
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...
My Thoughts Are Silent and Scandinavian Silence awarded in Karlovy Vary!
More success for FCL participants on the award front! Last week both My Thoughts Are Silent by Antonio Lukic (FCL Ukraine 2019) as well as Scandinavian Silence by Martti Helde (FCL Trieste 2017) impressed the juries in Karlovy Vary IFF. The Ukrainian first feature My...
First Cut Lab extends with MEDIA supported First Cut+
The First Cut Lab team is very happy to announce a new program addition called First Cut+ with the support of the Access to Market scheme of Creative Europe’s MEDIA program! First Cut+ will promote a portfolio of 16 fiction feature films in post-production from low...
Inhale-Exhale wins big in Shanghai!
Amazing news from China!! The Georgian film Inhale-Exhale by Dito Tsintsadze, who participated in First Cut Lab in Trieste 2019 together with his producers Rusudan Glurjidze and Nadya Gorshkova, has won 2 awards in the main competition of the prestigious Shanghai IFF!...
All advisers FCL Karlovy Vary and Kosovo confirmed
Nine advisers will be ready to give feedback on the projects selected for the first edition of First Cut Lab in Karlovy Vary next month during the KVIFF Eastern Promises Industry Days. The teams of After the Winter from Montenegro, And They May Still Be Alive Today...
Inhale-Exhale to compete in Shanghai and The Mute distributed in North America
Besides the selection of FCL alumni Scandinavian Silence by Martti Helde and My Thoughts are Silent by Antonio Lukich in Karlovy Vary's East of the West competition, there is also cause for celebration for FCL WEMW alumni Inhale-Exhale and The Mute. Inhale-Exhale...
Selection Karlovy Vary revealed!
picture: Still from 'Mica' by Ismaël Ferroukhi The first edition of First Cut Lab to take place at Karlovy Vary IFF will see rough cuts workshopped of 2 Central and Eastern European projects and, for the first time in FCL history, a project from the Arab world....
Selection FCL Kosovo announced!
Organized with the support of the Kosovo Cinematography Centre, the first edition of FCL Kosovo will take place from July 17th to 19th 2019 in parallel to the Prishtina Film Forum and will support two projects. Ilire Vinca, chairperson of the Kosova Cinematography...
Brand new workshops in Fall 2019
First Cut Lab is adding a slate of new collaborations with national film centres and/or film festivals! The following workshops will be taking place during the 2nd semester 2019. FCL FINLAND The first edition of FCL Finland is scheduled from September 11th to 14th...
Call for first edition of FCL Karlovy Vary now open!
The First Cut Lab and KVIFF Eastern Promises teams are delighted to launch the call for applications for the very first edition of First Cut Lab to take place during Karlovy Vary IFF! Besides calling for projects from Central and Eastern Europe, we are especially...
Advisers First Cut Lab Ukraine
Three advisers will fly to Kyiv next week to give feedback on the projects selected for the first edition of First Cut Lab in Ukraine, in collaboration with the Ukraine Film State Agency. Virginie Devesa is Sales Agent at AlphaViolet (France), Katja Adomeit is...