VENICE: Two Romanian projects and one coproduction from Cyprus have been selected for the seventh edition of the Venice Gap-Financing Market, taking place 4 – 6 September 2020.
BRNO: The EKOFILM IFF has announced that 133 films from 39 countries have been submitted for the competition section of the 46th edition of the festival, running 14 – 17 October 2020 in Brno. EKOFILM IFF is organised and financed by the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic and screens films on current environmental topics.
East Silver Market is accepting applications for rough cut state projects through 31 July 2020.
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 - Cultural & creative sectors
18/06: Investing in Europe’s next generation by investing in culture – UNIC
As the EU has started discussing the proposed recovery plan, 99 organisations from across Europe’s cultural and creative sectors are uniting their voices to alert EU leaders: our sector needs strong and systemic support measures to recover from this crisis.
08/06: Cinemas, COVID-19 and the EU Recovery Plan – UNIC blog
With the cinema sector one of the hardest hit by the COVID-19 crisis, it’s crucial that both European and national decisionmakers put the industry front and centre in terms of support mechanisms and funding opportunities.
COVID-19 - EU response
19/06: Sassoli calls for action on recovery: "Our citizens expect bold action" – European Parliament
Parliament President David Sassoli urged EU leaders to take action on Europe’s recovery in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis. Sassoli addressed heads of state and government at the start of a video conference of the European Council on 19 June to discuss the recovery plan and the EU’s next long-term budget.
19/06: COVID-19: Easing rules to encourage banks to lend to companies and households – European Parliament
On 18 June, Plenary approved the “quick fix” to the capital requirement regulation (CRR) to temporarily ensure favourable conditions for banks. This will support credit flows to companies and households and absorb losses, mitigating the economic consequences of the COVID-19 lock-down.
09/06: Q&A : Next Generation EU - Legal Construction – European Commission
08/06: Coronavirus: EU grants €314 million to innovative companies to combat the virus and support recovery – European Commission
The Commission announced that it has awarded nearly €166 million, via the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator Pilot, to 36 companies set to combat the coronavirus pandemic. In addition, over €148 million will be granted to another 36 companies set to contribute to the recovery plan for Europe, bringing the total investment from Horizon 2020, the EU's research and innovation programme, to €314 million in this round.
European Parliament Plenary
17/06: Speech by President von der Leyen at the European Parliament Plenary on the preparations for the European Council of 19 June 2020, and the negotiations for a new partnership with the United Kingdom – European Commission
EU Digital Services Act (DSA)
05/06: Amendments on JURI DSA Draft Report (1-229 & 230-490) – European Parliament
Conference on the Future of Europe
18/06: Conference on Future of Europe should start “as soon as possible in autumn 2020” – European Parliament
Parliament urges the Council to “promptly come forward with a position on the format and organisation of the Conference” for citizens’ voices to be heard.
Events:
26 June: United for a new Future – Creatives Unite conference
1 July: Start of the German Presidency of the EU
15 July: Postponed CJEU opinion on the YouTube copyright case
Recent studies:
PEC - Digital Culture - Consumer Tracking Study (Wave 4 of 6) - May 2020
Renaissance numérique - Réguler les plateforms numériques: Pourquoi? Comment? - May 2020
Dear Friends,
We hope you are in a good health and humor!
After the successful online edition of WiP we have a plan for the Feature Films Pitching presentations. It will happen online in the period 3th - 8th July. Pitchings and individual meetings 3th/4th/5th July.
Some of the additional professional events will be also part of the programme.
The pdf version of the catalogue will be available shortly so you can check the selected projects and industry representatives.
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FULL PROJECT PORTFOLIO AND MENTORS FOR SECOND SESSION OF FIRST CUT+ ANNOUNCED
Press releases 15-06-2020First Cut+, the new program created for boosting the competitiveness and marketability of feature films that previously participated in First Cut Lab, is gearing up for its second edition that will take place from July 6th to 9th 2020 during Karlovy Vary’s Eastern Promises, now online. First Cut+ consists in the promotion of a portfolio of 16 fiction feature films at the stage of post- production, predominantly from countries with a low production capacity (at least 75% of the films) and with a focus on Central & Eastern Europe. The range of films is large: both debut & experienced directors, small and larger budgets. 8 projects have already been presented in Trieste last January for the first session, now an additional 8 new projects will be unveiled. First Cut+ is the only new action that received financial support from the Access to Markets scheme of Creative Europe’s MEDIA program in 2019.
Join us for the New Horizons' Polish Days Goes to Cannes screening, which will be held on the 22nd of July from 12 noon until 2 p.m. at the Marché du Film Online.
New Horizons International Film Festival and the Polish Film Institute will present a selection of five Polish films; 1 documentary and 4 feature films, in various stages of production (works-in-progress):
- The Horse Tail, directed by Justyna Łuczaj-Salej, produced by Studio Indeks (debut film)
- The Last Mission, directed by Jacek Bławut, produced by Aura Films
- Everyone Has a Summer, directed by Tomasz Jurkiewicz, produced by Before My Eyes (debut film)
- Wika!, directed by Agnieszka Zwiefka, produced by My Way Film
europe gathers forces together for women in film
Directors of EUROPE! VOICES OF WOMEN IN FILM 2020: Marta Pulk, Kasia Mateja, Malgorzata Goliszewska, Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond, Alli Haapasalo, Reetta Aalto, Malou Reymann, Jenni Toivoniemi, Anna Paavilainen, Barbara Ott, Antoneta Kastrati, Neasa Hardiman, Amanda Kernell, Elli Toivoniemi, Kirsikka Saari, Sandra Beerends, Miia Tervo
For the first time, European Film Promotion (EFP) joins forces with the European Women's Audiovisual Network (EWA) for this year's EUROPE! VOICES OF WOMEN IN FILM - as part of the digital edition of the Sydney Film Festival which opens today.
About
A unique training platform for emerging talents aimed at scouting the most talented filmmakers & producers of the future who are developing their first or second feature film projects. It focuses primarily on creative teams from Central and Eastern Europe.
Every year it selects teams of writers, directors and producers of 9 feature film projects and it also selects 3 script consultant trainees who join the creative process.
The best project of the program receives the KVIFF & MIDPOINT Development Award of 10.000 EUR. See the Awards section for more information about other networking awards the program offers.
If you are not sure about your eligibility, please don't hesitate to contact us.
MIDPOINT Feature Launch is realized with the support of Creative Europe - MEDIA Programme of the European Union.
Dates
Workshop 1: January 15-22, 2020
Workshop 2: April-June 2020
Workshop 3: July 1-8, 2020
Feature Launch Spotlight: January 2021
More information here.
