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European Genre Forum

For its 11th edition, EGF will run three Talent Labs from July to November 2025: a Directing Lab in July (during Fantastic Zagreb, Croatia), a Producing Lab in November (during Imagine in Amsterdam), and a Sales & Packaging Lab in November (during Black Nights in Tallinn, Estonia).

These eight projects are taking part this year:

  • Like Air – (director and writer Visna Mamic, producer Ivor Radmilovic Pavlek, Vertigo)
  • The Sleepers(director and writer Dídac Gimeno, producer Rafael Álvarez, DarkStudios)
  • Little Bird – (director and writer Faye Jackson, producer Carley Armstrong, True Moon Pictures)
  • The Stranger – (director and writer Elvira Dulskaia, producer Rozálie Brozková, 8Heads Production s.r.o.)
  • AR Lives – (director Michael Kleinfeld, writer Jinglin Huang, producer Oliver Weisskopf, Weissfeld Films)
  • Blue Lada – (director and writer Urmet Piiling, producer Tõnu Hiielaid, Tallifornia)
  • Blood – The Devil in Helsinki (director Viivi Huuska, producers Mika Pajunen en Aleksi Hyvärinen, 61°North)
  • Burial Patrol – (director and writer Massimo Russo, producer Mattia Puleo, Cinefonie scarl)

ABOUT EGF

The European Genre Forum (EGF) is a collaboration between the Imagine Film Festival in Amsterdam, the Black Nights Film Festival in Tallinn and Fantastic Zagreb. Established in 2014, the objective of the European Genre Forum is to provide comprehensive cross-sector and film life cycle training for professionals working in European genre and fantastic film – a rapidly growing pan-European industry that is still distinctively different from the general film industry.

Its unique requirements for creative and financial development, production characteristics and distribution and monetizing networks have created a dedicated infrastructure of markets, festivals and training. The EGF has a fruitful collaboration with the BIF Market (part of the Brussels Fantastic Film Festival), and projects from previous editions enjoy successful festival runs both in Europe and the US.

The EGF Call for Submissions takes place every spring. More information can be found on the EGF website: europeangenreforum.com.

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