LIMASSOL: Fifteen short films made by Cypriot directors have been selected for the National Competition of the 14th International Short Film Festival of Cyprus, which will take place in Limassol from 12 to 18 October 2024.
WARSAW: The 8th edition of the coproduction forum and meeting hub Young Horizons Industry wrapped in Warsaw. The event was held, as usual, within the Young Horizons International Film Festival.
POTSDAM: The Erich Pommer Institut has announced the seminars, courses and info sessions organised in October and November 2024.
In mid-September, a week-long workshop dedicated to cinematic storytelling took place at Le Groupe Ouest, in Brittany, on the far western edge of Europe. The event brought together six writer-directors, and six film commissioners and producers from Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. This workshop was part of LIM | Less is More, the European feature film development programme, in partnership with Lithuanian Film Centre, Estonian Film Institute and National Film Centre of Latvia.
Info Sessions: The Art of Negotiating Agreements and European Co-Production | TAP Alumna at Filmfest Hamburg
Press releases 10-10-2024Oct 15 | 17:00 (CEST) | Online | Free of charge with registration
Cinema Dome at Astra Film Festival: An Immersive Spectacle with Rare Footage and Legendary Hits from Queen and Pink Floyd in Sibiu’s Piața Mare
Festivals 10-10-2024Queen and Pink Floyd are subjects of some of the most anticipated screenings of the fall! The massive Cinema Dome, set up in Piața Mare, remains the central hub of futuristic cinema at this year’s edition, offering audiences a chance to literally step into the heart of the action. Astra Film Festival, the most important cultural event in Romania dedicated to documentary cinema, is once again the only festival in the country offering immersive full-dome film screenings, which feel as though they’re straight from the future. Find the New Media Dome program, tickets, and passes here: (https://www.astrafilm.ro/astra-film-new-media-dome).
During the award ceremony at the Young Horizons Industry, international co-production event in Warsaw, Poland, Zofia Horszczaruk, Head of Young Horizons Industry, and Maciej Jakubczyk, Head of Young Horizons, together with award partners: Magdalena Zimecka, Managing Director of ORKA Postproduction Studio, Magda Janowska, Postproduction Manager at FIXAFILM, Anna Szadkowska, Production Manager at Wroclaw Feature Film Studio, Adam Romanowski, CEO of No Problemo Music, Lennart Ström, Managing Director of m:brane, and Anna Głowik, representing CEE Animation Forum, handed over the awards for the best projects presented in the in-development and work-in-progress section.
TEN-DAY JI.HLAVA IS A TRIBUTE TO DOCUMENTARY REFLECTION ON THE WORLD FULL PROGRAMME OF THE 28TH JI.HLAVA IDFF UNVEILED
Festivals 10-10-2024The 28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival starts in two weeks. The programme will offer more than three hundred films and includes a revealing retrospective of Swiss filmmaker Anne Marie Miéville and a showcase of award-winning Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-liang. The festival will be attended by director Kirsten Johnson, the author of this year's Ji.hlava festival trailer, and directors Roberto Minervini, Albert Serra and Andrei Ujică. The 28th IDFF Ji.hlava will take place on October 25 – November 3, lasting for the first time ten days.
PRODUCTION: Irena Škorić Shoots Five Countries Coproduction Doc In Search of Lotika
Montenegro 08-10-2024HERCEG NOVI: Croatian director Irena Škorić began shooting her long documentary In Search of Lotika / U potrazi za Lotikom in the House of Nobel laureate Ivo Andrić in Herceg Novi, Montenegro last weekend. The film is a coproduction between Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Croatia and Poland.
COLOGNE: The upcoming 7th edition of the established industry event European Work in Progress Cologne (EWIP, 14 – 16 October 2024) will be accompanied by a high profile supporting programme consisting of a panel, case studies and one-on-one meetings.
