VALLETTA: Paramount's Production Gladiator 2 directed by Ridley Scott will receive a record 46,653,961 EUR from the 40% cash rebate for its shoot in Malta. The Malta Film Commission said the shoot will give a major boost to the Maltese film industry.

BERLIN: Safe Place by Juraj Lerotić, The Happiest Man in the World by Teona Strugar Mitevska, Slow by Marija Kavtaradze, Behind the Haystacks by Asimina Proedrou and Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry by Elene Naveriani are among the 19 titles chosen by the European Film Academy Board for the Feature Film Selection for the European Film Awards 2023.

Young Horizons Industry, the international co-production forum for films and series for young audiences (formerly known as Kids Kino Industry), is pleased to announce the ‘Focus on Docs’ section in this year’s programme. The ‘Focus on Docs’ section at Young Horizons Industry is organised in partnership with Andrzej Wajda Centre for Film Culture. Young Horizons Industry will take place between 4-6 October 2023 in Warsaw (and online) as the industry part of the Young Horizons International Film Festival.

This year Europa Distribution and New Nordic Films have again renewed their successful partnership and will hold an open panel entitled “How are Nordic Films released around Europe?”, focusing on the case studies of Nordic releases in different European countries, as well as the essential role of funding to promotion.

BUCHAREST: Director Bogdan Theodor Olteanu and Bold Film Studio (the first film investment fund in Romania) are teaming up again after their successful comedy Taxi Drivers (2022), but their new project, the independent comedy Klaus and Barroso / Klaus si Barroso, has a collective direction, as several members of the team are involved in the directing process.

MISKOLC: Films directed by Stephan Komandarev, Michal Blaško, Tóth Barnabás, Elene Naveriani and Tudor Giurgiu have been selected for the main competition of the 19th edition of the CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival, which will be held 1 – 9 September 2023.

POTSDAM: The global streaming service MUBI has joined the international executive master’s programme European Film Business and Law LL.M. | MBA, the only European postgraduate programme combining film entertainment business and law for experienced media professionals, starting on 1 October 2023.

20th Arthouse Cinema Training 30 October – 5 November 2023 BERLIN, GERMANY
Discover the World of Arthouse Cinema in Berlin!

BERLIN: Professionals working in the arthouse cinema industry can apply to the 20th Arthouse Cinema Training organised in Berlin by CICAE from 30 October to 5 November 2023. The deadline is 27 August 2023 and the training is highly competitive.

SARAJEVO: Projects from Ukraine/France/Germany, Czech Republic/Slovakia and Romania were awarded at Docu Talents from the East@Sarajevo Film Festival, which was held within the Sarajevo FF’s CineLink Industry Days on 13 August 2023.