FNE at CineLink Sarajevo 2019: Refugee Crisis Sets Tone for Family Drama in Turkish/Serbian Coproduction Like A Limbless Tree
SARAJEVO: Tunç Davut, whose debut feature Entanglement premiered at the 21st Sarajevo Film Festival, is returning to Sarajevo with his second film project Like A Limbless Tree, which has been…
Baltic Sea Docs 2019 Announces Selected Projects
RIGA: Projects from Estonia, North Macedonia, Georgia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Latvia are among the 25 projects selected for Baltic Sea Docs (BSD), the Co-financing forum of international documentary projects,…
PRODUCTION: Third Season of CBS TV's SEAL Team Shoots in Serbia
BELGRADE: Four of the third season’s episodes of the CBS TV series SEAL Team directed by Christopher Chulack and starring David Boreanaz are currently shooting in Belgrade and its surroundings,…
GRANTS: Czech Film Fund Supports Eight Feature Film Projects
PRAGUE: The Czech Film Fund distributed 2,505,383 EUR / 64 m CZK to eight feature film projects. Tomáš Mašín, Tereza Nvotová and Beata Parkanová are among the winners announced on…
FNE at CineLink Sarajevo 2019: Senad Šahmanović's Debut Feature Questions Montenegrin Expats Identity
SARAJEVO: Montenegrin writer/director Senad Šahmanović, whose short film Tranquillity of Blood (2015) screened in more than 50 festivals and won multiple awards, has been selected with his debut feature Sirin…
FNE at CineLink Sarajevo 2019: Pula, A Wartime Romance by Andrej Korovljev
SARAJEVO: Director Andrej Korovljev will be presenting his new project, the feature film Pula, a month after the world premiere of his long documentary Tusta at the Motovun Film Festival.…
FESTIVALS: The 14th Tartu Love Film Festival Starts Today
TARTU: The 14th edition of Tartu Love Film Festival tARTuFF will screen 11 feature films and four documentaries from 12 to 17 August 2019. The biggest open-air film festival in…
PRODUCTION: Jan Prušinovský Starts Shooting Czech/Slovak Coproduction Mistakes
PRAGUE: Jan Prušinovský, also known for his successful TV comedy series, has just started shooting his new feature film, the Czech/Slovak coproduction Mistakes / Chyby, in the Czech town of…
FNE AV Innovation: tx-reverse 360°: A space time cut through cinema
The highly innovative short film tx-reverse 360° with concept and direction by Martin Reinhart and Virgil Widrich recently screened in the official programme of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
PRODUCTION: Slovak/Icelandic/Czech Coproduction Little Kingdom In Postproduction
BRATISLAVA: Young Slovak director Peter Magát is currently in postproduction with his debut feature Little Kingdom / Malá ríša. This Slovak/Icelandic/Czech coproduction in English is going to have its distribution…
FESTIVALS: God Exists, Her Hame Is Petrunija Wins 33rd Montenegro Film Festival
HERCEG NOVI: God Exists, Her Hame Is Petrunija by Teona Strugar Mitevska received the Golden Mimosa for best film at the 33rd Herceg Novi Film Festival– Montenegro Film Festival, which…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Ex Oriente Film 2019-2020: A Man Sings After the War
Take a closer look at the documentary project A Man Sings After the War / Čovek peva posle rata by Ana Otašević, which was selected for the 17th edition of…
PRODUCTION: First Macedonian Feature Film for Children in Production
SKOPJE: Macedonian director Stojan Vujicic is in production with his debut feature Stela, the first Macedonian feature film for children and also the first eco or green production in North…
PRODUCTION: Serbian Marina Radmilac in Postproduction with Debut Feature Starring Denis Lavant
BELGRADE: Serbian writer/director Marina Radmilac is currently in postproduction with her debut feature Operation Opera / Operacija Opera, in which one of the key roles is played by well-known French…
PRODUCTION: Priit Pääsuke Shoots New Estonian Youth Comedy
TALLINN: Priit Pääsuke, the director of The End of the Chain, is working on his second feature, Kids of the Night. The shooting started at the end of July and…
Romanian/Serbian Ivana the Terrible Picked Up by Syndicado Film Sales
BUCHAREST: Ivana Mladenović’s sophomore feature Ivana the Terrible / Ivana cea Groaznică has been acquired by the Toronto-based outlet Syndicado Film Sales. This Romanian/Serbian coproduction produced by Ada Solomon will…
Strong Opening for Croatian War Biopic The General
ZAGREB: The epic war biopic The General / General, directed by Antun Vrdoljak and produced by Kiklop film in coproduction with the Croatian Television, attracted 8,000 cinemagoers on 5 August…
United Talent Agency to Rep Macedonian Director Tamara Kotevska
SKOPJE: Macedonian director and screenwriter Tamara Kotevska has signed with California-based company United Talent Agency, one of the world's leading talent and entertainment companies. This follows the US theatrical release…
Docu Talents from the East @Sarajevo FF 2019 Announced
SARAJEVO: Projects from Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and the Ukraine are among the ten documentary projects selected for Docu Talents from the East, which…
PRODUCTION: Maltese-Led Coproduction Carmen Reveals Local Potential
VALLETTA: Maltese/Canadian coproduction Carmen directed by Valerie Buhagiar has just wrapped shooting in Malta. Produced by Falkun Films and supported by the Malta Film Fund, the film is one of…