First Distribution Support Sitting 2013:
In the first sitting of 2013 – and the 50th to date – on yesterday evening (28 February) 2013, the „Distribution Support“ awards committee of German Films decided to fund nine foreign theatrical campaigns of German films. In addition, two applications from foreign distributors had been handled in advance and written consent was made to fund both of them. Thus, a total of € 108,000 was allocated.
The committee...
East Doc Platform runs in Prague March 4 – 10, 2013
East European Forum, Doc Launch, East Silver, Project Market
Prague becomes the capital of documentary film - East Doc Platform starts Monday, March 4, 2013!
There is only few days left to the second edition of East Doc Platform, presenting in Prague the traditional events designed to support East European documentary film - East European Forum, Doc Launch Presentation, Project Market, and East Silver Videolibrary. Same as ...
The first Berlinale Residency just closed successfully during this year’s Berlin International Film Festival with the presentation of the selected projects by Matías Bize, Rebecca Daly, Samuel Maoz, Raya Martin, Rafi Pitts and Sacha Polak. And now the fellowship programme is again inviting filmmakers from around the world to apply for a three-month stay in Berlin.
The “Berlin 24/7” programme Berlinale Residency supports auteur filmmakers who have already...
(Halifax, NS) – Strategic Partners, one of the world’s top co-production/co-financing markets focusing on feature film, TV and multiplatform fiction, shines the spotlight on India and for the second year in row, the United Kingdom at the 16th annual event, September 12-15 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
"Strategic Partners’ spotlight on India and the UK is timely,” said Laura Mackenzie, Director, Strategic Partners. “Mom...
This spring, the International Film Festival Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund will be limiting itself to contributions for script and project development. During the coming autumn, applications will also be considered in the post-production & final finance categories. In this way, the Fund is anticipating the loss of its subsidy from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the years ahead, the Fund will continue to support filmmakers in developing countries and actively canva...
Marketing to Moviegoers: A Handbook of Strategies and Tactics Third Edition By Robert Marich
Easy-to-navigate description of complex film marketing
While Hollywood executives spend billions of dollars making movies, they expend even more selling those films to the public. In the third edition of his comprehensive guidebook, Marketing to Moviegoers: A Handbook of Strategies and Tactics, veteran film and TV journalist Robert Marich reveals the metho...
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Yesterday, 63 promising young film-makers and live theatre practitioners gathered in a formal assembly with academic staff, industry guests, media and dignitaries as Mayor of eThekwini, James Nxumalo officially opened AFDA (The South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance), in Glen Anil, Durban.
This is the third AFDA school to open in South Africa. The first school opened in Johannesburg in 1994, followed by the Cape Town School in 20...
INDUSTRY ACCREDITATION FOR EAST DOC PLATFORM 2013
organizer: Institute of Documentary Film
main partner: One World Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
In co-operation with: La Femis - Archidoc Documentaire et Archives
East Doc Platform | Prague | March 4 – 10, 2013
East European Forum, Doc Launch presentation, East Silver Videolibrary, Project Market, Archidoc pitching
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 20, 2013
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On February 13, the WCF invites all its friends as well as representatives of the industry and press to the panel discussion “Filling the Gap: The Art of Filmmaking in Cuba & Vietnam”. There will once again be the opportunity to learn more about the programme, successes, funding strategies, films, initiatives and partners of the World Cinema Fund (WCF).
The Executive Board of the German Federal Cultural Foundation (KSB) decided, in late 2012, it would continue funding th...
Tuesday, February 12, at 4:30 – 5:30 pm at the ZEIT Online Zaloon, Askanischer Platz 1
The Berlinale Residency programme supports writer/directors from around the world, who have already enjoyed their first festival and cinema successes, in developing their new fiction, documentary film or cross-media projects.
The first Berlinale Residency took place from September – December 2012. The selected filmmakers stayed in Berlin for four months and worked on their new film projects wit...
Film producers who are looking for exciting literary material for the screen should be in their element at “Books at Berlinale” on February 12, 2013. Ten novels that might make good movies will be presented at this year’s “Books at Berlinale” within the scope of the Berlinale Co-Production Market. At the breakfast following the pitch, interested producers will have the opportunity to speak with the international publishers and literary agents, or even to option film...
Funding from the German Federal Cultural Foundation Secured until 2018; World Cinema Fund Day 2013 on the Art of Filmmaking in Cuba and Vietnam
After Minister of State for Cultural and Media Affairs Bernd Neumann came on board as a main sponsor of the World Cinema Fund (WCF) for 2012 and 2013, the Executive Board of the German Federal Cultural Foundation (KSB) decided, in late 2012, it would continue funding the WCF for another five years, beginning in 2014. Thus the ex...
