Cartoon Forum Launches First International Cooperation with Visegrad Animation Forum
Czech Republic 08-05-2015TREBON, Czech Republic: Central Europe’s animation pitching forum, the Visegrad Animation Forum (VAF), will send the winners of its TV series pitches to Cartoon Forum in September.
European Film distributors voice concerns about potential outcomes of Digital Single Market Strategy
Press releases 07-05-2015BRUSSELS: Europe’s film distribution industry welcomes the Commission’s Digital Single Market Strategy which contains many positive elements and goals that distributors share. Nevertheless, Europa Distribution and the International Federation of Film Distributors’ Associations (FIAD) still have some concerns about the Commission’s plans for copyright and geo-blocking. Film distributors fear that in practice both the value of film rights and the choices available to European audiences would decrease.
KVIFF‘s Industry Days 2015 will take place from Sunday, July 5 to Wednesday, July 8. Hundreds of producers, buyers, distributors, sales agents and film festivals representatives are expected to attend a wide range of industry events on these days.
Digital Single Market Strategy: the EFADs welcome the overall strategy but remain vigilant
Press releases 07-05-2015The European Film Agencies Directors’ Association (EFADs) welcomes the publication of the Digital Single Market Strategy, an action plan from the European Commission to seize opportunities and deal with the challenges of the digital age.
VIENNA: Austria’s LET’S CEE Film Festival will once again put a spotlight on neighbouring Slovenia with the second edition of Slovenian Film Days taking place in Graz on 9 and 10 May 2015.
HAMILTON, BERMUDA: Central European Media Enterprises touted a healthy rise in revenues minus operating costs to 11.4m USD in Q1 2015, compared with a loss of -3.4m USD for the same period in 2014.
STRASBOURG: With some notable exceptions, box office and admissions saw at least a modest rise in most CEE territories in 2014, according to the newly published report from the European Audiovisual Observatory.
The Pixel Market (14 & 15 October) helps producers find new ways of financing, distributing and producing their projects in order to stay relevant to changing audiences and the connected world.
ZAGREB: Nearly half a century since the Balkan Western Winnetou film series roped in herds of fans across Eastern Europe, a TV film trilogy based on the popular Karl May Winnetou books is set to begin shooting in Croatia in August.
Children receiving three Tiantan awards in Beijing
