Date: 01-10-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Next week, we will be joining our partners at Lithuanian Shorts, organisers of Baltic Pitching Forum, to host this year’s Up! Training programme. The five-day training programme aims to develop skills and give a grounding in the short film ecosystem.
Date: 11-09-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Toni Thai Sterrett is a filmmaker and creator who is obsessed with making tech more accessible and less intimidating for creatives and mid-career professionals. We caught up with her in advance of our online information session on Sept 16, to...
Date: 21-08-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Sami Arpa is the CEO and co-founder of Largo, a startup which uses AI to help filmmakers utilise data to make their projects as successful as possible.
Date: 23-07-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Following our recent online T-Port TalentBridge workshop on Script Development and strategic Networking, guest tutor Massimiliano Nardulli stopped to chat with us for the T-Blog about his career in the film industry and to share his wisdom for filmmakers coming...
Date: 06-07-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Anne Gaschütz is no stranger to short films, as one of the founders of Talking Shorts, plus the director of Filmfest Dresden and a short film curator at Locarno Film Festival. We spoke to her about her journey into curation,...
Date: 29-06-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Welsh/American Ben Thompson (he/him) grew up in the UK before heading to New York City where he began working as a screener for Tribeca Film Festival. Upon realising his love of curation, he worked his way up to becoming VP...
Date: 11-06-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
It is our pleasure to announce the two guest curators for the 2026/2027 T-Port Lighthouse Selections are Ben Thompson (Tribeca Film Festival) and Anne Gaschütz (Filmfest Dresden, Filmfest Locarno). These two experts will now have the task of selecting a...
Date: 15-04-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
We are excited to share this interview with Jamie Bialkower with you. Jamie Bialkower is an Australian producer and distributor. After starting his career with the Village Roadshow Group, he launched Jump Street Films in 2004 as a boutique distribution...
Date: 01-04-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Fresh from our inaugural TalentBridge online filmmaker workshop, producer and 1st AD Atilla Salih Yücer stuck around to answer our questions about his journey into the film industry and his advice for upcoming industry types.
Date: 30-03-2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Fresh from running a fun and fantastic class on pitching at our inaugural T-Port TalentBridge online workshop, Marjorie Bendeck shares some more of her industry expertise in our Professional Interview.
Date: 29-05-2025
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
This year at Cannes, we had the pleasure of spending time with an incredible group of 18 filmmakers whose projects were selected for the T-Port showcase and workshop. Every day, we met up for sessions where we got to know...
Date: 21-03-2025
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Founder and Chair of Screen Talent Netherlands, Guido Franken has been busy setting up a network of film industry training and linking organisations across the country in order to bring a new generation of Dutch filmmakers to the forefront. We...
Date: 24-10-2024
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Sven Pötting is the Curator and Programme Coordinator with our partners at Filmfest Dresden. In this interview he shares his genuine love of cinema, the festival’s celebration of not only the short film format, but animation, and the current threats...
Date: 20-06-2024
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
June’s Pride Month calls us to recognise the voices and stories of the lesbian, gay,bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA) members of our communities alongside the struggle for equality and acceptance within our wider societies. Year-round we are truly...
Date: 25-10-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Anne Gaschütz is a busy woman! Not only is she a co-director of Filmfest Dresden, but she is part of the Selection Committee at the Locarno Film Festival’s Pardi di domani. We caught up with her to find out why...
Date: 17-10-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Vincent Förster is the Programme Manager for Shorts at Berlinale Generation as well as a member of the selection committee for International Competition at Filmfest Dresden. We caught up with him to find out more about what he does, why...
Date: 11-10-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Lights On Films is a world sales company of quality cinema based in Italy. Their line up includes feature films and shorts from international emerging talents (which can be viewed by professional subscribers on T-Port). Their goal is to be...
Date: 04-10-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Our partners at Lithuanian Shorts will host the annual Baltic Pitching Forum starting from October 10th. We were fortunate to chat to Sari Volanen, the Commissioning Editor of Finnish public broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle), who presents the Pre-buy Award to one...
Date: 28-09-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Welcome to T-Port’s Industry Interviews, where we chat with people from the short film world about their roles, organisations, and the future of short film. This week we caught up with Sven Schwarz, the Administrative Director of Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg...
Date: 20-09-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Tampere Film Festival, Finland is one of the three largest short film festivals that happen annually in Europe – screening around 400 films every year and attracting approximately 30,000 visitors. We chatted to Festival Director Jukka-Pekka Laakso about...
Date: 13-06-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
The Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival and Market is a central part of the events calendar for short filmmakers and those in the wider industry. But the organisation recently announced that a substantial cut in their grant from the regional council...
Date: 01-06-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
T-Port’s newest partner Filmakademie Wien, the innovative educational and training centre for film and television professionals based in Vienna, Austria, has been raising film professionals for the past 70 years. We spoke to the Head of the Institution, who also...
Date: 05-05-2023
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Marion Bouvier is the President of Screen Talent Europe, a network of film workshops and media centres around Europe whose goal is to help filmmakers exchange knowledge, experiences and methods through talent camps, network meetings and co-productions. We caught up...
Date: 11-10-2021
Posted by: Info T-Port
*Industry panel by T-Port in collaboration with Sarajevo Film Festival* Every emerging filmmaker knows the uphill battle which is promoting your short film. Challenges, barriers, and “Filters” are constantly popping up, yet they serve to play an important role. How...
Date: 09-06-2020
Posted by: Yael Nudelman
We were honoured to take part in the important discussion - "(Short) Film Distribution under Lockdown", featuring our very own International Manager Amos Geva.
