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FNE at Art Film Fest: Serbian The Load in Main Competition

Slovakia 19-06-2018

KOSICE: The Serbian/Croatian/French/Iranian/Qatar coproduction The Load by Ognjen Glavonic, a gripping story of a truck driver who learns that the cargo he’s been transporting from Kosovo to Belgrade contains the bodies of victims of the war in Yugoslavia, screens in the main competition of Art Film Fest, running through 23 June 2018.

Romanian Kickboxing Promoter Pacts with Hollywood’s Moshe Diamant and Midsummer Films

Romania 18-06-2018

BUCHAREST: Eduard Irimia, CEO of Superkombat (SK), has partnered with Hollywood producers Moshe Diamant and Christopher Milburn of Midsummer Films to produce films and TV product that can take advantage of the new 35% tax rebate in Romania.

EAVE Heads to Serbia for 2019 Producers Workshop

Serbia 18-06-2018

BERTRANGE: The EAVE Producers Workshop is accepting applications through 31 August 2018 for its 2019 training programme.

Art Film Fest starts on Friday with world premieres and major filmmakers in person

Festivals 15-06-2018

The 26th edition of the Art Film Fest International Film Festival begins this very Friday in Košice. The nine-day cinema celebration will surely appeal to every film lover thanks to its enticing programme, featuring films awarded at international festivals, major blockbusters and even brand-new titles making their world premieres on Košice’s silver screens.

Untravel by Ana Nedeljković, Nikola Majdak Jr.

FESTIVALS: Fest Anca Celebrates Slovak Animation

Slovakia 15-06-2018

ZILINA: Fest Anca, Slovakia's international festival of animated films running 28 June – 1 July 2018, will shine a spotlight on 25 years of Slovak animation, marking the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Slovakia. In addition to the special focus, the festival will hold its traditional competition of Slovak animated films.

dok.incubator announces selected Czech projects

Press releases 11-06-2018

While former dok.incubator projects are experiencing a successful run (The Russian Job receiving Pavel Koutecký Award for Best Czech Documentary and Wilder Than Wilderness being the most seen documentary in Czech cinemas this spring), dok.incubator is announcing four new Czech projects for 2018:

Lust For Life (director: Radovan Síbrt, producer: Karel Poupě, editor: Tomáš Elšík)
Circus Rwanda (director: Michal Varga, producer: Marek Novák, editor: Alexandra Jonášová)
Another Chance (director: Eva Tomanová, producer: Jiří Konečný, editor: Marek Šulík)
Al Amari – Even today is like any other day (director: Kristýna Kopřivová, producers: Dagmar Sedláčková, Bára Kamarytová, editor: Elvíra Dulskaya)

More information about selected projects can be found here.

dok.incubator brings key decision makers to Telč, Czech republic

Press releases 13-06-2018

The dok.incubator workshop in Telč (June 24th – 30th) will host the script editors of the five biggest festivals of Europe and North America (Sundance, Hot Docs, DOK Leipzig, IDFA and One World) to watch the documentaries in their latest stage of post-production.

The selectors will share their know-how on how their decisions are being made and what are the decisive factors of the film’s success or failure. Czech professional filmmakers can join the open programme to gain practical advices and information about the documentary distribution and meet top producers, the festivals‘ selectors, broadcasters and sales agents, who will share their experience with international distribution and will offer examples and practical case studies on how to position different films at the market.

Beside theoretical sessions, decision makers will be discussing tailor-made strategies for the rough-cuts of eight selected projects that have been developed during the dok.incubator mentoring workshop. The projects and the teams behind them come from the whole world and their projects cover a wide range of topics and genres. The workshop hosts a number of Eastern European projects, Slovenian Avenge is a part of the international workshop and thanks to the Visegrad Funding the regional part supports projects from Czech republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary.

More about the workshop can be found here.