PRAGUE: The third edition of the Comic-Con Prague Festival, held from 22 to 24 April 2022, culminated with the mayor of Prague appearing in a full-body suit as Iron Man.
NICOSIA: Mediterranean Fever by Palestinian director Maha Haj, an international film coproduced by AMP Filmworks from the Cypriot side, is among the additions to the 75th Cannes Official Selection announced on 22 April 2022.
PARIS: One Lithuanian film has been selected for Cannes Short Films Competition, while two films from Poland and Hungary will compete in La Cinéf. The Cannes Film Festival will be held 17-28 May 2022.
VALLETTA: Merjen is the first Maltese mini-series acquired by a streaming platform in the USA. The mini-series directed by Abigail Mallia, and written by Carlos Debattista and Salvu Mallia, will air on MHz Choice.
NOVI SAD: After a successful workshop in Belgrade in 2021, Ateliers Varan will move this year to Novi Sad, where the workshop will take place from 13 June to 7 August 2022. The deadline for applications is 23 April 2022.
WARSAW: FNE has teamed up with the Brussels based team of the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) to bring you regular updates on EU cinema policies that impact all industry professionals across Europe. Click here for FNE UNIC EU Cinema Policy Update.
EU strategy for the cultural and creative industries
12/04: Council adopts conclusions on the cultural and creative industries - UNIC
On 4 April, EU Member States adopted conclusions on a European strategy for the cultural and creative industries ecosystem, sending a signal about their ambitions and strategy for the cultural and creative sectors.
Geoblocking
15/04: Film and audiovisual sector welcomes new European Audiovisual Observatory study - UNIC
Film and audiovisual sector welcomes new European Audiovisual Observatory study paving the way towards a successful end of the Stakeholder Dialogue. Observatory findings confirm wide availability and circulation of non-national European films and AV productions.
12/04: Europeans have access to over 8,500 European films on VOD in their country on average - EAO
The European Audiovisual Observatory, part of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg has just published a new trailblazing report on the circulation of European films on VOD and in cinemas.
Digital Services Act & Digital Markets Act
13/04: Event announcement - The DSM Directive 3 years on: The Polish challenge to Article 17 and the national transposition maze - The IPKat
Three years after its adoption, the discussion of and around the Directive on copyright and related rights in the Digital SingleMarket 2019/790 (‘DSM Directive’) is anything but exhausted.
Events
22 April - Final Trilogue on the Digital Services Act
25-28 April - CinemaCon 2022
19 May - European Audiovisual Observatory Film Focus session in Cannes
20 May - EFF in Cannes
21 May - European Audiovisual Observatory conference “Circulation of films – is there enough availability?”
20-23 June - CineEurope 2022
14 June - UNIC & FIAD Screening - El Buen Patrón at Palace cinema, Brussel
ISTANBUL: Gaspar Noé’s Vortex received the Golden Tulip trophy in the International Competition of the 41st edition of the Istanbul International Film Festival (8-19 April 2022). The Golden Tulip for best film in the National Competition went to the Turkish/Ukrainian coproduction Klondike by Maryna Er Gorbach.
The shooting of the feature Father Figure by the director Nejc Gazvoda begins
Press releases 20-04-2022On Tuesday, 19 April, the shooting of the new Slovenian live-action feature Father Figure by the screenwriter and director Nejc Gazvoda started in Novo mesto. The film is expected to be shot in 25 shooting days.
