PULA: Six films will compete in the Croatian Programme of the Pula Film Festival, which will run under the new artistic director Pavo Marinković from 17-24 July 2021.
The following awards were announced by Film Center Serbia on 21 June 2021.
VALLETTA: A shark attack thriller The Wreck by Liam O’Donnell will start filming in Malta in September 2021. The film is set to take advantage of Malta’s cash rebate of 40% on all eligible expenditure.
ZAGREB: Twelve projects from 13 countries have been selected for the ZagrebDox Pro workshop, which is running online 21-25 June 2021.
VALLETTA: Cinemas in Malta and Gozo registered 165,475 admissions in 2020, representing a drop of 78% compared to 2019, which had seen a total of 748,568 admissions, according to Malta’s National Statistics Office.
LIBEREC: The 2021 edition of Anifilm – International Festival of Animated Films starts in physical form today in Liberec, Czech Republic. Ten feature films will compete in the International Competition of Long Animated Films.
PAPHOS: The 6th edition of the Paphos International Film Festival (PIFF) will present 25 independent short films and documentaries within open-air screenings from 25 to 27 June 2021.
CLUJ-NAPOCA: The international ballet star Sergei Polunin will be a special guest of the 20th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival (23 July – 1 August 2021).
ZAGREB: Downstream to Kinshasa by Dieudo Hamadi received the Big Stamp in the International Competition of the 17th edition of the ZagrebDox International Documentary Film Festival, which was held physically from 13 to 20 June 2021. My Uncle Tudor by Olga Lucovnicova was awarded the Big Stamp in the Regional Competition.
COVID-19: Cultural and Creative Sectors
03/06: The situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU – CULT Committee
During its meeting on 27 May the Committee held an exchange of views on the own initiative report on The situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU (Rapporteur Monica Semedo, Renew) in the presence of invited experts from Culture Action Europe.
01/06: Commission's Guarantee Facility supports the cultural and creative sectors with €200M investment - EIF
Triodos Bank to extend support for cultural and creative sectors with EU backing.
COVID-19: EU response
10/06: National recovery plans: historic opportunity for long-term sustainable growth – European Parliament
The resolution on the ongoing evaluation of the national recovery plans submitted so far by EU member states was adopted. MEPs called on the Commission to only approve plans that fully meet the targets and goals agreed in the RRF regulation and to not bow to any political pressure.
08/06: EU budget 2022: Speeding up Europe's recovery and progressing towards a green, digital and resilient future – European Commission
The Commission has proposed an annual EU budget of €167.8 billion for 2022, to be complemented by an estimated €143.5 billion in grants under NextGenerationEU. Their combined firepower will mobilise significant investments to boost the economic recovery, safeguard sustainability, and create jobs.
08/06: Press remarks by Commissioner Hahn on the draft annual EU budget for 2022 and on EU budget performance reporting – European Commission
EU Digital COVID Certificate
09/06: Parliament gives its final green light to the EU Digital COVID Certificate – European Parliament
MEPs completed the legislative work on the EU digital COVID Certificate package to facilitate travel within the EU and contribute to the economic recovery.
Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive
14/06: Turning words into actions for European culture and authors – SAA Authors
The pandemic crisis is best described as unpredictable. Its waves of COVID-19 infections left us insecure about the future. However, following the roll-out of vaccination, we can finally start to plan ahead. On the EU level, institutions are working on initiatives that could contribute to a more hopeful future for the cultural and creative sectors.
04/06: New EU copyright rules that will benefit creators, businesses and consumers start to apply – European Commission
Monday 7 June marked the deadline for Member States to transpose the new EU copyright rules into national law. The new Copyright Directive protects creativity in the digital age, bringing concrete benefits to citizens, the creative sectors, the press, researchers, educators and cultural heritage institutions across the EU.
Media and Audiovisual Action Plan
/06: Council of the EU: Conclusions to support the recovery and transformation of the European media, cultural and creative sectors – EAO Newsletter
On 18 May 2021, the Council of the European Union approved conclusions to support the recovery and transformation of the European media sector. The conclusions respond to the Action Plan presented by the Commission on 3 December 2020.
04/06: Recovery and future transformation of Europe’s media and audio-visual sectors – CULT Committee
During its committee meeting on the 27 May, the CULT Committee held an exchange of views on an own-initiative report (INI) recommending ways towards recovery and deep transformation of the media and audio-visual sectors in Europe. During the exchange of views following the presentation of the draft report, questions were put forward to experts who prepared an accompanying research commissioned by Policy Department B at the European Parliament.
Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act
28/05: The DSA and DMA - a forward-looking and consumer-centered: workshop – IMCO Committee
On 26 May, IMCO held a workshop on the Digital Services Act (DSA) and Digital Markets Act (DMA). The discussions of the workshop aim to feed into the DSA and the DMA reports of the IMCO committee, setting out the Parliament’s political response.
LUX Audience Award 2021
09/06: LUX Audience Award 2021 goes to Collective – European Parliament
President David Sassoli awarded the 2021 LUX Audience Award to Collective during a ceremony in Strasbourg.
Events:
21 – 22 June: CULT Committee meeting
24 – 25 June: European Council
28 June: Recovery Summit
1 July: Slovenian Presidency
1 July: Joint IPKat-BLACA-IFIM live webinar on CJEU YouTube/Cyando judgment
13 July: European Audiovisual Observatory Cannes conference “A year under COVID: accelerating the production shift from cinema to sofa?”
4 – 7 October: CineEurope 2021
