Following the recent announcement of the multiplication of local workshops in Europe and a second hub at the Karlovy Vary FF, First Cut Lab proudly announces additional new partnerships in the Philippines and Indonesia, which will see FCL workshops taking place...

First Cut Lab is expanding its scope drastically in 2019.  First launched in 2015 at Trieste’s When East Meets West by Matthieu Darras, Alessandro Gropplero and Alex Traila, the program has entered new partnerships that will see more workshops taking place in Europe;...

With great enthusiasm we can now reveal the selection for First Cut Lab Trieste that will take place next week during When East Meets West! We received a record number of applications this year, 38 projects from 20 different countries, which made it a difficult task...

We are happy to have the confirmations of the first advisers for FCL Trieste 2019. A total of 9 advisers will be invited for the upcoming First Cut Lab edition during WEMW, 3 for each selected project. We are expecting more confirmations in the coming days, but for...

The FCL and When East Meets West coproduction platform teams are happy to launch the call for entries for the upcoming edition of First Cut Lab, taking place in Trieste next January 20-22,2019.  FCL is a programme designed for 3 long feature fiction films in editing...