PRODUCTION: Creative Documentary The Jump Completes Production
VILNIUS: The Jump / Šuolis, a creative documentary by director Giedrė Žickytė, is nearing the end of its production phase. Principle photography began in December 2015 in the USA and…
Macedonian Producers Join FIAPF
CANNES: The Macedonian Association of Film Producers has become a member of the International Federation of Film Producers Associations, FIAPF.
FNE/IDF DocBloc: Lust for Life
A band composed of disabled singers is the subject for the Czech documentary Lust for Life by Radovan Síbrt.
FNE at Cannes 2017: See how the FIPRESCI critics rate the programme
FNE has teamed up with FIPRESCI critics attending the Cannes Film Festival to rate the films in the Main Competition, Un Certain Regard, Directors' Fortnight and Critics Week, giving the…
FNE at Cannes 2017: Krotkaya / A Gentle Creature: COMPETITION
CANNES: Documentarist turned fiction director Sergei Loznitsa makes his third venture into fiction film with A Gentle Creature which has scored a competition slot in Cannes. His two previous feature…
FNE at Cannes 2017: Good Time COMPETITION
CANNES: Safdie brothers, Benny and Josh, have followed up on their gritty Heaven Knows What that delved into the New York heroin scene with a fast paced street drama Good…
Sorry, Poland by Kuba Czekaj Wins 11th ScripTeast
CANNES: Kuba Czekaj was awarded the Krzysztof Kieślowski Prize for Best Eastern European Script for his project Sorry, Poland during the 70th Cannes IFF.
PRODUCTION: Katarina Cas Starrer Awakenings Completes Filming
LJUBLJANA: Awakenings / Prebujanja, Peter Bratuša’s drama about midlife crisis with Slovenian actress Katarina Čas, has completed shooting and is moving into postproduction.
Estonia Embraces New Media Initiatives with Launch of Storytek Media Incubator
TALLINN: Black Nights Film Festival and its industry platform Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event are backing the launch of Storytek, a new content and media tech incubator that held a pilot…
PRODUCTION: Let Him Be a Basketball Player in Postproduction
LJUBLJANA: The teen comedy Let Him Be a Basketball Player / Košarkar naj bo by Boris Petkovič is finishing postproduction. The film is based on a well-known book of the…
FNE at Cannes 2017: The Beguiled (USA) COMPETITION
CANNES: Director Sofia Coppola has decided to do a remake of director Don Siegel’s Civil War made more than 40 years ago that starred Clint Eastwood. The decision is a…
FNE at Cannes 2017: German/French Age of Iron Series to Shoot in Latvia
CANNES: The 5m EUR German/French TV series Age of Iron is set to shoot in Latvia in October. The six episodes of the series will be produced by Luxfilm of…
Slovenia Attracts First Cash Rebate Project
CANNES: The Slovenian Film Center announced the start of shooting of the first film to take advantage of the new cash rebate scheme, Intrigo - Death of An Author directed…
Romania Rejects New Film Law
BUCHAREST: The Chamber of Deputies rejected the Film Law approved by the Romanian government as an emergency ordinance on 29 November 2016. The new law proposed by the Ministry of…
Cinesquare Launches Balkan VOD Platform
SKOPJE: The first regional Balkan VOD platform of films from southeastern Europe, Cinesquare.net launched on Monday, 22 May 2017.
FESTIVALS: Cinema in Sneakers Announces Competition Films
WARSAW: Fourteen films will compete in the two main competition sections of the 5th Cinema in Sneakers Festival for Children and Youth, running 31 May – 11 June 2017.
Ex Oriente Announces 2017 Projects
PRAGUE: The Institute of Documentary Film has announced the names of the 12 documentary projects selected for the 15th edition of the Ex Oriente Film workshop, an international training programme…
