Register for the Film Spring Open Workshop 2019
The registration of Film Spring Open Workshop fourteenth edition which will take place from 15-24.10.2019 in Krakow is open. International, innovative, interdisciplinary educational workshop Film Spring Open, is aimed at comprehensive, future-oriented, professional audiovisual education.
FSO is one of the largest audiovisual courses in Poland and Europe. 346 participants in 2018 and 61 Technological Partners, who supply equipment worth 3,5 million Euro. Our program is based on modern approach to film production and looks into the future of the audiovisual market.
Our Workshop is a meeting place for creators, artists, professional filmmakers, students and enthusiasts who in an unusual atmosphere develop their artistic and technical skills, exchange knowledge, learn new technologies, benefit from the knowledge of masters, as well as have the opportunity to develop and realize their own projects
Our Educational strategy - is a hand on approach, practical teaching through work and development participants projects under the supervision of prominent specialists. Our Participants have the opportunity to work on their own projects in any chosen workshop groups covering all branches of audiovisual art- include: scripts, animation, a documentary films, commercials, VR and AR, CGI, a new model of film production, feature film preview, modern CGI editing, interactive forms of audiovisual narration, music videos and Internet creativity group
The organizers invite directors, cinematographers, scriptwriters, actors, editors, sound engineers, composers, VFX specialists, animators, programmers, Youtubers, producers, costume designers, make-up artists, technicians, film experts to participate in the event.
Furthermore, participants can take part in lectures, film screenings and meetings famous or young awarded filmmakers.
Novelties this year will be the direct care for the individual groups from our new and long-term partners.
The group of Kids films under the supervision of Dorota Kędzierzawska is sponsored by the PZU Foundation.
Canon took over the care of a group of documentary films
Sony will supervise feature film group and the You Tuber group- making videos on mobile phones
Nikon- Close-up in the movies group
We invited the Polish horror film/computer game production Blobber Team, which combines feature narration with the world of games.
Like every year, we promise the best equipment and Cinebus, in which we are constructing a virtual studio," assures Sławomir Idziak, artistic supervisor and creator of Film Spring Open Workshop.
We cordially invite you!
Volunteers can sign up for the workshops on:
https://filmspringopen.eu/pl/rejestracja/
Registration deadline the beginning of October.
More information:
http://filmspringopen.eu/pl/
https://www.facebook.com/filmspringopen.eu/
If you have a stop motion project in development, take part in pitching, win big prizes and have a unique chance to present your ideas to producers, distributors, or broadcasters from all over the world. Submissions for projects that will take part in international pitching during the Animarkt Stop Motion Forum 2019 close on 4thof August.
The Animarkt Pitching will be preceded by a two-day training session devoted to refining the presentation of the project and the art of public performance. Nancy Denney-Phelps– a journalist cooperating with the prestigious AWN.com media group and a well-known figure in the animation circles – will advise the participants on what to focus on during the pitching, while composer and musician Nik Phelps will talk about such aspects as the presenter’s body language and their handling of the microphone. Additionally, each participant will have an opportunity to speak to Marcin Zalewski about the project of their puppet.
Among other artists offering coaching during Animarkt 2019 is also Nidia Santiago with production consultation. Her first short animated film “Oh Willy…” by Emma De Swaef and Marc Roels has been selected in more than 300 festivals, and had received more than 50 prices all over the world, including a nomination to the César 2013. In June 2011 Nidia Santiago founded Ikki Films, where she produces and co-produces original and innovative films with strong international potential. Last but not least, pitching participants will have the chance to take part in two unique in form script consultations led by Anna Bielak, a script writer, script consultant and story editor. The first one (a Skype meeting) will take place before Animarkt, whereas the other will be organized directly after the pitching.
The pitched projects will be presented on 11th October 2019 during the ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum, held in Łódź for the fourth time. Just like during the previous edition, 15 projects will be chosen by a special Selection Committee.
Full list of pitching prizes include:
– Two special accolades from CeTA Film Studio (Center for Audiovisual Technology in Wrocław), namely vouchers worth PLN 60,000 (ca €14.000) and PLN 40,000 (ca €9.300), which will entitle the winners to using the studio for producing their films.
– Co-production Award sponsored by Folimage.
– Distribution Award by Radiator IP Sales. The company will choose one pitched project for commercial and festival distribution.
