A gorgeous multi-layered narrative of factory and family life in Yiwu, China. How we consume, how we live, and a beautiful exploration of values, culture and questions regarding our global economy are raised in this True Story conversation.
Directors Asia Dér and Sári Haragonics follow Virág, a former politician, and her partner Nóra, a musician, as the two gay women try to adopt a child of Roma origin. But tensions begin to rise as Virág thrives in her role as a mother and Nóra struggles to find her place within the family. As homophobia begins to overflow into their family, they must face the difficult decision of whether to leave their country behind.
FNE 2021 AGENDA FOR COPRODUCTION MARKETS, PITCHINGS AND WORK-IN-PROGRESS
FNE 2022 Agenda for Coproduction Markets, Pitchings and Works-in-Progress 04-12-2020JANUARY
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EVENT |
WEBSITE |
DATE |
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MIDPOINT Shorts, Workshop 2, Online |
https://www.midpoint-institute.eu/programs/214-midpoint-shorts-2020-2021 |
11-15 January2021 |
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When East Meets West (WEMW) - Co-Production Forum, Trieste Film Festival, Italy, online |
24-26 January 2021 | |
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When East Meets West (WEMW) - Last Stop Trieste, Trieste Film Festival, Italy, in person |
25-26 January 2021 | |
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When East Meets West (WEMW) – First Cut Lab, Trieste Film Festival, Italy |
24-28 January 2021 | |
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When East Meets West (WEMW) – This Is It, Trieste Film Festival, Italy, in person and online |
24 January 2021 | |
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MIDPOINT Feature Launch Spotlight, during the Trieste Film Festival -When East Meets West Co-production Forum, Italy |
https://www.midpoint-institute.eu/programs/196-midpoint-feature-launch-2020 |
January 2021 |
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MIDPOINT Cold Open, in collaboration with the Trieste Film Festival – Eastweek and When East Meets West Co-production Forum, Italy, online |
https://www.midpoint-institute.eu/programs/216-midpoint-cold-open-2021 |
25-28 January 2021 |
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Rotterdam Lab, Rotterdam Film Festival, Netherlands, the Netherlands, online |
25 January-5 February 2021 |
FEBRUARY
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Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market, Clermont-Ferrand Short FF, France, online |
https://www.clermont-filmfest.org/en/short-film-market/about/ |
1-5 February 2021 |
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CineMart, Rotterdam Film Festival, Netherlands, the Netherlands, online |
1-5 February 2021 | |
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IFFR Pro Days, Rotterdam Film Festival, the Netherlands |
1-7 February 2021 | |
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IFFR Pro Hub, Rotterdam Film Festival, the Netherlands |
1-7 February 2021 | |
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Global Pitch within Sunny Side of the Doc, online |
https://www.sunnysideofthedoc.com/call-for-projects-global-pitch/ |
2-3 February 2021 |
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Emerging Producers edition 2021 (2nd leg), Berlin, Germany |
8-13 February 2021 | |
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MIDPOINT Feature Launch Preparatory Seminar for Script Consultant Trainees, online |
https://www.midpoint-institute.eu/programs/213-midpoint-feature-launch-2021 |
18-20 February 2021 |
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MIDPOINT Feature Launch: Kickoff, online |
https://www.midpoint-institute.eu/programs/213-midpoint-feature-launch-2021 |
24-26 February 2021 |
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CEE Animation Workshop, online and in person |
https://ceeanimation.eu/workshops/2021-cee-animation-workshop/ |
February 2021 online, May 2021 (online or residential in Czech Republic), September and November 2021 online |
MARCH
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European Film Market, Berlinale, Germany |
1-5 March 2021 | |
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Berlinale Coproduction Market, Berlin, Germany |
1-5 March 2021 | |
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EAVE Producers Workshop W1, online |
5-12 March 2021 and 12-19 April 2021 | |
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3rd Ex Oriente Film session: Market, Here I Am!, Prague, Czech Republic (within East Doc Platform, organised in association with One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival) |
https://dokweb.net/activities/ex-oriente-film/2020/workshop-3-prague |
6-12 March 2021 |
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East Doc Platform, One World International Human Rights Documentary FF, Prague, Czech Republic |
6-12 March 2021 | |
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East Doc Forum, East Doc Platform, Preparatory workshop, One World International Human Rights Documentary FF, Prague, Czech Republic |
