Sub-festival of Black Nights Film Festival to showcase a diverse array of shorts to a jury of renowned industry professionals.

PÖFF Shorts, the sub-festival of the Black Nights Film Festival that amalgamates previous events Animated Dreams and Sleepwalkers, has announced the titles that will comprise its five competitions alongside the jury members who will judge them. Selected from almost 4000 entries from more than 100 countries across the world, the competitions will showcase some of the very best live action and animation shorts that represent the very cutting edge of cinema.

The Animated Dreams International Competition - with Estonian animation studios Nukufilm and Eesti Joonisfilm presenting Heino Pars’ Nail, an award named after the legendary Estonian animator - contains 42 films that represent the best and most innovative approaches to short animation. With examples of animations from far and wide – with Korea, Iran and China all represented in the competition – this is a snapshot of the year in animation. The selection includes Ugly (Dir. Nikita Diakur, Germany) a short about a Native American chief and an ugly cat trying to find peace in an evil neighborhood. The film recently won Best Animation at the Encounters Festival in the UK and is also a nominee for the European Film Awards. Also included is Wednesday With Goddard (Dir Nicholas Menard, UK),  a hilarious tale of romance and despair, which won Best Animation at this year’s South By Southwest Festival. 

The jury for the Animated Dreams International Competition will consist of Mati Kütt (Estonia), the renowned Estonian animator who will also be the recipient of a retrospective during PÖFF Shorts, Yves Nougarède (France), a member of the selection committee at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, and Uri Kranot (Denmark), a filmmaker and the main tutor and content supervisor of AniDox:Lab.

The Sleepwalkers International Competition - with an award sponsored by Canon - will highlight the best live action fiction and documentary films. Running through a wide range of issues, from immigration to treatment of women to the power of social networks, the competition displays the vitality of the short film form and promises to give audiences a glimpse of some truly astounding cinema. The collection of shorts will include A Gentle Night (Dir. Qiu Yang, China), a delicate story of a woman looking for her daughter that won the Palme D’or for Best Short at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Also screening is Small Town[Cidade Pequena] (Dir. Diogo Costa Amarante, Portugal), a delicate and surreal examination of childhood lost innocence that won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film at this year’s Berlin Film Festival.

The Sleepwalkers Student Competition - with an award presented by Playstation - will once again attempt to show that student films should not be dismissed with the notion that they are ‘practise before a real film’. This selection of live action shorts will display talents who will be taking cinema into the future with their bold visions. Amongst the delights to uncover will be Watu Wote (Dir. Katja Benrath, Germany), a powerful tale of distrust and hope in an age of terrorism, that recently won a Gold Medal at the Student Academy Awards. Audiences will also have the chance to see the European Premiere of Angelfish (Dir. Dane McCusker, Australia), a taut examination of dating and mating rituals.

The jury for both the Sleepwalkers International and Student Competition will consist of Rain Tolk (Estonia), the actor and director most known for starring in Autumn Ball, which was awarded the Orizzonti prize at the Venice Film Festival in 2007, Liene Linde (Latvia), the Latvian director whose latest shortSeven Awkward Sex Scenes. Part One was chosen to be part of Future Frames at this year’s Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, and Enrico Vanucci (Italy), short film advisor at the Venice Film Festival and a short film programmer at Torino Short Film Market.

The Animated Dreams Student Competition - with a prize sponsored by Sony - is a selection of films that are exceptionally mature but still carry a freshness that is so hard to maintain in later years. The student films on offer will include Foreign Body (Dir. Marta Magnuska,Poland) an intriguing exploration of female bodily autonomy and a winner of the Grand Prize from the Holland Animation Film Festival. The mysterious and apocalyptic Sog by Jonatan Schwenk, is a winner of the student competitions at both Annecy and Palm Springs.