– Dragonframe 4 licence with a Bluetooth keypad.
– Ale kino+ Award. The TV channel will buy the license rights for one pitched project when it’s finished.
– Accreditation for MIFA 2020 at Annecy Festival.
– Expert consultations with puppet maker Marcin Zalewski, available at the production stage of the awarded project.
– APALAB award, consisting of a 2 weeks writing and development residence in the Animation Production Center Quirino Cristiani in Cordoba, including accommodation in the castle, or in a house close to the castle. Also including mentoring/development consultancy in scriptwriting, production and art for development stage, meetings with producers, considering international co-production fund for animation in Cordoba (Argentina).
The pitching’s terms and conditions are available at www.animarkt.pl/pitching. Projects should be submitted through an electronic form available at bit.ly/ANIMARKT_Pitching19. The deadline for submissions is 4 August 2019. The list of projects accepted for the pitching segment will be published at en.animarkt.pl and at the Animarkt Stop Motion ForumFB profile.
Animarkt Stop Motion Forum is co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund and the Polish Film Institute.
ANIMARKT STOP MOTION FORUM is Poland’s first and Central and Eastern Europe’s prime international event devoted exclusively to stop motion and puppet animation. It is a unique meeting venue of the field’s top artists, craftsmen, producers, distributors, broadcasters, and investors. Its diversified program offers a unique combination of workshop and vocation-oriented elements on the one hand with networking and business-to-business meetings on the other, while the pitching of short puppet animations is a unique opportunity for artists. The forthcoming 4th edition of the Animarkt will be held in Łódź between 8 and 12 October 2019. Entry to all ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum events is free of charge, but registration is necessary due to a limited number of places.
MOMAKIN, the organizer of the ANIMARKT STOP MOTION FORUM, is a business partner for animation. It offers professional support to animation projects at every stage of their development. It brings together artists, producers, and distributors. It boasts an immense portfolio of talents from all over the world and numerous successful ventures home and abroad.
EFP (European Film Promotion) is delighted to announce that 16 alumni of our talent promotion programme EFP EUROPEAN SHOOTING STARS and seven participants of the networking and promotion platform PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE will celebrate their films' premieres in Venice and for the first time, a director taking part in FUTURE FRAMES - Generation Next of European Cinema, our programme for emerging filmmakers - all supported by the Creative Europe - MEDIA Programme of the European Union.
The German-Bulgarian drama Pelican Blood, featuring Nina Hoss (Germany 2000), will be opening the Orizzonti section which presents the latest aesthetic and expressive trends in international cinema. The producers Verena Gräfe-Höft (Germany) and Mila Voinikova (Bulgaria) met at PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE in 2017 and immediately joined forces to realise the second feature film by director Katrin Gebbe, which will celebrate its North American premiere in Toronto. Former French Shooting Star Ludovine Sagnierfeatures prominently at this year's festival starring in two projects: the opening competition film The Truth by Hirokazu Kore-eda as well as The New Pope by Paolo Sorrentino, which is screening 'out of competition'. Please see the full list below.
Verena Gräfe-Höft, who also found the film's world sales company Films Boutique thanks to the EFP network, comments: "I first presented "Pelican Blood" to the public during "Producer on the Move" in Cannes 2017. It was there that I found our Bulgarian co-producer Mila Voinikova, who was a participant that same year. So thanks to the whole programme, since it plays a core role in bringing people together, supporting emerging talents, producers and projects throughout the European film industry."
SOFIA: Turkish biopic Pocket Hercules: Naim Süleymanoğlu / Cep Herkülü: Naim Süleymanoğlu is currently shooting in Bulgaria. The film directed by Özer Feyzioğlu will also be shot in Turkey and Azerbaijan.
BRATISLAVA: Slovak broadcaster JOJ will change the names and the format of the thematic channels acquired from the Czechoslovak Film Society (Československej filmovej spoločnosti) in mid-March 2019. The changes will be made starting 1 December 2019.
PAPHOS: Summer edition of the Animattikon Project, featuring a series of animation workshops for children will take place in Paphos, Cyprus from 6 to 11 August 2019. The event is organised by the Kimonos Art Centre in collaboration with the Anassa Hotel and the cultural services of the Ministry of Education.
