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EFA Pleas for Russian Director Nikita Mikhalkov to Help Imprisoned Ukrainian Filmmaker
Four days before the appeal against Oleg Sentsov’s 20-year sentence at the Russian Supreme Court, prolific members of the European Film Academy, among them EFA President Wim Wenders and Chairwoman Agnieszka Holland, address Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov, president of Russia’s association of filmmakers, to join in the international protest and…
Far from Bratislava
A showcase New Slovak Cinema - Far from Bratislava (orig. NY SLOVAKISK FILM - LANGT FRA BRATISLAVA) will be held in the DFI / Cinemateket, the Cinematheque of the Danish Film Institute in Copenhagen on November 21 – 29, 2015.
Open letter of the Polish Film Academy member Daniel Olbrychski to the Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov
My Dear Nikita, I have been trying to contact you prior to the first Oleg Sentsov’ trial in Rostov. I have asked: your wife Tania, your production company, and finally your assistant who answered your mobile phone. You did not respond as you were reportedly in China. I think the…
EDN press release: A New Model for Film Distribution
A NEW MODEL FOR FILM DISTRIBUTION - Moving Docs brings high quality documentaries to audiences all over Europe.
Inaugural Eurimages Co-production Development Award in Tallinn goes to Motherland
The inaugural Eurimages Co-Production Development Awardof €20,000 at the Baltic Event (BE) at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (BNFF) went tonight to Motherland - from writer/director Tomas Vengris and producer Uljana Kim from Lithuania.
Submit Your Documentary Project to Docs in Thessaloniki
Docs in Thessaloniki is an international pitching forum offering an outstanding opportunity to create alliances for future collaborations. Here you will develop your project, pitch it to leading financiers and network with European colleagues in a relaxed atmosphere. Submission deadline is January 15, 2016.
Don’t miss the next EDP deadline & Meet our team and delegations IDFA
Less than three weeks left to apply for upcoming EAST DOC PLATFORM in Prague (7 - 13 March, 2016).
Eurochannel and Lithuanian film centre presents “Lithuanian Month” in November
Eurochannel and Lithuanian film centre presents “Lithuanian Month” in November. Eurochannel, the award-winning television channel, presents its first Lithuanian Month supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre. During the entire month of November, Eurochannel viewers will enjoy a curated selection of Lithuanian feature films, documentaries, shorts, and musical artists to showcase…
Film Celebrities Raise their Voices for Refugees
Film Celebrities Raise their Voices for Refugees in European Parliament and Commission – FOR A THOUSAND LIVES: BE HUMAN.
The 11th CentEast Market Warsaw has reached it's end
The 11th CentEast Market Warsaw has finished last Sunday, October 18th. The event was attended by over 260 Polish and international guests.
Central European DOK.Incubator brings one third of its films to IDFA
After the Emmy and European Film Academy nomination – other 6 films from DOK.Incubator are officially selected to Amsterdam – four of them are Eastern European! The Prague based rough-cut workshop DOK.Incubator is experiencing its best festival season. Already in September, Dance for Me (DK), the film from its 2012…
New film from Sharunas Bartas premiered in Lithuania
The long-awaited film “Peace To us In Our Dreams” was finally screened to Lithuanian viewers, having already been recognised by audiences in France, Brazil, Israel, Georgia, Russia, and Poland.
More than 5000 Celebrities and Film Professionals Raise their Voices! For a Thousand Lives: Be Human
Emmanuelle Béart, Marco Bellochio, Susanne Bier, Dany Boon, Laurent Cantet, Constantin Costa-Gavras, Daniel Craig, Alfonso Cuarón, Jean Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Bruno Ganz, Michael Haneke, Michel Hazanavicius, Agnieszka Holland, Isabelle Huppert, Aki Kaurismäki, Claude Lanzmann, Mike Leigh, Ken Loach, Sophie Marceau, JiříMenzel, Kornel Mundruczo, Cristian Mungiu, Joshua Oppenheimer, Pawel Pawlikowski,…
WESTWIND in St. Petersburg and on VoD platform IVI
European Oscar® Submissions for Russian Audiences
Siberia Doc ADA Meeting – the beginning of promising cooperation
ADA launches new project in cooperation with its new partner - Siberia Doc organization based in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
ACM Distribution
Since 2012, Aide aux cinemas du monde (ACM), jointly managed by the CNC and the Institut français, has supported feature films which are the subject of an international co-production with France
Call for enties - First Cut Lab
First Cut Lab, a workshop for films in editing phase, calls for projects to apply by November 5, 2015. First Cut Lab is designed for feature films from Eastern Europe and Italy as a part of When East Meets West forum (http://www.wemw.it/) . Selected producer/director teams will receive expert feedback…
CALL FOR NEW edition of EUROPEAN TRAINING PROGRAMME EKRAN+ 2016 IS NOW OPEN
EKRAN+, organized by Wajda Studio and Wajda School, is a training program focusing on the creative pre-production process based on shooting practice. Deadline for applications is December 1st, 2015. Participation in this program is free.
PRODUCTION VALUE 2016 – Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Are you an assistant director or a line producer/production manager interested in improving your scheduling and budgeting skills at an international level, in learning from senior professionals, and in developing a European network?
WHEN EAST MEETS WEST opens call for entries for the WEMW Co-production Forum and First Cut Lab
Deadline: November 5, 2015! Officially presented under the frame of the San Sebastian International Film Festival, the upcoming edition of When East Meets West (January 24/26, 2016)will have for the first time a special focus on Spain, Portugal and Latin America, and will bring together over 300 producers, financiers and…