The FIAPF and WIA program provides mentoring and coaching from industry experts to prep women animators from emerging animation communities in Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America to pitch projects at the Annecy Festival and Market; deadline to apply is March 17, 2024.
The 7-member panel presided by Kenyan-Mexican Nyong o will screen twenty films that are competing for the Silver and Golden Bears, which will be presented to the winners at the Award Ceremony on February 24.
In the cold and dark Estonian November evenings, the Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF, for short, in Estonian) lends its helping hand to those who seek escapism from a world that appears to grow more unstable by the hour; from 3-19 November, the cinemas in Tallinn screen over 200 films from more than 70 countries, as well as host talks, parties and various other events.