FESTIVALS: Film Europe Expands Festival Activities with Girls in Film
PRAGUE: Film Europe media company is co-launching its yet another festival to add to its portfolio of mini film festivals, Girls in Film, focusing on first and second films by…
FESTIVALS: Art Film Fest 2018 Unveils Competition Films
KOSICE: Thirteen films will compete for the Blue Angel award at Art Film Fest, running 15 – 23 June in Kosice, located in southeastern Slovakia.
PRODUCTION: Jan Komasa Shoots Corpus Christi
WARSAW: Jan Komasa is working on his new drama Corpus Christi, a Script Pro winning project about a convict posing as a priest.
PRODUCTION: Macedonian Cult Kids TV Series Returns after 33 Years
SKOPJE: Director Slobodan Unkovski and playwright Goran Stefanovski are working on the second part of the cult TV series Bushava Azbuka, which was originally produced 33 years ago. The 1985…
FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 08.06.2018
WARSAW: FNE has teamed up with the Brussels based team of the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) to bring you regular updates on EU cinema policies that impact all industry…
FESTIVALS: The 14th Bucharest IFF Kicks Off
BUCHAREST: Ten feature films and documentaries are competing for the main prizes at the 2018 Bucharest International Film Festival, taking place from 11 to 17 June 2018.
FESTIVALS: I Am Pregnant, in Romania Wins Audience Award at 22nd European Film Festival in Bucharest
BUCHAREST: Jesús del Cerro’s documentary I Am Pregnant, in Romania / Sunt însărcinată, în România received the Audience Award at the 22nd European Film Festival in Bucharest. The festival, organised…
First HBO Adria Series Wraps
ZAGREB: Uspjeh, the first HBO original series for HBO Adria, completed shooting in Zagreb at the end of May 2018.
RE-ACT Selects Five Documentary Projects for 2018
TRIESTE: Projects from Italy, Croatia and Slovenia were chosen from among 18 applications to the RE-ACT Workshop, which will take place in Trieste 19 – 21 June 2018.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Ex Oriente Tutors Announced
Eleven tutors will head up the 2018 Ex Oriente Film Workshop.
GRANTS: Serbia and Slovakia Celebrate Media Development Grants
BRUSSELS: FNE territory producers received 17 MEDIA development grants in the spring 2018 round covering animation, documentary and feature films. A total of 59 grants were distributed.
PRODUCTION: Sony Commissions Polish Crime Series
WARSAW: Sony Pictures Television Networks Central Europe has commissioned the first season of an original crime series entitled Signs from ATM Group. The show, directed by Jakub Miszczak and Marcin…
Macedonian Film Agency Signs Agreement with Film Workers’ Association
SKOPJE: The Macedonian Film Workers' Association signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Macedonian Film Agency on 6 June 2018, designed to strengthen joint efforts to improve Macedonian film production.
Riga IFF Opens Call for Children’s Film Pitching Forum
RIGA: The Riga International Film Festival Forum, a pitching and coproduction forum for children’s films, announced a call for entries for its 18 – 19 October 2018 event.
GRANTS: Film Center Serbia Announces Minority Coproduction Grants
BELGRADE: Film Center Serbia announced the distribution of 592,696 EUR / 70 m RSD in the first round of its grants designated for minority coproductions.
FESTIVALS: 9th UnderhillFest Opens in Podgorica
PODGORICA: The 9th Underhill Fest, international festival of feature documentary films, opened on 5 June and runs through 12 June 2018 in Podgorica.
FESTIVALS: 9th UnderhillFest Industry Programme Focuses on Women
PODGORICA: The 9th UnderhillFest, international festival of feature documentaries, running through 12 June 2018 in Podgorica, puts the spotlight on women in the industry programme.
Warsaw Kids Opens Registration for Pitching Forum
WARSAW: Registration is open for the second edition of the international pitching forum for kids’ films and series, Warsaw Kids Film Forum. The forum will take place 26 – 28…
FESTIVALS: 9th UnderhillFest, International Festival of Feature Documentary Film Kicks Off
PODGORICA: The 9th UnderhillFest kicks off today in the Montenegro's Podgorica and will run from 5 until 12 June 2018.
PRODUCTION: Platige Image and Allegro Coproduce Sci-fi Feature from Tomasz Bagiński
WARSAW: Tomasz Bagiński is in development with a new film Twardovsky 3.14, a full feature continuation of the short films series Polish Legends, that he created for Allegro.
