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From 6 continents, contenders to the 5-week docs boot camp

“Take a camera, shoot something, show it to somebody” - Jean Luc Godard Few spots around the world give young filmmakers a shot at making a doc, from idea to screening, in just 5 weeks, under some of the finest tutoring in the world today: New York Film School, a…
02-08-2018

Lithuanian Film and Talent at This Year’s Locarno IFF

The 71st Locarno International Film Festival, which kicks off today, is exceptionally rich in Lithuanian accents. Three Lithuanian films or co-productions have been selected to participate in the festival’s programmes and will have their world premieres in Locarno, to be presented by their filmmakers. In addition to film screenings, three…
01-08-2018

Collaboration between Polish Film Institute and EAVE yields new scholarships for Polish producers

Polish Film Institute and EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs), one of the leading professional training, project development and networking organizations for audiovisual producers, are happy to announce the continuation of their successful partnership that will again and for the third time offer a scholarship for one Polish producer and project for…
31-07-2018

SOFA – SCHOOL OF FILM AGENTS 2018 line-up revealed

Start of the 6th edition (August 26-31, 2018) They act as agents to the film industry and as ambassadors to the cinema audience. SOFA – School of Film Agents invites film-related cultural managers to a unique pan-European think tank for the future of cinema. International industry experts provide participants with…
30-07-2018

Styx, Woman at War and The Other Side of Everything vie for the LUX Prize

The three finalists will travel the continent, before the award is given out at the European Parliament on 14 November Today, at the Giornate degli Autori press conference, President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, and Coordinator of the Committee on Culture and Education Silvia Costa, announced the three films…
25-07-2018

2018 ODESA IFF SCRIPTEAST SERIES PITCHING AWARD GOES TO “FAMILY ARCHIVES” FROM CROATIA. SPECIAL AWARD FOR MAŁGORZATA PIŁACIŃSKA FROM POLAND

The second edition of the Odesa IFF ScripTeast Series Pitching took place in Odesa on 17. - 20. July. It is a drama series competition organized by the Odesa International Film Festival Film Industry Office Team, powered by ScripTeast - a master training program for the best Eastern European scriptwriters,…
23-07-2018

ANIMARKT Pitching 2018 – submit a project of your stop motion short

Projects of animated shorts and TV special episodes made with the use of puppet technique can take part in the pitching organized for the second time during ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum. The deadline for submissions is July 31st.
20-07-2018

Four Croatian films at Guanajuato International Film Festival in Mexico

The 21st Guanajuato International Film Festival will include the screenings of four Croatian films. Cyclists by Veljko Popović and ‘The Stranger’ In My Head by Petra Balekić will screen in competition, while Into the Blue by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović and The Lovetts by Igor Bezinović will screen out of competition.…
17-07-2018

Lithuanian Cinema and Documentary Thrive in First Half of 2018

Over the first six months of this year, national cinema in Lithuania has seen a significant rise in attendance, as evidenced by box office returns: ticket sales of Lithuanian films have almost reached 60% of last year’s total (€2.6 million, compared to €4.5 million in 2017), attracting 500,000 viewers (compared…
13-07-2018

MIDPOINT's success stories in Karlovy Vary

This year's MIDPOINT Feature Launch program had its final showcase during the Karlovy Vary IFF, helping to launch the career of 9 promising projects and their talented participants. Here are the highlights of the third module, Works in Development – Feature Launch.
12-07-2018

THIS SUMMER SWIMMING IN THE SEA OF DOCUMENTARIES – DIVE INTO FACTUM’S ONLINE VIDEO STORE!

One of the most important Croatian documentary film production companies has launched a new project: Factum Online, bringing the broad spectrum of Factum’s documentaries to your home – from the recent ones to the rarely seen!
12-07-2018

STORIES IN MOVEMENT

Dance Film Development Lab - 3 - 9 sept 2018, Bucharest
10-07-2018

Borys Lankosz, a renowned Polish filmmaker to tutor a screenwriting group at Slawomir Idziak's Film Spring Workshop

Borys Lankosz, a renowned Polish filmmaker is to tutor the screenwriting group at the annual Film Spring Workshop in Krakow, Poland, 17-26 October 2018.
10-07-2018

Participants selected for Talents Sarajevo 2018

The 12th annual Talents Sarajevo, to be held in parallel with the 24th Sarajevo Film Festival, will host 61 prospective actors, cinematographers, directors, editors, film critics, producers and screenwriters from South Eastern Europe and South Caucasus. Among them are four Croatian professionals: Hrvojka Begović (actress), Hani Domazet (director), Katarina Prpić…
09-07-2018

European authors call on MEPs to maintain strong support on authors' rights / copyright directive

In light of the recent vote in the European Parliament to postpone the vote on its position on the Copyright Directive, European authors call upon MEPs to maintain their strong support on authors’ rights.
05-07-2018

Warsaw Kids Film Forum 2018 selection announced

Warsaw Kids Film Forum is delighted to announce the full selection of projects to be presented during the Forum in September. This year we were overwhelmed with 75 applications from 22 different countries from which the 36 projects were chosen to be part of Pitching and Script Exchange sessions. Filmmakers…
05-07-2018

Macedonia Announces First Call for Support for International Promotion and Distribution of Domestic Films and Minority Co-productions

Macedonian Film Agency announced public Call for support for international promotion and promotion and distribution of domestic films and minority co-productions for the first time since its founding as a film fund in 2008. The support is given for participation on festivals and events and promotion and distribution of the…
05-07-2018

OPEN CALL: Montenegro announces Public call for co-financing of the minority co-productions

Film Centre of Montenegro announced Public call for co-financing of the minority co-productions.
03-07-2018

EFP FUTURE FRAMES at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2018 Welcome to Young Filmmakers on the Rise

For the fourth year running European Film Promotion (EFP) and the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) present ten of the most promising new European directors and their films in the framework of EFP FUTURE FRAMES during KVIFF. The programme is supported by the Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of…
03-07-2018