https://dokweb.net/activities/east-doc-platform/2021/east-doc-forum |
6-12 March 2021 |
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East Doc Series, 2nd session: “Episode 2: The Pitch” – East Doc Platform, Prague, Czech Republic |
https://dokweb.net/activities/east-doc-platform/2021/east-doc-series |
6-12 March 2021 |
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East Dok Market in Prague, East Doc Platform, One World International Human Rights Documentary FF, Czech Republic |
https://dokweb.net/activities/east-doc-platform/2021/east-doc-market |
6-12 March 2021 (East Doc Platform dates) |
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East Doc Interactive, East Doc Platform, One World International Human Rights Documentary FF, Czech Republic |
https://dokweb.net/activities/east-doc-platform/2021/east-doc-interactive |
6-12 March 2021 |
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Cartoon Movie, Pitching & co-pro event - feature films, Bordeaux, France |
http://www.cartoon-media.eu/cartoon-movie-event/cartoon-movie-2021.htm |
9-11 March 2021 |
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EAVE Puentes, W2 in South Tyrol, Italy |
16-20 March 2021 | |
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Sofia Meetings, Sofia IFF, Bulgaria |
17-21 March 2021 | |
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Cinélatino Rencontres de Toulouse, France |
19-28 March 2021 |
APRIL
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MIPTV |
12-14 April 2021 | |
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EAVE European Producers W1, Luxembourg |
12-19 April 2021 | |
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Meeting Point (MPV), Vilnius, Lithuania, online |
14-16 April 2021 | |
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Docs in Progress, Doc Outlook, Visions du Réel IFF, Nyon, Switzerland |
15-25 April 2021 (festival dates) | |
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Pitching du Réel: Coproduction Forum, Doc Outlook, Visions du Réel IFF, Nyon, Switzerland |
15-25 April 2021 (festival dates) | |
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Rough Cut Lab, Doc Outlook, Visions du Réel IFF, Nyon, Switzerland |
15-25 April 2021 (festival dates) | |
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Opening Scenes, Visions du Réel IFF, Nyon, Switzerland |
15-25 April 2021 (festival dates) | |
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Immersive and Interactive Formats, Visions du Réel IFF, Nyon, Switzerland |
15-25 April 2021 (festival dates) | |
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MIDPOINT Feature Launch, W1 |
https://www.midpoint-institute.eu/programs/213-midpoint-feature-launch-2021 |
17-22 April 2021 |
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MIDPOINT TV Launch, Pre-Training for DE participants, online |
https://www.midpoint-institute.eu/programs/217-midpoint-tv-launch-2021 |
26-27 April 2021 |
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dok.incubator, Session 1- Rough-Cut (hybrid session) |
https://dokincubator.net/introduction-to-applications/#.X8JhsM0zZPZ |
April 2021 |
MAY
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MIDPOINT TV Launch, W1, online |
https://www.midpoint-institute.eu/programs/217-midpoint-tv-launch-2021 |
3-14 May 2021 |
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Animation Production Days (APD), Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, Germany |
5-7 May 2021 | |
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EAVE Ties That Bind, W2, Italy, online (7-11 June 2021), hybrid 30 June-2 July 2021 |
7-11 June 2021 | |
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Producers on the Move in Cannes, France |
Online sessions in May 2021, in person pitchings in Cannes on 9-11 July 2021 | |
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Cartoon Digital, Platforms Evolution & Innovation Drive in a Fast-changing Industry, Cagliari, Italy |
26-28 May 2021 | |
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Torino FeatureLab, 1st workshop, online |
http://www.torinofilmlab.it/training/112-featurelab-projects-2021 |
31 May-5 June 2021 |
JUNE
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EAVE Creative Producer Indaba, W2, Rotterdam, the Netherlands |
https://eave.org/programmes/creative-producer-indaba |
1-10 June 2021 |
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The Series Pitchings, Kyiv IFF Molodist, Ukraine |
https://molodist.com/en/talent-workshop/molodist-series-pitching |
2 June 2021 |
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B2B Doc Launch Pad, Kyiv IFF Molodist, Ukraine |
https://molodist.com/en/talent-workshop/b2b-doc-launch-pad |
3 June 2021 |
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Boat Meeting Coproduction Market, Kyiv IFF Molodist, Ukraine |
https://molodist.com/en/talent-workshop/boat-meeting |
4 June 2021 |
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Ties That Bind 2020, EAVE Asia-Europe Co-Production Workshop 2, online and hybrid |
7-11 June 2021 (online), 30 June-2 July 2021 (hybrid) | |
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EAVE Puentes, online and in person |
