EU Copyright Directive
27/03: European Parliament approves new copyright rules for the internet – European Parliament
Creatives and news publishers will be empowered to negotiate with internet giants thanks to new copyright rules which also contain safeguards on freedom of expression.
26/03: Texts adopted (provisional edition): Copyright in the Digital Single Market – European Parliament
Full text of the European Parliament legislative resolution of 26 March 2019 on the proposal for a
directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on copyright in the Digital Single Market.
27/03: Questions and Answers on issues about the digital copyright directive – European Parliament
This Q and A provides answers to some of the more regularly raised issues regarding the directive on copyright in the digital single market.
26/03: Copyright reform: the Commission welcomes European Parliament's vote in favour of modernised rules fit for digital age – European Commission
The European Parliament voted in favour of the new Copyright Directive designed to bring tangible benefits to citizens, all creative sectors, the press, researchers, educators, and cultural heritage institutions.
Creative Europe Programme 2021-2027
28/03: Creative Europe: Parliament votes for mobility of artists and circulation of works – European Parliament
MEPs voted on Thursday to double the budget of the 2021-2027 Creative Europe programme and to enhance international circulation of works, supporting better mobility for artists.
28/03: Cultural and creative sectors contribute to youth employment and to social cohesion, says S&D MEP Silvia Costa – S&D Group
The European Parliament backed the report drafted by S&D MEP Silvia Costa to strengthen the Creative Europe programme for the period 2021 to 2027.
EU Broadcasting Directive
28/03: More online radio and news broadcasts across borders – European Parliament
Plenary approved on Thursday the new rules facilitating online broadcasting of current affairs and radio programmes across the EU.
28/03: Commission welcomes European Parliament's vote on new rules facilitating access to online TV and radio content across borders – European Commission
Following the European Parliament's approval of modernised copyright rules earlier this week, today the Parliament endorsed another crucial piece of legislation to make the copyright rules fit for the digital age. The Commission welcomes the positive vote for the Directive that will simplify cross-border distribution and retransmission of television and radio programmes.
28/03: Questions and answers: Directive on television and radio programmes – European Commission
This Q and A provides answers to some of the more regularly raised issues regarding the directive on television and radio programmes.
EU Single-use Plastics Directive
27/03: Parliament seals ban on throwaway plastics by 2021 – European Parliament
Parliament approved a new law banning single-use plastic items such as plates, cutlery, straws and cotton buds sticks.
27/03: Circular Economy: Commission welcomes European Parliament adoption of new rules on single–use plastics to reduce marine litter – European Commission
The European Parliament agreed on the ambitious measures proposed by the Commission to tackle marine litter coming from the 10 single-use plastic products most often found on European beaches, as well as abandoned fishing gear and oxo-degradable plastics.
Group positions & responses: EPP Group, S&D Group, ECR Group
EU Elections 2019
29/03: Projections of seats of next Parliament – European Parliament
In collaboration with Kantar Public, Parliament’s Public Opinion Monitoring Unit is allocating projected seats calculated on the basis of voting intentions polls from each member state to Parliament´s currently existing political groups.
Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU
27/03: Ensuring young people’s access to culture and supporting creativity – important priorities for the Romanian Presidency of the EU Council – Romania2019.eu
The conference placed an emphasis on the importance of encouraging young people’s creativity at European level, as a prerequisite for facilitating their insertion on the labour market, and also for enhancing social inclusion, active citizenship and civic responsibility.
European Audiovisual Observatory
28/03: European Audiovisual Observatory announces this year’s Cannes conference! - EAO
The conference will look at how today’s European films are financed. Who are the new financial players? How does public policy channel money into film funds and financing mechanisms? How is the structure of film financing in Europe changing?
InvestEU
27/03: InvestEU: EU ambassadors confirm common understanding reached with Parliament – Council of the EU
EU ambassadors confirmed the common understanding reached by the Romanian Presidency and the European Parliament on InvestEU, which will bring together under one programme 14 different financial instruments currently available to support investment in the EU.
