LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian youth comedy Let Him Be a Basketball Player directed by Boris Petkovič topped the box office chart in Slovenia in its third week in release, distributed by Fivia.
JIHLAVA: Eighteen documentary producers from 16 European countries plus Morocco have been selected to participate in the sixth edition of the Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers programme, running 24-28 October 2017.
On the 6th September 2017, The Polish Film Institute in cooperation with The Warsaw Film Festival opened the application form for a pitching session in the frame of Pitch & Meet. Warsaw Coproduction Meetings. The submissions were open to Polish and international filmmakers.
Selected film projects will be presented to Polish and international members of the film industry (producers, festival programmers, distributors, sales agents, etc.). From the film projects presented at the pitching session Polish and international jury members will select one winning project that will be granted with a prize of 100 000 Euro for the further production.
Members of the jury:
- Amanda Livanou – film producer, alumni of the Sundance Producers Lab in Utah, USA;
- Lenka Tyrpakova – programmer of The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival;
- Andreas Struck – scriptwriter, curator of Panorama at Berlinale;
- Michał Oleszczyk – translator and film critic, Artistic Director of Gdynia Film Festival (2013-2016).
For this year’s edition of Pitch & Meet project the following films were qualified:
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THE HOLE IN THE FENCE dir. Joaquin del Paso, Mexico-Denmark-Poland
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THE BUS TO AMERIKA dir. Derya Durmaz, Turkey-Poland-France
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CRANLEY GARDENS dir. Rafael Kapeliński, UK-Poland
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PEOPLE I’M NOT dir. Francesco Rizzi, Switzerland-Poland
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SERAPHYMA dir. Marysia Nikitiuk, Ukraine
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ZERO%PROOF dir. Simon Ellis, UK-Poland
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THE RIVER dir. Emir Baigazin, Kazakhstan-Poland
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STEPNE dir. Maryna Vroda, Ukraine
Film projects invited to the presentation but out of the competition:
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NAJMRO dir. Mateusz Rakowicz
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PILOT 9/11 dir. Norman Leto
Pitch & Meet. Warsaw Co-production Meetings will take place in a frame of the Warsaw Film Festival between 20th and 21st October 2017 and is an international industry event, addressed both to the Polish and international filmmakers. It allows to present the film projects to the Polish and international film professionals as well as gives an opportunity to exchange the ideas and network in the frame of “one on one” meetings.
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WARSAW: Eight international projects will compete for a 100,000 EUR prize at the Warsaw Coproduction Meetings 2017, held 20 and 21 October 2017, with an additional two projects presented out of competition.
WARSAW: The Polish animated series for children Agi Bagi produced by Badi Badi FX Studio, has been sold to over 60 countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, USA and most recently to Asia.
Austrian documentary filmmaker Andreas Horvath, who will conduct a masterclass at the Jihlava IDFF, spoke to the IDF.
Unconfirmed Polish Press Reports Say Magdalena Sroka Will Be Ousted From Polish Film Institute
Poland 05-10-2017WARSAW: The Polish press has published unconfirmed reports that Magdalena Sroka is to be removed as the Director of the Polish Film Institiute by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
ZAGREB: The Dutch/Belgian/Croatian film Rafael by Ben Sombogaart began a 30-day shoot on locations in Croatia on 30 September 2017
PRAGUE: The Czech documentary Cervena directed by Olga Sommerova won the main prize of the 54th Golden Prague TV festival. The film about the international opera singer Sona Cervena was produced by Evolution Films and Aerofilms.
LONDON: The Constitution by director Rajko Grlic took an unprecedented three main prizes at the 2017 London Raindance Film Festival, which concluded on 1 October. The film won prizes for best film, best screenplay and best performance.
