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Now is the time to submit your TV series project for MIDPOINT TV Launch 2018. The deadline is tomorrow Friday September 15th at midnight. MIDPOINT TV Launch is an "idea-to-market" project development program, focused on scripted formats of miniseries or ongoing, episodic TV series that can sustain multiple seasons. Both half-hour and one-hour series proposals are accepted, and emphasis is on content-rich, compelling stories and innovative series concepts – both high-end and low budget. Who can applyTeams of writers/producers and secondarily directors primarily from Central-Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the Baltic countries and the wider Mediterranean area. Participants can have a background in filmmaking or in TV writing, with the wish to shift to quality television production. Dates and venuesWorkshop 1: November 2017 / TBA, Slovak Republic Workshop 2: April 2018 / Pilsen, Czech Republic (within Finale Plzen FF) Workshop 3: August 2018 / Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (within Sarajevo FF) AwardsMIDPOINT's partner HBO Europe will grant a financial annual award to honor the best project. C21 Media will grant a one-year subscription to their content to one participating producer, and all participants will receive a 3 month subscription. For further questions, please get in touch with Program Coordinator, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. MIDPOINT TV Launch is supported by Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Ministry of Culture 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. |
MIDPOINT Intensive SK – open callMIDPOINT's intensive workshop for Slovak and Czech speaking emerging film professionals. It takes place in Slovakia in November 2017 and is realised in collaboration with Character – Film Development Association and Slovak Audiovisual Fund. |
MIDPOINT Feature Launch 2018 – open callThe call for MIDPOINT's platform for teams of feature filmmakers is now open. It is a unique training platform for emerging feature film professionals from the region, which runs from January 2018 and for a whole year. |
MIDPOINT Shorts 2018 – open callMIDPOINT's special workshop program dedicated to short fiction films in development. Within two residential workshops, teams of writers, directors and producers get to develop their script plus prepare the production and promotional aspects of their projects. |
PRODUCTION: Agnieszka Holland and Kasia Adamik to Direct First Netflix Series in Polish
Poland 15-09-2017WARSAW: Netflix commissioned the first locally produced series in Poland, directed by Agnieszka Holland and Kasia Adamik. The title of the series has not been revealed yet. The international premiere is planned for 2018.
LOS ANGELES: Short film Who's Who in Mycology by Czech director Marie Dvořáková has been awarded at the 2017 Student Academy Awards in the narrative film category (domestic film schools). Marie Dvořáková is the second Czech winner of the prize after Jan Svěrák, who later became an acclaimed filmmaker.
The fifteen-minute short film Who's Who in Mycology by young talent Marie Dvořáková has been awarded by the American Academy as one of the three winners in the narrative film category (domestic film schools) in the frame of 2017 Student Academy Awards.
Together with the documentary VOD portal DAFilms.com, the Institute of Documentary Film is inviting you to watch a selection of Czech documentaries from 2016. On the occasion of the event Evening with Czech Docs, a curated programme can be streamed until 24 September 2017.
These grants were announced by Film Center Serbia on 7 September 2017.
WARSAW: Warsaw Industry Days, which will take place from 19 to 21 October 2017 within the Warsaw Film Festival, aims at promoting Polish cinema internationally and providing distribution opportunities.
SOFIA: Petar Valchanov’s and Kristina Grozeva’s second feature film Glory, a socially engaged ironic film on contemporary life in Bulgaria, has been chosen as the country’s official candidate for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
PRAGUE: Bohdan Sláma's The Ice Mother / Bába z Ledu was selected as Czech Republic’s official entry for an Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film category. This Czech/Slovak/French coproduction was recommended by the Czech Film and Television Academy (CFTA).
GDYNIA: Paweł Maślona’s debut feature mixing six stories about ordinary people in extreme situations will premiere at the 42nd Gdynia Film Festival (18-23 September 2017).
