Platige Image in Production with The Witcher
WARSAW: Polish studio Platige Image is working on a Polish/American live action coproduction based on Andrzej Sapkowski's bestselling saga about The Witcher. The premiere is planned for 2017.
FNE at Connecting Cottbus: The Son
COTTBUS: Bosnia and Herzegovina teams up with Croatia and funding from Macedonia for director Ines Tanovic’s contemporary Sarajevo tale The Son presented at Connecting Cottbus.
FNE at Connecting Cottbus: Menopause
COTTBUS: Cyprus arrives at Connecting Cottbus for the first time, pitching the black comedy/drama thriller Menopause from director/producer Tonia Mishiali.
FNE at Connecting Cottbus: Venice
COTTBUS: Georgian writer/director/producer Rusudan Chkonia’s lingering problems with purchasing a new flat inspire her black comedy Venice, which was pitched at Connecting Cottbus on 5 November 2015. The project won…
Ukrainian Tank Wins CoCo Pitching Prize 2015
COTTBUS: Tank, a dramatic thriller directed by Max Ksjonda and produced by the Ukrainian company Noosphere Films, won the Best Pitch award at Connecting Cottbus on 5 November 2015.
The Orchard Picks up Demon for North American Distribution
WARSAW: US distributor The Orchard plans to release the Polish horror film Demon directed by the late Marcin Wrona in 2016.
FESTIVALS: Documentary Triumphs at Latvian National Film Festival
RIGA: The documentary film Ruch and Norie won four awards at the 27th edition of Latvia’s The Great Christopher/Lielais Kristaps festival of national films.
Baltic Event Ready to Kick Off
TALLINN: The 19th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival will present eight projects in its inaugural International Works in Progress alongside 13 projects of the Baltic Event Co-production Market and 14…
FNE DocBloc: People from Nowhere
JIHLAVA: Latvian producer Antra Gaile is in early production with People from Nowhere, a Cold War era documentary directed by Estonian director Jaak Kilmi.
Shooting Wrapped for New Drama from Andrzej Wajda
WARSAW: Andrzej Wajda revealed the details of his new film Afterimages at a special press conference held in Warsaw after the principal photography wrap on 3 October 2015.
True Crimes with Jim Carrey and Christoph Waltz to Shoot in Poland
WARSAW: The US crime drama True Crimes directed by Alexandros Avranas will start shooting on 7 November 2015 in Krakow. Opus Film is the Polish co-producer. Jim Carrey and Christopher…
GRANTS: Latvia Announces Documentary Film Grants in 2015
RIGA: National Film Centre of Latvia confirmed 114,501 EUR to six projects in the second documentary film grants session of 2015.
GRANTS: Georgia Announces Script Development Funds for Comedies and Children Films
TBILISI: The Georgian National Film Center allotted 22,841.7 EUR / 60,000 GEL for the script development of six comedies and children’s feature films.
Malta Call for Coproduction Grants
VALLETTAŁ The Malta Film Commission has announced a call for applications for the Malta Co-Production Fund 2015-2016.
FNE at Cottbus Film Festival: The Ungiven
ZAGREB: Croatian director Branko Schmidt takes a spot in the feature film competition of the Cottbus Film Festival with The Ungiven.
Beta Cinema Picks up Scarred Hearts
MUNICH: Beta Cinema will handle world sales for Scarred Hearts directed by Radu Jude. The film is in production.
FNE at Cottbus Film Festival: Chemo
WARSAW: Bartosz Prokopowicz's debut feature Chemo is one of two Polish films in the main competition of the 25th Cottbus Film Festival which opened on 3 November 2015.
FNE at Cottbus Film Festival: Fair Play
PRAGUE: Andrea Sedláčková’s third feature film Fair Play screens in the main competition of the Cottbus Film Festival which runs through 8 November 2015.
GRANTS: Georgia Announces Coproduction Grants
TBILISI: Georgian National Film Centre allotted 341,769 EUR / 900,000 GEL to three majority feature coproductions directed by Revaz Gigineishvili, Dimitri Tsintsadze and George Ovashvili, but the latter refused the…
PRODUCTION: Hocevar Preps Balkan Doc Avenge
JIHLAVA: Slovenian producer Danijel Hocevar of Vertigo and debuting documentary feature director Marija Zidar pitched their doc project Avenge during the Balkan Documentary Center panel during the 19th Jihlava IDFF.