The jury of the Animated Dreams Student Competition will be comprised by Märt-Matis Lill (Estonia), head of Estonian Composers’ Union whose compositions can be heard in numerous films, theatrical and dance productions, Clémence Bragard (France), a programmer and general coordinator of the Festival national du film d’animation for AFCA and a moderator of Annecy International Animation Festival, and Aleksey Savinsky (Russia) an animation curator, the founder of St.Petersburg Theater Laboratory “Like Theater” and Insomnia animation festival.

For the first time, the  - with a prize sponsored by Overall - will see both animations and live action films competing side by side with two programmes consisting of some of the best new works coming out of Estonia. Amongst the films will be the World Premiere of Early Spring (Dirs. Rain Tolk & Gustaf Boman Bränngård, Estonia), a delicate coming-of-age tale co-directed by actor Rain Tolk. The animation program includes the premiere of Letting Go, a tribute to an orphan girl from the renowned Estonian animator Ülo Pikkov, and Chintis Lundgren’s tragicomic love triangle Manivald a film that has already been popular at several festivals including Annecy.

The jury will be made up of Reet Aus (Estonia), the fashion and costume designer well known for her work in fashion, theatre and film, Anna Zača (Latvia), a curator, programmer and project manager for Short Riga and Clémence Bragard (France), who also serves on the Animated Dreams Student Competition Jury.

The 2017 edition of PÖFF Shorts will take place from 21st-25th November 2017 at various venues around Tallinn, Estonia. It is a sub-festival of the Black Nights Film Festival which takes place 17th November - 3rd December 2017

Full programme will be revealed online by November 3rd. Passes for PÖFF Shorts are available now.

For more information on PÖFF Shorts go to http://2017shorts.poff.ee/en/english/

For more information on Black Nights Film Festival go to: www.poff.ee

 

Full list of films in competition:

Sleepwalkers International Competition

A Gentle Night. Dir: Qiu Yang, China
Technical Break. Dir: Philip Sotnychenko, Ukraine
March 12th. Dir: Joe Morris, UK
No Man's Land. Dir: Marius Olteanu, Romania
Wave. Dir: Benjamin Cleary, TJ O'Grady-Peyton, Ireland
A Story About My Eyes. Dir: Guido Hendrikx, Netherlands
The Cardboard Man. Dir: Michael Labarca, Venezuela
For Real Tho. Dir: Baptist Penetticobra, France
Boxing Girl. Dir: Iman Djionne, Senegal
Small Town. Dir: Diogo Costa Amarante, Portugal
Nightshade. Dir: Shady El-Hamus, Netherlands
Preparation. Dir: Sofia Georgovassili, Greece
Milk. Dir: Daria Vlasova, Russia
Ice. Dir: Anna Hints, Estonia
Stay Ups. Dir: Joanna Rytel, Sweden
Blueberry Spirits. Dir: Astra Zoldnere, Latvia
For A Good Time. Dir: Aaemilla Scott, USA
Retouch. Dir: Kaveh Mazaheri, Iran
Watchkeeping. Dir: Karolis Kaupinis, Lithuania
I Have Nothing To Say. Dir: Ling Yiang, Taiwan
Robot and Scarecrow. Dir: Kibwe Tavares, UK
Welcome Home Allen. Dir: Andrew Kavanagh, Australia
Calamity. Dir: Maxime Feyers, Séverine De Streyker, Belgium