For its 20th anniversary edition on 8-9 November, East-West co-production market connecting cottbus (coco) has assembled a diverse range of networking events and discussions on current buzz topics of today’s production landscape.
Aside from offering industry participants the chance to discover exciting new projects and discuss possible partnerships, coco’s framework programme gives insights into current trends and challenges in film financing, production and distribution, etc.
Sessions at coco will explore topics like the industry’s latest stir (or fright) blockchain. Erwin M. Schmidt, co-founder of the Propellor FilmTech Hub and the Berlin-based FilmTech Office, will bring hands-on information on potential applications of blockchain in media. Influencer marketing is another currently hyped audience engagement tool. Philipp Greulich, Head of Business Development at Polish-run marketing platform indaHash, will talk about how to reach out to potential viewers in an authentic way. Mathias Noschis of UK marketing agency Alphapanda, specialised in digital PR campaigns for independent and Hollywood films, will reflect on possible marketing strategies of two current cocoPITCH projects, while providing general pointers on the viral promotion of arthouse films.
Last but not least, we are happy to welcome back consultant, development and financing expert Linda Beath, for a lecture presented in collaboration with the international training network EAVE. Linda will discuss how to survive as a small indie production company in today’s competitive market.
This year’s project representatives will join industry experts in our prep day cocoLAB, to strengthen their presentations. For 2018, coco has implemented a new connectingPOINT, a networking event for coco participants and filmmakers from the parallel running FilmFestival Cottbus. The 20th anniversary Focus coco panel will look at the progress and success of coco alumni projects, some of which are screening in the festival, or even made it onto the entry list of the Academy Awards.
This year’s edition of connecting cottbus takes place on 8-9 November 2018.
connecting cottbus is funded by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Creative Europe MEDIA, MDM Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung and The State Chancellery of Land Brandenburg.
More information: http://www.connecting-cottbus.de/ | https://www.facebook.com/connecting.cottbus
Slovak documentary is not dead!
We are pleased to present the Slovak line-up at two prestigious festivals celebrating documentary films: 22nd Ji.hlava IDFF and 61st DOK Leipzig!
Every year, Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival organisers show a selection of extraordinary creative documentaries, mainly from Central and Eastern Europe. The 22nd edition of the festival, running from October 25 to 30 this year, will introduce six Slovak and co-production competitors, most of them in their world or international premiere.
Renowned Slovak film producer Zuzana Mistríková will be among the jurors judging the 15 documentaries of the Between the Seas section and Rastislav Steranka, Director of National Cinematographic Centre will take part in panel discussion Visegrad Accelerator: Future of Film in Central Europe.
The only entry out of competition is Spring in Subcarpathian Ruthenia (d. Karel Plicka) from the collection of the National Film Archive of Slovak Film Institute and will be screened within Czechoslovak Orient section.
61st DOK Leipzig of joy and sadness
The 61st International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film (29 October - 4 November, 2018), also known as DOK Leipzig will present four Slovak and coproduction films in its programme.In the Next Masters Competition Denisa, a Story of a Friend by Mária Brnušáková will vie for the Golden Dove Award. Mid-lenght documentary shows how Denisa is trying to fill the hole in her heart with men´s love, that is mostly just physical. International Programme section will introduce My Unknown Soldier by Anna Kryvenko, documentary about director´s search for person who has been removed from the family photo album. Short animation Auuuna by Lina Šuková will please the youngest audience within the Kids DOK section.Short documentary The Wake about the funeral of Jan Palach, young student who sacrificed his life in 1969 in a protest against the Occupation of Czechoslovakia, will be screened in Retrospective: 68 – An Open Score section that reflects social, cultural and political changes and the way filmmakers dealt with them.
For more information on Slovak Films, please visit our websitehttp://www.aic.sk/aic/en
Nadejda Koseva’s debut feature had its International Premiere last week
in Warsaw and received the Special Jury Award for the Actress
Martina Apostolova and the Award of the Ecumenical Jury
At the 36th “Golden Rose” Bulgarian National Feature Film Festival
the film received also the Award for Debut Feature,
Best Actress Award for Martina Apostolova
and the Award of the Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers
The International premiere of “IRINA” was in the main Competition of the 34th Warsaw International Film Festival. The film will participate also in the competition programmes of several prestigious international film forums this autumn.
