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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…
Baltic Event announces selection for its 15th Co-Production Market
Seventeen projects have been selected for the Co-Production Market, which will be taking place on 21-24 November at Industry@Tallinn &; Baltic Event during the Black Nights Film Festival. In other sections, Baltic Event highlights eight Baltic and Nordic projects in the script and pitch workshop POWR Baltic Stories Exchange and…
WHEN EAST MEETS WEST First Cut Lab 2 more weeks left to submit
First Cut Lab is a training programme designed for 3 long feature fiction films in editing phasefrom Eastern Europe and Italy. Selected producer/director teams will receive tailor-made advice from a consulting editor (Benjamin Mirguet) and expert feedback from top international film professionals (creative producers, festival programmers, sales agents, etc). The…
Lithuanian, Latvian, and Estonian films available under one Cinema flag
A new online cinema space is to be launched in 2017, bringing together some of the best films from the fast growing and dynamic cinema of the Baltic countries of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Baltic View will feature significant and exciting work from across the region, and will often be…
Watch, debate and vote: The LUX Film Days travel through Europe
The LUX Film Prize finalists will be showcased in 24 languages in the 28 member states of the European Union in order to disseminate European co-productions within the continent during this year’s edition of the LUX Film Days. The finalists are My Life as a Courgette by Claude Barras, Toni…
ETOILES ET TOILES DU CINEMA EUROPEEN - AWARDS
Strasbourg, 10/11/2016 – The 17th edition of Etoiles et Toiles du Cinéma Européen organised by the Odyssee, took place last night at the Odyssee cinema with a jury composed of twelve ambassadors to the Council of Europe, the Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe and the Executive Director…
US COMPANY JOINS FRENCH-GERMAN-BRITISH-POLISH CO-PRODUCTION
Andrew Lauren Productions To Produce And Finance Claire Denis’ “High Life” Starring Robert Pattinson, Patricia Arquette, And Mia Goth. The film will be shot in Germany and Poland. In the beginning of November Andrew Lauren Productions (ALP) has partnered with Alcatraz Films (France), Pandora Film Produktion (Germany), The Apocalypse Films…
HBO EUROPE AWARD GRANTED AT MIDPOINT TV LAUNCH 2016
THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN MIDPOINT TV LAUNCH AND HBO EUROPE RESULTED IN A HBO EUROPE AWARD AT THE FINAL WORKSHOP OF THE 2016 PROGRAM, GRANTED FOR THE FIRST TIME. MIDPOINT TV LAUNCH IS DEDICATED TO DEVELOPMENT OF CONTENT-RICH COMPELLING AND INNOVATIVE STORIES. THE WINNING PROJECT IS THE GERMAN-BULGARIAN PROJECT HAUSEN, WRITTEN…
EUROPA CINEMAS ANNOUNCES 2016 AWARDS
Tuesday, November 8, 2016. Europa Cinemas is proud to announce the winners of their annual Awards for 2016. The Europa Cinemas Awards have been celebrating the excellence of network cinemas since 2002, concentrating on awards for best programming and young audience activities, as well as a prize for the most…
NOMINATIONS FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2016
At the Seville European Film Festival the European Film Academy and EFA Productions proudly announced the nominations for the 29th European Film Awards. The more than 3,000 EFA Members will now vote for the winners who will be presented during the awards ceremony on 10 December in Wroclaw, European Capital…
Focus on Lithuanian film in Ukraine
The 46th Kiev International Film Festival ‘Molodist‘ will begin tomorrow with the participation of Lithuania as a guest country. The programme of the festival will include the latest Lithuanian films and a special section dedicated to the filmmaker Vytautas Žalakevičius. ‘I'm sure that our audience will be happy to accept…
WEMW 2017 Two weeks left to apply!
CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR WEMW CO-PRODUCTION FORUM DEADLINE: October 31, 2016 Starting from the next edition WEMW will launch a new East & West double focus and will bring together over 350 film professionals from more than 30 countries and, in particular, from the 2017 spotlight territories: France and the…
The film I’M NOT FROM HERE goes to EFA
The European Film Academy and EFA Productions presented this year’s short film nominations with the film I‘M NOT FROM HERE (by Maite Alberdi and Giedrė Žickytė) in the nominationlist. In June, at the 56th Krakow Film Festival, comprised of Ewa Puszczyńska (Chairwoman, Poland), Benjamin Cleary (Ireland), Aleksandra Maciuszek (Poland), Nancy…
FERA 2016 General Assembly Statement
FERA 2016General Assembly Statement: cautious support for Digital Single Market copyright proposalsBrussels, October 11 2016 Members of the Federation of European Film Directors (FERA) gathered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands on October 7th through 9th for its annual General Assembly kindly hosted by the Dutch Directors Guild (DDG) and sponsored by…
Polish Film Institute funds prize for the best Polish film presented in Warsaw Screenings
Warsaw Film Foundation has the pleasure to announce that the Polish Film Institute (PFI) has funded a prize of PLN 20,000 (approx. EUR 4,600) for the best Polish film presented during the Warsaw Screenings. The programme of the 30th Screenings, which will take place on 14-16 October 2016, features selected…
MEDIA must be better equipped to meet the challenges of the digital age
The association of the European Film Agency Directors (EFADs) would like to express its concerns about the recent proposal from the Council of the European Union to cut the 2017 budget of the Creative Europe programme and in particular the MEDIA sub-programme.
The EAVE 2016 Producers Workshop culminates in Prague
We are proud to present in Prague to a record number of 74 leading decision makers from all over the world (complete list below) the 31 fiction and documentary projects and 51 top producing talents from 37 countries that have been part of this year’s EAVE Producers’ Workshop.
