PRODUCTION: Macedonian Feature Coproduction Fear and Love in Preproduction
SKOPJE: Acclaimed Macedonian actor Meto Jovanovski and Serbian-Montenegrin producer/director Branko Baletic are in preparation with Fear and Love, a feature film set to shoot in September/October 2017.
PRODUCTION: Docudrama Leningrad Symphony in Production
VILNIUS: Leningrad Symphony, a docudrama by director Christian Frey for Beetz Filmproduktion Hamburg, begins principle photography in Lithuania on 29 November 2016. Shooting wil wrap on 4 December.
FNE at Tallinn Black Nights and Baltic Event 2016: Prize Winners
TALLINN: The Israeli film A Quiet Heart directed by Eitan Anner has been awarded the main prize at the 20th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival held from 11 to 27…
FNE AV Innovation: How will Cinema Be Positioned In Our Inevitable Immersive Future?
About the Author: Peeter Nieler is a pioneer in Virtual Reality. He has been researching and developing for Virtual Reality (VR) for over four years and his company Criffin is…
FNE TV: FNE AV Innovation Team Speaks to Sten-Kristian Saluveer
TALLINN: Estonian Sten-Kristian Saluveer was one of the organisers of this year’s European Film Forum during the Tallinn Black Nights Festival and Baltic Event 2016.
Romania and Poland Partner with European Platform Less Is More
BUCHAREST: Romania's Asociatia Culturala Control N and Transilvania IFF together with Poland's Krakow Festival Office are the CEE partners of the script development European platform Less Is More (LIM), whose…
GRANTS: Slovakia Awards 18 Production Grants in 2016
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Audiovisual Fund distributed 3,780,000 EUR in production grants in 2016.
Samurai in Autumn Sets Serbian 2016 Record
BELGRADE: The Serbian romantic comedy The Samurai in Autumn by Danilo Bećković is the top grossing Serbian film of 2016 and has set the box office opening weekend record of…
HBO Europe Begins Production on Two Original Drama Series in Poland
WARSAW: HBO Europe is ramping up its move into original series production in CEE with the start of production on the new series Blinded by the Lights and the second…
Czech Animated Film Shortlisted for Oscar
PRAGUE: Happy End directed by Jan Saska is on the shortlist of ten films vying for the Oscar in the Animated Shorts category.
ARTE Introduces Polish Subtitled Programmes
WARSAW: The French/German cultural channel ARTE is introducing Polish subtitled programming. ARTE po polsku is part of the ARTE Europe initiative, which is run with financial support from the European…
Toni Erdmann Wins LUX Prix 2016
STRASBOURG: The German/Austrian/Romanian coproduction Toni Erdmann directed by Maren Ade has been voted the winner of the prestigious LUX Prix by the European Parliament. The film was coproduced by Romania’s…
FNE at Baltic Event 2016: First Baltic Event and Tallinn Industry Awards Announced
TALLINN: The Latvian,/Lithuanian/Polish coproduction Foam At The Mouth / Ar putam uz lupam with director Janis Nords has won the Baltic Event Works in Progress best project award. The project…
FNE at Baltic Event 2016: The Eternal Road in Postproduction
TALLINN: The Finish/Estonian/Swedish coproduction The Eternal Road directed by AJ Annila and based on a bestselling novel by Antti Tuuri is in postproduction. The film was showcased at the 20th…
FERA Calls on EU Parliament to Back European Authors in Copyright Reform
STRASBOURG: European screenwriters and directors have called on the European Parliament to ensure the EU copyright reform proposals ensure that authors are fairly remunerated for their work and that there…
Slovak Audiovisual Fund Opens Call for Minority Animated TV Series
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak Audiovisual Fund has approved opening its call for animation projects in 2017 to include TV projects, especially series, for both majority and minority Slovak coproductions.
Film Phone Application Launched in Romania
BUCHAREST: The first interactive phone application dedicated to art house films has been launched in Romania. The application called Călăuza / The Stalker will inform audiences about art cinema programmes…
Masaryk Sets March 2017 Release
BRATISLAVA: The Czech/Slovak coproduction Masaryk, directed by Július Ševčík, is in postproduction in preparation for a March 2017 premiere. The film, which explores a personally difficult stage in the life…
PRODUCTION: Piargy Goes into Production
BRATISLAVA: The Slovak/Czech/Slovenian/Macedonian historical drama Piargy is moving into production after three years in development which resulted in a change of director. Czech director Ivo Trajkov began the first days…
