The first edition of First Cut Lab in Karlovy Vary invited 3 long feature fiction films in editing phase from Central and Eastern Europe and took place from 2 to 6 July 2019 during Karlovy Vary IFF in collaboration with KVIFF Eastern Promises.

Advisers to the workshop were:

Frédéric Boyer (France) – artistic director of Tribeca FF & Les Arcs FF 
Anna Ciennik (Poland/France) – Project Manager at LIM & Industry Manager at Les Arcs FF 
Kriz Anthony Gazmen (Philippines) – creative director at Black Sheep
Juraj Krasnohorsky (Slovakia) – producer at Artichoke 
John Nein (USA) – senior programmer at Sundance FF
Freddy Olsson (Sweden) – senior programmer at Goteborg FF 
Susana Santos Rodrigues (Portugal) – distributor (VAIVEM) and film programmer
Wim Vanacker (Belgium) – Editorial consultant First Cut Lab
Meng Xie (China) – producer and sales agent at Rediance Films  

After The Winter (Montenegro)

Director: Ivan Bakrač

Producer: Ivan Djurovic – Artikulacija Film

And They May Still Be Alive Today (Romania)

Director: Tudor Cristian Jurgiu

Producer: Bogdan Craciun – Libra Film Productions

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