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Czech Film Fund supported minority co-productions

The Czech Film Fund announced support for ten minority co-productions using the full amount of CZK 20 000 000 (aprox EUR 770 000) allocated in this call. Czech co-producers of five fiction features, three documentary features, one animated film and one short film succeeded in this call and will be…
19-07-2021

First ever mentorship program for women filmmakers of the Baltic states

Mentorship has truly become a significant part of professional development. This is why the very first “Baltic Women in Film Mentorship 2021-2022” program, exclusively for women in film and TV industries of the Baltic states, is organized. The eight month mentorship welcomes women from various fields of these industries, whether…
15-07-2021

THE KRZYSZTOF KIEŚLOWSKI SCRIPTEAST AWARD 2021 FOR THE BEST SCRIPT FROM EASTERN EUROPE HAS BEEN PRESENTED AT THE 74th CANNES FILM FESTIVAL IN THE 15TH EDITION

AN ENEMY, by Teresa Zofia Czepiec and Maciej Sobieszczański from Poland, has won the Krzysztof Kieślowski ScripTeast Award 2021 for the Best Eastern Europan Script.
14-07-2021

Polish Film Institute, Independent Film Foundation and ACE Producers sign partnership in Cannes

10 July 2021 – Polish Film Institute, Independent Film Foundation and ACE Producers sign partnership in Cannes have signed a 5-year partnership to organize the ACE Financing Strategies Workshops and the related ACE Training Days Poland in Warsaw from 2021 to 2025. The goal of this long-term partnership is to…
11-07-2021

Seminar Dox In Vitro, Slovakia

September 12 - 13, 2021. Hotel Park Avenue, Piestany, Slovakia - DOX IN VITRO is aimed at young producers and documentary filmmakers who will be introduced to the „real world“ of the European film market and documentary films. The workshop will focus on the development of documentaries under the guidance…
08-07-2021

Croatian films and filmmakers at 74th Cannes Film Festival

official poster of the 74th Cannes Film Festival Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović’s debut feature Murina will have its world premiere at Directors’ Fortnight, a programme taking place 6th – 17th July and running in parallel to the 74th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. In addition, producer Bojan Kanjera will be…
08-07-2021

Tallinn Black Nights, the European Film Academy & FIPRESCI to welcome European Discovery directors at new Discovery Campus

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), the European Film Academy (EFA) and FIPRESCI will work together to promote European Discovery nominated directors as part of PÖFF’s new Discovery Campus, starting from November 2021. The EFA and FIPRESCI bestow the European Discovery Award – Prix FIPRESCI on the best Debut Film…
07-07-2021

New Horizons' Polish Days Goes to Cannes: see 5 promising projects!

Join us for the New Horizons' Polish Days Goes to Cannes screening, which will be held on Friday 9 July from 12:00 till 14:00 at the Marché du Film. New Horizons International Film Festival and Polish Film Institute will present a selection of five Polish feature films in various stages…
07-07-2021

Docu Talents 2021, Ji.hlava Film Fund and Emerging Producers at Cannes

Docu Talents from the East 2021 – selection announced! Eight remarkable documentary projects in post-production from Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia and Slovakia made it to the 17th edition of Docu Talents from the East 2021. Since 2005, Docu Talents has served as a launchpad for a…
07-07-2021

Sonja Tarokić’s The Staffroom in main programme at Karlovy Vary

scene from The Staffroom After many years, a Croatian film is part of the main programme at the prestigious Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Sonja Tarokić’s debut fiction feature The Staffroom, produced by Ankica Jurić Tilić (of Kinorama), will have its world premiere in the Crystal Globe competition. The 55th…
30-06-2021

Smart Animation & 360° Clever Worldbuilding – a preview of an animated project “Journey to Yourland”. Sign up for KKI Talks free webinar

On 19 July, Kids Kino Industry invites industry professionals to join the conversation with the creators of “Journey to Yourland”. The release of the film is planned for 2022. The webinar will shed the light on the most important aspects regarding the production process and 360° approach which creators follow…
30-06-2021

New CICAE Board of Directors elected

Arthouse cinema is more important today than ever before! The International Confederation of Arthouse Cinemas, the CICAE had its new board elected during the annual general assembly on June 23, shifting towards a younger, increasingly international and more gender balanced representation of its members. Christian Bräuer re-elected as President, new…
30-06-2021

Karlovy Vary IFF 2021 revealed competition sections

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival has revealed selection of three key sections of its 55th edition – Crystal Globe Competition, East of the West Competition and Special Screenings – which include 15 Czech films and minority co-productions. Films by Olmo Omerzu, Václav Kadrnka, Erika Hníková and Miro Remo will celebrate…
30-06-2021

Arthouse cinema is more important today than ever before!

The International Confederation of Arthouse Cinemas, the CICAE had its new board elected during the annual general assembly on June 23, shifting towards a younger, increasingly international and more gender balanced representation of its members. Christian Bräuer re-elected as President, new Board of Directors Christian Bräuer, managing director of the…
29-06-2021

Czech Film Fund supported development of fiction features and documentaries

In June, the Czech Film Fund granted the support for development of fiction features and for development of documentary films for the second time this year. In fiction category, the Council divided altogether EUR 346 000 (CZK 9 million) among 12 projects by talented young guns as well as experienced…
24-06-2021

Baltic Shorts Residency completes third edition

Three filmmakers from the Baltic region complete three week script development residency The third edition of the Baltic Shorts Residency, an intensive workshop lasting three weeks held in the small Lithuanian town of Kintai, has concluded for 2021. Between 1st and 20th June 2021, three selected filmmakers from the Baltics…
21-06-2021

The conference Let's Be Series, vol.2 | 22-23 june 2021

Let’s Be Series, vol 2. is a two-day international event organized by Creative Europe Desk Poland in partnership with the Polish Producers Alliance (KIPA), dedicated to the topic of new trends in the production and distribution of European feature series. The event will be held online on 22-23 June 2021.
18-06-2021

MACIEJ JAKUBCZYK ELECTED AS ECFA BOARD MEMBER

Maciej Jakubczyk, Head of Kids Kino International Film Festival and Kids Kino Industry, feels privileged to be elected as new board member of ECFA (European Children’s Film Association), Europe’s biggest networking platform for children’s cinema, young audience content and media education.
18-06-2021

Submission is Open for the 3rd Edition of Hypewriter Original TV Series Pitch Forum

Paprika Studios is thrilled to announce the call for submissions for the 3rd edition of the Hypewriter Original TV Series Pitch Forum, which will take place on August 30th, 2021 in Budapest, during the days of NATPE.
17-06-2021