INDUSTRY NEWS
October 2019
The monthly update on business news for professionals in the performing arts and audiovisual industries:
posting new productions, industry previews, calls, deadlines or job ads while connecting coproduction partners, vendors and buyers. Brought to you by the IMZ International Music + Media Centre, the international business network supporting performing arts through audiovisual media.
IMZ INTERNAL NEWS
New IMZ Board elected
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
The IMZ is proud to present its newly elected Board for 2020-22, which consists of representatives of internationally acclaimed broadcasters, producers, distributors as well as educational institutions.
AVANT PREMIÈRE MUSIC + MEDIA MARKET BERLIN 2020
Avant Première 2020 Registration is open!
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Avant Première Music + Media Market Berlin is the international trade fair for music + dance films and the B2B event for the cultural film industry. Get your Early Bird Ticket until 31 October now!
Be part of the Avant Première Programming!
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
The Avant Première 2020 Programme offers many opportunities to get involved and present your productions, your ideas and your initiatives!
Enjoy special reductions on your hotel room!
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Experience the comfort of staying directly at the Avant Première venue. Book your room at the Hotel Scandic Berlin Potsdamer Platz before 4 November 2019 and save 20% on your booking!
Present at Avant Première Talks!
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Do you have something to share with the industry? Tell us about your company, productions, ideas, products or services in a 20-minute Avant Première Talk!
Promote your company at Avant Première!
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Increase your visibility and showcase your productions, your brand, your company, or your ideas to international business professionals from the performing arts + audiovisual media.
Submit your films for the Avant Première Screenings!
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Do you want to present your music + dance films to an international crowd of buyers, producers, distributors, broadcasters and potential partners? Submit your films until 4 November 2019!
Sujet Partner Unitel
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Presenting Verdi's Rigoletto from Bregenz Festival as the official Avant Première 2020 Sujet.
DANCESCREEN 2019 + TANZRAUSCHEN FESTIVAL WUPPERTAL
Application for the Pitching Session Closes 11 Oct!
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Meet the hosts of the dancescreen 2019 Pitching Session and apply now!
Check Out the Updated Festival Programme
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Around the screenings: Enjoy a state-of-the-art screen dance market.
Prepare Your Trip to Wuppertal!
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Get ready to join us: Find out about festival tickets and hotels
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Official partner of the dancescreen 2019 Pitching Session
NEW PRODUCTIONS
Igudesman and Joo present: Clash of the Soloists
Only Hands Small
Two virtuoso soloists compete against each other in a fun musical wrestling match, using over 60 famous concertos to outplay each other.
Järvi, Tonhalle Zürich – The Inaugural Concert
Accentus Music
Accentus Music has recorded the inaugural concert of Paavo Järvi as principal conductor of Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich from Tonhalle Maag.
PRODUCTIONS IN THE MAKING
Andris Nelsons – A new documentary
Accentus Music
Accentus is producing a portrait of Andris Nelsons that traces the conductor’s stellar career and offers a glimpse into his life beyond the podium.
Messiah – New CD production – Gaechinger Cantorey
Accentus Music
Accentus Music has recorded Händel’s “Messiah” with the Gaechinger Cantorey and Hans-Christoph Rademann at St. Margareth’s Church in Gotha.
JOB OFFER
Join the IMZ Team as a Project Manager!
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
We are hiring! The IMZ is looking for an experienced Project Manager to manage our digital transformation and strengthen our team in Vienna.
RELEVANT INDUSTRY NEWS
IMZ Academy ‘The complete performer of the future’
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Last chance to join: taking place from 29-30 Oct in cooperation with and at Music + Arts University of the City of Vienna (MUK) + supported by AEC – Association Européenne des Conservatoires.
International Emmy Awards Nominees Announced
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Nominations for the 2019 International Emmy ® Awards were announced by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. There are 44 Nominees across 11 categories and 21 countries.
SF Dance Film Festival 10th Anniversary Lineup
San Francisco Dance Film Festival
SF Dance Film Festival is celebrating 10 years of reframing dance with over 120 films, 20 live performers, filmmaker forums and more from 2-10 November 2019.
Venice TV Award Announced Winners 2019
Venice TV Award
Winners revealed in Performing Arts, Documentary, TV Series and other categories. Masterpieces from 28 countries were rewarded this year at the Venice TV Award.
Wiener Kammeroper opened the season with “Faust“
VBW International GmbH
Nikolaus Habjan marked the beginning of the 19/20 season as director in residence with his spectacular “Faust“ – starring puppets and the Junges Ensemble of Theater an der Wien.
WOMEX 19 Full Programme and Schedule
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
WOMEX 19 presents 17 documentaries from across the globe as part of the official film programme in Tampere (Finland).
NEW IMZ MEMBER
New IMZ Member: DelbeauFilm
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
The IMZ is happy to welcome DelbeauFilm, an independent Vienna-based production company with over ten years of experience in performing arts films, as a new IMZ Member!
ITF GOLDEN PRAGUE 2019
EBU-IMZ Lifetime Achievement Award – Golden Prague
Czech Television
Gabrielle Babin Gugenheim and Anca-Monica Pandelea received the EBU-IMZ Lifetime Achievement Award at the 56th Golden Prague Festival.
Fifth Golden Prague Award for Accentus Music
Accentus Music
For the fifth time, Accentus Music has been awarded at Golden Prague Festival and received a Czech Crystal for its documentary “The Unanswered Ives”.
Golden Prague Festival Prizes
Czech Television
56th Golden Prague Festival is over and we know the winners!
Grand Prix at the Golden Prague Festival Awards
Czech Television
The Dying Swan: The Intimate Portrait of a Ballerina Dominates the Golden Prague Festival Awards.
The IMZ at 56th Golden Prague Festival
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
A varied IMZ programme at the 56th Golden Prague International Television Festival
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