https://eave.org/programmes/puentes-2021 |
14-18 June 2021 (W1 online), 21-25 December 2021 (W2 Uruguay) |
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International Animation Film Market (MIFA), Annecy Animated FF, France |
15-18 June 2021 | |
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Ex Oriente Film Session: Find Your Way – Vision, Space and Storytelling, online at Sunny Side of the Doc |
https://dokweb.net/activities/ex-oriente-film/2021/session-1-online |
19-24 June 2021 |
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Sunny Side of the Doc, La Rochelle, France |
21-24 June 2021 | |
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MIDPOINT Feature Launch, Workshop, online, within the Karlovy Vary IFF |
https://www.midpoint-institute.eu/programs/213-midpoint-feature-launch-2021 |
28 June-3 July 2021 |
JULY
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Marché du Film (Producers Network, Doc Corner, Industry Workshops), Cannes Film Festival, France, online |
6-15 July 2021 | |
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EAVE Producers Workshop, W2 in Orléans, France |
19-26 July 2021 | |
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MIDPOINT TV Launch, W2, online |
https://www.midpoint-institute.eu/programs/217-midpoint-tv-launch-2021 |
19-30 July 2021 |
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ScripTeast, Warsaw, Poland |
Application deadline 31 July 2021 | |
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Transilvania Pitch Stop and Transilvania Talent Lab within the Transilvania IFF, Cluj-Napoca, Romania |
23 July-1 August 2021 (festival dates) |
AUGUST
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CineLink Drama, Sarajevo IFF, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
14-19 August 2021 (CineLink Industry Days dates) | |
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Docu Rough Cut Boutique, Sarajevo IFF, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
https://www.cinelinkindustrydays.com/docu-rough-cut-boutique |
14-19 August 2021 (CineLink Industry Days dates) |
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CineLink Talks, Sarajevo IFF, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
14-19 August 2021 (CineLink Industry Days dates) | |
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Avant Premiere Lab, Sarajevo IFF, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
14-19 August 2021 (CineLink Industry Days dates) | |
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Docu Talents from the East / Ji.hlava IDFF, Sarajevo IFF, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
https://www.cinelinkindustrydays.com/docu-talents-from-the-east |
14-19 August 2021 (CineLink Industry Days dates) |
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Talents Sarajevo Pack&Pitch, Sarajevo IFF, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
https://www.cinelinkindustrydays.com/talents-sarajevo-pack-pitch |
14-19 August 2021 (CineLink Industry Days dates) |
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CineLink Co-production Market, Sarajevo IFF, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
https://www.cinelinkindustrydays.com/cinelink-coproduction-market |
14-19 August 2021 (CineLink Industry Days dates) |
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New Horizons Studio +, T-Mobile New Horizons FF, Wroclaw, Poland |
12-29 August 2021 (festival dates) | |
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Works in Development- Feature Launch, Eastern Promises, Karlovy Vary IFF, Czech Republic |
20-28 August 2021 (festival dates) | |
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Eurimages Lab Project Award, Eastern Promises, Karlovy Vary IFF, Czech Republic |
20-28 August 2021 (festival dates) | |
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Docs in Progress, Eastern Promises, Karlovy Vary IFF, Czech Republic |
20-28 August 2021 (festival dates) | |
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Works in Progress, Eastern Promises, Karlovy Vary IFF, Czech Republic |
20-28 August 2021 (festival dates) |
SEPTEMBER
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Co-financing forum of international documentary projects, Baltic Sea Docs, Riga, Latvia |
1-12 September 2021 | |
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TorinoFilmLab Feature Lab: 2nd Residential workshop, Austria |
http://www.torinofilmlab.it/training/112-featurelab-projects-2021 |
13-18 September 2021 |
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Nordisk Panorama Market, Nordisk Panorama FF, Malmö, Sweden |
16-21 September 2021 | |
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Cartoon Forum, TV pitching event, Toulouse, France |
http://www.cartoon-media.eu/cartoon-forum/cartoon-forum-2021.htm |
20-23 September 2021 |
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WIP Europa, San Sebastian FF, Spain |
https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2021/the_industry_club/wip_europa/wip_europa/1/18963/in |
20-22 September 2021 |
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WIP Latam, San Sebastian FF, Spain |
