The North Macedonia Film Agency has become the 34th member of the European association of Film Agencies, the EFADs, as of May 2019.
The North Macedonia Film Agency joins the EFADs as an associate member, a status open to any film agency located in a country member of the Council of Europe. It allows it to take part in all activities of the association and have partial voting rights.
“We strongly believe that the North Macedonia Film Agency would greatly benefit by becoming a member of the EFADs association, which contributes to the actualization of European policies and initiatives by focusing on promotion and distribution of European works and the challenges of the European film industry. Joining the association enables us to exchange information, to share experiences and to strengthen our common aims for European audiovisual industries, by targeting key issues on digital change, copyright, fight against piracy and media literacy. I hope that our collaboration will enable a greater visibility and more intensive collaboration in the years to come.” declared Gorjan Tozija, Director of the North Macedonia Film Agency.
ABOUT THE NORTH MACEDONIA FILM AGENCY
The North Macedonia Film Agency as a governmental body, established under the Film Industry Law officially began its operation in 2014 as a legal successor of the Macedonian Film Fund.
- The overall responsibility of the Agency is to ensure growth of Macedonian film industry, film tradition and film culture through continuous support of its development, production, distribution, exhibition and promotion. In order to achieve its goals the Agency aims at providing a continuous support to the production of films of national interest, stimulating international filming co-productions (majority and minority co-production), encouraging expert and professional education of film industry professionals, stimulating the creation of national screenplays, promoting Macedonian cinematography at renowned international film festivals, promoting North Macedonia as a filming location as well as administering the Film Production Incentive Programme, aimed to encourage and stimulate investments in film/television projects.
- It is funded by the grant-in-aid from the Government and through contributions such as broadcasters, cable operators, Internet providers, cinema exhibitors and distributors.
ABOUT THE EFADs
The EFADs is the voice of European Film Agencies, bringing together 34 organisations. European Film Agencies champion European film across different formats and platforms. Their mission is to enable local cultures and different language communities to see their lives represented on screen and for powerful, culturally expressive films to deeply affect hearts and minds to the benefit of the well- being of society across Europe.
EFADs members promote film literacy and storytelling in support of freedom of expression and film culture to ensure filmmaking, film heritage and film as art are accessible and relevant to the many, not the few
List of EFADs’ members: http://www.efads.eu/members/all-our-members.html
@Sufferosa, a Mystery Adventure in III Acts, is an interactive Instagram series that reflects on youthfulness, beauty, and the sense of being lost in a maze you can’t escape. Watch the trailer here.
Thematically, @Sufferosa is a neo-noir thriller and a satire on the cultural obsession with beauty and youth in the present-day world. The story follows a private eye Ivan Johnson looking for a missing woman. His investigation leads him to Carlos von Braun’s Clinic. This is when the interactive part begins - the user becomes the detective and unfolds the story piece by piece adding suspense and intrigue to a narrative.
In this artistic, non-commercial storytelling experiment the directors duo The Kissinger Twins strive to create a new kind of serialized storytelling in social media. @Sufferosablends original footage with samples from classic film, literature, and music (Glass Candy, Sonic Youth), taking influences from adventure games.
Find a woman trapped in a clinic perfecting eternal youth. Explore all twenty-four accounts of Carlos von Braun’s clinic with videos, stories, carousels, captions, and IGTV.
Act I out now @sufferosa www.instagram.com/sufferosa
The Kissinger Twins are the directors duo and new media artists. They directed
award-winning interactive experiences and films for Samsung, Channel 4, Philips as well as art projects, such as Webby Awards winning The Trip or SXSW finalist Forget Me Not.
www.kissingertwins.com
OPEN CALL FOR BALTIC SEA DOCS 2019
23rd BALTIC SEA FORUM FOR DOCUMENTARIES (Riga, Latvia, September 3 – 7, 2019)
23rd Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries (Baltic Sea Docs) is looking for talented and daring new documentary projects!
Every year, the Baltic Sea Docs gathers over 100 professional filmmakers from the Baltic Sea region, as well as from Northern, Eastern and Central Europe. Participating in the forum (preparatory workshops, public pitching sessions and seminars) is an invaluable way for filmmakers to find funding for the production of their projects and to further ensure that their films reach a wide audience across Europe and beyond.
