On the 15 th of February ended the deadline for submitting films to the anniversary 60 th Krakow Film Festival.
Press releases 19-02-2020MIDPOINT 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.
On the 15 th of February ended the deadline for submitting films to the anniversary 60 th Krakow Film Festival.
Festivals 19-02-2020The 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.
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
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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.
BERLIN: FNE is proud to present the great line-up of films from our region that will be screening in Berlin over the next few days. Be prepared for some exciting discoveries. See below.
The Transilvania International Film Festival and Transilvania Pitch Stop team is ready to meet and share plans, ideas and a good coffee!
Press releases 18-02-2020Meet our team at Berlinale:
Tudor Giurgiu, Festival President
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Attending: February 21-27
Mihai Chirilov, Artistic Director
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Attending: February 21-23
Oana Giurgiu, Executive Director
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Attending: February 21-27
Cristian Hordilă, Festival Manager
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Attending: February 20-25
Claudia Droc, International Relations
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Attending: February 21-23
Alexandra Boghiu, Project Manager, Romanian Film Promotion
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Attending: February 21-23
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Our next edition will take place in Cluj, Romania, from
May 29 to June 7, 2020. Find out more: tiff.ro
WARSAW: The 14th edition of ScripTeast, the project-based training and development programme for professional screenwriters from Central and Eastern Europe, will hold a stationary session of its 2019-2020 edition during the 70th Berlin International Film Festival from 21 to 24 February 2020.
The following feature film production grants were announced by the Czech Film Fund on 14 February 2020.
JIHLAVA: Documentaries originating in Central and Eastern Europe can apply to the Ji.hlava Film Fund, which provides in-kind grants totaling 20,000 EUR until 15 March 2020.