https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2021/the_industry_club/wip_latam/wip_latam/1/18962/in |
20-22 September 2021 |
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Europe-Latin American Co-production Forum, San Sebastian FF, Spain |
https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2021/the_industry_club/co_production_forum/co_production_forum/1/18961/in |
20-22 September 2021 |
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Ikusmira Berriak, San Sebastian FF, Spain |
https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2021/the_industry_club/ikusmiraberriak/ikusmira_berriak/1/18967/in |
20-22 September 2021 |
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EUROPEAN FILM FORUM, San Sebastian FF, Spain |
https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2021/the_industry_club/european_film_forum/1/18971/in |
20 September 2021 |
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Lau Haizetara, San Sebastian FF, Spain |
https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2021/the_industry_club/lau_haizetara/1/18969/in |
22 September 2021 |
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Kids Kino Industry, Warsaw, Poland, and online |
https://kidskinoindustry.pl/ |
28 September-1 October 2021 |
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Holland Film Meeting, Netherlands FF, Utrecht, online |
https://www.filmfestival.nl/en/professionals/holland-film-meeting |
30 September-2 October 2021 |
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Dok.incubator, 3rd session - Near Picture Lock, Sweden |
https://dokincubator.net/introduction-to-applications/#.X8JhsM0zZPZ |
September 2021 |
OCTOBER
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EAVE Marketing Workshop, Luxembourg |
https://eave.org/programmes/eave-marketing-workshop-2021 |
5-10 October 2021 |
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MIPCOM, Cannes, France |
11-14 October 2021 | |
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Cent East Market, Warsaw Film Festival, Warsaw, Poland |
14-17 October 2021 | |
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MIDPOINT Writers’ Room, Prague, Czech Republic. (In case an online format is inevitable, the workshop's span is expected for 11-22 October 2021) |
https://www.midpoint-institute.eu/programs/222-midpoint-writers-room-2021 |
18-23 October 2021 |
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Lisbon Docs, Docslisboa, Lisbon International Documentary FF, Portugal |
21-31 October 2021 (festival dates) | |
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2nd Ex Oriente Film session: Production and Story Development, Ji.hlava International Documentary FF, Czech Republic |
https://dokweb.net/activities/ex-oriente-film/2021/session-2 |
25-30 October 2021 |
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Cartoon Springboard, Valencia, Spain |
http://www.cartoon-media.eu/cartoon-masters/cartoon-springboard.htm |
26-28 October 2021 |
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East Silver Market, Ji.hlava International Documentary FF, Czech Republic |
https://dokweb.net/activities/east-silver/2021/2021-edition-details |
26-31 October 2021 |
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Visegrad Accelerator, Ji.hlava International Documentary FF, Czech Republic |
https://www.ji-hlava.com/visegrad-accelerator |
26-31 October 2021 |
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Conference Fascinations, Ji.hlava International Documentary FF, Ce4zech Republic |
https://www.ji-hlava.com/konference-fascinace |
26-27 October 2021 |
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Emerging Producers edition 2022 (1st leg), Ji.hlava International Documentary FF, Czech Republic |
https://ep.ji-hlava.com/emerging-producers-2022-public-presentation |
27 October 2021 |
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Jihlava Academy, Ji.hlava International Documentary FF, Czech Republic |
https://www.ji-hlava.com/ji-hlava-academy |
27-30 October 2021 |
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Festival Identity, Ji.hlava International Documentary FF, Czech Republic |
https://www.ji-hlava.com/festival-identity |
27-29 October 2021 |
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Matchmaking Accelerator, Ji.hlava International Documentary FF, Czech Republic |
https://www.ji-hlava.com/matchmaking-accelerator |
27-30 October 2021 |
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Ji.hlava New Visions Forum: Europe, Ji.hlava International Documentary FF, Czech Republic |
https://www.ji-hlava.com/jnv-forum |
28-29 October 2021 |
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Ji.hlava New Visions Forum: US Docs, Ji.hlava International Documentary FF, Czech Republic |
https://www.ji-hlava.com/usdocs |
28-29 October 2021 |
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DOK CO-PRO Market, Dok Leipzig, Germany |
25-31 October 2021 |
NOVEMBER
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MIDPOINT Smash Cut, Preparatory kick-off, online |
https://www.midpoint-institute.eu/programs/223-midpoint-smash-cut-2021 |
Beginning of November 2021 |
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Connecting Cottbus, Cottbus IFF, Germany |
