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Aniont.cz offers more than 700 minutes of authorial animation

Aniont is the only online videotheque of its kind which specializes exclusively in exceptional authorial animation and offers it for free. Web portal Aniont.cz, which was launched in Czech and English versions last June, has grown significantly.
29-11-2016

SUBMIT YOUR FILM! 2nd Deadline November 30th 2016

19th EDITION / March 6 - 15, 2017 / PragueFollowed by regional screenings in over 30 towns around the Czech Republic. We would like to remind you that you have the last chance to subscribe your filminvite you to submit your films to the 19th edition of the One World…
24-11-2016

The 2016 LUX Prize winner is Toni Erdmann

Maren Ade’s story about a father and daughter trying to reconnect in tragicomic circumstances was voted the winner by the European Parliament The winner of the 2016 LUX Prize is Toni Erdmann by German director Maren Ade, a story about a father and daughter trying to reconnect in tragicomic circumstances,…
23-11-2016

Screenwriters and directors call on European Parliament to put authors at heart of copyright reform

A delegation of audiovisual authors and their collective management organisations (CMOs) from across Europe met Members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg to discuss copyright package ahead of the announcement of the winner of the European Parliament’s LUX Film Prize.
23-11-2016

Country of Origin principle for catch-up TV endangers cultural diversity: Europe’s film agencies call for a change of approach

The European Film Agency Director’s (EFADs) position paper on the so called “Sat Cab Regulation”, published today, outlines the EFADs’ concerns about the introduction of a Country of Origin principle for broadcasters’ ancillary online services such as catch-up TV. Whilst the EFADs share the European Commission’s ambitions to support the…
23-11-2016

Position Paper on the Proposed Sat Cab Regulation

Why the EFADs strongly opposes Article 2 in the Proposal for a Regulation on certain online transmissions of broadcasting organisations and retransmissions of television and radio programmes
23-11-2016

I'm Not from Here nominated at EFA

Josebe, age 88, lives in a retirement home in Chile, where she spends her days reminiscing about her youth in a small town in Spain's Basque Country. But her memory is becoming increasingly confused: she thinks she has only just arrived at the retirement home, and every day must learn…
22-11-2016

LUX Film Prize awards ceremony

The LUX Film Prize awards ceremony will be held on 23 November in Strasbourg, and will include a press seminar, the screening of the three finalists competing for the award and the announcement of the winner by President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz. The programme opened on Monday 21…
22-11-2016

Baltic Event announces selection for its 15th Co-Production Market

Seventeen projects have been selected for the Co-Production Market, which will be taking place on 21-24 November at Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event during the Black Nights Film Festival. In other sections, Baltic Event highlights eight Baltic and Nordic projects in the script and pitch workshop POWR Baltic Stories Exchange and…
22-11-2016

WHEN EAST MEETS WEST First Cut Lab 2 more weeks left to submit

First Cut Lab is a training programme designed for 3 long feature fiction films in editing phasefrom Eastern Europe and Italy. Selected producer/director teams will receive tailor-made advice from a consulting editor (Benjamin Mirguet) and expert feedback from top international film professionals (creative producers, festival programmers, sales agents, etc). The…
21-11-2016

Lithuanian, Latvian, and Estonian films available under one Cinema flag

A new online cinema space is to be launched in 2017, bringing together some of the best films from the fast growing and dynamic cinema of the Baltic countries of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Baltic View will feature significant and exciting work from across the region, and will often be…
21-11-2016

Watch, debate and vote: The LUX Film Days travel through Europe

The LUX Film Prize finalists will be showcased in 24 languages in the 28 member states of the European Union in order to disseminate European co-productions within the continent during this year’s edition of the LUX Film Days. The finalists are My Life as a Courgette by Claude Barras, Toni…
14-11-2016

ETOILES ET TOILES DU CINEMA EUROPEEN - AWARDS

Strasbourg, 10/11/2016 – The 17th edition of Etoiles et Toiles du Cinéma Européen organised by the Odyssee, took place last night at the Odyssee cinema with a jury composed of twelve ambassadors to the Council of Europe, the Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe and the Executive Director…
10-11-2016

US COMPANY JOINS FRENCH-GERMAN-BRITISH-POLISH CO-PRODUCTION

Andrew Lauren Productions To Produce And Finance Claire Denis’ “High Life” Starring Robert Pattinson, Patricia Arquette, And Mia Goth. The film will be shot in Germany and Poland. In the beginning of November Andrew Lauren Productions (ALP) has partnered with Alcatraz Films (France), Pandora Film Produktion (Germany), The Apocalypse Films…
10-11-2016

HBO EUROPE AWARD GRANTED AT MIDPOINT TV LAUNCH 2016

THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN MIDPOINT TV LAUNCH AND HBO EUROPE RESULTED IN A HBO EUROPE AWARD AT THE FINAL WORKSHOP OF THE 2016 PROGRAM, GRANTED FOR THE FIRST TIME. MIDPOINT TV LAUNCH IS DEDICATED TO DEVELOPMENT OF CONTENT-RICH COMPELLING AND INNOVATIVE STORIES. THE WINNING PROJECT IS THE GERMAN-BULGARIAN PROJECT HAUSEN, WRITTEN…
10-11-2016

EUROPA CINEMAS ANNOUNCES 2016 AWARDS

Tuesday, November 8, 2016. Europa Cinemas is proud to announce the winners of their annual Awards for 2016. The Europa Cinemas Awards have been celebrating the excellence of network cinemas since 2002, concentrating on awards for best programming and young audience activities, as well as a prize for the most…
08-11-2016

NOMINATIONS FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2016

At the Seville European Film Festival the European Film Academy and EFA Productions proudly announced the nominations for the 29th European Film Awards. The more than 3,000 EFA Members will now vote for the winners who will be presented during the awards ceremony on 10 December in Wroclaw, European Capital…
07-11-2016

Focus on Lithuanian film in Ukraine

The 46th Kiev International Film Festival ‘Molodist‘ will begin tomorrow with the participation of Lithuania as a guest country. The programme of the festival will include the latest Lithuanian films and a special section dedicated to the filmmaker Vytautas Žalakevičius. ‘I'm sure that our audience will be happy to accept…
21-10-2016

WEMW 2017 Two weeks left to apply!

CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR WEMW CO-PRODUCTION FORUM DEADLINE: October 31, 2016 Starting from the next edition WEMW will launch a new East & West double focus and will bring together over 350 film professionals from more than 30 countries and, in particular, from the 2017 spotlight territories: France and the…
18-10-2016

The film I’M NOT FROM HERE goes to EFA

The European Film Academy and EFA Productions presented this year’s short film nominations with the film I‘M NOT FROM HERE (by Maite Alberdi and Giedrė Žickytė) in the nominationlist. In June, at the 56th Krakow Film Festival, comprised of Ewa Puszczyńska (Chairwoman, Poland), Benjamin Cleary (Ireland), Aleksandra Maciuszek (Poland), Nancy…
13-10-2016