Objectives The general objective of the scheme is to create and operate a network of cinemas with a view to: Encouraging cinema owners and operators to screen a significant proportion of non- national European films. Contributing to raise the interest of the audience for non-national films including through the development of educational and awareness-raising activities […]
Creative Europe: Film Education
The MEDIA subprogramme is aimed at strengthening and supporting the European film and audiovisual industry. Scope Within the specific objective of promoting transnational circulation, one of the priorities of the MEDIA Sub-programme shall be: Supporting audience development as a means of stimulating interest in, and improving access to, European audiovisual works in particular through promotion, […]
Mashup Film Festival
The Mashup Film Festival tries to combine and transform audiovisual material available online to create new mashup movies. The organizers see it as a way to democratize the creative process and blur the border between the creator and the viewer. The festival includes a call for films open to professional and amateur filmmakers. This year’s […]
Four MEDIA-supported films will compete for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival
The 76th Venice Film Festival starts today featuring 12 films supported by the MEDIA programme – the EU’s programme for supporting the European film and audiovisual industries. Four of the MEDIA-supported films have additionally been shortlisted to compete for the Golden Lion: ‘The Truth’ by Hirokazu Kore-eda (France, Japan), ‘About Endlessness’ by Roy Andersson (Sweden, Germany, Norway), ‘Martin Eden’ by […]
Travel Film Scholarship (Malaysia)
World Nomads is inviting aspiring travel filmmakers, from any nationality, to a 10-day filmmaking trip to Malaysia, under the mentorship of professional documentary filmmaker Jenny Nichols. How to apply Entrants will have to make a 3-minute documentary film interview, in English or with English subtitles, about a an adventurer or inspiring traveller. The video should be uploaded on […]