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 advisers First Cut Lab FNC Montreal revealed as deadline approaches
The deadline for applications for the first edition of First Cut Lab FNC Montreal, especially designed for Canadian feature films, is coming up on July 20. We are happy to announce the first three advisers that are on board to feedback projects, they are: Cristina...
First Cut+ wraps up its second edition!
A successful ending for the First Cut+ summer edition which took place online due to the pandemic; First Cut+ work-in-progress session, created for connecting the eight projects with cinema’s industry decision makers, was hosted as part of Karlovy Vary Eastern...
‘Wild Roots’ and ‘Deskmate’ awarded!
The second session this year of First Cut+ just ended successfully. The KVIFF Eastern Promises awards have just been announced and we are super excited to share the news about the winner of the Works in Progress TRT Award as it’s indeed one of the First Cut+ titles!...
New call First Cut Lab Ukraine launched!
After the successful first edition in 2019, where notably film such as « My Thoughts Are Silent » and « Chrysanthemum Day » were workshopped, we are very happy to renew the collaboration with the Film Industry Association of Ukraine to bring First Cut Lab to Ukrainian...
First Cut+ partners with Cinemarket
First Cut+ and Cinemarket have just concluded a strategic partnership which aims to facilitate the access to market to the participants willing to join the platform. Cinemarket is a B2B digital film market focused on arthouse films around the world. It’s the only...
A new award for First Cut+ Karlovy Vary
On July 9th 2020, at the end of the second session of First Cut+ at Karlovy Vary IFF Eastern Promises, the winner of a brand-new award will be revealed. Three companies have joined forces to offer the First Cut+ Award to one of the 8 selected projects, consisting in...
First Cut Labs Balkans & RE-ACT in full virtual swing!
The 1st edition of First Cut Lab Balkans and the 2nd edition of First Cut Lab RE-ACT are taking place online during this month of June 2020. In total, 5 feature films from Croatia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Slovenia were selected to take part in these...
First Cut Lab launches new collaborations to support filmmakers from Canada & the Middle East
As a Europe-based initiative, First Cut Lab most often runs activities designed with and for European filmmakers. Reaching out to other cinemas of the world is something that excites us tremendously though! After a successful first experience in the Philippines in...
Coming up: Four summer workshops and second session of First Cut+
It’s trying times for our industry, but the First Cut Lab team is determined to keep supporting filmmakers. From today, we are calling for projects for 4 workshops to take place this summer; at Karlovy Vary IFF and New Horizons IFF, a second edition in partnership...
First Cut Lab goes to Lithuania!
First Cut Lab keeps expanding its horizons in 2020, starting next week in a new European capital: Vilnius. Running from 2.-5. of March with the financial support of the Lithuanian Film Centre, two projects from Lithuania and one from Estonia are selected to...