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6 November 2009
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UK
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The MEDIA-supported film Un prophète (A Prophet), directed by Jacques Audiard, has won the Best Film award at The Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival. In recognition of original, intelligent and distinctive filmmaking,...
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In a recent article published in Cinema Business the UK's Minister for Europe Chris Bryant asked 'What does the EU offer the UK film industry?', and cited the MEDIA Programme and MEDIA...
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A new study from the European Audiovisual Observatory and Direction du Développement des Médias (France), entitled Video-on-Demand and Catch-Up Television in Europe, has reported that over 700 on-demand audiovisual services...
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The team at MEDIA Desk UK are pleased to announce the release of their latest publication: MEDIA 2007 for documentary filmmakers. The 24-page booklet offers a comprehensive guide to the...
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Europe
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The Europa Cinemas Annual Conference will take place in the Polish capital of Warsaw later this month. The agenda will be dominated by the transition to digital. Exhibitors from across...
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MEDIA Desk France, in collaboration with Power to the Pixel, the Media Consulting Group and more, will present 'Pixel' on 3 December 2009. The one-day event will offer up to...
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The European Union has officially adopted a new programme, MEDIA Mundus, an international co-operation programme for the audiovisual industry aimed at strengthening cultural and commercial relations between Europe's film industry...
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As part of the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) study on the entrepreneurial dimension of cultural and creative industries, a consortium led by the Utrecht School of the...
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Attention sales agents! Extended deadline for reinvestment
An extension has been granted for all sales agents who generated a reinvestment fund under Call 13/2008 (generation deadline: 15 November 2008). The new deadline for claiming your allocated fund is now 13 March 2010. Sales agents have six months from the date of signature of a sales contract with a producer to claim funds from the MEDIA Programme.
Open MEDIA Calls for Proposals
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Producer's support
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Development - Single Project
- next deadline: 27 November 2009
Single Project Development funding is aimed at companies which have produced at least one previous project which has been distributed recently, and which now wish to invest in the development of another project. Which...
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Development - Interactive Projects
- next deadline: 27 November 2009
Interactive Projects Development funding is aimed at companies that have produced at least one previous interactive project which has been distributed recently, and that now wish to invest in the...
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Development - Slate Funding
- next deadline: 27 November 2009
Slate Funding is aimed at medium-sized companies which have experience at an international level and the financial capacity to contemplate and support the simultaneous development of several projects. Which companies...
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TV Broadcasting
- next deadline: 27 November 2009
The TV Broadcasting scheme aims to help European independent production companies produce a television programme (in principle not intended for theatrical release) with at least three European broadcasters attached. Which...
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i2i Audiovisual
- next deadline: 5 February 2010
The i2i Audiovisual scheme supports production companies that bear the costs of bank financing and/or associated insurance and completion bonds. It offers a grant to cover up to 50% of...
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Distribution
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Selective Scheme
- next deadline: 1 December 2009
This scheme is designed to facilitate the transnational distribution of European films. It aims to encourage distributors to release films that might be a challenge were they to be supported by market forces alone. As...
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Promotion
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Audiovisual Festivals
- next deadline: 27 November 2009
This scheme is designed to support film festivals that programme at least 70% European content, and can be used towards costs such as subtitling, translation, catalogue printing and travel costs for professionals accompanying a...
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Access to Markets
- next deadline: 7 December 2009
This scheme supports organisations that propose events and activities (including computer-based information tools) designed to promote European audiovisual works and facilitate access to markets for European professionals. The first deadline...
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News
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Supported by MEDIA International, which reinforces co-operation between EU and non-European audiovisual professionals, the inaugural Asian Side of the Doc will take place in Hong Kong in March 2010.
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Submissions are now being accepted for the DocsBarcelona Pitching Forum, which will provide networking on an international level for filmmakers and producers looking to attract finance, co-production, pre-sales and distribution...
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MEDIA-supported Europa Distribution, the voice of the European distributor, has announced the programme for its annual conference which will be held from 12-14 November during the Estoril Film Festival '09...
