The European Film Academy has unveiled its new board which has been voted in under updated guidelines aimed at ensuring a more balanced geographical representation of its members.
Three incumbent board members have been re-elected for a fresh two-year term running from 2024-25. Mike Downey (Ireland/UK) will continue as chair of the board with Joanna Szymańska (Poland) joining Ada Solomon (Romania) as Deputy Chair.
Another eight new members have been voted in for the next two years, while a further six incumbent members will continue their mandate until the end of 2024.
The new structure has increased board representation of members in countries in Northeastern and Southeastern Europe such as Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia.
A new seat representing members from transnational populations is dedicated to Sámi filmmakers from 2024-2025, followed by Romani filmmakers for 2026-2027.
Anne-Lajla Utsi (Sápmi/Norway), who is head...
Three incumbent board members have been re-elected for a fresh two-year term running from 2024-25. Mike Downey (Ireland/UK) will continue as chair of the board with Joanna Szymańska (Poland) joining Ada Solomon (Romania) as Deputy Chair.
Another eight new members have been voted in for the next two years, while a further six incumbent members will continue their mandate until the end of 2024.
The new structure has increased board representation of members in countries in Northeastern and Southeastern Europe such as Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia.
A new seat representing members from transnational populations is dedicated to Sámi filmmakers from 2024-2025, followed by Romani filmmakers for 2026-2027.
Anne-Lajla Utsi (Sápmi/Norway), who is head...
- 1/10/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Board has greater representation of filmmakers from North- and Southeastern Europe.
Eight people have been voted onto the board of the European Film Academy following a restructure to improve representation from across Europe.
They include Giorgos Karnavas, co-founder of Athens- based production company and sales firm Heretic; Tine Klint, founder of Copenhagen sales company LevelK; and Hanka Kastelicová, HBO Max’s VP documentaries for Emea, from the Czech Republic.
Also joining the board are Lithuanian producer Marija Razgutė, whose most recent film Slow world premiered at Karlovy Vary this year; Turkish producer and festival director Başak Emre; Spain’s Paz Lázaro,...
Eight people have been voted onto the board of the European Film Academy following a restructure to improve representation from across Europe.
They include Giorgos Karnavas, co-founder of Athens- based production company and sales firm Heretic; Tine Klint, founder of Copenhagen sales company LevelK; and Hanka Kastelicová, HBO Max’s VP documentaries for Emea, from the Czech Republic.
Also joining the board are Lithuanian producer Marija Razgutė, whose most recent film Slow world premiered at Karlovy Vary this year; Turkish producer and festival director Başak Emre; Spain’s Paz Lázaro,...
- 1/10/2024
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
The Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival’s Cinemed industry section has teamed up with Beirut-based cultural nonprofit Aflamuna on a new initiative, under which 10 film and doc projects from a wide range of Arab countries will soon be unveiled to prospective partners.
The new program, called Cinemed and Aflamuna Professional Encounters, features 10 Arab works in development that reflect a slew of themes relevant to the region, including political turbulence, societal changes, female empowerment and climate change concerns.
Emerging Arab directors and producers will take part in the curated Cinemed Meetings event, which runs Oct. 24-26 in Montpellier, France, after pitching their projects on Oct. 24.
The initiative, which is supported by France’s national film body Cnc (Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée), started last year with a series of meetings and is now moving to the next level.
“After the success of the first edition of Cinemed and...
The new program, called Cinemed and Aflamuna Professional Encounters, features 10 Arab works in development that reflect a slew of themes relevant to the region, including political turbulence, societal changes, female empowerment and climate change concerns.
Emerging Arab directors and producers will take part in the curated Cinemed Meetings event, which runs Oct. 24-26 in Montpellier, France, after pitching their projects on Oct. 24.
The initiative, which is supported by France’s national film body Cnc (Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée), started last year with a series of meetings and is now moving to the next level.
“After the success of the first edition of Cinemed and...
- 9/26/2023
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Once upon a time in France, Quentin Tarantino looks back on 1969 Hollywood.
