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Eastern Europe between Teachers' Lounge, Murman Railway and Brighton Beach - The competitions of the 31st FilmFestival Cottbus at a glance
The 31st FilmFestival Cottbus returns to the Cottbus’ cinemas from 2nd to 7th of November and presents 32 films from 26 (co-)production countries in its three competitions feature film, short film and youth film. One of the films will celebrate its world premiere in Cottbus and 26 films their German…
Flowers Are Not Silent about contemporary Belarus to open the 25th Ji.hlava Oliver Stone, Vitaly Mansky and Flatform will have masterclasses
The 25th annual Ji.hlava IDFF is only five days away! The festival will open with When Flowers Are Not Silent by Belarusian director Andrei Kutsila that captured the brutal suppression of demonstrations against last year’s rigged presidential election in Belarus. This year’s Contribution to World Cinema Award will be presented…
See European projects in development selected for the Ji.hlava New Visions Forum 2021
Dear friends, We are happy to share with you 11 new European documentary projects in development, which will be presented at the Ji.hlava New Visions Forum on October 28–29. The Forum will feature projects that include diverse genres and audiovisual formats – such as fiction films with documentary aspects, hybrid…
EKOFILM, a festival of environmental documentaries, starts tomorrow on 20 October 2021
BRNO/CZ – Starting tomorrow, Brno will become the epicentre of environmental documentaries for four days. A delegation of filmmakers will be present at the screening of ten competing films at the 47th EKOFILM International Film Festival with an environmental theme. Filip Remunda, Joep van Dijk from the Netherlands and Jakub…
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) announces its full 2021 Official Selection lineup
The festival’s main competition programme adds one new world premiere, ten international premieres and three European premieres to the six world premieres previously announced. Nineteen films will be screened in competition, with three films out of competition. It’s a packed lineup featuring a couple of legends, a raft of returning…
FUTURE FILMS FESTIVAL - brand new and unique international film festival born in Serbia
We are happy to announce the FUTURE FILMS FESTIVAL - a festival of video presentations of films and series in development. The first edition is on December 15th 2021. on site in Belgrade, Serbia and online on www.futurefilmsfestival.com
POFF Shorts reveals competition titles for 2021
Award winners and popular festival titles sit alongside new discoveries for audiences to see during Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in November.
EKOFILM, a festival of environmental documentaries, starts tomorrow on 20 October 2021
BRNO/CZ – Starting tomorrow, Brno will become the epicentre of environmental documentaries for four days. A delegation of filmmakers will be present at the screening of ten competing films at the 47th EKOFILM International Film Festival with an environmental theme. Filip Remunda, Joep van Dijk from the Netherlands and Jakub…
SIX DAYS, THREE HUNDRED FILMS, BACK IN CINEMAS! JI.HLAVA CELEBRATES 25TH ANNIVERSARY
The 25th Ji.hlava IDFF, a key European documentary film festival, kicks-off in two weeks! Festival visitors can look forward to three hundred films including the latest Czech and international documentary cinema, a unique retrospective of Romanian experimental film, and a section dedicated to the American thinker and essayist Susan Sontag.…
The Krakow festival is waiting for the best films from around the world.
Every year, at the beginning of October, films from all over the world compete for a prestigious place on the program of the Krakow Film Festival. From 29 May to 5 June and online from 3 to 12 June, the audience at next year’s Krakow Film Festival will get to…
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) announces its 2021 First Features competition lineup
The selection includes ten world premieres, nine international premieres and one European premiere, among the slate of 20 debuts. It’s a diverse, global programme of real contrasts and extremes, including everything from musicals to animation, thrillers and dark comedies, as well as a good dose of surrealism and surprisingly many…
Retrospective sections at the 25th Ji.hlava
REVELATORY RETROSPECTIVE OF THE ROMANIAN EXPERIMENTAL SCENE After many months of preparations and curatorial visits to Romanian archives and galleries we are coming up with this year’s unique retrospective of 24 experimental films created in underground conditions in Romania during the period 1968–1989. The Conference Fascinations: Romania retrospective at this…
Festival sections and thematic overview FilmFestival Cottbus 2021
The 31st FilmFestival Cottbus returns to local cinemas from 2nd to 7th of November and presents its programme of 170 films from 40 (co-)production countries, for the first time, in seven venues and on a total of ten screens. In addition, there will be digital cinema in streaming, parallel to…
First 6 films for Black Nights Birthday * Industry accreditations open * Tarkovsky opera comes to Tallinn
It's our birthday and you're invited. Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary this year and Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event turns 20. We're planning some very special events to celebrate (including an opera!?), but we know great films and great industry events are at the heart of what…
Between cinema seat and living room couch - The 31st FilmFestival Cottbus presents the latest from Eastern Europe in cinemas and via streaming
The 31st FilmFestival Cottbus returns to local cinemas from 2nd to 7th of November and presents its 170-film programme, for the first time, in seven venues and on a total of ten screens. In addition, there is digital cinema in streaming, parallel to the festival and extended until the 16th…
Press accreditation to the 25th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event is now open
The media accreditation to the 25th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival aka PÖFF and the audiovisual industry summit Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event is now open! The physical festival takes place from November 12-28 in Tallinn and Tartu, Estonia and industry events will take place in a hybrid format from November…
19 films from 9 countries to compete in the international short film programme New Baltic Cinema
The European Film Forum Scanorama presents the 12th edition of the short film competition New Baltic Cinema (NBC), introducing young film talents from nine Baltic Sea Region countries. Traditionally, the Lithuanian programme nominees were invited to NBC breakfast. The short film selection will be shown at this year's Scanorama on…
Call for entries for WEMW Co-production Forum is now open!
DEADLINE: October 30, 2021 The next edition of WEMW will mark the start of a brand-new era in the design and planning of the co-production market. After ten years based on a traditional physical format and one year run fully online, the new generation of WEMW will introduce a new…
2021 Kids Kino Industry Winners Announced!
34 pitchings: 18 in development, 6 in work in progress, 9 projects developed within Kids Kino Lab, 1 market presentation. 2 days of intensive pitchings sessions in front of the Decision Makers gathered in Kino Muranów in Warsaw and online. And here come the announcement!
BIAFF 2021 Closing Ceremony and Awards
BIAFF Film festival closing ceremony took place on 24 September, at Cinema Apollo Festival Jury awarded prizes in three competition sections – Feature Films, Doc Films and Short Films. BIAFF 2021 international competition section’s Jury consisting of five members – Lana Ghoghoberidze – Head of Jury (Georgia), Iryna Gordiichuk (Ukraine),…
