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BIAFF 2016 Film Festival announces Line-up of international Competition Sections

XI Batumi International Art-house Film Festival will be held in Batumi during September 18-25 September. BIAFF organizer is – Batumi Art-house ARGANI, Official partner – Batumi City Hall. BIAFF announces its line-up of International sections – Feature, Doc and Short films. The films in BIAFF Feature Film Competition section, will…
05-09-2016

SLOVAK DOCUMENTARIES WILL COMPETE FOR THE LITERARY FUND CINEMATIK.DOC AWARD

The competitive section Cinematik.doc has been serving as a platform for Slovak documentaries since 2010. It provides a unique opportunity to see the latest Slovak documentary output at one place. An international jury consisting of film critics and professionals selects a winner which is given The Literary Fund Cinematik.doc Award.
05-09-2016

Polish Films at the 32nd Warsaw Film Festival

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION MEMORIES OF SUMMER/WSPOMNIENIE LATA, dir. Adam Guziński (Poland). World premiere1970s, small provincial town in Poland. Teenage Piotrek is spending summer holidays with his mother. Little does he expect that it will turn out to be the most important summer in his life and the experience of first love,…
03-09-2016

Czech Films at Toronto IFF 2016

This year’s program of Toronto IFF will include Czech film We Are Never Alone by director Petr Vaclav and producer Jan Macola (Mimesis Film). The film premiered this year in Berlinale’s Forum where it received Tagesspiegel Reader’s Jury Award and later screened at several other international film festivals.Moreover, Wasteland, a…
03-09-2016

Industry@Tallinn: dates announced & call for submissions

Industry@Tallinn and Baltic Event - the summit of Tallinn Black Nights FF for audiovisual industry professionals announces dates: 17-24 Nov, 2016
24-08-2016

all for Submissions! Sofia International Film Festival 2017

OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! 21st Sofia International Film Festival, 9th – 19th March 2017 www.siff.bgSOFIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL is the biggest competitive film festival in Bulgaria, accredited by FIAPF, included in the FIPRESCI calendar, and announced by Variety as one ofthe top 50 unmissable film events in the world. You…
04-08-2016

Winners of the pitching competition at the 7th New Horizons Studio

Organized in the frame of the 16th T-Mobile New Horizons International FF in Wrocław, the 7th New Horizons Studio's aimed to raise awareness of the importance of pitch in a film pre-production process and offers training in pitching to 24 participants from 10 countries all over Europe.
03-08-2016

Sarajevo FF Competition Programme - Documentary Film 2016

Sarajevo Film Festival has a great pleasure to announce Competition Programme - Documentary Film. The programme consists of 21 films that examine issues as diverse as personal identity, national identity, emigration, social justice, family secrets, political mysteries, economical crises. COMPETITION PROGRAMME – DOCUMENTARY FILM 2016 WORLD PREMIERES BORDERS Slovenia, 2016,…
20-07-2016

Seven Lithuanian films at the European Film Festival Palić

The 23rd Edition of the European Film Festival Palić presents the Baltic Focus. Three Baltic countries – Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia will represent theirs national film programs. Seven Lithuanian films will be screened at the Serbian festival. Will be screened two feature Lithuanian films in the Baltic Focus programme: ‘The…
18-07-2016

„The Days That Confused“ Won Jury Special Mention at Karlovy Vary

Triin Ruumet’s debut feature “The Days That Confused” received the Jury Special Mention prize from the East of the West competition program at the Karlovy Vary IFF. The international premiere of the film also received a 10,000 USD prize with the award. “The Jury award is a big honor for…
11-07-2016

The winners of Works in Progress Award and Eurimages Lab Project Award @KVIFF 2016

The Jury:Karin Schockweiler, The Film Fund of the Grand-Duchy of LuxembourgKim Yutani, Sundance IFFMeinolf Zurhorst, Arte/ ZDF
07-07-2016

CentEast Market, 14-16 October 2016 - call for submissions!

Call for works-in-progress from Eastern Europe is now opening for the 12th edition of CentEast Market, which will take place 14-16 October 2016, during the 32nd Warsaw Film Festival. The deadline for submissions is Friday, 2nd of September 2016. Please submit feature length fiction and documentary films made for cinema…
06-07-2016

Docu Talents 2016 and Emerging Producers 2017 were introduced in Karlovy Vary today

The twelve most remarkable documentaries from Central and Eastern Europe, planned for theatrical release during the upcoming 12 months, were presented today at the Karlovy Vary IFF. Projects from the Czech Republic, Georgia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia and Slovakiamade it to the final selection of Docu Talents @KVIFF 2016. The…
05-07-2016

The Anča Award Goes to the Spanish Film Three Fitted Flies

Žilina. Slovakia. The 9th Fest Anča International Animation Festival ended on Sunday 3 July 2016 at the New Synagogue in Žilina. The main Anča Award, which carries a financial reward of €800, went to Spain and the directors María Álvarez and Elisa Morais for their film Three Fitted Flies (Tres…
05-07-2016

Czech Films at Karlovy Vary IFF 2016

Six Czech films will compete this year in the festival's main sections. The Teacher by Jan Hřebejk and The Wolf from Royal Vineyard Street by Jan Němec are in the main competition, The Noonday Witch by Jiří Sádek in East of the West and FC Roma by Tomáš Bojar and…
30-06-2016

Slovak Films @ 51st Karlovy Vary IFF

Dear colleagues & friends, we are truly glad to inform you that two Slovak films will vie in the Main Competition of 51st Karlovy Vary IFF and further interesting Slovak films can be found in the official programme sidebars. Moreover, a number of compelling film projects will be presented during…
30-06-2016

Participants of 2016 Talents Sarajevo Selected

The 10th annual Talents Sarajevo program will welcome 71 up-and-coming actors, directors, DoPs, film critics, producers and scriptwriters from Southeast Europe and Southern Caucasus. Founded in cooperation with the Berlin International Film Festival and Berlinale Talents program, Sarajevo Talents grew over the past decade into a regional hub for meeting…
27-06-2016

KARLOVY VARY FESTIVAL TO HONOUR OSCAR-WINNING SCREENWRITER CHARLIE KAUFMAN

The President’s Award at this year’s Karlovy Vary International Film Festival will be presented to and personally received by screenwriter, director and producer Charlie Kaufman, who won an Oscar for his script for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Charlie Kaufman is considered one of today’s most interesting original filmmakers.…
23-06-2016

KARLOVY VARY FILM FESTIVAL TO HONOUR ACTOR WILLEM DAFOE

The Crystal Globe for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema at the 51st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival will be presented to leading film and theatre actor and two-time Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe. In 1979, Willem Dafoe was given a small role in Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate from which he was…
22-06-2016

Experts and participants of the 7th edition of New Horizons Studio announced

7th edition of the New Horizons Studio, the most important training program in the framework of the 16th T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival kicks off July 24th in Wrocław, the European Capital of Culture 2016. During the 3-day event, young European directors and producers learn about the workings of…
22-06-2016