Cyprus Puts New Focus on Film Industry
NICOSIA: A planned visit by a delegation of Bollywood producers could inspire the Cyprus government to establish conditions suitable for growing a film services industry.
Berlinale Awarded Spoor Opens in Slovakia
WARSAW: Agnieszka Holland's drama Spoor opened in Slovak cinemas on 6 April distributed by Asociácia Slovenských Filmových Klubov.
Last Chance to Comment on Creative Europe
BRUSSELS: The European Commission is still accepting public consultation to evaluate the Creative Europe programme.
GRANTS: Poland Supports Eight Minority Coproductions
WARSAW: The minority international coproduction funding scheme created by the Polish Film Institute will give support totalling over 3.9 m PLN / 920,901 EUR to eight international projects.
FNE at Vilnius: The Last Family Wins Kino Pavasaris
VILNIUS: The Last Family, the debut feature by Jan P. Matuszyński, won Best Film in the New Europe – New Names Competition of the 22nd Vilnius International Film Festival Kino…
Bulgarian National TV To Broadcast Animated Films in Prime Time
SOFIA: On 9 April 2017 Bulgaria’s public TV channel BNT starts airing the first segment of a total of 1000 minutes of national animated films. The series is part of…
FNE at Finale Plzen: Red Captain
PRAGUE: The Czech/Slovak/Polish coproduction Red Captain / Rudý kapitán, an adaptation of a popular crime detective novel by Dominik Dán, will screen at the 30th Finale Plzen running 20 –…
FNE at Finale Plzen 2017: Tales for Emma
PLZEN: Tales for Emma / Pohádky pro Emu directed by Rudolf Havlík will screen at the 30th Finale Plzen, 20 – 26 April 2017.
DocBloc: Bucharest Delta
Director Eva Pervolovici is preparing a Romanian/French documentary about an abandoned part of Romania that was a monastery and later a political prison.
Romania Launches Film Channel Dedicated to Domestic Films
BUCHAREST: Cinemaraton, the first channel to broadcast only domestic films in Romania, started airing on 30 March 2017. The channel is distributed free of charge to the subscribers of AKTA.
FNE at Finale Plzen 2017: Green Horse Rustlers
PLZEN: Based on a book under the same title by Jiří Hájíček, Green Horse Rustlers / Zloději zelených koní directed by Dan Wlodarczyk will screen at the 30th Finale Plzeň…
FNE at Finale Plzen 2017: The Tiger Theory
PLZEN: Radek Bajgar's Czech/Slovak comedy The Tiger Theory / Teorie tygra will screen at the 30th Finále Plzen FF (20 – 26 April 2017).
Eight Projects Selected for dok.incubator
PRAGUE: Eight films in the rough-cut stage have been chosen to participate in the 2017 edition of the dok.incubator workshop.
FNE EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros Horror Starts Filming in Romania in May
BUCHAREST: Warner Brothers will shoot The Nun, a spin-off of its 2016 film The Conjuring 2, entirely at the Romania’s Castel Film Studios starting 3 May 2017. The Nun, directed…
FNE at Slovak Film Week: A Prominent Patient
BRATISLAVA: Slovak Film Week, a showcase of domestic production organised by the Slovak Film and Television Academy from 3 to 9 April 2017, will screen A Prominent Patient / Masaryk…
Meeting Point – Vilnius Presents 25 Projects
VILNIUS: A total of 25 film projects from 21 countries are being presented at the 8th international film industry event Meeting Point – Vilnius, taking place on 5 April 2017.
FNE AV Innovation: Cannes Conference Takes on VOD
CANNES: The European Audiovisual Observatory will host a conference on the growing importance of VoD at its Cannes conference on 20 May 2017.
PRODUCTION: Marija Dzidzeva`s debut feature Sacrifice in Postproduction
SKOPJE: Macedonian documentary film director Marija Dzidzeva is in postproduction with her Macedonian/Serbian debut feature Sacrifice, produced with support from the Macedonian Film Agency and Film Center Serbia.
FNE at the Slovak Film Week: Steam on the River
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Film Week, a showcase of domestic production organised by the Slovak Film and Television Academy from 3 to 9 April 2017, will screen the documentary Steam on…
Ridley Scott Series Shoots in Croatia
ZAGREB: Filming on the 10-part AMC series The Terror produced by Ridley Scott began on the Croatian island of Pag on 3 April 2017.
