Central and Eastern Europe are home to many of the top global games developers and the creatives in design, special effects, AI are increasingly working on both games and film.
FNE will be talking to some of the top players across the region in both games and film and pin-pointing the new projects that are catching the attention of international investors.
Watch this space to get the first news of what is hot in this fast growing sector.
GRANTS: HAVC Funds Production of Six New Video Games
ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) will fund the production of six new video games with the total amount of 75,000 EUR, and the development of further 18 projects with the total amount of 174,084 EUR.
FNE Film Meets Games: Q&A with Teodora Migdalovici, #TheAlternativeSchool Founder & Marius Radu, Good Game Industry’s Co-founder
BUCHAREST: In the light of the recently launched event on The Future of Gaming, dedicated to marketers and ad agencies aiming to cooperate with the gaming world, FNE spoke with its organisers, Teodora Migdalovici, founder of #TheAlternativeSchool and Marius Radu, the co-founder of Good Game Industry.
FNE Film Meets Games: Q&A with Anton Yudintsev, Founder of Hungarian Gaijin Entertainment
BUDAPEST: FNE spoke to Anton Yudintsev, founder of Gaijin Entertainment, about their current activities, as well as the state of the Hungarian game development industry and its connections with cinema.
FNE Film Meets Games: Q&A with Paulius Juočeris, Managing Director of Lithuanian Iron Cat
VILNIUS: FNE spoke to Paulius Juočeris, managing director of Iron Cat, about their current activities, as well as the state of the Lithuanian game development industry and its connections with cinema.
FNE Film Meets Games: Q&A with Anthony Demanuele, Studio Head of Maltese Flying Squirrel Games
VALLETTA: FNE spoke to Anthony Demanuele, Studio Head of Flying Squirrel Games, about their current activities, as well as the state of the Maltese game development industry and its connections with cinema.
FNE Film Meets Games: Q&A with Mindaugas Jokūbaitis, Producer at Lithuanian OAK9 Entertainment, UAB
VILNIUS: FNE spoke to Mindaugas Jokūbaitis, producer at OAK9 Entertainment, UAB, about their current activities, as well as the state of the Lithuanian animation and game development industries.
FNE Film Meets Games: Q&A with CEO/Executive Producer and Managing Partner of Circle Studio
PRAGUE: FNE spoke to Steven Fong, CEO & Executive Producer and Yuri Gorpinevici, Managing Partner of Circle Studio, about their ambitions, as well as the state of the Czech animation and game development industries. Circle Studio was launched in Malaysia and just recently it has set up another entity in the Czech Republic.
FNE Film Meets Games: Q&A with Ricardas Jascemskas, Project Manager of Lithuanian Game Developers Association
VILNIUS: FNE spoke to Ricardas Jascemskas, project manager of the Lithuanian Game Developers Association (LGDA), about their current activities, as well as the state of the Lithuanian game development industry.
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FNE Film Meets Games: Q&A with Dovydas Vilkelis, CEO and Producer of Animatrix
VILNIUS: FNE spoke to Dovydas Vilkelis, CEO and producer of Animatrix, about their current activities, as well as the state of the Lithuanian animation and game development industries.
FNE Film Meets Games: Q&A with Milovan Mladenović (Crater Studio) and Miljana Jovović (CGA Belgrade)
BELGRADE: FNE spoke to Milovan Mladenović, Crater Studio's VFX Executive Producer and Partner, and Miljana Jovović, co-founder of CGA Belgrade, about their current activities as well as film, VFX and games convergence, among others.
New Croatian Studio Gathers 1.1 m EUR Investment for First Video Game
ZAGREB: Croatian web and software agency Dwizards founded a new in-house studio, Today's Games, with the aim of entering the video game industry. Their first project will be ReSetna, a postapocalyptic 2.5D game for which they’ve already gathered 1.1 m EUR in private investment.
FNE Film Meets Games: Q&A with Vladislav Polgar, Chief Operating Officer of Keen Software House
PRAGUE: FNE spoke to Vladislav Polgar, chief operating officer of Keen Software House, about their current activities, as well as the state of the Czech game development industry.
