"Bohemian Rhapsody" Sound Team
confirmed for FEST 2019 industry program
FEST 2019, from June 24th to July 1st, in Espinho, Portugal
John Warhurst, Tim Cavagin and Nina Hartstone are the new confirmations on FEST’s 2019’s Training Ground. Specialized in the field of sound, together they compose the Academy Award-winning sound team for “Bohemian Rhapsody”.
During FEST they will be presenting a Masterclass using the case study of “Bohemian Rhapsody” strategies and work process, focusing, mainly, on the solutions they’ve created to overcome the challenges created by the production. How to make Freddie Mercury's voice sound genuine, the brain-surgery editing precision required or the custom sounds they had to record (concert crowds, people clapping, piano keys thumping) will be some of the main topics reviewed and dissected by the experts.
Hosting this very special session we will have Eddy Joseph, Sound editor of films such as"Quantum of Solace" , "United 93", "Cold Mountain", "Corpse Bride" and many more
John Warhurst was the supervising music director in the film that earned him the first Oscar win of his career. Warhurst also received a BAFTA for his work on the 2018 film but he was no stranger to this award, having won another in 2013 for his work on “Les Misérables”. Some of his major works also include “Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (2007) and "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" (2017).
Nina Hartstone is a supervising dialogue/ADR editor that has worked previously with Warhurst in films such as “Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life” (2003), “Bidget Jone’s Baby” (2016).
Tim Cavagin is a re-recording mixer that tops off the trio. Some of his previous works include “The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” (2015), “The Hitman’s Bodyguard” (2017) and “Baby Driver” (2017), the latter one resulting in an Academy Award nomination for Best Achievement in Sound Mixing.
Join us at FEST 2019, from June 24th to July 1st, in Espinho, Portugal.
The 6-day lineup of FEST industry events features:
Directors’ Hub (debates, case-studies, roundtables focusing around the director’s role),
Industry Meetings (one-on-one meetings between attending industry professionals),
Networking Dinners (informal networking between event participants at the dinner table).
Training Ground (30+ masterclasses & workshops by the top film industry professionals),
Pitching Forum (competition with development support and co-production opportunities),
Filmmakers’ Corner (an open stage for filmmakers to showcase and promote their work).
Secure your accreditation for 6 days of films, industry and networking events with our FEST Pro Badge for 100€
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FEST is a film forum that offers a wide variety of industry activities, while also promoting and encouraging a strong networking possibilities.
The Industry Meetings, are a platform for one-to-one meetings between industry experts.
Following the same core principle, FEST organizes Networking Dinners, that create an opportunity for networking between film professionals and guest speakers while savouring a delicious meal of Portuguese food and wine, with an ocean sunset view. The Networking Dinners require separate registration and are limited to the first 150 festival participants.
Both the Industry Meetings and the Networking Dinners offer a chance to build the basis for collaborations, partnerships, or new relationships, between film professionals.
FEST is focused on industry activities - with 800+ accredited attendees coming from over 40 countries, FEST is a unique networking platform for leading film professionals to gather and create meaningful exchange of knowledge and contacts in the presence of internationally renowned industry members.
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BRUSSELS: More than 100 European organisations of authors, representing hundreds of thousands of voters (writers, screenwriters, filmmakers, composers and songwriters) have sent an open letter to the European Parliament urging it to support the successful adoption of the Copyright Directive.
Apply now for Ex Oriente Film 2019 and get a tailor made training for the development of your film with the help of more than 25 world renowed film professionals!
You can submit your work until April 19th, 2019, with our online APPLICATION FORM. Applying is free of charge and is only available in English.
Open to: Creative feature-length documentary projects in development and early production
Please, see the Ex Oriente Film 2019 Guidelines and the list of eligible countries.
Ex Oriente Film 2019 workshop lead tutors will be producer and consultant Iikka Vehkalahti (Finland), Head of Studies of the European Documentary Network Mikael Opstrup (Denmark), director and script editor Ivana Pauerová Miloševičová (Czech Republic) and director and producer Filip Remunda (Czech Republic).
WORKSHOP TIMELINE
1st Session: Find Your Way – Vision, Space and Storytelling
June 20th – June 25th, 2019 (Banská Štiavnica, Slovak Republic)
2nd Session: Production and Story Development
October 24th – October 29th 2019 (Jihlava, Czech Republic, within Ji.hlava IDFF)
3rd Session: Market, here I am!
