Interview with Nino Kirtadze: Support From Eurimages Is Vital For Georgian Cinema
Georgia 20-08-2019TBILISI: Film director, screenwriter, journalist and actress Nino Kirtadze, the new representative of Georgia in Eurimages, spoke with Film New Europe about the importance of Eurimages support for Georgian coproductions and about her own projects.
Invitation for all FIPRESCI and SNCCI Members attending the Venice Film Festival 2019:
For the fourth year of their successful collaboration in the series of talks around the them of « The circulation and promotion of Scandinavian films », Europa Distribution and New Nordic Films will this year take a closer look at the film value chain, and more specifically at how essential each link is for the success of the film, and at how the different parts of the chain can work best together.
We will follow the wonderful voyage of Danish hit Queen of Hearts: How was she born? How was she raised? And how is she finally touching the hearts of so many people around the globe?
These are some of the questions that will be explored in Haugesund on Wednesday August 21st , (10.15-11.45am), with the help of the following experts:
May el-Thouky - Director and Co-writer, Denmark
Maren Louise Kähene - Co-writer, Denmark
Silje Nikoline Glimsdal - International Sales Agent, TrustNordisk, Denmark
Aiste Racaityte - Distributor and Festival, Kino Pavasaris, Lithuania
Frances Harvey - Distributor, Thunderbird Releasing, UK
The session will be moderated by Wendy Mitchell, journalist and film festival consultant, United Kingdom.
Europa Distribution will continue discussing with its members and other professionals and experts about the specific challenges of releasing and promoting independent films in Europe with its next workshops and panels in San Sebastian, Rome and Amsterdam. Articles on all these events will be published on Europa Distribution’s socials and blog: http://www.europa-distribution.org/blog/
Stay tuned!
NOTE FOR THE EDITORS: Europa Distribution is the association of independent film distributors. With around 120 leading independent distributors representing 30 countries in Europe and beyond, it serves as the voice of the sector, and acts as a network and a think tank. Since 2006, Europa Distribution has been creating new bridges for its members to share knowledge and mutualise experience. Through dedicated brainstorming and training sessions, open panels, informal gatherings, the Association’s aim is enhancing the circulation of information and ideas and to improve the curation, promotion and distribution of independent films.
CONTACT: For more information about the presence of Europa Distribution at New Nordic Films in Haugesund, contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
WARSAW: Polish Pay TV platform nc+ will become the distributor of the catalogue of Kino Świat, by purchasing a 70% stake in the biggest film distributor in Poland.
Emerging Producers 2019 were announced, with Taiwan as guest country
SARAJEVO: The projects Kix by Bálint Révész and Dávid Mikulán (Hungarian/German/Croatian coproduction) and Frem by Viera Čákányová (Czech Republic) are both winners of Docu Talent Awards 2019. The awards were announced during the 25th Sarajevo Film Festival, on 18 August 2019.
PRAGUE: One Czech animated film and one Polish documentary are among the 2019 Student Academy Awards finalists. The winners of the student Oscars will be announced in Los Angeles on 17 October 2019.
VALLETTA: The National Book Council of Malta has launched the first call for applications for the NBC Film Adaptation Fund, which addresses all stages of development and production of one winning project. The winner of the 200,000 EUR support will be announced on 9 November 2019.
Take a closer look at the documentary project Comfortable Century / Pohodlné století (Czech Republic) by Jaroslav Kratochvíl, which was selected for the 17th edition of Ex Oriente Film out of a record number of 107 submitted projects from 40 countries.
TIMIȘOARA: Eight feature films were selected for the competition of the Timișoara Central European Film Festival, running from 28 August to 1 September 2019. The theme of the edition is rEvolutions as the festival celebrates 30 years since the fall of the Iron Curtain and since the Romanian Revolution.
