10th edition of First Cut Lab Trieste Focus on Ukrainian cinema!
This upcoming January 2024, First Cut Lab will celebrate the 10th edition of its founding program, launched in cooperation with When East Meets West. Indeed, the very First Cut Lab workshop took place in Trieste in January 2015. Now after 80 First Cut Labs run...
First Cut Lab Paradiso Brazil opens call for applications
After two fruitful editions, First Cut Lab Paradiso Brazil will be held in 2024. To date, the lab has supported 5 films in progress, two of which have premiered at major film festivals : Charcoal by Carolina Markowicz (Toronto International Film Festival 2022)...
First Cut Lab Belgium & Netherlands, the calls are open
Initiated in 2021, the two labs which count Jessica Woodworth, Sacha Polak and Ena Sendijarevic as alumnae, are now calling for films at the editing stage! Teams from Belgium and The Netherlands, have until December 5th, 2023 to apply. More information about First Cut...
First Cut Lab & Docs
Visions du Réel (April 21-30) and Hot Docs (April 27-May 7) just announced their selections that include First Cut Lab titles:Hours or Ours by Komtouch Napattaloong (First Cut Lab Philippines 2020) in the international competition of the Swiss festival and Long...
Cluj and Karlovy Vary: First Cut Lab will collaborate again with major CEE film festivals
First Cut Lab is pleased to workshop once again films from Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Romania in 2023 thanks to its cooperation, for the 3rd year in a row, with two major film festivals of Central and Eastern Europe: - The Transilvania International Film...
First Cut Lab and RE-ACT, a collaboration that will last for three more years!
First Cut Lab has been collaborating with the RE-ACT initiative since 2019, by welcoming 17 films in its workshops. Established in 2015, Re-act fosters closer ties between Croatia, Friuli Venezia Giulia (Italy), Slovenia and Serbia. First Cut Lab is one of the...
First Cut Lab launches a record number of 6 new labs
Culminating in a most successful year, First Cut Lab is launching today a record number of 6 First Cut Labs at once for workshops that will take place in early 2023. A few facts & figures for 2022: 50 films workshopped in the frame of 16 Labs 47 films...
First Cut Lab RE-ACT films take over festivals
From Split to Venice, RE-ACT films are taking film festivals by storm. RE-ACT is an initiative set up in 2015 by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Friuli Venezia Giulia Audiovisual Fund, Slovenian Film Centre, joined by Film Center Serbia. Since 2019, RE-ACT has been...
Biggest year yet for First Cut Lab projects at Venice Film Festival
Six great films have made it into four different sections, which not only exceeds our expectations, but absolutely smashes them. The selected films are a great mix of debut features and films from experienced filmmakers, coming from far and wide. Make a note of them...
First Cut Lab opens 3 calls for workshops this autumn
Although the successes of fellow filmmakers might have been somehow tainted by the events around the world in the upcoming months, it’s all the more reason to champion brilliant stories of tomorrow. From today, we are calling for projects for 3 workshops this autumn:...
Locarno Film Festival selects five First Cut Lab projects for the 2022 line-up
In its awe-inspiring 75th edition, Locarno has unveiled its line-up and we are beyond thrilled that five First Cut Lab projects have made the selection, across the festival’s diverse categories. In the main competition, two films will compete side by side....
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