Category: ANCC

ABOUT ANCC

16/03/2017

Established on 1997, the Albanian National Center of Cinematography (ANCC) is the only cinematographic public grant giving institution that finances, encourages and promotes Albania’s film production.

The ANCC’s goal is to foster and support Albanian cinema, encouraging new visions and emerging voices.
The decisions regarding the financial support of the projects are taken by the ANCC artistic and financial assessment Board.
The Board is composed by members that represent the Albanian cinematographic associations.

ANCC is the sole administrator of the entire cinematographic production of the former Albanian State Studio “KINOSTUDIO Shqipëria e Re” 1952-1991.

In 20 years ANCC has financed approximately 271 films and other projects as follows:
71 feature films, 55 short films, 91 documentaries, 61 animations, 40 other projects (Film Festivals. Workshops, etc…)

Other Alternative Funded Projects:
• 7 projects are financed by Eurimages
• 7 projects are financed by Creative Europe Sub – Media Programme
• Over 20 projects financed from ANCC, got also support by SEE (South Eastern Europe Cinema Network)
• 7 projects are financed by the Kosovo Cinematography Center
• 6 projects are financed by the Macedonian Film Agency
• 5 projects are financed by MIBACT (Ministero Italiano dei Beni e delle Attivita’ Culturali e dell Turismo)
• 3 projects are financed by the Apulia Film Commission as part of the project “Memory” – 3 short films with a total of 90.000 Euro.
• 1 project was financed by Kickstarter

ANCC at international level

Albania has signed:
-The European Convention on Cinematographic Co-Productions.
-A Government Cinematographic Cooperation Agreement with Italy.
-A Protocol Agreement with the Apulia Film Commission (2014).

Albania is a member of:
-Eurimages since 2009.
-EFP “European Film Promotion” since 2010.
-SEE “South Eastern Europe Cinema Network” since 2001.
-Albania participates on the Creative Europe Sub – Media Programme since 2015.

Additional Information:

•Albania has 2 Film Schools
•8 International Film Festivals are being organized yearly
•Once in 5 years there is organized The Albanian Film Festival were participate the best films of the last 5 years.
•There are 68 Film Production Companies registered at ANCC, that operate in Albania.
•The Albanian Film Commission operates since 2003.
•Seven Cinematographic Associations operate in Albania.

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In the 20 years, between its creation in 1997 and today, ANCC has financed 271 films, 183 of whom, in the period 1997 – 2014.
The films belong to the following categories.

35 features
33 short features
74 long documentaries
48 short animations

In the 17 years (1997-2014) ANCC financed an average of 11 films yearly:

2 features
2 short features
4 documentaries
3 short animations

Only in the last 3 years (2015-2017) ANCC financed a total of 88 films, respectively:

36 features,
22 short features
17 documentaries
13 short animations

In the 3 years (2015-2017) ANCC financed an average of 11 films yearly:

14 features
7 short features
6 documentaries
7 short animations

Hence, the ANCC has financed in the last 3 years almost 1/2 of the total number of the films financed in its preceding 17 years. More features were financed between 2015-2017 (36) than during 1997-2014 (35).

In “Kinostudio’s” best years, circa 40 films were realized yearly, 14 of them were features, and the rest were documentaries and animations.
This number is considered even today a production record in reference to the population of Albania.

So currently Albania is realizing roughly the same number of films through the financial support of ANCC. Precisely in 2016 ANCC financed 37 films, from which 15 were features and the rest were shorts, documentaries and animations.

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ANCC, Films financed on 2015

78 film projects applied for funding.
After undergoing the evaluation process, 37 projects were granted funding.

12 Features, 10 Shorts, 4 Documentaries, 3 Short animations, 4 Development projects, 4 Film Festivals

4 Features
3 Debut Features
3 Features Indie
2 Features (Minority co-productions)
4 Shorts
6 Short Indies
1 Documentary
3 Indie Documentaries
3 Short animations
4 Development projects
4 Film Festivals

Average age of supported directors: 41
18 supported directors are first time applicants.

30% of supported directors are females.

ANCC, Films financed on 2016

81 film projects applied for funding.
After undergoing the evaluation process, 43 projects were granted funding.

