Part of the tradition of CAMERIMAGE Film Festival is to help young filmmakers and film school students to improve their skills through numerous workshops and seminars led by recognised film professionals. To support student attendance at the Festival, the organizers offer a special price for STUDENT Entry Cards and free accommodation for students as part of the Homestay Program. 

Homestay was established in 1997. According to its guidelines, students from all over the world can find free of charge accommodation at the private flats and houses of Bydgoszcz host families who, in return, take part in the festival events. This initiative often proves to be a great opportunity to start an unbreakable friendship and learn more about Polish culture, tradition and hospitality. 

To enrol for the Homestay Program:

  • purchase your Student Entry Card online (registration and payments available HERE)
  • fill out the Homestay entry form (HERE)
  • wait for your Homestay offer* (will put you in touch with your host)
  • arrange your arrival and stay with the host

    *Please note:

  • We can only provide accommodation offered by those Bydgoszcz families that decided to take part in the program.
  • Since there are always more students than families interested, we cannot guarantee that accommodation will be found for everyone.
  • Accommodation will be granted on a "first come first served" basis.

Deadline for Homestay student applications: 6 October 2017.

 

Digital Single Market
25/09: European Audiovisual Observatory publishes results of its Brussels SATCAB workshop – EAO website
The publication summarises the main points of the discussion during the round-table workshop,which was held on 21 June in Brussels in order to explore certain aspects of the Regulation Proposal. The workshop was organised, and the discussion facilitated by the European Audiovisual Observatory (Strasbourg) upon request of the European Commission. 
15/09: Expert Survey Shows Direct Injection as the Principal Form of Broadcasting in Europe – SAA
The Ampere Analysis economic survey of channel distribution in the EU confirms that broadcast signals, whether domestic or cross-border, are overwhelmingly transmitted to retransmission platforms such as cable using a method known as Direct Injection.

Copyright
21/09: Hidden European Commission's study copyright study leaked – Netzpolitik 
The study ‘Estimated displacements rates of copyrighted content in the EU’ commissioned by the European Commission explores the relation between online copyright infringement (digital piracy) and sales of copyrighted content.
12/09: The urgent for a reform of EU copyright law by MEP Axel Voss – EP Magazine  

‘The proposal is a great opportunity not only to adapt the legal situation, but also to generate economic success for European works within the EU. In this connection, we need to strive for a good balance between all players. Ultimately, we are protecting cultural diversity in the EU and thus our European identity, thereby helping to make sure that it is still worthwhile to be creative’ stated MEP Axel Voss.  

European Commission
13/09: Juncker’s full 2017 State of the Union speech – European Commission
The President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, delivered his annual State of the Union speech and presented the EU plan on a number of institutional, economic and political reforms.

Events 
27/09: European Audiovisual Observatory Conference on media convergence – Brussels 
29/09: Workshop on the Promotion of European Works in Audiovisual Media Services – Brussels
27-28/11: Estonian Presidency conference on audiovisual content, technology and policy – Tallinn – more information here 

Eliza Kubarska is developing the documentary The Wall of Shadows, set in a Sherpa family in theHimalayas.

NICOSIA: The Cypriot cabinet approved a scheme to attract foreign productions, which will offer tax incentives of up to 35% per cent of expenditure incurred in Cyprus and capped at 650,000 EUR for each production.

WARSAW: Fifteen films have been selected for the international competition of the 33rd Warsaw Film Festival. The festival will take place from 13 to 22 October 2017.

 

The line-up is to include the world premieres of Zaza Urushadze's The Confession and Once Upon a Time in November by acclaimed Polish filmmaker Andrzej Jakimowski

Balkan Noir (En Balkan Noir), dir. Dražen Kuljanin, Sweden 2017, 74', World Premiere
It has been five years since Nina's daughter went missing and only during the cigarette breaks do we get to follow her hunt for the perpetrator as she returns to Montenegro for one last time.

To Kill a Watermelon (Sha Gua), dir. Gao Zehao, China 2017, 88', International Premiere
One hot summer day, A pedestrian, his wife, a village head, a murderer, an official of the county, and a policeman took turns showing up at the main character Chen's melon shed. For the first time in his life, this quiet and obedient man realizes the meaning of his own existence. 

The Confession (Beri), dir. Zaza Urushadze, Georgia, Estonia 2017, 89', World Premiere
Priest Giorgi, a former film director, is sent to serve the small parish in the mountain village. To bring villagers closer to church he starts showing films there. After the screening of the first picture – Some Like It Hot – the audience imply that the local music teacher Lili looks exactly like Marilyn Monroe. 

