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The European Audiovisual Observatory celebrates its 25th anniversary this year with a new look and a new Presidency – Poland!
The European Audiovisual Observatory, part of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, has launched the celebrations of its 25th anniversary this year. Kicking off with a brand new logo, the Observatory’s reports on the audiovisual industries in Europe, website and databases will all be given a radical re-design in the…
The MOST SUCCESSFUL POLISH movie for YOUNG viewers - BEHIND THE BLUE DOOR
“Behind The Blue Door” (original title: ‘Za niebieskimi drzwiami') a record-breaker at the box office! It's the most successful Polish movie for young viewers co-financed by the Polish Film Institute. Over 215 thousand viewers! Film record at IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6233882/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Directed by Mariusz Palej, “Behind The Blue Door” is the first…
WEMW: 22 projects selected for the Trieste co-production forum
Trieste - December 19, 2016 – 22 film projects from 15 countries will be presented at the seventh edition of When East Meets West, the Italian co-production forum taking place on January 22-24, 2017 in the context of the Trieste Film Festival. This year WEMW will bring together more than…
EAVE 2017 Producers Workshop selection
We are thrilled to announce officially the participants for the EAVE Producers Workshop 2017, selected out of 172 applications from 51 different countries.
The 2017 European Shooting Stars: Ready to Rule the Red Carpet
European Film Promotion (EFP) proudly presents its ten up-and-coming actors for the annual actors' showcase during the Berlin International Film Festival 2017, as it celebrates its 20th year For the 20th edition of EUROPEAN SHOOTING STARS the jury of industry experts has selected the ten most gifted performers, that will…
Pitch the Doc – soft launch of new Internet platform for documentary professionals.
Pitch the Doc is an innovative, versatile and worldwide online platform that provides functionality comparable to traditional, live documentary pitching sessions for projects in development, works-in-progress, postproduction or those in the market-ready stage. “It's the right idea at the right time, an invaluable tool in the documentary producer's armory, solving…
Marcin Łuczaj joins New Europe Film Sales
Jan Naszewski’s Polish sales outlet New Europe Film Sales announced that the popular programmer Marcin Łuczaj has joined the team of the Warsaw-based company as Acquisitons Executive and Head of Short Film Sales. He will represent New Europe at co-production markets and short film markets and coordinate the company’s acquisition…
FILMFÖRDERUNGSANSTALT (FFA) IS THE NEW PARTNER OF THE POLISH-GERMAN FILM FUND
On 9 December 2016, representatives of the institutions participating in the Polish-GermanFilm Fund: Magdalena Sroka, head of the Polish Film Institute; Peter Dinges, head ofFilmförderungsanstalt; Kirsten Niehuus, head of Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, and ClaasDanielsen, head of Mitteldeutsche Medienfoerderung, signed an agreement on cooperationwithin the framework of the Polish-German Film Fund, which…
European Film Awards with Cinema Stars from Across Europe
Only four more days before European filmmakers, EFA Members, guests, nominees and winners will gather to celebrate European cinema at its finest at the 29th European Film Awards in Wrocław, European Capital of Culture 2016. This year’s edition of the awards ceremony will be celebrated at Wrocław’s National Forum of…
dok.incubator workshop calls for ambitious feature docs in rough-cut stage
DEADLINE: February 1st, 2017 dok.incubator’s six–month long mentorship focused on filmmakers’ professional development gives you access to internationally experienced tutors, supporting you as you explore new ways of angles to your story. Eight teams, comprising a producer, a director and an editor, will focus the film’s unique perspective and sharpen…
Slovak Film News: Celebration of Slovak Cinema in Brussels
Slovak Presidency of the Council of the European Union is slowly coming to its end, and we are delighted that the last month of the Presidency is marked by two Brussels´ film gatherings with a special focus on Slovak cinema! Brussels Cinema Days in BOZAR (Nov 30 – Dec 4,…
LAST CALL for the unique development programme with shooting practice EKRAN+ 2017. Application deadline: DECEMBER 1st!
Are you a director working in a team with writer/producer/DOP? Deadline for the unique development programme with shooting practice EKRAN+ 2017 is December 1st!
Aniont.cz offers more than 700 minutes of authorial animation
Aniont is the only online videotheque of its kind which specializes exclusively in exceptional authorial animation and offers it for free. Web portal Aniont.cz, which was launched in Czech and English versions last June, has grown significantly.
SUBMIT YOUR FILM! 2nd Deadline November 30th 2016
19th EDITION / March 6 - 15, 2017 / PragueFollowed by regional screenings in over 30 towns around the Czech Republic. We would like to remind you that you have the last chance to subscribe your filminvite you to submit your films to the 19th edition of the One World…
The 2016 LUX Prize winner is Toni Erdmann
Maren Ade’s story about a father and daughter trying to reconnect in tragicomic circumstances was voted the winner by the European Parliament The winner of the 2016 LUX Prize is Toni Erdmann by German director Maren Ade, a story about a father and daughter trying to reconnect in tragicomic circumstances,…
Screenwriters and directors call on European Parliament to put authors at heart of copyright reform
A delegation of audiovisual authors and their collective management organisations (CMOs) from across Europe met Members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg to discuss copyright package ahead of the announcement of the winner of the European Parliament’s LUX Film Prize.
Country of Origin principle for catch-up TV endangers cultural diversity: Europe’s film agencies call for a change of approach
The European Film Agency Director’s (EFADs) position paper on the so called “Sat Cab Regulation”, published today, outlines the EFADs’ concerns about the introduction of a Country of Origin principle for broadcasters’ ancillary online services such as catch-up TV. Whilst the EFADs share the European Commission’s ambitions to support the…
Position Paper on the Proposed Sat Cab Regulation
Why the EFADs strongly opposes Article 2 in the Proposal for a Regulation on certain online transmissions of broadcasting organisations and retransmissions of television and radio programmes
I'm Not from Here nominated at EFA
Josebe, age 88, lives in a retirement home in Chile, where she spends her days reminiscing about her youth in a small town in Spain's Basque Country. But her memory is becoming increasingly confused: she thinks she has only just arrived at the retirement home, and every day must learn…
LUX Film Prize awards ceremony
The LUX Film Prize awards ceremony will be held on 23 November in Strasbourg, and will include a press seminar, the screening of the three finalists competing for the award and the announcement of the winner by President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz. The programme opened on Monday 21…
