VIENNA: The International Screen Institute (ISI) has recently opened applications for its new training programme for European and International Film and TV creatives and executives. There are three courses this year: Legal & Business Affairs, Audience Design Lab, and Sustainability Management, and the first one starts in June.

Vienna, Austria, April 4, 2022 The International Screen Institute (ISI), founded in 2020 as a non-profit organisation, recently opened applications for its new training program for European and International Film and TV creatives and executives.

KARLOVY VARY: Projects in development, production and postproduction can apply to Karlovy Vary IFF’s Eastern Promises section until 6 May 2022. Eastern Promises will be held in person 3-6 July 2022.

BUDAPEST: The 78th Congress of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) will be hosted in Budapest by the National Film Institute – Hungary 24-29 April 2022.

FNE is launching a new series of articles about one of the fastest growing business sectors in Europe.

BUCHAREST: British-born Bucharest-based film director and writer Tom Wilson is currently in postproduction with his third feature film Dark Ages, produced by Corneliu Porumboiu’s outlet 42 Km Film in coproduction with Cinemotif Films from the Czech Republic.

BRATISLAVA: dok.incubator has announced the projects selected for the 2022 edition of the Slovak workshop. The documentaries are made by young filmmakers and should be ready for cinemas in 2023.

dok.incubator announces four selected projects for the 2022 edition of the Slovak workshop. The documentaries by young talented filmmakers cover topics of various issues in current Slovakia and should be ready for cinemas in 2023.

“This year's selection of the Slovak dok.incubator has brought impressive young talents who have a courage to shed a light on painful issues such as poverty, discrimination, inequality or fight for saving the unique cultural heritage of the Slovak National Gallery. They all address pains of Slovak society and political disfunctions in a powerful, amusing or breathtakingly poetical storytelling. We are proudly looking forward to working with these brave, critical, and gifted filmmakers in the upcoming months,” says Miriam Ryndová, the program manager of regional workshops.

Selected films for dok.incubator SK 2022:

  • All Good Everywhere /SK/
    Directed by Debora Pastirčáková and Martina Buchelová
  • Caution, Risk of Falling Exhibits! /SK/
    Directed by Jana Durajová and Lena Kušnieriková
  • City of Dreams /SK/
    Directed by Adam Šoltés and Matúš Chovanec
  • On the Edge /SK/
    Directed by Sabina Pappová and Tomáš Bačo

The four selected projects will work with this year’s tutors, namely Vadim Jendreyko /CH/, François Sculier /FR/ and Alex Szalat /FR/ for the next seven months and will aim to be finished in 2023.

dok.incubator SK is one of the two regional workshops organized by dok.incubator. It works with Slovak productions and coproductions to sharpen their editing, marketing, and distribution strategy. Recently the workshop worked with films like The Sailor by Lucia Kašová (the Best Documentary at Rhode Island International Film festival), Lines by Barbora Sliepková (3 awards at IDFF Ji.hlava) or On Your Marks! by Maria Pinčíková (premiered at DOC Lisboa).

ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) is proposing an increase in incentives for international productions shooting in Croatia from 25 to 30%, and three percent from the total amount to fuel the domestic production.

PRAGUE: Czech artist and illustrator Jiří Šalamoun, the father of the cartoon character Maxipes Fík, has died at the age of 86. The dog Maxipes Fík is one of the most popular Czech cartoon characters to date.