Here we are: next month, the 4th session of the European VoD Meetings will kick-off in Sofia, gathering 36 participants from 15 countries and representing 29 companies. Organized in cooperation with the Sofia FF and Sofia Meetings, and co-financed by Creative Europe MEDIA Programme, the training will feature round tables, cases studies and workshop focused on marketing and audience development, financing and business planning, tech, film licensing, analytics and trends of the VoD sector, focusing on the main challenges and best practices of indie European VoD platforms. On March 21st a panel will be co-organized with Europa Cinemas and Europa Distribution, highlighting the potential for cooperation in the value chain.

LET'S MEET AT BERLINALE!

If you are interesting in learning more about the EUROVOD association and activities, please contact our general delegate, Silvia Cibien, who will be attending the EUROPEAN FILM MARKET @ BERLINALE from February 20th to 25th. On Monday 24th, we are hosting an informal event for EuroVoD members and partners only. For more info or to set-up a meeting, please write to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

RECENT ACTIVITIES

Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival & Market 

Organized by the Short Film Market, in partnership with EuroVoD  and the Relais Culture Europe / Bureau Europe Creative France, the panel Online Platforms and Short Films: which kind of exposure for which audience? " took place on the 3rd February: an overview of the European online distribution landscape by presenting EuroVoD  the association of European Video on Demand platforms specialized in art-house, independent and European cinema. The aim of the panel was to discuss the realness of a market for short films online and to explore alternative business models and audiences that can be reached : what fits best from subscription to advertisement based services ? How exposure strategies can lead to new audiences ? Is a niche market sustainable ? On the stage, William Page (representing FilmDoo & EUROVOD), Penelope Bartlett (The Criterion Channel) and Lucie Canistro (UniversCiné& EUROVOD member).

European Co-Production Forum 

On Feb 7-8th the ECPF took place in Brussels, gathering key players from TV and cinema at an international level to tackle and debate the future of the industry. The panel 'PLATFORMS: THE EUROPEAN RESPONSE (FINANCING & TAXATION), moderated by Thierry Leclercq (Ecran Total), was hosting Silvia Cibien (EuroVoD General Delegate), Maxime Lacour (Director of UniversCiné Belgium & UniversCiné Luxembourg, EUROVOD Treasurer), Julien Vin-Ramarony (President of VOD Factory, EuroVoD member) and Ava Striker (Development Ex at Mubi).

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 SPOTLIGHT ON

European Audiovisual Observatory 
New report: Territoriality and financing of audiovisual works: latest developments.The European Audiovisual Observatory, has reviewed developments in media legislation over the past five years with regards to the country of origin principle and territoriality of copyright, and the way these principles operate in practice in financing audiovisual production. It walks us through them in this very useful new report that you can download here.New report on Media Law in Europe: Self- and Co-regulation in the new AVMSD. Following the new version of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive, the European Audiovisual Observatory released a report reflecting on the place it has kept for self- and co-regulation in each country to implement parts of the Directive. You can download the full report here.

Parenting at Film Festivals 
The collective launched in January 2017 for parents in the film industry facing the difficulty of traveling for film festivals and the necessity of childcare. many festivals were receptive to their concerns and proposed solutions to then set up their own new measures. The collective created the RED BALLOON ALLIANCE, which is an initiative that offers different benefits to new parents, such as a an onsite daycare, kids screenings and special access badges (depending on the festival). They are working actively with Berlinale, Cannes Film Festival and San Sebastián Film Festival. Parenting at Film Festivals is currently looking for partners to further establish and expand the community of family-friendly festivals and film professionals. If you are interested, please contact them on their private Facebook page. 