Jane Campion, Anita Ekberg, Bence Fliegauf, Nina Hoss, Ken Loach, Lucrecia Martel, John Cameron Mitchell, Walter Murch, Hengameh Panahi, Ulrich Seidl und Paul Verhoeven bei der 11. Ausgabe des Berlinale Talent Campus
Seit mehr als einem Jahrzehnt bringt der Berlinale Talent Campus erfolgreich die nächste Generation vielversprechender Filmemacher aus der ganzen Welt mit erfahrenen, hochkarätigen Filmschaffenden und Branchenexperten im Rahmen der 63. Internationalen Fi...
In a new partnership with digital distributor Under The Milky Way, International Film Festival Rotterdam launches its own Room available on iTunes in the Benelux: itunes.com/iffr. As of today, viewers in the Benelux may discover or re-discover past festival favorites such as Shame and A Single Man all conveniently presented in the IFFR Room on iTunes.
The partnership also includes ‘IFFR in the Cloud’, an innovative programme supporting filmmakers to access digital distributi...
Overall Attendee Numbers Up Significantly; New Speakers Join Conference Lineup, Including More Digital Executives than Ever Before
In addition to double-digit overall gains in attendance, NATPE will welcome more than 1,000 domestic and international buyers to the milestone 50th Anniversary NATPE||Content First Market and Conference – the highest number in more than five years, NATPE President and CEO Rod Perth announced today.
With the theme of moving &ld...
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Artist Services Announces Collaboration with REELHOUSE, VHX, VIMEO and TUGG, Offering Filmmakers Additional Platforms and Tools
Keri Putnam, Executive Director of Sundance Institute, today announced that the Institute’s Artist Services program – which provides Institute artists with ...
The European Film Market (EFM) of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival is off to a good start: all exhibition space at the Martin-Gropius-Bau and the Marriott Hotel at Potsdamer Platz is now fully booked. Due to the high demand, exhibition space was expanded in the first floor of the Marriott Hotel. The EFM (February 7 – 15, 2013) is the first meeting place of the year for the international film industry and one of the most important platforms for the sale and exhibition o...
In the beginning of February 2013 the long-awaited report on the creative sector in Sweden will be published. One of the case studies, written by Bengt Toll, looks at the prerequisites for a real growth on all levels within the Swedish Film Industry.
That is the backdrop to this seminar in which Bengt Toll discuss his findings with experts Mike Gubbins and Peter Buckinghamwho will take the issues further.
The seminar aims to cut to the real issue for producer...
The departure of Peter Rorvik from the UKZN’s Centre for Creative Arts concludes an exciting growth period for arts and culture in Durban, represented through the four annual CCA festivals – Time of the Writer, Poetry Africa, JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience, and the Durban International Film Festival. All of these landmarks in Durban’s event calendar have contributed significantly to the cultural life of this city, delivering hosts of cutting-edge writers, poets, dancers...
On the occasion of its meeting held in Valletta/Malta following the 25th European Film Awards the board of the European Film Academy issued the following declaration:
The European Film Academy is very much concerned about public film funding in Europe! Europe’s national supporting schemes are threatened by the new so-called Cinema Communication issued by the EU. Member states with important film funds like Germany and France have expressed deep concerns about the new rule. The board of t...
Montenegro and Russia have been accepted as the newest member countries ofEuropean Film Promotion (EFP). At the last meeting in Hamburg (Germany), the EFP members decided to welcome the Ministry of Culture of Montenegro and theRussian Cinema Fund, supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation into the pan-European network. As of 2013, EFP will be uniting 35 promotion organisations from 36 countries to promote and market films and talent from across Europe unde...
Almost 200 media professionals and decision makers attended our 20th anniversary conference on media concentration on the 7th of November at the Council of Europe here in Strasbourg. If you made it, thanks for coming! If not, we’re now able to send you the information which so many of the participants requested following our conference.
First of all, you’ll find a film of the conference on the YouTube Channel of the European Audiovisual Observatory here:
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Stuttgart – There’s a reason to celebrate in 2013: The Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart (ITFS) will take place for the 20th time! The Animated Com Award as one of the most important amongst a multitude of competitions in the course of the ITFS 2013 is now open for submissions in the field of applied animation.
Animated Com Award: The Animated Com Award awards the standard of excellence in the field of animated advertising, technology and spatial communication. “COM” ...
