The co-production, training and networking platform for film professionals will take place for the third consecutive year

The 18th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival ZagrebDox is scheduled to take place 3-10 April

Film O’Clock International Festival honors the international cinematographic heritage, through a dedicated industry event and through the 6 productions selected in the classic films section. The great Greek director Pantelis Voulgaris is a special guest of the second edition of Film O’Clock. Festival tickets and passes are now up for sale.

The Estonian Film Institute (EFI) distributed over 1.5 million euro to the following projects in the first financing rounds of 2022.

BUDAPEST: The 19th edition of the Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival calls for documentary films addressing human rights and social issues. The festival will take place in person in Budapest and many other Hungarian cities from 8 to 16 November 2022, as well as online.

The 19th Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival will be held 8–16 November 2022, in Budapest and many cities across Hungary as well as online.

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.

NextGenerationEU

08/02: NextGenerationEU: European Commission raises an additional €5 billion in support for Europe's recovery – European Commission

In its first bond syndication of 2022, the European Commission has today raised a further €5 billion in NextGenerationEU funds on behalf of the EU in yet another successful deal.

Digital Services Act

09/02: Digital Services Act: Know Your Business Customer obligations must apply to intermediary services – UNIC

This letter focuses on the “Know Your Business Customer” (KYBC) obligations of the proposal.

Collective Rights Management

02/02: The Collective Rights Management Directive: a positive assessment of the action of CMOs - Society of Audiovisual Authors

5-years after the transposition deadline, the European Commission has concluded that the application of the Collective Rights Management Directive has had a positive effect on rightsholders and the licensing market. Therefore, there is no need for a review, said the Commission.

EU funding

03/02 : Creative Europe: Commission launches first calls for proposals to support audiovisual industry – European Commission

The Commission has published the first three calls for proposals opened under the framework of the Creative Europe MEDIA 2022, a programme with a total of €226 million of EU funding available this year. It aims at supporting the recovery of the audiovisual industry and strengthening its competitiveness both within Europe and worldwide.

Berlinale

09/02: MEDIA will be present at the Berlinale: EFF on sustainability, industry events and films – European Commission

Creative Europe MEDIA will once again be present at the festival with a virtual stand, a European Film Forum, side events and some MEDIA-supported films in competition.

Events

10 March - European Audiovisual Observatory advisory committee meeting

11 March - Presentation of a pan European report on the future of the industry by the European Co-Production Forum, Brussels

28/29 March - UNIC Cinema Days 2022

April 2022 - Adoption of French conclusions on building a European Strategy for the Cultural and Creative Industries

25-28 April - CinemaCon 2022

17-28 May - Cannes Film Festival 2022

20-23 June - CineEurope 2022

JIHLAVA: The 26th edition of the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival has opened admissions for feature-length and short films, animated and interactive documentaries. The call for the eleventh edition of the Emerging Producers programme, which will take place 24–28 October 2022 (Jihlava) and in February 2023 (Berlin), is also open for applications.