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Selection for 2013 EAVE European Producers Workshop announced
With 146 applications coming from 46 different countries, we are delighted to announce the participants for the EAVE 2013 European Producers Workshop: 51 promising producers from 32 countries have finally been selected for 2013. Out of the selected producers, 33 are bringing a project to EAVE (of which 5 documentaries).
Cinema City acquires the real estate operations of Israel Theatres and signs a new bank club financing loan with BZ WBK, HSBC and ING Bank Śląski
Today Cinema City announced the acquisition of Israel Theatres Real Estate BV ("SPC"), a subsidiary of Israel Theatres Ltd., which holds all of its real estate assets. These real estates are located in Bulgaria, Israel and Poland. The purchase price for the transaction is EUR 33.1 million. Cinema City will…
EFP introduces Two New Member Countries
Montenegro and Russia have been accepted as the newest member countries of European Film Promotion (EFP). At the last meeting in Hamburg (Germany), the EFP members decided to welcome the Ministry of Culture of Montenegro and the Russian Cinema Fund, supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation…
Berlinale: Generation Programme 2013
Fifteen films that were produced and co-produced in twelve countries have already been invited to compete in Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus. The complete Generation programme will be announced in mid January.
Interchange 2013 - Call for Applications
The Interchange programme was created with the goal of building cooperation between film professionals from Europe and the Arab world through professional training centred on the in-depth development of a number of feature-length fiction film projects every year. It is open to 10 teams of writer/director & producer – usually…
TIES THAT BIND – ASIA / EUROPE PRODUCERS WORKSHOPCALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
For the fifth time in 2013 and after the great success in 2012, Ties That Bind – Asia Europe Producers Workshop will be organised again in 2013 in partnership with FVG Audiovisual Fund, EAVE, Udine Far East Film Festival and Busan International Film Festival / Asian Project Market.
CALL FOR EUROPEAN TRAINING PROGRAM EKRAN 2013 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 application is January 21st, 2013. EKRAN (the Polish term for “screen”) is an international training program that helps its participants to explore, identify and refine the…
Meet the Docs at European Film Market 2012
February 7-15, 2013. Martin Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany. For the fifth time EFM and EDN are organising Meet the Docs at the European Film Market. It is a market service targeting everyone with an interest in the documentary genre. The online registration deadline for EFM is January 6th, 2013. Meet the…
Cinema City opens its 14th cinema in Romania
Ploiesti is the 12th Romanian city with a Cinema City multiplex Yesterday Cinema City celebrated the gala opening of its multiplex in Ploiesti, Romania. The cinema will start operations on December 7. The cinema in Ploiesti has 12 halls with 2089 seats and it is 100% digital with maximum capacity…
East Silver calls for submissions!
East Silver Market, specialized in Eastern and Central European documentary film, is open for submissions again! Submit your film to the biggest internationally recognized database of creative feature and television documentary films in the region. Focus: documentary film market, distribution support, festival service, online streaming Open to: the latest documentary…
EFA BOARD CONCERNED ABOUT EU 'CINEMA COMMUNICATION'
On the occasion of its meeting held in Valletta/Malta following the 25th European Film Awards the board of the European Film Academy issued the following declaration:
CZECH ALOIS NEBEL WINS EUROPEAN FILM AWARD 2012 FOR BEST ANIMATION
Prague, December 3, 2012 The animation film Alois Nebeldirectedby first time director Tomas Lunak became the winnerof the award for the best animation film of 2012 at the European Film Awards ceremony, taking place 1 December at Malta.
The 25th European Film Awards winners
The more than 2,700 members of the European Film Academy - filmmakers from across Europe - have voted for this year’s European Film Awards. At the awards ceremony in Malta the following awards were presented:
Interview: Peter Kerekes & ‘Velvet Terrorist’
The acclaimed Slovakian documentary film director Peter Kerekes recently wrapped up shooting his latest film Velvet Terrorist in Croatia. Velvet Terrorist is a Slovakian-Czech-Croatian co-production with Siniša Juričić (producer of award-winning Sofia's Last Ambulance) and Filip Remunda (co-author of Czech Dream) as co-producers.
World Premiere of LASTING by Jacek Borcuch at 2013 Sundance
The latest film by Polish helmer Jacek Borcuch will have its world premiere in World Dramatic Competition at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, which runs from the 17th to the 27th of January, 2013 in Park City, Utah.
EC addresses Cinema Communication concerns
European Commission VP Joaquín Almunia has tried to allay EU member states’ concerns about the forthcoming Cinema Communication, which aims to set out new State aid rules for films and other audiovisual works.
ArtDocFest ADA Pitching – the session begins in two weeks!
The session of ArtDocFest ADA Pitching will take place from December 11th till 13th in Hudozhestvennyi Cinema in Moscow. The session will consist of two days of work on participants’ projects and one day of public pitching. Eleven projects were selected from 32 submissions coming from Russian Federation, Uzbekistan, Germany…
Stefan Kitanov Receives Europa Cinemas Entrepreneur of the Year 2012 Award
PARIS: Sofia Film Festival helmer and Bulgarian producer, distributor and exhibitor Stefan Kitanov has been awarded this year’s Europa Cinemas Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Kitanov runs the Dom na Kinoto (www.domnakinoto.com) cinema in Sofia.
MAKING WAVES: New Romanian Cinema
MAKING WAVES: New Romanian Cinema November 29-December 5, 2012 New York, NY (November 5, 2012) -- The Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Romanian Film Initiative are pleased to announce the continuation and reinvention of the yearly festival dedicated to Romanian cinema in New York City. MAKING WAVES: New…
LOSING SONIA IN COMPETITION OF KINOPOLSKA FILM FESTIVAL IN PARIS
A mid-length documentary directed by Radka Franczak about a unique nun, that shows her artistic talent and her remarkable spirit will compete with several other documentaries and features during most prominent Polish film festival in France.