Free Webinar: Benefiting from fragmentation & frustration in the video industry 
Dataxis is co-hosting a free webinar with Mirada on March 17th on the role for operators to resolve the fragmented environment and revive fatigued subscribers, and how can they benefit from it? The 1-hour webinar will explore the origins of the upcoming AVoD influx, the causes and cures for subscriber fatigue, how to fill the leanback experience gap, and creating a universal experience. You can sign up now online.
Free Webinar: European OTT landscape 2020: from parcelling to bundling?
And you can sign up here for another Dataxis webinar on February 20th on Analysis of the multiplication of D2C OTT platforms and its consequences for the traditional content distribution markets.

AVE is proud to announce once more a very strong presence of EAVE projects & producers at this year's Berlin Film Festival: 5 films in COMPETITION, 5 in the new section ENCOUNTERS, 13 projects in PANORAMA & PANORAMA DOKUMENTE, 7 at the FORUM, 11 at the GENERATION sections, 3 at BERLINALE SPECIAL, 13 at the BERLINALE CO-PRODUCTION MARKET, 6 at CO-PRO SERIES and numerous films by EAVE PRODUCERS at the EUROPEAN FILM MARKET! 

Competition

• ALL THE DEAD ONES by Caetano Gotardo, Marco Dutra, producer: EAVE graduate Clément Duboin, sales: Indie Sales
• BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ by Burhan Qurbani, producers: EAVE graduates Léontine Petit, Derk-Jan Warrink, Marleen Slot, sales: Beta Cinema
• SIBERIA by Abel Ferrara, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli, sales: The Match Factory
• THE INTRUDER by Natalia Meta, producer: PUENTES and EAVE+ graduates Benjamin Domenech and Santiago Gallelli, sales:  Film Factory Entertainment
• THE SALT OF TEARS by Philippe Garrel, producer: EAVE graduate Laurine Pelassy, sales: Wild Bunch

Berlinale Encounters

• LOS CONDUCTOS by Camilo Restrepo, co-producer: EAVE graduate Arek Gielnik, sales: Best Friend Forever
• MALMKROG by Cristi Puiu, co-producers: EAVE graduates Milan Stojanovic, Anamaria Antoci, Labina Mitevska, Dan Wechsler, sales: Shellac
• ORPHEA by Alexander Kluge, Khavn de la Cruz, producer: TTB graduate Stephan Holl, sales: Rapid Eye Movies
• SERVANTS by Ivan Ostrochovsky, producer: EAVE graduate Katarina Tomkova, co-producer: EAVE graduate Oana Giurgiu, Tudor Giurgiu, sales: Loco Films
• THE TROUBLE WITH BEING BORN by Sandra Wollner, producer: EAVE graduate David Bohun

Panorama

• A COMMON CRIME by Francisco Marquez, co-producer: PUENTES graduate Daniel Pech, EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler, sales: Cercamon
• DAYS OF CANNIBALISM by Teboho Edkins, producer: EAVE graduate Janja Kralj, co-producer: EAVE graduate Derk-Jan Warrink, Koji Nelissen, sales: Indie Sales
• DIGGER by Georgis Grigorakis, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Fenia Cossovitsa, sales: The Match Factory  
• EXILE by Visar Morina, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Jean-Yves Roubin, sales: The Match Factory
• FATHER by Srdan Golubovic, co-producers: EAVE graduate and group leader Danijel Hocevar, EAVE graduate Adis Djapo, EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia-Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo
• HOPE by Maria Sødahl, co-producers: EAVE graduates Lizette Jonjic, Peter Possne, sales: TrustNordisk  
• LITTLE GIRL by Sébastien Lifshitz, co-producer: EAVE graduate Monica Hellström, sales: mk2 Films
• ONE OF THESE DAYS by Bastian Günther, producer: EAVE graduate Martin Heisler, sales: The Match Factory  
• PARI by Siamak Etemadi, producers: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas, co-producers: EAVE graduates Borislav Chouchkov, Frans van Gestel, Laurette Schillings, Arnold Heslenfeld, Dan Wechsler, PUENTES graduate Kostas Tagalakis, sales: Heretic Outreach
• SOW THE WIND by Danilo Caputo, producers: EAVE graduates Jacques Bidou, Marianne Dumoulin, co-producer: Konstantina Stavrianou, sales: Pyramide International
• WILDLAND by Jeanette Nordahl, producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, sales: Bac Films Distribution