The Oscar winner is confirmed to be a special guest during the 2023 Cannes Directors’ Fortnight program, hosting a secret screening tied to 1970s cinema and the history of the Fortnight program.
The official announcement reads: In 1969, in Cannes, the Directors’ Fortnight was born, a counter-programming of free-spirited films from all over the world. In 1969, in California, a new generation of filmmakers rose against old Hollywood. Of this, Quentin Tarantino has recently published a captivating analysis in a critical essay on 1970s cinema. As an exceptional and generous cinephile, Tarantino is at home at the Fortnight. He will be our guest this year to present a secret screening and discuss his counter-history of cinema.
The screening will take place Thursday, May 25 during the program, under Artistic Director Julien Rejl and Managing Director Christophe Leparc.
Tarantino recently announced his 10th and presumably final film,...
The Oscar winner is confirmed to be a special guest during the 2023 Cannes Directors’ Fortnight program, hosting a secret screening tied to 1970s cinema and the history of the Fortnight program.
The official announcement reads: In 1969, in Cannes, the Directors’ Fortnight was born, a counter-programming of free-spirited films from all over the world. In 1969, in California, a new generation of filmmakers rose against old Hollywood. Of this, Quentin Tarantino has recently published a captivating analysis in a critical essay on 1970s cinema. As an exceptional and generous cinephile, Tarantino is at home at the Fortnight. He will be our guest this year to present a secret screening and discuss his counter-history of cinema.
The screening will take place Thursday, May 25 during the program, under Artistic Director Julien Rejl and Managing Director Christophe Leparc.
Tarantino recently announced his 10th and presumably final film,...
- 4/20/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
France’s Cinemed Festival to Showcase Projects From Arab World With Aflamuna / Beirut DC (Exclusive)
Cinemed, the Mediterranean Cinema Film Festival, is partnering up with Lebanese film org Aflamuna / Beirut DC to launch a new co-production and co-financing initiative aimed at high-profile projects from the Arab world.
The new program, which is also backed by France’s National Film Board and is part of the festival’s industry showcase Cinemed Meetings, will present seven projects involving 22 Arab countries, including Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Liban, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Syria, among others.
All selected projects are currently in development and are being brought by filmmakers who have previously directed at least one short film.
Christophe Leparc, head of Cinemed, pointed that the festival already had a successful collaboration with Beirut DC/Aflamuna during the event Beirut Cinema Platform which takes place in March in Lebanon.
“This new collaboration stems from our desire to join our complementary skills and expertise: Beirut DC is well-established in the Arab film community,...
The new program, which is also backed by France’s National Film Board and is part of the festival’s industry showcase Cinemed Meetings, will present seven projects involving 22 Arab countries, including Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Liban, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Syria, among others.
All selected projects are currently in development and are being brought by filmmakers who have previously directed at least one short film.
Christophe Leparc, head of Cinemed, pointed that the festival already had a successful collaboration with Beirut DC/Aflamuna during the event Beirut Cinema Platform which takes place in March in Lebanon.
“This new collaboration stems from our desire to join our complementary skills and expertise: Beirut DC is well-established in the Arab film community,...
- 10/14/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The 33rd edition of the festival crowned Argentina’s La chica nueva its champion, but also honoured the co-productions New Order, Karnawal and Nothing But the Sun. Unspooling online this year between 19 and 28 March, with a second instalment set to unfold in cinemas from 9 to 13 June (if the French sanitary horizon is sufficiently clear by then), the 33rd Cinélatino – Rencontres de Toulouse has confirmed the dynamism of European co-production when it comes to South American feature films. Indeed, whilst it was a fully Argentine film (La chica nueva by Micaela Gonzalo) which walked away with the Grand Prize on the fiction side of things, the jury - which notably included Chilean filmmaker Marcela Said, the American actress of Romanian descent Elina Löwensohn and France’s Christophe Leparc (director of the Cinemed festival and secretary general for the Directors’ Fortnight) - also saw fit to bestow prizes upon...
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