Carinthia's film and music industry: new event, new opportunities!

Carinthia's film and music industry: new event, new opportunities!

As part of the K3 film festival, the annual industry breakfast of the Carinthian film and music industry and the Carinthia Film Commission (CFC) took place in Villach. This newly designed format offers all cinematic actors from Carinthia and beyond an excellent platform to establish contacts and to discuss important developments in the industry, such as Klick Carinthia A central topic of this meeting was the recently announced increase in film funding for 2024, which is considered a strong signal for the local film industry. Economic representatives, including the President of the Chamber of Commerce, Jürgen Mandl, and specialist representative Klaus Graf, emphasized that this funding should boost both creative production and economic added value in the region.

innovations and future projects

A Highlight of the meeting was the “Mila / Marija” project by the artist Andrina Mračni-Kar. This feature film, which has an Austrian-Slovenian background and tells the stories of the Carinthian partisans, will start filming in 2025. Producer Alexander Dumreicher-Viveanu outlined the first details about this ambitious production. Furthermore, the use of AI technologies in the film and music industry was addressed. These technologies could potentially revolutionize the processes of subtitles and synchronization, which, according to Klaus Graf Carinthia, could position as a driver for creative and technological developments.
In the Carinthian Film and Music Industry, over 250 companies are active that prove at the national and international level of competitiveness, which is confirmed that Carinthia is ready to ensure a place in global film and music market, like Carinthia Film and Sound describes.