Leo Barraclough International Features Editor At the Karlovy Vary Film Festival this week, the Future Frames program, which acts as a springboard for up-and-coming European directors, celebrated its 10th anniversary.
During a panel discussion staged by Variety, organizers and backers of the program explained how Future Frames transforms the lives of young filmmakers.
Kicking off the discussion, Sonja Heinen, managing director of European Film Promotion, which organizes the initiative, explained that the 37 film institutes that are represented by EFP nominate up to two young filmmaker each. “These are outstanding people from their country,” she said.
Then the programmers from Karlovy Vary select the 10 filmmakers who take part in the Future Frames program, and their short films screen at the festival.
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