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Zaza Urushadze’s "Tangerines" Nominated for Gaudí Awards
Zaza Urushadze’s film "Tangerines" has been nominated for Gaudí Awards. "Tangerines” will compete with other best European films. Alongside with "Tangerines" three other European films have been nominated for the award.
The Czech Republic takes over European Audiovisual Observatory Presidency for 2016
The European Audiovisual Observatory, the Council of Europe’s audiovisual information centre, is now under a new Presidency for 2016. The Czech Republic takes over from Montenegro which held the Presidency of the Strasbourg-based Observatory in 2015. The Czech Republic is represented within the Observatory’s Executive Council by Lenka Holubova Mikolasova,…
Baltic Event project at Golden Globes and Oscar Shortlist!
Baltic Event Co-Production Market 2012 project The Fencer (directed by Klaus Härö, produced by Kaarle Aho and Kai Nordberg of Making Movies Oy, Finland), a drama about a fencing instructor evading the Soviet secret police in the 1950s, has been nominated for a Golden Globe and shortlisted for foreign-language film…
European Commission proposal for a regulation on portability and Communication on the future of the European copyright framework
On 9 December 2015, the European Commission published a proposal for a regulation on portability accompanied by a Communication on the future of the European copyright framework which, taken together, bring a sharper focus to the European Commission’s plans. A big step forward EFADs support the Commission’s overall objective of…
European Film Awards with Cinema Stars from Across Europe
When the 28th European Film Awards return to Berlin on 12 December, there will be an impressive line-up of European actors and actresses presenting the individual awards: Among them will be actresses Laura Birn (Finland), Elisa Sednaoui (Italy), Ana Ularu (Romania) and Carice van Houten (the Netherlands) and their male…
EUROPA CINEMAS AWARDS ANNOUNCED AT 19th. NETWORK CONFERENCE
CONFERENCE REASSERTS THE VITAL CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ROLE OF THE CINEMA IN AN EVER EVOLVING DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT
Slovak Film News: Bratislava IFF & Tallinn Black Nights
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (November 13 – 29) will present two Oscar bids within the Panorama: Koza (SK-CZ), the Slovak nomination directed by Ivan Ostrochovský and the Czech nom Home Care (d. Slávek Horák, CZ-SK). Further Slovak films will be featured in the Forum section: the urban-drama The Cleaner…
The LUX Prize goes to Mustang
Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s Mustang, one of the year’s film sensations, now has another statuette to add to its trophy case. The French-Turkish-German co-production has been awarded the European Parliament's LUX Prize 2015, thus beating the other two finalists, Jonas Carpignano’s Mediterranea and Kristina Grozeva & Petar Valchanov’s Urok (The Lesson).
EFA Pleas for Russian Director Nikita Mikhalkov to Help Imprisoned Ukrainian Filmmaker
Four days before the appeal against Oleg Sentsov’s 20-year sentence at the Russian Supreme Court, prolific members of the European Film Academy, among them EFA President Wim Wenders and Chairwoman Agnieszka Holland, address Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov, president of Russia’s association of filmmakers, to join in the international protest and…
Far from Bratislava
A showcase New Slovak Cinema - Far from Bratislava (orig. NY SLOVAKISK FILM - LANGT FRA BRATISLAVA) will be held in the DFI / Cinemateket, the Cinematheque of the Danish Film Institute in Copenhagen on November 21 – 29, 2015.
Open letter of the Polish Film Academy member Daniel Olbrychski to the Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov
My Dear Nikita, I have been trying to contact you prior to the first Oleg Sentsov’ trial in Rostov. I have asked: your wife Tania, your production company, and finally your assistant who answered your mobile phone. You did not respond as you were reportedly in China. I think the…
EDN press release: A New Model for Film Distribution
A NEW MODEL FOR FILM DISTRIBUTION - Moving Docs brings high quality documentaries to audiences all over Europe.
Inaugural Eurimages Co-production Development Award in Tallinn goes to Motherland
The inaugural Eurimages Co-Production Development Awardof €20,000 at the Baltic Event (BE) at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (BNFF) went tonight to Motherland - from writer/director Tomas Vengris and producer Uljana Kim from Lithuania.
Submit Your Documentary Project to Docs in Thessaloniki
Docs in Thessaloniki is an international pitching forum offering an outstanding opportunity to create alliances for future collaborations. Here you will develop your project, pitch it to leading financiers and network with European colleagues in a relaxed atmosphere. Submission deadline is January 15, 2016.
Don’t miss the next EDP deadline & Meet our team and delegations IDFA
Less than three weeks left to apply for upcoming EAST DOC PLATFORM in Prague (7 - 13 March, 2016).
Eurochannel and Lithuanian film centre presents “Lithuanian Month” in November
Eurochannel and Lithuanian film centre presents “Lithuanian Month” in November. Eurochannel, the award-winning television channel, presents its first Lithuanian Month supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre. During the entire month of November, Eurochannel viewers will enjoy a curated selection of Lithuanian feature films, documentaries, shorts, and musical artists to showcase…
Film Celebrities Raise their Voices for Refugees
Film Celebrities Raise their Voices for Refugees in European Parliament and Commission – FOR A THOUSAND LIVES: BE HUMAN.
The 11th CentEast Market Warsaw has reached it's end
The 11th CentEast Market Warsaw has finished last Sunday, October 18th. The event was attended by over 260 Polish and international guests.
Central European DOK.Incubator brings one third of its films to IDFA
After the Emmy and European Film Academy nomination – other 6 films from DOK.Incubator are officially selected to Amsterdam – four of them are Eastern European! The Prague based rough-cut workshop DOK.Incubator is experiencing its best festival season. Already in September, Dance for Me (DK), the film from its 2012…