Animated Dreams International Competition

Grandpa Walrus. Dir: Lucrèce Andreae, France
Among The Black Waves. Dir: Anna Budanova, Russia
On The Horizon. Dir: Izabela Bartosik, France, Switzerland
Tap Water. Dir: Lilli Carré, United States
Ugly. Dir: Nikita Diakur, Germany
I Want Pluto To Be A Planet Again. Dir: Marie Amachoukeli, Vladimir Mavounia Kouka. France
Aenigma. Dir: Antonis Ntoussias, Aris Fatouros, Greece
Hedgehog's Home. Dir: Eva Cvijanovic, Canada, Croatia
Cupcake. Dir: Gina Kamentsky, United States
Life Cycles. Dir: Ross Hogg, United Kingdom
9 Ways to Draw a Person. Dir: Sasha Svirsky, Russia
Estate. Dir: Ronny Trocker, France, Belgium
Elegy. Dir: Paul Bush, United Kingdom, Switzerland
Dolls Don't Cry. Dir: Frédérick Tremblay, Canada
Little Girl. Dir: Steven Subotnick, United States
And The Moon Stands Still. Dir: Yulia Ruditskaya, Belarus, Germany, United States
Negative Space. Dir: Max Porter & Ru Kuwahata, France
(Fool Time) JOB. Dir: Gilles Cuvelier, France
Persistence of Vision IV. Dir: Ismael Sanz-Pena, Norway
Drop By Drop. Dir: Laura Gonçalves, Alexandra (Xá) Ramires, Portugal
Airport. Dir: Michaela Müller, Switzerland, Croatia
Jungle Taxi. Dir: Hakhyun Kim, Japan, South Korea
Maned & Macho Shiva. Dir: Sadegh Asadi, Iran
Impossible Figures and Other Stories II. Dir: Marta Pajek, Poland
Wednesday with Goddard. Dir: Nicolas Menard, United Kingdom
Manivald. Dir: Chintis Lundgren, Estonia, Croatia, Canada
Rabbit's Blood. Dir: Sarina Nihei, United Kingdom, Japan
The Empty. Dir: Dahee Jeong. France, South Korea
Orogenesis. Dir: Boris Labbé, Spain, France
Sleepy, Dir: Marta Monteiro, Portugal
My Father's Room. Dir: Nari Jang, South Korea
Folly. Dir: Thomas Corriveau, Canada
The Tesla World Light. Dir: Matthew Rankin, Canada
Mark Lotterman – Happy. Dir: Alice Saey, France, Netherlands
The Full Story. Dir: Daisy Jacobs, United Kingdom
Deer Flower. Dir: Kangmin Kim, South Korea, United States
Lupus. Dir: Carlos Gomez Salamanca, Colombia
Stretch. Dir: Cagil Harmandar, Turkey, United States
Superbia. Dir: Luca Tóth, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia
The Blissfull Accidental Death. Dir: Negulici Sergiu, Romania
Setting West. Dir: Judith Poirier, Canada
The Gap. Dir: Patrick Vandebroeck, Belgium, Netherlands

Animated Dreams Student Competition

Apple Slices. Dir: Moe Koyano, Denmark
My Second Eye. Dir: Ahmad Saleh, Germany, Jordan, Palestine
Night Witches. Julie Baltzer, Denmark
Fall. Dir: Ollie Magee, United Kingdom
Barbeque. Dir: Jenny Jokela, United Kingdom
678. Dir: EunJin Park, Germany
Hunters. Dir: Cohen Amit, Israel
Freedom. Dir: Kathrin Steinbacher, Austria, United Kingdom
Moulinet. Dir: Sander Joon, Estonia
He so khero. Dir: Aline Höchli, Switzerland
Foreign body. Dir: Marta Magnuska, Poland
Muteum. Dir: Äggie Pak Yee Lee, Estonia, Hong Kong SAR China
Oh Mother! Dir: Paulina Ziółkowska, Poland
Remember How We Used To Play? Dir: Matthias Cuciniello, United Kingdom
Race. Dir: Yan Dan Wong, United Kingdom
Ooze. Dir: Kilian Vilim, Switzerland
Tendrils. Dir: Helen Woolston, Estonia
Sog. Dir: Jonatan Schwenk, Germany
Microdistrict. Dir: Ivelina Ivanova, Bulgaria, United Kingdom
Tête à Tête. Dir: Natasha Tonkin, United Kingdom
"The Stranger" In My Head. Dir: Petra Balekić, Croatia
Summer’s Puke is Winter’s Delight. Dir: Sawako Kabuki , Japan

