Maja Kriznik’s debut Beasts and Aron Horvath’s debut Lost Years received 425,000 EUR each from Slovenian Film Center. Both projects have been developed via Goethe-Institut’s FIRST FILMS FIRST. Last but not least, our alumnus Darko Sinko, the director of the award-winning FFF project INVENTORY, has received the biggest amount of support og 640,000 EUR for …
SLOVENIA SUPPORTS TWO FFF PROJECTS & an FFF ALUMNUS! Read More »
FFF’s BEHIND THE HAYSTACKS is the official Greek candidate for the Oscars! Asimina Proedrou’s awarded debut BEHIND THE HAYSTACKS has been chosen to represent Greece at the 2024 Oscar race! We keep our fingers crossed for Asimina and her amazing cast and crew and couldn’t be more proud!!!! Previously this month, BEHIND THE HAYSTACKS has …
FFF’s BEHIND THE HAYSTACKS is the official Greek candidate for the Oscars! Read More »
Maja Kriznik\’s debut project BEASTS and Aron Horvat\’s debut project LOST YEARS were both among the projects receiving a development grant of 10K Euro each from the RE-ACT (Regional Audiovisual Cooperation and Training) during When East Meets Co-Production forum as part of the Trieste Film Festival. Maja Kriznik is a current participant in Goethe-Institut\’s FIRST …
FFF Projects BEASTS and LOST YEARS got RE-ACT Grants! Read More »
Directress Emine Yildirim\’s debut has received a debut production grant from Turkish Ministry of Culture worth 58K Euro which is the only public film grant in the country. Congratulations! Apollon By Day Athena By Night has been developed via Goethe-Institut\’s FIRST FILMS FIRST. The project was awarded in Antalya Film Forum, presented at Meetings On …
PRODUCTION GRANT for FFF\’s APOLLON BY DAY ATHENA BY NIGHT! Read More »
Screen’s critic Neil Young wrote: “Not just 2022’s best new feature-¬length film, but for my money the best of the last half-decade, Riders (which premiered in competition at Sarajevo in August) is the tender, mature, quietly virtuoso debut feature from Slovenian director/co-writer Dominik Mencej… Moving, even magical, on screen, Riders blossoms magnificently as a multi-layered …
FFF’s RIDERS by Dominik Mencej among best films of 2022 according to Screen!! Read More »
Croatian Audiovisual Center, Hrvatski audiovizualni centar (HAVC) supported the debut project Leave The Door Open by Judita Gamulin with 478K Euro in the debut feature category! We are so happy for Judita who has developed her debut via Goethe-Institut\’s FIRST FILMS FIRST as well as winning the Best Project Award at Cinemart 2021 of International …
BIG PRODUCTION GRANT for FFF\’s LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN! Read More »
Film Center Serbia announced the grants for the project development and minority co-production. We are so glad to share with you that a current participant (Katarina Koljevic) and two alumni of Goethe-Institut\’s FIRST FILMS FIRST got supported. All three projects are either being or have been developed via FFF. Tamara Kotevska\’s feature-length fiction debut MAN …
Andreea Cristina Bortun\’s debut BLUE BANKS has just received the prestigious EURIMAGES support worth 300K EURO! Congratulations! https://www.filmneweurope.com/…/124278-eurimages… BLUE BANKS has been developed via Goethe Institut\’s FIRST FILMS FIRST and has been supported by the Romanian Film Center, France CNC, and Slovenian Film Fund among others. Lavinia, a single mother, is trying to make a …
Selcen Ergun\’s debut Snow and The Bear has received the Cineuropa award at Brussels\’ Cinemamed festival! Here\’s a fresh review and a clip of the film. Congratulations to the crew and the directress Selcen who has developed her debut via Goethe-Institut\’s FIRST FILMS FIRST.
The Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) announced the results of the latest minority co-production grants and we are happy to share with you that two alumni of Goethe-Institut\’s FIRST FILMS FIRST got supported. Both projects have been developed via FFF. Aleksandra Odic\’s debut VANJA from Bosnia & Herzegovina received 70.350 Euro. Vladimir Tagic\’s debut YUGOFLORIDA from …