March 2020 (Prague, Czech Republic, within East Doc Platform and One World IHRDFF)
The Ex Oriente Film programme leads into co-production session East Doc Forum, where workshop participants will present their projects to Europe and North American decision makers such as independent producers, distributors, buyers, film fund representatives, broadcasters, as well as festival representatives. In addition to automatic inclusion in the East Doc Forum workshop, participants will have the opportunity to gain a wide range of scholarships and prizes in the form of direct financial support, co-production agreements, access to leading European markets and partner trainings.
Internationally successful documentary films, such as Over the Limit, Brothers, The Domino Effect, Blind Loves, At the Edge of Russia, Rabbit a la Berlin, Village Without Women and Bakhmaro, were developed within Ex Oriente Film workshop. Among the tutors of previous editions were Christian Frei, Sean McAllister, Mila Turajlic, Mike Bonanno, Vitaly Mansky, Dounia Sichov, Cintia Gil and Joe Bini.
Have you recently finished your documentary film? Apply for East Silver 2019 documentary market specialized in Eastern and Central European documentary film. Online application form is here. Submission deadline for films produced in 2018 is March 31, 2019. Films produced in 2019 can be submitted until May 31, 2019. The deadline for projects in rough cut stage is July 31, 2019
APPLY NOW for Ex Oriente Film 2019 and get a tailor made training for the development of your film with the help of more than 25 world esteemed film professionals!
Over 100 organisations representing European Authors co-sign open letter in support of the Copyright Directive
Press releases 21-03-2019A Europe Fit for the next generation of creators
European Authors’ open letter in support of the Copyright Directive
Dear Member of the European Parliament,
The undersigned organisations of authors – representing hundreds of thousands of voters who are writers, screenwriters, filmmakers, composers and songwriters – urge you to seize this once in a decade opportunity and support the successful adoption of the Copyright Directive.
Since the last European elections, the European Commission, the European Parliament and Member States concluded that the European Union needed to modernise copyright in the Digital Age. Included in this debate was a conviction of the need to strengthen Europe’s authors by addressing the systemic weak bargaining position in negotiating contracts, and promoting fair remuneration.
Authors are at the very origin of the copyright value chain for Europe’s cultural and creative industries, which produce EUR 509 billion in value added to GDP, provide 7.5 % of the EU’s work force and significantly contribute to the EU economy in terms of employment, investment, growth, innovation and competitiveness on a global scale. Yet for the vast majority of authors, their careers are barely sustainable and poorly remunerated. The Parliament has played a decisive role in insisting that the Copyright Directive address this anomaly and has significantly improved the various provisions in the Directive which will benefit authors, and which we have supported.
Throwing the Directive away now would not only reverse the European Parliament’s work to support authors but also be an unprecedented setback for all creators in Europe. Abandoning the Directive now would be a major victory for the major international players who ignore the damage caused to the creative industries by their dominant position and refuse the harmonisation and inclusion of basic standards of transparency and fairness in EU copyright legislation.
This Directive concerns the future of Europe’s cultures. The European Parliament played a key role in the negotiations ensuring future generations’ access to freedom of expression.
Please - adopt the Directive and send a strong signal to the future generations who want to write, compose, create so that they can be fairly remunerated.