Sleepwalkers Student Competition

Present. Dir: Meg Campbell, United Kingdom
Corteza. Dir: Paloma Rincon, Colombia 
The Law of Averages. Dir: Elizabeth Rose, Canada
The Gravedigger's Daughter. Dir: Shira Gabay, Israel
After The Ispeguy Pass. Dir: Patrick Vuittenez, France 
Faith. Dir: Tatiana Fedorovskaya, Russia
How To Become A Pope? Dir: Justyna Mytnik, Poland
Not Yet. Dir: Arian Vazirdaftari, Iran 
Strangers. Dir: Jonathan Behr, Germany
Leftovers. Dir: Yael Zafrir, Israel 
State of Emergency. Dir: Tarek Roehlinger, Germany
Molotov Man. Dir: Joris Weerts, Netherlands
Watu Wote. Dir: Katja Benrath, Germany 
280KM. Dir: Zaher Jureidini, Lebanon 
The Sun of The Sleepless. Dir: Akaki Popkhadze, France
Elegy. Dir: Alba Tejero, Spain 
I Am Free. Dir: Edvard Karijord, Bendik Mondal, Norway
Dobermann. Dir: Felix Schroeder, Germany
Close Relations. Dir: Anna Simakova, Russia
About the Birds and the Bees. Dir: J.J. Vanhanen, Finland 
Angelfish. Dir: Dane McCusker, Australia
Approaching. Dir: Tereza Pospíšilová, Czech Republic
Nowness. Dir: Kristiina Tang, Estonia
Waltzing Tilda. Dir: Jonathan Wilhelmsson, Australia

PÖFF Shorts National Competition

Letting go. Dir: Ülo Pikkov, Estonia
Manivald. Dir: Chintis Lundgren, Estonia, Croatia, Canada
Pearfall. Dir: Leonid Shmelkov, Estonia
5th Round. Dir: Leander Meresaar, Estonia
A Table Game. Dir: Nicolás Petelski, Spain, Estonia
Moulinet. Dir: Sander Joon, Estonia
Tendrils. Dir: Helen Woolston, Estonia
Once in the Fields of Boredom. Dir: Teele Strauss, Estonia
Corner. Dir: Lucija Mrzljak, Estonia
Muteum. Dir: Äggie Pak Yee Lee, Estonia, Hong Kong SAR China
An Old Man And An Old Woman. An Erzya Story. Dir: Ülo Pikkov, Estonia
A Husband And A Wife. A Voitan Story. Dir: Mait Laas, Estonia
The Eyeless Hunter. A Khanty Story. Dir: Priit Pärn, Olga Pärn, Estonia
Attack of the Cyber Octopuses. Dir: Nicola Piovesan, Estonia
Early Spring. Dir: Rain Tolk, Gustaf Boman Bränngård, Estonia
Lembri Uudu. Dir: Eeva Mägi, Estonia
A Car Called Victory. Dir: Vladislav Mukovnin, Estonia
Recover Connection. Dir: Tõnis Pill, Estonia
Man To Man. Dir: Mihail Lustin, Estonia

 

 

After the great success of the past editions of Last Stop Trieste, work in progress section dedicated to creative documentaries, When East Meets West and Trieste Film Festival expand their initiatives targeting projects in post-production phase and launch This is IT, a new section exclusively dedicated to long feature fiction films produced or co-produced by Italian producers.

The main purpose is to create a unique showcase of high quality Italian independent cinema where selected teams will have the chance to present their works and screen 10' of their films to an exclusive panel of more than 40 international sales agents, festival programmers and buyers. This is IT will select up to 5 long feature fiction films and an international jury will deliver the LASER FILM Award, a special in kind prize consisting in the color correction of one film (40 hours of work, technician included) of the value of approximately 10.000 EUR.

All applications must be submitted by the Italian producer/co-producer and must include: complete online application form and video material not less than 10 minutes long. In order to submit the application and required materials please click on the following link. The deadline is Dec 7, 2017 and the results of the final selection will be announced by Dec 22, 2017.

