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Davit Pirtskhalava’s A Long Break (Toronto International Film Festival: TIFF, Discovery Section (World Premiere)
Synopsis After 13 years, Tsitsi initiates a reunion of his former classmates with a seemingly harmless cause: they haven't seen each other since graduation and the reason for the gathering is to remember school and have a drink. However, Tsitsi has a secret motivation: he wants to punish his former…
The New Horizons Cinema for at least ten consecutive years in Wrocław
The City of Wrocław, Futureal Investment Partners – the new owner of the Wratislavia Tower building and the New Horizons Association agreed on the future of the New Horizons Cinema. This means that the movie theater and its main events – the New Horizons International Film Festival and the American…
18 film projects selected for Baltic Sea Docs 2022
Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries (Baltic Sea Docs) has concluded the project selection for its 26th edition that will run on 5-11 September. The most important documentary training and pitching event in the Baltic countries, Baltic Sea Docs is focused on projects from the wider Baltic Sea region, Eastern Europe…
Pustnik announces the selection for its 2022 screenwriting residency focused on debut features
Now in its eighth year, Pustnik has announced the participants of its debut-focused screenwriting residency, to be hosted in Enisala village, Romania, September 10-17. The selection was made from over 70 applications from 40 countries.
CINEMA PARALLELS CELEBRATE IT’S THIRD EDITION FROM 7-9 JULY IN BANJA LUKA, REPUBLIKA SRPSKA, BOSNIA.
Films by Tin Dirdamal (MEX), Marko Grba Singh (Serbia), Ivan Ramljak (Croatia), James N. Kienitz Wilkins (USA), Fiamma Montezemolo (Italy-USA) and selection of regional filmmakers.
Projects Selected for Venice Gap-Financing Market 2022
La Biennale di Venezia is pleased to announce the line-up of the 9th edition of the Venice Gap-Financing Market (September 2 - September 4, 2022), organised as part of the Venice Production Bridge, which will take place within the framework of the 79th Venice International Film Festival (August 31st -…
Europa Distribution "Film Distribution Innovation Hub" Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 3 - 6 July 2022
After a short pause due to the pandemic, Europa Distribution is finally back in Karlovy Vary (CZ) to organise its distribution workshop in the scope of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.About 25 independent distributors, coming from all around Europe, will participate in the first edition of the “Film Distribution…
Decolonization of Old Ideological Constructs and Film Industry Practice (June 29)
On June 29 at 6 pm (GMT+1), join us for the next part of our IDF Industry Sessions series with Daria Badior, Kumjana Novakova, Volia Chajkouskaya and Srdjan Keča. Moderated by Dîna Iordanova. FACEBOOK EVENT Four months ago, Russia invaded Ukraine and started a war in Europe. Immediately there were…
The shooting of Igor Šterk’s film Lunatic concludes
The shooting of the film concludes where many stories of one of its protagonists begin – in Piran. The shooting of the live-action feature Lunatic has just been wrapped up on the main pier in the Slovenian seaside town of Piran. Written and directed by Igor Šterk, Lunatic is the…
UNIC PUBLISHES 2022 ANNUAL REPORT AT CINEEUROPE
CineEurope 2022, Barcelona: 21 June 2022 - The International Union of Cinemas (UNIC), the trade association representing cinema operators and their national associations across 39 European territories, has today published its Annual Report on key cinema trends in the region in 2021/22.
AG Kino-Gilde invites you to Cinema Vision 2030: the conference on innovation for cinema on 22-23 June - Discount promotion for online participants
With Cinema Vision 2030, an innovation conference on 22 and 23 June 2022, the three German cinema associations AG Kino - Gilde, Bundesverband kommunale Filmarbeit and HDF Kino are providing important impulses for the relaunch of cinemas after the pandemic. The conference, which will take place on site at Kino…
The shooting of the feature The Last Hero by the director Žiga Virc begins
On Saturday, 11 June, the shooting of the Slovenian live-action feature The Last Hero by the director Žiga Virc started in Medvode. The screenplay was written by Iza Strehar and Žiga Virc. The estimated duration of the shooting is twenty-five days. The Last Hero is a drama with comic elements.…
The 24th EAGLES AWARDS OF POLISH FILM ACADEMY
In solidarity with Ukraine At the 24th Gala of Eagles Awards of the Polish Film Academy, at which the winner of Eagles for Best Film, Best Directing and Best Script was AIDA by Jasmila Žbanić, the movie about Srebrenica massacre, with strong Polish artistic participation, Polish Film Academy again protested…
Cinelink Industry Days Co-Production Market & Drama
Cinelink Industry Days Reveals Projects Selected For the Co-Production Market and Drama Strands and Announces a New Award
Top 10 documentary festival programmers come to dok.incubator to select films for their competitions
Sundance, IDFA or True/False will meet at the dok.incubator workshop to exclusively watch the international documentaries in progress and choose the best fit for their competitions. This unique event of the documentary industry bringing together over 100 professionals from more than 25 countries will take place in Olomouc, Czech Republic…
CONNECTING COTTBUS CALL FOR FEATURE FILM PROJECTS
Submissions are now open for connecting cottbus, the East-West co-productionmarket at the FilmFestival Cottbus on 9-11 November 2022.
Debuting Artists Develop Their Promising Short Films
This year, CEE Animation presents a new animation pitching Labaimed at young filmmakers. A two-part pitching event called Rise &Shine will take place within the World Festival of Animated Film –Animafest Zagreb from 6 to 8 June, and the second part withinAnimateka International Animated Film Festival in December 2022 inLjubljana,…
THE KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI SCRIPTEAST AWARD 2022 FOR THE BEST SCRIPT FROM EASTERN EUROPE HAS BEEN PRESENTED AT THE 75th CANNES FILM FESTIVAL FOR THE SIXTEENTH TIME.
OUR PLACE IS OUTER SPACE by Daniel Daoud and Simon Szabo from Hungary has won the Krzysztof Kieślowski ScripTeast Award 2022 for the Best Eastern European Script. Special Mention went to THE FERRYMAN by Jan Koos from Slovakia.
FERA in #Cannes2022 STATEMENT - Constant Gardeners: The Realities of Today’s Film Sector in Europe
Key players show their commitment to the art of cinema and its unique power and magic to move audiences, by stimulating their curiosity, by exploring other realities, emotions and concepts.
ScripTeast in Cannes!
Each May, we gather in Cannes to celebrate the scriptwriters who have participated in ScripTeast over the past year and award the best of their scripts the Krzysztof Kieślowski ScripTeast Award at a ceremony by the sea. Fully polished through hard work with the help of our distinguished advisors, we…
