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Warsaw Industry Days – submission for works-in-progress
The submissions are open for the Warsaw Industry Days Works-in-Progress. The organizers welcome works-in- progress that have not previously been presented at other markets or festivals until September 30, 2018. Warsaw Industry Days looks for projects from Poland (including co-productions). For the selection of Works-in-Progress, submissions are open for full…
The Films Consequences and Winter Flies at the Toronto International Film Festival
Consequences, the first film by the screenwriter and director Darko Štante, has qualified for the Discovery section of the Toronto International Film Festival, while the live-action feature coproduction Winter Flies by the Slovenian director Olmo Omerzu will be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema programme. After nine years, two Slovenian…
BIAFF 2018 announces Line-Up of Feature and Doc Films International Competition Section
XIII Batumi International Art-house Film Festival will be held in Batumi during September 16-23 September, 2018, closed film submission on 5 August. Festival organizer is “Batumi Art-house ARGANI”, official partner – Batumi City Hall.
Two Academy Award winners at the FilmFestival Cottbus
Short of three months before the 28th FilmFestival Cottbus (FFC) opens on 6 November 2018, the opening film and the majority of the programme have already been confirmed. The passing of the official submission deadline on 1 August rang in the last round of viewings and selection of potential festival…
Docu Talent Awards 2018 went to My Granny from Mars and Birthday
Emerging Producers 2019 were announced, with Chile as guest country / Ji.hlava introduces financial prizes for the winners in 2018
New Horizons Studio+ awarded projects
The ninth edition of New Horizons Studio+ took place July 27 – 30 during the 18th New Horizons International Film Festival (July 26 – August 5). Organized by the New Horizons Association and Creative Europe Desk Poland, it consisted of workshops and lectures on various aspects related to the project…
Tugo Štiglic, recipient of the 2018 Metod Badjura Lifetime Achievement Award
Jury commentary Director and screenwriter Tugo Štiglic ranks among the most widely known figures of the Slovenian youth film. As a child, he had a leading role in Valley of Peace (1956), one of the most crucial Slovenian films and one of the most successful ones beyond the country’s borders.…
Batumi will host XIII edition of BIAFF (Batumi Art-house Film Festival)
XIII Batumi International Art-house Film Festival will be held in Batumi during September 16-23 September, 2018, closed film submission on 5 August. Festival organizer is “Batumi Art-house ARGANI”, official partner – Batumi City Hall. BIAFF festival management finalized the submissions to festival. The complete program will be published by 1…
This year's edition of Polish Days took place on July 30 - August 1
Polish Days co-organized by the Polish Film Institute are the most important industry event of New Horizons International Film Festival, where industry representatives including programmers, sales agents, producers, film funds and distributors from all over the world meet to watch the latest Polish films at closed screenings. This year's edition…
Tartu Love Film Festival announces full lineup
The 13th Tartu Love Film Festival, organised by the team at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, has announced its full lineup, consisting of 11 features and three documentaries, including the Baltic premiere of the Berlinale Gold Bear winner, provoking docu-feature hybrid Touch Me Not, directed by Adina Pintilie. Tartu…
Sarajevo Film Festival generated $30,8m for local economy and has a positive effect on international perception of Bosnia and Herzegovina
An independent study on economic, cultural and social impact of Sarajevo Film Festival, conducted by Olsberg SPI, showed that the festival generated $30,8m income for the local economy, and jobs for 1.385 workers. Total economic output from the Festivals activities in 2017 amounted to $6,1m and 99 full time employees.…
Honorary Hearts of Sarajevo 2018: Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Nijaz Hastor
Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan will receive the Award in recognition of outstanding contribution to the art of film and support of Sarajevo Film Festival. Read more The Award to Nijaz Hastor, the owner and founder of the ASA Prevent Group and founder of the Hastor Foundation, is given for the…
Culture changes the world for the better. Film competition
Get inspired by the history of the Lumière brothers and make a spot of honesty in culture! The Legal Culture Foundation and the Polish Feature Film Festival in Gdynia announce a film competition that promotes the fair use of culture as one of the foundations of functioning in the digital…
Participants and guests of the 7th A Sunday in the Country
In 2018 A Sunday in the Country in Wrocław will take place during the 18th New Horizons IFF from July 29 till August 1st. A collaboration of Wrocław's New Horizons IFF and the European Film Academy (EFA), the 7th edition of 'A Sunday in the Country' gathers ten young film…
LAST CALL FOR MUSIC VIDEOS, TV PILOTS AND STUDENT ETUDES
This is the last call for entries to the 26th edition of CAMERIMAGE, The International Film Festival Of The Art Of Cinematography. You can still submit music videos, student etudes and TV pilots.
RIGA IFF on the lookout for new script ideas
Submissions are now open for one of the Riga International Film Festival's (RIGA IFF) core industry events – the 4th edition of European Script Meeting, which will take place on October 23-24, 2018.
Sarajevo Film Festival - European Shorts
The European Shorts section at the Sarajevo Film Festival is a tight selection that highlights Europe's most interesting young talent- it favours bold, fresh voices over the beaten paths of formula-based cinema.
Sarajevo Film Festival - In Focus 2018
The Sarajevo Film Festival is proud to announce the lineup of its 2018 In Focus Programme.
The 8th Transatlantyk International Film Festival starts today!
200 films from around the world in several hundred screenings, outstanding guests from the worlds of cinema and music, masterclasses by Sally Potter, Diane Warren, Dan Lebental, Annette Insdorf and Joanna Kos-Krauze. Extraordinary screenings in the exceptional surroundings of Culinary Cinema and Cinema in Bed. From Friday 13 July to…
'Putin's Witnesses', honoured as Best Documentary at the KVIFF, included in the programme of the RIGA IFF
The Vitaly Mansky's documentary 'Putin's Witnesses' that won the Documentary Films Competition at the 53rd edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival will have its Baltic premiere at the Riga International Film Festival (RIGA IFF) on October 23, the closing day of the competition programme ARTDOCFEST/RIGA. Tickets are already…
