let’s set the stage for the most promising european film talents

European Film Promotion (EFP) and Karlovy Vary International Film Festival are casting a spotlight on some of the most outstanding young directors from across Europe: 10 film students and graduates have been selected to participate in EFP FUTURE FRAMES – Generation NEXT of European Cinema. They will present their films at this year's festival and take part in a tailor-made promotion and networking programme.

The European national film promotion institutes (EFP's member organisations) are invited to nominate candidates for the programme. The selection of the final 10 is being made by KVIFF's artistic director Karel Och and his team of programmers. The young directors will be offered a two-part schedule, starting with an online pre-programme including pitching training and industry meetings. During the festival, EFP will introduce the young directors and their films to the public, film industry and press. The three-day on-site event running from 2 July will be rounded off by a master class.

The 2023 edition of EFP FUTURE FRAMES – Generation NEXT of European Cinema, organised in close cooperation with the festival and supported by Creative Europe – the MEDIA Programme of the European Union, will introduce the following up-and-coming directors with their films from:

Czech Republic: Anna Izabela Wowra Stuck Together | Denmark: Amalie Maria Nielsen The Shift | Germany: Sophia Mocorrea The Kidnapping of the Bride | Italy: Giulia Regini Cut From the Same Cow | Lithuania: Rinaldas Tomaševičius -15 | The Netherlands: Joris Tobé Frantic Attempts | Portugal: Inês Pedrosa e Melo Home, Revised | Slovak Republic: Monika Mahútová Standing Still | Spain: Christian Avilés Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays | Switzerland: Kim Allamand Heart Fruit.

This year's group not only has experience of festivals, but the ten also includes two award winners such as Sophia Mocorrea. She won the Short Film Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival and received a Special Mention at this year's Berlinale with her film The Kidnapping of the Bride screening in the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section. Joris Tobé's Frantic Attempts won the KNF Award for Best Graduation Project at the Netherlands Film Festival in 2022. Other films from this year's Berlinale include The Shift by Amalie Maria Nielsen (Generation Kplus) and Christian Avilés' Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays (Berlinale Shorts). Heart Fruit by Kim Allamand celebrated its world premiere in the Pardi Di Domani section at the Locarno Film Festival last year.

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EFP FUTURE FRAMES – Generation NEXT of European Cinema, in collaboration with Karlovy Vary Film Festival (KVIFF), is made possible thanks to the support of Creative Europe – the MEDIA Programme of the European Union and Allwyn, a leading multi-national lottery operator, as well as the participating national film promotion institutes, EFP's member organisations: Cinecittà (Italy), Czech Film Center, Danish Film Institute, German Films, Lithuanian Film Centre, Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual I.P. / ICA (Portugal), Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales / ICAA (Spain), SEE NL (The Netherlands), Slovak Film Institute and SWISS FILMS. The main media partner is Variety, with Cineuropa and Fred Film Radio as additional media partners.

about karlovy vary international film festival

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) is the largest film festival in the Czech Republic. It is one of the oldest A-list film festivals, a category it shares with the festivals in Cannes, Berlin, Venice, San Sebastian, Moscow, Montreal, Shanghai, and Tokyo. Among filmmakers, buyers, distributors, sales agents, and journalists, KVIFF is considered the most important event in all of Central and Eastern Europe.

about allwyn

As a partner of KVIFF, Allwyn, a leading multi-national lottery operator, will host the Allwyn Future Frames Lounge on site and bring the ten emerging European talents together with industry leaders, including overseas talent agency UTA and management company Range Media Partners. Allwyn’s new celebration evening will commemorate the work of all ten selected directors. In addition, introduced this year through partnership with Allwyn, one fortunate director of the group will be afforded a scholarship to Hollywood.

"We look forward to welcoming all the talented directors to the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival this year, selected as part of the Future Frames initiative. We are also very much looking forward to welcoming one of the ten directors on the newly established scholarship to Hollywood, introduced this year in partnership with UTA and Range Media. Changing lives is core to our mission and we are very pleased to be affording talented directors the opportunity to work with the very best in the film industry." (Pavel Turek, Allwyn's Chief Officer of Global Brand, Corporate Communication, and CSR)