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JI.HLAVA IDFF ANNOUNCED LAUNCH OF A NEW FUND TO SUPPORT CEE DOCUMENTARIES

The launch of a new film fund, which will provide in-kind grants for visual and sound post-production to documentaries originating in Central and Eastern Europe, was announced yesterday in Berlin. The Ji.hlava Film Fund will be open for submissions of mid-length or feature-length documentary and hybrid film projects at the…
14-02-2017

LET’S CEE Industry Days

Filmmaking in CEE and in Austria: Meeting Tomorrow’s Challenges Save the date! The upcoming 5th edition of the LET’S CEE Film Festival in Vienna will host its Industry Days on “Filmmaking in CEE and in Austria: Meeting Tomorrow’s Challenges“ from 23rd to 24th March. The new two-day event held in…
14-02-2017

Jihlava IDFF - Meet us at the Berlinale

The Jihlava IDFF team will attend the upcoming Berlinale: Marek Hovorka (Festival's Director), Jarmila Outratová (Head of Industry) and René Kubášek (International Communication) will be available for meetings between February 10 and 14
12-02-2017

​Slovenian Films and Filmmakers at the Berlinale

The 67th Berlin Film Festival will take place between 9 and 19 February. At this year's festival the Slovenian colours in the official programme will be represented by two minority co-productions. The short film Into the Blue (19 minutes), a Croatian-Slovenian co-production, will be screened in the competition programme for…
08-02-2017

Febiofest to open at Municipal House with directors Agnieszka Holland and Abel Ferrara, who will present their latest films in Prague

The opening of the 24th edition of the International Film Festival Prague – Febiofest will take place at the Art Nouveau Municipal House on Thursday, March 23rd. The festival will open with the Czech premiere of the new film by Polish director Agnieszka Holland, Spoor, in which one of the…
08-02-2017

Vilnius Film Festival Reveals Competition Programmes

Films from Central and Eastern Europe as well as the Baltic region will be screened in the New Europe – New Names, Baltic Gaze and Short Films competition programmes of the 22nd edition of Vilnius Film Festival Kino Pavasaris. The selected films touch on important issues such as child abuse…
08-02-2017

One World 2017 reaches out to audiences with various disabilities

Press release, 7 February 2017 Audiences with various types of disabilities will this year for the first time have the opportunity to attend selected screenings, debates and ceremonies at the One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, which will take place in Prague from 6 – 15 March. The…
07-02-2017

What's Slovak in Berlin 2017

Dear Colleagues & Friends, just a few days before the grand opening let us answer you the question What´s Slovak in Berlin 2017? GENERATION KPLUS LITTLE HARBOUR by Iveta Grófová SK, CZ 2017 COMPETITION SPOOR by Agnieszka Holland PL, DE, CZ, SE, SK 2017 BERLINALE SPECIAL A PROMINENT PATIENT by…
07-02-2017

Czech Films at Berlinale 2017

Disover more about Czech films at Central European Cinema, Stand No. 137, Martin-Gropius-Bau.
03-02-2017

The submissions for the BUZZ CEE film festival, a film festival dedicated exclusively to auteurs in Central and South-Eastern Europe, have started

The BUZZ CEE film festival, which will take place in Buzau between the 9th and the 14th of May, invites film-makers and distribuitors from Central and South-Eastern Europe (including Greece and Turkey) to submit their productions in the festival’s various competitions until the 20th of February 2017.
01-02-2017

One World 2017 asks us not to forget the power of collaboration

Press release, 30 January 2017 Theresa May's announcement of a "hard Brexit", Trump's victory in the presidential election and the strengthening of the radical right, the reluctance of European countries to work together in dealing with migration. It seems as if our society is losing a much-needed ability to collaborate.…
30-01-2017

Last call for submissions for 57th Krakow Film Festival

Krakow, 26th January 2017 – The final deadline for submitting films for 57th Krakow Film Festival is coming up – films can be submitted to the international competitions only till Tuesday, 31st January. The organizers of Krakow Film Festival are waiting for documentary, animated and short film submissions to three…
27-01-2017

One week left for submissions | Call for entries First Films First

Only 7 days left to submit your film to Translvania International Film Festival! The 16th edition will take place between 2nd and 11th of June, 2017, in Cluj, Romania.February 1st is the deadline for films submitted for the Official Competition, the Shadows section (both short and feature films) and What’s…
26-01-2017

“Wishing on a star” wins the seventh edition of When East Meets West

Wishing on a star, an Italian, Austrian, Slovak documentary directed by Peter Kerekes, is the winner of the seventh edition of When East Meets West. The project tells the story of a peculiar astrologist who offers to her clients a simple, but effective way, to change their destiny by taking…
26-01-2017

Berlinale 2017 PANORAMA SPECIAL – REQUIEM FOR MRS J.

Berlinale 2017 PANORAMA SPECIAL - REQUIEM FOR MRS J. / Rekvijem za gospodju J.
26-01-2017

Filthy at IFFR Rotterdam

BFILM, moloko film and FAMU are happy to announce that Tereza Nvotová new film FILTHY will be premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam (25 JAN - 5 FEB 2017) in section Bright Future.
23-01-2017

2nd Industry Days at MFFK Febiofest Bratislava 2017 from March 7 to 8, 2017

The upcoming 24th MFFK Febiofest Bratislava will host a second edition of Industry Days: a bright new event that is dedicated to promotion of local production as well as to meetings of film professionals. Apart from the traditional Works in Progress presentation of 10 upcoming Slovak films including minority co-productions,…
23-01-2017

Lithuanian film “The Beauty“ at restored European film festival

Lithuanian film “The Beauty“ by Arūnas Žebriūnas (1969) is in program of the the fifth restored European film festival (Israel) “Another Look.
23-01-2017

Lithuania with the Baltic countries is in spootlight at Trieste Film Festival and industrial events

WHEN EAST MEETS WEST 2017 will bring together over 350 producers, financiers, decision makers and film professionals from more than 30 countries, and, in particular, from the spotlight territories. 2017 upcoming edition will bring some fresh air with a slightly refined format launching for the very first time a new…
23-01-2017