staron's Brothers won the HBO Europe Award for the best project in Last Stop Trieste, a new section of When East Meets West pitching market running from 18 to 20 January alongside Trieste Film Festival.
A strong presence of EAVE projects and producers together with a world premiere EAVE live stream event.
The Forum section selected the Slovak-Czech produced feature drama debut Koza (2015) by Ivan Ostrochovský for the programme of its 45th edition in a world premiere.
FNE at When East Meets West/Trieste FF: Interviews with Cristina Sain and Alessandro Gropplero
Region 21-01-2015TRIESTE: Cristina Sain, the president of Trieste Film Festival told FNE that the financial situation of the festival has improved in the last few years, while Alessandro Gropplero, who runs When East Meets West, said that there were several documentaries dealing with espionage in the selection of the coproduction forum this year.
WARSAW: The Performer, the debut feature of Łukasz Ronduda and Maciej Sobieszczanski, was selected for Berlinale Forum Expanded (5-15 February 2015).
New Distribution Manager for CEE and Russia Appointed by Turner Broadcasting System
Region 20-01-2015WARSAW: Turner Broadcasting System has appointed Dominik Tzimas as the new Distribution Manager for Central and Eastern Europe and Russia. Tzimas will work in the Warsaw office.
NICOSIA: The independent feature Eleftheria – Woman of Cyprus is currently in preproduction hoping to raise 0.5m USD on Indiegogo until 28 January 2015. American star Olympia Dukakis has agreed to play the title role depending on the final script approval and her schedule.
TRIESTE: Along with 22 projects in development selected for pitching, the 5th edition of When East Meets West Trieste (18-20 January) is launching two new initiatives dedicated to films in the postproduction stage.