Thanks to the partnership with Milano Film Network (MFN) all films submitted to L'Atelier MFN 2017 and to This is IT by Nov 13 will be shared and considered by both selection committees. The main goal is to offer a dual opportunity to all Italian producers, fostering their chances to attract distribution partners on a domestic and international level. Furthermore, one of the projects selected at L'Atelier MFN 2017 will be selected by WEMW and TSFF and presented at This is IT in January 2018.

This is IT will take place alongside the Trieste Film Festival and When East Meets West on January 23, 2018. Please visit www.wemw.it or www.triestefilmfestival.it to find the complete guidelines and detailed info about the submission process.

For any further information you can write to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

 

At the Seville European Film Festival, the European Film Academy and EFA Productions proudly announced the nominations for the 30th European Film Awards. The more than 3,000 EFA Members will now vote for the winners who will be presented during the awards ceremony on 9 December in Berlin. 

check out the nominated films

 

 

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) continues more than 15 years of co-operation with the Goethe-Institut by screening 11 German films and the first two episodes of the high-budget German TV series Babylon Berlin in the initiative Goethe-Institut presents: New German Films.

Babylon Berlin will be part of the new programme of the festival called TV Beats, that will bring fresh TV-series to the big screen. The 16 episode series adapted from Volker Kutscher is one of the most expensive drama series ever created for television, following a young police officer during the decadent and glamorous years of the ill-fated Weimar Republic.

Leading the film lineup is Different Kinds of Rain that will have it’s world premiere in the festival’s First Feature competition, directed by Isabel Prahl, it is a depiction of a family dealing with the repercussions that ensue after the 18-year-old son isolates himself in his room.

Another debuting female director is Nina Vukovic with the thriller Detour that will have its international premiere at Black Nights, having received strong support from the critics after its world premiere in Munich this summer.

The selection also includes the biographic documentary Beuys (director Andres Veiel) and In Times of Fading Light (director Matti Geschonneck) that premiered at Berlinale, Axolotl Overkill, debut by Helene Hegemann that had its world premiere at Sundance and the Locarno-premiering Neolithic revenge thriller Iceman by director Felix Randau.

According to the programme coordinator on PÖFF’s side Christoph Grönerdecisive impulses in German cinema are coming from female filmmakers. Axolotl Overkill has to be named here, with the uncompromising vision of Helene Hegemann. Berlin on screen, like never seen before, pure Zeitgeist. And the world premiere in the first feature competition here at the Black Nights Film Festival is yet another superbly fresh example of female filmmaking: The formally astounding Different Kinds of Rain by ­Isabel Prahl.

He added: ‘Another trend has emerged this year: A new urge towards the fantastic, away from the social realist cinema of former years, becomes palpable. Lighting becomes more expressionistic, dream sequences occur more often, apocalyptic themes are touched upon, dark spots in characters get explored. Without doubt, there is a new lust for genre, for stranger and wilder tastes and the Black Nights Film Festival and the Goethe-Institut have picked up this trend in their German selection.’

Also, the programme coordinator of the Goethe-Institut in Estonia Markus Köcher is looking forward to this year’s screenings: “We are happy to continue our fruitful co-operation with the Black Nights Film Festival and showing again so many hand-picked film productions from Germany - both in Tallinn and Tartu. Many of them will be presented by the directors themselves who will be guests in Estonia.”  

