European Games Coproduction Market programme by SpielFabrique aims to foster coproduction projects between indie game studios in Europe. The market is composed of several milestones’ events and activities, such as pitching training and mentoring. A call for applications is open for German Indie Game Studios until the 5th April 2021.
Sunny Side of the Doc will take place from 21 to 24 June in La Rochelle (France) and online. The hybrid edition's central theme is #StorytellingMatters. The projects submissions to the 32nd edition of the international marketplace for documentary and narrative experiences are open and accepting proposals with international potential until 22 April.
gamescom 2021 is going to be staged as a hybrid event. The concept encompasses an entertainment area, an event arena for eSport and a business area expanded. The devcom and the gamescom congress are also planned both on-site and with digital elements in 2021.
The ten European Shooting Stars will be introduced by a 3 day programme of promotion and networking activities, including talks covering all aspects of casting, from 23-25 February in advance of the digital industry programme presented by the Berlinale/EFM.
On February 10, the organisers of the 71st Berlin International Film Festival announced the productions which will screen in the Berlinale's "Encounters", "Panorama" and "Perspektive Deutsches Kino" sections.
The 71st Berlin International Film Festival has invited the Filmstiftungs-backed international co-production "Taming the Garden" by Salomé Jashi in the section "Forum". The documentary had its world premiere at the 37th Sundance Film Festival in January.
On February 8, the organisers of the 71st Berlin International Film Festival announced the titles of the productions which have been invited to screen in the "Generation" and "Retrospective" programmes. The Filmstiftung-backed production "Mission Ulja Funk" will be shown in the "Generation Kplus" sidebar.
From June 9 to 20, the 71st Berlin International Film Festival will invite the audience to the Summer Special. The start of the Summer Special on June 9 will be celebrated with a festive opening event. As part of the Summer Special, the Awards Ceremony for the 71st Berlinale will also take place.
This year's Global Game Jam will take place from January 27th to 31st. Various institutions from North Rhine-Westphalia participate in this year's online edition: SAE Institute Cologne and Bochum, Cologne Game Lab, Global Sauerkraut Jam (Cologne), Headup Remote Jam 2021 (Düren) and Mediencampus (Duisburg).
The 71st Berlin International Film Festival will not take place in the usual form in 2021 and have developed a new festival format due to the current COVID-19 situation. The 71st Berlinale in March will kick off with an online offer.