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From Tallinn with updates: Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event opens Works In Progress submission and announces first Music Meets Film speaker!

2 August / What's cooking? Works In Progress opens submissions. Music Meets Film announces first speaker. Script Pool winner gets TIFF gala screening. Project submission deadlines reminder. Accreditation discount. Starting from today we are accepting project submissions for Works In Progress showcases. As we will launch the Just Film Works…
02-08-2019

New Horizons Studio+ awarded projects

The tenth edition of New Horizons Studio+ took place July 27 – 30 during the 19th New Horizons International Film Festival (July 25 – August 4). Organized by the New Horizons Association and Creative Europe Desk Poland, it consisted of workshops and lectures on various aspects related to the project…
02-08-2019

Last three days to submit your film for 35. Warsaw Film Festival!

We're waiting for film submissions for three more days only, until 31 July, 2019! This year the prestigious industry magazine MovieMaker Magazine listed Warsaw Film Festival among the film events worth the entry fee! ATTENTION: DEADLINES & SUBMISSION FEES Submission fees for films submitted between 16 and 31 July 2019 …
29-07-2019

13th edition of the Two Riversides festival

Grand opening of the festival! We are very happy to invite you to a truly powerful entrance, that is, a special screening of the Italian film "Piranhas", awarded the Silver bear at the Berlin festival. The film is an adaptation of the best-selling novel by Roberto Saviano. This is an…
27-07-2019

19 films in the Main Competition of the 44th Polish Film Festival

"Speedway" withdrawn from the Main Competition of the 44th Polish Film Festival We will not see "Speedway" directed by Dorota Kędzierzawska in Gdynia during the 44th Polish Film Festival. "Speedway" was withdrawn from the Main Competition at the request of the producer, Artur Reinhart, because the post-production works on the…
26-07-2019

connecting cottbus - open call for projects & awards 2019

connecting cottbus 6-8 november 2019:OPEN CALL FOR PROJECTS & AWARDS East-West co-production market connecting cottbus, held during FilmFestival Cottbus in November 2019, is currently open for submissions. We present 13 projects in development and 6 works in progress, all competing for a number of awards. Our cocoPITCH section is dedicated…
26-07-2019

27 films in the Short Films Competition of the 44th Polish Film Festival

We already know the results of the selection for the Short Films Competition of the 44th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia. 27 films produced by film schools and numerous producers qualified for it, including the "30 Minutes" Program by Studio Munka – Polish Filmmakers Association. SHORT FILMS COMPETITION OF THE…
22-07-2019

Kids Kino.Lab

Kids Kino.Lab development programme – call for applications is now open! You can now submit your project for Kids Kino.Lab workshops! Kids Kino.Lab ​ it's an international development programme for ​film projects​ and ​TV series​ for young audience. It is dedicated to script writers and producers who are interested in…
09-07-2019

Final press release of the 54th Karlovy Vary IFF

The 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, a non-specialized festival with three competitive categories, took place from June 28th to July 6th this year. It was organized by Film Servis Festival Karlovy Vary, a.s., with Jiří Bartoška as president of the festival and Karel Och as an artistic director. The…
08-07-2019

[nh] Projects selected for 2019 edition of Polish Days

Projects selected for 2019 edition of Polish Days New films of Maciej Pieprzyca, Jan Komasa, Jagoda Szelc, Anna Jadowska and Leszek Dawid at this year’s biggest industry event in Poland. The 2019 edition of Polish Days will take place July 30 - August 1 during the 19th New Horizons International…
08-07-2019

Non-Statutory Awards of the 54th Karlovy Vary IFF

AWARD OF INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS Awarded by The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) FIPRESCI JURY Hugo Emmerzael, Netherlands Viktor Palák, Czech Republic Ana Sturm, Slovenia The August Virgin / La virgen de agosto Directed by: Jonás Trueba Spain, 2019 The award goes to a modest, unpretentious film skilfully opening…
08-07-2019

First Cut Lab program to be enriched with MEDIA supported First Cut+

First Cut Lab, the workshop for fiction feature films in editing phase run by Tatino Films, will enhance its support through a new program addition called First Cut+ with the support of the Access to Market scheme of Creative Europe’s MEDIA program. First Cut+ will promote a portfolio of 16…
04-07-2019

Participants of the 10th edition of Studio New Horizons+ selected

10th edition of New Horizons Studio+ will take place on 27th -30th July during 19th New Horizons International Film Festival (25th July - 4th August). New Horizons Studio+, organized by the New Horizons Association and Creative Europe Desk Poland is a training programme for directors and producers developing their first…
04-07-2019

Works in Progress Award and Eurimages Lab Project Award Press Release 2019

The winners of KVIFF Eastern Promises Works in Progress, Eurimages Lab Project, Docs in Progress and Works in Development – Feature Launch + Nespresso Talents KVIFF Eastern Promises, the festival's Industry section, has the exciting mission of being a bridge between talented filmmakers from the East and their potential Western…
03-07-2019

MIDPOINT Feature Launch Awards Winners

The third workshop of Feature Launch 2019 has successfully finished today in Karlovy Vary. Eighteen participants with eight exciting projects and two script consultant trainees attended the final workshop, which was held from June 28 till July 3, 2019 in the Czech Republic – starting in Prague and finishing within …
03-07-2019

WEMW 2020 summer news

WHEN EAST MEETS WEST summer news 2020 East & West Focus First Cut + and MIDPOINT Shorts A breath of fresh air to start your summer! WEMW is planning several new events and partnerships for the next 2020 edition to be held in Trieste on January 19/21, 2020. After the…
02-07-2019

The 10 films of the 2019 LUX FILM PRIZE Official Selection

Once again this year, the European Parliament is supporting European cinema by way of the LUX Prize. The 2019 edition of the Competition officially kicked off in March and, following much deliberation on the part of the Selection Panel, the ten films which make up the Official Selection have just…
01-07-2019

Warsaw Kids Film Forum 2019 - selection announced!

Warsaw Kids Film Forum is delighted to announce the full selection of projects to be presented during the Forum in September. This year we received 58 applications from 21 different countries from which our selection committee including Tania Pinto da Cunha,Viola Gabrielli, Zofia Horszczaruk, Ronald Krushchak and Maciej Jakubczyk have…
01-07-2019

Docu Talents, Ji.hlava Academy, Inspiration Forum, and more

Invitation to the 15th Docu Talents from the East The annual presentation of the most remarkable creative documentary projects from Central and Eastern Europe with planned release between September 2019 and August 2020 will take place on Sunday, August 18 at 3.00 PM during the Cinelink Industry Days at the…
27-06-2019

Connecting cottbus - open call for projects & awards 2019

East-West co-production market connecting cottbus, held during FilmFestival Cottbus in November 2019, is currently open for submissions. We present 13 projects in development and 6 works in progress, all competing for a number of awards. Our cocoPITCH section is dedicated to projects in development. The coco Best Pitch Award is…
27-06-2019