Different Kinds of Rain (1000 Arten, den Regen zu beschreiben), Germany, 2017, dir Isabel Prahl - world premiere
Detour, Germany, 2017, dir Nina Vukovic - International premiere
Only A Day (Nur ein Tag), Germany, 2017, dir Martin Baltscheit  - International premiere (screens in the programme of children’s and youth film festival Just Film)
Axolotl Overkill, Germany, 2017, dir Helene Hegemann
Babylon Berlin, Germany, 2017, dir Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries
Beuys, Germany, 2017, dir Andres Veiel
Do You Sometimes Feel Burned Out and Empty? (Fühlen sie sich manchmal ausgebrannt und leer?), Germany-Netherlands, 2017, dir Lola Randl
Four Hands (Die Vierhändige), Germany, 2017, dir Oliver Kienle
Iceman (Der Mann aus dem Eis), Germany-Italy-Austria, 2017, dir Felix Randau
In Times of Fading Light, (In Zeiten des abnehmenden Lichts), Germany, 2017, dir Matti Geschonneck
The Garden, (Sommerhäuser), Germany, 2017, dir Sonja Kröner
Three Peaks (Drei Zinnen), Germany-Italy, 2017, dir Jan Zabeil

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We would like to inform you with great pleasure that the 25^th anniversary edition of Camerimage Film Festival will also be the first one including the FIPRESCI Jury. Which means that the International Critics Prize will be granted for the first time in the Festival’s history.

Founded in 1930, FIPRESCI (Federation Internationale de la Presse Cinematographique) is the name of the international umbrella organization for professional film critics and film journalists. FIPRESCI works to promote film culture and safeguard professional interests. At present it has members in more than 50 countries worldwide. FIPRESCI awards its prize during film festivals (such as the Vienna International Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, the Venice Film Festival) to reward what they see as enterprising film making. Winners of the award include Pedro Almodóvar, Paul Thomas Anderson, Jean-Luc Godard, Michael Haneke, Kim Ki-duk, Aki Kaurismäki, Werner Herzog, Terrence Malick, Roman Polanski, Woody Allen and Wong Kar-wai.

The first-ever FIPRESCI Jury at Camerimage will consist of Karsten Kastelan(Germany), István Szathmáry (Hungary) and Mateusz Werner (Poland).

 

 

The European Film Agency Directors (EFADs) would like to thank the three institutions participating in the trilogue negotiations for their positive positions on Article 13 in the proposal revising the Audiovisual Media Services Directive. So far there have been some great results which the EFADs welcomes, such as:

1. The consensus on the importance of allowing financial contributions to be applied to non- linear services targeting other EU Member
2. The introduction of a 30% minimum quota for European works in non-linear audiovisual media services’ catalogues.
3. The obligation on on-demand audiovisual media services to ensure prominence of European works in their catalogues.

These measures will create a better level playing field, integrate key online players into the European film value chain, and improve European audiences’ access to European works. As the EFADs have highlighted in the past, these measures are essential to the promotion of cultural diversity in Europe1 and we hope that you will continue to support them.

However, the EFADs think that all the participants in the trilogue negotiations should approve the text adopted by the Council, in particular the explicit reference to the application of Article 13 not only to on-demand services but also to linear services specifically targeting the market of another country for the following reasons:

 

1. Currently, financial contributions are in place for broadcasters in 13 countries.2 The money generated in the form of levies and taxes feeds into the film agencies’ budgets which allow them to support various cultural activities such as film education, the production of local and European content, and distribution in theatres or

2. In 2016, almost as much TV channels (31%) as on demand services (34%) established in the EU were specifically targeting foreign markets.3 These players are currently not subject to levies and investment obligations in the countries they are

3. Allowing Member States to apply financial contributions to linear services targeting their territory is necessary to ensure these services contribute to local creation, film agencies can continue to meet their public interest mission of promoting cultural diversity, and VoD and broadcasters operate under the same rules. This is consistent with the objectives of the Commission’s Digital Single Market 

Furthermore, the EFADs insist on the need to strengthen the monitoring and enforcement of quotas and prominence, falling under the responsibility of the regulator in the Member State of origin by:

 

1. Including additional provisions to ensure that Article 13 is effectively enforced. This could be done by regular monitoring and reporting as well as mechanism to ensure exchange of information and best practices between

2. Including prominence in the requirements set out in paragraph 5a of the Council’s position. Prominence should be listed as a matter for guidelines to be prepared by the Commission and the AVMSD Contact Committee.