Panorama Dokumente

• IF IT WERE LOVE by Patric Chiha, producer: Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent, sales: Best Friend Forever
• NARDJES A. by Karim Aïnouz, producer: EAVE participant Christopher Zitterbart, sales: MPM Premium

Forum

• ENTRE PERRO Y LOBO by Irene Gutiérrez, producer: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, sales: Bendita Film Sales  
• RED MOON TIDE by Lois Patiño, producer: EAVE graduate Felipe Lage Coro, sales: Lights On
• THE EXIT OF THE TRAINS by Radu Jude, Adrian Cioflanca, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon
• UPPERCASE PRINT by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon, sales: Best Friend Forever
• QUANTUM CREOLE by Filipa Cesar, producer: EAVE graduate Michel Balague
• WHAT REMAINS / RE-VISITED by Clarissa Thieme, co-producer: EAVE graduate Amira Lekic
• WINDOW BOY WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE A SUBMARINE by Alex Piperno, co-producers: EAVE graduates Frank Hoeve, Rachel Ellis, sales: Square Eyes

Berlinale Special

• GOLDA MARIA by EAVE graduate Patrick Sobelman, sales: mk2 Films
• NUMBERS by Oleg Sentsov, producers: EAVE graduates Violetta Kaminska, Isabela Wojcik, sales: Latido Films
• PERSIAN LESSONS by Vadim Perelman, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jamila Wenske

Generation Kplus

• DEATH OF NINTENDO by Raya Martin, co-producer: TTB graduate Jeremy Chua
• MONTY AND THE STREET PARTY by Anders Morgenthaler, Mikael Wulff, producer: EAVE graduate Lizette Jonjic, sales: TrustNordisk
• SCHOOLGIRLS by Pilar Palomero, producer: EAVE + graduate Valérie Delpierre, sales: Film Factory Entertainment
• SUNE - BEST MAN by Jon Holmberg, producer: EAVE graduate Malin Söderlund, sales: Global Screen
• VEINS OF THE WORLD by Byambasuren Davaa, producer: PUENTES graduate Tobias Seibert
• A FOOL GOD by Hiwot Adamasu, producer: EAVE graduate Marie Dubas

Generation 14plus

• JUMBO by Zoé Wittock, producers: EAVE graduates Anaïs Bertrand, Pascaline Saillant, Annabella Nezri, Gilles Chanial, sales WTFilms
• PARADISE DRIFTERS by Mees Peijnenburg, executive producer: EAVE graduate Antonin Dedet, sales: Orange Studio
• POMPEI by Anna Falguères, John Shank, producers: TTB graduate Valérie Bournonville, EAVE graduate Clément Duboin, sales: The Party Film Sales
• ORDINARY JUSTICE by Chiara Bellosi, producer: EAVE graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina, sales: Vision Distribution
• YALDA, A NIGHT FOR FORGIVENESS by Massoud Bakhshi, producer: EAVE graduate Marianne Dumoulin, co-producers: EAVE graduate Nicole Gerhards, EAVE+ graduate Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, sales: Pyramide International

Perspektive Deutsches Kino

• KIDS RUN by Barbara Ott, producer: EAVE graduates Gabriele Simon, Martin Heisler, sales: The Yellow Affair  
• GARAGE PEOPLE by Natalija Yefimkina, producer: EAVE graduate Dirk Decker, Andrea Schütte, sales: Rise and Shine
• SISTERS APART by Daphne Charizani, producer: EAVE graduate Martin Hampel, sales: Match Factory Productions
• SLEEP by Michael Venus, producer: EAVE graduate Verena Gräfe-Höft, sales: Global Screen
• WALCHENSEE FOREVER by Janna Ji Wonders, producer: EAVE graduate Martin Heisler, sales: Deckert Distribution