Sincerely yours,
- ACE, Spanish Writers’ Association, Spain - Manuel Rico Rego - President
- ADA, Austrian Directors Association, Austria - Jacob Groll and Jenny Gand – Co-chair
- ALMA, The Spanish Writers Guild, Spain – Alberto Macias – President
- AMA, Autores de Musica Asociados, Spain - Javier de Juan – President
- ANAC — Associazione Nazionale dei Autori Cinematografici, Italy - Francesco Ranieri Martinotti - President
- APR – ASSOCIAÇÃO PORTUGUESA DE REALIZADORES, Portugal – Filipa Reis - President
- ARRF – Association des Réalisateurs et Réalisatrices de Films, Belgium – André Buytaers, Administrator
- ARF/FDS – Swiss Filmmakers Association, Switzerland – Barbara Miller - President
- Asociace spisovatelů, The Czech Writers Association, Czech Republic - Ondřej Lipár - Chairman
- Association of Catalan Language Writers, Catalonia-Spain - Bel Olid Báez – President
- Association des Auteurs de l'Audiovisuel (ASA), Belgium, Frédéric Castadot – President
- Associazione dell'Autorialità Cinetelevisiva, 100autori, Italy – Stefano Sardo - President
- BAFTRS - Bulgarian Association of the Film, Theater and Radio Scriptwriters, Bulgaria, President - Prof. Dr. Stanislav
Semerdjiev
- BAM!, Dutch Songwriters Society, Netherlands - Pieter Perquin – Chair
- BASCA, British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors - United Kingdom - Crispin Hunt – Chair
- Bundesverband Regie e. V., Germany – Susann Reck, Marie Noelle, Axel Schill Bettina Schoeller-Bouju & Cornelia
Grünberg, Executive Board
- CC Composers Club e.V., Germany - John Groves – President
- Croatian Film Directors' Guild, Croatia – Danilo Šerbedžija, President
- The Danish Composers’ Society, Denmark - Bent Sørensen – President
- The Danish Authors Society, Denmark - Morten Visby - Chairman
- The Danish Writers Guild, Denmark - Anders Busk – Kommunikationskonsulent
- Danske Filminstruktører/Danish Film Directors, Denmark – Christina Rosendahl, President
- Deutscher Komponistenverband, Germany - Dr. Enjott Schneider- President
- DGCY – Directors Guild of Cyprus, Cyprus – Daina Papadaki, President
- The Directors Guild of Slovenia – Slovenia - Urša Menart
- Directors UK, United Kingdom – Andrew Chowns, CEO & Steve Smith, Chair
- DJBFA, Composers and songwriters, Denmark - Susi Hyldgaard chairman and Anna Lidell vice chairman
- Drehbuchverband Austria, Austrian Screenwriter Association, Austria - Christian Neubacher
- DSR – Directors Guild of Slovenia, Slovenia – Urša Menart, Chair
- DSR Screenwriters, Slovenia - Matevž Luzar
- Dutch Directors Guild, The Netherlands – Martijn Winkler - Chairman
- Dutch Writers Guild, The Netherlands, Maria Vlaar - Chair
- ECSA, European Composer & Songwriter Alliance, Alfons Karabuda - President
- ESPEK – Association of Greek Film Directors-Producers, Greece – Elina Psykou - President
- Estonian Filmmakers Union, Estonia – Alvar Kõue - Chairman
- EWC European Writers' Council, Gunnar Ardelius - President
- FAGA, Foro de Asociaciones de Quionistas audiovisuals, Ana Hormaechea, President
- FEMA, Federación Espanola de Músicos Asociados, Spain - Iván García-Pelayo - International Affairs Reprensentative
- FERA – Federation of European Film and TV Directors – Dan Clifton - Chair
- FLAC, Fédération Luxembourgeoise des auteurs et compositeurs, Luxembourg - Roby Steinmetzer – President
- Flemish Writers' Association (Vlaamse Auteurs Vereniging, VAV), Belgium - Natalie Ariën - coordinator
- Film Directors Guild of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan – Huseyn Mehdiyev - Chairman
- The Finnish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild, Finland - Ms Sonia Meltt - Executive Director
- The Finnish Music Creators FMC, Finland - Kaija Kärkinen - Chair of the Board
- Galician Language Writers Association, Galicia-Spain - Cesáreo Sánchez Iglesias -President
- The German Writers' Union, Germany, Lena Falkenhagen - Chairwoman.
