Jan Palach Wins 2018 Czech Film Critics‘ Awards
PRAGUE: Robert Sedláček’s Jan Palach won the Czech Film Critics’ Award for best film, while the best director award went to Olmo Omerzu for his road movie Winter Flies /…
Bulgaria Boosts Public Funding For Film
SOFIA: The Bulgarian National Film Center will increase the annual amount of film funding by 12.19 percent from 6,411,600 EUR in 2018 to 7,192,854 EUR in 2019. The support for…
FESTIVALS: Macedonian Doc Honeyland Gets Three Awards at Sundance
SKOPJE: Macedonian documentary Honeyland by Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov received three awards at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, including the Grand Jury Prize, while Polish actress Krystyna Janda was…
FESTIVALS: The 26th Febiofest Launches Partnership with Visegrad Film Forum
BRATISLAVA: The 26th edition of Febiofest International Film Clubs Festival (20-26 March 2019) has launched a partnership with the Visegrad Film Forum (19-23 March 2019).
FNE Market Analysis 2018: MONTENEGRO
The Law on Culture was approved in 2018 in Montenegro for the area of culture and the establishment of public institutions.
PRODUCTION: HBO Europe Preps Third Season of The Pack in Poland
WARSAW: The shoot for the third season of the crime drama series The Pack / Wataha starring Leszek Lichota will start in Bieszczady on 17 February 2019. The previous seasons…
Substantial Decline in Admissions for Domestic Films in Montenegro
PODGORICA: According to the Film Centre of Montenegro, domestic films saw a substantial decline from 27,191 admissions and 100,897 EUR gross in 2017 to 996 admissions and 3,348 EUR gross…
Habit & Armour to Be Released in Lithuania on 1 March 2019
VILNIUS: Paweł Pitera’s documentary Habit & Armour will hit Lithuanian cinemas on 01 March 2019. The film is a Polish/Lithuanian coproduction narrated by Stacey Keach.
FNE Market Analysis 2018: CZECH REPUBLIC
Czech cinema enjoyed domestic and international successes of both feature films and documentaries in 2018, with the Czech Film Fund effectively supporting the development and production of numerous quality films…
FNE IDF DocBloc: First Tutors of 3rd Ex Oriente Film 2018 Revelead
Marta Prus, Torstein Parelius and Mila Turajlić are among the tutors of the last of three week-long Ex Oriente Film workshop sessions, which will take place in Prague from 9…
Serbia Increases Incentives Budget for 2019
BELGRADE: The Serbian Ministry of Economy has decided to increase the total budget available for incentives from 6,752,421 EUR / 800 m RSD in 2018 to 7.5 m EUR /…
OBITUARY: Serbian Film Director Dušan Makavejev
BELGRADE: The well-known Serbian film director and screenwriter Dušan Makavejev has died at 86. Most of his innovative films made in Yugoslavia in the 60s-70s belong to the Black Wave…
FNE Market Analysis 2018: GEORGIA
Georgia had a great year with more awards at international festivals and more attention given to Georgian films. Georgian cinema days were held in Chicago, London and Lithuania and Georgia…
Latvian/Polish Animated Film Sold in France
RIGA: Jacob, Mimmi and the Talking Dogs, a Latvian/Polish animated film directed by Edmunds Jansons, was sold by New Europe Film Sales in France. The film will open in Latvia…
Magenta TV Buys HBO’s Wasteland
PRAGUE: Beta Cinema sold the eight-part original drama series Wasteland / Pustina produced for the Czech branch of HBO Europe to Deutsche Telekom's Magenta TV.
FNE Market Analysis 2018: LATVIA
Latvia’s film programme for the country’s centenary, which was celebrated in 2018, has led to an unheard of box office success and has shown an unprecedented rise in local box…
The Rift Sets Opening Record for Slovak Film
BRATISLAVA: Peter Bebjak’s The Rift / Trhlina has set a new record for a Slovak film opening in Slovakia, with 83,266 admissions and 494,386 EUR gross. The film was released…
Slovenian Minister of Culture Resigns
LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian Minister of Culture Dejan Prešiček has resigned only four months after his appointment. During his mandate he promised a substantial funding increase for culture and film production…
GRANTS: Polish Film Institute Finances Micro-budget Films in New Category
WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute started financing micro-budget projects and distributed 970,634 EUR / 4,165,000 PLN to seven projects in the first grant session.
FNE at WEMW 2019: CEE Projects at WEMW Co-production Forum
TRIESTE: One of the key events of the 9th edition of When East Meets West was the Co-production Forum pitching session showcasing 22 upcoming projects, including 11 long documentaries and…
