FNE at Baltic Event 2014: Northern Europe Converges on Tallinn’s Dynamic Industry Forum
TALLINN: When it comes to Tallinn’s film industry meeting point, the Baltic Event running 24-28 November 2014, Estonia is punching way above its weight. FNE spoke with Marge Liiske, managing…
FNE at Baltic Event 2014: Lithuanian Tax Incentives Soar
TALLINN: The new Lithuanian tax incentives scheme for films, introduced just 11 months ago, “is working quite well,” Lithuanian Film Centre project manager Kristina Vildziunaite said at a presentation taking…
PRODUCTION: Pakalnina Rises with Dawn
TALLINN: Latvian auteur and producer Laila Pakalnina is in postproduction with Dawn, a Latvian/Estonian/Polish coproduction which participated in the Baltic Event Works in Progress presentation on 26 November 2014.
FNE at Baltic Event 2014: Estonians Discover Film Treasure in Russia
TALLINN: A diplomatic breakthrough trip by a delegation from the Estonian Film Institute has turned up what may be the first fiction film shot in Estonia, a 1913 comedy titled…
PRODUCTION: Banat in Preproduction
BUCHAREST: Italian director/screenwriter Adrian Valerio is in preparation with his first feature Banat, a coproduction between Italy, Romania, Bulgaria and Macedonia set for shooting in 2015.
FNE at Black Nights 2014: Industry@Tallinn Launches Digital Corner
TALLINN: “From the country that gave the world Skype.” Those words from Black Night Film Festival’s Industry@Tallinn director Stan-Kristian Saluveer kicked off the launch of the festival’s new Digital Corner,…
FNE at Baltic Event 2014: Kousaar in Preproduction with Nordic Instinct
TALLINN: Estonian writer/director Kadri Kõusaar will begin shooting her third feature, the Estonian/Swedish/Norwegian coproduction Nordic Instinct in early 2015 in Estonia and Norway.
PRODUCTION: Dinu Tănase Develops Who Killed Christmas
BUCHAREST: Dinu Tănase’s Who Killed Christmas, a drama about cruelty and violence in the countryside, is set for shooting in November 2015.
Dates Set for Czech Lions
PRAGUE: The nominations for the 22nd annual Czech Lion awards will be announced on 14 January 2015.
New Horizons Cinema Hits 1 Million Mark
WARSAW: The biggest art-house in Europe celebrated its 1 million viewer this week.
Global City Holdings Net Profit Falls
WARSAW: Exhibitor and real estate company Global City Holdings posted three month and nine month declines in net profits in its interim statement for 2014.
FESTIVALS: Tbilisi IFF 2014 Opens with The President
TBILISI: The 15th Tbilisi International Film Festival will open on 1 December 2014 with The President shot in Georgia by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, who will present the film.
FESTIVALS: Leviathan Wins Camerimage
BYDGOSZCZ: Russian cinematographer Mikhail Krichman won the main competition of the 2014 edition of Camerimage for Leviathan and Kacper Fertacz won the Polish competition with Hardkor Disko.
PRODUCTION: Otar Iosseliani Shoots Winter Song
TBILISI: Winter Song/Chant d'hiver, the new feature of the acclaimed Otar Iosseliani, is moving to France for filming in December following shooting in Georgia 16 - 24 October 2014.
France Fetes Czech Success Story
PRAGUE: Slovak/Czech/Hungarian distributor Ivan Hronec of Film Europe and Unifrance’s CEE guru Joel Chapron kicked off the 17th edition of the expanded Festival of French Films in Prague with a…
GRANTS: Slovakia Awards 1.7m EUR in Grants
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Audiovisual Fund awarded 1.704m EUR to 39 films out of 82 applications requesting over 3.8m EUR in funding.
FNE at Baltic Event: How Far Is Europe
TALLINN: The portmanteau film How Far Is Europe/Moldova-Aproape-Departe, consisting of six short films directed by Pavel Cuzuioc, Dorian Boguţă, Valeriu Andriuţă, Ion Săpdaru, Igor Cobileanski and Dumitru Grosei, will be…
FNE IDF Doc Bloc: East Doc Deadline
Applications for East Doc Platform close on 1 December 2014.
FNE at Black Nights FF 2014: Competition: Landscape with Many Moons
TALLINN: Landscape with Many Moons (Maastik mitme kuuga), the controversial feature film debut of Estonia’s internationally best known contemporary artist Jaan Toomik, struggled to find a festival slot but is…
PRODUCTION: Cristina Iacob Preps Sequel to #Selfie
BUCHAREST: With her second film, A Gift for You/Un dar pentru tine, expected to be broadcast on TV in December, Cristina Iacob is in preproduction with a sequel to her…