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Who can apply |
· Independent production companies from the wider Baltic Sea Region countries (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden) |
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What kind of projects |
Producers may enter up to 3 feature length projects each. Apart from traditional documentaries the BSD also provides a platform for cross media projects and documentary animations. One project may be sent in for selection up to 3 times. Projects pitched in the previous editions are ineligible. Priority is given to projects having some financial commitment from broadcasters or film institutions. Projects by first time filmmakers are also eligible. |
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Application Deadline |
Sunday, June 9, 2019 |
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Application Documents (must be submitted in English) |
The on-line Application Form, including:· short description of the production company, producer and director (max 150 words each), |
Submit: http://project.balticseadocs.lv/
Guidelines: http://balticseadocs.lv/industry/guidelines-2019/
The forum is held in English and participation is free of charge.
The BSD is organized by the National Film Centre of Latvia. The largest financial support comes from the EU funded Creative Europe Media program.
Submit your project at Warsaw Kids Film Forum until the end of May
The call for projects for the 3rd edition of Warsaw Kids Film Forum, an international co- production forum aimed at children’s market is still open! WKFF is the industry part of the Kids Film Festival and will take place from 25th to 27th of September 2019.
Submissions are open till 31st of May.
What kind of projects are we looking for?
- Projects from Poland and Europe in development or at an early production stage
- Projects that already have a producer and a script writer (director is not compulsory)
- Features and TV series: animated, documentaries, live-action, transmedia
How to participate?
㱺 Click on: www.warsawkidsff.pl 㱺 click on the "Registration" button 㱺 fill in the form 㱺 upload the files 㱺 wait for a confirmation e-mail
In case of questions or any issues with registration please contact the project coordinator Zosia Horszczaruk at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Who are we?
WKFF is an event for film industry showcasing content for children and young audience. In 3 days, 30 projects from Poland and abroad will be presented on screen and watched by producers, broadcasters, sales agents and distributors. Accompanying events include master classes, script and marketing consulting, case studies and workshops.
Who are the participants?
In order to meet a growing demand for networking between well-developed film industries and the emerging markets, we have hosted participants from various fields. The guests of previous editions included sales agents: Sola Media, Global Screen, Attraction Distribution, SF Filmindustri, Millimages as well as broadcasters: Canal +, NRK, YLE, NDR and also representatives from Netherland Film Funds, the Italian Ministry of Culture and the Polish Film Institute.
The majority of attendees were the producers who visited us from countries like: Croatia, Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Israel, Latvia, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Slovenia and Ukraine.
Warsaw Kids Film Forum connects professionals from markets producing high quality children’s content with film makers from countries where kid’s productions need developing.
More info: www.warsawkidsff.pl
Karlovy Vary IFF presents complete competition sections and other films. The competition sections are Official Selection - Competition, East of the West - Competition and Documentary Films - Competition.
You can find more information in the press release here.
You can download videos from the festival here. If you wish to obtain hi-res images from our website, please use the login “press” and new password “2019”. A “Download” button then appears as you move the mouse cursor over the image. Please credit “Film Servis Festival Karlovy Vary”.
We would like to kindly remind you that the press accreditation deadline for 54th Karlovy Vary IFF is June 3, 2019.
The North Macedonia Film Agency has become the 34th member of the European association of Film Agencies, the EFADs, as of May 2019.
The North Macedonia Film Agency joins the EFADs as an associate member, a status open to any film agency located in a country member of the Council of Europe. It allows it to take part in all activities of the association and have partial voting rights.
“We strongly believe that the North Macedonia Film Agency would greatly benefit by becoming a member of the EFADs association, which contributes to the actualization of European policies and initiatives by focusing on promotion and distribution of European works and the challenges of the European film industry. Joining the association enables us to exchange information, to share experiences and to strengthen our common aims for European audiovisual industries, by targeting key issues on digital change, copyright, fight against piracy and media literacy. I hope that our collaboration will enable a greater visibility and more intensive collaboration in the years to come.” declared Gorjan Tozija, Director of the North Macedonia Film Agency.