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Forthcoming events
Seville Festival of European Cinema
6-14 November 2009
Seville, Spain
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Festival Europen du film court de Brest
7 - 15 November 2009
Brest, France
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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
12 November - 6 December 2009
Tallinn and Tartu, Estonia
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Thessaloniki International Film Festival
13-22 November 2009
Thessaloniki, Greece
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Oulu International Children's Film Festival
16-22 November 2009
Oulu, Finland
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Muestra de Cine Europeo Ciudad de Segovia
18-24 November 2009
Segovia, Spain
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Gijon International Film Festival
19-28 November 2009
Gijon, Spain
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International Film Festival Etiuda and Anima
27 November - 4 December 2009
Krakow, Poland
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International Film Festival Bratislava
27 November - 4 December 2009
Bratislava, Slovakia
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Camerimage - International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography
28 November - 5 December 2009
Lodz, Poland
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Platforma Video9
3-6 December 2009
Athens, Greece
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Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People
5-12 December 2009
Pyrgos, Greece
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European Film Awards
12 December 2009
Ruhr Metropolis, Germany
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European Short Pitch 2009
18-23 January 2010
Normandy, France
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Trieste Film Festival
21-28 January 2010
Trieste, Italy
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Stuttgarter Filmwinter - Festival for expanded media
21-24 January 2010
Stuttgart, Germany
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Angers Festival of European First Films - Premiers Plans
22-31 January 2010
Angers, France
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DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival
26-31 January 2010
Helsinki, Finland
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FIPA
26-31 January 2010
Biarritz, France
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Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market
29 January-6 February 2010
Clermont-Ferrand, France
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CineMart 2010
31 January - 3 February 2010
Rotterdam, Netherlands
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DocsBarcelona
2-7 February 2010
Barcelona, Spain
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MEDIA Stand at Berlinale EFM
11-21 February, 2010
Berlin, Germany
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Anima 2010
12-20 February 2010
Brussels, Belgium
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EFP presents Shooting Stars
13-15 February, 2010
Berlin, Germany
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EPC Berlin Forum 2010
13 February 2010
Berlin, Germany
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Jeugd Film Festival Vlaanderen
13-21 February 2010
Antwerp, Belgium
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News
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Babylon International is a major new initiative funded by MEDIA International and the Nigerian Film Corporation, and giving European filmmakers the opportunity to work with African colleagues on script and story development, production...
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Maia Workshops, organised by Fabula Film , is an advanced training programme for emerging producers which aims to provide them with the fundamental creative and managerial skills needed to steer...
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MEDIA Salles training course DigiTraining Plus: European Cinemas Experiencing New Technologies enters its seventh year. It will take place from 17-21 February 2010 in Helsinki, with a programme of lectures and...
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Forthcoming courses
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Management, finance and legal aspects
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ETMA: Postgraduate Diploma in Media Management
- deadline: 15 January 2010
13 February - 8 December 2010,
Strasbourg, France
The programme covers a variety of topics ranging from an introductory module on media business (market analysis), corporate finance, media law and regulation to leadership and international management, giving participants... read more
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Project development
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EURODOC 2010
- deadline: 30 November 2009
March-September 2010,
Various EU locations
EURODOC is a training programme specifically designed for co-producing creative documentaries at the international level. Producing documentaries requires increasingly more funding which is difficult to find on a national level... read more
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EKRAN 2010
- deadline: 15 November 2009
Various dates and sessions,
Warsaw, Poland
EKRAN is a unique opportunity for producers to develop their project using the most cost-effective and creative methods. EKRAN offers participants a production component prepared in close collaboration with EAVE;... read more
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Scriptwriting
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éQuinoxe Screenwriters’ Workshops
- deadline: 12 November 2009
Spring 2010,
Various EU countries
An international jury will select ten talented screenwriters to participate in a one-week workshop, where they will have one-to-one discussions with ten advisors from all over the world - internationally... read more
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Script&Pitch Workshops / Script&Pitch Workshops International 2010
- deadline: 15 December 2009
Various dates throughout 2010,
Various EU locations
Script&Pitch is an advanced development course for European scriptwriters and story editors. The programme runs for ten months, and can accommodate 20 participants from all over the world (15 scriptwriters... read more
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Internships
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Nipkow Programm 2009
- deadline: 30 November 2009
Thoughout 2009 and 2010,
Berlin, Germany
The Nipkow Programm provides professional training to promising participants from across Europe in order to develop their business skills, thereby supporting and improving the quality of European co-production. Nipkow is... read more
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