Lionsgate is the leading next generation studio with a major presence in the production and distribution of motion pictures, television programming, home entertainment, family entertainment, video-on-demand and digitally delivered content. The Company is leveraging its content leadership and marketing expertise through the recent acquisition of TV Guide Network, one of the 25 most widely distributed cable networks, and partnerships that include the FEARnet branded VOD and Internet horror channel with Sony and Comcast, the expected fall 2009 launch of EPIX, a new premium entertainment channel with partners Viacom and MGM, investment in the leading young men's digital distribution platform Break.com, the recent acquisition of the content and navigation portal TV Guide.com, ownership of the premier independent television syndication company Debmar-Mercury and an alliance with independent filmed entertainment production and distribution company Roadside Attractions.

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Lisbon Docs is an international financing and coproduction forum for documentary film, organized by EDN (European Documentary Network) and AporDoc (The Portuguese Documentary Association), which takes place in the framework of doclisboa - International Film Festival. During Lisbon Docs, 21 documentary projects will be developed in the intense workshop, pitched to a panel of leading broadcasters and individually matched for meeting with potential collaborators. Lisbon Docs is open for all European documentary professionals and has a limited number of seats for participants coming from outside Europe. Submissions are accepted from professionals, who want to take part in an intense creative dialogue and development process as well as present their project to potential financiers and co-producers. In the past Lisbon Docs has proven to be successful in pushing filmmakers into the international scene.

The festival is held annually in Minsk and has become one of the most important and representative film forums of post-Soviet area. It presents a selection of feature films and documentaries created in the former Soviet Union and the former socialist countries.

Fields of activities: Collective administration of rights of authors of literary, dramatic, music-dramatic, choreographic, audiovisual works, works of visual arts and photography.

The Literary Fund of Slovakia is the public national cultural institution founded according to the art founds act. The circumstances about the mission and objectives of the Found and the way of its realisation operate the fund statute. The main goal of the Fund is support of creative activities on the field of fine literature, theatre, film, radio, television broadcasting, videoart as well as the computer programmes.

A young development and production company focuses on independent, innovative, risky forms, director and story driven films: fiction and documentaries. Their permanent Russian partner is 3DTVV.

Specialists of audio-visual art are educated at the Lithuanian Academy of Music (LMA) since 1970. The same year the first group of students was selected at the Department of Drama to graduate as TV directors. This group became the core of Lithuanian TV directors. From the beginning the program of TV directing was oriented to educate qualified, wide profile TV directors able to create TV films and performances, to manage various artistic and other kind broadcasts, to lead TV studio departments, to work as a teachers. LMA is the only school in Lithuania offering the following programs of audiovisual art: TV directing, film directing, sound directing, art of cameraman, film, theatre and music management. Bachelor Degree studies: Duration – four years (8 Semesters). Master Degree studies: Duration – two years (4 Semesters).

Lithuanian Association of Cinematographers

Our mission is to ensure access to and preservation of the Lithuanian Archival Fond, in order to secure lawful interests of citizens and state institutions, to grant provision of information to the public and to preserve national cultural heritage entities.

The purpose of the Lithuanian Film Center (LFC) is to promote Lithuanian cinematography. The website is run by the Lithuanian Film Promotion and Information Agency that is funded by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania and The Foundation of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Lithuania. The principal goal of LFC is to collect information about Lithuanian film artists and provide the latest news about Lithuanian cinema. These goals are reflected in the structure of the website with a news and events section updated on a regular basis and an ever-expanding database offering comprehensive information about people professionally associated with Lithuanian film.

Lithuanian Film Studios was founded in 1948. During more than half a century since then, over 2000 creative projects have been produced at the studio, including feature films, television series, animated programs, documentaries and chronicles.

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Lizard Entertainment is a film and documentary distribution company founded by Michael Zylstra in 2006 after a specific need was identified in the marketplace for a local South African distributor. For many years now, some African producers and filmmakers have struggled to successfully distribute their films overseas through geographical isolation and the huge expense of attending all the relevant international festivals. Lizard Entertainment addresses these problems by providing the filmmaker and producer with the following services: * Personalised, regular face-to-face meetings at your convenience * Representation at international film festivals, where your stories, ideas and finished products will be positioned with international buyers (e.g. commissioning editors, broadcasters, acquisitions executives) * Assurance that deal memos and contracts from interested parties that are presented to you are fair, consistent and in your best interests * Assistance in collaborating with other international players in the industry for co-productions and other opportunities * Regular updates on international technologies (market demands and distribution platforms) * Information and updates on international trends and global market requirements across all the genres of filmmaking * A personalised ‘Distribution Plan’ for your programmes * Quick access to co-production or ‘top-up funding’ for your projects from both local & international sources Lizard Entertainment takes pride in representing world-renowned filmmakers as well as promoting and representing newcomers to the film industry.

It is the oldest film festival of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe. In the last few years, the festival's programme has consisted of gay and lesbian films from all over the world. The festival is a review and not a competition. It is organised by the Roza Club Ljubljana, part of the SKUC student cultural organisation.

The Ljubljana Film Festival has an official competitive section focused mainly on the young generation of directors. Its aim is is to illustrate the progress and continuity of film as an art form and to develop public appreciation of contemporary film production.

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The Lleida Festival of Latin American Films (Mostra de Cinema Llatinoamerica de Lleida) wants to promote Latin American films in Spain, to present outstanding films by Latin Americans from all around the world, to provide distribution for these films in Spain and elsewhere in Europe. The festival accepts films produced entirely or partially by Latin American directors or production companies, in the following categories: feature, short and documentary films. The programme also includes retrospective screenings, concerts and exhibitions.