FESTIVALS: Cyprus International Film Festival
CYPRUS: The tenth Cyprus International Film Festival (CYIFF) which runs 23-27 September is screening feature and short films in both Nicosia and Paphos.
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Two New Czech Documentaries in the Czech Cinemas
Two new Czech documentaries, A Colourful Tail of a Flying Comet and Mills of God, were theatrically released in Czech Republic on 24 September 2015.
FESTIVALS: Warsaw Film Festival Announces International Competition Line up
WARSAW: Sixteen films have been selected in the International Competition of the 31st Warsaw Film Festival. The festival will take place from 9 to 18 October 2015.
Macedonian/Czech/Slovenian coproduction Selected as Macedonia Oscar Bid
PRAGUE: Ivo Trajkov's Honey Night is Macedonia's candidate in the Foreign-Language category at the 88th Academy Awards. The film is a Macedonian/Czech/Slovenian coproduction.
TVN to Produce More Feature Films
GDYNIA: Polish private broadcaster TVN announced during the 40th Film Festival in Gdynia that the company will increase its involvement in feature film production.
When East Meets West Opens Call for Entries for the Coproduction Forum and First Cut Lab
TRIESTE: When East Meets West, the Trieste based industry platform is accepting subsmissions for the sixth edition of the Coproduction Forum and for the second edition of the workshop First…
3D Content Financing Market Accepting Applications for December Edition
LIEGE: The 3D Content Financing Market (3DFM), an international co-production and financing market for projects for stereoscopic-3D (S-3D) contents, is open for applications through 28 September 2015, for the market…
PRODUCTION: Chinese TV Series Shooting in Czech Republic
PRAGUE: Chinese TV series The Last Visa directed by Hua Quing is currently shooting in the Czech city of Liberec which is standing in for Vienna. The series will contain…
Life Must Go On Scores High in the Box Office
WARSAW: Maciej Migas’s drama Life Must Go On starring Tomasz Kot had admissions of 195,000 in four weeks and is dominating the local box office.
Poland Selects 11 Minutes as Oscar Bid
WARSAW: Acclaimed Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski's Polish-Irish coproduction 11 Minutes has been selected as the Polish candidate for the 88th Academy Awards.
PRODUCTION: The Croatian Constitution Shooting
ZAGREB: Rajko Grlić’s The Croatian Constitution started shooting in Zagreb on 21 September 2015.
Slovakia Selects Koza as Its Oscar Bid
BRATISLAVA: Slovak Film and Television Academy selected Ivan Ostrochovský’s debut feature Koza as Slovakia’s candidate in the Foreign-Language category at the 88th Academy Awards.
Malta Gets Its First National Film Policy
VALLETTA: The Government of Malta through the Ministry for Tourism has launched the process of developing the country’s first National Film Policy.
PRODUCTION: Matyas Prikler Develops Power
BRATISLAVA: Matyas Prikler’s new project Power (working title), a Slovak/Hungarian/Czech coproduction, is the first Slovak project selected for Holland Film Meeting (24-27 September 2015).
Interview with Philippe Ros about Digital Production Challenge II
VILNIUS: We spoke with Philippe Ros, one of the experts of Digital Production Challenge II about the benefits of this workshop and the importance of a training workshop on digital…
Goodnight Mommy Nominated for the European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI
VIENNA: Goodnight Mommy by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala is among the five debut features nominated for European Discovery- Prix FIPRESCI at the European Film Awards.
FNE at BIAFF 2015: Winners of the 10th Batumi International ArtHouse Film Festival
BATUMI: The 10th Batumi International Art-house Film Festival (BIAFF) held in Batumi 13-20 September 2015 gave its Grand Prix to the Georgian born director Bakur Bakuradze for his film Broder…
RE-ACT Launch Call for Applications
ZAGREB: Applications for the RE-ACT Co-Development Funding scheme are welcomed until 15 November 2015. A maximum of six projects will receive at least 10,000 EUR per project.
FNE at Gdynia Film Festival 2015: Prize Winners
GDYNIA: The Grand Prix of the 40th Gdynia Film Festival for Best Film went to Malgorzata Szumowska’s Body. Already highly regarded the film was screened earlier in the year to…
Obituary: Marcin Wrona
GDYNIA: Polish film director, screenwriter and producer Marcin Wrona died unexpectedly on 19 September 2015 during the 40th Gdynia Film Festival. He was considered one of the rising stars of…