ABOUT THE NORTH MACEDONIA FILM AGENCY
The North Macedonia Film Agency as a governmental body, established under the Film Industry Law officially began its operation in 2014 as a legal successor of the Macedonian Film Fund.
- The overall responsibility of the Agency is to ensure growth of Macedonian film industry, film tradition and film culture through continuous support of its development, production, distribution, exhibition and promotion. In order to achieve its goals the Agency aims at providing a continuous support to the production of films of national interest, stimulating international filming co-productions (majority and minority co-production), encouraging expert and professional education of film industry professionals, stimulating the creation of national screenplays, promoting Macedonian cinematography at renowned international film festivals, promoting North Macedonia as a filming location as well as administering the Film Production Incentive Programme, aimed to encourage and stimulate investments in film/television projects.
- It is funded by the grant-in-aid from the Government and through contributions such as broadcasters, cable operators, Internet providers, cinema exhibitors and distributors.
ABOUT THE EFADs
The EFADs is the voice of European Film Agencies, bringing together 34 organisations. European Film Agencies champion European film across different formats and platforms. Their mission is to enable local cultures and different language communities to see their lives represented on screen and for powerful, culturally expressive films to deeply affect hearts and minds to the benefit of the well- being of society across Europe.
EFADs members promote film literacy and storytelling in support of freedom of expression and film culture to ensure filmmaking, film heritage and film as art are accessible and relevant to the many, not the few
List of EFADs’ members: http://www.efads.eu/members/all-our-members.html
SKOPJE: The North Macedonia Film Agency has joined the European Association of Film Agencies (EFADs). The move represents another step in North Macedonia’s acceptance into the European film community, following a significant meeting between the heads of the North Macedonia and Greek film agencies at the Cannes Film Festival.
The 59th Krakow Film Festival began on Sunday evening with a full room at the ceremonial gala at the Kijów.Centrum cinema and the screening of the documentary “Wind. A Documentary thriller ” by Michał Bielawski. The official opening, headed by Krzysztof Gierat, director of the Festival, was attended by Robert Piaskowski, plenipotentiary of the Mayor of the City of Krakow for Culture, members of the jury and representatives of the film industry from around the world.
– Yesterday Cannes, today Krakow. Yesterday during the awards in Cannes the less known artists won with the masters of cinema. Will it also be the case at the Krakow Film Festival? – said Krzysztof Gierat, the festival director, inviting the audience to participate in the shows and events accompanying the festival.
Krzysztof Gierat, fot. Kamila Szatan
During the eight festival days, viewers will have the opportunity to see in almost nearly 250 films from all over the world showcased in the 4 competitions and 11 non-competition sections, most of which are shown in our country for the first time. The competition films will be judged by the international Jury, whose members were presented during the ceremony. Among them are Talal Derki, Brett Morgen, Jacek Petrycki, Marta Prus, Weronika Bilska, Tomasz Raczek and Xawery Żuławski.
Jury of 59. Krakow Film FGestival, fot. Kamila Szatan
A great celebratory welcome was given to Caroline Leaf room, winner of this year’s Dragon of Dragon Award, who will receive her award for special contribution to the development of the world animated film which on May 27th.
– Krakow lives for the cinema and does not let you forget about it on the big screen. The capital of Małopolska is a place where not only the outstanding creators of cinema lived and created,but in which new films, documentaries and series are constantly being created. Film festivals, on the other hand, are a holiday for both the industry and the public – said Robert Piaskowski, plenipotentiary of the Mayor of Krakow for culture, opening the festival on behalf of President Jacek Majchrowski.
Michał Bielawski and Maciej Kubicki, fot. Kamila Szatan
The highly applauded screening of the “Wind. A Documentary Thriller “, which had its world premiere during the opening of the Festival, was preceded by the presentation of the film’s creators and protagonists. Michał Bielawski, producer of the movie, producer Maciej Kubicki, production manager Anna Wereda, cinematographer Bartłomiej Solik, responsible for editing Hubert Pusek and heroine Ewa Kondera-Wołek appeared on the stage. The Krakow audience will have the opportunity to watch the film again on May 29th at 11:00 and on May 30th at 4:00 pm in the Pod Baranami Cinema, where a meeting with filmmakers and heroes will also take place.