Hommage

• THE LAST STATION by Michael Hoggman, producer: EAVE graduate Jens Meurer

On Transmission

• EAVE project SOLE by Carlo Sironi, producers: EAVE graduates Giovanni Pompili, Aga Wasiak, sales: Luxbox

Berlinale Co-Production Market

• A HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY by Davi Pretto, co-produced by PUENTES graduate Paola Wink
• ANTONIA’S GARDEN by Christine Repond, producer: EAVE graduate Ivan Madeo
• BEDSITTERLAND by Nick Kelly, producer: EAVE graduate Martina Niland
• BOLDSTAR by Antoinette Jadaone, producer: TTB graduate and group leader Bianca Balbuena
• ELECTRIC CHILD by Simon Jaquemet, producer: EAVE graduate Tolga Dilsiz
• LET THE RIVER FLOW! by Ole Giæver, producer: PUENTES graduate Elisa Pirir
• REFLECTION by Valentyn Vasyanovych, producer: EAVE graduate Vladimir Yatsenko
• PIGGY by Carlota Pereda, Morena Films, producer: EAVE graduate Merry Colomer
• SALT LAKE by Mañana, producer: EAVE graduate Piotr Kobus
• TRANSIT TIMES by Ana-Felicia Scutelnicu, producer: EAVE graduate and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann

Talent Project Market

• THE LAST PARADISE ON EARTH by Sakaris Stora, producer: EAVE graduate Jon Hammer

Berlinale Directors

• THE HERD by Milko Lazarov, producer: EAVE participant Veselka Kiryakova
• MARET by Laura Schroeder, producers: EAVE graduates Palmyre Badinier, Dorothe Beinemeier

Rotterdam – Berlinale Express

• A SHADOW CREEPS IN SILVER TREES by John Trengove, producer: EAVE graduate Cait Pansegrouw, Elias Ribeiro
• SLEEPWALKERS by Radu Jude, producer: EAVE graduate and Romanian National Coordinator Ada Solomon

Company Matching

• Cinéma Defacto, France, EAVE graduate Sophie Erbs
• Kinorama, Croatia, EAVE graduate and group leader Ankica Juric Tilic
• Rei Cine, Argentina, EAVE+ and PUENTES graduates Santiago Galleli and Benjamin Domenech
• Snowglobe, Denmark, EAVE graduate Katrin Pors

Co-Pro Series 2020

• THE KING’S WIVES by Hany Abu-Assad and Amira Diab, producer: EAVE graduate Myriam Sassine
• BABYLAND produced by EAVE graduate Ana Alexieva
• PRECIOUS produced by EAVE graduate Leontine Petit
• PAWNS produced by EAVE+ graduate Artem Vasilyev
• TRANSITNIKI produced by EAVE graduate Karsten Stöter
• SNOW produced by EAVE graduate Ursula Wolschlager

Berlinale Talents

• EAVE MW graduate Malgorzata Wabinska
• TTB graduate Nathalie Dennes
• EAVE participant Samantha Biffot
• PUENTES graduate Alessandro Amato
• PUENTES graduate Lina Badenes
• EAVE and PUENTES graduate Irina Malcea
• TTB graduate Fei Ling Foo
• EAVE graduate Jon Hammer
• EAVE graduate Carla Sospedra
• EAVE, B'EST and EAVE MW graduate Marek Novak