Nadja Koseva has three very successful festival shorts in her filmography. “The Ritual”, part of the omnibus film “Lost & Found”, opened The Forum of Young Cinema in Berlin. “Omelette” was awarded with Special Mention in Sundance, and “Take Two” took Special Mention in Sarajevo.
“IRINA” tells a story of a young woman who lives in a small mining town. She needs to save her family from the poverty so her decision is to become a surrogate mother, carrying some strangers’ child for money. In time Irina will discover what means to love and to forgive…
Presented as a project at SOFIA MEETINGS, “IRINA” was developed with the support of MEDIA Programme of the EU, SEE Cinema Network, ScripTeast and the Bulgarian National Film Center. The film is an Art Fest Production, in co-production with Front Film, Doli Media Studio, Right Solutions, with the support of Bulgarian National Film Center.
The cast of “IRINA” includes Martina Apostolova, Hristo Ushev, Irini Jambonas, Kasiel Noah Asher, Alexander Kossev, Krassimir Dokov. The script was written by Svetoslav Ovcharov, Bojan Vuletic and Nadejda Koseva. DOP is Kiril Prodanov, art director - Ivelina Mineva, costume designer - Viktor Andreev, make-up artist - Petya Simeonova, editor - Nina Altaparmakova, music was composed by Petar Dundakov, sound recordist and mixer - Momchil Bojkov. Co-producers - Svetla Tsotsorkova, Dobromir Chochov, Todor G. Todorov. Producer is Stefan Kitanov. International sales agent is the French company Alpha Violet.
Congratulations to Nadejda Koseva, Martina Apostolova, the cast and the crew of the film!
Oscar winners and the newest technologies at the Film Spring Workshop in Krakow, Poland.
Press releases 19-10-2018Neil Corbould, a two-time Oscar winner to teach special effect and Ewa Puszczyńska, an Oscar winner for Ida to give a lecture on film debut - The Film Spring Workshop is taking place in Krakow, Poland.
The Film Spring Workshop, international, professional film training, has just started. For 10 days, a Polish city of Krakow is becoming a huge filming location for a few hundred filmmakers from around the world. In Poland, they learn how to make films better and cheaper in the new production model, which is the main theme of this year's event. The effects of their work can be seen during the final screening in a cinema built specially for the duration of the workshop.
The Film Spring Workshop's trademark is its educational program incorporating the latest solutions in the audiovisual industry as well as the state-of-the-art equipment which participants can use and test at their filming sets. This year's programme and the choice of special guests underline this approach. The workshop venue in Przegorzały, Krakow, where the 13th edition of the workshop is taking place, is becoming a testing ground for virtual, augmented and mixed reality.
Special guests from London, James Edward Marks and Chris Szkoda from DoubleMe, for the first time in Poland are presenting a virtual hologram you can communicate with. Their 3D capture system, HoloPortal ™ transforms 2D video into dynamic 3D models in real time.
VR and AR projects are presented by the international team of Unit 9 and at the same time such projects are being produced by two creative groups of the workshop.
Special effects will be executed by the two-time Oscar winner, Neil Corbould (Gravity, Gladiator), who on the 19th of October starts a creative group testing in practice special effects in low-budget productions. For enthusiasts of optical and mechanical effects, this is an amazing opportunity to work with the number 1 specialist in the SFX world.
The Oscar winner, Ewa Puszczyńska (Ida, Cold War) will talk about debut on today's film market.
Aleksandra Przegalińska from MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, a renown specialist in the field of identity in virtual reality and humanoid artificial intelligence, will discuss whether artificial intelligence can be creative.
As every year, young enthusiasts of cinema and new technologies can choose from the very abundant and versatile programme, which includes lectures, workshops, screenings of the best Polish films and meetings with their creators, equipment presentations and tests. However, the most significant part for most of the participants is making their film projects individually or in as many as 22 creative groups.
The Film Spring Workshop list of tutors this year, apart from Neil Corbould, Ewa Puszczyńska, James Edward Marks and Chris Szkoda, includes: Marek Koterski, Kamil Polak, Laila Pakalnina, Marcin Koszałka, Borys Lankosz, Fabian Rozenkranz, Bogdan Dziworski, Kobas Laksa, Jagoda Szelc, Adrian Panek and many other top filmmakers and specialists.
The workshop will end on the 26th of October.
More information:
- https://www.facebook.com/filmspringopen.eu/
