Master Class for EFP FUTURE FRAMES 2018 Announced

European Film Promotion (EFP) and the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) are delighted to announce that acclaimed Bosnian auteur Jasmila Zbanic will share her experiences with the young filmmakers taking part in EFP FUTURE FRAMES at KVIFF in an exclusive master class. Jasmila Zbanic's approach to film-making will provide for a challenging as well as inspiring session for the participants – fresh out of film school – who are selected by KVIFF out of 27 nominations from EFP member organisations. Her commitment is part of the intensive EFP programme introducing emerging young professionals to the film industry and media and presenting their work to the festival audience. FUTURE FRAMES 2018 is supported by the Creative Europe – Media Programme and by the respective EFP member organisations.

Director Jasmila Zbanic © Almir Zrno

About the director:
Jasmila Zbanic was born 1974 in Sarajevo. Her feature debut GRBAVICA won among many other awards the 2006 Berlinale Golden Bear. ON THE PATH, Jasmila's second feature film, premiered in Competition at the 2010 Berlinale also won numerous awards. Her third feature, FOR THOSE WHO CAN TELL NO TALES, had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival and won the 2013 Femme de Cinema Award at Les Arcs European Film Festival, followed by LOVE ISLAND which premiered at Locarno. ONE DAY IN SARAJEVO, an experimental documentary, celebrated its international premiere at DOK LEIPZIG in 2014. Her latest project QUO VADIS, AIDA? a Norwegian co-production set in the 1995 Bosnian war, just received funding from the Norwegian Sørfond.

Have a look at the work of the young EFP FUTURE FRAMES directors featured in our brand new trailer with a download option:

The following EFP member organisations support EFP FUTURE FRAMES:
Association of Filmmakers of Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatian Audiovisual Centre, EYE International (The Netherlands), Georgian National Film Center, Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual I.P. / ICA (Portugal), Istituto Luce Cinecittà (Italy), Polish Film Institute, Slovak Film Institute, Swedish Film Institute, and Swiss Films.

Partners of FUTURE FRAMES 2018 are AMC Networks and Nespresso.

Interviews with this year's FUTURE FRAMES participants will be published by EFP's main media partner Variety and media partners Cineuropa and Film New Europe.

Czech version of the press release can be found at www.kviff.com

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