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Edition of New Europe Film Sales - participants announced

Press releases 2019-06-19

New Europe Warsaw Sessions is an exclusive, closed workshop set in an original location outside Warsaw where six promising film talents, hand-picked by New Europe Film Sales’ team meet top decision makers from the international film industry. The participants are chosen with a focus on both directors working in English…

EAVE Producers Workshop goes to Serbia

Press releases 2019-06-19

EAVE Producers Workshop goes to Serbia Novi Sad (Serbia) is the location of the second session of the EAVE Producers Workshop from June 20–27 bringing together 51 participants from 29 countries and 17 scriptwriters with a selection of 30 top industry experts. The week in Novi Sad is co-financed by …

Prestigious Film Festivals Coming to Telc, Czech Republic (dok.incubator)

Press releases 2019-06-18

Prestigious Film Festivals Select Films in the Czech Republic Prague, 18.3.2019 – Harry Vaughn, programmer of the Sundance Film Festival, comes to Telč, Czech Republic every year to meet talented filmmakers who participate in the international documentary filmmaking workshop dok.incubator. This unique programme connects film professionals with established European and…

MIDPOINT Shorts 2019-2020 program open for applications

Press releases 2019-06-18

MIDPOINT Shorts 2019-2020 Apply with your short film project to the new edition of our program! MIDPOINT Shorts is a professional project development program open to creative teams of writers, directors, and producers. Within two residential workshops, the participants get to develop their scriptas well as prepare the production and…

BALTIC DOCUMENTARY returning to Sunny Side of the Doc 2019

Press releases 2019-06-17

Sunny Side of the Doc 2019 will provide a great opportunity to explore the current documentary field of the Baltics – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Use the chance - documentary professionals from all three countries will welcome you at the BALTIC DOCUMENTARY STAND (no. C26) June 24-27! Latvia will be…

MIDPOINT Writers´ Room program is open for submissions

Press releases 2019-06-17

MIDPOINT is opening the doors to Writers´ Room Want to experience the atmosphere of creative writers´ room? Have you been thinking about how this concept works? Are you looking for an initiative to strengthen your TV writing technique? MIDPOINT Writers´ Room is offering a unique opportunity to learn new skills…

Prague International Film Festival – Febiofest introduces new artistic director

Press releases 2019-06-13

Prague International Film Festival – Febiofest introduces new artistic director Following the successful 26th edition of the Prague International Film Festival – Febiofest, several new features will be put in place by 2020. The first of these is the introduction of a new artistic director, former delegate of the Berlinale…

Unprecedented Latvian presence at Shanghai International Film Festival

Press releases 2019-06-13

22nd Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) will be held from June 15 to 24, 2019 in Shanghai, China. A record number of Latvian films and co-productions will participate in different SIFF programs and, accordingly, will have their Asian premieres at this A-category festival. Latvian/Estonian/Lithuanian documentary Bridges Of Time (2018, dir.…

Script Pool Tallinn call is open for applications

Press releases 2019-06-12

Apply with your script to Script Pool Tallinn competition The second year in a row, MIDPOINT is partnering up with Industry@Tallin &Baltic Event exquisite Script Pool Tallinn, an international script competition for film, TV and drama series scripts. The aim of Script Pool Tallinn is gathering talented screenwriters with producers…

MIDPOINT new partnership with Film Centre Montenegro

Press releases 2019-06-11

MIDPOINT is happy to announce another industry partnership within the Balkan region – with the Film Centre Montenegro. This new coalition comes as a natural step in strengthening the cooperation within the CEE region. The opening activity of new cooperation with Film Centre Montenegro will be a special program MIDPOINT…

Latvian Animation conquers Annecy 2019

Press releases 2019-06-11

Latvian animation at Annecy Competition and MIFA Latvian animation is busy participating at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2019 - both with the feature film ‘Away’ (dir. Gints Zilbalodis) in the Contrechamp competition program and a MIFA Animated Baltics stand (June 11-14). AWAY success story ‘Away is told in…

A Showcase of the Best in Central and Eastern European Animation in Annecy

Press releases 2019-06-10

For the second consecutive year, animation film professionals from Central and Eastern European countries – united under the CEE Animation brand – have accepted the generous offer of Creative Europe MEDIA to be part of their Umbrella Stand at MIFA in Annecy. Over 50 promising producers, talented animators or representatives…

Edward Lachman wins 40. ICFF Manaki Brothers lifetime achievement award

Press releases 2019-06-07

BITOLA: American cinematographer and director Edward Lachman is this year`s recipient of the Golden Camera 300 Lifetime Achievement Award of the Manaki Brothers Film Festival, which will be held September 14th to 21st 2019 in Bitola. This was announced at the press-conference of the festival on Wednesday along with a…

MIDPOINT Intensive SK: Otvorenie výzvy / Call for applications open

Press releases 2019-06-06

MIDPOINT Intensive SK Call for applications is open until August 16, 2019 The eighth edition of MIDPOINTs local module for Slovak filmmakers will take place in Bratislava from September 23-25, 2019. Intensive 3-day workshop will focus on the script development of participating projects. Slovak creative teams of writers and/or directors…

HAVC Newsletter - Daily summary

Press releases 2019-06-05

Aga’s House in the competition programme of the 54th edition of the festival in Karlovy Vary Aga's House was directed by the Kosovar Lendita Zeqiraj and the production house Woof Films was the Croatian co-producer. This debut feature film will be presented at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in…

Czech Films at Annecy 2019

Press releases 2019-06-05

At the 43rd Annecy International Animated Film Festival and Mifa, Czech Republic will be represented by 14 Czech producers and animation professionals. Czech Film Center, a division of the Czech Film Fund, is once again heading to the festival. You can find us in the Creative Europe MEDIA Stand (No…

Mazovia Warsaw Film Fund will be supporting eleven productions

Press releases 2019-06-05

The 9th edition of the Mazovia Warsaw Film Fund competition was adjudicated on May 27, 2019.

EUROVOD Newsletter

Press releases 2019-06-04

APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN! Taking place on the private island of San Servolo in Venice, during the Venice Film Festival, the next workshop of the European VoD meetings will gather around 60 professionals from digital distribution and service providers working for and with VoD platforms, such as VoD platforms, distributors or…

Future Frames at Karlovy Vary

Press releases 2019-06-04

EFP Presents a New Generation of European Filmmakers including two Student Academy Award Winners at KVIFF 2019 EFP FUTURE FRAMES - Generation NEXT of European Cinema highlights outstanding, emerging directing talents by presenting ten film students and graduates and their often award-winning work at the 54th Karlovy Vary International Film…

EFP Future Frames - Generation NEXT of European Cinema at KVIFF 2019

Press releases 2019-06-04

EFP FUTURE FRAMES - Generation NEXT of European Cinema highlights outstanding, emerging directing talents by presenting ten film students and graduates and their often award-winning work at the 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival(KVIFF) in the Czech Republic (June 28 - July 6, 2019). With its special attention to a…