Events
8-12 April: EUIPO Working Group meetings, Alicante
24 April (TBC): EU Terrorist Content Regulation Committee Vote (LIBE)
23-26 May: EU Elections
17-20 June: CineEurope 2019, Barcelona – Register here!
Recent Studies
EUIPO – Trends in Trade in Counterfeit and Pirated Goods – March 2019European Audiovisual Observatory – Mapping of national rules for the promotion of European works in Europe – February 2019Göteborg Film Festival - 6th Nostradamus Report – “Relevance in a New Reality” - February 2019 Institute for Information Law (IViR) - Film Financing and the Digital Single Market: its Future, the Role of Territoriality and New Models of Financing - January 2019
VALLETTA: Abigail Mallia’s debut feature Limestone Cowboy will have its national premiere in Malta on 13 April 2019 and it will be theatrically released on 20 April 2019.
RIGA: A new art house cinema opens in Kaņepes Culture Center, one of the hippest places in Rīga, on 2 April 2019.
BUCHAREST: The 3rd edition of the Bucharest Fashion Film Festival, the first festival in Romania at the intersection of fashion, film and branding, will take place in Bucharest from 11 to 14 April 2019.
CIRCLE intitiative and Film New Europe - connecting you for potential collaboration
Press releases 29-03-2019NEW TRAINING INITIATIVE FOR WOMEN FILMMAKERS
CIRCLE Women Doc Accelerator 2019 – LAST CALL for applications
The final deadline is April 1
The applications’ submission deadline for the second edition of CIRCLE Women Doc Accelerator is 1 April 2019. An exclusive 3 module training program addressing predominantly (but not only!) South and East European filmmakers.
CIRCLE Women Doc Accelerator is a new training initiative designed both for talented directors and producers who are in the process of developing their first feature-length documentary, as well as the more experienced authors.
We are looking for up to 8 women filmmakers (directors and/or producers) with a strong documentary project in any stage of production (from development to rough cut) who are seeking further support to upgrade their professional skills, develop films with leading experts and bring them to the wider professional audience.
The program of CIRCLE 2019 features three working modules:
1st MODULE: June 2019, Podgorica (Montenegro)
2nd MODULE: August 2019, Novi Sad (Serbia)
3rd MODULE: October 2019, DOK Leipzig (Germany)
In order to apply, please fill in the form: here!
We are also encouraging the filmmakers who are in process of developing their first feature-length documentaries to apply.
Participation fee: 650 €, covers the pedagogical material, accommodation and meals for all three modules. CIRCLE Women Doc Accelerator may allocate two full scholarships for participants in need.
CIRCLE is organised by Wake Up Films in partnership with Underhill Fest Montenegro and DOK Leipzig Co-Pro Market. The program is supported by Film Centre of Montenegro, Film Centre of Serbia, The Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia, EWA and EDN.
For more information please visit our site www.doccircle.me or contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Looking forward to receiving your applications!
FESTIVALS: Slovak/Czech Coproduction By a Sharp Knife Wins 26th Prague International Film Festival
Czech Republic 01-04-2019PRAGUE: The Slovak/Czech coproduction By a Sharp Knife directed by Teodor Kuhn was awarded best film in the New Europe competition section of the 26th Prague International Film Festival, which took place from 21 to 29 March 2019.
PLZEN: The 32nd edition of Finále Plzeň Film Festival, the most important Czech national film festival, presenting contemporary Czech and Slovak audiovisual production, will be held from 11 to 16 April 2019.
VIENNA: The organisers of the LET’S CEE Film Festival have cancelled the 2019 edition. The 7th edition of the festival focusing on films from Central and Eastern Europe was supposed to take place in May 2019.
VALLETTA: Malta will raise film incentives to a maximum of 40% and the government will invest almost 2 m EUR in a soundstage of 5000m² at the Ricasoli film studios.
WARSAW: Natalia Jarmolinska (Maliszewska), short film section curator, programmer of short and feature films for the Warsaw Film Festival, passed away at 32.
