Submissions of works-in-progress and completed films (fiction features and feature-length documentaries, before premiere) from Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine are welcome to participate in the 12th CentEast Market. To submit your project, fill in the form and return it to [email protected] together with film footage for selection purposes.
Submission deadline: Friday, September 2. More info
CentEast Market Warsaw, taking place during Warsaw Film Festival, is the annual networking platform for film professionals interested in Eastern European cinema. Every year, the market welcomes sales agents, producers, distributors and festival programmers.
CentEast aims at giving the films from the region more exposure to the international market and providing them with distribution opportunities – presenting nearly 20 projects and finished films, with nearly 300 film professionals attending and pre-arranged one-to-one meetings.
Many of the films presented at the CentEast Market were later shown at the leading international festivals, including Cannes, Toronto, Locarno, San Sebastian, Sundance, Karlovy Vary. Among directors whose films were presented at CentEast are Anca Damian, Agnieszka Holland, Myroslav Slaboshpitskiy, Wojciech Smarzowski, Krzysztof Zanussi, Petr Zelenka.
CentEast Market encourages promotion of the Eastern European films also in Russia and China, two fast-growing markets, in the framework of CentEast in Moscow (October 23) and CentEast in Beijing (April, 2016).
CentEast's highlights in 2016:
- CentEast Warsaw-Moscow - presentation of selected works-in-progress
- Warsaw Screenings – presentations of selected newest Polish films
- Warszaw Next - workshops for young filmmakers
FIPRESCI Warsaw Critics Project - workshop for emerging journalists and film critics
We are happy to announce that CentEast is teaming up again with Emerging Producers Section of Polish Audiovisual Producers Chamber of Commerce (KIPA). In the framework of this new collaboration, CentEast’s guests will have a unique opportunity to get to know the newest, upcoming films by emerging producers from Poland.
To request your accreditation, please register online. Please note that 12th CentEast accreditations are available for film professionals only.
Deadline: September 25.
Take part in Warsaw Next and FIPRESCI Warsaw Critics Project workshops
Warsaw Next – October 13-16
Four days of intensive workshops for young, Polish filmmakers, during 32nd Warsaw Film Festival and 12th CentEast Market Warsaw.
Deadline: September 1. More information (in Polish only)
FIPRESCI Warsaw Critics Project – 7-16 October 2016
A training programme for young critics and film journalists from CEE countries, under the guidance of film critics - Michael Pattison and Carmen Gray. The applications should be sent to [email protected].
Deadine: September 15. More information
12th CentEast is is Supported by Creative Europe - Media Programme.
