BUCHAREST: The Romanian Parliament has approved easing the lockdown downgrading the previous state of emergency to a state of alert for 30 days while forbidding drive-in events. The Parliament's decision came as a surprise, because on 13 May the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) had announced the procedure for obtaining a license for drive-in events including cinemas and live concerts.
BUCHAREST: The awarded Romanian documentary filmmaker Andrei Dăscălescu is completing production on his new project. Videograms of a Pandemic / Videograme dintr-o pandemie, which is documenting the life of people during the COVID-19 isolation through video-diaries, will be a long documentary or a mini-series, depending on finding an investor.
VILNIUS: The 8th Baltic Pitching Forum announced its call for short film projects, which will be accepted until 2 August 2020. The forum will take place 8 to 10 October in Vilnius. Projects from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, along with this year’s guest country Poland, are eligible.
Applications now open worldwide for the 2020 Pustnik Screenwriters Residency
Press releases 20-05-2020TETA has opened applications for the 6th edition of Pustnik Screenwriters Residency which has been scheduled for 7-15 September 2020. Pustnik is the only Romania-based residency for feature film development and is dedicated to young and emerging filmmakers from all over the world.
THESSALONIKI: The 22nd edition of the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival goes online from 19 to 28 May 2020. A total of 210 films will be screened, along with live open discussions.
BUCHAREST: Applications are now open for the 2020 Pustnik Screenwriters Residency, through 15 June 2020. The 6th edition is planned as an online residency programme.
The 14th edition of ScripTeast invites you to join them for their gala awards ceremony which takes place 20 May at 20:00 CET and for the first time it is held online. You are all invited. Login to your Facebook account to join in the fun.
CICAE Announces Second Round of Applications for 17th Art Cinema = Action + Management
Region 19-05-2020The CICAE is glad to announce that the second round of applications for 17th Art Cinema = Action + Management, the next International training course for independent cinema exhibitors, is open.
CICAE Announces Second Round of Applications for 17th Art Cinema = Action + Management
Press releases 19-05-2020The CICAE is glad to announce that the second round of applications for 17th Art Cinema = Action + Management, the next International training course for independent cinema exhibitors, is open.
FERA STATEMENT Love in the time of Corona: Developing Health and Safety Guidelines on Set, A Director’s Perspective
Press releases 18-05-2020For decades screen directors have been shooting dangerous stunts. Safely. “Selling” a punch between two actors by positioning the camera so it can’t see the safe space between them is an early example of successful social distancing. But dramatizing the deeper conflict between those two actors is the director’s precious creative space, and without it an effective-looking punch is meaningless – the audience may believe but they won’t care.
