Discovery Channel Picks Up US/Polish Doc
WARSAW: The Discovery Channel has acquired the US/Polish documentary Who Will Write Our History and will broadcast it in January 2020.
Slovak Producer Katarína Krnácová Joins EFP Shooting Stars Jury
HAMBURG: Award-winning Slovak producer Katarína Krnácová has been selected for the jury of the 23rd edition of European Film Promotion’s European Shooting Stars 2020.
Swedish TV Series Based On Crime Bestsellers Shot in Romania
BUCHAREST: Romanian company Seven Film has recently serviced Sweden’s Miso Film in the production of the crime series Box 21, based on the first bestseller from the series written by…
European VoD Meetings in Sofia Deadline on 15 December
SOFIA: Executives and intermediate professionals are invited to apply for the second workshop of the European VoD Meetings to be held in Sofia 18 – 21 March 2020. The deadline…
FNE at Tbilisi IFF 2019: Georgian Panorama: Comets
TBILISI: Tamar Shavgulidze’s feature film Comets (previously known as My House in Front of the Forest) will screen in the Georgian Panorama section of the Tbilisi IFF, which opens on…
FNE at Tbilisi IFF 2019: Georgian Panorama: Inhale-Exhale
TBILISI: The acclaimed Georgian-born Berlin-based director Dito Tsintsadze's Inhale-Exhale aka 43 will screen in the Georgian Panorama section of the Tbilisi IFF, which opens on 1 December 2019. The film…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Double Win for East Silver Caravan Doc
The Russian doc How Big is the Galaxy has picked up awards in Italy and France.
God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya Wins 2019 LUX Film Prize
STRASBOURG: The European Parliament has awarded the 2019 LUX Film Prize Award to God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya by Macedonian director Teona Struga Mitevska. The award was presented at…
Tallinn to Build Film Studios
TALLINN: The City of Tallinn is partnering with Tallinn Film Wonderland to construct a film industry centre, which will include three film studios and auxiliary spaces on Paljassaare peninsula in…
Slovenia Provides More Funds for Art and Culture
LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian parliament passed a new bill providing 122.6 m EUR in additional funds for arts and culture for the period of 2021 – 2027, an average of 17.5…
Gordan Kičić’s Real Story Opens in Second Spot at Serbian Box Office
BELGRADE: Popular Serbian film, TV and theatre actor Gordan Kičić’s directorial debut Real Story / Realna priča reached second place in the national box office charts, the second strong Serbian…
PRODUCTION: Rusudan Chkonia Preps Georgian/Swiss/Norwegian Coproduction Venice
TBILISI: Georgian director Rusudan Chkonia is starting preproduction on the Georgian/Swiss/Norwegian feature drama Venice. Rusudan Chkonia is an awarded Georgian director, who participated in the Berlinale Talent Campus and the…
FNE at Tbilisi IFF 2019: Georgian Panorama: A Pig
TBILISI: Giga Liklikadze’s low-budget debut feature film A Pig will screen in the Georgian Panorama section of the Tbilisi IFF, which opens on 1 December 2019. The film had its…
FNE at Tbilisi IFF 2019: Georgian Panorama: Negative Numbers
TBILISI: Uta Beria’s debut feature Negative Numbers, the first Georgian/French/Italian coproduction, will be shown in the Georgian Panorama section of the Tbilisi Film Festival, which begins on 1 December 2019.
FESTIVALS: Six Films Screen in Tbilisi IFF Georgian Panorama
TBILISI: The Tbilisi IFF will open on 1 December with a screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s early work Blackmail. The festival will show six new domestic films in its Georgian Pamorama…
FNE AV Innovation: Velvet Icons Productions A Film Studio For The Digital Era
We have asked Sten-Kristian Saluveer, founder and CEO of Storytek Creative Hub, to introduce some of the hottest new projects from Storytek, so that FNE readers have the chance to…
Croatian Ankica Jurić Tilić to Receive Eurimages Co-production Award
STRASBOURG: The Croatian producer Ankica Jurić Tilić will be given the Eurimages Co-production Award at the European Film Awards ceremony on Saturday, 7 December, in Berlin.
CEE Animation Forum 2020 Opens Call for Animation Projects
LIBEREC: The CEE Animation Forum, which takes place 5 – 8 May 2020, is accepting applications for animation projects through 10 January.
Documentary Platform Vintage Sahia Launched in Romania
BUCHAREST: Vintage Sahia, the first web platform with films produced by the Communist documentary studio Alexandru Sahia between 1950 and 1990, was recently launched in Romania by One World Romania…
The Pack Season 3 to Open Across HBO Europe Territories
WARSAW: The third season of the hit Polish series The Pack / Wataha will open across all HBO Europe territories on 6 December 2019.