FESTIVALS: The 13th Bucharest IFF Ready to Kick off
BUCHAREST: The 13th edition of Bucharest IFF (28 June - 2 June 2017) is organising a competition for feature films and short Romanian films, as well as a meeting with…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Satanic Girls
A Czech documentary follows the story of a 1960's Czech female dixieland band that rose to fame in South America.
GRANTS: Latvia Supports Seven Projects in 2017
RIGA: The National Film Center of Latvia distributed 858,013 EUR to seven projects in its 2017 grant rounds.
First Bollywood Production To Benefit From Macedonian Tax Incentives
SKOPJE: The action thriller Vijay 61 by 33-year-old director Atlee Kumar is the first Bollywood film that will benefit from the film incentive programme available in the form of a…
FESTIVALS: 13th Asterfest Opens Next Week
STRUMICA: The 13th annual edition of International Film Festival ASTERFEST will open on 26 June 2017, running through 30 June in the city of Strumica in southeastern Macedonia. The festival…
China and Poland Launch Animation Coproduction
ANNECY: Poland’s Animoon Studio signed a preliminary agreement with China’s Animaex Animation to coproduce the next series of the Polish hit animated show Hug Me. The agreement was signed during…
Docu Talents Announces Karlovy Vary Line-up
PRAGUE: Ji.hlava IFF will introduce twelve documentary projects at the 13th edition of DOCU TALENTS @KVIFF on 4 July 2017 at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
PRODUCTION: Shooting Completed on The Riddle of Jaan Niemand
TALLINN: Director Kaur Kokk finished the principal shooting of his debut feature The Riddle of Jaan Niemand in June 2017. The film, produced by Homeless Bob Production, is one of…
dok.incubator Hosts Doc Distribution Workshop in Slovakia
PRAGUE: The documentary rough cut workshop dok.incubator is launching a new workshop on distributing documentaries to foreign territories. The workshop is aimed at filmmakers from the Visegrad territories: Poland, Czech…
Five Films Make the Docu Rough Cut Boutique Line-up
SARAJEVO: Sarajevo Film Festival and Balkan Documentary Center announced the five documentary projects in postproduction from Croatia, Hungary and Romania that will be presented as part of this year’s Docu…
GRANTS: Latvia Funds Three Coproductions
RIGA: The National Film Center of Latvia chose three projects to support with coproduction grants totaling 350,399 EUR, financing two fiction films and a TV documentary series.
TV Puls in Production with Millenial-themed Series
WARSAW: Polish private broadcaster TV Puls has commissioned a new scripted series about 20-year-olds beginning their professional careers. Artama is producing.
PRODUCTION: Tinatin Kajrishvili in Postproduction with Horizon
TBILISI: Writer/director Tinatin Kajrishvili (Brides) is currently in postproduction with her sophomore feature, Horizon, a Georgian/Swedish/German coproduction set to be finished in November 2017.
Eccho Rights Picks up Czech Series Murder Squad
PRAGUE: Eccho Rights has announced it picked up Czech crime series Murder Squad / Mordparta from commercial TV broadcaster Prima.
MIDPOINT Selects Six Projects for KVIFF Workshop
PRAGUE: Six films projects from among 29 applications have been chosen to participate in the four-day workshop MIDPOINT Intensive @KVIFF.
GRANTS: Krakow Film Fund Supports Six Productions
KRAKOW: The Krakow Film Fund chose six projects to support with coproduction grants totaling 800,000 PLN / 189,974 EUR, including new films from Wojciech Smarzowski and Łukasz Grzegorzek.
Film Europe Launches in Belgium and Netherlands
PRAGUE: The Prague and Bratislava based powerhouse Film Europe Media Company will launch its Film Europe Channel in Belgium and the Netherlands on 20 June 2017, making it the first…
PRODUCTION: Documentary In Search of a Lost Country in Production
ZAGREB: Actress/producer Marija Ratkovic Vidakovic is penning, producing and co-directing together with Dinka Radonic her first film, the autobiographical documentary In Search of a Lost Country / U potrazi za…
FNE at MIFF 2017: Main Competitions and Full Programme Lineup Announced
MOSCOW: The 39 Moscow International Film Festival (22-29 June 2017) has announced its main competition programme with three films from Russia scoring slots in the lineup that focuses heavily on…
FESTIVALS: Karlovy Vary Plays to Its CEE Strengths with Competition Lineup
PRAGUE: The competition line-up of the 52nd Karlovy Vary IFF (30 June – 8 July 2017) underscores the festival’s position as the powerhouse gateway to Central Europe and points East.…
