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Tallinn Black Nights Wolf Letter: open festival accreditation, a grave-saving mission and much more!

NEWS FLASH Yes, it's true, it is already possible to get your accreditation for the 23rd edition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event! The Festival + Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event accreditation is reserved exclusively for film industry professionals and is valid for the festival…
05-04-2019

goEast 2019 Press Conference: The Youth of Yesterday and Today

109 films from 39 countries will be shown this year at goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film from Wednesday 10 April to Tuesday 16 April. Festival director Heleen Gerritsen presented the programme at a press conference held Thursday morning at Wiesbaden’s Caligari FilmBühne cinema, where she expressed…
04-04-2019

Ji.hlava News: Deadlines for Docu Talents and Ji.hlava Film Fund

Docu Talents from the East – call for submissions The most remarkable new documentary projects from Central and Eastern Europe will be presented at the 15th edition of Docu Talents from the East. You can now submit your films in the production or post-production stage – the deadline for applications…
03-04-2019

Accreditations and festival passes for the 59th KFF

The sale of festival passes will start on the 15th of April and accreditations will be available to purchase from 8th of April. This year’s edition of the Krakow Film Festival will showcase over 200 films from all over the world, including several dozen of world, international and Polish premiere…
03-04-2019

Zlín Film Festival Spends Its Money Well

In 2018 the Filmtalent Zlín Foundation supported 22 film projects to the tune of over € 60.000 (CZK 1.549 million). The Zlín Film Clapperboard Salon is where art lovers and cinephiles meet. For the 22nd consecutive time, this year again Film Clapperboards painted by renown, loyal artists will be sold…
02-04-2019

Open Frame Award 2019 – Presenting the Second Edition of goEast’s Innovative Competition for Virtual Reality

From Wednesday 10 April to Tuesday 16 April 2019, goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film will be transforming Wiesbaden for the 19th year running into one of the world’s most important showcases for cinema from Central and Eastern Europe. In addition to top-calibre filmmaking, the festival, hosted…
02-04-2019

Vilnius becomes a Dynamic Film Set

When Helen Mirren walks into her home as Catherine the Great in the new HBO mini series named after the famous Russian Empress, she’s not really in the actual rooms of the famed Tsarskoye Selo palace just south of Saint Petersburg. She’s actually in the historical Vilnius University Library in…
28-03-2019

goEast 2019: Cinema Tackling the Generation Gap goEast Programme Online // goEast Competition // Juries & Awards

goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film is set to celebrate its 19th edition this year from 10 to 16 April in Wiesbaden, Germany. The full programme for the festival, hosted by DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum, is now available online at: www.filmfestival-goeast.de/en/program The centrepiece of goEast…
27-03-2019

Meeting Point – Vilnius to Focus on the Baltics and Challenges Facing the Film Industry

For the 10th time, film industry professionals from all over Europe will take part in the audiovisual industry event Meeting Point – Vilnius (MPV), taking place April 2–4. This year’s programme will include new initiatives, such as Talents Nest and individual meetings for professionals, as well as traditional Coming Soon…
27-03-2019

Mountain wind headlines the Krakow Film Festival opening ceremony

“The wind. A documentary thriller” directed by Michał Bielawski will open the 59th Krakow Film Festival. It is an emotional story about the “halny” wind – one of the most unpredictable winds in the Polish mountains. The film will be showcased as a part of the international documentary competition and…
27-03-2019

Last week to submit projects for TPS co-production!

Transilvania Pitch Stop: last chance to submit projects One week left to submit your project for the third edition of the Transilvania Pitch Stop co-production platform, which will be held on 7 - 8 June 2019, in Cluj-Napoca. The program is open to feature-length fiction film projects of 1st and…
22-03-2019

Bohemian Rhapsody Sound Team confirmed for the Industry Program of FEST 2019

"Bohemian Rhapsody" Sound Teamconfirmed for FEST 2019 industry program FEST 2019, from June 24th to July 1st, in Espinho, Portugal John Warhurst, Tim Cavagin and Nina Hartstone are the new confirmations on FEST’s 2019’s Training Ground. Specialized in the field of sound, together they compose the Academy Award-winning sound team…
21-03-2019

VIFF KINO PAVASARIS has started

The 2019 edition of Vilnius IFF Kino Pavasaris began with a show of support for Kirill Serebrennikov, whose romantic and rebellious film “Summer” opened the festival. Attendees illuminated the opening ceremony in solidarity with the director, who remains under house arrest in Moscow amid unfounded accusations. In his latest feature,…
21-03-2019

The submissions are open for the 13th Film and Art Festival Two Riversides. We wholeheartedly encourage all artists to submit their film productions, especially to THE INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILMS COMPETITION. The deadline is set for May 31st, 2019. To

The submissions are open for the 13th Film and Art Festival Two Riversides. We wholeheartedly encourage all artists to submit their film productions, especially to THE INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILMS COMPETITION. The deadline is set for May 31st, 2019. To qualify for the competition, the fiction, documentary, animation, experimental films should…
21-03-2019

Riga International Film Festival Calls For Entries

Riga International Film Festival Calls For Entries The Riga International Film Festival (RIGA IFF) announces calls for submissions to its three competition programmes: the Feature Film Competition, the SHORT RIGA International Competition, and the SHORT RIGA Baltic Music Video Competition (BMV). The sixth edition of RIGA IFF will take place…
19-03-2019

Awarded Films of One World festival 2019!

Heart of Stone Takes Top Honors at One World 2019 The winners of this year’s One World Festival have been announced. A total of seven prizes were awarded by juries in the categories of International Competition, The Right to Know, and Czech Competition. New this year is the Regional Jury,…
18-03-2019

Meeting Point – Vilnius Coming Soon Session Lineup Revealed

17 debut film projects will be presented at the Coming Soon sessions during the 10th edition of Meeting Point – Vilnius (MPV). The international audiovisual event will take place April 2–4, during VIFF Kino Pavasaris. 11 fiction and 6 documentary in development features by debuting filmmakers will be presented to…
15-03-2019

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival announces dates and opens film submission

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival aka PÖFF and its sub-festivals announce dates for its 23rd edition.The main festival and the youth and children’s strand Just Film will run from the 15th of November until the 1st of December and the international short film and animation festival PÖFF Shorts will take…
11-03-2019

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival announces dates and opens film submission

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival aka PÖFF and its sub-festivals announce dates for its 23rd edition.The main festival and the youth and children’s strand Just Film will run from the 15th of November until the 1st of December and the international short film and animation festival PÖFF Shorts will take…
08-03-2019

Beldocs Industry – Calls for Projects

Beldocs Industry 2019 is funded by European Union, through Creative Europe MEDIA, Access to Market call. Last 10 days to apply different section of Beldocs Industry, deadline is 10th of March. Projects in development, work in progress, rough cut from Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania,…
07-03-2019