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The GWFF collective society scholarship grant

It is our great pleasure to announce that talented Slovak production student Radka Babincová has won the 4 500 Euro scholarship grant funded by German collective society GWFF – Gesellschaft zur Wahrnehmung von Film- und Fernsehrechten mbH. The price is being awarded in co-operation with FilmFestival Cottbus since 2007. Previous award winners were, among others, Georgian producer Vladimir Katcharava and Marija Dimitrova from Macedonia.

The GWFF collective society was established in 1982 by film and television producers. Its aim is to administer and collect the remuneration claims due to producers and film authors under the Copyright Act in the case of reproduction and secondary use. Among other activities, the company focuses on promoting and supporting young talents of the audiovisual industry by donating various financial prizes and scholarships.

The annual GWFF prize is endowed with 4500 Euros and can be used to finance foreign studies at one of the leading European or American film universities of the contestant's choice.

The prize will be awarded by Gerti Müller- Ernstberger, head of GWFF, on Wednesday, February 15 during the East European Brunch hosted by FilmFestival Cottbus and east west coproduction market connecting cottbus.

Scholarship participants have been selected by the programming team of FilmFestival Cottbus, in collaboration with film institutions from Central and Eastern European countries.

Radka is studying film production at Film and TV faculty of Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, and has been involved in numerous successful film projects such as The Teacher by Jan Hřebejk (production coordinator), Agave by Ondrej Šulaj (production assistant) and a great number of student short films (executive producer). She is currently working as Head of Development at TRIGON PRODUCTION , one of the biggest film production companies in Slovakia.

In the name of Slovak Film Institute we want to thank GWFF for giving our candidate this fantastic opportunity to develop her skills further and broaden her knowledge in audiovisual education.

Congratulations Radka!

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updated: 06.02.2017