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Participants and partners of US in Progress Wroclaw 2017 announced
The seventh edition of the US in Progress will be held from the 25th till 28th of October 2017, as a part of the 8th American Film Festival in Wroclaw (October 24-29th). Thanks to support of the Polish Film Institute we are happy to initiate the first edition of Polish-American…
Czech film Who's Who in Mycology received a Student Academy Award
The fifteen-minute short film Who's Who in Mycology by young talent Marie Dvořáková has been awarded by the American Academy as one of the three winners in the narrative film category (domestic film schools) in the frame of 2017 Student Academy Awards.
Central and eastern European talent ready to fly at prestigious documentary showcase
Three promising central and eastern European films will spread their wings at the dok.incubator preview 2017, hosted at Nordisk Panorama in Malmö, Sweden. Mari Gulbiani’s Before Father Gets Back (GE, FR, DE), which has been presented at East Doc Platform in Prague, depicts a quiet Georgian village, infested by radicalism,…
MIDPOINT TV Launch 2018 – deadline tomorrow Friday!
Now is the time to submit your TV series project for MIDPOINT TV Launch 2018. The deadline is tomorrow Friday September 15th at midnight. MIDPOINT TV Launch is an "idea-to-market" project development program, focused on scripted formats of miniseries or ongoing, episodic TV series that can sustain multiple seasons. Both…
The Czech cinematography will be represented at the Oscars by the film Ice Mother
The Czech Film and Television Academy (CFTA), which organizes the Czech Lion Awards every year, recommended that the film called Ice Mother directed by Bohdan Sláma should be the Czech candidate for the Oscars in the category of the Best Foreign Language Film. The academics were choosing from 13 Czech…
Frost by Šarūnas Bartas selected to compete for the Academy Award
The decision was taken by the Lithuanian committee of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Frost, which is the latest work of the filmmaker Šarūnas Bartas, competed for the right to run for the prestigious award in the category of the best foreign language film with the…
Workshop FIPRESCI Warsaw Critics Project
Applications are now open for FIPRESCI Warsaw Critics Project – Warsaw Film Foundation and FIPRESCI training programme for young film journalists and film critics from Central and Eastern Europe. The 12th edition of the workshop will be held October 13-22, 2017, within frames of the 33rd Warsaw Film Festival. A…
Slovak Film News: Toronto IFF & EFA Selection
NINA and MAGIC MOMENTS at Toronto IFF September 7– 17, 2017
WHEN EAST MEETS WEST opens call for entries, check out the new East & West focus and awards!
After a successful summer at major festivals for several films previously presented at WEMW (to mention a few, In Praise of Nothing by Boris Mitic at Locarno, Nico 1988 by Susanna Nicchiarelli and Hannah by Andrea Pallaoro at Venice), When East Meets West is happy to launch the call for…
Šebestová’s Latest Movie Coming Soon
Bratislava, SLOVAKIA. The renowned director, artist, animator, two-time winner of the Slovak National Film Award Slnko v sieti for her Four (2007) and Snow (2013) projects and a key member of the team of animators and illustrators behind one of the most popular Slovak children´s cartoon and book series Mimi…
EFADs position paper calls for film education, audiovisual heritage, and a fair, diverse and transparent online marketplace for the 21st century
The European Film Agency Directors (EFADs) published a position paper today calling on the European institutions to put in place a copyright framework fit for the 21st century. The paper outlines recommendations to improve film education and the preservation of Europe’s audiovisual heritage in the digital age, and to address…
EAVE Marketing Workshop reloaded: APPLY NOW!
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS for the EAVE Marketing Workshop - deadline September 22
8 emerging filmmakers selected for the third edition of PUSTNIK Screenwriters Residency
8 emerging writers and directors have been selected for the third edition of PUSTNIK – European Screenwriters Residency, which will take place between 2 and 10 September 2017 in Romania, at Port Cultural Cetate.
MIDPOINT TV Launch 2018 – open call
Writers and producers of TV series – get ready for the 2018 edition of MIDPOINT TV Launch. The call is now open. "An excellent program with excellent talent." – Steve Matthews, VP Executive Producer, Drama Development at HBO Europe MIDPOINT TV Launch is an "idea-to-market" project development program, focused on…
Four Czech and co-production movies selected for EFA
Ice Mother by Bohdan Sláma, The Teacher by Jan Hřebejk, Spoor by Agnieszka Holland and The Constitution by Rajko Grlić have been included among the 51 films in this year’s EFA Feature Film Selection, the list of feature fiction films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2017.…
Animated Film Producers From Central And Eastern Europe Building Stronger Network
From December 2 to 6, 2017, the Animateka International Animated Film Festival in Ljubljana will host a dynamic workshop tailor-made for animated film producers from Central and Eastern Europe. It will bring together 30 professionals from up to 18 countries and work with them to build a stronger and more…
DARE TO BE CREATIVE & SHOW YOUR TALENT ! SPECIAL OFFER FOR EASTERN PARTICIPANTS
The third edition of Cartoon Springboard will take place in Halle, Germany, from 14 to 16 November 2017. It will be an excellent opportunity for the young talents of European animation schools (final year students or those who graduated within the last 5 years) to improve their animation project by…
The countdown for the Central European Film Festival in Timișoara begins
From the 3rd to the 9th of September 2017, in Timișoara, recent productions from 16 countries, nationally and internationally awarded, exhibitions, debates, concerts, film workshops in various projection spaces (Cinema Timiș, Libertății Square, Iulius Mall, Cetate, Dacia Square, Hall 2 of the National Theater, Casa Artelor, Cărturești) will all be…
5th SOFA – SCHOOL OF FILM AGENTS / 27 August – 1 September 2017
Only few more days before some of Europe’s leading film professionals reach Warsaw to conduct the 5th SOFA workshop. Who will be guiding this year’s participants in Poland?
51 Feature Films Selected for European Film Awards
It is with great pleasure that the European Film Academy and EFA Productions announce the titles of the 51 films on this year’s EFA Feature Film Selection, the list of feature fiction films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2017! With 31 European countries represented, the list…
