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The 5th European Arthouse Cinema Day will take place in 2020 on November 8.
12-06-2020

17th "Art Cinema = Action + Management" training application period ends on June 15

The application period for the 17th Art Cinema = Action + Management ends on June 15th.
12-06-2020

EFP joins forces with the European Women's Audiovisual Network (EWA)

europe gathers forces together for women in film Directors of EUROPE! VOICES OF WOMEN IN FILM 2020: Marta Pulk, Kasia Mateja, Malgorzata Goliszewska, Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Reymond, Alli Haapasalo, Reetta Aalto, Malou Reymann, Jenni Toivoniemi, Anna Paavilainen, Barbara Ott, Antoneta Kastrati, Neasa Hardiman, Amanda Kernell, Elli Toivoniemi, Kirsikka Saari, Sandra…
10-06-2020

MIDPOINT TV Launch 2020 starts online this week

MIDPOINT's series oriented program TV Launch brings together 20 participants with 9 projects of promising series. The first workshop of the more than six months long journey starts on June 10, 2020 and runs for the following 12 days online.
10-06-2020

CICAE launches international action campaign “Back To Cinema”

The International Confederation of Arthouse Cinemas (CICAE), in collaboration with the German initiative, #ZurückInsKino, has started an international social media campaign under the name #BackToCinema.
08-06-2020

"Sabattier Effect" by Eleonora Veninova supported by Eurimages

At its most recent 158th management board meeting which took place online the Council of Europe’s Eurimages Fund agreed to support the film “Sabattier Effect” by Macedonian director Eleonora Veninova in the amount of 88,000 euros.
02-06-2020

MIDPOINT TV Launch 2020 is announcing the project selection

It's a great pleasure to introduce the 9 selected projects for the 2020 edition of MIDPOINT TV Launch.
01-06-2020

"M" and "Sister" selected at "Sofia Meeting Works in Progress", "The Sign" at "We Are One: A Global Film Festival"

It is with great pleasure that we inform you that this period is important for the wider presentation of the Macedonian cinematography, especially films by the younger Macedonian directorial names. In the program of the 17th Edition of "Sofia Meeting Works in Progress" which started on May 27, two Macedonian…
01-06-2020

Bulgarian Film Industry Safety Guidelines Under COVID-19 approved by the Ministry of Health

This document provides the basic methods for establishing technical and organizational measures for contagion prevention. Each filming is different, hence specific risk-based measures need to be established BEFORE it begins. This measures are implemented according order № RD-01-262/14.05.2020. of the Bulgarian Health Authorities. http://www.mh.government.bg/media/filer_public/2020/05/13/rd-01-262.pdfOrder №1/05.01.2018 pub. in NN 7/2018 of…
28-05-2020

Eastern European projects selected for dok.incubator 2020

dok.incubator has announced the final selection of talented filmmakers whose projects will be supported in 2020. The list includes two documentaries from Eastern Europe.
26-05-2020

HAVC Newsletter - Daily summary

Filip Heraković’s project Night Waves in ‘First Films First’ programme 21.05.2020.
22-05-2020

WHEN OPPORTUNITY MEETS CREATIVITY: CONTEST FOR THE BEST TV SCRIPT

Last year's contestants intrigued international producers with which they are now developing submitted projects
22-05-2020

THE XIV KRZYSZTOF KIEŚLOWSKI SCRIPTEAST AWARD GOES TO MACIEJ SOBIESZCZAŃSKI AND GRZEGORZA PUDA

The XIV Krzysztof Kieślowski ScripTeast Award for the Best Script from Eastern Europe went to the multiple-award-winning Polish screenwriter and director, Maciej Sobieszczański and co-writer Grzegorz Puda for the script entitled BROTHER.
21-05-2020

Lithuania to renew film production

As the Lithuanian Government continues to ease the quarantine restrictions, the borders of Lithuania are slowly opening up. From 15th May, by general decision residents of the Baltic states can move freely from one state to another. Thus, individuals who have arrived in Lithuania from Estonia or Latvia, do not…
21-05-2020

Applications now open worldwide for the 2020 Pustnik Screenwriters Residency

TETA has opened applications for the 6th edition of Pustnik Screenwriters Residency which has been scheduled for 7-15 September 2020. Pustnik is the only Romania-based residency for feature film development and is dedicated to young and emerging filmmakers from all over the world.
20-05-2020

Baltic Pitching Forum 2020: new call for short film projects and the guest country Poland

Baltic Short Film Project Pitching Event „Baltic Pitching Forum” announces its new call for short film projects. This year a Guest Country of the Forum will be Poland. The event will invite twelve short film projects – three from each Baltic country of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and three from Poland…
19-05-2020

UNQUIET VOICES, the Romanian creative web-documentary directed by Ioana Mischie and produced by Centrade Cheil and Studioset is officially nominated for The 24th Webby Awards

UNQUIET VOICES, the innovative participatory documentary directed by Ioana Mischie, written by Roxana Niță and Adina Stănescu and produced by Centrade Cheil and STUDIOSET is nominated for The 24th Webby Awards. The web-doc was previously awarded by highly prestigious international competitions such as Golden Drum (two bronze medals), Webstock (Best…
19-05-2020

CICAE Announces Second Round of Applications for 17th Art Cinema = Action + Management

The CICAE is glad to announce that the second round of applications for 17th Art Cinema = Action + Management, the next International training course for independent cinema exhibitors, is open.
19-05-2020

FERA STATEMENT Love in the time of Corona: Developing Health and Safety Guidelines on Set, A Director’s Perspective

For decades screen directors have been shooting dangerous stunts. Safely. “Selling” a punch between two actors by positioning the camera so it can’t see the safe space between them is an early example of successful social distancing. But dramatizing the deeper conflict between those two actors is the director’s precious…
18-05-2020

LIST OF SCRIPTEAST XIV PROJECTS (logline, description, writer's bio)

Full information on projects participating in the 14th edition of ScripTeast follows:
14-05-2020