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Baltic Event Call For Projects 2017

CALL FOR PROJECTS! Baltic Event Co-Production Market and POWR Baltic Stories Exchange
08-06-2017

Films from Baltic countries appreciation society

Baltic View has started a new initiative showing films from the Baltic countries. We are proud to announce our first official CINEMA EVENT with a Lithuanian documentary film MASTER AND TATYANA. It will take place in London on the 14th of June at 6:30 PM at CINÉ LUMIÈRE - the…
08-06-2017

DAFilms.com presents: CHRIS MARKER ONLINE

The retrospective of director Chris Marker who has influenced several generations of filmmakers across the globe will be held on June 5 to 18, 2017 exclusively at DAFilms.com. The viewers will have a unique opportunity to watch seven key films by Marker which prove his timeless mastery. The collection includes…
02-06-2017

Estonia to launch a global content and media tech incubator Storytek

Storytek, a new content and media tech incubator launches in Tallinn, Estonia with a purpose to help content creators, producers and early stage digital media startups and entrepreneurs to fast-track their product and services to the global markets as well as help them to access new forms of mentoring and…
25-05-2017

Estonia to launch a global content and media tech incubator Storytek

Storytek, a new content and media tech incubator launches in Tallinn, Estonia with a purpose to help content creators, producers and early stage digital media startups and entrepreneurs to fast-track their product and services to the global markets as well as help them to access new forms of mentoring and…
24-05-2017

THE CASH REBATE MEASURE PRESENTED SUCCESSFULLY AT THE 70TH FILM FESTIVAL IN CANNES

In cooperation with the Slovenian Tourist Board and the Ministry of Culture, today, on 22 May, the Slovenian Film Centre presented the measure introducing the right to cash rebate to the global film community at the European Film Market in Cannes.
23-05-2017

A Cooperation agreement between the Film Polish Institute and the Lithuanian Film Centre

On 22 May, 2017, during the 70th Cannes International Film Festival, representatives of the Polish Film Institute and the Lithuanian Film Centre – director Magdalena Sroka and director Rolandas Kvietkauskas – signed an agreement to strengthen cooperation between the two national institutions in the field of cinematography and the implementation…
23-05-2017

Cannes Declaration - European Film Agency Directors

Preserving territoriality to improve the circulation of European films and access to European culture
23-05-2017

European film agency directors call on the Europe Commission, Parliament and Council to promote and preserve cultural diversity and territoriality

The European Film Agency Directors (EFADs) have published a declaration outlining their concerns about the actions being taken at the European Union level which will undermine cultural diversity, contractual freedom, and territorial exclusivity. The declaration was adopted at our plenary meeting at the 70th edition of the Cannes Film Festival…
23-05-2017

Call of European Filmmakers - Cannes Film Festival 2017

First signatories: Fatih Akin (Germany / Allemagne)Robert Alberdingk Thijm (Netherlands / Pays-Bas)Alejandro Amenábar (Spain / Espagne)Christophe Andréi (France)Montxo Armendáriz (Spain / Espagne)Clio Barnard (United Kingdom / Royaume-Uni)Marco Bellocchio (Italy / Italie)Lucas Belvaux (Belgium / Belgique)Pablo Berger (Spain / Espagne)Julie Bertuccelli (France)Iciar Bollain (Spain / Espagne)John Boorman (United Kingdom / Royaume-Uni)Fred …
22-05-2017

PEN AMERICA LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO FREE UKRAINIAN WRITER AND FILMMAKER OLEG SENTSOV

May 10, 2017 NEW YORK—Authors Chimamanda Adichie, Jonathan Franzen, and Masha Gessen, film giants Wim Wenders and Agnieszka Holland, television hosts Trevor Noah and Samantha Bee, and other creative allies joined PEN America today in a letter calling on U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to press for the immediate…
12-05-2017

Celebrate the 15th anniversary of Ex Oriente Film with DAFilms.com

Ex Oriente Film workshop was established in 2003 as the very first training initiative focusing on Eastern and Central European creative documentary films.
11-05-2017

Czech-In Film Festival Paris – a window into Czech and Slovak Cinema

Launched in 2009, the Czech-In Film Festival, from the 9th to the 16th of June, will present Paris with the best of recent Czech and Slovak cinema. Amongst 75 feature-length films and documentaries from the Czech Republic, and 43 from Slovakia in 2016, the most remarkable have been selected for…
11-05-2017

Polish documentary project DIAGNOSIS Goes to Cannes!

DIAGNOSIS, a documentary feature film debut of the director Ewa Podgórska and producer Małgorzata Wabińska (Entertain Pictures), will be presented in the work-in-progress section in Cannes. It will be the only documentary project from the selection of New Horizons’ Polish Days Goes to Cannes. DIAGNOSIS is a journey into the…
10-05-2017

Daniel Rafaelić named director of Croatian Audiovisual Centre

Daniel Rafaelić has been named Director of the Croatian Audiovisual Centre for the next four years, after a unanimous vote held at the 8th Meeting of the Board of Directors. On Thursday, May 4th, after conducting interviews with all candidates, the 8th Meeting of the Board of Directors was held.…
08-05-2017

MIDPOINT Announces Selected Projects for Feature Launch 2017

It's our great pleasure to announce the selected projects and participants for this year's MIDPOINT Feature Launch which takes off in June. An extraordinary number of 75 projects were submitted, and filmmakers from no less than 32 countries were considered for the 9 slots in MIDPOINT's feature film program. The…
05-05-2017

6th edition of Visegrad Film Forum was special!

International event at the end of April fulfilled its mission and brought big names of cinematography and students from all around the world to Bratislava. Masterclasses, screenings and discussions were balanced by friendly atmosphere. Five-day event started with the screening of cult film The Neverending Story. Spectators travelled back to…
04-05-2017

EFP PRESENTS THE 18TH EDITION OF PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE

Europe's most dynamic producers at the Cannes Film Festival 2017 EFP (European Film Promotion) and its member organisations have again selected 20 of the most promising up-and-coming European producers to take part in EFP's high-profile networking platform PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE at the Cannes Film Festival (May 17 - 28,…
03-05-2017

Line-up of the Visegrad Animation Forum 2017 Unveiled

The fifth edition of the VAF Trebon, a key industry meeting for animation professionals mainly from CEE region, takes place in Trebon, Czech Republic, May 2-4, 2017.
02-05-2017