FESTIVALS: Arrhythmia Wins 29th Trieste Film Festival
TRIESTE: Arrhythmia by Boris Khlebnikov won the Trieste Award for Best Feature Film at the 29th Trieste Film Festival (19-28 January 2018).
Filthy Wins Czech Film Critics’ Award
PRAGUE: Filthy / Špína directed by Tereza Nvotová was awarded Best Film and the Innogy Award for the Discovery of the Year at the Czech Critics´Awards 2017, while Little Crusader…
PRODUCTION: Władysław Pasikowski Develops Courier
WARSAW: Władysław Pasikowski is in the last stages of development with a war biopic about Jan Nowak-Jeziorański (1914-2005), who was one of the most notable resistance fighters of the Home…
FNE AV Innovation: Immersify – Innovative Technologies for Virtual Reality
PARIS: Immersify, a European R&D consortium made up of the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (PSNC, Poland), Spin Digital Video Technologies GmbH (Germany), le Marché du Film – Festival de…
FilmBox Channel Expands in Czech Republic
PRAGUE: The FilmBox channel reaches almost two million subscribers in the Czech Republic after its addition to the Skylink’s digital package on 22 January 2018.
FNE Announces Its 2018 Agenda for Coproduction Markets, Pitchings and Works-in-Progress
FNE is launching its much appreciated 2018 Agenda for Coproduction Markets and Works-in-Progress section. This annual listing for finding information about upcoming Coproduction Markets, Pitching Events and Works-in-Progress has been…
EUROPEAN YEAR OF CULTURAL HERITAGE: Slovenia Restores Classic Hit Real Pests!
LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian Film Center together with the Slovenian Film Archive digitally restored the Slovenian classic comedy hit Real Pests! / To so gadi! (1977, Viba Film) directed by Jože…
FESTIVALS: Seven CEE Titles Complete Berlinale’s Panorama Selection
BERLIN: Seven titles from CEE countries will compete in the Panorama section of the 68th Berlin IFF (15-25 February 2018). These projects were produced or coproduced by an impressive list…
When East Meets West Announces Winners
TRIESTE: Italian project Small Body is the winner of the 8th When East Meets West, organised in the framework of the 29th Trieste Film Festival (19-28 February 2018). A total…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Best Documentary Projects Selected for East Doc Platform 2018
See an overview of the new edition of East Doc Platform, that will take place in Prague from 3 to 8 March 2018.
PRODUCTION: Michał Rosa in Development with Piłsudski Biopic
WARSAW: Michał Rosa is developing the first feature film about the Polish political leader Józef Piłsudski. The film, starring Dawid Ogrodnik, is produced by Studio Filmowe KADR and will be…
Macedonian and Georgian Short Films Awarded at Sundance
SKOPJE: Macedonian Would You Look at Her by Goran Stolevski and Georgia’s The Trader by Tamta Gabrichidze received two main prizes in the short competition of the 2018 Sundance Film…
Deadline Approaching for LET’S CEE Applications
VIENNA: Filmmakers up to 35 years of age from the CEE countries, the Caucasus region, Turkey and Austria can submit their productions to the Short Film Competition of the LET’S…
Front Page Midgets Tops Serbian Box Office
BELGRADE: Front Page Midgets / Patuljci sa naslovnih strana by Milorad Milinković topped the Serbian box office during its first weekend. The film released by Taramount Film on 18 January…
Loving Vincent and On Body and Soul Nominated for the 90th Academy Awards
WARSAW: The Polish/British animated film Loving Vincent directed by Dorota Kobiela and Britain’s Hugh Welchman was nominated for the 90th Academy Awards in the Best Animated Feature category, while the…
RE-ACT Announces Selected Projects
TRIESTE: Six projects received support in the third round of co-development funding RE-ACT. The winners, awarded 8,000 EUR each, were chosen from among 22 applications.
Record Number of Czech Filmmakers at East Doc Platform
PRAGUE: Nearly one third of the 50 projects from CEE countries selected for the 7th East Doc Platform have a Czech director or a Czech (co)producer. The 7th East Doc…
More CEE Films in 68th Berlin IFF's Main Programme
BERLIN: Milko Lazarov's Ága will have its world premiere in the Competition programme - Out of the competition at the 68th Berlin IFF, while the Slovak/Czech/Austrian coproduction The Interpreter directed…
FNE AV Innovation: Storytek Accelerator Calls for Applications
TALLINN: Storytek, a mentor-driven accelerator fully focused on the audiovisual sector and designed for companies engaged in digital entertainment formats, intellectual property and technology development, VR/AR, e-sports, data and algorithm…
MIDPOINT Feature Launch & Shorts 2018 Start in Trieste
TRIESTE: Nine projects including projects from the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Hungary and Serbia are participating in the first part of the feature film development platform MIDPOINT Feature Launch 2018,…
