The 1st online module of the Goethe-Institut’s FIRST FILMS FIRST program has finished. For seven days, new participants from our 5th generation have been developing their scripts with the help of tutors Gabriele Brunnenmeyer and Srdjan Koljević. It was challenging, but the result went beyond our expectations, as the participants and tutors managed to connect …
The Goethe-Institut’s FIRST FILMS FIRST 4th generation of directors finally got the chance to present their exciting projects to the film world at the online edition of the Sofia Meetings co-production market. A big thanks to Sofia Meeting\’s co-production market for having us! Our participants and their producers made us super proud of great pitching …
The Board of Management of the Council of Europe\’s Eurimages Fund has awarded FIRST FILMS FIRST project BEHIND THE HAYSTACKS by Assimina Proedrou with €160.000 for production! Congratulations to our dear Asimina and her creative team! We can’t wait for the film!! The project is co-production between Greece and Germany and already got support from …
Great news from Croatia! PULA by Andrej Korovljev has received support for production in the amount of 438,000 Euros. The film explores an impossible love story set in a touristic seaside town Pula flooded with refugees during the war in Bosnia in the 90s. Dijana MlaÄ‘enović is producing through the production house Kinematograf. LEAVE THE …
3 FFF PROJECTS FUNDED BY CROATIAN AUDIOVISUAL CENTRE! Read More »
This year we have received 103 exciting debut film projects from Southeast Europe. It was very difficult to choose only 8. After thorough and long deliberation, our Jury Committee has reached the final decision. We proudly present you the 5th generation of Goethe-Institut’s FIRST FILMS FIRST participants and their projects: (in alphabetical order) APOLLON BY …
ANNOUNCING THE 5th GENERATION OF GOETHE-INSTITUT’S FIRST FILMS FIRST! Read More »
As he is finishing the editing of his humorous existentialist thriller INVENTORY, our FIRST FILMS FIRST fellow alumnus Darko Sinko opens up about surprising mix of films he watches these days, recommends a Slovenian classic and shares insights from the shooting of his debut feature. What films do you recommend to watch during self-isolation? I …
Florenc Papas was successfully touring international film festivals with his debut film OPEN DOOR when the pandemic broke and stopped everything. Goethe-Institut’s FIRST FILMS FIRST fellow alumnus shares his feelings about the sudden change, explains the importance of exteriors in films, and recommends what to watch, including two Albanian classics. What do you recommend to …
After amazing success with his short PATISION AVENUE (Venice competition, 3 awards at Clermont-Ferrand), Goethe-Institut\’s FIRST FILMS FIRST alum Thanasis Neofotistos is preparing his feature debut PETER AND THE WOLF. He shares with us which classic Greek movie was his main inspiration, reveals how quarantine has become his guilty pleasure and offers tips on what …
THINGS TO DO IN THE LOCKDOWN: Thanasis Neofotistos Read More »
Goethe-Institut’s First Films First training program will continue developing the debut fiction projects of young filmmakers from South-East Europe with big pleasure in its the fifth year. Due to the unprecedented pandemic, we are witnessing, we will need slightly more time to finalize the selection of projects. Therefore, we’d like to share with you that …
FIRST FILMS FIRST SELECTION WILL BE OUT on MAY 15th! Read More »
Nazlı Elif Durlu, an alumna of Goethe-Institut\’s FIRST FILMS FIRST development program received the Color-Up post-production award with her feature debut ZUHAL at Meetings On the Bridge, the industry platform of Istanbul Film Festival which recently took place online. We are extremely excited about the award and so curious to see ZUHAL on screen as soon as …
ZUHAL gets Post-Production AWARD at MEETINGS ON THE BRIDGE! Read More »