We are happy to announce that the 6th edition of the Goethe-Institut’s FIRST FILMS FIRST program is open for applications! The deadline is March 1st. Find out all about the application process here.
Goethe-Institut’s FIRST FILMS FIRST training program loves to have new inspiring filmmakers to tutor for our talented debutant participants from Southeast Europe every year. Once again, we are so glad to announce an arrival of one more new tutor, Dietrich BrĂĽggemann for the 3rd module which kicked off today on Nov. 26th, 2020. BrĂĽggemann’s films …
SILVER BEAR Winner DIETRICH BRĂśGGEMANN joins FFF as a SCRIPT TUTOR! Read More »
We are so thrilled to announce that the Hungarian master Ildiko Enyedi joins Goethe-Institut’s FIRST FILMS FIRST training program as a tutor. Enyedi is widely known by the new generations with her Golden Bear winner film On Body and Soul (2017) which was also nominated for Best Foreign Language Film by the American Film Academy. …
GOLDEN BEAR & CAMERA D’OR Winner ILDIKO ENYEDI to TUTOR at FFF! Read More »
3rd Module of Goethe-Institut’s FIRST FILMS FIRST training program will take place online starting on Nov. 26th and the prominent Romanian filmmaker Cristi Puiu will once more be among the outstanding tutors to work with FFF participants on their directorial approach of their debuts. Puiu is famous with his powerful award-winning films like Death of …
CRISTI PUIU to TUTOR @ FFF Workshop for the 2nd TIME! Read More »
Film Center Serbia has just announced the feature fiction film projects which got production support. We are so glad to share with you that Goethe-Institut\’s FIRST FILMS FIRST training program\’s current participant Vladimir TAGIC\’s debut YUGO FLORIDA is among the five projects that got supported by Film Centre Serbia. The amount of the grant for …
YUGO FLORIDA by FFF Participant VLADIMIR TAGIC Gets Production Support from SERBIA! Read More »
Florenc Papas\’ debut OPEN DOOR is having the England Premiere as part of Cambridge Film Festival where the movie is available for streaming for 6 more days. And tonight at 21.00 Cambridge time, there will be a Q & A with the director Florenc Papas and the producer Eno Milkani: https://www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk/film/open-door-der%C3%AB-e-hapur-qa Cambridge FF programmers describe …
Q & A TONIGHT for UK PREMIERE of FFF\’s OPEN DOOR! Read More »
Selcen Ergun’s debut feature fiction project SNOW AND THE BEAR keeps attracting attention of international Work in Progress Sections two years after having been developed during Goethe-Institut’s FIRST FILMS FIRST training program and awarded in numerous prominent development and WIP platforms. Lastly, project was presented this week in the WIP section of AGORA during Thessaloniki …
Internationally acclaimed short film director Thanasis Neofotistos is in the financing stage of his debut feature fiction project PETER and The WOLF (aka THE BOY WITH THE LIGHT_BLUE EYES) which he developed during the four modules of Goethe-Institut’s FIRST FILMS FIRST training program. Project has already been supported by Greek Film Centre and Creative Europe …
PETER and The WOLF by NEOFOTISTOS is supported by Greek National TV! Read More »
We are so proud to share that the second completed film of Goethe-Institut’s FIRST FILMS FIRST training program, OPEN DOOR by Florenc Papas received two awards at Lecce European Film Festival, Italy, which took place in the first week of November. Public has chosen OPEN DOOR as the best film, as well as Cineuropa editors, …
CINEUROPA and PUBLIC PRIZE goes to FFF’s OPEN DOOR at LECCE FF! Read More »
Igor Jelinovic’s debut project HONEY BUNNY has been developed during Goethe-Institut’s FIRST FILMS FIRST training program and the project just received two awards of CocoPitch selection of Connecting Cottbus during FilmFestival Cottbus which took place in the first week of November. First award is the Pitch Packaging Award by Romanian post-production house AVANPOST which consists …
TWO AWARDS for HONEY BUNNY at Connecting Cottbus! Read More »