FNE at Cannes 2022: Czech Film in Cannes

Cannes 2022: Czech co-productions and a restored classic
17-05-2022

FNE at Cannes 2022: Slovak Cinema in Cannes

What’s Slovak in Cannes? Slovak Film Institute / National Cinematographic Centre / www.aic.sk / Pavilion #135, Village Intl.
17-05-2022

PRODUCTION: Slovenian National Television Shoots Cases of Inspector Vrenko S2

LJUBLJANA: Slovenian national television RTV Slovenija is currently shooting in Maribor the second season of TV crime series Cases of Inspector Vrenko / Primeri inšpektorja Vrenka. The show based on…
16-05-2022

Serbian Films Help Domestic Box Office Soar in 2021

BELGRADE: Serbia had 3,355,838 admissions in 2021 compared to 1,579,485 in 2020, due to domestic blockbusters distributed during the autumn of 2021. Sixteen Serbian films were released in 2021 and…
16-05-2022

Mariupolis 2 by Mantas Kvedaravičius and Hanna Bilobrova to Screen in Cannes Official Selection

VILNIUS: The documentary Mariupolis 2, shot by Lithuanian director Mantas Kvedaravičius before being captured and killed by the Russian troops in Mariupol, Ukraine, will have its world premiere in the…
16-05-2022

Astra Film Festival on EFA Eligible Festivals List

SIBIU: The Astra Film Festival has been included by the European Film Academy on the list of documentary film festivals eligible for a direct nomination to the documentary section of…
16-05-2022

Polish MOMAKIN Launches StopMoLab

WARSAW: Poland-based company MOMAKIN has launched a new educational project StopMoLab, which includes workshops, talks, case studies, mentoring and lectures for beginner stop-motion animation creators. Some lectures will be open…
16-05-2022

FNE UNIC EU Policy Update 13.05.2022.

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…
13-05-2022

PRODUCTION: Rafael Kapelinski Shoots Polish/Hungarian Coproduction Budapest Diaries

BUDAPEST: The Polish/Hungarian coproduction Budapest Diaries / Budapesti napló by Rafael Kapelinski wrapped shooting in Budapest on 9 May 2022. The historical drama is set in 1981, when the political…
13-05-2022

International Sales for Serbian TV Series Civil Servant

BELGRADE: Broadcasting rights for all the three seasons of the popular Serbian spy thriller TV series Civil Servant / Državni službenik have recently been sold to several international markets. The…
13-05-2022

FNE Podcast: Diana Nenadić - Artistic Director of Croatian Film Days

FNE's Georgian correspondent and film critic Alexander Gabelia spoke to Diana Nenadić, artistic director of Croatian Film Days, about the 31st edition of the Croatian Film Days / Dani hrvatskog…
13-05-2022

CBS Films Second Season of FBI International in Pula

PULA: The second season of the CBS series FBI International is currently being filmed in Pula, with Embassy films servicing.
13-05-2022

Masterclasses with Frances McDormand and Joel Coen at 2nd Ponta Lopud FF in Croatia

ZAGREB: American actor/producer Frances McDormand and American director/producer/screenwriter Joel Coen will hold masterclasses at the 2nd edition of the Ponta Lopud Film Festival, which will take place on the Lopud…
13-05-2022

Baltic Sea Docs 2022 Announces Call for Projects

RIGA: Baltic Sea Forum for Documentaries welcomes applications for its 26th edition till 10 June 2022. The most important documentary training and pitching event in the Baltic countries will be…
13-05-2022

PRODUCTION: Georgian Director Lana Gogoberidze in Postproduction with Doc about Her Mother

TBILISI: Classic Georgian director/writer Lana Gogoberidze, who was the guest of honour at the 22nd edition of goEast with a retrospective of 10 of her films, is currently editing a…
12-05-2022

Eleonora Veninova`s Macedonian/Serbian Debut Feature Things Unsaid Picked Up by The Open Reel

SKOPJE: The Italian sales agent The Open Reel has acquired the rights to Eleonora Veninova’s first feature film Things Unsaid / Preeksponirano. The Macedonian/Serbian coproduction is in the final stages…
12-05-2022

Croatia Shows Significant Signs of Recovery after Troublesome Year 2020

ZAGREB: The amount spent by international productions filming in Croatia was 25.8 m EUR / 195.8 m HRK in 2021, with 16 international projects spending a total of 416 days…
12-05-2022

HBO Max Acquires Wild Romania Doc

BUCHAREST: Wild Romania / România sălbatică by Dan Dinu and Cosmin Dumitrache, the most complex documentary project on Romanian nature, will stream on HBO Max starting 12 May 2022. It…
12-05-2022

Polish Filmmakers Association Increases Budget for 60 Minutes Programme

WARSAW: The Polish Filmmakers Association (SFP) has decided to increase the budget for films from the 60 Minutes Programme from 213,632 EUR / 1 m PLN to 267,045 EUR /…
12-05-2022

PRODUCTION: Latvian Director Gints Zilbalodis in Preproduction with Animated Film Flow

RIGA: The Latvian film Flow / Straume directed by Gints Zilbalodis is currently in preproduction. The second long animated film by the Annecy Contrechamp competition winner Gints Zilbalodis has been…
11-05-2022