Increase in Total Admissions and Drop in Domestic Admissions in Georgia in 2016
TBILISI: Total admissions increased by 59.74 percent and total gross increased by 46.35 percent, while attendance to domestic films dropped by 85.78 in 2016. This can be explained by the…
Montenegro Founds Film Centre
PODGORICA: In the last days of 2016, Montenegro founded its own Film Centre, making it the last country of former Yugoslavia to have an official film institution. The centre’s head…
The Lure Distributed in the US
WARSAW: Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s debut feature The Lure will be released by Janus Films in US cinemas in February 2017. This horror-musical hybrid is the winner of the Special Jury Award…
WEMW Announces Last Stop Trieste and First Cut Lab Final Lineup
TRIESTE: When East Meets West announced the final lineup of the two side sections for films in postproduction stage, Last Stop Trieste and First Cut Lab. WEMW starts on 22…
Record Year for Polish Box Office with over 51 m Admissions
WARSAW: It was a great year for Polish cinema, with an all-time record of 51 m total admissions, 12.8 m admissions to domestic films and 219 m EUR total gross.
Total Croatian Box Office on the Rise
ZAGREB: Total admissions increased by 13.5 percent from 3,969,040 in 2015 to 4,505,139 in 2016, while admissions to domestic films slightly decreased by 6.55 percent.
Poland Takes Over European Audiovisual Observatory Presidency
STRASBOURG: Poland is taking over the European Audiovisual Observatory's presidency from the Czech Republic as the Observatory is launching the celebrations of its 25th anniversary with a new logo.
House of Others Nominated for the American Society of Cinematographers Award
TBILISI: House of Others, a debut film by Georgian director Rusudan Glurjidze, has been nominated for the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) award. The official ceremony will be held on…
FESTIVALS: 28th Trieste Film Festival Ready to Kick Off
TRIESTE: Ten films will vie in the feature film competition of the 28th edition of Trieste Film Festival, set to take place from 20 to 29 January 2017.
Serbian The Flock Tops Domestic Box Office 2016
BELGRADE: Nikola Kojo’s debut feature The Flock topped the Serbian total chart with 163,395 admissions and 478,019 EUR / 59,099,647 RSD gross in 2016, boosting the box office by eight…
PRODUCTION: German/Polish Coproduction in Casting Stage
WARSAW: The Adventures of the Mathematician / Przygody matematyka directed byThorsten Klein and produced by Germany’s Dragonfly Films in coproduction with Poland’s Shipsboy, is currently in the casting stage for…
Interactive Slovenian/Croatian Documentary Ready to Air
ZAGREB: iOtok by Miho Čelar, an interactive documentary about the inhabitants of Croatia’s islands, will be broadcast on its own platform starting 16 January 2016. The project is developed by…
FESTIVALS: Emir Kusturica’s Küstendorf Film and Music Festival Announces Lineup
BELGRADE: Twenty two titles have been selected for the Official Competition programme of the 10th Küstendorf International Film and Music Festival, running from 14 to 19 January 2017. The festival…
FNE IDF DocBloc: Doc Tank 2017 Project Selection
Five projects and two observers have been selected for Doc Tank 2017, which is part of East Doc Platform 2017, set to take place from 6 to 12 March 2017.
PRODUCTION: Mátyás Prikler Preps Power with Kornel Mundruczó in the Lead
BRATISLAVA: Mátyás Prikler’s second feature film, Power, closed the development stage and will have the principal photography in the winter 2017/2018. The film is a Slovak/Czech/Hungarian coproduction and stars the…
PRODUCTION: Acclaimed Theater Director in Postproduction with Bosnian/Macedonian/Croatian/Serbian Coproduction
SARAJEVO: Frog, the first feature film by well-known Bosnian theatre and TV series director Elmir Jukić, has entered postproduction. The film is a Bosnian/Macedonian/Croatian/Serbian coproduction.
The Last Family Wins Distribution in Four Territories at Scope100
WARSAW: Jan Matuszynski’s drama The Last Family won distribution in France, the Czech Republic, Lithuania and Austria at the second edition of Scope100, an initiative of the French digital cinema…
Bulgaria Celebrates National Cinema Day
SOFIA: Bulgaria’s National Film Center is celebrating the 13th National Cinema Day on 13 January 2017. The official celebration will be performed in close collaboration with the National Palace of…
The Angel of God 2 Tops Czech Chart
PRAGUE: Jiří Strach’s Czech/Slovak coproduction The Angel of God 2 / Anděl páně 2 has become the most successful film in Czech cinemas in the last six weeks, with 925,000…
GRANTS: Macedonia Announces First Italian Coproduction Grants
SKOPJE: Four projects received 60,000 EUR in the first session of the Macedonian-Italian coproduction development fund created by the Macedonian Film Agency and the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage Activities…
