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Focus on Slovenia at CinEast Film Festival

This year, the CinEast Film Festival will focus on Slovenia, described in the announcement as “a country with a rich and interesting film history, celebrating thirty years of independence and currently holding the Presidency of the Council of the European Union”. The 14th edition of the Festival will take place…
05-10-2021

The new generation of WHEN EAST MEETS WEST opens call for its Co-Production Forum!

The next edition of WEMW will mark the start of a brand-new era in the design and planning of the co-production market. After ten years based on a traditional physical format and one year run fully online, WEMW will introduce a new concept based on a series of key elements: …
05-10-2021

Two weeks left to submit your project to Kids Kino Lab!

Are you ready to develop your story for young audiences? Check Kids Kino Lab, script development workshop. Call for projects for the next edition is open until 15 October.
05-10-2021

Romania based Pustnik screenwriting network starts off a new cycle

In its seventh year, after an online edition, Pustnik Screenwriters’ Residency – part of the Pustnik screenwriting network – returned to the banks of the Danube for its 2021 programme at Port Cultural Cetate, in Romania, September 13–20.
01-10-2021

Malta Film Awards 2022 – Celebrating our story

The Malta Film Commission announces the first edition of the Malta Film Awards. We will celebrate the success story of our local cast and crew of the film and television industry throughout the years. Malta is a story of success led by the ambition and creativity of its people. The…
29-09-2021

Czech-In Festival Paris 2021

The seventh edition of the Czech-In Festival, a festival of Czech and Slovak films in Paris, will take place on October 22, 23 and 24, 2021, on the occasion of the upcoming national holiday of Czechoslovakia (October 28). Once again the screenings will be organized in various screening rooms of…
29-09-2021

EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2021 – ADDITIONAL FILM ENTRIES

Today, we are happy to announce four additional feature film entries and four additional documentary film entries which would like to present themselves to the members of the European Film Academy as candidates for a nomination.
29-09-2021

Five Films Nominated for European University Film Award (EUFA)

The European Film Academy and Filmfest Hamburg take great pleasure in announcing the five nominated films for the European University Film Award (EUFA). Introduced in 2016, this award is presented by university students from across Europe. Based on the European Film Awards Feature and Documentary Film Selections 2021, these are…
28-09-2021

GOLDEN FRUIT PLAN 2021 call for projects till September 30th

The Golden Fruit Plan is initiated by The Golden Tree International Documentary Festival, the Golden Tree Documentary Fund, both based in Germany and Beijing and the Arkana Film Studio, based in Warsaw, Poland. The partner is Wajda School. It aims to discover new talents and promote cooperation and co-production of…
22-09-2021

The first Slovenian film retrospective in Izmir, Turkey

This year, the 7th Balkan Panorama Film Festival, which is taking place between 27 September and 3 October, will focus on Slovenia. The Turkish audience will be able to see a total of twelve Slovenian films, of these six features and six shorts.
21-09-2021

18 projects from 5 countries, selected in the FILM + 2021-2022 program

FILM+, the alternative program supporting independent film productions from Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, Serbia announces the participants of the 6th edition, following the open call for projects submitted this summer. The program also includes a fifth country from now on, Greece, and will cover a year of mentoring and support in…
21-09-2021

CIRCLE WOMEN DOC ACCELERATOR 2021 IN TIVAT, MONTENEGRO

MODULE 02 OF THE PROGRAM DEDICATED TO FEMALE DIRECTORS AND PRODUCERS
16-09-2021

In total 25 films from 14 countries compete for five EKOFILM awards Czech Republic has 3 irons in the fire

European films prevail, exotic locations represented by films from Australia, India, Canada and USA BRNO/CZ – EKOFILM programmers led by Jitka Kotrlová selected 25 competition films out of 207 submissions. The festival jury will award the best films in the following sections: Beauty of Nature, Central European Films and Short…
16-09-2021

Training Days Poland - OPEN CALL

ACE Producers and Independent Film Foundation are pleased to announce the call for applications for the Training Days Poland, which has been set up thanks to the support of the Polish Film Institute. Strengthening independent producers, ACE Producers uses the power of the ACE Network’s collective knowledge to tackle the…
16-09-2021

107 Mothers won Best Screenplay Award of the Orizzonti Competition

Slovak-Czech-Ukrainian drama 107 Mothers has been honored with the Best Screenplay Award of the Orizzonti Competition within the 78th Venice International Film Festival's awards ceremony. On Saturday, the prize was handed over to Ivan Ostrochovský (also the producer) and Peter Kerekes (also the director and a co-producer) who joined forces…
13-09-2021

Febiofest Industry days 2021: Bitcoin for Filmmakers

Use the latest innovations to get paid for your content! In just 4 lessons, you’ll get a good understanding of Bitcoin, the Lightning Network and Podcasting 2.0 and become comfortable using them. You will set up your own lightning wallet, prepare your website for a crowdfunding or start accepting micropayments…
13-09-2021

Slovenian Film Days in Sombotel, Hungary

For the fourth year in a row, Slovenian Film Days will take place from 13 to 17 September at the Agora-Savaria cinema in Sombotel, Hungary. The event will open with the award-winning film Consequences by the director Darko Štante. The film was produced by the Temporama production company and saw…
13-09-2021