Ponta Lopud Event, launched as a new creative hub, in which 15 young but already experienced directors and actors from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, North Macedonia and Kosovo, had the opportunity to learn, work and gain new experiences within a masterclass led by Oscar winner Pawel Palikowski. Ponta Lopud Festival took place from 1 to 5 July on the island of Lopud in Croatia, organized by Riva film and Dubrovnik PartneR in cooperation with the Sarajevo Film Festival and its Industry Department CineLink.

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), the European Film Academy (EFA) and FIPRESCI will work together to promote European Discovery nominated directors as part of PÖFF’s new Discovery Campus, starting from November 2021. The EFA and FIPRESCI bestow the European Discovery Award – Prix FIPRESCI on the best Debut Film every year within the framework of the European Film Awards. This new collaboration will see the nominees join a dedicated sub-programme at PÖFF’s Discovery Campus, as well as allowing the directors to participate in existing talent strands. Matthijs Wouter Knol, CEO and Director of the European Film Academy, commented: “Putting an extra spotlight on debut films and the filmmakers behind them is the idea behind the European Discovery Award – Prix FIPRESCI. This wonderful initiative will help us to give these filmmakers more visibility in the weeks prior to the annual European Film Awards. We are looking forward to building this programme together with the colleagues in Tallinn and at FIPRESCI, the latter co-hosting an online talk with the European Film Academy next January, featuring the award winner of the European Discovery Award – Prix FIPRESCI 2021.”

Ten projects in development will be presented to industry professionals (producers, distributors, sales agents, representatives of film funds & more) at the Transilvania Pitch Stop (TPS) this year. The 8th edition of the program includes the presentation of projects in front of potential partners and financiers on the 29th of July, during Transilvania International Film Festival.

10 July 2021 – Polish Film Institute, Independent Film Foundation and ACE Producers sign partnership in Cannes have signed a 5-year partnership to organize the ACE Financing Strategies Workshops and the related ACE Training Days Poland in Warsaw from 2021 to 2025.

The goal of this long-term partnership is to make a lasting impact on the international professional network and knowledge of local producers, and further strengthen Poland’s international recognition as a top, highly qualified co-production partner.

The 14th Fest Anča International Animation Festival has its winners! Awarded films’ themes such as predispositions, destiny, and family legacy freely allude to this year’s festival theme: Traditions.

The main category winner of the Anča Award for Best Animated Short is French film Polka-Dot Boy by Sarina Nihei from 2020. South Korean director Kangmin Kim’s Kkum (Dream) was awarded a Special Mention in the same competitive category. It has already received awards at the Ottawa Animation Festival and the SXSW Festival. The Anča Award for Best Student Animated Short goes to Sanctuary by Eva Matejovičová from FAMU.

What's cooking?

• Submit your film project for the Baltic Event Co-Production Market
• Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event launch Co-Financing Market for drama series
• Call for projects: Script Pool Tallinn
• European Genre Forum projects get to grips with producing in Zagreb 

SUBMIT YOUR PROJECT TO THE BALTIC EVENT CO-PRODUCTION MARKET

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A NEW CO-FINANCING MARKET FOR DRAMA SERIES

For the first time, Black Nights Film Festival and its summit and trade fair for audiovisual industry professionals, Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event have announced a call for projects for TV Beats Co-Financing Market, an initiative involving high-quality drama series projects with international sales and distribution potential.

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CALL FOR PROJECTS: SCRIPT POOL TALLINN

Script Pool Tallinn has opened the submissions and is looking for 5 to 6 international projects with the team behind them - director, scriptwriter and producer. Script Pool Tallinn aims to gather film projects with high distribution value in the final stage of development. Focusing on the script and the overall project presentation, the projects and their teams will be partnered with international industry decision-makers (sales agents, financiers and co-producers) whose contribution will increase their sales and distribution potential.

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EGF PROJECTS GET TO GRIPS WITH PRODUCING IN ZAGREB

The European Genre Forum kicked off its second workshop at the Fantastic Zagreb Film Festival last week, focusing on production. The third and final Marketing & Packaging Lab, including project pitching, will be hosted as part of Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event this November. 7 projects from 6 countries take part in the EGF programme this year, which aims to boost the careers of future European players in the genre-film industry. Find out more about the labs and this year’s selected projects through the link below.

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Join us for the New Horizons' Polish Days Goes to Cannes screening, which will be held on Friday 9 July from 12:00 till 14:00 at the Marché du Film.

New Horizons International Film Festival and Polish Film Institute will present a selection of five Polish feature films in various stages of production (works-in-progress):

• Imago, directed by Olga Chajdas, produced by Apple Film Production

• Fucking Bornholm, directed by Anna Kazejak, produced by Friends with Benefits Studio

• Fears, directed by Łukasz Ronduda and Łukasz Gutt, produced by Serce

• Inverted, directed by Jacek Lusiński, produced by Aurum Film

• Lipstick on the Glass, directed by Kuba Czekaj, produced by Centrala FILM, INDI FILM

The pitching session will be screened in Cannes in Palais des Festivals – Palais K and online in your local time zone. More information about the presented projects attached and here.

The screening is for the Market badge holders only.