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Meet the Emerging Producers 2016 - vol.1
Our workshop for talented documentary film producers knows its first participants. Please meet the first six up-and-coming European talents.
15 European Documentaries Selected for 28th European Film Awards
It is with great pleasure that the European Film Academy and EFA Productions announce the first ever EFA Documentary Selection, a list of 15 European documentaries recommended for a nomination for this year's European Film Awards.
Lithuanian and Polish film professionals to promote cooperation on an unconventional expedition across the Baltic Sea
How could two neighbouring countries encourage cooperation and creativity among their film producers? An unconventional approach will be presented by the Lithuanian Film Centre on September 12–14. Twelve film producers from Lithuania and Poland actively working in the area of international co-production on the deck of one of the most…
DIGITAL PRODUCTION CHALLENGE II 2015 in VILNIUS – Registration closes by September 22!
OPEN TO ALL FILM PROFESSIONALS, EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL PRODUCTION CHALLENGE II enters its seventh year. The European workshop on digital production workflows, especially designed for 35 film professionals, becomes multi-disciplinary and widens its doors to all film professionals and from all countries. From filmmakers, cinematographers to post-production supervisors, From…
Lithuania nominates The Summer of Sangaile for Oscars foreign language category
The Lithuanian Oscar Committee today decided that Alante Kavaite’s film The Summer of Sangaile (Sangailes vasara) will be Lithuania’s official candidate for the Oscar-nominations as Best Foreign-Language Feature. The film tells the story of the 17-year-old Sangaile who is fascinated by stunt planes. Her biggest dream is to become an…
Enrolment for Look For Fund: 6th International Festival of Film Producers REGIOFUN
REGIOFUN encourages: producer, talk about money. International Festival of Film Producers REGIOFUN, which is going to take place this autumn in Katowice, will again give the chance to conduct direct conversations between producers of a film and representatives of an institution from which they can receive a subsidy for their…
52 Films in EFA Selection 2015 for 28th European Film Awards
52 Films in EFA Selection for 28th European Film Awards It is with great pleasure that the European Film Academy and EFA Productions announce the titles of the 52 films on this year’s selection list, the list of films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2015! With…
MIDPOINT has completed a script development workshop, introducing the First Look consultation platform
Friday 28 August was the last day of the 6th year of the MIDPOINT international script development programme that supports young talents and the development of screenplays. The three-month training programme was closed at the First Look − an all-day consultation platform. After three months of hard work young European…
World War Two Film Brutus, shooting in Romania
Director Costa Fam is shooting the second part of the Witnesses trilogy – offering an unique perspective on war atrocities. The short film Brutus – the second part of the Witnesses trilogy – historical film consisting of three short stories, offers a new perspective on the Second World War. The…
COHEN MEDIA GROUP ACQUIRES CANNES FILM FESTIVAL PRIZE WINNER ‘RAMS’
NEW YORK (August 17, 2015) – Charles S. Cohen, Chairman and CEO of Cohen Media Group, today announced that CMG has acquired all North American distribution rights to RAMS, the new film from Icelandic writer-director Grimur Hakonarson. CMG plans a February 2016 theatrical release for the Cannes Film Festival prize…
SARAJEVO: EXHIBITION AND CO-PRODUCTION IN THE BORDERLESS WORLD TO BE DISCUSSED AT EUROPEAN FILM FORUM
Does public funding of co-productions have a future in the digital borderless world? And what is the story behind the creative new ways that Southeast Europe is tackling the challenges in cinema exhibition? These two topics are in focus at the European Film Forum, which Sarajevo Film Festival's Regional Forum…
Panels of top documentary festivals’ and sales’ representatives at DOK.Incubator
Last week of August, the workshop of DOK.Incubator takes place in Banská Štiavnica. Filmmakers from Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary are invited.
B’EST EAVE 2015 Announces Project Slate
B’EST EAVE Producers’ Workshop, taking place on September 7-11 in St Petersburg, Russia, and November 15-18, Tallinn, Estonia, presents 8 projects and 4 participants without projects in its 2015 edition. Running for the 4th year in 2015, B’EST EAVE brings together four projects from the Western Europe (two from Germany…
New ties to be created between Polish and Southeast European film
Poland is this year's Partner Country at Sarajevo Film Festival's co-production market CineLink, an event coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the Polish Film Institute. A delegation of around 15 Polish producers and distributors will be present at CineLink, where they during four intensive days will be meeting their Southeast…
New International Filmmaking courses launch at Warsaw Film School this October
The new BA in Film and Multimedia is available with specialisation in Film Directing and Cinematography.
Family Film will compete in San Sebastian IFF
Prague, 28 July, 2015 - Highly expected long feature debut of the director Olzo Omerzu Family Film was selected for the official program of San Sebastian IFF, taking place 18 – 26 September. Jiri Konecny from endorfilm is the Czech producer of the film. Olzo Omerzu, a talented Slovenian director…
€390,378 worth of state support extended to 14 Lithuanian film projects
The Lithuanian Film Centre has granted €390,378 of state funding for 14 national film projects. 9 projects – including one interactive project – were granted financial assistance for development, and 5 film projects – two features, one documentary, one short animation, and one short fiction film – received support for…
5 DAYS LEFT: Baltic Event Call for Projects 2015
CALL FOR ENTRIES - 5 DAYS LEFT!Baltic Event Co-Production Market and Works in Progress November 16-18, 2015, TallinnEntry deadline: August 1, 2015Apply and get a chance to win the € 20 000 Eurimages Co-Production Development Award at Baltic Event 2015! Baltic Event, the largest co-production platform in Northern and Central…
Magnus von Horn and Mariusz Włodarski in conversation in the frame of the New Horizons Studio
On Wednesday July 29th as part of the New Horizons Studio there will be a masterclass by Magnus von Horn, director of The Here After and the film producer of Lava Film, Mariusz Włodarski. The film had its world premiere at Directors’ Fortnight Cannes 2015.
Sharunas Bartas film retrospectives screened from Brazil to Morocco
In May, Sharunas Bartas returned to Cannes with his newest drama “Peace To Us In Our Dreams”, which has yet to premiere in Lithuania. The film was selected for the Directors’ Fortnight programme – an independent section taking place in parallel to the Cannes Film Festival. Bartas, whose work is…
