Bulgaria Adopts Final Amendments to Film Industry Act
SOFIA: Bulgaria’s Parliament voted on 15 November 2018 to adopt the definitive amendments to the Film Industry Act, proposed by the Council of Ministers in August 2018. The new changes…
GRANTS: Poland Supports Six Minority Coproductions
WARSAW: The third session of PISF funding resulted in supporting six projects with minority international coproduction financing, with a total of 3,943,345 PLN / 915 101 EUR.
FESTIVALS: Woman at War Wins at 29th LIFFE
LJUBLJANA: The Icelandic action-thriller Woman at War directed by Benedict Erlingsson won Best Film at the 29th Ljulblana IFF, which ended on 18 November 2018.
FESTIVALS: Ji Yong Kim Wins 26th Camerimage with The Fortress
BYDGOSZCZ: Ji Yong Kim won the Golden Frog, the top prize of the 26th edition of the festival honouring cinematographers EnergaCAMERIMAGE, for the South Korean film The Fortress directed by…
Slovenia Calls for More Financial Support for Film
LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian parliamentary Culture Committee has voted unanimously to call on the Culture Ministry to gradually increase the annual budget for film production from 4.5 m to 11 m…
Czech Bionaut Partners with Poland and Slovakia
PRAGUE: The Czech production company Bionaut is collaborating with partners to set up companies in Poland and Slovakia to work on coproductions.
Polish 303 Squadron Opens in UK and Ireland
WARSAW: The Polish/British WWII drama about Polish fighter pilots, 303 Squadron directed by Denis Delić, opened in 16th place, and was the second strongest foreign film in the UK and…
Lithuanian Moonmakers with Two Films in Post-production
VILNIUS: Moonmakers producer/director Giedre Zickyte, who participated in Emerging Producers at the recent Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, is completing her film The Jump, a Lithuanian/Latvian/French/US coproduction, at the end…
FNE IDF DocBloc: IDF Films Head to IDFA
Docs from IDF's programmes are part of the line-up at IDFA in Amsterdam.
Slovak Mimi & Lisa: Christmas Lights Mystery to Premiere in France
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak/Czech animated short film Mimi & Lisa: Christmas Lights Mystery will premiere on 21 November in France, a day later in Slovak cinemas, on 6 December in the…
CineStar Opens Miniplex in Pula
ZAGREB: The Croatian multiplex chain Blitz CineStar opened a three-screen miniplex in Pula, the first one in the city, on 7 November 2018.
FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2018: Barriers to Promoting CEE Films Disappear
COTTBUS: The differences in marketing films from CEE territories versus Western Europe have largely disappeared.
Serbian Films Dominate Box Office
BELGRADE: In its second week in release Miloš Avramović’s feature South Wind / Južni vetar held on to the number one spot at the Serbian box office, taking in 964,000…
Bille Wins Best Film at Latvian National Film Awards
RIGA: Inara Kolmane’s family film Bille, a Latvian/Lithuanian/Czech coproduction, won the Best Film award at the 30th Lielais Kristaps Latvian national film awards on 12 November 2018.
PRODUCTION: Awarded Estonian Director Vallo Toomla Works on Portrait Documentary
TALLINN: Estonian director Vallo Toomla is currently filming a portrait documentary under the working-title Marju Lepajõe. Words of the Days / Marju Lepajõe. Päevade sõnad, which will premiere in 2019.
Austria’s Cineplexx Enters Romania
VIENNA: The Austrian cinema chain Cineplexx will build eight cinemas with 50 screening salles in Romania.
FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: ArtKino Metro, Trenčin
This month we speak with Branislav Holly and Hana Kutlikova from ArtKino Metro in Trenčin, Slovakia. Branislav Holly is the manager and the main programmer of the cinema, while Hana…
PRODUCTION: Slovenian/Croatian Corporation Starts Filming in Slovenia
LJUBLJANA: Corporation, the second feature film from director Matej Nahtigal, began filming on 9 November 2018. A 30-day shooting schedule is planned, ending on 23 December.
FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2018: Men of Deeds
COTTBUS: Producers Anamaria Antoci and Ana-Maria Voicu of Tangaj Production and Papillon Film pitched the Romanian project Men of Deeds directed by Nicolae Constantin Tanase at the 20th edition of…
FNE at Connecting Cottbus 2018: Paralysis
COTTBUS: Producer Marija Razgute of M-Films and director Andrius Blazevicius presented their second feature film together Paralysis, one of two Lithuanian films selected for the 20th edition of Connecting Cottbus,…
