FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: Touch Me Not
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Adina Pintilie’s first film Touch Me Not was selected for the main competition and also for the Romanian Days competition of the 17th Transilvania IFF, running from 25 May…
FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: Soldiers. A Story from Ferentari
CLUJ-NAPOCA: The first feature film by Ivana Mladenovic, Soldiers. A Story from Ferentari, will screen in the Romanian Days competition of the 17th Transilvania IFF, running from 25 May to…
FESTIVALS: East of the West Competition Films
PRAGUE: Twelve films are competing in the East of the West competition at the 53rd Karlovy Vary IFF.
FNE at Zlin IFF: Planet Nemo Animation Picks up Harvie and the Magic Museum
ZLIN: French sales agent Planet Nemo Animation picked up the animated Czech/Belgian/Russian coproduction Harvie and the Magic Museum directed by Martin Kotík and Inna Evlannikova.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Pavel Koutecky Award Winner Announced
Petr Horky won the 2018 Pavel Kotecky Award.
GRANTS: Nine Features Get Czech Film Fund Support
PRAGUE: The Czech Film Fund supported the production of nine feature films, totalling 65 m CZK / 2.509,168 EUR.
FNE AT ZLIN IFF: Czech State Cinematography Fund Aims to Increase Youth Film Audiences
ZLIN: Building teen attendance in cinemas is one of the goals of the New Cinema 2018-2019 project, designed to educate cinema operators on improving youth film audience numbers, presented at…
FNE at Zlin IFF: International Coproduction Winter Flies Wraps Post-production
ZLIN: Winter Flies, a new film from Olmo Omerzu, coproduced by the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Slovakia, France and Poland, is being readied for a summer 2018 release.
FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: The Secret of Happiness
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Romanian actor Vlad Zamfirescu's directing debut feature The Secret of Happiness will screen in the Romanian Days competition of the 17th Transilvania IFF, running from 25 May to 3…
PRODUCTION: Italy Comes Onboard Dušan Milić’s Darkling
BELGRADE: The Italian fund Fondo Audiovisio FVG has announced a grant of 56,000 EUR for Darkling / Mrak by Serbian director Dušan Milić. The film, which will be Milić’s fourth…
FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: Infinite Football
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Corneliu Porumboiu’s documentary Infinite Football will screen in the Romanian Days competition of the 17th Transilvania IFF, running from 25 May to 3 June 2018. The film had its…
FNE at Zlin IFF: Michal Hogenauer in Postproduction with Certain Kind of Silence
ZLIN: Certain Kind of Silence, a coproduction between the Czech Republic, Latvia and The Netherlands, is being readied for a summer 2018 release.
FNE at Zlin IFF: Slovak Music Film BACKSTAGE Set to Premiere in Czech Republic
ZLIN: BACKSTAGE, a music film coproducion between Slovakia and the Czech Republic, directed by Andrea Sedláčková, will open in Czech cinemas on 7 June 2018 distributed by Bontonfilm. The film…
FESTIVALS: Karlovy Vary Announces Competition Films
PRAGUE: The Karlovy Vary IFF announced the 12 films that will screen in the main competition. Ten of the films will be world premieres. The festival will take place 29…
FESTIVALS: Slovak Season at Art Film Fest
KOSICE: Eleven full-length films and four short films will screen in the packed Slovak Season section of the 26th Art Film Fest, which runs 15 – 23 June in the…
FNE at Zlin IFF: Juraj Nvota Directs Czech/Slovak Kids Detective Series
ZLIN: The celebratory zero clapperboard at 58th Zlin IFF launched the production of Crime Story 5.C, an upcoming Czech/Slovak coproduction for children directed by Juraj Nvota.
FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: Pororoca
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Constantin Popescu’s third feature film Pororoca will screen in the Romanian Days competition of the 17th Transilvania IFF, running from 25 May to 3 June 2018. This Romanian/French coproduction…
PRODUCTION: Bosnian Animated Series in Production
BANJA LUKA: The boutique animation studio Aeon Production is producing The Adventures of Tubby and Stretch, a children’s animated TV series for the national TV station of Bosnia and Herzegovina…
FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: Meda or The Not So Happy Side of Things
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Emanuel Pârvu’s debut feature Meda or the Not So Happy Side of Things will screen in the Romanian Days competition of the 17th Transilvania IFF, running from 25 May…
FNE at 2018 TIFF Romanian Days: One Step Behind the Seraphim
CLUJ-NAPOCA: Daniel Sandu’s debut feature One Step Behind the Seraphim will be screened in the Romanian Days competition of the 17th Transilvania IFF, running from 25 May to 3 June…