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dok.incubator film ‘A Woman Captured’ at Sundance

The sixth dok.incubator film in the past six years is flying to Sundance competition. Bernadett Tuza-Ritter’s first feature film ‘A Woman Captured’ traces the unbelievable story of Marish, a European woman who has been working as a slave in a Hungarian home for ten years. Starved, beaten, and exhausted, Marish’s…
16-01-2018

POLISH DOCUMENTARY FILMS AT FESTIVALS IN JANUARY

Polish documentary films represented by KFF Sales & Promotion will be shown in January at five international film festivals in Europe and America, including Sundance Film Festival. The audience of one of the most important international film events - Sundance Film Festival - on January 19th will have a chance…
16-01-2018

Visegrad Film Forum 2018 will shed some light on the magic of cinematography

Coming to Bratislava in April 17-21, with the editor of 12 Monkeys and other cult films Mick Audsley together with an extraordinary programme
15-01-2018

3 plus 2 Filmmakers from Poland at Berlinale Talents 2018

Berlinale Talents is very proud to announce the selection of 250 filmmakers - 128 women and 122 men - from 80 countries for the 16th edition of Berlinale Talents. In our most recent press release you’ll find more info about some of the exciting talents, famous alumni such as David…
12-01-2018

WEMW announces the new BALTIC AWARD and unveils the final line up of LAST STOP TRIESTE, FIRST CUT LAB and THIS IS IT

Trieste, January 11th, 2018 – The eighth edition of When East Meets West kicks off in 10 days, on January 21st with an exciting double focus on the Nordic countries and South East Europe. After having revealed the pitching forum project selection, WEMW announces its new Baltic Award! Thanks to…
12-01-2018

Visegrad Animation Forum announces call for submissions for its 6th edition

The VAF Třeboň (May 1 – 3, 2018, Czech Republic) is the leading pitching event for animated film in the Central and Eastern Europe. As each year, animated projects in development compete in two categories: Short Films (single film less than 20 minutes long) and Series / TV Specials (web…
11-01-2018

When East Meets West 2018 selected projects!

21 film projects from 16 countries will be presented at the eight edition of When East Meets West, the Italian co-production forum taking place on January 21-23, 2018 in the frame of the Trieste Film Festival. This year WEMW will bring together more than 400 industry professionals from over 35…
07-01-2018

The shooting of the feature film My Last Year as a Loser by the director and screenwriter Urša Menart begins

On Friday, 8 September, the shooting of the feature film debut My Last Year as a Loser by the director and screenwriter Urša Menart began. To the Slovenian film audience, Urša is best known for her documentaries There Once Was a Land of Hardworking People and What about Mojca? which…
07-01-2018

Open Call for MIDPOINT Intensive Iceland

It's our pleasure to announce the open call for MIDPOINT Intensive Iceland 2018, which will take place March 10-11 during the Stockfish Film Festival in Reykjavík. Thanks to a new collaboration with the Icelandic Film Centre, Icelandic film professionals will be invited to develop their feature film projects with international…
03-01-2018

THE WEBSTERS The new Slovak book and 3D animated series for children

Are you afraid of spiders? Meet the Websters and you´ll start loving them. The authors of Mimi and Lisa, the book and animated series for children, were coming with a new animated series during the Christmas holidays, the first one in Slovakia made with 3D technology, not only on the…
28-12-2017

#europeanfilmchallenge gets fans talking about European cinema

Winners will enjoy a dream trip to the Berlinale film festival. #europeanfilmchallenge is back – and it’s bigger than ever! The latest edition of the contest invites film fans from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Serbia to share their love of European cinema – with the prize of an all-expenses-paid trip…
26-12-2017

MIDPOINT Shorts 2018 announces its project selection

We are very pleased to announce the 4 short film projects that have been selected for MIDPOINT Shorts 2018.
14-12-2017

FERA reaction to EP Plenary vote on Broadcasting Regulation JURI mandate

The EU film and directors community welcomes the result of the plenary vote on the Broadcasting "SatCab" Regulation today which confirmed the mandate for negotiations drawn up by the Legal Affairs Committee in November. In its mission as co-legislator, the European Parliament reflects the diversity of European citizens themselves :…
12-12-2017

dok.incubator workshop calls for rough-cut feature docs DEADLINE: 31st January, 2018

dok.incubator workshop invites directors, editors and producers with feature docs in the rough cut stage to apply. There are many good films, but only a few of them are really excellent, good enough to be selected for competition at the main festivals, to get an international distribution and become an…
12-12-2017

THE 30TH EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS: WINNERS

The more than 3,000 members of the European Film Academy – filmmakers from across Europe – have voted for this year’s European Film Awards. At the awards ceremony in Wroclaw the following awards were presented: EUROPEAN FILM 2017THE SQUAREdirected by Ruben Östlund EUROPEAN COMEDY 2017THE SQUAREdirected by Ruben Östlund EUROPEAN…
11-12-2017

European Film Academy Board appeals to EP Members

European Film Academy Board appeals to the EP members to respect the JURI mandate on the proposed Broadcasters’ Regulation On the occasion of the General Assembly of the European Film Academy (EFA) in Berlin on 9 December 2017, the EFA Board has expressed its deep concern that the future of…
11-12-2017

87 EXPERTS ON IMMERSION AT STEREOPSIA

You are invited to take part in a one-of-a-kind, phenomenal buffet of “immersion” delicacies brought to you by Stereopsia right in the center of Europe, in Brussels, the Capital of both Belgium & the European Union, featuring 3D, VR, AR, XR, lighfield, holoscopy,… The combined Scientific Conference (IC3D) and Professional…
06-12-2017

Apply for dok.incubator: deadline January 31st

Apply for six months of intensive editingand development for your documentary film aiming for premiere by early autumn 2018: / Work with 25 internationally-active filmmakers throughout the postproduction period / Find your film's unique perspective within a global context and sharpen the storytelling / Learn new marketing tools used in…
06-12-2017

MIDPOINT Feature Launch 2018 – Project selection announced

We are very happy to reveal the 9 new feature film projects that have been selected for Feature Launch 2018.
05-12-2017