Czech Box Office Hit Life is Life Rebounds in Cinemas
PRAGUE: Czech director Milan Cieslar’s hit comedy Life is Life showed a 21 percent uptick in Czech cinemas in its thirteenth week in release. The film topped the Czech box…
Netflix Coming to Poland
WARSAW: Netflix plans to enter the Polish market. No date has been made public, but according to Netflix’s website the service will soon be available to customers in Poland.
US in Progress Accepting Submissions
WARSAW: US in Progress is accepting applications from US-produced works in progress through 31 August 2015.
FNE at Venice 2015: Attention film critics coming to Venice Film Festival
This year FNE together with FIPRESCI will offer the ratings of all feature length films screening in the Main Competition, Orizzonti, Venice Days and Critics Week of the Venice Film…
FNE IDF DocBloc: The Dangerous World of Rajko Dolecek
A young director sets out to visit an old professor and asks him for recipes for the body and the soul.
FNE at Sarajevo Film Festival: Ines Tanović Develops The Son
SARAJEVO: Ines Tanović, whose debut feature Our Everyday Life (Dokument Sarajevo) had its world premiere in the international competition of the 21th Sarajevo Film Festival, is developing her second feature,…
PRODUCTION: Polish Director Krzyształowicz Working on New Crime Series
WARSAW: Marcin Krzyształowicz is working on Krakau, a WWII crime series set in 1944 Berlin and occupied Warsaw.
FNE at Sarajevo: Romanian Double Debut in Postproduction
SARAJEVO: Catrinel Dănăiaţă's debut feature Double delves into depression, isolation, lack of maturity and loss of the individual self.
FNE at Sarajevo Film Festival: Interview with Elma Tataragić, the General Secretary of the Bosnian Filmmakers Association
SARAJEVO: FNE spoke with Elma Tataragić, the General Secretary of the Bosnian Filmmakers Association about the challenges the association is facing as a key institution in the development of the…
FNE at Sarajevo Film Festival: Birds Like Us Puts Bosnia and Herzegovina on the Animation Map
SARAJEVO: Faruk Šabanović’s animated film Birds like Us is a Bosnian/Turkish/UK/US coproduction participating in CineLink Work in Progress section in Sarajevo Film Festival (14-22 August 2015).
Latvia Announces International Film Coproduction Grants in 2015
RIGA: The National Film Centre of Latvia has announced its first grants for international coproductions, with 200,000 EUR going to eight projects.
New Europe Film Sells Rams to US
WARSAW: Warsaw-based New Europe Film Sales has sold North American rights to Rams to Cohen Media Group.
European Film Academy Board Initiates Letter for Immediate Release of Oleg Sentsov
BERLIN: European Filmmakers Express Shock About Trial of Ukrainian Filmmaker Facing Up to 20 Years in Jail
PRODUCTION: Polish Star Borys Szyc Takes on Tadeusz Kantor Biopic
KRAKOW: Janusz Hryniak is directing a drama about the life and work of internationally renowned Polish theatre director Taduesz Kantor, with Borys Szyc in the lead role.
FNE at Sarajevo Film Festival: Rezo Gigineishvili Preps Honeymoon Flight
SARAJEVO: Rezo Gigineishvili is prepping his dream project Honeymoon Flight, a true story of a flight hijacking by Georgian youngsters in 1983, set to start shooting in late October 2015.…
FNE at Sarajevo Film Festival: FAME’s Mike Downey Unveils New Slate of Southeast European Coproductions
SARAJEVO: FNE spoke with UK producer Mike Downey who helms the London based FAME (Film and Music Entertainment) as he gets ready to head for Sarajevo Film Festival where he…
PRODUCTION: Vlad Zamfirescu Shoots The Secret of Happiness
BUCHAREST: Actor Vlad Zamfirescu started shooting his directorial debut feature The Secret of Happiness/Secretul fericirii on 16 August 2015. The film is an independent production from Movie Production Entertainment.
Poland Scores Three Wins in Locarno
WARSAW: Polish director Andrzej Żuławski won the Best Director award in the main competition of the Locarno Film Festival which wrapped on 15 August 2015.
PRODUCTION: Georgian Refugee Boat Enguri in Postproduction
TBILISI: Vakhtang Varazi’s 72-minute documentary Refugee Boat Enguri is in postproduction with the premiere set for spring 2016.
PRODUCTION: Adina Pintilie Shoots International Coproduction Touch Me Not
BUCHAREST: Adina Pintilie started shooting her debut feature Touch Me Not/ Nu mă atinge-măon 3 August 2015. The film is a Romanian/German/French/Bulgarian coproduction.