15 Features, 4 Shorts, 6 Documentaries, 10 Short animations, 6 Film Festivals

4 Features
4 Debut Features
4 Features Indie
3 Features (Minority co-productions)
3 Shorts
1 Short Indies
6 Documentaries
4 Short animations
6 Short animation Indies
6 Film Festivals

Average age of supported directors: 40

ANCC, Films financed on 2017

59 film projects applied for funding.
After undergoing the evaluation process, 28 projects were granted funding.

13 Features, 8 Shorts, 7 Documentaries

4 Features
7 Debut Features
2 Features, post-production
7 Shorts
1 Shorts, post-production
7 Documentaries

TO BE DECIDED:

on the minority co-productions, animated films and film festivals in 2017.

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Other Alternative Funded Projects:

• 21 projects are in coproduction with Italy
• 5 projects are financed by MIBACT (Ministero Italiano dei Beni e delle Attivita’ Culturali e dell Turismo)
• 5 projects are financed by Apulia Film Commission
• 4 projects are financed by Fonds Sud, CNC France
• 7 projects are financed by Eurimages
• 7 projects are financed by Creative Europe Sub – Media Programme
• 28 projects are supported by SEE (South Eastern Europe Cinema Network)
• 7 projects are financed by the Kosovo Cinematography Center
• 6 projects are financed by the Macedonian Film Agency
• 6 projects are financed by Greek Film Center
• 1 project was financed by Kickstarter

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International Presence and Other Initiatives of ANCC:

•ANCC Presence with a stand at Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) 2015, 2016, 2017.
•ANCC Presence with a stand at Festival de Cannes in 2015, 2016, 2017.
•ANCC Presence in Short Film Corner- Cannes 2016 (4 Short Films)
•The Workshop “Albascript” was organized by ANCC in cooperation with Cineuropa in Pogradec, Albania – August 2016.
•The ANCC together with the Macedonia and Bulgarian Film Centers is a founding member of the Balkan Cinema Cities Initiative, 2016.
•“KROM” is the official nomination of Albania for the Foreign Language Award at the OSCARS 2016. The movie was screened in LA for the Academy members (part of a European Film Promotion Programme)
•In 2016 Albania participated on the 73rd Venice Film Festival thanks to ANICA Italy and the Italian Ministry of Culture MIBACT with its session Focus Balkani. The aim of the conference was to promote the co-development funds signed or in progress with MIBACT and to present the system of incentives put in place by each Balkan Country for Cinema and for the international co-production.
•In March 2016 the Meetings of the Eurimages Board of Management were hosted by the ANCC in Tirana.
•The ANCC launched the initiative “Balkan Film Forum”presented at the Rome Forum in November 2015
•“BOTA” is the official nomination of Albania for the Foreign Language Award at the OSCARS 2015. The movie was screened in LA for the Academy members (part of a European Film Promotion Programme)
•Sworn Virgin – (Italian Albanian Co-productions) – Main Competition Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) 2015
•Albania participates on the Creative Europe Sub – Media Programme 2015.
•Establishment of the Albanian Minority Co-productions Found, in 2015.
•The Workshop “EAWE IN DEMAND” was organized by ANCC in 2014, in Tirana, Albania.

Data sources: ANCC, February 2017

THIRRJE PER KONKURIM

16/03/2017

NJOFTIM – HAPJA E SEZONIT TE KONKURIMIT PER FILMIN INDIPENDENT dhe BASHKEPRODHIMET NE MINORANCE (MINORITY COPRODUCTIONS)

I.  Qendra Kombëtare e Kinematografisë njofton hapjen e sezonit të konkurimit të projekte kinematografike për:

  1. Filma të kategorisë Indipendent:
    1. artistik me metrazh të gjatë;
    2. artistik me metrazh të shkurtër;
    3. dokumentar;
    4. të animuar.
  1. Filma artistikë të metrazhit të gjatë, të kategorisë Minority Coproduction.

II.   Në zbatim të ligjit nr. 8096, datë 21.03.1996, “Për kinematografinë”, të ndryshuar, vetëm shtëpitë kinematografike të regjistruara në QKK mund të paraqesin projekte kinematografike për konkurim.