3. Including a role for the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services (ERGA) to facilitate the smooth implementation of Article 13, and the exchange of information and best practices between the national

About the EFADs

The EFADs brings together the Directors of European Film Agencies in 31 countries in Europe (EU, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland). We are an association of government and government associated public bodies pursuing a mandate in the public interest to support cultural diversity and creativity in Europe. EFADs members are in charge of national funding for the audiovisual sector and advise or regulate on all aspects of national and European audiovisual policy.

 

 

25th anniversary edition of the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography CAMERIMAGE was officially opened today in Opera Nova, Bydgoszcz, Poland. During the ceremony Kenneth Branagh received the Krzysztof Kieślowski Award, and - together with Haris Zambarloukos - the Cinematographer - Director Duo Award. Frederick Wiseman took the stage to get the Award for Outstanding Achievements In Documentary Filmmaking, Paul Hirsch received the Award to Editor with Unique Visual Sensitivity, and Volker Schlöndorff received the Award to a Friend of the Festival. Additionally, as a part of the Opening Gala the Festival screened Murder on the Orient Express (dir. Kenneth Branagh, cin. Haris Zambarloukos) and Downsizing (dir. Alexander Payne, cin. Phedon Papamichael).

25th Camerimage will last until Saturday, 18th November. You can read more on this year's edition everyday on the Festival website, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

 

 

MIDPOINT TV Launch 2018 is off to a great start with a successful workshop 1 behind us; HBO Europe confirms cash prize of 5.000 USD to Best Project, and TV Launch announces new cooperation with CANNESERIES Institute.

"The multi-faceted levels and unique classes offered at MIDPOINT I believe fosters an amazing inspiring place for creativity to grow and shine. The students were so bright, thoughtful, talented and creative. Their passion, care and energy in working to find the right path and direction for their projects was most admirable. The experience greatly exceeded my every expectation."

– Core Tutor Maggie Murphy, Head of Shaftesbury U.S. and associate professor at UCLA

"The experience of working with a multi-national group of highly talented creators was not only inspirational but a lot of fun to boot. These are all deeply unique and riveting projects on their own right, with exceptional authorial voices. Just being in the room with these guys proved to be an enriching professional experience that I can’t wait to continue." ­

– Core Tutor Gabor Krigler, HBO Europe Creative Executive - Local Original Production, Hungary

TV Launch 2018 Workshop 1

Get to know all about MIDPOINT TV Launch 2018 on our website, where you can find out more about the projects, participants and tutors. And check out our photo gallery from Workshop 1.

Awards

HBO Europe has confirmed the main prize at MIDPOINT TV Launch to 5.000 USD to the winning project. The awards will be handed out at the end of the third workshop in August '18:

/ The HBO Europe Award to the Best Project – a cash prize of 5.000 USD

/ The C21 Media Award to the Best Producer – a one-year subscription to C21's content

C21 Media offers TV professionals a valuable insight into the European and international TV industry. Subscribe to its content and events here.

MIDPOINT TV Launch is supported by Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, Czech Film Fund, Slovak Audiovisual Fund, International Visegrad Fund, and presented in collaboration with HBO Europe, Finale Plzen, Sarajevo Film Festival – CineLink Industry Days, CHARACTER – Film Development Association, Serial Eyes, C21 Media, Barrandov Studio & AMU.

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MIDPOINT partners with CANNESERIES Institute

We are happy to step in as official cooperators on the brand new initiative CANNESERIES Institute. From March 5 to April 11 this unique residency dedicated to screenwriting for series will take place in Cannes, France. It's developed by among others UCA/Université Cote d'Azur and Serial Eyes in close collaboration with Canal+, and MIDPOINT will be part of the selection committee. The call is now open, and all graduates of MIDPOINT TV Launch are welcome to apply.

Read more here.

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Feature and Animated Films Funded by the Polish Film Institute in 2017, 3rd Session