- La Guilde Française des Scénaristes, France, Denis Goulette - Executive Officer
- Greek Directors’ Guild, Greece – Haris Papadopoulos - Chairman
- Groupe 25 Images, France – Claire De La Rochefoucauld & Arnaud Selignac - Presidents
- Hellenic Authors' Society, Greece - Yiorgos Chouliaras - President
- Hrvatsko društvo skladatelja, Croatian Composers Society, Croatia - Ante Pecotić – President
- The Icelandic Dramatists Union, FLH (Félag leikskálda og handritshöfunda), Margrét Örnólfsdóttir, Chairman
- IMAGO -- International Federation of Cinematographers – Paul René Roestad - President
- The Irish Writers' Union, Ireland, Lissa Oliver & Phil Mac Giolla Bháin, Co-Chairpersons
- Israel Directors Guild, Israel – Limor Pinhasov, Chairwoman
- LARS – Luxembourgish Association of Film Directors and Scriptwriters, Luxembourg – Claude Lahr, President
- Latvian Filmmakers Union, Latvia – Ieva Romanova - Chair
- Lithuanian Filmmakers Union, Lithuania – Arūnas Matelis - President
- Magyar Zeneszerzők Egyesülete, Hungarian Composers' Union, Hungary - Máté Hollós – President
- Musimagen - Asociation of Audiovisual composers of Spain, Darío Palomo – President
- National Society of Greek Authors, Greece, Eleni Kekropoulou, Vice-President
- Netwerk Scenarioschrijvers, the Netherlands, Pieter Bart Korthuis -Chairman
- NFF – Norwegian Film Makers Association, Norway – Sverre Pedersen - President
- NFR – Norske Filmregissører, Norway – Marianne Kleven, Chair
- Nieuw Geneco, Nieuw Genootschap Nederlandse Componisten, Netherland - Felix Rottenberg – Chair, Esther
Gottschalk – Director
- NOPA – The Norwegian Society of Composers and Lyricists, Norway, Ingrid Kindem - Chair
- Norsk Komponistforeningen, Norwegian Society of Composers, Norway, Jørgen Karlstrøm - Chairman of the Board
- ÖGZM, Österreichische Gesellschaft für zeitgenössische Musik – Austria, Dr. Morgana Petrik – Präsident
- ÖKB - Österreichischer Komponistenbund, Austria - Alexander Kukelka – President
- PDM – Producers and Directors of Montenegro – Montenegro – Ivan Djurovic, President
- Portuguese Society of Authors (SPA), Portugal, José Jorge Letria - President.
- Rättighetsbolaget/Rights Manager of the Swedish Union for Performing Arts and Film, Sweden – Anna Carlson,
President
- Sanasto – Finnish Literary Copyright Society, Finland - Anne Salomaa - Executive Director
- Scenario, Switzerland - Jacqueline Surchat - Coordinator
- SCGI, Screen Composers Guild of Ireland, Ireland - Sarah Glennane – CEO
- SDGI –Screen Directors Guild of Ireland, Ireland-Maurice Sweeney - Chairman
- Screenwriters Circle of the Polish Filmmakers Association, Poland, Maciej Karpinski - President
- Scriptwriters Guild of Greece, Greece - Alexander Kakavas – President
- SFP – Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich/Polish Filmmakers Association, Poland – Jacek Bromski, President
- SKAP - The Swedish Society of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, Sweden - Alfons Karabuda – Chair
- SKL – Samtök kvikmyndaleikstjóra/Film Directors Guild of Iceland, Iceland – Dagur Kári Pétursson, Chairman
- SNAC, Syndicat National des auteurs et des compositeurs, France - Pierre-André Athané – President
- Society of Authors (SoA), United Kingdom, Nicola Solomon - Chief Executive
- The Society of Finnish Composers, Finland - Antti Auvinen - Chairman of the Board
- The Society of Slovene Composers, Slovenia, Nenad First – President
- Society of Swedish Authors in Finland, Finland - Peter Sandström – President
- SPID - Croatian screenwriters and playwrights guild, (Croatian screenwriters and playwrights guild), Croatia, Zinka
Kiseljak - President
- SRF – Société des Réalisateurs de Films, France – Marie Amachoukeli, Bertrand Bonello, Christophe Ruggia, Co-
Presidents
- Suomen elokuvaohjaajaliitto SELO ry, Finland – Sakari Kirjavainen, Chair
- The Swedish Association of Educational Writers, Sweden - Wiwi Ahlberg, Chair-person
- Swedish Film Directors, Sweden – Maria Eriksson-Hecht & Göran Du Rees - Presidents
- The Swedish Writers' Union, Sweden - Grethe Rottböll – President
- Teaterförbundet – The Swedish Union for Performing Arts and Film, Sweden – Simon Norrthon, President
- Tónskáldafélag Íslands - Icelandic Composers' Society, Þórunn Gréta Sigurðardóttir - Chairperson
- UCMF, Union des Compositeurs de Musiques de Films, France, Béatrice Thiriet - Présidente
- UNAC, Union Nationale des Auteurs et Compositeurs, France - Olivier Delevingne – President
- U.N.C.L.A, Unione Nazionale Compositori Librettisti Autori, Italy, Giuseppe Amendola - Secretary General
- Unie van Regisseurs vzw – Belgium/Flanders – Jin Berghmans, CEO
- Verband Deutscher Drehbuchautoren e.V., Screenwriter’s Guild of Germany, Germany - Sebastian Andrae, Prof.