III. Shtëpitë kinematografike, të cilat do të paraqesin projekte në konkurim, duhet të kenë parasysh sa më poshtë:

  1. Të jenë të rregjistruara në QKK për vitin kalendarik 2017.
  2. Të vizitojnë faqen web të QKK, si dhe link https://qkk.al/juridik/rregullore-e-qkk-se/, në të cilën ndodhet Rregullorja e Qendrës Kombëtare të Kinematografisë, në të cilën përshkruhen rregullat dhe kriteret për aplikimin.
  3. Aplikimi i projekteve do të bëhet on line në faqen: www.filmcoproduction.com.

IV.  Afati i fundit për depozitimin e projekteve (on line) do të jetë data 31.03.2017.

The Albanian project “The Delegation” supported from EURIMAGES

11/03/2017
Projekti shqiptar “Delegacioni” me skenar nga Artan Minarolli dhe regji Bujar Alimani, bashkëprodhim me Francën, Greqinë dhe Kosovën, fiton mbështetje në mbledhjen e 146-të të Eurimages.
Në Strasbourg, në sesionin plenar të Mbledhjes së 146-të të Bordit Menaxhues të Eurimages, projekti shqiptar u rendit i pari në votimin përfundimtar të 48 projekteve aplikuese. Prezantimi i projektit si fitues i fondit, u prit me duartrokitje nga përfaqësuesit e 37 shteteve anëtare të Eurimages.
Filmi është financuar më parë nga Qendra Kombëtare e Kinematografisë së Shqipërisë, Francës, Greqisë dhe Kosovës si dhe nga Media Programme.
Filma të tjerë shqiptarë që kanë fituar mbështetjen e EURIMAGES:
  • Amnistia – Bujar Alimani
  • Agon – Robert Budina
  • Bota – Iris Elezi & Thomas Logoreci
  • Dita zë fill – Gentian Koçi
  • Delegacioni – Bujar Alimani
Projekte me minoritet shqiptar:
  • Sworn Virgin – Laura Bispuri
  • Forgive us our debts – Antonio Morabito
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The Albanian project “The Delegation”, written by Artan Minarolli and directed by Bujar Alimani, a co-production with France, Greece and Kosovo, was supported at the 146th meeting of EURIMAGES.
In Strasbourg, at the Plenary Session of the 146th Meeting of the Eurimages Board of Management, the Albanian project scored the highest amidst 48 applying projects.
The film has been already supported by the Film Centers of Albania, France, Greece, Kosova and had also won the development support of the Media Programme.
 Other Albanian films supported by EURIMAGES:
  • Amnesty – Bujar Alimani
  • Agon – Robert Budina
  • Bota – Iris Elezi & Thomas Logoreci
  • Daybreak – Gentian Koçi
  • The Delegation – Bujar Alimani
 Projects with Albanian minority:
  • Sworn Virgin – Laura Bispuri
  • Forgive us our debts – Antonio Morabito

THIRRJE PER APLIKIM – FESTIVAL FILMI

07/03/2017
Të nderuar organizatore te festivaleve te filmit,
Qendra Kombëtare e Kinematografisë njofton të gjithë subjektet (shtëpi kinematografike/producentë) se shpall thirrje për:
–      Projekte kinematografike për festivale (kombëtare dhe ndërkombëtare).
II. Në zbatim të ligjit nr. 8096, datë 21.03.1996, “Për kinematografinë”, të ndryshuar, vetëm shtëpitë kinematografike të regjistruara në QKK mund të paraqesin projekte kinematografike për konkurim.
III. Shtëpitë kinematografike, të cilat do të paraqesin projekte në konkurim, duhet të kenë parasysh sa më poshtë:
1. Të jenë të rregjistruara në QKK për vitin kalendarik 2017.
2. Të vizitojnë faqen web të QKK, si dhe link https://qkk.al/juridik/rregullore-e-qkk-se/, në të cilën ndodhet Rregullorja e Qendrës Kombëtare të Kinematografisë, në të cilën përshkruhen rregullat dhe kriteret për aplikimin.
3. Aplikimi i projekteve do të bëhet on line në faqen: www.filmcoproduction.com.
IV. Afati i fundit për depozitimin e projekteve (on line) do të jetë data 31.03.2017.
Për çdo konsultim, pyetje, apo paqartësi, mund të konsultoheni me stafin e QKK me email, telefon, apo duke kontaktuar drejtpërdrejt në zyrat e QKK. Contact: info.qkk@gmail.com, info@qkk.al, tel: 042378004.
 

