During the last module at Sofia Meetings, after an exciting pitching, goEast Film Festival award went to Goethe-Institut\’s FIRST FILMS FIRST’s project “HONEY BUNNY” from Croatia, director Igor Jelinović, producer Rea RajÄŤić. Andrea Wink handed the award which takes the filmmakers to East-West Talent Lab during goEast. Good luck!
So glad to have received 98 applications for Goethe-Institut’s First Films First training program this year. We are looking forward to discovering new talents and cinematic voices from South-East Europe region! The selection results will be out by April 30th!
[vc_row row_type=\”row\” use_row_as_full_screen_section=\”no\” type=\”full_width\” angled_section=\”no\” text_align=\”left\” background_image_as_pattern=\”without_pattern\” css_animation=\”\”][vc_column][vc_column_text]3 rd Module of this year’s Goethe-Institut’s First Films First training program is now midway and we already had the fruitful Case Study of first completed FFF film, Her Job with the director Nikos Labot. All the phases and aspects of making the debut film in Europe were …
Cristi Puiu, Romanian auteur of several award winning films like Death of Mr. Lazarescu, Sierenevada, Aurora will have an open to public masterclass on his method of Directing Actors and he will also talk about the other aspects of his singular filmmaking moderated by Petar Mitric. This masterclass is organized by Goethe-Institut’s First Films First …
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Goethe-Institut’s First Films First training program’s first completed film, Her Job will be screened as part of international competition of Auteurs’ Film Festival in Belgrade for the first time on Sunday Nov. 25th at 7.30 pm at Belgrade Youth Center. ( Dom Omladine Beograda ) Nikos Labot had the 3rd module of training for Her …
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We are so delighted to announce that one of the most celebrated contemporary European auteurs, Christi Puiu will be the main tutor of the third module of FFF workshop that will take place in Belgrade during Auteurs’ Film Festival. (Nov. 23-30). Cristi Puiu has painted since the age of 10. In 1990, after the fall …
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HER JOB directed by Nikos Labot received three awards in the same night at Warsaw Film Festival\’s 1-2 Competition including Best Film, FIPRESCI and Young FIPRESCI award. HER JOB is the first completed feature film that has been developed by Goethe-Institut’s FIRST FILMS FIRST training programme. We are excessively happy and proud! Once more BRAVO and …
First completed film which was developed at Goethe-Institut\’s FIRST FILMS FIRST training programme, Her Job by Nikos Labot will have the European Premiere in 1-2 competition of Warsaw Film Festival after it’s world premiere in Toronto Film Festival’s Discovery Programme. Now it’s time for Europe to discover HER JOB, don’t miss it if you are …
[vc_row row_type=\”row\” use_row_as_full_screen_section=\”no\” type=\”full_width\” angled_section=\”no\” text_align=\”left\” background_image_as_pattern=\”without_pattern\” css_animation=\”\”][vc_column][vc_column_text] 2nd Module of third edition in Goethe-Institut’s First Films First training program has been completed successfully. During four efficient days within the framework of International Cinematographers’ Film Festival Manaki Brothers, FFF participants intensively worked on the visual style of their first feature film projects with cinematographer Christian …
2nd MODULE and 1st REUNION of FIRST FILMS FIRST WRAPPED in OHRID Read More »
Long time collaborators, cinematographer Christian Berger and production designer Christoph Kanter discuss the creation of visual style on some of the most iconic contemporary European films directed by Michael Haneke: Benny\’s Video, 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance, The Piano Teacher, CachĂ© and The White Ribbon. This masterclass is organized by Geothe-Institut\’s First Films First …