FNE at SOFA: Nikolaj Nikitin Tells of the Inspiration and Strategy Behind Innovative Film Biz Training
Poland 21-08-2013WROCLAW: Berlinale film delegate Nikolaj Nikitin just launched a new training program for young industry professionals from CEE along with Germany and the Caucasus, SOFA (School of Film Agents). The workshop takes place in Wrocław between 19th and 30th of August. In an exclusive interview from FNE, the initiator of the idea talks about the potential of the region, criteria for the participants and plans for the future.
The recruitment for Look For Fund continues. Until 26th August you can submit your film projects for 1:1 meetings with the representatives of the regional film funds from the whole Europe: from Norway to Italy, from Great Britain to Lithuania.
Meetings of producers and representatives of film funds, which result in new contracts, better cooperation, but, most importantly in greater amount and higher quality of film productions, supported by regions and cities. The meetings help to receive detailed information about the possibilities of financing a given movie, conditions for application and actual chances of receiving financial support.
This year, we invite all producers with their projects to meet: Sardegna Film Foundation (Italy), Film London (Great Britain), Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein (Germany), Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung GmbH – MDM (Germany), Film i Väst (Sweden), Riga Film Fund (Latvia), Finnish Film Fund (Finland), Estonian Film Fund (Estonia), Film3 (Norway), Filmpool Nord (Sweden), Screen South (Great Britain), West Danish Film Fund (Denmark), Filmregion Stockholm-Mälardalen (Sweden), PACA - Région Provence-Alpes-Cöte d’Azur (France), German-Polish Co-Development Fund (Poland), Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (Germany), Łódzki Fundusz Filmowy (Poland), Krakowski Fundusz Filmowy (Poland), Dolnośląski Fundusz Filmowy (Poland), Mazowiecki Fundusz Filmowy (Poland), Poznań Film Commission (Poland), Śląski Fundusz Filmowy (Poland), Polish Film Institute (Poland)
Look For Fund will take place on 24th October in the movie theatre Rialto in Katowice. We invite all producers, who know where they will make their films, and who are looking forward to meeting the delegates of a specific movie fund.
The application form can be downloaded from the festival’s website. We are waiting for the filled forms until 26th August, 2013.
Welcome!
We look forward to seeing you!
www.regiofun.eu
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VIENNA: Daria Onyshchenko's nostalgic Eastalgia will open the second edition of the nine-day LET'S CEE FF, launching 13 September in Vienna.
WROCLAW: The first edition of SOFA, or School of Film Agents, will launch at Wrocław 19-30 August, said the creators of the workshop, Berlinale leaders Nikolaj Nikitin and Dieter Kosslick, while in the city for the 13th edition of the T-Mobile New Horizons IFF.
WROCLAW: The fantastical sojourn through eastern Russian pagan rituals from Alexey Fedorchenko, Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari (Nebesnye zheny lugovykh mari). has taken the main prize in the T-Mobile New Horizons IFF international competiton.
Poland biggest film festival announced its winners at the gala screening of Małgośka Szumowska's In the Name of, screened at the event as Polish premiere. The jury of the main New Horizons International Competiton (Béla Tarr, Dominga Sotomayor-Castillo, Edgar Pêra, Joanna Kos-Krauze and Christoph Terhechte) awarded the Grand Prix and 20.000 EUR to Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari (Nebesnye zheny lugovykh mari, Russia 2012) by Alexey Fedorchenko.
More on the film here.
The FIPRESCI jury (Neil Young, István Szathmáry and Błażej Hrapkowicz) awarded the Cannes competition title Stranger by the Lake (L'inconnu du lac, France 2013) by Alain Guiraudie.
More on the film here.
Audience Award went to the Polish film Floating Skyscrapers (Płynące Wieżowce, Poland 2013) by Tomasz Wasilewski. The film had its Polish premiere in Wrocław and before that played successfully at Tribeca FF and Karlovy Vary FF, where it won the East of the West competition.
More on the film here.
In the Films on Art International Competition, the international jury (Sally Berger, Barbara Pichler, Amos Poe, Karol Radziszewski and Ben Russell) awarded the main prize of 10.000 EUR to Sick Bird Die Easy (USA 2013) by Nicholas Fackler - the film had its European premiere at the festival.
More on the film here.
The winning films in the New Horizons International Competiton and the Films on Art International Competition will get an offer for Polish distribution from the New Horizons Association (label, which has released 33 films in 2010-2013).
In the Polish Short Films Competition, the best fiction film was Mother (Matka, 2013) by Łukasz Ostalski, best animation was Ziegenort (2013) by Tomasz Popakul and best documentary was Mother 24/7 (Matka 24h) by Marcin Janos Krawczyk. The jury included Fijona Jonuzi, Jukka-Pekka Laakso and Laurence Reymond.
In the European Short Films Competition the best documentary was The Day Has Conquered the Night (Le jour a vaincu la nuit, France 2013) by Jean-Gabriel Périot, and the best experimental film was Dry Standpipe (Suchy pion, Poland 2012) by Wojciech Bąkowski. The jury comprised of Ana Brzezińska, Norman Leto and Jakub Majmurek.
WROCLAW: Three provocative upcoming films are screening during the T-Mobile New Horizons fest Indie thriller Hardkor Disko, the funny and absurd Kebab and Horoscope and the daringly sensual Nude Area. Love In 15 Fragments.
WROCLAW: A hybrid documentary from Wiktoria Szymańska, the acclaimed historic drama Papusza from Krzysztof Krauze and Joanna Kos-Krauze and an experimental road movie, Six Degrees, by Bartosz Dombrowski, are screening at Polish Days at T-Mobile New Horizons IFF.
WROCLAW: New Polish works in progress are being showcased to international film professionals during Polish Days at T-Mobile New Horizons IFF.