IMDB shënon gërmën “F” për filmat me pjesëmarrje të rëndësishme femërore.

07/03/2017

IMDb Introduces ‘F for Female’ Rating to Represent Women in Film

So far, the online database has tagged 21,800 films with the new rating.

The Internet Movie Database has added a new “F” rating for films that are directed or written by a woman or that include significant female characters. The new IMDb rating was created by Holly Tarquini, Executive Director at UK’s Bath Film Festival, as a way to highlight the roles of women in the film industry. “The F-rating is intended to make people talk about the representation of women on and off screen,” Tarquini told Bath Chronicle.

According to the paper, the rating has been adopted by 40 UK movie theaters and festivals and IMDb has already tagged 21,800 films with the “F” rating. Some films have been given a “Triple F” rating for being written, directed, and starring women. Current picks include “American Honey,” Disney’s “Frozen,” “Metropolis,” “Bridget Jones’s Baby,” and “The Girl on The Train,” among others.

“It’s exciting when new organizations decide to join us in shining a light both on the brilliant work women are doing in film and on how far the film industry lags behind most other industries when it comes to providing equal opportunities to women,” Tarquini said of IMDb adopting the rating.
She added, “Our real goal is to reach the stage when the F rating is redundant because 50 per cent of the stories we see on screen are told by and about film’s unfairly under-represented half of the population — women.”

Filmi “Lulet plastike” (Plastic Flowers) me regji të Ylljet Aliçka përfshihet në konkurim në edicionin e 8-të të NYC Independent Film Festival.

02/03/2017
Filmi me metrazh të shkurtër “Lulet plastike”, me regji të Ylljet Aliçka dhe shtëpi kinematografike “Kinostudio Dardan”, financuar nga Qendra Kombëtare e Kinematografisë përzgjidhet nga NYC Independent Film Festival.

NYC Independent Film Festival is a celebration of the true independent filmmaker, documentaries, short and feature-length films, music videos, and animation. Whether a submission is comedic, dramatic, or something in between, The NYC Indie film Fest is eager to embrace fresh ideas and storytelling.
The festival aims to discover the Artist Filmmaker, showcasing them to the entertainment industry and the NYC public. All NYC Indie screenings take place in the historic center of NYC, Time Square which is the perfect home for an event geared toward creating incredible opportunities for independent voices.
NYC Indie Film Festival honors the Best in Category which includes Best Narrative Feature, Best Documentary, Best Short Documentary, Best Short Narrative, Best Super Short, Best Music Video, as well as Best Director and Best Screenplay.
The NYC Indie Film Festival provides a showcase for the best in independent cinema, including short films, feature films, music videos, and animated works. With panels, parties and a weekend long gathering of fellow indie filmmakers The NYC Indie Film Festival is the place to be May 2 – May 7, 2017.

Prizes will be announced soon and will include cash awards.


New York City Independent Film Festival
NYC Independent Film Festival is a celebration of the true independent filmmaker, documentaries, short and feature-length films, music videos, and animation….


Call for Entries – Festival de cine Al Este de Lima

01/03/2017

Call for Entries – Festival de cine Al Este de Lima 
8th Edition from June 7 to 17, 2017 
Deadline: April 15th, 2017
Festival de cine Al Este de Lima which is a film festival that takes place in Peru. It is part of the film festival network consisting of À l’Est du Nouveau (France) and Al Este del Plata (Argentina), and its main objective is to spread Central and Eastern European countries’ film culture in Europe and Latin America. 



Al Este de Lima will hold its eighth edition to be held from June 7 to 17. 

Al Este de Lima calls to film directors, without age limit, to present their most recent works, allowing and strengthening the openness and dialogue between these two parts of the world. 

Every year, Al Este de Lima invites a significant number of spectators in Lima and the provinces of Arequipa, Cusco, Lambayeque, and Pucallpa, with screenings accessible to the general public. 

