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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
Film Industry @KVIFF 2016 Events – announcing the program and the selected projects
The 2016 Karlovy Vary IFF has prepared a cocktail of special Industry events to help buyers, distributors, producers, and festival programmers learn about new outstanding films in production mainly from Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Turkey, and the former Soviet Union, to learn about new goals and trends in…
The Quay Brothers and Steven Woloshen at Fest Anča
Žilina Slovakia. In the film world, The Quay Brothers are more than just a name. For good reason last year Hollywood director Christopher Nolan took them on as the subject for his short documentary Quay. Subsequently movie theatres across the US brought out a 70-minute screening of several Quay brothers’…
CineLink Co-production Market Selection Unveiled
Back in April we presented the first six projects that took part in CineLink Project Development Workshops. Today, we are unveiling the next nine projects selected for CineLink Co-production Market. The selection brings a variety of narratives and artistic approaches, while a healthy balance of established names and exciting new…
CONFERENCE: THE CINEMA OF SMALL NATIONS – THE 2ND EDITION OF THE VALLETTA FILM FESTIVAL
A conference entitled The Cinema of Small Nations is being organised by the Film Grain Foundation in conjunction with the Malta Film Commission and will be held in Valletta, Malta between the 9th and 10th Festival (VFF).
SECOND EDITION OF VALLETTA FILM FESTIVAL LAUNCHED
The second edition of the Valletta Film Festival (VFF), organised by the Film Grain Foundation, will take place between the 3rd and 11th June 2016.
Lithuanian film in the focus of Romania
At the 15th Transylvanian International Film Festival, which is opening today, Lithuania will be showcased as a guest country. The event will feature a comprehensive programme of tge country’s films, meetings with filmmakers and critics.
CineLink Work in Progress Call for Entries
CineLink Work in Progress call for entries is now open. Deadline for submitting the applications is July 1st 2016. CineLink Work in Progress selects films in post-production to be presented in a two-day event (August 17th-19st 2016) during the Sarajevo Film Festival exclusive to invited international sales agents, festival representatives,…
Sophia Loren, Lifetime Achievement Award at Transilvania IFF 2016
A living legend of cinema and one of the most intensely celebrated beauties of the world, Sophia Loren comes for the first time ever to Romania, as a special guest of the Transilvania International Film Festival. Sex symbol of the 50s - 70s, with a huge international popularity, Sophia Loren…
Last Call for Entries for 21st Split Film Festival
The 21st Split Film Festival – International festival of new film will take place from 10th to 18th of September 2016, in Split, Croatia. The final application deadline is Wednesday, June 1.
Tblisi IFF: Call for Entries
The 17th Tbilisi International Film Festival (November 28 – December 4, 2016) is now accepting submissions for International Competition.If you are a filmmaker from Europe and have a first full-length fiction film which was released in 2016, you can submit it for our International Competition The official awards are: Golden…
Program Announced For The 13th Annual Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival In New York City
A total of 19 films will screen Wednesday through Saturday, May 25 through May 28, 2016 at two Manhattan venues!For the first time in its 13-year history, the BHFF is expanding by adding an additional evening of screenings and events, for a total of four festival days of film, art,…