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PETER FORNSTAM TO RECEIVE 2019 UNIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AT CINEEUROPE 2019
BRUSSELS, NEW YORK – 1 February 2019: Peter Fornstam, Founder & Managing Director of Svenska Bio and Chairman of the Swedish Exhibitors’ Association, has been announced as the recipient of the 2019 UNIC Achievement Award, given each year to recognise outstanding dedication and service to the European cinema industry. The…
Kirill Serebrennikov’s Summer, a nostalgic ode to the Soviet underground rock scene to open Vilnius Film Festival
As an instrument for cultural and political change, music plays a vital role in the fight for freedom. This year, music will also be at the center of the 24th Vilnius International Film Festival Kino Pavasaris, with Kirill Serebrennikov’s Summer (Leto) set to open the festival on March 21. In…
goEast 2019: 10 - 16 April 2019 Encounters Between East and West at 19th Festival Edition // Pan-European Picnic // Symposium: Constructions of the Other – Roma and the Cinema of Central and Eastern Europe // Homage to Krzysztof Zanussi // New Award
With its multi-faceted programme, featuring film screenings, workshops, exhibitions and panel discussions, goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film, hosted by DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum, is equally aimed at local cinema fans, experts from the industry and academia and guests from around the world, and sees…
The gala evening of the Czech Lion Awards will take place on 23rd March
The ceremonial gala evening of the Czech Lion Awards will take place on 23rd March 2019 and it will be hosted by the actor Václav Kopta The 26th Czech Lion, the annual awards of the Czech Film and Television Academy (CFTA), will take place in the Dvořák’s Hall of Rudolfinum…
3 dok.incubator projects at Sundance
3 films developed in dok.incubator workshop are competing at Sundance Film Festival! In the last 7 years of the workshop, 9 films have been selected for Sundance. The call for our applications deadline is on the 30th of January. World Cinema Documentary Competition In an intimate portrait “The Disappearance of…
Slovakia in spotlight of When East Meets West
Slovakia will be one of the countries in spotlight of industry platform When East Meets West (January, 20 - 22, 2019). A numerous delegation of Slovak film professionals will be representing the country at the event that is running paralely to 30th Trieste Film Festival(January 18 – 25, 2019). At…
EUROPEAN AUTHORS NEED A PRINCIPLE OF PROPORTIONATE REMUNERATION TO BE ENSHRINED IN THE COPYRIGHT DIRECTIVE (ARTICLE -14)
As the trilogue negotiations on the proposed Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market are drawing to a conclusion, now is your last opportunity to effectively ensure European authors benefit from the economic success of their works.
Animated Documentary – A Hundred Years Old and Still Alive
Last year, it was one hundred years since The Sinking of the Lusitania by Winsor McCay, considered by historians to be the first animated documentary. Since then, this hybrid and sometimes controversial genre has changed and evolved. Popular films include the recent Another Day of Life or Waltz with Bashir…
Montenegro launches 25% cash rebate scheme
PODGORICA: Montenegro has launched a new scheme that will provide producers with cash rebates of 25% on qualifying production expenditure. Until recently, the return of funds spent in Montenegro amounted to 20% of the funds invested in film production. The Film Centre of Montenegro has initiated this change in order…
2018 was marked as the best year for Lithuanian cinema market after the restoration of independence
The Lithuanian film centre have summarized the local box office results - in 2018 distribution reached a remarkable increase and hit all the records. National cinema grew and hit market share by 28%. It’s a significant rise from 22% last year that was fixed as a record in 2017. Total…
EFADs New President and Vice President elected in Seville
On 15 December 2018, in the framework of the European Film Awards in Seville the members of the European Film Agency Directors (EFADs) Board elected the new President and Vice-President of the association with a 2 year mandate: President: Luis Chaby Vaz, President of the Board of Directors of the…
WEMW unveils all juries and the final line up of LAST STOP TRIESTE, THIS IS IT and FIRST CUT LAB
Trieste, January 15th, 2019 – The ninth edition of When East Meets West kicks off in less than one 1 week, on January 20th with an exciting double focus on the Benelux countries and Central Eastern Europe. After having revealed the pitching forum project selection, WEMW is proud to announce…
What’s on the Menu for Czech Animation in 2019
The year 2018 did not yield any box office hit in the field of Czech animation, yet festival showings and achievements abroad imply that our creators are not resting on their laurels. There are a number of interesting feature films, series, and TV bedtime-story animations in development or production. They…
Eurimages: Support decisions and accession of a new member State
Co-production support - Strasbourg, 17.12.2018 - At its 153rd meeting held from 10 to 13 December 2018 in Tbilisi, the Board of Management of the Council of Europe's Eurimages Fund agreed to support 11 fiction and 1 documentary film projects for a total amount of €3,188,000.
MIDPOINT Feature Launch 2019 announcing selection
It's a great pleasure to announce the selected 9 feature-length projects and 2 script consultant trainees for the 2019 edition of MIDPOINT Feature Launch.We can´t wait to welcome projects and participants from Croatia, Czech Republic, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine already in January 2019, when the first…
22 projects selected for the Trieste co-production forum
Trieste - December 14, 2018 – 22 film projects from 14 countries will be presented at the ninth edition of When East Meets West, the Italian co-production forum taking place on January 20-22, 2019 in the frame of the Trieste Film Festival. This year WEMW will bring together more than…
The EU urgently needs remuneration rules for authors and performers
European and international authors and performers' organisations from all sectors urge Member States to support the much-needed Article -14 providing for fair and proportionate remuneration for authors and performers in the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. Proposed by the European Parliament and backed by a large majority…
MIDPOINT expands: tailor-made support for projects in the editing phase
MIDPOINT´s feature-length film orientated program Feature Launch offered the post-production follow-up for its alumni project ZANA (writer and director Antoneta Kastrati).This project was developed within MIDPOINT Feature Launch and has been awarded by the MIDPOINT Development Award of 8.000 EUR.Moreover, ZANA has been selected to this year´s Works in Progress…
Lithuanian tax incentives for film production successfully raised to 30%
Lithuanian parliament has approved a boost to the country’s film production tax incentive, increasing it from 20% to 30%. The new level will take effect from January 1, 2019 and the legislation has been renewed for the next five-year period. Country‘s filming profile has been rising in recent years, with…
The 8th day of HUNGER STRIKE of Armenian producer, who protests against government injustice
On December 3rd at 15:00 Armenian producer Hovhanness Galstyan has started the Huger Strike to show a protest against government injustice towards film project "My Grandma's Locks" - coproduction between Armenia, Bulgaria and Germany. The Government of Republic of Armenia didn't give promised financing for the film and this fact…
