Media representatives are invited to apply for accreditation to the Riga International Film Festival (RIGA IFF), which will allow them to attend screenings and industry events.
Apply via this link by 20 September, 2020. Each application will be assessed individually and applicants will be informed of the decision no later than 5 October.
If you have any questions, please contact Rūta Krolle-Knese: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., +371 28 731 814.
Astra Film Festival. 16 international and national premieres plus a film running for 2021Oscars nominations. Tickets are on sale
Festivals 31-08-2020The autumn film show begins at the Astra Film Festival 2020. Six world premieres, one international, nine national premieres, a film running for the 2021 Oscar nominations, meetings with directors, key questions, unexpected answers and special events complete the 27th edition of the Festival. Astra Film Festival Open Air 2020 starts in a week in Sibiu and will remain in the public memory for a long time.
Astra Film Festival 2020 offers his viewers 6 world premieres („Tamás Barta - Hurry, Mom’s Waiting at Home” by Eszter Hajdu – Hungary-Portugal, 2020; „Half Elf” by Jón Bjarki Magnússon, Iceland, 2020; “Burgan-I Did Not Breathe the Air for Nothing” by Duco Tellegen, Netherlands- Romania, 2019; "All rivers flow into the sea and the sea never fills", by Claudiu Mitcu- Romania, 2020; “Death...full stop or comma?” by Călin Terțan, Corina Terțan – Romania, 2020; "Reflections in the East", by Andreea Cristina Borţun- Romania, 2020), an international premiere, "Lost Kids on the Beach", by Alina Manolache- Romania, 2020 and 9 national premiers (“Forget Me Not” by Sun Hee Engelstoft –Denmark, 2019;“Lessons of Love” by Malgorzata Goliszewska and Kasia Mateja- Poland, 2019; “Talking About Adultery” by Bára Jíchová Tyson – USA-Czech Republic; “The World According to Amazon”, by Adrien Pinon and Thomas Lafarge – France-Germany-India-Poland-USA, 2019; “Caught in the Net” by Vít Klusák, Barbora Chalupová – Czech Republic – Slovakia, 2020; “Self Portrait” by Katja Høgset, Margreth Olin and Espen Wallin – Norway, 2020; "Songs of Repression" by Marianne Hougen-Moraga and Estephan Wagner – Denmark, 2020; “Holy Father” by Andrei Diaconescu – Romania, 2020; „iHuman” by Tonje Hessen Schei – Norway, 2019 ).
WARSAW: The first Kids Kino webinar on the topic of new content, partly resulting from the COVID-19 lockdown, will take place on 31 August 2020 at 15:00 CET.
TALLINN: The 2020 edition of Industry @Tallinn & Baltic Event is accepting applications for its several sections through 21 September 2020.
RIGA: Riga IFF will stream worldwide a concert created especially for its opening night on 15 October 2020. The festival runs through 25 October, and the opening night event is an example of the ways festivals are trying to reach the public during the COVID-19 pandemic.
BRATISLAVA: Slovak Production designer Valerián Stražovec has died in Canada at 87. He was nominated twice for the Emmys for his work on The Muppets: A Celebration of Thirty Years and Muppets Tonight, receiving an Emmy Award for the latter.
BUCHAREST: Romania will re-open cinemas, theatres and indoor restaurants on 1 September 2020, while maintaining a state of alert.
WARSAW: Dorota Kobiela's The Peasants has been acquired by the Warsaw-based New Europe Film Sales. The film is produced by the same animation studio, BreakThru Films behind Loving Vincent, which Kobiela directed together with Hugh Welchman. The film is already in production for the FNE production profile Click HERE.
WARSAW: Applications are open for the 5th edition of the Kids Kino.Lab script development programme. The deadline is 23 October 2020.
Industry @Tallinn & Baltic Event goes online! It's time to submit your projects!
Festivals 26-08-202025 August / What's cooking?
- Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event 2020 takes place online!
- Submissions are open for Works in Progress
- Baltic Event Co-Production Market waits for your project!
- Send in your script for TV series or feature film for Script Pool 2020
- POWR Baltic Stories Exchange calls for participants
INDUSTRY@TALLINN&BALTIC EVENT TAKES PLACE ONLINE!
Keeping our guests safe and sound is a top priority for us, so we have decided to move the Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event 2020 program entirely online. For the last week in November, global film industry representatives will be invited to apply for access to all events, project pitches and films regardless of their geographical location.
READ MORE ABOUT THE ONLINE PROGRAM
CALL FOR PROJECTS: WORKS IN PROGRESS
We are happy to invite producers and directors to apply for Works in Progress presentations with full-length fiction film projects that will be in production or post-production by the end of November. As Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event takes place online this year, the presentations will take place in online sessions, in three categories: Just Film Works in Progress (children and youth film projects), Baltic Event Works in Progress (Baltic and Finnish projects) and International Works in Progress. The final date to submit your project is September, 21, 2020.
SEND YOUR SUBMISSION FOR THE BALTIC EVENT CO-PRODUCTION MARKET
Northern Europe's largest international co-production market eagerly awaits your project submission! As well as presenting the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award in the amount of 20 000 Euros, the Baltic Event Co-Production Market provides a perfect opportunity to find financiers, co-producers and sales agents for your project. The deadline for submitting projects is September 21, 2020.
DO YOU HAVE A BRILLIANT FILM SCRIPT IDEA?
If you have a great idea for a film of TV series script, our international script competition Script Pool Tallinn would love to hear about it. 6 film scripts and 6 TV series scripts will be chosen for the final contest, including preparatory workshops, meeting with the international jury, and public pitching. The deadline for submissions is September 21, 2020.
READ MORE ABOUT SCRIPT POOL SUBMISSIONS
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS TO POWR BALTIC STORIES EXCHANGE IS OPEN
POWR Baltic Stories Exchange is looking for film projects in the early stages of development and which are actively seeking producers. The workshop aims to give mainly Nordic and Baltic scriptwriters the opportunity to present their projects and writing talent in an informal and international forum during the largest regional film market in Northern Europe.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE POWR SUBMISSIONS