The link of the registration form is mandatory to fill out for our call: 
https://goo.gl/forms/LbTt5hWA7tgf4w8h1

It should be noted that the application to this call is completely free.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/festivalalestedelima

The future of low production capacity countries in MEDIA Subprogramme

28/02/2017
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On Thursday, November 17th, marking the 25th anniversary of MEDIA – Subprogramme, with the event ‘This is How WE Do It!’, a panel discussion ‘Where are low production capacity countries positioned within the context of Creative Europe MEDIA – Subprogramme? In what are we successful, and what are the challenges?’ was held.
Panel participants included Soon-Mi Peten, head of the Promotions Department, Continuous Education and Festivals in the Executive Agency for Education, Audiovisual Politics and Culture (EACEA), and low production capacity country representatives: Kamen Balkanski, head of MEDIA Desk Bulgaria and deputy director of the Bulgarian Film Centre, Arben Papadhopulli, head of MEDIA Office Albania, Una Domazetoski, Department for International Relations coordinator at Film Centre Serbia, and Jeanne Pierre Borg, Executive Director of the Malta Film Commission. The panel’s moderator was Martina Petrović, head of Creative Europe Desk – MEDIA Office in Croatia.
In her introduction, Petrović elaborated on the current position of countries with low production capacities in MEDIA Subprogramme. “Some countries are on the margins due to their geographical and language positions. In two application categories, the development of individual projects and festivals, where small countries are successful, may see a change in direction, that is, application conditions, and so we need to discuss this today. These categories are important to us because they allow for easier access and that is why current directions need to remain within the context of small countries. This is especially important because we can’t even register in some categories due to the infrastructure in our countries,” Petrović explained.
Soon-Mi Peten, after presenting a statistical analysis of fund distribution in the past, announced an increase the MEDIA Subprogramme budget because the European Parliament favorably views the increase in the number of applications over recent years. She also noted her personal delight with the growth of the MEDIA family, especially since she’s been a part of the programme from its beginnings.
“Small countries are unique, they have a lot of advantages. One of them is the beautiful and profound stories you can tell. A good project with a powerful story may be selected even if it doesn’t fulfill all the conditions for co-financing. Application preparation is very thorough, from seeking from the producer, for example, detailed distribution plans, but these also serve to learn lessons that can be later applied to all their films. Producers have learnt a lot participating in our application system because we demanded from them long-term and comprehensive plans,” said Soon-Mi Peten, noting that the conditions of each category help small countries, which is their aim.
Participants then commented on potential application scoring system reforms in the MEDIA Subprogramme, expressing a wish to retain existing regulations for countries with low production capacities, and asking that conditions in some categories be improved. Speaking of the challenges small countries face in the application process, head of MEDIA Office Albania, Arben Papadhopulli, emphasized that Albanian filmmakers still do not know how to prepare good-quality applications and are not familiar with the European film scene in the industrial sense.
Kamen Balkanski offered successful examples from Bulgaria and the positive impacts the MEDIA Subprogramme has had on the local audiovisual industry, which helped adapt the local legal framework to that of Europe, and that MEDIA Subprogramme greatly helps in securing funding for films. He explained that the challenges in Bulgaria are categories for which there are no applicants, for example, sales representatives, which are non-existent in Bulgaria, as is the case with videogame production companies.
“Categories relating to television screenings are also a challenge because the conditions require three partners from three countries, which is very difficult. From a practical viewpoint, some of the conditions are not available, though they technically may be,” he said.
Una Domazetoski noted a significant increase in the number of Serbian filmmakers and videogame producers who, in December, 2015, received support for five projects. “Currently, there is a lot of interest, but many of those expressing interest do not fulfill the requirements which state that within the next two years, their project must be distributed beyond their own country,” she explained.
Malta’s representative, Jeanne Pierre Borg, emphasized a series of facts which make it very difficult for Malta to fulfill the conditions. “Malta is so small. We only have six multiplex theatres and not one distributor, we’ve made three films in the last six years, 10 percent of the population viewed our best film, and we’ve only distributed one film internationally. We have a Film Commission which has a budget of 250,000 EUR per year, while private financing does not exist. We really want to tell our stories, but because of everything said, it is extremely difficult to receive MEDIA Subprogramme financing,” said Borg.
Closing the discussion, Soon-Mi Peten announced that changes will be made in the next European Union budget talks, and there will be an attempt to find balance between encouraging the principles of diversity and stimulating competitiveness.
http://www.havc.hr/eng/info-centre/news/the-future-of-low-production-capacity-countries-in-media-subprogramme