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Animateka International Animated Film Festival reveals this year's programme!
Due to the situation we found ourselves in, Animateka will take place online between 30.11. and 9.12.2020, but this does not mean that the programme will be curtailed, as this year it is as diverse and as high quality as it was in previous years. The programme counts 338 shorts…
Croatian titles at 24th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festivalp
The Dawn Three Croatian films to screen in different festival sections of the prestigious festival held in the Estonian capital, this year in hybrid format, 13th – 29th November. The second instalment of The Sun Trilogy, the fiction feature The Dawn, directed and written by Dalibor Matanić and produced by…
European organizations support Slovenian film community facing disastrous governmental pressure as public film funding is blocked
Our organisations, representing authors, screenwriters, directors, actors, crew, producers and members of the film community across Europe, join in support of the Slovenian Federation of Filmmakers’ Guilds against the effective shutdown of its national industry, following administrative changes that have allowed the Slovenian government to choke the financing of Slovenian…
CICAE on the agreement on the EU budget Important signal for European film industry
Demand: Recovery plans budget should be doubled in the crisis
EUROVOD Newsletter November 2020
A NEW DIRECTION FOR EUROVOD NEWLY ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS SHOWCASE A NEW ERA OF DIVERSITY & GLOBAL OUTLOOK FOR THE EUROPEAN VOD INDUSTRY During the last EUROVOD General Assembly, which took place on the 21st October, a new Board of Directors was elected for a 2-year term. The new board…
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
FILMING RESUMES IN ROMANIA ON THE JULES VERNE CLASSIC ADVENTURE FOR FRANCE TÉLÉVISIONS, ZDF, RAI (THE EUROPEAN ALLIANCE), MASTERPIECE PBS
East Doc Platform 2021 Deadline: November 13
Creative feature length documentary projects, docu-series and non-fiction transmedia projects from the CEE region are welcome to apply to the East Doc Platform 2021 (March 6–12). The deadline is November 13, 2020. Applying is free of charge. APPLICATION FORM (one for all the projects)Please, read the Guidelines before applyingAlso, see…
EUROPEAN CINEMA BODY DEMANDS FURTHER PUBLIC FUNDING SUPPORT FOR CINEMAS DURING COVID-19 CRISIS
Brussels: 3 November 2020 – Following recent decisions requiring the closure of cinemas across a number of European countries in response to ‘spikes’ in COVID-19, European trade body the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) has today renewed its call to national governments, the European Commission and the European Parliament to…
17th Animateka is moving ONLINE!
Despite the efforts and unshakable optimism of the Animateka festival team, who, until the last minute hoped that we would be able to watch diverse and above all excellent animated film products from all around the world on the big screen again this year, we decided to move this edition…
Silver Eye Award 2020 for A New Shift by Jindřich Andrš
Silver Eye Award 2020 for the best feature length film in the East Silver Market, given by the Institute of Documentary Film at Ji.hlava IDFF, goes to Jindřich Andrš for his A New Shift. Mohammed Almughanni got the award in short length category for his film Son of the Streets.…
DAFilms, one of the first streaming portals, celebrates 15 years since its founding!
At a time when all cultural events have once again moved to an online environment, international streaming portal DAFilms is set to celebrate its 15th anniversary come October 29th. The portal was created in the same year as the global video sharing platform YouTube at a time when many still…
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT APPLYING FOR SCHOLARSHIP?
CARTOON SPRINGBOARD • Online • 27-29 October 2020 In order to encourage the participation of citizens from low audiovisual countries, Cartoon offers free registrations to Cartoon 360 Online. To get a free registration, you'll need to apply for a scholarship. Apply to our scholarship 3 documents to send to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. …
A Brief History of Romanian shorts (1890 – 2000): Twelve decades of Romanian short films resurfaced
A new media art installation by ShortsUP Bucharest, Romania, October 22, 2020 - Curated by Alexandra Safriuc from ShortsUP Association and film historian Gabriela Filippi, “A Brief History of Romanian shorts (1890 – 2000)” is a new media art installation which kicked off as a need to identify the particularities…
Croatian films and filmmakers at 30th FilmFestival Cottbus
This year’s edition of FilmFestival Cottbus will feature four Croatian films in different sections of the programme. In addition, the Connecting Cottbus co-production market will include presentations of debut feature film Honey Bunny, directed and written by Igor Jelinović, and Closed to the Public by director and writer Vanja Juranić.…
MIDPOINT Cold Open: Your entry to series industry
“The program is a great opportunity to get some very fresh and inspiring insights into the field of European TV series production!” producer Claudia Schroter, MIDPOINT Cold Open 2020 alumna MIDPOINT Cold Open targets independent producers, with a background in feature film producing, aspiring to shift to high-end series content.…
THIS IS HOW WE ROLL - HUNGARIAN CREATIVES ON FREELANCING
Nearly 40 Hungarian artists, graphic designers, illustrators, animation directors displayed how they perceive the freelancing lifestyle in an online exhibition entitled “Like fish in the sea”. The event was organized by Balka and was presented at Design Week Budapest. The title of the project derives from a Hungarian proverb which…
WHEN EAST MEETS WEST opens calls for all side events!
After announcing the call for its upcoming 11th Hybrid Co-Production Forum, taking place both in Trieste and online between 24-28 January 2021, WEMW now opens the calls for all its side events. The full programme of this special 2021 edition includes a great mix of initiatives targeting projects in different…
The Animation Film Pitching Workshop Annecy-Tbilisi names the Winning Projects
The Georgian National Film Center, Institut Français de Géorgie, Georgian Animators Association”Saqanima”, Filmcenter “Georgian Film-Abkhazeti”, „ReAnimania“ International Animation Film and Comics Art Festival of Yerevan, Festival International du film d’animation d’Annecy MIFA and film studio Kvali XXI organised, from 28 September 2020 to 2 October, for the VI time, the…
MIDPOINT Shorts: Masterclasses with Jeremy Comte, Celine Held and Logan George
The six-day online workshop of the MIDPOINT Shorts program starts on Sunday, October 18 and runs through the week till Friday, October 23. The intensive work of 8 selected filmmakers with script consultant Pavel Marek and producer tutor Marija Razgute will be enriched by the presence of guest tutors. Participants…
COLLECTIVE BY GERMAN-ROMANIAN DIRECTOR ALEXANDER NANAU SELECTED AS ROMANIA’S OSCAR® ENTRY FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
Award-Winning Timely Documentary Highlights The Vital Role Of Journalism In The Fight Against Corruption at The Highest Levels of Government Berlin, October 15, 2020 - The Romanian Film Centre/CNC Romania has selected Alexander Nanau’s critically acclaimed observational documentary COLLECTIVE as Romania’s official Oscar® entry for Best International Feature, the first…
