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LOOKING FOR THE BEST STREAMING PLATFORM FOR YOUR CONTENT?

Let’s kick off the 2021 with a webinar focused on streaming platforms: "UNRAVEL STREAMERS – What producers need to know". KKI Talks are here to help you find the best streaming platform for your content. As usual the session will be run on ZOOM, January 25th, 3:00-4:00 PM CET.
20-01-2021

From Nicole Muj/ Live Action LGBTQ Short Film "Into The Night" (Poland) - Oscar-Qualifying Short

Short Live Action Short INTO THE NIGHT (Poland) - Oscar Qualifying Short!Directed by Kamila TaraburaFemale director and female-led production team Produced by Munk Studio and Papaya Films, Into the Night won “Best Short Live Action Film Award” at the 36th Annual Warsaw International Film Festival, making it eligible for Academy…
19-01-2021

The films Shadow Country, Havel and Charlatan have obtained the most nominations for the Czech Lion Awards

Today the Czech Film and Television Academy (CFTA) announced the nominations for the 28th annual awards of the Czech Lion. Altogether 190 academics voted about 87 feature films, documentary features, animated and short films as well as television works of art that had fulfilled the statutes of the Czech Lion…
19-01-2021

What's Slovak at Fipadoc Biarritz

Dear colleagues & friends! This year’s edition of International Documentary Festival Fipadoc in Biarritz, France is focusing on Visegrad countries. Learn more about the program which includes Slovak films and works-in-progress and multiple panel discussions about documentary output and film industry in V4 countries. Even though the festival screenings in…
19-01-2021

MIDPOINT Cold Open selects nine producers for the 2021 edition

Second edition of the program organized in collaboration with When East Meets West will run online January 25–28, 2021. MIDPOINT Cold Open targets independent producers, with a background in feature film producing, aspiring to shift to high quality television content and offers a diverse selection of 8 participating countries.
15-01-2021

Czech docs compete and being pitched at the FIPADOC 2021

Czech cinema will enrich this year’s programme of the FIPADOC (January 18-24, 2021) with 4 documentary films and co-productions in four different competitions. Two docs were selected for the Visegrad Focus. In addition, two projects take part in the International Pitches and several Czech professionals participate in industry panels.
15-01-2021

How Czech Animation Managed the Pandemic Year 2020 And What Lies Ahead This Year

Last year, the Covid-19 pandemic hit all creative industries, and animation was no exception. Many domestic and foreign festivals, where premieres take place and distribution cooperation is negotiated, have been cancelled or moved to the online environment. How did Czech animation creators cope with the limitations and new challenges?
14-01-2021

dok.incubator submission deadline - meet us January 7th

APPLY HERE for 20 days of editing /marketing /distribution tailored made for your documentary in the rough cut stage dok.incubator workshop 2021 DEADLINE: January 27th (early bird deadline with no application fee: January 15th) Find more info here or meet us and ask our participant Francesco Montagner and his editing…
12-01-2021

Sander Joon starts production with the rally-themed short animation Sierra

Parents often push their children to follow their steps. In this case, the father's obsession with the rally turns the kid into a car tire. Loosely inspired by the director's childhood, Sierra pulls us into the surreal car racing world. “The idea for the film started to take shape when…
11-01-2021

MIDPOINT Shorts: final workshop and pitching presentation online!

Short films-oriented program with filmmakers from Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic and Greece is approaching the big finale! The final workshop of the MIDPOINT Shorts program starts online on Monday, January 11 and runs till Friday, January 15. 8 participants have already experienced two online workshops and individual online consultations…
11-01-2021

Fiction feature Mayday, shot in Croatia, to premiere at Sundance Film Festival

Early next year, Karen Cinorre’s debut fiction feature Mayday, will have its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival (screening in the U.S. Dramatic Competition). Last year, the film was shot entirely in Croatia, with production house Antitalent acting as service producer. Sundance Film Festival is held online, 28th Jan –…
18-12-2020

Welcome, romanian film development - as a new °efp country representative

European Film Promotion (EFP) welcomes the non-profit association Romanian Film Development (ADFR - Ascociatia de Dezvoltare A Filmului Romanesc) as its 38th member organisation and successor to Romanian Film Promotion.
15-12-2020

The Diary of Diana B. included in Eurimages’ publication “The Gold Album – Female Directors”

The director of The Diary of Diana B., Dana Budisavljević, finds herself in select company of only 50 female directors included in the first edition of the publication “The Gold Album – Female Directors,” published by the Council of Europe’s cultural support fund Eurimages. In addition to The Diary of…
15-12-2020

COLLECTIVE WINS BEST EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY AT 2020 EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS

Alexander Nanau’s critically acclaimed homage to the powers of investigative journalism wins top EFA prize Berlin, December 12, 2020 – COLLECTIVE by Romanian-German filmmaker Alexander Nanau has won the top documentary award at this year’s EFA. COLLECTIVE chronicles a team of fearless journalists as they expose political corruption in the…
14-12-2020

New Horizons IFF partners with Pop Up Film Residency Visegrad

We are happy to announce that for 2021, Pop Up Residency partners with New Horizons International Film Festival , Friss Hús Budapest International Short Film Festival, Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival and prepared a special program for the film projects and their filmmakers from Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and…
11-12-2020

5th ANNUAL HISTORY FILM FESTIVAL®, PRESENTED BY Istra Film, ANNOUNCES 2021 DATES, September 14 - 18, AND CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

RIJEKA, Croatia – November 30, 2020– For the 5th year, the History Film Festival presented by Istra Film, will bring creators, diverse audiences, and the industry together in Rijeka, Croatia during the annual storytelling festival running September 14-18, 2021. History Film Festival is a unique international festival of historical documentary…
09-12-2020

LIVE WEBINARS: CO-PRODUCING WITH CHINA, BETWEEN ARTHOUSE AND FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT AND MASTERCLASS WITH PHILIP LAZEBNIK

Thanks to the cooperation with the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia, Kids Kino Industry has a pleasure to invite everyone interested in: producing a creative content for kids, co-producing with China and screenwriting, to join 3 free webinars, which will be live-streamed on the 11th of the December CET as…
09-12-2020

The Czech Lion will sweep through Rudolfinum on 6th March

The annual awards of the Czech Film and Television Academy (CFTA) symbolized by the statuettes of the Czech Lion will head off to the hands of film makers on Saturday 6th March 2021 in Dvořák’s Hall of Prague’s Rudolfinum for the twenty-eighth time. The Czech Television will traditionally broadcast the…
08-12-2020

Awards of the 17th edition of the International Festival of Animated Film Animateka

Dear media, We are pleased to announce that the awards of the 17th edition of the Animateka International Animated Film Festival have been presented. Below you can see the list of all the winners.
07-12-2020

LIVE WEBINAR: “Coping with uncertainty – navigating live-action children’s film releases through pandemic”

Join us today during the live webinar “Coping with uncertainty – navigating live-action children’s film releases through pandemic”. Start: 12:00 CET. ZOOM. You still have time to register! Learn more and register What if I can’t attend live? Mondays are busy. We feel you. :) The webinar will be recorded.…
01-12-2020