FOCUS, The Meeting Place for International Production, will return in December 2020 in a digital format for its sixth edition. The usual 2 day live event will be expanded to three days for the virtual edition and will run 15-17 December. FREE Registration is now open.
The Advertising Association, the IPA and ISBA are collaborating on their first joint industry conference - RESET 2021- to take place on January 28, 2021. The event marks the beginning of a critical year for UK advertising and will look at how the industry can support the UK’s social and economic recovery, how it deals with the repercussions of COVID-19 and how it can deliver on the mission to rebuild public trust in advertising.
The agreement between Abu Dhabi Film Commission and Israel Film Fund has a special focus on promoting tolerance through the medium of film and television production. The partners have agreed on an agenda consisting of four key initiatives: bilateral workshops, training and education, the International Film Lab and a regional film festival.
Filmmakers returned to work on May 7 as soon as audio-visual production was given the go ahead by the Czech authorities under self-regulatory guidelines. Domestic projects were the first to return to set, and then in June several international projects began shoots.
With an all-female jury, the winning entries show clients and interested parties which work resonates with the world’s most powerful consumers as studies show that women make up to 80% of all purchasing decisions globally. 147 entries made the shortlist, with ten entrants from the UK making the CUT.
The Emilia-Romagna Film Commission (ERFC) is the department of the Emilia-Romagna Region that deals with film and audiovisual projects. A dedicated Fund enables the ERFC to support the development and production of works and to promote film festivals and showings. The financial tool supports and promotes film and audio-visual productions and was created with the objective to strategically enhance the entrepreneurial, professional, cultural and environmental resources of the region.
The film industry recovery is gathering pace in the UK but some uncertainty remains as the infection rate rises and quarantine is imposed on returning travelers. The COVID-19 guidelines issued by various industry bodies has allowed some production to resume and the domestic film industry has been given hope by the announcement of a “Film and TV Restart Fund”, an insurance support fund of £500M which hopes to give some confidence to producers in these uncertain times.
The sixth edition of its intensive workshop and think-tank for projects that are suitable for collaboration between Europe and China is going ahead. The call for entries is open until Wednesday 23 September, 2020.