The Anniversary (Aniversarea), dir. Dan Chisu, Romania 2017, 87', International Premiere
At Radu Maligan's 94th anniversary the family members and the former colleagues of the old man come to his birthday party. Everything gets complicated when half of the guests try to convince Radu to confess his sins to a priest, while the others think that no one should be forced to do something beyond their will.

Sella Turcica (Tureckoe sedlo), dir. Yusup Razykov, Russia 2017, 75', International Premiere
Ilyich is a former "mole" – an external observation agent in the KGB, then FSB. Now retired, he continues to watch those who catch his attention and curiosity. The doctor diagnoses him with the empty sella syndrome, which he claims poses no danger to the society… 

Beyond Words (Pomiędzy słowami), dir. Urszula Antoniak, Poland, Netherlands 2017, 85'
Young Berlin lawyer’s life is about to change – in a way he could not possibly have imagined. Faced with his long-buried past, his perfect exterior starts to crumble. 

Once Upon a Time in November (Pewnego razu w listopadzie…), dir. Andrzej Jakimowski, Poland 2017, 92', World Premiere
Warsaw, 2013. Son and his mother suddenly find themselves on the streets in a society in which extremist nationalism is developing at top speed.

Sideway (Yol Kenari), dir. Tayfun Pirselimoğlu, Turkey, Greece, France 2017, 119', World Premiere
Poetic black and white film contemplating life and its cruelty, slowly revealing a stagnating society which doesn't react to injustice. 

2557, dir. Roderick Warich, Germany 2017, 111', European Premiere
A young Thai woman gets sucked right into a violently escalating conflict between her Thai and expat friends.

The Bomb (Bomba), dir. Ralston Gonzales Jover, Philippines 2017, 94', World Premiere
In order to survive and provide for the people he cares about, hearing-impaired Pipo will do just about everything he can. That is, until he reaches the breaking point. 

Be Prepared (Czuwaj), dir. Robert Gliński, Poland 2017, 95'
Teenagers from two entirely different worlds suddenly have to face each other. What was supposed to be a valuable learning experience, quickly spins out of control. 

If You Saw His Heart (Si tu voyais son coeur), dir. Joan Chemla, France 2017, 86'
Daniel is cast out of his community after the death of his best friend. He finds refuge in a hotel for castaways and broken souls and drifts into violence. An unexpected ray of light enlivens his existence when he meets Francine. Inspired by the novel Halfway House by Guillermo Rosales.

The Miner (Rudar), dir. Hanna Slak, Slovenia, Croatia 2017, 101', International Premiere
Mehmedalija Alić has been working as a miner for over 30 years. Having been assigned to open a walled-in pit, he finds much more than just another deserted mine, exposing the country's dark underbelly. 

Boarding Pass (Kart– e Parvaz), dir. Mehdi Rahmani, Iran 2017, 88', World Premiere
In Iran, there are people who swallow drugs and then transport them to other countries. They are called the "body packers".  But it's not the arrests that they fear the most. 

Of Skin and Men (L'Amour des hommes), dir. Mehdi Ben Attia, France, Tunisia 2017, 105', World Premiere
Present-day Tunis. Amel lives with her husband Nabil in the apartment owned by her parents-in-law. But her happy life is devastated when Nabil is killed in an accident. 

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Warsaw Film Foundation /33nd Warsaw Film Festival, October 13-22, 2017

 

Andrius LekaviciusVENICE: FNE spoke to Lithuanian director Andrius Lekavicius about why he chose VR for his new project Bloody Sunday / Kruvinasis Sekmadienis about the bloodshed around the TV Tower in January 1991. This year virtual reality even had its own island in the Venice laguna.

VENICE: FNE spoke to Lithuanian director Andrius Lekavicius about why he chose VR for his new project Bloody Sunday / Kruvinasis Sekmadienis about the bloodshed around the TV Tower in January 1991. This year virtual reality even had its own island in the Venice laguna.

WARSAW: Polish director Viktoria Marinov is in preparation with Love Land, a long documentary about people who decide to emigrate to Bulgaria out of love. The producers are looking for Bulgarian coproducers.

BUCHAREST: Romanian short film Written / Unwritten by Adrian Silișteanu is among the 15 short films nominated for the European Film Awards 2017. The European Film Awards ceremony will take place in Berlin on 9 December 2017.