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Here, you will find all the latest news from the UNESCO Cities of Film that span the globe, encouraging partnerships, furthering film education and exploring the exchange of ideas in this thriving sector. You can read the articles at your leisure or search by city, and read all the news from a specific City of Film.
2021 Call for UNESCO Creative Cities now open! Posted in: Łódź, Bitola, Bradford, Bristol, Busan, Collaborative, Galway, Mumbai, Network, Potsdam, Qingdao, Rome, Sarajevo, Sofia, Sydney, Terrassa, Valladolid, Yamagata Created in 2004, the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) fosters international cooperation within and across cities of the world that… Read more
Bristol Launches Film 2021 to celebrate Bristol as a UNESCO City of Film & mark centenary of Friese-Greene’s death Posted in: Bristol Film 2021, a new year-long programme of activity celebrating the many aspects of Bristol’s film and moving image credentials, is… Read more
Bristol Horror Short Creeps out at Midnight for SXSW Posted in: Bristol BRISTOL, 16 March 2021: A short film made by Bristol City of Film-based writing-directing duo Sophie Mair and Dan Gitsham… Read more
The 38th Busan International Short Film Festival Posted in: Busan Busan International Short Film Festival (BISFF) unveils the official poster of its 38th edition. Eomji, who has worked as an… Read more
Result Announcement – 2021 BIKY Poster Drawing Contest Posted in: Busan, Collaborative, Network, Sarajevo We are pleased to announce the winners of 2021 BIKY Poster Drawing Contest🥳! This year, 4 City including UNESCO Creative… Read more
11th Edition of Mobile Film Festival – “Think differently” Posted in: Bitola The film "Bars" by the young Palestinian director Walid Zedanej won the award for best film "Ratka Ilievska-Lale", which is… Read more
International Forum for Creative Cultural Entrepreneurship Posted in: Bitola The concept of creative cultural entrepreneurship was the focus of the International Forum for Creative Cultural Entrepreneurship held on 30th… Read more
Second Creative Cities Forum for Film from the UNESCO Network: Creating the City of the Future From 25th until 28th August 2020 Posted in: Bitola The Second Forum of UNESCO Creative Cities for Film started with the screening of the Bulgarian film “Glory” by the… Read more
HUGE SUCCESS ON THE 1st EDITION OF ‘SEX EDUCATION FILM FESTIVAL’ IN TERRASSA Posted in: Terrassa On the 22nd and 23rd of this month, a new educational film festival has been released in the city of… Read more
Netflix’s God’s Favorite Idiot to film in NSW Posted in: Sydney Netflix comedy God’s Favorite Idiot is coming to NSW. Produced by Ben Falcone and Melissa McCarthy, God’s Favorite Idiot is a workplace comedy about… Read more
£12M Secured for Bristol Studio, The Bottle Yard, Expansion Plan Posted in: Bristol Bristol’s biggest production facility, The Bottle Yard Studios in Hengrove, South Bristol, is set to expand following an investment by the West… Read more
New Promotional Video “Yamagata City of Film” has just Arrived! Posted in: Yamagata Highlighting the "mystique" and "creativity" of the Yamagata City of Film, we have released a new promotional video to attract… Read more
Talent Development Academy for Television Drama will be led by Galway Film Centre Posted in: Galway New National Steering Group to be set up in coming weeks Diverse and Regional Stakeholders across Ireland to form part… Read more
The Second Forum of UNESCO Cities of Film in Bitola Posted in: Sarajevo Sarajevo UNESCO City of Film participated at the Second Forum of UNESCO Creative Cities in Bitola, 25-28 August 2020, which… Read more
Yamagata Creative Cities International Conference 2020 Posted in: Yamagata The Yamagata Creative Cities International Conference was held in the past by inviting focal points of domestic or overseas Creative… Read more
Busan International Kids & Youth Film Festival Poster Drawing Contest Posted in: Busan, Collaborative, Network Busan International Kids&Youth Film Festival calls for applications for the 2021 Poster Drawing Contest! As the only international kids' film festival… Read more
