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The shooting of the feature Observing by the director Janez Burger begins
On Saturday, 26 February 2022, the shooting of the Slovenian live-action feature Observing by the director Janez Burger started in Ljubljana. The screenplay was written by the director and Srđan Koljević. This is Burger’s sixth feature film. The 27-year-old Lara, an empathic paramedic intern, helps bring Kristijan to the hospital.…
The Czech Lion film awards will be presented next week
Who will get the most Czech Lion statuettes? We will find out on Saturday 5th March. The tragicomic drama Occupation by Michal Nohejl and the biographic drama Zátopek directed, produced and co-written by David Ondříček can both boast of 13 nominations for the Czech Lion awards and thus stand the…
KKI Talks at JEF Festival: Shifting the Gaze
Next Wednesday, KKI Talks returns to JEF Festival. The webinar “Shifting the Gaze” is organised by Kids Kino Industry co-production forum in cooperation with WANDA – Belgian collective of female film creatives & youth film organization JEF. For this talk we have invited Belgian documentary filmmakers to talk about diversity…
The Czech Lion film awards will be presented next week
Who will get the most Czech Lion statuettes? We will find out on Saturday 5th March. The tragicomic drama Occupation by Michal Nohejl and the biographic drama Zátopek directed, produced and co-written by David Ondříček can both boast of 13 nominations for the Czech Lion awards and thus stand the…
CINEMA-GOING IN EUROPE IN 2021 - RECOVERING EUROPEAN CINEMAS SEE 42 PER CENT BOX OFFICE GROWTH IN 2021
Brussels: 7 February 2022 - The International Union of Cinemas (UNIC), the body representing European cinema trade associations and operators, has today released preliminary 2021 box office and admissions estimates for the territories covered by the organisation.
Applications now open worldwide for the 2022 Pustnik Screenwriters Residency
TETA has opened applications for the 8th edition of Pustnik Screenwriters Residency, which has been scheduled for mid-September 2022. Pustnik was established as the first Romania-based residency for feature film development and is dedicated to emerging filmmakers from all over the world. After an online edition in 2020 and returning…
WEMW 2022 | All Awards at a Glance
“Petty Thieves” wins the 2022 edition of When East Meets West
A successful year for filmmakers: more than 15 mln Euro collected by taking advantage of the Lithuanian Film Tax Incentive
The Film Tax Incentive running in Lithuania for the 9th year has yet again broken the records of success – in 2021 the investment has grown significantly, the number of film projects taking advantage of it has increased, as well as the number of international film projects in Lithuania.
MALTA FILM WEEK DAY 3: Together for a Sustainable Industry
The third day of the Malta Film Week, included three panel discussions at the Egmont Hall, Fort St Angelo, Vittoriosa, Malta. Panel discussions were mainly attributed with training, education and entrepreneurship. The Panel Discussions featured several participants, including Malta Film Commissioner Johann Grech, Malta Film Commission Chairperson Beverly Cutajar Malta…
Two weeks left to submit your project to Kids Kino Docs
Kids Kino Docs is a new development programme addressed to filmmakers from Poland and Norway who would like to make documentary films and series for young audiences. Application deadline is 7.02.2022. Kids Kino Docs is much more than a script development programme, participants under guidance of leading tutors will not…
Malta Film Week Day 2: It’s about the Economy, Creating Careers
The second day of the Malta Film Week, themed ‘It’s About the Economy, Creating Careers’, started with a panel discussion with Maltese Government executives and professionals where the best strategies to push the local audiovisual industry were discussed. The main objective is to strengthen the domestic tv and film industry…
Malta Film Week Launched: Vision for Film 2022-2030 announced
This Monday, on the first event of the Malta Film Film week, a Vision for the Film Industry, entitled ‘2030 Vision – A Stage for Everyone’s stories’ was launched. During his speech, Film Commissioner Johann Grech said that the Malta Film Week is a first for the Film Industry in…
Visegrad Film Forum Returns After Two Years to Welcome Award-Winning Professionals From All Over the World in 2022
Visegrad Film Forum has announced the names of the first two guests. Renowned filmmakers Jim Stark and Eddy Joseph who have collaborated with world-class directors on dozens of notorious films such as Batman, Pink Floyd: The Wall, Casino Royale or Coffee and Cigarettes will visit Bratislava to share their expertise…
DOT.ON.THE.MAP INDUSTRY DAYS 14 - 16 April 2022
The co-production, training and networking platform for film professionals will take place for the third consecutive year
dok.incubator workshop 2022 - last chance to apply!
6 months of editing, marketing & distribution tailor made for your documentary in the rough cut stage
Joint stakeholders letter: DSA - Plenary holds cards to building a safer internet
With the upcoming plenary vote, the European Parliament can still turn the Digital Service Act into an opportunity for the EU to play a global role in making the internet a safer space for everyone.
The most nominations for the Czech Lion award were obtained by two films - Occupation and Zátopek
The Czech Lion knows the nominations for the year of 2021, the results were published today by the Czech Film and Television Academy (CFTA). Altogether 184 academics were choosing from 84 feature actors’ films, documentary features, animated and short films and television works of art that had fulfilled the statutes…
CinExpress launches the first Electronic Cinema Magazine
Cinema platform CinExpress, with the financial support of the Georgian National Film Center, publishes an electronic magazine, which will be available to a mass audience at the end of January free of charge.
UNIC ISSUES INDUSTRY RALLYING CALL WITH CINEMAS SET TO STORM BACK IN 2022
Brussels: Friday 14 January 2022 - The International Union of Cinemas (UNIC), the industry grouping representing the interests of European cinema trade associations and operators across 39 territories, has today issued a rallying call for all involved in the European and global cinema industry to support the sector as its…
Why is Scandinavian cinema so successful in the world?
ONLINE INDUSTRY PANEL DISCUSSION SCANDI 2022 Date: online 25. 1. 2022 - during the SCANDI festival in Slovakia and Czech republic Time: 3:30pm – 6:00pm Info: The discussion will be divided into three parts, each part will last about 45 minutes and will be held in English language. Topic: Production,…
