MIDPOINT presents 8 feature film projects at Karlovy Vary IFF 2019
The second edition of Works in Development - Feature Launch, a project showcase and networking event initiative between MIDPOINT and Karlovy Vary IFF, will present 8 exciting feature film projects developed within the current MIDPOINT Feature Launch program.
The projects have been carefully refined and further developed during the previous 2 workshops of the program, visiting the
Trieste FF in Italy in January 2019 and Kaunas, Lithuania in May 2019.
The third workshop starts in Prague on June 27, 2019, just a few days before the project showcase, and will focus mainly on pitching training.
The Works in Development - Feature Launch presentation, which brings together projects from the Czech Republic, Croatia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine,will take place on Monday, July 1, 2019 at 11 am, at the Čas Cinema and will be moderated by MIDPOINT Feature Launch Pitching Trainer Gabriele Brunnenmeyer.
The best project will receive the KVIFF & MIDPOINT Development Award of 10.000 EUR.
Selected projects will also receive connecting cottbus Award and Rotterdam Lab Award.
The presented projects are:
A Sensitive Man (Czech Republic)
Director/Writer Tomas Klein,
Writer Katerina Traburova,
Producer Tomas Michalek (MasterFilm)
Grey Skies (Georgia)
Director/Writer Konstantine Kalandadze,
Producer Elene Margvelashvili (Parachute Films)
Horia (Romania)
Director/Writer Ana-Maria Comanescu,
Producer Carla Fotea (microFILM)
How is Katia? (Ukraine)
Director/Writer Christina Tynkevych,
Producer Veronika Stepanchuk (Evos Film)
Rattlesnakes (Serbia)
Director/Writer Nikola Ljuca,
Producer Maja Ilic (Biberche)
Riviera (Greece)
Director/Writer Orfeas Peretzis,
Producer Konstantinos Vassilaros (StudioBauhaus)
Traces (Croatia)
Director/Writer Dubravka Turic,
Producer Ira Cecic (Kinorama)
Some Birds (Hungary)
Director Daniel Hever,
Writer Zsanett Kerstesz,
Laszlo Dreissiger (Filmfabriq Cinemart)
You can learn more about the projects and filmmakers from the online Book of Projects available here.
All industry guests of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival can book a meeting with our projects for one-on-one meetings. In case you would be interested, do not hesitate, and process your meeting request here.
MIDPOINT Feature Launch 2019 is realized with the support of Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union, the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic and the Czech Film Fund. It is presented in cooperation with Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, When East Meets West, Trieste Film Festival, the Lithuanian Film Centre, connecting cottbus, CineMart, Art Department Masterclass and Audiovisual Producers' Association. MIDPOINT operates under the auspices of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.
MIDPOINT to lead a discussion panel about new EU directive of the copyright law
In the frame of MIDPOINT Feature Launch activities within the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, a discussion panel “Copyright and Scriptwriting: Getting It Right” will be held.
In March 2019, the new directive of the copyright law approved by the European Parliament and to be implemented in all countries in the European Union in the next 24 months, the legal framework, upon which European writers operate, will change. Will they be ready? Do supporting organizations and bodies, such as writers’ unions or guilds, exist and function in Eastern Europe? Can these writers make a career internationally and what is the role of a talent agent in this closely intertwined ecosystem? MIDPOINT, as a leading training platform for fiction writers, will guide this pressing discussion with representatives of writers’ guilds, talent agencies, and local professionals.
WHEN AND WHERE: July 2 / 10 am / Hotel Thermal,
Industry Pool
The panel is open to all guests with industry accreditation.
MIDPOINT graduate in the program of the Karlovy Vary IFF
MIDPOINT is proud to present its alumni project in the program of the 54rd Karlovy Vary IFF.
The festival, which runs June 28 - July 6, 2019, will introduce the film from MIDPOINT Intensive CZ 2014 program.
Michal Hogenauer´s feature debut A Certain Kind of Silence will have the world premiere within the East of the West Competition.
A Certain Kind of Silence / MIDPOINT Intensive CZ 2014
East of the West Competition
Writer/Director: Michal Hogenauer
Producer: Petr Oukropec, Negativ
Czech Republic – Netherlands – Latvia / 2019 / 96 min.
Meet MIDPOINT team in Karlovy Vary IFF
June 30 - July 3, 2019
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