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TRIESTE: The Trieste Prize for Best Film at the 32nd Trieste Film Festival went to the Georgian/French film Beginning by Dea Kulumbegashvili. Three films received special mentions in the category.
BUCHAREST: The TETA Association has opened applications for the 7th edition of Pustnik Screenwriters Residency, scheduled for 10–18 September 2021, the first Romania-based residency for feature film development for emerging filmmakers from all over the world. Pustnik expects to return to an on-site format set at a historic site on the Danube River, after its 2020 online edition.
NOVI SAD: CIRCLE Women Doc Accelerator is accepting applications for its 2021/2022 edition.
FNE asked Netherlands based Director and DoP Ronald Koetzier how the pandemic and working remotely has changed the way he works and what are the advantages and disadvantages. He talks about working with robots, filming food and other specialised techniques.
SOFIA: The Balkan Documentary Center has issued calls for applications for BDC Discoveries and to Docu Rough Cut Boutique. BDC Discoveries applications are due on 12 March 2021. Docu Rough Cut Boutique applications are due on 8 February 2021.
Dear Fans of Art Film Fest,
the cinemas remain closed for the time being and there are still a good few months until the June date of our festival. Therefore, we decided to make it easier for you to wait and allow you to enjoy two great films right in the comfort of your own homes. Through the online platform Kino doma you will be able in early February to watch a pair of films that competed in the international competition of feature films in 2019, the last time we saw each other at the festival screenings.
Two projects created by production house Antitalent and author Dora Šustić chosen to participate in the industry section of this year’s Berlin International Film Festival. The author will develop one of these projects at the Berlin Talents platform, along with two other Croatian film professionals participating in the programme. Berlinale’s industry section will be held online, March 1–5, while BIFF’s film programme will kick off in June.
The success of the New Horizons Association industry events. Films developed during the NH and AFF festivals in the program of the prestigious Sundance Film Festival
Festivals 29-01-2021
Prime Time, reż. Jakub Piątek, fot. Tomek Kaczor
Prime Time, Jakub Piątek's debut film produced by Kuba Razowski (Watchout Studio), will have its world premiere in the feature film competition at the Sundance Film Festival. The film was developed as part of the international programme New Horizons Studio+ 2019 organized by the New Horizons Association and Creative Europe Desk Polska. In the summer of 2020, right after the shooting began, fragments of the film were presented to the international industry at the largest industry event in Poland – Polish Days (project organised by NH Association and Polish Film Institute). The film aroused great interest and received one of the main awards – the Screen International Award.
