Alief Acquires Georgia's Scary Mother
TBILISI: UK’s Alief is handling the sales of Ana Urushadze’s debut feature Scary Mother together with Georgian production company Studio Artizm. Lasha Khalvashi, who produced the film through Studio Artizm,…
FNE at Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2018: Anna Gawlita, Poland
WARSAW: Anna Gawlita represents Poland at the Emerging Producers 2018 programme taking place at the Jihlava IDFF.
FNE at Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2018: Barbara Janišová Feglová
BRATISLAVA: Barbara Janišová Feglová represents Slovakia at the Emerging Producers 2018 programme taking place at the Jihlava IDFF.
FNE at Warsaw Industry Days: Pitch & Meet Warsaw Coproduction Meetings
WARSAW: The Warsaw Industry Days, an industry event held at Warsaw Film Festival, showcased 10 upcoming projects including international coproductions and new films from Emir Baigazin, Mateusz Rakowicz and Maryna…
FESTIVALS: To Kill a Watermelon Wins Warsaw IFF
WARSAW: The Grand Prix of the 32nd Warsaw FF went to the Chinese film To Kill a Watermelon directed by Zehao Gao at the closing ceremony on 21 October 2017.
Polish Blockbuster Botox Opens in Top Five in UK and Ireland
WARSAW: The Polish box office success, Botox directed by Patryk Vega, reached the number four spot in Ireland on its opening weekend, with 100,000 EUR and the number five spot…
FESTIVALS: Eleven Films Compete for LIFFe Main Prize
LJUBLJANA: Contenders for Oscar best foreign film nominations Men Don’t Cry and Requiem for Mrs. J are among the 11 films competing in the Perspectives section of the 28th Ljubljana…
PRODUCTION: Tinatin Kajrishvili Develops Black Comedy Citizen Saint
TBILISI: The new feature film by Tinatin Kajrishvili is currently in its final financing process. Citizen Saint will be a Georgian/Swedish/German coproduction with shooting set for autumn 2018.
Kosovo Film Wins MIDPOINT Feature Launch Prize
PRAGUE: Zana by Kosovo writer/director Antoneta Kastrati and producer Casey Johnson won the 8,000 EUR development award of MIDPOINT Feature Launch 2017. Nine Projects and 19 participants attended the final…
FNE at Warsaw Industry Days: Works in Progress
WARSAW: Four Polish projects currently in production and postproduction were showcased during the Warsaw Industry Days, an industry event held at the Warsaw Film Festival (13-22 October 2017). The list…
TVP to Coproduce Documentary Series with Chinese TV Chengdu Radio & Television
WARSAW: Polish public broadcaster TVP and CDRTV China’s TV Chengdu Radio & Television are coproducing an eight-episode documentary series about Polish and Chinese economic relations.
FESTIVALS: Tallinn Announces Competition Films
TALLINN: The main competition of the 21st Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, running 17 November – 3 December 2017, will include ten world premieres among the 18 selected titles. The…
FESTIVALS: Malatya Announces Turkish Competition Films
MALATYA: Twelve films have been selected for the Turkish National Film Competition at the Malatya International Film Festival, which runs 11-15 November 2017.
Godless Nominated for European Discovery Prix FIPRESCI
SOFIA: The Bulgarian/Danish/French coproduction Godless directed by Ralitza Petrova has been nominated for the European Film Academy’s European Discovery 2017 – Prix FIPRESCI.
FNE IDF DocBloc: East Doc Platform Deadline
Applications for East Doc Platform and Market are due 10 November 2017.
FNE at Jihlava IDFF Emerging Producers 2018: Radim Procházka, Czech Republic
PRAGUE: Radim Procházka, one of two producers representing the Czech Republic at the Emerging Producers 2018 programme taking place at the Jihlava IDFF, is already recognised as a prominent Czech…
TVN in Production with Second Season of Belle Epoque
WARSAW: Polish private broadcaster TVN has commissioned a second season of the hit costume series Belle Epoque produced by Akson Studio.
Polanski Returns to Poland to Shoot Biographical Film
WARSAW: Roman Polanski returned to Krakow for the shoot of a biographical film about his childhood, accompanied by his friend and photographer, Ryszard Horowitz.
Connecting Cottbus Introduces Works in Progress
COTTBUS: Four films have been selected for the first presentation of Works in Progress at the 19th edition of connecting cottbus, which takes place 9 – 10 November 2017.
GRANTS: Croatia Announces Minority Coproduction and TV Development Grants
ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Centre distributed 452,116 EUR / 3,395,000 HRK as production grants for minority coproductions, and script development and project development support for TV productions.
