NISI MASA is a

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promoting young professionals in the European

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. It is formed from 28 national member bodies. The non-profit organization is supported by the

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: Youth, Civil Society and MEDIA Programme, the

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, the European Cultural Foundation,

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and the French Ministry of Youth, Sports and Associative Life. It is most widely known for ''Nisimazine'', a daily magazine produced during the

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and several other film festivals, and European Short Pitch, an annual event that combines a scriptwriting workshop in residency and a co-production forum.

Origins

NISI MASA was founded in 2001 by three film enthusiast friends who wanted to create a Europe-wide platform for cooperation between young filmmakers. More than eleven years later, the number of countries in the network has increased to 26. Currently there are 28 member associations with over 1500 individual members. The name 'NISI MASA' is a reference to the film ''

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'' by

Federico Fellini Federico Fellini (; 20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter known for his distinctive style, which blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness. He is recognized as one of the greatest and most i ...

, in which

Marcello Mastroianni Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (28 September 1924 – 19 December 1996) was an Italian film actor, regarded as one of his country's most iconic male performers of the 20th century. He played leading roles for many of Italy's top di ...

transmits the phrase "

Asa Nisi Masa "Asa Nisi Masa" is a well-known nonsense phrase used during a key scene in Federico Fellini's 1963 film ''8½''. Context In the film ''8½'', at about the 36 minute mark, Guido Anselmi, the fictional film director played by Marcello Mastroianni an ...

" to a clairvoyant. The film, a European cinema classic, and the sentence, an incantation belonging to no specific language, both reflect the cinematic and cross-border spirit of the network.

The network

NISI MASA is present in 26 countries all around Europe, with a total of 31 member associations dedicated to cinema in different fields. All the NISI MASA member associations organize workshops, screenings, conferences and seminars and all kind of activities related to cinema. The 28 associations part of NISI MASA are: *Albania – First Step Association *Austria – kino5 *Bulgaria –

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*Croatia – Palunko *Croatia –

KinoKlub Zagreb KinoKlub was a Croatian pop-punk band from Zagreb, Croatia. The band consisted of Luka Tomaš (vocals), Damjan Spajić (guitar/vocals), Goran Rusmir (bass guitar) and Mario Mlakar (drums). Ex-members: Tomislav Šušak (bass guitar) and Dinko Sinov� ...

*Czech Republic – Kino Praha *Czech Republic – InVitr0 *Denmark – Aarhus Short Film Challente *Estonia –

Nisi Masa Estonia Nisi may refer to: Languages * Nisi language (India) (or Nishi), a subject–object–verb and Sino-Tibetan language of the Tani branch * Nisi language (China), a Sino-Tibetan language, still unclassified within branches of Southeastern Loloish ( ...

*Finland –

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*France – Festival du Cinema de Brive *France – Kino Paname *Germany –

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*Greece – PSAROKOKALO *Italy –

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*Italy –

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*Kosovo – 7arte *Lithuania – Kaunas International Film Festival *Luxembourg – Filmreakter *Macedonia – Cre8ive8 *Montenegro – Cinemapolis *Netherlands –

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*Norway – Filmkraft *Poland – Ad Arte (www.adarte.pl) *Portugal – FEST – Associação Cultural *Russia – Generation Campus *Russia – Cinetrain *Spain – CINESTESIAS *Sweden – Nisi Masa Sweden *UK –

Encounters Encounter or Encounters may refer to: Film *''Encounter'', a 1997 Indian film by Nimmala Shankar * ''Encounter'' (2013 film), a Bengali film * ''Encounter'' (2018 film), an American sci-fi film * ''Encounter'' (2021 film), a British sci-fi film *E ...

*Ukraine – CinemaHall NISI MASA develops its own projects, but always collaborates closely with the member associations, creating an inter-cultural and youth exchange all around Europe.

Publications

NISI MASA has published books, magazines, catalogues and e-books about its workshops, trainings and projects. * ''NISIMAZINE'': Daily editions have been printed of its regular publication ''NISIMAZINE'', during several film festivals, in the framework of film journalism workshops for young European film critics. ''NISIMAZINE'' film journalism workshops were held at the Cannes Film Festival, Torino Film Festival, La Biennale di Venezia, Karlovy Vary Film Festival, Abu Dhabi Film Festival, IDFA, and Rotterdam Film Festival. * Books: After a big project, a book and/or e-book is published about its results, summarizing all the topics discussed during the activity. The results are useful books about audiovisual, film and culture in Europe. * ''MAS Y MAS'':''MAS Y MAS''
/ref> A monthly network newsletter focusing on trends in the European cinema industry and news concerning NISI MASA members and young European filmmakers in general. * Films: European films realized in the frame of NISI MASA workshops are distributed through international film festivals from all around the world and also through pedagogical and thematic screenings organised by universities, associations, museums and socio-cultural institutions. The films produced since 2006 by NISI MASA are online at Vimeo. The films are edited in DVD and the benefits of the sales help support the next projects of young filmmakers and help NIS MASA in its aim to promote the European young cinema.

References

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External links

NISI MASA website

''NISIMAZINE''

NISI LEAKS
* https://vimeo.com/nisimasa

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