Animated Film Producers From Central And Eastern Europe Building Stronger Network
Press releases 29-08-2017From December 2 to 6, 2017, the Animateka International Animated Film Festival in Ljubljana will host a dynamic workshop tailor-made for animated film producers from Central and Eastern Europe. It will bring together 30 professionals from up to 18 countries and work with them to build a stronger and more knowledgeable regional network of co-producers, artists, planners, marketers, sellers and financing partners.
The workshop will include meetings, discussions, pitching, lobbying efforts and high quality, high-end training to enable and inspire CEE companies to work together with more resources. At the workshop, a jointly approved, considered message to all of our funders and broadcasters will be formulated, requesting more supportive regulations and industry practices.
The workshop is an initiative developed by the Creative Europe Desks – MEDIA coming from Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kosovo, Lithuania, Latvia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine and the Visegrad Animation Forum, the pitching and networking platform uniting producers of animated films from the CEE region.
The main aim of the workshop is to grow: not just to grow and strengthen our companies and our sector, but also to grow our audiences.
Linda Beath is Head of studies for the event.
Date and venue
December 2 – 6, 2017
City Hotel Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
The workshop is hosted by the Animateka International Animated Film Festival – participation at the opening ceremony on December 4th.
Participation fee: 300 euro
The fee covers all expenses excluding travel costs and two dinners on free evenings in Ljubljana.
There are five scholarships available. If you would like to apply, please explain why you need a scholarship in your cover letter.
Level of participants’ experience
The CEE Animation Workshop is designed for experienced producers. The minimum requirements are:
- Has produced two animated shorts
- Is fluent in English
- Is interested in international co-productions
- Has his/her own company
- Has received support from local broadcasters and/or funds
Required materials
- Motivation letter: one page, in English, including expectations and plans
- One paragraph CV
- Filmography
- List of training workshops in which you have participated
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: September 29, 2017
To apply for the CEE Animation Workshop, please fill in the application form at https://goo.gl/forms/0DEtGGOpN1eDB2i73 and send the required materials.
More information about the workshop here: http://ceeanimation.eu/
BIAFF film festival industry platform “Alternative Wave” finalized selection of projects for its 2017 edition.
The projects selected for “Alternative Wave 2017”:
- Killings – Producer Vako Kirkitadze, directors Sandro and Elene Naveriani.
- Nina –Producer and director Kote Takaishvili.
- Otar’s Death – Producer Eva Blondiau, director Ioseb “Soso” Bliadze.
- Pantheon – Producer Vato Kavtaradze, Director Archil Kavtaradze.
- Quiet Mountain – Producer Giorgi Tavartkiladze, director Luka Beradze.
- Samgle- Producer and director Iva Fezuashvili.
- Spineless – Producer and director Gigisha Abashidze.
- Wedding in My Street – Producer and director Shota Ganisonia.
Script doctors: Nicos Panayotopoulos /MFI Expert/ and Clare Downs /EAVE Expert/.
Representatives of coproduction platforms and organizers: Tobias Pausinger /Cinemart, Sinelink, Biennale College expert/ and Gulin Ustun /Meetings On The Bridge, Berlin Coproduction Market expert/.
Organized by Tinatin Kajrishvili, Lasha Khalvashi, Zviad Eliziani.
Meetings will be held in Wyndham Batumi conference rooms.
Film industry representatives interested for later cooperation with the authors of selected projects will have chance to meet them in Batumi (23-24 September). Letter of motivation has to be sent to Alternative Wave email - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Alternative Wave is supported by: Georgian National Film Center, British Council, Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports of Ajara AR etc.
FNE at Venice 2017: Invitation for all FIPRESCI and SNCCI Members attending the Venice Film Festival 2017
Region 30-08-2017VENICE: During the Venice Festival critics will be able to rate any film in all feature length films screening in the Main Competition, Orizzonti, Venice Days and Critics Week (1 to 5 stars). The results will be published each day during the festival on www.filmneweurope.com
KRAKOW: Tomasz Szafrański is currently shooting Rock’n’Roll Eddie, a comedy for children and youngsters, set to premiere in 2018.
BUCHAREST: Soldiers. A Story from Ferentari, the debut feature by Serbian director Ivana Mladenovic, was acquired by the German sales agent Beta Cinema. This contemporary gay love story set in the poorest neighborhood of Bucharest will have its world premiere at the San Sebastian Film Festival and it was also selected for Toronto Festival’s Discovery section.
TIMIȘOARA: The Mediaș European Film Festival (MECEFF) relocates to Timișoara and runs in competition 13 films from CEE from 3 to 9 September 2017.
WARSAW: Polish public broadcaster TVP is currently shooting a new original family oriented comedy series entitled Under the Same Sky. The first season will have 12 episodes of 25-minutes each.
PLOVDIV: The second edition of DroneUp IFF, a festival of films shot using drones, will take place in the Roman Stadium Plovdiv and Mall Plovdiv from 25 to 27 August 2017.
The Award by the Locarno Festival’s online event in partnership with Festival Scope and offered by Cinelab Bucharest, has been chosen by the audience and is given to Meteorlar by Gürcan Keltek.
The second edition of the initiative by the Locarno Festival in partnership with Festival Scope has presented a selection of 10 films from the Concorso Cineasti del presente. After its premiere at the Festival, each film was screened until August 20, with a limit of 400 tickets per film, made available worldwide and for free.
For this year’s Cinelab Award, the audience has chosen Meteorlar by Gürcan Keltek. The Award was exclusively given by the Locarno Festival initiative on Festival Scope. The winner is given technical services worth 22,000€, which is offered by Cinelab Bucharest.
Meteorlar had its world premiere in Locarno. It is Turkish filmmaker Gürcan Keltek’s debut feature. The film was produced by 29P Films and is sold internationally by the greek world sales company Heretic Outreach. Meteorlar also won Locarno Festival’s Swatch Art Peace Hotel Award.
With the aim of expanding the festival experience beyond theaters, Festival Scope is the online platform that brings exclusive events to film lovers worldwide. It partners with the most prestigious film festivals like Venice, Rotterdam, New Directors/New Films, Cannes’ La Semaine de la Critique and Directors’ Fortnight, Clermont-Ferrand.