We are in for a week filled with screenings of competition films and accompanying sections. The meetings with the creators and unique special events await for the spectators every day.
The 59th Krakow Film Festival takes place on May 26 – June 2, 2019
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FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Cannes Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition, Un Certain Regard, Directors' Fortnight and Critics Week, giving the films 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 stars. 5 is the best and 1 is the worst. The ratings give an overview of critics’ opinions from a large number of countries and provide insights into what critics in many different countries think about the programme.
KFF Industry at the 59th Krakow Film Festival
As soon as on May 26 starts the 59th Krakow Film Festival. As every year, the festival will be accompanied by many industry events, dedicated to film professionals present at the festival. We would like to invite you to familiarize yourself with the programme.
One of the main events of the KFF Industry is KFF Market– a digital video library, in which, throughout the entire festival week, one can watch the latest films from around the world, which are looking for cinema, festival and television distribution. In this year’s catalogue, there are about 250 documentary, short and animated films, including the festival’s competition films and sections prepared by the partners: Institute of Documentary Film, DOK Lepizg, Swiss Films, Visions du Reel, Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival, Festival dei Popoli and Finnish Film Foundation.
fot. Agnieszka Fiejka
In this year’s programme of KFF Industry, there is also a place for animated films. Within the frames of the section Animated in Poland, there will be a pitching of Polish short animated films in the final stage of production. The representatives of the selected projects will have a chance to show their excerpts and to talk about their films, before they are shown at Polish and foreign film festivals. Animated in Poland includes also three other events. Co-organized with SPPA Talent Market is the place where producers meet new talents. Screenwriters, animators, directors and producers looking for a co-production will have the chance to meet with producers and owners of the animation studios based in Poland, who are looking for new ideas and projects. For those interested in combining the drawing and the film there will be a workshop on storyborading. During the workshops, participants will try to define a good storyboard. They will learn the basics of working with a storyboard, they will see examples of different types, techniques, software and methods of use in various industries, with particular emphasis on animation. The legal panel co-organized with Kancelaria Lassota will be dedicated to the proper ways of acquisition of rights by the animation producer with particular emphasis on copyright and related rights to individual elements – the graphic layer, music and text.
Free events of the 59th Krakow Film Festival
Outdoor cinema near the Wawel Castle and in the interior of the Barbican, shows for children, workshops or Japanese animations – many free of charge events await the viewers of the 59th Krakow Film Festival.
An extraordinary cinema inside the Barbakan
The 70th birthday of the Documentary and Feature Film Studio s (WFDiF) will be celebrated with screenings of classic Polish documentary films made by the Warsaw studio. The films will be screened on Wednesday and Thursday (29-30 May) in the extraordinary, medieval scenery of the interior of the Barbakan. WFDiF was the place where that the most important trends in Polish documentary cinema were born and flourished – from the first post-war productions, through the legendary “black series” and the most famous productions of the 60s, 70s and 80s, to the era of breakthrough films. It was here that the greatest documentary filmmakers made their films, and here the feature debuts of Agnieszka Smoczyńska, Bodo Kox and Katarzyna Rosłaniec were also made. On the occasion of the jubilee, a selection of documentaries made at Chelmska 21 will be presented, including works by Krzysztof Kieślowski, Władysław Ślesicki, Kazimierz Karabasz and Marcel Łoziński.
Take Mama to the cinema, a Mother’s Day with KFF
To celebrate Mother’s Day, the Krakow Film Festival has prepared a discount for its viewers that will encourage them to spend this special holiday together. Everyone who will come to the festival screening together with their mother on May 26th will be able to receive a second ticket, ie a ticket for mom, free of charge.
On this day, the festival screenings will take place in the Pod Baranami Cinema, the Małopolska Garden of Arts, AST Stage and Kijów.Centrum. The offer also applies to the opening ceremony of the festival, where the film “Wind. Documentary Thriller “by Michał Bielawski will be screened.
The 59th Krakow Film Festival will take place on May 26 – June 2, 2019
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