INDUSTRY NEWS
December 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.
AVANT PREMIÈRE 2020 OPPORTUNITIES
Detailed Avant Première Screening Schedule online!
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Who is screening and when? Get a comprehensive overview of more than 550 music + dance films productions that will be presented in the Avant Première Screenings 2020!
EFM European Film Market Screenings
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Avant Première Music + Media Market Berlin continues to expand its cooperation with the EFM European Film Market, the business section of Berlin International Film Festival.
Last chance to submit for the Sunny Side of the Doc + IMZ Pitching Session!
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
The deadline has been extended to 12 December. Pitch your project to a jury of renowned experts and get valuable connections + direct feedback on the spot!
Pitch to major buyers in the One-on-One Expert Sessions
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
At Avant Première, you can talk to the right people and benefit from exclusive pitching opportunities with major international buyers!
THANK YOU! THIS WAS DANCESCREEN 2019
Get to know the Award Winners
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
We are proud to announce the dancescreen 2019 Award Winners! 9 dance films were awarded for their outstanding achievements.
Thank You To The Dancescreen 2019 Jury!
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
A great team complementing expertise in film and screen production, broadcasting, choreography, programming: The dancescreen 2019 Jury.
WDR Cooperation Partner of dancescreen 2019
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
We thank our cooperation partner Westdeutscher Rundfunk supporting our vision to maximise the outreach of dance films.
Winning Films On WDR Mediathek
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Westdeutscher Rundfunk presented the dancescreen 2019 AWARD FOR BEST FILM and features winning films on the WDR Mediathek.
CALLS + DEADLINES
Call for Submission: Open City Documentary Festival
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
The call for Open City Documentary Festival 2020 is now open and welcomes innovative, challenging non-fiction filmmaking at short, mid-length + feature-length, as well as short audio documentaries + cross platform projects.
FEDORA Digital Prize: call open until 13 Dec!
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
The call is for innovative + interdisciplinary digital opera + ballet projects advancing artistic creativity on and beyond the stage. IMZ Members can submit as an exclusive benefit and get up to 50,000€ funding for their projects!
AWARDS
Award for Betroffenheit at SFDFF
3 minutes West
Jeff Tudor's capture of Betroffenheit has been honoured with its third award at the San Francisco Dance Film Festival 2019.
Dance Film SF Congratulates Festival Winners
San Francisco Dance Film Festival
Dance Film SF congratulates the 2019 Festival Award Winners from its recent 10th anniversary San Francisco Dance Film Festival.
ICMA: all International Classical Music Awards Nominations
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
The Jury of the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) has nominated 390 audio and video productions from 130 labels.
ICMA: Nine Nominations for Accentus Music
Accentus Music
Nominated are 5 CDs and 4 DVDs in 6 different categories.
ICMA: Nomination for Arthaus Musik
MONARDA Music GmbH
The Jury of the International Classical Music Award 2020 has nominated two products from Arthaus Musik in the category Video Performance.
International Emmy® Awards Winners announced
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the winners of the 47th International Emmy® Awards on 25 November at a Black-Tie Gala in New York City. The event was attended by 1,000 television professionals from all around the world.
Quarterly Critic’s Choice for Mahler 9 CD
Accentus Music
The recording with Herbert Blomstedt and the Bamberger Symphoniker has been selected for the Fall 2020 list of the German Record Critics’ Award.
Rose d'Or 2019 Winners announced!
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
The Rose d’Or Awards define the gold standard of achievement in entertainment programming. The 58th edition took place in London on Sunday 1 December 2019.
NEW IMZ MEMBER
New IMZ Member: Overtone Films
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Overtone Films is a New York City-based production company with ten years’ experience producing internationally exhibited films and videos about classical music and the performing arts.
OTHER INDUSTRY NEWS
Beethoven-Tour in Bonn
Beethoven Jubiläums Gesellschaft
The Beethoven anniversary is casting its shadows ahead – 22 informational columns revive Beethoven in Bonn and the region.
Bonn is among the top tourist destinations in 2020
Beethoven Jubiläums Gesellschaft
Lonely Planet and Frommer's vote Bonn among the top cities to go in 2020.
Cooperation of Theater an der Wien + Unitel
VBW International GmbH
Theater an der Wien productions “Fidelio”, “Halka” and “Norma” will be recorded by Unitel.
Culture is back!
IMZ International Music + Media Centre
Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen announced that the title of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel will be renamed to “Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth”.
PRODUCTIONS IN THE MAKING
Animation begins on Coppelia feature film
3 minutes West
Ground-breaking dance-animation feature film COPPELIA completes shooting and moves into the animation phase.
Beethoven Reloaded – Filming Completed
Accentus Music
In December, filming for Accentus Music’s Beethoven film will conclude and post-production will start after Christmas.
Same procedure - but for the first time with...
EuroArts Music International
Kirill Petrenko & Diana Damrau - New Year’s Eve Concert live from the Philharmonie Berlin.
World Religion Wagner – looking for partners
NAXOS Audiovisual Division
World Religion Wagner won’t be a biographical film about Richard Wagner. It will be a cheeky documentary dedicated to the world’s fascination with the man.
NEW PRODUCTIONS
Aida Garifullina – My Argentinian Dream
sounding images
ZDF/arte recording of Aida Garifullina’s debut at Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires completed.
Backstage: Love for the Three Oranges
Czech Television
A new Czech TV time-lapse documentary about the creation of a surrealist opera by Sergei Prokofiev at the Prague National Theatre.
Backstage: Swan Lake
Czech Television
Czech Television time-lapse documentary about a new production of the most famous classical ballet title – Swan Lake at the National Theatre in Prague.
Christmas in Vienna
ORF-Enterprise GmbH & Co KG
“Christmas in Vienna” is and has been, for the last two decades, one of the most prestigious classical concert productions in Europe.
Der Zwerg (The Dwarf)
NAXOS Audiovisual Division
Princess Donna Clara is quite astonished when she realizes one of her presents for her 18th birthday is a real-life dwarf!
J. S. Bach: The Christmas Oratorio
ORF-Enterprise GmbH & Co KG
The program combines the wonderful music of Johann Sebastian Bach with the magical winter landscape of Werfenweng.
La Bayadère
Bel Air Media
La Bayadère is the first production of Nacho Duato for his come back to St. Petersburg.
Les Boréades - Rameau - Barrie Kosky in 4K
Auditorium Films
For this revolutionary opera that defies classification, Emmanuelle Haïm and the Concert d’Astrée join with Barrie Kosky and a cast of the highest calibre.
Lucerne Festival 2019 with Emmanuel Pahud
NAXOS Audiovisual Division
This concert features favourites of the Classical and Romantic repertoire, with Emmanuel Pahud as the soloist for Wolfgang A. Mozart's Flute Concerto.
Ode to Joy - A Symphony for the World
sounding images
New DW and ZDF/arte documentary “Ode to Joy – A Symphony for the World” completed and soon to be premiered.
Silent Night – Holy Night
ORF-Enterprise GmbH & Co KG
One song has gone around the world and become a peace anthem: “Silent Night, Holy Night”.
Tchaikovsky Cycle – Nelsons & Gewandhausorchester
Accentus Music
In December, Accentus will continue its Tchaikovsky cycle with Andris Nelsons and the Gewandhausorchester with the filming of the Symphony No. 4.
The Nutcracker (Visual Album) on Apple Music
Opus Arte
Peter Wright’s 2018 timeless and enchanting interpretation of The Nutcracker launching as a Visual Album on Apple Music on 6 December.
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