The films Shadow Country, Havel and Charlatan have obtained the most nominations for the Czech Lion Awards
Press releases 19-01-2021Today the Czech Film and Television Academy (CFTA) announced the nominations for the 28th annual awards of the Czech Lion. Altogether 190 academics voted about 87 feature films, documentary features, animated and short films as well as television works of art that had fulfilled the statutes of the Czech Lion Awards. The most nominations and also almost the same amounts of them have gone to the films Shadow Country, Havel and Charlatan. From this year on, further categories have been opened to television projects and thanks to that for example the miniseries Actor has obtained 7 nominations. For the first time the CFTA also introduced the categories for animated and short films and here most of the nominations have gone to the young generation of filmmakers who are still studying. Altogether 27 titles will fight for the Czech Lion awards in 19 statutory categories in the final round of voting.
Dear colleagues & friends!
This year’s edition of International Documentary Festival Fipadoc in Biarritz, France is focusing on Visegrad countries. Learn more about the program which includes Slovak films and works-in-progress and multiple panel discussions about documentary output and film industry in V4 countries.
Even though the festival screenings in Biarritz are postponed, the Industry Days run online on January 18 – 22, 2021.
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FilmFestival Cottbus: A record for the anniversary in 2020, 2021 as a symbol of European film
Festivals 19-01-2021The 30th FilmFestival Cottbus (FFC) presented 150 films within four competitions and eleven other sections from December 8 to 31, 2020 during its nationwide digital anniversary edition. In conclusion, the festival organisers recorded 13,600 individual accesses to the films of the programme as well as almost 5,600 views of the free digital (live) content, such as talks with filmmakers, panels and talks. The 31st FilmFestival Cottbus will take place from November 2 to 7, 2021.
Five Croatian films to screen in different sections of the 32nd Trieste film Festival, taking place online, 21st – 30th January. In addition, a series of Croatian projects will be presented in industry sub-programme When East Meets West.
Croatian titles at 32nd Trieste Film Festival
Ivan Ramljak’s documentary feature Once Upon A Youth will screen in 32nd Trieste Film Festival documentary film competition. Italian viewers will be able to watch it online, on 24th January. In December 2020, Ramljak’s documentary feature debut won the Jury Grand Prize at Poitiers Film Festival in France and was awarded Best Balkan Documentary at DokuFest, where it had its world premiere last year.
dok.incubator workshop
last chance to apply!
deadline:
Wednesday, January 27th
and develop your rough cut into a high-quality cinematic feature with 21 internationally recognized experts
dok.incubator 2021 editing tutors:
Joëlle Alexis /BE/
Joëlle has been working on full length documentaries for over 20 years and her works have been selected by Cannes, IDFA, Sundance and many other festivals. More recently, Joëlle has been the editing consultant on documentaries needing an extra hand and gives international masterclasses.
Chris Wright /UK/
Editor and documentary-maker based in Berlin. His credits include awarded Thomas Heise's ‘Heimat is a Space in Time’, and ‘Taming the Garden’ selected for Sundance 2021 competition. He teaches the documentary course at the German Film and Television Academy (dffb) and works as editing consultant on documentaries and fiction films.
Thomas Krag /DK/
Thomas has been editing film and tv series, short films and documentaries for 25 years. He collaborated with Lars von Trier and many other Danish, as well as Swedish directors. Thomas is currently working as supervising editor and tutor, giving master classes at film schools.
Audrey Maurion /FR/
Audrey has been working as a freelance editor for feature and documentary films since 1995. She currently worked as co-writer and editor on a documentary mini-series for Arte and PBS about the Tiananmen massacre. In recent years Audrey has been editing consultant for various documentaries in South Africa.
More information here.
LIMASSOL: The 2nd edition of the Cyprus Film Days industry event Dot.on.the.map Industry Days has opened applications to participate in its international coproductions forum, which will take place 21 – 23 April 2021, under the auspices of the 19th Cyprus Film Days IFF, running 16 – 24 April 2021.
WARSAW: Polish Kill It and Leave This Town by Mariusz Wilczyński, Croatian Accidental Luxuriance of the Translucent Water Rebus by Dalibor Barić and Latvian My Favourite War by Ilze Burkovska-Jacobsen are among the 27 contenders for a nomination in the Best Animated Feature category at the 93rd Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards.
Let’s kick off the 2021 with a webinar focused on streaming platforms: "UNRAVEL STREAMERS – What producers need to know". KKI Talks are here to help you find the best streaming platform for your content. As usual the session will be run on ZOOM, January 25th, 3:00-4:00 PM CET.
WARSAW: FNE has teamed up with the Brussels based team of the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) to bring you regular updates on EU cinema policies that impact all industry professionals across Europe. Click here for FNE UNIC EU Cinema Policy Update.
COVID-19: EU response
07/01: Coronavirus response and recovery: EU support for regions to work together in innovative pilot projects – European Commission
The Commission has announced the winners of a new EU-funded initiative for interregional partnerships in four areas: coronavirus-related innovative solutions, circular economy in health, sustainable and digital tourism, and hydrogen technologies in carbon–intensive regions.
Creative Europe
12/01: Erasmus+, Creative Europe, European Solidarity Corps: Commitee confirms trilogue deals – European Parliament
The Culture and Education committee on Monday confirmed the provisional agreements with Council on Erasmus+, Creative Europe and European Solidarity Corps programmes for 2021-2027.
15/01: Creative Europe: 30 years of support to European films and cultural and creative media works – European Commission
The MEDIA strand of the EU programme Creative Europe, designed to support European film and audiovisual industries, is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2021. To mark this, the European Commission is launching a campaign to celebrate the 30 years of support, as well as the launch of the new MEDIA programme of Creative Europe, running from 2021 to 2027.
Portuguese Presidency
18/01: Portuguese Presidency Priorities 2021 – The Parliament Magazine
Sharing their views on what to expect as Lisbon takes the EU’s helm are Portuguese MEPs Pedro Silva Pereira, Maria Da Graça Carvalho, Maria-Manuel Leitão Marques, Carlos Zorrinho, Sara Cerdas, Nuno Melo, Francisco Guerreiro and Sandra Pereira.
Council of the EU
05/01: Remarks by President Charles Michel at the press conference with Prime Minister of Portugal António Costa in Lisbon – Council of the EU
09/01: The Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU kicks off with visit by President of the European Council – 2021 Portugal EU
On 5 January, the Prime Minister, António Costa, welcomed to Lisbon the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, for the first official meeting of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union. At the meeting, the two leaders discussed the priorities in the PPEU Programme and the calendar of dossiers to be handled by the Portuguese Presidency until June.
Events
18 – 21 January: European Parliament Plenary
21 January: EU Council meeting on coronavirus coordination efforts
25 & 26 January: European Parliament CULT Committee meeting