www.berlinale-talents.de

EFM

• 7500 by Patrick Vollrath, producer: EAVE+ graduate Jonas Katzenstein
• ADVENTURES OF A MATHEMATICIAN by Thorsten Klein, producer: EAVE graduates Lena Vurma, Joanna Szymanska, sales: Indie Sales
• AQUARELA by Victor Kossakovsky, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert, sales: Lionsgate
• BAGHDAD IN MY SHADOW by Interchange graduate Samir, sales: Global Screen   
• LE MILIEU DE L’HORIZON by Delphine Lehericey, producer: EAVE graduate Sébastien Delloye, sales: Be For Films
• EAVE project BREAKING SURFACE by Joachim Heden, producer: EAVE graduate Julia Gebauer, sales: Trust
• EAVE Marketing Workshop project WHITE ON WHITE by Théo Court, producer: PUENTES graduates Giancarlo Nasi, Eva Chillón (Marketing Workshop graduate developing the project: Luis Renart)
• L'ANGLE MORT (BLIND SPOT) by Pierre Trividic & Patrick-Mario Bernard, produced by EAVE group leader Patrick Sobelman, sales: Doc & Film
• LOS CONDUCTOS by Camilo Restrepo, co-producer: EAVE graduate Arek Gielnik, sales: Best Friend Forever
• DIGGER by Georgis Grigorakis, co-producer: EAVE+ graduate Fenia Cossovitsa, sales: The Match Factory  
• ECHO (BERGMAL) by Runar Runarsson, co-producer: EAVE graduate Dan Wechsler, sales: The Party Film Sales  
• EXILE Visar Morina, producer: EAVE graduate Jonas Dornbach, co-producer: EAVE + graduate Jean-Yves Roubin, sales: The Match Factory
• FATHER by Srdan Golubovic, producers: EAVE graduates Danijel Hocevar, Adis Djapo, EAVE graduate and National Coordinator Bosnia-Herzegovina Amra Baksic Camo
• THE FLYING CIRCUS, written and directed by Fatos Berisha, producer: EAVE graduate Vjosa Berisha
• GARAGE PEOPLE by Natalija Yefimkina, producer: EAVE graduate Dirk Decker, Andrea Schutte, sales: Rise and Shine
• GIPSY QUEEN by Hüseyin Tabak, producer: EAVE graduate Danny Krausz, sales: ARRI Media  
• THE GIRL WITH A BRACELET by Stéphane Demoustier, producer: EAVE graduate Jean des Forêts, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jean-Yves Roubinsales: Charades
• HEIMAT IST EIN RAUM AUS ZEIT by Thomas Heise, producer: EAVE graduate Heino Deckert, sales: Deckert Distribution GmbH
• HOPE by Maria Sødahl, co-producers: EAVE graduates Lizette Jonjic, Peter Possne, sales: TrustNordisk  
• IF IT WERE LOVE by Patric Chiha, producer: Interchange graduate Charlotte Vincent, sales: Best Friend Forever
• ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS by Gabrielle Brady, producers: EAVE graduates Alexander Wadouh, Samm Haillay, sales: Autlook Filmsales
• I WAS AT HOME, BUT by Angela Schanelec, line producer: EAVE graduate Jana Cisar, co-producer: EAVE graduate Natasa Damnjanovic, sales: Nachmittagfilm
• JUMBO by Zoé Wittock, producers: EAVE graduates Anaïs Bertrand, Pascaline Saillant, Annabella Nezri, Gilles Chanial, sales WTFilms
• KALA AZAR by Janis Rafa, producer: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontovrakis, sales: Heretic Outreach
• KIDS RUN by Barbara Ott, producer: EAVE graduates Gabriele Simon, Martin Heisler, sales: The Yellow Affair  
• KUESSIPAN by Myriam Verreault, producer: EAVE graduate Félize Frappier, sales: Be For Films   
