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What´s Slovak in Warsaw?

Press releases 2018-10-11

Three Slovak and co-production films will vie for the Warsaw Grand Prix at 34th Warsaw Film Festival (October 12 – 21, 2018). Check out the line-up! The Band (d. Ladislav Kaboš), documentary about the birth of the Romani band Lomnické Čháve will compete in Documentary Comepetition along withCircus Rwanda (d.…

Warsaw as a meeting place for the European film industry related to children's and family cinema. Over 200 guests from 25 countries around the world - the Warsaw Kids Film Forum in numbers

Press releases 2018-10-10

At the end of September, another edition of the Warsaw Kids Film Forum twas held. It is a trade event accompanying the Kids Film Festival. The rich program of the event and the representation of various sectors of the film industry both from the country and from around the world…

Moving Docs Expands Online with ‘Home Cinema’ VOD Channel

Press releases 2018-10-10

With its recently launched video-on-demand channel, Moving Docs Home Cinema now gives viewers around the world the opportunity to get instant access to a selection of critically acclaimed documentaries that are hard to find otherwise. Moving Docs is the very first pan-European distribution network for documentaries, powered by 20 screening…

DAFilms.com presents: Retrospective of Jonas Mekas

Press releases 2018-10-08

“My films are the celebration of reality, of life, of my friends, of actual daily life that passes and is gone tomorrow. We don't pay attention to it when it happens.”

Cartoon. APPLY NOW FOR SCHOLARSHIP !

Press releases 2018-10-02

MEDIA programme actively supports the training of professionals from new member countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Republic of Serbia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia & Ukraine). To this end, CARTOON encourages applications for scholarships to its CARTOON…

ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum announces 2018 programme

Press releases 2018-10-01

Three masterclasses, three 3-day workshops, pitching for stop motion shorts with 15 projects in the final, numerous presentations, LAIKA recruitment, animation breakfasts with special guests, presentations about stop motion animation in games and commercials, and one-to-one meetings will take place during the 3rd edition of ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum in…

Oettinger, Randall, Kijek/Adamski join the line-up of ANIMARKT

Press releases 2018-10-01

Johan Oettinger, Chris Randall, and Polish creative duo Kijek/Adamski are the key speakers of ANIMARKT Talks conference (October, 12th) – a part of ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum. ANIMARKT Talks is a one-day conference and a great opportunity to learn more about the animation market. Last year the main subject of…

CEE Animation Workshop Opens a Call for Filmmakers from Low Production Capacity Countries

Press releases 2018-09-28

CEE Animation Workshop is a year-long programme of training, project development and networking for producers and their creative teams, focusing on animated or hybrid projects of all lengths and types (shorts, features, series). The aim is to provide tutoring in the field of content development, starting with script consultancy, as…

Film Centre of Montenegro supports 22 Projects

Press releases 2018-09-27

Pursuant to the second competition announced for the cinematographic works production co-financing, the Film Centre of Montenegro will, at the proposal of the Council, support the total of 22 projects in different categories: screenplay development, project development, feature and short documentary films, as well as feature and short feature films…

Polish National Film Festival is Gdynia to be the first national festival signing the Gender Quality pledge

Press releases 2018-09-27

Women in Film – an informal Polish organization gathering over 3000 women working in the film industry – organized a conference entitled “50:50 by 2020” on Friday, 21 September 2018 during the Gdynia Film Festival. Following the inspiring example of fellow women from all over the world and declarations signed…

INDIE SALES PICKS UP “THOU SHALT NOT KILL”, A TIMELY ROMANIAN DRAMA INSPIRED BY REAL EVENTS

Press releases 2018-09-26

Paris-based company Indie Sales has acquired Gabi Virginia Şarga and Cătălin Rotaru first feature film, “Thou Shalt not Kill”. The director duo is known for their short film 4.15 PM The End of the World which was selected in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 2016. Thou Shalt…

THE MACEDONIAN FILM AGENCY ANNOUNCED THE PARTNERSHIP WITH “LESS IS MORE”

Press releases 2018-09-26

On 26th of September, the Macedonian Film Agency within the framework of the 39th International Cinematographers' Film Festival “Manaki Brothers” in Bitola announced the one-year partnership with Less Is More – a training programme that was created by Le Groupe Ouest (France). The aim of the program is to help…

11 projects from 9 countries selected to 13 edition of ScripTeast.

Press releases 2018-09-25

Each year Independent Film Foundation, organizer of ScripTeast, receives a a great number of projects, coming from all of the countries of the region and representing very high quality, spectrum of film genres and interesting subjects. The organizers would like to thank all the writers for their interest in the…

Digitally restored Slovak films enter prestigious film festivals

Press releases 2018-09-25

In October, digitally restored Slovak films from the National Film Archive collection of Slovak Film Institute (SFI) will be presented at renowned international film festivals! Retrospective of Viktor Kubal will introduce in Spanish premiere the works of Slovak director, animator and artist at 51stSitges International Fantastic Film Festival(October 4 –…

A FAIR AND PROPORTIONATE BUDGETARY ALLOCATION FOR CREATIVE EUROPE MEDIA ESSENTIAL FOR GROWTH & SUSTAINABILITY OF EUROPEAN AV SECTOR

Press releases 2018-09-20

As organisations working across the European audiovisual sector, we represent film and TV producers, publishers and distributors of films both offline and online, sales companies, cinema operators and national promotion agencies. In the context of discussions surrounding the future of Creative Europe, we would like to reiterate our utmost support…

FERA General Assembly 2018 Statement

Press releases 2018-09-20

Towards better working conditions and fairer EU authors' rights in the digital era

EFA 2018 - Additional Film Entries

Press releases 2018-09-19

ADDITIONAL FILM ENTRIES: FEATURE FILMS - Like the 49 films in the EFA Feature Film Selection 2018, these films are eligible for nominations in the categories European Film, Director, Actress, Actor, and Screenwriter.

CONNECTING COTTBUS project selection 2018: strong women, lost boyfriends and a leopard

Press releases 2018-09-18

East-West co-production market connecting cottbus, held during the FilmFestival Cottbus, celebrates its 20th anniversary with a solid line-up of 13 projects in development as well as 6 works in progress.

Cartoon Springboard - Apply now for scholarship

Press releases 2018-09-18

The fourth edition of Cartoon Springboard will take place in Valenciennes, France, from 4 to 6 December 2018. It will be an excellent opportunity for the young talents of European animation schools to improve their animation project by pitching it in front of a panel of experts from the audiovisual…

New Europe Film Sales launches a talent initiative

Press releases 2018-09-18

Warsaw-based New Europe Film Sales - the company behind the international success of such films as Grimur Hakonarsson’s Rams, Carla Simon’s Summer 1993, Hlynur Palmason’s Winter Brothers and Tomasz Wasilewski’s United States of Love - starts an annual talent initiative in its home town. The event will introduce talents from…