Cooperation opportunities
The film festival: artspringnale 2021. Signals! OPEN CALL
Visible despite the pandemic: artspring berlin is planning various hybrid forms of presentation for art and culture in the borough of Pankow during May.
Sector: Audiovisual - Film, TV & radio
Events
2021 BRIC Virtual Talent + Innovation Summit
BRIC will host a virtual Global Talent + Innovation Day on March 6th, free to the public, and packed with live and on-demand keynotes, panel and salon sessions, case studies, skills training, and creator spotlights from the world’s most iconic entertainment brands. Get ready to break, reinvent, impact and change how we engage with talent in the entertainment, tech & media spaces.
Stories / Good practices
Museum of Embraces and Encounters: PHYSICALLY DISTANCED HUGS
When was the last time you hugged someone? For the Goethe-Institut’s online video project “Museum of Embraces and Encounters”, artists from all over the world talk about moments of meeting and intimacy, but also of an encounter with a criminal. A collection of stories about embraces: as an expression of close encounters, but also as a symbol of reconciliation, of overcoming opposites. The stories are told by artists from all parts of the world.
Events
Chinese Cinema Season
Produced by Trinity CineAsia, Filming East Festival, and UK-China Film Collab, the Chinese Cinema Season is an online film screening event lasting for three months. It is the first and biggest online screening specialising in Chinese language films in the UK and Ireland that aims to enrich UK lockdown and present Chinese culture in a fresh way.
Events
An Exploration in Foreign Language Film Distribution Models in COVID-19
A film industries masterclass featuring Hiu Man Chan (UK-China Film Collab) hosted by Oxford Brooks University. This masterclass will use a recent online film festival, Chinese Cinema Season, as a case study, to explore opportunities, issues and challenges in digital film distribution during COVID-19, in particular, when it comes to foreign language films in the UK and Europe.
EU response
European support for financing to the cultural and creative sectors in Denmark
EIF supports REinvent Finance to make new financing available to Nordic film and TV series production companies, backed by the Cultural and Creative Sectors Guarantee Facility (CCS GF) and the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI).
Research / Surveys
On-Demand Culture: How the lockdown is changing games and streaming services
The lockdown has seen dramatic growth for on-demand services. This has occurred in multiple media including games, live video and TV, as this paper from Nesta and PEC researchers Raphael Leung and John Davies reports.
Events
Expediting the Inevitable? Acquiring & Selling Indie Films during COVID-19
A film industry masterclass featuring Timo Suomi (AMP International) organised by Film & Media Department, School Of Arts, Oxford Brookes University.
Events
Mental Health Awareness Workshop… with Sarah McCaffrey by ScreenSkills
This 75 minute session is aimed at everyone working the television industry, affected by the challenges of the pandemic. It will increase awareness and understanding around mental health, looking at where it comes from and factors that enhance resilience.
Stories / Good practices
No Lockdown Art – NoLA
Within the framework of its new Creaconnections program, Transcultures, in partnership with the European Pepinieres of Creation, launched the No Lockdown Art – NoLA action to support the re-activitism of Belgian and international artists who initiated, during the period containment, interesting audio, video and multimedia projects.
Tools & Resources
ScreenSkills Online Learning: Coronavirus basic awareness on production training
This online module is for those working on film and TV productions during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Research / Surveys
2021 ScreenSkills Assessment Survey
ScreenSkills invites you to fill out this 10-minute survey to help them understand current skills, gaps and shortages, the impact of Covid-19 on working practices and what the industry will look like in the future.
Events
The EFAs at Eight: From Survival to Revival: Building the Post-Covid Future
Re-structuring, re-engineering and re-aligning the European film industry, a panel discussion as part of this year’s European Film Awards (EFAs).
Events
A virtual road trip | Crossing Borders in Times of Covid-19
“Crossing Borders in Times of Covid-19” will take people through the “false dawn” of summer 2020, placing people’s stories in context with the challenges that are faced today.
Events
Media & Culture Fast Forward Digital Festival | 14-15-16 December
This new, corona-proof edition will take place in the form of a digital festival and has as baseline ‘CTRL ACT DELETE’, asking itself the following question: “How can the media and cultural sectors reinvent themselves today?”
EU response
Preparing for the future – Recovery of the culture and media sector from the COVID-19 pandemic
The main results of the video conference of culture and audiovisual ministers that took place on December 1st, 2020.
Stories / Good practices
Monica and Friends cartoonist shares trusted information on COVID-19
Featuring panels and statues of Turma da Mônica, the exhibit illustrates how best to protect oneself from COVID-19.
Stories / Good practices
The Czech theatre streaming platform trying to save an industry
The new Czech streaming service by the name of Dramox, presents some of the best theatre productions Czechia has to offer. In doing so, the platform aims to give back to the struggling industry, while providing Czech theatre goers with a much-needed fix, and maybe even bring over some new, younger fans.
Funding
The AFAC – Netflix Hardship Fund | In Support of the Film and TV Community in Lebanon
The AFAC – Netflix Hardship Fund is an emergency relief fund that aims to support the film and TV community in Lebanon, primarily below-the-line crew, craftspeople, and freelancers who are facing economic hardship resulting from the disruption of normal life, halts in productions, and little to no opportunities in the industry.
Tools & Resources
Doomsday or Rebirth: A Rebellious Take on European Film’s Future | FERA General Assembly 2020 Online Series Session #2
A freeform discussion painting a doomsday scenario and its possible positive alternative – a vision-driven future for European film with, at its core, European co-productions and their visibility.
Tools & Resources
The impact of the Coronavirus outbreak on the European cinema industry
UNIC is collecting detailed information on the impact of the Coronavirus outbreak on the cinema industry across the 38 territories it represents.
Events
Europa Cinemas in Ireland – New Audience Strategies
In light of the ongoing covid restrictions in Ireland, the webinar will have a look at how independent cinemas aligned with the Europa Cinema network are coping with interrupted schedules and reduced audience numbers.
Events
FERA General Assembly 2020: 40-year Anniversary Online Series
40 years of FERA: What makes a European Filmmaker in 2020?
Tools & Resources
The European audiovisual industry in the time of COVID-19
The new IRIS Plus report.
Events
Springboard with 3D Character Animation
Springboard is a series of webinars by Creative Europe Desk Munich presenting European training opportunities for the audiovisual industry.
Events
Beyond COVID-19: Revitalising the European Audiovisual Industry
The EFF will reflect on the challenges and opportunities faced by the European audiovisual industry in the context triggered by Covid-19.
Tools & Resources
Fostering recovery & building resilience: Audiovisual as a key industry for Europe
The European Film Forum in Venice took place online and addressed what can be done to foster recovery and build resilience in the European audiovisual sector.
Cooperation opportunities
Join the Artist
Join the Artist is the online platform that enables artists, practising any artistic discipline, to get in contact with their fans through DIY events, exhibitions and workshops, organized by the artists, on site or online.
Azkuna Zentroa launches ‘Babestu’, an artistic creation support programme
A call to foster creation aimed at local cultural agents and artists so that they can continue carrying out their processes and research affected by the COVID-19 crisis.
Cinema education
CinEd, European Cinema Education for Youth is a European project for cinema education, co-funded by the European Union’s Creative Europe – MEDIA programme. Initiated and piloted by the Institut français, it is based on a consortium of 10 partners in 9 European countries.
