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SHOOTING WRAPS FOR FFF\’S THE RIVER!

The principal cinematography for Haris Raftogiannis\’ Greece-Italy-Kosovo co-production debut, The River has been completed. Congratulations, now it\’s time for the post-production and work-in-progress travels. \’What is so-called \’progress\’ for him, is a threat to her. A car accident brings them close. The orgasmic taste of Nuggets even closer. But it takes much more for them …

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THE FILM STAGE REVIEW for FFF\’s SNOW AND THE BEAR @TORONTO FF!

\’Snow and the Bear is a compelling, chilly mystery.\’ https://thefilmstage.com/tiff-review-snow-and-the-bear…/ The first review of Selcen Ergun\’s debut Snow And The Bear in Toronto Film Festival where the world premiere took place in the Discovery Section. It is the 8th completed film developed via Goethe-Institut\’s FIRST FILMS FIRST. SNOW AND THE BEAR is about a newly …

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2nd FFF module successfully wrapped at the International Cinematographers\’ Film Festival MANAKI BROTHERS!

It was intensive, creative and exciting four days! A big thank to our inspiring tutors Gabriele Brunnenmeyer, Tudor Panduru and Jelena Sopic and amazing participants Kristina Spassovska, Maja Križnik, Senka Domanović, Thanasis Trouboukis, Katarina Koljević, Djordje Vojvodić, Andra Chiriac Hera, Alexandra Matheou! A warm thanks to our dear partners from the Manaki Brothers ICFF! It …

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RENOWNED PRODUCTION DESIGNER JELENA SOPIC to TUTOR @ FFF!

We are so happy to share the arrival of Serbian production designer Jelena Sopic as a tutor at Goethe-Institut\’s FIRST FILMS FIRST. 2nd Module of the workshop takes place in Bitola thanks to the partnership of the International Cinematographers\’ Film Festival Manaki Brothers.  Sopic is known for her talent to work with different genres from …

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ACCLAIMED CINEMATOGRAPHER TUDOR PANDURU joins FFF\’s TUTORS!

We are excited to have one of the most talented and experienced cinematographers of the new generation, Tudor Panduru from Romania join Goethe-Institut\’s FIRST FILMS FIRST\’s 2nd Module as a cinematography tutor. He has lensed the acclaimed Cannes competition films like Graduation and R.M.N by Christian Mungiu, My Happy Family by Nana Ektimishvili & Simon …

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EURIMAGES AWARD @CINELINK goes to FFF\’s THE BOY WITH THE LIGHT-BLUE EYES! 

Thanasis Neofotistos\’ feature-length debut project The Boy With The Light-Blue Eyes is the winner of the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award worth 20K Euro at the Cinelink Co-Production platform of the Sarajevo Film Festival! “On the Greek folk mountains, there is a remote superstitious village. Peter, a different teenager, lives there with his strict grandmother & …

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STUNNING REVIEW for FFF\’s RIDERS on SCREEN DAILY!

\’Filmmaker Dominik Mencej announces himself as a significant new talent with this achingly tender road movie.\’ \’… feels very much like the arrival of a fully-formed and significant new European talent.\’ \’Tomaz, superbly incarnated by Sturbej in what should be a star-making performance, comes across like a central-European cousin of River Phoenix’s narcoleptic Mikey.\’ \’… …

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