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Leipzig Networking Days - Open Places!
Save your seat now for the Leipzig Networking Days 2013! When: 26 & 27 October 2013Where: MDR Headquarter, Kantstr. 71-73, Leipzig, Germany At the Leipzig Networking Days content creators meet decision makers and international renowned professionals meet young talents. This weekend is packed with pitching, industry talks, networking and inspiration.…
connecting cottbus 2013: Eastern European Pitching Projects Between Slacker Comedy and Closeted Homosexuality
Cottbus, 19. September 2013 – This year will see the 15. edition of the East-West co-production market connecting cottbus, as usual held in parallel to the 23. FilmFestival Cottbus. On November 7 and 8, 140 participants will have the opportunity to present ideas for new feature films, initiate co-productions between…
LET’S CEE WINNERS 2013
The winning films of the LET’S CEE Film Festival’s three competitions were announced during the Award Ceremony in the Wiener Urania. The winning entries included the feature film Domestic by Romanian director Adrian Sitaru, the Bulgarian documentary The Last Black Sea Pirates by Svetoslav Stoyanov and the Estonian short film…
24th LIFFe 24th Ljubljana International Film Festival
Advance sales and catalogue: TUE 15 October 2013 www.liffe.si Festival Sections Perspectives, the official competitive section of new filmmakers competing for the Kingfisher Award, sponsored by Mobitel, d.d. Avant-premieres, the world’s finest films purchased for Slovenian distribution. Kings and Queens, films by notable and award-winning virtuosos of contemporary cinema. World…
EFP spotlights European films at the Busan International Film Festival
With the OPENING DOORS programme at the Busan International Film Festival (October 3 - 13), European Film Promotion (EFP) invites Korean audiences to discover the best in new cinema from across Europe. Supported by their respective EFP members, a delegation of 23European filmmakers will travel to the other side of…
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL BRATISLAVA TO PRESENT AWARD TO DANISH DIRECTOR-WRITER-CINEMATOGRAPHER BILLE AUGUST
One of the most internationally acclaimed Scandinavian filmmakers – Danish Academy Award winning director-writer-cinematographer BILLE AUGUST – is to receive the Award for Artistic Excellence in World Cinematography at the 15th IFF Bratislava.
ABDELLATIF KECHICHE RETROSPECTIVE AT CINEFEST HUNGARY
bdellatif Kechiche has an unique ability to connect new and old, European and African, sexuality and classicism: the Tunisian-French actor, film director and screenwriter broke almost all the rules of the film industry - in a realistic and poetic way. Hungary's Jameson CineFest (September 12-22) honours him with a retrospective…
Co-production gathering in Portorož, Slovenia
Prague, 11 September 2013 –The 16th annual Slovenian Film Festival begins today in Portorož (11 – 15 September 2013). Each year it presents the Slovenian film production of the previous year. A Czech-Slovenian co-production gathering will be held as part of the festival’s special programme, with producers from both countries…
JIDFF 2013 / Industry Newsletter 9
Pitch It!This year, Jihlava IDFF will host a presentation by Sibylle Kurz, an expert in the art of pitching. Her talk will take place as part of the programme for documentary film producers called Emerging Producers. An event will also be held to celebrate the official release of the Czech…
POLISH FILMS @ TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL
September 5 marks the launch of the 38th Toronto International Film Festivals. The festival's lineup of films from around the world features two films co-financed by the Polish Film Institute: Wałęsa. Człowiek z nadziei (Wałęsa. Man of Hope) by Andrzej Wajda and Ida by Paweł Pawlikowski. The festival will also…
Transmedia storytelling at REGIOFUN
The concept of the Transmedia Storytelling was defined in 2006 by Henry Jenkins. The term means a “multithreaded and diverse story which is revealed across multiple media platforms, while each of the medium has its own separate contribution in creating and developing a fictional world”. In the film industry, this…
FROM SCARLETT JOHANSSON TO ROBERT REDFORD: HERE COMES THE FEATURE COMPETITION PROGRAM
Porn-obsessed Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bosnian war drama cutting through the bones, the best German debut of the past few years, the first Polish movie on homosexuals, Daniel Radcliffe, Ellen Page, the first film by Rain Man's Valeria Golino, this year’s Cannes Golden Camera winner – the best and most provocative films…
Tbilisi IFF: Pitch.Doc 5 Call for applications
Application is announced for the next edition of Pitch.Doc in frames of Tbilisi International Film Festival.Documentary film pitching session in Georgia, Tbilisi –Pitch.Doc– will have its 5th edition in frames of 14th Tbilisi International Film Festival (TIFF) in December 4-7 2013. Participation is open for the directors or producers having…
FROM SCARLETT JOHANSSON TO ROBERT REDFORD: HERE COMES THE FEATURE COMPETITION PROGRAM
Porn-obsessed Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bosnian war drama cutting through the bones, the best German debut of the past few years, the first Polish movie on homosexuals, Daniel Radcliffe, Ellen Page, the first film by Rain Man's Valeria Golino, this year’s Cannes Golden Camera winner – the best and most provocative films…
Jury and participating films of International Competition Section of BIAFF 2013
BIAFF 2013 – The festival finished selection of film for all three international competition sections – Feature, Doc and Short films. In competition sections Georgian films will be also be presented. Among them is “Fold of my Blanket” by Zaza Rusadze which was premiered at Berlinale Film festival and its…
Jury and participating films of International Competition Section of BIAFF 2013
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Sofia International Film Festival 2014: OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONSThe 18th edition of Sofia International Film Festival will take place between 6th and 16th of March 2014 in Sofia, Bulgaria. You are welcome to submit your films online. Regulations and Submission form are available on vp.eventival.eu/siff/2014/films Deadline: December 1st 2013 International Competition for first or second…
BIAFF 2013 - “Georgian-Turkish Co-production Panel“
Batumi 8th International Art-House Film Festival (BIAFF) will take place during 15-22 September 2013. BIAFF was established in 2006. The founder and organizer – Batumi Art-House “ARGANI”, official partner – Batumi City Hall. During 2011-2012 through support of Georgian National film Centre was organized “BIAFF INDUSTRRY MEETING” in which participated…
Submissions call for the 11th World Film Festival
Dear filmmakers! We are glad to open the submissions call for the official program of the 11th World Film Festival to be held at March 15th-22nd 2014 in Tartu, Estonia. World Film Festival is a event dedicated to the documentary cinema. The festival develops interest towards anthropological, analytical approach to…
4th Avvantura Festival Film Forum Zadar
From August 24th until the 31st Zadar will become the meeting ground for film enthusiasts and professionals who will have the opportunity to enjoy in interesting film meetings and film titles: new art-house films, first features, documentaries, short films, mainstream titles. The films in the main programme, which consists of…
