Here are the projects selected for the 8th edition of East Doc Platform, the largest coproduction, funding and distribution platform tailor-made for Central and East European documentaries, which will take place in Prague from 9 to 15 March 2019.
These grants were announced by Film Center Serbia in the final round of its grants for 2018.
WARSAW: Cold War by Paweł Pawlikowski landed four nominations for the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) 2019. The nominations were announced on 9 January 2019.
The Prague International Film Festival – Febiofest will deliver the best of contemporary international and Czech cinema for the 26th time this year, presenting over 150 films in 16 sections. After the Prague part it will again head to cinemas throughout the Czech Republic.
The 19th edition of the New Horizons International Film Festival will take place in Wrocław, from 25th July to 4th August 2019. The New Horizons International Competition — a platform where artistic cinema that extend the boundaries set by conventional filmmakers is presented — remains the core element of the festival. The competition is meant for films that constantly push the boundaries of “new horizons”. We look for unique and original narratives, documentaries, essays, and animations that experiment with how the film should look like and communicate with its audience, either following or opposing the traditional concepts and masters of the craft. We await creations that demand a vastly different perspective – that provoke to think and feel.
ZAGREB: The acclaimed Croatian film and theatre actor Ivo Gregurević has died at age 66. In 1998 he received Croatia's highest cultural honour, the Vladimir Nazor Award for his contribution to cinema and theatre.
PODGORICA: Film Centre of Montenegro joined two important European film industry institutions in 2018, marking the country’s growing integration into the European film community.
TALLINN: Estonian films had more than 600,000 admissions in 2018. Over half of the films were produced within the Estonia 100 centennial film programme. Admissions to Estonian films increased from 282,421 in 2017 to over 600,000 in 2018, according to the Estonian Film Institute.
EU Broadcasting Directive
13/12: Digital Single Market: EU negotiators agree to facilitate access to online TV and radio content across borders – European Commission
The negotiators of the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council, have reached a political agreement on the proposed copyright legislation on TV and radio programmes.
EU Budget
12/12: EU budget 2019 approved: focus on the young, innovation and migration – European Parliament
After Council formally approved the conciliation agreement with Parliament on the 2019 budget on 7 December, Parliament approved the budget on Wednesday by 451 votes to 142, with 78 abstentions. It was then signed into law by President Antonio Tajani.
Digital Taxation
13/12: MEPs agree on new rules to tax digital companies’ revenues – European Parliament
The plenary proposed widening the scope of the directives on taxing digital businesses operating in the EU.
Copyright Enforcement
07/12: Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List – EUIPO
The European Commission has published its long-awaited Counterfeit and Piracy Watch-List.
EU Elections
07/12: European Parliament aims to reverse voter apathy with new election awareness campaign – The Parliament Magazine
The European Parliament has launched a new campaign designed to boost voter turnout in the elections next May.
Gender Balance
10/12: EU actions progress -Women in Digital – European Commission
This factsheet gives an overview of all key issues related to the trend in participation of women in the digital sector and the EU actions in progress to address them.
Recent Studies
EAO - Brexit: The impact on the audiovisual sector - December 2018
EAO - YouTube and Facebook together net over 50% of the online video advertising market - December 2018
Events
14/15 January: Trilogue - EU Copyright Directive
TBILISI: The Board of Management of the Council of Europe's Eurimages Fund distributed 3,188,000 EUR to 11 fiction and one documentary film project, including six projects from CEE countries, at its 153rd meeting held in Tbilisi from 10 to 13 December 2018.
