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First Ever Lithuanian Film Week in Beijing 2018

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FNE at Artfilmfest 2018: Slovak Festival Set to Kick Off

Slovakia 13-06-2018

KOSICE: Thirteen films will compete for the Blue Angel award at Art Film Fest, which kicks off 15 June in the south-eastern Slovak town of Kosice. The festival, which has become an increasingly important event on the regional festival agenda, runs until 23 June.

First Ever Lithuanian Film Week in Beijing

Press releases 12-06-2018

On June 2–10, seven Capital Star Art Film theatres in the Chinese capital welcomed cinema-goers to 21 screenings of Lithuanian film. They had a chance to meet a delegation of the Lithuanian film industry – representatives of the Lithuanian Film Centre and producers of the films selected to be screened at the event – who came to Beijing for the Lithuanian film week.

The first Lithuanian film week in China presented seven Lithuanian films: Ignas Miškinis’ Kings’ Shift, Lina Lužytė’s Together For Ever, Eglė Vertelytė’s Miracle, Kristina Buožytė’s The Collectress, Giedrė Beinoriūtė’s Conversations on Serious Topics, Jokūbas Vilius Tūras’ Dreaming the Path and The Bug Trainer by Donatas Ulvydas, Linas Augutis, Rasa Miškinytė and Marek Skrobecki.

Miracle, directed by Eglė Vertelytė, opened the Lithuanian film week on 2 June in the Megabox cinema in Beijing’s popular Sanlitun area with welcoming speeches by Beijing officials, Rolandas Kvietkauskas, the director of the Lithuanian Film Centre, and the Lithuanian Ambassador to China Ina Marčiulionytė.

Chinese media covered the festival’s opening ceremony, several television channels have expressed interest in broadcasting the films. The Lithuanian Film Centre has been approached by regional festivals interested in screening Lithuanian films elsewhere in China.

Beijing welcomed Lithuanian film producers Lukas Trimonis, Rasa Miškinytė, Dagnė Vildžiūnaitė, Jurga Gluskinienė, Ieva Norvilienė as well as Rolandas Kvietkauskas and Dovilė Butnoriūtė, representatives of the Lithuanian Film Centre.

During the festival, the Lithuanians met with representatives of China’s key film institutions: the Film Bureau, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television; China Film Group Corporation; Beijing Film Company; and China Film Foundation which handles international cooperation projects. The Lithuanian delegation also visited Beijing Film Academy. The meetings addressed opportunities to distribute Lithuanian auteur cinema and short films in China and screen them in festivals.

The Chinese were invited to visit Lithuania and see the local film production infrastructure, to know more about the Lithuanian film tax incentive, conditions and coproduction opportunities in the country. The two sides also discussed the possibility to sign a cooperation agreement in cinema.

The Lithuanian film week and the visit of Lithuanian producers in China was organised by the Lithuanian Film Centre, the Lithuanian culture attaché and the Embassy of Lithuania in China, Beijing New United Films Co. Ltd., Beijing 8th Day Culture and Communications Co. Ltd.

UNIC’S 2018 ANNUAL REPORT CELEBRATES THRIVING EUROPEAN CINEMA EXHIBITION SECTOR

Press releases 12-06-2018

CineEurope 2018, Barcelona: 12 June 2018 - The International Union of Cinemas (UNIC), the European Cinema trade grouping, has today published its Annual Report, examining key cinema trends across the 37 territories represented by the association, accounting for 1.34 billion admissions and €8.6 billion in box office revenues in 2017 - a quarter of the global theatrical market for films.

The report - available both in print and online - provides an in-depth look at recent developments in Europe’s thriving cinema-going industry.

In 2017, total admissions across the region increased by 2.5 per cent on the previous year, complemented by an increase of 1.7 per cent in box office revenues - confirming the value of cinema-going and its important position within the global cinema industry.

The above figures reflect the significant and continuous investment made in the cinema “offer” in terms of innovation both in theatres themselves and audience engagement throughout the cinema-going experience, which is becoming ever-more tailored towards a multitude of preferences.

The report also details key developments across the legislative spectrum in the form of a number of public policy issues that affect cinema operators, whilst also setting out the association’s advocacy activities to ensure that cinemas remain at the heart of governmental and industry efforts towards further prosperity for the entire European film industry.

Many of the trends examined in the report will also be discussed during the week at CineEurope, its official convention and Europe’s premier gathering of cinema exhibition professionals from the region and beyond.

Macedonia Signs Coproduction Agreement with Kosovo

North Macedonia 13-06-2018

SKOPJE: The Macedonian Film Agency has signed a coproduction agreement with the Kosovo Cinematography Center. The agreement was signed by Gorjan Tozja, director of the Macedonian Film Agency, and Arben Zharku, director of the Kosovo Cinematography Center.

Slow Start for CEE Films at Summer Box Office

Czech Republic 13-06-2018

PRAGUE: CEE films got off to a slow start at the summer box office after a strong start earlier in the year. The summer doldrums follow what has been a strong start for 2018 with Latvian films accounting for 28% market share in the first quarter of the year and other countries in the region also boasting box office successes for domestic films when three domestic films were in the top ten in Estonia and Lithuania, as well as earlier impressive results in Slovakia.

Art Film Fest proudly presents this year’s jury for its feature film competition

Festivals 12-06-2018

The Art Film Fest International Film Festival proudly presents this year’s jury for its feature film competition, consisting of film professionals from five different countries: Slovakia, Ukraine, Poland, Russia and Germany. Their task will be to determine the winners of Art Film Fest’s Blue Angel awards, which will take flight at the close of the festival on 23 June.