Peter Henning - Executive Board Members
- Vlaamse Scenaristengilde / Flemish Screenwriters Guild, Belgium - Michel Sabbe & Dirk Nielandt
- WGGB, Writers’ Guild of Great Britain, UK – Ellie Peers - General Secretary, Gail Renard - Chair
- Writers’ Guild of Ireland, Ireland - Thomas McLaughlin – Chairman
- The Writers’ Guild of Norway, Norway, Monica Boracco - Chair
- Writers Guild of Sweden, Sweden, Pia Gradvall – Chair
- The Writers’ Union of Iceland - Iceland, Ragnheidur Tryggvadottir - Executive Manager
- The Writers’ Union of Romania, Romania, Razvan Voncu - Director for International Programs
- Zwiazek Polskich Autorow, Kompozytorow, Poland – Marek Hojda- Vice-President
- Zwiazek Kompozytorow Polskich, The Polish Composers’ Union, Poland - Mieczyslaw Kominek Ph.D. - the President
The 2019 edition of Vilnius IFF Kino Pavasaris began with a show of support for Kirill Serebrennikov, whose romantic and rebellious film “Summer” opened the festival. Attendees illuminated the opening ceremony in solidarity with the director, who remains under house arrest in Moscow amid unfounded accusations.
In his latest feature, Serebrennikov follows young musicians as they search for an escape in the Soviet underground rock scene of the 1980s. The film explores what it means to strive for artistic freedom while oppressed by restrictions.
The crowd at the opening ceremony showed support for Serebrennikov by raising up their phone lights. During the event, experimental music from the band Whale Sounds and a performance by the dance troupe Low Air reflected this year’s festival motto “Don’t rush. Imagine”.
Starting March 21, Vilnius IFF will screen 170 films in 19 Lithuanian cities, inviting viewers to escape their hectic routines.
Find the complete festival programme here https://kinopavasaris.lt/en/programa
Here are the photos from the opening ceremony and party: https://kinopavasaris.myqnapcloud.com:4443/share.cgi?ssid=00W2g3e, when using please credit Audrius Solominas, Gediminas Gražys, Robertas Daskevičiaus and Tautvydas Stukas
MIDPOINT TV Launch is proud to continue its second year of co-operation with festival Series Mania and its industry platform Series Mania Forum. Read more about its participation at the UGC Writers Campus, Talent Corner or Broadcaster Think Tank here: MIDPOINT TV Launch at Series Mania Forum 2019! MEET US AT SERIES MANIATV Launch Head of Studies Gabor Krigler and Program Coordinator Katarina Tomkova will be attending the Series Mania Forum during March 25 - 27, 2019. Book a meeting! ACCREDITATIONSDiscover all the accreditations options at: All MIDPOINT TV Launch graduates and participants are invited to be using the TALENT accreditation, for information on a discounted prices, please contact the TV Launch Program Coordinator This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
Photo Gallery: Vilnius Premiere of Polish Lithuanian Coproduction Habit and Armour
Lithuania 21-03-2019VILNIUS: The Vilnius premiere of the Polish/Lithuanian coproduction Habit and Armour drew a crowd of local celebrities for the red carpet event.
BUCHAREST: Asociația Cinemascop is organising, with the support of HBO Europe, a script contest Write a Screenplay for Sebastian Stan. Experienced or newcoming Romanian language scriptwriters are invited to send an outline for either a feature film or a 6-episode TV miniseries.
BRUSSELS: The LUX FILM PRIZE of the European Parliament is once again partnering up with ARTE and ARTEKino to promote over the next three months one LUX PRIZE film monthly as the Film of the Month. Each film will be online for free and with subtitles in 24 languages for one month, from March till May 2019.