Welcome to Young Filmmakers on the Rise

Back left to right: Judita Gramulin (Croatia) Dawid Ullgren (Sweden) Hleb Papou (Italy) Jasmila Zbanic, Jakub Radej (Poland), Lora Mure-Ravaud (Switzerland), David Pinheiro Vicente (Portugal) front left to right: Stijn Bouma (The Netherlands), David Gurgulia (Georgia), Neven Samardzic (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Michal Duris (Slovak Republic)

For the fourth year running European Film Promotion (EFP) and the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) present ten of the most promising new European directors and their films in the framework of EFP FUTURE FRAMES during KVIFF from July 1 – 4. The programme is supported by the Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union and the respective EFP member organisations.

Part of the intensive EFP programme introducing emerging young professionals to the film industry and media and presenting their work to the festival audience is also an exclusive master class by Bosnian auteur Jasmila Zbanic, who will share her experiences in independent filmmaking with the directors.

Have a look at the work of the young EFP FUTURE FRAMES directors featured in our 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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