FNE at Baltic Event: Estonian/Polish/Dutch Rehepapp in Production
TALLINN: A dark fantasy feature from Rainer Sarnet was showcased at Baltic Event Works in Progress hosted at the POFF Black Nights Film Festival in Tallinn. The premiere is set…
Prague French Film Festival Opens on a Somber Note
PRAGUE: In the spirit of “the show must go on,” on 18 November 2015 the French ambassador to the Czech Republic opened the 18th Festival of French Film with a…
Agnieszka Holland Receives Kosciuszko Award
WARSAW: Polish film director Agnieszka Holland was given the Kosciuszko Foundation’s Pioneer Award at a gala ceremony held in the US.
Malta Films Take Four Percent Market Share
VALLETTA: Domestic films accounted for 4.2 percent of admissions in 2014, which totaled 653,000.
Romanian Actress Joins Shooting Star Jury
HAMBURG: European Film Promotion announced that Romanian actress Anamaria Marinca will be on the jury of the 2016 European Shooting Stars.
Letters to Santa 2 Beats Spectre to Dominate Polish Box Office
WARSAW: Letters to Santa 2, the sequel, to TVN's 2011 holiday box office hit, scored the best opening of a Polish film in 30 years with 586,000 admissions in the…
Earthquake Law to Close Main Cinemas in Bucharest
BUCHAREST: Four main cinemas in Bucharest might be closed according to a law issued by the Romanian president Klaus Iohannis and stating that public activities are prohibited in buildings with…
NATPE Europe Returning to Budapest
PRAGUE: Just two years after relocating NATPE Europe to Prague, the TV market will be returning to Budapest in 2016.
Vlad Alexandrescu Named Romanian Minister of Culture
BUCHAREST: Vlad Alexandrescu was approved as the Minister of Culture on 17 November 2015.
Motherland Gets New Eurimage Award
TALLINN: Eurimages has given its first Co-Production Development Award to Motherland by writer/director Tomas Vengris and producer Uljana Kim from Lithuania.
European Film Forum Digital Debate
TALLINN: A debate on the future of Europe’s film and content industries will kick off on 18 November 2015 in Tallinn.
Screen Industries in East-Central Europe Unveils Guest Line-up
BRATISLAVA: The fifth annual Screen Industries in East-Central Europe (SIECE) conference, which takes place 20-21 November 2015 in the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, will feature two keynote lectures…
FNE at IFF Bratislava: Land and Shade Takes Top Awards
BRATISLAVA: The Colombian film Land and Shade directed by Cesar Augusto Acevedo won the Best Film and the FIPRESCI prizes at the 17th Bratislava IFF closing ceremony on 16 November…
PRODUCTION: Johanna’s Mystery Rushes toward Christmas Bow
BRATISLAVA: Slovak director Juraj Nvota is in postproduction with Johanna’s Mystery, a 75-minute fairytale which will screen on public broadcasters Slovak TV and Czech TV on 24 and 25 December…
Underworld: Next Generation Shoots in Prague
PRAGUE: The fifth installment of the Underworld film franchise is filming in the Czech Republic until December 2015.
Slovakia Reaps Film Industry Benefits
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak film industry is seeing the results of governmental film investment initiatives, on both the domestic and the international landscape, while expanding distribution support.
FNE at Scanorama: Lithuania Wins Scanorama New Baltic Cinema Short Film Competition
VILNIUS: The Lithuanian short Bridges (2015) by director Austėja Urbaitė won the best film prize in the New Baltic Cinema competition of the Scanorama film festival which concluded in Vilnius…
FNE Europa Distribution: Distributor of the Month: Robert Berberih, Continental Film
We launch together with Europa Distribution a new chapter in our Distributor of the Month section focusing on new trends and challenges of film distribution. In the coming months we…
SPI Takes Stake in Upcoming News Channel
WARSAW: Kino Polska TV, part of the media group SPI International is acquiring a 49 percent stake in Cable Television Network & Partners which is developing news channel Zoon TV.
Georgia to Finalise Cash Rebate Law End of November
TBILISI: Georgian National Film Center (GNFC) will have a cash rebate law by the end of November 2015 that will provide a 20 percent rebate of the qualifying expenses and…
