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MIDPOINT Feature Launch 2017 – Final workshop about to begin
19 writers, directors and producers are meeting again on October 16th to participate in the second and last residential workshop of this year's MIDPOINT Feature Launch. Since June's workshop in Macedonia, the teams have been working on their scripts and project development, and are now at the second workshop taking…
Lithuanian cinema to begin 2018 with a film retrospective in Paris
One of the biggest and most important projects presenting Lithuanian cinema to Europe will open the series of events in France dedicated to the centenary of the restoration of the state of Lithuania. Three years of negotiations were finalised this week with an agreement between the Lithuanian Film Centre, the…
The 15th edition of the Ex Oriente Film workshop brings a diverse open programme to Ji.hlava
Held within the 21st Ji.hlava IDFF, the Institute of Documentary Film launches the second session of the yearlong international workshop Ex Oriente Film devoted to developing and supporting creative documentaries from Central and Eastern Europe. This year's 15th edition will welcome fifteen leading experts that will share their experiences and…
Digitally restored classic Bloody Lady at Lumière Festival
The re-release of Viktor Kubal’s Bloody Lady (1980), that was digitized and restored by the National Film Archive of the Slovak Film Institute, will take place at the 9th Lumière Festival. The film will be screened within the section Archival treasures and curiosities, that offers unique restored archive films from…
FNE CEI AV Innovation Days at the International Co-Production forum Regiofund
KATOWICE: Demand for high quality regional VR content, the potential of social media driven audience building, and the need to focus on metrics to attract private investment were highlighted at the Film New Europe CEI AV Innovation Days at International Co-production Forum Regiofund 5-7 October 2017. Audience and distributor demand…
Silver Eye nominees 2017
For the 9th time, the Institute of Documentary Film will award the best East and Central European documentaries with Silver Eye Awards. Within the 14th edition of East Silver Market, which will take place from October 24 to 29 during the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, the winners will be…
Five Films Nominated for European University Film Award (EUFA)
At the Filmfest Hamburg, the five nominated films for the European University Film Award (EUFA) have been announced. Introduced in 2016, this award is presented by university students from across Europe. Based on the lists of 51 feature films and 15 documentaries from the EFA Selections 2017 a committee has…
East Doc Platform Call for Entries
The 7th edition of the largest meeting place for the international documentary industry in the CEE region invites filmmakers and producers of documentary projects in any stage of development. For the first time, shorts are welcome too. When: March 3 - 9, 2018Where: Prague, Czech RepublicDeadline for application: November 10,…
Polish-American Co-production Meetings during the 8th AFF
The seventh edition of US in Progress will be held from the 25th till 27th of October 2017, as a part of the 8th American Film Festival in Wroclaw (October 24-29th). Thanks to the support of the Polish Film Institute we are happy to initiate the first edition of Polish-American…
10 European film projects qualified for the International Co-Production Forum Regiofund
The International Co-Production Forum Regiofund will be held in Katowice from 4th through 7th October. The event is visited by film producers, representatives of European film funds, financial institutions, regional film funds, and local authorities, as well as private investors, television broadcasters, distributors, sales agents, and film distributors. From among…
EAST DOC PLATFORM INTRODUCES NEW PROGRAM FEATURES – NOW WITH SHORT DOCUMENTARIES
The EAST DOC PLATFORM, the largest international platform for Central and East European documentaries, takes place March 3 – 9, 2018 in Prague. Its 7th edition will introduce a number of new program features. In addition to its established sessions, the EDP will also host a pitch for interactive projects…
15 Shorts Nominated for the European Film Awards 2017
The European Film Academy and EFA Productions are proud to present this year's short film nominations. At each of the 15 participating film festivals, an independent jury presented one European short film in competition with a nomination in the short film category of the European Film Awards.
FILM NEW EUROPE CEI AV Innovation Days at International Co-production Forum Regiofund 5-7 October 2017
KATOWICE, POLAND: Film New Europe the number one networking platform for film professionals in Central and Eastern Europe and the Baltics, and the International Co-production Forum Regiofund have teamed up to present a series of panels, case studies and networking about how innovation is shaping the future of the audiovisual…
INTERESTED IN ATTENDING? SPECIAL OFFER FOR EASTERN PARTICIPANTS
The third edition of Cartoon Springboard will take place in Halle, Germany, from 14 to 16 November 2017. It will be an excellent opportunity for the young talents of European animation schools (final year students or if you have graduated within the last 5 years) to attend our extraordinary pitching…
CONNECTING COTTBUS PRESENTS PITCH PROJECTS 2017
Ten projects selected from a record number of submissions will be in competition at connecting cottbus on November 9 and 10
MIDPOINT Feature Launch & Shorts 2018 – open calls
The call for new film projects for MIDPOINT Feature Launch and MIDPOINT Shorts 2018 is open and we are looking for the region's strongest and most innovative scripts or treatments within narrative storytelling. Deadline October 16, 2017. Head of Studies at Feature Launch, Danijel Hocevar, says about the workshop format…
Estonia’s Cash Rebate Pilot Project Exceeds Expectations
The Estonian Film Institute initiated the cash rebate project Film Estonia in 2016, offering foreign film productions a cash rebate of up to 30%. Experts deemed the first pilot year to have shown twice the expected result.
Shooting of the film "The Humorist" has started in Jurmala, Latvia
The film is a co-production between Russia, Latvia and Czech Republic with the support of Russian Ministry of Culture, National Film Centre of Latvia, Riga Film Fund and Eurimages.
QUALITY AND DIVERSITY AT AN ENERGIZING CARTOON FORUM
For the 6th consecutive year, the French city of Toulouse hosted the 28th edition of Cartoon Forum, the co-production platform for European animation series that has fast-tracked European animation to the front row.Following 27 editions now, 711 projects have been funded for a total amount of 2.5 billion euros. Since…
SELECTING THE 2018 SLOVENIAN FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACADEMY AWARD CANDIDATE - SELECTION REPORT
In accordance with the rules of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the Directors Guild of Slovenia has called upon the professional associations in the field of cinematographic production to propose their candidates for the expert jury consisting of eight members.
