FNE/IDF DocBloc: Andreas Horvath Heads to Jihlava
Austrian documentary filmmaker Andreas Horvath, who will conduct a masterclass at the Jihlava IDFF, spoke to the IDF.
Unconfirmed Polish Press Reports Say Magdalena Sroka Will Be Ousted From Polish Film Institute
WARSAW: The Polish press has published unconfirmed reports that Magdalena Sroka is to be removed as the Director of the Polish Film Institiute by the Polish Ministry of Culture and…
PRODUCTION: Anca Damian Preps The Extraordinary Voyage of Marona
BUCHAREST: Anca Damian is in preproduction with a new long animated film, The Extraordinary Voyage of Marona / Extraordinara calatorie a Maronei, which is a coproduction between Romania, France and…
FESTIVALS: KineNova IFF Announces Competition Lineup
SKOPJE: Ten films from nine countries will be shown in the International Competition line up at the 2nd edition of the KineNova International Film Festival, set to take place from…
PRODUCTION: Rafael Begins Filming in Croatia
ZAGREB: The Dutch/Belgian/Croatian film Rafael by Ben Sombogaart began a 30-day shoot on locations in Croatia on 30 September 2017
FNE at the Golden Rose Bulgarian National Film Festival: Directions
VARNA: Stephan Komandarev’s low budget film Directions (aka Compatibility) will screen in the main competition of the 35th Golden Rose Bulgarian National Film Festival (30 September - 7 October 2017).…
FNE at Golden Rose Bulgarian National Film Festival: Radiogram
VARNA: Rouzie Hassanova’s first feature and low budget film Radiogram screens in the main competition of the 35th Golden Rose Bulgarian National Film Festival, which wraps on 7 October 2017.…
FESTIVALS: Cervena Wins Golden Prague TV Fest
PRAGUE: The Czech documentary Cervena directed by Olga Sommerova won the main prize of the 54th Golden Prague TV festival. The film about the international opera singer Sona Cervena was…
FNE at Forum Regiofund 2017: Ten International Projects Selected for Pitching Forum
KATOWICE: Ten international projects with coproduction potential will be presented at a special pitching session held during the Forum Regiofund 2017, that will take place in Katowice 4-7 October 2017.
Grlic’s The Constitution Sets Raindance Record
LONDON: The Constitution by director Rajko Grlic took an unprecedented three main prizes at the 2017 London Raindance Film Festival, which concluded on 1 October. The film won prizes for…
Romanian and Polish HBO Series Get Pan-European Distribution
BUCHAREST: The second season of the most popular series produced by HBO Europe in Romania Shadows / Umbre will open simultaneously on 12 November 2017 in all 19 European countries…
GRANTS: Cultural Endowment of Estonia Announces Third Round of Grants for 2017
TALLINN: The audiovisual endowment of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia allotted 243,115 EUR for film development and production in its third session of 2017.
PRODUCTION: TV drama Kruso Shoots in Lithuania
VILNIUS: The German production company Ufa Fiction (producers Benjamin Benedict, Nico Hofmann and Martin Bromber) and local service producer Ramūnas Škikas (production company Ahil) are shooting the TV drama Kruso …
FNE at Golden Rose Bulgarian National Film Festival: Bubblegum
VARNA: Stanislav Todorov – Rogi’s first feature film Bubblegum will screen in the main competition of the 35th Golden Rose Bulgarian National Film Festival currently running through 7 October 2017.…
FNE at Golden Rose Bulgarian National Film Festival: Light Thereafter
VARNA: Konstantin Bojanov’s first English-language film Light Thereafter (aka I Want to be Like You) screens in the main competition of the 35th Golden Rose Bulgarian National Film Festival (30…
Botox Tops Polish Box Office
WARSAW: Botox, Patryk Vega’s dark action comedy about Polish medical professionals, had 711,906 admissions during the opening weekend, becoming the best premiere in 2017 for Poland and the second best…
GRANTS: Czech Minority Coproduction Grants for 2017
PRAGUE: The Czech State Cinematography Fund selected ten films from 31 applications to receive minority coproduction funding. A total of 769,971 EUR / 20m CZK was allocated for this call,…
Slovakia’s IGRIC Annual Awards Announced
BRATISLAVA: The cinematographer of A Prominent Patient Martin Štrba won the main IGRIC award for feature film in cinemas. The ceremony for the 28th edition of IGRIC awards for best…
FNE UNIC EU Policy Update
WARSAW: FNE has teamed up with the Brussels based team of the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) to bring you regular updates on EU cinema policies that impact all industry…
FNE at Golden Rose Bulgarian National Film Festival: Broken Road
VARNA: Katerina Goranova’s and Asen Blatechky’s first feature film Broken Road screens in the main competition of the 35th Golden Rose Bulgarian National Film Festival, which runs through 7 October…