• LOLA VERS LA MER by Laurent Micheli, producers: EAVE graduates Benoit Roland, Sebastien Haguenauer, sales: Les Films du Losange
• PUENTES project MATERNAL by Maura Delpero, producers: PUENTES graduate Alessandro Amato, Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli, sales: Charades
• NUMBERS by Oleg Sentsov, producers: EAVE graduates Violetta Kaminska, Isabela Wojcik, sales: Latido Films
• ORDINARY JUSTICE by Chiara Bellosi, producer: EAVE graduate Carlo Cresto-Dina, sales: Vision Distribution
• OSKAR & LILLY - WHERE NO ONE KNOWS US by EAVE graduate Arash T. Riahi, produced by Wegafilm Vienna
• PARI by Siamak Etemadi, producers: EAVE graduate Konstantinos Kontovrakis, EAVE+ graduate Giorgos Karnavas, co-producers: EAVE graduates Borislav Chouchkov, Frans van Gestel, Laurette Schillings, Arnold Heslenfeld, Dan Wechsler, sales: Heretic Outreach
• PELICAN BLOOD by Katrin Gebbe, producer: EAVE graduate Vera Gräfe-Höft, sales: Films Boutique  
• PERSIAN LESSONS by Vadim Perelman, co-producer: EAVE graduate Jamila Wenske, sales: Memento Films International
• POMPEI by Anna Falguères, John Shank, producers: TTB graduate Valérie Bournonville, EAVE graduate Clément Duboin, sales: The Party Film Sales
• ROUNDS by EAVE graduate Stephan Komandarev, producer: EAVE graduate Katya Trichkova, sales: Beta Cinema  
• SCHOOLGIRLS by Pilar Palomero, producer: EAVE+ graduate Valérie Delpierre, sales: Film Factory Entertainment
• SIBERIA by Abel Ferrara, producer: Interchange graduate Marta Donzelli, sales: The Match Factory
• SISTERS APART by Daphne Charizani, producer: EAVE graduate Martin Hampel, sales: Match Factory Productions
• SLEEP by Michael Venus, producer: EAVE graduate Verena Gräfe-Höft, sales: Global Screen
• SOW THE WIND by Danilo Caputo, producers: EAVE graduates Marianne Dumoulin, Konstantina Stavrianou, sales: Pyramide International
• SYSTEM CRASHER by Nora Fingscheidt, producer: EAVE graduate and German National Coordinator Jonas Weydemann, sales: Beta Cinema
• THIS IS NOT A BURIAL, IT’S A RESURRECTION by Jeremiah Lemonhang Mosese, producers: EAVE graduates Cait Pansegrouw, Elias Ribeiro
• THE BAREFOOT EMPEROR, directed and produced by EAVE graduate Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth, co-producers: EAVE graduates Frans van Gestel, Arnold Heslenfeld and Laurette Schillings, sales: Be For Films
• THE CAVE (NANG NON), directed and produced by EAVE graduate Tom Waller, sales: Wild Bunch
• THE MOLE AGENT by Maite Alberdi, producers: EAVE graduates Ingmar Trost, Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts, sales: Dogwoof
• TTB project MOTEL ACACIA by TTB graduate Bradley Liew, producers: TTB graduate and group leader Bianca Balbuena and TTB graduate Jeremy Chua, co-producers: by EAVE graduates Bostjan Virc and Sinisa Juricic, sales: Picture Tree International  
• WALCHENSEE FOREVER by Janna Ji Wonders, producer: EAVE graduate Martin Heisler, sales: Deckert Distribution
• WILDLAND by Jeanette Nordahl, producers: EAVE graduate Katrin Pors, TTB graduate Mikkel Jersin, Eva Jakobsen, sales: Bac Films Distribution

