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MIDPOINT Feature Launch 2018 – Deadline Tomorrow Thursday Oct 26

The call for MIDPOINT Feature Launch is open – for writers, directors and producers of narrative storytelling. Deadline tomorrow Thursday October 26. Next year's edition has been expanded to become a year-long platform with two residential workshops, a project showcase at Karlovy Vary IFF and a networking spotlight at When…
25-10-2017

Support decisions at the 148th Eurimages’ Board of Management meeting

Co-production support - Strasbourg, 25.10.2017 - At its 148th meeting held from 16 to 20 October 2017 in Skopje, the Board of Management of the Council of Europe's Eurimages Fund agreed to support 22 fiction, 7 documentaries and 1 animation film projects for a total amount of €5,598,535.
25-10-2017

Four Animation Films and Four Comedies Nominated for the European Film Awards 2017

The European Film Academy proudly announces the four nominations for the award categories EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2017 and EUROPEAN COMEDY 2017. Nominated for European Animated Feature Film 2017 are: ETHEL & ERNEST by Roger Mainwood (UK, Luxembourg)LOUISE BY THE SHORE (Louise en hiver) by Jean-François Laguionie (France, Canada)LOVING VINCENT…
24-10-2017

dok.incubator workshop calls for ambitious feature docs at the rough‐cut stage

dok.incubator, an international documentary workshop that supports the creative team (director, producer, and editor) with their late-stage documentaries, is searching for original film projects that will have a rough-cut ready by March 2018. The programme is based on individual tutoring for the whole team. Under the supervision of experienced European…
24-10-2017

Record Number of European Oscar­ Entries at EFP's LA Screenings

Putting a spotlight on a record number of 28 European Oscar­ entries, EFP (European Film Promotion) offers additional screenings of the films in LA for Academy members, journalists, US-distributors and international buyers. With the special support of the EFP member organisations, the event helps the productions to stand out among…
24-10-2017

MIDPOINT Feature Launch Announces Winners

Today the script and project development program MIDPOINT Feature Launch 2017 concluded in Písek, Czech Republic, and the winners have been announced. The main development award of 8.000 EUR goes to ZANA by writer/director Antoneta Kastrati and producer Casey Johnson. 19 writers, directors and producers have participated in this year's…
20-10-2017

EFA: Five Debut Films Nominated for the European Film Awards 2017

The European Film Academy congratulates the nominees for the EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2017 – Prix FIPRESCI, an award presented annually as part of the European Film Awards to a young and upcoming director for a first full-length feature film. Nominated are: BLOODY MILK (Petit Paysan) by Hubert Charuel (France)GODLESS (БЕЗБОГ) by…
19-10-2017

The shooting of the live-action documentary film Action D.B. by the director Dana Budisavljević begins

Written and directed by: Dana BudisavljevićCo-written by: Jelena PaljanDirector of photography: Jasenko RasolProduction design: Duško Milavec and Ivo HušnjakCostume design: Martina FranićMakeup design: Dušica VuksanovićSound: Julij ZornikProducers: Miljenka Čogelja and Olinka VišticaProduced by: The Hulahop production house from ZagrebCo-produced by: Vlado Bulajić and Lija Pogačnik, the December production house from…
18-10-2017

EUROPA DISTRIBUTION OPEN PANEL MIA / ROME FILM FESTIVAL

Everything you always wanted to know about Distribution but were afraid to ask: PIRACY Europa Distribution and MIA continue their joint venture to raise awareness of the role of film distributors, and present the 4th edition of the successful panels on “Everything you always wanted to know about Distribution but…
17-10-2017

MIDPOINT TV Launch 2018 announcing project selection

It's a great pleasure to announce the 6 selected projects for the 2018 edition of MIDPOINT TV Launch, the international idea-to-market program for emerging TV series creators. The selected projects and its 15 participants will go through a 9 month development program, which takes their original TV series ideas through…
16-10-2017

TWO WEEKS LEFT TO APPLY TO THE WEMW CO-PRODUCTION FORUM

WEMW Coproduction ForumDEADLINE: October 31, 2017The upcoming edition of WEMW (January 21-23, 2018) will launch a new East & West double focus and will bring together over 400 film professionals from more than 30 countries and, in particular, from the 2018 spotlight regions: the Nordic Countries* and South East Europe**.Producers…
16-10-2017

EFA Protests Against Dismissal of PFI Director Magdalena Sroka

Open letter to the Minister of Culture and National Heritage
13-10-2017

MIDPOINT Feature Launch 2017 – Final workshop about to begin

19 writers, directors and producers are meeting again on October 16th to participate in the second and last residential workshop of this year's MIDPOINT Feature Launch. Since June's workshop in Macedonia, the teams have been working on their scripts and project development, and are now at the second workshop taking…
13-10-2017

Lithuanian cinema to begin 2018 with a film retrospective in Paris

One of the biggest and most important projects presenting Lithuanian cinema to Europe will open the series of events in France dedicated to the centenary of the restoration of the state of Lithuania. Three years of negotiations were finalised this week with an agreement between the Lithuanian Film Centre, the…
13-10-2017

The 15th edition of the Ex Oriente Film workshop brings a diverse open programme to Ji.hlava

Held within the 21st Ji.hlava IDFF, the Institute of Documentary Film launches the second session of the yearlong international workshop Ex Oriente Film devoted to developing and supporting creative documentaries from Central and Eastern Europe. This year's 15th edition will welcome fifteen leading experts that will share their experiences and…
13-10-2017

Digitally restored classic Bloody Lady at Lumière Festival

The re-release of Viktor Kubal’s Bloody Lady (1980), that was digitized and restored by the National Film Archive of the Slovak Film Institute, will take place at the 9th Lumière Festival. The film will be screened within the section Archival treasures and curiosities, that offers unique restored archive films from…
13-10-2017

FNE CEI AV Innovation Days at the International Co-Production forum Regiofund

KATOWICE: Demand for high quality regional VR content, the potential of social media driven audience building, and the need to focus on metrics to attract private investment were highlighted at the Film New Europe CEI AV Innovation Days at International Co-production Forum Regiofund 5-7 October 2017. Audience and distributor demand…
11-10-2017

Silver Eye nominees 2017

For the 9th time, the Institute of Documentary Film will award the best East and Central European documentaries with Silver Eye Awards. Within the 14th edition of East Silver Market, which will take place from October 24 to 29 during the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, the winners will be…
10-10-2017

Five Films Nominated for European University Film Award (EUFA)

At the Filmfest Hamburg, the five nominated films for the European University Film Award (EUFA) have been announced. Introduced in 2016, this award is presented by university students from across Europe. Based on the lists of 51 feature films and 15 documentaries from the EFA Selections 2017 a committee has…
10-10-2017

East Doc Platform Call for Entries

The 7th edition of the largest meeting place for the international documentary industry in the CEE region invites filmmakers and producers of documentary projects in any stage of development. For the first time, shorts are welcome too. When: March 3 - 9, 2018Where: Prague, Czech RepublicDeadline for application: November 10,…
06-10-2017