3-5 November 2021 | |
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EAVE Producers Workshop, W3 in Barcelone, Spain |
8-15 November 2021 | |
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Mannheim Meeting Place, Mannheim IFF, Germany |
https://www.iffmh.de/index_ger.html |
11-21 November 2021 (festival dates) |
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Baltic Event, Tallinn Black Nights FF, Estonia |
12-28 November 2021 | |
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MIDPOINT Smash Cut Workshop, Tallinn, Estonia, within the Baltic Event (Tallinn Black Nights FF) |
https://www.midpoint-institute.eu/programs/223-midpoint-smash-cut-2021 |
14-20 November 2021 |
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MIDPOINT TV Launch, W3, Tallinn, Estonia, within the Tallinn Baltic Event |
https://www.midpoint-institute.eu/programs/217-midpoint-tv-launch-2021 |
12-28 November 2021 (Baltic Event dates) |
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MIDPOINT Intensive CZ 2021, Prague, Czech Republic |
https://www.midpoint-institute.eu/programs/225-midpoint-intensive-cz-2021 |
13-16 November 2021 |
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Cartoon 360, Lille, France |
http://www.cartoon-media.eu/cartoon-360.htm |
16-18 November 2021 |
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Docs for Sale, IDFA (International Documentary FF Amsterdam), the Netherlands, in person and online |
19-25 November 2021 | |
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IDFA DocLab, IDFA (International Documentary FF Amsterdam), the Netherlands, in person |
19-28 November 2021 | |
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IDFA Forum, IDFA (International Documentary FF Amsterdam), the Netherlands, in person and online |
https://www.idfa.nl/en/info/idfa-forum |
20-26 November 2021 |
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EAVE+ Workshop, Luxembourg |
https://eave.org/programmes/eave-11th-edition |
21-26 November 2021 |
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IDFA DocLab Forum, IDFA ( International Documentary FF Amsterdam), the Netherlands, in person and online |
https://www.idfa.nl/en/info/idfa-doclab-forum |
21-26 November 2021 |
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TorinoFilmLab Meeting Event, in person (Turin, Italy) and online |
http://www.torinofilmlab.it/meeting-event/meeting-events/119-meeting-event-2021 |
29 November-10 December 2021 |
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Torino ScriptLab 3rd residential workshop, during TFL Meeting Event, Turin, Italy |
Second half of November 2021 | |
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Torino Feature Lab, TFL Meeting Event, Turin, Italy |
www.torinofilmlab.it/programmes/103-featurelab-projects-2020 |
November-December 2021 |
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EAVE Ties that Bind, Singapore (TBC) |
https://eave.org/programmes/ties-that-bind-2021 |
November 2021 (W1, TBC) |
DECEMBER
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Cartoon Business, Cartoon Media, Gran Canaria |
http://www.cartoon-media.eu/cartoon-masters/cartoon-business.htm |
8-10 December 2021 |
In Martin Pav's Wolves at the Borders the fight between Man vs. Nature and our role in the ecosystem continues, and in this True Story interview, Martin and Nicole discuss culture clash, ecology and how we can all learn to talk about difficult topics.
FNE IDF Podcast: True Story: Caught in the Net: Documentary Producer Pavla Klimešová
Podcasts 27-11-2020We speak with Pavla Klimešová the producer of the Czech documentary Caught in the Net by Vít Klusák and Barbora Chalupová
A powerful, important and necessary film for all to watch in our times. An invigorating interview with producer Pavla Klimesova, where questions of morality, education and empathy are raised while we all look to our complicitness in how we can better protect our children.
Do you feel young people and children in the West know less and less about World War II? Should we know more? And how should we frame these important stories? In the newest film, Town of Glory, Russian film director Dmitry Bogolyubov shares with us a particular version of "remembering" heroes of the war. We learn about the town and people of Yelnya, 400 km from Moscow, and how propaganda affects the human minds of both adults and children. We asked questions in this vein, and much more, in this interview with Dmitry Bogolyubov during his latest visit to Prague.
With Maxim Shved about his latest film Pure Art, but also about new project, the upcoming film, which follows the dramatic events surrounding the last presidential election in Belarus. At the end of the filming, during the post-election protests, director Maxim Shved himself was arrested and imprisoned. In this part of the True Story Podcast, we also talked about his experience.
With Liis Nimik and Carlos E. Lesmes, co-authors of the new documentary A Loss of Something Ever Felt, a gripping story about a young Estonian drug addict who goes missing, and his sister who searches for him in the dangerous corners of Bogota, where no one seems to go.