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MIDPOINT TV Launch graduate project at Berlinale Co-Pro Series 2020 

With Berlinale and its Co-Pro Series 2020 around the corner, we would like to reckon the very successful journey of the TV series project Babyland, which was being developed within our TV Launch program in 2019. 

This Bulgarian project, produced by the acknowledged producer Martichka Bozhilova (Agitprop) and written by Simona Nobile and Dianne Jones, is going to take part in the Co-Pro Series 2020 of Berlinale Co-Production Market! 

Before being chosen for this prestigious industry platform, Babyland was presented within the Season Finale platform at CineLink Drama within FF Sarajevo. After the TV Launch training, Babyland was also accepted to the first ACE Producers Series Special Program. 

In December 2019, the project was selected as one of the 30 drama projects for the C21 Drama Series Pitch of the Content London event.

In January 2020, Martichka Bozhilova pitched the project at Göteborg Film Festival within the TV Drama Vision conference.  

Huge congratulations for all the successes achieved so far and fingers crossed for the Berlinale experience. 

The Co-Pro Series Pitches take place on Tuesday, February 25 at 10 am in Zoo Palast. 

MIDPOINT TV Launch is realized with the support of Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union, the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, the Czech Film Fund and the Slovak Audiovisual Fund. It is presented in cooperation with Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event, HBO Europe, Marseille Web Fest, Serial Eyes, NEM Zagreb, C21 Media, Series Mania, CANNESERIES Institute, Seriencamp, MIA TV Market, MediaXchange, Meeting Point Vilnius and the Audiovisual Producers' Association. MIDPOINT Institute operates under the auspices of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.

The selectors, under the guidance of the director of the Festival, Krzysztof Gierat, will have to face the breakneck process of selecting the best, both from among almost 2500 submitted titles, as well as those that we managed to invite to Krakow straight from the prestigious festivals around the world.

By mid-April, the team of selectors, consisting of about 20 outstanding critics, film theorists and filmmakers, will select titles which will be presented in four competitions of equal rank — three international ones: documentary film competition, short film competition, music documentary film competition DocFilmMusic and Polish film competition. Fascinating stories from all over the world will also go to the special film sections.

It is not surprising that half of the films submitted from all around the world are short feature films. This trend has persisted for several years. Just like it was the case last year, almost 1300 of them were submitted. Dagmara Romanowska, film critic and the curator of the feature film section, emphasises that this year, there is a prevalence of intimate portraits of family and individuals, themes from the opposite ends of the spectrum of life – adolescence and the last years of life, illnesses, farewells. There are few views on the political and cultural turmoil of the world, although occasionally there are stories that must have arisen on the basis of the #MeToo movement, asking questions about sexuality and crossing borders.

Details

The 60th Krakow Film Festival will take place on May 31 – June 7, 2020

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Berlinale Series Market (February 24 – 26, 2020) – a joint initiative of the European Film Market, the Berlinale Co-Production Market and Berlinale Talents – has prepared a unique three-day event focusing on all aspects of the serial content.

Berlinale Series Market continues with its mission of introducing new writing talents from the world of series. The special panel Hot Contenders 2020: Discover the Next Generation is dedicated to carefully handpicked alumni from European serial studies programs and training platforms – including MIDPOINT Institute.

MIDPOINT's essential concern is to follow and support its graduates in their professional careers. That’s why we are very proud to announce that our TV Launch program alumna Agata Koschmieder will be among the selected six “talents to watch” of the Hot Contenders panel. 

Agata would be presenting her new series project “The Polish Aliens' Republic” and proving its potential in an instant feedback session with top-notch industry players.

The panel Hot Contenders 2020: Discover the Next Generation will take place on Wednesday, February 26 at Zoo Palast from 11.15 – 12.45 and will introduce a new generation of writers from the Berlinale Talents, dffb Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin / Serial Eyes, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg / Serien-Producing, Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF / Winterclass Serie, ifs internationale filmschule köln / MA Serial Storytelling and the MIDPOINT Institute.

HOT CONTENDERS 2020: Discover the Next Generation

WHEN: Wednesday / Feb 26 / 11.15 –  12.45 
WHERE: Zoo Palast / Berlin
HOW: EFM badge

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Meet Us

MIDPOINT Institute team is attending the 70th Berlinale and the European Film Market.

In case you would like to set up a meeting, do not hesitate and contact us - we are coming to meet you! 

MIDPOINT Institute operates under the auspices of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.