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BIAFF film festival’s industry platform “Alternative Wave” announces the selected projects for its 2019 edition
The management of BIAFF film festival’s industry platform “Alternative Wave” finished the selection of projects for its 2019 edition. It was selected 8 projects, from which 6 is from Georgia, 1 from Turkey and 1 from Ukraine. “Alternative Wave” will be held under the framework of BIAFF film festival in…
'In Focus: Italy' Coproduction Meeting to Head the Line-up of Industry Events at the 22nd Festival of Slovenian Film
The Festival of Slovenian Film traditionally features a series of events targeted at film professionals, which are bound to appeal to a wider audience. In the 22nd festival edition, the industry programme will span five days from Wednesday, 18 September, to Sunday, 22 September 2019. All events will be held…
What's Slovak in Venice?
Dear friends of the Slovak Film Institute, we are thrilled to present the Slovak line-up at the 76th Venice International Film Festival (August 28 – September 7, 2019)! Long-awaited The Painted Bird by Václav Marhoul was selected for the Main Competition and short animated SH_T HAPPENS by directing duo David…
Czech Films at Venice IFF 2019
At the 76th Venice International Film Festival, Czech Cinema is represented by 4 films in Official Selection. Václav Marhoul’s The Painted Bird was selected for the main competition Venezia 76, animeted short SH_T HAPPENS by Dávid Štumpf and Michaela Mihályi will compete in Orizzonti, Gustav Machatý's digitally restored Extase will…
EnergaCAMERIMAGE Newsletter
JOHN BAILEY WITH CAMERIMAGE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD! EnergaCAMERIMAGE Film Festival is pleased to recognize John Bailey with the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award at the 27th edition of the Festival held in Toruń, Poland, November 9-16, 2019. John Bailey, photo by Aleksander Salski Born in Moberly, Missouri, on August 10, 1942, …
Daughter, The Painted Bird and two other Czech films will be presented at Toronto IFF
Daugther by Daria Kashcheeva continues in her fantastic year of festival success. Fifteen-minutes-long animated short has been selected for Short Cuts at TIFF 2019. Toronto also gives floor to The Painted Bird – after the World Premiere in Venezia 76, the film will be screened as the North American Premiere…
Kids Kino International Film Festival – same festival under a new name
6th Kids Kino International Film Festival, operating until now under the name: The Kids Film Festival will be held from 21-29 September 2019. The format of Kids Kino IFF remains the same. We will present films from around the world: shorts, features, animations, live action, documentaries and TV series to…
TV Launch: Season Finale at Sarajevo FF
Six projects of TV series, three projects of web series and two development executive participants are very close to conclude with our intense 9-month training within the TV Launch program.
15th Docu Talents from the East announced & News from Ji.hlava
Docu Talents from the East 2019 will be presented in Sarajevo Ten outstanding Central and Eastern European documentary projects in production and post-production will be presented on August 18 during the Sarajevo Film Festival. The most promising projects will receive the Docu Talent Award in cooperation with Current Time TV. …
Tartu Love Film Festival's 2019 lineup includes Queen of Hearts, Stupid Young Heart, the world premiere of Long Live Rock and much more
Tartu Love Film Festival unveils full programme The Tartu Love Film Festival aka TARTUFF will screen a programme of 11 features and 4 documentaries, mixing international festival circuit favourites from recent years alongside cinematic classics and setting a special focus on music. The festival’s feature film selection is headed by…
[nh]Polish Days 2019 awards
Polish Days – the most important industry event of New Horizons IFF, co-organized by the Polish Film Institute and The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage has just ended. Over 250 guests from Poland and abroad watched, at special closed screenings, the latest Polish projects in all stages of production,…
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival: 9 days left for film submission, Wild Bunch and Elle Driver acquire PÖFF's competition title
Wondering what to do with your awesome new film, short film or animation? Why not take it to A-class and submit to Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival or one of its sub-festivals? Only 9 days left to make it to the 23rd edition, running from the 15th of November until…
Czech films at Locarno Film Festival 2019
At the 72nd Locarno Film Festival (August 7 - 17), Czech Republic will be represented by Oroslan. The directorial debut of Matjaž Ivanišin will have its world premiere in the competition section Concorso Cineasti del presente. Oroslan is Slovenian-Czech co-production, with Staragara producing on the Slovenian side and i/o post…
„Prisoner of society” the winner of the International Short Film Competition
The international short film competition accompanies the Festival Two Riversides from its second edition. This year, 34 productions from all over the world were qualified for the competition. Today we met the winners. The jury consisting of Martin Apostolov, Przemyslaw Khrushchev and Kuba Zhdi decided to award the following awards:—…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…